What is the Senju clan's speciality? Is it wood style? If yes, then how come only Hashirama can use it?

There has to be some special power that all the members of the Senju clan possessed, or else how could they be the greatest rivals to the Uchiha (who had Sharingan) who defeated every other clan other than the Senju?

The only Senju to showcase the Wood Release was Hashirama Senju. You could say that the Wood Release was Hashirama's speciality. Even his brother Tobirama did not use Wood Release all that much, but instead had a variety of speciality techniques including Space-time jutsu, Edo Tensei, Kage Bunshin, etc.

The Uchiha are adept at using fire techniques, because of their natural affinity towards it. The Senju are commonly called as "Senju clan of the forest". So we could only assume from the name that they are adept at using forest related skills; Wood Release.

But from the Senju we have seen in battle, namely Tobirama, Hashirama and Tsunade, the common feature about them is their unique fighting style and skills. This would lead into a more agreeable assumption. The clan's name, "Senju", literally means "a thousand skills". So this would mean, rather than the whole clan specializing in one type of jutsu/technique/nature release/skill, the clan members would be specialized in different types of jutsu. This actually fits the meaning of their name. Which means, there isn't a trademark clan ability. This assumption is supported by the Senju we've seen in battle multiple times.

The Uchiha hadn't defeated all the other clans. It was just said that they were among the top powerful clans, only challenged by the Senju. The Uchiha and Senju had been fighting against each other over centuries, even before Hashirama and Madara's times. This was because of the Indra and Asura feud. So while the Uchiha were powerful, the only clan able to go against them were the descendants of Asura. That's the main reason as to why they could go toe to toe.

TL;DR : The Senju clan doesn't have a trademark ability. But all its members have proficiency in different types of jutsu. Because of being the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' sons, the Senju and Uchiha were able to go toe to toe against each other.


Why is Gintama considered a 'Sci-Fi' genre anime? So I saw the genres of Gintama and I found this:

It's a shogun-era (Edo-period) animé and they use katanas instead of huge weapons; there are also some mobile-phones, etc. But what’s so 'Sci-Fi' about it, except for the fact that there is inter-space travelling, which is obvious given the plot of aliens invading? I don't know why it is categorised as a 'Sci-Fi' animé.

As mentioned on the Wikipedia article on Science Fiction:

  Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, parallel universes and extraterrestrial life.

Hence, Gintama is a Sci-Fi anime based on its:

Futuristic Settings & Extraterrestrial Life:

  Gintama depicts Edo after it had been conquered by the aliens, and how it looks after they brought modern-day technology into a samurai country of ages past.Source

Inusei Amanto have been around in the Gintama world for over 20 years and have brought with them modern technology and led to new laws being enforced such as the ban on swords. Many other races of Amanto (aliens) have been introduced throughout the series such as Yato tribe, Shinra tribe, Royal tribe, among others.

There are even floating mobile cities in the series such as Dragon Palace City (before it descended into the sea and remained there forever).
Futuristic Science & Technology:

  The items featured in Gintama range far and wide from traditional japanese items to incredible sci-fi machinations.Source

Most futuristic of the items shown in Gintama series has to be the presence of fully functioning maid-robots like Tama. While robots do exist in our time, they are not yet available on sale for household-purposes, and none are as functional as Tama.There was even a robot named Saburou which was built by Hiraga Gensai.

Another aspect of futuristic science and technology is seen in making of space shuttles, which are a very common occurrence in the Gintama series and enable space travel as mentioned below.
Space Travel:

While only shown a few times in the series, space travelling is common throughout the series with Amanto, along with some humans in space travelling all the time from one location to another. It's so common that there even exist "Space Pirates" Harusame

Hence, while Gintama does not revolve around the Sci-Fi genre like other Sci-Fi anime such as Steins;Gate, the elements of Sci-Fi are present throughout the series. As put here:

  Being based in ancient Japan after its invasion by aliens, the series manages to mix more historic items such as katana and traditonal style architecture with modern ideas like convenience stores, mopeds and television, not to mention the rather liberal application of science fiction, primarily Edo's terminal station which features high tech design, numberous airships nearby and some form of teleporter system. Over all, Gintama somehow manages to bring together these three styles into the working world of Gintoki and his friends.


Why can't the Battle Front fight NPCs? After Naoi's taken control of the Student Council she starts using them as shields against the Battle Front because, as Yuri said, they can't attack NPCs.

I would get if it was a moral ground they stood but in the climax we see that a number of the guys following Naoi was holding guns. Sure they might not be able to be killed but it does seem dumb for them to hold back against combatants.

Is there a reason why the Battle Front can't fight armed NPCs?

As I get it, it is just part of their moral code never to fight innocents including NPCs. I don't know why but they say "must not" so it has to be a rule and it is the SSS so it can't be a "Word of God".

There is (as far as I know the anime and the fan wiki) no canon explanation. Maybe they give respect for the possibility of real AIs or that they can't be 100% sure not to missjudge a human for an NPC.

When the Shadows appeard, they had no problem fighting this mutated NPCs but at this point, they could be sure not to deal with a human like consciousness or a real human.


What is the background music from episode 50 of Hajime no Ippo? What is the background music from Hajime no Ippo in Episode 50 from 16:10-16:36?

This is where Ippo is declared winner, if you are looking at different sources.


Where does Bungou Stray Dogs cut off in the manga? I have watched Bungou Stray Dogs and now, I want to start reading the manga because there is no announcement about a new season. So, in which chapter should I start for the rest?

According to Mangaupdates,

  Season 1 ended at Vol. 4 Chapter 16, Season 2 ended at Vol. 9 Chapter 37, and Season 3 ended at Vol. 13 Chapter 53.


Who is Kenshin based on? I've been told that Kenshin, at least partially, is based on a real life assassin. Who was he based on, and what pieces of his story are inspired by this person?

According to the author1, he is based on Kawakami Gensai, a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who was executed by the Meiji Government.

Not having seen the series nor being familiarized with the Gensai's story, I cannot tell you how much of it is based on samurai's story and how much of it is fiction.

1: *Watsuki, Nobuhiro (2003). "The Secret Life of Characters (1) Himura Kenshin". Rurouni Kenshin, Volume 1. Viz Media. p. 56. ISBN 1-59116-220-3.


What action is Yashiro supposed to take? In episode 3, Satoru tells his teacher to "hurry up" and do something about Hinazuki at the end of their conversation, and also states in the narration that he's "positive Yashiro is waiting until spring vacation before taking action."

I'm slightly confused. Yashiro earlier says that "the Child Consultation Center visited their house three times." I thus assumed that

The Child Consultation Center is already worried or suspicious (if they visited Hinazuki's home at all). Yashiro probably informed them about the abuse at Hinazuki's home. (Even if Yashiro didn't, they are already aware of the case.)
The Child Consultation Center would be the party responsible for any further follow-up or protective measures, not Yashiro.

Am I wrong about this? If I am not wrong, what is it that Yashiro must hurry up and do? (Does he simply need to speed up things, given that the Child Consultation Center is "so incompetent"?)

Satoru simply wanted him to do something, anything, to make sure Kaya would stay safe. He suggested calling the police and getting the counselors to check in again. Satoru wanted the teacher to speed up the process because he was planning to wait until the next school break (Spring, if I remember correctly.)


Why didn't Naruto use Summoning Jutsu in Chuunin Exam? They mention nothing about Summoning Jutsu in the exam and Naruto learned this jutsu before the exam.
Even if Gamabunta would not want to fight for Naruto, why didn't he at least try to use that jutsu?

Did I miss something? Did they actually say that Summoning was not allowed in the exam?

Firstly, lets make a correction. Naruto learned the Summoning Jutsu, not before the exam, but only before the third round, prior to his fight with Neji. So he would have only had one opportunity to use the Jutsu during the exams, during his fight with Neji.

It is never EXPLICITLY stated, as far as I know, why Naruto didn't use Summoning Jutsu to summon Gamabunta during the fight, but let me give you a different perspective. Why would he want to summon Gamabunta in his fight against Neji?

He had a personal reason to fight Neji. He probably wanted to beat Neji on his own, 1v1, to prove his point to Neji. Probably wouldn't feel great to beat Neji because he had a giant frog step on him.
It would have been impractical. Gamabunta is HUGE. Gamabunta would probably have filled the entirety of the stadium they fought in. Even if Gamabunta did fight, he sure as hell wouldn't have been able to do so without destroying the stadium to hit a single tiny human target.
Like you mentioned, Gamabunta probably wouldn't have even wanted to fight for Naruto. The only reason he fought with Naruto against Gaara later is because he knew about the One Tail Beast and Gamakichi convinced him to.
Naruto had literally only used the technique once successfully in his training with Jiraiya, under threat of falling to his death. He probably didn't have confidence he could use it again. This is evidenced by the fact that in his fight with Gaara later, he only successfully summoned Gamabunta again because he was about to die, failing the first time by summoning Gamakichi. Naruto isn't able to reliably summon Gamabunta for quite a while in the series, summoning Gamakichi and Gamatatsu on multiple occasions.


How many bodies does Yuma Kuga have? Every trigger user have two bodies: his original flesh body, and the Trion combat body. When he activates his trigger, the flesh body is stored inside the trigger, and is physically replaced by the Trion body.

But Yuma's trigger permanently stored his flesh body (black haired) inside, and he lives with a Trion body (white hair).

In ep. 1 or 2 when he crashes into a car, his face shows a crack (causing Mikumo to become certain Kuga is a neighbor) - the same kind crack Aftokrator's magnetic shard trigger user (forgot his name - the one defeated by Jin in ep.29) shows.

Also when he activates a trigger, he undergoes the same transformation as any trigger user, and have a combat body. Proof is that he seems a bit surprised in Ep.8 when he deactivates his trigger (after the Miwa Squad ambush at the abandoned train station) and his severed arm returns.

So, besides the two bodies (flesh body and Trion combat body), does Yuma Kuga have a third intermediary body from his black trigger?

Yes, he indeed has three bodies, but nonetheless he only has access to two of them at any time.

