What is the symbol of the Uchiha clan supposed to be? Looking at it it kinda seems like a Pokeball but not quite as a pokeball doesn't have that bottom sticking out it and the curve dividing the pokeball's colours is only a curve at certain angles, if looked front on it's just a strait division.

So i am wondering what is the symbol of the Uchiha clan supposed to be?

It's actually supposed to be type of fan. On the Wikipedia page where Japanese War Fans it says:

  In addition the symbol of the Uchiha Clan is a fan which is a reference to uchiwa (団扇, paper fan) which is another way of pronouncing the clan's name.

Source: Japanese war fan - In popular culture (2nd Paragraph)

Looking at the Wikipedia page for the Uchiwa (and even googling it) we can see that the Uchiha Clan Symbol is shaped like that of a Uchiwa.

This is also backed up on the Naruto Wikia also giving a logical reason why it's also a fan.

  "Uchiha" is another way of pronouncing "uchiwa" (団扇, paper fan), which is the clan's symbol. Uchiwa can be used to fan flames, making the flame hotter — referring to the fact that the Uchiha is a clan of Fire Release users.

Source: Uchiha Clan - Trivia (first point)

This also allows us to infer as to why the colour scheme is by chance like a Pokeball. A Flame is generally seen as red however the hotter a flame gets the closer it'll get to being white.

  The colder part of a diffusion (incomplete combustion) flame will be red, transitioning to orange, yellow, and white as the temperature increases as evidenced by changes in the black-body radiation spectrum. For a given flame's region, the closer to white on this scale, the hotter that section of the flame is.

Source: Wikipedia - Flame - Flame Colour (3rd Paragraph)

Now given that a flame is generally hotter at the source one interpretation could be that because the bottom part is supposed to be a Uchiwa handle this would be the hottest part (being in your hand all the time).

Another interpretation could be that while also being an Uchiwa the symbol also looks like how some Flame Release Jutsu's get "spat out".

So the "handle" is the jet of fire coming from the mouth, since fire is normally hotter at the source this part would be white while further away it would be red.

In Naruto Episode 130, Susake's father clearly stated that "The Uchiha crest represents the fan that rouses the flame of our will."


Is "Ray" a sidestory of "Black Jack"? The TV series Ray is about a woman with "X-Ray vision" who was saved by a doctor when she was young. In the first episode of the anime, this doctor is made out to look like Black Jack:

Although you never get a look at his face but you can see that there is some stitches on the doctor's face and his hair is black and white.

Is this cameo just a bit of "fan service"/homage to the old Black Jack series or is this more like a same-universe side-story or spin-off of Black Jack? It doesn't seem like the staff of this show has worked on any of the Black Jack manga or anime.

MyAnimeList claims that Ray is a side-story of Black Jack, while Wikipedia takes the more conservative approach of just saying that they're related. However, it's not clear whether Ray is canon material in the Black Jack universe (and if so, in what sense). In any case, Ray mangaka Yoshitomi Akihito is on good terms with the current license-holders of Black Jack, and has produced his own version based on the original but with his own artwork.

  Because of copyright reasons, Black Jack was only alluded to as BJ and never seen fully in the original manga, but because the anime was produced by Osamu Tezuka's own studio he is able to appear fully in the anime (though still somewhat obscured) and be referred to by his original name. Interestingly, in Black Jack 21, the sequel to the Black Jack anime, Black Jack was referred to as "BJ" by the assassins hell bent on killing him.

As far as I can tell, there's no official word on what the relation between the two are, so it's sort of a matter of opinion whether it's a sidestory or just a homage. My opinion is that, by animating Ray, it was more-or-less retconned into the Black Jack universe, or at least some alternate universe, so I think it can be elevated to the level of a sidestory. However, that was a decision made by whoever the current rights-holders are for Black Jack, and while it's valid in a legal sense some might argue that it shouldn't be considered a side-story but a homage. Tezuka manga purists could very-well object and describe it differently, as everything related to Ray (manga beginning in 2004) happened well after Tezuka's death in 1989.

She literally calls him black Jack what more proof do you need I mean seriously there is no room for debate in this


Does Jellal love Erza? Throughout Fairy Tail, we see that Erza loves Jellal and just him. Some examples are her blushing, trying to kiss him, and when she was turned into a little child just before Tartaros she thought her biggest problem was Jellal thinking he likes them more matured.

But does Jellal reciprocate those feelings even though he rejected her?

Yes, due to an event that occurred in the Grand Magic Games arc. I'm not sure exactly which episode but there was a scene in which Erza and Jellal were speaking and he told her that he was married.

Later when speaking to Ultear who revealed that he wasn't, he gave the notion that he lied because he believes happiness isn't for the guilty of heart.

In a later cameo, Erza says to herself that he is a "bad" liar. Indicating that she knows he's hiding his feelings.

From that scene, I am able to infer that they do in fact both love each other. However, due to all the evil things he has done, he feels the need to seek atonement. That is the premises that Crime Sorcière was formed upon.

Of course he does. However, during an episode, they almost kiss, and he says they are married.

Afterwards, he tells Ultear that people breaking the law cannot be in love with innocent people.

Erza knows from the start that he was lying.


What is this song in My Hero Academia Season 4 Episode 12? Does anyone know the song in My Hero Academia during Season 4 Episode 12, at approximately 18 minutes and 30 seconds into the episode? whenever Lemillion is trying to escape with Eri, but then tells her to run and keep going because he cant move anymore

The track you were looking for is Hidari wa Zettai Tsukawanee from the 2nd OST.
I'm gonna assume you eventually found it, but I still thought I'd resurrect this to actually post the correct answer for anyone else who may be looking to find it, as it's an amazing, highly underrated track.

You Say Run vocal ver. by Might⁺U (YouTube), which is also played in My Hero Academia Movie: Heroes Rising.


What's the difference between manga, manhwa, and manhua? I understand that manga is from Japan and read from right to left, whereas manhwa is from Korea, read from left to right, and manhua is from China, and read from right to left (If I'm not mistaken). Are these the only differences between the three, or is there something else?

What you listed cover many of the major differences, though there are others.

Manga

From Japan
Multi-panel
Almost always black and white
Right-to-left

Manhua

From China
Full color with some panels rendered entirely in painting (1)
Single issue format (1)

Manhwa

From South Korea
Usually horizontal, left-to-right
Can be vertical, right-to-left, top-to-bottom (2)

(1)

(2)

For me Manga Multi Panel and can be read from left to right or right to left
Manhua Full colored multipanel and can be read from left to right or right to left too
Manhwa Full colored single panel and read from top to bottom , i dont think manhwa can be read from left to right or right to left


Is it possible to combine all five chakra elements? The title says it all... but I'll elaborate:

Initially we see techniques derived from a single chakra element (Katon, Doton, Suiton, Fuuton and Raiton). These are the most common, since usually a ninja can master only one chakra nature (since normally ninjas tend to have an affiliation with only one chakra nature)
Later we discover these can be combined in a number of ways, creating new elements (Mokuton=Doton+Suiton, Ranton=Raiton+Suiton, Youton=Katon+Doton, among several others). From what I understand, these are usually transmitted as a Kekkei Genkai. But I believe they can also be created by the combinations of the elements, by ninja who didn't inherit it from other generations (correct me if I'm wrong). These are not uncommon, but less frequent than the ones above (there are ninja who can master and possess affiliation to more than one chakra nature: Sasuke comes to mind, since he can master both Katon and Raiton. Katon is his clan's natural affiliation, and he mastered Raiton too. However, I don't remember if he has ever combined the both of them)
Even later, we find about combinations of even more elements by ninja who can master several elements, such as Muu (Nidaime Tsuchikage) and Oonoki (Sandaime Tsuchikage), who can combine Katon, Doton and Fuuton, to create Jinton. These are called Kekkei Touta. I don't know if they can also be transmitted through Kekkei Genkai, or if they can only be taught. They are even rarer than the ones above, since ninja can rarely master or be naturally affiliated to more than two chakra natures (Terumii Mei the Godaime Mizukage, can also master Doton, Katon and Suiton, but I don't think she ever combines more than two at each time).

My questions are:

Are combinations of chakra natures taught or only transmitted by Kekkei Genkai (or both)?
Are combinations of more than three chakra natures possible?
And the above question created a new one for me: Can a ninja master more than three chakra natures? (I think Kakashi does, but I am not quite sure about this)

Chakra element combination is supposedly a born trait. A shinobi is born with one chakra element, and can master a few more (secondary elements).
However, in some clans, such as the Senju, they were born with two elements, (both Earth and Water), and they could naturally combine them to form the Wood element.
Since we only thought that two element combinations were possible, and we discovered that three were indeed possible, I see no reason why there isn't a possibility for four or more.

 EDIT! Based on the latest manga chapters, it seems as if at least 4 element combination is possible. Although it's an initial estimate and the Third might be wrong about it.

We do have some examples for ninja mastering all five chakra elements, Kakuzu is a great example. He had all five chakra elements, Water, Earth, Fire, Lightning and Wind, in one body (though he did cheat and used 5 different hearts for it). So it is possible. It is also said that those who awaken the Rinnegan can master all six elements (Including the YinYang element).
About mixing them together, since that hasn't happened yet, we can't be sure.
EDIT!

 Six Paths Sage Chakra, which creates the Gudodama is called Kekkei-Mora and was confirmed to be a combination of all 6 elements: Fire, water, earth, lightning, wind and YinYang.

Yes but mostly only by the Uchiha clan like Sasuke, Itachi etc. Because they have the copy wheel eyes (aka sharingan )they can learn all five jitsu by copying and observing them.


Is it possible for a Byakugan user to awaken the Rinnegan? Well... the title says it!

I ask this because, supposedly, Hyuuga and Uchiha are descendants of the Rikudou's eldest son (at least I am under that impression). In that way, does the Byakugan have any other special techniques that can be awakened (such as Tsukuyomi, Susano'o and Amaterasu in the Sharingan), and can it (ultimately) awaken the Rinnegan?

So far we have not seen techniques that derive from the Byakugan itself, but rather techniques that are possible because of it: the whole Hyuuga fighting style comes from the use of Byakugan, but it is not related to it in the same way that every Mangekyou technique is related to the Sharingan. They were only able to develop/and use it properly due to them having the Byakugan, but (again) it does not relate to it in the same way the Mangekyou relates to the Sharingan.

