What happens when a Marine or Pirate goes after a bounty In One Piece notorious pirates have a bounty on their heads with Luffy getting his after defeating Arlong.

It seems obvious to me that the Marines would be the ones who do the payouts since they are the one who produce the wanted posters, but what happens when a Marine like Smoker goes after a pirate? Do they get the bounty or some other reward?

And what about other pirates such with the case when Buggy and Alvida were about to kill Luffy in Roguetown, would the Marines pay out the bounty to them if they came to claim it (considering that by killing or bringing in another pirate is doing the Marine's job for them)

We haven't yet seen the details of a bounty being collected, but it seems incredibly unlikely that the marines would pay a pirate the bounty for defeating or capturing another pirate, as all pirates are by definition wanted criminals who are to be arrested on recognition, as in the world of One Piece, merely flying a black flag and declaring yourself a pirate is a crime. This seems backed up by when Blackbeard captured Jewellery Bonney and tried to exchange her with the world government, they responded by sending a warship with an angry Akainu on board.

It also seems unlikely that they would give the bounties to marines who are carrying out their duties, and would have different rewards in place, but it is perfectly possible that marines can and do earn bounty rewards.

The main groups that seem eligible to receive bounties seem to be:

Bounty Hunters
Mercenaries
Armies and soldiers who report to a single nation instead of the world government
Assassins
Warlords

Obviously for the average concerned citizen in One Piece, capturing or defeating someone with a large bounty is impossible, as bounties tend to be at least somewhat correlated with strength. A notable exception is a young Nico Robin, who had a large bounty long before she had any significant combat strength, so was always on the run and fearing being turned in.

Anyone not considered a criminal who has the luck/power to capture or kill a bounty holder while not working for the world government seems to be guaranteed the bounty, so almost anyone except for marines, revolutionaries, pirates and other criminals.

I think they did not get the bounty on pirate head. They are working under government. They must salary and get promotion on the basis of their success and the power they got like coby.

The pirate hunter get the bounty when the caught the pirate or kill the pirate.


What does Shu's void tell us about his personality? In Guilty Crown, Shu finally uses his own void in the end (last episode, if not mistaken). A void is basically a physical manifestation of a person's heart. So what does Shu's void (I'm not mentioning what his void is, for the fear of spoiling it for someone), really tell us about his character and personality ? Also Inori's void being the huge 'Singer's Sword', would reflect  a bold and aggressive personality, whereas she is the exact opposite of that. So how exactly do the voids reflect the person's character and nature(if they do, at all..) ?

Sorry about multiple questions, but I feel they are too closely interrelated to be asked separately.

To me, Shu's void isn't actually representative of individual strength at all or wanting to take on others burdens although I will admit that he does try to do this a lot.

I think Shu's void is actually more indicative of his character being highly dependent on others to provide him with some initiative or resolution to act. If we take multiple examples from the series and the way that it was structured in that each new trial practically requires a new void to be used or a combination of pre-existing voids. I'd also like to extend this to Shu's character being on to find some compromise or mediate (to some degree) between others as his void activation relies on some form of acceptance of the other party. The void must generally willingly be given by the owner to be used (tbh, this was my interpretation and I do know that in a few instances there was forced use but thats a different discussion).

Tldr: Shu's void indicates he can be described as cooperative and submissive at least in line with my previous point. As the series goes on he loses this submissiveness and becomes willful if not arrogant but eventually humbled by the events. I think the final episodes really stress he needs others and he settles down to an almost meek attitude about his relationships with others.

On a deeper level I'd say that as Shu is the main character and given the way his void works with others is that the message of co-dependency of all members of society for the achievement of a specific goal. Furthermore given that his Void is the 'Power of the King' there can be two further interpretations:

the power of the king is a absolute power that can manipulate, order, influence and control others.
the power of the king by itself is useless as it is dependent on the acceptance of it by its subjects, and through that acceptance, conformity with the kings demands.

Sadly I can't say much for Inori except that I do think she is quite bold in that her ambitions and willingness to be party to certain things for the sake of a goal is a standout feature of hers. She's willing to take on a fair bit of burden.

Take my answer for what you will, it's also quite likely i'm completely wrong :P

So I like to think his void is one that not only takes in other's burdens (voids) but also enhances them. If you look, every void he uses from that point on seems to be stronger and enhanced (look at the blue and black designs).


Would Naruto awaken the Rinnegan if he takes the Sharingan from Sasuke? The reason I ask this is because I think the only important things to awaken Rinnegan is to have Indra and Ashura's chakra. Someone will say that the requirement is Uchiha and Senju's chakra. However, Obito had both of them, but he didn't awaken the Rinnegan.

Why didn't Obito awaken Rinnegan? Would Naruto awaken the Rinnegan if he takes the Sharingan from Sasuke?

Let's start with the requirements for awakening the Rinnegan. From the Naruto Wikia,

  the Sharingan can be evolved into Rinnegan through combination with Hashirama's DNA.

In the history of the Naruto anime, the only 2 people who have been able to pull such a feat are Madara and Sasuke.  What those 2 have in common is the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan which they awakened from taking their brothers Mangekyous.

Obito on the other hand had a normal Mangekyou Sharingan and that explains why he was unable to evolve his sharingan to the Rinnegan despite having both bloodlines.

So my deduction is: the highest point of the Sharingan (aka the Eternal Mangekyou) plus Hashirama's cell/chakra (or Otsutsuki bloodline which can be gotten from mixing both Senju and Uchiha genes) = The Rinnegan.

Now to the question, in my opinion, if Naruto took Sasuke's Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and implanted them into his eyes, then he would manifest the Rinnegan. This is because he would meet the requirement for the evolution, which are:

Eternal Mangekyou sharingan
Otsutsuki bloodline (or a mixture of both Senju and Uchiha chakra).

But then again let's be realistic, Naruto would never do that.

I think you just need Senju and Uchiha. Uchiha gives Sharingan and once you get some Senju chakra, it will evolve into Rinnegan. Sadly if you get both eyes Rinnegan or have a lot of chakra and don't run out, you'll never have Sharingan again.


Difference between edo tensei Madara with rinnegan and Alive Madara with Rinnegan When madara was revived, he lost his pair of rinnegan ,his reservoir of infinite chakra  and not be killed ability (being an edo tensei).

So, I know why madara wanted to be revived, but my question is , how does the ability differ in these 2 cases?

An Edo Tensei cannot be a jinchuuriki, and so, he couldn't complete his plan by becoming the Ten Tails' jinchuuriki. That is the main reason he wanted to be revived.

Also, although very powerful, the power of a "real" Rinnegan is far superior to one of the reanimated "fake" Rinnegan. The "real" Rinnegan can summon and control the Gedo Mazo, use the Rinbo: Hengoku technique etc.

Because he knew that remaining in such an unimportant inefficient state couldn't accomplish anything remotely significant and it was kinda idiotic to still be in such an extremely weakening state for him since Madara had such an immensely glorious goal of the highest calibre to achieve. Also, actually in fact Madara himself is million times more vastly powerful in his fully-living body than in his half-dead paper-maché-like like living corpse state.

The real/living-vital Rinnegan he received is extremely far beyond thousand times more extraordinary powerful/capable than the half-dead Edo Tensei extremely weakened one.

It was like literally comparing the important significance of rarest diamonds to paper mache which is in shape of a common diamond and has some real microscopic pieces of common and rare diamonds inside. There is a lot of astronomical universal-sized difference here, both between real Rinnegan and Edo-Tensei Rinnegan and between Fully-Vitally-Revived Madara and the Half-Dead Walking Corpse Madara respectively.


Roshi is over 300 years old because he used Dragon Balls, but how is Master Shen still alive? Roshi and Master Shen (Crane) were rivals while growing up. But why did Crane not die of old age?

A major thing to keep in mind is that Roshi is an unreliable narrator (and his turtle isn't terribly smart by human standards). He routinely lies and twists half-truths to help people get through something tough, motivate his students to work harder, or get something he wants that he thinks people otherwise might not give him. It's a generally benign sort of thing, serving his mostly comedic perversions or serving some sort of "greater good".

As Gary mentions, in the original series there is mention of an Elixir of immortality/Fountain of Youth, and Roshi at one point tries to console Tien by pointing out that he (Roshi) is immortal, so there's nothing to really worry about.  This was another lie or half-truth, though, as Tien was soon knocked out and Roshi was killed by the strain of the technique he used to try to save the day. So, as indicated, he twisted the truth, or outright lied, to help someone out. Most people at this point presumed that in fact the elixir/fountain only stopped him from dying of old age (and possibly other natural causes), but suicide/exhaustion/getting eaten/laser beams to the face/etc. would still be lethal in the usual fashion.

In Super, Roshi sends Goku and Krillin out to fetch some paradise herb in exchange for teaching them a super secret technique.  The technique was a half-truth, though. It was meant to motivate them to do the quest, and thereby help Goku increase his control of his energy and for Krillin to overcome his (very justified) fears. So they were taught something useful for combat, but not really a "technique" (and certainly not one of Roshi's martial arts techniques). He had also stated that eating the herb would increase his lifespan by another thousand years.  Whether that was another lie, or a bit of dramatic license, or not...we don't know.  But it stands as the current best explanation for Roshi's long life.  Presumably, Master Shen and his brother also partook of this herb.

Alternative options do exist, however.  Demon King Piccolo used the dragon balls to acquire Eternal Youth, which was inherited by Piccolo. This prevented Piccolo from aging once he hit his physical prime (a mere 4 years later), but neither of them had true immortality and could be killed by means other than aging. Conceivably Roshi, Shen, and others may also have made such a wish at some point.

A standard martial arts trope is the long-lived master, where their supreme skill and spiritual development gives them an unnaturally long lifespan; this may even be a specific "technique/skill" of theirs. Such a technique may have been found by Roshi/Shen/General Tao/Baba and used amongst them, only they found it later in life and it does not revert your body to an age before you acquired it. Part of Roshi's character is how he at once serves this role of a transcendent master of martial arts while also being a perverted, lazy, goofball.

