Why couldn't Minato store the nine tails in a different way? Why couldn't in reality Minato store half of nine tails in Kushina and the other half in Naruto like in the filler ep 432? That way he and Kushina would have lived..

Or better, why couldn't he store the entire nine tails back in Kushina, prevent her from dying and sparing Naruto the trouble of becoming a jinnchuriki?

A lot of these are speculative, but the main thing is that when they protected Naruto, they took critical injuries and likely were not going to live after that. Minato knew the only thing he could have done to properly seal the 9 tails fast enough was the Reaper death seal. The thing is, That will kill the user, as the reaper takes their soul when its released. Orochimaru survived the reaper, but he summoned it using a mask instead of the jutsu, and it still cost him his body. Minato on the other hand, can't do any such thing, so him surviving this encounter is out of the question.

As for Kushina, besides the fact that she was set to die without Kurama, she still dove in-front of his claw, and it pierced her torso in what is likely a fatal injury. Combining such an injury with her weakened body, and its probably next to impossible to save her life. At that point, Both Minato and Kushina are guaranteed going to die, or at least believe so. Sealing Kurama in either of them will probably still lead to their death.

As for why he only sealed Half of Kurama into Naruto, As per This answer, He couldn't seal all of Kurama into Naruto. Minato's Wiki entry notes that it was because Kurama was too powerful to be sealed into a newborn infant.

Edit 1: OP added some concerns in a comment, Responding here:
First, Any time Kurama was resealed in Kushina was filler, and as filler does not need to follow in faith of canon, they could do anything, including contradict the canon content. Second, Kushina even volunteered to have Kurama get resealed inside of her, to drag both of them to death.

  While still weakened, Kushina used her diminished chakra to restrain the Nine-Tails. Despite fearing the trauma would kill her in her current state, Kushina volunteered to have the Nine-Tails sealed back into her body so that it would die with her.

So all in all, Kushina was effectively on deaths door, and had no hope on being saved. She had just spent 10 months pregnant, given birth, had Kurama extracted, and was left in that dying state for up to a few minutes with no medical help. As we found out later on, Naruto survived, but unlike Kushina, he was still healthy, young and strong, and had Sakura, second only to Tsunade in medical prowess, constantly healing him (and help from Hagoromo). So it actually makes sense that he had a solid chance of survival from the resealing. Kushina on the other hand, had several major events drain her power, not including loosing Kurama, so her being strong enough to survive was low at best.

In that respect, He probably could have sealed Kurama back into Kushina, but it most likely would have still left her dead and freed Kurama. A free Kurama would throw the tailed beast balance off, causing war, and Minato did not want to take such a risk when a safe option was available. That safe option, sealing half of kurama into naruto, also had one major benefit in Minatos eye, the fact that he believed Naruto could be the child of prophecy Jiraiya spoke about, and Naruto having access to Kurama's power would greatly help him succeed (that is also brought up in the answer I linked earlier).

I'm not sure, but I don't think minato was powerful enough to do such a task, and I believe that Minatos plan was to keep Kushina alive but the main reason they both dies was because they both wanted to save Naruto.


What is Chino's age in Naruto Shippuuden? Chino, the character from the arc that starts at episode 484 of Naruto Shippuuden, is said to be

   older than Sasuke in spite of looking like a child

Does she have a known age? If not, what would be her estimated age range?

This is the character I'm referring to http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chino

It was mentioned that Chino was a few thousand years old, about the same age as Gamamaru.


What position does the village chief have when he's not a kappa? The man with the village chief's voice is only seen twice in both seasons. In the first instance, he was protecting Arakawa by stopping Rec's father's plan to develop the area by influencing a senator. The second time is when he sneaked up on Shimazaki while she was digging up info on Nino, where he threatened to kill her if she continued.

Given how he was able to influence a senator to stop the Arakawa Development Project even with Rec's Father's influence with his own company (which was seen when the contractor that Rec hired pulled out as he learned who Rec's competitor company was), just what is the village chief's real position in society? (By the way, that was one of the rare moments when he was seen outside his kappa suit. He seemed to be wearing more traditional Japanese robes and not a business suit).

This is purely a prediction on my part. I did not read the books nor comic if the true identity was revealed, though I believe many of the mysteries in the series is best to be left unexplained.

First, an analysis.

Village Chief is someone of great influence, able to influence the Minister of Development against the biggest developing firm, Ichinomiya. He has access to high quality and bizarre items (his fanned suit) and great wealth (enough to compensate for whatever the Ichinomiya group was chipping in for the minister), but he somehow chose to seclude himself from the society.

He does not have a particular tone besides random kappa related statements, seems not to have been raised in a particular way, and is well accustomed to the society when required to. He is well respected in the under bridge and regarded by everyone, especially sister, as a dependable person. The two times we've seen him in his usual self, however, he seemed particularly skillful in infiltration (coming in behind Shimazaki in a supposedly off limit office without her realising) and intimidation (threatened to kill). Threaten to kill is a peculiar trait as it is vastly different from Ichinomiya's way of intimidation via social and financial impact. It shows that he does things differently from politicians and businessmen. At final speech of Minister of Development, when asked by his subordinate who is he, he answered, "It's better for you not to know". Of both the time he appears, he wears a kimono. During season 2, we also gain insight that he is about the same age group (middle age) as Shiro (discussion about health and argument) and he is bad with group work (refuse to stay a week with the team, not a team player, more of leader or someone who simply gives orders rather than receiving them).

So there, Village Chief is/was a wealthy, influential person. He has great leadership, is mostly a lone wolf and does not shy away from intimidation by death. He also does not have speech traits, is well accustomed to society and wears mostly a kimono.

Remember Jacqueline when Billy did not come for their anniversary? She changed into a kimono when decided to head back and kill the head of the bird gang leader if something were to come to Billy. Kimono is something that Japanese mafia are obsessed with.

If I am to guess, he is/was the head of a big, dangerous mafia gang which has lots of financial background and ties on different background. Its influence and financial ground is at least on par with Ichinomiya group. I couldn't predict why he left, there is just too many possibilities without any ground to go on. He could be retired, betrayed, still on a relatively hands-off business with the gang, mafia dissolved, etc etc....

Spoiler:

   he is the leader of the Yakuza.


What differentiates anime from regular cartoons? In my region, people don't know the difference between anime and regular cartoons. When they see me watching anime, or they hear about it somehow, they say that I'm watching a regular cartoon and hence I'm being childish. Sometimes, they even display sarcastic attitudes, so that giving a serious long explanation wouldn't be possible.

What effectively explains how an anime is different from a regular cartoon?

No matter how you look at it, an anime is a cartoon. The main difference is that an anime is considered a Japanese style of cartoons in the West.

Many English-language dictionaries define anime as "a Japanese style of motion-picture animation" or as "a style of animation developed in Japan."

However, in Japan, the term "anime" does not specify an animation's nation of origin or style. Instead, it serves as a blanket term to refer to all forms of animation from around the world (both foreign and domestic). The word "anime" is loan word referring to "animation" or "cartoons," adapted from the English word "animation."

Taking this from another perspective, in Japan, Disney movies are referred to as "Disney Anime", This refers to a certain style, not the genre as a whole.

The Japanese Wikipedia on "anime" specifically notes that:

  アニメーションをアニメと略せる言語は日本語に限られるため、日本国外で「anime」という場合は日本製の表現様式のアニメに対して用いられる。日本国内では、製作国や作風に関わりなくアニメが使用される。

While in Japanese, "animation" was abbreviated to "anime," Outside of Japan, the word has been used only to refer to media considered "Japanese animation." However in Japan, the country of origin and literary style (of the media) are not taken into account when applying "anime" to it.

Western cartoons and anime can both vary in drawing styles, based on the staff, budget, and character/set designs. Anime series are typically more detailed than your average western show as there is more of an abundance of technically skilled artists overseas than there are available in the West.

Both can reach different age regardless of their initial target audience (Avatar: The Last Airbender, My Little Pony, and Adventure Time are notable examples).

Typically western cartoons are more lighthearted when compared to Japanese anime. However, both can deal with more mature themes, in both a serious (like Cyber 6, Mighty Max, and Dungeons and Dragons) and humorous light (like Futurama, South Park, The Simpsons, and Family Guy). There are western cartoons for mature adults just like there are 18+ anime in Japan.

If you ask the average person in your country and one in Japan, both will consider them to be childish. The difference between anime and cartoons is very subjective. It typically comes down to what you like and how you like it.

Firstly, anime in English tends to refer to Japanese content. However, as noted in this answer, "anime" in Japanese just refers to any animated content. That said, it's fine to have this discrepancy — similar things have cropped up in other English loanwords. (For instance "Lied" or its plural "Lieder" refer to 19th to 20th century styled German language art songs when the words are used in English, but in German, "Lieder" seems to sometimes take on a more general sense.) So in this sense, at the very least, in English, not all cartoons are anime, because not all cartoons are Japanese. (Certainly it would be ridiculous for me to go around claiming that Spongebob Squarepants is anime to an English speaker.)

It is still unclear whether "anime" is simply a subset of "cartoons". The main problem, which other answers have touched on, appears to be that in English, "cartoon" often suggests something intended for young children, which does not cover the content of a lot of anime. Certainly things like Serial Experiments Lain or the Fate series are, by this connotation, not really "cartoons".

However, even shows animated outside of Japan are sometimes denoted as "cartoons", even when their content or art style doesn't really fall into the areas of the average person's idea of a "cartoon". For instance, a search for waltz with bashir "cartoon" suggests that at least a few writers in large newspapers (1, 2) described the animated film Waltz with Bashir as a cartoon, and both its subject matter (the 1982 Lebanon War) and its style hardly resemble the likes of the average cartoon, both in content and style. (Compare to Arthur or South Park.)

The same goes for Archer, which is, at least in the English-speaking world, markedly more famous than Waltz with Bashir. I have not seen Archer, but Wikipedia suggests that it is hardly more appropriate for children than Waltz with Bashir.

So insofar as usage in English goes, either:

Anime is different from "regular cartoons", but only insofar as "regular cartoons" consists of children's shows and also fail to cover other animated content like Waltz with Bashir. Anything outside of regular cartoon-appropriate content is best either described with a different classification if this gives more information about the content (e.g. "anime") or a broader one (e.g. "animated content").
Anime is not different from "regular cartoons", because "cartoon" covers anything at all animated.

In either sense, "anime" is really only about the fact that something was animated (and marketed towards the Japanese).

I am inclined to prefer the first view in terms of how I personally use the word "cartoon" (so describe Doraemon and Chibi Maruko-chan but not Fate/zero as "cartoons") because of the connotations of "cartoon". However, I would consider the second to still be acceptable (in the sense that I won't get upset about that view being taken) because it's obvious that people also use "cartoon" similarly "inappropriately" on other more adult-oriented shows that are not from Japan.


