What is the name of the song from Akame ga Kill episode 22 at 1:24? Does anyone knows the song that plays when Tatsumi lets the wind take Mine's bow? I've been looking for this song for a while now, and have tried looking up soundtracks on YouTube and Spotify, but can't find it.

I have found the OST for Akame ga kill on amazon and if you're willing to purchase them I think you might find what you're looking for there. but I have not been able to find them online. I hope you can maybe find the song you're looking for without purchase but if not then read on below.
It seems that there are two of them available for purchase and since the song is towards the latter end of the season I would start by looking at the 2nd OST available.  I hope this was helpful to you.
Fandom links and purchase links provided below.

Fandom links
https://akamegakill.fandom.com/wiki/Akame_ga_Kill!_Original_Soundtrack_1
https://akamegakill.fandom.com/wiki/Akame_ga_Kill!_Original_Soundtrack_2

Amazon links
https://www.amazon.com/AKAME-KIRU-ORIGINAL-SOUNDTRACK1-2CD/dp/B00QZ05A68
https://www.amazon.com/AKAME-GA-KILL-ORIGINAL-SOUNDTRACK/dp/B00QZ04GX6/ref=pd_lpo_15_img_0/144-3108544-7287740?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00QZ04GX6&pd_rd_r=f4988b22-16cb-4b19-a49a-0af767c06886&pd_rd_w=63Ack&pd_rd_wg=lJ74y&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=1KA7239B0AAW2FA1Z3JC&psc=1&refRID=1KA7239B0AAW2FA1Z3JC


What is the reason behind this strange censorship of a specific scene in Tokyo Ghoul? During the scene where Kurona and Nashiro are fighting Juzo in Season 2 Episode 4, I noticed some censorship. Juzo ends up stabbing Kurona a lot with his knives, but it's blurred out like this:

   .

I thought this was really strange seeing as the series has shown far worse, such as torture and other extremely gory deaths. Is there a particular reason for this?

The whole show was highly censored, as shown in this comparison album (Obviously spoilers):
https://imgur.com/a/tvt2r

The main reason is Japanese censorship laws, which are very different from laws in the West, but some people have mentioned that S2 was airing at the same time as some ISIS attacks took place, thus this might have something to do with TV networks censoring knives.


What makes a village a "Hidden Village"? In Naruto, there seem to be villages that are "Hidden Villages" such as Konohagakure no Sato and villages that are not "Hidden Villages" such as Tsuchigumo Village or Tonika Village. What makes a village a "Hidden Village"? Is it that they are run by a Kage, or is there some other reason?

It is stated on this wiki page, that

  Hidden Villages are parts of countries in which the country's ninja reside. Their leaders stand equally with the landlords ruling the countries they are a part of. A Hidden Village maintains its economy by training its citizens to be ninja from a young age and using them as manpower in various missions others would be willing to pay for, from weeding a garden for a single payment to receiving a constant budget from the country it resides in for being soldiers in case the country is involved in a war.

However, the same page lists Tsuchigumo Village and Tonika Village in the list of "hidden villages".

I would speculate that the largest ninja village in the country, the one directly responsible for it's defense, would be called a "hidden village" (i.e. have "village hidden in the " in the name), and the other smaller ones would probably be just "villages", even if they belong to a ninja clan or something.


Anime about a boy getting chased through a school? This is what I do remember about it:

I saw it either in 2013/2014 on either Anime Network or Funimation Channel.

It was a free preview episode.

I remember the main character was a guy, and he was fighting/running his way through a corridor that I think was part of a school/academy.

The building was brick or stone I think.

I'm not sure, but he may have been pulled to the school from another world/dimension.
The guy was being chased by different groups of people, and they were all trying to fight him, but I can't remember if they had magic or just weapons.
I'm pretty sure most of the characters were male.
I remember there was a tall, strong man type guy in one group.
The main character runs into a pretty boy type in an outside garden area.
For some reason, all of the characters had to fight each other or had to fight the main character.
The people chasing the main character were in groups of 3 or 4.

I don't remember much about the plot, only what I saw.  Any help would be appreciated. ^-^

I think the anime you are looking for is Magical Warfare, the events you described are from the first episode.

The strong man is Takao Oigami

The pretty boy should be Kazumi Ida

  Takeshi Nanase is an ordinary high school boy who has a somewhat dark past. However, one day, he comes across a girl named Mui Aiba, in a uniform he has never seen before, collapsed on the school campus. This encounter changes Takeshi's destiny completely. Mui tells Takeshi that she is a magician, and she apologizes, for she turned Takeshi into a magician, too. What Takeshi once knew as one world is actually two — the world where magicians live and the world where humans live.


Why is the ending of Death Note in the anime so different from the manga? Even though I haven't read the end of the manga very carefully, I did notice that a lot of the details were changed, or even omitted completely, in the end of the anime.

I don't understand why the end was changed in the anime. What is the reason behind the rather drastic differences?

As a few people said in the comments, it appears to be artistic license.

I'll mention first that, like @Deidara-senpai pointed out, there are some general reasons why an anime can differ from the manga. However, in the case of Death Note, there appear to be some unique specifics to their changes as well.

The anime director of Death Note partook in an interview in November 2007 for an issue of Newtype USA. (I don't have a link to an online version of this, I'm afraid.) He speaks a bit on why he made the creative decisions he did. From Wikipedia:

  Tetsuro Araki, the director, said that he wished to convey aspects that "made the series interesting" instead of simply "focusing on morals or the concept of justice." Toshiki Inoue, the series organizer, agreed with Araki and added that, in anime adaptations, there is a lot of importance in highlighting the aspects that are "interesting in the original."

They go on to speak about a few specifics, such as Light's presence in the anime versus in the manga, but in general they also speak about the logistics of converting the manga into an anime, which is a challenge itself:

  Inoue noted that, to best incorporate the manga's plot into the anime, he "tweak[ed] the chronology a bit" and incorporated flashbacks that appear after the openings of the episodes; he said this revealed the desired tensions. Araki said that, because in an anime the viewer cannot "turn back pages" in the manner that a manga reader can, the anime staff ensured that the show clarified details. Inoue added that the staff did not want to get involved with every single detail, so the staff selected elements to emphasize. Due to the complexity of the original manga, he described the process as "definitely delicate and a great challenge." Inoue admitted that he placed more instructions and notes in the script than usual. Araki added that because of the importance of otherwise trivial details, the notes became crucial to the development of the series.

As you can see, the director and organizer of the series seemed to agree that a slightly different feel was needed in the anime, so artistic license was taken. Unfortunately, they don't go into huge detail over the specific changes (except for Light's own characteristics), and particularly not over the ending. I can only surmise that it was altered to achieve the feel they were generally looking for in the anime.


Why is Asuna alone during the first floor boss meeting? We later find out that Asuna has a bright, charasmatic, personality in both SAO and the real world.  Why then is she more of a loner than Kirito when we first see her?

In episode 2, where they are having a meeting about how to defeat the first floor boss, she's hooded, with her hood up and afraid of and mistrustful of people.

I could not recall seeing the reason being explained in the anime but you have to understand that that people tend to react differently when they are placed in a situation like what happened in SAO. It was mentioned in here that

  'when she discovered that she and all of the players were trapped in SAO, she secluded herself inside of her rented room in the Town of Beginnings for two weeks before resolving to take her fate into her own hands.' It was also mentioned as her personality that "she is not afraid to act out on her own and will take matters into her own hands from time to time" and that "Asuna originally did not care about dying in the game before meeting Kirito."

This implies that despite her 'bright, charasmatic, personality,' she is independent. That is just who she is. She seems more of a loner when Kirito first meets her because

  she spent most of her time as a Solo Player after her two-week seclusion and because she originally did not care if she dies or not, as mentioned above, so she would most likely feel indifferent toward any group/party she meets. She might be okay with working with temporary parties/groups but at first, she probably do not want to get close to anyone, like being friends, to avoid hurting herself more since anyone could die in the SAO world. A proof of how she values relationships is mentioned in the wiki: '..She also cannot handle seeing others die in front of her, such as when she recklessly attacked The Gleam Eyes after seeing the Aincrad Liberation Force players getting slaughtered..'


What is a "15-hit kiss"? In Assassination Classroom, season 2 episode 15, we see Nagisa Shiota perform a "15-hit kiss" on Kaede Kayano (aka Akari Yukimura) to help save her life. Afterward, everyone is amazed that Nagisa performed a 15-hit kiss, but what is a "#-hit kiss" and what does the number symbolize?

The #-hit kiss is a technique first seen in action by Irina Jelavić in chapter 8 ("Breast Time") in the manga (page 17), or episode 4 ("Adult Time") in the anime (6.5 minutes in), when she kisses Nagisa for a 30-hit kiss.

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It is described by Nagisa in the manga:

  I truly felt the weight of her "killing" words and that she was the real deal, a professional hitman. A kiss so incredible that it overpowers the senses. It could bring even the strongest men to their knees.

So this kiss is a weapon for seduction and assassination, and Nagisa recognizes its power. This is the reason he knows how to use it on Kaede Kayano later. It's because he experienced it first-hand by Irina.

The hit count is, as a comment mentioned, probably a reference to combo hits in videogames. From Wikipedia:

  The first game to count the hits of each combo, and reward the player for performing them, was Super Street Fighter II.


What language does Feitan speak when activating Pain Packer? In Hunter x Hunter, episode 97, Feitan activates his nen ability.

What language is the vertical text on the right?

According to the Hunter x Hunter Wiki:

  Feitan's first language is Chinese; he speaks in sentence fragments in Japanese while switching to his native tongue when angered.

Given this, and the text is written in either Japanese kanji or Chinese (as @kuwaly beat me to pointing out), and the fact that there is a Japanese translation provided, I'm going to conclude that the text is written in Chinese. (There may be some fragments of Japanese, but I somewhat doubt that.)


What's the title of this anime about a girl and her servant in a hotel? I do remember what it is about but forgot the name of it. Here's some info about it: there is a girl that moves into a hotel. Then the servant for her is a guy and the guy has been waiting for her his whole life. It turns out this hotel is a supernatural hotel and the guy has a superpower of a dog or something like that. When the girl was little her mum and dad always spent time with her sister so she was jealous. Then I think her dad finds her a husband when she was little. She starts to write him letters. He stops and makes his servant (the guy from the start) to write her letters back and pretend that it is him. The servant starts to fall in love with her. Then he stays at the hotel and is her servant. Then the future husband comes to the hotel and stays for a bit, spending time with her. However, she hates him because he stopped writing letters back to her.