Yuma's fleshly body is safely stored in suspended animation inside the black trigger ring his father created. Inside the ring, time passes ever so slowly that Yuma's certainly fatal wounds have not yet killed him even three years after the incident. This body is black-haired.
The "civilian" trion body. The one he uses whenever a trigger is not active. This body is made of Trion (see the scene in ep.2 when he is run over by a car, leaving only a small crack on his face). This body supposedly requires nutrients (since Yuma is shown to be eating). It has white hair.
The trion combat body, that replaces the civilian body (or is morphed into) when Yuma goes "trigger on". During the fight with Miwa squad in the abandoned train station, this body has an arm cut off. When Yuma "trigger off", the combat body is dissolved and the intact civilian body is replaced.
 3.1 Also during his fight with Viza in ep. 34, Viza successfully kills Yuma combat trion body, and his black trigger restores the civilian body. Being made of Trion, Yuma uses the inertia of his movement and a seal to burst through Viza's combat body. Viza is seen remarkably surprised for all his combat experience.

It is supposed(whom?) that if and when Yuma is able to heal his flesh body, the black ring will stop mantaining the trion civilian body.


What male characters are in Touhou? Touhou Project has a lot of characters, but the vast majority of them are female. Even though Gensokyo has plenty of men, for whatever reason they are very rarely relevant to the story. To the best of my knowledge, none of the men have appeared in the games (excluding non-humanoid characters like Unzan), but they do appear in manga side-stories and other canon works.

Can someone provide a list of the major (named characters, characters with significant impact on the plot, etc.) canon male characters in Touhou Project? I'm mostly interested in human or humanoid characters.

As far as I know, Rinnosuke Morichika is the only male character that is significant to the plot. He's the main character of the Curiosities of Lotus Asia (official) story compilation, which focuses on his life as the proprietor of Kourindou, a store that sells antiquities from the Outside World.

Reimu Hakurei, Marisa Kirisame, Youmu Konpaku, Remilia Scarlet, Yukari Yakumo, Sakuya Izayoi and many other Touhou characters are mentioned in those stories, which is why I'd say it's relevant.

You could also count Youki Konpaku (Youmu's predecessor at Hakugyokurou) and Marisa's father as other important male characters, but I don't recall those characters ever being developed. They were mentioned in order to develop Youmu and Marisa's characters.

Edit: If you want an extensive list of male gods/human/humanoid characters and you don't care whether they're relevant or not:

Bishamonten: an actual god in Buddhist mythology, worshipped by Byakuren Hijiri
The Two Gateguards of the Lunar Capital
Iwakasa: one of the guys who was told to dispose of the Hourai Elixir
Lord Tsukuyomi: founder of the Lunar Capital
Mizue no Uranoshimako
Myouren Hijiri: Byakuren's brother
Shirou Sendai: a man who brought good fortune to every business he would visit, mentioned in Wild and Horned Hermit
Taisui Xingjun: tried to cause a disaster to Gensokyo in a dream Hong Meiling had
Tenma: chief of the Tengu at Youkai Mountain
Unshou: a mysterious fisherman who appears in Wild and Horned Hermit


How can Titan Shifters with multiple forms control which form they transform into? In the story of Attack on Titan, Titan Shifters need to harm themselves to be able to transform. But when a shifter is holding 2 or more titans, how do they transform into the form of their choosing?
For example, Eren is now in control of 3 Titan powers, and he can transform into the Attack Titan by injury. How can he turn into a War Hammer Titan?

Actually having that titan just means that the shifter has thar titan's powers. So if a shifter has multiple powers in possession, he/she will still just tranform into one body, and can use the titan power.
A little spoiler but eren will still have the titan body like he has now, and it has been regularly mentioned that he can use the war hammers power, so it doesn't mean to have a different titan body per titan power.
A Spoiler from Chapter 117 makes it clear, even if you are anime-only, it will only grow your interest, and not spoil the storyline likely -

 In this, eren is using the war hammer titan's power, in his usual form (the one he had earlier too)


What does Tomoko mean by "Is he Kenshi***?" In Watamote Episode 9, Tomoko is angry at her little brother and says:

  Does he have to be better than his big sister at everything?
  Is he Kenshi***? That bastard!

What does she mean by Kenshi***?

Found it thanks to this: What are these three references from episode 9?

  Kenshiro is the main protagonist of Fist of the North Star Manga/Anime series.

The Big Dipper asterism in the background is a reference to the seven scars on his chest that look like it (where as the Big Dipper is also directly above the North Star in the sky):

  Kenshiro is also known as the Man With Seven Scars (七つの傷の男 Nanatsu no kizu no otoko?), due to the seven scars engraved on his chest patterned after the shape of the Big Dipper (the symbol of the Hokuto school), as well as the Savior of Century's End

  Source: Wikipedia


What is the name of the tune that Black always whistles? When watching episode 10.5 of Kekkai Sensen, I found that Black, when possessed by King of Despair, was whistling some tune. I'm sure that Black whistles that tune more than once.

I remember hearing it:

Before Leo meets Black in a train, and
When Black is waiting for White to wake up to ask for taking Leo's eye.

Is it from another song? Or is it an original tune?

Ep11 seems to suggest that it's Magic Flute's Overture but slowed down.
Well, they did use Ode to Joy as well (Albeit, usage is not as epic as Evan), so I'm assuming that they also selected another classical piece to be in.

In EP 11:
1659-1723 King of Despair hums that song at an extremely slow pace.
1723-2017 his hum is replaced with orchestra version which seems to increase in speed after a while.

Compare to 1:27 and set the speed to 0.5. Or a different source at here at 5:38.

credits to ʞɹɐzǝɹ for bringing 'Overture' up.

man you got me thinking about Hibike Euphonium all over again.


UBW episode 25 true ending: Why is Rin sad whenever the sun sets/rises? In UBW episode 25 whenever the sun rises/sets Rin looks at it with a sad and lost in thought expression. Why does that happen?

The reason is because she remembers Archer. I'm gonna answer you referencing the visual novel as it is much easier to me. Notice that this conversation with Archer takes place in both endings, not just the true ending (visual novel source).
The first time we see Rin doing that is one month after the Grail War.

As you can see Rin is lost in thought. Then he says:

"Track team? No, I was always in the archery club."
"…I see. Well, I guess there are times like that. Seeing the setting sun just reminded me."
Telling me to forget about it, Tohsaka continues to drink the orange juice.

That is the scene Rin was looking at. As you can see the sun is setting.
Just after this CG Shirou thinks about archer:

"I recall that red figure one more time.
Neither this classroom nor that fight will change.
Everything is the same.
Everything is an illusion like a mirage that disappears when one turns around."

And the next CG is:

As you can see there is a setting sun. In UBW Rin has been seeing this scene in her dreams many times. Just like Shirou and Saber were connected in the fate route through dreams, Rin and Archer were connected in this route and she kept dreaming about Archer and those swords in a rising or setting sun.

I am sure she's thinking of Archer because he's the ONLY character that has made Rin cry. Rin never cries. She's always cold or even if she's not she just takes action, no one breaks her enough to cry.
Throughout the WHOLE game Rin has only cried 3 times, all of them in UBW, she doesn't cry in the fate route nor in Heaven's Feel.

The first time she cried was when having a dream about Archer. She woke up in tears, brushed them off and tried to start the day normally. Notice that a dent had already created. This time was just unconcious crying in a dream.

The next time she cried was when archer betrayed her to join caster. She told him that he's hers and that she would recover him and he'd regret what he did (as you can see these aren't exactly vengeful words. Seems more like she's gonna scold him).
Once Shirou tries to protect her he says some words to her and she starts crying. Later she hugs Shirou.
Notice that this time 2 people made her cry: Betrayal by Archer and Shirou being there risking his life for her.

The last time she cried was the longest time Rin has ever cried. It was her farewell to Archer. Notice that this part will be the real answer to your question.

She begs him to form a contract with her: "Archer. Form a contract with me again."

Archer says:

"I cannot do that. I do not know if you will keep your contract with Saber, but I am not qualified for that.
And I do not have a goal anymore. My battle ends here."
His reply is free of doubt and his will is strong.
His face is as bright as the rising sun, and how can she force him when he's making a face like that?"

Notice that Rin even thought about forcing him but saw there was nothing she could do. Notice the reference to the rising sun. Rin thinks: "His face is as bright as the rising sun".

All the time Rin is crying. Rin just cries for Archer:

"Man. I do not have any attachment to this world, but…"
It's troubling to have her cry.
For him, the girl always has to be a positive, indulgent realist.
He was always encouraged by her figure.
So he wants her to stay that way until the very end"

Notice that Rin changes for Archer/Shirou as Archer thinks. She's always realistic, never crying amd always taking action.

She knows Archer is not really Shirou, even if they had the same starting point. Her archer is a different person that she loves dearly and will never return.

…The future might change.
If a girl like her stays with Emiya Shirou, the hero Emiya should not be born.
His words contain such hope.

""Ar… cher…"
The boy and the man are two different existences.
They only have the same starting point, and he is an ideal that the boy dreamed of."

Notice that this CG appears A LOT. I remember thinking back when I played the VN that it was a very annoying CG. I think they showed the rising sun over 10 times. It always went lik this: Image of Rin and Archer - Image of the rising sun; image of Rin and Archer - Image of the rising sun and many times.

Even 2 years after that  she still makes that look when the sun is either setting or rising.

Last of all, you didn't ask about it but Shirou makes sad faces as well. He's thinking about saber.
At almost the beginning of the episode Rin asks Shirou to take a walk in the park after classes. He makes a sad expression and says it's nothing. Rin then makes a look of understanding.
The next day Rin takes Shirou to Glagow to allow him to pay his respects to Saber. “You remember how you told me that day that you wished you had the chance to say a proper goodbye. Now’s your chance”.
Once they reach the tomb Rin says: “I’ll give you some time alone” and goes away to prepare the picnic. Shirou then says his goodbye words in front of her tomb.  At the end he says: “Thanks for taking me there, it means a lot”.

In the happy ending he gets saber so that won't happen. Rin will still feel sad when the sun rises or sets though.


What's the song when Gon is on the ship to take the hunter exam? In Hunter x Hunter, when Gon goes away from his home to take the hunter exam, I think there's a music in the ship when Gon says "a storm is coming" and the captain says "I have only seen one guy who can do that".

What is that song?

It's Ohayou Harmonica, you can check the scene here : Ohayou Harmonica - Gon Predicting a Storm


Why is King Arthur female? Why is Iskander tall? I've watched both the Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night anime (including the Unlimited Blade Works movie), but none of the visual novels, so no spoilers from that unless they are light spoilers. One thing that bothered me was that despite the fact that heroic spirits are defined by the public opinion/view of them, some heroes had qualities that were in direct opposition of what the public thought.

