Is the gun mention a subtitling error? I'm rewatching the Naruto Chuunin exams, and in the Crunchyroll subs in episode 40, when it's being explained by Zaku's arms blew out, the explanation mentions gun barrels. However, as per this answer, there are no guns in Naruto. I don't remember the Japanese word for gun or gun barrel, and my listening isn't good enough to tell what they're saying in this particular part. Is this simply a subtitling error, or do they actually use a gun analogy in this case? If they do use a gun analogy in the anime, do they use the same analogy in the Japanese manga--that is, do they canonically explain the result using a gun analogy despite the lack of guns in Naruto?

I think the subtitles are okay. The Naruto manga does use a similar gun analogy. In chapter 70:

  ...Like a gun barrel when the path of a bullet is blocked, Zaku blew his arm off.

In the anime, I believe that the word that Dosu is using is 砲身 (ほうしん), which translates to "gun barrel". For context, in that sentence, Dosu was saying something along the lines of:

  砲身【ほうしん】であるザクの腕【うで】は暴発【ぼうはつ】し使【つか】い物【もの】になるなくなる

Actually in the wave arc wean sakura gose to the store with the bridge builder theres a gun behind the counter. Or at least in the manga there is.


Was Vegito SSJ1 or SSJ2 when fighting Buu? In the fight with Buu, when Vegito just transforms, we see electricity sparks surrounding him (typical feat of a super saiyan 2) but in the rest of the fight we see these sparks no more. Was Vegito a SSJ1 or a SSJ2 when fighting with Buu?

SSJ or (SSJ1 as you called it). Vegito should have the capacity to become an SSJ2 since a fused fighter does retain the capability of both fighters but he never used that against Buu.

As quoted below according to the wiki linked here:

  Vegito then decides to turn things up a notch, by increasing his power by transforming into a Super Saiyan, and calling himself "Super Vegito".

It is further quoted:

  Vegetto is able to transform into a Super Saiyan,[3] calling himself "Super Vegetto" (or "Super Vegerot" in the English manga) in this form. But because of Vegetto's naming for this form, some fan says that this is like a combination of Goku's Super Saiyan 2 (there are the blue electricities when Vegetto first transforms into Super Vegetto) and Vegeta's Super Vegeta. As Super Vegetto, he gains a slight increase in muscle mass (probably from power of Super Vegeta), bluish-green eyes, very defined golden hair and eyebrows and a golden aura. Once transformed, he his power soared to unimaginable heights: Vegetto was well beyond Buu's abilities to defeat and absolutely dominated Super Buu (w/ Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Piccolo absorbed) in battle. He hardly exerts himself in battle. Vegetto's power in this form alone makes him is undeniably the most powerful character in Dragon Ball Z manga. It is implied by Old Kai that Super Vegetto could have destroyed Kid Buu with little effort as he did with Super Buu (w/ Gohan absorbed).[6] In Dragon Ball Heroes, Super Saiyan Vegetto is seen with sparks in-game just as shown in one panel of the manga.

Vegito is in fact the strongest character in the Dragon ball universe (excluding super) due to his existence being the combined power of Goku and Vegeta but amplified many times over with both of their techniques plus his own.

Long live the King of all Saiyans.

I think he combined goku's ssj2 and Vegeta's super vegeta because look at the hair and the muscles  its gokus ssj2 hair but his muscles got bigger(no homo) like super vegetas muscles


Can Kakashi still use Susanoo after losing his Sharingan? When Kakashi had double Sharingan, he was able to use Susanoo. However, he lost the Sharingan.

Can he still use Susanoo without Sharingan now?

No, he can't now.

During the battle with Kaguya, Obito lent Kakashi the full power of the Mangekyo Sharingan which gave him the ability to use Susanoo. But after the battle, Kakashi lost his Sharingan along with Susanoo. So, I don't think that Kakashi can use Susanoo after all.

Maybe he can! While fighting with Kaguya, Obito lent his both eyes to Kakashi (although Kakashi's eye was already taken by Madara and he was given a new eye by Naruto) and that's why he was able to use Susanoo. In same way, he can do that again.


Why didn't Lelouch use the "obey me" order on everyone? In the final episodes of Code Geass R2, Lelouch gave orders like "be my slave" or "obey me". This way, unlike when using the Geass, he can give them orders an unlimited number of times.

(Code Geass Wikia)

So why didn't he use these orders on everyone from the beginning? This way he could've given them orders whenever he wanted!

At the very beginning, right after he got his powers, Lelouch may not have been sure that it was possible to give such powerful orders. This is why, for example, Lelouch ordered a female student from the academy to engrave a cross-mark on a wall every day forever: to determine how long a geass would last. Presumably, he was performing similar experiments that weren't shown to the viewer.

In some cases, Lelouch could be morally conflicted about geassing people. In the last episode of R2, we see him wavering on whether or not to use a geass to command Nunnally to give him the FLEIJA control device. It's possible that he felt the same way about using his geass on other people as well. (Then again, that might just be a special thing for Nunnally.)

Recall now that people are able to reject a geass (at least temporarily) if it is in strong conflict with their morals. Guilford, for example, would probably have found the idea of obeying Zero to be utterly repugnant, and may have resisted the geass to a degree, which could have thrown a wrench in Lelouch's plans. This could be why Lelouch instead geassed Guilford to view him as if he were Cornelia - to circumvent that issue.

There are probably a few other reasons, too, which hopefully other people will be able to come up with in their answers.

Lelouch's geass power increased over time. Perhaps it was not powerful enough make someone his full-time slave until his power got to full strength. Lelouch did experiments in the beginning to test the limitations and capabilities of his geass. Surely he must have wondered what would happen if he tried the command "obey me".


How was Vegeta able to be revived by the Dragon Balls? (I couldn't find a question like this, if it's been asked before then please remove it.)
There are several known plot holes in the DBZ story, but one that interested me is that in the Buu saga (in DBK it's in ep127) it's said that when a human/alien that killed too many innocent people is dead, in hell they erase his body and his memories and recreate him. Piccolo said that in response to Vegeta's question of whether he could be meet Goku again, but it very clearly that he still won't be revived by the DragonBalls because of that.

The content of Vegeta and Piccolo conversation in DBK ep127 (translated from japanese):

Vegeta: Tell me just one thing first, in the Next World or whatever it
is, after I die, will I be able to see Kakarrot again?
Piccolo: At a time like this, it won't do any good to offer
consolation, so I won't mince words. That won't be possible.
Vegeta: (blinking in shock)
Piccolo: You'v killed to many innocent people. Once you die, your body
will become nonexictense, and your soul will be sent to a world
different from Goku's. There, your soul will be cleaned, and your
memories erased, and you will be turned into a new life form.

Now, in the original DBZ they created a plot hole by including a scene of Frieza, Cell and other villains watching the battle against Buu on earth when they were in Hell, but I'm not talking about that.
During the Frieza arc, Vegeta was clearly evil. Though he joined forces with Gohan, Krillin et al, he still killed a whole village, he's clearly evil, and yet, when Kaio asked Shenron to revive all the people killed by Frieza, Vegeta came back to life (in DBK it's ep51). If we go by the assumption that evil people are recreated in hell, then how was he revived?

Though for a fact that Vegeta asked at the end of Buu saga from Prolunga to bring back all those who died except for any evil people to unrule bringing back Babidi and Dabra, that's not contradict the above, since Piccolo specified specifically that Vegeta killed to many people so he won't have a body, unlike Babidi that was evil but didn't were just evil and didn't killed anyone (not by himself at least) and Dabra who Daio sent to heaven. it's clearly that there's definite different between killing a lot of people to be just evil - killing a lot of people contaminating the soul so it needs to be recreate (like Uub) while being only evil not.
Now, I know it's a fact that Toriyama didn't want to make the Buu Saga, and there could be plot holes and all, but is there still some explanation for that?

Note 1: This question came to me after watching Dragon Ball Kai. If in the original DBZ it's not a question, I would love to be enlightened.
Note 2: I'm reffering only to DBZ manga canon material, so evidences from DBS aren't related.

I'm not sure if I understand your question, but are you asking why he was revived because he was supposed to be erased? They explicitly mention in the series that Enma Daio Sama decided not to erase Vegeta's soul just in case he needed him for a battle. So what Vegeta said in the screencapture you posted didnt apply to him due to an Enma Daio Sama decision
Enma Daio Sama decides to keep Vegeta soul intact in case he was needed for a battle
(Sorry, I couldnt find an english version for this video, only a spanish one, but you can use the english subtitles feature of Youtube to add them)

I don't recall this being A Thing in DBZ, nor do I recall the Home For Infinite Losers (or "Hell") being elaborated on during the Namek arc.
In short:  Vegeta was revived because the wish to Shenron was for all of the people who were slain by Frieza to be brought back.  Because Vegeta was indeed killed by Frieza, he was resurrected by this wish.
Can't say much about the Buu arc here; in between these series, there may have been more than a few plot holes laid since this restriction never came up during Frieza's time.


Why didn't Fuyumi and Hydra Bell fuse like their mothers did? From what I understand, When two opposite individuals (one from the human world and one from the demon world) touch each other, they are fused together to create one new individual that is made of the two of them.

So if Fuyumi and Hydra Bell are both the daughters of Nyen (Nene), why they didn't fuse when they touched each other?

The straightforward answer to your question is that Fuyumi and Bell aren't doppelgangers ("opposites") for each other, and so there's no reason one should expect that they would fuse with each other.

Sure, their mothers were doppelgangers, but that doesn't mean that their children - Fuyumi and Bell - should also be. For one thing, they don't look very much like one another, whereas their mothers (pre-fusion) totally did:

maybe the reason they didn't fuse when they were kids was because they were in the presence of another doppelganger fusion causing a energy thing.....

and why they don't fuse now is because fuyumi is a demon now so here and bell are not complete oposites anymore.... but if fuyumi is resurrected and bells in the rum they might fuse then.


A late '90s early 2000s anime with a amnesiac girl with special power If anyone could please help I would really appreciate it.

I watched this anime at a friends house, but I forgot to get the title. I think it might have been in the late '90s or early 2000s when this anime was made, but I'm not 100 percent sure.

Anyway, it seems to be set in either middle ages, kind of like Scrapped Princess I think. It's about a guy who finds a girl in the snow and he thinks she's dead. When he finds out she is still alive, he takes her back. When she regains consciousness, she has not memory of who she is. I think I remember her having really big boobs. She has some unknown power, and every time she is scared, it gets activated and she becomes topless. They go on a quest to find out who she is, and meet a blonde haired prince (or knight?).