What lays beyond the walls? I've always wondered what really lies beyond the walls. The most we've seen of the area outside is the Female Titan arc and the scene that played before the theme in episode 1 of the anime. Both times, we didn't get to see much of anything besides lots of trees.

What else is out there? Old remnants of villages existing before the titans? Other walled countries?

The Female Titan arc (57th expedition) DOES NOT take place beyond the walls. It takes place in the area between Wall Maria and Wall Rose, so anything we see there is just a part of the lost territory within the walls. This also includes when we first met Levi and his squad, because the 56th expedition took place from Trost since Maria had already fallen.

MAJOR SPOILERS FROM CHAPTER 85 AND 86 OF THE MANGA

   As it turns out, the walls are on an island called Paradis, with a sizeable amount of land between the walls and the island's coast, but a mainland off the west coast of Paradis is home to humans (the Eldian and Marleyan ethnicities) and is not infested with Titans as Paradis is.

Unknown source (Prefer not to tell. ごめんなさい)
The world outside is more advanced than theirs. Beyond the island of Paradis is where the rest of humanity is. The walls are meant to keep the people inside. When they ventured beyond the island, they learned that they were already left by those who are far more superior than their kind. Outside, there were planes, battleships, phones, technology. The hierarchy used fear to convince the people to stay inside. There are no titans outside the walls. The story were never true. It should be also noted that the attack began because of curiosity to explain the world outside. どうも


What are the hand signs that Naruto does for Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu? What are the hand signs that Naruto does for Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu?

The hand signs used to evoke the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu aren't different than the standard Shadow Clone Jutsu. The only difference is the amount of chakra consumed during the execution of the jutsu.

The hand signs are given below:

Hope this answers your question.


What song/theme is playing in episode 10 of season 2 in Tokyo Ghoul? It's playing between 6:46 and 7:46. I've heard it multiple times in TG itself but couldn't find it on soundtrack, and many times elsewhere. I have a feeling it's somewhat popular

The ending theme song is by queen bee and the song name is called HALF


How did Ryuk trick the King of Death Gods? In chapter 27, Misa says

  Ryuuku tricked the king of the gods of death to get the second death note that kira is using.

Does anybody know how Ryuk tricked the king of Gods and got his Death Note?

It looks like Ryuk tricked the king of Gods by pretending he had lost his Death Note.
Chapter 60
Sidoh appears for the first time. Sidoh says that he thinks it is about time to kill a human or two. This happens in 2009, 6 years after Ryuk had dropped his/Sidoh's Death Note on earth. From this we can see that Sidoh is a lazy and clumsy Death God, who did not realize he was missing his Death Note for at least 6 years. Which explains how Ryuk became the owner of this Death note. According to How to Use: XII, you lose ownership when the Death Note is stolen, unless it is retrieved within 490 days, which it wasn't.

If you lose the Death Note or have it stolen, you will lose its ownership unless you retrieve it within 490 days.

Chapter 65
Sidoh appears again. This time he realized he had lost his Death Note and had asked the King of Gods, whether he had seen his Death Note. At which the King replies that Ryuk had already taken that Death Note, pretending it to be his.

When I told the King of Kings what it looked like, he said, "Oh Ryuuk said it was the one he'd lost, and took it with him"

Conclusion
Ryuk was bored and didn't feel alive in the Death God world. But according to How to Use: XXIV, Death Gods are not allowed to stay in the human world for long periods of time. Therefore when Ryuk found Sidoh's Death Note, he saw a once in a lifetime opportunity to have some fun. He pretended to the Death God that the Death Note was his, so he could obtain ownership after 490 days and at that time the story starts.

The god of death must not stay in the human world without a particular reason. Conditions to stay in the human world are as follows:

When the god of death’s Death Note is handed to a human.

Well, there is another theory, Ryuk might be the shinigami king himself therefore as access to infinite number of notes, since the shinigami world is in ruins there isn't any actual proof that it has any particular authority structure, the shinigami sidoh talked to might have pretended to be the king of the death gods to protect ryuk's identity, and since we never saw the king of the shinigami in the manga it might have being ryuk all along, also the bag ryuk is keeping is death note has a strange design and we never saw another shinigami in the manga keeping is death note in a bag, which means ryuk might have a sort of bag to keep his death note because he is the actual king.


What is this scene parodying? In chapter 8 of +Tic Neesan, what is this scene parodying?

I don't get the references at all. :(

The only thing I could possibly link would be Welcome to the NHK's anime mascot who has a similar catchphrase, but I doubt very much that it's the link.

Thanks to @Krazer.

The characters in the scene seem to be Ikkyuu and Shin'emon from Ikkyū-san.

The low-effort scribbles are signifying that they are characters from another series and want to avoid copyright issues, like how many MacDonalds in anime are called WacDonalds or similar.

I think it's not parodying a particular scene but instead just making fun of Shin'emon's cleft chin:

The only thing I can think of is the annoying anime series from within the series "Welcome to the NHK". Purrurin's theme song was blasting from next door in the first episode, antagonizing Sato's mental illness. His next door nieghbor, Yamazaki, was obsessed with the main character, and he references her several times as proof of his love of anime over real girls.


Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan Recharge Period According to Narutopedia for Shisui's MS ability Kotoamatsukami...

  Itachi noted that the dōjutsu required at least a decade before it could be used again.

Does this limitation apply to Shisui, or does it just apply to those that took his eyes (Danzo and Itachi)? Because if this applied to him, then he's not as OP as everyone thinks he is. Plus how would he know it has a recharge period of 10 years?

To answer your two questions

It was never mentioned if Shisui had to wait for a decade to use it, so we don't know if this rule applies to him. If he did have to wait for 10 years, he's very underpowered. I don't think it applied to him because everyone knew about his ability and if that rule applied to him, he'd have used the ability for a maximum of 2 or 3 times (not possible, 2 is max because 2 eyes), many people wouldn't know about it.
Itachi said that Kotoamatsukami takes 10 years to recharge for those who don't have Hashirama's cells.
There are 2 ways he could know the recharge period.

Shisui told him. That would mean, this drawback would apply to him too. But its very unlikely that he had the Mangekyo for over 10 years. So he himself wouldn't know about the recharge period.
He used Kotoamatsukami just after Shisui died and he knew the period was 10 years because it activated after 10 years in the war. This is dumb. I'm dumb. Itachi is smart. He wouldn't gamble.
The third way, I know I said two but bear with me. THIS IS A PLOT HOLE. Every anime has one. Itachi just couldn't know the recharge time.

THOUGHTS

How does Hashirama's cells affect the eyes? If we give the eye which has been used for Kotoamatsukami to say Danzo/Yamato (someone who has his cells), would the eyes recharge instantly?

yes it does take shisue ten years to recharge. it states in the anime and manga that it would take shisue ten years to recharge, when they were talking about throwing over the leaf village. But is he underpowered? no he is not. his mangekyo sharingan could be used to kill kaguya if desired. or anyone else in the anime universe. the fact that its so powerful is why he can only use it ounce every ten years. plus hes a very strong ninja.


How does Zoro speak with a sword in his mouth? When using Santoryu (Three Swords style), Zoro holds a sword in his mouth. How is he able to speak normally, without the sword falling?

The official explanation given by the author, Oda Eiichiro, in his SBS1 column, is that it is Zoro's heart speaking. This may not sound any more convincing than Artistic License, but One Piece regularly relies on such unusual logic, so it is not entirely out of place.

1 SBS (Shitsumon wo Boshū Suru, roughly meaning "I'm Taking Questions") is a Q&A column in which Eiichiro Oda answers questions sent in by his fans.

You know those techinique things? Zoro's "three sword style" technique require him to have a third sword, enableing him to perform that technique


Can water created using water jutsu be drunk? The earth and wood style can create permanent trees and walls, can water jutsu create pond or smaller body of water to drink? Is there any instance of this in the series or manga? And where does the water came from.

I would say yes.

As chakra is a special matter that can transcend body pains (in Naruto story of Kaguya and his two sons, the elder brother relieved the pain old man who tried to thug people in name of fake medicine), so possibly the water made would be pure enough to drink, although it's never been mentioned in the anime.

Another proof is that during the Fourth Shinobi War, the arc in which genin exams were conducted in the village of the hidden sand. One group had the ninjutsu to create healing water in order to cure some mosquitoes bite.

So in that way, I can deduce that the water would be drinkable.

Most likely yes, because there are many scenes where a certain someone used jutsu to produce water out of nothing and the water didn't vanish.

However, what I think is still not clear yet in Naruto world is, is water-producing jutsu really creates water with only chakra? Because, there are scenes (I forgot the episodes. If someone, knows please leave a comment) where people were like, "Wow, he can produce this much water in the middle of the desert? Without lake or anything around?" I wonder if this implies that water-producing jutsus actually somehow uses real water, they just transport the water to them, where high-rank shinobis are able to transport the water even if their location is far away from the water source.

This is just my thought, though. My answer to your question is my first sentence.


Were Sakura Haruno's parents ninjas? Were Sakura's parents ninjas? I remember reading somewhere that they were, but she was said to have come from a civilian family?

No, her parents are civilians.

In the movie: The road to Ninja, her parents were Ninjas (in the universe which Tobi made).


What chakra natures does Naruto have in Boruto? During the war, Naruto received all of the chakra natures along with the lava, magnet, and boil releases (and yin, yang, and yin-yang release). I've watched Naruto Shippuden completely and Boruto (to the current episode) but I haven't read any manga, so I was wondering if it was ever revealed if Naruto still has those chakra natures or if they were only because

   he had all of the jinchuriki in him

Also, what chakra natures does he currently have access to?

As of now, in the Fourth Databook, which contains all data of Naruto by Kishimoto himself, lists following aspects of Naruto as a Shinobi

1.)Fire Element
2.)Wind Element
3.)Lightning Element
4.)Earth Element
5.)Water Element
6.)Yin- Yang Release
7.)Yang Release
8.)Kekkei Genkai user

Here's a pic for reference :

Translation : ( Not 100% accurate)
All credit to OrganicDinosaur
OrganicDinosaur

Part 1: (pic 2)

Ninja ID # = 012607
Birthday: 10/10 (Age 17, Libra)
Height: 166.0cm
Weight: 50.9 kg
Blood Type: B
Personality: 負けず嫌い (Hates to lose)、目立ちたがり (Exhibitionist (/someone who's a show-off, doing things to catch other people's attention)

Favourite:

木の葉の名店,一楽ラーメンが大のお気に入り。とんこつミソチヤーシューがブーム!
As a well-known restaurant in Konoha, Ichiraku Ramen is his most favourite thing! The 'Tonkotsu Miso Chiyashu' is a boom! (/All the rage!)

Village Affiliation: Konoha
Rank: Kage
Natures: All five basic elements + Yang
Icons: Jinchuuriki, Senjutsu, Kekkei-Genkai (Bloodline Limit), Kuchiyose (Summoning)

Splash Text:

オレはどの先代も超える火影になる！！それがオレの夢だ！！！
I will become a Hokage who will even surpass all the previous generations of Hokage!! That is my dream!!!

