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Does Beatrice know about Return By Death? During episode 7, Beatrice was contracted to protect Subaru. When she is with him on the cliff she suggests he "die where she can't see him" so she won't "have bad dreams," about it. Maybe she was being sarcastic, referring to the fact that he should die, suggesting Rem's death was his fault? I'm not sure if it was sarcastic, but it seemed to me like she was suggesting he kill himself to Return By Death? It sounded like she was conveying that he wasted his chance to explain himself to Ram, this time, but could kill himself and try again? Ah, I don't know... She says "I'll help you escape this domain"... What was she foreshadowing here? Does she know? <Q> It is because she is somewhat attracted to him (not in romantic means of course). <S> That is why she said, "I you want to die, die at a place I cannot see. <S> I don't want to have nightmare. <S> " <S> Implicitly she is saying, "Don't let me see you die. <S> I care about you, so if you die in front of me, I'll have nightmare about it." <S> That is why, rather than knowing about Return by Death, it is more like she cares about him and don't want him to die. <A> I think you're reading it the wrong way. <S> The situation they're in has two main components to it: Ram will stop at nothing to kill Subaru. <S> This is as she blames Subaru for Rem's death. <S> She doesn't let Subaru touch Rem, "Don't touch her! <S> Don't touch my little sister!" <S> She then later ignores why Beatrice is protecting Subaru and tries to attack him justifying it with what happened to Rem: "None of that even matters! <S> Get out of the way. <S> Let me through. <S> I must avenge Rem. <S> If you know anything, tell me. <S> Help me. <S> Help Rem!" <S> Beatrice will protect Subaru with everything she has, but will only do it when he's near the mansion. <S> Quoting the scene you're on about: <S> Subaru: Why did you come for me? <S> I... <S> Beatrice: The contract I entered into was to protect you. <S> Subaru: I thought you were only supposed to be my bodyguard until this morning. <S> Beatrice <S> : You must be mistaken, I suppose. <S> I don't remember discussing a time limit. <S> Clinging to hope only serves your own convenience, I suppose. <S> What was lost can't be reclaimed. <S> You'll have no more chances to explain yourself to the older sister. <S> You threw that away. <S> No matter which is lost, those sisters won't ever be complete again, I suppose. <S> This shows, even though Rem hates his guts, and Beatrice knows, she will protect Subaru. <S> And protecting Subaru is the reason that she went to the cliff. <S> We don't know the exact reason that she's doing this, but we can guess it's because she cares somewhat about Subaru. <S> Putting these two together, rather than saying "At the least, you need to die where I can't see you, or I'll have bad dreams, I suppose. <S> " She probably means 'please don't die in front of me, I'll suffer mentally due to it.' <S> And as she wants to at least protect him somewhat, she offered to "help you escape this [place]. <S> " <S> However if she knew about 'Return by Death' it'd not make sense for her to go out of her way to kill him. <S> She could instead just let Ram kill him. <A> She was confused when Subaru seemed to show little fear or panic when hearing about his impending demise by the Wolgarms' curses. <S> She really does seem to let on that she knows at times. <S> But I am confident she does not. <S> When she sent him away after the unseen hand crushed Emilia's heart, she knew that Puck would soon go on a rampage and end his life.

Beatrice to some degree cares about him, otherwise, she would not agree to be in contract with him.

Does the Boruto anime have a different story line from the manga? I've read the manga of Boruto: Naruto Next Generation , and the story line is completely different, except for the first scene. So did they create a new story line for the anime, or the current episodes are simply fillers and we will catch up with the manga eventually? <Q> The anime version features an original story, starting with Boruto entering the ninja school (or "Academy"). <S> From Anime News Network , <S> This year's ninth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine is announcing Monday that the Boruto: Naruto <S> Next Generations <S> television anime will begin with an original story . <S> (Emphasis mine) From Japanese Wikipedia , テレビアニメ化にあたっては、映画や漫画よりも前の時系列にあたる忍者学校でのエピソードが制作され、アニメとノベライズにて描かれている <S> 。 <S> also , 前述の通り、原作を一から映像化するのではなく、前日譚となる「忍者学校入学編」から始まり、同編の終了後は原作者の岸本が執筆した『NARUTO -ナルト- 外伝〜七代目火影と緋色の花つ月〜』を原作とした「うちはサラダ編」が放送された。第39話では同じく原作者の岸本が執筆した外伝『満ちた月が照らす道』が放送された <S> 。 <S> As have been mentioned before, (the anime) doesn't start from the beginning of the manga but starts from the earlier life in "Academy" arc, then continues to "Sarada Uchiha" arc from Naruto Gaiden: <S> The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring , then "School Trip" arc. <S> Episode 39 also continues to Naruto Gaiden: <S> Michita Tsuki ga Terasu Michi . <S> As for now, there's no hint if the anime will adapt (retell) <S> the manga/movie's storyline even though recent manga chapters sometimes refer to the anime's plot. <S> The manga itself starts as an adaptation from the movie (see What is the difference between Boruto: Naruto Next Generation and Boruto: Naruto the Movie ). <A> Manga: <S> Boruto starts off doing his Chuunin exams (same beginning as Boruto the Movie). <S> Anime: <S> Boruto starts off studying in the Academy (many years before the manga). <S> More Info: <S> http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Boruto:_Naruto_Next_Generations <A> The anime will definitely adapt the manga storyline. <S> The so-called anime original characters, the e.g class president has been shown in the manga, also Boruto mentions the school trip in the manga while that's an anime arc. <S> Finally, those Otsusuki guys have been shown to be on their way with Toneri sounding a warning. <S> Anime is like a prequel that will gradually come into the manga storyline.

Regarding the anime adaptation, it tells the earlier story from the movie and manga about the ninja school, which is shown in the anime and novel.

Can Byakugan read mind? In episode 46 of Naruto,from 11:57 to 14:05 minutes Neji Hyuga went on saying the mental state and thought process of Hinata Hyuga.Although he linked his mind reading with external physical stances,he deduced correctly the thinking of Hinata. At 13:29 minutes,Neji even claimed that he can clearly read Hinata's mind. Is Neji truly reading her mind or is he just logically deducing it? After that episode,I have never seen any Hyuga reading mind by Byakugan. <Q> Short Answer is: No, Byakugan cannot read anyone's mind. <S> As to the episode that you are referencing, you need to keep few things in mind: <S> 1) Hinata, during the Chunin exams( I think that's what they're called), was very predictible to begin with, and hence any decent ninja would be able to know her next move by looking at her stance. <S> 2) Neji, with his Byakugan, can see Hinata's chakra-flow, and chakra-flow changes depending on the person's physical and mental state. <S> 3) Neji was fighting Hinata, and it is a common tactic to say things to your opponent that will affect their confidence. <S> If you watch the whole fight, once Hinata remembers Naruto and gains confidence, Neji stops bragging about reading her mind. <A> I do not believe so. <S> while i haven't seen the entire series the 3 Byakugan Users <S> i know of are Neji, Hinata and Hanabi. <S> On her wiki page <S> Hanabi's Byakugan isn't listed to be able to read minds <S> While a common trait for her clan, Hanabi's is noted by her father to be very powerful, almost as great as her cousin Neji's. <S> Hanabi herself is also very confident about her Byakugan, claiming that its perception is as good as any fully grown Hyūga's . <S> Toneri Ōtsutsuki described her Byakugan as being "very pure" and specifically targeted her Byakugan in order to awaken the Tenseigan. <S> When activated, it grants her an almost 360° field of vision (except for a small blind spot), x-ray vision, and the ability to see chakra accurate enough to target the chakra pathway system. <S> Source: <S> Hanabi Hyūga <S> > <S> Abilities <S> > <S> Byakugan <S> This seems to indicate that Hanabi's Byakugan is just as powerful as Neji's which doesn't list Mind Reading either , however numerous times on the wiki and in the series Neji refers to himself and is refer to by others as a Genius Neji's skills as a natural genius were evident, even by the Hyūga clan's high standards. <S> as such I agree Neji is logically deducing what Hinata is thinking. <S> this is backed up by the wiki Neji, who previously promised to Might Guy that he would not take any actions against Hinata during the exams, encourages Hinata to give up not only the match but also the life of a ninja, citing her meek personality and her lack of talent. <S> His piercing analysis of her brings Hinata to tears , but she is motivated to continue by the encouragement of Naruto Uzumaki. <S> Source: <S> Neji Hyūga <S> > <S> Part <S> I <S> > <S> Chūnin Exams (3rd Paragraph) <A> Nah , Byakugan on see the Chakra state of a person and a feeling ,but for your anxiety right now in new Sequal where Boruto can see Chakra and feelings of other person's State with his undeveloped Tensigan , it's a good theory because of <S> Hinata + Naruto Mingling Tensigan was happen to with Boruto and Even Boruto is Unaware of It <S> Currently till Episode 3 , We can see it clearly <S> he asked Hinata about Byakugan but didn't reveal about it .

Also, Byakugan's ability to gain knowledge of person's mental state by reading chakra-flow, is not the same as reading minds because chakra-flow does not indicate anything about one's thoughts.

Can Gaara Survive Without Sleep? So Gaara couldn't sleep, because Shukaku was inside of him, hence his dark circle eyes. There was that guy who went crazy after trying to stay awake for 11 days for his science project. So how could Gaara function properly, let alone fight? Evidence from Narutopedia During their first conversation when Gaara was a child, Shukaku warned Gaara that it would take control of his body and start killing people if he ever fell asleep <Q> I'm actually pretty sure that gaara did sleep sometimes. <S> It's explained that when the host of shukaku falls asleep, shukaku slowly, key word slowly, eats away at that individuals personality and psyche. <A> You're trying to justify Naruto's occurrences with human science. <S> Naruto isn't science fiction, that's the greater point here. <S> Nevertheless, Gaara's black circles are a major plot hole in Naruto, because he had them since birth , and I'm pretty sure <S> a premature baby didn't have the rational thinking required to deprive itself from sleep in other to preserve his identity from his inner demon. <S> Also, he retain the black circles after losing shukaku, when he can sleep however much he wants. <A> I agree with Anakurak's answer, that Gaara does sleep but with a limited amount of time and wake up before Shukaku takes full control of his mind and body. <S> However, the dark circle is not a result of insomnia, but rather a birthmark he got since he had was a jinchuuriki even when he was still inside his mother's womb. <S> Reference: Why does Gaara still have dark circles around his eyes?

This is part of the reason that gaara is so unstable, because he DOES sleep sometimes, and when he does shukaku starts devouring his mind.

Does Naruto still have Six Paths Sage Mode? Yeah, I know there are lots of questions about this topic but not quite enough.Can anyone tell me What happened to Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode?Does he still have Six Paths Sage Mode?Somewhere, I don't remember where, I read that they sealed it. Is that true? <Q> He does have sage mode afterwards, because he uses it in the final fight in Boruto: The Movie. <S> Here's what Narutopedia has to say about it: <S> The one consistent hallmark of Six Paths Sage Mode are Naruto's eyes: <S> his eyes are yellow, his pupils are a cross of vertical fox-slits with horizontal toad-slats, and there is no pigmentation around his eyes that would otherwise signify standard Sage Mode. <S> The confusion arises from the different types and inconsistencies. <S> There are different modes of sage of six paths: non-cloak, cloak, and ashura kurama mode. <S> And the way he looks in Shippuden and the Boruto movie are different. <S> For example, in Boruto, he doesn't seem to possess truth seeking balls. <A> I don't think Naruto still has a Six Paths Sage Mode anymore, I will offer an argument for the same. <S> I don't think Naruto's eyes are really a hallmark of the Six Paths Sage Mode because he was so twice before in the manga, once when he was in his fight with Pain and another time when he was in his fight with Obito <S> and they figured out only nature-chakra worked on him. <S> My greatest argument for why he does not still possess <S> it is the absence of "Truth-Seeking Ball"s, regardless of who it was, Obito, Madara, Naruto and the Six Paths Sage himself all had these orbs when they were in the mode. <S> And to be in the Six Paths Sage Mode one would need to have chakra from all the tailed-beasts, what Naruto had in the fight with Madara was given to him by the Jinchuriki's <S> and it wasn't their entire chakra just a part of it, so it enabled him to go into Six Paths Sage Mode for the fight against Madara and Kaguya. <A> These special eyes first appears after naruto got the sage power by the RS. <S> The truth-seeking balls are a combination of all chakra natures, that only persons with the six paths power can create that's true, but they don't have too. <S> Why naruto chooses not to in boruto the movie is not clear but sure he still can. <A> Naruto doesn't possesses Truth Seeking orbs. <S> So, there's no chance he can have sage of six paths sage mode. <S> Also, Naruto wasn't able to use the six paths sage mode against Toneri while fighting on Moon. <A> Naruto still has access to the mode. <S> Just like he was able to send chakra to the Shinobi alliance periodically, he can still access their chakra. <S> I dont think he has need of it right now. <S> It's like bringing out a hammer to kill an ant.

Naruto may still have residual chakra and power techniques left from when he was in Six Paths Sage Mode from when he was in the fight with Madara. I would agree that Naruto still owns it.

Why could Ymir read the can, but Reiner could not? While watching episode 29, we saw that Ymir could read the letters on the can, but Reiner could not. Why? Manga spoiler: As far as I remember, both Ymir and Reiner are Eldians. So should they not both be able to read the letters on the can? What language is supposed to be on it? Why can Ymir read it, but Reiner could not? <Q> After some researches on the wiki, i found something interesting : <S> Even if they both are Eldians, Ymir was part of the cult of Ymir <S> (It's also the reason why she was condamned to be changed into a titan). <S> It could be there <S> she learned the language on the can, and this language is probably linked to Ymir Fritz herself. <S> However it is pure speculation since we have no way to really know. <S> Source : <S> Chapter 89 (p. 8-13), Eren is reading Ymir's letter which tells us about her past. <A> The previous answer is a good one, but I have another hypothesis. <S> Reiner does indeed know the language, but pretends not to, in order to keep his identity safe. <S> He acted in shock because he realized who Ymir was (the titan who ate his friend). <S> In the anime Reiner does not say "I don't know the language". <S> This is only mentioned in the manga chapter 38. <A> There is an official answer to this question. <S> This post contains spoilers . <S> Make sure to be caught up with the manga (currently Chapter 110 ). <S> As a result of the old Eldian Empire's imperialism, Eldian is a known language throughout the world . <S> It is spoken both inside and outside the Walls, although their writing systems differ. <S> Ambassadors from across the globe used it to communicate with Willy Tybur during his pre-party. <S> There are three known writing systems for Eldian: <S> Ancient Eldia <S> An archaic version of Eldian is found in ancient manuscripts and texts that were sent by Eren Kruger to the Eldia Restorationists. <S> The language appears to include a lot of visuals and was used by the Eldians from a long time ago. <S> Although it was unreadable to the Grisha Yeager and Restorationists, he and his fellow patriots assumed that the texts confirm their beliefs that Ymir Fritz had brought wealth to mankind, and that the Subjects of Ymir are the chosen children of God . <S> Inside the Walls <S> This system of writing is found only inside the Walls. <S> The writing is composed by short, straight strokes and sharp corners , and written horizontally . <S> Outside the Walls <S> Another system of writing is found when the Survey Corps settled in Utgard Castle after searching for a supposed breach in Wall Rose. <S> They found supplies that were left behind by unknown occupants, but the labels found on them were unreadable to most of the soldiers. <S> When Ymir went off to find food, she found a can with a herring label on it which she proceeded to read out loud. <S> She gave the can to Reiner Braun, who was shocked to find out that she could read the writing. <S> It is later revealed that both Reiner Braun and Ymir came from Marley, confirming that the writing is the system used by the Marleyans and the Eldians living outside the Walls . <A> Well, I can't answer your question directly but you also have to consider that Ymir has been wandering as a titan for about 60 years, thus making her a lot more "older" than Reiner or Berthold. <S> Then again, it is highly unlikely that a language can change so drastically over the course of 60 years… <S> In this regard I'd like to refer to Chapter 47 of the manga: <A> All of the other answers are wrong. <S> SPOILER ALERT Reiner deals with a dissociate personality disorder. <S> This is because he had developed his persona of a Eldian soldier while actually being a Marleyan enemy, to ease his sense of guilt and overall trauma of causing thousands of deaths. <S> This soldier persona is unaware of Reiner's true identity of being an enemy from another nation (the language is in Marleyan), so this fabricated, soldier part of Reiner's self-consciousness couldn't recognize the language.

Now regarding your question: According to the Attack on Titan Guidebook , Reiner Braun could read the herring can like Ymir, but he lied in order to protect his own identity while forcing Ymir to reveal hers. First, let us lay the groundwork for the answer: Eldian is the official language of Eldia, Marley, and many other nations around the world.

What is the blue glow around trunks SSJ2? Is it some sort of pre-God Ki that is going to eventually transcend him to the level of a God? And how was he able to even remotely fight black after Goku and his dad were already defeated? <Q> There is no official explanation, but manga #24 has given a very important hint that can possibly be the answer (spoiler) <A> There is no official explanation. <S> Even in the show none of the characters seem to care enough to question it. <S> I like to call it SS demigod blue because that sounds cool. <S> I'd say he just started to adapt blue god ki after feeling it from his dad and Goku. <S> As for why this lets him fight evenly <S> it's probably just cause there isn't going to be another arc involving him. <S> He deserved to have this moment and the author just gave it to him. <A> When goku fought Beerus, Beerus said goku's body learned from the experience the power was now his and later goku revealed that vegeta learned to harness god ki without the ritual I believe with the saiyans ability to grow stronger after each battle <S> that's how this was possible but with trunks being half human he won't be able to fully harness saiyans god ki fully <S> but he learned from the experience of fighting a diety and was able to somewhat harness it or if he can fully use saiyan <S> god ki <S> this is the form in between regular super saiyan and the god <S> forms because he is still learning to use god ki <S> that's what I believe

Trunks is officially a kaioshin apprentice, he can use kibito technique to heal other people, and since kaioshins have god ki, as kaioshin apprentice he probably has some grade of knowledge on god ki.

Who is the 9th Titan shifter? SPOILERS Read only if you are caught up to date with the latest manga chapter (93 in this case). Before chapter 93 we knew that the 9 titan shifters are : 1) Progenitor Titan aka Founding Titan -> Currently Eren Jaeger 2) Attack Titan aka Assault Titan -> Currently Eren Jaeger 3) Colossal Titan -> Currently Armin Arlert 4) Female Titan -> Currently Annie Leonheart 5) Armored Titan -> Currently Reiner Braun 6) Beast Titan -> Currently Zeke Jaeger 7) Cart Titan aka Mule Titan aka Quadrupedal Titan -> Peak 8) Dancing Titan -> Ymir 9) Jaw Titan -> Galliard After reading chapter 93, interestingly we have: that the 9 titan shifters are : 1) Progenitor Titan aka Founding Titan -> Currently Eren Jaeger 2) Attack Titan aka Assault Titan -> Currently Eren Jaeger 3) Colossal Titan -> Currently Armin Arlert 4) Female Titan -> Currently Annie Leonheart 5) Armored Titan -> Currently Reiner Braun 6) Beast Titan -> Currently Zeke Jaeger 7) Cart Titan aka Mule Titan aka Quadrupedal Titan -> Peak 8) Dancing Titan aka Jaw Titan (are the same!!) -> Currently Galliard 9) ????????? Are there any hints so far? <Q> We also find out that the War Hammer titan is not used for warfare and has never been used against any enemy state (of Marley). <S> It is important to note that the Tybur family was the first family of titan-shifters to rebel against King Fritz in the Great Titan War and they carry a lot of political clout. <S> In Chapter 101 , the identity of the 9th Titan-Shifter was revealed to be Willy Tybur's sister . <A> People seem to be forgetting something... <S> after the great Titan war Marley had a total of 7 titans and the ones behind the walls had 2 Grisha Jaeger brought the attack titan from marely leaving marley with 6 titans the six being Jaws Titan, Cart Titan, Colossal Titan, Female Titan, Armored titan, Beast Titan... <S> The Ninth Titan should be with the Eldians behind the walls which means someone behind the walls knows who or what it is and hasn't said yet <A> The 9th titan Is actually a winged titan. <S> It makes sense if you consider the Marley downfall right now is how they can only rely on titans on land and their forces are weakening because of that. <S> Yet the 9th titan is residing inside the Paradis walls. <A> All we have is Galliard saying that he did this to become "Jaws" by eating "Dancing" Ymir and that Reiner was very brotherly like and someone the team can count on. <S> I think it is a lie. <S> They would not just unceremoniously kill Ymir off-screen and also cause a serious plot hole of consuming a Titan shifter makes you become an entirely different type of Titan shifter. <A> i think the 9th titan is flying and is hidden somewhere near the paradise island. <S> to back it up, marleyans are having problems since all of the ships that went to paradise island in all those years, none came back. <S> also, there is their statement that they need a flying sort of battle artillery so they can just bombard their enemies from atop.

In Attack on Titan, Chapter 95 , pages 16-17 we find out that the 9th Titan-Shifter is the War Hammer Titan, which is currently in possession of the Tybur family who currently resides in Marley.

Do shadow clones copy user's injury? There are several instances where injured Naruto used shadow clones: While fighting with Kabuto, Kabuto severed the muscle and tendon of Naruto. Later, when Naruto used a shadow clone to make Rasengan, did the shadow clone have the same injury as Naruto? After the final fight with Sasuke (i.e. after defeating Kaguya), were the shadow clones of Naruto missing their right arms [before being treated by First Hokage, Hashirama's cells]? Apart from these two, even thoroughly exhausted Kakashi used shadow clones after defeating Zabuza. Were these shadow clones injured? <Q> It depends on what you mean by injury . <S> Typically when a clone receives an injury - as in being struck with an attack - they will dissipate (there are a few cases where this is not true) and will put a lot of stress on the user. <S> You read more information on <S> Does the original jutsu user feel anything when a shadow clone is dispersed forcefully? <S> Now this is what happens in reverse. <S> According to this Shadow Clone Technique wiki page, Shadow Clones will replicate the user at the time the jutsu is cast. <S> The clones will be created in roughly the same condition as the original, meaning that previous injuries, such as cuts and scrapes, will appear on the clones. <S> The clones themselves are not actually injured, but have the appearance of being injured if the user is injured when the jutsu is cast. <S> As you stated, Kakashi used the jutsu after his battle with Zabuza. <S> You can see this in this YouTube video , where the clones were summoned with torn and bloody vests. <A> What I believe is <S> that if a clone didn't look like the one whom summoned it, it can't be called a clone, right? <S> Say if you were Naruto and you recieved a huge gash on your stomach, if you did the shadow clone jutsu and they didn't have the wound, then the enemy would easily be able to tell which one is real and which is fake. <S> At least that's what I believe. <A> I believe that shadow clones or just clones in general just look like the original castor at the time of casting. <S> Like if naruto got a knife to the hand the clone would have the wound but be able to use the hand. <S> What would be the point of naruto summoning clones that were just as injured as he is. <A> From what I have seen in the anime, the shadow clones reflect the mental image that the user has in mind. <S> I'm inferring this from the fact that Naruto has sometimes transformed the clones into other things that suit his fight situation. <S> For example, against Pain, Naruto changed all the clones into stones. <S> I believe if and only if the Jutsu caster creates an almost perfect copy of the original user, he can use the clones to confuse the enemy. <S> I mean what's the point of creating a shadow clone if the original can be distinguished based on the injuries that he has sustained in the battle ? <S> Also, I think the injuries of the user appear on the clones but not necessarily weaken the clone. <S> The clones are weakened only based on the amount chakra the user has at that time. <S> Since shadow cloning is merely the dividing of chakra into clones. <A>

Since shadow clones are a remote mass of chakra essentially and their form is dependent on the ninjutsu user's ability to manipulate it, I suspect that any injury a clone may have would be due to their own injuries accrued during battler or the ninjutsu caster's inability to create a perfect form.