That's all I can really remember and it's just one of those animes I never got to watch past two episodes. I just wanna finish it. If anyone could help, please and thank you! :)

Dragoon (1997)

In the great Garubado Empire, a lethal weapon is in the process of being manufactured, but is stolen and subsequently lost in battle. Now the Empire is looking for this weapon: a girl that can call forth the "Dragoon" power. She has amnesia and is found by a wandering swordsman in training by who vows to help her find out who she is and why she has such a strange power.

Synopsis of the first episode from Wikipedia:

In Dragoon, May is the key to unlocking the deadliest weapon, known as the Dragoon. Soon into the film, May is shown in a tube being controlled by two older men. May escapes and finds herself lost in the woods. While sword fighting, a young man named Sedon, hears soldiers and airplanes around where he is practicing his sword techniques. He comes across a search party looking for May, keeping himself hidden behind a row of shrubbery as he follows them. Down the line of hedges, while he isn't looking where he is going Sedon trips. He turns over and realizes what he has stumbled over. He finds May lying naked, unconscious beside him.

Sorry, no naked picture.

After finding May in the woods, Sedon takes her to his small cabin, in which his father built. They stay there a while, and soon after May awakens. Soon after that, the search party comes across the cabin, and they knock on the door.
Sedon and May escape just in time, but they are leaving tracks in the snow. To hide this, they run down a small nearby stream. The Searchers lose the trail, and Sedon takes May back to his village. After they arrive, Sedon learns of May's Amnesia. She can't remember a thing.

Rain Keeves Fearudo, the blonde-haired character.

I would really like to help, there are so many anime in fantasy or medieval setting with a female main character that lost her memories, but i'm not sure any of the ones that come to mind really fit your description.

Came to mind:
Koihime
Pandora Hearts
Tsubasa Chronicle
Kobato
Chobits
Vampire Knight?
Utawarerumono (unlikely)
3x3 Eyes (unlikely)
Kiddy Grade (its in space...)


Why did Ash need to go back to Pokemon School? I was watching Pokemon Sun Moon. In the answer to this question "Why did Ash became a child back in Sun Moon Series?" it says that Ash never age so obviously he didn't became child.

But why did he need to go to Poke-school? He knows a lot on Pokemon and he went on till the finals in last league (Kalos)

As I said in the comments, Pokemon is a series which has been on air for a long time. But it's still mostly aimed for kids.

Whereas kids watching the first ones are now adults, it would be strange to have a Ash kid, pro at Pokemons and already knowing everything.

So at each beginning of a new series, they explain everything again for the new kids watching and because it's important to see a progress. If Ash knew already everything, had all the Pokemons from various regions, then it would become boring to follow him on his journey as he will certainly be a lot stronger than most of his opponents.

By doing as if Ash knew nothing at the beginning of each series, you can then follow again is evolution and grow up with him.

(Sorry for bad English as I'm French, and hope that you still understand)

Until now, the games the anime were based off were a big map with 8 gyms with routs connecting to each town and city and the player needed to take all the way to each different towns and cities, which in the anime comes out as an adventure to ash like the player.

But in Sun and Moon games, GameFreak changed the formula, there isn't any more large towns and routes but central areas and maybe even little village on 4 not so big islands, making the player go back and forth doing the scattered Island Challenges to obtain Z-crystals, although the gameplay hasn't changed very much the adventure make a big difference from the other Pokemon games, the long gameplay isn't because of the big map as in the previous game but due the missions and the story, so in the anime, the usual Ash's adventure style won't work with the Sun and Moon formula or either will be a really short one (much like the Orange Island league), so the studio decided to change the formula of the anime too and bring back Ash to school while meeting the new species, Alola forms and the island challenge in the school framework, although Ash ash himself have very much knowledge of Pokemon.


Is Kale stronger than a super saiyan blue in the anime? So in the last edition of the Dragon Ball Super manga (I believe it was #38)

   Kale was able to defeat Anilaza, which in the anime it took 2 super saiyan blue, Freezer, 17, and Gohan to defeat

I know that it's said what happens in the Dragon Ball Super manga doesnt count for the Dragon Ball Super anime, but in the other hand, we see ideas created by Toyotaro in the manga being incorporated in the anime (like the Super Saiyan God/Super Saiyan Blue switch technique and probably Vegeta turning into super saiyan god, considering the artwork we have seen released along the movie trailer, another idea made by Toyotaro)

Besides, we also saw Kale taking on a super saiyan blue kamehameha from Goku, but it looked to me that fans were in denial and argued Goku didnt use his full super saiyan blue power, when nothing could guarantee that not using his full power could also have meaning not using super saiyan blue kaioken x20, since that's Goku full power. More hints in the anime seems to point in the same direction, Vegeta saying Kale is a monster (what would he say that if she werent stronger than a super saiyan blue), Jiren taking her as a battle when he didnt bother to fight the super saiyan blue Goku and Vegeta, and so on. (Probaly more hints I dont remember right now)

Is Kale stronger than a super saiyan blue in the anime?

Kale is not stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Goku and Vegeta in the anime. This is clearly established during Goku's fight with Kale and Caulifla where Goku was easily holding his own with Kale using Super Saiyan God and easily overwhelmed Caulifla. Kale was more or less relative to SSJG Goku and clearly didn't overpower him. Also, SSJ Kefla was fighting relative to SSJB Goku(Who was exhausted). "A potara fused transformed character". It obviously doesn't make sense for Kale to be stronger when her Potara fused Transformed character, fights relative to SSJB exhausted Goku. Back in the Buu saga, Base Vegito was superior to SSJ3 Goku and Ultimate Gohan.We also know for a fact that the Super Saiyan Blue transformation is a lot stronger than the Super Saiyan God transformation based on Goku's initial fight with Jiren and Whis's comments during his fight with Dyspo.Goku never fought anyone seriously in the tournament of power until his fight with Jiren. It has been established numerous times in the serious that Goku never fights seriously at the start and always holds back. Even if you look at Goku in the earlier part of the tournament, he could've easily thrown out the fighters of Universe 9 using Super Saiyan  or obliterated them with Super Saiyan Blue which he didn't do. Vegeta referred to Kale being a monster on account of her aggressive nature. One power impact from Jiren was strong enough to completely knock out Kale. Goku on the other hand easily survived the power impact even after fighting with Jiren before. Also, even after Kale attacking Goku, he had 0 injuries and sustained no damage. The power scaling in the manga is different from the anime. For example:In the manga, Goku in his mastered SSJB form was able to fight Fused Zamasu and Base Vegito was capable of overwhelming fused Zamasu. While in the anime, SSJB Vegito was more or less relative to Fused Zamasu and only had a slight advantageAndroid 17 is capable of only fighting SSJ3 Goku in the manga but fights with a suppressed SSJB Goku in the anime.The manga is trying to focus on Universe 6, 7 and 11. Hence, trying to eliminate the other Universes and ended up altering the power levels to fit the story. For example, spoilers indicate Gohan challenges Kefla in the manga and clearly, Gohan is not stronger than Goku. Since the manga cannot focus on every Universe like the anime, the main characters are been given more spotlight and certain subcharacters are being made even weaker.

Not quiet but as the scene we observed in the series goku has a very less amount of stamina left and moreover he doesn't really want to end the fight soon so he is not using his full power


Did Kakashi attain an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan? During the fight with Kaguya, Obito gave his Mangekyou Sharingan to Kakashi after his death, and we know that if a Mangekyou Sharingan is given to any other person that person will achieve the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.

So did Kakashi achieve an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan even if he is not a true heir of Sharingan?

In short, no. Kakashi didn't achieve an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
According to wiki:

After Kakashi loses his Sharingan, his body is temporarily inhabited by Obito's spirit, giving him Mangekyō in both eyes.

So now the question is Why he didn't achieve Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan ?
Now again according to wiki:

Their vision can be restored by receiving the transplanted Mangekyō of
an Uchiha with strong blood ties — ideally a sibling — thus
awakening so-called Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. The Eternal Mangekyō
merge the designs of the transplanter and the transplantee's
original Mangekyō.

Since Kakashi was not having his own original Mangekyo so it might be possible that he was not able to achieve it also it is mentioned that there has to be strong blood ties. So I guess according to me both of them have to be from Uchiha clan but in this case Kakashi was from Hatake clan.

No, kakashi can't. In order to have an eternal magekyou sharingan, the individual must have had an eternal mangekyou sharingan implanted as the chakra shift occurs only after the user experiences the loss of one close to them at their own hands, and as obito only had a basic, not even complete sharingan, kakashi cannot


Why aren't characters' names in Fullmetal Alchemist Japanese? In most anime, the character's names are usually common Japanese names (for example, Yuuki, Yoko, Chiharu, etc.). So, why in Fullmetal Alchemist are the characters' names more on the English side of things?

The main setting of FMA is in Amestris, which is a pastiche of various European countries, in particular, England. (See the answers to this question for more details.) We can readily see that English is used in-universe, for instance, when Hawkeye corresponds with Roy, writing in vol. 19 of the manga:

   SELIM BRADLEY IS HOMUNCULUS

Note that many character names are not actually "English" or even German, although fans often posit Amestris to be a parallel of Germany. Some examples:

Jean Havoc's first name is French -- in English, Jean is more commonly a female name and is also pronounced differently -- and Riza is possibly a Hungarian name. Olivier might sound English, but it is not an English spelling of the name Oliver.
With regards to the suggestion that the names are German, Hughes, Bradley, and Armstrong are at most rather English in nature. Similarly, the German equivalent of Jean would presumably be Johann -- see this webpage on the name.

I remember Arakawa stating she chose names at random from a dictionary of European names for more minor characters, on some of manga bonus pages. I don't remember the specific chapter where this appeared, but this is stated in one of the answers of the question I linked to and also readily comes up in search results for arakawa european name dictionary fullmetal alchemist.

So in short: the names are not Japanese because the setting is largely in a country derived from Western Europe of the late 19th or early 20th century. However, it is incorrect to say that the names are English or necessarily German in origin. Of course, it's possible that there's so much ethnic diversity in Amestris that some variation in names isn't entirely unexpected, but well, that supports the "pastiche of Europe" view of the setting more.

I might be wrong, but I noticed that early anime (80s thru early 2000's) tend to have more English names. Not always, but sometimes, yah. I didn't even know Serena (from sailor moon) real name was usagi until 2011.


