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

Please help me understand how this categorization works.

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

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

It is usually each episode, most animes are based off of manga, so you have to do the math if you wanted a 23 episode from season 6 of an anime you would have to count each episode to get to that episode as in the manga.


How did people even know that the One Piece was in the Grand Line? The people say it's in the Grand Line, but I can't find anything on how they knew. In the opening with his last words, Gold Roger only says he left it in one place, not that he left it in the Grand Line. Did I miss something?

The one piece in itself is a guess. If you remember, Luffy even yelled at Ussop in  Shabody for asking such a question, and for once Luffy was actually trying not to think about the possibility of the one piece being nonexistent. However, we know that:

   There are 4 Red Poneglyphs, and each one points to a certain location. Once they are laid out, these four locations will have Raftel in the middle.

However, we do not have actual evidence that Raftel is in Grand Line. Now that you mention it, probably, just maybe, it is somewhere else. (The irony; people were looking for it for so long in Grand Line and if it's not there then really, what a disappointment.)

As far as we know, it could be anywhere, even on top of the Red Line, we don't know. Note, at times Rayleigh's facial expressions really did suggest wild thoughts in readers, like the one piece does not exist or that the Void Century is such a simple puzzle after all.

In Conclusion:
The people assume it is in Grand Line because Gol D. conquered it, and short after that, he got executed.

As far as we know the only people who has actual information about One Piece are the former Roger pirates. Everyone else, both readers and characters, are only guessing about One Piece.

Every new piece of information that turns up (Crocus explaining navigation, the poneglyphs, the Whitebeard-flashback, etc.) points to Raftel, so it seems like a pretty good guess. But it's still only a guess.


What is the 'thing' that is located under the Fairy Tail basement? In Fairy Tail episode, when Master Makarov take Gildarts to appoint him as new Master, he show something to Gildarts, and I'm so interested in it. Anybody have information about that 'thing'?

Lumen Histoire is located in a secret underground room in Fairy Tail's original building. This secret is only known by Fairy Tail's Guild Master and is passed on to the new Master successively. Purehito showed it to Makarov when he became Master. Years later, Makarov showed it to Gildarts Clive when he told him that he wanted him to be next Master of Fairy Tail. According to Ivan Dreyar, Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's darkness, while according to Mavis Vermilion, it is Fairy Tail's light.

Wiki link

here it is in Chapter 406: The girl in the crystal

   ..Mavis Vermillion


Did Amon die in Root A? In Tokyo Ghoul: Root A, they showed Amon collapse and then Kaneki left him. Later when Akira reached him, she started crying. However, they never confirmed whether or not he's really dead and they don't show him after he collapses.

Did Amon die in Root A?

As for whether or not Amon died in Tokyo Ghoul: Root A is unclear as the events you describe is all we get with regards to Amon's injury.

However, in Tokyo Ghoul:re manga:

   Amon is reported "killed in action" however his body is never recovered. Later it is discovered that Amon was captured by Aogiri and is experimented on by Dr.Kanou. He is given the name "Owl 27" as he inherits Owl's kagune, with a kakugen in his right eye. Just like Kaneki, Amon is now a half-ghoul and is in fact not dead. Source

He is dead.

It's said in episode 10, he died on action for unknown reasons during the battle. He got stabbed and died that day.


Does Sword Art Online Season 1 end at episode 25? I saw a post on the anime Facebook page that season 2 was confirmed. However, I can't remember how long ago that was. (The post was really just an image with white text saying Season 2 Confirmed).

I know that sometimes anime seasons go for 20+ episode and sometimes they go for half that yet have a second season that goes up to episode 20+. And since the 25 episodes of Sword Art Online have covers 2 games, I am wondering, is season 1 all 25 episodes or is the 25 episode actually 2 seasons (each season being a different game)?

Season 1 of Sword Art Online involved two arcs.

There is the Aincrad arc, which spans the first 14 episodes and then there is the Alfheim Online which follows and makes up the remaining episodes to 25. These all aired sequentially, with no real "break" from the studio.

ACTUALLY, in order to properly answer the posters question, it goes like this:

the JAP version of SAO had 2 seasons containing exactly 55 episodes (25 in season 1 and 30 in season 2), but for the NA dubbed version, all 55 eps were condensed down to 25 only for North American audiences.

THEN, there is "Sword Art Online 2", which, in Japan, also ran for 1 season containing 24 episodes...and this, too has been dubbed for NA and, somehow, is 25 dubbed episodes for North American audiences. (1 more than Japan this time)

ALSO, there was a "special" episode that aired xmas of 2013 titled "Sword Art Online Extra Edition", which is 101 mins long so is actually more of a movie than an episode

ALSO, there is a "Sword Art Online Offline 1 & 2", which were companion series developed for the special edition Blu-Ray versions of SAO

and last, but definitely not least we have the movie that came out in 2017, "Sword Art Online The Movie Ordinal Scale"...and if you're a fan like myself, trust me, you NEED to see that movie!!


Why does Ban call Hawk "Master?" Is Ban just trolling or is there some hidden meaning behind that?

Hawk is The Great Leftovers Knight. And at the party when Ban first joined, Hawk rams Ban and said "respect the The Great Leftover Knight". And Ban said (I think) "I'm sorry for not recognizing you, master". It's like when you're good at something, and I admire you and call you master.

I always thought it was implied ban joined the order of scraps disposal corp after being impressed with hawks title as captain of such a prestigious order. I dont think hes making fun of him.


How did Asuna and Kirito survive? In the last episode of Aincrad arc of Sword Art Online, how did Asuna survive even though her avatar disintegrated after being attacked by Kayaba? Also Kirito was stabbed by Kayaba as well. How did he survive?

Was it in the novel on how they really survived?

Asuna

Theory 1: Kayaba kept his words to prevent Asuna from comitting suicide

Before the fight, Kirito had requested Kayaba to prevent from Asuna taking her own life if he was to die, as Asuna threatened to commit suicide if that happened. Quite possibly, Kayaba had set thing up to ensure that if Asuna went to kill herself, she wouldn't actually die, confident that he would win (as he was supposed to be the last boss on the 100th floor).

Otherwise, in my answer to the question Mysticial linked to, I explain there is a time delay before the NervGear kills Kirito in the real world. Seeing as Asuna had in a way killed herself, Kayaba at that point might have prevented Asuna from dying in the real world and put her in the holding area where she met with Kirito later. After all, Kayaba was show to have a level of honor and fairness and probably wanted to hold up his end of the deal. Remember that he paralyzed everyone so no one would get in the duel between him and Kirito, yet he was surprised to see that Asuna was still able to move.

Theory 2: Sugou had been keeping Asuna alive

Another possibility is Sugou Nobuyuki. Asuna being in the holding area may have been a stroke of luck, and Kayaba didn't notice that after SAO was cleared, Sugou prevented 300 players from waking up for his experiments. However, this runs off the theory that Asuna was not just one of the 300, and she was targeted to be isolated and trapped separately.

This is slightly backed up by 2 points:

Sugou did say he was keeping Asuna alive, rather than her father who owned the company, and were more likely to use it to look after his daughter
The wiki about RECT Progress's background says

  RECT Progress Inc. had set the 1st main goal of ALfheim Online to reach the top of the World Tree, but was later found to be impossible to complete. It was revealed that the World Tree's actual purpose was to hold the remaining 300 prisoners from SAO as test subjects in inhumane experiments.

This would indicate that since the release of ALO, Sugou was waiting for SAO to be cleared.

Kirito

As for how Kirito survived, please refer to my answer here. (Originally, this question only addressed Asuna, and I have only noticed that it's been edited to address Kirito as well).

My theory is a mixture of a lot of the popular ones, but I think what happened is that, first, Kirito gave the Divine Stone of Returning Soul to Klein. Kirito said to use it on the first person he saw die, and either that first person was Kirito, (Can't remember the order of the episodes) or he saved it, and used it on Kirito, bringing him back to give the final blow.

As for Asuna, I think that Sugou prevented her death. We know that he said that he was keeping her alive, and that she was one of the 300 that didn't wake up. Sugou must have stopped her NerveGear from killing her somehow, but how he did is unknown to me. We know that he planned to marry her without her consent, while she was trapped in the game, and that he works at RECT, so, after saving her from dying, he trapped her in a separate game, ALO. That way, Asuna is still alive, and still asleep.

To me, this makes the most sense, but if there is something I'm missing, please tell me.


What song is this in Bleach Episode 51? I can't find the song that plays in Bleach Episode 51, around 6:55 after Tosen appears behind Komumura.

Opening     D-tecnoLife
Ending   Happypeople


How do all the planets defend themselves? This will make sense if you've seen the material, but I phrased it this way to avoid spoilers.

In Dragon Ball Super, power levels go off the charts.  Which is cool to watch in the fight scenes.  However, episode 27 showcases (spoiler link) how easy it is for someone of such a high level to cause an irreversible catastrophe.

Since we later learn that our usual heroes and villains aren't especially powerful in the grand scheme of things, and that there are numerically many more beings with such high power levels, how do all these inhabited worlds protect themselves from such powerful beings?  Having a planetary defense network is one thing, but if any one person could cause such a catastrophe, how do you defend against that?

Is this just how the story/plot works, or are do all these planets have defenses against this sort of thing?

TL;DR: They don't.

First, let's take a look at the individuals and groups throughout the Dragon Ball Universe that are capable of wreaking the levels of havok that you describe. I'll mostly be limiting this analysis to Universe 7 to start with.

1. The Gods

The Gods, consisting of the Angels, the Kais, and the Gods of Destruction, among a few others, are a powerful group of deities that preside over the 12 Universes and maintain balance. The Gods of Destruction are mostly responsible for - you guessed it - destruction, so they cannot be expected to help defend mortals from various threats. Similarly, the Angels are merely the attendants of these gods, and do not directly take almost any actions beyond what their respective god wishes of them. This dynamic can be clearly seen when Beerus refuses to take any action against Golden Freeza when he arrives on Earth, and when he does not attempt to stop Goku Black when he invades the present timeline.

