Why does Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle use the same characters as Card Captor Sakura? In the anime Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles, the main characters have the same name and look like as the characters of Card Captor Sakura.

How was this why is that? Are they allowed to use to use other characters of other anime?

Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle are actually part of the same "multiverse", as well as xxxHolic. Clow Reed is a major character in both Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa, and other characters such as Yukito show up in more than one of them.

There are other crossovers between the different worlds, such as this:

  Tsubasa Li is the son of Syaoran Li and Sakura Li. Sakura Kinomoto from Cardcaptor Sakura gave her Star Wand to Sakura Li as the price to Yūko for Tsubasa to go to Clow Country. It is also stated that Tsubasa does not give Yūko his true name, (a counterpoint to Watanuki who gives both name and birthday), instead he uses his father's name, Syaoran Li

Also, according to ccs.wikia.com:

  Since part of CLAMP's stated intention of xxxHolic was to unite their body of work into a single universe/multiverse, it seems quite likely that Yūko has a more than passing awareness of the events of Cardcaptor Sakura, Tokyo Babylon, and X/1999, and that while she may not have visited Cephiro herself, she is almost certainly aware of its existence. In a special novel released in Japan about the origins of the two Mokonas, it was mentioned that Clow Reed and herself met the original Mokona of Cephiro (Magic Knight Rayearth) thus making it the model for building the two smaller Mokonas. One is black and one is white. The white one has a red gem and black one has blue gem.

Clamp is known for using crossover characters for all of their different mangas. Tsubasa and xxxHolic are the most closely tied, but there are major crossovers--such as Clow Reed--between Tsubasa and Cardcaptor Sakura.


What does "Daimadoshi" mean in "Dai no Daibouken" (Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai)? One of my favorite character in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai is Pop the Magician. Toward the end of the series, he battles with Hadler's chess squad and has a one-on-one fight with the horse Sigma. Pop demonstrates great magical skills and Sigma asked him if he is a sage. Pop answers that he doesn't like the title of sage and had chosen a title for himself: Daimadoshi.

What does Daimadoshi mean in the universe of the manga?

The manga obviously uses a lot of Japanese, even if it is set in a fantasy universe. Does Daimadoshi mean anything in Japanese? Or is it a made-up for the manga?

Note: I hesitated before posting this question on Japanese.se, because I am not sure whether daimadoshi is a Japanese word (or made up from Japanese terms like Tenchimato) or a word from the manga's universe.

Dai means something along the lines of "grand, big" and madoushi means "sorcerer" or "wizard", with shi being his title (assumedly Mr.). So in essence, he is naming himself "Mr. Grand Wizard"


What is Saika constantly posting on the Message Board? I'm on the first season of Durarara!! (Coalgirls Subs), and on the Message Board Saika often posts random words like Love, Peace, Cut, etc. - All of which are subbed except for this repeated character.
Initially I thought that Saika might be spamming with DESU DESU or something similar (I don't know why I thought that), but googling this didn't return any results.
So my question is, What is this word, Saika is constantly spamming the board with?


How similar is alchemy in FMA to the real alchemy? The alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist is based on a real alchemy. How similar is the alchemy in the anime to the alchemy in real life history? When and how do they diverge?

In their concept, they are very much alike. In their implementation, they are starkly different.
Similarities
First, it is very important to say that there is hardly a single definition of alchemy. Some of its first mentions are from texts hundreds of years old, but most highlight three things: Transmutation of base metals (usually to gold), creating a universal cure, and creating a universal solvent.
Using FMA alchemy, it is possible to transmute base metals into gold (as Ed did in Yoki's village), and through proper use of alchemy, healing and medicinal applications are possible. Other elemental transmutations, which were less sought by real-life alchemy but still present in research, are also done.

Real-world alchemy was often done in the pursuit of the philosopher's stone, a legendary substance which was believed to provide everlasting life (as it did in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone); the stone in FMA did this, more or less, as well.
Differences
This philosopher's stone was originally believed to be produced through the magnum opus. This is never seen (nor even mentioned) in FMA; instead, all alchemy is done through a transmutation circle (with a few exceptions), including creation of the stone. Transmutation circles are not strictly based on any tradition of alchemy (though they use alchemical symbols and other similar glyphs).
The philosopher's stone ingredients differ also:

 In real life, the origin of the stone was that it was possessed by Adam, who had received it from God, and its ingredients were never discovered. In FMA, the stone is made of human life.

Similar to the circles, there is no real mention of using hands to physically guide energy in alchemy. There were not dreams of making weapons out of the floor or using the techniques for war. Alchemy was done mostly in a lab, using techniques like the magnum opus to create chemicals and other such processes. It's no surprise, then, that the believed art of alchemy was for science and advancement of oneself, so much so that it founded today's chemistry (and through Paracelsus—mentioned below—chemical medicine).
The sources of energy for the transmutations are also different; in FMA, they use tectonic energy and the "Dragon's Pulse" for Alkahestry. In real life, the energy comes from chemical bonds and thermal energy.
Alkahestry
The universal solvent I mentioned above is called Alkahest, which is the base of the name Alkahestry (used in the English dub).
Generally, Alkahestry is much closer to what we think of as alchemy from the real world. Its purpose—medicinal usage—is much closer to the medical and chemical applications that real-world alchemy sought. In the alchemical notes that they delve into later into the series, there is a drug, "rasayana" (based on the Indian term rasayana), which is used for longevity and which is stated to "transform all metals to gold and restore youth to the elderly"; in that way, this substance appears to be much like the philosopher's stone concept seen in real life.
However, Alkahestry (like normal FMA alchemy) uses hand gestures and circles instead of actual chemicals; also, as mentioned above, its source of energy (the "Dragon's Pulse") is something that is not found in ancient real-world alchemy.
Overall
FMA's alchemy and real-life alchemy share some things:

The overall concept of transmuting elements, as well as transmuting to gold
The creation of a philosopher's stone
The ability to cure through alchemy
The pursuit of everlasting life

They also have quite a few differences:

The process of creating the philosopher's stone
The philosopher's stone ingredients
The transmutation circles
The process of doing alchemy at all (using the body rather than a lab)
The source of energy (tectonic energy or the "Dragon's Pulse" rather than chemical energy)
Their purpose (real-life alchemy pursued a goal more like Alkahestry)


Did Frieza know super saiyan god? In the Dragon Ball Minus manga which is part of Jaco the Galatic Patrolman if I understand correctly, Frieza knows super saiyan god. But in the anime series he seems to know anything about him, since he feared super saiyan and not super saiyan god, which doesnt make sense if he knew super saiyan god who is much stronger. So my question is, is what Dragon Ball Minus says canon? Did Frieza know super saiyan god? Sure not all official Dragon Ball mangas are canon, because some contradict the series like the Dragon Ball Heroes manga or the Dragon Ball Gaiden manga.

The Super Saiyan transformation was considered to be Godly and legendary as it was something which was considered to be nearly impossible for a saiyan to attain. This was what Freiza knew off and also what Vegeta knew off. This is the transformation Vegeta kept referring to and knew Goku had become one, once he saw him on Namek. The concept of God Ki and the new transformations are things which have been introduced very recently. Also, since Freiza hadn't trained with either Whis or Beerus, he has no perception of what God Ki is, as it's been stated multiple times that God Ki cannot be sensed like other forms of energy.Freiza's golden transformation is an immense multiplier which makes him as strong as Super Saiyan Blue Goku, however, it's not utilisation of God Ki as many fighters like Krillin, Vegeta, Tien and Roshi were able to sense Freiza's energy. I think it's fair to assume The Super Saiyan transformation was something which was considered to be very godly then and it was that what freiza was afraid off. He had no idea about any other Super Saiyan transformations, not even SSJ2 or SSJ3 which happen to be weaker than SSJG. We know this because Freiza asks Goku to turn SSJ during their rematch in the ROF arc and Freiza was only aware of that transformation.


Are there any of the same spirits in Fairy Tail? In the anime, you only ever see one version of the same spirit. I remember at the beginning Lucy mentions some of the silver keys can be "Bought in magic shops", but we never see anyone own the same key/spirit as Lucy.

Celestial Spirits in Fairy Tail are generally broken down into Gold and Silver Keys.

For the Gold Keys, there is only one of each spirit, mapped to only one Gold Key. During Lucy's battle against Angel, it was shown that duplicating a key and summoning a Gold Spirit actually desummons them from their current summoner and resummons them under the new summoner, suggesting that indeed there is only one of each.

For the Silver Keys, there are likely multiples of each spirit. Nikola (e.g. Plue) is the most cited example of a family of spirits. In the anime, Caelum is also shown to be owned by multiple summoners at the same time, though this does not constitute canon material as the appearance was in a filler arc.


Truth behind the Stand Alone Complex—a copy of a copy? After a while from watching GITS: S.A.C. 2nd GIG and according to the Stand Alone Complex as defined under different terms by the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard in the idea of the Stand Alone Complex is a copy of an original copy:

  Simulation, Baudrillard claims, is the current stage of the simulacrum: all is composed of references with no referents, a hyperreality. Progressing historically from the Renaissance, in which the dominant simulacrum was in the form of the counterfeit—mostly people or objects appearing to stand for a real referent (for instance, royalty, nobility, holiness, etc.) that does not exist, in other words, in the spirit of pretense, in dissimulating others that a person or a thing does not really "have it"—to the Industrial Revolution, in which the dominant simulacrum is the product, the series, which can be propagated on an endless production line; and finally to current times, in which the dominant simulacrum is the model, which by its nature already stands for endless reproducibility, and is itself already reproduced.

Does this not make the concept of the Stand Alone Complex its own copy of a previous work?

In the anime, it was stated that the Stand Alone Complex is the spawning of copies without an original. The concept was borrowed from Baudrillard and you can in fact argue that the popularity of Ghost in the Shell is overshadowing his work, and this would be an example of second-order simulacra.


Do dolls in Rozen Maiden live like a human? A question about how the Rozen Maiden dolls themselves function.  You often see them eat and drink as well as breathe.  Are these functions required for them to continue to exist?   If not, all of those flower burgers and tea was a real waste.  If so or not, what happens to all the waste from the consumed food and liquids?

Simply stating magic is like a cop out, and not thinking about this would seem to be lazy writing. Shinku did not know what a restroom was and at times, there were 7 beings (5 dolls and 2 humans) in that house and never mention them waiting to use the restrooms for a doll's sake.