Big Splash Text:

うずまく乱世に凛と立ち戮力同心、平和を目指す！！
Standing united for a common cause. Bracing himself amidst the whirling and turbulent times: aiming for peace!!

『里の奴ら全員に、オレの存在を認めさせてやるん だ！』。。。第七班の結成時に、仲間達に誓った大いなる夢は、今や現実のものとなりつつある。自来也との修 業や「暁」と の激闘を経て、ナルトは確実に成長を遂げた。元来の豊かな発想力に加え、師と 同じ「仙術」や、尾獣とリンク した「完全なる人柱力」の力も 手に入れた。だがナルトの真価は別にある。それは仲間を信じ、 認め合い、共に戦う「絆」の力。 火影になるために最も重要な力 を、ナルトは身に着けたのだ!!

"I will make everybody in the village acknowledge my existence!!".When Team 7 was formed, he swore a great dream to his comrades. Now, he was in the process of making it a reality. By training with Jiraiya and battling fiercely with "Akatsuki", Naruto certainly achieved growth and maturity. In addition to primarily being full of expressive power and inventiveness, he also possessed the same "Senjutsu" as his master. Naruto even obtained the power (of being a)"Perfect Jinchuuriki" because of being linked to his Tailed-Beast. However, the true value of Naruto is apart from (those qualities). (The real worth of Naruto is from having) the power of faith in his comrades, mutual acceptance (/respect for one another), and the strength of Bonds while fighting together. These were the most important powers for Naruto to have within himself in order to become the Hokage!!

Top Caption:

ナルトの援護に忍び五大国の強者が集う! これぞ史上最強の忍術なのだ 。
In support of Naruto, the strongest shinobi from the Five Great Nations assemble! They will (surely be unleashing) the strongest ninjutsu in history!

Bottom Right Caption:

自来也譲りのド根性。 どんな困難な状況でも、 決して希望は捨てない。
Inheriting Jiraiya's utter gutsiness: No matter how difficult the situation will be, never abandon hope.

Bottom Left Caption:

歴代人柱力の中でも、九喇嘛と同調できたのはナルトだけ!
Although he had been inside successive generations of Jinchuuriki, Kurama could only sympathize (and conform) to Naruto!

Special Box

4年前: 終末の谷での大激戦！！
Four Years Ago: A huge, fierce battle at the Valley of the End!!

抜け忍になったサスケを連れ戻すべく、決死の説得！！
With persuasion that prepared him for death, Naruto (fought) in order to bring back Sasuke, who became a nukenin!!

Side Splash Text

師より授かりし唯一二の「名」と「心」。。。
He was given two unique things from his master: a "name" and a "heart"...

痛みと憎しみ
Pain and Hatred

妙木山の修業で?仙術?を修得したナルトは、その力を以て、師・自来也の仇ペインに挑む！！強敵相手に善戦 するナルトだが、戦いの最中にペインの抱えた痛みを知る。復讐。。。親しき者を殺された怒りは、師を失った ナルトにも理解し得るものだった?
By training at Mount Myoboku, Naruto learned Senjutsu. With that power, Naruto challenges his master's enemy: Pain!! He put up a good fight as a formidable enemy against Naruto. However, in the midst of battle, Naruto understood the pain that Pain possessed. It was for revenge. Pain was angry that someone close to him had been killed. Naruto was also able to sympathize (with him and his anger), since he had lost his master.

Top Caption

厳しい修業の末、ナルトは自来也以上に ?仙人モード? ?を極めた。
At the end of his relentless training, Naruto had mastered a "Sennin-Mode" beyond that of Jiraiya's.

Middle Caption

戦闘力は大幅に向上。たった一人でぺイン六道と渡り合う。
His fighting power had greatly improved. All by himself, Naruto exchanged blows with the Six Paths of Pain.

託されしもの
Something Entrusted to Him

仲間を倒されたナルトの怒りに呼応し、九尾が暴走。混濁する意識の中、現れたのは父だった。ナルトは自身の 迷いを吐露し、 父に問う。憎しみの連鎖を止める方法を。 答えは?出なかった。 だが授かったものはある。 それは「信頼」だった?。
Naruto's comrades were defeated. In response to his anger (about that situation), the Kyuubi rampaged. Within Naruto's clouded consciousness, his father appeared. Naruto expressed his own hesitations. He asked his father for a means to stop the chain of hatred. No answer came forth (from Minato).However, Naruto received something (from his father): Trust.

Bottom Caption

「お前ならその答えを見つけられる」。 父は木ノ葉の未来を、 ナルトに託した?！！
?If it?s you, you?ll be able to find that answer?. His father entrusted the future of Konoha to Naruto?!!

ド根性忍伝
The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Ninja

最後のペインを打ち倒し、 ついにナルトは本体・ 長門に辿り着く。仇を前に、 選択を迫られるナルト。復讐を成すか、それとも?！？長門が受けた「痛み」を聞き、その上でナルトが出した 結論は。。。「和解」。どんなに「痛み」が伴なおうとも、どれほどの障害が待ち受けようとも、真の平和を諦 めない。それが「ナルト」と言う名に師が込めた想いだから。 ナルトの強き意志は、憎しみに満ちた長門の心をも動かした。
After defeating the last (path of) Pain, Naruto finally manages to arrive at the true body (of Pain): Nagato. In front of the enemy, Naruto was forced to make a choice: to either achieve revenge, or (to do something else)?.!? Naruto listened to the "pain" that Nagato had experienced. In addition, Naruto made a decision about (how to) conclude (the situation): "Reconciliation". No matter how much "pain" would certainly accompany him, and no matter how many obstacles awaited him?. Naruto would not abandon (trying to achieve) genuine peace. Those were Jiraiya's thoughts (for the meaning behind) the name "Naruto". Naruto's strong will then swayed the heart of Nagato, who was filled with hatred.

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人々が本当の意味で 理解し合える時代 。真の平和を疑わず目指す。
Aiming for an era when everyone would truly be able to understand each other: Naruto had no doubts about genuine peace.

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ナルトの真っ直ぐな眼と言葉は、 新たな未来の可能性を予感させた。
With his direct gaze and words, Naruto foreshadowed the possibility of a new future.

英雄
Hero

師匠からは「名前」と 「諦めないド根性」を。 兄弟子からは、「痛み」を。 数々の想いと信頼を受け、ナルトは前へと歩む。そして、里に戻ったナルトを待っていたのは、 思わぬ歓迎だった?。 いたずらで皆の気を引く少年はもういない。 皆に信頼される、本物の英雄がそこにいた。
From his master, Naruto was given his "name" and "the utter gutsiness to not give up". From (his master's) senior disciple, Naruto was given pain. As Naruto accepts the trust and thoughts (of many people), he walks forward. And so, when Naruto returned to the village, the people were waiting for him. It was an unexpected reception(/welcome back)...He was no longer the boy who caused mischief (in order to) attract everyone else's attention. (Naruto was now) a true hero who was trusted by everyone.

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小南は平和を願った弥彦と長門の想いを、ナルトに託した。
Konan entrusted Naruto with the thoughts of Yahiko and Nagato. They had all desired peace.

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誰もに認められたい。ナルトの想いは皆に伝わり始めた。
He wanted to be recognized by everybody. Naruto's thoughts and feelings began to reach everyone.

PART 2: (PIC 3)

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ナルトを強く。。。眩く。。。輝かせる
繋がり拡がる「絆」の輪。。。
Powerfully and brilliantly shining for Naruto…
A connected and extended circle of “Bonds”…

Sakura// サクラ
ナルトがサクラと交わした「一 生の約束」。それは、サスケを里 へ連れ帰ること。だが今や、そ れは二人の共通目標でもある。サスケのために切磋琢磨する二人の間には、希望も絶望も共に分かち合える、「 第七班の絆」 が確かに存在しているのだ。。。！！
Naruto exchanged “The promise of a lifetime”with Sakura. That pact was to bring Sasuke back home to the village. But now, it was also a common objective for the two of them. In order to (bring Sasuke back), both of them diligently applied their skills and cultivated their own personalities by working hard. While (they were training),they could share in their hope and despair with one another. “The bonds of Team 7” certainly exist…!!

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サクラの突然の告白。だが、ナルトはその奥に隠された想いに気づく。
It’s Sakura’s abrupt confession of love. However, Naruto noticed those feelings that were concealed behind (her words).

Gaara // 我愛羅
ナルトにとって、我愛羅は同じ痛みを知る者であり、里の垣根を超えた友でもある。そんな彼の言葉はナルトの 心に深く響く。 友として、サスケのために何が できるか。戦友の心からの助言を、ナルトは強くかみしめた。
Since Gaara was someone who understood the same pain as Naruto, (their friendship) transcended through the boundaries of the village. The words of such a guy deeply resounded within Naruto’s heart. As (Naruto’s) friend, what could he do for Sasuke’s sake. Naruto strongly reflected upon the advice from his fellow comrade’s heart.

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サスケの「友」として、自分は何ができるのか。。。答えはナルト自身が出すしかない。
As Sasuke’s “Friend”, what could he personally do for him?... Naruto had no choice but to give that answer on his own.

Sasuke // サスケ
「終末の谷」「大蛇丸のアジト」 ――幾度かのナルトの説得も、 サスケには届かなかった。一流の忍になったニ人が拳を合わせ、 そして見えた心の内...!! もはやニ人は拳で分かり合うしかない。 ナルトはサスケと戦い、憎しみ全てを受け止める覚悟を決めた。
At “The Valley of the End” and “Orochimaru’s Hide-out” ――(No matter) how many times Naruto persuaded him, (his thoughts) did not even reach Sasuke. The two of them had become top-notch shinobi. By joining fists, what were they then able to see within (eachother’s) hearts…! (By exchanging blows), already the two of them had no other choice but to understand (one another). As Naruto fought with Sasuke, he prepared himself to receive all of his hatred.

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大切な繋がりを守るため、命を懸ける。。。！！
In order to protect their bond, he risked his life…

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サスケとは自分が戦う! ナルトの中には、揺るぎない覚悟ができていた。
He fought with Sasuke by himself! Within Naruto, he was able to uphold a solid resolution (to shoulder Sasuke’s burdens).

Killer Bee// キラービー
人柱力のナルトにとって、理想の姿はビーと八尾の関係そのもの。互いに心を通わせ、冗談を言っ て笑いあう。 ナルトはビーとの修業で人柱力の力の使い方と共に、目指すべ き「絆」の育み方も学んだ。
Since Naruto is a Jinchuuriki (he should strive to have the) relationship as (the bond between) between Bee and the Hachibi. Their connection was the ideal figure itself (of what should be between the host and Jinchuuriki). Going back and forth with each other in their minds, they tell jokes and laugh together. By training together with Bee, Naruto learned about the usage of the power of his Jinchuuriki. In addition, Naruto aimed for a way to elevate their “Bond”.

