Is Genos really a cyborg? So Genos has been a "cyborg" since he got that surgery. But is he really a cyborg?

To me, a cyborg is a human with robot parts attached to their body, but I have seen no human part in him. His face doesn't count since it has mechanical parts. So is he a cyborg or not?

Does he just say he's a cyborg because he used to be a human? Or he does have little human parts in him, but we can't see them?

In the One Punch Man Wiki, the page about Genos says:

  Genos  is a 19 year old cyborg and the disciple of Saitama.
  He has an entirely mechanical body in the model of a handsome young man. His face and ears look like that of a normal human, made of an artificial skin material, and his eyes have black sclera with yellow irises.

  http://onepunchman.wikia.com/wiki/Genos

Now, if we look at some definitions for the word cyborg:

  1. "a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device."

  http://www.dictionary.com/browse/cyborg

  2. "a person whose body contains mechanical or electrical devices and whose abilities are greater than the abilities of normal humans"

  http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cyborg

  3. "an organism, often a human, that has certain physiological processes enhanced or controlled by mechanical or electronic devices, especially when they are integrated with the nervous system."

  4. "a living being whose powers are enhanced by computer implants or mechanical body parts"

  5. "a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices; "a cyborg is a cybernetic organism"

  Source for definitions no. 3, 4, 5 :http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cyborg

  6. "a cyborg (short for "cybernetic organism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts."

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg

Based on definitons no. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 we can positively say that Genos is not a cyborg for "he has an entirely mechanical body" (first paragraph) and does not contain any human flesh or tissue, contrary to definiton no.6 : "a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts."

In definition no. 5 it says "in whole or in part" giving a small possibility to say that he is a cyborg but it is rather an affirmation without a solid base.

I think that he says he says he is a "cyborg" because it sounds better and cooler than "robot". His name in the Hero Association " Demon Cyborg (鬼サイボーグ, Oni Saibōgu)" sounds better than "Demon Robot". Or maybe it was an action made deliberately by the author himself.

In the end, it is the right of everyone to call him as they wish, this fact not being such an influential aspect of the story.

Genos is a human turned into an android. Even though he claimed to be a cyborg, because he was a human at one point, he does not have any organic parts that we know of. So technically he is an android.

An android is a robot or synthetic organism designed to look and act like a human, especially one with a body having a flesh-like resemblance. Historically, androids remained completely within the domain of science fiction where they are frequently seen in film and television.


Why did Rayquaza get a mega evolution? In the pokemon series, the trio of Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza both gained new powers after mega evolution was discovered, but why did Groudon and Kyogre get a primal form and Rayquaza got a mega, is it possibly because Rayquaza doesn't have a orb?

I've not watched the new Pokemon episodes or played the ORAS Games. So this answer is a culmination of research and not first hand information.

A google search lead me to a reddit where this has been discussed. Why Rayquaza Didn't get a Primal Form. I also read through several forums and blog post that led to "plot" and the "game story". However, one of the comments seemed pretty logical to me.

  It's been stated that Rayquaza went Mega instead of Primal, because Primal means being in an anger driven state, only guided by instinct, which is why the Primals just try to seek for the most power possible while Mega Evolutions completely retain their state of mind.

According to the reddit,

  We know that primal reversion is when Kyogre and Groudon revert to their ancient states in which they had even more massive amounts of power than they do now, but Rayquaza was not like them and had enough power to stop the primal forms even in its normal state. Zinnia provided this information in the Delta Episode while she is explaining the mural to you at the end of the story. She also says that when a large meteorite was going to hit the Earth, Rayquaza gained more power through the bond between it and the ancient people of Hoenn, i.e. mega evolution.

Read the player dialogue with Zinnia to understand more. The story told between floors enumerate this. This also gives insight into the actual Mega Evolution process, i.e. Rayquaza was the first pokemon to Mega-Evolve.

Source : Bulbapedia - Zinnia

  It was humanity's wish that brought about Rayquaza's transformation in the face of the rainbow stone... Yes... A wish... An intangible thing, invisible to the eye. Yet this wish bound people and Pokémon together, enabling the Legendary Pokémon to change its appearance... Doesn't it remind you of something? That's right... It sounds like Mega Evolution, doesn't it?"

TL;DR Rayquaza in itself is more powerful then the 2 Primals who reverted to their ancient form in anger and more power. Rayquaza, however went Mega to save the ancient people of Hoenn from another disaster in a seperate event. BSTs hwoever disagree with this.

Base Stat Totals:
Rayquaza 105/150/90/150/90/95 = 680
Rayquaza-Mega 105/180/100/180/100/115 = 780
Kyogre 100/100/90/150/140/90 = 670
Kyogre-Primal 100/150/90/180/160/90 = 770
Groudon 100/150/140/100/90/90 = 670
Groudon-Primal 100/180/160/150/90/90 = 770

I feel like Kyogre and Groudon don't go Primal because they're angry triggers. I feel like it's more like having a lust for power, or something. If there WAS a Primal Rayquaza, It would basically only be Mega Rayquaza, only more powerful. Plus, going Primal doesn't count as Mega Evolution, so you could use Primal Rayquaza AND a Mega all in one battle.That would be especially useful when battling a really strong trainer, like if you challenge the League again.


Who kissed Ash at the the end of Pokémon Heroes? At the end of the movie Pokémon Heroes, a girl comes up, gives Ash a piece of art, and kisses Ash. Now, given the context of said movie, it is either Latias taking the form of Bianca, or Bianca herself.

Is there any official, or at least general consensus about this scene? Is there any evidence to support either possibility?

I think it is best to start looking for the answer on the metaphysical level.
The writers' purpose made this scene ambiguous as to leave uncertainty in the viewers' mind, and spark their imaginations. This distinction is even brought up explicitly by the characters themselves as they reflect on the scene as they are leaving. It seems that the writers were successful in accomplishing exactly what they wanted to.

Now, all of that said, one could examine the entire context and find some evidence for both claims.

Evidence that it was Latias

The girl did not say anything, and of course Latias can't speak. Now, of course Bianca could have simply decided to stay silent, but it seems awkward that if she were to make such an emotional and romantic advance that she'd say nothing. Consider these small phrases that would be appropriate (and seem awkward without): Thank you., I'll never forget you., I love you., etc.

She says absolutely nothing, most likely because she can't.
Throughout the movie, Latias is the one who shows an interest in Ash. In fact there is no signs of any chemistry at all between Ash and Bianca. If it is Bianca that kisses him, then perhaps she does so because she secretly likes Ash, but is to scared to show it, but doesn't want him to leave without a sign of affection to remember her by? Even that is pushing it. Considering the absurdity of it being Bianca, we must logically say it was Latias.
Ash mainly saved Latias who was in the greatest distress, and not really Bianca. Therefore Latias has good reason to want to thank Ash, at least more so than Bianca.

Evidence that it was Bianca

The piece of art was Bianca's. If it had been Latias that gave it to Ash, she basically would have had to have stolen† it from Bianca, which might have made her mad; this seems out of character for Latias.

† Of course Latias could have gotten explicit permission from Bianca, but this wasn't shown, so to support this theory we must enter the realm of pure speculation.
Regardless of who owns the piece of art, we must consider who made it. Bianca is the artist, since Latias can't paint. Why did she make a portrait of Ash in the first place? While she could have done it just for Latias, this seems awkward. Most likely this drawing was motivated through Bianca's own good will; though out of romantic, or perhaps just friendly interest remains to be seen.
Bianca's hat, which throughout the film was the only visible characteristic available to distinguish the two, is seem at home, implying that since she isn't using it, she must not be out, and thus the girl we see is Bianca. Of course we can't say this for sure since the girl doesn't grab it on her way out either. Again, this was probably done on purpose by the writers.
This isn't really directly perceptible evidence, but many find it odd that there could be a romantic scene between a human and a Pokemon. This relationship, of course, is not meant to be developed.

Other Theories

It was Bianca trying to make them think she was Latias - Some speculate that Bianca purposely didn't wear her hat, nor speak, to make Ash think she was Latias. There is little reason to support this, other than perhaps Bianca was embarrassed to let him know how she felt, or the she wanted to thank him, but thought it would be more appropriate if they thought it was Latias expressing the gratitude.

Is there an official statement?

Official authorities have never clarified this up, and the only info Bulbapedia can offer is a restatement of what we already know:

  ...The conclusion of the film briefly sees her finishing a drawing. The drawing, which is of Ash and Pikachu, is given to Ash by either Bianca, who had left her hat on her easel, or Latias in the form of Bianca: which is the case is the subject of debate. When Ash received the sketch, the girl kissed him. Bianca is seen again in the credits drawing another sketch by the harbor.

  -- Bianca (movie), Bulbapedia

Is there a general consensus?

I feel that in general most consider it to be Latias, simply because she showed interest in Ash throughout the film. A few polls have been conducted on a some forums, including:

Was it Bianca or Latias that kissed Ash in the 5th movie? - The PokéCommunity Forums

80.7% say Latias
19.3% say Bianca

Who Kissed Ash: Bianca or Latias? - Serebii.net Forums

81.82% say Latias
18.18% say Bianca

Neither poll is truly scientific, but both give a good idea of the general gist of the matter.

In conclusion, there is evidence to support either case, and in following with what the writers wanted we are able to make up our own mind. Sometimes the imagination is able to put something in a way that no story ever could.

It is Bianca for sure. Her hat was still at home next to the painting that she took with her. She didn't take the hat and the girl that kissed ash did not wear a hat. She had a painting so she might want to confuse Ash and let him find out himself that it was Bianca kissing him.

She always acted like she didn't like him, but it seemed like that was just a cover because she did like him. Latias flew over his head about 2 minutes later and they were flying towards the city, so that means Latias had been gone for about a half day, so she isn't the one who kissed him.

It is Bianca for sure. She was probably just embarrassed to kiss him so she left her hat to confuse Ash


At which point in the series should I watch the The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie? Okay, so I just recently watched episode 441 of the English sub of Naruto, and I was wondering whether I had caught up enough to watch The Last: Naruto the Movie and Boruto: Naruto the Movie?

Could someone tell me after which episode should I watch them?