Why can't Natsu generate magic from eating Flame in the Edolas Arc? In the Edolas arc, earth land wizards can't use magic because it's limited. I understand all the reasons behind that ect. But why can't Natsu generate his own magic from eating flames? It's shown him eating the flame of a torch before they enter the cave/mine tunnel, but he still can't generate magic. It didn't explain why that was! <Q> If natsu was able to generate magic by eating fire then they also should've still had the magic that they had stored up before going to Edolas because later they explain that mages actually don't produce their own magic they have 2 "origins" that store magic that they collect from around them. <S> This is all speculation mind you none of this is in the manga or anime as far as i know as an explanation for the Edolas arc's magic use however if this is the reason <S> then the pills would act as a way to hold magic i think. <S> like a lacrima <A> Because he needs magic to turn those flames into his own power. <S> Eating flames is similiar to us eating food, we don't need magic to eat, but using food food as a weapon against enemies? <S> Natsu needs to convert those flames into his own to use it. <A> Natsu already had plenty of power but he lacked the ability to contort it into spells. <S> There was no actual loss of magic power. <S> This is shown by the fact that wizards without the ability to cast (pre-xball) had magic energy to be stolen by the kingdom. <S> Edolas is another world with different laws of nature that likely affect the mechanism for using magic. <S> This is also represented by the strange taste of air and iron in Edolas. <S> They are clearly made of similar or identical materials but are strange tasting in Edolas which shows the earth land mechanism of magic on the fritz. <S> It should be noted that passive magic was still active: immense strength, fire immunity, and enhanced senses. <S> There must be an adjustment of some type to begin controlling magic in Edolas. <S> Xballs likely corrected the flaw in the casting mechanism either chemically or some magic equivalent. <S> The friendly exceeds adjusted within their own minds to the new environment. <S> There was ether nano in Edolas <S> but since there were no high caliber casters to absorb it and transfer the power to lacrima the only magic power the Edolas people could use was magic that had become condensed in the earth naturally. <S> Somewhat similar to fossil fuels(hint hint). <A> Here is an idea: Natsu's home world is overflowing with magic. <S> Maybe flames and more generally every object there has magic inside it from the very beginning. <S> This would explain why, as user30104 mentioned, magicians can collect magic from their surroundings. <S> By his upbringing as a Dragon Slayer, he can eat fire insofar that he directly absorbs all magic left in it. <S> In conclusion, in the almost magicless Edoras, there is no intrinsic magic in any object, yet alone flames, so Natsu couldn't just use fire as free magical batteries there. <S> It should also be noticed that Natsu's power increases a lot during the course of the manga and the little bit of magic that he can gain by eating flames <S> may be enough to beat up some thugs, but not enough for the threads of Edolas and later.

I think that similar to a vacuum the atmosphere in Edolas sucked the magic they had stored out of their origins and any magic he got from eating the fire would be as well and since there is no magic around their origins can't collect magic.

Can mystic Gohan hold his own against Goku Super Saiyan Blue? In the week prior to episode 90th, where Gohan was going to have a training fight against Goku in Super Saiyan Blue, a japanese magazine gave an advancement saying this was going to happen and that mystic Gohan was going to be able to hold his own against Super Saiyan Blue Goku. But in episode 90th what we've seen.. it's Gohan having an even match with Goku in base form. Later Gohan having an even match against Goku in SSJ2. Later a very brief fight between mystic Gohan vs Goku Super Saiyan Blue and finally Goku defeating Gohan using Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken. Therefore, can it be said mystic Gohan can hold his own against Goku Super Saiyan Blue ? is he even or is he weaker? <Q> I think he is probably weaker, if you look closely at the fight when SSB Goku and Ultimate Gohan clash Goku seems to shrug off the two punches Gohan lands, but when a Goku lands one punch on Gohan he is visibly hurt and shaken. <S> I would assume Ultimate form Gohan at this point is 60-70% SSB Goku max since Goku wouldn't hold back after seeing his son like that. <A> The answer would be yes. <S> Holding his own doesn't imply him being able to straight up <S> defeat Goku. <S> Although, it's likely Android 17 might be stronger considering Gohan had to ask Goku to use SSJB while Goku went SSJB on his own against 17. <S> Also the fact that Gohan managed to survive an attack from SSJB Kaioken which is strong enough to easily kill Gohan and destroy him shows that he can clearly hold his own against SSJB. <S> Although, If Goku were to go all out right from the start while using SSJB, Gohan wouldn't stand a chance. <A> An answer for the manga continuity (which is different from the anime continuity) from chapter #39. <S> Mystic Gohan can not only hold his own against Super Saiyan Blue, at that point it's stronger than it. <S> Mystic Gohan is about the same level of Kefla, which is the fusion of Kale and Caulifla, being Kale able to defeat Aniraza and to fight Goku SSB and Golden Freezer at the same time. <S> So since the fusion is "tens of times stronger" than the original fighters according to Wiss's words, Mystic Gohan has to be "tens of times" stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Goku who wasnt stronger than Kale.

I'd say Full power mystic Gohan might be stronger than SSJG Goku and can probably hold his own against SSJB like android 17.

What is the ID or account card in Quan Zhi Gao Shou? In almost every episode of Quan Zhi Gao Shou , you see the players inserting what looks like an ID card into a card reader of some kind. However, it appears it's more of an account card than an ID card. As far as I can tell, it's a Smart Card of some kind. I'm guessing it's a physical token used for account security. I know this anime is based on a game, is it related to how the game is actually played? What is this card? Is it used for person/player identification, or just account authentication? Are card readers like this commonplace in Asia and/or China? Does this card control the account, or do you also have to use the account password? Are these account cards easily accessible, for example at the Asia-equivalent of Walmart? In episode 2 or 3, we see the store owner's friend specially request her to provide an account, possibly indicating that they are hard to come by. <Q> It was common for games in arcades with some sort of progression to have cards to store your progress, like Initial D and <S> Maximum Tune being examples. <S> I also saw some shooter-style arcade games using this principle as well. <S> The usage in Quan Zhi Gao Shou is possibly a creative growth out of the same concept, but using a smart card to access an MMO is not a real-life thing. <S> I have seen smart cards used at LAN cafes for loading of credit/long-term memberships. <S> It's also another place the idea may have come from. <A> I don't really remember if it's shown explicitly in the Chinese cartoon, but in the novel, they do go into the fact that players do sometimes forget to log out in-game and only take their card out, and subsequently get their accounts' items robbed. <S> Also, it's explained in the novels that Glory is so widespread that every single net-cafe in China has a card reader on every PC <S> , it's apparently Glory exclusive. <A> As the setting is pro gamers, the card is actually more like an ID card. <S> It can be seen in the first(?) <S> episode where the MC handed his original account over by simply handing his card over with no password or anything like that. <S> But it's probably an account card associated with the game, as switching accounts seem to work by switching out the card. <S> as seen by how the pro players seem to insert a card to use their alt in some episodes <S> i forgot which tho

The card is supposed to be for authentication purposes, saving data while still being online, as seen when Chen Guo took her card out but didn't log out of the game, so Ye Qiu could use her account to beat that guy at the start of the series.

Does Trunks have god ki already? In the discussions about Dragon Ball Super, it's always been wonder if Trunks got some level of god ki after transforming into "Super Saiyan Rage" , since there's partially a blue aura and some features of the ki are drawed similar to those of a Super Saiyan Blue and not a regular Super Saiyan. Now in the preview of Dragon Ball Super manga 24 it's been revealed that... Trunks became a Kaioshin apprentice and because the hability of healing people just like Kibito did. We know kaioshin have god ki, does a kaioshin apprentice also have some sort of management of god ki, making Trunks able to have some sort of management of god ki already? <Q> Recall how Goku had his Super Saiyan God. <S> Although Trunks is Kaioshin Appr. <S> It does not satisfy your question if he has god ki or not. <S> Having a blue aura before the normal super saiyan aura doesn't mean he got the aura of a god. <S> To make things simple since I'm watching Dragon Ball Super. <S> Goku needs a combination of 5 people who have the blood of Super Saiyan before he had it <S> so I think Trunks also need that too in order to achieve it. <A> I think it's due to exposure from SSJB Goku and Vegeta and SSJR G/Black Godly Ki, being exposed to that ki for so long in fights may have caused Trunks to "absorb" some of it. <S> It's just a matter of being in the right circumstances to nurture and make something of the god ki. <A> I think Trunks does have some God Ki. <S> He was the only one who survived the attack from the androids (yeah, it was with Gohan's training but that doesn't matter) <S> and he was the only one who could kill Fused Zamasu. <S> So, it would make sense that he has some God Ki inside him because how come neither Goku or Vegeta could kill Zamasu in his regular form with SSB (being stronger than SSG since its SSG+SSJ) And somehow, Trunks ends him with the Spirit Bomb Sword. <S> He has to obtain that massive power somehow. <S> And him having God Ki would explain it. <S> Zamasu may be immortal, but, he's not a god. <S> And if his father is ascended pass a SSG, then what says he can't either <S> or at least have the power inside him to do it too?

Similar to Vegeta; he acquired the power of a god by himself, which leads to think that he, alongside the other Saiyans, absorbed some of the god ki while doing the ritual to make Goku a god.

Why did Akagi leave the opportunity to have a better hand in his first game? I have watched just the anime, and even if he didn't know about specific hands, he leaves the chance to gather the bonus tiles and improve his hand, as Nangou remarked. Am I missing something here? Being the genius that he is, should he not have played better? <Q> Because he needs Nangou to cooperate. <S> The cops are literally knockin at the door, looking for him and Nangou <S> doesn't seem too happy to go as far as lying to the police. <S> I don't know how he knew they were coming, but I'm guessing they were rather hot on his heels as he was running in the rain. <S> He needs Nangou to give him an alibi, so he forces his hands. <S> You'll notice that after ignoring the calls, he miraculously has not just Daisangen (big three dragons) , but Suu Ankou Tanki (four concealed triplets, single wait) as well. <S> Well, it's not so much a miracle as him ruthelssly cheating by stealing the tiles from the pools when the others were distracted by the cops. <S> There are a number of ways the way he did this makes it a better plan: He has a better hand to get the point with. <S> The hand is concealed, so nobody knows to be careful with their discards. <S> When (no, it's not even an "if") <S> the yakuza notice that he has chated, the police are still there. <S> They do not want to cause a scene in front of the cops, so they will have to let it go. <S> And most improtantly: <S> The hand is ruinable . <S> This is important to get Nangou to cooperate. <S> Had he called the tiles, he couldn't threat to discard them. <S> To keep the insanely valuable hand, Nangou has to cover for him by lying to the cops. <S> All in all, a nice plan. <A> No he was just bored by the lack of competition. <S> Sometimes you need to understand that true genius needs to be really challenged. <S> Akagi was probably not even considering the clear implications that this was going to have on his future as he was likely more concerned with how Nangou's remarks from before right? <A> It is never really mentioned as to why, so this is mostly speculation. <S> It is very possible Akagi knew or had a gut feeling that the police were closing in, and took the opportunity to use the police to cheat. <S> He might also still have been in a "wait and see" mode, sacrificing a victory in return for the opportunity analyzing the playstyles/patterns of the other players. <S> As for his genius part, he is the type of genius that cannot be comprehended. <S> He does not play "calculated" or "digital" mahjong, but knows how to play his opponents, read the flow of the game, and take hold of pure chance, as you will see later in the series. <S> Also, the narration mentioned how "normal" his initial play was, compared to his genius plays in the future, so you can think of it as him only starting to warm up. <S> That being said, let me explain mahjong a little more. <S> Those tiles aren't "bonus" tiles, just plain dragon tiles. <S> While it is an easy way to get a yaku, stealing a tile also has its demerits, such as the inability to call Reach, reducing the worth of your hand, exposing part of your hand and being marked by the other players. <S> Nangou's tendency to go with the easiest hand illustrates that he is a run-of-the-mill mahjong player, in contrast to Akagi, who has some sort of game plan going in his mind that normal people could never imagine. <S> I do think that most normal players would've stolen that first chun (including me), which means we could never be Akagi.

Perhaps Akagi had a feeling that stealing a tile would not lead to victory.

Did Dragon cause the lightning at Lougetown I watched the anime at least twice but I don't understand. I know Dragon saved Luffy from Smoker but did he save Luffy at the execution stand? Bartholomew said he was stunned when he saw the lightning save Luffy. That makes me think it was Luffy's unexplainable luck, like when Fujitora rolled the dice to pursue Luffy <Q> To answer cannonically, no he did not. <S> is because of his incredibly high luck. <S> The truth is however, given that he series is still in production (and probably will be for some time). <S> We do not have enough data to say true or false. <S> We can only form opinions off of what we do know. <A> I do not know if this is accurate, of course as Kaz suggested only time can tell for sure. <S> I compared the anime and manga and realized a few differences; <S> The Storm Anime messed the timing, they probably were not expecting the "Will of D" at this time. <S> Nami noticed the storm before Luffy was pinned at the execution stand (Chapter 98). <S> In the Anime, Nami noticed the storm after Luffy was pinned (Episode 52). <S> Leading me to consider the storm was either natural or if Dragon was a fruit-eater (only an one-piece fan would understand "fruit-eater") <S> it was unintentional. <S> The Gust <S> It is obvious Dragon saved Luffy from Smoker. <S> Anime makes it look like Dragon caused the Gust which freed Buggy, Alvida and the Mugi-wara <S> (Straw hat) crew (Episode 53). <S> However in the Manga (Chapter 100), the gust seems to have caught even Dragon by surprise. <S> Not-So-Important Detail <S> When Smoker pins Luffy, he tells Luffy that "Luffy's luck has run out" in the Manga (Chapter 100), but Smoker says his own bad luck has ended in the Anime (Episode 53) <S> Therefore I think the lightning which saved Luffy was Coincidental, "Will of D" or "Luck" <A> Monkey D. Dragon is most likely the one who cause the storm <S> , at the time probably just getting near the island or stepping foot on it. <S> Whenever Dragon is shown, the wind is blowing or there is a storm, meaning he probably consumed <S> a mythical zoan devil fruit of which are said to have the ability to control the weather just like sengoku or marco. <S> To further prove this, When smoker found out dragon was luffys father <S> he said “that explains what happened at loguetown” most likely talking about when luffy was saved from execution by a bolt of lightning which sanji called “divine intervention” Dragon is also seen always wearing some kind of robe covering his body probably to protect him from the constant rain or wind <S> Of course this is all a theory but it makes sense if it were true. <S> Or maybe Dragon ate another devil fruit which allows him to control wind, or he was just strong enough to have his presence change the weather like when shanks and whitebeard clashed <S> If his name was meant to be taken literally i wouldnt be suprised if he can transform into a dragon like kaido (a blue dragon, dragons powers are green)

As far as we know Dragon was not involved in that scenario and the reason why he survived To answer speculatingly, There is some suspicion that this luck stems from the fact that he carries the "Will of D" whereas he must be an integral person to change the world.

Can 18 absorb energy? In Dragon Ball Z, androids 19 and 20 can absorb energy. In the other hand, 17 and 18 had an infinite supply of energy. But according to ScrewAttack which uses to make very detailed analysis of superheroes from cartoons, animes, sci-fis, comics and videogames (they made a Goku vs Superman video with almost 40 million views) , 18 can absorb energy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcNvMW4s9a8 . Did I miss something? I dont remember anywhere in DBZ, DBS , the manga or DBGT stated that 18 can absorb energy. Is this idea present in any videogame or something? <Q> So let me preface this by stating that I do subscribe to screw attack <S> and I f <S> ******* LOVE their death battle series and 1 minute melee . <S> (Shang Tsung vs Akuma was my first one). <S> With that being said, they are wrong on more than a couple occasions about certain capabilities because they don't seperate canon/non-canon when they do these battles. <S> Canonically, android 17 and 18 do not have this capability. <S> This is because they are a fundamentally different series of machines designed differently from the others on a core level. <S> I won't spoil what those are but lets just say they are more human than you think . <S> Aside from that in Xenoverse and Xenoverse 2 they did add that skill to their movesets for continuity of the android type characters. <S> Personally, I hate that decision. <S> It was a bad design choice and only adds more to the fact that you can't trust games as cannnon to anime and manga. <S> Fact of the matter is, their analysis is ok given that they did (probably, I haven't watched the newest one yet) cite the games as a resource that they used. <S> But just because it's cited doesn't make it canon. <S> Lastly, I'd like to give a shoutout to Dbzfan's answer for bringing this question into more visibility for me. <S> And include some links 1) <S> https://www.reddit.com/r/CharacterRant/comments/6h9hgy/android_18_can_absorb_energy_even_though_she_is_a/ <S> 2) http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_Absorption <A> No she can not. <S> That is only in the non canon game. <A> As has been said, no, canonically, she can't. <S> But it doesn't matter anyway, as, as TVTropes says: <S> http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/YMMV/DeathBattle <S> Just Here for Godzilla: <S> It should be mentioned that the animation proceeding the research is completely scripted and written well after a winner has been decided based on feats and statistics <S> , basically the animation is just for fun and does not have any impact whatsoever on who actually comes out victorious. <S> Despite this though, the animation will often be the first thing detractors will use as evidence if they disagree with the overall outcome, pointing out flaws or out of character moments to make their point. <S> I'd just listen to the summary post-animation, if you want to argue the point. <S> And that summary doesn't mention Android 18's Energy Absorbtion at all, placing her win on her speed and tactics.

It is a bit of confusion regarding it because it never appeared in any of the anime (I cannot vouch for the manga).

Why does Hayama feel that he is inferior to Hachiman? I have watched the anime and read the light novel as well but I can't understand why he feels that he is inferior? <Q> Well, Hayama has the good looks, friends and stuff, but most of his "friends" would just stop being friends if Hayama isn't "Hayama" anymore; Most of his "friends" would just abandon him, if he were to be attacked by a bear somewhere in a forest. <S> He realizes this after trying to see from Hachiman's point of view, Hachiman's cynical and "real" outlook on 'the youth', society, and life in general doesn't seem too far fetched. <S> or maybe because Hachiman has two girls going after him, while Hayama has a bitch, and a girl that's going to die of blood loss sooner or later. <S> (#TeamYukinon) <A> The reason why Hayato feels inferior toward Hachiman lied in light novel volume 4, "Y". <S> While they are helping Rumi, he used this situation to compete with Hachiman because he thought Hachiman's thought was what made "that person" or "Y" interested in him. <S> So he competed with Hachiman secretly to prove Hachiman's belief is not good enough for that person to focus on Hachiman and to prove his own ideal is right. <S> But the final result in this mission proved Hachiman's belief is right (those girls did anything to survive, even sacrificing each other). <S> So Hayato was defeated for the first time by Hachiman. <S> Actually, he would feel inferior toward Hachiman before the summer camp will start, but this incident made him feel like that clearly for the first time. <S> If you want to know who is "y" and how Hayato hates hachiman, you can read in Yahari Bento!! <S> Wordpress , and if you want to know his story that related with "love triangle", you can explore more by using tag "Hayama Hayato" in this link. <A> The answer proved to be more complex than I originally thought it would be. <S> In short Hayama feels inferior to Hachiman because he was able to do something that Hayama had been trying to for a long time, that is to help Yukinoshita. <S> It would take too long to explain in detail <S> but if anyone is interested they can check out Hayama character analysis at Oregairu analysis <A> The existing answers have an element of truth, but let me just clarify slightly. <S> Why does Hayama Hayato feel inferior to Hachiman? <S> It's actually quite simple: he's a born winner and he hates losing. <S> This can be seen when Hachiman runs together with Hayama and tries to find out what subjects he'll take. <S> Hayama flat out ignores Hachiman and again uses the line <S> " I hate feeling inferior to you, I'll do things my way <S> and I'll win because that's who I am. " <S> Hayama has always won; best at sports, popular, good looks, good academia. <S> However, what happened after the summer camp is the most important tell-tale: Hayama came over to Hachiman with a drink and sat down next to him saying " You were right, I hate to say... <S> However I don't think we could have been friends in school. <S> " <S> Why is the question? <S> Well, Hachiman proved Hayama's attitude towards people is wrong. <S> Hayama believes in the good in people and believed that if he tried to do what Hachiman wanted to "destroy the children's relationships so they all hate each other", then the plan would fail and the kids would all help each other. <S> Sadly, they didn't (well Rumi did but the other kids didn't). <S> Instead, they're throwing each other to the lions and trying to save themselves. <S> Hachiman proved him wrong and won, Hayama acknowledged that but hates it. <S> It's well known Hayama loves Haruno. <S> However, Haruno doesn't feel the same way due to her caring attitude towards Yukino. <S> They were all in the same school. <S> However, we know Yukino got bullied, Hayama refused to help her, and Haruno resents him for that <S> (and therefore will never love Hayama in the same way). <S> Hachiman did what he could never do: helped Yukino when she needed it. <S> By taking on all the work (which an overworked Yukino was unable to do) he made the festival a success and Yukino applauded his work (which Hayama hated). <S> So <S> yeah, it's two fold: <S> He can't stand to lose in particular when his own attitude towards people is shown to be false and Hachiman's pessimistic attitude is more often right then not. <S> He resents Hachiman because he's unable to get close to Haruno due to her resentment over Yukino, whereas Yukino openly applauded Hachiman and accepted him into her fold which Hayama failed to do.

Hayama being the "good guy" tried to "associate" better with Hachiman because he "pities" him, but then realizes that most of Hachiman's world views are painfully accurate; and that his way of thinking isn't totally wrong either, and that is what makes Hayama think he is inferior to 8man.

Why doesn't Sasuke use Shadow clones? In one episode, when young Naruto and Sasuke were to fight each other in a duel guided by Iruka Sensei, Sasuke was able to create his shadow clone easily. Also, according to How Itachi was able to use Shadow clone? , Shadow clone Jutsu is not imposed by any bloodline limits. So why does Sasuke did not use this useful technique in any of his fights? And why neither of Naruto's friends from Team 11 seems to interest in learning this jutsu? Naruto has showcased in his most fights that Shadow clone jutsu can be very useful. Sure many Ninja must have felt intrigued to learn it? <Q> Can Sasuke use the Shadow Clone Justu? <S> Sure he can! <S> However, he chooses not to because he does not want to associate himself with using Naruto's signature justu, which he sees as Naruto's weakness and coping method to his loneliness. <S> Shadow Clone Technique Trivia <S> Due to Naruto's extensive usage of this technique, Sasuke sees it as a symbolic way for Naruto to avoid loneliness <S> This is referencing the manga, Chapter 696 <S> In addition, there is a scene in the anime (which I can't vouch for being in the manga or not) during Sasuke's training where Orochimaru has him slay 1,000 un-named ninjas . <S> Sasuke sees himself strong enough to not even need the help of Shadow Clones <A> I think it is due to the part of shadow clone training that kinda gets forgotten with the knowledge transfer. <S> I'm talking about how not only do you get the knowledge of the clone when it disperses, but you also get the clones fatigue. <S> Sure you can make 9 clones and train for 1 hour then disperse them and get the knowledge benefit of training for 10 hours, but you also get the sudden fatigue of doing 10 hours worth of work in under 1 hour. <S> Naruto has extremely fast healing and a lot of stamina/chakra due to Kurama and his own natural ability (son of Minato and reincarnation of Ashura), but even he passed out from having too many clones just cutting 1 leaf in their hand then disperse ( Shippuden ep. 73). <S> Due to the fatigue transfer, I think Sasuke may have been worried that it would affect the lifespan of his eyes before he got the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. <S> With Kakashi, he just uses so many chakra techniques and would copy techniques on the fly, so it was almost always a better move to keep his chakra pool as large as possible to be able to use whatever technique he would need, and he doesn't have the chakra or stamina of either adult Sasuke or Naruto. <A> The Shadow Clone technique is useful for distracting opponents, but as a downside it divides chakra amongst the clones. <S> Naruto is a ninja who attacks without a concrete plan, so the technique helps him in his foolishness. <S> Sasuke, on the other hand, thinks before fighting, and doesn't have the chakra reserve that Naruto has (provided by Kurama). <S> So, my guess is more chakra related.

Afterward, I think he just felt he didn't need the technique, plus he associated it with Naruto and his fear of loneliness.

Could one make a Devil Fruit eat another one? We saw deers, guns and swords that have Devil Fruit powers. Would it be possible (with Vegapunks help) for a DF to eat a DF? Would it explode like if someone ate two DFs? If not, one could try to eat that DF to get both powers (And should explode). If it is possible, it is worth thinking about whether or not the resulting DF has it's own powers too. E.g. take a fox Zoan, feat it to the fire fruit (no offence to neither Ace nor Sabo here) and create a "Firefox". <Q> Well, since both Vegapunk and Ceasar are doing weird experiments on DFs, i think that could happen one day <S> and we can be sure they are working on it. <S> However, we can't know if they will successfully fuse two DFs as it will be decided in the future by the scenario. <S> Only Oda knows. <S> Hope that helped. <A> Now I am not absolutely sure about this, but eating two Devil Fruits by a normal person leads to the person's death. <S> Since the way they get created is as follows: [taken from the One Piece wiki] <S> When a Devil Fruit user dies, their ability is reborn into another Fruit of the same kind. <S> Instead of growing from a plant, the ability simply regenerates inside another existing Fruit, as seen when Smiley "died" and the Sara Sara <S> no Mi, Model: Axolotl transplanted itself into a nearby apple. <S> However, as demonstrated by Charlotte Linlin, if a Devil Fruit user was literally eaten alive then the eater would straightforwardly gain the ability. <S> Another characteristic of a Devil Fruit's growth is that the stem becomes noticeably curlier than it was when the Fruit was not endowed with the ability. <S> In the anime, it was also shown to change its color. <S> What we could now possibly look forward to is the case of Teach, "Kurohige", since he is the only person alive to have two Devil Fruits. <S> When he dies it would be interesting to see whether the powers he has go into one Fruit or two separate Fruits. <S> Also the other cases wherein this could be possible is by Vegapunk's experiments <S> since he successfully manufactured an artificial Fruit, maybe he could go on to create one which eats other Fruits, so it would be a mixture of artificial-natural Devil Fruit. <S> Ultimately, it does lie in Oda's hands and the answer can only be speculated on. <A> I could imagine that this is how blackbeard got whitebeards power. <S> He lets his devil fruits power suck up the devilfruit created by whitebeards death <S> so he inderectly has controll over both dfs

Natural Devil Fruits in my opinion may not be able to do what you said.

