Why did Accelerator turn into an angel? In the last episode of season 3 of the anime A certain magical index, Accelerator who is an esper turned into an angel. Why did this happen? Can he do this at will?

Remember the level 6 experiment? Well, he was more than halfway through. So if level 6 is some sort of ascendant tier esper, what's an ascendant tier magic user then? A magic god (you'll learn about those in index new testament)? A saint? An angel?

Well if we say that an ascendant magic user is an angel, then an ascendant esper would be like some sort of science angel right? A science angel seems like an apt description of accelerator's winged power.


Which episode in the Alabasta arc has Luffy ate all the food on the boat and Sanji ask him about it? In the Alabasta arc, there is an episode where Luffy eats all the food on the boat. When confronted by Sanji, Luffy responds with the following, all while whipping his hand back and forth:

  I really don't know what you're talking about.

Does anyone know what episode this is from?

It's from episode 92, titled "The Hero of Alabasta and the Ballerina on Deck".


What are the notable differences between Hunter x Hunter in 1999 vs 2011? Hunter × Hunter is quite a large series which has an anime starting in 1999 and one starting in 2011. The latter is longer (currently at 80 episodes versus 62 from the original), and is said to follow the manga more faithfully.

I have not read the manga, nor seen either series. What are the major differences* in these two adaptations?

* - Minor differences need not be stated, only ones which affect plot or character development significantly.

I'm a Japanese, so please excuse my English.

I ignore a lot of small changes, and want to talk about the cause.

Speaking from the conclusion, the notable differences are the following, I think:

Original Manga's Progress
Broadcasting Station
Main Target

1. Original Manga's Progress

Togashi is working now. That's all.

2. Broadcasting Station

Fuji TV is following One Piece, Toriko and Dragon Ball.
It is the HxH 2009's station, and faithful to the original.
Fuji's slogan is "NO FUN, NO TV", and is known as the most vulgar TV station in Japan.
But I really, really love Fuji's "noitaminA".

The 2011's Nippon TV is the most traditional commercial broadcasting station.
This oldest station is known as the most aggressive technical pioneer.
Maybe the original fans hate their editing, and the children's parents like it.
I think that the 140 times same OP songs is their attempt, too.

3. Main Target

In Japan, HxH 2009 was the "Saturday Golden Time Anime"; then from episode 62 onward, it became OVA. HxH 2011 was the "Sunday Morning Anime"; then from episode 99 onward, it became "Midnight Anime". Both began broadcasting in time slots meant for "Children's Anime" in Japan,
and OVA and "Midnight Anime" were the "Adults' Anime".

The nature of the children's time slot is slightly different between the two continuities. "Saturday Golden Time Anime" means that children watch the anime with their parents at dinnertime.
"Golden Time TV Program" is the TV Program that airs between 18:00 ~ 20:00 in Japan.
If the Golden Time Anime airs on Saturdays, TV station is expecting the conversation with the children.
In other words, children logical conversation with the parent is satisfied are eligible.
This is why HxH 2009 did not refrain from grotesque representations, in contrast to HxH 2011.
The reason why the TV broadcast was finished is because the original stock was gone.
By the way, there is no relation to the animation named "Golden Time".

On Sunday mornings, I think you are still sleeping, right?
In this time slot, most young children are watching TV, so a more wholesome animation is required.
Japanese parents do not like their children watching torn heads or hearts or fingers without supervision.
I think the reason of the change in time slot is that there are few parents who like their children watching torn organs in anime.
Then I wonder what kind of adult gets up in the early Sunday mornings, but I do not have the answer. I think they are probably also the type that does not turn on the TV during dinnertime.

Anyway, I do not write in detail because spoilers, but HxH 2011 thoroughly ignored the content of the original manga.
I'll never forgive the corruption related to Kite, the worst difference for me:

   In the original manga and the 2009 anime, the reason why Gon aimed to become a hunter is because Kite told him that Gon's father is a superior hunter. Gon thought his father was dead.
 First appearance: Kite gave Gon a scolding "you should not come near the territory of dangerous organisms".

 In the 2011 anime, Gon has forgotten the existence of Kite, and they don't know each other, not even the names.
 First appearance: Kite had been fishing on the side of the nests of chimera ants.

For more information, you can read this wiki.

I think the 2011 version of Hunter x Hunter has better music cast and drawings than the 1999 version.

The story in the 1999 version stops in the middle, but the 2011 version continues until the end, although it has many fights, some sad moments, and happy ones.


Is Eren's Titan in "rage/flame" mode stronger? In episode 25, when Eren is fighting Annie, he is seen in what is called "rage/flame" mode (this name is given by fans I believe, though not sure).

Is he supposed to be stronger when he's like that?

From the ShingekiNoKyojin subreddit, fans have referred to this as "berserk" mode. What is important for any anime-only watcher of the series to know is that berserk mode, or flame mode, isn't present in the Shingeki no Kyojin manga.

This means that berserk mode has no relevance to events further down in the story for the manga. This may change in the anime, and berserk mode may be an important plot point, but I think it's far more likely that Eren will not enter berserk mode again in the series. I think it was just the animators adding a little bit of filler to the Annie fight.

To answer your question, is flame mode stronger? Yeah probably a little. If anything it was a visual notifier to the audience that Eren had a second wind and increased motivation to take Annie out, thus making him "stronger" in a sense.

Eren's Berserk Titan form is an increased amount of rage forming in side him wanting to break out, but can only be accssesed in his tian form because if he was a human the power would kill him. The berserk titan is like super saiyan in some other terms they both require rage and they both increase power and they both create a monster that is all I have time for


Why Kidd/Hawkins/Apoo alliance are planning to take down Shanks? Just in latest episode of One piece (Episode 736). There was one scene which shows that Kidd/Hawkins/Apoo alliance are planning to take down Shanks.

So my question is, Why Shanks? I mean there has to be some sort of reason behind this. Why didn't they choose someone else. What's the main reason behind this?

Note: I follow Anime rather than Manga

Credits for the image goes to Saji D Ahsan

As we can see Blackbeard who killed WhiteBeard and even get his Devil Fruit , Kaido who is a known Pirate who have a Devil-Fruit Army and Big Mom who have a large army and Island under his name. Considering the power of Kid Alliance it is impossible for them to take down this Emperors unlike Shanks who is a non Devil Fruit user (as of now) would likely be their target.


Is Akira the only anime produced in 24fps? I read an article recently that states:

  "Akira" rewrote every rule for animation. It was filmed at 24 frames per second, in full Cinemascope aspect, using 312 colors in the palette (the richest palette for any hand-done animation ever).

Based on this article, it seems Akira was the first anime (or perhaps animation) to be filmed at 24fps. Is it the only anime to do so, or did others do this later on as well?

From what I can tell (according to this):

  Practically all hand-drawn animation is designed to be played at 24 FPS. Actually hand-drawing 24 unique frames per second ("1's") is costly. Even in big budget films usually hand-draw animation shooting on "2's" (one hand-drawn frame is shown twice, so only 12 unique frames per second)[6] and some animation is even drawn on "4's" (one hand-drawn frame is shown four times, so only six unique frames per second).

Other sources (of varying degrees of reliability) say:

  Japanimation runs at an average of 24 frames per second, with main objects animated at 8 to 12 fps and background objects as low as 6 to 8 fps.

(Source)

  Decent/high quality animation in general is done at the 24 frames/second rate (this also includes animation in other mediums, such as claymation and CG'd work). Now, depending on the 'look' and 'feel' they are aiming for--all of those 24 frames may be slightly different (in succession) than each other, to give 'movement' to the object on the screen (as in, none of the frames look exactly alike. There are slight variations between all frames), or only 12 of them may be different from each other--every other frame (in succession with each other) being varied, with an exact copy of the last frame before it acting as the ‘filler’ frame. So it's like 12 pairs of different frames--the first frame in each set varied from the last and its copy behind it to lengthen the time the image is on the screen.

(Source)

A general consensus, from the little that I can find, is that most anime now seem to have a frame rate of 24, but they often are 2s, which means that every frame is doubled so there are 12 unique frames per second. For example, a torrent site for Claymore lists the frame rate as 23.9, which is really 24 fps. So to conclude, Akira is not the only anime to be produced at 24fps.

Most western animation is mostly done on 2s both slow and fast movements are done on 2s, while the very fast movements would be on 1s on particular occasions.
Anime is usually done on 3s , even though Akira is 24fps, so it's animated both on 3s and 2s in some scenes, even Anime is mostly done 3s, it's rarely animated on 2s.
Billy Plympton's shorts would be done 4s, 5s and 6s, because that's really peculiar for animator like him to make animation like that since most animators do animation in 1s and 2s, and most Japanese animators do animation in 3s.
YouTubers make a lot documentaries and video essays about the 24 fps myth about Akira.


How does Near prove that Light is Kira by seeing Kiyomi's name in Teru's death note? Both Teru Mikami and Light Yagami write Kiyomi's name in their death notes the only difference being the time of death they specify. But in what way does this help Near to prove that Light is Kira?

This was a page from Teru Mikami's death note shown by Near to Light.

Does Near identify that Kiyomi died a minute earlier than the time specified by Teru?

Showing Kiyomi's name written in the notebook doesn't help Near proves that Light is Kira. Instead, it helps Near explains how he win by realizing the possibility of a fake notebook, which he previously not realize and would have lead to Light's win.

Here is the conversation on Anime:

  Near: "On the 26th, after the report featuring Takada's kidnapping, Mikami
  headed for the bank."

  Gevanni: "According to my investigation, Mikami only goes to the bank on the 25th of every month.  For someone as punctual as Teru, going to the bank twice in two days is pretty unusual. I followed him as he headed
  for the deposit box. I was able to get into the deposit box, and
  inside, was the real notebook, with Takada's name written in it."

  Near: "Even though you could kill someone with a piece of the note, you
  weren't aware that Mikami had done something on his own. It was then
  that I realized the possibility of a fake notebook."

P.S.: The detailed (i.e., time specified) written by Light and Teru doesn't matter here since both match with how Kiyomi died.

In actual Light have killed Kiyomi.
For reference, http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Kiyomi_Takada

   "After killing Mello with the piece of the Death Note, her name is written into the Death Note by Light, using a piece hidden in his watch."

Also if you want to know to know exactly how near got to know about kira you can take a look at , How did N come to the conclusion that Light Yagami was Kira?