The Last: Naruto the Movie take place after the Manga chapter 700. And if I'm not wrong episode 441 is a filler and not part of main manga story that takes someplace after chapter 678 of manga. So you need to read the manga from 678 to 699 before watching The Last: Naruto the Movie, or you can wait for the anime to reach the point of chapter 699.

After that Naruto Manga chapter 700 take place, which act like epilogue.

Boruto: Naruto the Movie take place after Manga chapter 700 and Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
, Gaiden is a mini manga series that takes place between chapter 700 and Boruto movie. Gaiden can be skipped but

   You will miss how Sarada Uchiha accepted her family.

But I will definitely suggest to watch anime till it reaches chapter 699 before both the film, or read the rest of the story in the manga. Skipping gaiden is your choice, except about a character mentioned in spoiler.

It will be best to wait until after episode 493, I just watched it and now I'm watching The Last and I think this movie goes very well with the times after that episode.


What does the title of the anime "K" mean? In 2012, there was an anime titled K (or sometimes K Project). Does the title mean anything in the context of the anime?

(cf. C, which was titled for the word "Control", and X, which was supposedly titled after the use of the letter "x" as a variable).

There are two possibilities for what the "K" refers to.

The first is Adolf K. Weismann, who is the original person that became Yashiro Isana, the main character of the show.

The second is "King". The leader of each clan is its King, who controls the members of the clan.  Weismann is a King.

KINGS is also the first opening theme of the show.

I've watched a talkshow. In that talkshow, the creator told that K means "Kizuna" or bonds. So, it means every character has a complex bond that bind 'em each other.


Manga about 3 school friends who have to play games to survive I am having a tough time trying to remember the name of this manga. It had three high school friends and they woke up in an alternate reality where people play games to survive. The games difficulty is determined by a something and can determine the difficulty by a deck of cards.

The first game was something like 2 of diamonds and they had to get fortune cookies and survive a bunch of flaming arrows (Which they did). One of the group guys is smart while the other of the group guys is really brave then they have a 3rd member who is worthless it seems.

Imawa no Kuni no Alice (English title: Alice in Borderland) is most likely what you are looking for. It is adapted into an OVA series, which has 3 episodes at the time of writing.

  Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his tough friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks. After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a different world. In this 'Borderland,' people are forced to either participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube, and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way they can get back to their original lives?

Here is a page from chapter 2 showing their first game, in which whoever answers the small problem on the omikuji incorrectly will be shot as many flame arrows as the difference between the wrong and right answer. Normally, omikuji is a piece of paper with fortune written on it, but in this story, it contains a problem plus some hint to clear the game.

If it was recent (as in the last couple of years), then it could be Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?. The plot synopsis on Wikipedia reads:

  Three children, Sakamaki Izayoi, Kudō Asuka, and Kasukabe Yō, live dull lives because they possess unmatched psychic powers. One day, they receive an envelope that transports them to Little Garden, a place of supernatural powers called "Gifts." There, the residents use Gifts to play high-stakes games known as Gift Games in order to earn wealth and prestige for their communities. So, the three children join the fallen "No Name" community and resolve to help it regain its prosperity. As they learn more about Little Garden, they decide to overthrow the tyrannical Demon Lords in control.


Why did Igneel not attack Acnologia on Tenrou Island? For those who have read the Tartaros Arc.

   In the Tartaros Arc we learn that the Dragons were hiding within the Dragon Slayers since the year 777. Hence, why Natsu and Gajeel could not leave the guild during the battle of Fairy Tail. We learn that they were hiding to build antibodies to prevent Dragon Slayers to turn into Dragons once again and were waiting for a moment to defeat Acnologia. Yet they had their chance to defeat Acnologia on Tenrou Island. Why did they not seize their chance then and there? With Makarov, Gildartz, Laxus around, they would have had a much better chance of defeating him. So why did they not attack on Tenrou Island?

Because the dragons inside dragon slayer's bodies were waiting for The Dragon King festival as that would be the time for them to take action and by then enough antibodies would have generated to prevent Dragon Slayers form turning into dragons

Source : Fairy Tail Manga Chapter 400 Pages 12-18 and
Tartaros arc summary in http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Igneel#Synopsis

Well, in my opinion, because the other dragons of Rogue and Sting (Skiadrum & Weisslogia) weren't really "around" I should say. And they didn't make enough antibodies for them to make sure that they themselves wouldn't turn into dragons themselves. It's not the best answer, but at least it's something right ? :)


How did Madara fake his death during his battle with Hashirama? Did Madara use Izanagi or Izanami and if yes then how did he have two Rinnegans? If someone uses Izanagi their sharingan gets destroyed right? If he used Izanagi then he should have only one sharingan left and then that evolved into Rinnengan. How does he have two Rinnengans?

Spoiler alert for if you haven't finished the manga or anime

  Madara used the Izanagi to cheat death (just like I said in the comment section). The second part that I said was wrong. When he was fighting Hashirama he bit off a part of his (Hashirama's) arm, then after his "death" he vomited up the piece of flesh and implanted it into his wounds, which let him activate the Rinnegan (in both eyes).

You should remember that Hashirama is Ashura's reincarnation and Madara is Indra's (Ashura and Indra are The Sage of Six Paths' children), which is the reason why he was able to awaken it (Rinnegan) in the first place.

  The Rinnegan can typically be awakened by gaining Hagoromo's chakra either by reproducing it from combining the chakra of Hagoromo's sons, Indra and Asura, or by directly receiving chakra from Hagoromo himself.

Also,

  Madara's Sharingan did not become Rinnegan until decades later, at the end of his natural lifespan; this also seemingly restored the eyesight lost from his use of Izanagi.

So he didn't awaken the it right away. (The other part of your question is also answered above).

Sources:

Naruto volume 71: I Love You Guys
Rinnegan

Naruto Wiki

  The Mangekyō Sharingan's usage and activity place a great strain on the user themselves, wearing at the user's body and causing deterioration to their vision until eventually over-usage leaves them blind.

As is case with Izanagi.
Izanagi in same way takes away ordinary mangekyo Sharingan.

  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.
  Their Mangekyō-based abilities are made stronger and they ** no longer suffer any negative side-effects from the usage**. According to Madara, the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan is proof an Uchiha continues to seek something despite experiencing great losses.

So, Madara had eternal mangekyo Sharingan which he never after Izanagi.
Thus, he could have Rinnegan in both his eyes.


When an Uchiha member is going to get married with another Uchiha member, are they marrying their cousin? Like my question is asking, are they marrying their own cousin? I'm wondering this because I remember Obito telling Naruto that Sasuke was his relative in volume 71 chapter 683: I Dreamt the Same Dream. I also remember Madara saying the same thing to Sasuke and Obito, which got my attention.

So according to what I've read in the manga they are saying their blood is all connected which, therefore, makes them all relative? So if they are relatives that make them cousins or something like that? If they do end up being cousins, are they marrying their own cousin? Isn't that kind of disturbing to them or am I wrong and in the Uchiha there are still different family members but have the same last name, which makes them all "relatives"?

Yes, they are. They probably know it. And they aren't that closely related, anyway.

It had often been the case, historically, in noble and especially royal families to marry within the family (often to fairly close relatives) - either because marriage to a lower class was too low in status and there just wasn't much of the higher class, or simply to keep the money in the family. (A particularly silly example is the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt.)
It even happened in non-noble families too; somewhat famously, the maiden name of Franklin Roosevelt's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, was also Roosevelt (she was Theodore Roosevelt's daughter), though their common ancestor was six generations away.

In the case of the Uchiha clan, it actually makes sense - they want to maximize the chance of their bloodline manifesting in the progeny. And given how large the clan is (or, at least, how large it was before Itachi wrecked it all up), chances are that, in many cases, there are quite a few generations to the nearest common ancestor.
I suspect that the Uchiha elders actually did try to make sure not to marry especially close relatives, to minimize inbreeding problems; given how crazy many of the Uchiha members ended up being... for all we know, they still failed, and the last few Uchihas did suffer from inbreeding in their ancestry.

I'm pretty sure the clans are inbred. When Itachi massacred the whole clan we don't see the sharingan in anyone but people who's names are Uchiha (expect Kakashi, but he got his from Obito). Females can inherit the Sharingan, as seen with Sarada so it's safe to assume they can pass it down to their descendants. Since females tend to take their husband's name and their children too, those hypothetical non-Uchihas can inherit the Sharingan but there aren't any. Not to mention Itachi's girlfriend was also an Uchiha. They may not be closely related, but they still share common ancestors. It doesn't mean that Uchihas only marry in their clan, but likely most do.
Same with the Hyuuga clan, everyone's eyes are blank and pupil-less, but Hinata's kids with Naruto have blue eyes. Their kids also have the Byakugan, so eye techniques can likely passed down from females. This also proves the Sharingan can be passed down by females too.


A sad violin song in most of flashback scenes like Obito's flashback and the storybook from Jiraiya There's a violin track in Naruto Shippuden that's kind of sad or emotional. It starts with a little guitar or banjo, then continued with a violin.

Up until season 18, most of the time the song comes up in a flashback, like Obito's flashback, and in the storybook from Jiraiya, and even more of them. One example is in episode 440 in the book from Jiraiya, the song starts at 17:17. Another example is from episode 464, around minute 17.

I have checked all the OST, but I couldn't find it.

What is the name of the song?

This was not released in any of the official OSTs. At the very least, it doesn't appear in any of the tracks in this list (as of 2018).

There are some unofficial versions online, such as this one, titled "Minato saves Kushina".

I remember this song as that nostalgic-sounding track that is mostly happy, but has just a touch of bittersweetness, and also that really good violin bit.

Not to be confused with "Let Me Tell You a Story from My Childhood", which sounds similar and also has some very nice violin parts, but unlike the first song, is more lighthearted and cheerful.

One that I had trouble finding was this one. I hope it is the one you were looking for. It seems to fit your description, though I couldn't verify the episode timestamps.

Here is a playlist with several other unreleased tracks (though some may have been released since).


What is this song that plays in Hunter x Hunter? I can't find it anywhere, but it's played 3 separate times...

20:48 season 1 episode 26 "then x and x after"
16:44 season 2 episode 11 "ging x and x gon"
18:47 season 3 episode 10 "very x sharp x eye"

The soundtrack isn't included in the original soundtrack CD, so it is unreleased, you can't search it by soundtrack name. This list shows you soundtracks included in every episodes. See ep. 37 because ep. 26 doesn't have a list (cuz it's a filler, doesn't include in either Blu-ray or DVD).