We know that heroic spirits, being sealed on their Throne of Heroes, are meant to be completely unchanged. This is the entire point of the Throne of Heroes. But this seems to be in opposition of the previous fact that heroic spirits are defined by what others think they are. Then there are Counter Guardians who are completely different, I believe, in that they are not sealed on their Throne of Heroes.

One particularly important Counter Guardian of the series is Arturia, or Saber. Arturia is female, despite the fact that she was treated by even her contemporaries as male, and has gone done in history as male. In fact, there isn't even any small hint as to Arturia's gender being anything other than male in our history, or the history of the Nasuverse (I believe). This being true, shouldn't Arturia be male?

This not being the case shouldn't Arturia be erased, or else create instability in the World? Same with Iskander. In history he is known for being pretty short, even for a Macedonian. That he is very tall means there is an incongruity with human knowledge and true fact.

Furthermore, in the Unlimited Blade Works movie Archer is revealed to be Heroic Spirit Emiya. If Heroic Spirit Emiya is summoned before he is even a hero, or acquired his gift from the World, etc., then how is it that Heroic Spirit Emiya is even strong at all? The power of a Servant being based on their popularity at the time of their summoning, Emiya should be weaker than pretty much every other Servant, and then some.

Maybe I'm just over-analyzing things, or I have some misconception. In any case, answers are appreciated.

Firstly, Altria. what we see in Fate/Stay Night is not originally what Kinoko Nasu first wrote, the original version was called Old Fate (旧Fate) or Fate Origin which was re-imagined into Fate/Prototype, in this Altria's character would have been a man (Arthur) and Shirou's character would be female (Ayaka Sajyou). Of course, this is no longer part of the Canon that is the Nasuverse but I thought I point out that originally Altria would have been a man.

As for Altria herself being a woman, Merlin's prophecy never indicated the gender of the future king, it was just a common view that a King would be a man; the inscription on Excalibur (or Caliburn, I can't remember which it was) also didn't indicate that a man had to be the one to pull the sword out.

As Altria acted the part of the king, she dressed and acted much like one, even to the point that Merlin made her into a pseudo-male and Mordred's identity was concealed, so because of that, their genders are normally concealed and were thought to be men. There is also ambiguity with the Arthurian Legend as in the Visual Novel, Shirou says that some legends portrayed "Arthur" as a woman or a group of people, which is why he wasn't surprised that "Arthur" was a woman (more so that he summoned her).

Also, "King Arthur" became more of a symbol than anything else. Merlin was clearly aware of this when he warned Altria before she pulled the sword from the stone that if she did she wouldn't be human anymore.

One thing you may have missed is that Altria isn't in the Throne of Heroes like most heroic spirits. Those who are in the Throne of Heroes are in there because they made a contract with the world to receive the strength to be a hero so it's their price. Altria became a hero on her own, but on her death. She desired the Holy Grail to redo the sword-drawing Ceremony and find someone whom she believed to be more capable of being a king than her. She made a contract with the world to become a heroic spirit if she got it. Therefore, while Servants like Iskander or Gilgamesh who are copies with their original still at the Throne of Heroes, Altria is always herself. This is why she can remember the events between wars when normally even if a heroic spirit is summoned again they won't remember any other wars they were in.

Now, let us move on to Heroic Spirit EMIYA, who is a Counter Guardian. Before I begin, I should point out Altria is not a Counter Guardian. Counter Guardians are a special group within Heroic Spirits who made a contract with Alaya and as such they are incorporated as part of humanity’s Counter Force summoned whenever a factor in the extinction of mankind is detected.

Regarding EMIYA's summoning, he is summoned from another reality which is entirely possible for the Holy Grail. One of the key things in the Nasuverse is that there are alternate timelines which are all still Canon because of the Second Magic which is the Operation of Parallel Worlds. The 5th Magic's Domain is unknown but it's abilities are related to Time Travel. However, Touko Aozaki claims there should be more to it because time travel is also governed by the Second Magic. Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg who wields the 2nd Magic was actually present when the Holy Grail System was first created, so being able to get Heroes and the such from other times and realities would then be possible if it incorporated principles of the 2nd Magic (which I would do in order to crystallizes a Servant's feats in the from of the Nobel Phantasm).

Now in EMIYA's timeline, the 5th Holy Grail war was a disaster:

   In Heaven's Feel route in the visual novel, Archer recognized Sakura's Shadow and how it was attributed to Angra Mainyu. Whether it acted during his 5th Holy Grail War is unknown but it is clear that Angra Mainyu and the Greater Holy Grail was not destroyed/shut down before a major disaster occurred.

If EMIYA came from the same reality that Fate/Stay Night was in, then he would have known that he would have not been able to kill himself and by killing himself he may have caused more destruction. Practically, Fate/Stay Night occurs in a separate timeline/reality to the one EMIYA existed and the Grail summoned him because of Rin's Pendent which he still kept. So if EMIYA's strength comes from how popular his legend is, then it will be unaffected because his Legend is from a separate reality which will still be known.

   Also Rin is shown to be able to draw Mana from other realities in Heaven's Feel by using an implantation of the 2nd Magic

Now I haven't read all too much into Iskander so I can't vouch for the difference with his legend. However, this could be explained because the Holy Grail System is damaged. Rather that rehashing what caused it because it could be spoilers, you can read the 3rd and 4th Paragraphs here to read up on the discrepancies with the Servant Summons or look up on the wiki on how the system was originally created. However, since Mordred's legend is unaltered in Fate/Apocrypha, and in that timeline the Einzbern's summoned Ruler rather than Avenger, we can safely say that Altria wasn't altered when being summoned.


What music was Kousei playing in the first episode? Right after the OP on the first episode, 11 year-old Kousei is shown playing the piano.

What music is he playing? Is this an existing music, or was it something made for the series?

Thanks to this MAL post I just found out it's Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia", popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata's third and last movement, Presto Agitato.

Here's a video of the music, played by Wilhelm Kempff.
And here another video by one Brandon Ethridge, filmed from the top. This ones makes it look - at least for me - like the animation was done accurately (or at least the progression of the right hand along the keyboard in the animation intends to suggest a minimum of accuracy).


Can someone explain the term "oranyan"? I had never heard the word "oranyan" before reading this question. The question made it sound like the term referred to a male tsundere.

I searched this site for more mentions of "oranyan", but only found the linked question. I Googled for more info, but the only results I found aside from this TV Tropes page on tsundere and the question I linked above referred to the mythical founder of the Oyo Empire of Yoruba, which I'm pretty sure has nothing to do with the anime meaning of this term. The TV Tropes page just says "oranyan" is another word for "tsundere" which "is sometimes used to refer to a male tsundere character—incorrectly since it means the complete opposite".

TV Tropes's reputation for accuracy aside, the linguist in me wants to nitpick that statement because of its implicit prescriptivist assumptions about "correct" use of language; for this question, I'm going to ask that answers take the linguist's viewpoint and define "oranyan" as whatever the majority of people think "oranyan" means, and to please explain the situation if no majority definition exists, or if the majority definition differs between Japanese and Western fans.

So, here's what I'm curious about:

What's the etymology of the term "oranyan"?
Is there any basis to TV Tropes's claim that it means the exact opposite of 'male tsundere'?
In the common usage of the term, is there some difference in meaning from 'tsundere' aside from the sex of the character?

I don't know how accurate my answer is because the content described below are taken from discussion and some source.
Source 1 post#422937.

Oranyan is a term used to describe male characters that are rude to everyone, but can be kind to those he loves. The word is derived from "ora" which is supposed to sound like shouting and "nyan" which is equivalent to "meow."

Source 2

Tsukimori Ren in Kin-iro no Corda or Wolfram in Kyou kara maou could be. But is there any other saying? Yes…that is オラニャン[oranyan].
In fact, this was not born in the otaku society, but kogals’ circles. To get to the point, オラニャン is an abbreviation form of オラオラニャンニャン[ora-ora nyan-nyan]. I can’t translate it! オラオラ[ora-ora] sounds like a rude guy’s shouting. Maybe you could hear this in such a delinquent boys’ story like Gokusen, Bebop High-School or something like that. Well, how can I put it…sounds like “Oi! Oi!”?? They would say like 行くぜオラァ！[ikuze, oraa!, let's go, guys!]. オラオラ金出せや！[ora-ora, kane dase ya!, Oi oi, give fucking money, eh?].
Meanwhile, ニャンニャン[nyan-nyan] is actually a cat’s mew-mew. Caught on, haven’t you? Although he is so cheeky and rude in front of everybody else, he would be very sweet to a girl who he loves. Probably he could be still sweet even when others are there. In this case, it might be called as オラデレ[oradere].

Source 3

Contrary to what some may think, there are male tsunderes. Inuyasha, Kyo (Fruits Basket), Shaoran (Cardcaptor Sakura), and Ed (Fullmetal Alchemist) are some examples. They’re sometimes called “Oranyan,” and though not as famous as the female types, they’re certainly there.

Some other character are Len Tsukimori from La Corda d'Oro, Wolfram von Bielefelt from Kyo Kara Maoh!. And if you try to Google like Oranyan anime term, you will see most of the link containing term Male Tsundere (Oranyan).
This justify that the term Oranyan as synonyms of Tsundere for male characters. Since it comes from "ora ora" and "nyan nyan", there's nothing to the claim that it means the opposite of "male tsundere".


What does "W.C" on Izumi Curtis's slippers mean? What does "W.C" mean? My guess was "water closet" - basically toilet slippers. If my guess is true why does she wear it? Is it a popular thing in Japan or Germany for housewives to go out with toilet slippers?

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The user Tombow on http://www.fullmetal-alchemist.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t12824-450.html stated:

  W.C. = Water Closet. = toilet.

  In Japan, in Inns and other places like that sometimes they have public bathrooms (toilet) and some of them have slippers to be used inside that bathroom, often with W.C. written like that, and, yes, some of these bathroom slippers are exactly like what Izumi is wearing. (I saw them in some other anime and manga, too, but I got these pics form Google. XDD)


Can Sea Prism Stones be cut or broken? I know sea prism stones are extremely hard and can't remember any moment where I have seen anyone to cut or break them. If someone is cuffed with them and he or she happens to be extremely powerful and not a devil fruit eater can he or she break it? Can a swordsman cut it?