What is the Liquor tax law in Japan? When in the beginning of Kimi no na wa, Yotsuha asks Mitsuha to sell the sake they made in the festival and advertise it as Shrine Maiden sake and use the money to go to Tokyo, Mitsuha refuses saying that it breaks the Liquor Tax Law (or that's what the subtitles said). What exactly is the Liquor Tax Law and how are they breaking it? <Q> The Ministry of Justice does not presently have a translated version of this law (possibly because they haven't made translations as far back as 1953), but if it did, it would be located here . <S> In an article (in Japanese) about this specific scene, a lawyer ( NISHIGUCHI Ryuuji ) is asked about the legality of selling kuchikamizake . <S> I have translated a part of the article: <S> According to Mr. Nishiguchi: "Beverages with an alcohol content of more than 1% ABV are deemed 'alcoholic'. <S> "To produce alcoholic beverages, one must obtain a license from the director of the tax office within whose jurisdiction the production site falls. <S> "Article 54, Paragraph 1 of the Liquor Tax Act states: 'any person who produces an alcoholic beverage, yeast starter, or fermenting mash is subject to imprisonment with required labor for not more than 10 years, or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen'. <S> "If one were to produce kuchikamizake with an ethanol content of greater than 1%, it is possible that one would be subject to criminal penalties." <S> It appears that you can produce anything with an alcohol content of 1% or less without running afoul of the Liquor Tax Law. <S> But some people produce umeshu [plum wine] in their homes. <S> Wouldn't they be deemed to have produced an alcoholic beverage? <S> "There are exceptions. <S> "If you make homemade umeshu by adding ume <S> [Japanese plum] to shochu , you are indeed deemed to have 'commingled' the alcoholic beverage with other substances and have 'produced' a new alcoholic beverage. <S> "However, consumers who prepare these beverages for their own personal consumption are deemed not to have 'produced' the beverage for the purposes of the Liquor Tax Law (Article 7; Article 43, Paragraph 11). <S> "That said, the production of kuchikamizake by fermenting rice would not be protected under this exception." <A> I believe the Liquor Tax Law is more about importations so it may be a bit of topic or maybe a subtitle weakness. <S> However, in Japan and also in many other countries, it is strictly prohibited to make and sell alcohols that exceed a certain degree. <S> Furthermore, the alcohol market is anyway strongly kept into government control. <S> Then, it is possible their homemade sake's alcohol degree exceed the limit fixed by the law. <S> Here you will find a decree about the japanese Liquor Tax Law. <S> Hope that helped. <A> Bear in mind that Mitsuha is a 17-year-old from a small, rural village, who has never held a job, unless you count being a miko . <S> Her life has been quite sheltered, and I very much doubt that she is conversant with the details of the Liquor Tax Law. <S> She is clearly very embarrassed by Yotsuha’s suggestion, and I think she probably just said that to get Yotsuha to shut up about it. <S> And because it’s funny, of course.

Producing alcoholic beverages without a license is a violation of the Liquor Tax Act. The specific law that Mitsuha mentions is called the 酒税法【しゅぜいほう】 ( shuzeihou ) in Japanese.

What happened to Kurama? So it's been a couple of years since Naruto ended, and I don't think the author answered this question/mystery within the Narutoverse: Isn't a Bijuu supposed to die after the host's death? How exactly did Minato have 50% left within him, and why did this chakra not return to Naruto? If this was answered in some interview or solved, could you direct me to them? This could be counted as plotholes or something that was left to reader's discretion by Kishimoto-sensei. <Q> When Minato used the Reaper Death (Dead Demon Consuming) <S> Seal he essentially split Kurama into two parts: <S> Yang Kurama Yin Kurama <S> Each half Kurama have their own conscience, making them two separate entities. <S> Later, when Naruto and Minato bumped fists, Yin and Yang-Kurama came in contact with each other, with Yang-Kurama greeting its other half casually and asking it to share its chakra, which led Yin-Kurama to note that asking itself for chakra was an odd situation <S> The reason for separating the charka was because an infant would not be able to withstand the power of Kurama if he had contained both sides of his chakra. <S> Furthermore, Minato, knowing the consequence of performing <S> the Reaper Death (Dead Demon Consuming) Seal , seals Yin Kurama within himself. <S> When Minato uses it, he seals only the Nine-Tails' yin chakra, leaving its yang chakra alone; this sealing of its yin chakra into himself makes him its jinchūriki. <S> The consequence? <S> Death.... kind of. <S> For a few moments afterwards the summoner can continue moving and speaking, allowing them to finish any lingering business they may have. <S> Shortly afterwards the Shinigami will consume their soul and the soul of their target(s), ending their life. <S> The souls of those trapped within the Shinigami's stomach cannot enter the Pure Land and are destined to fight with their victims for all eternity With Kurama being split into two separate entities, one half was trapped within Minato while the other half lived on and was sealed within Naruto. <S> Because the souls are trapped within the Shinigami's stomach, destined to fight each other, this also explains why Minato is able to use Nine Tails Chakra Mode . <A> The other answers are good, but they don't really point out the main reason why Yin Kurama did not reincarnate. <S> The Reaper Death Seal, or Dead Demon Consuming Seal is a special kind of seal. <S> It not only kills you, but your soul is sealed inside the Reapers Stomach. <S> By doing so, you are cut off from the Pure land. <S> From the entry on Bijuu <S> In addition, if a large portion of a tailed beast's chakra is separated from it, that chakra becomes a separate, sentient copy of the tailed beast. <S> This is the 2 bits of most important information here. <S> First, Kurama was split in half, and the Yin half was sealed in Minato. <S> This half was then taken into the Reapers Stomach, where it was sealed. <S> Now, as noted, they can not die. <S> So why didn't the Yin half revive? <S> Simple, Because they don't actually revive. <S> As noted in the quote, their Chakra once dispersed due to death of some kind, will coalesce, giving them form again. <S> However, the half sealed in Minato's soul was taken into the Reapers Stomach, and there it was sealed. <S> There is no way for it to escape, and so it cant merge back with Yang Kurama, nor can it coalesce into its own half. <S> Bijuu can not easily escape from their Jinchuriki, and the Reaper Death seal is like an incredibly powerful version of that. <S> so Tl;DR, Bijuu don't die, ever. <S> They just disperse and coalesce. <S> However, Yin Kurama was sealed into the Reapers Stomach, and not only could not escape, but didn't even disperse in the first place. <A> During the Nine-Tails attack, Minato divided Kurama's chakra into two parts. <S> Reason is that Kurama has a huge amount of chakra that couldn't be sealed inside baby Naruto . <S> So Minato used the Reaper Death Seal to seal one half of the chakra inside him as there was nowhere else to seal Kurama, and not sealing the other half will create further problems (like more destruction to the village). <S> Now in case of Reaper Death Seal, the soul is trapped inside the belly of the death god, so nothing can escape it. <S> When Orochimaru released the trapped souls, everyone came out. <S> I think this is why Kabuto never reanimated any of the hokages. <S> And as Kurama was trapped inside Minato, so that chakra never escaped.

Since Kurama's chakra was too immense to be sealed within an infant like Naruto, Minato first used the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to separate and seal its Yin half within himself and then prepared the Eight Trigrams Seal to imprison the Yang half within Naruto Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot actually be killed; if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-coalesce in time.

What is the relationship between Subaru and Rem after he confesses his feeling in episode 25? After the end of episode 25, Subaru confesses his feeling for Emilia. So, are Subaru and Rem just friends now? Or does Rem or Subaru have any feeling for the other? <Q> On the re:zero wiki description of the episode 18 , it is said : Listening on, Rem listed on the reasons why she loves him . <S> From the way he brushed her hair, held her hand, and walked together, she gently continued the daily things about him that she adored. <S> As Subaru asked why, Rem told him that listening to him say he hated himself <S> made her want to tell him all of the wonderful things she knows about him. <S> Subaru retorted back that his behavior was phony, as he knows himself best. <S> Finally raising her voice, Rem retorted tearfully that if all he understood was himself, then he knows nothing about how she views him. <S> To her, he is a hero who saved her by saying the words that melted her frozen heart and allowed her to move on from her past. <S> With the acknowledgement that someone else believes in him and is willing to support him, Subaru slowly regained his resolve. <S> In the process, Subaru confessed that he loves Emilia, with his goal being able to see her smile. <S> Rem joked that it was cruel of him to ask of this from a girl he just rejected. <S> So it is clearly stated that Rem loves Subaru and that Subaru rejected Rem as he loves Emilia, but they are still friends. <A> If you consider just the anime then they can be classified as just friends but it's actually more complicated than that. <S> Minor web novel spoilers ahead: <S> In the web novel we see that Subaru holds both Rem as well as Emilia in his heart and as far as how the love interest will be handled I haven't gotten that ahead in the novel yet. <S> In the arc immediately following the end of anime Subaru clearly states that he loves both Emilia as well as Rem in multiple instances. <A> Episode 21 kinda hints that there's still feelings between the two when you see their little moment they share at the end of the episode and Subaru asking Rem to stay by his side even though he said he loved Emilia. <S> Not to mention that he tells Crusch that he already has a #1 and #2 in his heart with the second spot obviously being for Rem, showing that he views Rem as more than just a friend to him (in the light novel <S> , Rem fakes her death to trick Subaru into confessing his true feelings for her) <S> The light novel makes it more obvious that they have feelings for each other and Arc's 4-6 take place after the events of the anime. <S> Subaru actually admits to having feelings for both Emilia and Rem and agrees to make Rem his second wife under the condition that Emilia agrees to it. <A> In the episode when Subaru comes back to life, before the confession, after he refers to "my beautiful Rem", I understand that Emilia was the first girl he met, but I know based on watching the episode that he loves Emilia a little more than Rem, and if he'd never made that promise to Emilia, he would have probably picked Rem.

Obviously Subaru loves Emilia, but that doesn't mean he don't like Rem.

Why is Todoroki scalded when his mother throws hot water on him? It's clear that Todoroki left side is burnt but isn't it also his flame side. If he is able to tolerate the high temperature he himself generates from his own flames shouldn't he also have been able to withstand the burn when his mother throws hot water on his face? <Q> I don't think Todoroki necessarily is impervious to heat. <S> Midoriya notices when they fight that Todoroki's use of his cold power is limited to how much cold he himself can stand, and that if he would not refuse to use his heat powers he would be able to remove this limit. <S> So if he's not immune to the cold he may not be immune to heat. <S> However, his father does have the flaming facial hair which doesn't seem to bother him. <S> I think it's most likely that he's immune to the flames and the ice that he creates <S> but when he uses it too much or is affected by something in the environment he's affected normally. <A> Well he maybe wasn't trained t activate his ability <S> yet andhe does still get cold and freezes even though he's part cold <A> But I don't think we'll ever really know why. <A> After finally getting to watch more of the anime, I've thought of an interesting theory for this. <S> Seeing as Todoroki accepts his ice side much more than his fire side, maybe he was working to empower his ice far greater than his fire. <S> With the training leaning more to his ice, his fire and heat resistance might not have been that strong at the time, growing stronger over the years... <A> It's basic knowledge not to put ice over the wound as it will make it worse and will create a frost burn scar. <S> If his mother didn't use her quirk, Todoroki would've been fine and wouldn't have a scar as he can easily go through extremely high temperature (on his left) and low temperature (on his right).

Todoroki's scar is a frost burn because her mother poured boiling water over him and in panic used her quirk on him to 'easen' the pain, but it actually made it worse. It could have to do with the fact that he was still quite young and probably hadn't worked on his quirk for a long period of time and even if his body was able to withstand the heat from his own flames, the boiling water would of probably been extremely hot to of left a burn of that degree on anyone's face.

Can a user be hurt by his own chakra? In the Naruto world, is it possible to get hurt directly by your own chakra? For example, Naruto's rasengan is a manifestation of his chakra, so is Sasuke's chidori and Itachi's fire style jutsus. If Naruto were to accidentally hit himself with his own rasengan, would it affect him the same way it would if he used it on someone else? Because it's his own chakra, would his body just absorb it? Same goes for Sasuke's lightning blade and first style jutsus. If Itachi blew a fireball into the wind and it came back and hit him, would he be hurt by it? <Q> In the Fourth Shinobi War, we discover that you can get hurt by your own chakra. <S> The best example is Naruto versus the Third Raikage. <A> To strike a finer point on this, one can be hurt by their own moulded or effectively weaponized chakra. <S> It isn't the case that we've seen unmoulded or non-weaponized chakra harm the originator. <S> It's important to note <S> that chakra wasn't initially weaponized. <S> Ninshu , the precursor to ninjitsu, was originally meant to spread energies and thoughts between others, and to allow people to live in relative peace. <S> As an example, Naruto's Rasenshuriken <S> when used as a normal Rasengan actively damaged his body to the point that Tsunade wished it classified as a forbidden jutsu to prevent irreparable damage to him. <S> Another instance would be fully opening all Eight Gates. <S> In this context the chakra is being expelled from one's body to the degree that it is taking significant physical damage. <S> Might Guy opened all eight, and due to that fact (and the fact that normally one would die from that, but he was saved by Naruto) <S> , he's wheelchair bound and unable to be a ninja. <S> Lesser damage has been incurred by Rock Lee when he's opened up fewer gates, and has ended up in the hospital due to its side effects <S> *. <S> The main effects of using the Eight Gates would also be damage to one's bones, but those are a direct result of taijutsu, and not necessarily the chakra. <A> When Tsunade challenges Naruto to master the Rasengan in part 1, Naruto's hands are severely injured.... <S> that's one of many examples of self chakra injury. <S> Also are we forgetting the fact that Itachi used his own crow Kotoamatsukami to place genjutsu on himself when he was in Edo Tensei? <S> So not only physical but mental as well.

Any form of physical chakra can damage anyone, even the one who produced it.

At what point does Naruto surpass Kakashi? When I see lists where they rank most powerful shinobi in Naruto, they generally rank Naruto near the top (usually 1 or 2). These lists generally don't even have Kakashi in the top 25, yet Kakashi is a Jounin, whereas Naruto has NEVER even been able to become a Chunin! So at what point in the show is it that Naruto surpasses Kakashi? <Q> This is highly opinion based question. <S> The lists you might be referring to are mostly personal rankings by individuals who are using bias/potential to rank individual Ninjas. <S> For Example, Ina-Shika-Cho may be great in a team, but lose out individually. <S> However, I'll try to answer the question based on canon information only. <S> Naruto surpassed Kakashi in terms of Raw Strength and power as a Ninja, when he mastered the Wind Style: <S> Rasenshuriken. <S> This is proven by the fact that he defeats a Ninja Kakashi had trouble with in his 2nd attack and pretty much one shots him. <S> This was an achievement that showcases Naruto's persistence and talent as a Ninja, creating a move that both his Father and Sensei (Kakashi, Jiraiya) couldn't do. <S> He had been moving up the chain for several instances (like defeating Itachi duplicate), but this is the most clear demarkation of his prowess is beating Kakazu 1v1 with his Rasenshuriken. <S> This is further proven by the fact that Kakashi himself said it wondering if Naruto had surpassed him. . <S> Later also Kakashi admits to Naruto, that he might be even stronger than him now. <S> Finally, The moment where everyone acknowledges Naruto's strength and talent is clearly beating Pain. <S> Jiraiya and Kakashi died fighting Pain, while Naruto was able to beat him soundly. <S> This moment, leaves no premise for confusion. <S> So somewhere between Kakuzu and Pain Naruto had surpassed Kakashi! <A> His genin status is only a rank. <S> You're forgetting that Naruto trained for Jiraiya for three years and missed all the chunin exams in between. <S> If you really want to argue about Kakashi's Kamui and his Mangekyou Sharingan that he somehow found out about it in Shippuden Naruto is still stronger. <S> His chakra reserves aren't insane. <A> Yes, Kakashi is a jounin, and yes Naruto didn't make it in the chuunin exam. <S> But you have to remember that these ninja ranks aren't based on power or strength, but on discipline, tactical skill, and most importantly: taking the exams . <S> After the chuunin exams in the beginning of the story, Naruto leaves the village and was never able to take another exam. <S> After he grows up and comes back to the village, everybody (his schoolmates) is a chuunin and Neji is already a jounin. <S> He just didn't take the exams. <S> I'm pretty sure he was disciplined and trained enough to make it to jounin Kakashi might be a genius tactician and skilled in everything ninjutsu, genjutsu and taijutsu <S> BUT he has the chakra content of a small puppy, as seen here , so in the general rank of power, he can't make it very far. <S> But that's about it, actually. <S> His lack of chakra is his great downfall. <S> I would actually argue that Naruto surpassed Kakashi right about the beginning of Shippuden. <S> Now, Naruto didn't have control over kyuubi then yet, nor did he have sage mode then <S> BUT STILL, if he could dodge few raikiris (I remember this number being three, but couldn't find sources) that kakashi is able to produce, he could beat him. <S> At that time, it would be the battle of Naruto's life, but two chakra tails from Kyuubi would probably be able to handle that. <S> If you think that that's too early, go forward a few episodes (40 to 43) and you have Naruto almost killing Orochimaru, that is reportedly stronger than Kakashi.

Naruto surpasses kakashi by the pain arc after Naruto learns senjutsu.

What does "gal" mean in Hajimete no Gal and/or Japanese culture? In the anime Hajimete no Gal (aka My First Girlfriend is a Gal) , it's made abundantly clear in the first episode that "gal" is not just another feminine pronoun. Based on the 2 "gals" in the show, and compared to the other girls in the show, it seems there's a marked difference in style, personality, and appearance to be labeled a "gal". What is a "gal" in anime or Japanese culture? <Q> "Gal" is the English transliteration for gyaru , which is a fashion trend in Japanese culture. <S> This fashion trend includes things like: <S> Tanning <S> /darkening the skin <S> Wearing lots of shiny makeup (traditional Japanese culture is very modest with makeup) <S> Wearing lots of jewelry and has lots of accessories (fake nails, excessive nail/toe polish) <A> Can't comment yet <S> so I'll add an answer. <S> ギャル ( gyaru ) is actually the way they imported the English word "girl". <S> Then they imported the English slang "gal" on top of that as a back- <S> Romaji -ized name for the current fashion. <S> (In addition to what Makoto said.) <S> If you can read the Japanese, here's a dictionary entry, but it doesn't help much: https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/en/ギャル/m0u/ <S> Here's a wikipedia entry: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ギャル <S> And here it is in English: <S> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru <S> The Japanese is more complete and more interesting, of course. <A> There is also a bit of a deeper meaning and as to why this trend came about. <S> It goes way back to the World War 2 and a bit before. <S> After occupation to make money, girls would well prostitute themselves, so a tanned girl was also a sign that they were out on the corner a lot. <S> In the rebellion days of youth, in the 80s, it was a way to rebel in Asia, so it became a popular trend. <S> This is why you also get that "gals" are sluts or whores. <S> In the west though, tanning became a positive thing while in the east it became a negative thing. <S> Also why in the anime and the manga of Hajimete <S> no Gal , the ex calls her a "slut". <S> Also, Hajimete no Gal directly translates to "first time gal".

Effectively, the "gals" in My First Girlfriend is a Gal are following the gyaru fashion trend.

Can I play Persona 5 without playing the previous games? I'm new to the Persona series, so I wanted to know if the Persona video games have any relationship to the previous games. I went to other sites but they didn't give me a clear answer. Can I play Persona 5 without playing the previous games? <Q> Yes, you can! <S> Although Persona is a franchise, the games do not depend on each other being totally independent. <S> This is because even if all games in the franchise have the same essence, each game has a way of addressing this different essence based on its theme. <S> Already in the introduction, the game already explains everything you need to know about the basics of Shin Megami Tensei and how it will affect the functioning of Persona 5 . <S> Note <S> : My boyfriend is playing Persona 5 without having played the other games and is not having the slightest difficulty to understand the story. <A> As usual in any long-running series, some easter eggs and cameos for the fans, but the core story should be fully enjoyable by itself. <S> It would be different if you asked for something like Persona 4 and Persona 4: <S> Arena or Persona 4: Dancing All Night , as they are "in the same numeric entry" so those spin-off games take on the main Persona 4 story, and thus if you didn't play it, you will feel that you are missing a lot of information, but as pure numeric entries, just fine. <A> Having checked the Persona 5 synopsis in Wikipedia and having played Persona 4 , the answer to your question would be, "yes, it is safe to play Persona 5 without having played the previous installments of the game". <S> The reasons for that is there are these differences between the 2 games. <S> Protagonist and characters MC in Persona 4 is white-haired. <S> The first person to join the team was the son of a department store owner, followed by a tomboy. <S> Persona 5 MC is black-haired. <S> Place setting Persona 5 was set in Tokyo. <S> Persona 4 was in a small remote town. <S> Story Persona 4 starts with a mysterious murder that happened during a foggy day and has to do with a TV channel that can only be accessed during certain midnights. <S> So, with at least those 3 reasons stated above, you can be sure that it is safe to play Persona 5 without playing the previous installments beforehand. <S> Treat Persona series like the Final Fantasy series. <S> Every title is its own game, although they do sometimes make references on its previous installment, such as recurring summons, monsters, equipment, names, etc.

I didn't play Persona 5 (yet), but I saw a friend's play for quite a stretch of the story so don't take my answer as 100% accurate, but every numeric entry in Persona are independent one from another.

Doesn't Female Titan and Beast Titan have the Coordinate ability? It seems like most titans have the Coordinate ability. Beast Titan was directly telling other titans what to do. Female was calling and leading them. Whats the difference in Eren's Coordinate ability? They look the same to me. Or is it the same power like regeneration but only some titans have it? <Q> TL;DR (or avoiding spoilers) <S> The Beast Titan and Female Titan have shown some control over the titans, but they have limitations and do not provide they same control over the Titans as The Coordinate does. <S> Titans submit to the will of the user with The Coordinate. <S> The Beast Titan requires verbal commands and the Female Titan can only attract through her screams Beast Titan <S> Zeke's Beast Titan is able to exercise some control over mindless Titans through a scream-based ability. <S> Through vocal commands, the Beast Titan is able to direct the actions of mindless Titans and can command them to refrain from eating humans and stay in place if necessary. <S> Titans under Zeke's control are even able to function using only moonlight without falling into fatigue. <S> However, this ability is evidently imperfect in comparison to the Founding Titan. <S> Titans under the control of the Beast Titan either seem to be capable of ignoring orders or occasionally do not receive or comprehend orders given. <S> Furthermore, Titans under the Beast Titan's control cannot act upon the unspoken will of the Beast's user, unlike the Founding Titan, and must be given some sort of direct verbal signal before taking action. <S> Female Titan <S> It has been theorized that this ability was used by Annie Leonhart to gather all the Titans on the island of Paradis to the Walls during the fall of Wall Maria. <S> The Coordinate <S> The Founding Titan, also translated as Progenitor Titan) is the first of the Nine Titans, granting its user the unique ability to control the actions of the Titans, modify the memories of others in the majority bloodline of the Walls, and inherit the memories of those who previously possessed the ability. <S> It is commonly known to the Marley military as the "Coordinate", the point where the "paths" of all the subjects of Ymir, including Titans, converge <A> No, the Female titan and Beast titan do not have the coordinate ability. <S> The major difference is that Eren can fully control a titan, he can do everything that the Female and Beast titans do, but more exact. <S> The Beast and Female titans can guide and take a general control as if telling them what to do like a parent to a child. <S> It is pointed out in the manga that Zeke Yeager's ability is special to him and he is the only Beast titan to have it. <S> The reason for Zeke's advanced ability is his blood, he is directly related to the original titan, as for Annie, it is believed that she is also directly related, but it isn't yet proven. <A> Wrong. <S> So it has been stated that for the Beast Titan, he has a spinal fluid that if entered into a Subject of Ymir, he can guide and control those specific ones, even making them transform to pure titans (as how it was shown during season 3 part 2 in the battle of shiganshina. <S> The beast titan shows up and many others are shown to transform and you see titans under his guidance. <S> As for the Female Titan, either she has that ability to call SOME titans when screaming OR <S> it was because the Beast Titan was around there and heard the scream, thus aided Annie at the time.