To sum up:
Is it possible for a Byakugan user to awaken a Rinnegan?

Unlikely.

While it is true that Kakashi originally said that the Uchiha clan (And the Sharingan) is a branch off the Hyuuga clan (and the Byakugan), it was later revealed that it wasn't the case And even though Kaguya Otsutsuki was said to have the Byakugan, it is currently presumed that the two bloodlines are separate and there's no actual connection between the two eye techniques..

No Byakugan upgrades were ever discussed/revealed, like you said, the Hyuuga specific techniques are only the Byakugan's potential being utilized.

SPOILER!

   Moreover, it was revealed that the way to awaken the Rinnegan would be to combine Indra's and Ashura's chakra, like Madara (who had Indra's chakra) implanted the flesh of Hashirama (who had Ashura's chakra), to bring out the Sage of Six Paths' chakra.

 So theoretically, if Indra were to posses a Hyuuga clan member, and the identity of Ashura would be known, it may be possible. That, however, never happened and is not likely to happen in the future.

The byakugan was inherited from kaguya by her son hamura, while the constituent dojutsu that comprise the rinne-sharingan were inherited by hagoromo(sage of six paths), and as such, the byakugan cannot be transformed into the rinnegan, as its chakra constituents are totally separate. The byakugan can evolve he wever into the tenseigan, which exhibits similar abilities to the rinnegan, such as attractive and repulsive forces and truthseeker balls. In conclusion, the only way for a byakugan user to get the Rinnegan is by transplanting one and they must have massive chairs reserves and share even small relations to the senju, the uchiha or the uzimaki.


In which order R1, R2 and Akito the Exiled need to be watched? I am planing to watch R1, R2 again with Akito the Exiled but will be joined by a person who have no idea about Code Geass before.

I know Akito the Exiled take place between R1 and R2 from the similar question but I have no idea how much they are related to each other in details.

So what is the best order to watch R1, R2 and Akito the Exiled without getting anything spoiled in advance?

Story of R1 and R2 isn't affected by Akito the Exiled enough to be considered a spoiler of any sort.

AtE is an Alternate/Side-story and thus you can watch it whenever you want, though I'd advise to watch in the release order (and not just for Code-Geass, but almost every series out there) because that's how they are made and that's how you're supposed to be watching it.

Watch R1, R2 then Akito of the Exiled. I think Akito of the Exiled was created for alternative story. You don't have to watch it. If you don't watch Akito of the Exiled nothing will change.


What does the seal on Meliodas's forehead mean? How did he get this seal? In episode 5, when the enemy tried to steal his sword, this seal appeared on his forehead.

What does it mean?

SPOILER UP AHEAD!!!!!

   It is the symbol of the demon clan. Meliodas is a demon. This advancement is explained in the Manga. Although it is hinted throughout the series, but it is never really explicitly shown that he really isn't human until after the Kingdom Infiltration arc has ended. The Ten Commandments, a group of the most fearsome demons are revived. They were sealed 3000 years ago, yet Meliodas knows them all by their names. King confronted him claiming he was a demon. Although he didn't answer, it is obvious from the situation. That also accounts for his never aging body.The Ten Commandments know him well too. And Meliodas actually calls them his brothers in chapter 135. So, yeah, he is a demon. Later on in the manga, his past and identity is explicitly revealed to be one of the Ten Commandments.

Meliodas is the demon king's unholy knight. He violated demon law by developing an interest in humans and for this betrayal was banished to the human world to live as a normal human.
Something went wrong and deeply weakened the seal that contains his ultimate powers. Little by little his demon powers return. Although he has only a fraction of his power back and it will take millenia for his powers to return in full, it has to make you wonder how strong the demon king would be unless Meliodas IS the demon king himself.


Were the other trainers from Pallet town ever revealed? We know four trainers started in Pallet town. Three with one of the three original starters and Ash with his Pikachu. Apart from Gary, were the other two trainers ever revealed in the anime? And was it ever revealed who got which specific starter Pokemon?

First, the things we know:
Ash got late and had to pick the reserve Pokemon Pikachu. The other 3 starter Pokemon already got picked, one of which was picked by Gary. At the end of the series, you could see that Gary picked Squirtle.

So the question is, who picked the other 2 starters and where were they mentioned?

Your question really inspired me to find a answer. I found answers on multiple sites.

On reddit

  In the series, Ash and co. encounter a Charmander that was abandoned
  by its owner. We might infer that the original owner was one of the
  other two Pallet Town trainers. In addition, the Bulbasaur Ash and co.
  encounter was raised in the Hidden Village, which the article linked
  states was a haven for, among other things, abandoned Pokemon. So it
  appears possible that the other Pallet Town trainers also abandoned
  his starter Pokemon.

On serebiiforums

  These two mystery trainers' sole purpose in the anime was to be a plot device so that Ash would miss out on all 3 standard starter Pokemon and get Pikachu.

  Gary got 1 of them (and it wasn't revealed until the very end of
  Johto) and for marketing purposes, Ash had to have Pikachu as his very
  first Pokemon...

  So they invented 2 other trainers to get the remaining Pokemon... and
  they were referenced a few times until after Ash got the Earth badge
  and returned to Pallet town. That was when Oak said that the "other
  two" gave up and flunked out. Thus writing them out of the show
  permanently... never to be referenced again.

So it seems that these 2 mysterious trainers were just there to lose their starter Pokemon after a short time, so Ash could find them and train during the series, the 4 most favorite Pokemon of every kid. (Squirtle came to him from the firefighter)

I think the 2 trainers weren't meant to have a big part in this series. They were just needed to give Ash the rare Pokemon everyone wants to have.

But this is just my personal opinion.

I know the trainer who picked Charmander. He kinda looked like the same as Ash, but I think its Red. Just saying guys, Red looks like Ash, but I don't know the Bulbasaur one. I saw one of Red's series, his starter was a Charmander, so maybe its Red.

Oh I also found who got Bulbasaur. Her name is Saur.


Alternative super saiyan transformation of Kale, what's it supposed to be? (warning: content of recent episode 101) In Dragon Ball Super episode 101, we've seen another transformation of Kale. Instead of having her eyes blank and her muscles inflated, the called "berserker mode", in the alternative transformation she has the regular form of a super saiyan but apparently she keeps a little of her greenish hair/aura (a little more yellowish maybe), and she's weaker than in berserker mode.

Kale in super saiyan Berserker mode:

Kale alternative super saiyan transformation:

Kale and Caulifla super saiyan transformations together for comparision:

What is this transformation supposed to be? Is it a regular super saiyan, or is it a different super saiyan transformation with a different level of power?

This transformation is the same as Broly, and it's called The Legendary Saiyan transformation. It is very rare for a Saiyan to have this ability as we only know two (currently) Saiyan that achieve this Broly and Kale. PS the second image shows the normal SSJ1 as Broly


Will Mirajane be able to handle the demon inside her? If the Tartaros people seal the demon inside Mira's body, will she be able to control it as she controls her other demons?

I don't know what you mean by sealing the demon, but recent chapters showed that

   Mirajane is able to control any demons or demonic things at Tartaros except of the Etherious. Including the demon they wanted to turn her into or the device they used to turn her into a demon.

It doesen't really matter if she will or she will not be able to control all her inner demons, as long as there are enemies powerful enough, that might not be a problem... and for the sake of the show, she shouldn't controll all her inner demons... because she will always have enough dangerous demons inside her... not sure if there will be enough enemies for them all...

Oh, and I'm curious what kind of creatures will Lisana take over? Maybe a dragon?


Why does Naruto get a cloak from the Nine Tails while other Jinchuriki don't? Why is it that Naruto get a cloak from the Nine Tails while the other tailed beasts dron't give one to their Jinchuriki?

This doesn't make sense unless the other tailed beast aren't as powerful as the Nine Tails or is it that we never see the other tailed beasts show themselves in this form with their Jinchūriki. I just want to know if the other tailed beasts can grant such a cloak to their Jinchuriki or not.

Many times throughout the series Naruto did manifest a cloak in the same way so the other hosts:

When he fought Sasuke at the Valley of the End, 1-Tail Cloak
When he fought Orichimaru after the time-skip, 3 Tail Cloak
When he was fighting Pain after Hinata got attacked, 4-9 Tail Cloak

What is different for him, is that he is a Sage, and to my knowledge, none of the other hosts are Sages. After he learned Sage mode AND reflected on his inner evil, he gained that form; see the fight with Pain, he was using Sage mode then.

Based on all of this, I think that this is something 'unique' to him (except that his father can do it too...) because of him combining Sage training and Kyuubi's power.

As far as i know....It is because the kyuubi cant manifest itself in the form that the other jinchuriki's can. If u remember... all the other jinchuriki's can convert themselves into the bijou form and revert back at will. But in naruto's case, the kyuubi isn't able to do dat conversion i.e. get into bijou and get back to human again. I think I remember der was one episode in which the kyuubi says why, not sure.

So, I'm thinking to make this up, the best the kyuubi can do is make a cloak around naruto. Cloak is just the manifestation of the kyuubi's chakra. For all that we know, naruto could have even had a cap! But to make the semblance to minato, they formed the cloak which is very similar to minato's cloak.


Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand? When Taki meets Mitsuha by the shrine, just before the meteor strikes the town, Taki tells Mitsuha that they should write each other's names on their hands.

Instead of writing his name, Taki instead writes "I love you" on her hand, leaving Mitsuha with no way to remember his name.

Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand?

I think it was a sweet gesture that showed a little insight into Taki's character. It shows that he is young, in love, and struggling to find a way to share his feelings with Mitsuha.

At that moment when an opportunity presented itself for him to confess without having to say it out loud (the horror! :D), he foolishly thought it was more important to tell her how he feels than what his name was.

Very frustrating, probably done on purpose by the writer but not completely baseless.

Because he acutally likes her boobs.....

Also, he probably wanted to tell her how he feels about her, but didn’t have the courage to. He proabably should have also wrote his name too.... what a wasted moment. But still very touching.