At the time when Light have written the name Light have written the name of Kiyomi, Teru had also written thinking that Kira is in some kind of constraints and it his duty take care of Kiyomi so that nothing is compromised.

However from this Near didn't proved that Light is Kira. It was just to make Light realize where the things went wrong. It was because this mistake that the Near's officer get to follow Teru and end up obtaining the death note and from there everything went to south for Kira.


Is there any meaning behind Kirino's octopus plushie? What is the meaning behind Kirino's octopus plushie? Does it have any significance in the story, or is it a symbolic reference to something? Or did the author simply like the design so much he decided to include it?

I'm just curious about it, because while it was not given much attention in the anime, it did appear in most of the episodes.

I believe the octopus plushie wasn't in the novels, so I don't think it has much significance. It seems to be something that was added as a visual leitmotif for Kirino in the anime, like her whale slippers, which were often used to identify Kirino in shots focusing on the feet. (Apparently she likes sea creatures.) When you see that octopus plushie, you know the scene is taking place in Kirino's room, just like when you see those whale slippers, you know those legs are Kirino's legs. The plushie is used like this in the opening animation a few times too.
In-universe, the novel describes Kirino's room like this:

The interior wasn't much different from my [Kyousuke's] room, except with a more reddish coloring.
However, the big difference is that it has a computer desk.
It suits my image of Kirino well, not being the individualist, but quite modern.

It sounds extremely boring, and that's probably the point—all of Kirino's unique possessions are hidden in her otaku closet. But since so many scenes of the anime take place in her room, the animators probably wanted to decorate it a little, while keeping the decorations consistent with Kirino's character. Many teenage girls have stuffed animals, so it makes sense that Kirino would have some, since she tries to portray herself as normal except better. Having them lets her keep "not being the individualist" because they keep the room from looking abnormally dull while she keeps the dangerous stuff sealed in the otaku closet.
As for why the animators chose that very specific-looking octopus design (or those very specific-looking whale slippers), they probably just wanted a unique-looking design that would fit with the image they built of Kirino's aesthetic tastes.

The octopus has actually made it into a figure of miku, so it has to mean something.

see? some people think the octopus is kanzaki hiro, the illustrator and designer of oreimo (not the writer). he also animates, so he might have animated the plush in, but i'm not sure if he animated oreimo- though it looks really close to his style.


Why do many characters tend to have crazy hair colors and styles? It's fairly common that anime characters tend to have "wilder" hair than most people we see in real life. This can be seen as far back as Neon Genesis Evangelion (though somewhat mild) from the 90s (though some older anime, like Akira, do not have this characteristic).

The "wilder" hairstyles tend to have interesting colors from throughout the rainbow (pink, blue, green, etc.) that are only seen in real life with dyes or highlights. They also tend to be spikier, another trait not seen in real life (probably because gelling one's hair that way every day is quite tedious).

Why do anime and manga characters tend to have this spiky, colorful hairstyle? What is the cultural origin of such a style? (And did the growing trend of Japanese teenagers spiking their hair in a similar style originate from this?)

Most likely it happens because it looks cool and unique. Here's what tvtropes say about anime hair:

  Usually, the most important characters of the story will have wild
  spikes or a cool-looking hairdo in order to stand out among the crowd.
  It may be one or more different colors that don't appear naturally in
  real humans (blue is a popular choice). Sometimes the hair appears
  semi-transparent, with the character's eyes visible through it,
  although this presumably represents hair fine enough that it isn't
  completely obscuring, rather than anything outré. Anime Hair is very
  common among protagonists of anime/manga for the Shonen (Demographic),
  although the trend seems to be headed to more plausible styles:
  compare Son Goku's hair to Ichigo's. If there's a White-Haired Pretty
  Boy in the cast, there's a good chance that white hair will also be
  Anime Hair.

Now, compare this Vash picture:

with this one:

and ask yourself, which hairstyle is more bad-ass?

Some of the characters need to stand out among the crowd, and weird hairstyle/hair-color is a very easy way to achieve that (weird clothes are popular too). Also, it's not uncommon for the hairstyle to somehow reflect the character's personality, e.g. spiky hair for characters that need to look wild/cool, adding ahoge for some more naive/funny characters, and so on.

Hair colors can also be somehow used in the plot, e.g. Ichigo being bullied because of his uncommon hair color. Sometimes, the color is also used to indicate some of the character's personality, here's an interesting link.

Finally, as @Tacroy mentioned in his comment, the same face may be used for different characters, and changing the hair is the easiest way to make them look different.

Most anime characters have spikey hair because it's a trademark in anime. And not all anime characters have spikey hair, for example, Lee, Orochimaru, Katara, and many others.
Many say that most anime characters have bangs because if they don't they'll have a big forehead. Vegeta. Krillin, Yamcha, Piccolo, and others don't have big foreheads.


What is the other goal Zoro mentions in the Alabasta arc? In episode 102, during the Alabasta arc, Zoro says:

  As for why I still stay with him... being by his side all this time's given me another goal to strive for.

Another translation I've seen of this is:

  Since we've been together for so long another purpose is starting to emerge.

This happens around the 9:45 mark during episode 102crunchyroll.

When chopper asks what that goal is Zoro responds:

  Sorry. I don't know how to answer about it.

Chopper should know that Zoro's original goal is to become the world's greatest swordsman. Is the second goal that Zoro mentions but can't explain about making Luffy the king of the pirates or is it something different?

You're right. Zoro second goal is to make Luffy the King of Pirates. This has been demonstrated by him many times in the form of his loyalty

Here are a few instances where this has been demonstrated. As the One Piece Wiki puts it:

  Zoro seems to have the most respect for Luffy and this deep respect has been demonstrated on various occasions. For instance, he was willing to throw away his dreams and ambitions for Luffy's during the appearance of Kuma in the Thriller Bark Arc without the slightest hesitation.

  When he was almost on the verge of death from his wound from "Hawk-Eyes" Mihawk in the Baratie Arc he tearfully vowed to Luffy that he would never lose again, asking if it was alright with him as Pirate King.

You can watch the scene here

  This respect is not only for Luffy as a person, but also because of his position as captain. When Luffy learned that Usopp was planning on returning to the crew during their time in Water 7 and was immediately ready to welcome him back, Zoro made it clear that a crew member who fought against their captain should not be forgiven so easily. Zoro explained to the others that one should respect their captain unconditionally and he would quit as well if Luffy allowed someone to walk all over him like Usopp, who wanted to rejoin without even apologizing for his actions. When Luffy was distraught after having to defeat Usopp, Zoro reminded him that those hard decisions are part of being captain, and that he can not lose himself. He reminds Luffy that if he wavers, the crew has no one else they can trust.

He gives the said speech here

I couldn't find this scene:

  During the Long Ring Long Island Arc after winning the Davy Back Fight contest against the Foxy Pirates, Zoro implied of never becoming a pirate if it weren't for Luffy and commented that he'd have no point in being one if he had ever left the ship.

Finally, there's this:

  In Chapter 597 he begged Dracule Mihawk to train him (despite it not being honorable) in order to become stronger for Luffy, his captain.  Mihawk comments that in order to make the request Zoro must have found something more valuable than his ambition

i knew the answer.in the same episode another goal which zoro mentioned to chopper.the goal is to always keep sail with luffy.of course ace said to vivi that luffy has strange charm so people can want always with him.so zoro said to chopper the reason he cant answer the another goal to chopper because zoro want to chopper feeling as the same thing as zoro.and i think chopper already feel it when they met foxy pirate.chopper said he just want sailing with luffy and only with luffy.


Biologically speaking, is it true that there are no parasites in Parasyte? Watching the anime "Parasyte - the maxim" I can't really see any of the organisms shown as real parasites, from a biological/ecological viewpoint.

Can any of the different kinds of alien parasytes shown be classified as a bona fide parasite?

I will use "parasite" (lower case, with an "i") to refer to the ecological relationship, and "Parasyte" (upper case, with an "y") to refer to the manga creatures.

From Wikipedia on parasitism:

  Parasitism is a non-mutual symbiotic relationship between species, where one species, the parasite, benefits at the expense of the other, the host. (...) Unlike predators, parasites typically do not kill their host (...)

Then, on decapitation:

  This form of injury invariably results in death (...)

So, on the three kinds of Parasytes:

The ones that "eat" the brain and take over the head, they already killed their hosts upon infection. So they are not parasites because they first kill the host, then inhabit the corpse. Parasitism is a kind of symbiosis, meaning that both organisms must be alive.

From Livescience:

  A person is considered brain-dead when he or she no longer has any neurological activity in the brain or brain stem — meaning no electrical impulses are being sent between brain cells.

The head of those bodies is the Parasyte, the original human head long gone, consumed by the Parasyte larvae. So there is no ecological relationship between living organisms. The Parasyte simply took over the corpse of the human they killed. Such is the case when a Parasyte changes bodies too, like when

   Shinichi's mom is beheaded by the car crash Parasyte, because it needed a female body to inhabit.

We can then infer that these head-Parasytes are not parasites. The relationship between them is called Metabiosis.

The co-inhabiting Parasytes, like Migi and Joe, they are really either mutualist symbiotes because the Parasyte provides his host with augmented abilities and protection from a predator (other Parasytes), and even if we think of a co-inhabiting Parasyte that stays dormant on his host, it would still be a case of phoresis or inquilinism commensalism.

The human in the case of a commensalist symbiote would not be harmed or hindered, because the Parasyte emulates the body part it "ate" and the commensalist Parasytes are not too eager to kill their host since their primary drive is survival, and as Migi states, without eating the brain they do not know how to control a whole human body.

The colony Parasytes, like

   Miki and Gotou

are a colony of same-species organisms mimicking a human body. They are also not parasites.

From the bullet points above, we can say that none of the Parasytes shown in the manga or the anime (so far) are not really parasites.