The song is "JUST AWAKE" from "FEAR, and Loathing in Las Vegas".
Here a YouTube link.


What's the meaning of the crayon painting that appear in End Of Evangelion? What's the meaning of the crayon painting picture just after Shinji choke Asuka ? The picture below is some of the crayon-painting in The End Of Evangelion:

Unknown Guy

A boy inside a house?

Wth is that ?

Boy and woman ?

A bucket of fish

Dog Corpse

A Murder Case

I think the general consensus is that it's up to your own interpretation. They are a mix of actual children's drawings and some that were made to look like children's drawings but were actually created by the staff (e.g. the gutted dog and the bucket of fish).

There is commentary that's part of the "Eva Tomo no Kai" (Eva Fan Club) newsletters that supposedly mention that these drawings were created by children who went through abuse/traumatic experiences and were drawn as part of some sort of therapy. I can't provide the actual source or the scan, though, so take that tidbit with a grain of salt.

So it's possible that the sequence alludes to that of a child (or children, as in the Evangelion pilots) who went through traumatic experiences (piloting, fighting, general psychological struggles from the events of the series) and attempting to cope with them. Sort of like the idea behind the therapy children's drawings.

I personally think that the unknown guy is actually Asuka crying in one specific frame, The angle of the nose makes me think about how closely related the two pictures are. The boy inside the house I think is Asuka's mother after Asuka comes in and sees her hanged, I think that all of these pictures relate to Asuka's past, or things she sees in her everyday life. The boy and woman looks like the Geofront and the spear of longinus.


How is it that people in ALO didn't recognize Kirito? So, I've been enjoying SAO quite a bit more than I thought I would. My only thing is, why has no one in ALO even questioned if Kirito is the same Kirito from SAO? Especially his sister? I'm going on the assumption that their would have been some sort of news when he got out of the game, and that his character name would be mentioned. I know that if I see a character with the same name in multiple MMO's, I at least ask if they are the same person. I have to believe that SOMEONE would recognize the name at least.

Also, thinking back on it, I remember them reading something, seemingly the internet, inside SAO, that listed the news of what was going on in the game. So surely this was available to the outside world as well?

ALO players
From Volume 3, Chapter 1, during the scene where Kirito first logged in into ALO:

Next I chose the nickname for my character. I didn't put much thought into it, but entered the name «Kirito».
This name was a shortened form of my real name, Kirigaya Kazuto, and there weren't many who knew that. Those who understood included only the rescue team from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and those with a close connection, i.e. Recto's president Yuuki Shoujou and that Sugou. Of course, that also included Egil, and Asuna, who had yet to wake. Even Suguha and our parents shouldn't know of it.
In the SAO incident, none of this information had been made public, especially character names. This was because in that world there was frequent fighting between players and the result was often a horrible death in the real world. If unrestricted publication of this information was allowed, it would not be difficult to imagine a large number of lawsuits being filed.
[...]
With a bit of trepidation I realized the name was known to Sugou Nobuyuki, and because it is a rather well-known name I changed it from its romanized form to its kana form. [...]

According to the cited paragraph, since character names are not made public, the name Kirito is only known to the rescue team from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Recto's president Yuuki Shoujou, Sugou, and fellow players in SAO.
ALO arc takes place 2 months after SAO is cleared. During this period of time, I would assume that it's unlikely for any SAO survivor to play another VRMMO when they had just been through a life and death experience.
Therefore, it would be natural for almost all players in ALO to be unaware of the identity of the person who cleared SAO and set all players free.
I guess that would clear the question of why no one in ALO ever questioned about Kirito's identity.
How about Suguha, then?
Suguha/Leafa
From Volume 3, Chapter 2, when Kirito crash-landed as Leafa/Suguha was surrounded by three Salamanders:

This voice with no tension came from a lightly dark skinned male player while standing up. His black hair stood in natural spikes, and his large eyes gave an impression of mischief. Behind him stretched dark greyish-blue wings that marked him as a member of the Spriggan race.

I guess Kirito's skin color and appearance is a great enough departure from his real life appearance that Suguha couldn't tell that Kirito is actually her onii-chan.
Apart from the appearance, there is also the fact that Kirito distanced himself from Suguha, after knowing that they are not siblings.
From Volume 4, Chapter 7:

Suguha's accusation that I had distanced myself from her because she wasn't my true younger sister was almost correct. I had searched the net for my family registry, but I had found the deletion notice, so I asked my parents about it. I was ten years-old. I began to put some distance between Suguha and myself, but there was no specific reason.
[...]
[...] By the time I was a 5th or 6th grader, I was already addicted to net games, without a side glance I moved straight forward. Finally I was imprisoned for two years, in that virtual world.

Due to Kirito keeping distance and the SAO incident, Suguha didn't have much chance to know Kirito, and there were many sides of him that she didn't know about, especially during the time Kirito was trapped in SAO. I think this contributes to the reason why Suguha/Leafa didn't realize that Kirito is actually Kazuto even after traveling together. She only caught on when Kirito blurted out Asuna's name after he failed to clear the Grand Quest for the first time.

Keep in mind that this is an anime and so little things like common sense do not really get in the way of story telling. The real problem with this all starts with the question which is based in common sense, and thus can not win out against the needs of story telling.

I understand that player information was given out, if it was forget law suits, laughing coffin members would of been gunned down on the streets for what they did. GGO would never of happened. However, while following the common sense of things, everything after the end of SAO would of happened differently. I believe it was stated that 6000 people and change were still in SAO when it came to an end. Most of those people woke at the same time. That would of been major news.

Most of those people would not know how they were freed, only that one moment they were in the game and the next that after an announcement that the game was cleared they woke up. However those members of the assault team they would know. The doctors and nurses that cared for them would likely question folks as they were seen and checked over. " It was amazing! Kirito saved us!" or versions of that statement would of passed unfiltered in the first few days. If not from Doctors and Nurses, from player to player. Most of the SAO players were in hospitals when they woke, so it is natural to assume numbers of them were in the same places. The SAO members would of spoken to each other if not the staff.

Kirito was well known in the game if not by his name, at least as the black swordsmen. Trying to keep the media from discovering the story of how they escaped in reality would of been like trying to capture water in your hands. You get some of it, but most pours through. Maybe they never link Kirito to his RL id, but that would only of raised the legend of Kirito that much higher. The hero of SAO humbly keeps his identity a secret?

For ALO, they used the same model for Kirito in that game that they used for SAO for our benefit, so we as anime watchers knew him the moment he was on screen. Asuna looks very different in SAO II from her SAO character and while I never forget who she is, it is an attention grabbing difference I never fail to notice. So I could almost forgive Suguha for not knowing Kirito in ALO right away. Siding with the answers others gave. However I'm not willing to. He does look the same, no matter the reasons. Maybe she does not know for sure that is him, and maybe he never talked about what his character name was in SAO with her. However she never questions him about just how very much he looks like Kirigaya Kazuto. That is pure story telling over common sense.

By the time SAO II comes along and he enters GGO There should of been lines of folks whispering rumors of him being the same Kirito from SAO, hell their should of been dozens of would be fame seekers running names like KiritoSAO, KiritoR1, and many others trying to cash in on fame that was not theirs. If any thing the only reason Kirito should not gotten much notice in GGO it is because people would of assumed he was another faker cashing in on the name of the Hero of SAO.

The answer to this question, pure and short, is Story. The writer of the manga and anime needed him to, and wanted him to, have less fame and acclaim then he would of had if something like this happened in our world. They needed his own sister/cousin to be utterly clueless about who he was.


Is it true that there's an eraser for the Death Note that can bring people back to life? While it was only mentioned one time in the pilot of the manga, one interesting detail about Death Note is that there was originally a way for the user of the note to reverse any of the deaths they carried out. Just as writing a name in the Death Note notebook would eventually kill a person, a special eraser existed that could not only physically get rid of the name written in the book, but even restore the life that was taken as well.

The Death Eraser appeared exclusively in the Death Note Pilot chapter, which isn't canon.

If the pilot chapter was considered canon several things would contradict themselves, like how the Rules of the Death Note contain that there are infinite number of pages in the Death Note, while in the pilot version it is stated that it has 60 pages with 38 lines per page.

Based on the netflix version, where one of the rules states that the death must be possible, ie no shark coming out of a toilet to bite the person, bringing back to life is not allowed.  So, if it can't happen under normal circumstances, it can't happen via Death Note.  It seems then that Death Note drives probability but it can't reach infinite improbability.

Edit addition:
Thus eraser is not possible as there is no probabilistic way to bring someone back from the dead.  Once someone is dead, they stay dead.  Also Gorzius agrees that it is the same in the manga/comic.


In Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) how does Nezuko get sustenance? I'm only up to episode 10 of the anime, but it seems as though Nezuko has no source of sustenance at all, not even water. We know she slept for 2 years and that was said to provide an alternative to human food/blood. However, with the muzzle seemingly permanent and no food or water ever consumed in the show, is sleep her only source of energy?

Demons

This are one of the abilities of a demon; (you can refer to the link to view the other abilities)

Immortality: Demons possess eternal youth and can live for centuries, sometimes even longer if they're incredibly strong. They can't die through conventional means, but can be killed by sunlight or with one of the Demon Slaying Corps' special Nichirin Blades.
Growing Power: The strength of a specific Demon depends almost entirely on how many humans they have eaten, and they can also grow stronger by receiving additional blood from Muzan, which is how the Twelve Demon Moons gained their overwhelming power. Some Demons, however, have a limit to how much they can use to grow stronger, and they might be not compatible with a higher amount of Muzan's blood.

Being that said demons don't need to eat humans at all to survive as they are immortal and they'd only do this because they wanted to become stronger so the answer is Yes, Nezuko takes the sleeping as form of nutrients to sustain herself though this not give her additional power because she's not consuming humans, she was just exhausted and use sleeping to make up for it.

Yes, to gain energy and recover from injuries she sleeps and does not get any other form of nourishment. During the Mount Natagumo arc of the series when she gets hurt by one of the demons she passes out in order to recover(Episode 19).