Why are light-haired male love interests common? It is relatively common for series (especially shoujo) for the/a love interest to be blond. This appears in Ouran High School Host Club, Kaichou wa Maid-Sama, Tokyo Mew Mew, and a number of others. Why is this common in Japan, where the population is 98.5% ethnically Japanese--and as such naturally dark-haired--and most of the rest of the population is either Chinese or Korean?

It might have something to do with the representation of the blonde-color. According here,

  Blonde hair on a male character may imply that he is a trickster.
  Alternately, it may symbolize that this character is a focus of chaos,
  and trouble follows him wherever he goes, such as Vash the Stampede
  from Trigun, or Soichiro Nagi from Tenjou Tenge; a live-action example
  is the movie version of Battle Royale's Kazuo Kiriyama. It is also not
  uncommon for anime males with long blonde hair to be portrayed as
  Casanova-types. (Examples: Kurz from Full Metal Panic, Allen Schezar
  from Vision of Escaflowne, Kyle from Suikoden V among others...)

Well, in Ouran, i know one of the blondes is like, part french, and the other is just suppose to be the cute little one and the blond hair just adds to it, plus in that anime is a school for rich people and we see a lot of them with dyed hair, some background characters have light brown hair or red hair, so it's to say they're rich, and most of them are easily able to dye their hair. Also some of them are part caucasian.

In Kaichou, the love interest is also from a wealthy family and his mother is from England. The japanese people still have very dark hair, and dark eyes.

In Tokyo Mew Mew, he is also a rich boy from Europe. The actual love interest is only blonde when he is possessed by an alien godlike entity.


What is Yue's relationship with Toya? In Cardcaptor Sakura, Yukito and Toya are romantically involved, or at least shown to have romantic feelings for each other. Yukito tells Sakura of his love for Toya. Has it ever been expressed or officially announced what Yue, Yukito's alter-ego, feels towards Toya?

As you have said, Toya and Yukito has romantic feelings for each other. As for Yue, it can be implied that he has no romantic feelings for Toya (since he knew ever since everything about Yukito, he probably had known that Yukito has feelings for Toya and wouldn't interfere). And according here,

  Yue was in quite a strong and close intimate relationship with Clow
  Reed.

Yue was even against Sakura, as he strongly believed that no one succeed Clow Reed, but later on accepted her as his new master. So if there's somebody who Yue has romantic feelings for, it probably would be Clow Reed.

In addition, as far as I can remember, the only specific event that Yue and Toya had a conversation was when Toya gave his power to Yue and made Yue promise to protect Sakura and Yukito.

I always thought that if, in the manga they make it clear to a certain point with Yukito; With Yue believed that if he has feelings for Toya even if it is false appearance he did not believe that they can only "create" those feelings unconsciously and he feels it. In the end they are the same person, two sides of the same coin.


What is happening in the first episode of Black Rock Shooter? I've been trying to get into Black Rock Shooter but I can't get passes the first 3 episodes because I get really confused. Could someone explain what the first episode is about? It sorta goes all over the place and I'm not sure what they are trying to show.

They are showing fighthing between.... I suppose those creatures are something like mental entities or something at another dimension but still connected to the humans. When there's a problem with the main character, for example tension between her and her friend, the representation of them in another dimension are shown fighting. The story itself doesnt really make sense, but if you stick to the actual human character's story, i think it'll be more understandable and enjoyable.


How can Itachi's genjutsu act on Mecha-Naruto "Robot"? In Episode 336, Itachi was seen to apply his genjutsu on Mecha-Naruto.

But Mecha-Naruto is a robot which does not have a brain but memory chip.
As it is a robot (which does not have any chakra), its battle techniques could not be copied by Kakashi's Sharingan.

Wikia-Genjutsu mentions that genjutsu can only occur by manipulation of chakra of the brain.

Then how does Itachi put genjutsu on a memory chip of a robot?

Mecha-naruto can absorb and contain chakra. This could mean that he has some kind of a chakra system. he also has a eight-trigrams seal in order to seal kurama and this confirms the previous statement. This chakra would in turn be used by his chip for its functioning similar to how the brain uses electric signals flowing through the nervous system.

The chip could be thought of a mechanical brain that uses chakra(it can sense chakra too!)and gives you all reasons why itachi could use genjutsu on mecha naruto.

The answer for this is that this episode was filler. Chances are since the episode is a filler, Mecha Naruto is affected because fillers are very different from the anime's plot and/or logic itself.


Who attacked Gowther when he was brainwashing Dreyfus? season 1 episode 18.
I never did understand who attacked or was in Gowther nightmare teller where he was brainwashing Dreyfus and why did "they" attacked or showed up on Gowther brainwashing skill

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was Fraudrin because he was inside of Dreyfus' mind/body and so he attacked Gowther while he was using nightmare teller. At least that's my theory.


How was Light able to maintain his academic performance? After Light got the Death Note, he started writing criminals' names and killing them. Even after L made his first appearance and said that he would find Kira, then Light was thrilled up and accepted that as a challenge.

As we all know Light was the 1st performer in his academics from the start. But when he got the Death Note, then he was certainly spending a lot of time on planning how to kill, and also observing how the Death Note works. But even after all this pressure of killing and L coming to find him, he maintained his academic performance.

So does that mean Light was so talented that even without studying he was able to come first in his academics, or was he spending enough time in academics as well? Is there anything specified in the anime or manga about how he was managing his time between his studies and by writing names in the Death Note so that he would not get caught?

Light was the top in his class is academics and also in tennis, which just goes to characterization to express the point that he is the all around A+ student. On top of all that Light also works as a civilian consultant for the police and he employs his amazing logical deductions to help him solve crimes. Again this goes to show that Light is extremely intelligent, very hard working, and can multi-task exceptionally well. There is a scene where L has Light's room bugged and Light is using one hand to do his math home-work while his other hand writes names to kill people, as if it were nothing. Light was able to keep up his grades because the tests and work he was doing was beneath his intelligence and might as well have been "what is 2+2" because that's how easy Light's classes were to him.

Over time Light starts to go psychotic as the stress finally gets to him and he's trying to get all suspicion away from him as he tries to kill L and I believe that's because Light has never really been challenged or stressed before; for the first time ever Light is having a hard time controlling the situation and at first he enjoys having to actually try but as the series progresses he fades into madness as he can't control the situation and he refuses to accept that as an answer because he is used to being on top of everything and never getting over-whelmed.

I also think that in one episode, he tells Ryuk that he cannot just keep writing names in the notebook. He has to study also to keep up with his grades, and I think he tells Ryuk that he spends part of the day on academics and uses the rest of the time for writing the names. It's been some time since I watched Death Note, but I guess that this is what he did, and that he could not let his grades drop since that would also lead to suspicion.


How does Nerve Gear work? When I watched SAO for the second time, I started to wonder: how does Nerve Gear work?

In SAO, you have all five senses with you, and also when you use the Nerve Gear, you close your eyes. So, how is it possible for the nerve gear to do all this?

Lastly, how does Nerve Gear kill someone?

In SAO, you have all five senses with you and also when you use the nerve gear, you close your eyes so how is it possible for the nerve gear to do all this?

It connects to your brain, transmitting signals of what you do in the virtual world. You close your eyes because nerve gear transmits visual data too.

NerveGear not only simulates sight and sound, it also simulates taste, smell and even touch. In other words, it can completely immerse players in a virtual world. However, its true potential lies within the fact that it doesn't just send virtual sensations to the user. It intercepts and manipulates the signals sent by the user's brain.

When using NerveGear, all the signals sent by the brain are blocked an processed so that they only affect the avatar in the virtual world. This immobilizes the user's physical body. So there's no risk of running into walls in the real world while playing in the virtual one.
NerveGear only has one method of input. It is shaped like a helmet that covers most of the user's face. Inside, millions of signal units generate electromagnetic waves to stimulate out brains.
Nothing the user "sees" and "hears" in the virtual world actually comes from our eyes and ears. Everything is manipulated directly in the respective parts of our brain used to process each of the five senses.

Lastly, how does a nerve gear kill someone?

It uses electromagnetic waves to "fry" your brain.

If these things are attempted, the signal sensors in your nerve gears will emit a strong electromagnetic pulse...
Destroying your brain and stopping all of your basic bodily functions - basically, instant death.

the nerve gear sends fake signals to the brain at a frequency unique the brain frequency. then the nerve gear produces artificial waves to stimulate brain to provide artificial senses as said in sword art online. then the nerve gear sends a "paralyzing" agent  to immobilize the body as to not cause harm to the player. finally the nerve gear sends more waves to put you into a sleep like trance and projects your brain waves on a public database and there you have it sword art online.


Is Haku a man or a woman? In Naruto, Haku is a rogue Ninja that fights along Zabuza. He has a sad history of death and mistreatment that I won't treat here.

In any case, the Haku's peculiarity is that although he looks/behaves/dresses like a woman, he is a man. But not all sources agree with this, so... Is Haku a man or a woman?

Is there a reason for the first part in my spoiler? Or is it just a plot device?

If your answer contains something that appears or is explained after the Bridge battle with Team 7 (as far as Haku is concerned), please use a spoiler.

I do not think that Haku was considered as a woman is considered a spoiler.

After all, they discover that only 1 episode after Team 7 met him. I can guarantee for sure that Haku is a man. Despite what other sources probably say, there are plenty of men in real life who look like women (Justin Bieber is good example). What I cannot tell you is what was the perspective of Zabuza for him (if he was just a Friend or something "Else").

I say this only because the one who told Naruto that significant detail was Haku himself, so there isn't a lot of room for mistakes.

Haku is a girl. She sees her self as a guy or boy but she is a girl. At episode 17 in the anime haku's mother says "sorry my daughter". After slapping her around for ussing her powers.


Did Kakashi actually invent the Chidori? In the newest filler episodes of Naruto (462 and 465), they show Hagoromo and Indra using some sort of lightning release that looks like the Chidori. So did Kakashi actually invent it? Or did he copy that technique just like all his other attacks and claim it as his own?

Here's the referendum from wiki:

  The Chidori was created by Kakashi Hatake after he failed to apply his lightning-nature to the Rasengan

Maybe in the said episodes the ninja uses a variant of "Chidori".
There are various altercations of Chidori that visually looks "similar", e.g. Raikiri.