And there's the fact that if he is in fact several hundred years old, then he may have gone through a lot of stuff, and the reason he has lived so long is buried somewhere in all of those adventures, possibly stretched across several of them in a complex fashion, and he may not even remember them all. After all, he once had true immortality by owning a Phoenix (which ironically died, and the immortality was lost). Which is to say there's plenty of story telling room to "retcon" the reason for his long life and insert some new justification(s) later.  All of which serves the handy purpose of making others distrusting of his claims, and difficult for others to achieve what he has (which could be dangerous to the world, as well as those attempting the feat).

It is important to remember that Immortality doesnt always= unkillable it often means you wont die from age sometimes refered to as agelessness. In roshis case this is the most likely senario from one of the above mentioned possible sources of said immortality


Why Saitama doesn't want to unleash his full power? So far my impression of Saitama is him holding back his power.

Even when the "Strongest" Alien in the universe attacked him, he easily finished him with NORMAL punches. He hasn't unleash his full power and I'd like to know why.

Saitama wants to find an opponent worthy of his power.

He commonly fights enemies, killing them with one-punch, hence the name. He has found that launching a full punch kills almost everything he face. There's no challenge in that.

So yes, he is pulling his punches. There will be multiple times where he can easily destroy his opponent, but does not "try" until it has shown to be strong enough.

He is a hero for fun. Not to save people, but to enjoy the thrill and be himself.

I've avoided spoilers the best I can, especially since I'm not sure how far you are.

Saitama is a one punch wonder so he often beats monsters with only One Punch so till now he is finding an opponent who is worthy of his caliber to bring out his 100% of his power until then he feels his normal punches would be used for best to kill any type of human or monster


Is there a Naruto and One Piece crossover manga? Is there a Naruto or One Piece crossover manga or anime?  Have both of the authors collaborated in anyway?

Kishi and Oda make reference to each others works from time to time.

For example, One Piece made a reference to Naruto in chapter (766):.
Nami's dress with has symbol on it, and how there's a fox eating ramen with a whirlpool on its back.
Kishi also put a One Piece skull and crossbones (along with the straw hat) on the very last page of the last chapter of Naruto.

Although there are no offical crossovers, there are many fanfics about this.

No, I have not come across any.

There is a special episode on Toriko that features Luffy (One Piece), Goku (Dragon Ball) and Toriko, but not Naruto characters.


What is the name of the song that plays in One Piece episode 722 at 12:28? The question is similar to this one but the song I'm looking for is different. I'm looking for the song that started approximately at 12:28 in episode 722. It begins when Doflamingo begins speaking. The voices cover some parts, but I like the song a lot.

The OST you're looking for hasn't been released as of yet.
As of now, it's named "Doflamingo's Theme" and you can listen to it here.
I'll update this answer once the OST has been officially released.

here it is guys, i found it finally

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6dXdLHj-E0


When does Black Butler take place? In chapter 3 or 4 of Black Butler, Sebastian is using a mobile phone when talking to those guys who are holding Ciel captive.

Is this a mistake by the author or something else? Isn't Black Butler in the 1800s?

In the manga chapter 27 page 41, it was shown that Ciel Phantomhive was born in 1875. Googling with the key phrase "the first cell phone" tells us that the first mobile-phone was created in 1973 by Motorola, which is 100 years after Ciel was born.

Since Ciel was 13 (12 during the first 14 chapters) in the story, mobile phones should not have existed. Thus, like lentinant said in his comment, it is likely that the story takes place in an alternate reality.

Black Butler does take place as it says. Searching up "When was the first phone invented?" will return March 10, 1876.

I remember in the second episode of the anime, they had one of the phones that are shown in the images, but it wasn't a cell phone. I just had it in a bag to help transport it.


Who named Pan's character? So, I was wondering who decided to name the character Pan.

From what I know, she appears first in Dragon Ball GT, which isn't made by Akira Toriyama.

But we find her again in Dragon Ball Super.
So, did Toriyama use what was created by Dragon Ball GT's makers, or was he involved in the creation of Pan directly in GT ?

Pan appears for the first time in  the last chapter of the Dragon Ball manga, not in  GT

She is below Son Gohan and Videl

So, unless an editor or  person close to Toriyama chose her  name, the author himself is who did it.

Anyway, it looks like he was involved during GT, so I guess, Toriyama did.

How involved was Akira Toriyama in the production of Dragon Ball GT?


Why is Hana the only person credited for uniting Suzuran? It's been a long time since I have read Crows, but from what I understand, Bouya Harumichi pretty much did the exact same thing as Hana Tsukishima, and arguably even better than Hana.

Hana's team lost to Manji and Hana lost to the strongest Manji guy, Bisuko. Whereas Bouya was able to defeat his Manji counterpart. Sure, Bouya was sort of the lone wolf at Suzuran, but when push came to shove, he was able to rally the entire school to follow him. I'm just kind of confused why despite his legendary status, Bouya wasn't given credit for also uniting Suzuran.

The differences between them did not lie in their strength as a fighter. Most agree that both of them were strong, some would even argue that Harumachi was stronger.

The differences were all about what they did outside of fighting itself. Where even their intent of fighting have a nuanced difference.

This would be a recurring theme and an important point, Harumachi's attitude was to care for a group of friends (which he didn't really admit to either). Tsukishima's was to care for everyone (which basically is the crux of everything). To do that, he set out to be the boss of Suzuran.
One of the most important differences was that Tsukishima set out to be Suzuran's boss, but Harumachi didn't, in fact the opposite, in that he knew that he was the strongest there but steadfastly refused to be called a boss. While that may seem trivial, it is the very essence of the question you posed - that Hana wanted to be a boss and became one while Harumachi rejected the title.
Another difference was the makeup of the school while they were considered to be "boss" (Using it loosely as Harumachi wasn't a "boss"). While Harumachi was there, there were many competing factions ("gumi") that were there and they had their issues with each other, fights, etc. They weren't united. They might fight together for a common cause, like the time Harumachi managed to mobilise the school, but when they came back, it went back to normal.
Compare this to when it was the Hana-Gumi. All "Gumi"s were either absorbed or "beaten" such that they were following the Hana-Gumi. Consider the FBI, were even though they didn't merge, they formed a shadow force that followed the Hana-Gumi's will.
Tsukishima probably had more charisma, in the way he carried himself and was some sort of moral compass for everyone. He naturally was well liked and drew people to him, and he welcomed them and always helped everyone out, even strangers. Compare this to Harumachi just trying to get his way with his fist. No doubt both succeeded, but perhaps, the way it was done was one of those differences people look for in a leader, a boss, in the self declared hell-hole of the area.

Perhaps there are many more differences, but I think I tried to cover the most major points that would shed light on why. Technically, there was no explicit reason given by the author, but that was because I think he was trying to show the difference and have you make up your own mind.

I think it's mainly because Bouya never claimed the title of Boss or even fought for the title, whereas Hana fought to become the Boss.


What is a modular delayed action virus? In Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, the modular delayed action virus is mentioned quite often. Is there any explanation for what it actually is or does?

A modular delayed action virus is nothing particular. It's a virus, that is uploaded and takes action later, with a modular design, which means, that it's kind of generic, so it can be modified easily.

The term is used quite often, because different characters use such viruses very often - So there's nothing someone could say about "what it does".

I know this question was asked long ago, but I feel that the answer given is not what the asker was looking for.

I pulled this information from a rulebook online for a D20 pen and paper adaptation of Ghost in the Shell to the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying system.

Here is the website: http://www.serenadawn.com/GITS-InformationAge.htm

Modular virus: Similar to Toy Bombs, They are disguised in e-mails or picture file header data, and when certain conditions are met, they compile into a single program. In the 'Laughing Man' attack on the Superintendent-General, one of these was slipped into the security detail and stored inside their cyberbrains. The Modular virus finishes its attack profile and then transmits itself to another target, usually the same type. The programmer uses up one slot in the portfolio, detailing the target and the range from the previous one. A modular virus can, for example, target all robots in a factory but only those. It will continually attack the target and not move onto the next one until the first one is finished.

I hope this is what the original asker was looking for.


What's with awkwardness/fear with romance? Why is it in almost every anime when there is a male main character, Everytime a female main character comes on to him he gets all flustered, scared, or runs away? I mean through a whole series we see tons of huge boobs, panty shots, etc. But when a hot girl or mainly the love interest, tries to hold hands with the guy or kiss or anything of that nature. He always chickens out, or thinks that it's inappropriate or they are interrupted or he's to stupid to get the situation. They can fight monsters and demons but when can't do that? It won't make the character any less Noble. Any why is there the need to ALWAYS have other characters interrupt it or make him to dense to understand the female loves him. Why can't anime creators for once let romance start near the beginning and go smooth instead of towards the end and super hard to get to? It's been this way since anime first started and it's not funny or entertaining anymore.

I talked about this a little bit with my friends at school. One of them said to me that showing public affection is considered rude or embarrassing in Japan. So this is the reason why some couples are hesitant to hold hands at first. One example can be found in Clannad: The couple once walks to school alone. One of them suggests, embarrassed, to hold hands. The other person replies "But what if someone sees us?" They are close to finally holding hands but they get interrupted by a friend.

But this is probably only one of many reasons why this happens. A guess of me would be writer laziness. But I wouldn't take my word for it.

I read this question then I can know you have watched Anime and Drama from others country did you? Most of this same story is come from same company, I watched many these kind of same story because I lazy to search anime, most of time I searched using keyword by company name. They are the same company's anime, most of them story look like this. This is the first point. The second point is their ways of thinking, cultures, their life, their research, rules, inspire make them having story inspiration look like this.


Are Vegito and Gogeta canon? http://fictionalomniverse.forumotion.com/t845-vegito-vs-gogeta

This post basically stated
Vegito is 100% Canon and that Gogeta is semi-canon?