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ノリノリで拳を合わす、 奇妙な師弟関係が生まれた ...!!
In high-spirits, they bump fists. A strange teacher-student relationship was born...!!

Iruka // イルカ
ナルトにとって、イルカは初めての理解者であり、常に心に在り続ける存在。 戦場へと向かうナルトへ贈られたイルカの言葉は、数々の激闘の中でナルトの支えになった！！
Iruka was the first person to be understanding towards Naruto, so (Naruto) always continues to keep (Iruka’s) being within his heart. As Naruto headed towards the battlefield, Iruka conferred a few words to him. During many fierce battles, (Iruka’s thoughts) became support for Naruto!!

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恩師の想いを胸に、いざ戦場へ！！
With his former teacher’s thoughts in his chest, (Naruto) now heads towards the battlefield!!

Kurama//九喇嘛
幼少期、周囲に拒絶されてきたナルトは、九尾の憎しみが理解できた。今はもうバケ狐じゃな い。ナルトは「九喇嘛」の名を呼び、呪われし心の封を解いた。
Since Naruto was rejected throughout his childhood (by the village), he was able to understand the Kyuubi’s hatred. Now, he was no longer the ‘Bakekitsune” (Monster Fox). When Naruto called out the name“Kurama”, the seal of the cursed heart would then become untied.

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もはや駆け引きは不要！ 真に心で分かり合えたのだ。
Haggling is no longer necessary! They could truly understand each other’s hearts.

Kushina//クシナ
人柱力の修業中、ナルトは精神の中で母と会う。 母は修業の手助けと共に、大切なものを遺した。 それは愛。 強き想いは ナルトに、大いなる力を与える。
During his training with his Jinchuuriki, he met his Mother within his soul. Along with helping him with his training, his Mother left behind something important (to Naruto): her love. Those strong thoughts granted Naruto a huge (amount of) strength.

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感極まる母との邂逅は、ナルトの心を晴れやかに！！
He had chance meeting with his Mother, who was overcome with emotion. Naruto’s heart was radiantly refreshed!!

Itachi//イタチ
仲間を忘れ個に執着すれば、 必ず失敗する。 戦いの業を全て背負おうとしていたナルトは、イ タチの戒めの言葉を、深く胸に刻む。
‘If one forgets comrades, and becomes attached to “the individual”, one will certainly fail.’ Naruto was trying to be burdened with all of the aspects of the battle. He then engraved Itachi’s words of caution deeply into his chest.

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仲間に認められてこそ火影なのだ。
If one is recognized by his comrades, (that person) will surely be the Hokage.

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託されしものを一心に受け「和」を以て悪夢を払わん
They wholeheartedly accept the things that were entrusted to them. They then dispose of the nightmare through "Peace".

仲間と共に
Together with Comrades

波乱うずまく第四次忍界大戦。 「個」の力が突出したマダラとオビトに対し、ナルトは「絆」の力で立ち向かう。 仲間達との「繋がり」こそが、巨大なる力に打ち勝つ術だと信じるからだ。仲間達の 援護、そして伝わる熱き「想い」が、ナルトに大きな力を与える ――ナルトを以て＂無限月読＂をも超えると言わしめた、 ”忍連合の術” が、ここに完成した。
The Fourth Great Ninja War was tumultuously whirling. Facing the power of the“Individual”that Madara and Obito pushed forth, Naruto opposed them with the power of “Bonds”. With his“Connection” to his comrades, he surely believed in them (in order for them to unleash) a jutsu to overcome a huge force. With the support of his comrades and through the feverish “Feelings” that they conveyed to him, Naruto granted them a great power. Naruto he made them say that (they could) even surpass the“Infinite Tsukuyomi”with the “Shinobi Alliance Jutsu”. It was completed (on the battlefield).

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ナルトの盾となり散ったネジの想いも一緒に！九喇嘛チャクラを仲間に渡して、一丸となり戦う！ ！
Neji became a shield for Naruto and died a noble death! As well as dispersing Neji’s thoughts and feelings, Naruto was transferring Kurama’s chakra to his comrades. They will fight as one with solidarity!!

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目指すものは違えど敵は同じ！久方ぶりの共闘が実現した。
Their objectives were different, but their enemy was the same! They became a nostalgic, united front!

第七班 再び
Once Again, They Become Team 7

大蛇丸の ”穢土転生” で復活した歴代火影と共に、うちはサスケが戦線参加。ナルト、サクラ、 そしてサスケ…約四年の時を経て、木ノ葉の第七班は復活した。 それぞれの思惑はありつつも、 里を守ることに変わりはない。 力を合わせて共闘する第七班は、 空白の時を感じさせぬほどに、 絶妙な連携を見せるのだった。
Together with the former generations of Hokage, who were resurrected by Orochimaru’s “Edo-Tensei”, Uchiha Sasuke participated on the war-front. Naruto, Sakura, and then Sasuke….approximately four years had elapsed. It was the comeback of Konoha’s Team 7. Even though each of them had their own opinions, it didn’t change (their will to) protect the village. Team 7 joined forces for a united front, to the extent where they could not feel that a blank space of time (had elapsed). They showed superb cooperation (with one another).

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第七班に木ノ葉の同期達も出揃って、 懐かしき光景に。。。！！
Team 7 also appears all together with their peers from Konoha: it was a nostalgic scene…!!

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九匹のケモノの名を呼ぶ「予言の子」
戦いの果てに望むものは――
The “Child of Prophecy” calls out the names of the nine beasts.
It’s someone who wishes for the end of conflict ――

忍道
His Ninja Way

仲間は裏切るかもしれない。戦争は再び繰り返されるかもしれない。それなのに、なぜ命を懸けてまで戦うのか ！？茨の道と知りながら、なぜそこを進むのか。 世に絶望したオビトの問いに、ナルトは己の「忍道」を示す。 自分の言葉は曲げない――その言葉通り、ナルトはどんな困難があろうとも、夢を諦めない。。。 ！ ナルトがめざしている「火影」 とは、その道のりが険しいと分かっていても、先導を切って歩いていく者だからだ！！
Perhaps your comrades may betray you. Perhaps wars may be repeated again. However, why do you risk your life to that extent for battle!? While knowing that it will be a thorny path, why do you advance (to the battlefields). Obito proposed a question as he was in despair about the world. Naruto pointed out his own “Ninja Way”. ‘I won’t go back on my words’――(He would quote it) verbatim, no matter the difficult (situation that he faced). He would not abandon his dream…! Naruto was aiming to be “Hokage”. Even though he knew that it would be a precipitous journey, Naruto was someone who would continue to walk (towards his goal) by cutting through with his leadership!!

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夢は自分で掴むもの。ナルトは逃げないッ！！
A dream is something that he seizes by himself. Naruto will not run away!!

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幼き頃から貴き通してきた忍道は、今もなおナルトの根幹にある。
Even since when he was young, he nobly continued with his Ninja Way. Even now, it’s the basis for Naruto (and his beliefs)!!

選択
A Choice

「この戦いの果てに何を望む？」 六道仙人の問いかけに、ナルトは 「仲間を守りたい」と答えた。 目指す未来は見えている。 後は戦いに勝つだけ！力を授かったナルトは、再び戦場へ戻った！！
"At the end of this battle, what will you wish for?" The Rikudou Sennin posed this question. Naruto answered: “I want to protect my comrades”. He could see it as a future goal. After he just wins this battle! Naruto was bestowed with the power (of the Rikudou Sennin) . Once again, Naruto returns to the battlefield!!

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アシュラと同様、仲間がナルトの力。
Just like Ashura, the strength of Naruto is through his comrades.

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六道仙人の力を授かっ た「二人一組」で決戦へ！！
Having been imparted the powers of the Rikudou Sennin, the”Two-Man Cell (/Two-Man Team)” heads towards the decisive battle!!

He has all of them because he is powerful and is the sage of six paths son and nine tails chakra. With that, it can absorb nature energy with the six paths. Since the six paths is the creator of ninjutsu, he probably had to have all the chakra releases. Also, nature energy is all element of nature, fire, water, sand.


Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days? Around the early and mid 2000's we saw the spawning of a large collection of long running anime series, such as Naruto, One Piece, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, etc., all of which still are continuing today in its original series, or through some spin-off. Nowadays, we are left with mainly 12 or 24 episode anime, most of which will never see a second season.

Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days? What caused the shift in the anime industry to a more "agile" (borrowing a term from software development for lack of a better word) production rate?

My first guess is that the producers base their decision for a long-running anime series on the success of its source manga. However, this is not entirely true, as we see Attack on Titan is a 25 episode series, even though I believe that its manga sales overtook that of One Piece at some point.

There are a variety of reasons for this. Some may apply and some may not.

The anime series catches up to the Source Material This is by far the most common problem, faced by long running Anime. Once the source material ends there are two options. Fillers or hiatus.
Anime like Naruto and Bleach went the filler route. Bleach ended before the final saga which is still publishing. Naruto has finally ended but for some reason Anime is still prolonged by random fillers (Maybe to increase profit).
Shows like Fairy Tail and One Piece experimented. Fairy Tail abandoned the filler model and went on hiatus. Toei has screwed up One Piece with barely showing 5 minutes of new material and now again on fillers. So these long running shows have had their own problems and have overcome them only if the viewership and manga sales continue.

Now why more anime are not in the same model and going at 250+ episodes?

There aren't just that many popular series which can be adapted for hundreds of episodes For a long running perennial series several factors have to align. Not only the series, but its other products should also be popular. Bleach, One Piece and Naruto had Mangaka's which constantly worked hard to put out new chapters and manga sales were good. Pokemon and Yu-gi-oh's trading card games were very popular. Their viewership numbers also didn't fluctuate. Take Hunter x Hunter for example. It had the potential to be right there with the big three, but due to inactive Mangaka its source material was finished way too soon. Even the remake could only adapt a couple extra arcs. More such examples are covered in Ryan's answer below.
The anime is adapted in a bad way.
Kingdom has 470+ Manga Chapters. It is great source material and decent Manga sales. Its first season had such a bad animation that 90% of people who picked it up dropped it after second episode. Still it has over 70 episodes over 2 seasons. A call for reboot is there but I don't have my hopes up.
Tokyo Ghoul was given a second season where the writers completely went away from the source material. Even though Season 1 was received well its writers had made several unwarranted changes which led to many plotholes. (MadHouse's Parasyte though got it right. A great short Anime)
Seasonal Structure is less Risky. This is primarily the main reason from the departure from the perennial episodic structure from the big three. This method has lots of benefits with no obvious drawbacks. The studio only needs to commit to next season IFF it made profit the previous season. It also gives source material to continue ahead and some breathing room for the anime scriptwriters without lowering quality or pacing of the anime. The long running anime have many ups and down with the pacing.
Tbh this isn't exactly new. Major for example ran over 6 Seasons consisted of 150+ Episodes between 2004-2010.
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure has plenty of source material written from 1986-2004. But instead David Production went with a Seasonal model which is currently on part 3. So it is infact going to be a long running series.
Haikyuu and Kuroko No Basuke are a couple of other sports shounen which got subsequent seasons. KnK ended with season 3. Haikyuu is renewed for its 3rd season.
People prefer shorter anime This may or may not be true. But being from India and an Anime/Manga fan for over a decade, I didn't expect the sudden fad/growth of the Anime community. Naruto ending and its social network buzz seems to have given people a stimulus to pick Anime. Most of the people who ask me for recommendations want the Anime of lengths 24-25 episodes only.