That's all I know about it. Please if you get what I've written and know what it's called please let me know. It would help a lot.

Judging on your preferences, it might be "Inu x Boku" which is aired in Winter 2012.


Is chuunibyou syndrome real? "Chuunibyou" or "eighth-grade syndrome" is a condition where people believe they have super powers. The first time I heard this term is in the anime Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Is this syndrome real? Is there any medical term or at least more common term for this?

Chuunibyou describes teenagers around the age of fourteen that try to look cool to impress people around their age and are self-important trying to be unique.

This way of thinking, however, may continue even after the teen reaches adulthood, but it does not actually relate to any medical condition or mental disorder.

It's more like a growth phase for some teenagers.

Based on "Chuunibyou User Manual" (中二病取扱説明書, Chuunibyou Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho) by Saegami HYOUYA, there are 3 types of chuunibyou.

DQN-type pretends to be antisocial even though they aren't, or can't be and has made-up stories about antisocial behavior (gang fights/crime).
Subculture-type/Hipster prefers subculture or minor trends just to be different and have the "cool" factor. (obsessed with imitating idols/fictional characters)
Evil Eye-Type admires mystical powers and pretends to have one of their own, to the extent of establishing an alias just for that.1

An example of DQN Chuunibyou:

  "Look at all those bandages wrapped around you! What happened?"

  "I had a bunch of gang fights."

  "Come on, I know you're too kind to be a gangster."

An example of Subculture Chuunibyou:

  "When I collect Pokémon cards, I only collect ones that are imported
  from Japan."

  "Can you read all those?"

  "-_-; S-sure I can..."

An example of Evil Eye Chuunibyou:

  "Don't take that bandana off my left wrist. It's sealing an evil
  spirit inside me and if you take it off I may go berserk."

  "Dude, calm down. You just have chuunibyou."2

References:

1 Animanga Wikia: "Chuunibyou"
2 Urban Dictionary: "Chuunibyou"
3 The Free Dictionary Language Forums: "Japanese Slang--Chuunibyou"
4 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! :)


Are there more than 12 golden keys in Fairy Tail? I think that the King of the Underworld Mard Geer and the Celestial Spirit King fight more than 1 fights because in episode 249 Mard Geer said to the Celestial Spirit King "I don't believe I will lose to you this time, either."

but it's impossible for Mard Geer to go to the Celestial World, so I believe that a golden key or more was destroyed before Aquarius.

Are there more than 12 golden keys?

The Keys regenerate in time. This is confirmed early on into the final major arc of the manga, which has yet to start in the rebooted Fairy Tail Final Season Anime, but this is minor spoilers

https://fairytail.fandom.com/wiki/Aquarius in the Alvarez Empire Arc

  A year later, Aquarius reappears (of her own accord) from a spilled vase of water, saving Lucy from the wrath of (Spoiler)....Aquarius then proceeds to happily embrace Lucy, and explains that another Water Bearer key has surfaced somewhere in the world, and that the Celestial Spirit King opened her gate temporarily, which allowed her to save her

So its likely that someone did sacrifice the key to summon him, and then later on the key regenerated and reentered circulation.


Cinematic records - death scythe? How do the death scythes work? I know the reapers use them to view cinematic records of a person's life to decide whether they are to die or not (I assume as in if the person gets in an accident, for example, the reaper uses the scythe and makes the decision).

But, the scythes must also have the ability to be used as any other weapon. Grell uses his to kill Madame Red and attack Sebastian.

Death scythes from my understanding have the function of removing ones soul or essence of existence. Doing so conventionally kills the victim.

It should not be used in any other way than reaping people from the list. But Grell in particular is not a shinigami that follows the rules as he steps out often on a whim for adventure and excitement.

This is shown in several points in the jack the ripper arc in which case he is immediately brought back to HQ for disciplinary action.

The more notable thing that occurs is when the scythe is used on demons and zombies. But that is thoroughly explored in later chapters of the manga.

In short spoilers below :

   Demons don't have records because they are darkness, evil beings that were not alive to begin with. And zombies have content even if their record stopped recording. These are noted out towards the end of the jack the ripper arc and in the beginning of the emerald witch arc.


How are Akkis (fiends/ogres) immune to death-feedback? In Shinsekai Yori (From the New World), humans with Cantus powers are prevented from attacking each other by:

Mental Restraints: It prevents humans from intentionally attacking other humans.
Death Feedback: If a human kills another human, the attacker dies as well.

This is what keeps humans with Cantus powers from destroying each other.

Akkis (translated as: fiends (UTW subs), ogres (Crunchyroll)) are mentally unstable and are able to break the mental restraints. So they have no problem attacking other humans. But what about the death feedback?

How are they immune to death feedback? What makes them different from normal humans?

The Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they mention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works by the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it uses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is further reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode 12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death Feedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't recognize their targets as human.

This is possibly why the monster rats can raise a human child as one of their own species, and the child will grow up not recognizing humans as his/her own species so the child would be able to kill humans (but not the rats). It's also mentioned that the ogres are genetic mutations, possibly without the Death Feedback genome, but that wouldn't account for the rats stealing human infants since there's no guarantee that the infants have the mutation.


Song playing during My Hero Academia Episode 53 (The Test) at the end? It starts around 22:00, specifically at the scene with Momo blocking the ball shots/when Mr. Aizawa is talking to Ms. Joke. It’s been played a lot in Season 3, especially in the beginning episodes, but I’m going crazy looking for the actual song and can’t find it anywhere.

Thanks :)

Also played in episode 55 here: https://youtu.be/ekyup0HPOes

The song is : Tekkin Battle

Here is a link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_F_zfGNBBM

Check at 1:51


How was wall Rose breached in season 2 of Attack on Titan? In Season one of Attack on Titan, everytime titans were about to breach a wall, if I understand correctly, they breached a city located in the edge of the wall first, and through that city, they breached the wall. In episode one of the second season of Attack on Titan, it is said wall Rose was breached but I couldnt hear anything about how they entered. is it known? Did they attack a borderline city first?

Heavy Spoiler!!

   The wall hasn't been breached. The titans didn`t came from outside the wall but have been created inside the wall.  This should be answered in one of the next episodes and has been shown in the 38. chapter of the manga.


Does the Hellsing manga cover more material than either anime series? Does the Hellsing manga cover more material than either anime series? I read the wikipedia page, but didn't see any mention of it.  For example, does the manga continue the story where the animes leave off?

I'm not a big manga fan, so I don't know how books and chapters translate to anime episodes in general, let alone to this one.

Watching Drifters makes me want more, so I started rewatching Hellsing Ultimate and I'm thinking about getting or reading their mangas.

I'm going to run with the assumption that you mean which goes more in depth with certain things. And even then I'd have to say neither really. I own the manga and have watched both anime and they all seem to have the same amount of focus and detail. The anime is just longer and more drawn out because it's an anime.

It was clarified that you probably meant about filler and such well the original anime is kinda faithful until episode 6 when it just leaves completely. However Hellsing Ultimate covers the manga perfectly and completely with no filler as far as I'm aware.


Roronoa Zoro's sense of climate/aura/motion and other observation capabilities It's not a luck or co-incidence, of all people Zoro sensed first that their Ship isn't moving (when they entered Calm belt for the first time)

In episode 385 he sensed (along with Nami) change in climate before Serpent Currents emerged.

There are several incidences he has sensed changes in Climate and motion before all (or along with Nami, who's a navigator) in the series

Is it zoro's Kenbunshoku Haki, which was active all time? or does he have any special ability? Isn't it noteworthy? I don't see any sources highlighting this ability of his (even in Wiki)!

As per One Piece wiki

  Kenbunshoku Haki, also known as Mantra on Skypiea, is a form of Haki that allows the user to sense the presence of others, even if they are concealed from view or too far to see naturally.

This is the aura which is seen through Kenbunshoku Haki.

  The user can also use this Haki to predict an opponent's moves shortly before they make them, thereby making the attack much easier to evade with enough skill. This prediction appears to the user as an image or brief "premonition" of what the opponent will do in the user's mind's eye, and the damage the user will take if the attack actually "hits". It appears that the more killing intent the enemy has, the easier they are to predict. Although, more skilled users can predict future moves whether there are ambient murderous intents or not.

Hence, Zoro detecting the change in climate can't be  a consequence of his Kenbunshoku Haki, because it's inanimate and has nothing to do with a living thing. It's not possible to detect the "aura" of climate either.

  Though the power allows the user to predict most attacks, it can be circumvented by various means. It cannot predict inherently random attacks; for example, Luffy managed to bypass Enel's Mantra by bouncing his fists off a nearby wall, to prevent himself and thus Enel from knowing where they would land.

As for Zoro sensing the halt of the ship in the Calm Belt, it's highly unlikely that it was his Kenbunshoku Haki as well because the Straw Hats had merely begun their journey then, and noone was aware of their Haki, or even unconsciously used it. Not to mention, the halting of their ship was not intentional (a result of the action of another living thing).

I think it's more of Zoro keeping an eye out for changes in the surroundings than it being his Haki.


Which anime episodes of Cardcaptors correspond to which manga chapters? I enjoy watching anime episodes based on which manga chapters I read. I couldn't find any source on exactly which Cardcaptors episodes are based on which chapters? I am only asking about the original series and not the currently airing Clear Card Arc

Could someone tell me like they did with the Aria Manga?