On the other hand, the Kais are tasked with ensuring mortals are able to live in peace and advance themselves as much as possible. However, their approach to actually accomplishing this is quite hands off. They do not intervene in the affairs of mortals directly in the majority of cases, preferring to simply observe and allowing them to engage in as much destruction as they please. They did not make any effort whatsoever to stop Freeza and his family from dominating the universe. However, they do occasionally provide their help in cases of extreme universal peril, such as the first and second appearances of Majin Buu in Universe 7, or Zamasu's rampage in Universe 7/10 (though the Zamasu thing was sort of on them).

2. Namekians

Namekians, though a peaceful race, boast very powerful fighters capable of doing serious amounts of damage. Though most Namekians are not fighters, the Namekian warriors we see fight against Dodoria and Zarbon have a power level of roughly 3,000, according to the Dragon Ball Wiki. To get an idea of how powerful that is, the same wiki lists Master Roshi's highest power level at 180 - and he was able to destroy the moon with a Kamehameha. Despite this level of power, though, they are actually the only Namekians we see besides Nail (and Piccolo) that are able to put up any level of resistance against Freeza and his soldiers. Though there may have been other warriors that were killed offscreen, we can conclude that Namekian warriors of this caliber are actually quite rare. As we saw, they were clearly not enough to defend the planet.

3. The Freeza Force

The Freeza Force is undoubtedly the largest organized force of powerful beings that we encounter in Universe 7, in terms of sheer numbers. Though the average Freeza goon is not that powerful (we see Roshi defeating many at once during Resurrection F), they are still much stronger than the average mortal. As well, the Freeza Force has quite a large array of very powerful individuals, including:

Cui
Zarbon
Dodoria
The Ginyu Force
Shisami
Tagoma

And of course, Freeza himself.

The Freeza Force also has control of the entire Saiyan race, who are quite powerful on average, similar to Namekians. The difference, though, is that the Saiyans are a warrior race, so everyone was encouraged to grow as strong as possible. It is hard to know the average strength of a Saiyan - I do not believe it is ever stated - but even if the average Saiyan was only a tenth as strong as Raditz, a low class warrior with a power level of 1500, they would still be a very powerful force, especially with their Great Ape forms. Remember, Roshi destroyed the moon with a strength of 180. It's easy to see why Freeza destroyed them before they began to threaten him.

Finally, we have...

4. Earthlings

The Earthlings, otherwise known as the Z-Fighters, are the other notable group of beings in Universe 7. Assuming the farmer that encountered Raditz represents the average human, humans are not at all powerful with a power level of 5 according to the wiki. However, they have the potential to grow quite powerful as seen with Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha (don't laugh). The Earth has also produced other extremely powerful fighters, including Goku and Gohan, the Androids, and Cell, all of whom are astronomically powerful in the grand scheme of things. Consider that before Goku came around, there was no one powerful enough to challenge Freeza - even in his first form.

Get to the point already!

All this is to say that powerful, planet destroying beings are actually not that common. In the scale of the Universe, the fact that there are only around 4 major groups that deal with beings in that power scale tell us that this isn't something that most planets are likely to encounter on a regular basis. Indeed, the Galactic Patrol from Dragon Ball Super seems to be somewhat influential, with their Galactic King being invited to the Universe 7/Universe 6 tournament between the Gods of Destruction, and yet we know that one of their elite patrolmen, Jaco, is not powerful at all. Bulma threatened to send Vegeta to destroy Galactic Control headquarters, and Jaco was scared silly. The Galactic Patrol has no way to fight him.

Knowing this, it is safe to assume that for the most part, planets do not have any reliable way to defend themselves against extraordinarily powerful individuals. Planet Vegeta was wiped out by Freeza single-handedly, and the same would have happened to Namek if the Z-Fighters hadn't intervened.

Note that this does not necessarily apply to other Universes, though - Universe 11 has the Pride Troopers, who seem to patrol to random planets and stop threats, and Universe 6 has the Saiyans, who hire themselves out to protect other planets.

Update: The Galactic Patrol

As of the Dragon Ball Super Manga chapter 43, we can see that the Galactic Patrol has been around Universe 7 for at least 10 million years. As well, Merus, a member of the Galactic Patrol, was able to get the drop on Vegeta and stun him with a stun gun, by Vegeta's own admission. It may be that the Galactic Patrol does indeed have skilled members capable of holding their own against powerful beings, and Jaco is merely an incompetent outlier.

The Other Universes

To address the comments, I'll talk about how the other Universes deal with such threats in more detail, since the above answer pertains mostly to Universe 7.

Universe 1:

Not much is known about them, besides the fact that they have a very high mortal level, making them exempt from the Tournament of Power. It's hard to make any judgments here.

Universe 2:

We don't get to see their universe much, but it is seen in episode 91 that an audition is being held to determine who will fight in the Tournament of Power. This could mean that strong fighters are common here. As well, the fact that the Tournament is public knowledge (it is later seen being broadcast to all of Universe 2) could potentially imply that the gods of Universe 2 interact with mortals more regularly, which could extend to defense (though this is speculation).

Universe 3:

Universe 3 has Katopesla among their roster, who is apparently some sort of policeman in his Universe. Though he is likely the strongest of them, since he was selected for the Tournament, there may be more who, while weaker, have a high power level, and help defend the Universe from threats.

Universe 4:

Though they fight in the Tournament of Power, we don't know hardly anything about them. Considering how much of a jerk Quitela is, though, I doubt he takes the time to defend any planets (especially since he's a God of Destruction...).

Universe 5:

Like Universe 1, they didn't even enter the Tournament of Power, and we don't know much about their Universe at all.

Universe 6:

As briefly stated above, Universe 6 has the Saiyans, who hire themselves out to protect other planets. Frost also claimed to do a similar thing initially, though it was eventually revealed he was instigating the conflicts that he was resolving. Still, it shows there is at least some level of a formal defense organization in this Universe. It's unknown what the Namekians of this Universe do with their time (though they were all willing to fuse into Saonel and Pirina to ensure their survival).

Universe 7:

See my old answer.

Universe 8:

Same story as Universes 1 and 5: we don't know anything about this Universe.

Universe 9:

We do get a bit of insight into Universe 9. We know that this universe is extremely difficult to survive in, since it was described by the Trio De Dangers as a "garbage dump" (according to the wiki). Considering the utter chaos the universe seems to be in when Sidra destroys a city, we can probably assume there isn't much in the way of defense for most planets.

Universe 10:

Though there are several strong fighters in this Universe, like Obuni, we never get to see if there is any form of a defense force. It certainly won't come from the gods, considering Gowasu's policy of leaving mortals to develop, similar to Shin (this was also one of the reasons Zamasu betrayed Gowasu).

Universe 11:

As mentioned briefly in my old answer, Universe 11 has the Pride troopers, who actively patrol the Universe and destroy threats, as seen here.

Universe 12:

Like Universes 1, 5, and 8, this Universe was exempt from the Tournament of Power, so we didn't learn much about them.

Summary

Overall, while it seems that some Universes have some level of defense for all planets, many of them do not, and would have to rely on powerful altruistic individuals to protect them from evil or destructive forces.

Most of the planets don't sufficiently defend themselves.  Many end up enslaved or destroyed.

In the first or second episode of Z, It was revealed that the Sayans went around conquering planets, often killing off all the inhabitants.

Frieza had a large empire of hundreds of planets before he was defeated by Goku.


What manga/webtoon was the author referring to in his notes on chapter 113 of The Gamer? In the author's notes in the last chapter (113) of The Gamer, he is talking about a webtoon that is apparently very similar, and I assume a lot of people have asked them if they got anything to do with it, which they deny.

Can anyone tell me what webtoon they mean?

They could be taking about DICE not 100% sure though.

DICE = What if you can restart your life with a different setting just like a game? DONG TAE always get bullied by his classmates, but TAE BIN, sits right next to him, is handsome and popular at school; and now, TAE BIN suggests DONG TAE to play a little game.

Thanks,
Pyrotek


Apart from Togepi and Ho-oH, What out-of-season pokemon have there been? In the first episode of pokemon, Ash sees a Ho-oH flying overhead, yet it wasn't known about (at least by Prof. Oak) until the second generation of pokemon.

When Ash hatches a Pokemon egg and gets Togepi in "who gets to keep Togepi", the pokedex comes up with nothing apart from a name.

Are there any other pokemon we get to see prior to their generation's season of the anime? (Up to generation 5)

User Caciulacdlac on Bulbapedia has compiled a list of Pokemon that appeared before their generation starts airing. I assume the Japan broadcast date is used as the criteria.

The whole answer below is mostly based on the link above, and several other articles on Bulbapedia.

All the dates cited below will be Japan broadcast dates. Episode numbering will follow the numbering used by Bulbapedia.

Generation II

Episode 117, aired on October 14, 1999, marks the start of the The Johto Journeys (season 3), and also the start of generation II. The Pokemon listed below are from generation II, but appeared in the anime before the journey to Johto started.

Ho-Oh: Episode 001: Pokémon - I Choose You! (April 1, 1997)
Togepi: Episode 050: Who Gets to Keep Togepi? (June 25, 1998)
Marill, Snubbull: Pikachu Shorts 01: Pikachu's Vacation (July 18, 1998)
Donphan: Movies 01: Mewtwo Strikes Back (July 18, 1998)
Ledyba, Elekid1, Bellossom, Hoothoot: Pikachu Shorts 04: Pikachu's Rescue Adventure (July 17, 1999)
1 Elekid also appeared earlier in Tracey's sketch in Episode 103 - Misty Meets Her Match (July 1, 1999)
Lugia, Slowking: Movies 2: The Power of One (July 17, 1999)

Generation III

The first episode of Advanced Generation series, aired on November 21, 2002, marks the start of Pokémon: Advanced season (season 6), and also the start of generation III. The Pokemon listed below are from generation III, but appeared in the anime before generation III (to Hoenn) started.