Of course, this opens up the question about sweating and required bathing and such if they do.  They act like little humans, but they are shown to be porcelain dolls with strings holding them together.  Just doesn't add up. Thoughts?

Well they are technically dolls and they have an artificial heart. So maybe they are set to behave like normal humans but since they are dolls, they cannot sweat or excrete. I think the artificial heart (or the source of their power and the reason they can move {I forgot what it was called -_-}) destroys or burns the food they eat.

[This is just my theory]


Why can't Haki be used with seastone cuffs? Throughout One Piece, a recurring bane of devil fruits is Seastone. While it does completely seal off their devil fruit powers, why can't they just use Haki to break it apart? Haki doesn't require anything other than willpower to be used, and is extremely strength-imbuing, which should make it pretty easy to break the cuffs, given that Luffy seems to have broken through objects of much higher density and mass with Haki.

As mentioned in the wiki:

  Upon contact the material drains the victim's body of energy, and stops them from controlling their Devil Fruit powers - having the same effect as throwing them into the sea.

It doesn't simply lock the DF powers, but drains the energy of the user. This is why DF users are unable to even swim in the sea. Otherwise, if it was only blocking their DF power, they could have still stayed afloat if they had the physical stamina.

Unlike the sea which inhibits DF users to the maximum, seastone itself can have varying degrees of power

  The degree of "weakness" induced by the Seastone depends on its density and composition; for example, Seastone handcuffs rob the prisoner of their abilities, but still allow the prisoner to move their bodies around normally.

So it just becomes a matter of ensuring that the prisoners don't have enough power in them to use Haki properly. As mentioned in Chapter 935 (Wano arc),

  Luffy has indicated that being weakened by Seastone affects his Haki, as he was unable to use it with Seastone handcuffs on and became able to once he had the cuffs removed

My personal assumption had been that since the DF user's body is drained of power in the seastone cuffs, the result after a Haki boost was still not enough. Busoshoku Haki in general only acts as invisible armor, which can then be used in an offensive manner due to the users own attacks or weapons. It only makes things harder/denser and doesn't grant more 'force' or power to them.

However, considering the above excerpt which seems to indicate they can't use it at all, there might be some other yet to be introduced mechanic.


What was Naruto's chakra nature before Shippuden? According to the Naruto Wikia,

   Naruto currently has all of the chakra natures.

Before Shippuden, what type of chakra does Naruto possess?

In the first series, Naruto was unaware of what his chakra nature was. It was not until episode 55, Wind, of Naruto Shippuden that Kakashi explained chakra forms and types to Naruto. This is when Kakashi helps Naruto identify what type of chakra he possesses.

He did this with a special kind of paper called Litmus paper, which is sensitive to chakra. When a ninja focuses their chakra through it, different things will happen to the paper.

When he focused his chakra into the Litmus paper it split in half, identifying his chakra as wind.

In the same same episode, we see that Kakashi's chakra nature is lightning because of the way the paper wrinkles. The fact that Kakashi can use (and has mastered) more than one chakra nature at this point shows us that the paper will only react in one way. So we can conclude that his original nature, in the Naruto series, was wind; his chakra nature was just not known until that point.


Origins and information about the song "Kokoronashi" I recently discovered a cover for the song "Kokoronashi" on SoundCloud, so I tried to find the original version of the song, or at least information about who the original artist is, on YouTube.
However, this song seems to have been covered by so many different people so many times that I cannot find out who sang the original as some singers who covered it cite conflicting original versions/artists of this song.
(The search queries that I performed on YouTube were "kokoronashi", "kokoronashi original)

I noticed that the picture above was almost always associated with this song on YouTube and it had an anime art style, so I imagine that it might be some anime song, but upon performing a reverse image search, all the results simply brought me to the YouTube covers that contain the picture instead of pointing me to an anime where I can find the original song.
Does anybody know who sang the original version of this song and/or what anime it comes from, if any?
I realize that this is a very vague description of a song since I only provide the name, but I guarantee that if you search "kokoronashi" on YouTube, you will find many covers of the song that I am referring to without trouble on the very first search results page.
If it helps, here is a link to a fairly popular English cover of the song. I did not link to a Japanese cover because they tend to be more likely to be taken down by YouTube due to copyright violations than English covers, but the English melodies are very much the same as the Japanese covers that I have seen.

This is a original Vocaloid song featuring GUMI, with music and lyrics by Chouchou-P, 心做し (same name).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SkNrZnoK5w


What's the name of the intro song in The Day Naruto Became Hokage? I would like to know the name of the intro song (when the lineage of Hokage is shown) in The Day Naruto Became Hokage. This song is also used many times in Shippuden. For example, Episode 234 (minute 18). I can't seem to find it anywhere on the internet or any of the released OSTs.

Thanks a lot!

It is called Memories

You can find it here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrfWJKMcFCM


How long does it typically take for popular anime to be dubbed in English? There are a lot of new seasons of anime coming out soon, and I was wondering how long does it take for popular anime to get dubbed in English?

If it helps, the two main ones I am thinking of are Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale and Attack on Titan Season 2.

Depends on who has the western rights to it. If it's Funimation it'll either be a broadcast dub then that'll be 3-5 weeks for the first dub episode to air or they'll dub it for the home release roughly a year later. For the others (Sentai, Aniplex etc..) it'll be roughly a year later for the home release, if it even gets a dub.


Why didn't Eraser Head just cancel out Kurogiri's quirk when he attacked the USJ? Eraser noticed pretty quickly that someone was warping in so why didn't he cancel out Kurogiri's quirk as soon as he saw him and take him out when there was only one or maybe two of them? He and Thirteen shouldn't have had much of a problem fighting two villains when only one has a power, and he noticed almost immediately that something was wrong.

From the scene (the ending of episode 9), Aizawa noticed the warping of villains immediately, however,  his main priority were the students who he was responsible for.

He firstly had to alert everyone  because, apparently, no one else noticed until the first batch of villains started to came out. He was also smart enough to call for backup and instruct N0 13 to protect the students right before the decided to engage the enemy.

I'm pretty sure that the element of surprise worked against them, and since he was with a bunch of newbie students, his thought process was much more conservative.

A lot of times, while under pressure with little time to react, the best options might not come to our minds until way after such event has occurred. Nevertheless, his call was still very good since his students were his number 1 priority.

  An example that compliments this; imagine a Samurai fighting while protecting his students compared to that same samurai fighting without any clear distractions. The exact same setting, moreover, you can expect his thought process to be very different in those 2 situationns.


Does Tobi control his teleportation consciously? When Tobi uses his selective teleportation power that causes objects to pass through him, does he have to think about it when he does it, or is it automatic?  I'm trying to find out if he is vulnerable to a sneak attack.

I know he is able to teleport at will, but I'm wondering more about his "ghost" ability that causes objects to pass through him.

I'm thinking that it is voluntary, since he uses his Magekyou to do it, and it is the same technique as Kakashi's.

Also because he is able to quickly change between using (to dodge an attack) and not using it (to attack someone). Furthermore, Naruto headbutted him and he did not dodge it.

Later, Naruto hits him with a rasengan, breaking his mask and revealing his identity as Obito. Although he was 'trapped' (because of the Bijuu-dama) on the other dimension, if it were automatic, I'm guessing he wouldn't have been able to not dodge it, being fried by the Bijuu-dama 'back here'.

EDIT:
Although I say voluntary, it may be seen as semi-automatic (or even automatic, for that matter), in the sense that he does not actually think about it, but rather acts instinctively. However, I think it is triggered by his will, and not entirely automatic.


How much did Tokuchi gain per game? My copy has subtitles on it but it drastically changes from million to billions between games, which makes me believe the subs aren't correct. Could anyone here point me somewhere or tell me how many outs/runs and what multipliers are on which game? I just need this for the anime.

Answering my own questions after 3 yrs.

Based from here

Bloomers = 105million
Fingers = 135m
--Unknown = 30m
Eagles  = 150m
Mariners    = 135m
Mariners    = 180m
Mariners    = 1400m
Bugaboos    = 2065m
BlueMars    = 160m
Total   = 4360m


Are there any anime suggestion engines? In the past, I've used apps that have suggested films, books, or music to me based on a set of items I've enjoyed that I provide to the app.

Is there anything like that for anime? Basically I'm looking for something in which I can input that I like anime X, Y and Z and for it to suggest that I might like anime A because it has similar themes, or because other people who like X, Y and Z have also said they like A.

Anime-Planet and MyAnimeList have user submitted suggestions for shows on a "if you liked X, you might like Y" setup.

As a developer myself, this is something I've wanted to look into making, and MyAnimeList seems to be the most common site to be used for an engine as they provide an API to programmers.

Anime-Planet Recommendations:

Per-show Recommendations:

Update:  Anime-Planet now have version 1 of a personalized recommendation engine that works off what you have already seen

MyAnimeList Recommendations:

Per show recommendations

There are a couple of engines based off of MyAnimeList that people have made such as AnimeRecs (which is down at the moment) or mal.oko.im

There's also a new anime cataloguer Hummingbird which gives you a range of  recommendations based on what you've watched, what genres you like, which are your favourites. It seems to be the easiest to access and isn't soley show-specific.

Hummingbird Suggestions:

Other Sources
Other websites which provide anime have recommendations engine built in, Usually these are based off of what similarly interested people have enjoyed also.

Crunchyroll (Thanks @David_Starkey ):

Amazon:


What is this manga about a student who doesn't want his diploma? Does anyone know of this manga? I also tried to search with Google Image Search but nothing of relevance was found.

This panel is from Silver Spoon, chapter 92, page 13. Okawa is at a graduation ceremony and is refusing to accept the diploma, causing others to force him into taking it.

      Image credit: MangaReader


Are anime OP/ED theme songs original? Are anime OP/ED theme songs original? Is it like after creating an anime, the producer hires a singer to sing a song for the OP/ED theme for that anime, or do they just use songs that the singer already sang for his album or something like that?

The vast majority of the time (easily upwards of 95% of the time, by my estimate), OPs/EDs are produced specifically for the anime they're used in. Reuse of existing songs is rare.