According to Japanese Wikipedia (the unlisted episode is anime original),

"Clow Card" arc
Season 1:

Episode 1: Vol. 1, ch. 1
Episode 3: Vol. 1, ch. 3
Episode 6: Vol. 1, ch. 4-5
Episode 8: Vol. 2, ch. 8
Episode 9: Vol. 2, ch. 9
Episode 10: Vol. 2, ch. 6-7
Episode 16: Vol. 5, ch. 19
Episode 17: Vol. 4, ch. 16-17
Episode 18: Vol. 4, ch. 18
Episode 25: Vol. 3, ch. 11-12 & Vol.2, ch. 8
Episode 26: Vol. 3, ch. 14 & Vol. 4, ch. 15
Episode 35: Vol. 6, ch. 23

Season 2:

Episode 39: Vol. 8, ch. 33
Episode 41: Vol. 5, ch. 20
Episode 42: Vol. 5, ch. 20-21
Episode 44: Vol. 5, ch. 21
Episode 45: Vol. 6, ch. 23-25
Episode 46: Vol. 6, ch. 25-26

"Sakura Card" arc
Season 3:

Episode 47: Vol. 7, ch. 27
Episode 48: Vol. 7, ch. 28
Episode 49: Vol. 7, ch. 29
Episode 50: Vol. 7, ch. 29-30
Episode 51: Vol. 8, ch. 31-32
Episode 52: Vol. 9, ch. 36
Episode 54: Vol. 8, ch. 34 & Vol. 9, ch. 35
Episode 59: Vol. 9, ch. 37-38
Episode 65: Vol. 9, ch. 38 & Vol. 10, ch. 39
Episode 66: Vol. 10, ch. 39-40
Episode 67: Vol. 10, ch. 41-42
Episode 68: Vol. 10, ch. 40
Episode 69: Vol. 11, ch. 43-44
Episode 70: Vol. 11, ch. 45 & Vol. 12, ch. 46


Does this non-human have any significance? In episode 10 of the anime monster musume no iru nichijou, this non-human girl appears here:

and here:

She then appears again very briefly in episode 11:

No other mention is made of this character, but the presence she's had has been too great for this to be a mere coincidence. Who is it?

The character in the pictures you've posted is Polt.
In this Wikipedia link, she's listed under the supporting characters of the manga Monster Musume.

  Polt is a kobold. She is the leader of the local gym,
  the "Sports Club Kobold", and seems to be rather hyperactive.
  Sport is her life (any and all sports, including fishing) and she
  strives to provide the best possible experience for her customers. She
  is depicted as a fur-clad humanoid with tail and ears like a dog—she
  even wears a leather collar—but with a more flat, human-like face. She
  usually wear shorts, T-shirt and track shoes. Polt seems to be trusted
  to a higher degree than other liminals: she has her own business and
  is allowed to go out on her own. When Draco and Lilith
  are placed on parole for being out without host family supervision,
  Polt is placed in charge of them.

The Wikia link for Polt gives detailed information about the character. Her appearance is described as:

  While her species is a Kobold, a Germanic sprite that can take many
  forms, she appears as an almost human woman with a wolfen face,
  including a muzzle instead of a nose, and a wolf's tail and ears. Her
  body, in accordance with her occupation, is very athletic; having
  muscular arms and legs and a trim abdomen. Her breasts are of average
  size, in comparison to other characters more prodigious breast sizes.
  In her debut, she wears a midriff revealing black shirt with the
  sports club's name on it and an unzipped track coat on top; jean hot
  pants; thigh straps and wristbands; a dog collar and athletic
  sneakers.

This is the link for the Google Image Search for Polt.


How does Kirito come back to life when he's fighting Heathcliff? I was rewatching Sword Art Online and I notice that Heathcliff KILLS him and yet, he is able to come back and finish off Heathcliff, how is this so?

Logically, there is a delay in between the death flag being detected and the NerveGear frying the brain, which is explain by how a Revival Item (Divine Stone of Returning Soul) can be used within 10 seconds of a player's death.

However, as for how Kirito, whose HP was 0 but was still able to affect Heathcliff, was explained by Kayaba Akihiko when he congratulated Kirito for doing something that went beyond the system by using the power of the human will. This concept is reasserted when Kayaba appears before Kirito in ALO and reminds Kirito about how he acknowledged this.

It's more of an anomaly rather than any sort of plot hole. In essence, Kirito shouldn't have been able to do anything when his HP reached 0, but he was still determined to end the game because Asuna believed he would end the game for her sake. That determination allowed him to transcend SAO's rules.


How are Vasto Lorde different from the Espada? There are a lot of threads on the internet that have confusing/contradicting answers, but how are Vasto Lorde different from the Espada?

Vasto Lorde are the top of the Hollow species. However, they are Hollow, not Arrancar.

Arrancars are Hollow which, using the power of the Hogyoku, removed the boundry between Hollow and Shinigami, and achieved a greater power, usually by removing their masks and sealing most of their power into a sword.

Espada, are by definition the top ten Arrancar. They may or many not be Vasto Lorde.

It was heavily implied that of all the Espada, only the top four (Ulquiorra, Halibel, Barragan and Stark) were Vasto Lorde before they became Arrancars (and subsequently Espada).


How does Mikoto know about the Sisters before the Sister's Arc? Misaka Mikoto seems to know about the sisters before the Sister's-arc, as she says both in the prologue of the first LN and the Railgun-manga:

  Have you heard how my DNA map was supposedly analyzed and military Sisters were created based on it?

How did Mikoto know about the Sisters back then? She found out during the Sisters Arc (which happened later) that the Sisters exist and the rumor just spread then, too (at least it seems to me). How could she tell Touma about them?

After Mikoto meets Nunotaba Shinobu, she starts investigating her and finds her connection with the 7th Medical Research Center, who were researching her DNA map to create an army of level 5 clones.

This is covered in the Railgun manga and Railgun S anime.

Initially she thought the Sisters project was abandoned because the clones would only be Level 3 (thus not realizing the plan for an army of Level 5 clones), but it's not until later that she realizes the Sisters were utilized for the Level 6 Shift project.


What is that "Oh yeah!" gesture that anime characters do called? Often in anime, I've noticed a gesture is done when a character remembers a previous event of theirs, or something comes to mind. One hand is made into a fist, of which the bottom of it will fall flat onto their palm of the other hand, sometimes followed by a quip or phrase such as "Hold on!" or "That's it!" indicating they have realized new means.

I'm not sure else how to refer to the hand gesture, and that's my question. What is this hand gesture called? I had tried looking up some gif images of it for reference to add to a group joke, but had no luck with getting the right name for it or finding anything relevant.

It called 合点 (Gatten). Google image search

It's pretty common gesture in Japan (and other countries)
I do it in real life too.

Also there is TV show called "gatten" that describe something and guest did gatten it.

Do you gatten to this answer?


Do the eyes retain the host's powers or the donor's Ocular abilities after it's transplanted to obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan? When a Mangekyou Sharingan is replaced with someone else's eyes in an attempt to obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, do the eyes retain the host's powers or the donor's Ocular powers? Also, why can a "sealed Sharingan" merge to form an Eternal Mangekyou?

In Sasuke's case, He kept his own powers, so its most likely the case that the wielder keeps their own powers.

Itachi's powers were Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi. Sasuke's powers are Amaterasu and an unamed power I will call Amaterasu Control that let him control Amaterasu as if it was Gaara's sand, and put the inextinguishable flames out at will. We see this power clearly in that Itachi only ever shot Amaterasu out like a gun from his eye, hitting whatever he was looking at. We see Sasuke not only do the same, but also put out the flames and shape them, such as into spikes, on his own hands like Chidori, or even to coat Susanoo in them and create a shield so that they spread to the attacker.

After Sasuke obtained the EMS, he still used Amaterasu control to the same degree, but he never used Tsukuyomi because he couldn't. In Chapter 585, during Sasuke's fight against Kabuto,

   he and the Reanimated Itachi cast genjutsu on eachother to break out of Kabuto's Genjutsu. Itachi used Tsukuyomi, while Sasuke used regular Sharingan genjutsu.

If Sasuke was able to use Tsukuyomi, that would have been the time to use it, but he didn't.  Instead he keeps on using Amaterasu Control for precisions attacks using Amaterasu. The best example I can think off right now, In his Final fight in the main series

   against Naruto, Sasuke uses Universal Pull to bring in Naruto and his few Shadow clones, and then surrounds himself in Amaterasu flames. Then he creates spikes around his whole body made of the black flame just before Naruto and his clones reach Him, piercing all the shadow clones, and Naruto barely dodges by using his Chakra cloak to grab onto the flames.

TL;DR he still uses Amaterasu Control after obtaining the EMS, but genjutsu wise only ever uses Sharingan Genjutsu. Thus the most likely answer is that they keep their origional powers. The unique special powers of the other individual are most likely lost, replaced with the other perks EMS has.


Why does Mahmut empty a bottle of liquid upon returning home? In episode 4 of Shoukoku no Altair, Mahmut travels to the village of Tughril, his hometown. After disembarking from the wagon on which he arrived, he empties a bottle of liquid onto the earth (in a rather showy manner) and then kneels down, seemingly to pray or to mourn.

Why did he do that? This gesture appears to be portrayed as having some kind of ritual significance, but I don't know what to make of it.

I haven't seen the series, but it sounds like a libation, or ritual pouring of liquid.  See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libation . It is an ancient practice of many cultures, usually as an offering to a god or in remembrance of those who have passed on. If the series takes part in Japan, it may specifically be a Shinto or Buddhist practice, but if in an anonymous fantasy world, they probably generalized the custom.  What you describe certainly fits with what the article states.


Can a single dragon ball be destroyed? What would happen to the rest of them? I guess they'd be unsuable but would a new set need to be made then? Would the past set simply vanish or turn to stone?

While Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks fought Super Buu, Piccolo stated that if a single ball was destroyed the entire set became useless.

It makes sense to think that the set just stays there looking like pretty trinkets. The balls turn to stone because (I assume) their magic was used up, but breaking a ball doesn't affect the magic of other balls.

This only applies to the Namekian copy balls. For the planet sized super dragon balls, we don't really have enough information


What are those Wooden Tube thing? In Episode 32 when Renji is going through the story of how he and Rukia met and became Soul Reapers, at the start when we see what his life was like in Rukongi District 78 - Hanging Dog, the Old Man that he and his Friends steal from had these tubes which appeared to carry liquid which seemed to spill out when he fell onto his table.

My first guess would be these are some form of water bottle used in Feudal Japan so i am looking for confirmation if these tube things are. if not what are they? and do they have a basis in Japan?

Yes their purpose is to store water or a different liquid.
I've seen them in other anime and manga but I cannot remember them though.
 In general they've been used all around Asia.
This one for example is from Borneo and it can be seen that it is heavily decorated:

Here is the Shop were it is available more information.

It has current day versions like these:

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They are usually handmade, being made in the wild when hiking or camping like this.

This is all the information I could gather including some japanese websites (I have no knowdeledge of the Japanese language). I found information only on shopping websites and I hope it is not against the rules. I hope it is a conclusive answer even if it has ambiguous sources.