So I guess what I am saying is, even though "that" particular form of chakra behaviour exists, it is possible (and canon) that Kakashi is in fact the one who invented Chidori.

It is very possible in Naruto-verse to invent a new jutsu even if they haven't been taught down the generations. But as canon goes, till this date, Kakashi is said to be the inventor of Chidori.

I mean, it was basically just added into the show because Studio Perriot wanted to show the whole reincarnation thing with Sasuke.

For an in-universe explanation though, it's probably just a case of Kakashi "inventing" something that he didn't even know was already a thing, hence why Indra uses the same handsigns and it makes the same noise.

Ever thought of a great idea, only to find out it's been done before? Same thing.


How is Kakashi close in age to Nagato? Nagato was 34 years old when he died, but Kakashi was 29. This would set them at most, only 5 years apart. How can this be when Nagato was 7 when Jiraiya started training him. Later, Jiraiya started training Minato (who was a kid at that time). Then, Minato was an adult when Kakashi became jonin at 9. So, Nagato should be older than Minato. He should also be at least a generation older than Kakashi.

Minato died at the age of 24. If he were to survive, he would have been 36 in Part 1, and 39 in Part 2.

In Part 2, Nagato's age is confirmed to be 35, in the databooks.

This means there's a 4 year age difference between Minato and Nagato, where Minato is elder.

Kakashi's age was about 29-31 in Part 2, confirming that he's younger than Nagato by 4-6 years.

Okay the only way for this to make sense for the timeline to make sense is for nagato to be order then the databooks say he is or for minato to be younger but that still doesn't make sense but just say that the data books for the ages to have either never occured to narutos author when he wrote those or for the two ages to have been written by different people, that is the only way for any of this to make sense, at best these ages where never supposed to be examined and I guess we can say at best that the author of naruto didn't know what he was getting into when he started writing the back stories and the ages of the character, that is the only option so I suggest that we just go by how a more logical stand point, becuase if we can say some of the time in the databooks wasn't that much and for jiriya to be still thought of as a good canidate lets say that the war was nearling its end when he tuaght nagato yahiko and konan, and he either aged poorly or had so much stress that it made him look older, so lets say that minatos age is wrong and that he is a year or two older and that the second great shinobi world war ended shortly after jiriaya going to teach them and that would still make sense becuase minato would then get to the age shortly after jiriya got back and that is when the thing was formed becuase minato shouldn't be older then fucking nagato unless he got held back like naruto from the ninja school but we know that isnt the case so we have to make him younger to fix it and then we get to the point of it happening, it would make some sense for it to be like this.


Is Super Saiyan 4 Vegito transformation the same Super Saiyan 4 transformation we know or it's an upgrade? So in Dragon Ball Heroes Vegito appeared after the fusion of Super Saiyan 4 Goku and Super Saiyan 4 Vegeta. But this Vegito has a Super Saiyan 4 transformation that sparks electricity like the SSJ2 unlike the original Super Saiyan 4 transformation. Is Super Saiyan 4 Vegito transformation the same Super Saiyan 4 transformation we know or it's an upgrade/ a new transformation?

Original SSJ4 transformation

SSJ4 transformation from Dragon Ball Heroes

Both Xeno Goku and Xeno: Vegeta were in their SSJ4 forms before and it was more or less established as their maximum level of power. Hence, Xeno: Vegito here is indeed using the same SSJ4 form.

It's the same SSJ4 the sparks were just there to show power kinda like the way his SSJ did the same back in the Buu saga.I'd link the DB wiki but i can't so maybe someone else can.


Can fans convince a streaming site to show a certain anime? If a streaming site, for whatever reason, doesn't have a certain anime of which you're a fan, can you gather enough votes in online petitions or facebook likes to convince the site to start streaming it?
When could this work, and when would this be hopeless? For example: do studios decide not to work with specific streaming sites, regions or audiences of less than N viewers?

In most cases: No. They don't care about the fans, and care about profits. Most streaming sites have licenses to stream that show, which often enough is for exclusivity, such as with Netflix, or Amazon Prime. The licenses for these shows are either expensive from competition for it, or not worth the cost because of lack of response for the series. In the former case, the streaming site you're petitioning can do nothing about it, considering some other place will most likely already have the license, and in the latter case, can't see enough profits coming from it to make it worth the cost.


Are there any religions in Pokemon? From what I remember, no character in Pokemon is shown going to any sort of religious house of worship, and there doesn't seem to be much if any mention of religion/religious beliefs until Sinnoh, where there is lore following Arceus's creation of the world. Are there any organized religions in the world, worshiping either Arceus or some other deity/pantheon?

It's not a religion from the present Pokemon World, but in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu (Dengeki Pikachu), in the fourth chapter (Haunting my Dreams), Brock says to Ash that in "ancient times" the people who lived near the Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town worshipped Pokemon as gods:

Well, I don't know if this would work, but there was that big crystal flower tractor beam hidden underground under Geosenge Town in X and Y, and the long living AZ used it to kill off dozens of Pokémon to bring back his floette, correct? I think that Lysandre, for the sake of his 'beautiful' world, sought to unleash that crystal flower tractor beam and eradicate all Pokémon as his duty, so I guess he believed religiously in a world without Pokémon. (That's also a little rich from Lysandre, cause he would be seen using Pokémon, jk) Otherwise, I dunno. It in some aspects depends on how you view the games itself, and how it relates to real life beliefs, places, and all sorts. It was basically Lysandre's religion that, 'let's say there is a god, and he came to me and told me to try making a Pokemon free world, and I agreed, cause I liked the idea, and I want to achieve that.' Sorta like that. He sorta is following that 'God' that wanted him to do it. (Even though the god wasn't mentioned at all, that's still what I think)

I don't know, but hope this helped!
- Matt

Hope I don't get down rated.


What makes an Ultra Ball different from the basic Poké Ball? The Ultra Ball (Japanese: ハイパーボール Hyper Ball) has a 100% higher chance to catch a Pokémon than a regular Poké Ball, and a 33% higher chance than a Great Ball. It has a catch multiplier of 2.0.

What is the factor that makes Poké Balls such as the Ultra Ball and many others different from regular Poké Balls?

My answer is based on canon facts, but, as far as I know, I don't think the mechanism was ever explained. The wiki on the Poke Ball mechanism agrees that the mechanism is unknown so far.

As my own speculation, I'd say it might have something to do with the closing mechanism. As we can see in chapter 38, Giovanni damaged Red's Poke Balls' shutters during his gym fight, preventing the Poke Balls from opening and trapping Gyarados and Venusaur inside until the balls were repaired. The shutter must be key to catching/trapping a Pokemon in the ball. It might thus be the case that Ultra Ball has a more advanced or stronger lock than a regular Poke Ball, making it harder for the Pokemon to open the lock and escape from the ball. With the Master Ball having the perfect lock, as not even Mewtwo could escape after being caught by Red, in chapter 35, while still being at almost full power.

As we can see, the Poke Balls are empty inside. The only thing it seemingly does is shrink the Pokemon. There is no inducing gas or anything inside to weaken the Pokemon. Pokemon do undergo a change in character when being caught though. We have seen the most bad-ass Pokemon turn into loyal servants/friends after being caught. But this might be due to the Pokemon's honour submitting to its defeat, or it might be that the Poke Ball actually does something to the Pokemon during the bounce process. We don't really know the correct answer to this so far. Again, Mewtwo could be seen as a good example, as he didn't start rampaging after being released from his ball, but he came to respect his trainer Blaine.

This video explains how Pokeballs work in the best way I've seen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvCZNEsld54


What's the difference between Haineko and Senbonzakura? What's the difference between these two shikai; Rangiku's Haineko and Byakuya's Senbonzakura? They both seem to have the same abilities.

For Matsumoto Rangiku's shikai:

  When released with the command "growl" (唸れ unare?), the blade dissolves into ash. In combat, Matsumoto can control the movement of the ash, and cut anything it lands on by moving the hilt. The ash is also solid enough to be used as a shield to block enemy attacks

For Kuchiki Byakuya's shikai:

  ...Senbonzakura's blade separates into thousands of slender, petal-like blades.... While the blades are too small to be seen by the naked eye, they reflect light in such a way as to appear as cherry blossom petals. Byakuya can control the blades at will thereby allowing him to shred opponents at a distance and break through almost any defense. While Byakuya can control the blades with his mind alone, using his hands allows him to do so more effectively, making the blades move twice as fast.

There seem to be a few main differences, though they are very similar.

Byakuya can control the blades of his with his mind, while Matsumoto needs to move the hilt.
The ash can be used as a shield while Senbonzakura cannot.

It is likely that rangiku 's bankai may be the same as sebonsakura's bankai and she might be able to control the ashes  with her mind , although we haven't seen her bankai yet.


Why do light novels and manga have long titles? So, I came across these comments in an r/manga post:

KibaTeo: Even a short series became an isekai
MonochromeGuy: That statement itself just sounds like a LN title.
in0ri: Gotta triple the length of the title, bro
Irru: Even Though This Was Supposed To Be A Generic Romantic Comedy, I Somehow Got Transported To A Different World!
KibaTeo: . . . is that an actual series tho? cause it sounds way too plausible
CelioHogane: He just tripled the lenght as it was asked.

I was wondering... why is this a thing, though? It seems that lots of series these days (especially light novels) are given very long and descriptive titles. Some classic examples include:

Oreimo

short for: Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
translation: My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute

Watamote

short for: Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!
translation: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!

And here's a more recent series (that doesn't seem to have a shortened nickname yet):

Imamade Ichido mo Onnaatsukai sareta Koto ga Nai Onna Kishi wo Onnaatsukai suru Manga

translation: A Story About Treating a Female Knight, Who Has Never Been Treated as a Woman, as a Woman

One would think that having super long titles would be a disadvantage because they'd be difficult to remember :P So, my question is, why is this style of title so common? Is this a recent thing? How did this trend of super long titles come about?

The Anime Man explains this in his video.

TL;DR:

People get lazy to read the blurb of the novel (the short summary usually at the back of the book) to know what it's about, so a longer title will be more descriptive than titles like "Wish".
The LN industry is getting bigger, therefore everyone will eventually run out of titles to use (even movies there are some that have the same title which is not good), a longer title will make your LN unique and stand-out. Top selling LN in the first half of 2019 according to Oricon.