Kecleon: Episode 205: The Kecleon Caper (July 5, 2001)
Azurill, Wailmer: Pikachu Shorts 10: Pikachu's PikaBoo (July 7, 2001)
Wynaut: Episode 252: Fangs for Nothin' (June 13, 2002)
Duskull, Volbeat: Pikachu Shorts 11: Camp Pikachu (July 13, 2002)
Latias, Latios: Movies 05: Pokémon Heroes (July 13, 2002)
Blaziken: Episode 265: Pop Goes The Sneasel (September 12, 2002)
Sharpedo, Seedot, Shroomish, Lotad, Zigzagoon: Episode 272: Johto Photo Finish (October 31, 2002)
Wingull, Pelipper: Episode 274: Hoenn Alone! (November 14, 2002)

Generation IV

The first episode of Diamond and Pearl series, aired on September 28, 2006, marks the start of Pokemon: Diamond and Pearl season (season 10) and also the start of generation IV. The Pokemon listed below are from generation IV, but appeared in the anime before the journey to Sinnoh started.

Munchlax: Movies 07: Destiny Deoxys (July 17, 2004)
Lucario, Bonsly, Weavile, Mime Jr.: Movies 08: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (July 16, 2005)
Manaphy, Mantyke, Buizel, Chatot: Movies 09: Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (July 15, 2006)
Electivire: Advanced Generation Episode 192: Home is Where the Start Is! (September 14, 2006)

Generation V

The first episode of Best Wishes series, aired on September 23, 2010, marks the start of generation V. The Pokemon listed below are from generation V, but appeared in the anime before the journey to Unova started.

Zorua, Zoroark, Woobat2: Movies 13: Zoroark: Master of Illusions (July 10, 2010)
2 Appeared as image only.

Generation VI

The first episode of XY Series, aired on October 17, 2013, marks the start of generation VI. The Pokemon listed below are from generation VI, but appeared in the anime before the journey to Kalos started.

Sylveon: Pikachu Shorts 25: Eevee & Friends (July 13, 2013)
Helioptile, Gogoat: Best Wishes Episode 134: The Journalist from Another Region! (July 18, 2013)
Noivern: Best Wishes Episode 137: Celebrating the Hero's Comet! (August 15, 2013)

Snubbull was introduced in 1998 in the Pikachu special, Pikachu's vacation. It was not until the year 2000 that the Generation 2 pokemon were introduced.


How did Rukia become an unwitting carrier of the Hogyoku and executor of pre-planned events? There is great contrast: Aizen managed to insert it without Rukia knowing. later, he stated that extraction would be fatal (but it did not actually kill Rukia).

How did Aizen insert it into Rukia? And what are the plans he did so that she will be in a dangerous situation with Ichigo?

Aizen does not insert the Hōgyoku into Rukia's body. The deed was actually done by Urahara Kisuke when he makes a deal with a powerless Rukia for a human gigai into which he places the Hōgyoku for safety and secrecy.

Rukia by coincidence happens to patrol Karakura town on the day the hollow attacks Kurosaki family, the Hōgyoku belonging to Kisuke is hidden in the gigai which he gives after she transfers her powers to Ichigo; until then she can sense reiatsu and it was because of sensing Ichigo's reiatsu that she initially entered the Kurosaki residence as a shinigami. However after using the (Kisuke provided) Hōgyoku contained gigai to stay in human world, she realizes that her shinigami powers are not recovering fast enough. Aizen merely

Aizen likely orchestrates the hollow attack on Kurosaki family likely believing this would cause Kisuke, who until then hidden in the shadows would make a move for the safekeeping of the Hōgyoku. And rightly Kisuke makes an appearance offering Rukia a deal on the gigai to use for the stay in human world.

   Also to be noted that the entire birth of Ichigo is a causality of Aizen's earlier experimentation and he mentions that he has been monitoring Ichigo for a long time

As for the extraction, Aizen merely assumes/contemplates that it would be of fatal consequence and expresses surprise when that is not the case. In general Aizen's knowledge on Hōgyoku and even that of Kisuke is not complete as they only succeed in creating an incomplete one at best both of which Aizen would later merge and use.

Did anyone listen to Aizen's speech? The Hogyoku was inside Rukia before she even met Ichigo. In fact, according to his concept, it has been inside of her since she was a child. The question is, when the heck did Urahara met Rukia when she was a child?


What were the first anime based on manga and light novels? I know that original animes weren't based on light novels or mangas (see: this). However, I think there are some early shows that are based on mangas (Astro Boy for example, I think). What was the first anime based on a manga? Also, what was the first anime based on a light novel?

While not the most scientific method, one could generate a list of anime entries over at Anime News Network, sort it by order and see what is the earliest entry in their database that fits the criterion we're looking for. Here would be an example of such a list.

Obviously the service's database is most likely incomplete, but regardless, it is still an authoritative source for anime information, and given the size, and time range of the database, it can be trusted as a good estimation.

First anime based off of manga:

Astro Boy, 1963

First anime based off light novels:

Legend of the Galactic Heroes (OAV) 1988
Slayers (1995)

Nya, "Norakuro", maybe? I'm not sure if that was the first anime based on a manga, but, anyway, the first anime of Norakuro predates Astroboy anime and predates too the Second World War


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

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

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

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

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

mewtwo was cloned from mew it is possible that team rocket made some modifications for the clone whereas mewtwo did not do any modifications to DNA of the pokemons it cloned anyways it is just assumption


Why didn't Light use Shinigami eyes? Why didn't Light Yagami use the Shinigami eyes? Couldn't it have been an easy task for him? Was it his arrogance and overconfidence?

Alternatively, was he not willing to sacrifice half his lifespan, thinking it would be a loss for him?

Wouldn't it have been a wiser step to choose the Shinigami eyes and make life easier than playing and risking around his life?

From the Death Note Wikia:

  Ryuk offers to make a deal with Light for the “Shinigami Eyes.” Light refuses the deal, stating that he needs to live in order to rule over his utopian world. He asks Ryuk if there is anything else that he should know about the Death Note, and Ryuk says probably not.

Light wanted to create an utopian world with no crime, and he wanted to Rule the world he created
So he needed to live to rule and did not want to shorten his lifespan.


In Code Geass R2 episode 17, why did Lelouch lie to Suzaku about what he ordered Euphemia to do? In Code Geass R2 episode 17, why did Lelouch lie to Suzaku that he ordered Euphemia to massacre all the Japanese people? The scene starts at 8:14 into the episode.

It's because he did order Euphie to massacre the Japanese people.

In Stage 22 - Bloodstained Euphie after Euphie had invited Zero to attend the commemoration ceremony for the Special Administrated Zone, Lelouch had planned to use his Geass on Euphie to shoot him. It would have looked like Britannia had declared the zone to lure out Zero to be assassinated and spur the people to fight Britannia. In the chaos Zero would, however rise from the dead (as the shot wouldn't have been fatal) and help lead the Black Rebellion. It is for this reason he created a ceramic and bamboo hand gun and snuck it in with him.

Of course Euphie was Lelouch's first love and Euphie explains that she is most likely going to be condemned by the Royal Family for her independent action and that she wanted to create the Zone so that she could be with Lelouch and Nunnally (as in the stage before she confirmed Nunnally was living in Japan with Lelouch). Hearing this, Lelouch is unable to go though with his plan because his first love had totally defeated him.

Here, Euphie remarks that she could never shoot Lelouch. That's when he reveals the nature of his Geass (without actually revealing it.)

  Lelouch: However... and in your usual rash Euphie fashion, you've managed to end up winning all of it.
  When I think of you, I don't visualize the sub-viceroy or a princess; I only see the plain little Euphie who you used to be.

  Euphie: Then will you join plain little Euphie and help her?

  Lelouch: You are... you are the worst opponent I have ever faced.
  You win.

  Euphie: Huh?

  Lelouch: I'll amend my plans to help out your Special Zone. But not as your subordinate, all right?

  Euphie: All right! Though you haven't got very much faith in me, have you?

  Lelouch: Hmm?

  Euphie: Did you honestly believe that by simply threatening me I would shoot you?

  Lelouch: Oh, no, you've got it all wrong. When I really want people to follow my orders, they will not resist me -- whether it's to shoot me, to grant pardon to Suzaku, or any order at all.

  Euphie: Oh, now you're being silly. Stop playing with me.

  Lelouch: *Geass Activates* I'm serious. For example, if told you to kill all the Japanese, it wouldn't matter how you felt about it.

  Euphie: No... don't make me do it, please! I'm not-- I'm not going to do it, please...! I don't wanna kill them! No...

  Lelouch: Did I--?!

  Euphie: You're right. I have to kill all the Japanese.

  Lelouch: I've become like Mao! -- I can't control my Geass power! Forget the order I just gave you! Euphie! Wait, Euphie, don't!

Source: Anime Transcripts - Code Geass > 22. Bloodstained Euphie

So while he didn't mean for it to happen, Lelouch's Geass went out of control, just like Mao's did. So now if he looks at anyone and asks/tells them to do anything, they'll always do it. Later in the next episode as the Black Rebellion is starting, Lelouch laments that he will never be able to see anyone again with the exception to C.C. who is immune1

By the time Suzaku confronts him, he was suffering from the guilt of having been responsible for killing Euphie and Shirley. He had already destroyed Shirley when he inadvertently killed her father in the landslide and in her grieving state she became mentally unstable. She planned to kill Lelouch (as a part of Mao's plan) and then herself because she wouldn't be able to live with the guilt of having killed the boy she loved. To save her, Lelouch "killed" her by erasing his existence from her memory.

when Jeremiah Gottwald used the Geass canceller, she was caught in the blast. Her memories returned but the memories she gained in the past 2 years were gone. Still grieving her father and confused that all her friends were gone (Rivalz was the only one left at school as Milly, Nina and Kallen had already left for different reason) and Nunally was now the Viceroy of Area 11, she tried to seek out Lelouch because of her last memory of him saying she would forget. She confronts a boy claiming to be Lelouch's younger sibling who then kills her. Rolo admits he did it but it was to protect Lelouch's identity as Zero. Lelouch knows this is a lie but he blames himself because it was his actions which made Shirley unstable which, to him, was the major contributing cause of her death.