Vegito is canon because he exists in the Manga (main canon of Dragon Ball). Gogeta doesn't exist in the Manga and only exists in the Anime and Movies which are considered alternate versions of Dragon Ball from the Manga therefore not canon.

Gogeta may not be canon but he can technically. The fusion dance is canon since goten and trunks do it in the majin buu saga and even in dragon ball super. That dance (obviously) fused goten and trunks into gotenks


How can Naruto breathe on the moon? In The Last: Naruto the Movie, Naruto's fight with Toneri is set on the moon.

But how can he breathe on the moon? Is that because of some technique, or something else?

In short
According to wiki:

The exterior of the Moon is barren, covered with craters and canyons.
It has a weak gravity, but is still able to maintain a breathable
atmosphere
.

Since it has breathable atmosphere, so that's why Naruto didn't used any technique or something else. Which conclude that the Moon from shinobi world is far more different than the real moon which we know.
For more information regarding this you can see this link.

Well , Naruto can breathe on moon because it is anime logic.
The creators doesn't want to complicate the situation too much and probably thought that they could just leave out the part where humans can't breathe on the moon.

Normally, we call this anime logic.


How did Edward manage to defeat Father? I remembered watching a battle scene from the 2009 anime titled Fullmetal Alchemist and was puzzled by how Edward Elric managed to throw volley of punches at Father, a homunculus or the dwarf in the flask whom had earlier absorbed an entity and gained the power of God.

Is it because the power of God cannot be controlled and led to Father's defeat, or because the absorbed homunculus or souls are revolting inside Father thereby restricting Father's focus on a battle? How did Elric win this seemingly impossible fight? What happens to Father after vanishing into thin air? Did he return to the flask?

I'm going to answer based on the manga, because I still have not seen the Brotherhood anime. I think this is just fine, as it seems that the anime streamlined the ending a bit.

This is going to be spoilerific, but scarcely more than the question itself, so I'm not putting all of it in spoiler tags.

Let's start at the core of the issue. You say that Father "absorbed" God. This may be a bit of a misnomer. It's more accurate to say that he simply contained God within himself to control its power. And this is the crux of his defeat.

While not explicitly stated, it's obvious that Father needs tremendous amount of energy to contain God. He already had the power of half the people of Xerxes, but his plan was to bolster this power by the souls of all the people of Amestris. However, Hohenheim managed to thwart this part of the plan by forcing the release of these souls right after they were taken.

This weakened Father's grip on God, but not enough for full release yet, although his control over his powers obviously weakened (See chapter 105, pages 32-33). After this, everybody started attacking him. The military, the rebels, Edward, May, and even blinded Roy Mustang. Father deflected all these attacks without even lifting a finger, sometimes even retaliated. However, even though he seemed to be unaffected by all these attacks, they do require energy from him to block. Slowly but surely, his energy reserves diminished to the point that he started to take damage.

This led to even more energy drainage, because now he had to use the energy to rebuild himself. Energy that he desperately needed to contain God. As the battle waged on, it became more and more obvious that God was actively battling against Father to escape. He tried to salvage the situation by absorbing Greed, but this turned against him, because Greed (and as far as I understand, only Greed) betrayed him and caused his limbs to turn fragile. That and the final punches from Edward pushed his energy reserves over the limit, and he no longer had the power to contain God. What happened next is sort of hard to explain, so I'll just refer to Chapter 108, page 21.

After all this, Father, now reduced to Dwarf in the Bottle, found himself in front of The Gate. He had a brief encounter with Truth and was then violently dragged within The Gate, to whatever fate awaited him in there.

I believe that because the truth had ed's hand and al gave his soul to return something that truth had already claimed as his then when ed got it back he literally had the "hand of god" And because of this it trumped the small amount of it'self that father had managed to contain.


How important was the invention of blue towards anime? In the video of Vsauce2 it is mentioned that

  Prussian blue ... it reinvigorated Japanese wood block painting, which went on to influence manga which led to Japanese animation

The phrasing makes it sound like the invention of this Prussian blue is one of the key factors towards the development of Japanese animation or anime.

But was this invention really a key factor towards the creation of anime? Or did this Prussian blue really have a an effect to the creation of Anime at all?

Honestly no, it's like saying that a certain type of pen led to anime and manga, or that the printing press led to their eventual creation, sure it could help make the experience much better and easier, but they aren't necessarily creation sparkers. Prussian blue just gave us a new cool looking color to use in anime and manga, but was not key in its development. Our desire and interest for storytelling along with our fascination in artistic expression is more linked to the creation of anime and manga, definitely not Prussian blue.


Why is that Gildarts not too involved in guild fights? There are so many situations where the Fairy-tail guild gets into really tough fights and in serious trouble!. Gildarts is extremely strong, how is that he is not very involved in fights??

As said before Gildarts is a class S mage and he is almost always adventuring. For example there was an episode when Gildarts came to the Guild and everyone was doing a party.(I don´t remember in which episode it happened thought). Even if he wanted to join the fight´s he would need some "days" to reach the "battlefield".

1.He isn't around most of the time, doing so called decade or century quests as he is a S-Class wizard.
2.Natsu and the guild need to show how strong their plot armor and friendship power can be, instead of raw firepower.
3.It's no fun to watch OP characters enter mid fight and defeat villains with ease.


What is the extent of the power of the Dragon Balls? I have recently started watching Dragon Ball Z(Remastered Edition)* after a long break. There is this scene in S01E21 (Counting Down) in which Master Roshi and others summon the dragon to wish Goku back. Just before they can wish him back, Oolong (the pig) says:

  Excuse me, Mr. Dragon could be possibly destroy the Saiyans that are on the way to Earth right about now.

to which the dragon replies:

  Your wish cannot be granted because the guardian of Earth created me. I cannot grant a wish which exceeds his power.

Now, this has put me into dilemma. If the dragons' power was only limited to Earth, why was everyone around the universe after these Dragon Balls?

Here are few questions that bug me:

When the dragon says "wish which exceeds his power", does he mean that he can only use his powers on/for the Earthlings?
If yes, how could they wish Goku back, because technically, he is not born on Earth?
If not, why did destroying the Saiyans exceed the dragon's power?
Everyone around the universe was searching for Dragon Balls because they could fulfill anyone's wish. Does it mean that it is not mandatory to be an Earthling, but it's compulsory to be on Earth to have your wish granted by the dragons?
If yes, why didn't they ever wish to destroy the enemies after they had landed on Earth and within the effect of the dragons' power?

You misunderstood Shenlong's words. Shenlong was created by the guardian of the Earth, Kami, in chapter 165. Therefore, Shenlong could not have greater powers than his creator. Shenlong's powers are not limited to the Earth nor are they limited to Earthlings. That's not how it works and it is not what he meant by that. They are disallowed from killing others, creating love, or anything that Kami wouldn't have been able to do with his own power.

Although the above statement is still rather vague. I mean, does this imply that they could wish for weak Earthlings to die, because Kami has the powers to do so? Or could Kami himself grant immortality, since his powers should be greater than or equal to those of Shenlong's? Those rules aren't ever explained in detail in the manga as far as I know, and it is never explained whether Shenlong can't kill anyone or only those stronger than Kami, but it is clear that Shenlong couldn't kill Nappa, Vegeta or any other villain Earth has encountered, because neither Kami nor Dende were that strong to begin with.

Dragon Ball wiki page

You can read more about the Dragon Balls' or Shenlong's powers on the wiki page.

  The Earth Dragon Balls are about 7.5 cm (approximately 3 in) in diameter, and they summon a dragon named Shenron. They were created by Kami, and later re-created by Dende. Shenron can grant a wish within its powers as long as it does not kill, create love, repeat a wish he previously granted, surpasses its creator's power, and a few more restrictions. Legitimate wishes include eternal youth, immortality, bringing back a scorched forest or even an annihilated planet. Also, it is possible to return a person to life, although only if they meet certain criteria, like dying of unnatural causes or within the time-frame of a year (half a century according to the Ocean Dub), and each individual can only be brought back once. The Eternal Dragon will grant the first wish uttered after it was called, by whomever is present.

As far as I remember, Goku was sent to destroy Earth. But for the whole time, he did the opposite to that . The 2 Saiyans that you are mentioning about, are Vegeta and Nappa. Both come to find Goku and destroy him along with Earth.

Shenron couldn't grant this wish because he said that he can't use his powers to kill or forcibly against anyone stronger than his creator.

Later on, Dende becomes the guardian, and recreates the Dragonballs because the old ones disappeared when the combined Piccolo/Kami died. After he recreates them, some time passes and he improves them, allowing three wishes to be granted instead.


Did Yugi duel against a prerecorded Pegasus or the real one? In the duel between Yugi and Pegasus using the videotape, supposedly every Pegasus move was pre-recorded before the fight; during the first half of the duel, Pegasus used subliminar message by insert images into some frames to make Yugi choose certain types of monsters, so Pegasus theoretically would play the correct card to defeat him every turn. However we also know this is a Shadow Game, so Pegasus could use supernatural effects instead of just manipulating Yugi using the frames or predict his moves due to his knowledge of game and Yugi's strategies. So he (or his recording) can in thesis uses his Millenium Eye - according to the wiki he did it:

  Secretly Pegasus was using his Millennium Eye to read Yugi's mind.

However, the timing of Yugi's turn durations and Pegasus turn durations seems to be so synchronized to be a duel against a pre-recorded tape. On the other hand, if it's not a pre-recorded tape, then how Pegasus would be prepared to duel Yugi in the exact day and hour he starts to watch it? It would be ridiculous to think about the long-haired businessman waiting all the time until Yugi put the tape in his video. But the wiki article suggests that the tape is more than a single tape, allowing instant communication between the one in the tape:

  Although it appeared to contain a prerecording, people on the tape were able to communicate with people watching as if they were present at the same time and location as them.

I can't find in the manga a definite clarification if the duel was against a pre-recorded Pegasus or the real Pegasus in the same time, being able to communicate due to his Millenium Item effects over the tape. Is there any official explanation, be it in the manga or another source, about what really happened in this duel?