There are counterexamples, though, which by their very rarity prove the rule. A few select examples:

Erased reused Asian Kung Fu Generation's 2004 song "Re:Re".
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012 version) reused Yes's 1968 song "Roundabout".
Speed Grapher reused Duran Duran's 1981 song "Girls on Film". (Thanks, @ConMan.)
One Week Friends reused Sukima Switch's 2004 song "Kanade", though in this case, it was re-recorded with Amamiya Sora (voice actor of the character Fujimiya Kaori) as the vocalist.
And, of course, Neon Genesis Evangelion uses a great many different recordings and mixes of the classic "Fly Me to the Moon" as its ending theme.


Is Kizaru really able to kick at the speed of light? While Kizaru does a physical attacks (such as kicking or punching) Does he, or atleast a part of his body transform back into his normal form ? Won't he hurt himself attacking at the speed of light ?  I don't quite understand the concept of the speed of light, but I think attacking with the speed of light like that he will break his own body. How is he able to do that?

I think this has something to do with his own physical ability in combination with his devil fruit. But over all I don't think the attacks have a big of a strain on his body to begin with.

His devil fruit the Pika Pika no Mi allows him to turn into light and manipulating light around him. As he can manipulate the light around him to reduce weight  he could use this fact in his kick to reduce the weight and make up with speed reducing the actual impact on his own body.

Second of all Kizaru is a highly trained admiral with amazing physical abilities

  As a Marine Admiral, Kizaru holds the title of the strongest fighter within the World Government and Marines. He possesses great physical strength, capable of holding down Whitebeard's bisento with just one foot, and is capable of fighting Rayleigh and Whitebeard equally despite their Haki abilities. Kizaru got struck by a "Haki"-wielding Marco, and experienced little damage from the physical blow. His powerscaling places him comparable to Akainu, who managed to deflect blows from Whitebeard with difficulty. source

So he might just be able to sustain it with his training. Which would mean that in longer extending battles his power usage would go down or even not usable.

And my third point would be the fact that it is a Logia type of fruit.

  A Logia user can be shattered, split, or otherwise separated into multiple parts, sometimes down to the size of dust, and reform without injury.

  In addition to their ability to become their element, Logia users can generate limitless amounts of their element and control it at their whim, giving them fearsome attack abilities. source

The Logia type enhances a user/owner in a totally different scale to begin with. The huge enhancement made by the Logia fruit might already be enough to not sustain injury by his own ability due to the amazing regenerative abilities he has gained with it.


Is Naruto still a Genin after becoming Hokage? While watching "funny Boruto moments" on YouTube, I came across a scene where Naruto tells Iwabe and his team, that he is still a Genin, but he is a Hokage. In the starting episodes of Naruto, it is shown that Hokage is a rank above Jonin, so I want some clarification on why he could skip all the ranks and land at Hokage.

He is still a Genin. It was stated by him. (Episode 48)

What people most of the time overlook is, that the scene with Kakashi and Naruto isn't actual canon though, it should still be noted that these are the requirements.
But we're talking about Naruto here he doesn't do things the normal way, which is important later on with the Kishimoto bit.

If we look into the databook book specifically for The Last: Naruto the Movie that plays 2 years after the 4th war, Naruto is still a Genin.
下忍 = Genin.

Sakura and Shikamaru on the other hand are already Jōnin.
上忍 = Jōnin.

And the rest are Chūnin.
中忍 = Chūnin.

Kishimoto specifically let Naruto stay a Genin. And yes, TheLast is canon. He did the character designs and was chief story supervisor. It was also the first time for him that he'd completely written everything from the start, including the lines in a movie production. That came up during the Interview that is linked.

He confirmed that Naruto went from Genin to Hokage.

  Q：ナルトといえば火影（忍者の里で一番偉い立場）の夢をかなえましたが、上忍（階級が一番上の忍者）
  の試験はいつ受けたのでしょうか？

  A: ナルトは上忍になっていないんです。下忍（一番下の忍者）のまま火影になりました。サスケも上忍でも中忍でもないし、むしろ里を出ちゃっているから、抜け忍ですよね。あいつら、もうなんなんでしょうね（笑）。でも下忍のままでいきなり火影になった方が、ナルトらしくて面白いかなと思いました。

Translated:

  Q: Speaking of Naruto, his dream of being Hokage came true, but when did he take the exam to become a jounin?

  Kishimoto: Naruto didn’t become a jounin. He became Hokage as a genin. Sasuke is not a jounin or chuunin either, but rather, since he left the village, he is a nukenin. That’s enough for them (laughs). But I thought that having him suddenly go from genin to Hokage would be amusing and Naruto-like.

-> To the original Interview (Japanese)

->To the Translation

Even if he never achieved the Jōnin rank he should be as smart and as capable of Chūnin and Jōnin. People can't just become Hokage, not even Naruto. He must have still learned everything that needs to be learned for the Hokage position but just didn't get the chance to actual showcase this in the exams. But I don't think he needed to, I mean everyone (at least the Shinobi part of the Village) saw him during the 4th war and his prowess/abilities. The only thing that was missing was the educational part.

Well, according to Kishimoto, Naruto became the Hokage as a Genin. That should answer it.


What happened to the outside world in Danganronpa? In the last episode on Danganronpa, we get a glimpse of the outside world where a giant bear in wrecking havoc in the city. People are wearing bear masks and rioting in the streets.

What exactly  happened to world? Was the despair that Monokuma talking about actually a disease? Was everyone related to the characters in the school already dead?

PS: I'm not familiar with the game or novel I have only watched the anime.

I have played the game, and yet I can tell you the answer isn't the most clear there either. All I got from there is that the incident started on Hope's Peak Academy and propagated an extreme state of unrest to the outside world. However, I've heard things are explain further in the sequel, which I haven't played nor followed a Let's Play of just yet. Taking a look at the Danganronpa wiki, they explain it quite well there:

  "The biggest and most despair inducing incident in all of Hope's Peak Academy ’s history" was only the beginning to what would be the world's end. The biggest and most despair
  inducing incident in all of Hope's Peak Academy’s history caused the reserve course students to rebel…

  At first, it was optimistically thought that everything would calm down soon, but the situation worsened and quickened its pace. The movement happened on the Internet, and formed a community of its own.

  Soon, not just students were involved, but came to include people of various races and nationalities in its development and spread off the internet and into real life.

  At the beginning of the movement, it involved demonstrations regarding social issues, but as it spread through the world, its abnormality began to show. At some point in time, the motives and modus operandi changed, and left behind only meaningless destruction and violence.

  Strong people killed weak people…

  Weak people murdered even weaker people…

  Weak people formed factions and lynched strong people

  As the violence and death spread, people became desensitized. As if time had gone backwards, people took death to become a certainty. The media reports overflowed with death, and people ate as they watched. By the time the world had noticed the abnormality, it was already too late.

  The overpowering “despair” became a huge wave that swallowed up the world in the blink of one’s eye…

  Soon, terrorists and coup d’etats sprang up and caused the despair that is war. It wasn’t war that happened due to the clash of ideals, religion or profits…It was just war.

  Pure war.

  Therefore, no way to solve the problem was found. However…how did what was originally a students’ movement develop into such a despair-worthy situation? This was because of…the existence of “a certain group of people”.

  It revolved around the “certain student” who led Hope's Peak Academy to its destruction; a group called “Super High School Level Despair”.

  Their talents, recognized by Hope's Peak Academy, were used not “for the sake of causing hope for humanity”…They used their talents “for the sake of causing despair for humanity”. Those who held great power brainwashed ordinary citizens to spread despair…

  Those who had talent with computers created software to spread despair…

  Those who had great influence over people created new ideals to spread despair.

  This is how “the biggest and most despair inducing incident in all human history” was produced. Indeed, as long as “Super High School Level Despair” exists, this despair will not end…

  “The biggest and most despair inducing incident in all human history” will not end…

And that's apparently the in-game description, though being as I don't remember reading through that, it's probably from Super Danganronpa 2.

To read more just check the source where I took that from:
http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/The_World%27s_Most_Despair-Inducing_Incident


What were the two siblings referencing in episode 5 of No Game No Life? In episode 5 of No Game No Life, when the two siblings saw the home of the Flugle, they said something and their clothes changed.

I'm pretty sure it was a reference to something, but I can't figure it out.

What were the two siblings referencing?

Judging by how they said "Laputa is real" as soon as they see it, I googled 'Laputa', and it seems to refer to Laputa: Castle in the Sky, which is a Studio Ghibli film. The poster on the Wikipedia page has the main characters who seem to match the attire that Sora and Shiro change into.

As for the partly censored word they say later, when trying to figure out how to get up to Avant Heim, I am not sure if it is linked to the movie since I haven't seen it. However, considering they comment that "the servers here are better", it seemed like they were using an abusive/offensive word to see if something would glitch. MMORPG games usually kick out players who use such speech, and while I can't recall exactly which game / instance this might be referring to, I have heard similar references before.


What is the name of the song playing at 01:15 of Magi, ep 25? Does anyone know name of the song that plays at 01:15 when Lady Scheherazade released the final Aberrant Magic granted to her (or, well, her clone version, anyway)?

I couldn't find a link; the only one I have is probably an illegal one anyway.

It is in episode 25 (final episode) of Magi - the Kingdom of Magic.

Well after going through a whole lot of songs in a playlist on YouTube, I finally found it. The song is called "Warrior Ships" here.

Sadly, I could not find any information on the song that I could add to this answer such as who composed it or wrote it.

PS: I am not sure whether it is "20 Warrior Ships" or just "Warrior Ships". I had no idea, to be perfectly honest, but this is definitely it.


Just what was the flower we saw that day? In Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai,
(Lit. "We still don't know the name of the flower we saw that day"), there's a recurring theme of flowers revolving around Poppo, Menma, and the Opening/Ending of the series.

Just what is this flower? Is it what Poppo keeps putting in the jar of flowers where Menma's memorial is? And just what is the "Blue Bookmark"? (Aoi Shiori)

The flower in question is a Forget-me-not.
One theory is that the poem of the same name, by McGonagall1, is the story upon which AnoHana is loosely based2.

McGonagall's Gem, Abridged
In the poem, a knight falls into a river after foolishly leaping over a river to fetch his betrothed a flower which she asked for, then realizing he couldn't swim (...while swimming back), finally crying "Forget me not", while handing her the flower.