What was Naruko writing in her notebook during class in Anohana episode 6? When everyone was making fun of Naruko in class, Ginta turned around and realized that she was writing something in her notebook. What was she writing?

Her notes are translated in the fansub version of the episode (click on the images to enlarge):

Here is my own translation of the notes, since the fansub translation above missed some of the characters, resulting in slight deviation of meaning:

違うっての　やってねー！！
It's not like that. I didn't do it!!
勝手なこと　ぬかすな！！！
Don't just say whatever you want!!!
（？）遠に黙れ！！
Shut the hell up!! [Note 1]
死ね！！
Die!!
助けて
Help me

[Note 1] A word or two are missing at the beginning, probably 永遠 (forever, eternity). The translation here is my own preference.


How do inanimate objects eat devil fruit? Devil fruit users gained their powers by eating the devil fruit. But how did these inanimate objects gain their power?

This is Luffy, eating a devil fruit before he became a rubber man.

And this is Lassoo, one of Mr.4's guns that became a dog. How did a gun ate it?

As mentioned in the comment, Dr. Vegapunk's scientific expertise is the logic behind an inanimate object being able to "consume" a devil fruit.

  Dr. Vegapunk covered exactly how Devil Fruit powers are transferred over to a user, and was the scientist behind the method of adding Devil Fruit powers to inanimate objects, such as swords and guns.Source

This is the only known research paper of his related to this experiment:

The inanimate objects who have eaten Devil Fruits are:

Mr. 4's  gun, Lassoo
Spandam's sword, Funkfreed.

It is also notable that the only Devil Fruits shown to be capable of achieving such a feat are Zoan devil fruits. It may be because Logia and Paramecia only grant the users supernatural powers, which would not bring the objects to life.

This is all that is known about the matter.

  According to Oda, a "certain professor" will explain the complex mechanisms behind all of the Devil Fruits in the series in the near future. Source


What is the significance (or lack thereof) of Nausicaa's broken sword? I just finished reading the first volume of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. There was a scene that confused me in an earlier part of the book. I don't remember the page numbers.

When Princess Kushana lands her gunship in the Valley of the Wind, Nausicaa rushes in and challenges one of the soldiers to a duel (essentially). After the situation is defused by Master Yupa, Kushana asks if she can see Nausicaa's sword. Nausicaa hands over her sword, Kushana admires it for a moment and then cuts it to pieces with her own sword. There doesn't seem to be much of a reaction from Nausicaa or her people when this happens and the fact that Kushana destroyed the sword is never mentioned again.

What I don't understand is, why is the act of Kushana breaking the sword not more significant? Apparently the sword was made of ohmu shell, which is supposed to be tougher than the ceramic blades used by most soldiers (evidenced when Nausicaa chips her ceramic blade on an ohmu shell in one of the first scenes of the book). Furthermore, ohmu shell swords must be incredibly rare, considering that Kushana (who is the princess of a large empire) would be carrying an "inferior" ceramic blade. Wouldn't that sword be like a family heirloom or something?

The only explanation that I can think of is that the scene is purely intended to set up what a badass Kushana is and that Nausicaa is not upset because it is a small price to pay to get the Torumekian forces to leave peacefully.

Note: I have only read the first volume, which ends shortly after Asbel gets shot down by Kushana's gunship. I don't care about spoilers if you need them in your answers, so fire away. I have not watched the anime either.

First off, I think your instinct is generally correct: This scene is meant to establish that Kushana is a very physically strong character with excellent martial skills. This becomes more relevant later, especially when more is revealed about Kushana's physical body.

There's also truth in @kumagoro's answer. Breaking the sword is a partially symbolic act, of breaking the will of the conquered.

That said, I don't agree that "There doesn't seem to be much of a reaction from Nausicaä" to the sword's destruction. Kushana drops the sword in one panel and breaks it in another; the panel between the two shows Nausicaä's reaction, which does indeed look like shock to me. We don't particularly get to see the reactions of other Valley natives, but Nausicaä's seems appropriate to me.

I think we can combine that reaction with the above concepts to formulate the following hypothesis:

Nausicaä attacks Kushana's soldiers, and Uncle Mito defuses the situation by forcing both sides to stop.

Kushana appears and is faced with a delicate situation. On the one hand, someone just killed her own soldiers, and even though that's paused for the moment, the rest of her soldiers aren't necessarily going to be satisfied if Kushana just brushes it off with no consequences. Justice needs to be seen to be done. On the other, she doesn't want her soldiers slaughtering everyone in the Valley; she needs their manpower to handle the God Warrior egg.

So, Kushana destroys the weapon used to kill her soldiers. This demonstrates her role power -- she can destroy things in the Valley at will and nobody in the Valley can stop her -- as well as her physical power to break such a strong blade. It's an act of dominance.

Nausicaä is dismayed, but to the regular people of the Valley, that sword is a tool used by royals more than a historically or culturally significant artifact, as far as it seems to me. Yes, it's a rare object, but the people of the Valley are going through a pretty darned traumatic day; Kushana destroying a royal sword is a relatively minor incident.

All that said, this scene also involves Nausicaä demonstrating a psychokinetic power that never shows up again, either, so Hayao Miyazaki may have just been making stuff up and seeing what stuck. :-)


Who are the animators responsible for Madoka Magica? I'm curious who was responsible for the animation in Madoka Magica, especially the labyrinth  sequences. I can find information about the illustrators of the manga, but I'm wondering about the anime. I want to know if they were influenced by Bill Sienkiewicz, because I feel like I'm having a flashback to early New Mutants when I watch those sequences. Who are these animators?

As senshin answered, the design of the witch mazes was done by Inu Curry, so considering the motivation is about where they might have inspired themselves in, I'm pretty sure that answers you quetion, but for some supplementary info if you want:

http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Madoka_Magica_Staff_and_Cast#SHAFT

It has all the entire animation staff that handled Madoka Magica, including which episodes certain animator directors were responsible for, etc..


What Anime is this about a Female Arms Dealer with a bodyguard who hates her? I remember seeing this on an online store but I can't remember the name. I know that it's has 2 Seasons and I know it was released in the US but I not 100% sure who has the licenses, for some reason I get the feeling it was Funimation. I remember seeing it as a new release so it's somewhat recent, 2010's.

The 2 characters I remember is a Female who I seem to remember wearing white and has long white/silver hair. she works as an Arms Dealer and is well known for being ruthless but none the less successful.

She has a bunch of bodyguards but one in particular is a youngish boy who hates her because she's an arms dealer. I get the feeling he's a child solider and may be middle eastern because he has darker skin.

I believe it is Jormungand

  The series follows Koko Hekmatyar, a young arms dealer who sells weapons under HCLI, an international shipping corporation and illegal smuggling operation. As one of the company's unofficial weapon dealers, she sells weapons in a variety of countries while avoiding both local and international authorities. Traveling with her is a team of bodyguards, mostly composed of former soldiers. Her latest addition to her crew is Jonah, an inexpressive and deadly child soldier who hates arms dealers.

As you can see from the Wikipedia Link Funimation licensed both season and the original run for the first season was in 2012.

The female you describe is Koko who is the arms dealer while the boy is Jonah which in the quote above (taken from Wikipedia) is a child solider who hates arms dealers.

This image bellow also also shows Koko and Jonah. Koko is in the middle with the white miniskirt and Johan is at the right end with the dark skin

and the cover of the manga on Wikipedia (can't post a second link) shows Koko, while wearing a black skirt wears a white coat which is like a trademark of hers.


Why is Edward Newgate called Whitebeard? Why do they call him "Whitebeard"?

He doesn't even have a beard!

Edward Newgate's nickname in Japanese is Shirohige (shiro = white, hige = facial hair). Japanese does not distinguish between beard and moustache1. However, a literal translation White Facial Hair sounds a pretty poor nickname for one of the World's strongest pirates, and even sounds comedic. Whitemoustache isn't much better either. Whitebeard has a nice ring to it.

Also, fairy-tail's Lucy's nickname for the Celestial Spirit King is "hige-oyaji" (translated as moustache-man, in context), and he has only a moustache, which suggests that "hige" is used to refer to both moustache and beard in Japanese.

1: Google Translate says that "Beard" is "Agohige", and "Moustache" is "Kuchihige". However, they did not call him "Shirokuchihige" in the original, so the distinction seems to be not widely used.


How many times was Genos upgraded? I recall once Genos's "creator" told him after some upgrade he "might be stronger than his friend now" (of course this is wrong). Also Genos was broken several times and he had to be repaired , in those situations it's hard to know if he was upgraded or not, but later he displays attacks and features he hasnt showed before. Perhaps the manga or the webcomic goes deeper into this, how many times is clearly shown Genos was upgraded in the One Punch Man story?

Set 1 (Initial) - [Appears in chapters 5-6] This is the first set Genos appeared in the story with. Has not made a reappearance beyond his fight with Mosquito Girl.

Set 2 (Emergency Replacement Arms) - [Appears in chapters 7-11, 15-16, 30-32, 35-37, 45, web chapter 57, and volume 8 and 10's extra chapters] I came to the conclusion that these arms were Genos' extra arms for emergency repairs as, after the House of Evolution's arc, he never has this set equipped for battle again (except for Boros' arc, when he was called over to attend the S class meeting from Bang's dojo). I assume that, whenever he has these arms equipped, his regular set of arms are being repaired or upgraded by Dr. Stench, or being set aside for later maintenance by Genos.

Set 3 (Anti-Saitama tactical arm TYPE-00) - [Appears in chapter 17] The set of arms Dr. Stench created for Genos to compete against Saitama (expounded upon in the anime episode). The name of this set was written on the fist.

Set 4 (Upgrade 1) - [Appears in chapters 18, 20-24, 26-28, and volume 5's extra chapter] Genos' most commonly equipped set of arms for half of the story so far, its last appearance being in volume 5. Genos never used this set of arms for battle alone, however, as he only ever used Sets 5 and 6 along with this set of arms, so Upgrade 1 may have specifically been built with the usage of sets 5 and 6 in mind. Perhaps Set 3 was too energy intensive to be used for regular battle?

Set 5 (Suitcase Prototype) - [Appears in chapter 21] Used by Genos against the meteor, who mentioned that it was only at the prototype stage. Its inactive mode is in the form of a suitcase.