Like the Founding Titan and the Beast Titan, the Female Titan is able to exercise some influence over mindless Titans through a scream-based ability; it possesses the ability to attract mindless Titans over long distances.

Shouldn't Pain's head have melted off during the fight with Naruto as 9-tails? When Naruto and Pains were fighting, Naruto turned into Naruto's six-tailed version 2 form and he held Pain's head. As we saw with Orochimaru's fight, his snake melted off when he touched Naruto. Why didn't he at least get a burn? <Q> That's probably just because Pain needed to appear stronger than Orochimaru, but we can try to make it work. <S> First we should note that it wasn't Orochimaru's body that touched Naruto, but his snake. <S> Which we can try to understand as being a product of some jutsu, not just a flesh-and-bone snake. <S> Orochimaru could just be so good at chakra shape transformation that he could give an actual physical appearance to his chakra, and not just a generic shape like in most jutsu, and the plot does give him this level of talent. <S> Now, with Pain, we know that the Rinnegan has some very strong chakra absortion and manipulation techniques, and the fact that the bodies weren't really alive, but rather being controlled remotely, could reduce the "rotting" and "melting" effect, after all, Naruto is touching dirt, grass and rocks and none of those are melting on contact. <A> Although it isn't stated exactly why the 9 tails chakra didn't affect Pain. <S> I have 2 possible reasons. <S> The first would be because of the Rinnengan. <S> We both Know that all the Deva paths of Pain had been defeated before Naruto entered the tailed beast versions <S> (So Nagato could use the abilities of all the other 6 paths) . <S> Due to that, Nagato was able to focus more on his fight with Naruto and when Naruto held his head, he probably absorbed some of the chakra using the absorption path of the rinnengan. <S> Another reason could be because of the exact state of the tailed beast chakra. <S> When Naruto was fighting Orochimaru, he was in the 4 tailed chakra cloak but while he was fighting Pain, he started at the 5 tails and past that point, the chakra is cloaked in skeleton and skin. <S> it could be that past the 5 tails, the chakra becomes more coated and the person gets closer to appearing like the actual Jinchuuriki. <S> So Pain Probably didn't get in contact with as much pure chakra as Orochimaru did. <S> Hope that helped in a way. <A> The reason is because orochimaru had infused himself with other's blood, making him basically a patchwork of chakra. <S> When naruto grabbed him he melted the bonds between the chakras.

Pain had a chakra that can from several points on his body (the metal rods), and thus by grabbing a part, naruto could not destroy the chakra there, since it was still flowing in.

What is the point of Jason asking Kaneki to count backwards by 1000-7? What is the point of asking Kaneki the question 1000-7 at several points during his torture? Is there some character development behind the reason hid did that? Or is it a known method of torture? <Q> 2 reasons: <S> First one being so that Kaneki doesn't go insane <S> To keep him mentally aware so that he constantly feels pain instead of trying to ignore it. <S> Source: Chapter 61 page 9 :) <A> This is a method of real life torture said to be used in combination with strong drugs. <S> Note, some of these things might be considered brutal, graphic to some viewers. <S> So discretion is advised See for example the Edgewood arsenal human experimentations or this podcast <S> They go quite in-depth on how this is useful in torture, and what the side effects are. <A> I haven't been able to locate the source, but Kaneki said it was to make sure he didn't go insane, and Jason developed that from his torturer.

By keeping him mentally engaged it prevents Kaneki from ignoring the constant pain cycle (although he later goes on to say that it helped him keep his mind on something else besides the pain - linking back to bullet 1, keeping him sane)

If Nagato has both of Madara's Rinnegan, how did Madara still have one Sharingan when he met Obito for the first time? I agree with the fact that even after using the Izanagi Madara's other eye got revived after activating the Rinnegan. But when he met Obito for the first time, he had one Sharingan on the left eye. How can this be? He implanted both of his eyes onto Nagato, so where did that Sharingan come from? Though only one eye of Nagato is always exposed I noticed he actually has Rinnegan on both eyes. <Q> I'm confused, I thought Madara told Obito to implant his Rinnegan (both of them) into Nagato's eyes after his death. <S> I'm not sure if Madara did it himself, but if that's the case, it could be he implanted later a Sharingan eye (it could be two) on him if he possessed them (which is possible that he possessed other Sharingans, like the case of <S> when Obito used Izanagi on his left eye against Konan, it wasn't his). <S> But I insist on my first opinion and let me tell you why. <S> In the fourth Shinobi War, when Edo Tensei Madara used Rinne Tensei on Obito to revive himself (Rinne Tensei is a Rinnegan technique that allows the user of the Rinnegan to revive another one in exchange for his life, this is the technique that Madara wanted to be revived with in the first place, Madara said it to Obito before he died, said it again when he was revived with the Edo Tensei that he should be revived with the Rinne Tensei, and even Obito said it to Konan while battling her that Nagato's body was ment later to revive him in case he died) <S> so when he did the technique, Madara was revived (came back to life literaly) and his eyes started to somehow vanish until they are gone, which makes sense, he was revived means that he will come back as he was like when he died, and he died with no eyes so he was revived with no eyes and started to get the originals back (because the ones that vanished were fake, an Edo Tensei Rinnegan, when he got his original right Rinnegan, a Bijuu monster said that this is an original Rinnegan and not a fake one like he had before). <S> Returning to my first point, I think it's obvious that Madara died with no eyes at all, and therefor Obito is the one who implanted the Rinnegan (both of them) in Nagato's body. <S> Your answer isn't here yet, this is just for clarifying things, your real answer is that you are mistaken in the timeline because when Nagato had the Rinnegan, Madara was already dead and Obito already did the job. <A> You can see all this in episode 344. <A> Obviously that Sharingan that Madara have when he save obito, do not belong to him. <S> Maybe when Madara activated the rinnengan, he infiltrated the leaf village and killed some uchiha to steal a sharingan. <S> After returning to his den, he takes off both rinnegan and gives them to black or white zetsu to be implanted in nagato and Madara implanted himself that Sharingan. <S> Zetsu can penetrate any wall so is easy to Zetsu to infiltrate in any where.

Madara gave his both Rinnegan eyes to Nagato, and he implanted later a Sharingan eye after it in the left side (not two but just one, he said it to Obito when he met him, and he didn't say where or from who he got it, he even tells Obito to take his right Sharingan eye and transplant it in him if he gonna die due to his try hard to escape because he was badly injured).

Is it true that there's an eraser for the Death Note that can bring people back to life? While it was only mentioned one time in the pilot of the manga, one interesting detail about Death Note is that there was originally a way for the user of the note to reverse any of the deaths they carried out. Just as writing a name in the Death Note notebook would eventually kill a person, a special eraser existed that could not only physically get rid of the name written in the book, but even restore the life that was taken as well. <Q> If the pilot chapter was considered canon several things would contradict themselves, like how the Rules of the Death Note contain that there are infinite number of pages in the Death Note, while in the pilot version it is stated that it has 60 pages with 38 lines per page. <A> Yes, it is true that there is a Deathnote Eraser. <S> This occurrence can be found in a Short story in ' <S> Death Note 13: How to Read Death Note' book where Ryuk hands over an eraser to a new owner of the book, who happens to be a kid. <S> Whereas in the actual Deathnote plot the Eraser isn't mentioned. <A> In the Netflix movie the rule is that you are aloud to burn one page and only one page and when you do it before that person dies then they will not die <S> but Ryuk said you are not aloud to burn more then one page. <S> which he could be lying and doesn't want you to back out of all the people you want to kill, but i fill like he isn't.

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

Why did Shouko use hearing aids even though she's deaf? In Koe no Katachi, Shouko Nishimiya uses hearing aids. She's deaf, so can she actually hear something or not? I have read the manga but didn't watch the movie, so I haven't seen any clue about why she is using hearing aids. For what purposes did she use hearing aids in the first place? <Q> Shouko uses hearing aids because she's deaf. <S> They're meant to assist anyone with hearing loss of specific kinds to allow them to better identify sounds. <S> If you're looking for a clue, in the first chapter of her introduction, she plainly tells the classroom that she's deaf. <S> Picture taken from Chapter 1 of Koe <S> no Katachi , available for free from Crunchyroll. <A> We can actually see her several times in the manga reacting to loud shouts and noises. <S> There are also some pages in chapter 51 that show speech bubbles from her point of view (one of these pages below), so this also might prove that she isn't completely deaf.   <A> I'm a hearing aid <S> salesperson!Shoko has some degree of hearing somewhere. <S> She uses the "universal communication" method which is generally about getting it out and making yourself understood. <S> Some people try only hearing aids, some people try only sign language and some people use both. <S> Visual cues and hearing cues in unison are clearly enough for certain moments of short speech for Shoko where she doesn't have to write or sign. <S> That being said, when Shouya yanks her hearing aids out and she bleeds on the right side, it's implied that he perforates her eardrum or causes other structural damage. <S> A perforated eardrum is contraindicated in some countries with a hearing instruments which is why she has to wear a left side monaural hearing aid for the remainder of the time. <A> She may have some degree of hearing, especially if she can hear certain loud sounds as shown in both the anime and the manga. <S> The term "deaf" can be used as an umbrella term for all people with hearing loss, whether that be mild, moderate, severe, or profound. <S> I myself have moderate hearing loss and wear hearing aids, and they help me hear almost as well as a person with normal hearing. <S> Most people with mild or moderate hearing loss prefer to be called "hard of hearing" instead of "deaf" to prevent any confusion for people who aren't completely educated on the topic. <S> Shouko most likely has severe hearing loss due to the fact that she responds to certain loud sounds as I mentioned before.

I think it's never mentioned exactly, but the only reason she is using hearing aids can be that she can hear some sounds, but her hearing is bad enough to be considered clinically deaf.

Can Kakashi still use Susanoo after losing his Sharingan? When Kakashi had double Sharingan, he was able to use Susanoo. However, he lost the Sharingan. Can he still use Susanoo without Sharingan now? <Q> No, he can't now. <S> But after the battle, Kakashi lost his Sharingan along with Susanoo. <S> So, I don't think that Kakashi can use Susanoo after all. <A> If you want to activate Suanoo, you must have the both Mangekyo Sharingan as it already state in the wiki. <S> "It is the strongest ability available to those who have awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan in both eyes ." As you can see below this image in Boruto series, Kakashi eye's have no longer get the ability to use Sharingan. <S> Plus Kakashi able to use Sunanoo in the series of fighting Kaguya is because Obito lend his eye to Kakashi FOR A SHORT TIME . <S> So basically the eye of the Sharingan is not Kakashi <S> but it's Obito. <S> (The red highlight part show that Obito borrow his eye to Kakashi for a temporary.) <S> Image credit to <S> @Kira - <S> The God <A> No, anybody saying Kakashi can't use Susano'o is wrong because everybody said that it was normal for Madara to use Susano'o when he was trapped in Gaara's Great Sand Mausoleum. <S> In the same way, you only need Mangekyou Sharingan to awaken the Susano'o <S> but you can use it even without the eyes later.

During the battle with Kaguya, Obito lent Kakashi the full power of the Mangekyo Sharingan which gave him the ability to use Susanoo. The answer is NO .

Why does Naruto's headband change color? In Naruto Part 1, Naruto's headband was blue. In Naruto Shippuden, his headband was black. In one of the movies, it was red. A shinobi's headband symbolized who you are loyal to, so is there any significance to the headband's color, and if not, why was it repeatedly changed? <Q> As Kuwaly state, there does not appear to be any significance in the color of their Headband's strap. <S> The most common of all colors are either the blue or black <S> Navy Blue: The most common colour of forehead protectors. <S> Many ninja keep this colour for the entirety of their ninja career. <S> Black: <S> The second most common colour of forehead protectors. <S> Some, such as Naruto Uzumaki, even switch from blue to black after the timeskip <S> Now the reason to why they change colors can be due to either <S> They do need to be replaced from time to time, especially after difficult training <S> They simply out grown of them, and want to change the color <S> In Shippuden episode 6, when Naruto is talking with Iruka over ramen, Naruto says to Iruka <S> The cloth on the precious Headband you gave me got all tattered <S> So given that information, Naruto changed his headband due to the fact that it was simply torn and needed to be replaced <A> Navy and black seem to just both be common colors. <S> Other characters switched color after the timeskip, such as Sakura and Choji, both of whom switched to red. <S> Theories on why various characters' cloth color changed include that it's to match their new look or that it's based on rank , but there doesn't seem to have been anything specifically said by the creator (that I can find), and neither of those theories are particularly consistent with the rest of the show. <A> Ino and Sakura both were training in medical ninjutsu <S> so maybe that’s why it’s red. <A> I guess it's just your preference, though within reason. <S> I doubt you can have a rainbow headband. <S> There is also a white variation, worn by the Four Celestials.

Based on this Wikia page, there isn't any particular significance to the colors, though some of the variation is based on location/loyalty. Possibly Naruto’s head band changes to match his new color scheme from navy to black. It seems more likely that the changes were just done as a part of the stylistic/look changes post-timeskip.

Does Boruto have Sasuke's headband? In Boruto , does Boruto have Sasuke's headband (from the original Naruto series)? If so, why does Boruto have Sasuke's headband? Or will Boruto abandon Konoha sometime in the future, and put a missing-nin slash on his headband? This question was inspired by the above image. Also, what does the extra scar (which matches with Boruto's eye scar) mean? If that is Sasuke's headband, why would Boruto wear it instead of his own? Also wasn't Sasuke's headband blue, not black? I would appreciate any canon references that explain this. <Q> In the Boruto movie (which was released way before the Boruto manga/anime), after Boruto cheats on the chuunin examination, Naruto disqualifies him and takes his bandana from him. <S> so it's implied it IS Sasuke's rogue ninja bandana. <S> Later on he's shown with a normal bandana though, no clue whatsoever wether it was returned or not. <S> The bandana shown in that pic is one that you have to tie in the back, while the bandanas shown in the current series are mostly elastic ones (including Boruto's), which prompts me to believe that it's not Boruto's own bandana but an older ninja's, it very well may be Sasuke's given Boruto's attachment and admiration for him. <A> I believe this is his own headband because the extra scar matches with his eye. <A> Personally, I feel like it's Naruto's. <S> In Shippuden , Sasuke's headband cloth was never that long, but Naruto's was. <S> I'm not completely caught up <S> so I could be wrong <S> but so far that's my assumption. <A> Compared to his black jacket and his blue cloak, the cloak matches the headband so its most likely Sasuke's headband and not Naruto's.

The headband Boruto puts on is actually blue. Later on, after Naruto is abducted, when Boruto shows determination to rescue his father, Sasuke is shown to give him "something", the scene cuts without showing what it is but in the next scene, just before they go through the portal Sasuke made, Boruto puts on a "scarred" bandana

Which movie shows Naruto and Hinata's wedding? I have completed watching Naruto anime series completely, but Hinata's and Naruto's wedding is not shown properly. So which movie should I watch to see their wedding? <Q> At the end of the movie in the credits, you can see the images of the wedding. <S> You also see the events leading up to the wedding, till the bride and groom come out to the ceremony, in the last few episodes of Naruto Shippuden. <S> Episodes 494 to 500. <S> However, we cannot see the actual happenings anywhere. <A> I watched episodes 479-500, it's about what everyone goes through to get the wedding gifts. <S> It explains everything and leads up to the wedding day, unlike the ending of the movie <S> The Last: Naruto the Movie . <S> I would recommend to watch the movie before watching those episodes. <A> Unfortunately outside of the credits from The Last and the events leading up to them walking out there isn't really anywhere to see the actual events after they walk out. <S> I would second what the person above me said and say watch The Last around 480 then wrap up the series. <S> Makes the wedding feel less sudden as far as how the anime flows.

The Last: Naruto the movie.

Who was the other person the colossal titan ate? At the beginning of episode 7 of season 2 (episode 32 on Crunchyroll), around 1:48, the colossal titan eats Ymir and one other person. You can't see their face in any part of the episode. Given who the colossal titan is, it seems strange to me that he would have eaten someone without a purpose, but only Ymir is seen later. Eventually, they run off on the armoured titans back and the second person is not with them. Surely they could not have been digested in the short time the colossal titan was present, and they were swallowed whole. Later on, when we see them in human form in the giant forest, no one besides Eren and Ymir are with them. Do we know who this person was? <Q> This was an unnamed, unlucky poor individual who was at the wrong place at the wrong time. <S> If you watch this Youtube video, they aren't entirely sure who the Colossal Titan ate either. <S> It got Ymir! <S> ... <S> And they got somebody else, too! <S> Also, while reading this reddit post, people say the Colossal Titan ate him to steal his ODM Gear Just a random person. <S> They didn't care about the guy, only about stealing his gear. <S> This is confirmed by seeing the Colossal Titan wearing the ODM gear in it's human form in the scene when they were camping out in the forest <A> The other soldier that Bertoldt ate along with Ymir was killed and used by Bertholdt for the soldier's 3DMG to help Reiner and Bertoldt escape with Eren and Ymir in tow. <S> Here is Armin explaining it to Mikasa in chapter 45 of the manga: Attack on Titan chapter 45 page 24 <S> (Note: While I have seen the Attack on Titan anime, I prefer the manga version of the series so my answer is based on the manga version of the events as opposed to the anime. <S> But it doesn't really make a difference here because season 2 of the series did a a fantastic job of keeping most things exactly like they happened in the manga.)! <A> I suppose since Ymir is the dancing titan he wouldn't eat her, which is why she is seen later. <S> Supposedly he put them in his mouth for safe-keeping. <S> Maybe that other soldier was grabbed by accident. <A> Also, that would explain his random disappearance because on episode 4 in season 2, he climbed the wall and was never shown again till the ending.

I think the other person that the Colossal Titan ate was ( spoiler alert for season 2's ending) the Beast Titan, because at the end, a blond-haired shirtless man wearing glasses emerged from the Beast Titan's nape.

Do Tatara and Hanaoka end up together? I watched the anime because on MAL its written that the anime is romance drama.. Etc. The thing is Tatara seems to like Hanaoka so, is the romance between them? Because I like a romance which starts to grow from the beginning. Not in the mid a new character comes and ruin things up. To be precise I want to know if Tatara and Hanaoka will end up together or not so I know I should watch and read ballroom e youkoso And I don't care about the spoilers so feel free to say what you want. <Q> Since the manga isn't over, nothing's set in stone, yet. <S> So, I can only give you my assumptions. <S> I'm actually quite sure that there is or will never be a romantic vibe between Tatara and Shizuku. <S> As Prasanth has already said, Tatara probably never held any romantic feelings for her, but rather admiration and respect. <S> Moreover, the main heroine actually is Chinatsu and not Shizuku as many might have assumed while watching the first half of the anime. <S> Chinatsu appears in the second half and henceforth always stays in the foreground with Tatara as his main dance partner (Shizuku and Mako were only temporary ones). <S> She simply didn't show up at the very beginning of the story. <S> That's why I'm very confident to say that the romance tag refers to the relationship between Tatara and Chinatsu. <S> The story focuses mainly on the character development of and the relationship btw. <S> these two protagonists. <S> "After a difficult start because of their completely different personalities and background, Chinatsu and Tatara slowly find themselves on the same wavelength and steadily grow together as dance partners and reach new heights." <S> That's probably a suitable synopsis of their relationship. <S> Btw. <S> , there has been quite a few hints in the anime that this relationship is slowly progressing in a romantic way. <S> So, if you want to ship Tatara with Shizuku, then you'll most likely be disappointed (Shizuku's romantic relationship also probably revolves around her main dance partner Kiyoharu). <S> I personally am more than satisfied with the relationship btw. <S> our two protagonists and <S> I really want to encourage you not to give up watching this anime only because you initially shipped Tatara with Shizuku. <S> I'm quite sure that you will change your mind as the story progresses. <A> Maybe this will end up like you said, in romance. <A> In Manga, Tatara And Shizuka are dancing in all England dance championship. <S> So I'm not dropping the the idea of their romantic development. <S> Chinatsu is more progressed in story. <S> But romantic connection is zero. <S> Tatara only cares to share the stage with Shizuka. <S> Manga have more moments between them which were romantic instead just inspiration. <S> Chinatsu still in friend zone.

There are some scenes where Tatara feels attracted towards Hanaoka, but I think not in romance-kind of attraction, but kind of respect for her in the dance field, a similar thing which Mako had for Tatara.

Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand? When Taki meets Mitsuha by the shrine, just before the meteor strikes the town, Taki tells Mitsuha that they should write each other's names on their hands. Instead of writing his name, Taki instead writes "I love you" on her hand, leaving Mitsuha with no way to remember his name. Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand? <Q> I think it was a sweet gesture that showed a little insight into Taki's character. <S> It shows that he is young, in love, and struggling to find a way to share his feelings with Mitsuha. <S> At that moment when an opportunity presented itself for him to confess without having to say it out loud (the horror! <S> : <S> D), he foolishly thought it was more important to tell her how he feels than what his name was. <S> Very frustrating, probably done on purpose by the writer but not completely baseless. <A> I think he could understand that after the end of the twilight, they would forget each other, like people forget dreams after waking up. <S> But none of them remember much about it. <S> After the twilight ends, nobody knows whether they would meet again or not, whether they would remember each other or forget everything. <S> So Taki thought his feelings were more important than his name at that moment. <S> There can be other explanations of this questions too, but I have written what I think about this topic. <A> I saw a video about it sometime back <S> and it said that since they remember feelings more than facts after they switch back to their own bodies, the best way he could make sure they remembered each other was by expressing a feeling. <S> Since love as a feeling is so strong, they remembered it and kept looking for each other subconsciously even after 5/8 years of being apart. <A> Taki wrote "I love you" instead of his name because it was what the shrine goddess required, that he has to sacrifice what was most important to him upon going back in time.

Based on all these things, according to me, Taki wrote 'I love you' instead of his name because he could feel that this was the last chance for him to convey his feelings. It is obvious that he knew because Mitsuha's grandmother had told him that she also had the same experience when she was young and the same thing had happened to Mitsuha's mother also. Taki knew that all the things which were happening to him from the past few days, like how his soul went into Mitsuha's body and all other things, would not remain like that for a long time.

What does "plus ultra" mean in My Hero Academia The credits for My Hero Academia add "plus Ultra" after the series name. Occasionally All Might shouts "plus Ultra!" as sort of a battle cry when he is about to strike a foe. From context, I guess it means "extra power" or "boost", but "plus ultra" seem so random. Is there more meaning to the two words than this? Is this just something which does not translate well from Japanese? <Q> It translates to "Further Beyond. <S> " <S> In My Hero Academia, it has been adopted as the school motto of U.A. High. <S> It's uncertain in-universe whether or not the motto was around before All Might, or if he's the one who came up with it, and his alma mater adopted his personal motto. <S> It also happens to be the national motto of Spain, previously the personal motto of King Charles V. <S> Which he adopted as a rejection of the words inscribed on the Pillars of Hercules "Non Plus Ultra" (Nothing Further Beyond) after the discovery of the Americas. <S> Even IRL, it carries that same sort of gung-ho <S> "You told us there was nothing beyond this point... <S> let me prove you wrong!" <S> sort of sentiment. <S> The fact that it sounds cool to Japanese Ears by using a pair of English-adopted words that they like is bonus points. <S> But this phrase is not, in-fact, "English" gibberish as anime/manga occasionally produces on account of their writers not being entirely fluent in English. <S> It's a Latin phrase with real-world history. <A> Even in Japanese they say "Plus Ultra!". <S> It is more a reference to when All Might saved many people despite being tired, while having a smile in his face, because he always goes beyond his limits. <S> Plus Ultra is (as far as I concluded from Season 1) when he does something with all his power and more. <S> When he gives his all doing something and even a bit more is when he shouts it. <S> Going beyond his limits. <S> The others adapted to it as their favourite slogan from their almighty hero. <S> That's why they always shout it too. <S> It reminds them about All Might and gives them courage to push forward or to give that little extra more that's needed. <S> But yeah <S> at the end of the episode it can be compared to fanboy/fangirl behaviour. <A> It means "Above and Beyond!" <S> which is All Might's motto and his ideal vision for all heroes to aspire to. <S> Also, the English words "plus" and "ultra" sound kinda cool to the Japanese audience already, and combining them together is double trouble :) <A> As others have said, the phrase relates to giving it more than your most, rather than just "more power". <S> This is personified in All Might's fight with Nomu, as Deku notes that each of All Might's punches are more than 100% of what he can give.

In-context, it is an extremely gung-ho statement that tells you to push past your limits and go further than you think you can. "Plus Ultra" is actually a Latin Phrase.