Tl;dr As the market became more money oriented and people moving on too quickly. The seasonal structure of Anime production gave the studios and production houses more flexibility to hedge their risks by producing more anime but only prolonging the release of the more profitable and popular titles. This also seem to orient with the requirements of the newer generation of fans who seem to prefer the shorter, high paced and high quality of anime.

My guess is that in most cases the studios do not earn much profit. These days, rather than purchasing DVDs or watching the shows on TV, we simply download it for free. Without DVD sale or any TRP, where are they supposed to get any profit?


What are the six paths? In Naruto manga chapter 510, Madara mentioned the following two things:

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So, what are the 6 paths that Madara was referring to, and how is Nagato the third one of them?

The six paths are related to the Sage of the Six paths and Pain. Recall that Pain had clones that each specialized in something? Well each one had contained one path from the six

Deva Path - Attraction and repulsion
Asura Path - Attack and defense
Human Path - Ability to read minds
Animal Path - Ability to summon
Preta Path - Absorbing Chakra
Naraka Path - Summon the Hell King

There is also the 7th path that Pain wasn't able to master, which was the Outer Path, the ability to control life and death. Pain used the Outer Path to revive the members of Konoha, however it costed him his life.

So when Tobi was talking about the 6 paths, he was talking about all the people that had control over the 6 paths. First would be the Sage of the Six paths, then it would be Madara, and lastly it would be Nagato.

On a side note, seeing as how he is not called the Sage of the Seven Paths, I think it is safe to assume he could not  control life and death. Meaning he would also probably have to sacrifice his life in order to use the Outer Path.

I thought maybe another version of the six paths could have been the paths of Indra and ashura, madara  and hashirama, an naruta and sasuke  and the paths needed to create peace six people six paths of life


Which one of "Crows", "Crows Zero" and "Worst" takes place first? I only watched Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2 (both are live-action) and I found there are the related manga Crows and Worst.

I want to know which of these manga takes place first, and what the chronological order of these three is.

As far as story progression goes (in chronological order), it is Crows Zero, Crows, Worst.

However, Crows was the first series that was published (1990-1998) and then Worst was the second to be published (2001-2013). Crows Zero began after Worst (2008-).

There are also other manga series too:

Crows Gaiden (1995-1998)
Sono Go no Crows (2001)
Crows Zero 2 (2012-)

Each different series follows a different set of characters.

Keep in mind that Crows and Worst are the main stories. The other series are all series based on the side characters of the main story.

The chronological order would be:

Crows Zero
Crows Zero 2
Crows (manga)
Crows Gaiden


What did the Vasto Lorde do before Aizen showed up? Soul Reapers cleansed souls that turned to hollows, either naturally or ones the invaded from Hueco Mundo. Soul Society organized all of this. Quincy’s did the same thing basically.

So what did the Vasto Lordes do before Aizen showed up and gave them a purpose and plan? Did they just sit in Hueco Mundo being powerful for no reason? Did Barragan and others rule the hollows and if so to what end?

Barragan was probably controlling them, as he was the king of hueco mundo, and he did technically create vasto lordes. To explain that, he was the first person when he was the king of hueco mundo, along with a few other adjuchas, to become a vasto lorde. Either that wasn't too far from Aizen becoming ruler, or they just kinda chilled in Hueco and got more powerful, killing random hollows or whatever.


Where in the timeline of SAO did the battle vs. Laughing Coffin occur? In episode of 6 of Sword Art Online (season 2), Kirito reveals that during the events of SAO, he and the front-liners confronted the Laughing Coffin guild at their headquarters.

The result was that 20+ members of Laughing Coffin were killed along with 10+ of their own. We also learned that Kirito killed a total of 3 people during the events of SAO. (2 during this battle)

But when exactly did this battle happen? This scene is completely absent from the first season. Did this battle happen before or after Kirito joined Knights of the Blood?

Chronologically, between what episodes from season 1 did this battle happen?

According to the Sword Art Online Wiki, the battle (called the "Crusade") happened in August of 2024:

The Crusade
By August 2024, they had already killed hundreds of players, thus they were now the number one threat against the Clearers. The Clearers tried to negotiate with them via messengers, but the guild killed every one that they sent. After realizing that they would never stop killing and finding out the location of the guild's headquarters from a member of the guild, the clearers formed a high-level crusade party to wipe the guild out. Fifty high-leveled players (including Kirito and Asuna) went to attack them, however, just before they reached the designated location, the Laughing Coffin members were warned about the incoming party, so they decided to ambush the crusaders instead. Although some of the crusaders were unable to kill the red players, as the guild would not yield, some of the crusaders finally took the initiative of finishing off the Laughing Coffin members. At the end of the battle, twenty-one Laughing Coffin members and eleven crusaders had died, with most of the remaining Laughing Coffin members, including XaXa and Johnny Black, being arrested by the clearers and sent to the Black Iron Palace prison. Somehow, PoH was not found in the list of deceased or captured members, making him the only one to escape the crusade.

This was 1 month before Kuradeel was invited into the Laughing Coffin guild:

October, 2024
Although the guild was vanquished during the crusade, PoH, who avoided the crusade, watched Kirito and Kuradeel's duel on the 74th Floor. After hearing that Kuradeel wished to kill Kirito, after the duel and before Kirito went to a mandatory training session with Kuradeel and Godfree, PoH approached Kuradeel. PoH then invited Kuradeel to his guild and taught him how to make paralysis poison.

Here's a full Timeline. It says the battle happened after the "Warmth of the Heart" light novel volume and that by August, they were on the 70th floor. So I think that would put the battle somewhere between episodes 7 and 8?

This event happened in the manga but was never put into the actual season for anime,  but after that was made they created season 2 which heavily focused on the laughing coffin and the survivors of that battle and him having to recall that fight scene so they had to place it in and they didn't go back and change up the previous SO A to make it fit


What is the relationship between the male and female character? In the short Me Me Me, the male character seems to be mentally tormented by a female character. There are various hints in the short about the relationship of the two. Is there anything official describing the relationship between the two characters?

In the western side of the web, probably not. The only official description is

“You are attacked and ravished by many girls”

That really does not answer the question. But looking up for explanations of the symbolism, I came upon two analysis of the video: the first one by NewVagabond.tumblr, the other one on the Ask John column of animenation.net. They are lengthy and detailed, full of screenshots and worth reading. Go read them, I'll wait.
At the end, the writer behind "Ask John" says:

After composing my own interpretation, I did a web search for other criticisms and interpretations. I encountered a number of analysis that interpreted the video entirely oppositely to the way I did. I encountered several interpretations that suggest that the video represents the boy’s effort to stop being an otaku, that the video is a criticism of hikikomori otaku culture.

He did his homework, it seems. But one other thing on his closing thoughts caught my eye:

(...) Hideaki Anno’s influence and involvement in the production (...)

Anno-sensei is well-known for his "Death of the Author" philosophy, where what the author meant with his work is replaced with what the viewer felt when consuming said work. From Anno-sensei's roundtable discussion at Anime Expo '96 convention:

"Animation makes sense to people in the process of their seeing it. (...) There has to be a relationship that comes into being between the person watching and what the character's saying in the animation itself."

I am inclined to assume that the production staff of Me!Me!Me! follows the same ethos. But all this about Anno's philosophical influence is totally an assumption on my part.
Since even the know your meme page (and the linked articles therein) also do not point to an official explanation (but do comment on the confusion the viewership feels when watching the video), I end my report with:

Is there anything official describing the relationship between the two characters?

No, to the best of my Google-jutsu, there is not.

Appendix

Link to the translated lyrics.

Yet another translation, with Kanji and Romaji lyrics by newvagabond.tumblr.

The official site of Japan Animator Exhibition (Japanese) also have the Kanji lyrics.

Yes, I also felt like this:

I like to think that the blue haired girl from the "GIRL" video is actually the redheaded one from the first, showing her life and point of view before this "prince" came, once she sees herself and what she has become she freaks out and in the first ME!Me!Me! video we see her and what she became and the blue hair girl is actually her, in the transition.

Just a lame, no founded speculation but I like it.


What is this guy with a cross scar on his left cheek reference of? In the first episode of Danna ga Nani wo Itteru ka Wakaranai Ken, there is a scene of the husband proclaiming his hate towards working. His face changed to that of some character with a scar on his left cheek. His speech pattern also changed to that of a samurai:

  Hataraki takunai degozaru! Zettai ni hataraki takunai degozaru!

What is the reference in this scene?

It is a reference to Himura Kenshin, from Rurouni Kenshin.

This is noted not only by the scar, but also by the way the sentences are ended.

Himura Kenshin is also known as the "Hitokiri Battousai", Battousai the Manslayer, Rurouni Kenshin.


Why is Ahagon embarrased with her name? And how does it match her appearance? Ahagon doesn't like her given name and introduced herself as Umiko. And Kou said her name matches her appearance.

Why is she embarrassed with her name? And how does it match her appearance? She pretty much always looks like this

While I had a feeling it was because it sounded like a kaijuu monster, I had no official confirmation until now. If you look at page 111 of the New Game! illustration book Fairies Story, it has an introduction of Umiko's setting, where it specifically states that

  she has a complex about her name sounding like a kaijuu.

Note that Ahagon is a relatively rare name that comes from Okinawa. Most people would not be familiar with the name and if they've ever watched something like Ultraman as a kid, they might first think it's a kaijuu name, which is probably why it's become a complex for her.

Explanation about kaijuu
If you look at the list of kaijuu of the Ultraman series, you will see there are 98 monsters that end in "-gon". (Others include "-don", "-ton" "-mon" "-ron", and I believe it stems from how many dinosaurs end in "-don", so these endings give that same feeling of something large and powerful.)　It is a common game to add or change the end of a name to make it sound like a kaijuu. In English, I suppose it would like like adding "-(s)aurus" so the end of names to make them sound dinosaur-like".

As for "matching her appearance", I believe so because it she is Okinawan, and has a deep suntan. Okinawa is a tropical area of Japan, where it is warm most times of the year and with beautiful beaches, therefore it is full of heavily-tanned people. A bit stereotypical, but that's what a person would expect to see from an Okinawan.

Interesting point that may be a clue: 阿波根 in Chinese is translated to Apollo. You know, the sun god. Sun god - sun tan? Also the first NASA space mission burst into flames on the launchpad. Burnt. Like her skin?