It would seem Jinta plays the role of the Maiden, and Menma the role of the Knight.
The other theory is that Menma is coming back to remind Jinta et al that she's still there; many of them have become withdrawn, and want to forget about her death.
Poppo actually puts various flowers into the jar at Menma's death site, Daisies being among them. Something tells me he's not in on the whole Forget-me-not voodoo.
And finally yes, the Blue Bookmark is also a Forget-me-not.
1: He is arguably one of the worst poets in British history, which makes me ponder why such a gem was chosen for a noitaminA show.
2: There is no official word of this, but McGonagall's story seems in-line with the circumstances of Menma's death; they're both based on the forget-me-not, and they're both accidental drowning while their loved one watched.


What is the mon in Jin's kimono? In the anime Samurai Champloo, there is a character called Jin who is defined in the Samurai Champloo Wiki as:

  (..) a spectacled man with messy black hair tied in a loose ponytail with two strands that frame his face. His attire consists of a simple blue kimono adorned with multiple symbols that are four squares in a diamond formation on the right pec, sleeves, and back of his kimono. Also wears a brown beaded bracelet on his right wrist.

These symbols are called mon, and his looks like this

Wikipedia's page on the character says that this mon resembles that of the Takeda clan, and provides a link to the story of Takeda Shingen, as well as a broken link.

Is this really the Takeda mon? (has the author every stated this, or is there any official reference)
Or is it all just speculation and the pointing out of similarities? (which may just have been inspirations)
Or could it be some other less-known clan's mon?

There is no way to know for sure, as it is not explicitly mentioned. While several other clans did use this design, the Takeda are by far the most well known. The four diamonds in this mon is said to stand for Takeda Shingen's famous, inspirational motto: "Swift as the wind. Silent as the forest. Fierce as the fire. Steadfast as the mountain," which was drawn from the writings of the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu (of "The Art of War" fame).

It should be noted that Yukimura bears the Houjou mon (looks like a Triforce),  who were neighbors of the Takeda and over time have been both allies and adversaries to them. Perhaps Jin and Yukimura's relationship in the show is a symbolic microcosm of the parallels between the real-life families?


What is the song at season 3 episode 18 at 19:00 of My Hero Academia when the last 10 students of UA fight all the enemy? What is the song at season 3 episode 18 of at 19:00 of My Hero Academia when the last 10 students of UA fight all the enemy?

My Hero Academia 2018 Original Soundtrack, Disc 2, Yuga Aoyama.


Does the Toradora OVA fit canonically in the main storyline? I only know about the anime, so I'm basing this question on that. Toradora's anime aired in 2009. In 2011, a side story OVA was released with the Bluray collection of the series, titled "The True Meaning of Bento" (Bento no Gokui).

This side story has little to do with the main plot, so in principle it can probably go in a lot of places in the story. However, I'm wondering if there's a canonical answer for when these events occured (or if they are intended to be canon at all). I don't know if anything similar happens in the light novels or if there has been official commentary on where it falls (preliminary searches all didn't turn anything up), but either of those would be sufficient for this question.

Is this OVA canon, and if so, when in the story does it occur?

Based off my observations of the Anime i believe that the OVA is set between the end of the Culture Festival as Taiga is acting normal around Kitamura which only occurs after the culture festival, and before the student council election as not only is Minori not awkward around Ryuji or spacing out because of what Ami said to her after Taiga and Sumire's fought one another but also the end of the anime series occurs around winter and right after the elections is Christmas which in Japan is in winter.

   Also it's evident it's still winter when Ryuji and Taiga elope and Taiga moves schools after that

This is also strengthened by the fact that the first OP was used and after the elections is when the second OP started to be used

Given that I would say the OVA occurs between the end of Episode 13 and the start of Episode 15 (as  am accounting the possibility that the OVA is an event that occurred between Episode 14 and 15).

My assumtion is almost spot-on as in art book which came with the limited edition of the series from NISA there is a point at the bottom of page 5 talking about the OVA

  this is the first episode done for "Toradora!" in over 3 years, and the story takes place between episodes 13 and 14 of the TV Series. this episode has a comical bento battle and a heartfelt development, striking a delicious balance between the laughter and drama that "Toradora!" Is best known for.

Bellow is a photo i took of the relevant section, up the top slightly cut off is the same image as what is posted in the question


How many titan shifters can harden their skin? I've just watched the anime series and in it, we've just seen the female titan and the armored titan being able to harden their skin. But reading in the internet I've found that

   In the manga Eren can harden his skin and so does the Beast Titan

is there any other titan shifters who can harden their skin? How many titan shifters can harden their skin?

This link explains all the abilities of every Titan :-

Titan Abilities

The titans that can Harden are :-

Beast Titan
Female Titan
Armoured Titan(dunno if you can call this hardening but he has hardened skin afterall!!).
Attack Titan


How does someone become a contractor in Kaze no Stigma? A contractor is someone who makes a deal with a Spirit Lord and gains a large amount of strength from it. Kazuma became a contractor with the Kaze no Seirei-Ō. Is it ever shown how he becomes the contractor, and is the way that a wind-user becomes a contractor the same as the way that another spirit user becomes a contractor? If there are manga images that explain it, that would be appreciated.

It is never explained how Kazuma became a Contractor, and the process would´ve likely been covered had the writer not died. The best guess I can give is that:

He had incredible magical potential, just not when it comes to fire.
He was in desperate need for the power and made an earnest wish to the Wind Spirit King, catching his interest.


Why does Light Yagami shuffle the two death notes? Light Yagami gives a death note to Rem and asks Rem to give it to Ryuk. Then Ryuk drops the book according to Light's order. Light then takes back Misa's book while doing something similar with his own book.

Why did he do this?

If I recall correctly it was a part of Light's grand scheme to fully exonerate him as being Kira in the eyes of the task force and to kill L.
Only Light's Death Note had the rules written in English (see comments) and he added the fake rules in the back about needing to write a name very 13 days and if you destroy the Death note all those who touched it will die.

The Fake Death Note Rules are two rules that Light Yagami persuades the Shinigami Ryuk to write into the Death Note as part of a plan to clear him of suspicion. These rules ultimately lead to his downfall.

If the user of the Death Note fails to consecutively write names within 13 days of each other, then the user will die.

If a person makes this notebook unusable by tearing it up or burning it, all the humans who have touched the Death Note will die.

Source: Fake Death Note Rules
Ownership of this Death Note had to go to one of the Shinigami to then go to one of the Yotsuba Group (or any big company) and trusting L's detective work he would find the new Kira and recover the Death Note.
To do this Light had to have a second Death Note on him as he gives up ownership of his in order to retain his memories and claim ownership of the new Death Note when it's ownership is given up by one of the Shinigami. his new one he can give up ownership when he wanted to "get rid of this pride" while in imprisoned (ie. get rid of ownership and erasing his memories).
Now it was important for Rem to be the Shinigami of this Death Note that L recovered because if Rem didn't play along Misa's life would be in danger as such the fake rules wouldn't be exposed. Of course Light knew L well enough that L would still pursue Misa and seeking her execution by proving she was the Second Kira, forcing Rem's hand to then kill L. L would then be killed by the Shinigami everyone knew about and not by Kira and it would also kill Rem having intervened in Misa's death.


How is "One for All" stronger than "All for One"? For those who don't know a brief description of the 2 major quirks involved in the main story of My Hero Academia are the quirks One for All (All Might, Izuku) and All for One.

First One for All

   All Might explains that One For All is the union of two Quirks: A Quirk that stockpiles power and a Quirk that could be transferred to others. One For All allows the user to access stockpiled power, which grants the user momentary superhuman strength at destructive levels, increased agility, and superhuman speed. Izuku Midoriya is the ninth user of One for All.

Now All for One,

   All For One allows the user to steal other people's Quirks and wield these stolen powers as their own. All For One also allows the user to transfer stolen Quirks to other people. The user of All For One can combine several Quirks in order to create devastating techniques which would normally not be possible with the usage of only one Quirk.

In the fight between All might and All for one,

   we see the combined effects of multiple quirks used together by All for one. Going by the name that is around 10-12 stolen offensive quirks (not to mention numerous defensive ones as well as ones allowing him to live etc.

How is it that the combined physical prowess of 9 individuals (2 of which we know were quirkless) can be stronger than the combination of atleast a dozen Strong quirks, maybe more?

Possibly Related: What does it mean that "One for all" allows to stockpile power?
The accepted answer fails to explain how this stockpiling would outgrow All for one, unless its some sort of exponential increase for One for All vs a linear increase for All for One.

Because All for One is adding powers on top of one another, while One for All is multiplicating it's strength.

All for One is using the quirks of other users, I think he isn't the kind of person to go and master each and every one of those quirks.

On the other hand, every users of One for All have been training the same quirk again and again, mastering it, and then passing their knowledge to their successors.

I don't think the battle All for One vs One for All was a pure contest of strength, but also of mastery and technique. You can clearly see that when it comes to pure strength, All for One is stronger. But when it comes to ability, All Might was better.

What made All-Might victorious was not his strength, but his ability to think ahead, and his near perfect mastery of One for All.


What is the actual color of the Rasengan? The manga has the drawing of the Rasengan on one of the colors yellow, and the games says it is blue. I think it's yellow because I believe the manga is canon. What is the actual canon color of the Rasengan?

Strictly speaking, the canonical color of the Rasengan should be yellow, because Naruto's chakra is yellow in the manga. (Chapter 91)

The anime changed the chakra color to blue for some reason, probably because they felt blue looked better in the animation. Games are often made to resemble the anime, not the manga, so that could be the reason they picked blue.

The yellow image in the anime that you mention is an inconsistency. They may have used the color from the manga for that image because it wasn't important for the plot.


How did Dizzi get trapped in Kenny's laptop? In the English dub of Beyblade: Classic, Kenny has a bit-beast named Dizzy trapped inside his laptop. It's implied that it’s Kenny’s fault that Dizzy got trapped.

Is it ever explained how Dizzy got trapped inside Kenny’s laptop?

Kenny said that one day when he plugged his laptop, there was a massive power surge and Dizzi popped up in Kenny's Computer.The reason for the same is clearly mentioned in the Second Episode of Season one, titled, "Day of the Dragoon". After Tyson loses to Kai, Andrew and Kenny go to Tyson's house to check on him.  Here, Kenny tells Tyson who Dizzi was and goes on to mention the above stated reason.