It was the real Pegasus, because later in the show, Pegasus and Yugi are in the same place they were in during the beginning of the show. I know that because the background was the same as the beginning scene.


Can we infer how the Fifth Holy Grail War would have ended had Gilgamesh not intervened? In the Unlimited Blade Works scenario, Gilgamesh intervenes in the Fifth Holy Grail War, kills Berserker, and seizes Ilya. If he had not gotten involved, can we guess based on knowledge from other scenarios what might have happened?

Scenario 1: The Einzberns cheated....again! and thus win

the Einzbern family were at one point holders of the 3rd Magic, Heaven's Feel, which is what the Holy Grail War was original for, reclaiming this magic that at some point the Einzberns lost. Zouken had interest in Heaven's Feel himself because of how his soul was rotting and the Tohsaka only sought to use the Grail to reach the Root.

However the Einzberns have had a somewhat unfair advantage, the Greater Grail's "soul" if you will is that of Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern and the Einzberns have always had the components needed to finish the war.

the Lesser Grail which origianlly was a cup but after the 3rd war being the form of a Homunculus similar to Justeaze because if damaged would end the war as was the case in one of the wars and one needs the Lesser Grail to use the Greater Grail to have their wish granted
the Dress of Heaven which can control the Greater Grail

and in different versions of the third Holy Grail War the Einzberns use their knowledge of the System to create a new Servant to get the upper hand, either replacing Beserker with Avenger (which failed horribly) or summoning Ruler to be the absolute authority.

in this answer i explain what i believe the Einzbern's plan was in regards to Ilya. since she's the Lesser Grail if she was killed (being a Master) then no one gets their wish. it's like the Einzberns taking away the ball from the ballgame if things don't go the way they want, but instead of taking the ball away they make every other player destroy it. (it's for this reason Kotomine and Gilgamesh needed Ilya (or at least her heart) for their purposes)

Scenario 2: Angra Mainyu is born and no one wins

in the 3rd war the Einzbern Family summoned Angra Mainyu in the Avenger Class but was quite weak and was killed off early. his death contaminated the Greater Grail.

Kiritsugu concluded after his encounter with Angra Mainyu (talking to him via the radio, TV and appearing as Irisviel) that any wish would lead to destruction, even if Kotomine and Gilgemesh didn't have their own plans and a Master or Servant were able to get a hold of Ilya as the Lesser Grail for their own use and make their wish this would release the six billion curses of the world which Angra Mainyu now embodies.

  The materialization of Angra Mainyu brought forth by truly opening the Holy Grail is an ichor that will consume every human being, 6 billion curses flowing out from the gate to hell. Gilgamesh specifically mentions 5.6 billion curses for an unknown reason. It is a reaper that will strike down all humans equally, an endless darkness that is born from humans and massacres them.

Source: Avenger - Abilities - All the World's Evil

in the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works routes of Fate/Stay Night even before anyone makes a wish the mud from the grail is already spilling and corrosive. in Fate when Shirou fought Kotomine he has to take care to avoid being hit my the mud Kotomine shoots at him as at one point he is grazed by it and is almost succumbed to the curses.

in Unlimited Blade Works Saber stops Rin in wading into the Mud Pool to reach the deformed Shinji because of what it would do to her (if i recall it was Saber's abilities which gave her some protection but it was describing that it was eating away it her)

Sakura as the Lesser Grail

while Sakura is also a lesser Grail thanks to Zouken infusing fragments of the one from the 4th war into his Crest Worms that are inside her Sakura's connection to the Greater Grail is to that of Angra Mainyu itself.

before she realized she was The Shadow it was already consuming people and Servants and unleashing Saber-Alter and Blind-Berserker. while Zouken might have been able to control Sakura for years in the end The Shadow wasn't under his control. it would have only been a matter of time before it controlled Sakura as the ribbons that's seen on The Shadow make up Dark Sakura's dress which was then used to bind her after her's and Rin's fight near to the end of Heaven's Feel.

I get the impression Illya would've agreed to team up with Shirou & Rin temporarily (Despite one of her goals being to kill Shirou) Kotomine would've then not order Lancer to help Rin, and waited towards the end of the war before he intervened.

Illya, Rin, Shirou, Berserker would then arrive at the church, to defeat Caster, Archer would then have to take on Berserker 1v1.

This fight could go one of two ways, Beserker could overwhelm him, since Archer has no form of terrain advantage, or Archer could spam noble phantasms(like Gil albeit slightly slower), buy enough time to summon UBW, then sword spam the rest of his lives away(Quicker than Gil). I'm assuming Illya will stay with Berseker though, when Shirou and Rin go to take on Kuzuki and Caster. I'll assume Archer wont sword spam in case he hurts Illya.
So i'll just say Berserker kills Archer, although Archer is at the very least taking 6 labors ... Which incidentally will make Shirou useless for the remainder of the route, since he can't gain anymore of his abilites/knowledge, and his projections are poor without understanding UBW.

Rin/Shirou VS Caster/Kuzuki continues as normal, until Berserker bursts in and kills Caster & Kuzuki. At this point Illya probably cares a bit more for Shirou and doesn't want to outright murder him, HOWEVER as a master she'll probably decide this is a good time to take out Saber. Rin will probably also want to seize this opportunity, and will taunt Illya, into allowing her to make a contract with Saber. Saber may object a bit, but she'll see it as the only way to save Shirou and Rin, Shirou will instantly agree to it...

They then agree to fight OUTSIDE of the church (pretty much for the sake of plot, but i'm sure the Berserker/Archer fight, and Berserker breaking into the scene would've caused significant damage to the structure, so it's unfavorable for all combatants) Saber can compete with Beserker since she has a compotent master, holds her own, defeats him with Excaliblast when the oppertunity presents itself. Illya then teams up with Rin, Shirou, Saber.

Illya gets kidnapped by Kotomine from Emiya household. Taken to Fuyuki temple, used as lesser grail (killed). Saber defeats Lancer, Rin & Shirou defeat Kotomine. Then it ends like the Sunny day ending of UBW :)


Do publishers pick certain seasons for a show to be published? I have been thinking about this for a while, but I haven't really been watching enough just-released anime to form a picture of what type of series are broadcast when.

I'm interested to know if publishers pick certain seasons for a show to be published? Or do they release it as soon as they have the idea, in the nearest season?

I'm sure there could be lots of reasons for a show to be published in a particular season instead of another one:

Scheduled Christmas Episodes, Valentines Day/White Day
School Holidays / School Year
Seasonal trends for particular genres
Publishers know a similar title / popular title will be coming out

I don't really see any trends with this though.

The answer could be very publisher-dependent, but is there any evidence that any companies knowingly wait until a preferred season?

I think most Publishers dont, since most anime are aired for 3 months and contain a timespan of way more Tome(like in most School Anime they contain a whole school Year), but I think there are trends of Genres over the seasons, for example, most 'Harem' Anime are started in winter/spring and most sport anime are aired in summer.


What is this song from Ep 111 13:35 of Hunter x Hunter? What is the song on episode 111 at 13:35 of Hunter x Hunter? I'm dying to know and I've been looking for a while but can't seem to find it.
I don't know if this is useful information but in case it is, I am watching on Crunchyroll.


Are the chances of a child inheriting Sharingan smaller if one of the parents isn't an Uchiha? I know that Sarada possesses Sharingan, but since her mother isn't an Uchiha, was there any chance that she may not have inherited Sharingan?

I believe it is presumed that the Uchiha clan before their destruction bred from within, considering their seclusion and secrecy of affairs, in order to diminish the muddling of bloodlines and ensure generations that are able to possess the power. If you recall the early episodes of Boruto, there was a slight hint to the idea thay Sarada may not be able to unlock Sharingan, since she was so far ahead of her classmates and caught on to everything else at an early age. Two factors added to this fear: the first obvious, and the second relates to a village in peace does not create enough pain or passion to unlock the Sharingan (a harsh stipulation for such a strong power). Sarada felt outcast to her father for not gaining his abilities only to learn it was a lack of hardship that hindered her.  I believe the relationship between Sakura and Saske represents overcoming the fear of losing powers due to diluting them with other bloodlines, and proves that mixing blood(and thus abilities) allows for a stronger offspring, possesing abilities from both families.
So yes, there was an ancient fear she would not posses the Uchiha power stemming from a recluse family heritage but it was disproven.

I think the question you ask is kind of misleading. You want to know what the chances are that a kid born to non-Uchiha parents (both) can awaken the Sharingan. The answer to that is NO. Sharingan is a blood-line limit found in the Uchiha clan. If two non-Uchiha individuals married and had children, then the children won't be able to awaken the Sharingan.

In the case of Sasuke-Sakura, Sasuke is an Uchiha and Sakura is not. However, Sarada has the Uchiha gene in her DNA. Therefore Sarada is able to awaken her Sharingan

Now to answer your EXACT question about a child inheriting the Sharingan from two non-Uchiha parents is damn near impossible. But if the child were to get an eye from an Uchiha member by transplant, it would then be possible if the child were able to control chakra perfectly and redirect maximum chakra to the eye. Having said that, it is a known fact that the Sharingan drains the chakra reserves considerably. So even if the child inherited the Sharingan he wouldn't be able to use it like an Uchiha.


Why is Parasyte spelled with a y in the title? It is my understanding that the word parasite is spelled with an i and not a y. However, the title of the anime and manga, when translated into English, uses a y in the spelling.
However, this only seems to apply to the title, since the species is referred to as "parasites" (at least throughout the wikipedia article) and Uda Mamoru calls his parasite as Parasite in episode 7:

Is there a reason for this misspelling?
Or is there maybe a difference between "parasyte" and "parasite"?