I think the name in too many ways refers to her dark skin, as a result of her name sounding like the sun god's name in Chinese. And the mainland Japanese speakers are probably butchering the pronunciation of her name in Okinawan, which has roots in Japanese and Chinese... apparently.


Did Naruto and Sasuke receive the Sage of Six Path's chakra or Asura's and Indra's chakra? So Naruto already has Asura's chakra, and Sasuke has Indra's chakra. Did the Sage of Six Paths give them his own chakra? Or did he give Indra's chakra to Naruto and Asura's chakra to Sasuke which fused together to make his own?

The Wiki only states that Hagoromo gave Naruto Six Paths Yang Power and gave Sasuke Six Paths Yin Power. That's not the chakra specifically, but rather a technique. Although there was some chakra transference involved.

Hamura, Hagoromo's brother, only had Six Paths Yin Power and Hagoromo's children didn't have either.
Indra had Yin Release and Asura had Yang release but they didn't have anything like the power given by Hagoromo to Naruto and Sasuke. I know you didn't claim that Asura and Indra had these powers but I'm just stating that these two powers Naruto and Sasuke received aren't in the same context as their reincarnated power. Hagoromo did give these powers to them because they are Asura and Indra reincarnated but the power didn't develop in them because of this, it was given to them whole by Hagoromo.

The "fusing" of chakra you mentioned was only demonstrated in Sasuke's left EMS turning into a Rinnegan, but I'm not sure if was blending of chakra or simply because he received half Hagoromo's power, so he gets half of his eyes turned into Rinnegan. This last part is highly speculative, though.

The answer to your question is "yes."

The fact remains that, as the sage said, both Asura's and Indra's chakras were gifted to them by the sage. I'm not sure which episode this was, but right before the final confrontation between Naruto and Sasuke, Hangomoro states something along the lines of "originally I gave one (Asura) all the power and they had conflict. This time I gave both of them equal power, and there is still conflict," pleading for Naruto to finally resolve the confrontation between the reincarnations of the brothers.


Why was it so easy to defeat Toneri, Kinshiki and Momoshiki? Toneri had somewhat the same Goal as Madara. Madara gained Hagoromo's Power and Toneri, Hamura's. The both powers are, I believe equivalent.

Sharingan >> Rinnegan = Byakugan >> Tenseigan

He who awakens the Rinnegan, shall receive the Powers of Hagoromo and he who awakens the Tenseigan shall receive the Powers of Hamura. Which is exactly what happened. BUT... Toneri had the Power of Hamura, who has the equivalent Power as Hagoromo... Then, how was Naruto able to finish Toneri's Tenseigan (and the Powers of Hamura) away with one blow?? + just in Nine Tails Mode, without his Six Paths Powers.. It just doesn't add up.

Now.. let's move to the Movie Boruto:

Kinshiki and Momoshiki are very powerful beings... Momoshiki even has 3 Rinnegan (One in his Forehead, and one in each palm) and has also the equivalent, if not greater Power to those of Kaguya.... how the hell was he defeated by only Boruto (a child)? While it took Naruto & Sasuke to seal away (not defeat) Kaguya and they both had the Six Paths Powers, while Boruto had none whatsoever.

Naruto and Sasuke during Boruto saga are way stronger than the version in the war arc, so any actual threat that is Kaguya or even just slightly above her is not gonna do much against them and did so because they were nerfed in the movie.

As for how Boruto's rasengan finished the enemy is because Naruto used his chakra to charge it and you can expect that his rasengan is going to be over powered.

These are reasons I believe so, as you can't expect them to be same level when they fought Kaguya as they did not have experience with their power and it's already shown in this series and many other that you become more powerful as you grow older until certain age.

Two reasons:

Byakugan is weaker than the Sharingan
Toneri was not a Hyuuga before he started his world domination. Madara was actually an Uchiha, therefore he had the immediate access to all Sharingan powers. Toneri didn't have immediate access to Byakugan. Not to mention the fact that the Hyuuga kept the Byakugan a heavily guarded secret. So much to the fact that they had to create a seal for the branch family. One reason Sharingan was so easy to just obtain, is that the Uchiha didn't put in extra effort to guard their eyes. That is because only those who have a strong will can have the Sharingan. Sharingan is much much harder to obtain than Byakugan because you are not born with it.


Why didn't Makishima spread the video of the Sibyl system? In episode 17 Makishima is handed Gu-sung Choe's phone with a video that shows the the Sibyl system's true form.

An episode earlier Gu-sung Choe said that if this video were to go public it would be the end of the country.

After Makishima escaped the aircraft he could have uploaded this, why didn't he? It would have been much easier instead of trying to poison all food supplies.

People would have gone so crazy about this (if it wouldn't be immediately "debunked" as fake by Sybil), and then everybody would be targets for execution or imprisonment.

Or it would not do anything at all. Remember how people sometimes would decide on their own that something that looks horribly wrong can't be real, because otherwise the above would happen, and so they just go on along, like it's a prank or something that doesn't deserve a second thought.

So the more effective way of thinking would not be a risky revolution attempt like this, but a behind-the-scenes action that would definitely do something, without relying on people's thoughts.

If I remember correctly, the underground levels wäre tge Sybil system is installed are compleatly isolated from the outside world, so the Video most likely couldn't be uploaded, and the dwvice in qhich it was stored was probably destroyed by sybil.


Gunslinger Girl II Teatrino: Anime vs Manga I've heard from a lot of people that season 2 of the Gunslinger Girl anime adaptation is significantly more upbeat and brighter than the original, and loses the feeling of dark, morbid 'beauty', yet apparently, the second season follows the manga a lot closer.

Does the corresponding parts of the manga also have a more cheerful feel? (I only watched the anime, didn't read the manga)

Simple answer is no. I think so, because

   Many gitai (girls) died: Henrietta, Rico, Triela, Angelica, Beatrice, Silvia, ...

I would like to point out that Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-
style and colour scheme is a lot different from Gunslinger Girl. However it does still have it's darkness to it and it does follow the manga comics closer. Although I feel like it basically a remake of Gunslinger Girl but with a slightly brighter feeling to it.


What is the symbolism behind depicting Kaga Ryosuke as a centaur when he uses his invisible dictionary? In the Boku-H anime, whenever Ryosuke uses his invisible dictionary, he is shown as a centaur.

What is the symbolism behind that figure?

The Centaur, in Greek mythology, is a creature related to both basal instincts and wisdom (lust, or in the context, perverseness). They are connected to the god Dionisius, god of carnal desires (sexual drive) and carousing.

From Monstruous.com:

  The wicked centaurs are the antithesis of the knight and the horseman. Instead of mastering or taming their instincts, these centaurs are ruled by them. They symbolize violent lust, adultery (...)

From Wikipedia article on Centaurs:

  Like the satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being wild and lusty, overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents.

So the first symbolism of the centaur relates to the fact that Ryosuke is unleashing his perverted spirit energy.

The most famous centaur is Chiron, and according to Wikipedia again:

  Chiron, by contrast, was intelligent, civilized and kind (...) A great healer, astrologer, and respected oracle, Chiron was said to be the first among centaurs and highly revered as a teacher and tutor.

This could be connected to the fact that Ryosuke is displaying his great knowledge or wisdom, by assimilating the content of the dictionary.

It was a pun, he "read" from the dictionary Decisiveness (Ketsudanryoku in japanese), while centaur is pronunced Kentaurosu.
Probably they decided to do this pun from the origin of the legend of Centaur, a bastard son of a Greek God whom got kicked from the Olymp (like Lisara was from the demon world)


Which was the first anime to feature instant transmission? Several anime characters have the ability to use instant transmission or teleportation by their own means. Some of them are, Goku in Dragon Ball Z, Merlin in Nanatsu no Taizai, Ryo Shimazaki in Mob Psycho 100, Shirai Kuroko in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun and Jibril in No Game No Life. But which was the first anime to feature a character who could do that?

Which was the first anime to feature instant tranmission?

As far as I can see Dragon Ball Z was the first one to do so. Sailor Moon also showed teleportation but Dragon Ball Z was aired before Sailor Moon so it was the first anime to feature teleportation. I was checking the list of MCs in anime which could cast teleportation and found that Dragon Ball franchise was the oldest one in that list.
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Anime_and_manga_characters_who_can_teleport


Does "The Garden of Sinners" share the same world with "Fate" series? Looking back at both The Garden of Sinners and Fate series, I noticed that there are mystic eyes in both series. For example, Rider's Mystic Eyes of petrification revealed Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel and Shiki Ryougi's Mystic Eyes of death perception from The Garden of Sinners series).
Do they both share the same world?

Yes, Kara no Kyoukai, Tsukihime and Fate all take place in the same universe.
Aozaki Touko from Kara no Kyoukai is the sister of Aozaki Aoko from Tsukihime. Ciel from Tsukihime and Kotomine Kirei from Fate are part of the same organization. In Fate/Zero there's a part about Kiritsugus past relating to Dead Apostles (Vampires), that are the same as the ones from Tsukihime.
Ryougi Shiki from Kara no Kyoukai and Tohno Shiki from Tsukihime have the same type of mystic eyes.
In Kara no Kyoukai there's a magus trying to reach the origin/root by using a spiral of sorts. It's described as the main pursuit of all magi. In Fate, the Holy Grail War was designed to reach exactly this origin/root, too.
Here's an even more comprehensive relations chart:


Who was Meruem in his human life? It is said Chimera Ants made from humans keep some of the characteristics from their human life. Do we have any hint about Meruem's human identity ?

I believe that because his birth was fueled by so many humans it is impossible to say that he was born from any particular one despite clearly having human DNA and features. This is similar to the way Youipi was born from a magical beast. The King, as he explains in his fight with Netero is instead the culmination of his entire species' evolution.

I always thought it was actually pokel because he was the only nen user consumed and i think it would just give more meaning to his death and would also add another creepy fact that they had to fight a past companion


Will Stain get One for All ability? After watching fight between Midoriya and Stain, I started to wonder if Stain may obtain the One for All ability ?

We all know that in order to pass the ability of One for All, you need to pass your DNA to other person ( By passing hair which All might did, but you can use blood or saliva too ).
Now Stain always licks the blood to use his pulverise on the enemy, and he licked Midoriya's blood, too.

As now Midoriya has the One for All ability, licking his blood, and DNA there, seems like it may allow the ability to be passed to Stain?.

So is it really possible (considering Stain is unconscious/dead )?

One of the requirements for getting One for All is intent/will - both the person passing it on needs to want it to be passed on and the person getting it needs to want to have it.

As any fight between Stain and Midoriya would lack this component (Midoriya wouldn't ever want to pass One for All to Stain - and Stain would have to know about it and want it), there is no chance of Stain getting One for All.

This has been explained in the manga, which is ahead of the anime (and was likely only explained because others have figured the same loophole as you have).

It can be forcefully passed on to someone else, but it can not be forcefully taken.
I don't remember where this is stated but I've heard it somewhere before in the anime or manga.