Set 6 (Suitcase) - [Appears in chapters 25-27] First seen in chapter 25, but is not equipped until chapter 26. Is an improved version of Set 5 and has a smoother, rounder appearance to it compared to Set 5's blocky design.

Set 7 (Rocket Arms) - [Appears in chapters 38 and 40] Used in the battle against G4. The forearms are attached to the main body by a cable and are propelled by the force of the explosive rockets built into them to strike the enemy before being retracted. When Genos' forearm was later sliced off by G4, he was able to shoot out and use the cable to entangle G4, which may mean that he can manipulate the cable's movements to some extent.

Set 8 (Unique Extra Chapter Arms) - [Appears in chapter 39's cover and volume 8's extra chapter] Its only appearance in the main story is on chapter 39's cover. This set of arms was exclusively used against Grizzly Nyah.

Set 9 (Upgrade 2) - [Appears in chapters 42-44] Used in the fight against Sonic. Its design similarities to Set 10 implies this set to be an intermediary point between Set 4 and Set 10.

Set 10 (Upgrade 3) - [Appears in chapters 45-47, 51, 54-55, and volume 10's extra chapter] Still unused in combat, but possibly Genos' strongest set of arms at the present time. Has a similar design to the set of arms Genos Spoiler Comes with heat and shock proof hair.Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePunchMan/comments/5z8qns/all_genos_upgrades/https://i.imgur.com/eYDtUfT.jpg


How can the Armored Titan be killed if he can transfer his consciouness to his body and transform and heal? So the user of the Armored Titan can transfer his consciouness to his body before being attacked, then transform into a Titan, and then heal his body. How can he be killed then?

Manga spoilers not possibly covered within the 3rd Season below.

There are three ways.

1.) Make him lose his will to live

In Chapters 102 - 103,

   when Eren infiltrated Marley, he had a talk with Reiner. During this, Eren transformed and Reiner tried protecting Falco but was also injured. His injuries, however, did not heal. Falco remarked that, to quote, 'if he has the power of a titan, any injuries should automatically heal themselves..So long as he has a strong will to live...'

During their talk,

   Reiner was showing remorse for everything he's done against Eren. Reading those chapters, you could say that Reiner lost his will to live after Eren, resulting to his injuries not healing.

Therefore, one way to kill the Armored Titan is to make him

   lost his will to live so that any injuries afflicted cannot heal.

2.) Wait for Ymir's curse to take into effect

Because of Ymir's curse, Titan users' lifespans only last for 13 years so another possible way is to wait until the Titan lived it's 13th year, then he'll die. The power will then be passed on to a random subject of Ymir born after his death.

3.) Make a Titan eat him

Using a Titan injection, a person can be turned into a Titan. Then while the Armored Titan is still in human form, if they can somehow subdue him in human form, the Titan can eat him and the power will be transferred.

This was how the power was taken forcibly from

   Frieda, Marcel, and Bertolt.


Does the Chobits title "ちょびっツ" intentionally look like the word "STUDY"? This text from the Chobits title screen looks to me like a Japanese-English ambigram.

  An ambigram is an art form that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint, direction, or orientation. The words readable in the other viewpoint, direction or orientation may be the same or different from the original words. [Source]

In Japanese, it's the title ちょびっツ, but if you look for an English word it looks very much like STUDY.

I'm wondering if there's any evidence that this is intentional. The font on the characters seems to make it more obvious, by making ち look more like an S, for example. Maybe this is subliminal messaging to encourage viewers to study more?

For those who don't see it:

ち looks pretty close to an S, but the one above looks especially like this one
ょ looks like a small t if you remove the small loop
び obviously looks like a U
っ looks like the D in this TRON-like font
ツ looks like this y but a bit more curved and with a thicker "double strike"

I'm going to say no, because:

It does not even remotely look like "STUDY" to me, and I can only barely see how you're coming up with that if I squint.
Some googling strongly suggests that nobody on the Japanese internet or the English internet besides you has ever made this observation.
While I do not know the exact font used here, it looks like a fairly orthodox "POP" font (or perhaps you'd call it a rounded/marumoji font), with little to suggest that it was specifically fiddled with to make it look like the word "STUDY".


Why are post offices always a target for robbers in anime? I've seen quite a number of anime where the targets for robbers are mostly post offices and not banks and or other places that could have money. Is this a plot device that started somewhere or is it actually a fact that robbers actually go for post offices in Japan? If it is the latter, can someone shed some light on why post offices are a favourite target for robbers?

Some examples of anime that have post offices robbed off the top of my head are Sword Art Online and Toaru Majutsu no Index. There are probably more titles where this happens that I can't remember.

Japan's post offices are banks. And the Japanese postal banking system is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, in 2008, Japan Post Bank held more deposits than any other bank in the whole world!

It is hence unsurprising that shows set in Japan, like Index and Sword Art Online, might feature robberies on post offices. There's a lot of money to be had there!


Why does the Super Saiyan Transformation expose the Heart to Impurity? In the Dragon Ball Series, it is noted that the transformation exposes the heart to impurity, which is the reason Goku cannot use the spirit bomb offensively. (While in SSJ)
In the Movie Super Android 13, he uses Super Saiyan while charging the Spirit Bomb, but it exposes his heart to impurity and the energy is absorbed within him. (Which is what happens when a impure heart  attempts the spirit bomb), but why exactly does the Super Saiyan Transformation expose the heart to  impurity?

I'm not exactly sure if my answer is what you asking for, but Vegeta tells 19 that when they turn into super saiyan they tend to be more savage. For transforming for the first time you have to be very furious, and probably full of hatred. That might be why Super Saiyan expose the heart to impurity, since to be pure-hearted means to be a person with only good intentions


What was the purpose behind the personification of certain elements in The Wind Rises? In The Wind Rises, certain elements of the story are personified. From the beginning, we see an earthquake and fire, both of which are given very humanlike sounds, as well as being shown very artisicially (like the ground moving in waves instead of just shaking). Later, the planes in the movie are personified as well, their components and demonstrations being given very humanesque and biological sounds.

As Jiro and Honjo look around a plane in flight, an engine makes very gurgly sounds which are distinctly biological and not mechanical. Other planes do this as well, even in a scene which shows one of Jiro's designs as a conceptualization.

Obviously, the movie is very plane-centric and so the personification of the planes makes sense (to bring them to life). However, these other lifelike elements did not seem to fit into the more serious setting of this movie, compared to a movie like Ponyo.

What is the purpose of bringing these elements "to life" in The Wind Rises? And why was it these elements that were chosen?

The following is more an interpretation of the film, rather than a solid source of undeniable truth. Because of this, there is unfortunately a lack of sources.
I believe Hayao Miyazaki could have insisted on this feature. @krazer's comment on your questions backs this up:

Geoffrey Wexler, Studio Ghibli's "Chief Gaijin" who represented the company at the screening at the Toronto International Film Festival  [...]  answered an interesting fact about the sound production. He said Miyazaki wanted to do all the sound effects himself, but the staff denied him because he’s already too busy with all the other duties so someone else had to do it all.
He also let it be known that the movie has Mono sound, which apparently no one ever believes but that's another thing Miyazaki wanted and won out on.

Miyazaki mentions in an interview that he has always wanted to make an anime about planes - and being his last movie before retirement, this was probably a very personal film.
Miyazaki is a plane fanatic, although not a plane otaku, as he emphasizes in the documentary Kingdom of Dreams and Madness. In the documentary, you can see him playing with a model plane and making up his own sound effects. His autobiographies Starting Point and Turning Point feature planes as a secondary interest to anime too.

I imagine Miyazaki wanted to create The Wind Rises with a certain element of nostaliga and insight into the appeal of aeroplanes for himself, and other plane fans.
The film is somewhat about the beauty of planes and their unfortunate setting. Caproni appears in Jiro's dreams speaking of their wonder, despite humanity's ill use of them.
In this vein, I think Miyazaki wanted to show audiences the splutterings, whirrings and ka-puts that make the machines beautiful for him, even if they didn't sit right with the tone of the film.


Is there symbolism behind the language choices in Bleach? In Bleach, different languages are used by or to represent different groups. For example, the Bount spells are all in German. Many of the terms referring to/for Hollows are Spanish (e.g. Hueco Mundo, Las Noches). "Pluses" (整 (プラス)) is also an English word, or based on one. Is there any symbolism behind the languages used? For example, "pluses" are benign spirits in the human world while both Hollows and Bounts are bad. Does this have a historical or cultural coincidence or were these just randomly chosen languages?

The reason why the author uses the different languages with different groups is because he feels that will attach uniqueness to that group. In one of his interviews I have read, he stresses that for him, characters are very important and he draws the characters first.

In his interview in Germany, when he was asked the same question he replied as below

  "As for the Arrancar, I think that Spanish sounds very passionate and
  a little erotic, so it matches their wild lifestyle. German sounds
  cold, harsh and methodic, something that matches the straight-forward
  methods of the Quincys. I would also like to use French at some point,
  because it sounds very elegant. But I can't figure out a good way to
  include it into the story."

So I believe, as I said before, that it is to associate some sort of uniqueness to the characters belonging to a particular group.


Does (Taju) Kage Bushin no Justu return the user his Chakra after he undoes this jutsu? We have always seen Naruto using this technique - Taju Kage Bushin no Jutsu. I agree that Naruto's stamina is 5/5, but.. he uses the technique for an unbelievable number of times.

For example, let's say he has a chakra level of 100%, and he creates 3 clones, which means each clone will have 25% chakra of the original.

If 3 clones get destroyed by an opponent, or
Naruto undoes the jutsu

In both cases, Naruto learns the information the clones have gathered. Do they also return their chakra back to Naruto?

Ideally, they should return in case 2! However, I am not sure about case 1.

If they don't, then Naruto's chakra level should go down exponentially, as long as he creates new clones.

Now since Naruto has mastered Senjutsu (which of course has a time limit), he can create 2 clones in the battlefield itself with the help of natural energy. Also with Nine Tails chakra, he can create unlimited number of clones, because Tailed Beasts possess unlimited (compared to human limits) amount of chakra. But how about his battles prior to his Senjutsu or Nine-Tails form?

Naruto uses that technique to gain the Sen-chakra in the fight against Pain, so yes, the chakra is transferred to the user, when the clone is destroyed.