What purpose does Zoro's third sword actually serve? Zoro has trained with Santoryu for basically his entire life, and has completely perfected it by this point. But, just from a fighting perspective, it would be quite difficult to get enough leverage/support with a sword in your teeth to actually do effective damage to anything (at least, without Haki). Unless this is just a classic case of "this is a fantasy world with fruits that give people magical powers, so it's possible for Zoro to have a strong enough neck to use a third sword effectively". Most of the times we see him fighting, it's usually only with his two swords in his hands, and we barely ever actually see his third sword do anything. We often see implied strikes after he finished Oni Giri or other big finishing moves. It seems Nitoryu would be just as effective as Santoryu in most situations. What exactly does his third sword do in a normal fight, that is so important for his style to hinge on it? Did the third sword become more useful in normal combat after the timeskip (not including the use of Haki, because if that was included, obviously it would be more useful), or is it still basically the same? <Q> The synergy between the multiple swords is what makes his sword style more complete and usable in an effective form. <S> The difference lies in "between using (just) three swords and three sword style ". <S> Detailed: <S> For us to understand the use/purpose of Zoro's Three Swords you've to assume that One Piece exists in a separate universe and our understanding of things are not the same. <S> This simple assumption allows us to remove a bias when trying to explain "Fantasy Universe Physics" From a young age <S> Zoro has been shown to be shown possessing unnatural strength, capable of besting opponents far beyond his age. <S> He used Two Swords because he assumed, two were better than one. <S> However, being bested in a thousand duels to Kuina made him rethink. <S> Post her death he decided to use her sword (Wado ichimonji) as one of his primary weapons, just to fulfill both their dreams of being the strongest swordsmen. <S> To this purpose he trained his mouth and neck to extreme lengths to attain the strength, accuracy and flexibility required to use the sword. <S> Now since no one else has been shown to use Santoryuu in OP universe <S> , I think we can safely assume Zoro invented and developed the style and its techniques while growing up. <S> This chapter front page shows how his juniors are trying to imitate and learn his style in his old Dojo Source: Chapter 807: <S> Cover page <S> Now, what makes this viable his Zoro's effort and training to develop a comprehensive "Three Swords Style" aka Santoryuu. <S> He is not using just Three swords <S> , he is using the "synergy" between the three swords to gain more power and use techniques which are impossible to use with one or two swords. <S> This was explained early on by Zoro himself in his battle against the NyanNyan brothers. <S> We've seen numerous instances of this throughout One Piece. <S> Zoro talking about his (in)ability to fight with one sword against Nyan Brothers, his surprise when Mihawk blocks his attack or him mastering new moves. <S> (Pound Cannon, Asura etc.) <A> Zoro's third is for defense, not offense. <S> Ever since Zoro was a child, he was training with with dumbbells in his mouth. <S> Besides, Zoro's ability to lift weights is beyond normal humans, even in One Piece. <S> As long as he can hold it firm, then he can defend himself with it, and consider attacking with 2 swords and forcing the victim into the third sword. <S> It would be inconvenient to try to slash with the neck, not because of lack of power, but because of lack of flexibility; you can't turn your neck too far to the side. <S> Also, the reason he has 3 swords is that after Kuina dies, he asked her father to gift him with her sword. <S> Since he couldn't beat her with 2 swords, he figured that 3 would be stronger. <S> As long as Zoro can firmly grab the sword, then it serves its purpose . <S> Note that this was before he learned haki, because since then only that sword is probably stronger than maybe a thousand of his normal 3 sword attacks. <A> It serves multiple purposes. <S> Zoro's main style is santoryu (three swords style), it comes with it's fair share of unique power techniques, including his strongest one, the pound cannon (He used 1080 pound cannon against Pica). <S> He can also be seen moving his head to attack with the sword during closeups and he also uses it to parry attacks.

Tl;DR Zoro's Third sword serves a critical and crucial purpose in his ability to use the "Three Swords Style" which is exponentially more powerful. Yes, it does damage.

Why does Todoroki look different between the 1st and 2nd season? In season 1 of My Hero Academia , Todoroki looks like this: In season 2, he looks like this: As can be seen from the first image, his left side (and not his right side) is his ice side. His left eye is also round and red. I believe there is only 1 short instance in season 2 when he activates his fire power where his left eye becomes round and red. Another difference is that in season 1, Todoroki's left side is always encased in ice, but never in season 2. Even when he uses his ice Quirk extensively in season 2, he is only seen with a little ice on himself: What is the reason for the difference between season 1's and season 2's Todoroki? <Q> In the first picture, it was Todoroki wearing his hero costume. <S> In episode 6 to 8, they had mock battles wearing their costumes. <S> It is also explained that the students can give their own design for their costume. <S> The second one <S> , it's in the Sports Festival where they cannot wear hero costumes because they will have an advantage to their enemies. <S> Regarding freezing and shivering, if you're referring in the 1st picture, no, he won't freeze because that is just his hero costume, not his quirk at work. <S> But if you're talking about his quirk, then the answer is still no, because he uses the other half of his quirk which is half hot to keep himself from the effects of his half cold and vice versa. <A> The ice on his side from season one is actually a part of his costume. <A> Yep! <S> The first picture was Todoroki in his hero costume. <S> His left side was most likely encased in ice because he didn't want to show it (after all, he hates his father and vowed to himself to never use flames.) <S> In the UA Sports Festival, however, they cannot wear their hero suits. <S> Like the first answer said, the use of hero suits would be an unfair advantage (for example, Katsuki Bakugo can make massive explosions with his hand grenades, which would totally change things up.) <S> I really like Todoroki's character! <S> I hope this cleared things up so you can enjoy and understand him better too! ^^

It's possible to tell because he never wanted to use his flames, so he covered the side in ice so that no one would see his father's quirk in him.

Is Goku aware that he is in the UI state? Based on discussions, questions and answers, Goku achieves the UI state when he is at his limit. But when he achieves it, is he aware of that? Does he feel different? If so, then why doesn't he recreate the changes and feelings to control the state and use it more efficiently? <Q> If he was aware the first time he entered is kind of unsure, however the second time he definitely was. <S> We see him casually talking with Kefla(she <S> asked him if that was ultra something, he responded its called ultra instinct). <S> Further into the fight he mentioned he is getting the hang of it(meaning he is somewhat in full control) however, as Whis has mentioned it, he still thinks about his attack thus limiting his full potential in the state. <S> There is still room for improvement in this state, but he is gradually mastering it. <S> I think when his rematch with Jiren will happen he will be in full control. <A> He's aware because right after he got it he looks at his aura, also because in screencapture #2 he says "I'm starting to learn how ultra instinct works" (sorry, the subtitles are in spanish) and about this <S> If so, then why doesn't he recreate the changes and feelings to control the state and use it more efficiently? <S> he's actually learning how to control it better because Piccoro says he's evolving and every punch he makes is faster and more sharp and stronger <A> It's simple. <S> It's pretty easy to understand why Goku was and wasn't able to use UI at those times. <S> When he needed UI, he was saving it for the last resort. <S> The first time, it happened by accident. <S> Then the second time, he had already figured it out. <S> Then the third time, he was trying to tap into it/clear his mind and separate his mind from his subconscious, and at the last second, he got a grip on the power of UI which saved his butt at the last second. <S> Holding on to that, he managed to just let his body do the rest.

He was pretty aware that he was in the state of UI, and he took advantage of that as much as he could, teaching his own body to fight on its own, then it ran out due to the significant loss of stamina.

When was it first shown that Shanks was in XXX's crew? At which point was it shown that Shanks and Buggy were in Gol D. Roger's crew? I searched the One Piece Wikia and it was not clear. My friend is in Alabasta arc and I am afraid of spoiling. I don't know if this was already shown... <Q> There have been many subtle hints about Shanks and Roger connections throughout the story. <S> Afaik, it was first confirmed to the Straw Hats in the Sabaody Archipelago Arc. <S> They meet the Vice Captain of Roger Pirates "Dark King" Silvers Rayleigh, who talks about Shanks and Buggy being apprentices as part of Roger's Crew. <S> However, there have been many hints thrown around throughout the series about this. <S> Here in the Buggy's Arc we see Rayleigh telling off Buggy and Shanks <S> The actual confirmation of the Hat was much later. <S> We know that Shanks gave Luffy the Strawhat, but it was Roger's was confirmed much later, post time-skip. <A> Besides what Arcane has said, I think the first "confirmed" instance was in chapter 434, when Shanks had arrived at Whitebeard's ship. <S> Whitebeard was talking about how they had a lot of fights with Roger's ship, and asked Shanks if "red nose" is still alive, which confirms that those two were on Roger's ship as well. <A> At first Buggy tells to Luffy that he knew Shanks and they were members of the same crew, when Luffy and Buggy were fighting in Anime episode 7 and 8.Later in episode 316 <S> Luffy gets to know about this when straw hat crew meets Rayleigh in Sabaody Archipelago.

Whitebeard confirms that Shanks and Buggy were part of Rogger's crew as Cabin Boys.

Has Kakashi ever failed any other students after Team 7? Part of Kakashi's reputation was that he was a ruthless teacher at the academy; refusing to pass even one student because they didn't qualify as ninja in his eyes. However, ever since Team 7 passed, I've not known Kakashi to personally fail any other teams. Has Kakashi reversed course and passed every team that he's encountered since? <Q> In the Boruto series, Kakashi offers to be the proctor during the graduation exam and the only student to pass is the one who takes the bell from him. <S> Kakashi states this because he does not want an entire generation of students with defiant attitudes to become shinobi during the time of peace. <S> Iruka suggested that Kakashi not be too hard on the students come the final exams. <S> Kakashi clarifies that even in peaceful times, they can't allow students with contemptuous attitudes to become shinobi, and as such will be as challenging as ever. <S> With that, Kakashi stated during the exams that only one student will pass - the others will fail. <S> During the practical test of the exams, the students were left awe-stricken that he was to be their head proctor. <S> It was explained that while Shino Aburame, Anko Mitarashi, and Konohamaru Sarutobi would be evaluating the students' respective performances in a 24 hour field combat, ultimately only one student could pass ; that student would be the one who takes the single bell from Kakashi's hip <S> However, much like the original series, they all learn the true lesson of the exam and Kakashi passes every student <S> Ultimately, time ran out before anyone could get the bell. <S> Despite Boruto's plan failing, Kakashi passed everyone, noting that they succeeded in the true goal of the test: team-work and loyalty. <A> Kakashi became part of team 7 <S> and so he could not take another team to teach until team 7 has become Jonins and would not need a teacher as much as before. <S> All the other teachers also take care of one team at a time (Guy, Minato, third Hokage...). <S> It would be a rational procedure because we often see teachers accompany their disciples on missions and if they have several teams to look after, they would fail to take care of all of them properly. <A> As far as I know no. <S> He nearly failed Boruto in the Boruto anime though, which is considered canon. <S> Apart from that, I don't think he has gone about leading teams. <S> I think team 7 was his only team. <S> So to too with Kurenai, Asuma, and Gai. <S> But before team 7, the anime showed Kakashi failing 2 teams of 3 genins. <S> But I am not sure if this is canon though as the anime tried to squeeze in as many episodes as possible.

Kakashi did not fail any students after Team 7 in the original and Shippuden series, but he came very close in the Boruto series.

At the end, did Naruto skip Chunnin and Jounin rank before becoming Hokage? In chapter 700 of Naruto manga (last chapter) it was shown that Uzumaki Naruto finally reached his dream of becoming Hokage. It was also shown that he didn't achieve it immediately after the 4th Shinobi War ended as Hatake Kakashi was the 6th Hokage and Naruto was the 7th. AFAIK, even when fighting Otsutsuki Kaguya , Naruto was a Genin as he never passed the Chuunin nor Jounin exam (as far as the manga is concerned). There is an anime where Naruto took the Chuunin exam , but he failed after disqualified due to using Sage Mode. It was shown in Naruto the Movie "Road to Ninja", that to become Jounin, one must become a Chuunin first. However it is also to be noted that double promotion is also possible . 4th, 5th, and 6th Hokage were all Jounin prior to being Hokage. I'm not sure about the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Hokage, although strength-wise they are stronger than your average Jounin. The next Hokage was chosen either by the current Hokage, or the Daimyou of the Land of Fire. No other requirements was listed on the Wikia. So, to the question, has Naruto reached the rank of Jounin when he was selected as the 7th Hokage? Or was he still a Genin, since it didn't actually matter much considering that everyone knows who he is, that he was the hero who saved Konoha from Pain, and more importantly the world from Infinite Tsukuyomi. <Q> In regards to Naruto's rank which remains as the lowest one, Genin, due to Naruto spending most of his Part II's time fighting and training, Kishimoto decided Naruto would skip the following ranks to become the Hokage, which he felt was appealing. <S> Taken from Wikipedia , which references Cinema Today: <S> "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" (in Japanese) . <A> The thing that he studied for the written test was a very long time ago. <S> Don't forget that he did take the exam as a kid <S> but it got cut short by orochimaru and only shikamaru got promoted. <S> If he takes the Chunin exam he would be way too overadvantaged over everyone. <S> The chunin exam only tests the abilty, and naruto has shown that he has a lot more than the capability of any chunin or jounin. <S> He didn't need the exam. <A> While it is true that we never see him get promoted even to chuunin, notice that in one of the episodes after the end of the fight between him and Sasuke (around Shippuuden 490), Kakashi tells him that he would be promoted to jounin after studying hard for it, since Naruto already proved that he had enough strength and skill, but lacked knowledge. <S> We're shown that he became Hokage, but we're not shown that he finally became a jounin. <S> Maybe I've skipped something though.

TBH Naruto didn't need to; Kakashi admitted that he had already surpassed all the past Hokages and he saved all the villages.

Do Servants retain memories of their past Masters? I have recently started watching the Fate series but I watched it in the order of Fate/Zero then Fate/Stay. But, thats's not the thing that concerns me. While I was watching Fate/stay, this question kinda popped into my head. Do Servants contain memories of their past Masters? People keep telling me to read the visual novel but I can't find it online. I would really appreciate if someone could answer the question for me! <Q> Under normal circumstances, each time a Servant is summoned, it is actually a copy of the Servant derived from the Throne of Heroes that manifests into the world, and changes to that copy do not affect the version of the Hero stored in the Throne of Heroes. <S> (Servants have copy semantics, so to speak.) <S> However, in Fate/stay night and Fate/Zero , Saber and Gilgamesh do not follow this general rule. <S> Gilgamesh remained in the world from the start of the 4th Grail War until at least part way through the 5th Grail War, and hence has memories of this entire time period (but he would not have memories of other summonings). <S> Saber, having not yet died at the time of her summoning to the 4th and 5th Grail Wars, was not copied from the Throne of Heroes in the first place. <S> She retains continuity of memory between the two wars. <S> (Saber has move semantics, if you will.) <A> Yes, If they have master then they remember because the spirit is summoned from the other dimension and after it is done then they go back <A> Senshin is correct, but there's another example to point out. <S> Archer <S> Senshin is correct that heroes from the throne do not remember individual summons (for any purpose), as the copy that is stored in the throne is fixed. <S> There is, however, a mechanic which can generate exceptions: reality marbles. <S> The stored hero and his various summons all share the same reality marble. <S> A reality marble, being somewhat literally the user's internal world (which is then made manifest upon the world in some sense and extent), changes in response to changes to that internal world. <S> As such the reality marble becomes the channel through which memories and personality changes are conveyed and imposed upon the stored hero and subsequent summons. <S> This is how Archer becomes distorted and warped, and develops a plan to try to end his own existence by paradoxically killing himself <S> should he ever be conveniently summoned into the grail war in some alternate timeline. <S> He was frequently summoned as a pawn devoid of the ability to enact his own will to mop up the messes of humanity, and to kill and destroy as demanded. <S> He had made his pact with the world thinking he would prevent suffering and tragedy and death, not simply be a murderous janitor that comes in after the fact. <S> His reality marble effectively records these things and it results in twisting the personality of the heroic spirit. <S> So in such a case, yes, a spirit can remember "prior" summons. <S> Though exactly how the "order" of summons gets determined when the throne itself exists outside of time, I don't know; clearly the Fuyuki HGW we see occurs after many other summons for other purposes. <S> In principle this could apply to any other hero with a Reality Marble, such as the 4th War's Rider. <S> Indeed, some people felt they saw an adult Waver in his reality marble's army in the Fate/Zero animation, but this seems fan speculation at best and may have been someone else with a similar look.

A Servant that has been summoned and then returned to the Throne of Heroes will not remember their first summoning during any subsequent summonings.

Why does Mavis have wings in her hair? She looks cute and all, but why does she have wings sprouting from her roots. Are they supposed to help her with something? <Q> I would have to vote for the hair accessory theory. <S> And, we know from the Fairy Tail Zero arc that she always wanted to meet a fairy. <S> So, fairy wing headband, with the headband part hidden in the hair? <S> For most of the Fairy Tail Zero arc, she is shown with her hair wings. <S> But in episode 97, shortly after learning magic, she re-introduces herself as "Black Magic Mavis" . <S> After casting "Law" in episode 98 and 99, she is unconscious and in bed with her tattered clothes having been changed and no hair adornments. <S> After she regains consciousness, I don't believe we ever see her again without her hair wings as far as I can recall except in some flashbacks to her youth in the last episode of the Fairy Tail Zero arc, episode 100. <A> Perhaps to resemble an angel or fairy. <S> Here are some pictures of Mavis Vermillion young without the wings <A> *** <S> Mavis is very unique <S> but she still has a plain character. <S> If you think about it she probably could be confused with an regular character. <S> * <S> ** <S> Most characters have something about them: Natsu has his scarf, Lucy has her keys and devil tail whip, Grey has his stripping problem. <S> It is probably just one of these qualities each character has. <A> I know that it is not an accessory because in one of the scenes Mavis Vermilion is in, her ears move up and down due to her reaction to a sour food which means they are real. <S> Also she keeps them on even in the water which would get them soaked if just a prop. <S> Even though when Mavis is in the hospital they are gone, it is because as I said they move so they went back into her hair. <S> Still don't believe me? <S> Well when she was a kid she had two cow licks right where her ears would be in the future version of herself. <S> During that time they were still developing. <S> And some other times her ears are down <S> is because she wants them to. <S> And they never fell off when she fell at the grand magic games. <S> So that proves that she has wings for ears. <S> And here is proof:

I believe it is an additional accessory which is worn by her not for any explicit purpose. I think her wings are simply something to make her unique, but perhaps they will later be revealed by the artist, creator, etc.

Can doujinshi get anime adaptations? Also can they become "real" Manga if good enough Was wondering if doujinshi can get an anime adaptations and become real manga that are officially sold by companies. <Q> If by "doujinshi" you mean "self-published manga that parody other published works" (probably the most restrictive definition), the answer is yes. <S> Examples: <S> Nyoron Churuya-san <S> (a Suzumiya Haruhi <S> no Yuuutsu doujin) <S> If you loosen the definition to "self-published manga", there are even more examples: <S> Sore ga Seiyuu! <S> Getsuyoubi <S> no Tawawa <S> If you go further and consider all self-published works (including webcomics and text-only media), there are even more: <S> Maoyuu <S> Maou Yuusha (originally a series of posts on 2ch) <S> Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni (originally posted on "Shousetsuka ni Narou") <S> Re:Zero (likewise) <S> One Punch Man (originally a webcomic) <S> This is by no means a rare phenomenon. <S> Self-published stuff that becomes popular gets commercialized pretty often. <A> Yes. <S> Example: <S> Yoshitoshi Abe's, Haibane Renmei . <A> Yup. <S> Nou Hau

Afro Samurai was a Doujin before being produced into an animated series, being self published through the magazine Nou Any production company can pick up any work, regardless of who published it, as long as the right people give consent and are paid.

Why do Pop Team Epic episodes repeat with different voice actors? When watching Pop Team Epic on Crunchyroll, each episode plays twice in a row. Both times the episode is nearly identical, only with the main characters voiced by male actors instead of female actors. Why does each episode of Pop Team Epic play twice? Why re-record the show with different voice actors? <Q> According to an interview done to the producer of the anime, there were several reasons: <S> The animation originally was meant to be broadcasted in web format only, not as a TV series. <S> Then the author asked the producer if it was possible to record two tracks: one with female voice actors and one with males and broadcast the primary track and the auxiliary. <S> This wasn't possible with web streaming. <S> Then when they considered a TV broadcast for the series, the episodes weren't long enough to allocate one full slot of broadcast, and unlike previous seasons, they didn't have another series to fill the slot. <S> So instead of broadcasting one episode with dual audio as the author requested, they just paid for the entire slot and broadcast the 2 recordings, with male and female actors. <S> There are differences in both because the director and producer give full freedom to the seiyuus to do whatever they wanted (and they didn't like it), and they even modified some scenes according to the actor used (Ep. 3 Bison reference) or their performance in the recording (the Tomokazu Sugita episode). <S> But these were minimal. <S> The interview is in Japanese here: https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1517584766 <A> However, the reason they have Male VAs in the first place is due to a gag within the manga where they ask two very famous male VAs to voice them in an anime adaptation <S> If we got an anime, what would you do? <S> I'd be dreaming lolololol <S> My VA would be.... <S> Ebara Masashi-san! <S> I look forward to working with you! <S> Ah so cool! <S> How about you <S> Pipimi-chan! <S> How about you! <S> Ootsuka Houchuu-san! <S> I look forward to working with you! <A> I have a couple of answers, unfortunately they're all a bit speculative because I have no sources. <S> It feeds into the main premise of the show, which is surrealist humour. <S> It's not meant to make any kind of sense, and it has a slightly unnerving result because it triggers a deja vu in the watcher. <S> It lets them try different approaches to the same premise. <S> In the first episode, in addition to the change in voice actors they also subtitled the French segment in the second half. <S> In the second episode, there were different ad libs in the storyboard segment, and the live action section was completely different. <S> Relatedly, it helps them find the target audience. <S> Given the weirdness of the show, there will definitely be people who watch half an episode, see that it's repeating, and switch off. <S> But the people who keep watching get to join in on the joke, and as a reward they get a few nuggets of new content mixed in with the apparent re-hash. <S> You could compare this to the second season of Haruhi with the "Endless Eight" - eight episodes covering the same nearly-identical time loop, which were directed differently so that they wound up being both repetitive and distinct in a way that really divided the audience. <A> The other answers are technically correct. <S> They're female characters, but they asked for male VAs in the manga somewhere. <S> If you watch the two parts they're always slightly different in execution which is like watching a blooper real for the anime. <S> But to know the real reason, you have to watch both versions of the last episode. <S> I won't spoil it for you here though ;) <A> In episode 12 there are some massive differences between the two, including a different ending. <S> I recommend watching the entire episode from start to finish.

I'm not entirely sure as to why they've repeated this in further episodes, however it might be due to contact obligations with the voice actors needing them to have a full length run of work or not at all, perhaps cost-wise it was also more effective, etc.

Has Saber, Arcuied, Shiki or any other Typemoon characters ever canonically meet one other within their respective story? In All Around Type-Moon spin-off manga. It was mentioned that Saber from Fate/Stay Night, Arcuied from Tsukihime and Shiki from Kara no Kyoukai are the three main heroine of Nasuverse and they meet each other there, saying long time no see. Have these three ever met before in their original story? Or if they weren't, is there any character, preferably the main characters, from their representative story meet each other? And by original story I mean in Fate/Stay Night visual novel, its prequel Fate/Zero and its sequel, Fate/Hollow Ataraxia, Tsukihime visual novel and Kara no Kyoukai light novel. <Q> I believe they have but not in a way which lines up their individual timelines. <S> this is because i would suggest they have met in <S> Ahnenerbe Ahnenerbe is a shop with two entrances located beside a cinema, and it exists in multiple locations, often appearing and disappearing. <S> It also appears as a regular shop within different series, such as in Fate, where it is located near the large bridge in Fuyuki City. <S> There is a rumor that people who under normal circumstances cannot meet each other are able to meet inside. <S> It is the frontier where the worlds of Tsukihime and Kara no Kyoukai meet. <S> When characters from different works meet in this shop, <S> any time discrepancies are eliminated so that they can appear at the age that they were introduced. <S> aside from the location in Fuyuki <S> i recall that is it also located in Misaki Town (location of Tsukihime ) as <S> The menu includes strawberry pie recommended to Akira Seo by Fake Shiki for its fine taste <S> i recall in the Tsukihime PLUS-DISC story, "Alliance of Illusionary Eyes" this recommendation was the Fake Shiki taking Akira Seo to a coffee shop and having the pie. <S> Now as for when they could have entered Ahnenerbe. <S> while there are times in Kara <S> no Kyoukai and Tsukihime where Ryougi Shiki and Arcuied could just be wondering about and have entered off-screen, in regards to Saber's at the very most i don't recall her entering the coffee shop during her date with Shirou in the Fate Route of Fate <S> /Stay Night <S> and she she didn't go on any "dates" with Irisviel during Fate/Zero . <S> haven't not played <S> Fate/Hollow Ataraxia <S> but understanding how it's played it's possible she may have went there off-screen during then since the Servants in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia have a bit more freedom around Fuyuki (ie. <S> Lancer going fishing) <A> The only other time I can recall all three meeting would be the end of Carnival Phantasm, which is entirely non-canonical, but featured every Nasuverse character showing up for the after party. <A> Saber appearing in Tsukihime or Arcuied in the Fate games, even though according to the Tsukihime page on the TYPE-MOON wiki "the end of the story of Tsukihime takes place around the beginning of Fate/stay night". <S> (On a side note, there is almost no chance of Saber appearing in Tsukihime as Fate/stay was released 4 years after the release of Tsukihime (2000 & 2004). <S> As for Kara <S> no Kyoukai I've only watched the anime adaptations, but the chance of either Saber or Arcuied appearing is even lower as in the previous case as this light novel was released in 1998-1999 and according to the Kara no Kyoukai page on the wiki mentioned above the whole setting takes places in a parallel universe to TYPE-MOON's other series.