So far in the series, we have not had any instances where seastone was directly broken apart, whether with brute force or with a weapon like a sword. In cases where characters like Robin or Ace were restrained with seastone handcuffs, they were unlocked using the keys. Whether it can be done remains an open question, as we have seen both Zoro and Mihawk cut through other extremely solid objects in the past.

However, the mineral itself is not indestructible even though it is said to be as hard as a diamond. This is evident because the Marines are able to shape it into a variety of items like handcuffs, prison bars, weapons (like Smoker's sword) and even use it to coat the bottom of ships to escape Sea Kings. You can find the other limitations we know about seastone in the wikia.

In the latest manga chapters, we come to know that seastone may have originated

   in Wano, and that there exist craftsmen with expertise in working with the mineral.


Was Lelouch the person driving the cart in the last scene of Code Geass R2? At the ending of Code Geass R2, the last scene showed someone whose face wasn't showed riding a horse-pulling-cart with CC. I believe that it is indeed Lelouch (who was previously stabbed by Suzaku wearing Zero's uniform as part of their Code Zero plan to free Elevens), and that he had gained immortality because of his frequent usage of his Geass.

Lelouch's Geass first leveled-up the episode when he accidentally ordered his sister Euphemia to kill all Elevens. Then, his father King Charles was beaten by him and I'm thinking that King Charles' immortality was transferred to him.

If that person was really Lelouch, then, has he already gained immortality by that time?

This seems to be a religious issue, judging by the amount of arguing I found while I was searching for the information contained in this answer. At the very least, xjshiya's answer is not universally accepted, and there are a lot of people who flat out reject that theory. In my opinion the evidence against the other theory is more compelling. I'm going to try to present said evidence as impartially as I can.

First, no official source has ever claimed that Lelouch survives at the end of R2. That alone doesn't answer the question, because it could be deliberately ambiguous. Of course, Lelouch would need to be alive to be driving the cart.
Second, several official sources list Lelouch as dead at the end of R2. Here is an interview with writer Ichiro Okouchi, taken from the Japanese magazine Continue (vol 42, Oct 2008, translated into English (I have not yet found the original so I can not confirm the accuracy of the translation). I've copied the relevant part below:

" -----Still, isn't it possible that defeating the wise ruler Schneizel, the person who was supposed to have brought order to the world, might lead to some [viewers] interpreting it as a Bad End?
Okouchi: That's true. There are probably a lot of people who think of it as a Bad End, a tragedy, considering the protagonist's, Lelouch's end as well. However, Lelouch says in the first episode: "Only those prepared to be shot are allowed to pull the trigger themselves." If you were to think of that as his pride, then I think his getting shot (killed) in the end was a logical end. Of course, I understand that not all of the viewers will accept this ending. There were people who wanted a happier ending, after all.
-----Was there a dispute among the staff members regarding the ending?
Okouchi: No. It was decided fairly naturally. During the "Code Geass" script meetings, there are many cases in which there were a number of disputes, but there were barely any when it came to the scripts for (the previous series's) episode 25 and the final episode. I think everyone felt the same when it came to the end of the character that is Lelouch.
-----Why were you so bold as to choose this ending when the viewers might see it as a Bad End?
Okouchi: Bold... yes, we were so bold as to chose this ending. Perhaps the show that is "Code Geass" ending up this way was decided the moment Director Taniguchi and I teamed up. I suppose you can call it our sense of aesthetics, or perhaps a part of our psychological makeup.
...
------I see. So Lelouch's decision was also your, Mr. Okouchi's, and Director Taniguchi's decision.
Okouchi: Which is why I think of both our and Lelouch's decision as Happy Ends. I believe that there will be better things in the tomorrow awaiting Nunnally, Kallen and the rest who have been left behind. And surely Lelouch, who was able to make this into a reality, can only be happy [about this].
...
-----Some unresolved mysteries still remain.
Okouchi: From the very beginning, [I/we] never planned on explaining everything. In fact, if you ask me, I think we might have overdone the explanations. While it's undeniable that Lelouch's story has ended with a full stop, the other characters' stories are still on-going, and it's not like the world [of Code Geass] itself has come to an end either. [I/we] didn't want to end it by closing it up for good."

That seems to pretty strongly confirm that at least Okouchi believes Lelouch dies in the end. Of course, Okouchi, being a writer, doesn't have the final say. The director is the one whose word we should ultimately be looking for, but director Gorō Taniguchi has not said anything definitive either way. He did say something ambiguous, to the effect that he "prefers to see the end as a happy one," but Okouchi also claims it's a happy ending despite Lelouch dying. Okouchi also didn't seem to have any difficulty speaking for the whole team, and no one came out to correct him, so this seems reasonable.
The link above has a couple other relevant quotes which I will not repeat here. I believe that this establishes that there's a pretty strong opinion that Lelouch is, in some form or another, dead.
Here's a further confirmation of this. This image lists people who died in R2. I've boxed the relevant entry for Lelouch.

The above was taken from the same issue of the magazine. This is an official image. I don't think this really adds anything to the above except removing some ambiguity.
There's some further evidence here (I haven't really checked this translation but by a cursory skim it seems to be accurate).

C.C.’s profile has also been updated, and the final part of it now says: “Knowing that Lelouch does not hate her for giving him the Geass, she is now able to show her true feelings. With the realization of “Zero Requiem”, her time with Lelouch, who was able to forgive and accept her, came to an end, but the memories created with him has, without doubt, saved her from eternal loneliness.”

Given that the "Lelouch = Cart Driver" theory requires that Lelouch and C.C. aren't separated at the end, this piece of information just doesn't make sense unless we reject that theory.
So we've confirmed that Lelouch is pretty dead at the end of R2, and that the fan theory that he is the cart driver really isn't supported by the official statements. There are a couple of ways to get around all of these facts. I don't really regard them as anything but conspiracy theories and other ways fans are trying to deal with the ending that isn't quite as happy as they were hoping for.

Lelouch has at least two identities. Perhaps Lelouch vi Britannia died, but Lelouch Lamperouge lived on? Or maybe Lelouch abandoned his name, but he's still alive, and the sources list him as dead because his identity as Lelouch vi Britannia is dead? I can't really argue against the possibility of this, but there is no evidence supporting it at all. It doesn't really make sense in light of the C.C. bio either.
While several people have confirmed that they believe Lelouch dies, director Taniguchi has been notably silent. Perhaps there was some disagreement among those in charge, and Taniguchi actually thinks Lelouch is alive? We can't ever know for certain what happened when they were writing the ending, but it seems reasonable to expect that if there were disagreements, Okouchi wouldn't have claimed that there were none, and if the disagreements were major someone else probably would have spoken up.

Again, I regard those as little more than conspiracy theories by disgruntled fans who think the ending is somehow "unfair". There is no evidence supporting either of them.
While the theories proposed in the other answer are good speculation, they just don't fit with facts released later. The consensus of the production team is that Lelouch is dead and not driving a cart at the end of Code Geass R2. The cart driver is probably just some random guy. If this seems unfair to you, then it's worth remembering that many other characters with far fewer crimes died in the series, so in some sense it's poetic justice for Lelouch to also die. And the interviews with everyone including the director do confirm that in dying, he was successful at his goal of starting the world down a better path.
Again, this seems to be something people view religiously. I'm not claiming that the speculations that Lelouch survives are bad in-universe, but there's simply no evidence for them either from the producers and a lot of evidence to the contrary, so the better answer in this case is that Lelouch is dead.


Which episode features Natsu joining Fairy Tail and Erza teaching him to write? I know there was one episode where it says how Natsu joined Fairy Tail and then he found some mission and Erza started teaching him reading and writing, but I forgot which one it was....

I think you're referring to Episode 27. Also note that that was an anime only scene, and you aren't quite remembering it right. Natsu already knew how to read thanks to Igneel. Erza just expanded his vocabulary.


What is the striped thing on Jango's chin? Jango is an antagonist, who first appeared in episode 9, during the Syrup Village arc. What is the striped thing seen on his chin? (Encircled in the image below.)

According to Eiichiro Oda, the striped thing on Jango's chin is a leftover mushroom!

Before becoming a pirate, Jango was a wandering dancer. Business wasn't good, so all he did was sleep. He did not even take baths. Eventually, a striped fungus grew from his filthy chin. Jango was so hungry, he tried eating the cap of the mushroom, and found it disgusting! He gulped it down anyway, and after than he somehow gained the ability to hypnotize people. The trunk of the mushroom was left on his chin.

Source: One Piece SBS, Volume 6.


Can Marco the Phoenix regenerate a whole limb? Oda said that Marco's regeneration is limited, and we see him with bandages after war, but he has all of his limbs intact.

Can Marco the Phoenix regenerate a whole limb?

It is too soon to tell. Oda has confirmed that Marco will be returning and his power more thoroughly explained. All we know about it now is that he has the Phoenix's

  "blue flame of revival"

however, Oda did not explain this in detail. Personally, I wouldn't think it impossible. Oda does say in the same breath:

  "In other words, the flames are for regeneration"

POSSIBLY implying that the limit to his regeneration is the fact that the flames have to be present. Maybe preventing those flames from being there could prevent any regeneration on Marco's part. Maybe if he is killed too quickly and doesn't have a chance to regenerate, there would be no hope from that point. But like I said before it is too soon to know for sure and at Ace and Whitebeards' funeral, we did see him in bandages (manga ep. 590, anime ep. 505). Hope that was helpful and check my Oda facts here.


Why is Chi-Chi less of a a nag on Goten? Re-watching Dragon Ball Z I have noticed that Chi-Chi's main goal in DBZ was to stop Gohan from training and force him to study instead. But once the Cell arc finishes and Goten is born. Chi-Chi doesn't treat him the same way.

It blew my mind that she even let him train at all but apparently through training with her Goten was able to transform into a super saiyan.

My question is why? Is it because Goku officially passed on so her character developed a bit? I never actually actuallly thought about it until now.

My take is basically the same as those commercials that start with the worried obsessive mother and the first child:  She is so frantic about everything she ends up messing things up.

Second child happens, and she has everything nailed down.  Experience from the first child has her less stressed with the second child, and she knows a bit of what to expect and how to handle things.