How can I know if an anime is episodic or has a continuous plot? I keep searching for a website or forum that can classify an anime as episodic without reading reviews or plots (because I really hate spoilers), but I couldn't find any.

Is there a way to know if a series is episodic in nature much like Samurai Champloo or Gintama where each episode has a stand-alone story or if it has a continuous plot across all episodes like Bleach or Naruto?

Anime-Planet has an episodic tag which gives you what you want. AniList and AniDB also have their own episodic tag. ANN, MAL and Kitsu don't seem to provide this feature as far as I know.

Just write the name of anime plus 'serial'
For example naruto serial. If it continuous they will say somewhere in your searches 'serial TV show'
Or try bleach serial. They say 'serial TV show 2004-2012'
So you know it is serial/continuous
If it is episodic like gintama they won't say. Although that doesn't mean it is not serial (sorry)


Which god of Japan is actually portrayed by Yato in Noragami? As far as I watched, Bishamon and Kofuku are portrayals of the Seven Lucky Gods (七福神 shichi fukujin). But it wasn't clear about Yato. Bishamon mentioned him as a God of Calamity, but there is no such god among the Seven Lucky Gods. So, which god might Yato be a portrayal of? Is he a new character altogether?

Kofuku is not the goddess of luck, and as explained in the series, she is the goddess of misfortune. She is not a part of Seven Gods of Fortune. The Seven gods are Hotei, Jurōjin, Fukurokuju, Bishamonten, Benzaiten (Benten-sama), Daikokuten (Daikoku) and Ebisu. Her surname, Ebisu is shared with the god of fortune as he will appear later in the series or you can just read the manga (which are raws) to find out more.

As for Yato, well, I think it's obvious that he is a fictional character based on the images of the gods of war in Japanese mythology.

From Yato-no-kami on Wikipedia:

  The Yato-no-kami (夜刀の神?, "gods of the night-sword") are snake deities in Japanese folklore appearing in the Hitachi No Kuni Fudoki. They lived in Namegata county, in fields near the government office. They were rumored to bring familial extermination on anyone who saw them. Eventually, they were killed by a man clearing the fields, enshrined, and banished to the mountains.

This might explain why Yato does not have a shrine. Since Yato-no-kami exterminate people, this might also explain why he is considered a god of calamity. It would also explain his snake eyes.


Who is Uchiha Izumi's father? No sure if I missed anything but there is no information of who her father is. Just said it is an ordinary ninja.

There is information about him, albeit his name was never mentioned.

In Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light

  “My dad died in Nine Tails’s attack.” .. “Oh! My dad’s not an Uchiha. My mom’s Uchiha. After my dad died, we came back to the clan, and I became an Uchiha, too,” Izumi told him, as if reading his mind.
                                                                        “Is there a connection between your father’s death and the sharingan?” “Yeah.” Izumi sighed, and met Itachi’s eyes. Her own had returned to normal. “I was there with my dad when he died. He died right in front of me. He was protecting me. So I …” Tears ran down her cheeks. “It was like, if I just had more power, my dad wouldn’t have had to die … During the funeral, and the whole time after that, I blamed myself. ‘If only I had more power,’ I said.”

In one chapter, Second of Third Hokage says that Kagami Uchiha was a good and talented member from Uchiha's clan and says that he was the father of Izumi.


Why does Sasuke have 6 dots on his Rinnegan When looking at Sasuke's Rinnegan, I noticed that he had 6 dots in it (the same kind you find on a Sharingan).

But Madara didn't have this. His just had a few circles but nothing else.

Is there a reason for this?

The dots you're mentioning is actually called Tomoe, like you said, it is usually formed on Sharingan. Rinnegan are usually characterized by light purple irides with a ripple-pattern that spreads over the eyeball, a few well-known wielders are Pain (not really though), Nagato and Madara.

Back to the question, recall that Sasuke received half of Hagoromo's (aka Sage of Six Paths) chakra, thus awakened the Rinnegan. The Rinnegan Sasuke has is quite unique, it has 6 tomoe split between its first two ripples, this doesn't mean nothing, it indicates the Rinnegan is fully charged. What's the difference between a typical Rinnegan and a fully charged Rinnegan you ask? Well, it's simple. Fully charged Rinnegan wielder like Sasuke gains abilities typical Rinnegan wielders don't have. About the abilities, I bet you knew it already.

Sasuke cannot use the Rinnegan full abilities if he overuses it. At this point, the tomoe will disappear, preventing him from using its full power. Sasuke will keep his left eye closed until it is fully recharged. Sasuke is still able to use the powers of his Mangekyo Sharingan with his Rinnegan, but cannot use or form the Mangekyo in his other eye when it is recharging. (See the image, the Mangekyo doesn't form on his right eye when he loses Rinnegan's charge, and it is formed again when the Rinnegan is fully charged. This is also stated on Narutopedia.)

Here you can see it happen in the manga.

Byakugan is not the strongest. If you think about it, that was the Hyuga clan being arrogant. Susano, Kotoamatsukami, Amaterasu, Kamui? Byakugan has nothing on that.

Sasuke's Rinnegan is stronger than Madara's. The Tomoe pattern indicates what I am guessing is an incredible amount of sage chakra that Sasuke can gather thanks to Hagoromo's buff. It's clear that at the least it's an advanced version of Rinnegan, otherwise Madara would have had Rinnegan powers far greater than Sasuke's considering he had two, yet Sasuke displayed far greater teleporting abilities which Madara would have used if he could have.


Was it formerly common practice to credit voice actors in opening credits? The final OP for Monogatari Series Second Season (the Koimonogatari OP) is sort of an 80s-throwback sort of deal, with all the hallmarks of old anime styling - funky "lens flares", those old-school clouds, a song reminiscent of 80s-era pop, captioned lyrics - the works.

One particularly interesting feature of the OP is that it credits KAMIYA Hiroshi and SAITOU Chiwa as the voice actors of Koyomi and Hitagi, respectively.

No TV anime from the past two or three years that I have watched has (to the best of my recollection) credited a voice actor in the opening credits. The opening credits typically seem to be reserved for producers, directors, original creators, and people like that. Voice actors are, of course, credited in the ending credits, usually towards the beginning.

And so, the question: Was it more common back in, say, the 80s or thereabouts for voice actors to be credited in anime opening credits (in place of or in addition to the ending credits)?

(Or, alternatively, is this aspect of the presentation of the Koimonogatari OP just idiosyncratic / anachronistic / otherwise not in keeping with common practice from a few decades ago?)

It's uncommon, but it's not that rare.
According to the Japanese Wikipedia:

It's often to have 2 credits scene for movies, TV programs, etc.: opening & ending. The general rule is, opening credits the studio, main performers, producer, supervisor, writer, etc., and ending credits all of the staffs.
In Japanese TV dramas, it's common to have the opening shown all the credit and omitted the ending in the 60's. However, in 70's and 80's, the credits started to split to opening with important credits, and ending with the rest. In 90's and later, it became common for the opening to only show the title, and the ending plays the theme song while listing all the credits.

However, most of 60's & 70's anime OPs didn't even list any credit, only showing animation & song, sometimes with lyric (unless I was apparently watching the non-telop version...). Even if they list the credit, it's similar to the current trend (production-related credits), but there were some which included the voice actors (out of around 25 anime OPs that I watched):

ビッグX (Big X, 1964): YouTube video

夕やけ番長 (Yuuyake Bancho, 1968): YouTube video

もーれつア太郎 (Moretsu Ataro, 1969): B/W OP (YouTube video), Color OP (YouTube video

男一匹 ガキ大将 (Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou, 1969): YouTube video

Note: 声の出演 is the same as CV (Character Voice).

According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting_in_Japan

The Term Character Voice(CV) has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as Animec and Newtype, for a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character.

And also

  "Some voice actors — especially certain voice actresses — often have devoted international fan-clubs. Some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor."

So your theory that says:

  "Was it more common back in, say, the 80s or thereabouts for voice
  actors to be credited in anime opening credits"

May be true. But I didn't found anything to confirm it.

But in the particular case of that opening I think that it was just some kind of joke, if I remember well on that opening the main characters that appeared were Hitagi and Kaiki, but not Koyomi. Also the opening itself just don't fit with the anime style.

I hope my answer was useful to you.


What is the catalyst necessary to transform into a titan? At first I thought that you must hurt yourself in order to transform into a titan.

But later,

   We see that Reiner and Bertholdt transformed without self harm, because they transformed immediately after Mikasa cut them in episode 6 of season 2 (episode 31 on Crunchyroll).

Also, thinking back, Eren did not commit self harm when he transformed from within the belly of the titan in season 1.

We see also that sometimes Eren is hurt and he still cannot transform, even though the injury was self induced. What exactly must take place in order to transform?

As per Attack on Titan wikia

  In order to transform, a human with the power of the Titans must
  suffer an injury that draws blood (often self-harm) while having a
  solid goal or belief in mind at the moment of injury.

You can check when Eren was training with Levi in the castle, he discovered that only injury is not sufficient.

when he transformed from within the belly of the titan in season 1.
In that scene you can find that all the above conditions are met.
1. Eren was injured( his hand was cut)
2. He has solid goal in mind. i.e to defeat the titan

You can read more cases/conditions in the wiki link I provided

I just want to say that, this might not hold, but the way I saw it when he transformed in the belly of the titan was that maybe he transformed because he wouldn't have gotten his arm bitten off if it weren't for his self-sacrifice. This was my explanation of how that counted as self harm.


What is this picture about in Mirai Nikki? In the picture, Yuno and Yukki are creating a world together, but what's this about? I don't know if it is an episode from the anime or from the manga.

I'm still searching for it in the internet but can't find anything about it. I'm so confused.

If you watch the OVA ("Redial", which adapts a 2-chapter manga), it'll make more sense. In brief:

   Yukiteru-2 has been deified in world #3. Yuno-3 is initially unaware that Yukiteru-2 exists, the whole Future Diary thing, etc., but Murmur-2 eventually transports her to Deus-3's metaphysical space where Murmur-2 is imprisoned, whereupon Murmur-2 imbues Yuno-3 with Yuno-2's memories. She then goes and finds the now-deified Yukiteru-2. The OVA ends with Yuno-3 and Yukiteru-2 meeting, but I imagine the implication is that they create a new world together afterwards, as at the end of episode 26.

Er, at least, I think I have all the world numbers right, but it's been a while.

The image is in the anime at the end of the 26th episode after the credits roll. That is because Yukiteru is reunited with Yuno.