Shiki Tohno and Shiki Ryougi, and Arcueid Brunestud and Touko Aozaki, are all related people that cannot be inserted together in a formal time axis without causing inconsistencies in the workings of either world. I've played through Tsukihime and most Fate games and have never seen (or never noticed)

What would have happened to Gon, Killua, and Kurapika if they had lost the coin game against Gotoh? What would have happened to Gon, Killua, and Kurapika if they had lost the coin game against Gotoh? Would Gotoh really have killed them, or was he bluffing all along? <Q> First of all, this is speculation, since you asked about 'what if'. <S> I believe to answer your question, we first need to understand Gotoh's personality. <S> From what the story depicted, we can fairly well assume that Gotoh cared deeply for Killua. <S> With that in mind, we can say that regardless of the outcome of the game, Killua would not have been killed. <S> As for Gon, Kurapika and Leorio, I believe he wanted to test them, probably by seeing how they would react to the different situations he created during the game. <S> The reason for that would be because the Zoldyck are assassins, which meant that they for sure are hated by a lot of people (e.g. victims of the family's assassinations) and any strangers posed a threat, Gon & Co were no exception. <S> The fact that they passed the Testing Gate and Canary was proof that they were no ordinary people and carried the potential of harming the Zoldyck. <S> During the game itself, he tried to see how far Gon & Co would go for Killua, as far as doing something that would not benefit them in any way; saying that he would kill Canary, a member of Zoldyck's household, if they lose (in the event Gon wanted to harm the Zoldyck and lost, resulting in Canary getting killed, it would be in Gon & Co's advantage to have less people to fight against, and thus would likely not take the game as seriously, but this is straying a bit too far). <S> At that point, if Gon really lost, it can be hard to say what would have happened, but I would tend to believe that following Gon's reaction, Gotoh determined then that they meant no harm to Killua. <S> Should Gon have lost, Gotoh could possibly have instead refused them meeting with Killua assuming that Gon was not strong enough to protect Killua if needed. <S> Conversely, I believe that if the way Gon reacted during the game was different, hinting that Gon couldn't be trusted, only then, would Gotoh attempt to kill the three of them. <A> He's a butler charged with ensuring a clan of assassin's aren't annoyed by petty visitors and don't have to kill anyone unless they're paid to do so. <S> ... <S> and the series would have been much shorter <A> He had spares in his hand and was just toying with their emotions. <S> Gotoh would never harm killua's friend over a game of heads or tails. <S> Killua would go godspeed in a instant.

Gotoh would have killed them. Gotoh never had the intention to kill them.

Is Violet Evergarden a robot, a cyborg or a human? So far, two episodes are out, and the following observations about Violet Evergarden are made: She wants to learn what "I love you" means, a common trope among AI and other robotic characters. She used to have human arms, but lost them during the Four-Year War. In episode 2 when she was having dinner, we only saw her cut the fish awkwardly, but not eat or drink even once. She's used to work long hours and her choice of word for eating and sleeping, "recharge", is not intended for humans. So what is she, exactly? <Q> She is human. <S> This can be further proven by the fact that: She can bleed. <S> As seen during the flashbacks of the war from several episodes, namely one and two. <S> If it was oil, it would've been black; which it wasn't. <S> She has emotions. <S> She was worried about Major Gilbert and was curious about the meaning of the phrase, 'I love you' and how it made her feel. <S> She lost her human arms during the war. <S> She is only awkward, because she never understood how to interact with other individuals in a normal society. <S> She only knows how to act like a soldier. <A> She is indeed a human, but her awkward social skills are due to her being in the army from her very childhood (since she was 10 y/o). <S> She lived as a soldier and never really got to experience the world as a normal girl. <A> Violet is a human girl. <S> In the first episode of season one, she starts in the hospital. <S> If she was a robot she would most likely just be rebuilt. <A> <A> I think the makers intended for viewers to be confused at the start because of her mechanical arms as well as emotionless attitude. <S> This was because she lived all her life either on the streets or in the army. <S> Also as seen from the flashbacks she can indeed bleed like humans. <A> I think they are leaving it purposely ambiguous. <S> But I don’t think she’s <S> human, not fully. <S> You never see her eat, and only drink tea. <S> When she lost her arms in battle, she did not act AT ALL like a young girl who got horribly maimed. <S> If she were human, she would have bled out. <S> There has to be a reason Captain Bouganville treats her so poorly and adamantly refers to her as a tool. <S> And a reason she can regularly best trained soldiers. <S> I think she might be a cyborg akin to the T-800, with an organic shell. <A> Violet Evergarden is indeed a human, just because shes socially awkward and doesn't eat <S> doesn't mean anything. <S> Also she was bleeding in a couple of the other scenes <S> so she has to be a human <S> , If she was a cyborg, robot she would defiantly have black oil coming out of her <S> but that didn't happen.

Violet was in the army at such a young age and was only taught how to act like a soldier, She must've went through a hard time because she lost her arms. She only looks like a robot because of her mechanical arms. Violet is human, however, she doesn’t really know how to act around people nor socialize properly due to being raised in the military. Violet is human, it isn't obvious at the start, but as her emotions are explored later on, it becomes even more prominent.

Why does Violet Evergarden seem to have a habit of biting things? I don't mean just the times when she bit the gloves to pull them off her hands, which may be done easier than with her prosthetic hands, but also these two moments: After she received a puppy doll from Hodgins, she held it with her mouth. When asked why she chose the puppy doll, she replied she was called "Gilbert's dog" by Gilbert's brother, which may be interpreted as an apt nickname for her biting-like-a-dog behavior. After Gilbert's brooch was bought back from the black market by Hodgins and returned to Violet, she again held it with her mouth while lying on her bed at night. I found a discussion on Reddit , in which one redditor said From what I understand it's because Violet's hand can't grip hard enough to put the glove on properly so she used her teeth instead. I don't completely agree. After all, Violet performed a rear wrist lock on a customer, so she can grip hard enough. Another viewpoint is that Violet did it because she lacks feeling in her hands, but she still has feeling in her mouth. This seem more plausible, but I still think she could feel more by touching with her cheek, which she did initially with the puppy doll. Is there a better explanation to this curious behavior of Violet-chan? <Q> She has trouble writing with a pen and in the second episode we see her adjusting her fingers to type better. <S> This means that her prosthetics are not perfect. <S> I disagree with point 1 <S> , it's much more likely that it refers to her following Gilbert around and obeying him like a loyal dog rather than anything biting related. <S> For point 2 it is very likely the feeling related reason. <A> It's also pretty explicit that Violet is autistic. <S> Something called "mouthing behavior" is fairly common to autistic children (Violet is only 14, remember). <S> http://www.cwtherapy.com/mouthingbehaviors/ <S> Violet can also be seen chewing her stuffed puppy in her sleep in the shot shown in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9selmtBzwEk <S> Personally, I think it's a combination of what myself, OP, and Ratchet Freak mentioned. <A> From what I gathered, her reason for biting things leads back to her inability to hold on with her hands when it mattered most. <S> She is seen trying to drag Gilbert to safety using her mouth after losing both of her arms. <S> She remembers this and is constantly haunted by the fact that she was helpless in that moment. <S> So as a habit when she is feeling sad, lost and helpless she subconsciously repeats her actions in hopes to to do it right this time <A> Well I thought she does that because of Gilbert. <S> When she lost her arms in the war she tried to save Gilbert with dragging him with her mouth. <S> It was the last time she really touched him before he died. <S> I think she does that to feel near to him especially because she mostly does this with things that relate to Gilbert. <S> The dog which she chose because she claimed that Gilberts brother called her "Gilberts dog" and the brooch, which was a gift from Gilbert and a reminder of his eyes also

A part of it could be that, because she's lost her arms, she defaults to her mouth.

Which episode shows Naruto competing in a race to a shrine on the top of a hill? I only remember that Naruto was competing in some kind of competition (it's not an eating contest). From the start line, they have to get to a shrine, where some kind of prize has been placed, on the very top of a hill. I think it was from Naruto . <Q> You're referring to Idate's Arc in Land of Tea Escort Mission from Episode 102-106. <S> As per Wikia: Source: <S> http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Land_of_Tea_Escort_Mission <S> Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura go to the Land of Tea to help Idate Morino win a race. <S> This arc is preceded by the Search for Tsunade and is followed by the Sasuke Recovery Mission. <S> This arc is Anime only (i.e. Filler). <S> While filler arcs are usually not upto par with the main storyline, this was a watchable arc as it showcased the Naruto/Sasuke dynamic <S> really well while setting up the next and best arc of the series. <A> In the episode you see a flashback where Naruto and his friends as kids competing to reach a tree in the village where they would race to for candy. <S> You can find a summary of the episode on the naruto wikia <A> If you are talking about Naruto, you are probably talking about the Filler episodes 103-106.

The Land of Tea Escort Mission spans from episodes 102 to 106 of the Naruto anime. I believe the episode you are referring to is episode 240 of Naruto Shippuden: Kiba's Determination.

Why couldn't Eren Yeager transform into a Titan in the last episode of season 2? In the last episode of season 2, named "Scream", Eren Yeager was unable to transform into a Titan to save Hannes from the Smiling Titan. Why couldn't he transform? I don't really read the manga, although I do look at it from time to time. Has there already been an explanation for this in the manga? <Q> The ability to transform into a Titan can be hindered by injuries inflicted on the human body. <S> A human can transform into a Titan with injuries as severe as a missing limb, but only if a previous transformation has not occurred recently. <S> If a human emerges from their Titan form and receives severe injury, this person cannot transform into a Titan again until said injuries have healed <S> In the episodes leading up to this event <S> We see Eren face off with the Armored Titan, but ends up being captured along with Ymir. <S> They soon awaken with their arms severed off to prevent from the escaping. <S> and in S2, E9 Reiner informs the two that neither of them could transform into Titans in the first place while still recovering from their injuries <S> When Eren attempted to transform in the final episode, his body was still recovering from this injury inflicted on him. <A> Eren was still recovering from his previous fight, therefore all of his energy was still going into his regeneration. <A> Well there is an upper limit to how much time and energy you can spend in the transformation. <S> And not to mention his exhaustion from the previous fights.

According to the Power of the Titans wiki ( disclamer, this page contains heavy spoilers from the manga) , the ability to transform into a titan may be hindered if an injury occurred after a recent transformation.

In the Zoldyck family is something known about the grandmother and the grandgrandfather? it is known that there are 10 members in the Zoldyck family. But do you know something about the grandgrandfather and the grandmother? Zeno Zoldyck is the grandfather. But father of who he is? From the father or mother of Killua. I think it's from Silva Zoldyck (the father) But in the episode Gon, Kurapika and Leorio go to find Killua, Killua's mother calls him father. Then how to know who the father really is? <Q> Zeno Zoldyck is the father of the Silva Zoldyck. <S> It is clearly stated in this family chart which in the HxH wiki . <S> In the family tree, Maha Zoldyck is the grandfather of Zeno, also he is the oldest living person in Zoldyck Family. <S> There are no mentions about Zenos' wife (mother of Silva). <S> Below image shows the family of Zoldyck but Zenos' wifes' image is missing there also. <S> Also, Kikyo is the only women that have mention and appeared in the HxH from Zoldyck family (apart from Silvas children). <S> I think that mainly because of they joining Zoldyck family from the other families. <A> Maha Zoldyck, was stated to be the father of Zeno Zoldyck but this was retconned later on. <S> Maha Zoldyck is the only known Enhancer in the Zoldyck family. <S> He was the one-sided rival of Isaac Netero and the only one known to survive a bout with him. <S> Isaac Netero even once said that Maha was once the strongest fighter during his prime. <S> There's still no confirmation on who Maha's son is <S> but we can assume that he is the very first Transmuter in the Zoldyck lineage, likely as a result of Maha's wife. <S> And likewise, no confirmation about the grandmother. <S> Zeno is the father of Silva Zoldyck. <S> (see their similar nen-type.)Killua's mother calls him father because Zeno is her father-in-law . <A> Maha was about 120+, and Netero was about 110+. <S> Zzigg Zoldyck was a kid at the time of Netero’s expedition of the dark continent, and Netero was most likely old enough to have children. <S> This means Maha most likely was too (being roughly around the same age as Netero), so <S> I’d say it’s Zzigg Zoldyck that is Zeno’s father.

Maha Zoldyck is stated to be the grandfather of Zeno.

Why do only some of the Kaioshins & Gods of Destruction get erased with their universe? Episode 122, the bleachers are shrunk and we can see all the remaining Kaioshins, angels, and participants. Looking at ~5:43, I see many more than 2 remaining Kaioshin and their Gods of Destruction. There is a total of 6 sets, and 2 universes are left in the tournament. I thought that when a universe got erased, the Kaioshin and the God of Destruction went with it. Why are there so many left in the bleachers? I thought about marking the pic as a spoiler, but anyone who has watched enough Dragon Ball knew that it would end up at this point. <Q> The 4 sets of Kaioshin & Gods of Destruction circled in the photo (circle the fox, not the clown) are exempt from participating in the Zenos' twisted game of survival because they have met or exceeded the minimum mortal level required to continue existing in peace. <S> The only ones participating are Universe 7, represented by Beerus the cat and company, and Universe 11, represented by Belmod the clown and company. <A> The Tournament of Power was for those Universes whose mortal level was too low. <S> They are :- <S> Universe 9 Universe 10 Universe 2 Universe 6 Universe 4 Universe 3 Universe 7 Universe 11 <S> The other Universes are exempt from the Tournament of Power. <S> Here is the wikia article for the Tournament of Power <A> There is a quantified value called as The Mortal Value which Zeno and the Grand priest use to rank the twelve universes based on the quality of mortals existing in that particular Universe. <S> The Mortal level of a universe is linked to the job of the Supreme Kai and God of destruction. <S> Universe 1, 12, 5 and 8 and have a very high value with regard to this and hence were exempted from entering into the tournament of power! <S> Hence, the Supreme Kais and Gods of destructions you see sitting there are the Gods of these Universes. <S> Out of the 8th competing Universes, 6 gods of destructions and supreme kais along with their respective universes have been erased as of episode 127. <A> I was also confused by this since i started watching the tournament later on. <S> From Eps 102 <S> + <S> so i didnt know all the gods <S> but I didnt know the other universes were invited to watch. <S> Also, I dont see Toppo in this picture maybe the shot was taken eps. 126 or -

Out of the entire Dragon Ball multiverse, only 8 universes were marked for destruction by both Zenos due to failing to maintain or exceed an adequate quality of life, otherwise known as their 'mortal level.'

Why was Luffy never offered a Shichibukai position? I recall that a shichibukai needs to have quite a good bounty, and be very strong. So why was Luffy never offered the position? I mean his second bounty was higher than Crocodile and Hancock, so if we say he offended the World Government in the Enies Lobby arc, then before that, he was eligible, and even afterwards, we can't say he's not eligible; let's not forget Doflamingo threatened tenrybito with revealing some information, and his status was not revoked. So why not? <Q> First time around when Luffy took down Croc, BB offered to take the position of Shichibukai by presenting the marines with Ace. <S> It was an offer the Marines could not pass up on, so they did not think of any other suitable candidates. <S> Also, since the credit for taking down Croc was given to Smoker, Luffy was relatively unknown. <S> This further emphasized the reason as to why he was not considered because Shichibukais would generally be selected from feared and notorious pirates. <S> After the war of best, there were three vacant positions for the Shichibukai. <S> But none of them were offered to Luffy. <S> This is because Luffy by then has declared war against them by burning the flag of WG. <S> He attacked Ennis Lobby, Impel Down and Marineford the three symbols of the Marines, he punched a Celestial Dragon and he rung the Ox bell 16 times which declared the coming of a new age of pirates. <S> All this made Luffy as someone who would be an enemy to the world government not some random pirate like the other Shichibukais who were even though notorious pirates did not directly meddle with the affairs of the World Government. <S> This is the reason he was not offered the position. <S> Also considering Luffy, like Ace he would have never accepted that position because that would limit his freedom. <A> Because Blackbeard made a deal that he'd bring them Luffy's head to become a warlord. <S> By the time Blackbeard had renounced his position, Luffy had already declared war on the world government, defeated another warlord, destroyed their judicial island, led a mass prison break from their prison island, and partook in a war against the government at the marines's headquarters, punched a world noble, and completely defeated their secret assassination squad CP-9. <S> By that point, they didn't want anything to do with him besides bringing him to justice. <S> Now they even revoked Law's status just for allying with him. <A> Well, for starters, despite being eligible for the position, he gained that meaty bounty after defeating a former Shichibukai, and while that may qualify him for the position, Luffy also thwarted Operation Utopia, which was covered up by the World Government to give the credit to Smoker and hide the fact that the whole Shichibukai system is flawed and prone to abuse. <S> Also, while it is the World Government's decision, I doubt the Marines will agree with the decision of making Luffy a Warlord post-Alabasta, especially Smoker. <A> One answer can also be that the World Government considers all D's as the enemy of world government or just the fact that luffy is the son of Dragon is enough reason to not to make luffy their ally by making him a Warlord. <A> The Gorosei and the heads of the Navy know who Luffy is. <S> Even when the rest of the world thought Smoker did everything, the Gorosei/Navy knew the truth. <S> They even knew things that he didn't, like, the fact that his father was Monkey D. Dragon. <S> Garp knows that Luffy carries that same spirit in him, hence all the love fisting. <S> He was close with Sengoku, and if he thought Luffy would do it, he definitely would of spoken up, but Luffy always told Garp "I want to be a Pirate, no Navy". <S> The Gorosei wouldn't want him anyway, due to the true purpose of the 7 Warlords, which is to do all the underhanded and sneaky crap the Navy can't be caught doing. <S> They know if Luffy ever got a hold of the info they are hiding from the public, he would stop that immediately. <S> Not that Luffy would figure anything out, but, once Nico Robin explains it to him, well you get the picture. <S> So, basically, he wouldn't do it <S> and they don't want to ask him. <S> Especially since Sakazuki is Fleet Admiral now. <S> That dude is a whack-a-do who killed his bro. <A> The Shichibukai position isn't tied to bounty or even personal strength, it's tied to influence. <S> Mihawk and Crocodile were given the position despite their low bounties because they had become well known around the world by then. <S> Hancock was also offered the position at a fairly low bounty because of how early she became famous and because the World Government didn't want to make enemies with the Amazons and Buggy was given the position after Marineford due to his influence on other Pirates. <S> The Shichibukai have to be well known and respected or even feared as it is their responsibility to hunt other pirates. <S> Luffy was largely unknown for quite some time, not really being a respected name until after Marineford by which he had already crossed the World Government thrice over.

Luffy becoming a Shichibukai would make the public question what deeds he had done in order to earn the position, and may expose the truth that it was a pirate that saved Alabasta, not the Marines.

Why is Big Mom afraid of Shanks? Why is Big Mom afraid of Shanks? Is it because of his ultimate Haki? Or is it because of the fact that he even survived after clashing with Edward Newgate and getting in a war with Kaido? <Q> Big Mom is arguably the weakest Yonko, but she makes up for this by forming allies with different nation. <S> Hence, the numbers of her offspring. <S> Numbers in the OP world can mean a lot and him being in the New World with just a single ship and exceptional crew members who are known to be great at Haki (Beckman, Lucky Roo and Yasopp). <S> Former Cabin Boy of the Pirate King, Roger <S> - He was known to be a part of Roger's Crew with Buggy, although this doesn't mean much because of the latter's credibility, being part of the crew might help him develop his Haki. <S> Haki Strength - Shanks is shown to be a master of 2 types of Haki, Armament and especially Conqueror's Haki, greatly depicted when he boarded Whitebeard's ship. <S> He also used to occasionally fight with Mihawk, the World's Greatest Swordsman before his arm got severed. <S> Just these three alone would make you fear the red-haired Pirate. <S> Also, he interrupted Kaido's attempt to attack Whitebeard during the Battle of Marineford and stopped said battle by just announcing the war is over which prompted Sengoku to do it which proves that Shanks is definitely someone you don't mess with. <S> If he can stop Kaido, the World Government/Marines, and make Blackbeard shiver then this just proves my point. <S> TL;DR <S> Big Mom is afraid of Shanks because he's just too powerful for her. <A> I don't think Big Mom is afraid of Shanks. <S> She was just being very cautious about him, and any other Yonko. <S> She had a plan to take him down and any other Yonko by getting Lola married a giant Elbaf prince but failed to do so because Lola ran away from her. <S> She want the giant army, Germa 66 technologies, and all her alliance not because she's afraid with Shanks or any other yonko. <S> But because she want a certain victory against them. <S> She's not Luffy who would run against stronger opponent without thinking ahead... <A> Rather than the weakest Yonko, I would say that Big Mom is arguably the strongest. <S> Indeed, she has never been defeated. <S> Whitebeard was taken down by characters who wouldn't make Big Mom blink. <S> Even if Kaido and Whitebeard are physically stronger, which I actually doubt, she has invulnerability far eclipsing Whitebeard and certainly Shanks. <S> That doesn't even touch her Devil Fruit power and the god-like life-force she was born with. <S> Or her Haki, which enabled her to demolish Gear Four Luffy in ONE BLOW. <A> I think Luffy is the weakest yonko <S> even tho he doesn't realize he's a yonko <S> but he will be able to defeat all of them because he is MC <S> so there's that <S> but the only reason Luffy became pirate was because of shanks <S> so shanks also has plot armour because he's like a father to Luffy <S> so that proves he is shanks is stronger than all the yonko but <S> only we viewers know that and so does Oda-chan so Oda-chan makes everyone scared of shanks

Shanks is definitely a force to be feared for good reasons. He has only 1 ship - As we currently know, Shanks only has a caveat of a crew in 1 single ship and that says a lot.

Is mastered Ultra Instinct the same as Super Saiyan Silver? V Jump magazine has released a picture of Goku with silver hair and a lot of people in the web is talking about "Super Saiyan Silver" and that it has to be mastered Ultra Instinct. Is there any official confirmation or refutation that mastered Ultra Instinct is Super Saiyan Silver? <Q> The answer to your question would be "yes" and "no"! <S> Akira Toriyama's original designs for the same have also been released. <S> Also, the designs of new figurines of this Mastered Ultra Instinct transformation have been released. <S> Scans also indicate that Mastered Ultra Instinct Goku is also going to be included in the new DLC for Xenoverse 2 . <A> There is actually a simple reason why Mastered Ultra Instinct cannot be "Super Saiyan Silver": Ultra Instinct is not restricted to Saiyans. <S> Theoretically, any of the Z Fighters could learn it. <A> No, it is not Super Saiyan Silver, because Ultra Instinct can be used by anyone. <S> Whis also said Gods of Destruction were striving to reach this state which is currently the most difficult thing to do.

The transformation is called Mastered Ultra Instinct and not Super Saiyan Silver, while the color of Goku's hair is Silver (can be compared to the Super Saiyan God transformation).