What does the fist bump mean in Naruto? At first I thought Killer Bee only used it as a rap gesture.  Later on it was shown as a way to compare and equalize forces between two people. Even later, Naruto was shown doing it with Kurama, to fuse their chakra together.

Does the fist bump have any special meaning? I doubt it originated in Japanese culture or mythology, so where did it come from?

I think there isn't a single meaning, and sometimes it might be a simple brofist, showing respect to one another. But there's also to consider that Bee, in a way, uses fist bumps to read the other person's mind/heart/soul, to feel the other person; he does it with the Raikage.

But for example

   When Naruto exchanges fist bump with Kurama (The Nine-tailed fox beast):
 There happens that the two chakra meld/connect, as a sort of energy transfer. Perhaps it's also more than that, but that's basically to show that we don't simply have brofists in Naruto.

I think I found the chapter but it's not flat-out stated. When Bee first exchanges fist bumps with Naruto, he says he won't train him to control his beast: first because he "made a fool out of his rap", but also because when they exchange the fist bumps,

   Bee feels the Dark Naruto inside Naruto himself, through them. So unless Naruto solves this problem, he won't be able to proceed to the next stage, i.e. the training with Bee.

After the first meeting with Bee (when Naruto uses the Erotic Jutsu), Motoi does ask him whether they exchanged fist bumps. I think this is a hint to that, because when Naruto confirms,

   Motoi takes him and Yamato to the waterfalls. They ask whether that's the place but Motoi says that that's just the first step: Naruto needs to see the truth first, which is where the Dark Naruto is revealed.
 Naruto will help save Motoi from the Squid attack that happens then and Bee trusts Naruto can defeat the Dark one.

Hope that helps.

I rewatched the first real fight at the falls between Naruto and Sasuke with my daughter for the first time and it was Sasuke who asked Naruto if he knew that the higher shinobi could tell each other what they were feeling/thinking without saying a word just by bumping fists. Original Naruto Season 3 Episode 132.


Does Konan have a theme song? Pretty much every character in Naruto seems to have his/her own theme song. But I can't seem to find a theme song for Konan. Does she just not have one? or is it just hard to find/ not released yet ?

Konan - as far as I know - doesn't have an official soundtrack. She's usually seen with Pain in which Pain's soundtrack plays.

I'd say that Konan shares a soundtrack with Pain which is called Girei.

there is one called the angelic herald of death which is associated usually with konan it is an unreleased OST


Can Poké Balls technically catch humans? In the Pokémon franchise (I'll accept answers from any canon source, whether the anime, manga, games or anything else I can't think of), Poké Balls are used to catch Pokémon. Could you, in theory, use them to catch a human being? Is there any canon example of someone attempting it (I suppose it has probably occurred at some point in the anime for example)? Is there any canonical factor that makes it technically impossible (such as "Humans and Pokémon are fundamentally different", but I think I remember that this isn't true) or is it possible in theory but simply not done in practice?

EDIT : My question is different from the general "How does a Poké Ball work" question because I'm specifically asking whether / why it can not catch humans. The answer to the other question does address this, but in passing, and it does not provide any sources, and links to a page that may have been a good source in the past, but is now devoid of any relevant content (or canon quotes) so it doesn't really answer my question.

In the episode in the first series of the show where Ash is in Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town to catch a ghost Pokemon to fight Serena, he sees Jessie's hair on fire and he assumes that it's a Pokemon on fire and proceeds to throw a Poke-ball at her. And no it doesn't open but it just hit her face.

In one Episode of the Anime, Ash throws a Pokeball at an Mankey/Primeape. The Pokemon throws a riceball at the ball and instead of the pokemon getting caught, the riceball was caught. So in theory it would be possible to catch people in a pokeball.


How did Shinigami come into existence? How is it that Shinigami come into being? If there was no way for them to come into existence(in the human world), would they just slowly die away when any of them kill for love? Also, can Shinigami die of old age?

Shinigami, or death gods, rule the world of Death Note. A shinigami's purpose in life is to kill humans to extend their own lifespan, through the use of a death note.

Well, as you have already noticed, there are many different definitions of shinigami. The word is usually translated as "god of death", so you can think of them like grim reapers. And since the word "grim reaper" is also used for a variety of things, you can see how this can get interesting. There is no set definition for what a shinigami is, so the writers of different shows can just make things up. For your story, you get to decide whether you have to die to become a shinigami, and you get to decide whether certain people become shinigami.

In Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, the word Shinigami is used to refer to a character whose friends and family kept dying. It's a really loose word.

But if you're asking specifically about Death Note.... In Death Note, the shinigami do not have to die and they are not people who have become shinigami. The manga doesn't really go into the history of the shinigami, but it is implied that they have been shinigami for the entirety of their existence.

One of many stories about Shinigami coming to existence is :

    The Shinigamis become how they are because they commited suicide and as punishment they have to collect souls.
    If a shinigami fully remembers his or her past life before becoming a full shinigami, he or she disappears and becomes a ghost. They become full shinigamis by collecting their first soul.
    Personally, I think this is more easy to understand.


Does Durarara have NSFW scenes? I wanted to know if Durarara!! has NSFW scenes because I am thinking in watch the show in my tv in the living room. It would be very embarrassing if someone enters the room in the wrong time.

Not sure if you're counting with Durarara x2, but as far as I remember, there's at least on scene less appropriate to see in public ( with public, I mean not covered ). It's not anything showing off, but rather some actions between two characters.

Through your inquiries, i can be sure that you got already be caught up watching a NSFW anime!
More seriously, yeah in durarara! x2 there have a certain scene cough cough but don't worry this is really short!


What is Chihiro's father eating? In the scene where Chihiro's parents start pigging out,

We see Chihiro's father eating some soft, almost gelatinous blob that seems to have fins or something.

Is this an actual food item? If so, what is it? If not, is it based off any real life dishes?

It appears that the food was noted as "lamb stomach" (haggis or similar) at the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs exhibitions.

The "fins" are where the haggis is sewn or tied.

I wasn't there at the exhibitions and don't own the exhibition catalogue, so I can only cite this blog post as source. According to the blog post, the annotation for that scene is

  中にジューシーな具が入っている。トロトロした子羊の胃袋のような感じ

so the food has a juicy filling and "dozes off" like a lamb stomach. While the description doesn't tell us the name of the food, it likens it to, and probably is, a lamb stomach.

Perhaps you've been told that the food is ba-wan, a Taiwanese street food. Perhaps you've been told that the town from Spirited Away is modeled after Jiufen, a tourist attraction in Taiwan. They are at best misinformation and at worst disinformation propagated by travel agencies and shopkeepers to increase sales. Hayao Miyazaki has denied twice, once in the TVBS news interview, and once more in the CTi news interview that Jiufen was an inspiration for the film's settings. What were really the inspirations and/or models for the settings are listed in this well-researched article: the Dougo Onsen, the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum and Meguro Gajoen being the officially confirmed places.

No it's called Ba-wan. That's what it is.. There are tons of links that will tell you. https://www.buzzfeed.com/christinalan/heres-how-to-eat-everything-youve-ever-wanted-fr


Why doesn't Naruto have/use his Six Paths power? Sasuke still has his Six Paths power, the Rinnegan. I understand that the other Tailed Beasts are no longer in him... but in the 4th War, even when Madara pulled out the Nine Tails, Obito gave him the One Tail and the Eight Tails chakra; thus, he was able to use his Six Paths power since he already had chakra of all the other tailed beasts.

Why doesn't Naruto have his Six Paths power?

Naruto did not lose his Six Paths senjutsu because he can still manipulate truth seeking balls, and his eyes also exhibit that he is using it in battle (tailed beast eyes crossed with sage eyes with no eye shadow).

Sasuke awakened the Rinnegan because Kabuto used Hashirama's cells to heal him after Madara impaled Sasuke with a sword. Thus, Asura's chakra mixed with Indra's chakra, becoming Hagoromo's chakra, thus allowing Sasuke to awaken the Rinnegan.

Basically, nothing has changed, except that Naruto and Sasuke can't use the Six Paths Sealing jutsu anymore because it can only be used once per lifetime and the two already used the jutsu to seal kaguya

Naruto has and uses his Six Paths power.

In Boruto, when Naruto & Sasuke fights Momoshiki, he uses his Six Paths power against Momoshiki. Naruto has Kyuubi chakra and Sage Mode chakra mixed together, and when he mixes them, there are no pigments. However, when he uses regular Frog Sage Mode (or whatever it's called), there are pigments under his eyes with Sage Mode, and when Naruto came back from the psyche plane with Hagoromo, he received his chakra and received Six Paths Sage Mode.

In The Last: Naruto the Movie, he also uses Six Paths power and Ashura's Fist.

About Sasuke's Rinnegan, it's because he got Hagoromo's chakra directly, not because of Hashirama's cells.

About the whereabouts of his Truthseeker Orbs, they can only be used once, then they are gone.


What's the music that plays in the background in intense scenes in Sagrada Reset? So there's this dramatic music that starts playing in the background during some intense moments of the show. I looked everywhere without being able to find it mostly since only the openings and endings are receiving all the attention. This one seems to be rather a theme song than anything else. I pinpointed some parts of the last episodes where the music is playing so someone can identify it.
It can be heard in episodes:

Ep. 19 [6:21-6:52 & 21:13-21:56]
Ep. 20 [16:14-20:26]
Ep. 22 [2:51-4:07]
Ep. 23 [7:42-9:42]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nr9V7DSA9I

Took some digging to find it, but here it is I believe.


What will happen to some specific anime if the studio who made those animes has gone bankrupt? Crunchyroll and Funimation, websites that provide legal streaming for anime series, had licensed some anime like The World God Only Knows, Hayate no Gotoku, Gansta, Deadman Wonderland, and Ergo Proxy. All of those anime were made by ManGlobe Studio.
Unfortunately, the production house that created these anime, ManGlobe, has gone bankrupt.
What will happen to the anime series that had been licensed on streaming site like Crunchyroll and Funimation in other regions? Will they be removed?
Or do they have to obey the agreement/contract which has been previously agreed upon by both sides?

TL;DR: the anime studio doesn't own the complete rights to the anime, so in most cases there will be no problem in the case the studio goes under.

Long version:

The owner of the rights to an anime in modern times is almost always a 制作委員会, which I usually translate as "production partnership".