In Monster Episode 5, how did Tenma know Johan's alternate name Micheal Reichmann I am watching monster right now and in Episode 5, soon after the murder of Junkers, Tenma is shown investigating Johan's past using the name Micheal Reichmann. I seem to have missed where he got that name and how did he know where to go and do the investigation.

I haven't watched the anime, so I will refer to the manga.
In chapter 6 Mr. Junkers is hit by a car. Detective Runge mentiones that Junkers is a suspect in a series of murders. In chapter 7 Runge explains that there were four cases in whole Germany where childless couples were murdered.
When Tenma meets Johann and Junkers in chapter 8, Junkers explains that Johann hired him to help murder the four couples. Tenma tries to stop Johann, who wants to shoot Junkers, by saying that he knows Johann from when he was his patient. But Johann replies that noone knows him, neither the Lieberts (Johann was the foster child of the Lieberts when he was in hospital) nor the four couples.
By this statement you can draw the conclusion that Johann was also the foster child of the four childless couples he wanted to be killed. So in chapter 9 he probably just travelled to the places where those murders took place, one of them being Colonge where the murdered couple were the Reichmanns.


Why wasn't Guren reincarnated by Kabuto? Guren was a powerful, I mean crystal release? She was arguably stronger than the Sound Four. WHy didn't Kabuto bring her back to life when he was the one that killed her? He had her DNA.

Guren was never killed (Though unable to perform any hand signs (with her hands busy holding back Rinji's arms), Guren still managed to use the Crystal Release and crystallized herself and Rinji. The two fell into the water below. Gozu later saves her.), in fact, she is even seen later in Naruto Shippuuden:

After the final battle between Naruto and Sasuke, Guren, Yūkimaru, and Gozu can be seen in the crowd at the entrance to Konohagakure.

Source: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Guren


How come islanders don't have knowledge to create titan serum even though Reiss family have them? How come islanders don't know to create titan serum even though the Reiss family have them?
We know that Rod had titan serum to convert someone into a pure titan in the episode where he himself is converted to a giant caterpillar-like titan. But in chapter 107 visitor, it is implied that Islanders don't have the knowledge to make titan serum and they only have those which were gifted to them by visitors. Clearly, someone on the island knows how to make them. Then why can't they find that someone probably in the government who had ties to Rod? Since they overthrow his government, they should know about all his secret technology.

This might be the knowledge that only the Fritz family knew about, which Grisha Jager killed in the first place. or maybe, only the wielder of the founding titan from a royal bloodline knows how to make it. As you might know, every royal who inherits the founding titan also inherits the previous wielder's memories and king Fritz's will of peace.


What happened to the Goblin army summoned by Enri using her last horn? In the Overlord anime, we saw Enri summoning 5000 new goblins to defeat First Prince's army. What happened to them after that fight? Did they disappear?

Like the Goblin Troops (although in the web novel the summons only last for an hour), they are permanent entities.

They along with the Troops act as guardians of Carne Village and E-Rantel. The are mentioned in passing in the epilogue of volume 11 (Dwarf craftsman arc) and volume 12 (Paladin of the Holy Kingdom Arc), chapter 2.


In Revolutionary Girl Utena, what is the metaphor of Nanami's egg? Ikuhara had said it would be better if we didn't know, but I want to know. What is the meaning behind Nanami's egg? Especially when she wakes up from an apparent dream, and finds a smashed egg in her bedsheets.

That episode was . . . weird, as weird as when Nanami became a cow.

Anyway, my interpretation of it was based on the fact that the episode "Nanami's Egg" falls into the Akio Ohtori Saga. This is roughly two thirds of the Apocalypse Saga. The content is more sexually suggestive in this saga: scenes involving Akio's car seemed to always be sexually suggestive, with his, Touga's and Kyouichi's shirts opening partway through the ride or when posing for photos, and Kozue's first sexual experience was in the back of that car with Ruka Tsuchiya.

Because of this I got the impression that the episode represented Nanami entering puberty as we  know that women to begin produce eggs during puberty. She begins to fret over the discovery of an egg in her bed probably because she hasn't been taught about puberty. When she accepts it and raises the egg, I took this as the transition of Nanami growing up from a girl to a woman/mother.


Could Okabe have saved Mayuri in the alpha world line? After Okabe goes back to the 'beta world line' (Steins Gate) he learns that

   He can save Kurisu. In order to do that he needs to make it look like she is laying in a pool of blood being unconscious. At the time same her death would normally take place.

Could Okabe have done the same with Mayuri in the alpha world line? I noticed her watch stops and then breaks every time she is about to die. Could Okabe have saved Mayuri in the alpha line by breaking her watch?

Disclaimer
Needless to say, this answer contains spoilers. Therefore, I have chosen not to spoiler it.

No, Okabe could not have saved Mayuri, as he found out by himself the hard way.
Mayuri was meant to die in the alpha world line; her death is what is called a "convergence point". No matter how Okabe manipulates the alpha world line, creating a new timeline in the process, every timeline belonging to the alpha world line would eventually "converge" to make that one event happen without fail: Mayuri's death.
And Okabe did try to save Mayuri countless times. If breaking her watch were enough to save her, then the convergence point would have been the event where her watch breaks. Thus, in at least one timeline, Mayuri's watch would've broken without Mayuri dying.
Edit (after playing the VN):
Pockety (the watch) actually never broke in the VN, or if it did, it was considered so minor it was never mentioned even once.
It is likely that the scene where it breaks was added for the anime to stylize Mayuri's death, in order to imply her death without actually depicting it. Remember that Mayuri died in several — at times gruesome — ways, such as getting shot in the head, or getting crushed by a subway train. The anime team likely didn't want to make the show too gory, as it would not have fit with the rest of the series very well. The theory isn't too far-fetched, since watches symbolize time, and time symbolizes life. Since Mayuri carries Pockety (a memento of her late grandmother's) at all times, it may as well signify her own life; its breaking meaning her death.
Additionally, despite carrying its own name (Pockety), the watch was never important in the VN in the first place. I figure the anime team wanted to give it meaning in some form, which I'll admit is a nice touch on their part.
In any case, the watch breaking was never meant to be important at all.

As for Makise Kurisu's case. Okabe could save her by making her lie in a pool of blood, because that was the only thing he ever established. When he first saw her, he never actually bothered to check if she was dead in the first place, so convergence might not have been her death, but her lying in a pool of blood instead.
This was of course a gamble. There was no guarantee it would've worked, since they didn't know which event was the actual convergence point: Makise's death, or her lying in a pool of blood (or both). The fact that she survived was merely a lucky shot that could've gone wrong.
In retrospect, Christina could've died of a heart attack after getting tased by Okabe. Mayuri died of heart attacks quite often too, when nothing else was killing her. Although Mayuri's death was never specified in those instances where she simply "collapsed, breathing heavily, clutching her chest", and turned out to be dead, I'll just assume it was a heart attack.
Okabe simply got damn lucky with his assistant.


What do I have to read/watch to understand the story of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes manga? Is the new Super Dragon Ball Heroes manga understandable by its own, or do you have to read and/or watch Dragon Ball Super and/or the previous Dragon Ball Heroes manga to understand its story?

I say read Dragon ball heroes because it is not in line with the actual dragon ball it is a different story but with the same characters it is a multiverse story


In the manga, what piece is Chiaki playing at the beginning? In chapter 1 of Nodame Cantabile, it is implied that Chiaki is playing some Beethoven in preparation for the school concerto competition. We also get a snapshot of a score, which presumably contains what he is playing.

Do we know what piece Chiaki is playing? In the anime, he is playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 5 ("Emperor"), and it is easy to recognise as he starts from the beginning of the first movement. However, the score here does not correspond to any section of the concerto that I can recognise, and in any case, we are not explicitly told what piece he is practising.

I tried skimming through a copy of the piano part of Emperor and could not find a section that matched. Inputting part of this score into the Musipedia search engine also did not get any useful results.

This is the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto no. 1, which is not the concerto being played in the anime. Examining the section where the piano begins to play, we can see a correspondence between the orchestral reduction (as shown in a piano part) and the bars of top line shown in the manga. The lower line corresponds to the opening of the piano part, although a couple notes at the very beginning are missing.

For comparison, here is the relevant section of the piano part. The orchestral part (i.e. the first line) is marked with yellow brackets; the piano (i.e. the second) with blue. (Note that the score Chiaki is using has a different format from the one I found; his includes the orchestral reduction even when the piano is playing, and the reduction occupies a separate line.)


In Love Live episode 6, what were the results of each member in karaoke/dance? I can't read the kanji, but I'm interested in what each member's score was.

Their Karaoke Score/Dance Result (the names in the note are their surnames):

Yazawa Niko （矢澤 にこ）: 94/A
Kousaka Honoka （高坂 穂乃果）: 92/A
Minami Kotori （南 ことり）: 90/B
Sonoda Umi （園田 海未）: 93/A
Nishikino Maki （西木野 真姫）: 98/B
Koizumi Hanayo （小泉 花陽）: 96/C
Hoshizora Rin （星空 凛）: 91/AA


Has Zoro ever called Sanji by his name? I was rewatching One Piece, and I see that Sanji is the only crew member who is recruited without Zoro being around. Their strength and rivalry aside, what is most fun is the nicknames they keep calling each other with.

Strangely, I can't seem to find any instance where Zoro calls Sanji by his name. Has there been an instance where Zoro refers to Sanji by his name?

Nope, so far he has never called him by his name, it was even referenced in a SBS with oda: SBS Volume 73, Chapter 729, Pg. 162
The user counted (with frequency) the various names that Zoro and Sanji used for each other. This was covered till Volume 66 of the manga so far.

Original quote and Editor Notes below: D: Dokusha (Reader);  O: Oda

  D: Zoro and Sanji are always fighting! I was reading One Piece and thought it was odd that Zoro never seems to refer Sanji by his name, so I went back and checked!  I counted them up from Volume 5 to 66! Here are the results, ranked by frequency!!![..] In conclusion, Sanji does in fact refer to Zoro by name, but Zoro does not return the favor! P.N. Little Marron
  O: ...Okay. Thank you very much, Little Marron! So you counted them all... This was very fun to read! Some of these terms made me wonder when they'd said these things. Indeed, I have trouble imagining Zoro calling him "Sanji" by name. Not once, eh? Wow. Well, they might not get along well, but they're both valuable, trustworthy men who have Luffy's back. So let's forgive them their squabbles (laughs).
  Page 162: In the VIZ Manga, Zoro does call Sanji by his name a few times for the sake of context, but he does not say "Sanji" explicitly in the original Japanese.