To be honest, it just depends on the artist. I don't know if or what they were smoking when they made it, but there are some longer titles out there.

Perhaps the author is trying to give it a title that is catchy, or that they want to summarize the title. I don't know. I'd ask them.

Examples:

Danmachi (Danjon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka or Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)

OreGairu (Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatteiru or My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong as I Expected)

Okaa-san Online (Tsūjou Kōgeki ga Zentai Kōgeki de ni Kai Kōgeki no Okā-san wa Suki Desuka? or Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?)

To be honest, I'm just rambling, but I hope this is useful.


How did the pact affect the Sand Village in a way they wanted to attack the Hidden Leaf? I just watched episode 57 when they explained it, but it's unclear to me. The Sand Village joins the Sound Village secretly, and planned to attack the Leaf Village. Because ever since the Leaf & Sand Village created the pact it affected their village (sand) somehow. How did it affect them?

From the naruto wiki

   For years, Sunagakure suffered a series of budget cuts by the daimyō of the Land of Wind, weakening the village and thus re-routing ninja missions to Konoha. One day, Orochimaru, a missing-nin from Konoha who founded Otogakure, approached the Fourth Kazekage with the proposition of a joint invasion using the Chūnin Exams hosted in Konoha as a cover to attack

Hope this explains it better.

Garra is the secret weapon of the Sound village.

   In the next episodes you shall find that the pact with the Sound village and the attack on the Hidden Leaf were all planned out by Orochimaru, or rather, Orochimaru disguised as the Kazekage, who used Sand village for his own purposes.

Hope this helps.


What was the soundtrack with Juuzou looking at Big Madam during the auction raid in Tokyo Ghoul Re:? So there's a soundtrack on episode 4 of Tokyo Ghoul Re: at around 10:07, during the auction raid, Juuzou looks at Big Madame and this OST plays. Could someone identify and show me a link to the music used?

Most likely an instrumental version of Tokyo Ghoul:re OST - Willpower (Feat. Future Sunsets) By Yutaka Yamada


Which parts of Dragon Ball GT do not follow the original Dragon Ball story? I watched Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z growing up. I read the mangas. I am familiar with the stories. I've read in wikis and articles that the GT story doesn't originate from or follow the original Dragon Ball story.

I didn't watch GT but recently I watched the final episode. There, Goku, at the end, makes the rounds and visits many characters from his childhood, before disappearing into the dragon.

Just from that episode, everything seemed like it was a continuation of the previous series and based off the original stories.

So how does it not follow the original Dragon Ball series? What is different? Are there aspects that contradict the original work?

Dragon Ball GT actually is a direct sequel to Dragon Ball Z; it takes place several years after Dragon Ball Z ends. It was not based on a manga by Akira Toriyama. It was an original story created by the anime studio. As far as I know (I never finished watching it), it was completely compatible with the story of Dragon Ball Z.

Recently, Toriyama worked with Toei on the movies Battle of the Gods and Resurrection F, which as far as I know take place between the end of Dragon Ball Z's final battle with Kid Buu and its ending where Goku goes off to train Uub. These movies, like all the movies, are considered non-canon by fans, but Toriyama later adapted these movie stories into a new manga, Dragon Ball Super.

Since (a) GT was awful, and (b) Dragon Ball Super takes place after Dragon Ball Z but before GT and somewhat contradicts GT (e.g. Mai, Shu, and Emperor Pilaf are elderly in the first episode of Dragon Ball GT, while they're children in Dragon Ball Super after a bad wish on the Dragon Balls; also, there are characters like Beerus and Whis that I believe are nowhere to be found in GT, and new powers that are never seen or mentioned in GT, like the Super Saiyan God Form), most fans treat GT as non-canon. GT does actually follow the original Dragon Ball Z storyline, but it isn't compatible with Dragon Ball Super, and Dragon Ball Super is considered more authoritative since it was written by Toriyama himself.

The previous answer is completely wrong. Dragon Ball GT is NOT a "direct sequel" to Dragon Ball Z. While it does take place several years after the ending of DBZ, Toriyama himself stated that it was nothing more than a side-story. It's basically a "what if". It is not compatible with DBZ. In fact, it constantly contradicts both Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. DBGT nullified itself. It's not considered canon because A). Toriyama had little involvement beyond some character concepts. It was Toei's baby. And B). Toriyama is making Super, which is his official continuation of Dragon Ball, and it's already introduced so much content that contradicts GT. Toriyama wrote the story for both Battle of the Gods and Resurrection F. He didn't just adapt it into a new manga, it was his baby. Unlike GT, which Toriyama flat out stated that it was nothing more than a side-story, and that DB Super is his sequel to DBZ.

As far as the deviations to DB and DBZ, there are simply too many to name. As was previously mentioned, it even went so far as to negate itself. Watch Dragon Ball, then watch GT and you'll figure it out. It's not that hard to pick out.


Why did Sinon act strangely when Kirito grabbed her tail? I noticed in an episode of Sword Art Online II (Calibur arc) that Sinon (a Cait Sith) reacted strangely when Kirito grabbed her tail. Silica (also a Cath Sith) noticed this but it seems that she too (just like me) has no idea. What happened here?

The following is quoted from Sword Art Online Book 8: Early and Late, page 221

  The triangular ears and tail unique to the Cait Sith race were of
  course organs human don’t have, however, they could sense the feeling
  using an unknown mechanism. Being grabbed hard by a player who
  wasn’t aware of the fact would cause a «super weird feeling»——
  Silica’s explanation——for that reason, the reaction was always very
  amusing.

This quote actually shows us a few things:

Why Kirito pulled her tail in the first place: it's "amusing"
What it feels like: "a super weird feeling" cause by sensentations from an organ humans don't normally have - similar to the wings in ALO, I might add
Why Silica looks at her tail in the YouTube clip: calling it a "super weird feeling" was her description, so she clearly knows how it feels. In other words, it's likely that someone (possibly Kirito, since he seems to enjoy it so much) has done the same thing to her.

I've added the picture of this scene from the light novel just for reference.

Maybe its because grabbing her tail didnt give her feeling of having her tail being grabbed due to the fact she doesnt have one, and the game made feel it in the spot where her tail would have been-her anus


Did Naruto's children inherit Kurama's chakra? I'm just wondering: how did Boruto and Himawari obtain the Kurama's chakra?

Did they inherit Kurama's chakra? Or did they obtain it in a way like the Gold and Silver Brothers did, by eating a piece of Kurama's chakra?

It's hard to know, really. So far Kishimoto hasn't really shown anything aside from them inheriting Naruto's whisker marks, which he had most likely got from Kurama being sealed in Kushina when she was pregnant (if you look closely at Kurama, he has the same exact whisker marks on his cheeks though wilder looking). So they might have inherited some influence from him through genetics, but not a lot since Hinata was the one carrying them.

Mostly I think they more inherited the Uzumaki genes (and clearly Hyuga) and maybe a diluted bit of Kurama's chakra since the Double Tetragram Seal was supposed to steadily siphon it into Naruto's system, but I don't know if that's still the case after the war and Rikudou Sennin's interference.

So the effect might have just been larger reserves, which would be hard to tell when Uzumaki have inherently huge reserves.

(Though on another note, it would be cool if that meant Himawari could use the chakra chains like Kushina and Karin, since it seems to be a female trait).

Most probably yes!! We can clearly see whom ever directly touched by Kurama chakra is getting a whiskers like mark on their faces.

Gold and silver brothers have it due to eating Kurama's chakra directly from its belly.
Naruto has it.
Boruto and Himawari have it.

And even though they have the marks, I do not think they have an large portion of it. Probably even less then the Gold and Silver brothers

Theory of the whiskers (this is only my speculation how the whisker mark came to be)

So we can clearly see whisker marks on most of the people who have been in contact with Kurama's chakra.

The Gold and silver brothers have them due to eating large amounts of the Bijuu's chakra directly from its belly. And Naruto? By being the Jinchuriki? although Kushina did not have them when she was a Jinchuriki.

So my guess is ,it is getting by the natural insertion of Bijuu or in this case Kurama chakra in to your body.even though a jinchuriki has a Bijuu inside their body its not a natural fusion of chakra, its done by a artificial sealing method.So that's why Kushina or any other Bijuu holder do not have a distinct features on their bodies.

Then the Question is how did Naruto get the whisker mark?. even though Naruto is a Jinchuriki and Kurama sealed within him, he got whisker mark way before becoming a jinchuriki .He got the whisker mark from the born or,when inside His mother's womb.Even though jinchuriki has a seal we all know smaller amount of chakra can leaked out form a jinchuriki . So when Naruto is still a fetus(or even Kushina 's eggs and all) He had the influence of the Kurama chakra and this caused the natural fusion of Kurama chakra, this is the reason Naruto got his whisker mark.

This theory also can apply for Boruto and Himawari Due to passing Kurama chakra via Kurama chakra infused sperm.

P.S.>->
  we do not get to see many jinchuriki offspring's.We only get to see Naruto,Boruto and Himawari ,as people who are born from a jinchuriki  parent and they are all jinchuriki of Kurama.I think if other jinchuriki had children they will too have distinctive features from the get go.


What caused Charmeleon to become so disobedient to Ash? Early in the series when Charmander evolves to Charmeleon, almost right away it begins to disobey Ash and refuse to listen to him. this continued to Charizard who would lounge around and blast Ash with a fire breath until he was frozen in ice during Ash's travels though the Orange Islands and Ash stayed up all night trying to melt the ice.

from what i remember Charmander willingly went with Ash when it's trainer abandoned it and he was about to die from the rain. if i followed the game logic i could assume that it was because Charmander's Level went too high in comparison to what badges Ash had however....

there was no signs of disobedience until after the evolution
the 8th badge of any region allows full control no matter the level however Charizard was still disobedient even after Ash got Kanto's Earth Badge.

not to mention that the level control ability of another regions badges would be made obsolete for someone like Ash who gets badges from other areas

So what caused Charmeleon to become so disobedient to Ash?