Could a tailed beast become a Jinchuriki I know that together all the tailed beast create the ten tails but could a tailed beast be sealed inside another tailed beast. Excluding the ten tails of course.

No.  It's also never been explored in any official capacity, either.

Jinchuriki means "power of human sacrifice".  This implies that only a human can take on the immense energies of a tailed beast.


Are there censored or discarded Pokemon creatures and what are the motives behind it? After seeing some Youtube videos about censorship in Pokemon, it seems to me that the motives for it are based mainly on1:

Sexual content/innuendoes
Violence (gore, mutilations, etc.)
Religion references
And others (offensive language, stereotypes, political matters, etc.)

I'm interested in knowing if there are censored or discarded Pokemon creatures, and if so, what are the motives behind it. Has Satoshi Tajiri published information about it?2

1 My knowledge about this topic mainly comes from creepypasta and other not too serious references (and also, those are in Spanish, so, I'm not sure if they would be accepted).

2 With the last statement I mean if Satoshi Tajiri approved or rejected the idea/fact of censoring his creations, or if he worked in the censored version, etc.

Censored creatures:

Likely little. As @Torisuda has mentioned, there's no incentive for them to create pokemon that toe the line - it's a show for kids, they will want innocent monsters.

Sexual content/innuendoes

A definite no go area for a kids show

Violence (gore, mutilations, etc.)

Considering pokemon only 'faint' and there is purposefully no death in the series, this isn't an issue in character design.

The only complaints have been at the presence of fighting creatures from animal and religious groups. But even this is unwarranted - in 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to Pokémon and said it did not have "any harmful moral side effects"

Religion references

You could draw parallels with pokemon and Shinto, but the show is pretty much ignoring religious references, and quite rightly.

And others (offensive language, stereotypes, political matters, etc.)

There is one instance I can think of this, In Western editions, Jynx is purple-skinned rather than black, as it is similar to blackface:

Most censoring is done before a show hits the market, so if there are more instances, they're probably known only by the production crew - and kept secret.

Discarded Creatures:

There are definitely discarded creatures, but mostly because they were removed for quality reasons. Some of these made their way into later versions of the series (like Ho-oH) and some were simply redesigned.

  At a fan convention in 2010, Shigeki Morimoto (the lead programmer of the first Pokemon games) confirmed that there were originally 190 Pokemon intended to be included in the release of the First Generation of Pokemon games. This is backed up by the fact that for the first 190 of the 255 slots in the hex grid of Pokemon, all slots possess either a valid Pokemon, or the same form of Missingno. All 191 slots and later contain garbage data that produce different glitch Pokemon in each slot.

Reference.


How is the passage of time handled in Pokemon? I stopped following the Pokemon anime a while ago, but I know the series has had Ash go through many regions, including retreading at least one of them.  When Ash was about to get his eight badge, Misty mentioned that they'd been on the road for a year at that point.

I saw some recent episodes, and Ash looks nearly identical to when he first started as a trainer.  Normally I'd attribute that to cartoon sitcom logic, where the characters never age; but in a series with continuity and references to earlier seasons, this makes no sense.

What's the official word on a timeline for the Pokemon anime?

Both of the comments by looper and Krazer are correct, and they tell pretty much the whole story. As of episode 658, Ash (Satoshi) is 10 years old, the same age he was when he began his journey. However, based on reasonable assumptions for how often the Pokemon leagues meet, he should have aged at least 5 years.

The strongest indication that time has passed is probably the short from the 3rd movie, Pikachu and Pichu. What Ash says implies very strongly that they've been together for at  least a year:

  Don't you know what today is, Pikachu? This is the day we first met. The day we first became friends. I think that's pretty special, don't you?

There are a few other instances where the passage of time is referenced in the anime. In Episode 063, Ash says in the dub that it's been a year since they last visited Viridian City. In the original, Satoshi just said that it's been a long time. Also, in Episode 469, Team Rocket says they've been chasing Pikachu as long as Dawn's been alive, which would be 10 years. That's probably better interpreted as breaking the 4th wall, since the anime had been running for 10 years at that point. There may be other instances, but the fact that a lot of time has passed since the first episode is indisputable.

This is one of the most glaring plot-holes in the anime, though it's understandable why the writers don't want Ash to age. Presumably it could send problematic messages if Ash were 20 years old when he first started travelling with 10-year-old Dawn (or Iris, though I don't know her age), though it's honestly still problematic if he's 10 years old. Of course, Pokemon is marketed to children, so having a 10-year-old protagonist is also better than having someone at least 15.

However, there isn't any official explanation for this. The writers have never answered why Ash and the other characters aren't aging even as time passes. In my opinion it's best just to regard this as a plot hole and ignore it as much as possible. There are some fan theories for why Ash wouldn't age even as time passes, but honestly they're a little bit Farfetch'd, if you know what I mean.


How does Madara have Rinnegan in both eyes? After the battle with Hashirama, Madara loses one of his eyes because of the Izanagi. He awakens only one Rinnegan eye before he dies. But when he got resurrected using Edo Tensei, he has a pair of Rinnegan eyes. Similarly, once he gets his true body back, he has Rinnegan in both eyes. How is this possible?

In the first case, Madara had a blind eye due to the Izanagi he used. But the eyesight was restored when the Rinnegan formed in both the eyes. This is because it is a characteristic quality of the Rinnegan. The wikia articles on Rinnegan and Uchiha Madara supports it:

  However, Madara's Sharingan did not become Rinnegan until decades later, at the end of his natural lifespan; this also seemingly restored the eyesight lost from his use of Izanagi.

Madara Uchiha:

  It was not until decades later, towards the end of Madara's natural life, that the cells had any effect, awakening the Rinnegan (in the process restoring his right eye).

So therefore, formation of Rinnegan completely heals the eyes.

When the Edo Tensei was used, he was revived at the prime stage of his life, along with enhancements. That explains him having having both the eyes.

Lastly, when he breaks out of the Edo Tensei, his Edo Tensei Rinnegan eyes are still intact. But after being brought back to life by the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique, his fake Rinnegan eyes turn into dust. He fights without eyes for a while. White Zetsu brings him one of his original eyes, and later on, he steals away his original eye from Obito.


What did Madara mean by "showing our guts"? In the latest episode (filler, obviously...) of Naruto Shippuden, episode 368 the expression

  "to show your guts"

was flying all over the place. I've tried Googling around, but didn't manage to find what it meant.

I think it means something along the lines of showing your most inner feelings, but I'm not entirely certain.

PS: English isn't my native language, so don't judge.

From context and the discussions in the show about the reasons that wars persist and continue (bits and pieces from Nagato, Naruto & Jiraiya at different points in time) - they are talking about how people cannot discern emotions and thoughts of others directly, meaning people cannot know the true feelings of others. Which in turn causes misunderstanding, differences in opinion and emotion to the end result of conflict, culminating in war.

Given this overall theme, I think it is reasonable to understand this (possibly mistranslated phrase) to mean - show our internal feelings/emotions/thoughts to the other (internal  <-> guts).


Which end of a chocolate cornet is the head? Some say it looks like a seashell.  Some say it looks like a caterpillar.  The real question, which end is the head?  Was it ever decided among the cast of Lucky Star?

According to Konata, about 2 years later:

The head is the big end.


What is relationship with Megami Tensei franchises like in the title said what's the relationship with Megami Tensei franchises? Megami Tensei have large franchises there are

Devil Children
Devil Summoner
Devil Survivor
Digital Devil Saga
Last Bible
Majin Tensei
Persona
Shin Megami Tense

They are all spin-offs of Digital Devil Story, an old horror novel series about a guy who develops a computer program that can summon demons. The original Megami Tensei game was based on the story told in the novels, then came Shin Megami Tensei as a spin-off of this, with no relation whatsoever to the original story aside from the demon summoning program, and then the other games got produced with that premise in mind but all with stories of their own. So the only point in common they have is the fact that you can summon demons through a technological device.


When is damage "permanent" in Accel World? Within the accelerated world, when someone gets damaged or injured (even severely), they fully recover after leaving and re-entering the accelerated realm. (If you are killed you also come back normally.)

For example:

Taku cuts off Haruyuki's arm. (ep 5)
Niko's left arm is ripped off when Yellow Radio's minions tear apart her fortress. (ep 11)

Both of these injuries (a loss of an entire limb) are serious injuries that can't be recovered in battle.* However, when they leave and re-enter the accelerated world, they are fully recovered.

*Barring Chiyuri's time-reversal ability.

But there are at least two instances of when damage is not reversed upon re-entering the accelerated world:

Kuroyukihime amputates Fuuko's legs - hence the wheelchair. (described in ep 16)
Noumi steals Haruyuki's wings. (ep 15)

So what determines whether damage is healed?

Furthermore, how does Chiyuri's time-reversal ability play into this?

It seems not to be some kind of "rule", but aspect of specific stronger abilities/avatars:

it was explicitly said that Black Lotus avatar inflicts permanent damage with her blades
"steal" ability wouldn't be much of a steal without permanent aspect to it

I don't think it was explored (in anime at least) if there are ways to purposely achieve it (from leveling up would be logical) or as other aspects of avatars some people just happen to have it.


Can Hyakkimaru understand what he hears or not? In episode 6th the old blind monk (Biwamaru) says that he did expect Hyakkimaru to go to fight the monster after he mentioned there was one, but not as soon as before he recovers from his wounds. But Hyakkimaru just recovered his hearing which he never had in his whole life, and with other sounds it seems he can't understand a thing he's hearing. Can Hyakkimaru understand what he hears or not?

Not initially, but in later episodes he seems to understand language.
Like in Episode 12, Dororo tells Hyakkimaru that you have found your mother and you have a brother. He understands that. You can refer Episode 11 ("The Story of Banmon, Part 2") and Episode 12 "The Story of Banmon, Part 2" for the same. These episodes were released on March 18, 2019 and March 25, 2019 respectively.


What are the familial relationships in Gentlemen's Alliance Cross? I read Gentlemen's Alliance Cross a while ago and I remember being exceedingly confused about the familial relationships between the characters. I know the main character (Haine) is not related to the people she's living with, and that there was something really weird there, and that the emperor of the school was actually his brother, but then he wasn't, or something like that. Can someone explain those two sets of relationships (Haine with her parents and the emperor with his brother/family)?