Parasytes might not be parasites as they are defined in our world, because they are (from space or not) alien creatures. They did not evolve here and don't share our roots and typical mechanics. @Mindwin made good points about this and why our current definition don't include them - although I think we would adapt it so that they mach it. The human bodys may be brain dead but they still have traits of life (See Wikipedia):

Homeostasis: still sweating and so on
Organization: still made of living cells
Metabolism: Still need nutrients - human flesh or regular food
Growth: We can't be sure here but there is no reason why a child's body should stop growing after be infected by a Parasyste (maybe the Parasyte could stop growth by not mimic the thyroid but still the human body is able to grow). At least we know, that the human body will grow old and die. (see Mr. B)
Adaptation: Hard to prove but I think we can agree that they e.g. grew scarf-skin.
Response to stimuli: Of course the nerves are still working, autonomic nervous system is at least partly independent of the brain.
Reproduction: Not reiko and A had a child but their human bodies. It would be possible to maintain human population if there were so many Parasytes that they ate all of us and than started to make human babys themself

But I want to stress another point most people are missing and which (imho) is one of the most important in the entire story (It is not pointed out as such but I do care about it more than about others):

Humankind is an organism itself!

You say that human are parasites to earth - a single Human is not, Human kind might be. Reiko says that a single human is weak compared with Parasytes but that Human have another consciousness and when Parasyte attack it, they will lose. If we understand human kind as an organism, Parasytes are parasites to it. The organism "humankind" grew too much and now Parasytes appear, consuming some of it's ressources like a tapeworm and slowing it's grow without killing it. After beeing overrun by the Parasy/ites, humankind's immune system started to gather forces against them and became mostly immune to them. If there would be a new wave of parasytes, we could easily detect them and know what wapons kill them - they would be ways less effective but still some of them will allways stay in the organism. It is a perfect match to an upscaled infection.


What happens in the end of the Tokyo Ravens anime? Harutora's attempt to resurrect Natsume supposedly succeeded, but Saotome Suzu, who had helped to perform the ritual, told the other characters over the phone that it technically was a success.

In the end, we see how Natsume is resting in a bed inside a brightly sunlit room with a window open. Harutora says he'll be looking forward to see her and disappears. It's not clear whether he was real or not, and whether the whole room is some metaphor of sorts, considering the "astrology" stuff in the previous episode.

What's really going on in the end of the anime?

This is still unclear in the anime. As of the time of writing, there are 11 volumes of light novel and the anime adaptation has covered up to volume 9 (titled to The DarkSky).
From volume 9 chapter 5 (emphasis mine):

Was it a dream? She wasn't sure. Her fuzzy brain still wasn't working well. The sheets completely covered Natsume, and everything was unclear, so she couldn't make a normal judgment.
Natsume softly touched her lips with her fingers. The sensation lingering there was inexplicably fresh, clear, and real. Natsume's face reddened and she buried her face in the covers again.

He is real. The incident did happen but we are not sure where. Resurrection was successful but there may other thing needed to be done for Natsume to live in real world.
The technical success Suzu was talking about is explained more clearly in volume 10 chapter 3:

 "Yes. I won't hide it any longer. My name is Tsuchimikado Natsume. I was adopted by the Tsuchimikado main family not long after birth and was raised as the next family head. Tsuchimikado Harutora is my childhood friend."

 "Also...... It's true that I'm a dead person. Last summer, I was resurrected from death. ......No, I was just awakened, and right now I'm still barely maintaining my current state."

In the future, there may be an OVA for the remaining part of LN which may go into detail on it.

Well, it seems like Natsume has been reincarnated, but for some reason, Harutora had to leave her behind, right? The obvious answer is, he did something taboo, forbidden, and there seems to be some unfinished business with the Taizan Fukun ritual, which makes it logical that he make his escape so that he could finish what he started.

Also, it seems logical for Natsume to be left behind like that...I mean if you think about it, Harutora must have sacrificed something bigger than life to dabble on something as taboo as resurrecting the dead--which in any other anime I've seen--is more seriously labeled as evil magic.

Given Natsume's character, she wouldn't have allowed Harutora to do something like that--in fact, she had already voiced her objections back when Suzuka attempted to use the same ritual. This reason alone puts Harutora in a precarious situation where he must resurrect Natsume against her consent. Her objecting to the process might only complicate things and distract him from his--should we call it romantic or obsessive--goal of prolonging her life or resurrecting her completely as a normal human being.

If I were Harutora, it would be too frightening to face someone you love only to tell her that her life depends on certain `uncertainties' including the help of other-worldly gods, demons, or what-have-you and doing all that for what reason? For love that is pure and true? I don't think Harutora even has the slightest understanding of what he truly feels for Natsume, though the fact that he does feel something profoundly and frighteningly deep is itself beyond doubt...

Having said that, I'd probably put on my best sneakers and prepare to run, if only to save myself from the embarrassingly disturbing explanations--and confessions--I'd have to make to satisfy Natsume's excruciatingly probing curiosity..

Finally, if Harutora had to sacrifice himself eventually, as that could be the only possibility left to complete the ritual, I'm sure he wouldn't want to do it right in front of her. He knew what that felt like, having witnessed Natsume's death first-hand, and being the cause of it too. I think he wouldn't hesitate to give up everything for her, but just so he didn't have to feel so bad about it, he could do that on his own, like some supreme, heroic sacrifice that nobody should interfere with, especially Natsume, who might reject that offering--a rejection that to Harutora would be even more tragic because as is surprisingly obvious, he's just that kind of guy who doesn't know when to give up. Or maybe it's just the case of stubborn true love?

What's clear is that he is unwilling to go on with his own existence without Natsume, as is obvious when he touched the missing pentagram on his upper left cheek right after the death incident and mourned her loss crying out her name repeatedly--something he was only able to do when he was imprisoned by Kurahashi/Yashimaru in the Onmyou Agency headquarters.

The feeling that somebody has to die somewhere down the road towards Natsume's final resurrection depresses me as this seems ominous from the very start... That Harutora might have to figuratively die to give way to Yakou's complete awakening as a means to perfecting the forbidden ritual is a strong possibility, then there's the more poignant possibility of Natsume giving up her life to free Harutora from the obligation he had set upon himself to resurrect her, especially when she realizes eventually the depth of his sacrifice... I don't know which way the story might go, but there's bound to be something romantically tragic in the end... and it almost makes me reluctant to know how everything might really turn out... huh, talk about 50 shades of reincarnation, right?


Does Saitama still continue his training? Saitama mentioned that he got this strong through daily training, which consisted of 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups and 100 squats along with running 10 km every single day. Also, he ate three meals a day, but only a banana as breakfast and also didn't use the AC, to strengthen his mental resistance.

Has he stopped his training and accepted his current power level as sufficient? Or does he still train using his methodology? (I've read till Vol 6, Chapter 32 and haven't found anything about his current training status)

As Eumel's answer points out, in the manga nothing says whether he is training or not. However, I think it is safe to say that he is NOT training anymore, as the power he obtained is clearly too great for him to have any "exciting" fight.

The picture below, shows Saitama defeating Vaccine man in the first chapter. He is clearly pissed off that his fight ended up in only one punch, indicating that he would much rather have a more even match against a foe. Once realizing that he was clearly overpowered compared to the monsters he fought, there is no reason why he would still want to train. Even more, he might want to slack off hoping that it would make him weaker, yielding to more exciting fights for him.

I think one actually stated he still trained and that was one of the reasons he beat Boros (as Boros himself had broken his limiter like Saitama but had stopped training.) Which explains quite a bit as he doesn't have infinite power, he's just limitless and thus can keep training on forever to increase his power. Its like the hulk and how its been stated he has limitless power, he doesn't start with infinite strength but he can grow forever without a limit.


Are there ever any animals featured that aren't Pokémon? Out of the Pokémon episodes that I have seen, I do not remember ever seeing an animal that wasn't a Pokémon. I have also not heard of animals being present in Pokémon.

Which lead me to wonder: Are there ever any animals that aren't Pokémon present in any episode or Pokémon manga?

In Gastly's Pokédex entry for Fire Red it states

  a being that exists as a thin gas. It can topple an Indian elephant by enveloping the prey in two seconds.

Fish are also seen in the episode Pokémon Shipwreck:

In season 1 episode 20 there is this, I don't think it's a Pokémon, but can't say what animal this is:


Which characters survive and make it to UQ Holder? I wanted to know all the characters from Negima that are still alive and are in UQ Holder. I saw a few such as Ku Fei, Yue, and some cat lady that followed Fate.

Ku Fei and Yue are not known to be alive during the time of UQ Holder.  What you are referring to is a flashback scene regarding a tournament that the main characters are now training for.  It shows that Yue and Ku Fei competed as a duo in a previous running of the tournament, some time after Negima but, by their appearances, long before UQ Holder.

Evangeline is alive, and serves as one of the driving foci of UQ Holder.  She's not quite a main character, but she is a major character that motivates the primary main character.

Fate Averruncus is alive, and currently serves as the primary main character's antagonistic rival.  He does not appear to be an active villain; the main character just wants to be stronger than him.

The cat girl you reference may be related to Koyomi, as suggested by Torisuda.  Their personalities don't seem to match, so she may be a descendant of Koyomi, or simply another member of the same race of demi-humans.  Maybe Fate just likes cat girls, or it's a bit of nostalgia, or it's a coincidence, or any number of things.  She hasn't been a significant enough character to be sure.

Also alive is Mana Tatsumiya, the half-demon gun user.  She is the one that introduces the main characters to the aforementioned tournament.  Since Mana does not appear to have aged significantly, one assumes that other half and full demon characters, such as Zazie, are also alive, but they have not appeared or been specifically referenced.

   Negi himself is confirmed as "alive".  We don't know his exact state, but he is in some state of needing help/rescue, but not one that is especially time sensitive.  This state is what drove Fate into an initial villain role, but eventually they held him off long enough for the protagonists to learn his aims and to negotiate a cease fire of sorts.  Since Fate's goal was not especially time sensitive, he did not actually need to press it as strongly as he could have.

No other characters from Negima! have made confirmed appearances.  We can conjecture a couple more, at least, in addition to demons such as Zazie.  Many fans think that UQ Holder occurs during the timeline where Asuna had not come back: if so, she is "alive", in the sense that she is serving whatever purpose it is that had her separated from the world for so long.  Asuna's lineage was also stated to be an exceptionally long-lived one; she was already quite old, technically speaking, when Nagi encountered her.  When Asuna did finally finish her task, she found out that her best friend Ayaka had lived well past 100, in hopes of meeting Asuna again.  Since UQ Holder is set approximately 80 years after the end of Negima, it is plausible that she is alive.

And we can get a little bit meta: UQ Holder is a society of immortals, several of which we know are well over one hundred years old.  Thus, though they may never have appeared in Negima, technically speaking they were alive during the course of its events.