How did Kaneki discover Touka was a ghoul? I've previously watched the anime and have just now started the manga (I know I'm terribly late) My mind is blown away by how different the manga is from the anime. (I'm even questioning if I'm reading the right thing due to the detail and differences) I feel like the question presented as my title will help resolve some of my suspicions. Did Studio Pierrot really cut so much detail out as well as change some parts of the story/events? Have I really been missing out on so much?

If someone could explain I'd deeply appreciate it

Thanks!

I've only watched the anime, but Kaneki discovered that Touka was a ghoul when he had just become a ghoul and entered Nishiki's territory. Touka had saved Kaneki from him.


What is the name of the song in the last episode of shingeki no kyojin season 3 part 2? Appears in the anime called Shingeki no Kyojin in season 3 part 2 episode 10, from 21:52 until the episode ends, it's the last episode of the season

The song you are referring to is T-KT, the 2nd song on the "Attack on Titan" Season 3 Original Soundtrack disc 2, composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.


What are the differences between the manga and anime versions of Excel Saga? How does the anime for Excel Saga differ from the manga? More specifically, does the plot in the Excel Saga anime depart significantly from that in the manga?

I've read that some characters only appear in the anime. What are notable differences between the characters who appear in the manga and those who appear in the anime? Are there any other differences? Is the structure of the anime (i.e. one episode spoofs of different genres) different from that of the manga or are there similarities?

I've only read a bit of the manga, but as far as I can tell, the manga was more of a focused satire on the state of Japan's economy and politics in the '90s and early 2000s (a bit more like the later, similar series Nerima Daikon Brothers). It didn't have as much genre parody as the anime did. It also had the character of Elgala, a third ACROSS agent who works alongside Excel and Hyatt.

Sometimes production houses tend to adapt the story line a bit or go in a completely other direction. Why? I don't know exactly, there could be multiple reasons.
but fr instance Hellsing made it's TV adaptation, which wasn't all that bad. However the readers of the manga found a lot of differences, and were not happy about the animated version. Later a new version labeled as an OVA (Official Video Animation) was produced, which had it's story based and continued like it went in the manga.
A pretty much similar thing happened with Full Metal Alchemist, where the story very deviated from the original manga concept( which was later reproduced as Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood).

Reason mostly vary but it's mostly because production houses do stuff on their own and then mutate the storyline.

  During the development of the anime, Arakawa allowed the anime staff to work independently from her, and requested having a different ending from the one in the manga. She said that she would not like to repeat the same ending in both media, as well as to make the manga longer to work more in the development of the characters. When watching the ending of the anime, she was amazed about how different the Homunculi creatures were from the manga and enjoyed how the staff speculated about the origins of the villains.

For instance... (source)


How come we never saw Dragons leaving the body of the Dragon Slayers in Fairy Tail (2014)? We don't see the Dragons leaving the body of the Dragon Slayers except in Natsu's case, even though Igneel mentioned it in Episode 89. Why is that? Did they forget to animate it?

[Edit- Note :If they have not mentioned it in manga then wouldn't that will be a plot hole because everybody will be aware of the dragons leaving the dragon slayers body and no one would have been surprised to see the face getting destroyed at that time. Also fighting Achnologia would have been much easier.]

As far as I know, all Dragons of 1st and 3rd generations Dragon Slayers had shown themselves in the anime. Igneel againts Acnologia, while the other 4 (Metallicana, Grandine, Weisslogia, Skiadrum) helped in destroying Face.

If I remember it correctly, I think it was showed between the last four episodes(86-90) of Fairy Tail (2014).

A link stating that their dragons help them - http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_263

  However, his celebration is cut short as the Dragon King crashes down near them, the Fire Dragon King holding him down with one claw and encouraging the humans not to give up hope. The ones who help humanity in this dire predicament are none other than the guardian Dragons of Wendy, Rogue, Gajeel and Sting, the powerful beasts easily demolishing the seemingly indestructible pillars by flying through them at great speeds.


Madara/Pain's Rinnegan As we know, Pain has Madara's Rinnegan. The Indra Path of Pain uses a lot of Shinra Tenseis and Bansho Tenins, but I have never seen Madara using any of the above.

Why is this so?

Madara has shown throughout the battles he fought that he was just toying with the others. At one point, after his rinne rebirth, he even cuts his own body just to relive the pleasure of a real battle. He clearly preferred to have actual combats than just winning the fight, probably because once everybody becomes a zombie under the tsuki no me he would have no one to fight.

I think the techniques that pain had  are new and been invented by him madara was dead till he knew that abilities. Yet, his susanoo is enough to whitewash entire battlefield. And every one has their own signatures.


Why is "I won't forgive you" a commonly used threat? In a number of shows, "I won't forgive you" or some variation is used as a threat. Rukia uses it when she is trying to keep Ichigo to follow her into the Soul Society, saying, "If you follow me, I will never forgive you." It is used similarly in other shows. In Vampire Knight, Kaien Cross says to Kaname that, if he makes Yuuki cry, he will never forgive him.

This doesn't seem to be used in Western television, or at least not to the same amount as it is in anime. Is this a part of Japanese culture or is this something that originated in anime/manga? If it did originate in anime/manga, where did it first appear?

It's a culture thing, and it's kinda like a fixed phrase, which is not translated accurately into English. If you can understand a little Chinese, its true meaning is 我饶不了你, in which 我(means I) 饶不了(means won't forgive) 你(means you), and the meaning is perfectly translated.

Its true meaning in English is more like this: I will not absolve you from guilt or I will not remit your punishment! (but these are too strong)

For your better understanding, this phrase suggests that if you do anything unpleasant to me, I will remember that one and find a way to make you pay.

PS: Even so it's supposed to be a threat, but this phrase is used between "frienemies" in many cases. For a instance, A doesn't want his partner-like rival B risks his(B's) life to save him(A), then A may say I will never forgive you if you risk your own life to save mine.

My interpretation of the phrase "I'll never forgive you" isn't nearly as analytical as the others. As you know a lot of Japanese phases are said differently in English(can't think of an example). Anyway even after the more precise translation I still didn't get it until I read a fanmade Manga then I was like "okay so them saying that is the equivalent of this." That being "I'll never forgive you." This being "I hate you" or "I'll kill you." That's what I think it is.


Are Kale and Caulifla truly sisters or Kale call Caulifla "sister" in an affective way? In Dragon Ball Super, Kale is calling Caulifla all the time "ane-san", which means "big sister" in japanese, but in the other hand Caulifla talks about Kale as her disciple, and I dont remember she ever called her sister. Are they sisters or Kale call Caulifla "sister" in an affective way?

No, i don't think they are sisters, as Calulifa said she just recruited Kale. When she first met Cabba, he asked who she was and Caulifla said she is also a saiyan.
Also if he was her sister Cabba should at least have heard of her since he knows Renso well.

Regarding a definite proof there isn't one and most likely there will never be one. Usually, through story telling we are almost always told if some characters are blood related, so if no such info comes out in DBS the conclusion is obvious.

No because kelfla and broly can both turn into a legendary super saiyan and kelfla appeared a little while after broly was defeated


What is the sad music/soundtrack played in Digimon Tri Movie 1 Episode 1? It starts at 7:47, when Tai and Yamato (Matt) are arguing inside the Ferris wheel. It's a really sad but poignant song, and I believe that they may have even played this song in season 1 of Digimon. I would really want a link to this soundtrack.

Never mind, I just found out from Reddit that there is no officially released list of soundtracks for Digimon Tri, except for the singles. I hope the OST comes out soon.


Does Sasuke really need a new arm? So we all know that Sasuke does not have an arm. And after his fight, Sakura was saying something about making an arm out of Hashirama's cells. Thing is—Sasuke has the Rinnegan, and knows how to use it. So, he can use the Asura Path technique to get a new arm. So what was the need for an arm made of Hashirama's cells anyway? Why did they make one for Sasuke if he can get a new arm himself? And why is Sasuke missing an arm in the first place? He should have had his own new arm by now.

I think it's because sasuke lost a lot of his powers after he sealed kaguya. (Naruto even list his SOSP (sage of six paths) more).
Sasuke only had his rinnegan, ad so, I don't think he can restore his arm using asura path technique

Sasuke thinks he's cooler with one arm or this is his way of atonement or his trying to be more emo or maybe he thinks he doesnt need it yet


How does Jigglypuff not fall asleep from its own song? Jigglypuff's song is seen to be extremely effective in putting people and Pokemon to sleep, but how does it not fall asleep from its own singing?

Shouldn't it at least fall asleep after it's done?

At first: As kuwaly mentioned, normally no one falls asleep while singing a lullaby. That's most likely the reason, but there are other possible points:

Like in the game, Pokémon using Sing aren't affected by the attack. This was most likely done to make this move usable, and was copied in the anime so the viewers aren't confused.
Some of the Pokédex-entries suggest, that you need to look in the eyes of Jigglypuff to be affected. As a Jigglypuff can't look itself in the eyes, it can't fall asleep. You can read the entries on Bulbapedia.

I also think I remember other Jigglypuffs falling asleep, too, but I'm not sure. That would mean, that Jigglypuffs aren't immune to the singing, but just aren't affected by their own attack.

Actually the reason jigglypuff is not sleeping hint hint hint hint is that it sing to everyone around herself and when she is singing is because that she knows not to sleep when she is singing so she can know what to say next.


When did Kakashi and Obito awaken their Mangekyou Sharingan? In chapter 604 of the manga, it is shown that Kakashi kills Rin. This fulfills the requirement to activate the Mangekyou Sharingan. So that should have been the moment when Kakashi was able to use the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Also, the Yellow Flash was still alive when this happens, so this means that Naruto was not yet born. This clearly points to the fact that from the very beginning of the Naruto series, Kakashi had his Mangekyou Sharingan activated.

When Kakashi first fought Itachi (when Itachi and Kisame appear at Konoha) and faced the Tsukuyomi he was devastated in a moment, even though he had his Mangekyou Sharingan active (though not used). But the next time they face (during the rescue mission of Gara), he was able to withstand it.

Now my first question is, was Kakashi unaware of his Mangekyou Sharingan until he faced Itachi, or was he not proficient in using it. Also why in the Naruto series (I mean the series before the start of Shippuden) didn't Kakashi use his Mangekyou Sharingan?