Haine was born into the Kamiya family, but "sold" to the Otomiya family in exchange for 50 million yen, hence why her family name is Otomiya.

Shizumasa is the emperor, but we first meet the "fake" Shizumasa, who is filling in for the real one, and we find out the fake is actually Shizumasa's twin brother.

For more details including family tree diagrams, see the GAC wikia:

Haine page
Kamiya family page
Togu family page


Why did Naruto need to summon his Shadow Clones during his fight with Pain? While fighting Pain, Naruto used his Shadow Clones to store his Sage Mode chakra. Since the clones were at Mount Myoboku, he needed to summon them with a scroll.

A) Why didn't he just release the jutsu to get back the chakra in the clone?

B) Why did he need a scroll? Couldn't he have summoned him with just hand signs?

Answer A: The one you are saying "releasing" the jutsu with the clone isn't possible. What Naruto trying to do is to release the Reverse Summoning which is a Space Time Ninjustsu not the Kage Bunshin.

It is said in the wiki that:

"all summoning-based techniques are space–time manipulation related, as they warp the targets through a dimensional void to the summoner's location. It appears that each specific space-time technique has its own unique dimensional void that no other technique can access."

That means you can't release technique from another (void) dimension wherein the clones are like sealed in a container.

Now to release the reverse summon, well that answers B:
You need the signed contract(scroll) which serves as the passage way in order for the user (like Naruto) to release the Reversed Summoning then release the Kage Bunshin.


Is Rui a boy or girl? In Gatchaman Crowds, when we see Rui outside he/she is wearing a blonde wig of either long hair when looking like a punk rocker or short hair when wearing a blue dress. When Rui is getting dressed to meet Hajime see see his/her chest exposed however there was no sign that he/she was a girl. while there was no nipples shown normally even with flat chested girls there is an attempt to try and hide their breasts and with Rui i think i saw more chest than i was expecting.

All the Gatchamen refer to Rui as a girl however they only have seen him/her in disguise, Hajime makes a comment during their meeting of hiding behind makeup however i don't think i remember her say if Rui is a boy or girl (or correcting anyone)

I'm watching the English Dub and in the credits Shannon Emerick is credited to be the Vorice Actress of Rui, who is the same woman who is credited for being the Voice Actress of "Garden" Engi Threepiece in the Dub of Dream Eater Merry (both i brought from Hanabee Entertainment).

So i am wondering, is Rui just a very flat chested girl or is Rui a cross dressing guy?

Ninomiya Rui is a boy

  who disguises himself as a girl most of the time/crossdresses so that he could easily observe people without being notice.

He acts so manly while dressing like this

But sometimes it's so suspicious because of this

And this

But to answer your question : He IS A BOY. definitely.


How did Itachi get affected by Kotoamatsukami? Itachi had planted Shishui's mangekyo sharingan into the crow's eye and planted it inside Naruto so that it casts kotoamatsukami on Sasuke if Sasuke ever tries to attack Konoha and have to face Naruto . But it affected Itachi himself when he was fighting Naruto in his edo tensei mode during the shinobi war .

So , my question is if the eye was meant to cast kotoamatsukami on Sasuke how did Itachi get affected ?

The technique was set be used when Naruto encountered Itachi's own Sharingan on the assumption that Sasuke would have implanted them to acquire an Eternal Mangekyo.


What is the track listing for "selector spread WIXOSS music Particle.2"? The second half of the soundtrack for the WIXOSS anime came on the album "selector spread WIXOSS music Particle.2". This album was released with the second spread WIXOSS box set back in April. For whatever reason, though, the track listing for this album does not appear to be available anywhere on the internet.

What is the list of tracks on this album?

Some nice person added the track listing to VGMdb a little while back (I assume it's correct, though there are no scans of the listing included); here is a romanized / translated† version of it:

Battle ~ I can make your wish come true
doushite naite iru no? / "Why are you crying?"
fushigi / "Strange"
Chiyori / "Chiyori"
chiyoringaa, chiyorunbaa, chorisoo
gikochinai  / "Awkward"
yukkuri to / "Slowly"
Urisu to Iona / "Ulith and Iona"
uso to yokubou, kowarete guchagucha / "Lies and desires come tumbling down"
Iona to Akira / "Iona and Akira"
iradachi to kyoufu / "Anger and fear"
kenshin to izon ~ Devotion / "Sacrifice and dependence ~ Devotion"
Conflict
atarashii katachi / "A new form"
nichijou ~ Futase / "Life ~ Futase"
mayoimichi / "Gone astray"
Fumio / "Fumio"
Battle ~ mou, genkai nan da / "Battle ~ I can't go any further"
Mayu to shiroi heya / "Mayu and the white room"
hibiware ~ Brasted piano / "A crack ~ Brasted piano"
Ulith / "Ulith"
omoikomi? / "A preconception?"
utsuro na sonzai / "A hollow existence"
minna de yarinaosou? / "Why don't we all start over?"
Battle ~ Consternation
taiji to itami / "Confrontation and pain"
kizu / "Injury"
dakedo / "But"
Yuki / "Yuki"
Profane Wish ~ Brasted piano
moshikashitara / "What if"
sorezore no yasashisa / "Kindness, each in their own way"
tobira / "The gate"
infinite Girl

† Except for track 5, because what do you even do with that? Also, because I'm lazy, I didn't pull the translations for things like tracks 22 and 23 from the simulcast subtitles, so they'll probably be sort of discrepant.


Is there any connection between the Doupo Cangqiong and Da Zhu Zai and Wu Dong Qian Kun Chinese Web Novels? Is there any connection between the Doupo Cangqiong (Battle Through the Heavens) and Da Zhu Zai (The Great Ruler) and Wu Dong Qian Kun (Earth-Shattering Martial Arts) Chinese web novels? Because Doupo Cangqiong is the prequel of Da Zhu Zai and Wu Dong Qian Kun.

They are from the same author. They exist in different worlds but the protagonist of Doupo and Wudong travels to the dazhuzai world and they exist there now. There's probably a span of hundred of years between dazhuzai and the other two.


Why does Obito look like an adult during the Kyuubi attack on Konoha? In the series, it is stated that Kakashi was 26 when he became the leader of Naruto's squad. So following that, he was 14 when the Kyuubi attacked the village. Seeing that Obito was the same age as Kakashi, he should be 14 but he didn't look like it. How old was Obito at that time? It shows him as an grown up, adult man. Is this because of Zetsu covering him or is he just older than Kakashi?

This is not a question directly about the age of Obito but also why he looked older. In my understanding Kakashi and Obito are about the same age. I don't care when Kakashi became a Jounin because that is not relevant to this question.

The difference in age between Obito and Kakashi has been explained in this answer.

From this thread on narutoforums (emphasis mine):

  It is impossible for both Kakashi and Obito to have been 13 during the Kakashi Gaiden, because there is at least a confirmed 4 year age difference between Kakashi and Obito when they were confirmed to both be Genin teammates during the Chuunin Exams. They entered the academy the same time, and they all graduated the academy together as teammates. Kakashi was at least 4 years younger than both of his teammates at all times. There is no possible way that Kakashi was a 13 year old Jonin during the Kakashi Gaiden.

Since Kakashi is younger than Obito, obviously Obito will look older.


What is the chorus that plays with each new major monster in Fairy Tail called? I'm dying to know the name of the chorus music that plays when major demons are presented such as Deliora and the flute demon.

I tried looking through some soundtracks on YouTube but can't find it.

I believe the name of this song to be Akuma Deliora.
It could be found on the OST Vol. 1 as song no. 30.
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Does the name Jiraiya mean something that connects these 2 instances? While I was playing Tales of Phantasia, in the Future where the vocal impressionists are (nearby to where the Elven Forest is) there is a guy dressed up like a frog. When you talk to him he says (according to the English translation)

  Ninja Art!
  Jiraiya!
  Ribbit?

Obviously this made me think of Jiraiya from Naruto and his affinity with frogs and to my understanding Tales of Phantasia predates Naruto.

So does the name Jiraiya mean something that connects what this frog guy says in Tales of Phantasia and Jiraiya in Naruto?

This originates from the Japanese folklore 児雷也豪傑物語, The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya

  In the legend, Jiraiya is a ninja who uses shapeshifting magic to morph into a gigantic toad. As the heir of a powerful clan in Kyūshū of the same name, Jiraiya fell in love with Tsunade (綱手), a beautiful young maiden who has mastered slug magic. His arch-enemy was his one-time follower Yashagorō (夜叉五郎), later known as Orochimaru (大蛇丸), a master of serpent magic (the kanji 大蛇 literally means "giant snake" or "serpent"). It was first recorded in 1806 - classic tale

Series such as Naruto, and Tales of Phantasia draw inspiration of this story in their elements, and also naming. All though in the Tales series it is more of a hidden reference. In Naruto almost the whole story is played out through the legendary three.

  In Naruto, a popular manga and anime television series, Jiraiya appears in the series as a ninja with the ability to summon giant toads. Along with the series' versions of Tsunade and Orochimaru, he is part of a trio of legendary ninja known as the Densetsu no Sannin ("Legendary Three Ninja"). One of the anime's episodes is titled "The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant."

Jiraiya is also a known element in the series

Gintama: Where Jiraia is the strongest ninja of the Oniwanbanshu
Karasu Tengu Kabuto
and several more


Why didn't DIO used his piercing eye attack to kill Joseph or Jotaro? When DIO stops time to kill Joseph, he uses a knife. But why didn't he use his piercing eye attack? The same goes for when fighting Jotaro: he doesn't use it and uses a police officer's gun or knives instead.

My real-world explanation is simply that Araki forgot. However, my lore-friendly answer is that Dio either wasn't capable of using his Vampiric abilities because of Jonathan's body, or that he simply didn't care to because he was virtually invincible with The World.


In Laputa, does "バルス" have any meaning or etymology? Does "バルス", which is popular in tweeting during Laputa, have any meaning or etymology, or rationale for being in katakana?

If you recall from the movie, the word "BALS," is the Laputian incantation the collapses Laputa. In the Laputian language it means "to close."