What does Zeniba represent? This is how I interpret the story of Spirited Away : The bathhouse represents the society. People work with each other towards a common goal. Every night, 8 million gods come to the bathhouse and workers serve them, worship them. In a way they deal with them, do business with them. In Asian cultures, fire, air, earth, water, food, etc. are represented as gods, so bathhouse very accurately represents a working society. The 'spell' breaks if they stop working. Yubaba is the culture. She manages the bathhouse. She is tyrannical and rules over people by taking there real name and giving them a new name. Chihiro was given a new name by Yubaba, 'Sen', which means 'one thousand', similar to how a person is given a roll number or employee number in an organisation. That number becomes his new identity. Haku has forgotten his real name. Similar to Islamic terrorism, he's become a slave to the tyrannical culture. He'll do anything the culture tells him to do. The baby is the belief system of the society. Yubaba is overly protective of him. One thing I can't understand is, who is Zeniba, Yubaba's twin sister. Yubaba and Zeniba are two parts of a whole. Yubaba keeps baby locked in a room, afraid that he might get sick because of germs. Zeniba turned baby into a mouse so that he might have a little freedom. Zeniba lives in swamp bottom. There used to be trains running between bathhouse and swamp bottom in old days, but the return trains from swamp bottom have stopped. Now it's a one-way road towards swamp bottom. The tickets to swamp bottom Kamaji gave to Chihiro had been with him for 40 years. 'Zeni' has two meanings in Japanese, 'money' and 'ancient'. 'ba' means 'old lady'. The meaning of Zeniba which seems to fit the story is 'ancient old lady. Yubaba wanted to steal a seal from Zeniba, which was supposedly very precious. So what does Zeniba represent in this story? <Q> For me, it was old money vs new money. <S> Yubaba keeps rushing to make money, accepts tourists etc. <S> Money became not the means to an end but the end itself. <S> Her bathhouse is modern corporation, Zeniba's house is old school mom and pop store. <S> Chihiro gets her first job in a large corporation, gets treated as disposable, grows up... <S> But it is no way to live, to truly be adult, that is not the true meaning of adulthood. <S> There has to be more to life than money. <S> And it is Zeniba which shows her true grandmotherly kindness and gives her some peace and respite from the story. <S> In a way, Zeniba is at peace with nature. <S> She takes what she needs from it, but no more than that. <S> Yubaba uses nature to gain money and she only cleans the river god for gold. <S> And Zeniba doesn't do much, maybe because she is retired; in modern world, people don't search for her, her ways are not wanted anymore. <S> Her entrance in the story can be seen as reaction to Yubaba's actions. <S> "You and your corporate thinking are not all powerful and all good, Yubaba. <S> I will show you the different way to do things. <S> The old way!" <S> Zeniba says with her actions. <S> And it turns out that there is value in old ways, in traditions long forgotten. <S> That is my interpretation at least. <S> They represent old ways to do business and grow up and new ways to do that <S> and you need to understand both to be a complete person and live in modern society which at the same time has long traditions. <S> Also, an interesting thought and a way of looking at the story <S> :Sen didn't search for Zeniba until she has seen naked greed of her coworkers, until she has seen them consumed by it. <S> A lesson can be seen as this: As long as you spend all your time at work, you will not see your parents again. <S> If that is what you truly want, then stop working, visit your grandmother and your parents will return to their senses and see you again. <A> Yubaba is the culture. <S> What does that even mean? <S> It's so vague. <S> Spirited <S> Away is often interpreted to be about sex work . <S> Yubaba is the owner of the brothel. <S> The characters have their names changed because that was a common practice for sex workers in Japan. <S> Chihiro was given a new name by Yubaba, 'Sen', which means 'one thousand', similar to how a person is given a roll number or employee number in an organisation. <S> That number becomes her new identity. <S> "One thousand" is a price, not a meaningless word. <S> So what do Yubaba and Zeniba represent in this story? <S> It looks like they might represent: culture and nature tyranny and individuality life and death interdependence and self reliance <S> but none of these seem to elegently fit all the points I've mentioned above. <S> This is so vague. <S> Doing so wouldn't tell me anything useful about that character beyond a few superficial insights. <S> Art is about experiences. <S> Experiences are detailed and specific, not vague " <S> I'm going to be an individual in the face of an oppressive society." <A> Miyazaki lived through the rapid rise and spectacular fall of the Japanese economy over the past few decades. <S> The bathhouse, a very traditional Japanese business, represents Japan itself which grew insatiably greedy with the roaring Japanese economy of the late 80s and early 90s, as symbolized by the bathhouse's over the top extravagance. <S> Yubaba is a strict domineering boss who treats her employees like slaves and sees customers as little more than a source of money. <S> She is also a workaholic who neglects the relationships with her son and sister. <S> Remember that the train used to run both ways, but not anymore. <S> Zeniba lives a slower life, and does not neglect her family, employees, or customers. <S> Compare how Yubaba treats her own son, No Face, and Chihiro vs. how Zeniba treats them. <S> Zeniba was able to recognize No Face's talents where Yubaba only saw fake gold. <S> Miyzaki himself is known to be quite the workaholic <S> so there might be a tinge of self reflection in his portrayal of Yubaba, and a tinge of how he thinks things should be in his portrayal of Zeniba. <S> Studio Ghibli as a company has tried to set itself up to be something better than just another greedy corporation, and Yubaba and Zeniba might also represent the dichotomy that arises between Studio Ghibli's desire to rake in massive box office profit and the desire to do the right thing.

Yubaba represents the head of a typical greedy Japanese corporation. Zeniba, who lives a train ride away in the countryside, represents the more traditional rural Japan that became forgotten during the economic boom. I could say that any character represents "individuality".

Is there a discrepancy about Tomura's Quirk? Upon rereading a few earlier chapters of My Hero Academia, I noticed an oddity regarding Tomura Shigaraki's Quirk. Later in the story, it is revealed that whatever he touches with all five fingers decays uncontrollably until it's reduced to dust, with Tomura needing to be careful not to use his five fingers when manipulating objects he doesn't want to decay; much like Ochako's Quirk. However, during the attack on the USJ, when Tomura used his power on professor Aizawa, only his elbow was affected, even though his entire body should have decayed. Is there an in-story explanation I missed for this discrepancy, or had Tomura's power not been cemented at that point? <Q> As seen with different quirks as well, the user does not always have full control over it. <S> Something which is also seen very well with Eri's quirk Rewind . <S> So much rather than assuming it's a discrepancy in the plot, the assumption that Shigaraki has no/clumsy control of his quirk is more likely. <S> Another factor at play might also be the speed at which the decay works. <S> Through out the manga we have seen that the decay can set in almost instantly, but at occasion also act's slowly. <S> Both of which might also be the case due to him not having proper control of his quirk. <A> Yes, you missed something. <S> During Shigaraki's fight with Eraseheader, he figures out that Eraserhead's hair 'is his tell'. <S> Namely when Aizawa is using his Quirk, his hair stands up. <S> Shigaraki actually tells Eraseheader this, after waiting for him to blink and grabbing him. <S> This is relevant because as the Decay starts to spread on Aizawa's elbow, his hair stands up again. <S> This indicates that he shut of Decay again, and that shutting it off also saves the victim (namely Aizawa himself). <A> It might have to do with the Aizawa's quirk. <S> Aizawa can stop someone from using their quirks, with this in mind there is two situations : <S> When Aizawa stops a quirk like Tomura's, it also stop it's ongoing effect, if there is one, in this case it would stop the decaying. <S> While it can't revert the effect of the quirk, it can prevent them from progressing further. <A> Spoilers from the Manga Aside from Mutant-type Quirks, it appears that people are able to control their abilities. <S> After all, they are extensions of one's body. <S> In the case of Eri, it is simply because she is young that she is incapable of controlling her quirk. <S> This is the same case with Kirishima, who cut his upper eye when he was younger due to his inability to control his quirk, which had just manifested. <S> It is because of this that Aizawa implies that she would be able to master her quirk with enough practice, to the point where she could possibly undo the effects of All for One. <S> If Shigaraki is incapable of controlling his quirk, then that is likely because he never made the effort to train it, hence why no other canonical character is incapable of controlling their quirk. <S> This would suit Shigaraki's childish personality, as he would likely enjoy the thought of destroying whatever he touches.

When Aizawa stops a quirk like Tomura's, it only stop it's further uses, and any and all effect already active keep on progressing, in wich case it is probably a discrepancy on the part of the author.

How could the pilots in mecha anime move their mechas fluently with just primitive controllers? What's the reason why in many mecha anime like Macross , Gundam , Code Geass , Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , Kakumeiki Valvrave , Darling in the Franxx and RahXephon , the pilots could move their mechas like the mechas are an extension of their own bodies? We always see the pilots in the cockpit room with some "controller". But the controllers seem to only have basic functions to allow basic movements such as move forward and backward, turn left and right and such. But in the actual scenes, the mechas could do more than just move squarely, e.g. skillfully dodge the opponents' bullets. In anime like Neon Genesis Evangelion , Star Driver or Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann , it could be explained away that because the mechas and their pilots are synchronized through the mind, they could do these "acrobatic" movements. However, with anime like Gundam , Macross , Suisei no Gargantia , or Kakumeiki Valvrave , it doesn't make sense... <Q> In-Universe Explanations <S> According to in-universe theory, a human that's working within a bipedal, robot-like machine is able to work most effectively when the machine's movements mimic those of the human body, especially since those movements often balance it efficiently (such as how the legs and back move when you stretch out an arm). <S> As such, engineers design the machine to make those movements automatically as part of a commanded movement. <S> This principle has been extended to other anime franchises like Macross . <S> As you write, there are also mind-machine interfaces that translate human thought directly into machine movement. <S> Real World Explanation <S> The actual historical answer comes with the dawn of the giant robot genre in the 1970's. <S> Real-life machine interfaces were relatively primitive back then. <S> The average manga reader and anime viewer couldn't really imagine controlling a robot with anything other than joysticks and buttons, so that's what anime and manga artists drew into the cockpits of mecha like Mazinger Z and Getter Robo . <S> They knew those interfaces wouldn't really be enough, but mecha series were cheap children's entertainment with a heavy emphasis on selling toys. <S> It didn't matter if it was realistic, as long as it felt cool. <S> The boys (and girls!) <S> who watched those shows grew up to make more recent mecha series, and often the unrealistic control schemes are tongue-in-cheek references to the silly controls they saw in those earlier shows. <S> Fundamentally, they understand that making a control scheme realistic didn't matter back then, and doesn't matter now; it doesn't make your show any more or less popular. <A> Thats where Suspension of Disbelief comes in. <S> We are meant to believe the mecha can be piloted like that and we are shown some rudimentary controls. <S> It is up to us to suspend our disbelief of such primitive controls being able to produce complex motion of the mecha. <S> Of course, some mecha anime try to provide much more realistic explanation. <S> You mention one, where person's mind is linked with that of a mecha, so thinking about moving your own body will move the mech's body. <S> Next option is master-slave system, where pilot's body is connected to "skeleton" that captures pilot's movements and translates that to mech's movement. <S> Full Metal Panic's mech work like that. <S> Another option is one, where the pilot only gives rough high-level commands and it is mech's computer or AI that does all the detailed movement. <S> I belive that is how Susisei no Gargantia's mech works. <S> In either case, how the mech is piloted is irrelevant in majority of cases. <S> Which is why producers just don't bother to create more realistic system and just do something that vaguelly looks like the pilot is the one in control. <S> It is only when the piloting method actually matters to the plot, that the method is actually fleshed out. <S> For example, in case of Evangelion, the pilot-Eva connection is source of protagonist's mental damage. <A> In some series like those (Macross, Super Dimensional Calvary Southern Cross) there are also mind-controlled mechas. <S> Those ones would be easier to explain why they have human-like movements since the movements come from the pilot's thoughts on moving himself. <S> There are more details also in this scifi.stackexchange.com topic <S> How the pilots in the super dimension fortress macross controls the vf1 battroid

In the Gundam franchise, this is explained through the use of advanced computer systems that translate simple joystick motions into complex robotic motions.

In Root A, did Hide feed himself to Kaneki so that he would heal? Hide started bleeding shortly after Kaneki woke up, however, Kaneki had passed out from blood loss and was having difficulty healing. Then there's the weird dream Kaneki had that makes me believe that maybe he was, like, sleep-feeding or something. Did Hide maybe feed part of himself to Kaneki so that Kaneki would heal instead of dying? <Q> Hide let kaneki eat him so kaneki could regain his strength and the 2nd season of the anime doesnt follow the manga. <A> We wouldn't know for sure because those events took place after he woke up and therefore the answer is not simple or a known fact. <S> Only the writer would know, but my opinion is: no, Hide must have took damage from a ghoul. <A> This was not shown in the anime nor in the first Tokyo Ghoul manga. <S> The answer to this was only revealed in Tokyo Ghoul:re . <S> In Vol. <S> 15 Chapter 164 , a scene was shown in which Kaneki and Hide were talking at the top of a building. <S> Later on, Kaneki asks Hide to show what he (Kaneki) did to him <S> (Hide). <S> This implies that Kaneki did attack/mutilate Hide but could not remember it himself . <S> Personally, I think the former was what happened, given how Nagachika is.

Also, since Hide did not harbor feelings of anger or regret against Kaneki throughout the manga, it can be said that he either let Kaneki eat a part of him or he might have tried to fight back and failed but forgave Kaneki for what he did .

Since Naruto failed the Genin exam so many times, doesn't that mean he's older than Sasuke and Sakura? Naruto wasn't able to complete the Genin exam for some time. Either he was just a young starter and Sakura & Sasuke started after he failed, or a result that he was quite older. They say he was the same age, but never really told us to which day he started. Doesn't that mean Naruto is older than Sasuke and Sakura? <Q> As per this question and the Naruto wikia, Naruto was 12 at the start of the show. <S> It's also corroborated by this , which says it got it from the Official Character Stats Book. <S> As you point out, it's not really clear how that works out, given that he's stated to have failed the exam to become a genin more than once <S> (I'm assuming that's what you're asking about, rather than the Chunin exam, given context). <S> Possibilities for that include either that he started younger or that it's just a timeline mess that they never bothered to deal with. <S> I'm guessing the latter. <A> If you remember, Kakashi finished in a year, so I would guess that you could take the exams at least twice a year <S> and Naruto failed 6 times. <S> It never said how long they were at the academy. <S> So it would make sense that they could be the same age. <A> It says that he failed twice + the last time where he ended up passing after all when he learned the Kage Bunshin. <S> I read somewhere that we are shown he starts at the same time as the other contemporary genin, and we know he was in the same class as Shikamaru, Choji and Kiba, as they skip class several times, and Sasuke as they start their rivalry early. <S> I would guess that there are Genin-exams three or four times a year or maybe 3-4 times over a few months, and maybe extraoridinary tests for exemplary students that want to take it (itachi, 4th hokage, kakashi). <S> Then they start their time as Genin at the same time no matter what, so everyone can be assigned to a proper genin-team with the best balance according to strengths and weaknesses. <S> Sasuke being overall exemplary, Sakura super-smart <S> but not very athletic and <S> Naruto being quite athletic but not very school-smart makes for a very balanced team. <S> As some mentioned, it might change according to peace-time and war-time, or maybe in accordance to how many students there are. <S> When looking at Boruto-classes (yes I read that as well. <S> I have a lot of time.) <S> there one is a repeater as well. <S> 7times I think? <S> and he is clearly older than the others, but probably not more than a year or so since he still seems on the same wavelength as the other kids.

The Naruto wikia also lists Sasuke and Sakura as being 12 at the start, which indicates that they're the same age.

Why Uchiha Itachi didn't make his Mangekyo Sharingan eternal? To make an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, you need to transplant another Mangekyo Sharingan, right? Itachi has activated his when Shisui died and Shisui gave his eye to Itachi. So why didn't he transplant that eye and make his Sharingan eternal? <Q> Danzo had stolen one of his eyes before Shisui could have given it to Itachi. <S> Also, one other condition for the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan is that there has to be very strong blood ties between two people. <S> Itachi and Shisui are both cousins at best, so the blood tie is weaker than between Itachi and Sasuke, for instance. <S> It would be unlikely that an Eternal Mangekyo would have formed from Shisui's single eye. <A> There could be a couple reasons: Two plausible ones were mentioned by Makoto. <S> As we all know, the Sharingan is a pair Dojutsu and so one would need 2 Mangekyou's together in order to awaken eternal in both their eyes. <S> He probably knew he wouldn't have enough time to reap the benefits of the Eternal. <S> For more info on his sickness check out this thread; was it ever stated if Itachi was already dying? <S> The last reason is what I would call " an overwhelming level of Love mixed in with a strong guilty conscience ", Itachi wiped out his entire clan to protect Konoha from the coup that the uchiha were planning, but couldn't kill his brother because he loved him more than everything else. <S> Itachi most definitely knew how terrible his acts were and right from that moment planned to make amends for it by dying at the hands of his kid brother, who would try to avenge the entire clan. <S> Itachi most likely also concluded that Sasuke would have had no chance against him if he had the eternal Mangekyou, and therefore decided to really fight his younger brother later on after his eyes had deteriorated in such a manner that they would be close in strength and not a one sided battle. <S> So it was actually because of Sasuke! <S> He knew he was dying and prefered to die at his brothers hand, By doing that, he used his death to make Sasuke stronger. <S> In order to make the fight a bit fair, Itachi decided to let Sasuke have the upper hand (by fighting him while he was partially blind and sick). <A> Eternal Mangekyou only requires spare eyes. <S> However, to obtain the Mangekyou you need to be attached to someone, like a sibling/close friend (this explains why Obito never lost his vision and why Kakashi was able to use the perfect sussano). <S> Itachi didn't get the eternal mangekyou because he just didn't want to. <S> He did not want to take his father's/anyone else's eyes, because maybe he felt very guilty.

As for the reasons why he did not use his father's Mangekyous, it could be because Itachi knew that he was dying and saw no point in achieving Eternal Mangekyou just to die to an incurable sickness. An Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan has never been created with just one eye; it has always been pairs of eyes. The other reason also stated my Makoto, is because it has been mentioned that the 2 individuals must be related by blood and it makes sense since the only 2 people who have actually ever done this were Sasuke and Madara and they used the Mangekyou's of their siblings.

Why couldn't Mitsuha and Taki remember each other's names? In the second half of Your Name (after the body switching stops happening), Mitsuha and Taki can't remember each other's names. They can even end up forgetting the names within 10 seconds of seeing each other. Why does this happen? One theory I have is: Before Taki intervenes, Mitsuha would have died when the comet hit. Taki couldn't remember her name because her future was hanging in the balance. But this answer doesn't entirely work. For one, He still fails to remember her name after they rescue Itomori, and Mitsuha is no longer at risk of dying And second off Taki was never in risk of dying in the comet, but Mitsuha still can't remember his name either. So why did this happen? I know this is somewhat the main theme of the whole movie, but it never made sense to me how they could forget so quickly. It's almost like something was actively causing them to forget. <Q> Losing the associated memories is one of the effects of this mysterious phenomenon that the entire movie is based around, it happened in the scene you are asking about, but it also happened in reference to Mitsu's grandmother. <S> All the supernatural occurrences in the movie are supposed to be caused by the shrine god, comet, the shrine maiden (Mitsu) or some combination of those three. <S> Going into specifics as to why it was that moment, <S> exactly what memories they lost and why it happened <S> so suddenly starts to enter the territory of artistic interpretation, <S> this reddit post explains a few useful plot moments for understanding this and comes up with quite a good interpretation for why it happened at that moment because it had just reached twilight <S> and they had just left the shrine which holds the symbolic meaning of leaving behind your most precious thing (their memories of each other). <S> The issue that I think you noticed with your theory is that it limits the forgotten memories to be specifically about death when really it was about much more. <S> The reddit post is just one interpretation, exactly why is really up to the viewer. <A> I had to read this elsewhere - but when Taki and Mitsuha respectively go into the shrine (the Underworld) they have to leave something behind in exchange for being allowed to return alive. <S> That something is their memory of each other. <S> In the twilight, Taki gives Mitsuho the thread she gave him [3 years later / earlier] <S> so he loses his reminder of her. <A> Since they mostly switched bodies after going to sleep, one could think of it like forgetting a dream. <S> Sometimes when you wake up from a dream you don't remember what happened soon after, even while you are currently thinking about it; details can quickly fade away. <S> This also goes hand in hand with Mistuha and Taki not remembering anything while they were "awake". <S> They were living as the other person, so large swatches of their days were unknown unless the other chronicled it for them while they were there. <S> Taki would have no idea what happened that day if Mitsuha hadn't written in his e-dairy and <S> Mitsuha wouldn't have know what had happened if Taki didn't leave her notes (or if her friends hadn't told her what happened). <S> When Mitsuha disappears, so does all of her data entries in Taki's e-diary, making it seem like she was only a dream and that all of Taki's memories of her and living as her were also a dream. <S> This is idea of dreaming is especially prominent when Grandma (Who knows that Mitsuha actually Taki) asks him, "Are you dreaming?". <A> Maybe the producer brought in this idea to slowly bring the movie to an intense, beautiful end and to link the idea of that specific scene to the title (Your Name). <S> You see, the fact that Taki and Mitsuha couldn't remember each other's name wasn't important-it was for us to realise that despite the confusion Taki and Mitsuha were both in <S> , the fact they knew not a thing about each other but indeed, knew each other better than they know themselves was important to acknowledge. <S> Because that was...love. <S> This was love. <S> Without thinking twice, they continued their quest in finding whoever it was within them during those times they thought they were "dreaming". <S> When people thought the 2 of them were mad, little did they know they were just determined to find each other(or in more beautiful words, the person's life they were living). <S> Or, maybe it was the idea of understanding how love can blind you and make you do the unbelievable; how it drives you mad, doing things you'd never do before. <S> And that's what I love the most. <S> We've all been attached to this movie after watching it. <S> The music, the scenes, the script, it all constructed not just a movie, but a story of love and life within itself. <S> And whether or not this was done intentionally by the cast and writers <S> , it gave the movie a beautiful effect and made it so much more aesthetic. <S> You're left with so many questions, everyone interpreting things so differently, but still, we're all coming to the most wonderful conclusions. <S> I love this. <S> <3 <A> I think that they forgot each other's names because in the movie Mitsuha's grandmother says "you need to leave here the most important thing for you, which is the Sake"But then, the most important thing for Taki and Mitsuha was remembering each other's name. <S> I hope this is clear, if you have any doubt you can ask me :)

Losing the memories associated with the body-swap/time-travel was quite simply just one of the effects of the supernatural phenomenon surrounding "Kimi no Na wa".

What does it mean that "One for All" allows to stockpile power? In My Hero Academia , they say that the quirk "One for All" allows the user to stockpile power. What does this mean exactly? Does it mean that the current user has the quirks of the previous users? Does it mean that the current user has the added strength, speed, resistance, etc. of the former users combined? Or does it mean he can save strength, speed, resistance, power, etc. when he isn't using it, having it "stockpiled", and using it altogether, at some moment? Or does it have any other meaning? <Q> It would seem that all the unique users of One For All added their own power in the quirk- stockpile (One For All), as the earlier quirk user (his younger brother) couldn't defeat All For One, but All Might did. <S> It means that all the previous users had some powers of their own, which they passed down with the powers they had themselves received. <A> One For All definition according to MHA wiki <S> Long ago, a man with a Quirk that could steal and distribute quirks, forcibly gave his seemingly Quirkless little brother a Quirk or "Superpower" that allowed him to use stockpiled power in his body. <S> However, the little brother already had a Quirk with no effect other than that it could transfer a person's Quirk to another. <S> The little brother's Quirk and the Quirk given to him by his older brother merged and became One For All. <S> Also, All Might said that one for all is a union of two Quirks, A Quirk that stockpiles power <S> A Quirk that could be transferred the quirk to others As you mentioned in your question, Quirk Stockpile is the quirk that stock energy and physical power, people who have Quirk Stockpile don't have a physical limit they can increase their power by constantly working hard. <S> Also, the first user couldn't beat the All For One, but All Might could do it. <S> This means that, One For All quirk is passing the previous users' strength as well. <S> That's why Izuku Midoriya has to work hard to make his body adapt to the power of One For All. <S> The current physical body of Izuku Midoriya cannot use the 100% of One For All. <A> While what the answers before have said, the quirk stockpiles the fullest physical abilities of those who held the quirk previously. <S> Though since it is phrased this way we can assume that this the reason All Might is able to react to everything moving at such high speeds is that the quirk also stacks reaction times. <S> Any physical ability is stacked to the fullest ability of that person. <S> Which in theory means it should be exponential. <S> EX: <S> Since All Might can take the full 100% his body is probably stronger than the average persons without it. <S> And more so than the previous holder too. <S> So as the quirk increases in strength, so does the base holders strength, speed, reaction time, hardiness. <S> All that shit. <S> MANGA SPOILERS <S> Though this might not be the extent of it. <S> In the newer chapters we see that the previous holders may lay somewhere within the quirk, similar to the avatar being able to communicate to the past avatars. <S> So there could be other things the quirk stacks as well. <S> Willpower, Prediction, Muscle Memory, Ingenuity. <S> Maybe Deku will be able to learn from and speak to the past holders. <S> And maybe there is a secret avatar state we have yet to see ;P. I doubt that last one becoming real, and to be honest I would prefer that Deku be the best by himself. <S> Though personally how I think Deku will become the best hero is that he will unite the heroes together (specifically his classmates and other great heroes) into an Avengers like team. <S> And they together will become the new symbol of peace. <A> More new info regarding to what One For All can do coming from the manga, this has just revealed that, One for All also transfers the quirks of former users to the current one, as speculated in the body itself of this question one year ago. <A> when all might punches the liquid villain, its not that all might is just that strong, its a second quirk that is called " shock wave (page 31).