Now for my second question, in the same chapter, a few pages back, just when Kakashi strikes the blow at Rin, Obito's vision starts to fade as he can sense Rin dying. Does this mean Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan was awakened at the same time? We know that Kakashi and Obito shares the same "other dimension" because of the same Sharingan that the both use (not the same eye, but the eye of the same Uchiha). So does the same apply for their activation of Mangekyou Sharingan?

Kakashi and Obito awoke their Mangekyou at the same time: when Kakashi killed Rin.

Obito (left) and Kakashi (right) awakening their Mangekyou. From chapter 605, pages 4 and 5.

Now, as for why Kakashi never used it before his fight with Deidara, I think there's no definitive answer. However, I can think of two different educated guesses: one is in-universe, while the other is out-of-universe.

In-universe explanation: As you said, Kakashi was either unaware of or unable to control his Mangekyou Sharingan. I tend to think the former is the case, since he passed out as soon as he awoke his Mangekyou, and probably had no memory of awakening it (Kakashi's page on Naruto wiki seems to agree with this explanation). If this is the case, after his fight with Itachi he most likely tested to see if he had the Mangekyou, finding out he did, and thus trained in order to perfect its use.

Out-of-universe explanation: Kishimoto hadn't thought the whole story through. Since Tobi had not made an appearance in the first Naruto series, Kishi had not yet thought about who he would be. If this is the case, then Kakashi's back story had not yet been planned, as well as Obito's. This would make it plausible that Kakashi was not initially planned to have a Mangekyou, since his is transplanted. After the Kakashi Gaiden, however, the important characters are all introduced, which means he had most likely planned for Obito to be Tobi, and about the link between his and Kakashi's Sharingan.

I think Kakashi didn't use Mangekyou Sharingan before because it took to much chakra. And since he is not an Uchiha, it drained all of his chakra at once. And the next thing about him fainting right after activating the mangekyou for the first time, its the same reason. Exhaustion. No need to explain in universe and out universe blah blah blah. During the gara incident, he used it but had to be bed ridden. Same reason drainage of both physical and mental strength.


What does 'Akame ga Kill' mean and why is it called that? Just what the title says, why is the show called Akame ga Kill! and what does it even mean? Akame was just an ordinary member of Night Raid, yet the show is named after her. She wasn't the main Protagonist, she wasn't even the main Waifu! And as this unanswered question mentions here, the only difference was:

   She fought Esdeath, the primary antagonist, and ultimately survived.

I googled a bit and came across this link, according to which Akame ga Kill! literally means:

  Akame is kill

So what does that even mean? Does it mean that Akame is Death itself, or Akame is Dead (Not physically, but mentally - that she is dead inside). But I doubt that either of these interpretations are correct since she acts all cutesy from time to time.

As another user points out, a general translation would be Akame Kills, but that would be a very stupid name, wouldn't it? So can anyone help clear this up?

Edit: Even Akame knows something's not right (from AkaKILL Theater Episode 24 - END).

To reiterate, アカメが斬る (Akame ga Kiru) means "Akame cuts/slices/kills". Kiru also has another meaning: "to perform surgical incision", though the kanji is 切る in the case of this definition. This aligns well with the settings of the series: the goal of Akame and her group is to perform the necessary surgery on the corrupted empire by eliminating the tumors.

What is missing in the title are the objects, the targets that Akame kills. In episode 1, Tatsumi said 「俺が斬る」 (Ore ga Kiru), which means "let me kill (her)" or "I'll kill (her)". Even though there was no object specified, we could infer whom Tatsumi would kill. As for whom and what Akame kills, アカメが(Xを)斬る, the object X can be any of those in the chapter titles. Granted, it wasn't always Akame who did the killings, but she is actually a personification of Death (see explanation below) because her lethal and efficient one-cut-kill is befitting of Reaper's Scythe.

  Does it mean that Akame is Death itself, or Akame is Dead (Not physically, but mentally - that she is dead inside).

Actually, that is my thought exactly. In episode 24,

   Esdeath remarked that Akame is no longer human. It makes sense because Murasame's one-cut-kill doesn't work on non-human beings, or more precisely, beings without a beating heart, which is why Akame didn't die after cutting herself with it because she became Death. Also at the end, Akame said "I can only kill" because that is her newly acquired job as Death. Najenda and Akame, the only two survivors of Night Raid in the anime, actually symbolize Life and Death, as shown by them wearing capes of opposite colors and carrying out opposite roles of constructing and destroying for the new empire.

  Akame was just an ordinary member of Night Raid, yet the show is named after her. She wasn't the main Protagonist, she wasn't even the main Waifu!

Princess Mononoke is also named after San who is not the main protagonist, even though Hayao Miyazaki had originally preferred the title The Legend of Ashitaka and even went as far as to create a new kanji for legend (sekki). Although Akame is not the main protagonist, like San, she is still indispensable to the plot, especially in a symbolic way.

Why not name the series Ore ga Kiru or Tatsumi ga Kiru? Well, because it wouldn't be as intriguing as Akame ga Kiru. The readers would get hooked on who is Akame and why does she have red eyes, the literal meaning of akame. (In Chinese, it so happens that there is a phrase 殺紅了眼 to describe a person who goes berserk from killing too many people that his eyes turn red.) It's red eyes and not black eyes because the story is full of the so-called "leftist" ideas, hence the oft regarded color of the left. Subjectivity aside, the ordering also matters: a is both the first letter in the English alphabet and the first character in Gojuuon, so Akame ga Kiru will pop up earlier in searches than the alternatives.

Simple. You say Akame isn't the main female character. To me she is. Maybe the mangaka felt about it like this as well but just didn't want to put too much attention on her either since Tatsumi is the main character overall. Think about it for a second. Akame gets the most in depth background story of all the female characters in the anime. She's by far the most interesting one as well. Also, the anime ends with her standing at the end dealing the final fight. Not Tatsumi. Not Mine. Not Sheele. Not Leo. No. Akame. So therefore, Akame ga Kill.


What is the meaning of "Cross" in the title Cross Ange? "Ange", apart from the obvious reference to the main character, also means "angel" in French and implies the connection between Ange and Vilkiss, which has an angel sculpture on its head. This connection also extends to the full title Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons, which foreshadows the end of Ange's journey, as seen in the last few episodes.
However, "Cross" doesn't quite make sense in the title. According to the preview at the end of episode 24, subtitle by CrunchyRoll:

What the hell did "Cross" in Cross Ange mean, anyway?
Ange is always cross, I guess?
It's a pun?!

1 Cross in this context means "angry or annoyed", according to Oxford Learner's Dictionary.
While it somewhat makes sense, this seems to be a liberal translation to match the fact it is a pun in Japanese.
What is the original explanation in Japanese? Is there any other official explanation of what "Cross" mean in the title?

The original explanation in Japanese in the preview cited in the question is

  「アンジュが苦労｛くろう｝する」ってことでしょう？

which roughly translates to

  Ange has been through many hardships, I guess?

In Japanese, the pun is on Cross - クロス (kurosu) and 苦労｛くろう｝する (kurou suru).

As of the time of writing, this is the most official explanation on the meaning of "Cross" in Cross Ange.

The Angel's Crusade: Balade of Angels and Dragons.

The 2 initial answers explained but didn't provide the specific term needed: A "Crusade".  In sum up, the Crusades were battles in the name of the Christian Cross.

Although I recognize that after seeing the Crucifixion explanation, it sounds like a more plausible reason for the 'Cross' term, Crusade cannot be discarded at all. It can be possible: Supported in the initial concept, Cross and Crusade relate to a Holy War in the name of beliefs and religions. Ange had to fight around dimensions against The Tuner (a "god") and Aura (New Earth's god). She also discovered the truth and started a new belief (a new religion) where all are accepted. In the end, Crusade translates as "several fights because of beliefs or religions", which happened plenty along the series.


Debut Episodes of Rival Characters in Detective Conan (Case Closed)? I used to watch Detective Conan when I was younger and remember I got through the first 100 or so episodes. The most prominent "rivals" of Conan from what I remember was Kaitou Kid and Heiji Hattori. Who are some other characters that come later in the series and which episodes do they first appear?

Notable characters

Kaitou Kid
Heiji Hattori
Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai
Rei Furuya/Bourbon
Makoto Kyougaku
Masumi Sera
Eisuke Hondou
Haibara Ai/Shiho Miyano
Kazuha Toyama(Hattori Heiji's Love Interest)
Black Organization(First,Second and Third in command-Third one is Gin and you should check the members)
Maybe also check Ran's Mom and Kudo's Mom's rivalry,Kudo's father and Kid's father's rivalry

From Magic Kaitou-
Aoko Nakamori(Kaitou Kid's Love Interest)
Ginzo Nakamori
Akako Koizumi
Saguru Hakuba

From Yaiba-
Yaiba Kurogane
Soshi Okita

Also a crossover with Lupin the third


What happened between Kirito and Asuna in those 2 years? According to the 2nd episode, Kirito and Asuna met in the first month of SAO. Yet 2 years later, they meet again and it seems they are like complete strangers.

What happened to them in those 2 years? Do the light novels explain this?

During the two years, players teamed up to clear the floors.  However Kirito decided to solo the game (heavily influenced by Sachi's death ep. 3).  This made contact between other players uncommon.  Even though Kirito was a solo player, he participated in Boss Battles.

Before the boss battles he talked with other players for strategy. Asuna being one of the leaders, and Kirito being one of the strongest of players, would talk to each other or at least be in the same area.

It was referenced during the time of Gleam Eyes (Boss of the 74th Floor) when Klein found Kirito in a party with Asuna.

Ok, so kirito first met asuna while clearing the first floor. They team up, and beat the boss. They later meet while buying bread and after that when kirito is sleeping and the whole grimlock thing happens. That basically is what happens in the two years.


Why is Sanji wanted alive only? In One Piece manga chapter 801, all the members of the Straw Hat Crew have gotten new bounties on their heads, being shown on those wanted posters. Do you guys have any ideas as to why Sanji's poster only stated wanted: alive only? What makes him so special that the government wants him alive?

I also thought about this question and I have to agree that at the moment we can only guess what is the reason behind everything with Sanji.

Here are some facts:

Sanji is the only crew member about whom, we know nothing about (his family and his hometown). We just know he is from the North Blue.
Sanji has a very noble behavior and acts like a gentleman, which could be because of his education.
Sanji calls himself "Mr. Prince" in little garden.

Zoro calls him "Prince of idiots" during the fight with Foxy.
Sanji's following quote is also very suspicious:

Another point is that Sanji mentioned he was born in the North Blue and knew the land "Noland". Additionally, he wore a red-white hat two times (also in his zombie form), which have the same color as the buildings in the Lvneel Kingodm.