Is Roronoa Zoro based on Rurouni Kenshin? There are several similarities between the two characters and also the characters they interact with.

They are both extremely skilled swordsmen.
Their names/titles are slightly similar and hint at being swordsmen. I'm not entirely sure about Roronoa but Kenshin's name was derived from some samurai novel. Also, vaguely note how execution is a main topic in and is constantly mentioned in One Piece and the character Kenshin was based on a samurai who was executed.
Kenshin was released in 1996 and One Piece came later in 1999.

From ANN's plot summary of Rurouni Kenshin

  Himura Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition.
  Not a ronin but a rurouni, he was never a samurai, but an assassin
  of utmost skill in the Meiji restoration, who in the turning point
  of the war simply walked away. His travels lead him to Tokyo in the
  11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends a female Kendo master,
  a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their own
  secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark
  past that Kenshin cannot escape. (Seems familiar with a certain
  character's merry band of men?)

From One Piece plot summary:

  ... Along his ways, with luck and determination, he finds himself many
  members who are devoted but to different causes. (Sounds familiar with a certain wanderer?)

So I would like to ask, is there any source that confirms whether the character Roronoa Zoro from One Piece is related in any way to Kenshin, or whether One Piece is somewhat influenced by Kenshin?

Although it is never really stated they are "based on each other", Nobuhiro Watsuki helped in the making of One Piece.

In the manga series "Rurouni Kenshin", the Straw Hats' flag design was used on a bomb to start a vengeance hit on one of the main characters of the series. Before writing "One Piece", Oda worked as an assistant to Nobuhiro Watsuki, the creator of "Rurouni Kenshin".

Also, Nobuhiro Watsuki usually creates his characters based on historical figures, or figures from other anime/manga:

Watsuki bases many of his characters on historical figures, characters from other manga/anime, and video games series. For example, Himura Kenshin was based on Kawakami Gensai, one of the Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu.

Watsuki also mentored  Eiichiro Oda, the creator of One Piece. So Oda's creations might have been a bit influenced by Watsuki, making Zoro somewhat resembling Kenshin.

Nobuhiro Watsuki is known for mentoring several manga artists who eventually got serialized.  For a while there was a time when the most popular Jump manga authors were all his assistants.

Eiichiro Oda - creator of One Piece

Sources: Nobuhiro Watsuki, Eiichiro Oda


Does every ninja become a jonin? In Naruto, a number of ninjas have become jonin, such as Neji and Kakashi. Does every ninja who becomes a chunin by definition become a jonin if they live long enough, or do some remain a chunin forever?

No not everyone will become a Jonin. As you may have noticed, some ninja like Naruto don't even become Chuunin. Naruto is a rare example however.

In order to become a jonin, a ninja must be extremely skilled. Jōnin are generally able to use at least two types of elemental chakra, some genjutsu, and above average taijutsu skills.

They are usually also appointed to A and/or S ranked missions alone while those under the Jonin rank usually go with a team, or not at all.


How come there are still Quincies if the whole race was wiped out? I just don't get it. How can there be a quincy population if they were all wiped out?

because the entire race being wiped out was an exaggeration.

first off we know at the start of the series there were some Quincy still around such as as Uryu was being trained by his grand father Soken while Uryu's father was "retired" from being a Quincy so it's clear that they hadn't been all wiped out, more so we later learn that

   Ichigo's mother Masaki is a Quincy

so the survivors from when they were "wiped out" was not limited to a single family

in the 1000 Year Blood War Arc we find out that hundreds of years before the Quincy was wiped out there was another conflict between the Quincy and the Soul Reapers in which the Quincy Progenitor, Yhwach, lost his powers after this battle and didn't resurrect for 990 years (900 years for his body to revive and 90 years to regain intellect) +9 more years for him regaining his former powers.

  About 1,000 years ago, under unknown circumstances, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto failed to kill him. Sometime around or during the course of this event, Yhwach witnessed the capabilities of Yamamoto's Bankai, Zanka no Tachi. After his battle with Yamamoto, Yhwach supposedly lost his powers. Quincy folklore spoke of him as "The Sealed King": after 900 years of being sealed, he would regain his pulse; after another 90, he would regain his intellect; and after 9 more years, he would absorb the power of every "impure" Quincy to make their abilities his own.

Source: Yhwach > History (4th Paragraph)

after Yhwach's defeat the remainder of the Quincy who followed him went into hiding in the Seireitei and used the Reishi to create a invisible space where they hid waiting for Yhwach's return, these Quincy were called the Wandenreich.

Since the Wandenreich was hidden from the Soul Reaperd and keeping a low profile, they weren't apart of the group that threatened the balance almost 800 years later which lead the Soul Reapers to "wipe them out". so even if it was a full genocide by the Soul Reapers there was always going to be Quincy left in the Wandenreich.

also Yhwach has the power to share his soul which is then used to cultivate the Quincy powers in that person before he takes back the the part of his soul he shared, so as long as Yhwach exists the Quincy can be reborn


Are the clothes of Devil Fruit users made of a special material? We have Akainu, who is a Logia user with magma capabilities, and Luffy, who can stretch with the Gomu Gomu no Mi. Are their clothes made up of some special material that doesn't burn or tear apart?

From the Devil Fruit article on One Piece Wikia (emphasis mine):

  Like many series, One Piece follows the trope that a Devil Fruit power also generally affects the clothes the user is wearing. Paramecia fruit users alter their clothes along with themselves automatically (for example, Luffy's shirt will never burst a button when his chest is swollen in Gear 3rd, Mr. 1's pants become blades along with his legs, etc.), Zoan fruit users' clothes will fit in the same proportions after transformation (Chopper's hat grew big when he was in Monster Point, Jabra's shoes are considerably stretched when in the hybrid form), and Logia fruit users transform their clothes (and subsequent accessories) to their element along with themselves. Oda explained in a SBS once that if he had done it realistically, the comic would have too much unnecessary nudity. However, some users do not seem to apply to this, such as Jewelry Bonney and Honey Queen, whose clothes do not change proportionally to their powers.

So basically, their clothes are just normal clothing. Just that the Devil Fruit's power also affects the user's clothing.

And Oda even explained the reason why he did it that way.


When did Oda state that a future member of the Straw Hats would be a previous enemy? I've seen a lot of theory based on this and many people saying so; however, I'm curious as to where it comes from (if there's any official source) or if someone just made it up.

The best hint I could find online was in a discussion on the One Piece Wikia pointing out that it may have been an old Jump Fiesta interview:

  It was allegedly in an old Jump Fiesta interview (2009ish), but I haven't found a source for it anywhere, and the translation has been disputed (it may have referred to a temporary ally like in Impel Down/Marineford War, rather than an actual crew member). Zodiaque 10:36, June 7, 2012 (UTC)

As long as there isn't a trustworthy source, I'm inclined to believe that Oda didn't mean CREW MEMBER.

This is just an old rumor. It's possible Oda said that an old enemy would be a future ally, but it has been off the record for some time now. It's so old in fact, it could have been talking about any number of people and some believe it was a reference to Impel Down, when many of Luffy's old enemies become allies (mainly Bon Clay, Galdino, and Buggy).

As for nakama, it could have possibly been Robin, who was once second-in-command of Baroque Works in Alabasta. It could have been referring to Franky, though this is unlikely since he wasn't an enemy for very long.

It is possible that Luffy's crew has reached capacity since the manga is 80% written (as of 7/23/18) and in the anime, Luffy mentions wanting "at least 10" nakama (and as of 8/27/18, there are 10 Straw Hats). That being said, there's not likely to be many more newbies, so although it's possible, I wouldn't hold your breath for that "previous enemy" to still be in our future.

***Correction: Luffy wants at least 10 nakama, that doesn't include himself, so with 10 current straw hats, he has 9.


Why wasn't Byro's magic working on the new Oracion Seis? During the Clock Arc in Fairy Tail, when the new Oracion Seis shows up, Byro (from Legion) was not able to nullify their magic. Why was he unable to do it? I don't think the activation depends on the opponent's power, and in any case if it does, he wouldn't be able to nullify Gildart's magic.

During the episode, after Byro is attacked by Midnight (or Brain II), Jackpot says that "Brain's magic refracted the range of Byro's magic and attacked him". This seems to tell us that Byro can only nullify magic within a range (it figures, as otherwise Byro would have been able to nullify all magic around him, however far apart it is, thereby preventing Natsu or Gildarts from even conjuring their powers). Thus Brain's attack lands on him as it surrounds him rather than coming in a straight line. Also, Brain attacked suddenly, catching Byro by surprise, thus giving an additional reason for Byro's inability to nullify Brain's magic. Then again, perhaps Byro may even have a limit to his ability, i.e. he can't nullify magic that is too powerful.

P.S: This particular incident happens in episode 140 'The Reborn Oracion Seis Appears!'. You may want to watch it again to see the part where Jackpot says the above quoted words. I have quoted the English translation that was shown on the screen, the perfect literal meaning may be different in different translations, so sorry if it's something else that you see there. I know only the anime version of the story, not the manga. Manga may have some other explanation.


Why was Akira naked in the first episode of Eden of the East? Why was Akira naked in the beginning of Eden of the East?

Supposedly it was revealed later on in the series. However, I wasn't able to pick it up despite having watched it through in depth.

Could someone provide a summary?

A couple of theories on that.

He was trying to remove anything that could be used to identify him, which is why he erased his memories as well.
He was going to be in front of the white house holding a gun and not knowing who he is, the nakedness was to add on to making himself look insane.


Is Santa Company available to non-backers? I unfortunately missed the kickstarter for Santa Company. Since I found out about it, I have been following the updates of the production and they have released the digital version to backers recently.

Is there anywhere I can purchase the movie digitally despite not having backed the project?

According to the Santa Company Twitter account (@santa_company), for a limited time (not sure why), it can be purchased from this website.

http://santa-company.jugemcart.com/


Does Satan even understand Yuri's dream of peace? Yuri (mum of the twins) falls for Satan and they both dream of the two worlds to be 'one' where demons and humans can be at peace. She gets pregnant with twins and instead of Satan taking care of this kids, he uses their bodies as vessels to join the world together.

I am pretty certain this is not what Yuri wanted and I feel that makes her quite dumb to trust Satan and pity him when his idea of peace is only going to be a war with demons dominating the world. Plus he obviously doesn't care about his sons and I doubt Yuri will want that if she were alive.