EDIT (9/25/2015)

   At the end of chapter 95 we see an elderly Ayaka make an appearance, showing off her pactio card, and accompanied by her (presumed) granddaughter, as well someone who appears to be Chachamaru.  The fact that her pactio card is still functional tells us that Negi is in some sense alive.  This is in much the same way that we knew that Rakan's functioning pactio card meant that Nagi was alive.  We also see the granddaughters of Konoka Konoe.  I'd guess they are less than 10 years old, and they can recall stories of their grandmother about Negi, so it is possible that Konoka is also alive, or only recently deceased.  They specifically wonder why Tota shares their last name, which possibly foreshadows that we will learn about this, and that it is not simply a coincidence.

EDIT (2/16/2016)

   In Chapter 112, we see two more characters, both of which are immortal or have long lifespans: Sayo Aisaka, the ghost girl; and the demon Zazie Rainyday (in full jester get-up).  We also basically get full confirmation that Negi really is alive.  It is also confirmed that the Chachamaru-like character accompanying Ayaka (see the preceding spoiler) is, in fact, Chachamaru.

I would just like to say it's also possible for some of the "regulars" to have become immortal along the lines as Negi and Eva had become or even from Eva biting them (or others like this not just vamps aka peeps like koutorou might have made whats her name the girl he stays with the younger and hey maybe even the older one into weredogs/werewolfs) heck to get Meta other than the class rep we dont know if any others even aged I hope they didnt I am rereading the first series after years and i'm getting depressed that most of them aged or died so i hope since its to late for the class rep at least the others ecpecialy nodoka yue asukara setsuna (well shes like whats her name so shes probably immortal) makie the twins well pretty much all but if not at least the ones more improtant if he had to he could make the ones like the food girl thats nice and a little chubby no offense but yea not a very impotant charcter but hey so to answer I will refer to them by descriptions sometimes and probs mean havnt made an apeearnce or i dont remember but well yeah probably but those who are for sure alive are: class rep, kaede, eva, asuna, the ghost probs she didn't move on yet, probs the twins, probs chao, chachamurun or the robot, probs zazie, all most for sure setsuna, and well frankly if the class rep one of the oldest is still alive then probablly is everyone else


How come it seems like all Lucy's Spirits can summon themselves? When Loki is one of Karen's spirits and he switches with Aries, he says he is not an ordinary spirit so he can switch with them and summon himself on his own but other spirits seem to have no problem summoning themselves.

If this was the case just for the Zodiac Keys, I would be "ok" but Horologium will show up without Lucy summoning him too whereas he is a regular spirit.

It is mentioned in the series that since Lucy and her spirits share a strong bond, the spirits can summon themselves without Lucy initiating it. It doesn't matter if it is a zodiac key or a silver key.

Moreover as her magic power increases, the time that they can remain in the real world also increases.

They all have magical power. It's like chakra in Naruto. It can't be used a lot, but also can't be overused. Their magical power can help them go through the world. Helping them enter the world takes a value amount of there so called magical ability. Therefore they like Lucy as their master to save her or do it at their own will to be there. Even Aquarius sometimes.

Other than Loke, he had no master. Before the time, he just has a lot of this power to enter the world. As I said, it all goes to waste for too long. I don't know if Loke had used his power on the ladies or if he just gets it. That's another question to be answered. Other than that, the answer is a sort of magical power, or if you want to say chakra.


Why is it that Beerus and Whis know Frieza but not Buu? It's a known fact that Beerus was asleep for 38/39 years.

When he wakes up, Whis tells him that a Saiyan defeated Frieza.

I know 39 years is a long time however Buu was also on rampage throughout the universe way before that (fighting the Supreme Kaihous and so on).

How come they know about Frieza and don't know about Buu?

In Dragon Ball Super, as well as Battle of the Gods, Beerus did not know about Majin Buu. The manga has not given a definitive answer as to why they don't know each other, but we can narrow down the potential answers.

In an interview, Akira Toriyama has stated that contrary to Supreme Kai's statement about Bibidi creating Buu, Buu has actually been around since the beginning of time. Bibidi just knew how to wake up Buu from his long slumber.

We also know that gods aren't born as gods in Dragon Ball. They obtain the god title after training and fulfilling their duties. Thus we know that Buu existed before Beerus became a god.

This means that Beerus not knowing Buu can be attributed to any of the possibilities below -

Beerus and Buu never met each other - possible due to the excessive amount of time they spend asleep.
Beerus might have met Buu, but in kid Buu form. He has never seen Mr. Buu before.
There was no reason to meet. Beerus destroys planets to maintain the balance of the universe. With Buu also destroying planets, he essentially did Beerus' job for him.

We also know that Beerus sealed Old Supreme Kai into that sword. During that time, Buu was also asleep, so there was no chance for Beerus to meet Buu during that time.

We should also note that Old Kai described Buu as more evil than Beerus while Beerus was more powerful than Buu. It's possible that Beerus didn't need to seek Buu for a challenge if he was already stronger than him.

It is possible that they have met before.  And you who are saying Buu is indestructible, he kind of is.  If they battled for millions of years, eventually Buu would win.  Remember when Beerus fought Goku, used one super move, and then after that he had run out of energy.  If Buu, and I am talking kid Buu, has instant transmission, he could teleport away and have Beerus without any energy left.  Goku only did not teleport away because then it would have hit the Earth.  Kid Buu could not have cared less about if the Earth or any planet was destroyed. He destroys planets.


Who was Black Zetsu created by? (Manga Spoilers) Was Black Zetsu made by Kaguya this whole time? Or did Madara (being her reincarnation) accidentally create her will, which once fused with Madara became Kaguya again?

Black Zetsu was created by Kaguya Ōtsutsuki shortly before she was sealed as the Ten-Tails by her sons. Black Zetsu was created from the will of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki. With the goal of reviving Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Black Zetsu manipulated Indra and his descendants, the Uchiha clan, along with Asura's descendants, the Senju clan, in an attempt to get one of them to awaken the Rinnegan. Madara Uchiha eventually succeeded in doing so, and Black Zetsu began secretly manipulating events to have Kaguya resurrected. He succeded when he had the rennigan and enough chakra to do so.

Black Zetsu was created by Madara but it is the manifestation of Kaguya's will. Its aim was always to revive Kaguya and hence it manipulated the Uchiha clan by making changes to the hidden stone tablet. Think of it as Kaguya's will to return while she was being sealed in by her sons which took up a humanoid form as over two generations.


Why do only some anime series translate on screen text? Some anime series use captions to translate signs, text messages, speech bubbles, and the like while others do not. I'm left guessing when some characters only communicate through these messages and nothing is translated. Are these extra translations done by specific studios or on a case by case basis?

In some anime the additional text is there just to provide info. If context is provided, the translation usually isn't necessary. However, anime or at least their source videos that are meant to be dubbed and shown outside of Japan, are sometimes supposed to be translated, because most viewers never know nor care about the original language used in production (kids watching TV?).

Otherwise it's just about speed. Some fast-subbing groups only provide the needed dialogue, some groups take their time and translate everything to help the viewer.

Sometimes scribbles and text on walls provide additional humorous inputs (e.g. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei) and some people like to thoroughly go through them...

Overall it's all about the target audience :)

In Naruto they usually translate everything but I think that it's because it is a very popular anime. In other small anime i've watched they did not because it's not that popular. So I think how popular the anime is has something to do with it.


Why Al's had lost all his body and Ed's lost just his arm? A question that bothered me every time I'm watching FMA\FMAB, it is clear that one body & soul had to be paid (plus arm), but why Al's and not Ed's? anytime I asked myself that I told myself that it happened to be that way, but it could be the opposite and Ed's body & soul to be taken and there's no special reason to that.

And that is my point, is there a reason or it really happens to be that way for no reason at all (except the author reasons of course ...).

What Truth takes is not arbitrary, but ironic; it takes something symbolic of what the alchemist who opened the gate desired. This is explained by Father in Chapter 102 of the manga (found in Volume 25), and is summarized by the FMA Wiki as:

  Father discusses the irony behind the works of the 'Truth', who took Ed's way to 'stand by himself' and his 'only family', Al's body so he 'cannot feel the mother's warmth as he craved', Izumi's 'capacity to nurture the seed of life' and, now, with Mustang, coming full circle, 'depriving the man who had a grand vision to save his country of his eyesight, denying him to see what his beloved nation will become'.

As Brotherhood follows the manga, the reason stands there as well; in the 2003 anime, the reasoning may be similar, but likely exists simply because it was done in the manga, and the reasoning had not yet been revealed there.

Within your question, there is a false assumption, that "one body & soul" can be traded for another human life; human transmutation is not possible, and nothing was taken as any sort of equivalent exchange. Al's body was taken as the price of opening the gate, as was Ed's leg (his arm was not part of this exchange), Izumi's organs/reproductive system, and Mustang's eyes.

Furthermore, Al's soul was never part of the price. It was not taken by Truth; only his body was taken. It's shown within Brotherhood and the manga that Al's soul was what animated the failed human transmutation; it was the nearest thing close to a human (the chemical composition was correct) that shared a blood link to him. As the failed transmutation could not survive long term, Ed gave his arm not as part of the initial transmutation, but to force Al's soul onto the nearest human-shaped object and bind it before it was lost.

According to wikipedia

   The only things Alchemists are forbidden from transmuting are humans
 and gold. There has never been a successful human transmutation; those
 who attempt it lose a part of their body and the result is a horrific
 inhuman mass. Attemptees are confronted by Truth (真理, Shinri), a
 pantheistic and semi-cerebral God-like being who tauntingly regulates
 all alchemy use and whose nigh-featureless appearance is relative to
 the person to whom Truth is conversing with; the series' antagonist,
 Father, and some other characters, claim and believe that Truth is a
 personal God who punishes the arrogant, a belief that Edward denies,
 citing a flaw in Father's interpretation of Truth's works.

so

    After finishing their alchemy training under Izumi Curtis, the
 brothers attempt to bring their mother back with alchemy. But the
 transmutation backfires and in law with an equivalent exchange, Edward
 loses his left leg while Alphonse is dragged into the Gate of Truth.
 Edward sacrifices his right arm to retrieve Alphonse's soul, binding
 it to a suit of armor with a blood seal.

the better justification of equivalent trade is given on the blog dotandline.net

   There is no equivalent exchange when it comes to love, life, or each
 other. In any kind of relationship, you can never truly pay anyone
 back. There is no convenient currency to barter with those who love
 us. Both Ed and Al give up everything for the other—and they wind up
 right where they started, though with a truer sense of what it means
 to be human, and to love.