This is a partnership that is set up in order to fund the anime, while splitting the risk with other sponsors. This includes companies like the publisher of the original work, the music company, figure companies, advertising companies, TV stations, etc. This may or may not include the anime production studio itself. Either way, in the case the studio ceases to exist, this would not affect any agreement with foreign publishers, as the rights are still being managed by the production partnership.

It should be noted that just because a company goes bankrupt doesn't necessarily mean it loses all capability to create anime (depending on the type of bankruptcy). There have been several cases like this, for example Tatsunoko Production. Mangrove, whose anime you have mentioned, has ceased to exist as of 2016, but there has been no removal of the anime (and Mangrove has never opted into the partnership, so they never had any rights to the anime itself anyway). It does seem that Mangrove's bankruptcy affected Gangsta's BD release, but I would assume that had more to do with the common practice for anime studios to brush up and fix TV anime for the disk releases.

There have been cases where studios go bankrupt and production partnerships enlisted a different studio to produce the sequel. Strike Witches and Saki are examples of this (in the case of Saki, Studio Gokumi is a studio founded by former Gonzo employees).

Sources (all in Japanese):

Structure of production partnerships

Naver
Wiki
Netolabo

Anime (includes production studio and production partnership participants)

Hayate no Gotoku
series
Saki
Strike Witches

Studios

Studio Gokumi
Mangrove
Gonzo

Bankruptcy-related (I can't find the official statements, if there were any made public)

Mangrove
article
List of anime studios that went bankrupt

In US law, apparently there isn't a supreme court ruling yet. Generally, the legal opinions I've read (not being a corporate lawyer myself) seem to state that it is up to the trustee appointed to handle things. If they decide the existing licence agreement adds value, they can decide to take up the agreement, otherwise they may decide not to, and sell the license at auction or offer it to another company. If a trustee is not appointed (Debtor in Possession) the agreement remains, with some provisos. This is based on US bancruptcy law (section 11) which says sometion along the lines of:  the trustee, subject to the court’s approval, may assume or reject any executory contract or unexpired lease of the debtor. It includes pretty much all intellectual property licences, with the exception of Trademarks which are handled differently.  The person/company who had the license can file suit for damages if they lose it. This seems to be somewhat similar to Swiss and German law too. Wasn't able to find a translation I could read on Japanese law. I would assume that would be more pertinent. As there has been no announcements that Crunchyroll is removing them, there hopefully isn't going to be an issue.
References:

11 U.S.C. § 362.
11 U.S.C. § 365.
Marcelo Halpern, Bankruptcy Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing, in 2 Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2012, at 245, 271 (Practising Law Inst. 2012); Riback, supra note 12, at 641.
Vern Countryman, Executory Contracts in Bankruptcy Law: Part I, 57 Minn. L. Rev. 439, 460 (1973).
Stuart M. Riback, Intellectual Property Licenses: The Impact of Bankruptcy, in Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2006, at 607, 617 (Practising Law Inst. 2006).
Stuart S. Moskowitz; Intellectual Property Licenses in Bankruptcy: New "Veto Power" for Licensees Under Section 365(n); The Business Lawyer
Vol. 44, No. 3 (May 1989), pp. 771-790
Peter N. Brown, Morse, Barnes-Brown, Pendleton PC, Licensing Intellectual Property from and to Distressed Companies (2005), www.mbbp.com/resources/iptech/pdfs/ip_distressed.pdf.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/publications/landslide/2013-14/september-october-2013/intellectual-property-licenses-bankruptcy
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/licensing-syndication/677428/treatment-of-ip-licenses-in-bankruptcy

Note: I put in the first few references on my list somewhat under protest, as I don't think they add value. As I said before, I'd be more interested in the Japanese law.  Also, I collated the answer from skimming through about 50 different legal opinions a while back, for a piece of fiction was editing. I'm not typing all of that into this


Is there any connection between the Doupo Cangqiong and Da Zhu Zai and Wu Dong Qian Kun Chinese Web Novels? Is there any connection between the Doupo Cangqiong (Battle Through the Heavens) and Da Zhu Zai (The Great Ruler) and Wu Dong Qian Kun (Earth-Shattering Martial Arts) Chinese web novels? Because Doupo Cangqiong is the prequel of Da Zhu Zai and Wu Dong Qian Kun.

They are from the same author. They exist in different worlds but the protagonist of Doupo and Wudong travels to the dazhuzai world and they exist there now. There's probably a span of hundred of years between dazhuzai and the other two.


Is there a slug based Sage Mode? As we know, Naruto (Jiraiya's apprentice) has mastered the Sage Mode of toads. Also, Kabuto (Orochimaru's apprentice) has mastered the Sage Mode of snakes. So, my question is, is there a Sage Mode of slugs (related to Tsunade)?

The Sage Mode of the slugs is somewhat related to the Sage Mode of Hashirama Senju (First Hokage). He learnt Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Woods/Forest, a legendary place that is equally famous as Mount Myōboku (toad) and Ryūchi Cave (snake). It is the home of the slug Katsuyu, parts of which are summoned by Tsunade and one of her disciples, Sakura Haruno.

Evidence:

In Hashirama's fight with Madara, it appears that he enters a Sage Mode (bottom right corner) similar to Tsunade's, with a diamond shape tatoo-like symbol in her forehead.

Though it is not explicitly said neither in the manga nor in the anime that Tsunade enters Sage Mode, it is clear that Hashirama did.

I also assume that Hashirama used the Slugs-based Sage Mode. I noticed the name Shikkotsu Forest/Wood, "wood" is in the name of the jutsu Hashirama used - the Wood style. This observation makes me conclude that Hashirama is a Slug Sage. I also noticed that Hashirama got a healing jutsu which the slugs used. The jutsu was also inherited by his granddaughter (Tsunade-sama), who also passed the power to her apprentice (Sakura-chan).


What is Kurumi's Gender? In Sundome, was Kurumi a transsexual boy before? I remember reading that in an early chapter Kurumi revealed that she used to be a boy before to the main character. Also she claimed to have the same father as him, kind of curious don't you think?

Kurumi is a girl, she told the main character that she used to be a boy, but it turned out she was just messing with him.

We can be fairly certain that there was no more to the joke as whilst the main character was stressing out and trying to judge his feelings on the matter, Kurumi had forgotten all about it by the time he approached her again about it.

The claim about sharing a father was similarly false

Those were just jokes to prevent him from cumming/masterbating. Even if you did not understand her jokes, there is other evidence.

Both the doctor and her wife regarded her as a female. She was an actual little girl on the swing set when the doctor first found her.


Birth of Maria's child in Shinsekai Yori After having watched Shinsekai Yori, something is still bugging me.

From what I understood, the council received Maria and Mamoru's bones from Squealer/Yakomaru after they had gone alone in the wilds, behind the Holy Barrier.
To me, that would mean that the bones were received only a short time after they escaped.

If they were really dead at that time (the Council says that the bones were DNA checked), then when did they have their child? Did I miss/misunderstand something?

After Maria and Mamoru escapes from Kamisu 66th district, the story undergoes a time skip 12 years ahead, where Saki and Satoru are 26 years old1.

As we all know, in episode 18, Asahina Tomiko, the head of Ethics Committee, reaffirmed the death of Maria and Mamoru. After they received the bones from Yakomaru/Squealer, they have checked that the bones are from human and there are no inconsistencies in age and gender. They even further confirmed by doing DNA tests and matching the dental record from Harmony School. Therefore, at the point when Saki and Satoru are 26 years old, both Maria and Mamoru have deceased.

However, it was not mentioned when they received the bones in the anime (or maybe I have missed it).

I only found reference in the manga2 (volume 4 chapter 13), where it was mentioned that the bones are recovered 2-3 year after their disappearance.

Therefore, it is safe to conclude that during the period of 2-3 years, Maria and Mamoru had a child together, then Maria and Mamoru were killed by the queerats and had their bones sent back to the district. Their child was raised by the queerats, which made the child recognize the queerats as his/her3 own species and enable him/her to freely massacre other humans. In the anime, the child is shown to be around 10 years old, which matches the timeline of the story.

1 This is confirmed by Wikipedia, both English and Japanese version. In the summary of the chapter 5 of Japanese version: 12 years passed, Saki and Satoru are now 26 years old. (12年が過ぎ、早季と覚は26歳になっていた。)

2 There are many differences between the manga and anime. However, the key part of the story remains: Maria and Mamoru leaves the district, their child raised by the queerats later helps the queerats attacking the village.

3 The child is male in the novel and female in the anime. According to cite note on Wikipedia.

I mean the top answer's obviously what the writer was going for, but it has a plot hole in it, or at least it's not really believable.. The kids said they'd report Maria and T-whatever his name is as dead, Squealer suggested that they should say an avalanche killed them... Really? An avalanche killing 2 kids with superpowers? And on top of that, they'd have to see it actually happen, so, in order for this story to work, they'd have to have found them first, then either they agree to come back (unlikely, but hey, could be made believable), or, they run away again (the scenario that would've happened IF they found them). In the first scenario, the avalanche happening wouldn't have a time restriction, so sure, an avalanche randomly going off would be believable i guess. But it would have to kill ONLY those 2, again, nevermind their powers and all, BUT ALSO while the other 2 kids, WHO ALSO HAVE SUPERPOWERS, watch it all happen? Nope, nobody would buy that, the board would know somethings off.
In the second scenario tho, the avalanche would have to happen the exact same moment they decide to run away, which is really convenient isn't it? And again, 2 kids with superpowers doing nothing, the other 2 kids with superpowers just watching it happen. Nope.

Let's say that the board does buy their story though, searching for those bones would be the highest priority, the kids would probably be forced to show them where it all happened, which would narrow the area greatly obviously. Now they start the search from that area, and keep widening it. If they don't find it in like a month with their psychic-powers, the kids obviously lied, somethings off, they investigate, consequences. But let's imagine that in this world where grownups are paranoid as fuck, paranoid enough to kill innocent children, even their own at times, let's just imagine that they keep on searching forever without questioning it, and then dig the bones up in 2 years. Where would Squealer put them? A Queerat couldn't hide them deeper then the superpowered humans didn't already dig. So if they found the bones in layers above what they've searched, it would be obvious that they were put there recently. Again, let's imagine that the paranoid humans wouldn't notice this, and that the depth of it doesn't matter. Squealer could either put them where the kids said they saw the avalanche, or, somewhere random in that entire snowy biom. First case, it becomes obvious that the bones weren't there 2 years ago since it's been thoroughly investigated already. Second case, the kids lied and the bones were nowhere near, they get to the bottom of it (hypnosis etc.), smell something fishy's going on with Squealer, consequences.