Does Satan even understand Yuri's dream of peace?

No. He does not understand her dream at all. But you have to see things from his point of view.

He is a demon that cannot live in Assiah because nothing can host him for too long. So differently from Mephisto, he cannot understand / study Assiah at all.

From his poing of view, being in Gehenna for all eternity, the concept of peace as we humans understand it is just too alien.

We can infer that he was in love with Yuri, but he took what she told him in the few months / years they co-existed and applied his own interpretation.


What exactly happens to a Titan's body after it is killed? I just started watching the anime and I haven't read much of the manga so I don't know if it is explained further on.

We all know a Titan's body gives off extreme heat, from an encounter Eren had with the Colossal Titan and an episode where they learned this in class.

In episode 6, when Mikasa killed a Titan, we saw the body still giving off heat..

..and a few minutes later it was pretty badly burnt, unrecognizable in fact.

Later in episode 7 when Eren in his Titan form attacks another and beats it to a pulp, we see that the process has somewhat accelerated? At first I thought the body eventually burned away but this one was different than the first. All of the Titan's flesh was gone.

So, what exactly happens to a Titan's body structure after it is killed? Does the heat burn it up now that it cannot regenerate or what?

In episode 15, "Special Operations Squad: Prelude to the Counterattack, Part 2" where Zoe Hange has those 2 captured titans (which she named "Sawney" and "Bean"), she mentions that the Titans seem unusually light for how large they are, and that a severed arm of one of the titans weighed nothing, which allows such large bodies to move so quickly with great agility.

Though, at least so far in the anime and manga, there's no explanation to their physiology or what exactly happens after they die, it's probably the case that their solid state is being maintained by their mysterious "power source" and that once the source of power is gone (and thus cannot regenerate), their physical bodies (sans skeleton) return to the form of some type of gas.

So, to summarize this completely unsubstantiated speculation:

Titan's bodies are actually made up of some type of gaseous substance that weighs nothing
While alive, with its "power source", the gaseous substance takes on the form of solid flesh-like material, but still incredibly light
Without this "power source", the flesh returns to the gaseous state and evaporates.
This may or may not have to do with the extremely high body temperature that the titans have.


How much can Makarov grow? Makarov, master of fairy tail, has the power to turn into a giant. What size  can he accomplish? Is that the limit of his power or there's more to his skill?

An approximate size is also valid. No need to go into detail as apparently the exact size hasn't been confirmed.

We never see his size limit, but he can grow himself to the size of Tenrou Island

Another angle from manga

Makarov size compared to a ship


Why is Plue always around? Spoilers

Lucy get Plue's key from a shop (at least in the anime) and seems to keep Plue around with her all the time.  It is often seen hanging out with Happy, Natsu and Lucy.  However, after

   Lucy discovers that Loke is Leo the Lion, a Celestial Spirit

we learn that Celestial Spirits cannot stay in the human world too long.  So why is it that Plue can be around all the time?

I'm going to take a stab at your question. You asked...

  Why is Plue always around?

Initially Plue was only contracted to be around on Tuesdays and Thursdays as that was when he was available. In the Fairy Tail Wikia it says this...

  ...When Lucy first contracted Plue, he only agreed to be summoned on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Later, however, Plue is available anytime, often appearing at times other than his initial contracted days. Because he is not designed for combat, he serves as a cute pet for his master instead.

Plue cannot stay all the time, he uses his own magic to cross over from the Celestial World as displayed by Virgo and Loke. Also you could think of Plue as a pet in some way. He was not made for fighting and it is plausible to say that he can stay in Earth World for as long as a month or even a year, just like Loke has demonstrated in the past.

Plue is always around because he loves Lucy and being around Family. That's my answer. The Reason behind this is...

  Plue enjoys sweets and shares a close friendship with Happy. Their good relationship could be accounted for the fact that they are always together during Team Natsu's missions, as well as their almost similar attitudes. Happy and Plue often tease Lucy and Loke


Song in My Hero Academia season 1 episode 10, at around 10:50 There's a song in My Hero Academia that plays in:

season 1 episode 10 at around 10:50
season 2 episode 3 when showing everyone on the minefield
season 3 episode 7 showing all the students and teachers walking back to camp after the villains left.

What is that song?

The Threat of Offense and Defense (脅威との攻防 Kyōi to no kōbō)

I haven't seen episode 7 of season 3 yet, but assuming it's the same song as the first two, there you go :)


What is a "Three-Dimensional Maneuver"? Many times in Attack on Titan, the various soldiers mention something called "three-dimensional maneuvering", which appears to be an effective strategy for the battles with the Titans. At the end of chapter 3, there is a "rough explanation" about it:

However, it doesn't really explain what three-dimensional maneuvering is, and the manga doesn't seem to show very well what the soldiers are doing when they perform these maneuvers. Logic would dictate that a three-dimensional maneuver can be any maneuver since movement in the real world is in three dimensions. However, this term seems to mean something specific.

What is a "three-dimensional maneuver", and how is it special or effective against the Titans?

According to what is shown in Episode 3, Three-Dimensional Maneuvering is indeed being able to move in all three axes. We, normally, are able to move two-dimensionally, meaning that we move along a horizontal plane. The gear introduces a vertical axis, making it possible for humans to move to a desired height as well.

As to the advantages it might provide in fighting Titans, besides the ones Rinzwind says in his answer (avoid falling rubble and the like; and also, to make people move a lot faster), I guess the most evident one would be the fact that people do not need to fight at a height that only reaches a Titan's feet or legs and being able to rise enough to be able to attack them where it might do some actual damage. From the Attacks on Titan episodes I've seen so far (3 episodes), humans always go for the neck, meaning that this gear allows them to strike on more (presumably) vulnerable spots.


OST Name used in Episode 18 Gundam Build Fighter Try In episode 18 of Gundam Build Fighter Try, the music starts from 12:44 (maybe? I'm not sure, correct me if I'm wrong) to 14:46.

I've been searching the whole YouTube, internet, and SoundCloud but won't get an easy hand on it.

Somehow, Sunrise like to use the old OST from GBF to GBFT, so I assume it's an old OST from GBF instead of GBFT (cause I have a full set of GBFT OST)

Here is the link to the episode on the official Gundam channel.

The song name is "Gundaba Colosseum". It's the 14th track of Gundam Build Fighters Try Original Soundtrack 02.


When and How did Luffy get the Scar under his eye? Luffy has a pretty prominent scar under his Eye.

Its been a long time since I started watching One Piece, and I seem to recall that he stabbed himself to have Shanks take him onboard as a pirate. Recently, though I started rewatching the series (Oh... The nostalgia!!) but there was no such scene in the flashback.

When and how did he get the scar under his eye?

He did get it the way you described. In Chapter One of the Manga he stab himself with a dagger in the eye to prove himself.

It's the same story in the anime. Although as noted in the comments from Bálint its missing from every anime series except in the TV special titled "Episode of Luffy"


What does K.Y. mean? There's this scene in Nichijou episode one where a Grim Reaper is asking everyone:

  Do you know what K.Y. means?

Nobody replies him, maybe because they're scared of him. Finally he asks another reaper dressed in blue, and he replies:

  Someone clueless, like you.

Is this supposed to be a joke? I don't really understand what happened.

K.Y. stands for Kuuki Yomenai or "can't read the atmosphere/situation".

The joke is that the Grim Reaper does not realize that he is a scary sight in the human world, and that asking questions like that isn't appropriate. The second Grim Reaper knows what it means and is basically saying that he isn't reading the atmosphere.

Another translation could be "not taking hints" - like when you start cleaning up after a party and some of the guests fail to read the atmosphere and get ready to leave.

Reference: Japan Talk - Why You Need To Read The Air in Japan


Rem's encounter with Subaru at the end of episode 5 At the end of episode 5,

   Why does Rem kill Subaru, despite nothing wrong with relationship between them ?

These events unfold starting at minute 22.

At the end of Episode 5, at night, Subaru is sick. He goes out to find help. He is attacked. At 23:35 to 23:40, we hear the sound of an iron weapon (which is likely to be Rem's morningstar). And Subaru is killed with brute force.

However, it is unclear why Rem does that, given that Rem's relationship with Subaru is looking good. They both go to the village and talk. Rem also looks happy then (at 17:29).

I did watch Episode 6, where Subaru is very distant from Rem, and he acts suspiciously, along with having the witch's scent that gets him killed. But does Rem kill Subaru in Episode 5 for the same reason?

Edited: From @ObviouslyJake's answer, I would like to add some more detail comparing the time frame in episodes 5 and 6:
- Similar: Subaru's witch smell (which is the main reason, according to @ObviouslyJake)
- Different: the relationship with Rem

Episode 5: They talk and go to the town together. Rem is happy. (As I said above, with an accompanying picture). In this episode, I can feel that Rem and Subaru become friends.

Episode 6: Rem tries to be distant from Subaru. Also, Subaru falls in her garden twice, which she has to fix. In this episode, Rem and Subaru are strangers.

Does the difference in the relationship between Subaru and Rem contribute to Subaru's death at the end of episode 5, compared to episode 6? Or is the witch's smell the only reason?

Because there are two episodes, with some different choices and paths, I think there must be something different here. I feel there has to be, but I can't find it.

Edit (Aug 31, 2016): Thanks to @Davies comment and @ObviouslyJake, here is what I have in my head so far: in episode 6, things are worse than in episode 5. Here, we're talking about why Rem kills Subaru in episode 5, despite them having a good relationship.

My theory is that Rem has a dual personality: Rem the maid, and Rem the oni who hates the Witch.

In episode 5, Subaru has a good relationship with Rem the maid. As a result of having a good relationship with Rem the maid:
- Rem smiles at 17:29 (picture above)
- Rem gets Emilia to teach Subaru in the evening. (Episode 5, 17:57)

However, Rem the oni still hates the Witch, which leads to Rem killing Subaru because of his Witch smell.

Therefore, here is a summary: Rem will try to kill Subaru because of the Witch smell unless the following condition is satisfied:

Rem is dead (nothing to say, I suppose...)

or

Rem the Oni is freed from the tragedy of her childhood.

(Spoilers for episode 18 follow)

   The second condition is satisfied when Subaru saves Rem from the demon beast in the forest in episode 11. The proof is in episode 18, from 20:00 to 21:00, where Rem confirms that.