And these are just a few clues about Sanji. It seems obvious that Sanji's history must be quite interesting. It's possible that Sanji has some secret information which the Marines need, or he is an aristocrat, or maybe even a World Noble whom they want to get back alive.

Additionally, I remembered this video with lots of speculation about Sanji.
It's  very interesting.
Enjoy.

What came to mind was that it would be something to do with his past. With his first wanted poster, the camera had the lens cap on, so there was no picture and so few people really knew who Black Leg Sanji really looked like. But with the new one, the picture finally came across some high up in the government and finally recognize Adult Sanji and child Sanji. And this person being someone with some pull was able to change the bounty to Alive only. But who could this person be?? One idea was that someone that was on the ship that Orbit, that Sanji was on before Zeff and the Cook pirates attacked. Myabe this person felt guilty about Sanji being tossed overboard and not being able to help him, wants to try to help him change his way.

or maybe some female navy officer saw Sanjis picture and flip out, the same way he flips out when he sees any girl. And now she wants sanji for herself.


What is the song when Sinbad is attacked by a woman with a baby in her arms on episode 7? Anyone know the piece from the OST for Magi that played in season 1 episode 7 around 18:03-19:10? It's similar to "Enfin apparu", but with piano and violin.

It first starts when Sinbad is attacked by a woman with a baby in her arms. The OST begins with a violin intro and then going into the violin & piano combination that sounds similar to "Enfin apparu", which starts at 18:38.

I think it is "Sentiment actuel 02".

It's the 17th track from the album "MAGI SOUNDTRACK~Up to the volume on Balbad~"


What was that giant shadow with the glowing red eyes at the end of the Thriller Bark arc? At the end of the Thriller Bark Chapter 490 in manga and episode 381 in anime. I noticed strange giant shadows with glowing red eyes at the background. What could it be?

Check this image in manga:

In Anime:

As stated in the comments, it's an entity related to the Florian Triangle.

According to Kokoro, many pirate and commercial ships mysteriously go missing every year and, sometimes, a ship will be found sailing without any people aboard. It has also been said that there are many haunted ships with dead bodies sailing across the sea (though, it is revealed that all this is attributed to Brook).

Though, some of the disappearances that have happened in the Triangle can be attributed to Moriah's scheme. Ships have been disappearing mysteriously in it for a long time before he came on his ship, Thriller Bark, ten years before the series. This mystery is confirmed by an unknown ominous entity larger than Thriller Bark that was barely seen by Captain Lola through the fog. It is so large that it completely dwarfs Thriller Bark, the world's largest pirate ship, in sheer size, possibly making it the world's biggest creature to appear in the series thus far.

It may also be possible that it's the trope "Real After All":

If an episode revolves around a haunting (or alien visitation) (or lake monster sighting) (or whatever) that turns out to be a hoax, the episode will end with a shot of a real ghost/alien visitor/lake monster/whatever.

However, knowing Oda, that is highly unlikely. I just stated it as it is possible that we may never get to know what those entities were.

I think that these shadows are other elephants like Zunisha http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Zunisha


Why does Konoha have only 1 tailed beast? While others have 2 considering 1st hokage distributed it to other villages.

It doesn't make sense to give other villages to have advantage of having more power. I haven't read manga so have no clue if it's been addressed somewhere.

Their power levels are not equal. Nine-tails power level is equal to every other tailed beast combined. It is stated in no plainer words. However, a beast's power is not determined by the number of tails it has, e.g. two- through eight-tails have a comparable power level.

Check this out for more info.

When Hashirama convened the first Kage summit to distribute the tailed beast, he wanted to distribute them to each village based on power. Three of the four great nations and received 2 tailed beast while sunagakure already possessed the 1 tail and did not desire another, so takigakure took possession of the 7 tails for their commemorative strength of not being one of the great nations. Since the nintails possessed chakra comparable to equivalently 5 tailed, the first hokage sall acquirring another tailed beast would disrupt the balance of power between nations and thus settled with having the strongest tailed beast overall. The argument of kurama being as strong as at least 5 biju is supported by him creating a tailed beast ball able to cancel out a combined tailed beast ball empowered by 5 tailed beast.


Why doesn't Minato use Sage mode against the "Masked Man"? We all know that Minato was able to use sage mode, but when the nine-tails attacked the hidden leaf, why didn't Minato go into sage mode and destroy the "Masked Man"

In the 4th great ninja war Minato himself says that he can't use sage mode efficiently. This because it requires a lot of time to gather that much chakra, and he is not adept at using sage mode.

Kishimoto didn't think of it lol, plus if he had used sage mode we wouldn't have the great story we have today so i rather have this great story with some plot holes. just like on star wars why didn't obiwan use force run to save qui gon instead of running normally when he had clearly used it at the beginning of the movie to get away from the droidekas.


What's the difference between the FMA and FMA Brotherhood series? I haven't watched Anime in many years, but recently I've had time to get back into it. I've seen that one of my favorite series, Fullmetal Alchemist, has done a series reboot.  What I'm wondering is:

Does it present a lot of deep variations (plot-wise, character-wise or otherwise), or is it just the same series with updated art?

There are a large number of differences between the two Fullmetal Alchemist anime, with far too many to list; therefore, I'll only cover the major ones.
To improve the flow of this answer, the following abbreviations will be used:
FMAM = Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)
FMA03 = Fullmetal Alchemist 2003 (Anime)
FMAB = Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (Anime)
The reason for the difference is because FMA03 was created when FMAM was still in the early stages of its development. When an anime series is based on a manga that is still in development, the anime is eventually going to reach a point where it outpaces the manga, because anime episodes tend to be developed quicker than manga volumes. When this happens, either filler for the anime is created or changes to the anime's storyline and characters are made so that the anime can continue to be developed. The latter is what happened to FMA03. FMA03's storyline started to diverge from FMAM's storyline after around 10 episodes because, at that point, the anime was starting to outpace the manga.
On the other hand, FMAB was created when FMAM was nearing the end of its development. This allowed FMAB's storyline to be more faithful to FMAM's storyline because FMAB had a mostly-complete storyline to draw from FMAM.
The major differences between FMA03 and FMAB & FMAM are:
Storyline

 Although both stories follow Edward and Alphonse, the overarching story is considerably different between FMA03 and FMAB & FMAM. In FMAB & FMAM the main antagonist was a character referred to as Father, a being of incredible power who is capable of performing transmutation at will, and without regard for equivalent exchange. His ultimate goal in FMAB & FMAM is to steal the power of what he refers to as "God" and become a being of infinite power and knowledge.
 The main antagonist in FMA03 is Dante. Unlike Father, she is just a normal human being who created a Philosopher's Stone and has managed to live a long time by transferring her consciousness into the body of other human beings whenever she was nearing death. Dante's only motivation is to become immortal and live forever.

The Homunculi

 In FMA03, the Homunculi were the result of attempting to perform human transmutation and failing. They could only be killed by destroying their original body.
 In FMAB & FMAM, the Homunculi were created by Father, with each one representing a different aspect of his personality (Lust, Gluttony, Envy, Greed, Wrath, Sloth, and Pride; the seven deadly sins). Each Homunculus is also powered by a Philosopher's Stone. Unlike FMA03's Homunculi, FMAB & FMAM's Homunculi do not have an "original" body that needs to be destroyed. Instead, either the Philosopher's Stone powering them needs to be destroyed or its power drained (normally through forcing them to regenerate  multiple times).
 Another difference is the identify of the Homunculi themselves, with some Homunculi from FMAB & FMAM not appearing in FMA03 at all and others having their name changed.
 Gluttony, Envy, Lust, and Greed have the same name and appearance in FMAB, FMAM, and FMA03.
 FMAB & FMAM's Wrath (King Bradley) is called Pride in FMA03.
 FMAB & FMAM's Pride (Selim Bradley) is not present in FMA03.
 FMA03's Wrath is unique to the series. He was the result of Izumi Curtis's attempt to revive her son.
 FMAB & FMAM's Sloth is not present in FMA03.
 FMA03's Sloth is unique to the series. She was the result of Ed and Al's attempt to bring back their mother.

Hohenheim

 In FMA03, Hohenheim is just a normal human being who was originally Dante's lover; however, he eventually left her due to no longer sharing her desire to have immortality at any cost. Like Dante, he created a Philosopher's Stone and gained a long life by transferring his consciousness into another person's body. His role in the anime is very minor, and he becomes trapped on the other side of the Gate after a confrontation with Dante that ended in failure.
 In FMAB & FMAM, Hohenheim was a human Philosopher's Stone with a seemingly infinite supply of power. Although he was originally a slave, he was granted his near-immortality by Father well before the events of the series took place. Hohenheim is more significant in FMAB & FMAM, facing off against Father at the end of the series. Unlike FMA03's Hohenheim, he dies at the end of FMAB & FMAM after finally exhausting the power of his Philosopher's Stone.

The Gate

 The Gate is the largest major change in the series. In FMAB & FMAM, the Gate is the source of all alchemy and also seems to be a source of infinite knowledge. The Gate is also guarded by a being commonly referred to as Truth, and who is responsible for taking the required tolls from alchemists who perform human transmutation. Those who are capable of performing alchemy have their own gate, and if that gate should be removed (by sacrificing it to Truth), they will no longer be able to perform alchemy.
 In FMA03, the Gate is still the source of alchemy, but it also serves as a portal between the world of Fullmetal Alchemist and Earth. Furthermore, the Gate derives its powers from the souls of those who have died on Earth and is what powers the transmutations performed by alchemists.

There are quite a few differences, actually. The "original", or the "first one" is an entirely different storyline from the manga. The manga was the original thing, so most people hate the first FMA series.

A few differences between the two anime series are:

The Storyline

   In the first FMA, it ends with Ed in London around the time of World War 2. Al gets his body back and stays in "their world", while Ed is stuck in "our world" with his fake right arm and left leg. Al is 10 (the age he was when this chaos happened) again and has no memories of the last four years. But, in Conqueror of Shamballa, he gains his memories when he goes back to "our world" with Ed, after Ed brutally abandons him. Although, in Brotherhood, it sticks to the storyline of the manga.

The idea behind the Homunculi

   In the first FMA, the Homunculi were created from failed human transmutations (explaining Sloth's appearance), while, in Brotherhood, the Homunculi were Father's humane "flaws" that he extracted from his personality and put into the "artificial beings". Ironically enough, his wanting to become a god was awfully greedy, even after he'd rid of that "flaw"

The Homunculi's appearance

Lust has a black dress in the first series, but in Brotherhood, she has a reddish-brown dress.