So there's not a single way that this lie could be hidden from the board, and in turn saddens me cause it makes the story unrealistic :(.

Also, if anyone were to die in an avalanche, their body wouldn't rot since it would be kept frozen until the snow started melting, so they wouldn't find bones, they'd find the entire body intact. Well, mostly. There have been cases of humans finding frozen bodies that were 500 years old. Would an educated society with access to all the previous civilizations knowledge miss that fact :) ? Doubt it, since anyone could deduct that using simple logic. Keep in mind that freezing to death probably happened in their civilization often, so they'd be even more aware of this fact then we are.

Edit: -
       Just rewatched episode 18, apparently Squealer was the one who brought them the bones? So i guess I didn't even have to try and develop those other theories that had more potential of working out, the anime just decided to go with the one that's not possible at the slightest. A Queerat finding bones deep in the snow when superpowered humans couldn't, alright.


What is the music at season 3 episode 18 when Yuga Aoyama was distracting the enemy? What is the music at season 3 episode 18 of My Hero Academia at 19:00 when Yuga Aoyama was distracting the enemy?

'Surpassing You' or 'Ochaco' from 3rd ost


Why did Aizen kidnap Orihime in Bleach? I remember that Aizen kidnapped Orihime but I don't remember if it was explained well why this happened. I have several hypothesis but not sure if they are true:

Was it that the Hogyoku didn't work until Orihime cured it some how? Was there such a scene in Bleach that gives evidence to this? Why wouldn't the Hohyoku work? Wasn't Aizen already giving more power to his hollows even before Orihime?
Is that why Aizen needed her or was it something else? To Maybe torture her to distract the Shinigami and Ichigo? But it seems that at this point he didn't really thought Ichigo mattered so it doesn't seem convincing.
Or did he use her to heal his Espadas?
Or did he do that to lure the Shinigami and trap them to Hueco Mundo?

Is there maybe another reason? Or are there multiple reasons combined? Aizen was smart so I am sure he had a reason to kidnap Orihime.

The answer lies in Ichigo's existence. At the end of the battle between Aizen and Ichigo, Ichigo noted that Aizen's sword is filled with loneliness. Before Ichigo, there was no one of the same level of spiritual pressure as Aizen. This is proved in the conversation between Ichigo and his father, Kurosaki Isshin, on episode 301 of the anime.

   Isshin: Let's go (after Aizen)

 Ichigo: Don't you feel it? There's no way we can fight such monstrous spiritual pressure.

 Isshin: As I thought, you really can comprehend his powers.

That wasn't the exact words but is pretty much what they said in that episode. And previously during the battle between Aizen vs Isshin, Yoruichi, and Urahara, Ishin said that when he slashed Aizen, he didn't feel anything. Aizen felt so empty. This is because Aizen's power is far above Isshin, that Isshin can no longer comprehend (Isshin also mentioned this to Urahara after he unleashed Getsuga Tensho towards Aizen). This is later proven by Aizen when he made a normal human vanish just by being near him without the man actually understand that going closer to Aizen will kill him.

Why Aizen kidnap Orihime? The main reason is once again, Ichigo. Deep down, Aizen believed that Ichigo can reach his level. And to encourage Ichigo's growth, Aizen kidnapped Orihime so that Ichigo would feel the urgency of getting stronger.

The other, less significant (from Aizen's point of view) reason is Orihime's ability, Shunshun Rikka, which can negates reality. Aizen was curious about it when he saw Orihime used it to restore wounds.

As for Ichigo saying Aizen's sword is filled with loneliness, it was mentioned in episode 310 at 8:30-10:30 of the anime.

As for Yamamoto, he certainly was regarded as the most powerful Shinigami, but Aizen doesn't seems like seeing him as his equal. This is my own guess though.

I think its just a plot trick. Aizen has a big plan with a good story but the truth is that Ichigo had nothing to do with that. Author, instead of trying something believable, just pulled that cheap card of kidnapping Orihime so that Ichigo, the guy that has nothing to do there, does all the job and kills the main guy, again, who has nothing to do with him.

I remember that even there is a part where Aizen says that kidnapped Orihime because he was just curious of her mysterious power, but just that.

About the story of the above guy... Its an anime written for 15 year old kids, like Naruto, Dragon Ball, One Piece, etc, and like them, its full of plot holes. This is just another one.


Can Ryuk be killed with the Death Note? After watching the Netflix Death Note movie I was left with a interesting question.

During the movie (from memory)

  Light; What if I write your name into the death note?
  Ryuk; Ha! I would like to see you try. Furthest someone got was two letters.

Was this also a possibility in the original manga/anime series? Or this something totally original to the movie?

There already seems to be a similar question Is there a way to kill Shinigamis with a death note? . This however only covers indirect usage of the Death Note and not directly writing it down (which the op of that question seems to debunk without a source)

There is no definitive information in the anime or manga on this particular question. So it MAY be possible, theoretically, to kill a Shinigami with a Death Note. However, regardless of that, in practice, it is impossible for a human to do it, for the following reasons:

You don't have their name. Humans have no way of verifying a Shinigami's true name, much less its spelling. Correct spelling using the script in which the name is "officially" written does seem to be required. Shinigami vision, which always shows the name needed to kill, always shows the "official" spelling. For example, when Misa views Light's name, it shows up not as the English word it comes from, and not as the kana approximation, but as the official kanji character, presumably because that's the way it is on his documents/how he likes to spell it, etc. Even though this spelling makes her confused as to how to pronounce it (she initially reads it as "Tsuki" in the anime). On the other hand, the names of Western characters always show up in Western script, not in Japanese approximation. The Shinigami would have their own way of spelling their names as well. According to the manga creators, each Shinigami has their "own written language", and some even use pictures (says the wiki here: deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Shinigami). And misspellings are not allowed: after 4 misspellings the target becomes immune from that Death Note, and misspelling it knowingly more than 4 times (such as deliberate trial and error) kills the Note's owner (Rule XXXV.1). Even with the Shinigami eye deal, Shinigami names don't seem to show up, from what I've seen in the anime. So even assuming the Shinigami is stupid enough to tell you their real, full name, good luck explaining to them why you need it spelled, in their native language.

You don't have their face. You need to visualize a face to kill. Many Shinigami seem to wear masks/makeup that cover most of their faces. Who knows if that's their actual true face or just a costume? Again, good luck asking them and getting an honest answer.

No cause of death. Ok, this one is a little complicated, but here goes... The conditions of death must be "physically possible" (Rule VI.1). If an impossible cause of death is listed, or if none is specified, the cause reverts to the default: a deadly heart attack (Rule I.4). In other words, the person's blood is no longer being pumped and they quickly suffer brain death, organ failure, etc., from lack of oxygen/nutrients. But we know for a fact that it is physically impossible to kill a Shinigami this way. They are spiritual beings that are able to phase in and out of the material world and don't need to eat, so assuming they even have such an organ as a heart, lack of physical pumping from it would not kill them. Thus it is physically impossible to kill a Shinigami with the known DEFAULT cause.

So you have to SPECIFY some other cause that is actually known to kill Shinigami. The only way we know is to make them kill someone with their Note to extend another human's life (Rule XVII.1). But that won't work either. Here's why:

A. Bystander deaths are not allowed. If you make the Shinigami write down a random human's name, you
   run into Rule X.2, which prevents your Death Note entry from being
   the direct cause of death of anyone other than the people you
   specifically listed by name.

B. Double entries are not allowed. If you try to work around that by specifying
   the name of the human the Shinigami is to kill, you run into Rule
   XV.1, which states that if a name is written in 2 Death Notes, only
   the first entry written takes effect. So the Shinigami's attempt to
   re-enter the person's name will be void, no harm no foul, the
   Shinigami lives. Even if you try to force them to do a split entry with
   you (allowed in Rule XXXII.1), YOU initiate the split entry, the
   human becomes YOUR victim, the Shinigami's Note is NOT the cause of
   death (yours is), so the Shinigami is still not responsible.

TL;DR Only someone who knows the Shinigami's true face, true name, and how their body works, can possibly kill them with a death note (or maybe even without it). That would most likely be the Shinigami king, possibly some of the higher ranking Shinigami. Your only real option is tricking the Shinigami into doing something stupid like giving up their life voluntarily or getting into big trouble with their higher-ups (they do have a death penalty, per Rule XLVI.1).

(All Rules are here: http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_the_Death_Note)

Incidentally, the same basic idea applies to the Netflix movie version of Ryuk. We don't know anything pertinent about him either. He may threaten to kill anyone who writes his name, just because he's miffed, but that doesn't mean they have the ability to actually do it. In fact, someone did write "don't trust Ryuk" on the actual parchment pages of the Death Note, so technically he should be dead, because his name was put down in the Note. So apparently it doesn't work on him.

Because shinigami will kill the owner before the owner will write shinigami name. Ryuk said furthermost anyone written is two word which means he killed the person before he/she finished writing the whole name of Ryuk.


Why didn't anybody recognize the Z fighters at the Cell games? During the Cell-games saga, Mr. Satan was supposed to be the World Martial Arts champion and he was held in high regard by most common people.

By contrast the Z-fighters, most of whom just happened to be high profile fighters from the 21st through the 23rd World Martial Arts tournaments, were perceived to be nobodies by the general populace.

But they were all the top contestants of the previous Martial arts tournament, which can't be too much more than 15 years before the Cell games.

They were the highest profile Martial artists of the previous decade.

If we compared this to modern boxing, it would be analogous to praising Wladimir Klitschko, but completely dismissing Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfiled.(although Klitschko is younger).

I can understand why they didn't recognize Goku, but Piccolo, Tien, Yamcha, and Krillin should have been immediately recognizable.

Why were they dismissed so much?