That is what I think, please tell me if I wrong.

The short answer is... Yes, he was killed because of his witch smell.

Rem is very suspicious of Subaru in this time frame. He is a new person, entering a household she has grown to love. Now think about it: if a new person, Subaru, comes in, has distinct clothing that she's never seen before, is very 'friendly' with Emilia the main guest of the house, and smells like the witch. It's not looking good for our favourite little protagonist in her eyes.

Furthermore, we saw a scene somewhere in there where Roswaald whispered to Rem (and Ram I think) to keep an eye on him, as he was also suspicious, feeding her the seed of doubt about Subaru, even more so than before. Everyone was suspicious. He could have been a potential threat to their claim for the kingdom's throne.

Now we move onto Rem's personal reasoning.

This part is a spoiler for a later episode. If you don't want to know spoilers, don't read this part.

   As we know, Rem's family and her whole village, aside from herself and her sister, were killed by the witch's cultists, an organisation that, as stated, worships the Jealous Witch. Now think Subaru, a suspicious character who just appeared, smells just like the witch.

   We can tell from this that she has a personal grudge against him for this. In conclusion: Yes, you're correct. Rem killed Subaru because he smelled like the witch, which she had personal history with.

Edit 1:

   I believe the change in Rem around Subaru could be an inkling of sympathy for him. For example, when he wakes up, he is sporadic, screams and then realizes the twins are looking over him, at which point he is back to his 'playful, energized' self.

 I feel like she would see him as a 'madman' who isn't right in the head, to the extent that she is friendly with him, as to not convey her concern or trigger his madness. It could also be that she doesn't want to show disrespect to him, as he is a house guest, doing so would tarnish her own reputation, so in public, it is best to stay friendly.

Edit 2:

As the question states, 'Am I wrong?' about the dual personality of Rem. Personally, I believe you're right and wrong at the same time. I believe they're the same personality. It's just that Rem is putting on a brave face whenever she smiles. A quote I very much like, which I heard from someone, is "Don't trust someone just because the smile." I think that applies here.

Rem smiles a lot, due to the fact that she has to keep a brave face, as to not disappoint her sister, as well as to not tarnish the manor's professionalism.

Think of it, in terms of two girls.
Girl 1 (Rem) is weaker than Girl 2.
Girl 2 (Ram) was stronger, though lost her weapon, so she's now weak and can't use a weapon anymore.

If Girl 1 were to just sulk and throw her weapon away, when she can very well still use it, how would that make Girl 2 feel? This could also be why she keeps a smile on her face. She's that used to putting up her smile, to not disappoint her sister, that she does it with everyone. It's become a natural thing.

Now onto the subtitles on the last picture you included, as they reminded me of something else.

She said "My time has been stopped". As in, there was no way for her to move past that incident that she was stuck in her own madness, revenge stricken madness. Subaru comes along and saves her from this, later down the line, so that her time keeps moving (I'm not really sure how, I'd have to watch the episodes again).

However, this doesn't necessarily mean that the reason you provided was the right one. She stopped trying to kill him, as she realized, through talking to him, through spending time with him, that he was actually a trustworthy character, in the sense that he wasn't anything to do with the witch's cult.

He openly admitted to her that he smelled like the witch. He wasn't trying to hide the fact, he was also unsure of why it existed. Rem's a perceptive little demon, so she picked up on how his emotions and expressions were in the end: trustworthy.

However, having only just met him in episodes 5/6, he was just another witch's disciple, a threat she had to eliminate for her own gain, for the revenge of her family, her sister and herself.


Where can I read Chuugakusei Nikki? I have searched for it on popular websites, but couldn't find it. Are there any sites hosting it with an English translation?

No. according to MangaUpdates it as not been officially licensed in English nor is there any unofficial translations so the series is only available in Japanese


Which song is played in One Piece Episode 395 when Zoro loses his way? Which theme song is played in starting of this Zoro's haki video?

The soundtrack you are looking for is called Three Towers.


Why does Satsuki address everyone using "kisama"? I'm rewatching Kill La Kill and I've noticed that the word "kisama" is used by every one of the bad guys (Student Council, Satsuki Kiryuin, Ragyo, and so on) to address basically every good character (i.e. Ryuuko, Mako, her family, etc.).

I know that in the Japanese language there are multiple different ways to address another person depending on the level of familiarity you have with them and so on, and I know that "kisama" is the most impolite way of addressing anybody (and it's usually translated as "bastard" or something like that when it's used).

My question is: why does Satsuki Kiryuin use "kisama" to address the Elite Four? They should, at least, be worthy of a bit more of respect. Was it a stylistic choice that Satsuki would address virtually everyone (with few exceptions such as the butler and Iori, for example) in such a disrespectful way, or is there a different meaning for "kisama" I'm not aware of?

My question is: why does Satsuki Kiryuin use "kisama" to address the Elite Four? They should, at least, be worthy of a bit more of respect.

Well, for the one thing, this is anime. Typical conventions governing the use of honorifics in actual spoken Japanese frequently go out the window in anime.

  [...] or is there a different meaning for "kisama" I'm not aware of?

It so happens that the "bad guys" that use kisama frequently are precisely those who typically speak in a mildly archaic-sounding register of Japanese (from memory: Satsuki, Gamagoori, Sanageyama, and Ragyou - but not Inumuta, Nonon, or Nui). The use of kisama in an archaic register of Japanese is not harsh as its use in a modern register would be - historically, kisama was in fact a polite word (roughly "honorable person"); cf. here or here for what little English-language reading about this I was able to find.

Even in modern registers of Japanese, I feel that kisama is a smidge less harsh than its typical (shoddy) English translation "you bastard", though I don't know if other people would agree.

  Was it a stylistic choice that Satsuki would address virtually everyone (with few exceptions such as the butler and Iori, for example) in such a disrespectful way [...]

I imagine the reason that Satsuki addresses Soroi (her butler) using a different pronoun (kimi) is that kimi is a more familiar term of address than kisama, and she feels that she can open up to Soroi more than anyone else.

But really, I think this is mostly down to characters using more "powerful" language for dramatic effect (e.g. to express Satsuki's general disdain for most people) since this is an anime rather than real life. You'll see this happening in many an anime; Kill la Kill is by no means unique in this respect.


Do people die if they are killed? In Fate/Stay Night there's the famous scene in which Shirou speaks to Saber. The scene gained immense popularity across the web, and is usually accompanied by responses like O RLY? and You Don't Say!

The question is, does he actually say that? Is that line also written in the Visual Novel? Is this a translation error? Or is he just that stupid?

My understanding of the phrase is that he means:

People who are killed should remain dead

This is in reference to servants - he doesn't like that servants are resurrected souls. They should remain dead.


In what order were the Servants summoned for the 4th Holy Grail War? Similar to this question, but focusing only on the Servants of the 4th Holy Grail War featured in Fate/Zero.

Likewise, it would be also be good to list when the Servants were summoned if possible, though I am unsure if there was any date notation of any Servant's summoning to use as an approximation unlike that of Saber's summoning in Fate/Stay Night.

Based on skimming the light novel and the Wikia, this is what I could come up with about the summoning order of the Servants in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Fate/Zero doesn't give actual dates, but it does count down the hours until the start of the Holy Grail War, although the novel only gives them at the start of a chapter, so there's a certain amount of imprecision. We also don't know exactly when Assassin and Lancer are summoned, since those summonings happen offscreen, although we have some pretty clear indications of where their summonings fall relative to the other Servants.

Assassin is summoned first. This is mentioned in Act 1, Part 3 of the first novel. It happens offscreen, sometime before that chapter, so we don't have an exact time, but Kirei tells Tokiomi that according to Risei, whose ability to detect Servant summonings is infallible, no other Servants have been summoned.

Rider, Berserker, Saber, and Archer are all summoned in Act 1, Part 5, which takes place at -268:22:30. Their summonings are stated to be "almost simultaneous" and no exact times are given.

As far as I can tell, Lancer is summoned near this time as well, but we don't see his summoning onscreen. I give my reasons for thinking so below.

Caster is summoned in Act 2, Part 3, which takes place at -222:24:48, about two days after the summonings of Rider, Berserker, Saber, and Archer.

It isn't clear exactly where Lancer's summoning falls. We know it was after Assassin's, but we don't know how much time it took Kayneth to discover that Waver had stolen his artifact and prepare a different summoning. But after stealing the scrap of Alexander's mantle from Kayneth, Waver runs off, flies to Japan, and sets himself up in a house before summoning Rider. It probably took Kayneth around that much time to make his own preparations. Also, the first time we see Lancer is just after Saber and Irisviel arrive in Japan. Saber is summoned at the Einzbern Castle in Germany, and she and Irisviel arrive in Japan by plane in Act 3 Part 2 at -167:27:03. They meet and battle Lancer that very night, so Kayneth, who flew in from England, must have arrived around the same time or a little earlier. So my sense is that Lancer was summoned around the same time that Rider, Berserker, Saber, and Archer were summoned. It may have been a little earlier since Kayneth was already in Japan when Iri and Saber arrived, but I don't think it could have been later.

So, in the end, we arrive at this list:

Assassin
Lancer (?)
Rider / Berserker / Saber / Archer ("almost simultaneously")
Caster (two or so days later)


Is there any explanation about Selim Bradley's true form? After the defeat of Selim Bradley (aka Homunculus Pride), his true form is revealed to be a tiny baby in a fetal position.

This makes me wonder, is Selim Bradley's true form is actually an aborted fetus, found later by The Father and given new life as Homunculus Pride?

This will explain a lot about his psychology (ex: Unconditional obedience towards his Father).

I think that none of the original forms of the homunculi are given an explanation.

Lust has the body of women that can change her fingers to needle
things.
Wrath is a mortal homunculus that has a human body.
Sloth has that big giant kind of body.
Envy has that green monster thing as the original form that he
disguises to a normal human body.

Only Gluttony can be given a reasonable explanation for his original body. He is the failed gate of truth and hence has a false gate in his stomach.

You can argue Envy has that green monster body since he is a compilation of many human souls but that is true for all the homunculi, so we can't take that as an explanation.

Also, I went through the WIKI and couldn't find anything on this.

I also think the fetus body remained in the end because Pride was removed (killed) from the body and only that fetus remained symbolically telling that the monster has been removed and only a pure form of the being (baby) remains(even though the baby is a homunculus).