According to various online accounts this originated from the world record setting number of tweets that happened during a public re-airing of the movie on Japanese Television:

  On the night of August 2 (2013), during the "Friday Roadshow" airing of the Japanese anime film Laputa: Castle in the Sky on Nippon Television Network, Japanese netizens renewed the world record of Tweets Per Second (TPS) at 143,199 TPS by all (simultaneously) tweeting the magic spell "BALS" at the same time as the protagonists Princess Sheeta and Pazu read the spell together during the film. In the story, the magic spell "BALS", meaning "close" in the language of Laputa, is a spell of destruction that destroys the city of Laputa. The spell is said to have derived from the Turkish word "barış," meaning "peace."

The sheer amount of tweets wound up overburdening Twitter's servers, resulting in the appearance of the the well-known "Twitter Whale." The overwhelming popularity and notoriety of the tag (it's said that "BALS" was the ironic cause of the sever collapse), it stayed and eventually became a fixture in on the Japanese side of Twitter due to this event.


Why couldn't Hashirama break through Edo Tensei like Madara did? Hashirama Senju was the legendary ninja in the world of Naruto, he was also the only one who managed to defeat Madara Uchiha.

How come Hashirama could not break the seal of Edo Tensei (when Orochimaru, who was less proficient in Edo Tensei than Kabuto later on) much like Madara did with Kabuto? It seems silly that Hashirama who was stronger than Madara could not break Orochimaru's seal, while Madara was able to break Kabuto's more powerful seal.

Hashirama doesn't need to break the Edo-Tensei because it's already mentioned that Orochimaru (Jutsu owner) is not able to control Hashirama.

Which means he is already acting on his own free will. The only risk is if someone catches Orochimaru and undo the Justsu somehow (like Itachi did to Kabuto), all 4 Hokages will vanish. Even in that case, there is Edo-Tensei grace period. During that time, Hashirama can break the Jutsu and recast it on his own, same like Madara did (maybe 2nd also, he is the Jutsu creator).


Why is there a censoring sound in episode 6? In 11:25 of episode 6, there is a bleep sound, but I don't know why is it being censored. Jibril and Steph are surprised by it, so would it be a dirty joke or something else?

The Japanese text there is ま★こ ma*ko, which (to someone who knows Japanese) is obviously a censored form of まんこ manko, which does refer to the female genitalia, as Sukeibe points out.

The key insight here is that manko is in fact vulgar slang for the female genitalia, which is why you will see it censored. The translation "nether regions" fails to capture this vulgarity, I suppose because it's constrained by the rules of word chain (can you think of a vulgar term for the female genitalia that begins with "n" and ends with "s"? I can't...). If a technical/medical term for the female genitalia were used instead (e.g. 女性器 joseiki lit. "female sex organ"), it would probably not have been censored.


Does Kaneki pop his knuckles or break them? Initially, I used to think that he popped his knuckles, but the noise is simply too loud. Also, considering the gruesome origin of his white-haired avatar, I am inclined to think he breaks  them instead.

Does Kaneki pop his knuckles, or break them?

Reddit has answered this for me: Also other websites.
I also managed to do it myself.

  "It's some kind of gestural tick that psyches them for battle. Kaneki started doing as a result of Yamori always doing it when he was torturing him, and Yamori picked it up from the human investigator who tortured him. Naki also does it, on a different finger as a tribute and to mimic Yamori."
  Source:https://www.reddit.com/r/TokyoGhoul/comments/314hjz/why_does_jason_and_kaneki_crack_their_fingers/#s  Reddit user:                                      oredaore
  “Cracks Finger” is a gestural Tic shown by Ken Kaneki, Naki, and Yamori. It's a habit started by Yamori's torturer, then imitated by Yamori, Naki, and Kaneki.
  In the anime “Tokyo Ghoul”, Yamori cracks his finger every time he tortures Ken Kaneki. This teaches him to crack his own fingers after his escape.
  I didn't want to do this but here (Text below reddit post): http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/cracks-finger
  Image found here: Sacbee-health-and-medicine  An actual video of someone doing it: Youtube


Why All Might had to punch over 300 times Noumu to defeat him, if it was the last "plus ultra" punch what sent him flying high into the sky In the battle between Noumu and All Might, All Might says that if Noumu is made to fight him at 100%, he will have to punch him with over 100% of his strenght to defeat him, and that if Noumu's quirk is shock absortion and not regeneration, he might have a limit to how much beating he can take. After he sent Noumu flying, he said in his prime he would have needed 5 punches to defeat him, but he needed over 300. But what sent Noumu flying was only one punch, his "plus ultra" punch. Then, why didnt he just punched Noumu with his "plus ultra" punch from the begining? What were all the other punches for?

I can think of a few reasons.

Out-Universe

Its a Shonen Anime. The supreme rule in Shonen is Rule of Cool. Other than this, tropes like Special Attacks, Limit Break, Finishing Move among others also apply.
As the flagship fight of the season 1, it was required to be longer than "1-Punch". (Though One Punch Man shows it can work. Lol)

In-Universe
Since it was the battle between almost equal opponents, the 300 punches were required because,

To put Nomu off balance so he couldn't defend against the final "Plus Ultra" Punch. If it were the first punch, Nomu may have successfully defended against it. If you look closely to the battle you'll see Nomu starts off matching All might punch for punch, than his frequency decrease as All might gets more hits and finally it becomes one sided as All Might pummels him around.
Since All Might knew that Nomu is not nullifying the damage and regenerating it, the speedy punches gradually chipped away his strength until it was down enough to finish in one blow.

All Might new he had a fixed amount of time until his "Super" form lasted, hence to make it count he went head to head with Nomu right until the last moment releasing all his power in the last punch.

If you go and read the manga (and hopefully in the current airing season) you'll see he does something similar

   When he goes against All for one, he uses the last embers of One for All in his body to deliver the killing blow. Does that mean the previous punches were meaningless? I think not!


Why does Naruto have a catch phrase? In both the anime and manga Naruto often ends his sentences with either "dattebayo" or "believe it" in the English translations.

Why is this a thing?

Is it meant to further his character or provide a bit of remembrance of his character to the reader or viewer, or even other characters of the series?

In chapter 498 of the manga, it is mentioned that Naruto inherited this habit from his mother, Kushina, who would instead end her sentences with "(Da)-ttebane" ([だ]ってばね) when she got excited or angry. She also mentioned something along the lines of hoping that her son wouldn't inherit this habit.


Why doesn't the Gedo Mazo have tails? If the Gedo Mazo is the emptied body of the Ten-Tails, then why don't any of its forms look like that?

I have a theory as to why it doesn't have tails, maybe because its chakra was split into the Tailed Beasts and hence it lost its tails. But it still doesn't explain why none of the forms look like that considering that the Gedo Mazo is the way the body looked when Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki, the Sage of the Six Paths, sealed its empty body inside the moon with Chibaku Tensei (Planetary Devastation).

Any ideas as to why this might be?

The Gedo Mazo is just a recipient.
The body of Ten Tails is on the moon, Rikudou sent his body there.

I think Madara and Obito plans to take the chakra of the Juubi in the Gedo Mazo, the recipient, and put it back into the real body of Ten tails.


Is there filler manga? When watching anime I often come across filler episodes or arcs. They are often episodes that are not described in the manga.

I haven't read much manga, so I was wondering: Does manga also have filler volumes?

Depending on your definition of filler, I would say yes, there are indeed filler arcs in manga.

I say this for a few reasons.

The other answer on here as I write this assumes that the manga is always the original content, which is untrue. While that's the most common way to do things (adapt manga into anime) there are certainly cases of adapting anime into manga form (for example, Madoka Magica).
Consider this TV Tropes page. It offers a few definitions of filler. One is something that "isn't in the source material." However it could also be considered something "unrelated to the main plot," which doesn't necessarily mean that filler arcs are exclusive a specific adaptation.

For example, consider the Excalibur arcs in the Soul Eater manga, which also appear (almost verbatim in some cases) in the anime. They have no practical effect on the overall story - they exist simply for comedic effect. If you skipped those chapters, the overall story would not really lose anything.

Therefore, yes, manga can have filler, because filler can be defined as anything which does not have a direct effect on the main story.


Could Nighteye foresee his future? Nighteye has a quirk which allows him to foresee the future and when he does (like in the case of All Might) he tries to do something to prevent it from happening when it's something bad. Why couldnt he foresee his own future or did he see it and did nothing?

Two reasons.

First, Nighteye's Quirk requires him to look into the eyes of the person whose future he wants to see. It's not stated whether non-direct eye contact works, but assuming it doesn't then he can't see his own future just by looking into a mirror.

Second, he didn't think the future could be changed, only reacted to. When we first see Nighteye demonstrate his Quirk, he uses it on Deku so that he has perfect knowledge of his future movements. When they fight, he doesn't try to get in Deku's way or otherwise try to change those movements, he just uses that knowledge to avoid being where Deku is. Similarly, he himself said that he regretted seeing All Might's future because he's never been able to change what he sees - so presumably, if he saw his own death he would assume that it was a fixed possibility (and, in fact, in the fight with Overhaul it seems like he has used his ability to see his own death from someone else's perspective, and assumes that it's a foregone conclusion). It's only when Deku beats Overhaul and doesn't die in the process, as Nighteye saw, that he realises that the future can be changed.


Manga image of two girls with unusual eyes I found it on tumblr and i would be interested to know from what manga it is

It looks like it's from Tokyo Ghoul. They've all got eyes like that:

It looks like the characters from your screenshot are Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa:

More info:

My Anime List
Anime News Network
Wikia


Does Kuro Sakuragawa from Kyokou Suiri age? I mean he told that he ate both Kudan and Ningyo at age eleven, but keeps himself from aging because he dies when he predicts the future. So, what causes him to age?
What I mean to say is, if he stops future prediction, does he get older then?

Yes Kuro Sakuragawa does age. I am guessing you got the idea from the fact that he ate two yokai making him immortal. This is meaning that he can not die form physical attacks or aging.
his physical appearances does change form when he was young, and when they show us his memories form when he was young this shows that his physical appearance does change with time.
note: I am saying he can't die form physical attacks or aging. there is nothing stating that there is some magic that can truly kill him and there is nothing saying that it can happen. it's just a thought .


How Shanks and his crew were able to survive a clash with Kaido pirates? In the ANIME, it was mentioned that before coming to marineford, Shanks clashed with Kaido pirates. How come Shanks and crew were able to survive the war with Kaido pirates without being much damaged?