According to Wikipedia user Doceirias who translated the Del Rey version of the manga:

  Essentially, the word kiseiju1 is consistently translated as Parasyte, while the word kiseichu2 is translated literally as parasite. The creatures themselves are referred to either as kiseichu or parasaito. The word kiseiju only appears one time (if memory serves) and is used to refer to human beings. I decided the distinction was an important one, and that the word Parasyte actually referred to mankind.

As with writing byte instead of bite, Parasyte is a deliberate respelling of parasite for distinction purposes.

1 kiseijuu 寄生獣: parasite beasts
2 kiseichuu 寄生虫: parasite bugs

Last i checked it was extra little bit of protection against copy-right claims as part of the localization, that turned out to not be required, but was kept anyway.


Why can't anime studios create animes for foreigns audiences? For example, to originally script dialogues in English and set the story in a country of any and the characters are non-Japanese.

If anime became world-renowned, why can't animation studios bother to create animes that target foreign audiences rather than its own Japanese audiences?

For example, the video game Resident Evil is produced by Capcom, a Japanese video game developer, but the game was created for American audiences because originally the English acting was recorded. Also, Afro Samurai which was animated by Gonzo was an anime that originally recorded English voice acting, so I would presume that anime was catered to American audiences.

So I find it strange why Japanese animation studios can't even produce animes to target non-Japanese audiences.

I'd say that it's not that they can't, but rather that there simply isn't much incentive for them to do so. It just doesn't make much business or financial sense to target a foreign audience, not when a Japanese audience is much closer, more familiar, and less costly to target.

To target foreign audiences, I would imagine that an animation studio would need to expend a lot of additional time and effort on things like dealing with overseas licensors, TV networks, distributors, as well as having to handle language barriers and translations (since I'd imagine that most people working in a Japanese animation studio wouldn't be fluent in English). Even for typical anime, studios tend to avoid hiring native speakers of foreign languages if they need a voice for a character with a foreign language, because it's generally much cheaper to hire someone born in Japan. So, if even one foreign voice actor is too costly, then the entire production being in a foreign language would be out of the question.

Okay, but what if we just let the studio produce everything in Japanese, a language that the staff are all familiar with, and then let another company handle the translations for the foreign audience? Well, if the original language is in Japanese, they might as well just target it to Japan in the first place! The localization is probably best left to companies in the target country who natively know the language anyway (or else we might get something like the Engrish in the Psycho Pass Movie). Also, as Memor-X points out, Japanese studios for the most part have little control over which English actors are used and how the English localization and distribution are done.

That's not to say that anime targeted at foreign audiences have never happened. The barrier is just higher. As you and Memor-X mention, Afro Samurai was a production that happened thanks to Samuel L. Jackson's interest and contribution. Gagantous also points out that Netflix has financed a number of original anime series that seem to be animated by Japanese studios, and like with other Netflix original series, are released worldwide all at once.

So, as these examples have shown, Japanese animation studios are capable of creating anime for foreign audiences. It's just that in most non-exceptional cases, they wouldn't have much reason to do so.

Note that if the incentive is there (e.g. either personal interest or with investment from a foreign party, like with Samuel L. Jackson and Samurai Afro), it is doable. After all, if there's a foreign producer already in the loop, then the entrance barrier is much lower.

While Japanese anime studios haven't really created any foreign-targeted anime on their own, they have however been involved in a number of foreign animation productions. So in a way, I suppose you could say that Japanese animation studios have (co-)created a number of anime (for some definition of anime) for foreign audiences. For example:

Batman: The Animated Series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, but animated by various overseas animation studios, including the Japanese studios Spectrum Animation, Sunrise, Studio Junio, and TMS Entertainment (as well as various other studios from South Korea, Hong Kong, Spain, and Canada).
The Animatrix, a compilation of nine animated short films based on The Matrix trilogy, was produced by the Wachowskis, but a large number of the films were animated by Studio 4°C and Madhouse from Japan.
Transformers Animated (I watched this series growing up!) was produced by Cartoon Network Studios, but animated by the Japanese studios MOOK DLE, The Answer Studio, and Studio 4°C.
Legend of Korra had some parts of it animated by Studio Pierrot from Japan (as well as Studio Mir from Korea).
Miraculous Ladybug is produced by French studios Zagtoon and Method Animation, in collaboration with De Agostini Editore from Italy, Toei Animation from Japan, and SAMG Animation from South Korea. Actually, it was originally going to be a 2D anime-style series (see this trailer for a taste of what could have been), but for design reasons, they switched to 3D CGI animation later on.
Also, Toei Animation has actually been commissioned to provide animation for lots of American studios in the past.

As a final side note, I'd like to add that there is precedent in other media  where the producers mainly target domestic audiences over local audiences when there's money to be had. For example, Hollywood and China.

When anime is exported overseas, very little of the money makes it back to the creators. Most of the profit is absorbed by the companies that buy the international rights to the show and then proceed to sell them to various western networks.

Unless an anime becomes massively popular (DBZ, Pokémon, SM, Naruto, AoT, etc) the bread and butter of the anime studios is the local Japanese market.

If you want an anime made for America, look at the anime style American made cartoons. Avatar, the last Airbender comes to mind.


Who is the strongest Hokage? Who is actually the strongest Hokage? It would be such a simple question and answer if Kishimoto just gave us a direct answer. But instead, Kishimoto feeds us different information along the way as the story progresses.

Pre Chuunin Exam
Sarutobi was highlighted as the genius Shinobi. The manga stated that he quickly surpassed both the first and the second at a young age, and was widely known as the Professor. We also find out later that the first and second died in war, while the third and fourth sacrificed their lives to use the demon god.

Chuunin exam era + beginning of Shippuden
Minato was considered the strongest Hokage. Recall when Orochimaru was using Edo Tensei to revive all dead Kages - Sarutobi was most afraid of the Fourth. For a while, everyone regarded the 4th as the strongest shinobi. I am not sure if this is because they never witnessed the first, but it seems evident that Minato was the powerhouse. Everyone kept saying - If the fourth was here, Orochimaru would be no problem, etc.

Late Shippuden when Tobi starts acting and Madara is revealed
Hashirama is the God of Shinobi. He is depicted as the strongest of all four, even recognized by Minato. He is the only one to resist Orochimaru's control. Madara Uchiha also regards everyone else, aside from Hashirama, as insignificant.

The thing that bothers me the most is how Sarutobi was not worried and was able to handle fighting both Hashirama and Tobirama. Minato was the source of his fear.

And then later on, Hashirama just seems like he is on another level. So I guess I have to redefine my question. Was Hashirama always the strongest Hokage, or did Kishimoto develop his strength later on? Or can this just not be determined?

During the fight between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Edo Tensei Hokage brothers, the 1st and 2nd Hokage were not able to use their full power, because, Orochimaru hadn't perfected the jutsu at that time.

Also, Hiruzen was not afraid of Minato alone, but he was afraid that he wont be able handle all three of them at once.

In my personal opinion, Hashirama Senju is considered the strongest Hokage because of his abilities like Sage Mode, extraordinary life force, Wood Release techniques, impressive clones, great stamina (many people have tries to replicate it, like Orochimaru, Madara Uchiha, Zetsu, Obito Uchiha).

Looking at your question, I feel that you want to know who was more powerful, Minato or Hashirama, right? Actually, I also keep on wondering about these kind of stuff myself. I wonder what would happen if Hashirama and Minato would fight? Who would win? And I begin to compare their power and make them fight with each other in my thoughts.

Hashirama can heal himself fast due to extra ordinary life force so he can easily survive any attack made to him. On the other hand, Minato can teleport himself so quick that he can escape easily from any attack Hashirama would made. Then again, Minato can use his Rasengan but I wonder if that can wound Hashirama. Hashirama along with his sage mode and wood style might be able to track where Minato would teleport himself next. But Minato with his instantaneous reflexes might be able to dodge that as well.

Minato is capable of defeating nine tails as he sealed the beast once. On the other hand, Hashirama is someone who can control and tame the tailed beast. He even won his fight with Madara who was controlling Kurama at that time.

But you don't have worry very long. Naruto will become Hokage someday. He had promised that so many times. And he will be the most powerful of all Hokage for sure :)


Why didn't people of the Leaf Village want to get closer to Naruto if he is the son of the 4th Hokage? Naruto was always discriminated against by the people of the Leaf Village because he had the Kyuubi inside. However, he is the son of the 4th Hokage and he was the one who sealed it inside him. Why, then, did they discriminate against him if it was in order to save the village?

The details of how Minato sealed the Kyuubi inside Naruto, and the fact that Naruto is Minato's son was kept hidden from the villagers. The villagers believed that Naruto is the reincarnation of the Kyuubi, who killed their beloved Hokage. Having experienced the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha, they were also frightened about going near Naruto. Even the people who knew that the Kyuubi was sealed inside Naruto were worried about their own safety, and wanted to stay away from Naruto.

The Masked Man pretty much nailed it. For future reference, even the fact that Naruto's mom, kushina was giving birth was kept secret, as the seal on kyuubi is weakest during child birth. So, if someone told the villager's that Naruto was the son of Minato and Kushina, when no one knew she was even going to give birth, it could be hard to believe. Especially, when only a few people knew about it. Furthermore, it was probably safer for Naruto if people didn't know that he was the Hokage's kid. That title brings a lot of enemies. Even Konohamaru had people following him 24/7.


How does Obito not lose his eyesight after excessive use of the mangekyo? I've been thinking about his Mangekyo and how it seems to have had no impact on his eye sight and how he could have escaped the effects. After much thought on the topic I think I might have the solution and am wondering if this is a valid theory or not. My theory is you need both Mangekyo to hurt your vision. Since he had only 1 eye this effectively allows him to use part of its power for no effect compared to people like Itachi and Sasuke who do have both and had issues with this. Basically if I didn't make it clear enough with only 1 eye he couldn't get Susanoo or the other great abilities but also didn't have the downside of losing his sight. So do you think this is a valid theory? I know its unprovable either way just trying to see if I'm the only one who thinks this is a possible solution.