By Turn 17 - The Taste of Humiliation, Lelouch had already accepted these and while he may have been able to handle it, Suzaku then re-opens and pours salt on the wounds

  Suzaku: You wanna know? I'm fed up with lying. I've had to lie to Nunnally. Just the way you have. That's the worst thing. Some friend you were. You've been betraying me all along. Not just me, either, but everyone on the student council, too. And even Nunnally. And don't forget Euphie!

  ...

  Suzaku: I need to know. Did you use your Geass power on Euphie? Be honest.

  Lelouch: Yes.

  Suzaku: You caused her to massacre the Japanese?

  Lelouch: I ordered her to do it.

  Suzaku: Why would you use your Geass like that? Answer me!

  Lelouch: To motivate the Japanese people. If the specially administrated zone of Japan had been established, the Black Knights would've collapsed.2

  Suzaku: And Shirley's death?

  Lelouch: Also my fault.

  Suzaku: You aren't even a human. You know that? Shirley and Euphie were both of them nothing more than pawns for your ambitions?

  Lelouch: Yes, that's right. So all the sin is mine alone to shoulder. My little sister had nothing to do with it.

  Suzaku: Why, you coward! How could you use Nunnally like that?

  Lelouch: Suzaku, I'm sorry.

Source: Anime Transcripts - Code Geass R2 > 17. The Taste of Humiliation

Lelouch had already been a good liar: he hide his family background and who knows how many people in the past could have identified him and Nunnally as royalty, he's lied to Nunnally about his night activities, he hid from Shirley about him being Zero, he had lied to the Black Knights about who he was, and he had planned to lie to the entire country in his original plan for the Special Administrated Zone. What's a couple more lies now? Especially when he believes it's his actions which caused their deaths.

1: There is the exception to those who Lelouch has used his Geass on before like Shirley but numbering those who Lelouch would have met if he had a normal life to everyone else he would meet these are few in number. Also with Nunnally, while Lelouch couldn't make eye contact with her due to her blindness, aside from what we learn at the end of the series it was initially said that her blindness was trauma from seeing her mother die, so that aspect is based more on psychological factors that actual damage to the eyes. Nunally would one day open her eyes and then she's be susceptible to Lelouch's Geass

2: This is actually true, had the zone been established then the Black Knight who are mainly Japanese would choose this option over getting killed. Though after being convinced by Euphie, Lelouch was going to amend his plans for the Black Knights, and this could mean allowing them to disband or having them supplement a S.A.Z Military Force

After watching Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and Code Geass:Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, I simply couldn't understand why Lelouch allowed himself to be overthrown by the Black Knights, and even lied about what his intent was. Or why he lied to Suzaku about ordering Euphie to kill the Japanese. So I spent hours trying to come up with a theory, and I ended up with this.

I think that Lelouch had planned for Suzaku to kill him all along. If he had admitted that he didn't mean to make Euphie kill the Japanese, Suzaku would be unable to kill Lelouch. In order for the Zero Requiem to succeed, Lelouch had to die. And Lelouch trusted nobody more than Suzaku, even when they were enemies. After all, he frequently said that there was nothing they couldn't do together.

Many people have wondered if Lelouch really did use the Black Knights. I believe this is partly true and partly false. When he was confronted by the Black Knights after they heard the recorded conversation between Lelouch and Suzaku, he told them that everything he had done was for his entertainment, and that the Black Knights were just pawns to him. I think he did this to protect the Black Knights-if they believed they were worthless to him they would have no reason to rescue him now that Schneizel knew his identity. This would protect the Black Knights. This implies that he cared for them and did not use them.
However, the Black Knights were essential to his plan, as he was relying on them to create a better world once he died. So he couldn't afford for them to collapse and be defeated. This could be seen as using them.

So I guess Lelouch is evil, but he is fighting on the side of justice-he is willing to sacrifice his humanity for the greater good. And an evil hero is still a hero. And as Suzaku realised at last, it's the end result that matters, not the means of getting there.

I hope you consider and expand my theory, and I hope this answers the question.


Which other nations are there in Attack on Titan world aside Eldia and Marley? In the Attack on Titan wikia they often mention other nations aside Eldia and Marley which supposedly have more advanced technology than this 2 nations. Which other known nations are there in Attack on Titan world aside Eldia and Marley and why are they more advanced than Marley when only Eldia is supposed to be isolated from the world?

Aside from Marley and Eldia, the "Middle Eastern Allied Countries" (中東連合国), a certain "Eastern Country" (東の国), and a part of the world called the "Orient" (東洋) are mentioned. Mikasa is an Oriental. The Eastern Country and the Middle Eastern countries are probably part of the Orient, but these are not clear. As to whether or not they are more technologically advanced than Marley and Eldia, I don't know.

UPDATE:

   The name of an Eastern Country, "Hizuru" is mentioned in Chapter 98. Mikasa is a descendant of a once powerful clan in Hizuru.  As for the technological level of Hizuru, it isn't clear if it's higher than Eldia or Marley. We only know from Chapter 107 that Paradi is about 100 years behind the rest of the world, and that Hizuru will help Paradi catch up.

There's this Attack On Titan Universe map that I found somewhere in the web,


What BGM is playing in Iron-Blooded Orphans season 2 episode 16&23? In Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Episode 41 (or Season 2 Episode 16) - "Natural for a Human", there is an insert song/BGM playing at 20:22, but the main theme of the song starts around 22:57.
The same song plays in Season 2 Episode 23, starting at 19:02 until 19:57.
What is this song?

Our Home, the 17th track of Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphan OST II album.  YouTube link

Freesia by URU

^ FYI it says on myanimelist at Ending Theme section
https://myanimelist.net/anime/33051/Mobile_Suit_Gundam__Iron-Blooded_Orphans_2nd_Season


Is Brook able to drown? It is known that the Yomi Yomi no Mi fruit will only revive its user once, and also that Devil Fruit users can't swim, so I was wondering... What would happen if Brook falls into the ocean? I mean, even if he's alive, as a skeleton he has no lungs, so he should just be unable to go back to the surface, shouldn't he?

He's just a skeleton obviously, so he's not really breathing, however, when his body gets drowned slowly by the sea water, his strength begins to fade away (Chapter 493, page 7):

And from this scene, I imagine if he falls into the ocean, like all Devil Fruit users, he will be powerless and be unable to resurface unless helped.

well michael... you brought up the topic about luffy when nullified... you did tell his devil fruit being nullified underwater... but was used by a "Thirdparty" you say... so devil fruits can still function but the user are paralyzed i think... so if brook goes underwater... he dont drown because hes breathing nothing literally... so he wont drown but lets say maybe if hes underwater like luffy... hell just like drown in a dreamlike situation... but hes unconcious like having a battery used 5x faster so itll be Null... but brook wont die... hell get unconcious... like "Unconcious mode" in underwater... so hell be unconcious only... ever if he ejects his soul in the body because the body is the source of him... and by luffy as hes devil fruit abilities are still going to be functioning by other people as thirdparty.... well i dont know about brook but hes still having his abilities but hes like paralyzed as you call it


Why are Son Gohan and Son Goten so strong? Why is Son Gohan always so strong?

I mean Son Goku trains all day long, but Gohan studies all day long. So how did he manage to be so strong when Cell or Buu arrived? I mean, both started training when they were kids?

Is it same with Son Goten? I mean Fusion SS3 at this young age, this is quite strong.

Not sure which episodes, but it is explained a few times that each generation of saiyans grows stronger than the previous generation. This is the reason why Frieza feared them as they will eventually get stronger than him. This means if both Goku and Gohan didn't train and were the same age, Gohan would be naturally stronger.  It's the reason Gohan tends to catch up quicker in power levels since he is more naturally gifted.

It is also interesting to note Vegeta is from a more genetically gifted line (royalty was the strongest saiyans) so he would be naturally more powerful than Goku if all conditions were same.  Vegeta also points out to Gohan in buu saga that he has been neglecting his training so he was able to catch up to Gohan's power level when he defeated cell. Goku like you pointed out just trains like a beast even when he is dead so he tends to eventually surpass everyone.

Goku is the main character in the anime, he dies many times be he is brought back because where would the franchise be without him? Take this as an example, the episode of dragon ball when he leaned kamehamheha his first try. He always was the strongest and his children are because they train with their already stronger parents who face stronger opponents later on. This makes it all relevant.


Space-Time ninjutsu of Tobi Why can't Tobi attack while he is dodging an attack using his Jikūkan Ninjutsu ?

  what Tobi actually does is warp away the part of his body that was being attacked to the other dimension.

During the entire anime it is portrayed that Tobi cannot attack while using Jikūkan Ninjutsu because his attacks will pass right through the target.   But while Kakashi was in Tobi's space-time dimension, he managed to punch him, thus indicating that Tobi wasn't intangible.
Is there any explanation or any theory on this matter ?

Is there any explanation or any theory on this matter? Yes.

Kakashi discovers Obito's weakness, to which he explains how Obito's space-time justu works in the manga chapter 597, and utilizes it against him.

  Although Kakashi cannot use Kamui against Obito directly, he can use his own access to the other dimension to negate the advantages Obito makes use of: by teleporting attacks or allies to the other dimension at the same moment that Obito's body resides there for defence, he can be attacked successfully

Kakashi states that attacks "passing through" is Obito is incorrect - Obito sends his body into a different dimension; where he is completely tangible.

Kakashi begins to understand how this justu works when he sends a kunai into the other dimension using his own Kumai ability at the same moment Obito teleports his head to dodge an attack from Naruto.

well what most of us are missing is that kakashi and tobi has the same eyes i.e. Both eyes are Obito's so actually both of his eyes are connected to the same time and space.Hence even when tobi uses his Space-time ninjutsu ,kakashi uses his kamui(Same Space time justs) to travel that alternate time-space and touch tobi or attack tobi


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

   .