In Steins;Gate, what happens to the memories of Amadeus for the current Okabe? In Steins;Gate 0, it explains how Okabe sent a video message to the past back to himself. What happens to the current Okabe's memories of Amadeus who is in the Steins;Gate world line? I assume nothing ever happened to him meeting Amadeus, but it seems sad because only the Okabe who sent the video file knows about Amadeus. And that Okabe probably doesn't exist anymore.

Seeing as the Virtual Novel for Steins;Gate 0 had not come out during the production of Steins;gate, I would assume the production team would not have included Amadeus into Steins gate.
But to further answer your question Okabe is not an all-knowing entity in that, he knows all timelines, but more that he remembers all actions taken by himself after he has made a new jump using the PhoneWave. Okabe has no memories of what happens to the Okabe he leaves behind after he decides to use the PhoneWave to jump forward or backward in time. He only follows the reaction to the PhoneWave so technically his consciousness follows the timeline of the messages in the PhoneWave.
In simpler terms, the Destination of the messages from the PhoneWave becomes the destination of his mind because he only follows the change in the timeline.
So when he decides it's hopeless to save Kurisu the consciousness of Okabe(Steins;Gate) then leaves to follow the line of the PhoneWave so the Okabe(Steins;Gate 0) is then left to his own devices separated from Okabe(Steins;Gate)
Although future Okabe(Steins;Gate 0) seems to no longer have the special ability to follow timelines seeing as he doesn't follow the timeline back when he sends the video back with Hashida's daughter, Suzuha. But this could be explained seeing as he did not use the PhoneWave to message his old self but instead had someone else go back to try and change things.
I hope this answers your question. I am no philosopher but I do hope that this message is concise and accurate. If I am wrong, I'm sure someone will find a way to points out the flaws in my interpretation.


What is the name of the song when Yato uses Yukine to cut through the Pacification Ring to rescue Ebisu in episode 13 in Noragami Aragoto? After Hiyori calls Yato from Yomi, he used Yukine to cut the "Pacification Ring" and they played a song that is so nice.

If you're talking about the flashback scene that starts around 4:59, this is "Reincarnation" (Noragami Aragoto OST, disc 1, track 8). Here is an extract from the track (0:45-1:00).


What is Marisa doing underground with a device on her back? There is an unusual scene in the opening of "The Memories of Phantasm", in which we see Kirisame Marisa with some kind of measurement or detection device on her back. Does it have a reference in any Touhou anime, manga or novel?

It is probably referencing to a Touhou game which will be later adapted into an anime in the series.

A lot of the openings for "Memories of Phantasm" incorporate scenes from later episodes. For example, the opening of the first episode has scenes which later appeared in the next 3 episodes.

This scene:

Was in episode 2.

In the 5 openings so far there's lots of sneak previews of what appears to be references to other Touhou games: for example, Subterranean Animism and  Imperishable Night.

The scene with Marisa with a measurement devise on her back is almost certainly another reference Subterranean Animism to as the three characters shown - Nitori, Patchouli and Alice - are Marisa's partner's in the game. It is also underground which is where Subterranean Animism is set.

Furthermore in the game, the protagonists are given a device that Yukari made:

  But others got worried, and wanted them to go down into the Underworld, with a device Yukari Yakumo made so they could talk even underground.


What are the PVP rules in the Sword Art Online MMORPGs? The show, Sword Art Online has 2 Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games in it, Sword Art Online (SAO) and Alfheim Online (AFO). What are the player-vs-player rules in these 2 games? Sometimes the rules seem to either make no sense (being able to attack someone in a home town but not be attacked back) or seem contradictory (requiring a mutual duel sometimes and sometimes not).

Also, I realize the rules from the 2 in-anime games are probably different. Where SAO seems to have free PvP in non-safezones, AFO requires duels (but only sometimes?).

Do the light novels go into any details about this?

Warning, there are spoilers in this answer if you haven't watched SAO completely yet.

For the SAO arc, outside of towns, you're constantly "flagged" for PvP. From the beginnings, when you're getting explained how the players are divided:

  Inside the city, or the places mostly referred to as «Safe Areas», there was protection implemented by the system and players couldn't hurt each other. But it wasn't like that outside. The stragglers made teams with other stragglers and ambushed other players —which was in many ways much more profitable than hunting monsters— out on the fields or the labyrinth areas.

Players that commit crimes are marked orange (i.e., their cursor turns orange). From when Kirito and Asuna encounter the troop from The Army in the forest:

  More importantly, whenever a player committed a crime, their cursor would turn orange and wouldn't turn back to green for a long time.

Note that attacking an orange player doesn't change your cursor to orange. From when Asuna steps in to stop Kuradeel from killing Kirito:

  Kuradeel bounced back up as if he had springs and attempted to form an excuse with his nervous voice. But before he could finish, Asuna's right hand flashed and the tip of her sword tore Kuradeel's mouth. She didn't become a criminal since her opponent already had an orange cursor.

Inside of towns, you have the town protection in place, which doesn't allow open PvP, so many new players originally stayed in town to be safe. You can attack other people in towns, but it won't do anything except for some special shiny effects and knockback.

If players engage in duels, there are several options:

First Strike Mode - from the duel against Kuradeel:

  I nodded in reply, then pressed Yes and chose the «First Strike Mode» from the options. This was a duel that could be won either by landing the first clean hit or by reducing the opponent's HP to half.
  Complete Decisive Mode - from the Inner Area PK incident:

  But unfortunately, there were still some loopholes around this rule. One of them is when the player's sleeping. There are times when players, with their energy exhausted through long durations of battle, are basically unconscious when they go into a deep sleep, and unable to wake up even with some stimulations. With that opportunity, one could raise a request to duel in «Complete Decisive Mode» and moved the sleeping opponent's finger to press on the OK button. All that was left was to literally make the opponent sleep like the dead.

The other options are not explained or mentioned as far as I can see.

For the ALO arc, there's PvP against other fairy races in your native race's (controlled) towns. From when Lyfa/Suguha shows Kirito around meeting Sigurd:

  Somehow, a circle of onlookers had already surrounded them, drawn by the signs of trouble. If this was a formal duel, or if he were an actual Spriggan spy, then fine. But it would be dishonorable if Sigurd instigated a fight with a tourist like Kirito, who can't even fight back in this area.

And in that same quote, it's mentioned that a "formal duel" is possible, but that's not further explained. Outside of towns, you can fight without restrictions. This can be seen by people just fighting about everywhere. Note that if a race's lord is killed by another race, the other race will gain control over that lord's territory. From when Lyfa explains why the Salamander want to stop the Sylphid-Cait Sith alliance:

  "Also, if they kill the Lord, they will get some amazing bonuses. They will unconditionally receive 30% of the lord's funds stored in the mansion, and for ten days, the territory that the lord rules over would become occupied, then they are free to set taxes and take that money. That is a tremendous amount of money. The reason why Salamander became the largest force in the game was because in the past, they had set a trap for Sylph's first Lord and killed him. Normally lords don't venture into neutral territory. In the history of ALO, only one lord has ever been killed."


What is the piano song played when Suguha is changing and placing the device on her head? In season 1, episode 18, around 4:40 timestamp, there's a piano song in the background whilst Suguha is changing and placing the device on her head.

What is the title of the song?

That song is the the piano only version of "Is this love?" by Kajiura Yuki.

It's the 18th track on the Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack vol.2 which was bundled with the limited edition SAO vol. 7 DVD and Blu-ray.

Source, you can also listen to the song there.


Can somebody please tell me who this figure is and where it is from? I got a set of 4 anime figures together. The first 3 all came in a box but the fourth one has no box and no stand. No matter what I search, I can't seem to find her.

She has purple eyes and a red shield with 2 overlapping wings on the insignia on her armband.

That would be Leila Malcal from Code Geass: Akito of the Exiled

Aside from her attire which as you can see above matches what give it away is her hairstyle which has two egg shaped buns that are usually held up with gold coloured braces


Protagonist saves the world by killing monsters by transforming into different mecha using disks I'm looking for an old anime which I watched when I was young, during the 90s. As far as I can remember:

The earth is flat in the story
The storyline is about this protagonist trying to save the world by killing monsters by transforming into different mecha?
The protagonist transform by inserting a disk (?) into a device on his hand
At the end of the first arc, the world isn't restored, and the protagonist had to return all the disks he collected to their original place
Each time a disk is returned, one of the bad dudes will turn back to normal
To make things clearer, it is the protagonist himself transforming

A few potential options, some of these are a shot in the dark hoping some of your information is mixed up:

Monster Rancher - Monsters were born from disks and used to battle other monsters. Not a mecha anime and came out in 1999. Protagonist doesn't transform most of the time.
Saint Seiya - Has transforming protagonists that look mecha-like. I don't recall any disks though, it came out in the late 80s.
Escaflowne - Came out in the 90s, mecha like.

It could also be some flavor of Digimon, Gundam, etc.

Very few Mecha anime that weren't Gundam or Macross came out in the 90s that I'm aware of; but here is a list.


Manga where NEET is forced to go to high school to gather information about girl Here's what I remember (sorry if it's not helping much) :

It's about a NEET who is forced to go to high school by his father to gather some information about some high school girl (I think the girl is probably his father's illegitimate child)

The male MC really likes lollipops, has black typical hair (not long)
It's said in the manga that it's easy for MC to win over a person's heart
His father is a doctor (?), wears glasses, has long white hair (ponytail)
His mother is an owner of a men's club, wears a kimono and has some connection with the police

The the first girl has a part time job at a cafe.

I remember of some scenes where:

The MC wraps himself in a blanket, and then his father came.
The girl gives the MC some bento, the MC gives the bento back along with a lollipop.
MC helps the first girl cleaning the dish in the cafe.
MC talks with some fat guy in a hat (which is stalking the first girl) in a cave
At the end, there's a scene where the manager of the cafe is arrested by police (along with the fat guy) with the help of the MC's mother (wearing a kimono)

It is Doubt! by Sakuya Amano.

Not to be confused with an entirely different series Doubt by Yoshiki Tonogai

Synopsis

  Ichiru Kanzaki is given an offer he can't refuse: to clear his entire debt, he has to enroll in the high school where his father works to track down his father's illegitimate daughter, his own younger half-sister, whom he has never met. But which girl is she?