Considering he have hundreds of spare Sharingan and half body of white zetsu. It is quite easy for him to maintain Mangekyu Sharingan (can never actually use eternal mangekyu).

We can see that in the scene when he transplanted Itachi's eyes to Sasuke.

I could think of two things:

He was the owner of that Sharingan. He had more compatibility with it. So he can use it more number of times than Kakashi.
He had Hashirama's cells.


A extremely lazy girl that goes to the barber I remember watching a anime not to long ago. I don't remember anything but about what happed in the first episode. So I hope that is enough info.

What I remember of the first episode is it starting of with a girl laying in bed with extremely long hair. And I believe her brother came to the room to tell her not to go out of her room as he had just cleaned.

She decided to go outside for once. She was walking in the town looking for a barber, and she met some random guy here which takes her to a park and cuts her hair there. After which she went home without paying. After telling this to her brother he got pretty mad, saying she shouldn't trust people so easily and that she should go back to pay him for the hair cut.

and I believe her brother said something that pretty much stated you are mine, and mine alone in the end of the first episode.

Hope this is enough been looking around allot to find it again :)

By googling anime hair cut in park I got this:

Kuro to Kin no Hirakanai Kagi

The synopsis seems to match quite well with your description:

  Katagiri Kanade is a hikikomori who spent her days lazing off in her room. Her specialty is her broad imagination which often leads to various wild delusions. One night a weird cowboy guy appeared in her dream, saying that he's her heart's hero. Due to his encouragement, Kanade decided to try and go have a haircut the next day. It was then when she met a mysterious guy who cut her hair in the park, giving her courage to resume her school days.

Like Shinobu Oshino said, it seems to be  Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge/The Severing Crime Edge.

It is a story about a short girl with extremely long hair that can be cut only by the hero. The hero decivde to come cut her hair everyday because it grows extremely fast.


Dragon Ball Z (DBZ) and Dragon Ball (DB) Why in dragon ball z (DBZ) does it show bulma flying up to Kame's house, when in dragon ball (DB) Bora says that people have tried flying up there but the fuel tanks would run out not even half way up the tower. It doesn't make sense, doesn't that mean anyone can get up there now or what?

in DB Bulma was a teenager on a summer vacation trying to find the dragon balls. and even though their technology is pretty high at the time I guess they don't have the appropriate  tech to reach there.
But in the early stages of DBZ we see people coming to earth from far away planets and bringing new technology with them. Bulma has grown in to an adult and is now more knowledgeable, and by having access to the space pod she figured out how it works.
Then we see Bulma gaining access to a Namekian space ship and seeing how she changed the language and used the space ship we could say she now has it's technology as well.
So if you can travel to outer space why wouldn't you be able to get to Kami house?
And I don't think anyone can go there now. Kami's house is considered a holy palace and I don't think Bulma would expose it to everyone. So even if she can go there, doesn't mean she will share the tech with everyone.

The level of technology was always ambiguous in DB. Sometimes it felt like they were in the dark ages but at the same time capsules and androids existed. Still, it stands to reason that if Bulma has the iq and resources to solve space and time travel, there is probably no place too high in her own atmosphere for her to reach.


Where did the phrase "Gotta catch 'em all" come from? The slogan for Pokémon was "gotta catch 'em all". But I have never heard that when I was watching Pokémon in the Japanese original with Chinese sub. The Japanese phrase was something along the lines of "Pokémon, caught!" (ポケモンゲットだぜー). Another phrase was also "my goal, Pokémon master!" (めざせポケモンマスター ).

Where did the English phrase come from?

Where  does this phrase comes from?

According to Bulbapedia, this phrase is a rough translation from the Japanese games :

  The Japanese equivalent is Get Pokémon! (Japanese: ポケモンゲットだぜー！ Pokémon get da ze~!, also spelt ポケモンＧＥＴだぜー！)

When did the phrase Gotta catch 'em all first appeared?

While the previous answers are correct, it is important to notice that this phrase first appeared on both anime and game.

You can see on the North America's and European's version of the Gameboy game Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue the same phrase :

But which one of the anime or the game came first?

As @DavePhD mentionned in the comments, Gotta catch 'em all is a registered trademark. One of its first registration on June 23, 1998 mentions

  entertainment services, namely, arranging and conducting competitions in the field of playing video games; stage presentations; video game presentations relating to video games; production, presentation, distribution, and syndication of animation, motion picture films, and television programs; and production and presentation of video tapes

which includes both the anime and the game. So we can say that Gotta catch 'em all appeared with the general airing of Pokemon in the United States.

Note that the first episode was broadcasted before the game was released in the United States : the TV Show was aired on September 8, 1998 while the game was first sold on September 28, 19981.

1 Wikipedia links : the first episode and the games

It comes from the folk song Dance me a Jig, which is based upon events in 1863 in South Carolina during the American Civil War.

  I didn't want no posses chasing after me,
  So I took all the livestock and set 'em free,
  Now master's so mad that he's liable to bust,
  'Cause he gotta catch 'em all while I'm kicking up dust.

See also the 1950 publication "Sing Out!".


Why is Rider called "Iskander" instead of "Alexander"? The true identity of Rider in Fate/Zero is Alexander the Great, the famed conqueror and King of Macedonia. Since Alexander conquered so many countries, his name has been adapted to many different languages, including Arabic, Persian, and Turkish, in which he's known as Iskandar, Eskandar, and İskender. (Source.)

The page I linked says the Japanese forms of the name are "アレクサンドロス (Arekusandorosu), アレクサンダー (Arekusandā), アレキサンダー (Arekisandā)" which are all based on the Greek form, Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexandros), or the English/general European form, Alexander. Did the staff ever publish any statements about why Rider is called by a Middle Eastern form of his name, Iskander, instead of using one of the European forms based on "Alexander"?

(Note: If the answer contains spoilers for Season 2, please use spoiler tags, or at least warn me at the top.)

While I don't know if Gen Urobuchi had said anything about this, the TYPE-MOON Wikia page for Rider (under Profile section, since you know his real name the first paragraph shouldn't be too bad in terms of spoilers) says his name was also Al-Iskandar which does kinda sound like Alexander.

But then that doesn't answer why they choose that name. This is just speculation on my part, however Iskandar is derived from the Old Persian name Sikandar. Old Persian have been used in Achaemenid Empire at the time of Alexander's conquests, and it should be noted that the Achaemenid Empire was one of the largest empires in the world in terms of how many people it ruled.

  Darlus ruled about 50 million people in the largest empire the world had seen (Meyer, p.85)

And Wikipedia lists it as the second largest in terms of % of the world population

  44.48% (50 million out of 112.4 million in 480 BC)

I would assume Alexander's name being Al-Iskandar (or just Iskandar) is a note to one of his greatest achievements: his victory against the Achaemenid Empire.

It because Japan and Turkey in the same language family.  That means reading İskandar(İskender) easier than reading Alexander. But I have question too!

In fate\apo why did they call the Dracula's skill like Kazikuru bei?  Its a Turkish word too but they didn't read it as "Kazikli Bey"


Where do Darkness and Megumin live? In the beginning of season 1, we see Kazuma and Aqua in the stables quite often.  However, after Darkness and Megumin join the party, we don't see them in the stables, except for some shots in the ending credits.

Where do Darkness and Megumin live?

   Eventually, when they all move in the house, they live together.  But up until then, we don't see any "at home" activities of Darkness and Megumin like we do for Kazuma and Aqua.

Within the anime, there has been no mention of where Darkness and Megumin lived prior to obtaining the mansion (not that I recall). However, in the KonoSuba manga, Darkness and Megumin both had slept in the stables as illustrated:

That's probably the most evidence I could get.

Really the way that Kono Suba is set up, its basically this really bad DnD campaign that someone thought was a good idea to catalogue as a novel/light novel. IF that is true, then Aqua and Kazuma were the first two players to start the game. then on, two other friends join in the form of Darkness and Megumin, and the rest is history.

Its also very likely, Darkness has money saved up. (enough to lodge, but not enough to pay off the debts they rack up later into the series) and Megumin has the same situation. But I still think the writer only makes the characters relevant as they come up, and decided not to worry about the details before they became relevant.

Edit: Given the amount of evidence that presented in the Manga and Anime, it is likely that when they appeared in Axel Town, they recently arrived. Given how famished Megumin is, she probably only arrived after her journey, and thus could not establish somewhere to lodge, and needed to find a quick source of income.


What did Archer learn first, The Sword or Archery? The Archer from the Fate:SN series is both a great archer and a great sword/knife user. Since he's Archer, you would think that he was an archer first.
However, I have been told that apparently,

  Archer is the future Shiro.

Since this character learnt swords first why was he the archer and not an Assasin, a Sabre or something else. What did the Archer learn first, the Sword or the bow?

since Shiro started to use swords first

That is incorrect.

This is not clear neither from the anime nor from the VN, but Shiro is highly skilled in archery way before the story starts. This is why he is hanging around archery range early in the story.

Somewhere I read that Shiro was so good, he had to put effort into actually missing the target. He stopped practicing archery because he was bored of succeeding while putting no effort into it.

It was only after Holy Grail War started that he began to actually use swords and copying Archer's style.

Shiro used to be on the Archery varsity team in his school. That's why he is good at using bows. He became good in using swords/knives because of the fighting experiences. mostly when he fought Gilgamesh, which sharpened his sword intuition. Shiro is an archer who can wield blades for short.


Why does Bakugou drag Kaminari into the bushes and what did he do to him there? I don't understand why he drags him off to the bushes to get him to discharge and go into derp mode. Bullying? To recharge the expensive night goggles? To give the rest of the class something to laugh at?

Can any easy assumption be made to what he did to him in the bushes to force discharge?

Because he wanted to distract the class. That was bagugos money, not kaminari’s. He just overcharged kaminari because he was a good and funny distraction while bakougo paid kirishima back. This display of kindness seemed weak to bakougo and he didn’t want the rest of the class seeing it.