Common people in DBZ don't generally outright celebrate people unless they are constantly bombarded in the mainstream media. Like Mr. Satan for example. He was always on television and groomed to be a hero by himself and his cohorts. He used his money from winning the tournament (no Z warriors participated) as machinery for his hype. The Z warriors don't have such interest.

Here are some reasons:

All the focus was on Cell, who was going to destroy the world, and Hercule, the world's champion. The king of the world somewhat recognized Goku as the boy who defeated King Piccolo (but did not fully make the connection because he was a SS) and the announcer knew that they defeated Cell. Relatively, only Goku was (barely) recorded fighting Cell.

And, they were all considered crazy (Piccolo being green and Tien having a third eye may not have helped) for showing up to fight Cell, and were not taken as serious fighters.

The Z Fighters only appeared in the tournament no more than 3 times. And I can't think of a time that they were recognized by some random person.
When Piccolo entered the next tournament, he was worried that his name would be recognized, but was not concerned with his appearance, in fact non of them were (expect Gohan, but his reasons were different). So they didn't expect to be recognized, perhaps because too much time had past.
Dragon Ball Z is different from Dragon Ball. All of their tournament appearances happened in the latter. And there are a lot of other inconsistencies (like Piccolo being a demon)

So it may have been because the focus was on Hercule, the Z Fighters were not taken seriously, too much time has past, and, more likely, that Dragon Ball Z is just not Dragon Ball.


How can I easily find all languages a show has been dubbed into? I usually only watch anime with the original Japanese voice actors, since I've had bad experiences with dubs in the past. However, I'm sometimes interested in watching a show dubbed in something that isn't Japanese, and moreover, I want to know if there are any alternatives to English dubs.

Is there any site that will let me see all languages a show has been dubbed into efficiently?

MyAnimeList gives the voice actors in various languages for characters. However, this information is often incomplete. For instance, I just looked at the page for Nagisa Misumi of Pretty Cure and noticed that no Cantonese voice actress is listed, even though a Cantonese dub exists.
A Wikipedia article in some language foo for a show will sometimes list any voice actors for the dub in foo in addition to the Japanese voice actors. Information about dubs in other languages is generally lacking. This would mean that I would have to check (and be able to read) each Wikipedia page in each potentially interesting language. Moreover, I would have to carefully check shows one at a time, which is not convenient.
Similarly, wikis for a series sometimes contain information about dubs (e.g. a Sailor Moon wiki I found). As a general rule however, this is not the case. For instance, a Cantonese dub for Revolutionary Girl Utena exists, but there is no mention of it in a fan-made wiki.

In the case of Cantonese (or even Mandarin), I can usually "guess" that older, more prominent shows will have a dub. However, I find it difficult to do the same for other languages that I might be interested in (e.g. German), and at any rate, it'd be nice to not have to rely on my guesswork.

Translating web pages automatically with Google Translate°

This would mean that I would have to check (and be able to read) each […] page in each potentially interesting language.

Google Translate goes a long way in helping that.  Although unfortunately its translations of Asian languages can still be tricky to understand.
If you use the Google Chrome browser, it should automatically offer to translate foreign pages (but does not consistently do so for me).
If you want to test that, here's the Cantonese Wikipedia page for Pretty Cure:
https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Precure!
If you use another browser, e.g. Mozilla Firefox, or Chrome doesn't offer the translation by itself:
Put this before the URL to translate:                               https://translate.google.com/translate?&u=
Example: https://translate.google.com/translate?&u=https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Precure!

° Sorry this is not an answer to the question, but I find it so important, that I wanted it to be more visible.  (And then I ended up writing more than would fit into a comment.)  If the community objects, I will move this to a comment.
In relation to the question, the translation enables you to apply the useful approach, suggested by the asker, of consulting the anime's page on the Wikipedia(s) of your desired dub language(s).  (Or opening foreign Google results.)

For English dubs
https://myanimelist.net/animelist/Universalx?status=7
is an astonishingly comprehensive list maintained by a single user.
It has 1973 entries as of November 2020 and includes currently airing series.


What exactly the demons gain from their "contracts", and how do they "level up" from executing contracts? It seems that it is an routine after-school endeavour for the Gremory to be summoned through their flyers to do devilish stuff like foot massages and claim the dead as their pawns.

Aside from the summon shown in Ep. 1 (when Rias is summoned to claim her Pawn) and the paiting Azazel gives Issei, there are not shown in the anime what rewards the demons gain. It is mentioned towards the end of the second season that Gaspar makes the most out of contracts than any of them.

What do they get from these demonic contracts? And how exactly does fulfilling contracts help a demon rank up?

Side note: I have only watched the anime, but answers are encouraged to come from all media.

Demon Contract Reward
Quoted from High School DxD novel Volume One.

The job goes like this:
First we are summoned, and then we make a contract with them.
After that, we fulfill their wishes.
As a price, we receive an award fitting for the particular wish they made.
It can be money, an object, and even their life.
Well lately, there aren’t any contractors who would use their life to make a wish. Even if there was a person like that, if the price they gave doesn’t match up to the wish they wish for, then the wish won’t be granted. According to Buchou, “People’s values aren’t equal”.

So what demons gets from a contract differs depending on the contract. They can get anything, depending on the agreement.
Level Up
As for "level up", I'm not sure what kind of level up you mean, but what has been shown in the story so far is that a demon can get recognized as said by Rias (also from Volume One).

Since this only increases the number of servants, it doesn’t increase the number of powerful devils. So the devils added a new rule. Chances or opportunities were given to powerful reincarnated devils, in other words devils that were reincarnated from humans. Reincarnated ones are given peerage as well if they are powerful. Because of that there are lots of devils in human’s society. There are also devils like myself who came to human’s society as well. Ise, you may not have noticed but you probably passed devils a couple of times while walking.”

The exact mechanic behind it is not clear, but what was clear is that Rating Games is one of the methods to "level up" since it is easy to get recognized if you can proof your strength. This is also the method used by Issei.
As for whether doing contract jobs with humans can get a demon recognized and "level up" it is not clear but it probably is possible though might take much longer time.

according to the novel, this demon get their sprite as energy, for others is brave and  on, for our protagonist is oppai :)
Dragon can give the owner power, after the owner have a different view of world and himself.
hope it helps! see novel for more details.


How many Pokémon has Misty caught? What Pokémon did she catch and how many? I tried to search but I couldn’t find it. I found this website while looking for what Pokémon Ash has found, and since I found it I thought that I could find Misty’s Pokémon  as well.

Current Pokemon on her team:

Goldeen (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Staryu (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Starmie (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Horsea (Caught in Kanto.)

Psyduck (Accidentally caught in Kanto.)

Politoed (Evolved from Poliwhirl, which evolved from Poliwag, caught in the Orange Islands.)

Corsola (Caught in Johto.)

Gyarados (Obtained in Cerulean Gym.)

Dewgong (Evolved from Seel, belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Luvdisc (Obtained in Cerulean.)

Azurill (Hatched from Egg given from Tracey.)

Released Pokemon:

Togetic (Evolved from Togepi, hatched from Egg found in Kanto.)

Source: MAL

I found this article listing Misty's Pokémon:


How could the pilots in mecha anime move their mechas fluently with just primitive controllers? What's the reason why in many mecha anime like Macross, Gundam, Code Geass, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Kakumeiki Valvrave, Darling in the Franxx and RahXephon, the pilots could move their mechas like the mechas are an extension of their own bodies?

We always see the pilots in the cockpit room with some "controller". But the controllers seem to only have basic functions to allow basic movements such as move forward and backward, turn left and right and such. But in the actual scenes, the mechas could do more than just move squarely, e.g. skillfully dodge the opponents' bullets.

In anime like Neon Genesis Evangelion, Star Driver or Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, it could be explained away that because the mechas and their pilots are synchronized through the mind, they could do these "acrobatic" movements. However, with anime like Gundam, Macross, Suisei no Gargantia, or Kakumeiki Valvrave, it doesn't make sense...

In-Universe Explanations

In the Gundam franchise, this is explained through the use of advanced computer systems that translate simple joystick motions into complex robotic motions. According to in-universe theory, a human that's working within a bipedal, robot-like machine is able to work most effectively when the machine's movements mimic those of the human body, especially since those movements often balance it efficiently (such as how the legs and back move when you stretch out an arm). As such, engineers design the machine to make those movements automatically as part of a commanded movement.

This principle has been extended to other anime franchises like Macross.

As you write, there are also mind-machine interfaces that translate human thought directly into machine movement.

Real World Explanation

The actual historical answer comes with the dawn of the giant robot genre in the 1970's. Real-life machine interfaces were relatively primitive back then. The average manga reader and anime viewer couldn't really imagine controlling a robot with anything other than joysticks and buttons, so that's what anime and manga artists drew into the cockpits of mecha like Mazinger Z and Getter Robo. They knew those interfaces wouldn't really be enough, but mecha series were cheap children's entertainment with a heavy emphasis on selling toys. It didn't matter if it was realistic, as long as it felt cool.

The boys (and girls!) who watched those shows grew up to make more recent mecha series, and often the unrealistic control schemes are tongue-in-cheek references to the silly controls they saw in those earlier shows. Fundamentally, they understand that making a control scheme realistic didn't matter back then, and doesn't matter now; it doesn't make your show any more or less popular.

The simplest one is just you THINKING your moving your body, but that's actually the mech. Hell, Unicorn Gundam centralizes this into its plot. Another is simply the system where you move your body inside the mech, and the mech would move the same way. If you want, you can simply COMBINE these two, and you get this:
You think about an action involving your left arm, you execute it by moving the left arm slider forwards. You think about doing an action involving your right leg, you push off the right leg pedal. As a personal headcanon of mine, I think that this is how the humans from Gurren Laggan move the legs of the gunmen.


Why is Mai allowed to wear stockings at school? In Aobuta ("Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai"), the titular bunny-girl Sakurajima Mai is shown wearing stockings while attending school.

It doesn't seem like this is a part of the regular school uniform, since no other female student in the school is seen wearing stockings.

How is Mai allowed to wear stockings at school? Is this just artistic license to distinguish the main character in the series, and/or indicate her celebrity status/background? Or, are (some) schools in Japan lax about their dress code to this extent?