The description in the question matches the events in chapter 1 of the manga.

Below are two pages towards the end of the chapter, showing the main character's mother and her background (owner of a men's club and well-known by the police).


Is Shanks that strong? After the War of the Best, when Whitebeard died and there was no hope for the pirate side, Shanks enters the area and everything ends on his command. So I'm wondering if Shanks is really that strong (that three admirals together couldn't defeat him) or do they just honor the saga of Whitebeard?

Shanks is very strong, though that isn't the only reason why the navy stopped. Being one of the four yonko means that his crew is one of the most dangerous in all of the Grand Line. Of course, Whitebeard was at least as strong, if not stronger, but Shanks is no weakling either. He has been able to hold his own against a number of powerful opponents, including at different times and in different situations, Mihawk, Kaido, and Whitebeard. The Marines only came prepared for one Yonko at a time. Facing both the Whitebeard pirates and the Redhair pirates would have been a lot more than they could chew.

Shanks is also not a terribly dangerous pirate in the eyes of the world government, though he is very powerful. They view him as a threat, but acknowledge that he probably wouldn't be the one to start a major conflict on his own. He is respected by a number of people in the navy, including Sengoku, who would rather avoid a conflict with the Red-hair pirates. The navy probably would have been able to win against the Red-hair pirates at that point, but they would have sustained heavy losses in the process which were simply not worth it. He is also rather charismatic, so that probably helped.

Ultimately, Sengoku decided to end the battle out of respect for Shanks, not necessarily because they could not have beaten him, but he is definitely still one of the most powerful people in the world.

Source: One Piece Wiki


What happened to Launch? Early in the Dragon Ball series, Goku and Krillin rescue a chick named Launch who could switch personalities by sneezing. What happened to her? They don't give any mention about her in Dragon Ball Z or GT, and she seems to have just disappeared in Dragon Ball.

According to the DragonBall wikia and TvTropes, Akira Toriyama gave a statement saying that  the reason Lunch stopped appearing during Dragon Ball Z was because he simply forgot about her and that her bad state would have caused confusion because of its similarity to the Super Saiyan transformation.

She does appear three times in Dragonball Z's anime - most prominently at the beginning of the Vegeta Saga - although she mainly appears in filler or flashbacks. In the manga she doesn't seem to be there at all.

The original source of the interview seemingly in the March 24th 2013 edition of Mandō Kobayashi.


What is the difference between "Boruto: Naruto Next Generation" manga and "Boruto: Naruto the Movie"? I am planning to read Boruto: Naruto Next Generations but I heard that the movie is canon. I also heard that the first few chapters of the manga cover the movie.

So what is the difference?

From watching the movie and reading the manga, as it stands, there are only a few differences.

The natural difference is simply pacing. The movie stretches the content out a bit, but the manga covers a near identical story over the course of 9 chapters, at 40-45 pages each. This is normal.

As for major differences, there is only 1 major difference I found, and it's inconsequential to the story as a whole if you limit the scope to just the 9 chapters and the movie. The manga is set to continue however, I believe anyway, and if it does, it might in the future build off any of its changes. But in terms of the 9 chapters vs the movie, outside of that one difference, the rest are minor and likely will not affect the story in the future.

As for what that difference is, for those who have not watched/read both:

   It's the form Momoshiki takes on after he consumes his guardian Kinshiki. In the movie, he takes on a red skinned demon look with pointy chin and a larger overall body. In the manga, his body changes very little, he gets covered in black markings. His 5 eyes (2 normal, 1 forehead, 2 on his hands), 3 of which are Rinnegan, are depicted as yellow. Because of this, the fight plays out differently, but overall, many of the same moves are used, and the end result is virtually identical.

That being said, if you can, watching the movie and reading the series can be entertaining, but if you limit yourself to only one of the two, the manga is the better one, since it's probably going to keep going, giving you more story to read. It's also the safer option to read the manga anyway, since those minor differences indeed might affect future story, but if you watched the movie instead, you would have missed them.


Help with finding this manga about a family of killers who wield scissors? I can't completely remember the story, but this is the main protagonist:

She is a high school (?) student whose best friend tries to kill her after she's drugged/hypnotized into killing anyone who is a murderer, but — surprise! — she's in fact a murderer who hasn't yet "awakened" to her murderous tendencies.

Another serial killer that wields giant scissors that come apart (it's one scissor by the way) comes along and finds her and tells her that she's now his "little sister" and she's "part of the family", to which she accepts. Apparently, he got lonely being a ruthless serial killer and starts gathering serial killers to form a family. He defends her against people who are hunting serial killers down, and kills the girl's family and drugs the city and that's as far as I've got.

You're probably looking for Zerozaki Soushiki no Ningen Shiken. This is a manga adaptation to NisiOisin's Ningen series, which is a spin-off from the Zaregoto series

  Iori is a high school girl who doesn't know what she wants to do with her future, and tends to run away from things. One day, she is attacked by strange dead-eyed people on her way to school, only to be saved by an equally mysterious long-haired man. Later that day, her friend at school, Jion, seems to fall under the same murderous influence. To her surprise, she finds herself capable of defending herself from his violent attack. Afterward, the long-haired man she met in the morning, Zerozaki Soushiki, arrives once more, this time to invite her to become his little sister. What has Iori become involved with, and will she be able to survive this change to her life?


How much do mangaka profit from anime or merchandise sales? People always say they buy stuff of a certain series to support a certain mangaka. Now it made me wonder how much actually goes to the mangaka himself. Do mangaka usually work for a publishing company like jump for example or do they work independent selling their copies to the company?

I assume for every Tankobon copy that is sold, the managaka gets a big share, because it is made by himself, but how does this work for other merchandise like anime, toys, tshirts, games or maybe even events? These things are made independently from the original mangaka by a different company, so does he still get a percentage in every sale of every article sold or how does this work?

This is very dependant per mangaka. And all tough there is a thriving independent market for manga, it is rarely a solo effort. Hence most of the mangaka start off as either an assistant, or manage to get a contract at a well known publisher. Now, as for how much they earn, lets take Eiichiro Oda as an example. He has been estimated to earn around 2 billion Yen($~24 million) based on royalties alone.

Now how is this amount built up?

Contract and Royalties

Most mangakas don't earn an hourly wage. Instead, they have a contract based employment with partial sales (royalties) agreement. This means that a mangaka makes XX amount of pages per month for a set price. For a starting mangaka, this is around 500$ for 20-40 pages. On top of this, they still earn their royalties, which is around 10-15% per tankobon. These tankobons sell around $5 each which would make ~$0.50 a tankobon. Given that it takes around 5 hours for a page, we can say that an average starting mangaka earn about 5$ an hour.

This brings me to the pretty well known fact that mangakas tend to have a second job. As for a starting mangaka, it is not sufficient to pay the bills.

Series becomes an anime

Lets say the given manga became a success, and became well known enough to create a anime. This would mean that our mangaka gets roughly ~$660 per episode. So a standard 1 cour anime would earn just under $8000. But they do not get royalties for the DVD/BD sales. The royalties for these go to the sponsors and publishing companies. Most of the time the mangaka does not even have a say in the production of the anime, and the anime is only made to promote the original series and earn the publishers/sponsors money.

Character goods

Now another profit factor for most mangakas is the sales of character related goods and products. Most of the time, this is also covered in the same contract as mentioned above, meaning that the mangaka also earns 10-15% of the remaining anime retail, as most of these products tend to be a lot more expensive.

  Character goods earns around 8.5 times more then sales of movies, DVD's and VHS combined based on the American market in 2009

TL;DR

It is estimated that a mangaka earns about 10% royalties over their product sales, excluding DVD/VHS/Movies/BD. Leading to  ~$0.50 per tankobon and ~$0.05 - $20 for product sales such as figurines, key chains etc,etc.
Which, for successful mangakas, can turn up as high as 2 Billion yen (1.29 Billion tankobon royalties, 749 million character good royalties).

Sources: crunchyroll, AnimeNewsNetwork, Yahoo Answers, several Wikipedia pages.


Why Senku and Taiju revived from petrification when everybody else needed Senku's formula to revive? People who survived petrification were revived using Senku's formula, with the exception of Senku and Taiju. How were they able to revive without any formula?

Taiju at least break the stone with the water drops from the cave he was in... and this water is the base of the Senku's formula.

It is explained by the Senku itself in the 2º episode of the anime (From memory i think is the 2º episode, but maybe id the third).


Which came first, The Blitzball Sign for Victory or the Yevon Prayer? In Final Fantasy X, just as Tidus and Wakka enter Besaid, Wakka pulls Tidus back and confirms if he knows the prayer. After showing it to him Tidus's inner monologue says:

  Any Blitzball Player would know that Prayer, that Prayer was the Blitzball Sign for Victory

and we can confirm this at the beginning when Tidus promises a group of kids to teach them how to Blitz and they give him the prayer.

However, later we learn the Zanarkand Tidus came from was actually a dream world created by the Faith on Mt. Gagazet, it also seem that the Faith in the temples can also go to this world as we see the Bahamut Faith appear at the beginning and also in Tidus's flashbacks

   and also when the truth about Yu Yevon is revealed, visiting the other Faith has them confirm they too are dreaming the Dream Zanarkand

But I am wondering, was the Yevon Prayer created from the Blitzball Sign for Victory after Zanarkand was destroyed or is the Blitzball Sign for Victory just the Yevon Prayer that was added to Dream Zanarkand by Bevelle/Yevon centric Faith?