Gluttony, Envy, and King Bradley look the same. Sloth looks like Ed and Al's mother, while in Brotherhood, Sloth is a big (much bigger than Armstrong xD) buff male with long black hair.

In the first series, King Bradley is Pride, instead of Wrath (in Brotherhood, he's Wrath). In FMA, Wrath is a little boy (Izumi's son) with long black hair and he has Ed's real right arm and left leg. While in Brotherhood, Wrath is King Bradley. In Brotherhood, Pride is King Bradley's son, Selim Bradley. While in the first series, Pride is King Bradley.

In the first series, Greed looks normal, but

   since Greed takes over Ling Yao's (the twelfth crown prince of Xing) body, Greed looks like Ling

FMA:

Brotherhood:

(The blonde guy in the middle is Father)

Who the Homunculi are (... meh. It's pretty much explained in the aforementioned point, so I don't think I have to re-explain).
Hohenheim's appearance

In the first series, Hohenheim has a more round, smooth face. His glasses are bigger and more round. His hair and beard is a dirty-ish blonde color, and his ponytail is lower. In Brotherhood, Hohenheim has a rectangle-shaped head. His face has more ...umm... say "chiseled" features. His glasses are smaller and not as round. His hair and beard are light blonde, and his ponytail is higher)

FMA:

Brotherhood:

The art
Al's voice
Rose's appearance

In the first series, Rose's skin is brown. Her hair is dark brown with pink bangs. In Brotherhood, Rose's skin is very white. She has black hair with maroon-ish colored bangs

FMA:

Brotherhood:

Rose later on

   In the first series, she has a baby (an ugly one, at that. xD ), while, in Brotherhood, she doesn't.

There are a few new characters in Brotherhood

I had more in mind, but in the midst of typing, I forgot what the rest was. I apologize.

Even with the absence of the other differences I had planned to provide, I hope this helped.


Where can I watch One Punch Man season 2 legally? I have checked Hulu, but it does not have episode 1 of One Punch Man season 2.

Where can I watch episode 1 to current legally?

You are in the United States of America (Texas) according to your profile.  Here, One Punch Man is being shown exclusively on Hulu.

https://www.newsweek.com/one-punch-man-season-2-time-how-watch-1388310

Disregarding legal loopholes, that is the only place you can legally watch this show in the United States. I do not know why you were not able to find it.

You can watch it legally at any of these websites: Crunchyroll; Yahoo View; Crackle; Viewster; Tubi TV.

Hope it helps ^^


Is Haki visible to other characters? We know of the several forms of Haki, the Kenbunshoku Haki, Busoshoku Haki and the Haoshoku Haki. I've been wondering, are those Haki visible to other characters in the One Piece universe, or only visible for the reader?

And I am mainly interested in the Busoshoku Haki, as this seems to harden the body and makes the skin look metal like. Can people in the One Piece universe also see this metal like change? Or is this just for the viewer to differentiate between normal fighting and Haki fighting?

Both Kenbunshoku and Haoshoku are not visible at all, since, well it was not made as something that is visually needed to the reader, since they're basically perception and sheer will power respectively.

Busoshoku, however, can be seen both by the user and others alike, though not all the time, since it acts like an "invisible armor" or coating, in a sense. At that point, it is not seen, which could be demonstrated by someone like Zoro, for example. But, when in is concentrated heavily on certain areas of the users body (i/e: Luffy or Vergo) or to a weapon of theirs (i/e: Vergo or Smoker), it hardens said part (or extension of the users body) and turns it black, making it "denser".

(As for Vergo's extension for to his bamboo: Chapter 672, page 4 Smoker: Chapter 690, page 8.

For a use of Buso, without demonstrating it physically: Chapter 512, page 12, among many others. Zoro vs Monet for instance.)

Hope this helps.

Any type of Haki is not visible. There are just time when a user of Busoshoku change a color of their body/weapon just to show that they are using something. It is just an indicator that it is not an ordinary punch or kick.


Haki vs.Venom Venom Fruit Knowledge:

Busoushoku Haki:

This Haki can be used as armor against strong attacks or devil powers.

  This type of Haki also has the ability to bypass the powers of a Devil
  Fruit user, touching the "substantial body" beneath whatever
  protection the fruit provides, such as the case of body-altering Devil
  Fruits such as Logia or Paramecia users.

Venom Venom Fruit:

  The Doku Doku no Mi is a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that grants the
  user the ability to produce and control different types of poison
  [...]
  any person who touches the user will be poisoned.

So everything Magellan touches gets poisoned...

So if Luffy could have used haki, would that have prevent him from getting poisoned?

No, Haki wouldn't help him.  It was established that many prisoners knew how to use Haki and that Magellan was the only one capable of keeping them in line.  Furthermore Blackbeard and his crew are potent haki users, he definitely got his butt handed to him only to be saved with the antidote from Shiryu.

Its good to note that while haki lets you hit the body of users, it doesn't negate powers like the sea, or yami yami fruit.  While the Haki user can hit Magellan which was never an issue for Luffy, it poisons anyone who has contact with it.

Similar issues are present with some other paramacia users like Sugar in the Donquixote Pirates where contact with her turns even haki users to toys.

I think that he would've still been poisoned since Haki is an offensive technique and not a defensive one, plus Luffy would still have to hit the main body: like when Luffy couldn't hit Trebol on Dressrosa because he moved his body around inside his snot body


Why does Shanks already have his scar at the beginning of One Piece? In this image of Shanks from Luffy's hometown, Luffy was still quite young.

However, it is said that he got his scar from Blackbeard. Did he get his scar when Blackbeard was still a part of Whitebeard's crew? Because I think that when he got this scar, Ace was already after Blackbeard and the commander of 2nd division, but at this time, Ace and Luffy were still young.

The story of the origin of the particular scar (left eye) is told in Chapter 434 / Episode 316. It's given to him by Blackbeard while still on Whitebeard's ship, as part of their crew. By the time Ace and Luffy have grown up, Shanks is one of the Emperors.

  The conversation hits a more serious note as Shanks points to his scarred left eye. One of Whitebeard's crew gave it to him, Marshall D. Teach. Shanks has known what Teach has been up to all these years and tries to warn Whitebeard of what may happen if Ace and Teach meet, he begs Whitebeard to stop the search. When Whitebeard outright refuses and states he will teach Teach about morals, Shanks reacts by drawing his sword, stating the rampaging era will not be stopped. Whitebeard and Shanks clash weapons, splitting the skies to the shock of both captains' crew members.

Source: http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_434

Shanks might have got that scar when he was with Roger Pirates, Red hair pirates flag had the scar mark so he must have got the scar before becoming a captian Or  it can be a mistake by anime  artist like they did in the episode 461 where he had both his hands intact.


Why does the Aburame clan cover their eyes? The explanation in Naruto Wikia was not sufficient so I decided to go through the trouble to ask here. :)

Given that the defining traits of an Aburame is to wear something to cover their eyes and to dignify their whole body, why is it that they cover their eyes in the first place? Whilst, the other noble clans like Uchiha and Hyuga never covers theirs? Does covering their eyes boost their power? Or does it have to do with the insects getting on their eyes? Or might it be that their eyes are not presentable or not to be shown to the public?

Any philosophies that might shed light to the importance of protecting the Aburame clan's mysterious eyes?

They do not cover their eyes. They use sunglasses/dim glasses for protection.

Since they are known for having the characteristics of insects, we can assume that they have crepuscular vision and some have nocturnal traits - meaning that they are most active in twilight/low light/night. Their eyes are highly adapted on low light.

Therefore, using their naked eyes are like humans using Night Vision goggles. Just imagine the amount of light they will receive during daylight.

Source: Insect Vision

For me personally, I think it's because they have bug eyes.

Check out season 3 episode 47, 7 min 35 sec into the episode. You'll see what I'm talking about looking at Shino's eyes.


Can Dragonslayers eat their own magic? Early in the anime, Lucy asked Natsu if he could eat his own fire.  Natsu explained that it would be like Lucy eating one of her Celestial Spirits. While this tells us that Natsu won't do it, it leaves the possibility open.

Given how Angel treated her spirits, I could imagine a more evil wizard being willing to eat their spirit if desperate enough.  So, could a more evil dragon slayer eat their own magic?  Would it make them more powerful or just back to the state they were in prior to casting the spell?

I think they can, but they just wouldn't gain any energy like they would from other sources, so it's just completely pointless. There have been points with dragonslayers in pretty tight pinches, and I'm pretty sure one of them would have at some point eaten their own magic if there were any point in doing so/ if it's even possible.

I think Natsu was just making a bit of a stupid analogy when he said it was like Lucy eating celestial spirits, at no point has there been any suggestion that a dragonslayer's element is in some way alive, and he's more than happy to fire off bursts of fire that presumably must burn out eventually, I don't think ethics come into it at all, just practicality.

Well he can but he just chooses not to because he is uncomfortable doing it but if it's absolutely necessary he will.


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

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

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

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


What's the origin of the "accidental boob grab" trope? I was just wondering where the trope of the protagonist tripping and accidentally groping someone first came from.
What's the origin of this trope?

I will try to answer.
I still don't know what is the pioneer of that fan service. But all I know that a shot like "Oops I grabbed your boobs accidentally" is very common in manga, especially shounen manga. Manga creator created this 'fan service' because shounen manga usually read by teenage young boy. Also, they believe, in teenage, young boy will love this kinda jokes because of for example they are going through puberty.
Here are my references
Book : "Understanding Manga and Anime" by Robin E. Brenner
Quora : Why do anime characters show underwear


Why didn't Sasuke put Naruto or his Kurama in genjutsu during Naruto vs Sasuke? It only makes sense, he could have won easily that way if Obito can put a Jinchuriki (Yagura) under a Genjutsu, then why can't Sasuke? His eyes clearly surpass Obito's.

Why didn't Sasuke put Naruto or his Kurama in genjutsu during their battle?

To break out of a genjutsu you can disrupt your chakra flow. Although Sasuke's genjutsu is very strong, Naruto and the kyuubi are fully compatible, so the kyuubi can easily break Naruto out of a genjutsu if Sasuke tries to subjugate him.

Because Kishimoto wanted the anime to be 500 episodes long.