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

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

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

I was told that the reason there was censorship in Tokyo Ghoul was because if it wasn't censored, it would have brought the rating up to 18+. You have to remember, in certain scenes with body parts, there'd be veins, muscle, etc and others like the knife scene, well, it might have been censored because of the cruelty in having several knives stabbing you at once. They might see this scene worst than other like the torturing of Kaneki because we never actually saw his toes and fingers cut off, only the blood (and Kaneki's screaming). If you think I'm wrong, I understand that and sorry if I've offended anyone.


Song from Tokyo Ghoul season 1 episode 10 at 08:25 when Ayato enter a coffee shop What is the song from Tokyo Ghoul season 1 episode 10 at 08:25 when Ayato enter a coffee shop?


Who is the most-connected (in the "six degrees" sense) seiyuu? A lot of you probably know about Kevin Bacon and how he's supposedly the most connected among Hollywood artists.

  Who is the most-connected anime voice actor (seiyuu)?

I've seen in some places that either of Yuji Ueda or Megumi Hayashibara could be the Kevin Bacon of seiyuu, but has anybody ever done the graph of the interconnections between voice actors to support this claim?

(I'm only counting voices in the original Japanese, and not dubs.)

I don't know the specific answer for "most connected" seiyuu, but many companies did some ranking for seiyuu.

Oricon (Japanese) has a user-vote based ranking. Most known seiyuu is Nobuyo Oyama (e.g. Doraemon) and Masako Nozawa (e.g. Goku from Dragon Ball).

AppBank (Japanese) also has a ranking based on votes from other seiyuu. Top 3 is Koichi Yamadera, Masako Nozawa and Keiji Fujiwara. I think Yamadera is selected because there are lots of seiyuu worked with him.

I want to put my 2 cents to Koichi Yamadera because he has long career and variety of anime.

It’s not that Kevin Bacon is the most connected, he’s just the arbitrary starting point that the creators of the concept used to demonstrate their point. Any A list actor that’s been working for more than a few years is only a couple of degrees away from the entire entertainment industry.

The idea of 6 degrees of separation is that everyone is connected to everyone, especially when you are in the same industry/subculture. I myself am 4 degrees away from JRR Tolkien, meaning that everyone reading this is now 5 degrees away at minimum.


Why didn't Madara start his own plan when he was still young? I've seen the newest episodes of the anime, and I was thinking:

I understand that he didn't have the Rinnegan right after the battle with Hashirama, but still, I can't imagine that his recovery from that battle would be so long. He remained alive, and he was the strongest Uchiha, and one of the strongest shinobi in the world (and now with the cells of Hashirama), so why wait for someone (because Obito got to him by chance) if you can start what you want, when you want? With his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, he could have built an organization like the Akatsuki, and played in the shadows, just as Obito did. In this way he could have time to search for a pupil, and at the same time, the organization members would search for the Tailed Beasts, and after defeating them, keep them in a "vegetative state" until Madara awakens his Rinnegan to manipulate the Gedo Statue and collect the Bijuu's before he dies (note that he's able to steal the Gedo Statue's power, so with Tailed Beasts inside it, he could have been much stronger, despite his age).

Then pass the Rinnegan to the pupil-> Rinne Tensei-> resurrected Madara has his youth and force back, plus the Tailed Beasts are already in his possession. (And MAYBE even his pupil would've survived and both of them would possess the Rinnegan)-> straight way to Tsuki no Me plan.

Madara didn't know he was going to awaken the Rinnegan. He knew about the story with the Sage of Six Paths and the Juubi, he also probably knew about the existence of the Eternal Tsukuyomi. But without the Rinnegan, his plan couldn't have succeeded at all (because the Rinnegan is needed for the Gedo Mazo).

Since Madara didn't know he was going to awaken the Rinnegan, or what the requirements were, he couldn't have started his plan.

Sure, in retrospect, if he had known he would awaken the Rinnegan at a later point, starting to collect the Bijuu early might have been a clever move.

Note that even his current plan had flaws in it:

Obito never planned to resurrect Madara. It was Kabuto who made the fatal mistake of reanimating him (having been tempted by Black Zetsu with Madara's corpse), and thinking he could control him. Obito's plan was to complete the Infinite Tsukuyomi himself, and create a world in which Rin lives.

It was never Madara's plan to begin with. He was manipulated by Black Zetsu.

 "Seeing them, Madara announces himself the world's saviour, one who has saved the world from itself by replacing the hells of reality with the heavens of dreams. While he is proselytising, Black Zetsu stabs him in the back. Black Zetsu reveals that it has never served Madara, but rather Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and that it has manipulated him for decades in order to bring about her revival." --- Quoted from Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes.

 Black Zetsu is the person who delayed the plan.


Why do Aya and Youko consider going to a ramen shop alone so amazing? Consider the following page from Kiniro Mosaic.

Some context, in case you don't know the series: The three girls are in high school. Karen is the blonde, Aya is the girl with black twin-tails, and Youko is the girl with short light hair. Karen is half-British, has never lived in Japan before, and still has some trouble with the language and culture. That's why she says "It might be something normal for you two Japanese people, but for someone like me, it was a big adventure."

It was shown earlier that Karen is pretty outgoing, but the joke here seems to be that Karen thinks going to a ramen shop is something that's only a big deal to her because she's foreign, and it turns out that it's also a big deal to natives Aya and Youko. But why do Aya and Youko consider this "amazing" and "grown-up"? Youko's line about fast food restaurants suggests there's some cultural reference concerning ramen shops that I'm missing.

Shall I assume that these characters are in high school or younger? In that case, yes, it not so common for high schoolers to hang out at a ramen restaurant compared to a fast food place like McDonald's or a family restaurant like Jonythan's where they can stay for a long time using the drink bar (all-you-can-drink soft drinks/juice/coffee/tea), study there, chat with friends, etc. Ramen restaurants are generally not upscale and, as you can see in the illustration, strangers may sit next to each other at bar-like seating, so this makes it convenient for middle-aged salarymen to eat lunch there alone (again, this is shown in the illustration).  Ramen shops are not very conducive for having conversations, hanging out, and staying past when you empty your bowl. Thus, it's not a place that usually has a family or young people vibe.

If these characters are university students, it is less likely that the Japanese girls would consider Karen fearless, because university students tend to want to eat cheap and quick food, so ramen joints work for that, but it is still that case that many female college students wouldn't go to a ramen shop alone, and possibly wouldn't even go there in a group unless that group includes a male friend, because they will assume that the place will be full of college guys and older men. It's more common for Japanese university girls to eat at regular restaurants and cute cafés.

I think that's the joke. Aya and Yoko are acting excited because Karen said "You could at least sound interested", so there taking the advice and are now interested in the conversation (over-the-top interested mind you).


Why does Gaara still have dark circles around his eyes? It is stated that Gaara has his dark circles around his eyes because Shukaku won't let him sleep because Gaara will lose control if he does.

After the extraction of Shukaku, Gaara still has these circles around his eyes. Why? Is it only style or does he still suffer from insomnia?

I'm more inclined to agree with SingerOfTheFall's answer.
Upon Gaara's birth (Shipuuden episode 297 and Naruto chapter 547, page 4), he already had his dark rings around the eyes.

I know he already had the Shukaku sealed inside him, but I find it a bit odd that he was born suffering from insomnia.
Plus, the translation I read of chapter 135 does not refer to the dark rings, but rather to the 'bags under his eyes' (although this could be a problem with the translation...):

Furthermore, as SingerOfTheFall said, there are several other Suna shinobi that have dark rings around their eyes, including Gaara's father when he uses his Gold Dust:

On a side note, I think it can also be the influence of the tanuki (the 'inspiration' for the Shukaku) in the character conception, since the tanuki too has dark rings around his eyes.

So this trait could be somewhat similar to the whiskers Naruto has from the Kyuubi. He had these whiskers even prior to being the Kyuubi's host:

This could mean that the dark circles are a character trait (conceived upon character design) that were a result of the Ichibi being sealed in Gaara even before his birth, thus being present even after the Bijuu's extraction.

He has those dark lines around his eyes, not because Shukaku won't let him sleep, but because Shukaku is like a racoon -- racoons have dark lines around their eyes, like how Naruto has whiskers.


Why no one else used Conqueror's Haki? In Marineford, there were other people than Luffy who had Conqueror's Haki (Whitebeard, Hancock, etc.). Why didn't they use it when Ace was about to get beheaded? Because if Luffy did not use it unknowingly, Ace would have died sooner. Or was it the case that no one had Conqueror's Haki as powerful as Luffy's which could act at a large distance?

Yes, there are other people who could use Conqueror's Haki at that moment. On rescue team, they're Shirohige and Hancock. But only Shirohige knows about Ace's situation and Hancock was fighting somewhere else. However, Shirohige wasn't in good condition to use Conqueror's Haki. He was sick and badly injured by some attack by Marine just before Ace's execution order.

Some other source said Conqueror's Haki needs heart to use it and Shirohige couldn't use Conqueror's Haki because his heart was injured. But at this point, I can't find any canon source to endorse the statement.

It's simple, you need extensive training to use Conqueror's Haki. Only certain people like Luffy, Rayleigh, Shanks, and Doffy trained their Conqueror's Haki.


Can Ghouls be killed with bullets? In the last episode of the first season a lot of special forces with machine guns attacked the Aogiri Tree. My question is, given the regenerative abilities Ghouls have, can  they be killed with machine guns? If they can't be killed, what's the point of using them? And if they can be killed, what's the point of using Quinques if you can kill Ghouls with long range weapons?

Regular bullets can't pierce most Kagune, but there are special bullets used by CCG which are more effective. Q_Bullets, or Bullets coated with a thin layer of quinque steel, are enhanced bullets which do deal damage to Ghouls.

That being said, stronger ghouls are generally resistant to even those, as we see the top tier S and SS rated ghouls tank the bullets. Weaker ghouls are at risk of death as much as a bullet to a regular human is if they don't have good regenerative powers. You can see that best in chapter 60, which in the anime is 10-11 minutes into episode 11 of season 1, as the last few pages have Juuzo use Marudes bike to jump into a ghoul infested building, and he uses a machine gun to punch dozens of holes into a couple of ghouls heads, even showing them off in the manga.