As @Kai has mentioned, it is ambiguous and you'll have to make your own judgement call. I've written down a good chunk of information that may convince you either way.
Disclaimer: I believe it is blitzball which came first, but I have tried to make this balanced
Timeline:

1000 Years Ago: Machina War, Destroyal of Old Zanarkand
End of Machina War: Creation of Dream Zanarkand, Sin
In-game Present Day: Tidus leaves his home, Dream Zanarkand

When the Machina war neared the end, it was clear that it was being dominated by Bevelle thanks to the help of their machina Vegnagun. Yu Yevon was on the side of Zanarkand (Anti-Machina) who were slowly being destroyed.
In order to preserve the city, Yu Yevon turned the remaining citizens of old Zanarkand into the Fayth. The Fayth then created Dream Zanarkand, based off of memories of their life in the old city. To protect this place of peace, Yu Yevon created Sin to defend Dream Zanarkand and rid the world of traces of machina. Yu Yevon may not have been a symbol of religion at this stage, but he had a large following. It would not be strange for a community of a united cause to have a symbol of respect and unity while he lived.
The dream Zanarkand is composed merely of the Fayths memories of the old city and their lives. It also resides in a space distinct from the rest of the world. These two facts combined give us evidence that the Fayth must have known of the symbol before Dream Zanarkand was constructed.
The point of Dream Zanarkand was to restore Old Zanarkand to it's pre-war state and to preserve it for eternity. Since Dream Zanarkand was pre-war - there would have been no large following of Yu Yevon as the powerful summoner defence against the machina. Even if this symbol was in use, it is much less likely that an already established sport would take on the idealisms and symbolisms of one man's following, than it is to believe that Yu Yevon adopted the symbols as they were already representative of victory and strength.
In the first moments of Final Fantasy X, we follow Tidus in Dream Zanarkand, many traditions have been forgotten as years have gone by. Souls no longer need to be sent, there is no evidence of the existance of aeons, and the Hymn of the Fayth no longer holds any meaning. This is the main point of contention - Does the fact that the Hymn exists mean that the Hymn originate from the fayths' subconsciousnesses as they reside in the world (Not related to Yevon)? or was the dream city created to represent the city whilst Yu Yevons still had its following (Originates from Yevon, Possibility the symbol does also)?
The Hymn of the Faith roughly translates to (after some puzzle solving seen in the link):

Pray to Yu Yevon
Dream, Fayth
Forever and ever
Grant us prosperity

The lyrics indicate the acknowledgement of the Fayth's creation by Yu Yevon and how they are to reside there forever and ever in a dreamlike peace. This makes the song even more important in assessing the timeline of the symbol.
The wikia and other sites claim that blitzball came first, but none cite any solid articles or go into more detail than passing mentions. Therefore, you must decide yourself which possiblity you believe is more plausible.


Why can All Might still do his buff form? All Might real form is very skinny and he was able to do his buff form because of One for All, supposedly. But now he no longer has One for All and he still can do his buff form. Is he supposed to still have some tiny remain of One for All , is his buff form made for comedy purposes or what?

Yes, it's mostly for comedic purposes. Some can argue that he still has a tiny bit of power but he used all of One for All. It's clearly stated in All Might vs All for One fight.


Getting a business-card after jumping from a sky-scraper I remember seeing either a trailer for it or a part of the first episode.

There was a guy who tried to commit suicide (I think) and jumped off a tall building. As he was falling this guy and I think 2-3 others kinda fly next to him.

The guy offers him his services to save him or something coz I remember him giving the suicidal guy a card.

Sorry if I didn't describe it very well, but that's a that I remember.

I believe you may be looking for Noragami.

The scene you described is in episode 4, where a guy tried to commit suicide by jumping off a rooftop.

The only part that doesn't fit your description, is that the guy jumped. He intended to jump, but "accidentally" fell instead.


Relationship between the Shin Sekai Yori manga and anime? I have seen the anime series and I just discovered that there is a manga.

It seems to be publishing at this moment, and I could not determine where the manga fits in.

WIthout spoiling the actual manga story, can someone elaborate if this is a different story or not?

SeventhStyle's review (quoted in Dimitri mx's answer) touches on the major issue with the Shinsekai Yori manga. The manga has brazenly explicit visuals, unsurprisingly almost entirely of Maria and Saki3 engaging in lesbian antics.1 Sure, (homo)sexuality was a major theme of the novel, but the manga really is just in bad taste, going out of its way to have Maria and Saki fornicate whenever they get a free moment. It's pretty clear that the manga isn't targeted at the same mature demographic as the novel was.2
In any case, the plot of the manga isn't identical to the novel plot, though it is similar. For example, just from volume 1 of the manga, we have the following major differences:

 When the gang is on the excursion trip at the beginning, they don't find the false minoshiro; when the queerats attack later on, Rijin isn't there to help them; and they don't get split up or taken captive during the queerat attack, and hence all five of them are present when they meet Squealer. Also, there are 3 random sex scenes featuring Maria and Saki.

Summary: if you like lesbian antics, read the manga. If not, feel free to skip it. The novel and anime are pretty much objectively superior.

Notes
1 Why them and not, say, Satoru and Shun, or Shun and Saki? Well, who do you think is reading this? (Answer: teenage boys, for the most part)
2 The Shinsekai Yori novel was a proper novel, targeted at people with excellent reading knowledge of the Japanese language. The manga, on the other hand, is replete with furigana (phonetic reading aids), which are used primarily in works targeted at people who have not yet mastered reading Japanese, i.e. school-age children.
3 See spoiler below:

 And also Reiko when she's still around.


What is the order for watching the Gintama series? I wanted to try Gintama for a long time but I have no idea as to the order in which I have to watch it.

What is the order for watching the anime series?

Here is one possible viewing order taken from Gintama Reddit FAQ

What is the watch order of the series?
Skip episodes 1 and 2. They were a special to celebrate the series getting animated.
Gintama: 3-201 (The arc at eps 58-61 was made into a movie. Watch it if you don't care about spoilers, instead of the the arc in the series.)
Gintama Movie 1: Benizakura (the Benizakura arc in eps 58-61). CANON MOVIE
Gintama'(2011): 202-252
Gintama' Enchousen: 253-265 (with some reruns in the middle)
Gintama Movie 2: Be Forever Yorozuya CANON MOVIE. This movie was made to signify the end of the series, as they didn't know if it would continue (but it did).
Gintama° (2015): 266-316
Gintama. (2017): 317-328
Gintama. "Porori": 329-342
Gintama. Silver Soul Arc: 343-Ongoing
EDIT: Gintama End-Game starts at episode 300. Everything passed there is part of the "conclusion" of the series. Contains heavy spoilers.


Were all fairies exterminated? On episode 19 there are some flashbacks from King which imply that most of them got wiped out. However I'm still a bit unsure...

Is there a fairy realm? Are there any fairies still alive?

According to the wikia page, some of them are still alive and living in the forest that Ban planted from the seed he was entrusted with by Elaine. There is a fairy realm and it is linked to the human world by the Fairy King's Forest.

  Several year later, fairies begin to inhabit the newly restored Fairy King's Forest after Ban planted the Almoca Seed entrusted by Elaine.


What's the secret behind Eren's key? In chapter 10, during Eren's flashback, Eren's father gave him a key and told him to embrace the power of Titan transformation if he wanted to protect Mikasa and Armin. His father said that the key is for the basement under their home in Wall Maria where all the secrets would be revealed. I wonder if it's already been revealed in the manga. If it has been revealed, can anybody explain it?

This has not been revealed yet in the manga but there have been further clues than are available in the anime.  Please note that this contains major spoilers.

Some Titans can turn back into humans.

   This ability can be obtained by eating a human with that ability.  Some other titan powers can be transfered in this way.  Some lineages of humans have special powers and most of humanity is from a single related lineage. Most of the memories of this family were erased by the "true royal family". One Titan has the ability to hold the memories of some past Titans including the Titan who built the walls and erased the memories. This ability can only be unlocked if a member of the true royal family has that Titan power. As this was said by a member of the true royal family trying to convince his family member to eat the current holder of that power (who wasn't a member of that family) this information is somewhat suspect. At one point in time, Eren's father had this ability (though possibly could not unlock it).  In addition, the member of the royal family demonstated the ability to inject himself with a syringe which turned him into a specific titan of his choosing.  Eren's father showed familiarity with this family and that ability.  In the basement, Eren's father has left some information either about the syringes, unlocking the Titan memory, what he learned via the Titan memory, why he betrayed the true royal family, or simply what we have already learned about Titans and the royal family but what Eren wouldn't have known at the time the key was given to him.

It is also possible (with the way this amazing manga preceeds) that the basement pertains to some secret that hasn't even been hinted to us yet.


Differences between the Ghost in the Shell anime and Live action I've watched the Ghost in the Shell movie a long time ago. After seeing the live action movie, I dont remember some things or I believed they were different. For example, the relation between Major and the mother. And the end for her and the hacker. Which are the main differences between Ghost in the Shell the anime and the 2017 live action movie?

I'm not gonna go into much details here, for that you can read countless articles on professional outlet sites. In short, everything is very different and heavily modified to make this new movie self-sufficient and everything explainable to a viewer unwilling to draw their own conclusions.

Here's some of the differences I noticed:

Major never had any "memory glitches" in the original movie;
Major was never Mira Killian. This whole memory-manipulation thing is an entirely new twist;
Major's mother was never an important character in the whole GITS franchise, and especially not in the 1995 movie. I don't think she was ever shown, but maybe mentioned once or twice in the tv series;
Major had a defective body since conception and had her brain transformed into a cyberbrain before she was born. This isn't explained in the 1995 movie iirc, but it's explained in the tv series. So there was no accident where her adult body was damaged, like it is explained in the new movie;
Major wasn't a rebellious teen who'd write angsty graffiti in the slums. Watch the Arise series to find out her canonical origin story;
Major's demeanor is originally very calm, rational and witty. The new movie portrays her as immature, unsure, rash and unwise;
Batou's eyes got replaced by electronics much earlier, while he was part of the ranger unit, unlike it is portrayed in the new movie. The rationale for that and his attitude towards this decision was much different;
Kuze character from the new movie is a mix of the Kuze GITS SAC: 2nd Gig series and Puppetmaster character from the movie, and this new Kuze's deal is not political in nature, but rather self-searching like Puppetmaster's.
There was no prior relationship between Major and this new Kuze/Puppetmaster in the original;
Hanka robotics doesn't exist in the original movie; It was Megatech that made Major's body;
There was no main villain character like the CEO of Hanka, Cutter. In the original universe, it's the faceless corporations and countries which cause trouble and global unrest;

Most importantly, the new movie doesn't have the slow pacing of the original and explicitly explains every detail without letting the viewer soak in the information, have a moment to themselves to process and ponder about the potential problems that could arise in a world where computers and people are essentially indistinguishable and have equal rights. There are no open-ended questions or implications thrown at the viewers to consider during the silent cityscape exposition scenes. Basically, food for thought was minimized in favor of action spectacle and the primitive "Who am I?" sort of existential questions.

See this Nerdwriter video for additional dissection of differences.