Because the class's atmosphere was awkward and heavy, so Bakugou decided to make the class (or just his friend Kiri) laugh through Kaminari's derp faces (this is implied from him staring at Kirishima's sullen face before dragging Kaminari off).


Confused as to why ANBU agents are so easy to kill off Why are the ANBU agents the easiest to kill off in Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden?

Naruto's team was shown to be stronger than a team of ANBUs.

I'm just so confused why would they say that the ANBU are the best of the best when they are the easiest to kill off

In simple words because the enemy forces were seriously STRONG that ANBU agents were not able to defeat them (as said by Happy Face in the comments).

According to me, Naruto's team is an exceptionally very strong.

Kyuubi's Chakra + Sharingan + Healing = STRONGEST

So there is no doubt that they are stronger. They are exceptionally strong, so we might say that they are stronger than ANBU agents.

When some strong enemies come to their village let's say Nagato, aka Pain, then it's quite obvious that ANBU agents won't be able to defeat him because Nagato is really strong, but Naruto did because he is exceptionally stronger than the ANBU agents.

According to wiki :

  One of the Fifth Hokage's ANBU bodyguards attributed his chakra supply to the Rinnegan. Nagato could also constantly alter the nature of his chakra to prevent him from being located by sensory type ninjas.

This is also written in wiki that:

  ANBU commander is very observant, seen when he recognises that Pain's chakra-levels must be immense and that he is controlling the bodies used to destroy Konoha by chakra alone.

But that doesn't mean that all anbu agents are nothing. For example Yamato is also an ANBU agent, and if you have seen him then you may have know that he is not easy to be defeated by enemies just because he is strong.

There are many ANBU agents which differ from each other. They are responsible for carrying out assassinations, tracking, surveillance, and missions requiring specially trained ninja. Also some ANBU serve as interrogators.
All ANBU agents have their own skills.

But there's a point that we must note:

ANBU are expected to destroy their bodies when they are badly injured on a mission like that they won't be captured.

Which might explain why they kill themselves every time they are badly hurt. Source

The problem with the Anbu is that because they all wear masks, they are always essentially anonymous. They have a reputation for being very strong, but because no-one wants to see five anonymous men beat up one budding villain, they never win any fights, only ever being defeated, sometimes by the dozens, to show how strong some other ninja who actually has a name really is.

Comparing Naruto's team to the Anbu doesn't really make a lot of sense, at the beginning of the series their power is basically Kakashi, one of the top jonin in the leaf village, and Naruto sometimes being pretty helpful when his fox chakra comes out. Sasuke is very talented, but is still just a kid, and significantly weaker than any named jonin. As time goes on, Naruto becomes far more powerful, first defeating Nagato which the entire Leaf Village was unable to do, and then becoming basically a God by the end of the series.


What's up with the Black Butler intermissions? Today I decided to carry on watching Black Butler since I had only watched the first episode a couple months ago and then stopped watching. (so fairly new to the series) but I noticed that every time there was an intermission or brief break in between the episode, it always seem to feature either Ceil or Sebastian next to what I think is a tarot card?

I don't mind spoilers just so you know and maybe I am a bit slow, but is there a relationship or connection between the cards and how they always pop up in intermission to the storyline etc?

Edit: I just realised that I had been watching Black Butler II and not Black Butler I which would probably be why I was confused.

I'm late to this, whoops.

But the tarot cards, I assume, are just a foreshadowing of the uprising events.
If the Death tarot card appears: what happens in the episode?
Well, obviously, death. Either, on Ciel's side or the opponent of Ciel.

Some other cards are harder to explain but you could search up "insert tarot card here" on Google and then find the meaning there.

Sorry if this wasn't much help. I tried!


Is Ash's Pikachu stronger than regular Pikachu? Is Pikachu stronger than other Pikachu or his Pikachu special type Pokémon.

By a regular Pikachu you mean by the anime standards? Then yes, it's above average.

But compared to Red's Pikachu from the manga it's a Magikarp.
In the manga, Red is one of the (if not THE) best trainers of the region. He actually uses his brain in combat. The Pokemon world in the manga is a lot harsher than the anime world (Pokemons are used as weapons to kill humans and other Pokemons). Ash would probably get destroyed by a random Ratata from the manga. So no, as per manga standards (it'd be one of the weakest).

Red's Pikachu is what I call a strong Pikachu. For instance, Red's Pikachu (very well trained, and very experienced in battles) has taken out all of Lance's (Elite Four) Pokemons in one megavolt attack. He's even made Lugia faint with that attack. And Red's Pikachu was about level 88 the last time I checked.

Source: Pokemon Manga and Pokemon Anime

The pikachu itself is not special it is however pretty strong since it was trained a lot.


In Death Note, what happens to Light Yagami after he dies? I read the manga and am currently watching the anime.

Ryuk once commented that users of the Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell. (Though one source claimed that this was only a fake rule that Ryuk wrote/spoke.)

This suggests Light becomes a Shinigami. If so, why does Light not continue the work he began on Earth? Does L (who also touched the Death Note) become a Shinigami as well, somehow preventing Light from doing his deeds?

Ryuk once commented that users of the Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell. (Though one source claimed that this was only a fake rule that Ryuk wrote/spoke.)

No, the claim/source is incorrect. Anyone who uses/writes in the Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell. This can be seen as Purgatory or 無 MU/Nothingness

  This suggests Light becomes a Shinigami.

Wrong. :) The rules of the Death Note have been explicitly stated in both the anime and manga as stated by Braiam which was...

  The human who uses the notebook can neither go to Heaven nor Hell and die an unfilling and unhappy life.

Finally touching the Death Note does not make you a Shinigami, although touching it allows you to see the Shinigami.

Light Yagami ultimately died as Ryuk himself took his life by writing his name in his Death Note just before Light suffered from a bullet wound. Ryuk had promised Light that if such a situation ever happened, he would set Light free by writing his name in his Death Note.

Update: You can read about it in the first episode of Death Note where Ryuk talks about killing Light using his death note at 14:50 into the episode.

And regarding what happens to Light after he dies is probably the Shinigami realm where his life span becomes equal to the number of lives he has taken using the death note. You can read about it here http://bit.ly/1xFOBns


Why doesn't Sasuke use his Sharingan to learn Naruto's Rasengan? In the hospital rooftop fight between Sasuke and Naruto, why didn't Sasuke use his Sharingan to learn Naruto's Rasengan? Is it because the Rasengan doesn't use any hand signs? (But Sasuke learns Rock Lee's moves with the Sharingan even if it doesn't rely on hand signs).

Sasuke's chakra affinity is Fire and Lightning.

In the anime, it is speculated by Kakashi that the best chakra affinity to combine the Rasengan with is Wind.

With this in mind, it was probably best for Sasuke to focus primarily on electric or fire based attacks, such as Chidori/Raikiri and Katon. He would be able to elevate these jutsus far more than he can with Rasengan.

Plot-holes. I love Naruto but if there was ever a real Akatsuki, Kishi would be in it as a S-class plot hole creator. Anyway Sasuke could copy the Sasengan just as Kakashi did; plus he made Boruto learn it so that he can master shape manipulation at it's best. Before thinking why Sasuke didn't go to learn the Rasengan is due to:

Two contrasting teachers (Jiraiya - work hard type & Orochimaru - genius type)
Sasuke's god complex (thinking he's right in everything)
Sasuke intent from the beginning was to kill Itachi and Chidori is the best type for him with his speed and Sharingan.

But if we consider all this criteria and as Boruto learns from Sasuke, we might as well assume that as both has six paths power they (both Naruto and Sasuke) can use Rasengan and Chidori.

Assumption of course but it is plausible considering they have mastered yin/yang styles and five elemental natures.


Are the Iris's the same person? In the Atelier Iris series, all 3 games have character called Iris.

In Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana and Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny, they both have Iris Blanchimont. In the first game, she is a great Alchemist who practices the many teachings of  (with the exception of Mull) and she befriended the Mana.

   She, however, passed away long before the start of the game from fighting Amalgam, leaving only her final creation Lita and the materials and formula to create the Ruby Prism

This is Iris in the first game:

In the second game, she appears as a small child who is taken in by Viese Blanchimont as her sister (though one could speculate that Viese and Felt one day married and adopted Iris as their daughter).

   Later, we learn that she has the reincarnated powers of Lilith, the Creation Mana, who looks a lot like her, which explains her talents in alchemy.

Also in Belkhyde, there are placed like the Tower of Marcus and the Cleft of Nelva

   And at the end, Lilith's power releases Mana throughout Belkhyde which makes Alchemy possible again.

This is Iris in the second game:

I just started playing Atelier Iris 3: Grand Phantasm and found out the Iris in this game is named Iris Fortner. It's mentioned she was raised by a family of Alchemists. However, when she talks to Yach about how she made the Heal Jars for the quest, he doesn't believe her and Edge indicates that Alchemists are rare (kinda like what was mentioned in the first game with Klein). Furthermore, it seems no one know about Mana and the world seems disjointed with other worlds called Afterworlds.

This is Iris Fortner:

They all look similar, and the first 2 games hint at a direct connection (with Iris's last name and how she would learn Alchemy). Is Iris Fortner the same as Iris Blanchimont (being a younger version of her from Atelier Iris 1)?

If that is not the case, is there a deeper connection to her and the game's title? Apart from her looking like the previous Iris, being an Alchemist and being a main character from the very start.

the Iris from Eternal Mana and Azoth of Destiny are the same, set at different points in the timeline. Grand Phantasm was originally supposed to take place during Iris Blanchemont's alchemy career with the main antagonist and the young elder witch from the first game as her teammates, however the storyline was scrapped and altered, resulting in the seperation. so Iris Fortner is not Iris Blanchemont. but Eternal Mana Iris and Azoth of Destiny young Iris are one and the same.


Is Garou actually evil? So, Garou apparently doesn't kill his opponents.

Later in the manga, he

   saves a kid from monsters.

And in the webcomic, Saitama says what Garou actually wanted to be is

   a hero.

Is Garou actually supposed to be evil?