I found this interesting and helpful tidbit of info from an old PokeCommunity forum thread. It's not conclusive, but it is explanatory:

  I think of it as like Charmeleon was like a teenager. It had paid
  attention to Ash when it was young and naive, because it Ash showed it
  caring and love. However, when it got older, and learned more, it
  became cocky and saw Ash for what he was-- a rookie trainer that was
  still learning many of the basics. I think Charmeleon felt as if he
  didn't have any respect for Ash. When he started listening to Ash in
  the Orange Islands, it was after he saw how dedicated and serious Ash
  could be, even to something that was repeatedly rude and menacing to
  him. I think that when Charizard saw Ash doing that, he began to have
  some respect and admiration for the boy.

  Charizard may have been a 'plot device' to show pokemon that disobey,
  but it was important because it showed that not even Ash could 'wow'
  every pokemon with a couple days of friendship. It also was an
  indication of Ash maturing.

And here's another interesting viewpoint from an old question on Quora:

  Since Charmander was once rejected as weak he had gained an
  inferiority complex. He was always trying to prove himself. When he
  evolve into Charmeleon, he lost his fear and considering itself as
  proud. He gained self-pride and was considering itself as strong
  pokemon. Thus he was arrogant, and didn't listened Ash's orders. Later
  it evolved into a Charizard to prove its strength in front of a
  Aerodactyl. Charizard retained his disobedience to Ash as of
  Charmeleon. However, when Ash saved him after being frozen by Tad's
  Poliwrath's Ice Beam, Charizard's loyalty to Ash returned in full
  force; the best part of Charmander's pre-evolved personality was back.
  So the arrogance and disobedience that Charizard (or Charmeleon) was
  beacause he was boastful of his immense power.

In the pokemon game Red and FireRed when the player is asked to choose his pokemon Prof. Oak saying about Charmander: you should raise him patiently.

In other words, the game stats it's not easy to raise Charmander and need a lot of patience to raise it well (of course that in the game mechanics it's less effective than in the anime).

In the anime, Ash's Charmander is found abandoned by Damien, saying that "but that puny thing was so weak it couldn't even beat the weakest opponent" Brock immediately says "Charmander may be weak against water Pokemon but if their trainers work hard they can be strong." points to the words of Prof. Oak in the game.

So since Charmander was abandoned, it may cause a terrific change in his attitude with humans at the evolution with the next material, since not raised properly from the beginning.

And the reason for that since the anime introduces a different approach to evolution, as in Advanced Challenge season ep26 "Exploud And Clear" boy named Guy has a Loudred and once evolved to Exploud his entire behavior changed by not taking orders from Guy,  when Guy asked the gang about the evolution changing personality Brock tells him confidently "Absolutely when a pokemon evolves it goes through a lot of changes. you'll not only notice a personality change but also in its abilities too."

Strange enough, in the first season when Ash's Charmander evolved, Brock didn't say that, but probably his claiming is directly from Charmilion behavior changes.

In that Ep eventually, Guy is protecting Exploud from Team Rocket, and then gain his Exploud trust again, with a less than half episode, Ash's Chramilion and Charizard though, had been a lot of time together from the half of Indigo League through the Orange Islands, taking much more time than Guy and his Exploud, probably not only because Charmilion fast evolution but because of the above, making himself less trust in Ash's orders 'til see himself as equal with him.


What does Itachi's crow symbolize? Everything in Naruto seemingly has a Japanese cultural reference. From the name Sasuke meaning legendary ninja to the Sannin summons (slug frog snake) representing the Japanese version of the game Rock Paper Scissors.

I recall briefly that I read Itachi's crow also had a special, underlying meaning culturally, but cannot recover the source.

What cultural reference does the crow come with? And if there are nonculture related themes, please state those as well.

Crows are serious—and seriously creepy—wherever they show up. In most of their fictional appearances, they are the go-to scary bird, and are traditionally associated with death in many mythologies and cultures.

On the other hand, crows are also very clever. They may feature a crow as:

the "Deadpan Snarker" - A character given to gnomic, sarcastic, sometimes bitter, occasionally whimsical asides.

The Deadpan Snarker    exists to deflate  pomposity, point out the
unlikelihood of certain    plans, and deliver funny lines. Typically
the most cynical supporting    character. In most cases, it is
implied that the snarker would make a    good leader, strategist, or
consultant given their ability to    instantly see the flaws in a
constructed plan;
the "Trickster Mentor" A Trickster whose actions, while seemingly
pointless, selfish, antagonistic, or just plain random that contains a valuable lesson.

In more fantastic settings, a Trickster Mentor educates their proteges by subjecting them to various transformations, body-swaps, literal wishes, and faked tests of
character. Trickster Mentors love it when someone who first meets
them doesn't realize who they are. They get to assess the "true
character" of someone, then beat their sense of superiority out of
them with it after the revelation. Or, rarely, give them a small
break if they reveal honesty and good intentions.
or the "Zen Survivor" A character who has been through utter hell,
and came out sad, cynical, and wise beyond their years. Part of their
wisdom is knowing that it is wasted on most people, so they don't go
around babbling it to everybody. Instead, they wait until they see
somebody who is worthy, and serve as the worthy one's mentor.

As for Uchiha Itachi, his summoning technique best suited for what happened in his life. Itachi with his symbolic crow can be related to the "Zen Survivor" of his clansmen who is wise beyond their years (technically because of his age) and serves as a worthy one's  mentor (both Sasuke and Naruto). On the other hand, the "Trickster Mentor" part also include faked tests of character also for both Naruto and Sasuke.

Please comment if you want to clarify something.

Well, crows can symbolise death as crows are known to pick at human corpses, it's not just that the crow is a dark bird, it is quite predatory in that sense.
It could be that the writer liked the film The Crow (!) (The lead actor- Bruce Lee's son Brandon Lee died during that film creepy, suspicious and sad)...
Also there is "The Madara Rider" which is a World Heritage Site carving. Madara is the name of the horse (a horse universally represents power) that has a snake, a crow and a dog at it's feet, I wondered if the crow could represent Itachi, the Snake Sasuke (he works with it later) or Orochimaru, and Madara's dog seems to be Tobi (don't want to give anything away there though).
Also it's clear that that site must have been carved by Ninja's as it was carved up a straight 100 metre wall quite far down and people aren't sure how it could have been made, so there's your answer to that one:- IT WAS NINJA'S! (joking :D )


How are "A Certain Magical Index" and "A Certain Scientific Railgun" connected? According to MAL, the former is the parent story of the latter, that appears described as a side story. However, I find no reference to these questions:

Do both stories take place in the same universe?
Are they somewhat dependent on each other?
If so, in which order should the series be watched?

Chronologically, Railgun comes first. Then near the middle of Railgun (the Level Upper Arc), the events and timeline start to converge with Index.

For an example, in episode 17 of the Railgun anime, Komoe-sensei mentions how she likes all her students, even the ones that blow up her roof, which is probably a reference to when Index used Dragon's Breath (episode 6 of Index).

The manga gives a better frame of reference, since it gives a exact date (July 16th).
So the events in Railgun begin 4 days before the Index novel (July 20th), where Touma first meets Index. Touma meets Mikoto on the eve of July 19th.

According to the TV Tropes:

  The anime, however, violates this by adapting events from Volume 8 of the novels into the anime's first episode. As it stands, Chapters 18 to 39 occur around the time of Volume 3 in the novels, Chapter 40 is around volume 5, Chapters 41-42 and around volume 8 and Chapters 43-current take place around volume 9.

Railgun is a non-canon spinoff using the characters and setting of Index.

by that definition:

I guess they take place in alternate universes.
They are indepedent besides setting and characters.
Watching both seasons of Index before Railgun is in my opinion for the better.


What is Shounen Bat? Who or what is Shounen Bat?

   Does Shounen Bat exist in the mind?  Or does he exists in reality to relieve the pain of the people who are cornered by reality?

It became unclear to me who or what Shounen Bat was after

   the copycat died.

There's no explicit explanation on who or what he is.

  Does Shounen Bat exist in the mind?

Not so much in the imagination, as other people can obviously see Lil' Slugger. It's possible that he could exist in the minds of everyone. Whether or not he exists in reality is a matter of debate; when he attacks people, is it physical or are his victims simply manifesting the injury?

Regardless,

   it seems he's been manifested by Tsukiko, the character designer and first "victim". Except she reveals she was never attacked by Lil' Slugger and that Lil' Slugger was her manifestation when she was a child to take the blame of all the bad things that she did, like letting her dog die. She eventually believed the delusion and somehow the delusion manifested into either reality or within the minds of everyone, growing in strength from people believing in his existence.

Alright, I just finished watching the entire series and I feel so strongly about the show, and the fact that there is no solid explanation for it, that I registered to provide my interpretation of the show. This is going to be a long post, and there are still some parts I'm working out so I welcome any comments. However, I feel like I have an accurate take on this anime so help me get this out there!!

It's an obvious fact that Maromi and 'Lil Slugger were both physical manifestations of Tsukiko's wild imagination. However, what EVERY SINGLE post and review I have read on this show seems to be overlooking is the fact that Tsukiko, and all the other characters, are really....

DEAD. -eerie music plays-

Remember episode 8, entitled "Happy Family Planning?" At first I thought this was pointless filler (like episode 10), but in reality this was the most important episode of all. The three main characters in this episode kept trying to kill themselves.. To no avail. The one person who OBVIOUSLY managed to kill himself in the episode, the guy who jumped in front of the train, walked back onto the platform all manner of torn up - even after the girl comments that he was smushed all over the tracks. This leads me to believe that the three main characters in this episode had killed themselves and so they saw the train-tracks guy as a ghost; This is speculation, but I think the two men killed themselves with pills after abandoning the little girl - who must've also killed herself because she suddenly appeared in the room (as a ghost?!) right after the guys took the pills. [another possibility is that some people can see ghosts and the guys simply joined her after they died.] The rest of the episode, their suicide attempts fail for one reason or another, and NOBODY CAN SEE THEM. Everyone walks right past them - even when the little girl starts screaming and crying. This evidence leads me to believe that a lot of characters are, in reality, dead throughout the show AND stuck doing the same thing they were doing when they died.