No, I'm pretty sure bullets can't hurt them.

Like, when Kaneki was considering that he was a ghoul, he tested it by stabbing himself in the stomach with a knife. Needless to say, it didn't work. So, ghouls cant be hurt by knives. Bullets are basically just tiny, blunt, round knives traveling at 'superfast' levels of speed (or, whatever, work with me here).

Quinques are the only weapons used against ghouls - considering that firearms were introduced to Japan in the 13th century from China, and quinques were invented like, waaaay after that, it stands to reason that guns don't work, or else no one would have bothered inventing the quinque.

"But, Kat, machine guns are different to normal guns!" I hear you, dude. But the logic moves up a step from, 'if a knife won't kill it, a tiny, blunt, round knife travelling at 'superfast' levels of speed won't kill it either' over to, 'if a tiny, blunt, round knife travelling at 'superfast' levels of speed won't kill it, then an absolute load of tiny blunt round knives shot in a rapid-fire hailstorm of death probably won't kill it either'. What it will do, though, is slow it down!

It's like someone firing a paintball gun at you, except the paintball gun is a machine gun. It's not deadly, but it's going to give you some bruises, distract you, slow you down and annoy you!

So, tl;dr:
Bullets can't kill ghouls or badly injure them, but they can give them the ghoul equivalent of a paintball bruise, distract them, and slow them down.


Why wasn't there an OP for Shinobu Time? Each of the arcs of the Monogatari series through the end of Second Season (Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, ..., Hitagi End) has had an OP theme sung by the arc's heroine1, save for Shinobu Time (i.e. Onimonogatari), which did not have an OP theme at all.

What gives? Shinobu's voice actress is Maaya Sakamoto, who is probably the most talented singer out of the entire Monogatari cast! Why didn't she sing an OP for Shinobu's arc?

1 Well, the OP for Hitagi End (Koimonogatari) was sung by both Kaiki and Senjougahara, but I think we can agree that they were both the heroines of that arc.

Well, it turns out that Maaya Sakamoto doesn't like mixing her career as a singer with her career as a voice actress, as she pointed out in an interview with director Masaaki Oosumi1:

Sakamoto: [laughter] [...] I'm old-fashioned - I don't want my work as a voice actress to get mixed up with my singing.
—What exactly do you mean by that?
Sakamoto: To me, my job as a singer is not so much a job, as it is a way of expressing myself - which is why I should write my own lyrics and sing under my own name. That's why, as a rule, I don't sing character songs.

Of course, all the OP songs for the Monogatari series are character songs in the usual sense (e.g. Nadeko, rather than Kana Hanazawa, is listed as the singer for "Mousou Express"), and so it makes sense that Maaya Sakamoto wouldn't sing an OP for Shinobu's arc.
Note that there are shows for which Maaya Sakamoto has both sung an OP/ED and voice-acted a character, e.g. RahXephon - but in these cases, it appears that she is credited as herself, rather than as her character. (This is certainly the case for RahXephon's OP "Hemisphere"; I imagine it is also the case for the other anime in which this occurs, but I haven't checked.)

All that said, the Blu-ray version of Second Season does, in fact, have a minute-long opening segment for Shinobu Time. But it's set to the song "white lies", which is not sung by Maaya Sakamoto - it's a non-vocal piece, aside from some choral chanting. (Though I should like to mention that it's an incredible song in its own right, especially if you listen to the full 3'23" version.)

1 To find the bit I've translated here, Ctrl+F for 私も古い考え方.

In kizumonogatari we got a french song (Etoile Et Toi) at the end credits which was sung by an adult and later on by a child (3rd movie), which gives us the overall journey of Kiss-shot (shinobu) from shrinking into a child and growing back into a fully grown adult (especially the melons).
Also, it is said that she came from a foreign country (but was not stated which country it was), and I guess that explains why her hair is blond in the first place. She also loves eating donuts-- I mean french people love pastries, but dunno lol.
Overall, even though we didn't get a song sung by her VA, it is still nice that we got a wonderful french song that made kizumonogatari so beautiful. I guess shinobu herself can't sing japanese that's why she sung in french. ;-;


Why could Shirou use Rho Aias? In the UBW final battle, how come Shirou could use Rho Aias? Archer mentioned it was from the Trojan War (probably learned it while working as a counter force), but Shirou hadn't seen Rho Aias yet (not even when Archer used it).

According to the World Material FAQs from fate/complete material III with Nasu (p.130) reated to the VN:

Q: In the end of the Rin route, was it Shirou that projected Rho Aias in the Shirou vs Gilgamesh fight? Or was it Archer? In Fate/side material, it's said that it was projection magic from Archer, but in the story, there was the depiction of Shirou "pulling the shield from the hill". Does this mean that this switched to Archer's scene?
A: This has been easy to misunderstand, but the part about Archer supporting Shirou was the time before Shirou pulled out Rho Aias, before Shirou came to his realization.
After Shirou's monologue about his surprise that he was still alive after taking Gil's attack, "If I survived, there must have been a reason why I survived. But that was simply something I didn't have any control over."
That was the "Rho Aias" that Archer made to help Shirou in a way that wouldn't let Gilgamesh know there was someone else waiting to ambush him.

In other words, the first Rho Aias that defended him (as he was chanting UBW, it's difficult to project something like that at the same time) against Enuma Elish was project by Archer (EMIYA).

The original has 7 petals, this one has 5 in the 2015 ufotable anime.

The second one inside UBW was probably one copied from Archer's version (perhaps drawing from the experience that flowed into Shiro as they clashed). It's not clear how many petals was in this version (likely 4 petals, like in the Heaven's Feel path). This part was never really clarified, but you can compare it to Kuro's projection of it using the Archer Class Card from Prisma Illya.

Note that against Lancer, Archer had to muster almost all of his prana to project a 7-petal version. Since he didn't have the prana for another 7-petal projection, he probably summoned a lesser projection in order to protect the Shirou and what reserves he had left.
Rho Aias not being a sword (being a shield), is going to cost more prana to summon. Since the UBW reality marble was not up, it's unlikely that Shirou had the means to to summon it at the time. So it's more likely that it came from an external entity (Archer).
The Fate/side material encyclopedia on Rho Aias (p.78-79) states that:

The Rho Aias that protected Shirou's spellcasting during the finale of the Rin route was not something he projected himself, but was actually made by Archer who was watching the battle from a distance.

Shirou mentioned that he was able to project it by pulling it out of the "hill of swords." This is likely a metaphor that refers to his reality marble (a materialization of one's inner self) or the collective of Archer memories, and not a literal hill.

In F/SN:UBW season 2, they revealed that Archer's true identity is Hero Emiya Shirou - the MC's future self.

Archer regrets that he became a hero, so he tried to kill the current Shirou (Archer's past self). When Archer used UBW to try to kill Shirou, the MC copied it using the 'trace-on' thingy so all the things inside the UBW was copied. I believe it includes the Rho Aias.


How does Tomura Shigaraki's power not disintegrate his shoes? In one chapter of the manga it's shown Tomura Shigaraki can disintegrate things with his feet. The disintegration activates apparently in the same way as the hands, when the 5 toes are in contact with the object. How does Tomura Shigaraki's power not disintegrate his shoes then?

This is purely speculation, but socks with holes in them.

Shigaraki's power only triggers if he touches the target with all five fingers/toes on one hand/foot.

So he could have special socks with holes for one or more toes.  Some toes touch the shoe, the others the sock, so neither decays.

Tomura's power only triggers if he touches the target with all fingers on one hand. So there is no case in which he have holes in his socks or his shoes. His quirk only flows thru his hands.


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

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

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

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

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

Just like Luffy is stupid and can't understand Poneglyphs, Roger would've have been no good but he might have had a nakama like Robin, probably from Ohara, who may not only be able to read Poneglyphs but also might have a mastery in Poneglyph writing. Seeing Rayleigh mentioning about the Ohara tragedy, makes me think that that Nakama from Ohara was probably separated from others after Roger and with the end of Ohara, Rayleigh would've realised that he even lost another Nakama or maybe Rayleigh just have known the background of Robin (I can't declare for sure). That thing about Rayleigh saying "ability to hear" things is too inexplainary and not adequate to jump to any sort of conclusions but I gues Oda is probably preparing for a new ability for future like he did with Haki. That thing about Ability to Hear is similar to what Zoro had experienced during the Alabasta Arc while fighting Mr. 1. He was able to feel/hear the steel, rock, leaves, etc. But I still can't relate it to this Rayleigh's proposed Hearing Abiltiy theory. So I guess it would've been the work of a scholarly Roger Nakama like Robin.


Are "Guren no Tsuki" and "Honoo no Kokuin" set in the same continuity? The first animated Garo series, Honoo no Kokuin is set in some sort of medieval Iberian-looking place. The second animated series, Guren no Tsuki, is set in c. 10th-century mid-late Heian Japan. (We can pinpoint this fairly well, since one of the nobles in the palace in episode 1 is identified as real-life person Fujiwara no Michinaga, who lived c. 966-1028 CE).

Now, there's likely going to be no overlap of characters (aside from non-humans like Zaruba and Garm), since these two shows appear to be far apart in time (I'd peg Honoo no Kokuin as being closer to the 14th century or so). But, in the first place, are these two series even set in the same continuity?

(If so, that would mean that Raikou would have to be some distant relative of León, which would be quite an interesting state of affairs.)

Guren no Tsuki (Garo Animation 2) so Eastern and locate in Japan

Honoo no Kokuin (Garo Animation 1) so Western & locate in somewhere not Japan or Eastern Country

Number doesn't tell about sequel, it telling about second production


Was Lilium written or composed solely for Elfen Lied? Elfen Lied's opening, Lilium, is a symphony sung in Latin.

Was it written/composed just for Elfen Lied (like for example, the opening songs for Pokemon)?

The answer is yes.