 Each human being is just water, carbon, salt, iron, a handful of other
 ingredients, and everything we have ever felt. Every life we have ever
 changed. Every mistake we have ever made. Every person we can’t save.
 Every choice we can’t change.

 You can’t atone for what you’ve done. You won’t be rewarded for it,
 either, not in any sort of equivalent form. There is only the road
 ahead. The drive to keep learning, to do better, to bear the messiness
 it takes to keep on and gather the heartaches and small miracles you
 come across along the way. Sunsets, the wind on your skin, the harm
 you cause and good you’ll do, the risks you’ll take, everyone you’ve
 ever held or forsaken or made to feel alive—that, in itself, is a kind
 of magic.


Does the detail in a manga affect the mangaka's payment? The series like Vagabond, Vinland Saga, Ichigo Mashimaro, Made in Abyss, Planetes, I am Hero, Gantz, Inuyashiki, and Yotsubato  have such a surrealist and detailed background style. Did they get paid more than a regular one? Or the wages for every chapter they made are same with the other mangaka?

"These" mangaka have put a lot of effort for like adding detail to the background and such, the character, the environment, and so. I know other manga had some detail for their own style like Akame ga Kill, Toriko, One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh! (in this context, the monster illustration in all of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards).

Compare it with "other mangaka", I thought they should get paid more but, but did they?

I think a mangaka gets paid according to how popular his/her manga is, but new manga artist get paid +- $100 per page. They don't care if it's more detailed or not, they only care about how popular the manga is.

Read the manga Bakuman, it will answer all your questions on manga.


When Edward and Alphonse try to transmute their mother, how come they didn't gain anything? So, to my understanding, the idea of alchemy is equivalent exchange, in which you get in return as much as you gave.

This doesn't make sense to me, as in the beginning when they tried to transmute their mother back, Alphonse lost everything, and Edward lost his leg. They didn't get anything in return, or at least anything worth of a soul and a body. After this Edward transmuted his arm to get Alphonse back.

So, put in a calculation:

Things lost

Random piled ingredients which were supposed to compose the average human
Alphonse's body
Alphonse's soul
Edward's arm
Edward's leg

Things gained

A blob of purple stuff with Alphonse's soul affixed to it ( for a while )
Alphonse's soul

So, where the hell did the rest of the stuff go? And more importantly, why could they not just have transmuted everything back?

Unmarked spoilers for both Brotherhood and the 2003 series follow.

You're missing a key bit of information: they did gain something for their loss[1], just as Izumi did.

The boys gained the knowledge of what was beyond the gate. Unparalleled truths of alchemy reside beyond the gate, and no mortals are ever allowed access to it—unless they commit the taboo.[2]

Both Edward and Alphonse were shoved through the gate and absorbed as much material as they could from it, Edward even wanting to go back to get more. In the 2003 series, Alphonse never recalls this, though in Brotherhood, he recalls it after having blood spilled on his seal. Ed remembers it from the beginning, and this knowledge is what allows him (and later, Alphonse) to transmute without a circle.

The reason they couldn't just transmute everything back is because they had already committed the sin. If you steal something, and are caught, but then give it back, do the police let you go? No; and this is also the way of The Truth. Performing the sin is the punishable act; transmuting it back would be futile.

1   Keep in mind that by the end of the series (at least in Brotherhood's case, original FMA was not as forgiving), much of what was lost is regained through further equivalent exchanges.
2   It's a bit more complicated than this, but it will suffice for this explanation.

They did gain something. The fact remains the thing they get it was not in the exact form they wanted. "Sometimes not everything is in our hands", that is what the author's main idea was.


Why are a lot of characters in anime and manga named after their mothers and not their fathers? I've noticed this a lot in many manga I've read. The character (usually the protagonist) is named after their mother's family name and not their father's. Some examples I have found of this are as follows:

In Special A, Kei Takashima is named of his mother's family not his father's. Unless the parents were cousins, it seems the dad changed his name to Takashima, too.
In Naruto, Naruto Uzumaki is named after his mother Kushina Uzumaki. I know that this may be a plot device to hide who Naruto's father is at the beginning, but still why name after the mother? Why wasn't he named Namikaze?
In Shokugeki no Soma, Saiba Jouichiro changes his name to his wife's: Yukihira. Why doesn't he keep his name? It's possible that he wants to stay out of the public eye, but is it common for the man to take his wife's name?
Another example from the same manga as above, Azami Nakamura. He changed his name to Nakiri after marrying into Erina's mother's family. It could have been for prestige, but isn't it normally the wife who changes the name and not the husband? And Erina is named from her mother's family too.

Sorry for all the examples, but I really would like it if someone could help me understand. I know it could be because of a plot device, but it has confused me for a while.

Expanding my comment into an answer.

In Japan, it’s uncommon, but not unheard of, for a man to take his wife’s name after marriage. It can happen for any reason, but a common reason is when a man marries into a family with no sons and his wife’s family wants to keep their name going.

In modern Japan, married couples are required to pick one partner’s family name for both of them. From a Time article:

  In contrast, Japan requires that married couples take one of the spouses’ family names, which, unsurprisingly, means that 96% of married Japanese women assume their husband’s last name.

Any children of the marriage are given that last name as well, so if the couple chooses to use the wife’s name, the children will have their mother’s family name.

In anime, of course, this is used as a plot device, and the exact reason depends on the show. For instance, in Evangelion, Gendou takes Yui’s last name, Ikari, to try and distance himself from some of the unsavory things he did in the past. So Shinji gets his mother’s name, which might have various meanings, given all the Freudian subtext in the show.

I shall talk about Uzumaki Naruto as such..Since, it is a special case.. Uzumaki clan at the time of Naruto birth(and later) were a few in number.. Mostly scattered throughout the world. Also, many decided to change their names fearing for their lives( the Uzumaki clan is quite noted for its Sealing jutsus; which was feared a lot, especially during the wartimes such as Shinobi World war 1,2 and 3). The seal which binds the Kyuubi(Nine-tailed fox) in Naruto is itself a Uzumaki Clan's jutsu.
Also, since it was not given of any other person from Namikaze clan except for Minato, we can fairly assume Namikaze clan too was dwindling in numbers.
Now, why was Naruto named after his mother? Interesting, right (since both clans had less members)?
This is because of the fact that Minato Namikaze was the 4th Hokage, meaning he had his enemies. Thus, naming Naruto after his father's clan was quite dangerous. (Note that the enemies pursuing Uzumaki clan dwindled once peaceful times started after the world war 3, except for people like Orochimaru that is. )


What is a Slay Vega? In the manga, Chise is referred to as being a "Slay Vega." In Japanese it's 夜の愛し仔（スレイ・ベガ）, "Beloved Child of the Night."

What does this term mean? What is the significance of this?

It would seem the scanlators use the term "Slay Vega," while the official Seven Seas release uses the term "Sleigh Beggy." While the former certain sounds cooler, the latter seems to be more correct. Acording to Manx lore "Sleigh Beggy" (or rather Sleih Beggey in the Manx language, meaning "little people." The equivalent of "fairy" in English.) is a term used to describe a type of fairy that originally inhabited the Isle of Man.

On Seven Seas' Tumblr blog, they mention the significance being:

For Chise, this term is used to describe her being a type of extraordinary individual, and not being an actual fairy. So while the scanlator's intended meaning for "Slay Vega" may have been "dearest child of the night," it's actual meaning to English speakers is "to kill a star."
To this extent, we are of one mind in that the usage of Sleigh Beggy is in line with the manga-ka’s intended vision for this amazing series. Hopefully this clears up any confusion or misconceptions our readers had.

Sleigh Vega is correct. Everything is about her being the lone star. Sleigh Beggy is a very interesting Manx spirit, but she isn't a spirit, she's an actual human girl, so the Sleigh Beggy translation is altogether incorrect.


How strong is Magellan? He was trusted to guard the World Government's maximum-security prison from the most dangerous criminals and pirates from all over the world, he must be extremely strong. The main reason for the mass breakout success was because he was tricked but not defeated.
Is he at par with the Admiral? Or maybe somewhere lower than that?

You cannot go by status alone to indicate someone's actual power.

   After the great breakout out of Impel Down, he was demoted to Vice-Warden. Probably because of his pride. So based on status alone you would think Hannyabal to be stronger than Magellan, which we know he is not.

 Well he wasn't before the timeskip. We haven't seen either of them after that, so it's hard to say where they stand now.

In the One Piece power system, it is actually hard to say who is stronger in general, since it depends on lots of factors, like who you are up against. For example, Crocodile was much stronger than Luffy, but Luffy still beat him by using the water trick. In my opinion I think he wouldn't be far off the admiral's level, since he beat Blackbeard's crew with just one hydro attack. Actually Magellan's power and ability makes him the perfect guy for the job and wouldn't be a good admiral. He would have a hard time arresting someone without mortally poisoning him.

Considering that his devil fruit is of Paramecia type, he cannot be on par with admirals. Also it is unknown whether he can change his poison's composition like Coco from Toriko. If he can change then he can be considered somewhat dangerous. If he cannot change then he seems pretty useless as Iva-san had antidote for his poison. He could guard the prison because the prison had many other supporting features to trap the convicts. But that also failed. So he cannot be on same league as Admirals but much lower than them.


What was changed into an immortal object? In the first arc of Sword Art Online (episode 14, ~9:40), the boss whom Kirito fights activates something in a system console, and then a notice is displayed: "Chaged[sic] into Immortal Object".

However, this message does not seem to make sense. Despite Kirito's request,

   Asuna is slain by a one-hit KO as she attempts to defend him, and Kirito is consequently killed as well. His remaining consciousness then gives one more blow to Heathcliff, who dies. Thus, it is clear that none of these three characters was given immortal status.

Was this an error, in that the message was supposed to refer to this boss removing his own immortality? If not, what exactly did this message signify?

As you say yourself:

  Was this an error, in that the message was supposed to refer to this boss removing his own immortality? If not, what exactly did this message signify?

While googling, I came across some posts on a forum which seems to say that it is a wrongly translated message and that it should say something like: "immortality status changed".
I'm not sure if it's accurate but it seems to tell the exact same thing.