Casting genjutsu and killing him just as Cee did it in Raikage vs Sasuke fight, it would have taken at most 10 mins including filler. So not an option for an anime which has half of filler episodes, it would imbalance the ratio :)


Why did Johan want to commit suicide? Well, I just finished monster today and I really enjoyed it. I thought I grasped the meaning to Johan suicide but after searching on the internet people were writing different interpretations so I would like you to hear my interpretation and correct me if I am wrong.

The second to last episode (episode 73) Johan and Nina recollected a memory in which Franz said that the twins were not monsters and are special. By recollecting this memory Johan attempted a suicide which will be led by Tenma's hand.

My interpretation into why Johan wanted to commit suicide is because of the recollected memory of Franz saying that they are special hence Johan at the moment of recollecting that memory he cried because that's when he realized what he was doing was wrong hence the suicide attempt and the reason why Nina forgave him. Am I correct?

What I think happened in Monster is, Johan was the nameless monster. Somehow he might have concluded that the story always ends with the nameless monster being the last person alive, so Johan planned the perfect suicide destroying every trace of him. Now that Tenma learned his real name, I guess he thought he was not the nameless monster anymore, so he committed suicide.

As for being psychopath, maybe it happened when he started to question himself if he was the wanted child as the mother gave Nina to Bonaparte. At that particular moment, he was reading that nameless monster story. Then I guess at 511 Kinderheim when he forgot everything, he became a loose nut and his memory of wanting to be the nameless monster (last person alive) came back when he read the book at the library, and then he planned the perfect suicide.

So I guess that's when the real story starts, and I also think that Nina always had a clue of Johan wanting to be the nameless monster.


Are Sword Art Online and Accel World related? Recently, I have been hearing loads of theories about Sword Art Online and Accel World being related due to the fact that they refer to NerveGear and such in Accel World.

I have also been hearing that the plot of Accel World was made by Kirito.

Is there some sort of confirmation of this? Or trustworthy speculation?

The author, Kawahara Reki, didn't clearly say whether they are in the same timeline or not. During the Sakuracon Festival Interviews, he answered like this:

  When you were creating the Alicization arc in Sword Art Online, was the technology used in the Alicization arc carried over as a foundation to Accel World?

  It is true that the technology used in Alicization could be, or is the foundation of the technology being used in Accel World, but at this point, like I said, it might be similar technologies having a similar technological chain, but it hasn't been made clear that it is in fact the same world. The two worlds could just have a similar technological advance. Also, as I noted before, if I were to clearly state the two worlds are the same, the number of things that need to be resolved in order for such a thing to be clearly possible is, the numbers are tens of thousands of times greater than I can even hope to do right now! Seeing a movie like The Avengers, where it took a bunch of properties into one cohesive title, I have to say that the creative staff on that movie is quite amazing.

Original link is "Interview with Kawahara Reki" on Sutoraiku Anime.

SAO and AW are related because they have the same author and also in the one chapter of SAO and AW (versus) they meet and duel. (fact)

You may also think that the timeline also looks like this: SAO may be the first generation (nerve gear) until technology improves until the period of AW (neuro linker) is created.
(opinion)

The timeline of past and future met and they have a duel because of that machine Kirito used and Silver Crow using that accceleration program. (opinion)


Why is Dragon Ball Super's animation quality so terrible? I've been watching the Dragon Ball Super series from the release date and I keep hating it more and more. I don't know if you guys have noticed it but all battle animations are terrible.

Here's an example:

Is there a logical explanation why a 2015 anime is so poorly animated compared to DBZ?

Anime budget does not have anything to do with the year it airs. It's related mostly to the main animation studio and to internal decisions inside the studio.

In the case of Super, I think it's because the studio making it is Toei Animation. I very similar example, if not the same, is the Saint Seiya anime which is currently airing , Soul of Gold. You can look at several episodes where the animation quality drops to substandard levels.

Each animation studio has its own characteristics that end up defining the brand, and quality consistency between titles and during a title run is one of them.
Toei is just not very good with this.


Does Wendy Marvell have a couple? If not, why? Fairy Tail has ended, but I realize that Wendy doesn't seem to have a relationship with a man as a couple.

I think it's logical because she's too young to get a couple.

Is my reasoning true? Otherwise, is there any reason why she doesn't have a couple?

[Potential spoilers for the end of the Fairy Tail manga (chapter 545) below.]

Simply put, Wendy is not shown nor implied to be in a canon romantic relationship at the end of the series.

The reason is simply that the author chose not to officially pair Wendy with anyone. However, we as fans of the series are entirely free to headcanon as we like!

Yes she does.

Her relationship is with Mest (Doranbolt)


Is the city in which Fruits Basket is set ever identified? Fruits Basket appears to be set in a real Japanese city.
Is it ever explicitly stated which one?
If not, is it possible to deduce which one, or at least which part of Japan it's supposed to be?

(I'm more interested in the answer vis-a-vis the manga, but if there's a clue in the anime, that would be fine too.)

It does not state their location in the anime or the manga. It is however commonly believed that Fruits Basket takes place in a more rural area of Tokyo Japan.

My sister believes that Fruits Basket takes place in China due to the fact that it has the Chinese Zodiac. Note: Chinese.  But this is just  a simple guess.


Can a Genjutsu awaken Mangekyou Sharingan? It was said that Itachi's genjutsu was so good that both Kakashi and Naruto either felt the after effects of it as if it were reality, or never even realized in the first place that they were in a genjutsu.

So, can a strong enough genjutsu be used on someone to make them witness the "death" of someone close to them and thus make the user under the genjutsu awaken his or her Mangekyou Sharingan?

Not possible, Sasuke didn't awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan after being battered by Itachi's Genjutsu. Itachi kept on replaying how he killed both Sasuke's parents. The Mangekyou can only be awaken when the user suffer from trauma after witnessing the death of someone close to them. With the user normally having to witness or experience this first hand not by Genjutsu. For further details please refer to Mangekyo Sharingan

To be fair, the way Sarada awakened her Sharingan proves that awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan through Genjutsu could be possible. Sarada was under the impression that Sakura wasn't her real mother even though she was and it was all just in her head. I could also point out that Mangekyou Sharingan awakens during the death of a loved one because of the severity of the trauma and it is not the death alone that awakens it.
Sasuke was probably too young and couldn't handle the Mangekyou Sharingan which is why he didn't awaken it after death of his parents. Also reliving a traumatic event isn't as traumatic as the first time it happened which is why sasuke didn't awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan under Itachi's genjutsu.
In other words, awakening of Sharingan and so forth is caused the variation in trauma severity, not a death. The Mangekyou Sharingan  would certainly awaken even if someone didn't die as long as the severity of that specific trauma is the same or exceeds the death of a loved one.
In conclusion awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan with genjutsu is possible if the individual under the genjutsu is not able to discern reality with the genjutsu


What exactly does "best girl" mean and where did the expression originate from? I've seen the expression "best girl" being used several times, and I find it quite self-explanatory. However, some people seem to define it in slightly different ways. Here are some different definitions from one or two reddit threads:

  It's when I get a boner in my heart.

  Best Girl = Mai Waifu

  I'm not sure if everyone thinks about it like I do, but with 'best girl' I just mean it's my favourite girl from a show.

  As far as I can tell, it just means you post a hundred pictures of a pretty anime girl you're in love with. And its creepy without context. Unless its being done ironically, then its only a little creepy.

I was wondering if there's some sort of "official" definition for the expression "best girl".
Beside that, where did the expression (or meme, I'm not sure it is considered a meme) originate from?
Is this an expression that is used in Japan too, or is it a Western thing?

When I first sat down to investigate "best girl", I was pretty sure that this was a fairly old lexical item - not pre-internet, by any means, but probably c. 2003-04. Alas, I had fallen victim to internet time dilation yet again.

Having looked into it, I now claim that the idea of "best girl" as we now conceive of it only started to come into being quite a bit more recently - I would generously estimate c. 2010, or maybe a little bit earlier.

Of course, the idea of a "girl" being the "best" is as old as time. What we're really interested in is the idea of "best girl" as a distinct lexical item; as part of a particular grammatically-unusual construction, in which "best girl" is not accompanied by the definite article, often in a clipped utterance; as something that can be snowcloned (as it has been, to give us "worst girl" and "best boy"); as something so argot-y that it provokes confusion from people not familiar with the jargon of the internet anime subculture. In other words we're talking about things that are archetypically like "Ritsu is best girl".

I decided to take a look through the /a/ archiver - it only has posts from Feb 2008 forward (and I think its coverage is a bit spotty for 2008), but that seems to be good enough for our purposes. Why? Well, look at the search results for "is best girl" - there are about a hundred results between Feb 2008 and Jul 2010 (and thus almost certainly very few before Feb 2008), but a further 37,000 between Jul 2010 and now (Feb 2015). Some of that is certainly attributable to an increase in users on /a/ (see the bottom graph here for an idea of how much growth we're talking about - roughly a factor of three from trough to peak), but I think that far more of it has to do with the "meme" of "best girl" taking hold. (Implicit here is my claim that the idea of "best girl" as we now conceive of it is directly correlated to the usage of "best girl" without a definite article.)

Another good proxy for the memeticization of "best girl" is the growing use of "best girl thread" on /a/. Here, we see 25 posts from Feb 2008 to Apr 2011, and then a further 2800 from Apr 2011 to now (Feb 2015). Here, I think we can identify a fairly discrete changeover around mid-2011, when the phrase "best girl thread" began to sharply rise in popularity.

  Beside that, where did the expression (or meme, I'm not sure it is considered a meme) originate from?

I am fairly confident that we can't pinpoint a specific origin for the term - as I mentioned above, the idea of a "girl" being the "best" is obvious and needs no explanation. The transition from discussion of "girls who are the best" to discussion of "best girls" as a crystallized notion was almost surely slow and gradual.

I should add: while I don't think we can pinpoint an origin for the term, I'm pretty sure that it was popularized on /a/ before spreading to the wider internet in the past two years or so. As the classic Human Centipede-inspired graphic suggests, a large fraction of anime-related memetic content (that isn't ganked directly from Japan) does come from 4chan.

  Is this an expression that is used in Japan too, or is it a Western thing?

I'm by no means a 2ch memelord, but I don't know of any direct equivalent in Japan. Even if there is one, English "best girl" is assuredly an independent invention, and isn't inspired by the Japanese equivalent.

Best girl is also an old 50's term used to describe your girlfriend. AE" Gee wiz Bob I was gonna ask Betty to be my best girl"