Ultimately, I feel like this entire show is just a convoluted regret that stands as a barrier between Tsukiko and her happiness in the afterlife. You may have a couple questions now: why is Tsukiko dead, what afterlife, and what regret? Let me begin by assuring you that Tsukiko is indeed DEAD throughout the show.

In order to understand this, you have to consider my personal theory of what happens when we die - it kind of involves the multiverse theory. So, the multiverse theory says that there are unfathomable numbers of different parallel universes that exist beyond the scope of our perception. To me, this is one very logical explanation of the afterlife: when we die, we become part of our own "world" or reality. So there would be an unfathomable amount of worlds that coexist, often completely unaware of each other's existence. If one perceives their personal afterlife to be a good thing, it's heaven. If we perceive it to be a negative thing, it's hell. This duality is seen throughout the series; note that the series begins with EVERYONE in Tsukiko's world talking negatively on the phone. It ends on a very positive note, everyone saying happy things. This somewhat supports the fact that the world, Tsukiko's "reality," is affected by her perception and is most likely her afterlife/a parallel universe.

The real evidence that Tsukiko is dead (in episode 12 I think) is when she briefly leaves her world to visit her dad's, who for some apparently random reason is also the Chief who interrogated her in the beginning. Remember the crazy 2-D people that gave him free beer and smokes? Yeah, that was HIS afterlife, which was empty without his daughter in it (So if the people are closely connected, afterlives can overlap). When he took up the bat and shattered everything, he became part of Tsukiko's afterlife... an interesting point which I won't discuss further. Just know that this is enough to prove that there are a variety of different afterlifes described throughout the show - the one that seems most realistic is Tsukiko's (because she is the main character).

I really don't think its a stretch to see that Tsukiko is dead, so it surprised me that nobody had considered it. If this is news to you, what will REALLY blow your mind is to consider which characters are really dead, when they died, and how they died....

For now, lets focus on Tsukiko because, as the main character, she's the easiest to piece together. This is just pure speculation, but I believe Tsukiko's life went something like this:

Tsukiko gets the puppy and it dies when she is distracted by a shooting pain in her stomach (perhaps her period? not trying to be gross or funny, it just fits with a theme in the show). She blames the death of her puppy on a mysterious assailant wearing in-line skates and wielding a metal bat so her father isn't mad at her. Her father vows to avenge her loss of innocence and always carries a bat in case he gets the opportunity to avenge her. -something that was said also leads me to believe he kept a GOLD bat because he deep down knew she had lied- From here there are many possibilities.

(For example, one possibility could be that her dad killed the boy who met the description she gave. Yet another could be that the boy goes to jail after being accused of killing the puppy. His life ruined, he kills himself. There are many possibilities, and it is highly likely that all of these variations are implied to have occurred in some version of reality. There simply isn't enough solid evidence to tell EXACTLY what the truth is. What can definitively take out of it this that her lie caused a schoolboy to die somehow.)

That being said, the evidence provided leads me to assume the most likely explanation to her life is as follows:

Her dad never finds the boy. Tsukiko grows up and becomes successful by making a toy that resembles her puppy, which shows that she is deeply and utterly traumatized by the incident from when she was a kid. Since her success is pinned on the lie her whole life revolves around, she isn't able to create a new toy design and further aid in the success of her company. So, she deals with her troubles, once again, by blaming it on 'Lil Slugger - she bashes her own leg apart and continues the lie from her childhood. The resulting chain of events causes a school boy, Makoto Kozuka, to be accused and he kills himself in prison having had his whole life and his innocence taken from him. Her employees catch on (this is why there was that line about the Lil Slugger never having grown up) and one of them gets so frustrated with her that he "accidentally" kills her. This is seen in one of the episodes when her coworker suddenly and violently grabs her by the neck and begins screaming at her.

Go back and watch this part again; just as suddenly as he grabs her, he lets her go... after screaming at her for a good while. Tsukiko leaves the car and just stands there. Her coworker apologizes and sounds almost traumatized. He says "I didn't mean.." and just trails off. Note that he isn't even looking at her during this part, rather he is looking at the seat where... Tsukiko's body is. This means that she is just a ghost at this point; she watches him drive into a telephone pole. Not sure if this is an accident because he is so shaken by having killed her, or if it was purposely done to cover his murder. Could be both. What is certain is this is how Tsukiko died.

Now, here comes the really convoluted part; there is a scene that leads me to believe Tsukiko never really was alive to begin with. This would mean that the timeline I just described would be one version of a life she lived in her afterlife (multiverse theory once again). In episode 11 or 12, The Chief is shown to be Tsukiko's dad, and her mom is seen having a miscarriage. So, this leads me to believe that Tsukiko never really was alive. Thus, in part, this show is about her becoming reunited with the family she never had (this is the deeply moving part if you think of it: the father was in an empty afterlife without her and he was reunited with his wife and connected with the woman his daughter would have been - part of the reason why Tsukiko is able to have a happy life at the end.)

In reality, the writer wanted to represent the multiverse theory to its fullest: there are so many different realities that have happened for Tsukiko. In one reality she was never born. In another she was born and her dad was a huge part of her life. In yet another, Tsukiko got a boy convicted for killing her puppy. Which one is really real? Well, that's up for you to decide. Personally, I think Tsukiko was never really born, which is why her dad is depicted as a complete stranger in the beginning and at the end. I'm sure that's confusing as hell, but you'll see what I mean if you rewatch the show with the multiverse theory in mind. It explains why certain characters literally appear and disappear from time to time, and it explains why all of a sudden the police chief was her dad. However, for simplicity's sake, lets assume that Tsukiko did live a life with her dad and the show takes place after she has died in the timeline I laid out.

So who is really alive in this show? In the final few episodes, I don't think there are any characters left alive. However, it is VERY POSSIBLE that Detective Maniwa is still alive. Yet again, for simplicity's sake, let's assume this isn't true due to the jump in logic in the final episodes.

The end seems totally random, but notice the subtle changes in character dynamics. Note that there is a timeline between some of the characters; Chief meets Tsukiko as his daughter only after Maniwa is shown as the Holy Warrior. So, Maniwa dies and then reaches out to the Chief, who was already dead - asking for his help and prompting Tsukiko to face the truth.  The truth is that the Little Slugger is a manifestation of Tsukiko's guilt; Remember how I said that when people die in the show they hold on to the last thing they were doing? Tsukiko dies remembering her guilt and her lie... that guilt becomes a tangible entity, which transforms into a destructive force throughout the various forms of her afterlife. The slugger covers up the truth because Tsukiko doesn't know how to handle the raw negativity of it.  Maniwa dies seeking the truth and trying to stop the slugger, so he comes into the afterlife as a Holy Warrior.

Maniwa really is taking the place of Lil Slugger as the Holy Warrior, who is honestly GOOD at the beginning of the show. Including his initial assault on Tsukiko, he only appears when people ask for his help and the result is always positive. Tsukiko can't handle the stress from work, so she falls back to needing his help and he reappears. She gets famous from the resulting media exposure and she doesn't have to make a new doll (which is why her puppy is ironically seen more and more throughout the show and taking life of its own). Slugger pummels the reporter who is after Tsukiko, and the reporter ends up with the story he needs to pay off his debt. Because of the story that is written, Yuichi is blamed and bullied because of his semblance to the slugger.  Yuichi blames the chubby kid, who is attacked by the slugger. Then he wishes to be attacked himself to show everyone he isn't to blame. So he is. ETC. ETC. ETC.

This shows you that the slugger only appears when he is needed and asked for (in the beginning). The result is generally a good thing. However, it always has a further consequence. This chain of events (butterfly effect) ultimately leads to the slugger being bested by the crooked cop, Masami. This leads to the slugger being thrown in jail and broken down by cops who are convinced he is evil. (The interesting part about this is its really Tsukiko's dad, the chief, who breaks down the boy - representing the fact that he took up arms against the person who had supposedly killed the dog) Ultimately, these worldly evils cause the slugger to break down and admit to the crimes even though he was honestly doing good. With his will broken, his evil counterpart is able to kill him in jail and begin his evil killing spree. This symbolizes a bunch of things.

First off, the slugger was a lie that Tsukiko came up with both as a kid and as an adult. So the concept here is that a lie will grow and continue to have consequences the longer you let it grow. This is also why they say Maromi is the same as the slugger; her growing fame is a symbol of her growing lies. I feel like this is a representation of Tsukiko's life; after she once again blames the slugger for a crime, someone is actually arrested and he kills himself in jail. This is where Makoto comes in.

In reality, Makoto was accused of being the Slugger, broken of his childhood innocence, and had killed himself in jail. He is then brought into the afterlife as a Holy Warrior because he dies wondering who he took the fall for (this is why he is on a holy quest to find the source of evil, which is truly Tsukiko). But, Makota is also the 'Lil Slugger in her afterlife because he died thinking he was due to the aggressive cops. This explains the confusion. He's both the Lil Slugger AND a Holy Warrior. This is why he is good at first. But, just like his real life played out, Makota is forced to take the blame for all the "crimes" (which were really helping people, except the crooked cop who was too far gone). He once again loses all hope and literally kills himself in her afterlife. Then the slugger is reborn; it takes its true, pure evil form (representing just how cruel the lie had become at that point) and basically becomes the grim reaper. He kills people who want to die, who are about to die, and people who deserve to die (mainly people associated with causing Makota to kill himself).

[Thus, we have the true overarching theme for the show: the loss of childhood innocence that leads to a cycle of hate and revenge. We see this several times, but the main manifestation of this is that Tsukiko's innocent childhood fantasy became something evil when she brought it back as an adult. The idea is that it was passable for her to lie about something as a kid, but as an adult her lie got someone arrested and killed. Up until the point where Makoto kills himself, her lie was innocent and harmless (even though a poor puppy was killed in the process - but that's not as serious of a crime as assault or murder). So, the initial manifestation of her lie (Lil Slugger) was good. After that loss of innocence occurs, Lil Slugger actually starts killing people - he's all bad and he continues to grow (symbolizing that a lie can grow over time).]

My point here, though, is that after the first Holy Warrior dies, someone has to take his place.