The regulations on school uniforms in Japan vary.
Considering Japan is experiencing 4 seasons and hence, winter season, some schools allow tights on cold weather while others outright ban them.
Some questions on Yahoo! Chiebukuro that supporting if wearing tights is allowed:

Is it weird to wear tights under a school uniform? (Japanese) (November 2010)
What is the best denier1 for tights under a school uniform? (Japanese) (December 2017)

1 Denier: a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers
While some schools outright banned them (and even made into news internationally):

Schoolgirls being told "tights are banned!" in a cold winter by their school become a hot topic (Japanese) (February 2019)
Japanese school explains why it won't let cold schoolgirl wear tights under her skirt (December 2018)

There are also some that require the students to wear tights in certain conditions even in spring/summer, like wearing black (and only black) tights for skirts above the knees.

Is it weird to wear tights in spring/summer? (Japanese) (June 2015)

Moving to the main topic...
There is no detail about the regulation for Mai's school, so it can be assumed that it is leaning to the looser one.
However, while the specific reference is not mentioned, the Japanese Wikipedia mentions that

芸能活動の支障にならないよう日焼けを防止するため、夏でも大抵黒のタイツを着用している。
To prevent sunburn which may hinder her living as a celebrity talent, she also wears black tights even in summer.
(Emphasis added)

This is somewhat strengthened by her character introduction in Dengeki Bunko's heroines in swimsuit

日焼けを気にして、デートでもなかなか素肌を見られる機会がないが、今回は、ファッション誌の撮影のために水着を着用。
Concerned about sunburn, while her skin is rarely revealed even while dating, this time she is wearing a swimsuit for a fashion magazine photo-taking.
(Emphasis added)

First of all, since no one is able to physically see Mai (other than people who have the adolescence syndrome) it does not really matter what she wears. Second, as you said it makes it easier to distinguish her from other characters in the story. There is no rule in the school that stockings aren't allowed. Even if stockings weren't allowed no one can see Mai.


What is the name of the theme song at the end of episode 12 of Tokyo Ghoul? With the start of the second season of the anime, I've rewatched some of the previous episodes of Tokyo Ghoul. Does anyone know the name of the song that plays at the end of episode 12?

The song that plays at the end of episode 12 is the same as the opening theme song. It is called "Unravel", and is by TK.

Lyrics and more information can be found on the Tokyo Ghoul Wiki.

The full version of the song can be heard on YouTube.

The song that plays at the end of Tokyo Ghoul episode 12 is "Unravel by TK". I remember getting hooked to this song when I last saw it.


How come Alphonse can do alchemy in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood? In Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, how come Alphonse can sometimes perform alchemy, and at other times it seems he can't? Also, early on the show, wasn't it said that he lost his ability when he lost his body? And if he can do alchemy, why isn't he a state alchemist too?

Alphonse can always do alchemy, throughout the whole show. The only times he cannot perform alchemy are the same times that Edward cannot;

   When Homunculus uses his ability to seal off alchemy temporarily.

Now, in the beginning of the show, he does not perform alchemy often because he needs to draw transmutation circles to be able to. Drawing transmutation circles takes time, and is not often practical in fights or other scenarios that need quickness, especially if he does not know the proper circle (they can perform more basic transmutation simply, and both Al and Ed are geniuses, but they are still shown studying often). He is however, shown transmuting items throughout the show, both before and after

   gaining the ability to transmute without a circle, like Ed does.

In fact, Alphonse has a particular ability (at least in the Anime) that no other alchemist is shown to have. He can transmute without physically touching the transmutation circle.

I do believe that Alphonses special transmutation(which only happens the once in Liore) has to do with him seeing the Truth jist not knowing about it, it also more likely that the creator had not finalized the transmutation process before she started the series and quickly quickly fixes it.


Why does Law want to kill Kaido? Law makes an alliance with Mugiwara to kill one of the Yonko, Kaido of the Beasts. But, why does Law want to kill Kaido?
Is it because Law wants to be one of Yonko?

As per One Piece Wiki:

  Trafalgar Law sought out an alliance with Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates allegedly in order to dethrone Kaido. Luffy agreed to the alliance and even declared that he will defeat all four Yonko. Even though Law suggested that their chances of success are only 30%, Luffy remained undeterred. However, it is later revealed by Law himself that he only formed an alliance with Luffy because he wanted to use the Straw Hats to destroy the factory producing SMILEs to get Kaido angry at Doflamingo and not as a means to dethrone Kaido.

This was revealed in the last page of chapter 724:

It's true that Law wanted to take down Doflamingo - but he ALSO want to take down Kaido. Chapter 667:

  If you want to survive in the New World, there are only two ways to go about it. Either you swear allegiance to one of the Yonkou... or you do battle with them.


Why didn't the First and Second Hokage's fight with full power against the Third? When revived by Orochimaru, the First and Second were sent to fight the Third, however, we know today that:

   The First beat one of the most powerful ninjas in history (me), could heal himself without activating any special jutsu, could summon a freaking chakra sucking tree dragon.

Moreover!

   The Second had known (invented!!) Edo Tensei (meaning he could have broken free of Orochimaru's control), he also knew space-time ninjutsu.

With those abilities, plus immortality, they couldn't have possibly lost against the Third at their full power.

So in that case, why didn't they use their full power against the Third? Their emotions should have been completely erased, and made into a strict killing machine, and nothing more.

Revived or not, they're still not the real deal. The Third was not fighting against the real Shodai and Nidaime. That would have been perhaps a completely different fight.

Besides, the fact that Orochimaru's Edo Tensei might not have been that perfect and powerful (perhaps less perfect than Kabuto's), makes me (and not just me) think he used it for the sentimental effect it would have had on the Third, i.e. fighting against your predecessors, rather than actual relying on their (weakened) power only.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muriFb2rmeU

Infinite chakra needs to be put into context ... Like the first and second Hokage  had infinite chakra when they fought the third Hokage but still lost and the reason for that was simple .

Having an infinite amount of chakra does not mean  necessarily having an ability to raise your chakra levels indefinitely as in going from a particular energy capacity to raising it infinitely but like a battery which has a set power capacity being able to recharge or maintain that set power or chakra capacity to full indefinitely (my same argument on superman as he is  dependent on the suns power and since the suns output and life span including the amount of suns that exist are limited therefore his power to become stronger and stronger coincides with that limit like a rechargeable  battery with a limited recharger)

SO AN EDO-TENSEI CHAKRA DOES NOT GO ABOVE ITS NATURAL LEVEL FROM WHEN THE PERSON WAS ALIVE (UNLESS CHAKRA CAPACITY WAS IMPROVED BY CASTER) BUT RATHER REGENERATES THE SAME WAY A DAMAGE BODY DOES WHICH MEANS BECOMING A ZOMBIE SIMPLY PUTS YOU INTO A CONSTANT STAGNANT STATE OF FIXED EXISTENCE SO IF YOU'RE A LEVEL 9 THEN YOU CONSTANTLY REGENERATE AND  RECUPERATE  BACK TO LEVEL 9 REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOUR OPPONENT DOES TO YOU OR HOW MUCH  CHAKRA YOU USE UP PER JUTSU .

THE PROBLEM IS WHETHER MADARA WAS  RESURRECTED AT FULL STRENGTH BECAUSE IT SEEMED AS IF HE WAS AND IMPROVED TO BOOT AND EVEN IF HE WAS NOT , DOES HE HAVE JUTSUS WHICH REQUIRE GREATER CHAKRA CAPACITY LEVELS THAN HIS EDO BODY AND IS THAT REALLY BETTER THAN HAVING THE ABILITY TO RECHARGE HIS CHAKRA AND USE KAMIKAZE  MANEUVERS ?

From what I remember the first and second Hokage are only at 70% of their power in ZOMBIE form currently. while I do suspect it may be a good trade off for the second Hokage as his techniques seem to be based on talent for execution rather than power level, the first is like Gaara and Kisame in that their abilities become bigger and more powerful like a DBZ character by just using higher amounts of chakra  pumped into it although you would think they can just add more and more chakra to an already executed jutsu as time goes on but whatever .


Is Magi based on religion? I started reading the manga Magi recently and can't help but get the feeling that it is based on Islam.

I couldn't find anything online, and neither do I have enough knowledge about the religion to really confirm this either.

So is the story of Magi based on Islam? Or does it use certain key points from this religion?

The short answer is no. It is not based on the Islamic religion. It is based on a several middle eastern originating stories and historical characters.

The main characters names such as Ali Baba and Cassim are from 1001 Nights also known as the Arabian nights. Sinbad is also a character from a series of arabian stories. Solomon was a real king back in 970BC.

Basically what they have done is pulled in several popular names from Arab stories and literature and Middle Eastern history and mixed it in with their story. I'm too new to link more references, but you get the idea.

Magi takes place in Iraq.

Balbadd is based on Baghdad, if it wasn't obvious enough. Sinbad, Morgiana, Alibaba, and Aladdin are all from Iraq according to the Arabian Nights story. Also, the architecture is just like Iraq and what the background characters wear are based on traditional Iraqi clothes.


Will Boruto be able to awaken Byakugan? As Himawari was able to awaken Byakugan, is it possible that Boruto will also be able to use it?

I am in doubt because, if we take the Uchiha family as an example, then every member of their family has the ability to use Sharingan. I would guess this also applies to the Byakugan users.

Sasuke's child Sarada also awakened her Sharingan even though Sakura was not a Sharingan user.

So in that case, is it possible that Boruto will be able to use the Byakugan in the future? If not, then does it have something to do with genes?

From trivia here, it is stated that Masashi Khisimoto forgot to give Byakugan to Boruto and Himawari.

  Boruto and Himawari Uzumaki, despite being children of Hinata Hyūga,
  do not have the characteristic white eyes inherited by Hyūga
  descendants.  According to Masashi Kishimoto, he simply forgot to give
  it to them.

Later he corrected this. But so far, only Himawari has Byakugan.

  Kishimoto later corrected his mistake for Himawari by giving her the
  Byakugan in the Zai no Sho's special chapter The Day Naruto Became
  Hokage.  While activated, her eyes take on the normal characteristics
  of the dōjutsu. When not in use, she has her original blue eyes.

Boruto cannot use the byakugan in the anime Boruto Next Generations he has what is called Dōjutsu and its only in his right eye. He may obtain it later but seeing as the byakugan is typically in bothe eyes, Dōjutsu is in only one