According to the pamphlet included in the Elfen Lied OST, the melody of Lilium just surfaced to MOKA, the two-person musician group who was appointed the music producer staff of the Elfen Lied anime TV production team, when they looked at Elfen Lied from a certain perspective: it's not that Lucy wants to be born special — what she desires, the mundane happiness, that which appears to be easily obtainable is in fact obtainable by only a small handful of people.

  望んで特別に生まれたわけじゃない、欲しいものは簡単に手に入りそうでほんの一握りの人しか手に入れられないであろう、ありふれた幸せ……そんな角度からこの『エルフェンリート』を感じた時に、メインテーマである「LILIUM」の祈るような旋律が浮かびました。

MOKA later included rearrangements of Lilium in Ryugu Genka, Shinra Soloist, Felix Culpa and LILIUM MOKA☆ Produce Mixed Chorus.

Nope I don't think so guys.. maybe the music was composed solely for Elfen lied but the words (lyrics) are taken from the bible and other catholic prayers..
Like chapters of the bible Psalms and James and a prayer of the Holy Mary..
as the peeps before me have said yes the two yukio and kayo composed it but they themselves have said they have taken the words from the places which I mentioned above..


Can Byakuya overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu as easy as he overcomed Koga since both of them are based on illusion? Byakuya breaks free and readies himself against Kōga, who is
determined to use his illusions on Senbonzakura as well. Before he can
attempt to do so, Byakuya activates his Bankai, Senbonzakura
Kageyoshi, and uses Senkei, which Byakuya notes will allow him to
overcome Kōga's illusions because his blades will always find Kōga.
The two clash evenly several times until Kōga uses his Spiritual
Threads to bind Byakuya once more. However, Senbonzakura has several
Senkei blades rain down and cut the threads, to Kōga's surprise.
Byakuya attacks him, but Kōga moves out of the way and wonders how
Byakuya can be so powerful. Though Byakuya and Senbonzakura explain
how their working in unison allows them to unleash their full power,
Kōga refuses to listen and proclaims his greatness was never
acknowledged.
[Bleach anime; Episode 252]

If Byakuya's Senkei will always find illusion based shinigami, does that mean he can overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu illusion just as easily with his Bankai? The war would be so much simpler with Byakuya, wouldn't it? Or there is something different with how Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu work?

If Byakuya's Senkei will always find illusion based shinigami, does that mean he can overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu illusion just as easily with his Bankai?

Not even close. Here's why:

Both illusions are water based however while Byakuya's Senkei uses his reiatsu, Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu is just it's power.
We also have to note that Kyoka Suigetsu manipulates 5 senses which is something Senkei  can't do.
You can't see Aizen activating his Kyoka Suigetsu in a verbal way. That is because you as the viewer and characters in the show can't see. The moment he activates it you are done. You are in Aizen's world now. Sad thing is you don't even know it.


Does Naruto still have Six Paths Sage Mode? Yeah, I know there are lots of questions about this topic but not quite enough.
Can anyone tell me What happened to Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode?
Does he still have Six Paths Sage Mode?
Somewhere, I don't remember where, I read that they sealed it. Is that true?

He does have sage mode afterwards, because he uses it in the final fight in Boruto: The Movie. Here's what Narutopedia has to say about it:

  The one consistent hallmark of Six Paths Sage Mode are Naruto's eyes: his eyes are yellow, his pupils are a cross of vertical fox-slits with horizontal toad-slats, and there is no pigmentation around his eyes that would otherwise signify standard Sage Mode.

The confusion arises from the different types and inconsistencies. There are different modes of sage of six paths: non-cloak, cloak, and ashura kurama mode.

And the way he looks in Shippuden and the Boruto movie are different. For example, in Boruto, he doesn't seem to possess truth seeking balls.

Wrong. He still has it because of the eyes.

It is also stated that once a user uses up the truth seeker orbs, they cannot create more, which means he would still have sage of six paths mode just without the truth seeker orbs. Same thing that happened with Madara.


What meaning does the nickname "Kyon" has? In the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, the main character's nickname is "Kyon" (キョン). From the novel, the origin of the name is explained:

  By the way, Kyon would be me. My aunt was the one who first called me
  that. A few years ago, my long-time-no-see aunt suddenly said to me
  "My goodness, Kyon has grown so big!" My sister thought it was funny
  and also started to call me Kyon. After that the rest is history— my
  friends, upon hearing my sister calling me Kyon, decided to follow her
  lead. From that day on, my nickname became Kyon. Damn it, my sister
  used to call me "Onii-chan"!

Kyon does not seem to like the name very much. Also, his sister "thought it was funny". This makes me wonder what "Kyon" actually means. It it has no meaning at all, why would Kyon's sister find it funny?

Does "Kyon" mean anything?

According to RomajiDesu, it's a species of barking deer. It's humorous because the "n" on the end makes it sound feminine. Onii-chan is a token of respectful affection,  in contrast.

It's the contrast from being called (in all sincerity) "dearest big brother" and "Bambi"

What does "Kyon" mean: Young warrior

Origin: Irish

Reference: https://www.babycenter.com/baby-names-kyon-512965.htm

Kyon's nickname was given to him by his younger sister. But if we accord it to Baby Center, the #1 pregnancy and parenting digital destination whom reaches more than 45 million parents a month in every corner of the globe, Kyon means Young Warrior. It doesn't appear that much but if we look it closely, Kyon really appears like a young warrior.

Kyon face life in a cynical manner, in an adult manner, like that of a young warrior yet has a soft and good nature. To start though, Kyon never believes in supernatural. A quote from the transcript of Episode 1, "But aliens, time traveler, ghosts, monsters, espers, and anime, manga, live-action heroes that fight them, it wasn't till later in my life that I realized they all don't exist." It is not like he don't believe in them, in fact he even mentioned that it would be nice that they could exist. But that just how the normal life goes.

Kyon had a fateful, extreme encounter with the supernatural yet he faced it like a man. He had Yuki Nagato, a bibliophile humanoid interface; Mikuru Asahina, a time traveler; and Itsuki Koizumi, an esper in the same club room yet they continued their days as a student like normal.

Kyon, thanks to Haruhi's sudden decisions, was also brought to many critical encounters yet he surpassed all of it like a man. He is even the one who make awesome decisions to save the day.

Kyon also saved the world as he and Haruhi Suzumiya were trapped in a parallel world. The creatures created by the powers of Haruhi Suzumiya has started destroying the world to create it anew. And the strength of Kyon's and Haruhi's buddies is not enough to intervene. Only Kyon can make a change to save the world.

And finally, Kyon was also trapped in a time paradox as conveyed in their movie, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya. There's more tell to this. But I want you to see it for yourself. Watch the move and have some fun. Enjoy~

Trivia: A man somewhere in the world was hit by a car and was put to coma. After years of coma and recuperation in the hospital, he recovered his consciousness. The first thing he asked is, "How's the new episode of Suzumi Haruhi no Yuutsu?"


Why do Indra and Ashura reincarnate? The anime tells us that Madara-Hashirama and Naruto-Sasuke are the reincarnations of Indra and Ashura.

Why did they get reincarnated? For fulfilling what purpose?

There is a lot of debate that the reincarnation cycle began because Hagoromo knew that sometime Kaguya would be free of the Planetary Devastation seal, and restart the Divine Tree ritual which would consume human-kind. But that is just in terms of giving the plot a direction.
Scientifically speaking, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. All it can do is transform. Kaguya initially attained massive amounts of chakra/energy due to being a member of the Otsutsuki Clan, and that energy exponentially grew larger after she consumed the Chakra Fruit. When she had kids, which were Hagoromo and Hamura, they inherited part of her energy. After they sealed Kaguya, the only people who wielded destructive energies were Hagoromo and Hamura. But, Hamura left Earth to live on the moon to keep guard on Kaguya, and the older brother Hagoromo stayed on Earth, and then had two kids, Indra and Asura, who also inherited part of their parents energy. They then grew up and became able-bodied adults who could use Hagoromo's power of Ninshu, not Ninjutsu, as Hagoromo said. While Indra retained and focused the power to himself, and used it destructively, Asura, however, used it to help people, thus forming the earliest concept of Yin and Yang. They were beings wielding enormous power and when they died, their chakra/power were transformed into their reincarnates, and like how opposite poles attract, so were the reincarnates drawn towards each other.
It is also evident that Hagoromo could transcned his consciousness over time, as he did with Naruto and Sasuke. It was just that his chakra wasn't being transformed and remained as a silhouette over generations.

It's just that the seal that they applied on their mother was not fully perfect, as they knew a day will come when their mother Kaguya will revive, so they had to revive as well.


Do ghouls also live outside Japan? In the universe of Tokyo Ghoul:

Do ghouls exist only in Japan, or do they thrive in large numbers throughout the world?
Is there any body such as the CCG in those parts of the world
Is there any known history of their communication/collaboration with the CCG?

There are in fact ghouls outside Japan.

There's the Chinese terrorist organization, Chi She Lian
There's also a group in Germany studying ghouls, Ghoul Forschung Gesellschaft
There's also ghouls from Russia, e.g., Donato Porpora

It's an interesting question, I was reading the manga and one of the main characters said: I can't believe we're in Japan, this reminds me of the Middle East; although it wasn't clear if he said that about the weather or something about ghouls. They were somewhere near the beach with no event going on but I think I saw a dead body there, will try to find the page again and check.


How was Obito able to use Kamui immediately after awakening his MS? In Episode 435 of Naruto Shippuden, Obito awakens his Mangekyo Sharingan and attacks the hidden mist ninja using the MS ability. However, he had no prior knowledge about the MS as Madara never explained it to him at this point.

So, how did Obito know about the Kamui Dimension after he suddenly awakened his MS? Madara never said that it can be a MS ability, nor Zetsu told him anything.
Also, Kakashi figured about the Kamui much later. How did Obito figure out how to use the ability without training?

During the fight against the Hidden Mist ninja after Rin's death, he never teleports his entire body to the Kamui dimension. His intangibility ability is probably activated involuntarily (he never got attacked unless he purposely made himself tangible, like the fight against Minato). Kakashi doesn't have intangibility, so he wouldn't know how his MS worked until he figures out how to use Kamui.