Well it sort of depends on how you define "evil".

Fair warning: everything after this point is a spoiler if you haven't already read the Garou arc in the webcomic.

Garou romanticizes and idealizes "monsters". He sees them as hardworking individualists who pull themselves up by the bootstraps, only to get trodden over by conformist heroic ideologues. As a child he was always disappointed that the monsters invariably lost, no matter how cool, or strong, or hardworking they were.

Moreover, the people attach themselves to the concept of heroes and become dependent upon their inevitable victory. The people do not work as hard to prevent wars, catastrophes, and monsters in general because they have the safety net of heroes. So, somewhat paradoxically, the efforts of heroes to end suffering and calamities actually ends up making these into a pandemic.  Garou sees this as a pox upon humankind, and sets himself the goal of rectifying it by becoming the ultimate monster who triumphs over all heroes and justice, and forces the world as a whole to achieve unity and peace in their opposition to him.  Everyone, not just the heroes, must be part of the hard work to achieve peace and avert calamities.  A classic "world peace via worldwide fear" solution.

So if that sounds like evil to you—terrorizing the world in order to unify it against you—then sure, he's evil by your definition.  In a literary sense he would probably be classed more as an anti-hero: his goals broadly coincide with those of heroes (world peace), but his methods are more like those of villains (brutish and callous). Put another way, he's Machiavellian: the ends justify the means. The point of his existence within the work is more to deconstruct the concept of heroes and challenge its value and goodness to a society, than it is to be "evil".

Now one of the major features of Garou's arc is his lack of self-awareness about all of this. He professes to have abandoned all of his humanity and goodness, and that he is a true monster.  But his actual behaviors belie a gentle nature: he constantly goes out of his way to protect children, and while he does severely injure and hospitalize several heroes he doesn't actually end up killing any of them (though possibly some would have if they had not received medical attention quickly). In a way he finds the insistence of other monsters that he must kill things to reek of the sort of conformist ideology he wishes to rebel against, and seems to subconsciously resolve himself to ignore them and do as he pleases.  A wanton killer, be he hero or monster, is a slave to impulse, not a free being.

At the end of the Garou arc, it is Saitama and Bang that end up berating Garou over his good nature, and how all this monster business of his has been misguided and childish. That he wanted attention and praise and to achieve something great; not to be evil and destructive.  Saitama even says that Garou became weaker as he became more monstrous, and was at his greatest power as a human.  So he was also being counterproductive.

Garou (ガロウ, Garō; Viz: Garo) is a former disciple of Bang, but was kicked out from his dojo for going on a rampage. Because of his fascination of monsters and his hatred of heroes, he is commonly called the Human Monster and the Hero Hunter. Sitch of the Hero Association views him as a grave threat to the organization despite being only a human.

Source: One Punch Man Wikia - Garou

Maybe he's evil but its early to say that because Garou is still a human


What happened to Goku after he left the Earth at the end of Dragon Ball GT? What happened to Goku in those 100 years after he left the Earth (by which Pan was already an old woman)? Did Goku die or not?

A lot can be said about the last episode.

You could argue that Goku went to train with Shenlon, you could argue that he offered his own life for that last wish, you could argue that it was all an illusion, seeing Pan holding his shirt after he had supposedly left, you could argue that he became one with the Dragon Balls/Shenlon, you could argue that he'd become immortal.

This list goes on and it will remain to your own imagination what you believe has happened to Goku, as it was never thoroughly explained in the anime. I guess if anything, we could agree that Goku had surpassed human existence and entered a state different from being alive or dead as we know them.

If Dragon Ball Super ends after the Tournament of Power, and if Universe 7 wins, Goku would have asked Super Shenron to reconstruct the destroyed universe and erase the memory of all the people of Universe 7 from meeting Beerus for the first time at the end of the tournament. Then they would have lived a normal life. And after this, Dragon Ball GT is started.

At the end of Dragon Ball GT, Shenron glows his eyes and due to this, Goku is revived and Shenron asks Goku to come with him. And Goku says yes to Shenron, which was an unexpected behaviour shown by him. After Shenron revived Goku, he must have given his memory back and I think Shenron made him immortal and given him a god soul because of his good deeds. And due to this, in the farewell tour, Goku was able to go to hell to meet Piccolo.

And in the ending of Dragon Ball GT, Goku meets Goku junior and disappears. And at last, Goku was seen by Pan in World Martial Arts tournament after 100 years. He was checking if the earth's protection was in good hands. And at last, Goku fly with his power pole "until we meet again".

I think Goku was not dead, he was trained by other gods and at last made him an immortal saiyan god.


What happened to Eren that made him unable to turn into a Titan in chapter 53 of the manga? I am referring to when he has trouble turning into full-sized Titan after he underwent intelligence and endurance testing. It happened in chapter 53 of the series, during the Uprising Arc.

This is a quote from the Attack on Titan Wiki:

  During an experiment to test Eren's hardening abilities, a severed Titan form of Eren falls to the ground. Hange is unable to get a response from him and because Levi notices that this Titan is underdeveloped, Mikasa and Hange remove Eren's body from the Titan. [...]. A day later, Eren finally wakes up. He doesn't seem to remember anything from the experiment and is upset to find out that there were no signs of the hardening ability. Hange explains that since Eren transformed without being able to employ the hardening ability, they decided to run intelligence and endurance tests. [...]. However, after one hour of testing, Eren suddenly, after writing something about his father, became unable to perform the tasks and eventually left his Titan body. After thirty minutes of rest, he transformed again. However, this time his Titan form was only 13 m tall, contrary to the usual 15 m, and couldn't perform any of the intelligence tests. For the third time, the Titan was only 10 m tall and was incomplete, with his human body being attached to it more firmly than before. Eren takes this news as a proof that the operation to retake Wall Maria cannot be performed at the moment.

Why did this happen and how was it resolved?

I'm pretty sure this is due to the fact that turning into a titan requires energy.  Serially turning into  one like that was wearing him down, such that he couldn't turn into the normal full-sized titan of normal titan intelligence.  If he burned enough energy as a titan or through regeneration, he would not be able to turn into a titan at all for a while, as established much later in the manga.

The reason why he can't turn into a Titan at will is because he can only do so if there is a set goal in mind. Which is also why he could not turn in to a Titan when he was in the well, but later on when he was sitting at the table with the rest of his squad and he dropped his spoon and then proceeded to pick it up, he grew a Titan arm.


What is the song when Sakura sees Naruto's fox form in "Naruto Shippuden" episode 43? In episode 43 of Naruto Shippuden, there is a song that is not included (I think) in any of the OSTs. When Naruto

   is stabbed by Orochimaru's long sword and

crashes onto rocks, this song plays when Sakura sees Naruto's fox form.

Also, that song or a similar one can be heard in episode 166 when

   Hinata is stabbed by Pain

which makes Naruto rages

I think it can also be heard in episode 258 or 259 when

   Kisame got interrogated and they almost learned who the guy who calls himself "Uchiha Madara" is.

The track that plays in E43 around 03:08 is called "Tragic".

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54U3fnY2uEI

It's Despair, the 19th track of Naruto Shippūden: Original Soundtrack (YouTube video)


Why did the hole in Kaiba's chest increase in size? Starting out, we see that there is a pretty significantly sized hole in Kaiba's chest. Later on we see in a flashback that the hole was much smaller when he first showed at the Issoudan base.

The collector of Warp's clones mentioned that the hole is one of the indicators of a true clone, and we see that the clone in the final battle also has one. Why would the hole in Kaiba's chest have changed sizes over time?

I can't say for sure, but IMO, the hole size probably varies depending on a Kaiba/Warp's mental state — the worse he feels, the wider it gets.


Is Naruto related to Hashirama Senju? Hashirama Senju, the 1st Hokage, married Mito Uzumaki right? So does that make him Naruto's great, great, great grandfather?

Well, both Naruto and Hashirama Senju are reincarnations of Asura. Apart from that, Hashirama could not be Naruto's direct descendant as marrying to Mito Uzumaki does not mean Mito Uzumaki is directly related to Kushina. There might be a slight chance, but the possibilities are endless, assuming the Uzumaki clan is a big clan.

Well, the Sage of Six Paths had two sons, one was Uchiha and the other was Senju. However, the Senju son was also an ancestor to the Uzumaki clan, so if you think hard and research deep, you'll find out that the two clans are related. So the Uzumaki and Senju clans are closely related. So, yes, Naruto is related to Hashirama, as well as Tobirama and Tsunade. Naruto is also related to the Hyuuga clan (the Sage's brother was the ancestor) as well as the Uchiha clan.


Is there any jutsu that Naruto won't be able to master without the Kyuubi? I'm just curious if there is any jutsu that would be impossible for Naruto to learn or master without the powers of the Kyuubi inside him?

If there is, which is it and why won't he be able to learn/master it without the Kyuubi? If there's none, then I guess Naruto is actually a smart ninja.

Well, here are some of the jutsu Naruto probably can't (or will be near impossible) to learn without Kurama:

Techniques from elements other than Wind - Naruto's natural chakra affinity is towards wind, while he can train in other elements, he probably won't be able to learn some of the other elements. (Actually has nothing to do with the Bijuu, that's kinda what happens to everyone)
The Bijuu Dama - a Bijuu specific technique (the nuclear-warhead like black sphere).
It's possible that using Kurama's Yang element chakra (sealed within Naruto), he'll be able to do something.
Tajuu Kage Bunshin - Even though Naruto naturally has massive chakra reserves, he wouldn't be able to make as much copies without the Kyuubi Chakra Pool.

most of naruto jutsu really on bijuu.
even the rasenshuriken (his only futon jutsu), without kyuubi heal ability, naruto arm would be disabled to cell level after the first try.
If naruto hadn't kyuubi power (strong seal, fully isolate kyuubi from naruto like a high secured living storage scroll) naruto would be a outcast nobody (his strong own chakra level come from the seal convert and mix kyuubi chakra with his own)