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

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

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

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

Its supposed to be yellow/orange like we see in the last,like it was previously stated everyone was meant to have a unique color chakra


What is the song that plays at the end of episode 3 after Yuri finishes his performance? What is the song that plays at the end of episode 3 of Yuri!!! on Ice, when Victor calls Yuri after he finishes his performance?

It starts from 20:20 until 21:40, beginning with high-tones on the piano and flute. Then it gets upbeat with percussion and bass appearing.

Video: Official stream on Crunchyroll

This appears to be an edited version of the track known as "Circles" in the newly released OST album YuTra. Here's a link to the Spotify upload of it. The resemblance should be clear if you start listening to the track from the beginning and compare it to the BGM in the episode.

The song is 'You Only Live Once' It even says it on the wikiapage (https://gyazo.com/e70977bdde7086b120bed30ea6ed2f1c)
When I watch Yuri!!! on Ice episode 3 on crunchyroll and skip to 21 minutes it sounds the same.

Here's a link to the song im referring to: youtube.com/watch?v=FjFGBrPIJsk
Source


How different are the anime and manga versions of Akame Ga Kill? Okay, so I watched all of the Akame Ga Kill anime. My question is should I start reading Akame Ga Kiru (the manga) from the beginning or continue from where they split?  I saw on another post that they split around approximately chapter 48. I understand that the overall plot is similar up until that point, but if there are additional characters or skipped over mini-archs then I want to go back and read it all.  If the anime is completely accurate until chapter 48 then I will just start there.

Anyone know the answer to this?
(Please no spoilers from anywhere after the anime splits off)

I have made a comparison of the anime and manga of Akame ga KILL! and included suggestion on where to pick up the manga if you know the series by watching the anime.

Basically, if you don't want to read too much overlapping content, start reading from chapter 39. The previous chapter (chapter 38) covers the fight between Mine and Seryu, which corresponds to episode 19.

There are many differences between the anime and manga from that point on. The Wild Hunt arc (from chapter 44 to chapter 48) in the manga introduces several new characters, some of which play important roles in the overall storyline beyond their arc.

Since the anime skips this arc, the fates of several characters were changed:

   Run was severely injured in chapter 48 after he defeated Champ, who was the perpetrator behind the massacre of Run's students back in his village. Before Run died, Kurome stabbed him with Yatsufusa and made him her puppet. He was alive and well at the end of the anime, though.
 Bols' wife and daughter was brutally murdered by Wild Hunt for their amusement in chapter 46. They stayed alive at the end of the anime and were seen distributing ration.
 In the manga, Suzuka - one of the Four Rakshasa Demons - actually survived from Tatsumi's attempt to crush her by destroying the whole building. She is assumed dead in the anime.

Therefore, although you might encounter some similar scenes in some of the chapters, it is best if you read from chapter 39 to understand the context in later chapters.

Apart from the main chapters, there are several extra chapters which are not adapted in the anime:

Volume 5 - (Unnamed Special Chapter)
Volume 8 - Extra Chapter (33.5) "Kill the Reminiscences" (追憶を斬る Tsuioku o Kiru)
Extra Chapter (7.5). "Kill the Blackness" (暗黒を斬る Ankoku o Kiru)
Extra Chapter (6.5). "Kill the Mad Swordman" (剣鬼を斬る Kenki o Kiru)

And if you are interested, you might want to read Akame ga KILL! Zero, which tells the background story of several characters in the series.

The anime splits off at chapter 39 right after the Mine vs Seryu fight.


Was the Blood from Gara's Sand Coffin always black? in Episode 34, "Akamaru Trembles: Gaara's Cruel Strength!", when Gara goes to use his Sand Coffin Justu the blood that explodes out is shown to be black

when i first saw this i figured this is a censored episode as some versions of Naruto censor out the blood (ie. coughing up blood ends up being coughing up saliva). but then in Episode 50, "The Fifth Gate: A Splendid Ninja is Born" when Gara goes to use Sand Coffin on Lee's Arm and Leg, Shikamaru recognises the Jutsu and we see a flash back of Gara using Sand Coffin in the Forest of Death (a repeat of the scene from the 1st screenshot), but when Lee's will make him get up to continue fighting, we see his arm and leg covered in blood

so was blood from Gara's Sand Coffin always black in the anime? as in any version of the anime, subbed, dubbed, 4kids, original japanese version. if it was always meant to be black (and not censored) why is the blood black?

Yes, the blood was always black, so inside your red blood cells there is oxygen, so when the blood cells die they release oxygen and the oxygen makes that blood a dark red that looks black.


Background song that plays on episode 242 of Bleach I have been trying to find the name of the background score from the Episode 242 of Bleach, "Shinigami and Zanpakuto, Total Sortie" at around 4:41. It really sounds epic.

What song is that?

I found it myself. The name of the song is Turn the tables!!


How old were Ed and Al when they performed the human transmutation? How old were Edward and Alphonse when they performed human transmutation? I am referring to the Brotherhood series, not the 2003 version.

Brotherhood more or less follows the manga. I don't remember if we get a montage of events in the brothers' childhoods with their ages (a quick search through volume 6 doesn't give me anything), but we do see Mustang arrive at Resembool presumably shortly after their human transmutation attempt, so we can get some information from there.

So Edward is at most 11, and Alphonse 10, when human transmutation is attempted. This matches up more or less with the ages I remember possibly having seen from 2003 and Brotherhood. (Keep in mind that some chronology - such as the death of Winry's parents - might have occurred at a different point in the manga continuity compared to that of 2003, and that there is the additional half year before Ed takes the State Alchemist exams.)

In part 1, episode 6, Alphonse says that he is 14 and Edward is 15.


How was Boruto able to throw the Rasengan and use Gentle Fist? In the movie, it is stated that he threw the Rasengan and was able to make it vanish and reappear. Also while watching the movie, in one of his fights in the third match, he was in the form of the Hyuga's family Gentle Fist's way. At the point in the movie where he throws the Rasengan at the Hyuga's member, he had made it vanish to reappear and explode.

How is it possible at his age?

Boruto has the Hyuga blood within him therefore he has been trained in the art of the gentle fist by his mother and grand father. Being a prodigy he has already learned it.

Boruto's Rasengan is not like Naruto's Rasengan. Boruto accidentally added added a change of Nature transformation along with the change of shape transformation needed for a pure Rasengan. This makes his Rasengan more like Naruto's Rasenshuriken. But unlike Naruto's Rasenshuriken which adds the wind element to the Rasengan to transform it into a shuriken and attack the target, he subconsciously adds Lightning Release to it resulting in the technique disappearing from sight.

I believe that Boruto doesn't have the gentle fist. You guys say that Boruto has the gentle fist because his gale palm has the same concept as the gentle fist. With Boruto's gale palm he makes wind element come from his palm and it looks very similar to the gentle fist but it's not. If your like oh he can see charka points, well his jougan can see charka points, portals and many more things. Even if he can see the points he can't really do the gentle fist because in the hyuga fighting style they infuse charka into their hands meaning Boruto will have to learn the hyuga fighting style and infusing charka into his hands. Now I remember seeing one person say that he got trained by his grandpa and mother in the hyuga fighting style. I believe that that's false because he seems to be using a fighting style very similar to that of Naruto's.
For Boruto's rasengan, Boruto has done 5 different rasengans so far in the anime. The first one he made is the vanishing rasengan which is when he adds lighting element to his rasengan, and he does so without knowing. The second one is when Naruto helped Boruto do a very super big rasengan simliar to the super odama rasengan. The third one he has done is the normal rasengan which you all probably know about. The fourth is Boruto's wind style rasengan which is different to the rasen-shuriken because the rasen-shuriken is basically more of a shuriken then a wind style rasengan. The fifth one he has made is the high compression rasengan(since boruto didn't have vast amounts of charka that Naruto did he couldn't make his rasengans very big. So what he did was compress his rasengan to make the impact even stronger.)


What is the connection between Amagi Brilliant Park and Full Metal Panic? In Amagi Brilliant Park, the mascot of the titular theme park is a mascot named Moffle.

For anyone who knows Full Metal Panic!, this no doubt bears a strong resemblance to Bonta-kun, the suit that Sosuke designed.

Of course, they don't look exactly the same, but they're similar enough that this is definitely not a coincidence, and viewers are expected to catch this reference.

I know that both Fumoffu and Amagi are animated by Kyoani, based on light novels written by Gatoh Shoji, and directed by Takemoto Yasuhiro. That's already enough to establish a connection between these series, so that this sort of reference isn't out of place.

Is there any in-universe connection between these two series, or is the reference just a throwback to remind viewers of the earlier work and the staff connection between the two?

It seems that the author liked Bonta-kun's design so much, so he reused (with Shiki Douji's appoval) it in this series.

From a summary of the afterword of LN Vol. 1:

  As for the secondary main character "Mofuru", I ended up borrowing Bonta-kun of FMP. I just couldn't separate the two characters in my head, so I had the idea of just using Bonta-kun directly. I thank Shiki Douji for giving his approval.

Well, Bonta-kun was first stolen by Sosuke at an amusement park and was remodeled by him. Now, it cannot hurt to say that it came from the same place. Maybe this is a prequel of "The Birth of Bonta-kun"? Just a thought.


Does Anri know that Mikado is the leader of Dollars or part of the Dollars? Does Anri know that Mikado is the leader of Dollars or that he is part of the Dollars?

She doesn't know, and Mikado doesn't know that Anri is Aika.


Is it possible for Kakashi to obtain an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan? He doesn't have siblings, nor he is an Uchiha, so the answer would be simple, but as we've seen, he reached a high level in the usage of the Sharingan. so, based on our knowledge of how the Mangekyou Sharingan works, could the combination of his and Obito's eye result an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan?

The answer to your question is yes, Kakashi can obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

But the problem is that his Sharingan consumes a lot of his chakra. At some stages, his overuse of Kamui made him exhausted, too. In this source, it does say that:

  "Repeated use of the technique puts a great deal of strain on the
  user, causing his left eye to bleed if overused"

As a result, using Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan could result in a life-threatening situation for him. And as per the previous answer, you need to transplant a Mangekyou Sharingan, preferably from somebody close, such as a sibling.

Kakashi is able to obtain EMS from another MS if obtained. He can't transplant Obitos MS that's stupid each MS eye left, right have there own powers, besides this they are the same exact MS so there won't be any difference.
When someone has MS and wants a EMS needs another MS from another person (Clanmate) to obtain EMS by combining those 2 MS they both combine their forms to make a mix like form for the new EMS.

One thing I'm curious we saw Madara with his brother when he got his eyes they mixed and became a new form,same thing with Sasuke with Itachi eyes.
But I can't understand when Sasuke fought with Itachi, Itachi wanted Sasuke's eyes even though they weren't MS. I thought to obtain EMS you need both users' eyes to be MS with different form to make a new form which would be the EMS, but the way Itachi was going its like transplanting normal Sharingan with a MS to make an EMS if that was so and would work what would the new EMS form would look like?