It was supposed to be "Changed into immortal object" also notice the ui is RED this time.When immortal object effect was on,it was PURPLE.Thus this means something like the immortal effect is disabled.


Does Naruto have Earth as chakra nature? During the fight between Neji and Naruto, Naruto comes out of earth to finish his final blow on Neji. So does he possess earth element as his chakra nature?

No, in that particular fight, he just (dug a hole and) hid underground to surprise Neji.  No part of that used Earth chakra or Earth jutsu.  I don't think he even knew any Earth jutsu.  He eventually got access to all chakra types due to the Six Paths mode, but still, he was never seen doing any specific Earth jutsu.

No,because when he fight with kaguya he use all it chakra of tailed beast(1-9)
he used sage art:cho biju rasen shuriken(sage art:giant super tailed beast rasen shuriken).so he used up all biju chakra(magnet,blue flame,water,magma/lava,(im not sure about kokuo maybe fire and water),acid,(i dont know about chomei),ink,wind)so is not  revealed naruto using earth chakra/earth style jutsu.


Story-telling technique where the drawing style briefly gets much simpler? I'm a big fan of web comics, and have a question about a drawing or story-telling technique that I've seen. It seems effective, but I'm not quite sure what it's effective for.

Here's an example, from the most excellent Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques. First, a frame in his usual style:

He's usually quite consistent, but once in a long while there's a frame where he uses a much simpler drawing style:

Another example, from this strip; compare...

... to...

It's an interesting and entertaining motif, but I'm not clear on just what he's communicating with it, and why it feels effective. Is it an ironic aside? Or is it a pause in the action to let the characters (and reader) consider?

And, what is the history of this? Did Jeph make this up, or have previous cartoonists used it as well?

Any ideas?

It's called an Art Shift, traditionally used in western media for homages, parodies, or flashbacks; e.g. Tracer Bullet or when Calvin and Susie play house in Calvin and Hobbes. These art shifts usually last for one or more scenes, often for the duration of a specific subplot. The Japanese use art shifts in a very different way-- single-shot/panel shifts are quite common in anime and manga, and are used for comedic emphasis. Kimi ni Todoke, for example, uses this quite frequently (Kimi ni Todoke vol. 10 / ch. 42 spoilers). It is often used in conjunction with other anime/manga tropes (Cross Popping Veins, Dull Eyes of Unhappiness, Giving Up the Ghost, Nosebleed, Snot Bubble, Sweat Drop, Visible Sigh, Kewpie Doll Surprise, etc.) to convey emotion humorously, or on a specific character to show that they're acting in a way that's different from the rest of the world. It can also be used on a group of characters to show a sudden (and usually temporary) shift in tone.  Shifting into a chibi art style usually implies a comedic or moe tone.

As to your specific examples, the art shift creates an emphasis on joke-- in the first example, how Faye is forced to subvert her usual threats of violence, and in the second example, how Faye completely misssed the point.

Breaking the fourth wall
The fourth wall is a name for the convention that in a play/movie/comic book, the audience can see the characters, but the characters are unaware of the audience and the world outside.
A way of breaking the fourth wall is for a character to look straight into the spectator's eyes, showing that she is aware that she is inside a fictional story being watched by an audience. It involves the audience in the story and is often, but not always, used as a comic effect. It's used countless times in movies (Oliver Hardy, Eddie Murphy, Mike Myers etc.) and in comics in particular (too many to mention).
The first example enhances the effect of breaking the wall by simplifying the drawings. This makes it even more obvious that the illusion is broken - the character is aware that she is in a story. In that moment she sees her life simplified - as in a comic (which it is, but she's not supposed to know).
If the character speaks briefly to the audience (like in your first example), it can be called an aside. This little comment is normally not heard by the other characters.
Wikipedia on Fourth wall
Wikipedia on Aside


Why was Ryuk tied to Light's Death Note? In How to Use: XIII, in the second point it says

  The god of Death always remains with the owner of the Death Note.

indicating that a Shinigami will remain with the owner of their Death Note, Light learns this and gathers a group of friends to try and hide himself with Ryuk following him when Misa is trying to find him (she finds him because of her Eyes)

However, the Death Note Light had in the beginning isn't Ryuk's but Sidoh's which Ryuk stole, and unlike Gelus who died and Rem probably obtained ownership of Gelus's Death Note afterwards, Sidoh was still alive so even if Light became the owner after Ryuk dropped it in the human world, the Shinigami who was supposed to be with like was Sidoh.

Also in How to Use 2, the second point says

  The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of the original owner, i.e. a god of death.

So is there an explanation as to how Ryuk was tied with Light's Death Note having stolen it from Sidoh?

According to How to use II:

  The owner of the note can recognize the image and voice of the original owner, i.e. a god of death.

Therefore the only explanation for Light being able to see Ryuk would be, that Ryuk is the original owner. But how did Ryuk become the owner of Sidoh's Death Note? As I explained at How did Ryuk trick the King of Death Gods?, it is because of How to Use XII:

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

Ryuk became owner of Sidoh's Death Note because of this rule. It wasn't until chapter 65 that Sidoh realized that he had lost his Death Note, which is 6 years after Ryuk first dropped the Death Note down to earth. If it took him at least 6 years to realize he had lost his Death Note, it would be safe to assume that Ryuk had already found the Death Note 490 days before he dropped it down to earth, claiming ownership and becoming tied to that particular Death Note.

Actually a shinigami or god of death is mortal(rem,the shinigami attach with miss and one more shinigami died)..to increase their age,they used to steal age from the human world So here Ryuk the most brilliant shinigami tricked light from the beginning.he actually steal the light life. This is the most interesting theory I come up with.

So my theory is:

if shinigami write a person death ,he also convert into the sand.so they only can reduce life of a human but can’t kill.(rem told to miss how shinigami use their more book)
to kill a person by shinigami ,by writing name is only possible when human life span is completely finish.in that case shinigami will not die. Also as shinigami can see a person life span so it’s easy for them also.(at the end ryuk named lighat name in his death note) and he did not died
many more


What anime/manga are the sword and the dog in this image from? I can figure the rest of this image out, but I just don't know what anime/manga the sword and the dog are from. Can someone help me out?

The dog is a smaller version of Sadaharu from Gintama

From http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/088/b/4/_Gintama_Fanart_1__by_Chinchi_Commissions.jpg

The colour of the dog is of course Pikachu.

The sword is the Shikai form of Zangetsu, Ichigo's sword from Bleach.

From http://de.bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Datei:Zangetsu.png

Hair: Soul Eater

Dog: Gintama (with Pikachu's colour)

Sword: Bleach

Background: Totoro

Body: Full Metal Alchemist

Scarf: Fairy Tail

Hat: One Piece

Pendant: Yu-Gi-Oh!


What is the piano song in the very first beginning of Tokyo Ghoul:re season 2 episode 1? What is the piano cover of the 1st episode of Tokyo ghoul:re season 2's introduction of in the first 8-second of it?

Name of the song is:
Believe Again (Piano Version)

Artist:  Yutaka Yamada
Album: Tokyo Ghoul:re OST

Friendly Suggestion:

   Same song but little more Epic!
 Played with Symphonic Orchestra
 Believe Again - (Symphonic Suites)

The soundtrack is called "Tokyo Ghoul :re" I'm pretty sure. Heres a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTEB3KmuNR8&index=3&list=PLB6qn5wggeAoOI4hpDoRAvN2DwfL-kEjV
Hope it helped!


Is it possible to transfer Shinigami powers accidentally? In Bleach, Rukia transfers her Shinigami powers to Ichigo by having him stab himself in the chest with her zanpakuto.

If a person is stabbed in the chest by a zanpakuto, can they absorb half of the Shinigami's powers, or does it have to be intentional? If it does have to be intention, is there any reason given for that?

The transfer of powers has to be intentional because otherwise the shinigami won't be able to stab anybody without losing their powers. Ichigo was stabbed by Kenpachi later in the Soul Society arc, and that did not give him the latter's powers.

Ichigo is a special case. I do not want to spoil the story, so, I recommend not to read anything below this line

   There is a reason why the shinigami power were transferred to him. You see, he does not have ordinary parents. one of his parents is a former shinigami which caused him to have the capability of transferring shinigami powers to him. He was the only male in the family, and probably being the male he had a different gene than his sisters. makes sense ha?


Why could Kakashi and Obito move while Naruto, Sasuke and even Kaguya couldn't? Spoilers if you didn't see episode 472 of the anime yet:

   In episode 472, when Kaguya changed the environment to the world with high gravity, how come Kakashi and Obito could move while Naruto, Sasuke and even Kaguya couldn't?

I know they all used a lot of chakra fighting each other, but they are on a different level totally, and besides, Obito was half dead, and used almost all of his chakra to find Sasuke and bring him back.

Many have mentioned the plothole part, however this seems to be a case of using a writing device to

   1. Give Obito a heroic death 2. Absolve Obito of his crimes 3. Allow Kakshi to be cool by completing his Sharingan

In Universe Explanation:
This is the explanation written on the Wiki, a typical case of Eleventh Hour Superpower

  Obito returns Sasuke and Sakura to the dimension where Naruto and Kakashi are. He watches as Naruto and Sasuke fight Kaguya, their combined powers the only ones capable of stopping her. Aware of this, Kaguya relocates them to a dimension with powerful gravity and pins Naruto and Sasuke down while she attacks with All-Killing Ash Bones. Obito and Kakashi, empowered by a shared memory of their past friendship, place themselves in front of Naruto and Sasuke as shields. Because his odyssey began by saving Kakashi from death by a boulder, Obito decides he must now end things by saving Kakashi's life again: he uses his left eye to teleport the attack aimed at Kakashi away, allowing the attack directed at him to connect. Obito's body begins to crumble and there is nothing anyone can do to save him. He warns Kakashi that he will not be around to save him a third time and places his faith for a better world in Naruto before dying with a smile.

This can be compared to a final push, the rush of adrenaline. Obito and Kakashi pushed themselves to the limit figuring they would die, while Naruto/Sasuke were still hoping to escape the Gravity pull so that they could continue fighting.

sigh what a bunch of noobs, charkra is internal energy it has nothing to do with Physique like Muscle, Bones, Skin, organs, ninjas do not train their physical mortal bodies besides special cases like Lee and Gai, the reason why Kakashi and obito could move is because they have superior physique compare to sasuke and naruto who have never trained their bodies before, and because gravity increases the weight of everything charkra cannot help here, the only thing that can help is pure physical strength and kakashi had train with gai many times and was able to open 1 gate meaning he is stronger physically.