There is a speculation, but no official source, that no war actually happened. Kaido was going to stop Whitebeard from goving to Marineford, but Shanks stopped Kaido from doing so instead. What some people think, is that Shanks merely stood in his way. If had been a war, then it must have been mentioned. I could be, maybe, that Kaido tried to start something and sent some people stir up something but Shanks stopped them. In that case, Kaido would not go to war with Shanks because:

Kaido is a pirate, so he obviously wanted to kill Whitebeard when he had the chance at that point,

BUT

He had a chance. That was the fact that Whitebeard was not ready for battle with someone else meant that a surprise attack could do him serious damage and make him late for Ace. In Shanks' case, red hair was ready for Kaido. That meant that a war much worse than all of Marineford battle would happen. Kaido was not ready for that. In other words, when Shanks stopped the ships (like I said that was a guess) Then Kaido backed off knowing that this was not the time.

That said, the same reason could explain why the Yonkou don't have fights everyday with each other. They would wear down, all 4, too soon for the marines to stop them.


Did Zero-Two regain her memories far earlier? [spoiler alert] I'm doing currently a quick rewatch in order to find out hidden details, symbolism etc..

I noticed a possibility that Zero-Two could regain her memories far earlier than Hiiro. Even before visiting "Garden".

It would be even possible that she regained the memories, but didn't recognize him as him just after first meeting, or could have doubts if he is really he for long time or still could be afraid of rejection for being a demon.

Following this way of thinking, she could even believe that her "old darling" died in a battle long time ago like other yearlings and the person she met recently is only a clone. (Just as former 13th squad or Nana)

Obviously she seems like she does not recognize him during their first meeting (in recent timeline) but it seems like it might happen after about 1st-2nd episode.

Could you please help me find some references to similar investigation?

Or maybe I will try to state my question directly: Did she regain her memories before Hiiro? If yes, when approximately?

when zero two first met hiro she didn't recognize him, and was using him as a fodder to help her find her "real darling", but she didn't know that hiro was her real darling. then later on during a battle, zero two realized that hiro is her darling. but she doesn't remember the memory when they were little, she just remembered that hiro is her darling


Is there significance to this frame from the season 2 opening? Pictured are 6 members from the 104th training regimen, but they seem somewhat randomly selected.

At least, that is until:

   We find out that the two on the left are the armoured and colossal titans, and then Eren, who is also a titan, appears to be center-left.

Is there some significance or implication to this picture?

The significance is more than likely representing the lyrics of the song. When comparing the actual intro here and the translated lyrics here, the lyrics during that moment of the intro are

  Dedicate! Dedicate! Dedicate your heart!


How did Spandam become the leader of CP9? I've just rewatched the Enies Lobby arc and still don't understand how Spandam became the leader of CP9. Why didn't Lucci become the leader? He's the strongest member of CP9, but why Spandam is the leader? He can't even use Rokushiki.

It's not necessarily the strongest person who is the leader of a military group like this one. While I'm not aware of it being stated anywhere in particular why Spandam is the leader of CP9. There are some facts that can help us draw a conclusion.

Spandam's personality makes him the type of person that only cares about how he can get promoted. Often times, these are the people that get promoted due to the various schemes they are willing to do at other's expense.

From the One Piece Wikia on Spandam:

  He is not detached from the idea of exploitation, backstabbing, or the use of loopholes to get his own way, as he has proven many times in the past.

While we don't know when CP9 was formed, we do know that Spandine, Spandam's father, was CP9's previous leader. His role in the organization could likely have put him in a position to recommend his son to receive this position.

From SBS Volume 54:

  The majority of CP9 is made up of orphaned children who were left to the government, but I thought it would be interesting if they also had the children of CP9 members, kind of like thoroughbreds. Kumadori's mom is different.

Finally, the other members of CP9 were raised as assassins, to follow the government's orders. So it's natural to have someone above them that will watch over them.


What is the deal with some Emperors Note!! There will be Heavy spoilers.

Since the introduction of Haki (after the 2 year time skip), the colour of arms Haki has been the main way of hitting and damaging most defenses from devil fruits (Paramecia and logia type). But in Kaido's case, hitting him with Haki (even when he isn't using Haki) does no damage to him.

How is it possible that even the Color of Arms Aka Busoshoku Haki didn't seem to phase him at all.
Is this related to the Tekkai technique used by the Cp-9? (We know the world government captured him at some point). Or is this ability an effect of Kaidos "serpentine dragon" devil fruit.

Also is it similar to Big Moms "invincibility"? Because I also remember Bege talking about how Big Mom had never been wounded till the time she cried from  Mother Carmel's  portrait.

In the One Piece world, people can have pretty different biologies, some having special traits that are rather overpowered. A good example of how this is "genetical" is the Funk brothers; Kelly was beaten by one punch from Boo, but when Boo used an axe infused with Armament Haki against Bobby it BROKE against his BACK!! Bobby is said to have never actually fought in his life, and I doubt that he would just happen to be skilled at Haki. Kelly specifically mentions that Bobby was born with such a strong body.

Big Mom is the same, ever since childhood she has been practically invulnerable. This might actually be a sort of subconsious Haki, but it's more likely that it's just the way her body is.

And before anyone tells me "bodies don't work that way, getting stabbed by a sword without haki protecting you will always hurt you", this is One Piece. If Luffy could send a 20+ meter long jaguar flying with a punch (Amazon Lily, before he learned any haki) then can you really claim that it's impossible? Why would super-strength be common, and super-durability impossible?


Is it ever stated who the disappearing applicant was? In episode 3 of Hunter x Hunter, Beans welcomes Gon as the 405th applicant to the exam. Later, Satotz states that there will be 404 participants in Phase One.

We know that Hisoka... uh... disarmed one of the applicants, however the "all 404" wording is still suspicious to me. (The "404" is not a translation error; however, the "All 404" may be.)

Was Satotz referring to the "disarmed" applicant, did he make a mistake in his headcount, or is there something else in play that I'm missing?

405 entered the test. 1 was injured. So the 404 was correct. The hunter test is one of survival and cunning etc. the one Hisoka "Disarmed" could not continue with both arms gone.

Essentially he failed the test when he bumped into Hisoka and not apologizing. Perhaps if he had sensed his surroundings a little better, like a real hunter, the 404 would have been a 405.


Near the end of the Steins;Gate opening theme, why are only Okabe, Suzuha, and Luka looking to the right? When I watched Steins;Gate for the first time, this part of the opening drew my attention:

The placement and the facing directions of the characters here seemed too deliberate to be arbitrary, so I felt like there was some sort of symbolism that I was missing. Do Okabe, Suzuha, and Luka have something in common that could explain why they're the only ones facing to the right?

Or am I overthinking this and the directions are just random?

Okay, so I know this is over a year old, but I absolutely love the symbolism in this image, so I'm going to answer anyway. Maybe someone will notice.

All three of these characters have at used the  Unfortunately for anime viewers, Luka's travel only happened in the VN, making this pretty hard to pick up without playing the VN. Maybe they intended to adapt it at one point, but didn't end up doing so?

Specifics on the VN part for the curious:

   In Luka's route in the VN, Okabe doesn't reverse her D-Mail, and accepts that Mayuri has to die. After that happens, Luka uses the machine to spend time with Mayuri before she dies.

Anyway, I love how it has Kurisu with Okabe and Suzuha implying she's working with them, but stuck looking behind and can't look forward; always one step behind, but doing her best to help anyway.


How did Kushina survive the extraction of the Kyuubi? While Kushina gave birth to Naruto, Tobi came in and used her weakness to extract the Kyuubi. That was the first shown event, where a Jinchuriki survived the extraction of the tailed beast. How could Kushina survive that?

Kushina survived the bijuu extraction due to the Uzumaki clan's incredibly strong life force.

(Chapter 501)

Spoiler Block:

   (Chapter 579)


How did the Hashirama and Madara statues at the Valley of the End come to be? Were they built by traditional means (as they would've been in our world)? Were they created via some sort of ninjutsu that shaped the rocks that were there? Or was it erected by some sort of Doton jutsu (like some Doryuu Heki)?

I am not sure if there is some canonical answer to this, but I'd like to hear your thoughts.

From what I can tell, these statues are not protected or enchanted. After the Naruto vs. Sasuke battle at the Valley of the End, the status were damaged, and later repaired. I believe it was a reconstruction job, much like Leaf's faces on the mountain, or the Kage statues at the Sand.

Words of Madara
I honestly don't think Hashirama would give a damn enough to make statues, let alone self-repairing statues. He wasn't the sentimental type.


Is Tier Halibel's Ola Azul similar to Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshou? So, I noticed that Tier Halibel when using her Ola Azul, unleashed a wave of intense pressurized spirit energy from her sword. This reminded me of Ichigo and Isshin Kurosaki's Getsuga Tenshou attack. So my question is, are they similar, or is there some huge difference between them?

Ola Azul can enhance the user's sword strikes, while the regular Getsuga Tensho cannot.

The Ola Azul is a technique exclusive to Harribel, since it is created by pooling reiatsu within her blade's empty space. This concentrated reiatsu can either be shot as a short-blade shaped projectile, or kept within the blade to increase Harribel's striking strength. When used in melee combat, Ola Azul has been shown as a ribbon of light increasing the width and range of Harribel's attacks :

On the other hand, the Getsuga Tensho is a concentration of reiatsu which is released by the tip of the user's blade. It cannot be kept around the blade to increase the user's striking strength ; the sole exception are Tensa Zangetsu's Getsuga Tensho. In essence, the power of Tensa Zangetsu is to "compress" Ichigo's reiatsu around himself, drastically increasing his strength and speed (as commented in Chapter 163, pages 19-20). This aspect partly manifests as the black robes donned by Ichigo. Tensa Zangetsu can "capture" a Getsuga Tensho when released and wrap it around Ichigo's blade to increase striking strength.

In effect, they are not hugely different techniques ; but the creation method is quite different and sets them apart.


Is Doflamingo blind in one eye? There's a theory about that Doflamingo wears his iconic glasses because he's blind to his (IIRC) left eye. It was assumed because whenever his eyes were shown (quite rarely), it was actully always only the left one.

Is there anything we can know about it in canon? Any kind of disease of injury that would possibly, even theoretically justify it?

I guess i can assume that it is somehow of a correct theory, since in Doflamingo's past (as a little kid) you could see an arrow heading his way in the reflection of his sunglasses, as if they were heading for his left eye.
But if it even struck him is unknown.