That someone is Maniwa. I believe he is represented as a Holy Warrior because he died seeking to uncover the truth to what actually happened. He loses his job pursuing the slugger and comes back at the end of the show to finish him off. This means Maniwa dies trying to uncover the truth. This is why he shows up in her afterlife as the Holy Warrior, where he solves the mystery, shows Tsukiko what really happened, and then reunites her with the family she never had in order to give her a reason to let go of the guilt and shame she felt. Thereby, the evil Lil Slugger is beaten and the world is saved!! Tsukiko then enters a new reality that is entirely positive, and she lives happily ever after in her heaven.

Multiverse theory makes this really convoluted and complicated, and there are tons of themes that I assuredly have missed. However, I guarantee this is the most accurate general interpretation of this show to date. I haven't read a single review or post that realizes the fact that people are dead in the show and that multiple realities are being represented. This is honestly why its so hard to understand and explain. Ultimately, this was the writer's intent; its supposed to be overly complex so everyone interprets it in their own way. (This parallel's the ending where Tsukiko's perspective molds her reality.) Point being, you're supposed to figure it out yourself! This means that you have to go back, watch it over, and do research if you really want to understand the story. This is also why Paranoia Agent is now my most favorite anime EVER; you can watch it again and again, always learning something new. It's graphics are great, it's chock full of wonderful messages, shows you that there is good in the world if only you perceive it, and has amazing replayability. 10/10 best anime ever. Sorry for the novel, but I hope you learned something new, and I hope I answered your questions in the process.


How could Sasuke match Lee's speed? In episode 22 of Naruto, when Lee fights Sasuke, we have seen Lee open the first Gate, after which he claims to have supreme speed to launch his attack.

But (not far away) in episode 66, Sasuke obtains that speed, within only a month of training, while it took Lee many years of extremely hard work.

Although he had Sharingan, it doesn't mean that he can copy the speed of his opponent. How was it possible?

Sasuke:
is a "genius" (possesses innate talent).
is a Uchiha (somewhat the reason why he is a "genius").
Lee:
is a hard worker (his main motivation being to surpass Neji, the "genius" in his team).

Basically, Lee has no innate talent to ninjutsu or genjutsu. Thus he had to master taijutsu in order to surpass the "geniuses", and become a great ninja. This is a process that takes a lot of time.
Sasuke on the other hand does not need to work so hard in order to accomplish what Lee needs to work on for several years. Remember that he was able to master the Goukakyuu no Jutsu at a very early age.

Lee only trained for a year to get that speed. Sasuke was already faster than Lee had been when he started training. Combined with his inate talent, ability to use chakra properly and intense training, it's not that unbelievable.


Was Shogun artificially aged? Was Shogun artificially aged? I got the feeling that he had to be because Nanami is his real sister and she is not that old. Also the nurse "Grim" was performing some king of operation on him. Before that operation he appeared to be young as he lacked all of the wrinkles on his face. Also if he was aged how was that done? What was the yellow goop that "Grim" scooped out with the weird spoon?

As seen in the anime (carefull this contains spoilers).

   Towards the ending shogun reveals that he actual is Takumi Nishijo His original. and the main protagonist was just a fantasy of him. In this part he also reveals that he has a rare disease which causes him to age when he uses his power (believe this information is given spread over episodes 10-12). They do not go into details about how he got this disease

With this the answer to your question would be No, Shogun was not artificialy aged.

Answer of the last question : I think it's the brain which was scooped out by Grim with the weird spoon. It was just another case of New Generation murders.


Is this an animation error, or just bizarre character design? While rewatching The Flowers of Evil, I noticed this character in episode 2:

The character on the left struck me as very odd - she's wearing braids (which would normally suggest a female character), but she also has sideburns, which seem to be more or less only something men wear. (I'm assuming the character is female from the voice actor who plays at that moment.) Moreover, if the character weren't female, it would be odd for a school to allow him to wear braids.

Reddit suggests that this character also appears in the manga, so is this just intentional character design, rather than an error in the art? If so, who is this character, and is there anything (e.g. personality traits) that might explain this odd hairstyle? (I have not read the manga yet, and so can't easily look this up.)

Update: I remembered seeing some video footage of the live-action filming that the rotoscoped animation was apparently from on YouTube, so I might try to dig that out to see if I can get a better idea of what's going on here. On a second glance the braids struck me as a bit odd in terms of the shaping of their ends (one usually expects the hair to thin out somewhat and possibly curve a bit), so it occurred to me that this might be useful.

Update 2: After reading the entire manga, I couldn't find a character with identical design. (From the uniform -- notice that the character here wears a bow, instead of a tie -- it seems certain that they're probably female.) However, I did notice a presumably female character with very short hair (for a girl) that was in the corresponding chapater of the manga. I don't remember if the character was wearing a female uniform but will look it up later when I have time.

As mentioned in my comment, this doesn't seem to be an animation error. Aku No Hana is rotoscoped, which is essentially drawing over live action sequences. Here's a shot from before it was animated:

I suppose it was intentional if they had this character dressed up like that. I haven't seen the animated show, but the character definitely doesn't appear in the manga, having read it myself also.

Just a guess, but perhaps it was to exaggurate ugliness of a character because the animators couldn't do it that easily with the technique?

So, yes it does seem to just be bizarre character design. Especially as the character barely appears in the anime and only has a single line.

I think I found her, it's on the chapter 13


In Girl, why does the main character freak out over the couple? Girl may be a visual masterpiece, but its meaning is completely lost on me.  Or rather, the meaning of these two scenes:

The start of the whole scene happens around 7:35.  The main character is recreating the world in her own, unique way, and a couple walks by.  It does appear as if the main character is initially put off or curious about what they're doing so close to each other, but I can't think of anything that provoked her to freak out in the manner that she did.
The lyrics near that part don't really provide context, either.

足りないものしかない
足りないものしかみえない
あたし以外のすべて
きらめいてみえる理由

There's nothing but things that aren't enough
I can't see anything but things that aren't enough
Everything, except for myself
Has a reason to sparkle

I sort of understand that the main character is alone and has been alone for a while, but...the freak-out just doesn't make any sense based on what we'd seen up to that point.
Could anyone shed some light on this?  I'm...confused.

ME!ME!ME! is the AMV the boy and the girl are from (the couple).The blue haired girl was a character in it, she kept getting the boys attention, in ME!ME!ME! he was addicted to porn and sex and the blue haired one was a porn star he watched. the boy wasn't giving his girlfriend (the pink haired one) any attention and the boy fell asleep watching the porn and in his dream he had a nightmare about his girlfriend turning into some monster wanting his love, it was actually her showing her despair. So when the blue haired one comes back in the new AMV and she see's them back together she loses her mind because she wants (supposedly) all of his attention back.


When did the event related to Rurichiyo Kasumioji really happen? In Bleach, while Ichigo and the gang invading Hueco Mundo, they keep cutting away to Rurichiyo Kasumioji and her story:

   they save her, kill the guys with the Hollow Swords, and save the head captain.

When did that really happen? Did they help her before or after going there?

It's a filler arc, that does not contain canon material. The anime creators were forced to insert this new arc randomly in the middle of the Hueco Mundo arc as the anime was catching up too fast with the manga.

However, I think it's safe to say that it occurs in the tiny window between Ichigo's training and Orihime's kidnapping, as Ichigo uses his hollow abilites, and Orihime hasn't been kidnapped yet.

It has to happen while they are in Hueco Mundo because Chad can use del Diablo and Ichigo still has his soul reaper powers. Thinking on that, it’s impossible for this to be after Hueco Mundo because Aizen is done with.


Do the Sharingan dots decide their power/ family tree? In chapter 674 page 9, Madara says that Sasuke is the only one who awakened a Sharingan with straight commas, just like his. After that, he says that there might be a connection between them, something beyond blood.

Does this mean that an Uchiha can be distinguished by their Sharingan? Does this also mean that the power of their eye is decided by the type of commas (tomoe) they have?

I believe what Madara means by "straight commas" is that Sasuke awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan just like he did. No one in the Naruto series has been shown to possess Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan(s) besides these two, so that must be what he meant.

As for the average Sharingan, 3 commas is the mastered form. However, Kakashi, Obito, Itachi, Sasuke and a handful of other Uchihas have been shown to have those 3 commas in their regular Sharingan. Also, all the Sharingan(s) embedded in Danzo's arm had three commas. So for Madara to say that Sasuke is the only one who awakened a Sharingan with straight commas like him, he couldn't be pertaining to the regular Sharingan, but the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan.

The straight tomoe that they are referring to is the straight whole lines concept and pattern that sasuke and madara had after awakening their regular mangekyou. The black in the red of their sharingan shows their advanced range of perception or (power) compared to a normal eyed person. In a sense every black part is their pupil,red is their iris. The red is What allows them to see chakra since it would shade the pupil or the black tomoe differently and allow them to see things the way they do.


Is it possible to get the Rinnegan by injecting Senju and Uchiha DNA into yourself? Is it possible to get the Rinnegan if you are not in the Senju or Uchiha clan (including branch clans such as Uzumaki) and inject Senju and Uchiha DNA into yourself?

To awaken the Rinnegan, it's not enough to be a Senju with Uchiha eyes or vice versa, you must be Indra's successor that obtained chakra from Asura's successor.

A successor does not necessarily come directly from the Senju clan, as Naruto, who is an Uzumaki, is a successor. However, Indra's successor is always an Uchiha.

So in short, no. It's not possible to do what you describe.

No it is not possible, forces unknown decide who gets the rinnegan and when, only in times of great discord is it possible for tose who can attain great power to change the world may by chance awaken their rinnegan, such as Madara and Nagato


S1 EP20: How did Mikasa know Armin said Eren might be in the rear of the centre rank of the formation? In season 1 episode 20, Armin figured out that Eren might be in the rear of the centre rank after the fight with the female titan. After that, he and Mikasa never met up.

However, about 15 minutes into the episode, Mikasa was thinking about something in the forest and recalled that Armin mentioned that Eren would be in the rear centre rank. But that makes no sense given they never met up after Armin figured it out and so Armin could never have told her.

So how could Mikasa know that Armin figured out that Eren was in the rear centre rank?

Well most probably because they could have noticed that the flank formation they both received had no location marked for Eren, and Armin could have figured it out before they went for the expedition.

As such, there is no such mention in the manga, so we can only speculate what might have happened.