The plain answer and truth is this: it was nonsense.

Obito should not have a mastery of his MS right when he activated it. Obito was never hailed as a genius or smart, he just had a lot of Hashirama's chakra. The fact that he was able to use his MS ability right away and Kakashi wasn't able to until part two Naruto is utter nonsense, no other explanation.


Does Gajeel's motion sickness have anything to do with Pantherlily becoming his cat? In the Chariot event, Gajeel becomes motion sick without understanding the reason.

His case of motion sickness does not develop until the second day of the Grand Magic Games. So does this have anything to do with Pantherlily becoming his "cat"?

In the very same chapter when Gajeel still didn't understand why did he get motion sickness, Sting said to Gajeel (in Chapter 276, page 11) that "Well then... You finally got accustomed for it, huh... To being a real dragon slayer. Congratulations. Newbie."

We also know that dragon slayer magic can more or less change the user's body itself. So I assume that if a dragon slayer gets strong enough then they will get motion sickness on vehicles. (Not as if it would be important or anything, it's probably just funny.) Wendy doesn't have motion sickness only because she is too weak of a dragon slayer yet. Just as was the case with Gajeel before.

Also, Laxus doesn't have an Exceed partner as far as we know and he has motion sickness too (Chapter 276, page 12).

This is speculation but many wizards don't need to use transportation for their missions, they can just walk like Laxus.  So the recent episodes say that all Dragon Slayers have motion sickness.

Wendy is probably an exception due to her healing abilities.


Why was Yoshimi killed? In the second part of the series after the first time skip, Saki learns that she did have a sister called Yoshimi. According to the comments made by her mother, Yoshimi was killed by an Impure Cat.

Yoshimi showed signs of having gained her powers early but didn't seem controlled because of how her name looked in the mirror Saki found. Considering that she didn't look all that much older to Saki,

Was Yoshimi really that much of a threat to have developed her powers so early that she had to die?
Isn't the purpose of the Unified Class to help children and teenagers control their powers?
Why couldn't Yoshimi just be a child prodigy who could one day take Shisei Kaburagi place?

I wondered the same thing. Is it possible that perhaps she never graduated elementary? Saki's mother was very excited when Saki's spirit came to her finally...throwing herself into her, it could be from feeling another failure for her last chance as a mother. Or perhaps she moved up quickly but then became stuck in a rut like Shun.. Maybe she was a student much like their 5th partner who didn't last long. Her inability to gain any traction on her powers may have been looked down on..maybe it depressed her sister..and had the opportunity to bring rise to a demon. perhaps the child seemed too problematic and posed a threat to become the next demon


The Homunculi names in Full Metal Alchemist 2003 (the question is aimed only for FMA03 and not FMAB as suggested from the title and contains uncovered spoilers for the anime)

I have a little trouble that the homunculi called after the 7 sins by FMA03 way, and I will explain.

In the FMA03 anime homunculi are created by failed human transmission, if that so, what makes them go by the title of the "7 sins" as Envy, Pride Lust an etc., it's hard to me because: if there were than more 7 people in the world trying human transmission what they would called? second what makes them to be after the 7 sins in their behaviour if they are "failed" and didn't deliberately created? my main issue is, why they needed to be called after the 7 sins anyway? what for?

I thought this through and this is what I got:

I could have said that Dante made them that way by make them eat the red stones and by that they got those emotions and behaviour, by Dante management, it could were the truth if not for the creation of Wrath that didn't made to be look like human by Dante and his behaviour was "Wrath" from it's origin and didn't grow up by intervention. (which is another question not for here, how it grew up to be human shape without red stones)
I could say that is only Dante way to call her fellow homunculi after the 7 sins, but in this way I will have to say that she couldn't except that Izumi's homunculi will be Wrath or any other sins to go after some pattern unless we will say the first answer.
I could say to answer for both of those answers that Dante knows that the spirits for the homunculi behind the gate can be only one of the 7 sins, but this one not only needs hard evidence but hard to say since there can be 2 or even 3 Pride or Lust.

Anyway I would glad to be enlighten or I missed a thing.

As far as I know, there is no certain canon answer but there are quite some hints.

At the end of FMA03 we see Dante doing something to Gluttony removing his intelligence and personality and replacing them with an endless hunger for energy. So Dante being directly responsible for the 7 sins symbolism is not out of the question but it does not quite add up.
Since every homunculus follows the theme of their name, we can rule out the possibility that it is just Dante calling them names.
This "spirits of homunculi"-idea is based on Wrath (Sensei's homunculus), right? He tells Ed about his time behind the gate and how he acquired Ed's limbs. But he never said anything about originating there. Unlike Manga or Brotherhood, there is no connection between Homunculi and the shadows behind the Gate. Sensei created Wrath after losing her child and after realizing her mistake, she put him on the other side of the (still open) Door. 2003 Humunculi are just sentient bodies that are very similar to humans but have neither soul nor a healthy personality.

I originally thought that the 2003 homunculi followed the sin that led to their creation but while Lust was created by her lover, Envy was created by Hohenheim back when he thought himself to be omnipotent. So it is safe to say that the homunculi are by nature always "born" into challenging circumstances and are unable to form meaningful relationships to process them. Dante might influence them to make them easier to control but even without her, they are unhealthy beings that are driven towards spoiled and extreme personalities.

The 2003 anime is not exactly canon, it doesn't follow the manga (because the manga was incomplete at the time).

Therefore there may be inconsistencies in the 2003 anime, at a certain point they had to make up episodes as there was no manga plot to draw on anymore.

In the 2003 anime, the Homunculi are simply created during human transmutation that fails and the homunculi comes into contact with a red stone.
It's an incomplete human transmutation that gained some kind of power to exist via the red stone which has souls. Without the red stone, the homunculi ends up dying soon after creation.

As far as the names given to these, it's clearly because they are incomplete. A complete human in theory has all of these emotions, and thus they kind of balance each other out (of course in real life many people have more of one than others).

As far as the names for some other homunculi created by other people, well they should follow the same rules. Just imagine that if there were hundreds of homunculi around the world in the hypothetical world of the anime, that there could be dozens of lust, greed, envy etc homunculi (obviously they would look different as well).


Why does Sora no otoshimono have different ending themes per episode? I've finished watching the Anime's First Season and I noticed that every episode in the anime has different ending themes.

As you can see in this list of episodes. Heaven's lost property has different ending sequences and different ending themes for a 12-episode series anime. Is there a significant reason for this?

It has different endings because they are after scenes for each respective episode and shows what is happening after each episodes misadventure.


Saiyan Power Levels? I was wondering how was Gohan so much stronger as a normal Saiyan than Goku was as SS3 when he fought Buu. Is there not like a power level to reach the next SSJ form?

Power level example:

10,000 to reach SS1
100,000 to reach SS2
etc.

Why couldn't Gohan reach SS3 already?
Or he could fight as SS2 at least?

Maybe I have to rewrite my question again:

If you read the list below,

SS1 is always at about 25,000,000
SS2 is always at about 49,000,000

If Gohan with the Mystic Sword is as strong as Goku was as SS3, there wouldn't be any difference in their strength when he would transform into SS3?

Saiyan Power Levels - check this link out.

It states the power level every character have during a specific battle.

Majin Buu Saga

  Fat Buu: 45,000,000
  Majin Buu: 80,000,000
  Good Buu: 55,000,000
  Bad Buu: 65,000,000
  Super Buu: 70,000,000
  Ultimate Buu: 50,000,000
  Majin Gotenks Buu: 90,000,000
  Majin Vegito Buu: 100,000,000
  Goku: 5,000,000
  Goku (Super Saiyan): 27,000,000
  Goku (Super Saiyan 2): 49,500,000
  Goku (Super Saiyan 3): 79,999,999
  Goku (Genki-dama): 100,000,000
  Piccolo: 26,000,000
  Gohan: 3,000,000
  Gohan (Super Saiyan): 25,000,000
  Gohan (with the Z sword): 53,000,000
  Goten: 1,500,000
  Goten (Super Saiyan): 10,000,000
  Trunks: 1,500,000
  Trunks (Super Saiyan): 10,000,000
  Gotenks: 3,000,000
  Gotenks (Super Saiyan): 20,000,000
  Gotenks (Super saiyan 3): 75,000,000
  Vegeta: 5,000,000
  Vegeta (Super Saiyan): 26,500,000
  Vegeta (Super Saiyan 2): 49,000,000
  Vegito: 10,000,000
  Vegito (Super Saiyan): 53,000,000
  Vegito (Super Saiyan 2): 99,500,000

The first Super Saiyan transformation occurs when a Saiyan who has
  reached a very high level of power loses himself in a fit of rage.[22]
  However, the transformation must be triggered in response to a great
  need, an example being in Goku's case to defeat Frieza. While physical
  change is not too drastic apart from a slight increase in muscle
  mass,[23][24] the power output increase is colossal; the form is said
  to multiply the Saiyan's power by 50x times its normal amount[22] (in
  the Dragon Ball Z: The Anime Adventure Game, the multiplier for the
  form is 2.5x the user's normal amount of power). When Goku utilises
  the Super Saiyan form against General Rilldo in Dragon Ball GT, Rilldo
  states that Goku's power has increased a hundredfold.

Source: http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan


How old was Natsu when he was sent forward in time? I know Natsu was 7 (or so speculated) when the dragons left. I know he was sent forward in time when that happened. However why doesn't Natsu remember what the world was like 400 years ago? I mean I think he would notice a difference... even if he was only 7. Was his memory altered or something?

I don't think there was much of a difference between the world where Natsu went to sleep, and where he woke up.

For the most part, he spent his time with Igneel in the woods - as I assume a dragon wouldn't be welcome in towns.

I think Natsu grew up in the wilderness, went to sleep in the wilderness, and awoke in the wilderness 400 years later, not noticing a change because the wilderness couldn't have been different.

Natsu was just an Kid when he joined fairy tail but it never mentioned his age at all so natsu age is an unknown