Why doesn't Sasuke have his left hand in Boruto: Naruto the Movie? Sasuke is missing his left hand in Boruto: Naruto the Movie. In the manga, Tsunade gives him a new hand but he gets it removed. Why?

Sasuke refused tsunades offer for the arm to remind himself of his sins. This is quoted straight from the manga.

According to my opinion, he just wanted to keep that lose to remind him of someone who is always willing to go to great lengths too save him (naruto). Also he shouldn't see the world in darkness as he used to in shippuden. While naruto accepted Tsunade-hime's help to have an arm, he was being a little emo here. After all it was the biggest event in his life.


Was Luffy able to activate/experience Kenbunshoku Haki in the War of the Best? In Episode 470, Luffy feels as if both his hands got cut by Mihawk's sword. And then immediatly after that, feeling he stopped that attack.

So, is it possible that it was the first time Luffy had experienced/activated the Kenbunshoku Haki?

From the One Piece Wikia article on Kenbunshoku Haki:

  The first time it was seen being used and referred to as Haki was
  during Luffy's battle on Amazon Lily with the Boa Sisters. Later,
  Rayleigh explained Haki to Luffy and confirmed that "Mantra" is the
  Skypiean name for the ability.


Can Alphonse sleep in FMA/FMA:B? In both Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009), there are instances of Alphonse Elric saying what he can't wait to do once he gets his body back. He usually states things that only humans/living creatures can do that he cannot, such as eating and smelling.

Since sleeping is something that only humans/living creatures (i.e. - not a suit of armor) can do, does this mean that Alphonse cannot sleep? Does he just sit there all night on Ed's floor? Is this talked about/approached differently in the two shows?

To simply answer your question. No he cannot sleep. I found the below referenced in the fma wikia here.

  Additionally, his armor body has several combat advantages including - strengthened offense and defense, imperviability to bullets, inexhaustible stamina, invulnerability against extreme temperatures and an exemption from needing to breathe, eat or sleep.

Although, it only states that there is no need for him to sleep. I am 100% sure that in the anime, Alphonse explains Elric about the horror of not able to sleep and the pain he suffers in solitude. It is a very sad situation that almost makes you want to die.

EDIT:

Found the below content here

  During the night, after Edward's emergency surgery was completed successfully, Alphonse discovered the true tragedy of his new body. Incapable of physical sensation and sleep, he began to feel detached from others and lamented the long solitude of restless night.

This clearly states his disability to sleep.

No, as far as I recall Alphonse doesn't sleep...he sits besides Ed the whole night since he is just an empty suit armour with a blood seal. He doesn't get tired nor does he feel pain of that sort since he doesn't have any senses.


Do all the D' girls have dragon "mates"? Some of Yuu's classmates are shown to have dragon "partners"/"suitors" (to avoid a more heavy term), and the plot runs around avoiding having the dragon meet the designated girl.

I am talking about when a dragon comes for a girl and her Ryuumon glows.

Examples are Iris and Leviathan, Tear and Basilisk, the girl Mitsuki killed (she turned into a dragon in the backstory).

But the school has dozens of D girls. Are there that much dragon beasts rampaging around?

Probably not, as I cannot imagine that Yggdrasil is in the same realm as mankind, I would imagine there are multiple or perhaps even an infinite amount of realms. That would also explain the sudden appearance of the Dragons.

Unfortunately I have no real evidence of this being the case. My comment is based on mere assumptions after watching the aired episodes of the anime series.


Why aren't the Nomus' brains attacked? In My Hero Academia, the Nomu are incredibly strong creatures that possess multiple quirks. Even a single one of them proves to be a big threat. Nomu or not, the brain of any creature is very weak and one could die if it doesn't have any kind of protection (usually skull). The Nomu seem to have brains without any kind of protection. They are clearly exposed and visible to everyone around. Considering the fact that the Nomu are strong creatures and the law doesn't restrict to kill them (since Endeavor killed many of them at the Hosu incident and also the high-end one), why don't pro heroes attack the Nomus' brains? (I know it looks gross and all the stuff, but that doesn't change the fact).

First of all, not all Nomu have their so-called brains exposed. Their description hints that they are "mindless" soldiers that  need specific orders to function. Only the High-Tier ones have the capability to think for themselves. On the same note, you could wonder why they don't target the eyes of Nomu.
On one hand, giving that they all have muscle augmentation and others physical quirks, one could reason that the visible "brain" tissue is just a protective layer for the brain itself. On the other hand, it could be that the Nomu are aware of this "flaw" and one can't easily target that area, being direct attack or range attack. Also, most fights in manga/anime don't revolve around the characters targeting the weak spots of the body, meaning that even in BnHA, the Heroes don't go for the head when fighting any other villain to give them a concussion or something like that, the fights are a display of abilities and power.
And finally, my opinion is that it's just a design trait that Horikoshi - the author - liked and incorporated in the making of Nomu.

Endeavor yeeted a fire spear or something at the flying Nomu’s “brain”.However the Nomu has the regeneration quirk and the “brain” would probably regenerate.


What is the difference between Negima!? and Negima! So I have 2 Negima DVD Collections, one is spelled as Negima! and the other is Negima!? with the latter also having a second DVD called Negima!? Spring and Summer Specials

Both have relatively the same plot summary on the back of the covers, both have the same number of episodes and Anime News Network just says that Negima!? is an alternate retelling. But what exactly is the difference between Negima! and Negima!?

Negima! is a direct adaptation of the original manga. It covers most of the major stories from the manga up through Volume 6, then does an original story for its last few episodes. The stories are done out of order, though; the Library Island arc from Volume 2 is done after the Evangeline arc from Volume 3, and the filler stories are scattered all over the place. The Kyouto story arc is compressed into two episodes (it made up the majority of Volumes 4, 5, and 6 of the manga).

Negima?! is a reimagined version of the story created by Akiyuki Shimbo and Shaft, with the usual weird art style. I like to refer to it as "Pani Poni Negi", because the art and humor are very reminiscent of Shaft's Pani Poni Dash. The story of Negima?! is completely different from the manga, and is more focused on absurd humor and less on action and fanservice. (There is also some action and a decent amount of adventure, but almost no fanservice.) The characters are vaguely similar but also quite different in many ways: Asuna is obsessed with finding a chupacabra, Makie for some reason believes that a frog creature is her father, and Konoka is sarcastic and clever instead of cheerful and ditzy. (But she's sarcastic and clever in a cheerful way.)

The Spring and Summer Specials are OVAs of Negima?! I haven't seen them but according to Wikipedia, the Spring Special is based on Volume 7 of the manga, where Asuna and Negi get in a fight at an island resort, while the Summer Special is an original story about Nodoka.

What " Torisuda " said. Also, in Negima!? Asuna has two blue eyes, and is less bitchy than her Negima! counterpart. Setsuna is also completely human, and not part demon.


What's the significance of the 'w' finger position in Elfen Lied? I've noticed that in the opening sequence, and the big climactic moment at the very end of the season, Lucy has her hands on the figure's back with the ring/middle fingers together and the other two fingers separated in a 'w' sort of shape.

Is this a symbol of love, a reference to Gustav Klimt (like the paintings) or something else?

I've also noticed it on the cover of the 3rd Vampire Bund Omnibus.

It's likely to be a homage to the work of El Greco, who used this hand symbol in his various works.
Like this one titled The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast

or Christ Carrying the Cross

The meaning of this gesture is subject to much debate...
Some hypothesis indicate that:

The hand gesture is a secret sign indicating that the gentleman is a Marrano -- a crypto-Jew who accepted Christian baptism in order to remain in Spain after the Catholic Kings' order of 1492 that all Jews leave Spain;

The gesture indicates a Loyolan/Jesuit spirituality that calls for the sinner to place his/her hand on their chest after committing a sin as a sign of moral pain. Both of these theories have been discussed at length in academic circles without, however, formal acceptance of either, though at least one academic allows that the hand "assumes the function of an important communication, a personal avowal."

The hand gesture Lucy makes in official art and during the opening is prevalent in Loyolan/Jesuit spirituality, wherein those who commit sins are to place their hands on their chest with the middle and ring fingers joined to show moral pain and/or remorse for their actions.


Why did Luffy ring the bell 16 times? I'm confused as to why Luffy rung the bell 16 times. A navy member said it's a declaration of war whereas a pirate said it's about the change of an era. Can someone please explain what exactly is the reason behind it??

The bell is called the Ox-Bell.

What does the ringing of the bell signify?

  The ringing of the bell signifies the end of one year and the beginning of another. It is rung eight times to give thanks for the old year, and another eight times to welcome the new year. If it is rung twice, it signifies some sort of disaster or distress.

How others interpreted 16 rings:

  Lieutenant Commander Brandnew of the Marines analyzed it as a declaration of war, and Killer of the Kid Pirates interpreted the meaning of it as the end of one era and the beginning of another.

The real reason behind it:

  Luffy's ringing of the bell was only a distraction, along with his other actions, so nobody in the world outside of the Straw Hat Pirates would notice the real message; in the picture of Luffy after ringing the Ox Bell, a mark is seen on his arm that reads 3D2Y with the 3D crossed out, representing the amount of time the crew would be separated.

16 bells, rung on a ships bell by the youngest crew member at midnight on the 31st December, ring out the old, ring in the new, as 8 bells signify the end of a watch and the beginning of another one, so it is with the years end/ beginning.


Where or how can I watch "Heidi: Girl of the Alps"? Does anybody know how or where I can watch the anime "Heidi: Girl of the Alps" legally? I remember watching this as a kid, and loving it, but I am unable to find any links to it now. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

As of right now there is no legal online source where you can watch Heidi girl of the alps.

Your best bet would be to buy the dvd box like Alex-sama mentioned in his comment.

Unfortunately, this is such a classic, old-school anime that my mother adored and could not find any legal streaming sites that broadcasts it, as far as the ones that I know of.

There's a brief mention of a VHS English dub release on Wikipedia and ANN database, but I haven't came across it or heard of a current DVD distribution.


Can Tomura use all All for One quirks? The My Hero Academia wikia lists Tomura as being capable of using 4 of the original All for One quirks.

Super Regeneration
Search
Air cannon
Radio waves

Tomura Shigaraki wikia
What about the others, such as warping, strenght enhancer, impact recoil, multiplier, infrared ray, etc. Can he use all of them too?

I don't know if you are reading the manga of my hero academia, so SPOILER WARNING.
shigaraki gains all for one in ( I think)) chapter 271, later, he uses radio waves on endeavor, which is one of all for one's powers, as chapters go on, we learn the doctor gave shigaraki all for one.

No he can not. Unlike the One for All quirk it was stated that All for One is something that can't be passed on. All for One is something that the person keeps. This is also why the person that had/has All for One named is All for One.
this was shown in the second season, and as for the naming part is in the third or fourth season.