What music plays at 16:23 of FMA Brotherhood episode 62? I can't find the track name. Its when Armstrong comes to the King Bradley's corpse and has a monologue.

Finally got it, it's called The Day the Sun Disappeared. It's the 17th track from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Original Soundtrack 3.


Just who knew Arturia was female when she was King? Originally, I thought Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Morgan le Fay and Mordred were the only people who knew Arturia was female when she was king.

While reading up on Kay's profile on the Wikia, I read that he knew she was a female and vowed to keep it a secret

  Her identity as being female was known to him, but he kept the secret all his life after being sworn to secrecy by Merlin.

So this got me wondering: Was there anyone else who knew that King Arturia was in fact a woman? How did they find out?

According to Garden of Avalon, only Merlin, Uther (before he died), Ector (her foster father that raised her from the age of 5), Kay (her foster brother), and Guinevere once they married. Closer to the end of Artoria's kingdom, Guinevere reveals this to Lancelot as well once they start getting closer.

In the Camelot chapter in Fate/Grand Order, Agravain reveals that he found out about it when he discovered the affair.

While not explicitly stated anywhere I'm aware of, the circumstances of Mordred's conception/raising imply Morgan must have known as well.

I think that after Lancelot and Guinevere fell in love, Morgan le Fay told everyone that Artoria is a girl.I'm not sure,but you could check the Type Moon wikia


If Yhwach has absorbed all of soul kings powers, does it mean that he absorbs Mimihagi and Ukitake as well? Since Ukitake becomes the right hand of the soul king and fuses himself with Mimihagi, will Ukitake's soul be affected after Yhwach absorbs the soul king?

The specifics of what happened are not clear, but what is clear is simple.

Warning heavy spoilers ahead, because the anime has stopped before the latest arc Thousand Year Blood War.

SPOILERS

  In chapter 620, Yhwatch proclaims he will take everything that was the soul kings, including the right arm. IN chapter 621, we witness Mimihagi, the soul kings right arm, separate from Ukitake and he is left unconscious on the ground. Therefore, though it is speculation, it is probably a safe assumption that the Mimihagi was absorbed, while Ukitake was left alone and not absorbed. A Shinigami's Body is their soul, and even though Ukitake combined with it, it still separated from him fairly easily. We also know one more thing, A few chapters earlier, shortly before Mimihagi stabilized the soul king, Ukitake stated he should have died when he was 3, were it not for Mimihagi inhabiting his body, and halting the lung disease he suffered. With it gone, he is no doubt completely incapacitated, and probably not far from death unless one of the scientists of the Gotei can heal him, if not dead already.

And now, As of the end of the manga, Ukitake's fate was revealed:

   After separating from the right hand of the soul king and being left unconscious, he died. As shown in the 2nd to last chapter in the manga, 685, Shunshi was visiting his grave.

I do not think Ukitake's soul will be affected by Yhwach.
As we have seen that Soul King's right hand absorbs the soul of Ukitake completely and that is the end to Ukitake.
Yhwach absorbing the soul king is complately different and has nothing to do with Ukitake's soul


What is Lindel's song from Ancient Magus Bride based on? The song currently has no official title. But the first two words are "Iruna Etelero", thought it is often called "Flower Song". Some have theorized it's Finnish.

Is it just random syllables?

(Song link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLky9RjDXoY)

I just looked up info for the soundtrack for Season 2 and CDJapan has it on preorder to be released on March 28th. I also looked around at other sites and all of them say the 28th, so I am going to say unless we hear otherwise, this should be the official release date.

Also, pertaining to the lyrics, I ran them through Google Translate and it tagged them as Finnish, but the only words that were translated to English were Satoa (Harvest) and Toimessez (Actress)

However, I am running each word (Japanese) through to see if I get anything. Here is what it gave me

  Iruna (Bengali) eteruro (Japanese)
    Please obtain

  Iruna eteruro
  Please obtain

  Nadia, ēzeruvu~ōte (Swahili)
  Nadia, wisely ~ ok

  Reizeruko, (Swahili) mikemesuta (Igbo)
  Resurrection, lightning

  Iruna eteruro
  Please obtain

  Iruna eteruro
  Please obtain

  Sātoa, (Swahili) aimeltewa (Swahili)
  Offer, beautifully

  Reizeruko, mikemesuta
  Resurrection, lightning

  Āmeru, mikerumo (Igbo)
  Eat, slide

  Toimesesu, (Latvian) mikerumo (Igbo)
  For the better, slide

  Maseri, (Swahili) īmekuu~ōze (Latvian)
  Masters, you know

  Tōwa~ana, (Igbo) Mizaimesuta (Latvian)
  Drums, peeling

  Kesera, (Swahili) Kesera (Swahili)
  The trial, the trial

  Kesera, (Swahili) Setoru (Japanese)
  The trial, settle

  Āmeruvu~a, (Igbo) Eterurovu~o (Japanese)
  Activate ~ a, Get it now ~

  Mītetevu~a, (Swahili) Maria, (Latin) Ezeruvu~ōte, (Swahili)
  Defense, Maria, Wisdom ~ Oto

  Reizeruko, mikemesuta
  Resurrection, lightning

So yeah, it makes some sort of sense, but who knows if that is what it actually is saying.


What happens to tailed beast if jinchuriki dies? As the title says, what happens to the tailed beast when jinchuriki dies by any reasons whether of old age or killed by enemies. Does it come out of jinchuriki alive or get reborn? What had happened to jinchuriki of three tails that it was the only bijuu that didn't have a jinchuriki in Naruto shippuden.

When the jinchuriki dies, the tailed beast gets "reborn", sort of.
It is not well explained in the series, however, it is mentioned (Raikage vs Naruto & Bee) that should the jinchuriki die, the tailed beast would be resurrected.

From the wiki:

  Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot actually be killed; if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-coalesce in time.
  This is also mentioned when Minato seals the Kyuubi, see chapter 503, pages 14 and 17.

As for Sanbi's jinchuriki: May contain spoilers: (As I did read the manga to the end, but I've yet to catch onto the anime)

   We know of two jinchuriki that Sanbi had. The first being Yagura, being resurrected by Obito during the war. The second is Rin, which, after her capture, was forced to become Sanbi's jinchuriki, and it was planned to send her back to Konoha where Sanbi would break loose. (Since Rin died, and Sanbi didn't, it further proves what I said earlier, the bijuu comes back)

Reading 3rd tail Beast jinchuriki--->

When a tailed Beast is extracted from a jinchuriki,the jinchuriki dies as Gaara died when ONE Tailed Beast was extracted from him.It happened with Kusina and Naruto almost died while fighting with Madara.So Three Tailed Beast jinchuriki might have died as well.


Is kuroneko from Oreimo considered dandere? from Urban dictionary,

Dandere

  A dandere is a character archtype that entails someone being quiet
  which is usually associated with shyness. "Dan" comes from the word
  "danmari" which means silent and taciturn. "Dere" means to become
  "lovey dovey"

  Not to be confused with Kuudere which is a cool person that becomes
  lovey dovey. They are very similar in appearence and possibly
  behavior, but their underlying character reasoning is different. Being
  silent for the sake of being silent vs being cool

I have a problem placing her as a dandere because she sometimes acts playful as the image above (not antisocial). Am I correct considering her dandere ?

Yes, she can be considered a Dandere character.

A dandere character is one who is normally quiet and silent, possibly to the point of coming across as emotionless at times, but will suddenly become talkative and sweet and cute when alone with the right person if they manage to push the right button to get them to pour their heart out, revealing that they're actually just shy.
A dandere will be more or less a normal person, but, will not talk unless spoken to/required to. They will avoid talking because of their shyness, but if need be, they will speak. Also, a dandere tends to feel more power in numbers. If they're with a group that they're comfortable with, then the shyness factor of said dandere will very likely decrease if another, unfamiliar person is introduced at that time.

At the first otaku meeting of Kirino, Ruri (a.k.a. Kuroneko) was silent and passed her time with her cell phone, but later when Saori introduced them to each other, Ruri was talking (quarreling) with Kirino.

Ruri was comfortable with Kyosuke. She was talking normally with him and

 confessed her love to Kyosuke.

She also talks and enjoy herself when she is with members of Saori's circle and with school club.

These are, however, only some examples of her behavior. Throughout the entire series, there are many occasions where her character matches the description of a Dandere as stated above.

She should be considered kudere because of her lack of emotion...most of the time


Can a child inherit both their parents' clans jutsu? Can a child in Naruto inherit both abilities from his parents' clans?

For example, if Ino and Sasuke had a child is there a possibility for it to have both Uchiha's Sharingan and Yamanaka's mind transfer jutsu?

Yes, a child can inherit both clans' jutsu.

This was officially explained by Masashi Kishimoto(the creator of Naruto)
The child with an Uchicha and a Hyuga as parents will have both the clans' eyes.

While Inojin is not a good example as the techniques of his father Sai were taught to him.The Ninja art techniques are not passed via genetic inheritance.
Also, Ino's clan techniques are classified as Hidden techinques which use Yin/Yang release which are also taught/learned not passed via genetics.

A good example would be an Uchiha + Hyuga child as answered by Kishimoto himself -

It is possible. And an example of it is given in Boruto.

In case you haven't watched Boruto yet,

   Inoijin, son of Ino and Sai possesses the ability to use both his parent's jutsus. Sarada can use Sharingan like her father Sasuke and has an awesome strength that she displays when she punches, just like her mother Sakura.


What is the seventh clan? In the first season of K, we're introduced to the red, blue, and colorless clans early on, and later on are told about the silver and gold clans. In the movie, we come to know of the green clan.

But there are seven clans, and that only amounts to six. What is the color (or non-color?) of the seventh clan?

From the first to last clans, they are White Rice Party, Tokijikuin, Homra, Scepter 4, Jungle, Cathedral, and Colorless. Cathedral was COMPLETELY destroyed in the kagutsu crater incident, therefore the only one in the series that has any resemblance to the powers of the Gray clan, is the Gray King Seigo Ootori. (Tenkei Iwafune) And any sort of information given on Cathedral is little to null on even the Wikipedia, other than the interesting insignia of their clan.

i think it is the brown clan.
because in the chamber slates at Mihashira tower you see the colors of the 6 known clans and the brown color
http://k-project.wikia.com/wiki/Mihashira_Tower?file=Dresden_Slate_Room.png


What was L's real name? I watched through Death Note once, and I never remember hearing L's name, even after he died.

What was L's real name, or did he never have one (it was never said)?

According to both the Death Note Character list on Wikipedia and the L character page on the Death Note Wikia, his full name is L Lawliet.  He does have several aliases that sound more like real names but L seems to be his actual name.

From the L Wikipedia page:

  Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of the series [...] For L's name, he wanted to use a single letter with a lot of significance; he considered "I" and "J", but eventually chose "L" after careful consideration.

The Wiki page also points out that his name is written in Latin characters as "L"

I believe that L's real name is Lind Lawliet. As we know, when L puts Lind L Tailor in his place in his PSA, the L follows Lind. (Lind L).

Afterwards we discover that L's last name is Lawliet. So we have L Lawliet. I believe that if we simply reverse it (L Lawliet) take both names and put them in their proper place and you get Lind Lawliet.


Why is blood pink in Danganronpa? In episode two of Danganronpa, two characters die. On both cases the blood appears in pink, rather than red.

Why is this?
Is blood in the Danganronpa universe pink? Or is this supposed to be less shocking for the viewer or something similar?

According to the Something Awful playthrough thread for the game:

  Because of the intricacies of the Japanese game rating system, blood
  in this game is colored pink. Rest assured, though, it is human blood
  you will be looking at, and it doesn't mean our characters are
  secretly aliens or elves.

TVTropes also says the same thing:

  Many murder scenes are liberally splattered in Pepto-Bismol, thanks to
  the intricacies of the Japanese game rating system.

So it seems like making the blood realistic would have given the game a higher age rating, possibly restricting some of their target demographic from being able to purchase the game. But the pink blood also goes along with the main artistic style of Dangan Ronpa.

According to Wikipedia:

  The game uses pop art, a bright and colorful style, as a way to
  contrast the dark subject matter of murder. Scenario writer Kazutaka
  Kodaka stated he desired to "...shake user's heart by showing a
  devastating accident in not devastating ways. But, by some measure, it
  might be more shocking than showing a devastating scene."

It's done so because when the human mind sees red blood it sets off a red flag in they're brain, but if it's a different color you don't get that reaction.


What jutsu did Minato use on Naruto? I wanted to ask if anyone knew what jutsu Minato used on Naruto in episode 442 of Shippuuden. I understand it is a filler episode but I was curious. Minato uses it on Naruto while breaking up his fight with Sasuke. At 6 minutes 33 seconds Minato places a flat palm against naruto and sends him flying. No hand signs are shown and no rasengan chakra ball is shown either.

its probably the jutsu he is most known for... the flying rajin jutsu... its why they call him the yellow flash. bascially this jutsu works by sending somthing minatos chakra is in contact with to another location using a specialy placed seal or marked kunai. minato has already placed several seals around the village in case he ever needs to move somewhere quickly and he sends naruto to this seal when he places his hand on him... as for the no handsigns minato is a hokage level ninja.... his hand signs are too quick for average ninja to see.


Are Pokemon vegetarians? It is shown that Pokemon eat fruit, PokeBlocks or some random eatables. However, I have never seen a Pokemon being eaten by another Pokemon. Also, their trainers don't seem to eat meat. As there are only Pokemon in that world, eating fish would be equivalent to eating a Magikarp or other fish Pokemon.

Horray for Bulbapedia!
The most commonly referenced mention of Pokemon eating other Pokemon is the entry about Pidgeot.

"When they hunt, Pidgeot fly on the surface of the water at top speed to catch unsuspecting Fish element prey like Magikarp."

It is also referenced in Shipwreck, where Meowth attempted to eat James' Magikarp.
Farfetch'd also has an entry about how delicious it is.
The general consensus from my research seems to be that, while pokemon are likely eaten by other pokemon and occasionally humans, it is rarely if ever portrayed because Pokemon is aimed towards a child audience.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
It should also be noted that normal animals exist in pokemon. There are multiple references to them, although they are rare.

In both Raichu and Gastly's FireRed entries, Indian elephants are mentioned.
In several of Bellsprout's Pokédex entries, Bellsprout is said to prey on insects.
Victreebel is mentioned to use the Sweet Aroma of its honey to lure prey such as bugs, as well as large animals.
Horsea is said to prey on bugs in several of its Pokédex entries. Some entries also mention that Horsea uses coral as an anchor to avoid being washed away, as well as for shade to build its nest in.
Lickitung's Red, Blue, and LeafGreen Pokédex entries mention that it can extend its tongue like a chameleon.

In the games you make poke blocks out of berries ground together. Therefore I believe that they do eat vegetables but if Pokémon can kill each other in the Manga then surely they can eat each as wild Pokémon but I don't know of any certain points.


Why always "skirt-flipping" fan-service's (mini-skirt blowing up.)? Sometimes in anime/manga, I see some scene's where the MC flip the skirt of the heroine, or even some random character with a cute face. I know there are many kind of fan-service's like groping breast, yuri scene's, etc. But why is it almost always skirt flipping ? Like it is the standard of fan-service.

Is there story behind it? Where does this originate from?

I have made some research and this is what i got (and sorry about my grammar )

So it called Panchira (パンチラ) refers to a brief glimpse of a woman's underwear.

  Panchira (パンチラ) refers to a brief glimpse of a woman's underwear. The
  term carries risqué connotations similar to the word 'upskirt' in
  English usage. The word is a portmanteau of "panty" (パンティー pantī) and
  chira, the Japanese sound symbolism representing a glance or
  glimpse. It differs from the more general term "upskirt" in that
  panchira specifies the presence of underpants (the absence of which
  would more accurately be described as ノーパン; nōpan).

Origins

  Traditionally, Japanese women did not wear underwear. On December 16,
  1932, there was a fire in the Tokyo Shirokiya department store. Legend
  has it that some of the female staff tried to use their kimonos to
  cover their privates as they climbed down ropes from the higher
  floors, and accidentally fell to their deaths. Japanese newspapers
  began agitating for women to start wearing 'drawers' (ズローズ zurōzu),
  but seemingly had little impact at the time. In a 1934 survey by a
  Fukuoka newspaper, 90% of the women surveyed were still not wearing
  'drawers' a year and a half after the fire.2

  As noted below, the development of panchira in Japanese popular
  culture has been analyzed by a number of American and Japanese
  writers. Many observers link the phenomenon to the Westernization of
  Japan following World War II.7 During the occupation, fashions,
  ideas, and media previously unavailable were accessed by the local
  population, leading to a slight relaxing of earlier taboos.
  Western-style clothing (including women's underwear) gained popularity
  in the post-war period, reinforced through numerous media outlets —
  magazines, newspapers, films, journals, and comics.

  At least one Japanese source traces the beginnings of panchira to the
  release of The Seven Year Itch in 1955.[8] The media coverage
  surrounding Marilyn Monroe's iconic scene fueled the emerging Japanese
  craze. According to architectural historian Shoichi Inoue, the
  practice of "scoring" a glimpse up young women's skirts became
  extremely popular around this period; "Magazines of the time have
  articles telling the best places where panties could be viewed".[9]
  Inoue also writes that actress Mitsuyo Asaka spurred the popularity of
  the word 'chirarizumu' (チラリズム 'the thrill of catching a brief glimpse
  of a women's nether regions') by parting her kimono to show off her
  legs in her stage shows in the late 1950s.[10]

  In 1969, the Japanese oil company Maruzen Sekiyū released a television
  commercial featuring Rosa Ogawa in a short mini-skirt that gets blown
  up by the wind with her forming her lips into an 'O' in surprise. This
  led to children imitating her line "Oh! Mōretsu" (Oh！モーレツ, too much,
  radical), and a fad for sukāto-mekuri (スカート捲り flipping up of a girl's
  skirt).[11] Ogawa subsequently appeared in a TV show Oh Sore Miyo (Oh!
  それ見よ, literally "look at that," but actually a pun on 'O Sole Mio,' a
  neapolitan song 'my sunshine') that again featured scenes of her
  mini-skirt blowing up.

Anime/Manga

For anime/manga culture,  it's 'partially' answered from this question.

Where did the anime trope of Clothing Damage / Clothes being torn originate?

it was from this manga, Shameless School

Wiki Explanation

  Harenchi Gakuen (ハレンチ学園, lit. "Shameless School") is a Japanese media
  franchise created by Go Nagai. Harenchi Gakuen was one of the manga
  serialized in the very first issue of Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly
  Shōnen Jump. The series was the first big success for Go Nagai. It is
  also considered as the first modern erotic manga, sometimes considered
  the first hentai manga, though Nagai never used explicit sexual
  situations in the original run of the manga.

And from the same wiki, it was written

  By the late 1960s, panchira had
  spread to the mainstream comic industry, as fledgling manga artists
  such as Go Nagai began exploring sexual imagery in boys' comics
  (shōnen manga).[12] Adult manga magazines had existed since 1956 (e.g.
  Weekly Manga Times), but it is significant to note the introduction of
  sexual imagery into boys manga. Millegan argues that the ecchi genre
  of the 1970s rose to fill a void left by the decline of Osaka's
  lending library network:[13]

and i read an article about Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump came under fire for running a busty spread on Yuragi-sō no Yūna-san (Yūna of Yuragi Manor). The illustration sparked conversations about ecchi works in a magazine that is largely seen as reading material for kids under 14 years of age.

Summary

From what i could tell, the originate of "skirt-flipping" is from short mini-skirt that gets blown up by the wind ). There is a book with titles, Perversion and Modern Japan: Psychoanalysis, Literature, Culture that explain about this topic, but i couldn't copy the reference's, since its licensed. You could read the book online Here

References

Perversion and Modern Japan: Psychoanalysis, Literature, Culture
Panchira (パンチラ)

This is the rule. This is the one of animation's principles. Follow Through and Overlapping Action.
The artist is to make animation look like living motion, when character move, the skirt need to follow up and move.
Follow Through and Overlapping Action is one of principles. Originate from Disney. Animator all having this concept.

For fan-service, Anime when skirt-flipping, it increase charm of the character, it also is fan-service. Cute, Cute poses, Smile, kawaii, sexy, charming, eye contact more is all fan-service. Behind the story is  is the fact and originate from Japan.

The fact, behind of story, fan-service because... (read more)

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