I believe it means that quirks from the past users can be stockpiled and used by the current holder of one for all, in the first chapter of the manga,( I'm not sure if its in the anima)

Why is (Adult) Gon Freece's Hair so Long? Why is Illumi's hair long? So I have seen, and understood how Gon would have to train for such a long time frame to have his hair be that long. But, Illumi also has long flowing hair. Does this mean that Illumi has done something similar? Or maybe has Illumi just had a ton of bloodlust? and his hair went straight up? <Q> It has been a while <S> but I will try to answer with respect to the discussions held during that period. <S> First I would like to point a golden rule: <S> Correlation doesn't imply causation. <S> If Adult Gon and Illumi both have long hair <S> it is NOT necessary <S> they have it for the same reason. <S> Example: <S> He was meant to be introduced as a very creepy, gender-fluid character who could easily dominate the "imperturbable" Killua. <S> The hair design gave author to do a lot of things with Illumi. <S> You've arrived at the reason for Gon's hair being long correctly, I believe. <S> During Gon's transformation into what Killua considers "How he would appear after years, if not <S> decades, of training", we also notice that his hair has grown absurdly long. <S> This implies how much of time he would need to spend training to improve his Nen Ability. <S> To end with this is an old image with Illumi's character design (Hair). <S> I'm not sure what does the Japanese text says. <S> Disclaimer: <S> Please Note, I know this answer is very opinionated without author notes to back it up. <S> It is drawn from discussions during the original manga release which I have not tracked. <S> In this case its the best answer to the question I could think of. <S> Feel free to suggest ways to improve or any flaws in the train of thought, I might have missed. <S> I also haven't followed HxH in a long time <S> so any new information is very helpful. <S> Cheers! <A> illumis hair is naturally long for gon he wanted stronger nen power to defeat pitou so he put a nen restriction to lose his nen to gain gain strength to beat her so his nen made his body grow into an adult so even his hair grew to that many years also thats why its so long like it hasnt been cut for so many years <A> For Illumi, I think he just let it long. <S> In Gon's case, I have a theory for that. <S> When Gon was learning about nen with Killua, their teacher (I forgot his name) said that the nen is an energy that not used just for fighting; the body cells use it to reproduce. <S> It's an energy that can also be used by the body to grow. <S> That's why there's some nen channels that allow just an amount for the person to use, so some energy can be stored for the body to use to stay alive. <S> So when Gon was fighting Neferpitou, he became angry, making him careless about what would happen for him if he could get revenge from her. <S> He said to Killua to not worry because he didn't care anymore about his life if that meant she's gonna die (that scene with black and white). <S> So he made a deal with himself to use all his nen, breaking those channels, and thus all the body parts and cells got a lot of energy, making them grown so fast. <S> That's what happened to his muscles, they got bigger and bigger, his hair got longer than before. <S> (PS: I don't read the manga.) <A> A transformed gon would be around his 30's since decades of training could mean more then one decade meaning he could have been aged 20+ or 30+ years <S> but he looked young <S> so i don't think he was in his 40's <S> meaning its simply what gon would look like in a 20+ time skip with out cutting his hair <S> and i assume gon is 35 years old when he transformed since he was 14-15 by the end of the ark. <S> Ya'll are overthinking it but,the designed could have been given to him because Hair symbolizes physical strength and virility; the virtues and properties of a person are said to be concentrated In some circles long hair on men is seen as a symbol of power and freedom if you ask me gon fit all this examples,As when he fought nerferpitou he was concentrated <S> and he was also free as he did not care about his nen or life only revenging kite.

Illumi has long hair because his character design was meant to be that way.

How is "One for All" stronger than "All for One"? For those who don't know a brief description of the 2 major quirks involved in the main story of My Hero Academia are the quirks One for All (All Might, Izuku) and All for One. First One for All All Might explains that One For All is the union of two Quirks: A Quirk that stockpiles power and a Quirk that could be transferred to others. One For All allows the user to access stockpiled power, which grants the user momentary superhuman strength at destructive levels, increased agility, and superhuman speed. Izuku Midoriya is the ninth user of One for All. Now All for One, All For One allows the user to steal other people's Quirks and wield these stolen powers as their own. All For One also allows the user to transfer stolen Quirks to other people. The user of All For One can combine several Quirks in order to create devastating techniques which would normally not be possible with the usage of only one Quirk. In the fight between All might and All for one, we see the combined effects of multiple quirks used together by All for one. Going by the name that is around 10-12 stolen offensive quirks (not to mention numerous defensive ones as well as ones allowing him to live etc. How is it that the combined physical prowess of 9 individuals (2 of which we know were quirkless) can be stronger than the combination of atleast a dozen Strong quirks, maybe more? Possibly Related: What does it mean that "One for all" allows to stockpile power? The accepted answer fails to explain how this stockpiling would outgrow All for one, unless its some sort of exponential increase for One for All vs a linear increase for All for One. <Q> On the other hand, every users of One for All have been training the same quirk again and again, mastering it, and then passing their knowledge to their successors. <S> I don't think the battle All for One vs One for All was a pure contest of strength, but also of mastery and technique. <S> You can clearly see that when it comes to pure strength, All for One is stronger. <S> But when it comes to ability, All Might was better. <S> What made All-Might victorious was not his strength, but his ability to think ahead, and his near perfect mastery of One for All. <A> There's no reason to assume that the strength of AFO's techniques is a simple function of the number of quirks that he incorporates. <S> Think of it like a recipe. <S> Does a dish always get better and better as you add more and more ingredients? <S> The answer is no. <S> It only gets better if you add the right combinations of ingredients, and even then, there comes a point where adding more ingredients serves no purpose. <S> Sometimes adding unneeded ingredients even makes the dish worse. <S> Meanwhile, OFA, does just keep getting stronger. <S> It doesn't necessarily have to worry about coherently engineering a bunch of different synergies. <S> Not that it doesn't have other limitations, but Apparently they're not severe enough to prevent it from being able to overpower AFO <S> Another point is that there are physical limits to how. <S> An example was how Todoroki's body temperature dropped during his fight with Deku in the tournament. <S> It is possible that AFO has similar limits. <S> It need not be a contrived limit either such as some sort of "maximum" number of quirks he can marshal at once. <S> It could be the case that he just doesn't have the mental capacity to keep track of <S> all of the quirks he can possibly use at once. <A> I don't think its clear that All Might didn't have a quirk prior to receiving ALL FOR ONE. <S> He said he didn't have a quirk ... but everything else indicates he did. <S> For instance, when he can't use his quirk his body shrinks and loses all the mass he has as ALL MIGHT. <S> This implies that ability is a quirk. <S> I believe All Might actually had a quirk that, just like the original user of ALL FOR ONE was not evident till it was combined with the other quirk. <S> What isn't clear also is why Deku has not shown a significant mass increase as well, especially when he is using 100% of the power of his quirk. <S> Admittedly in the anime he is only using about 8% as of season 3's ending. <S> So this may change as he is able to use more of ALL FOR ONE. <A> If memory serves it was stated (or at least heavily implied) that the increase of one for all is exponential. <S> where as all for one is only linear increasing very fast <S> but it was most likely overtaken or at least matched in power by the fight against all might. <S> it is also likely that all for one is experiencing Logarithmic growth causing his power increase to slow down as he reaches his mental/physical limit for usage of quirks.

Because All for One is adding powers on top of one another, while One for All is multiplicating it's strength. All for One is using the quirks of other users, I think he isn't the kind of person to go and master each and every one of those quirks.

What did Griffith mean when he said "you are mine" to Guts? Mind to help me with this curiosity? Griffith acts differently after Guts decides to leave. He says, "you are mine" to him. Was this to imply that he was gay for Guts? Ever since they have first met, it confuses me. <Q> You have to remember how Guts first joined the Band of the Hawk. <S> Guts challenged Griffin to a duel, and Guts agreed to join the band as his subordinate if he lost. <S> Before this Griffin even told Guts: "I want you", which Guts misinterprets as a gay thing, and Griffin explains how he views him as a military asset with an interesting willingness to risk his life. <S> This is the sense in which Guts is "his". <S> His membership is guaranteed by the conditions of the duel, and Guts has not won a release from this obligation. <S> This is why Guts and Griffith then fight again when Guts decides to leave. <S> A lot could be said and debated about whether or not Griffith has sexual or romantic feelings for Guts. <S> It's not implausible, but you have to keep in mind that Griffin is consistently portrayed as a narcissistic sociopath. <S> Sex, sexuality, and personal attachments in general are just tools to him. <S> Part of his frustration and eventual breakdown over Guts's leaving is because Griffin views it as proof that he's allowed himself to grow weaker and soft. <S> He does realize that somehow Guts became more important than his lifelong dream; a dream he had been willing to sacrifice anything for, and had thought this included Guts and the rest of the Band. <S> But he doesn't seem to experience this as "love for Guts" but rather "disgust with himself", as befits his narcissism. <A> "You are mine" means exactly that, it does not have entail any romantic feelings. <S> It is the same when Griffith admits that only Guts was able to make him forget his dream, it can be because of their strong friendship. <S> There are very few hints that may suggest he likes Guts that way <S> and all of them can have a different interpretation (i.e <S> the reason he was thinking about Guts while having sex with Princess Charlotte might very well be because he had lost a good friend or simply because the princess reminds him of Guts). <A> Considering Griffith never said (I want you / <S> you're mine now) to anyone else before or since, it's hard to take it any other way. <S> Imagine if all army recruitment posters were like that. <S> We know he's pretty eloquent, if he wanted to be clear that his words weren't vaguely sexual he'd have said it differently. <S> And Guts completely agrees to all terms even when it means he might be Griffith's plaything.

I've always interpreted it as both romantic and possessive.

End of Evangelion - Why does Misato dissolve into LCL and why did Asuka re-materialize? These thoughts keep me awake at night: After Misato is shot in the back while helping Shinji get to Unit 01- the elevator closes, she falls over, talks to herself/the deceased Kaji, Rei/Lilith/Adam appears above Misato and then there is an explosion.But if the frame is paused at the right moment- you can see her body is in two separate pieces- however later there is a shot with her jacket in a puddle of LCL. Video for reference: https://youtu.be/63UIBoIF3mY?t=6m30s I'm confused because one of the SEELE guys seemed very determined to remain alive until instrumentality occurred- He grins happily right before dissolving into LCL- and in the puddle of his LCL, his clothes and what looks like to be many medical devices that were keeping him alive into old age remains.From what I understand- during instrumentality, only living things dissolved into LCL (So SEELE guy had all the medical devices, Kaji didn't dissolve, etc). So I'm wondering why Misato dissolved into LCL because it looks like the explosion killed her. I'm guessing it's possible that her jacket is just in a random puddle of LCL and she didn't actually dissolve- and her body could be off-screen. As far as Asuka goes- at the end, her and Shinji re-materialize from the LCL as they will to. But she was killed by the mass-production eva units. I would assume that she also did not dissolve into LCL but then why did Asuka re-materialize if she was not a part of instrumentality? I realize the director, Hideaki Anno, says there are no "right answers" to the meaning of the movie but I am wondering if there are any clarifications to these questions.And please correct me if I'm incorrect on any of the above because I'm sure I have a few misunderstandings :) EDIT: Defined my questions in bold and video reference added <Q> Here is a stab at my question to try to clean up my own mess: Hakase's comment is correct as a scene is shown that all the NERV personal killed by Japan's military did dissolve during instrumentality. <S> Asuka also did dissolve into LCL- so all humans that ever existed could re-materialize after Shinji rejected instrumentality. <S> To clarify this: I'm confused because one of the SEELE guys seemed very determined to remain alive until instrumentality occurred <S> I do not have as much basis for the following <S> but I think the SEELE guy wanted to stay alive to make sure that the Human Instrumentality Project would happen, and to see it actually occur after all their efforts- <S> as it was the organization's ultimate goal. <S> So it was a misunderstanding to believe that humans must be living to be a part of instrumentality. <A> My understanding is that everyone at the time of Instrumentality becomes one (i.e. the sea of LCL) including dead people as long as their soul is still around, but I don't know if this was explicitly mentioned or not. <S> Anyways, my interpretation is that Asuka's too prideful to stay "joined" to everyone, reasserted her individuality and thus, reincarnates her own body at the end. <A> This was too long for a comment <S> so I'll just add it as an answer, though you've pretty much already answered the question yourself. <S> This may also be interesting to you: <S> https://forum.evageeks.org/thread/18930/Transition-guides/ <S> The "transition guides" a shorthand for the phantom Rei's that appear when bodies are turned to Tang. <S> They also appear differently for different people (Maya see's Ritsuko, Fuyu sees Yui), possibly to gather their souls to bring to that glowing red ball of swirling red dots (e.g. souls). <S> This all predicates from the Anti-AT-Field happening, and a tidbit from what Kaworu says during that super confusing monologue at the end of Episode 24, the AT field being light of the soul. <S> If the AT Field is the physical body, releasing the field frees the soul (the little red dot). <S> Based off of that, it's just assumed that everyone around the time of instrumentality was brought along for the ride, alive or dead. <S> Then it's a question of whether the participants of instrumentality were actually interacting with each other (which seems like the point of it all), then we see Asuka, Misato, Shinji, and Kaji (the scene with Misato from End of Evangelion, possibly just a past experience, and during Episode 26, an active Narrator). <S> Kaji being part of the mix could mean that the people joining Instrumentality could go back as far as many months since Kaji was shot months before Instrumentality started.

So the answers are: Misato dissolved into LCL because all humans- dead or alive, dissolved into LCL during instrumentality.

Why Recovery Girl never cured All Might injuries? Supposedly, All Might injuries are one of the reasons he can't last and fight anymore like he did in the past, before the battle with All For One. Why Recovery Girl never cured All Might injuries?. Midoriya many times completely broke their arms and legs, but she was able to completely cure him. Why this doesnt work for All Might? <Q> As Recovery Girl explained her quirk only accelerates a person's natural healing rate with a proportional cost to their own energy. <A> Her power only goes so far a few spoilers are ahead so if you haven’t finished season 2 then move along During the UA quirk games <S> Deku breaks his arms and fingers multiple times in the fight with toderoki. <S> Recovery girl explains that she can’t repair everything and because of Dekus lack of restraint and the damage he caused he now has a perminint scar on his hand. <S> If recovery girl couldn’t repair him enough to not leave a scar then I doubt she would be able to deal with the magnatitute that is almights wound. <S> She probably healed to the best of her ability so he wouldnt die ( as his wound has now become I giant scar) <S> she can heal and it’s a miracle <S> but she isn’t a god <A> Recovery girl can only boost healing factor of one's body. <S> All Might lost some part of lungs, stomach etc during fight with All for One.

So since Deku's bones could heal over time her quirk could make them heal faster, but you wouldn't expect a person to be able heal having a good few major internal organs crushed over any length of time so Recovery Girl can't repair All Might's injuries.

Why All Might had to punch over 300 times Noumu to defeat him, if it was the last "plus ultra" punch what sent him flying high into the sky In the battle between Noumu and All Might, All Might says that if Noumu is made to fight him at 100%, he will have to punch him with over 100% of his strenght to defeat him, and that if Noumu's quirk is shock absortion and not regeneration, he might have a limit to how much beating he can take. After he sent Noumu flying, he said in his prime he would have needed 5 punches to defeat him, but he needed over 300. But what sent Noumu flying was only one punch, his "plus ultra" punch. Then, why didnt he just punched Noumu with his "plus ultra" punch from the begining? What were all the other punches for? <Q> I can think of a few reasons. <S> Out-Universe <S> Its a Shonen Anime. <S> The supreme rule in Shonen is Rule of Cool . <S> Other than this, tropes like Special Attacks , <S> Limit Break , Finishing Move among others also apply. <S> As the flagship fight of the season 1, it was required to be longer than "1-Punch". <S> (Though One Punch Man shows it can work . <S> Lol) <S> In-Universe Since it was the battle between almost equal opponents, the 300 punches were required because, To put Nomu off balance so he couldn't defend against the final "Plus Ultra" Punch. <S> If it were the first punch, Nomu may have successfully defended against it. <S> If you look closely to the battle you'll see Nomu starts off matching <S> All might punch for punch, than his frequency decrease as All might gets more hits and finally it becomes one sided as All Might pummels him around. <S> Since All Might knew that Nomu is not nullifying the damage and regenerating it, the speedy punches gradually chipped away his strength until it was down enough to finish in one blow. <S> All Might new he had a fixed amount of time until his "Super" form lasted, hence to make it count he went head to head with Nomu right until the last moment releasing all his power in the last punch. <S> If you go and read the manga (and hopefully in the current airing season) you'll see he does something similar When he goes against All for one, he uses the last embers of One for All in his body to deliver the killing blow. <S> Does that mean the previous punches were meaningless? <S> I think not! <A> When All Might discovered that Nomu's Quirk was Shock Absorption and Super Regeneration, All Might quickly figured out that he must have some upper limit to his Shock Absorption abilities. <S> Thus he punched him so many times so that Nomu would've been overwhelmed by the sheer number of punches (and the shock from them) his body had to handle. <A> They literally explained it in the show. <S> All Might knew his quirk was shock absorption not nullification. <S> With this in mind

All Might just kept punching him over and over again (draining Nomu of his stamina) until he was weak enough that his punch would work vs him.

Is Kashin Koji actually someone who has appeared in Naruto before? So I've been reading the Boruto manga lately. There was this member of a secret organization Kara called Kashin Koji. Many have speculated that he is Jiraiya or his clone (or student/son, etc.) They claim this because: His appearance in front of Boruto and squad was with a toad summoning. He knows how to make a Rasengan perfectly. Does this theory have any credibility? <Q> Sure, there are coincidences that Kashin Koji and Jiraiya could be the same, but you also have to realize that Jiraiya died and there was no way he was surviving after the fight with Pain. <S> Pain finished him and that was the end of Jiraiya, now where the Rasengan and the toad summoning comes into place, it could be very possible that he might have been a relative of Jiraya, but as it looks, we won't find out until we get more information. <A> I've heard those rumors too and to be honest, that seems like a plausible theory. <S> But there are 2 counteracting facts for that theory. <S> The first is that Jiraiya's body was lost into the ocean when pain destroyed his back with chakra rods; so its almost impossible for anyone to have acquired his DNA, except maybe they got it long before he died (or how Kabuto wanted to get his DNA). <S> The second fact is the way Kashin Koji's personality is displayed in the manga, unlike Jiraiya, If i were to describe his personality, Kashin Koji seems more like a self centered, "no nonsense" type of person who is serious minded and very calculating. <S> That is very contrasting to the fun loving, super pervy and social Jiraiya that we all know. <S> Also, It seems very unlikely that Jiraiya had a son, but then again, since Jiraiya was such a perv, it wont come as a surprise that the one and only ERO SENIN had some secret relationship and something along the lines resulted in Kashin being born. <S> Nevertheless, the theory that i feel could be the closest <S> is that Kashin Koji could be a student of Jiraiya Sensei. <S> The possibility that ERO SENIN had a couple more students aside Mnato, Nagato and his crew, and Naruto is not a far fetched idea. <S> Lets not forget that after Jiraiya recieved the Great Gamamaru's vision of the future, he decided to go around, traveling and looking for the so called "child of prophecy". <S> He might have had a couple other students during the years that he travelled around writing books. <S> PS: My answers are based of assumptions so there's a possibility that I could be really close, or completely wrong in the theory. <A> In the last chapter of the manga, we actually get a hint that ties Kashin Koji to Konoha, which makes things even more interesting and complicated at the same time. <S> they use similar jutsus: fire-based techniques, Rasengan, toad summoning, sealing jutsu while his partner had to wait outside the village since she couldn't go through the Yamanaka clan's barrier without being detected, Kashin Koji had no difficulty to enter the village. <S> He said it himself that anyone who didn't have their chakra registered in Konoha's security system would not be able to enter without triggering the alarm. <S> So, IMO, that might be a hint that he is a former shinobi from Konohagakure. <S> Of course, we can't conclude that based on this information he is Jiraiya, but it surely makes us wonder about his past, his connection to the Leaf and his identity.

Since Jiraiya was able to teach Naruto the rasengan and summoning jutsu, it would make sense to hypothesize that he probably taught other students too. What we know until now is that: there is a certain physical resemblance between him and Jiraya (the hair, the age, the two strikes on their faces which are exactly on the same spot - under their eyes) He also knows a lot about the village, which kind of makes me think that maybe he grew up there or something.

Has Yugi (or Yami) ever lost a duel fair and square? In either the anime or the manga, has Yugi (or Yami) ever lost a duel fair and square? By "fair and square" I mean that Yugi wasn't: Against an opponent who was flat out cheating using a Millennium Item to gain an unfair advantage (for instance, using the Millennium Eye to see your opponent's cards is unfair, but using the Millennium Puzzle or Ring to draw on an ancient spirit's wisdom and experience is okay) Coerced into losing because there would be consequences if he won Chose to lose to prove a point Losing in a simulation created by Kaiba Otherwise was not motivated to win Otherwise was against an opponent who had an unfair advantage or put Yugi at an unfair disadvantage And no, Yami losing the Final Battle (a.k.a. Ceremonial Duel) doesn't count since the two people were split and one of them had to lose. I would prefer duels that weren't Shadow Games, since the pressure of that can arguably detract from the game being fair, but won't discount that completely. <Q> As Memor-X mentioned, in the Waking the Dragons Arc, Yami duelled against Rafael and lost. <S> Yami was compelled to use the Seal of Orichalcos that Rafael had given him earlier in the duel because he felt like there was no other way to win (though the power definitely went to his head afterwards!). <S> The episode is a three-parter, but Yami/Yugi loses in Episode 158 - Fate of the Pharaoh - Part 3 . <S> If you don't want to include the Ceremonial Duel, I believe that's the whole list. <S> All other duels where Yugi/Yami lost, he either surrendered, deliberately misplayed (I include Yami duelling against a spirit of Yugi in Waking the Dragons in that) or was against a cheater. <A> Yugi does lose a duel in the manga and Toei anime, but not in Duel Monsters <S> In chapters <S> 46 and 47 of the manga, <S> and episode 18 of the Toei anime <S> , Yugi plays a game of Dragon Cards (called Dragon Block in the anime) against Imori , a student from his school (this was back when the series used a different game nearly every chapter, before it changed to focus exclusively on Duel Monsters). <S> Imori stole Yugi's Millennium Puzzle in the hopes of harnessing its power for himself. <S> He broke the seal on the Dragon Cards jar, which triggered a Shadow Game in which the loser's soul would be trapped in the jar. <S> Without access to Dark Yugi, Yugi couldn't formulate a winning strategy and he loses fair and square, getting his soul sucked into the jar. <S> But as he collapses, Yugi touches the Millennium Puzzle, which draws out Dark Yugi. <S> Imori agrees to duel him, figuring that he has to defeat him as well to control the Millennium Puzzle. <S> Unfortunately for him, Dark Yugi ekes out a win. <S> The jar can only hold one soul, so Yugi's is released, and Imori's soul is captured within it. <S> In the manga, his body remains lifeless and his soul is slowly digested by the spirits of the 25 dragons in the game. <S> In the anime, a new, gentle soul is born within Imori and he awakens (Dark Yugi notes that Dragon Block took his haughty soul). <S> Imori asks Yugi to seal away the game again so that it won't harm anyone. <A> Atem did not win this duel, yami marik won this duel, odion saved atem from suffering. <S> Most people think marik was a weak duelist yet ignore the fact that he was praised by kaiba, atem and managed to defeat the main villain of the show (Bakura), he adapted to the new rules of the game in Battle City really easily. <S> Atem/Yugi would not have been able to draw a card and clearly lost the duel, all Marik had to do was <S> end his turn <S> then atem would have decked out and lost. <S> Marik is the only canon loss that Atem suffered: https://yugioh.fandom.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_-_Episode_142 <S> Their are three more times where he lost a duel fairly <S> but the problem with those incidents is that they are filler and thus not considered canon. <S> 1) <S> Raphael truely defeated Atem & Yugi in their first duel during the orichalcos arc. <S> This has already been mentioned multiple times, even in their second duel raphael would have won if he didnt sacrifice all his life points to bring his monsters back that he did not use to duel anymore. <S> His first duel with Atem was a clear victory where Atems lifepoints dropped to zero. <S> 2) Gansley (the first member of the "big five") would have won his duel with Atem if it wasn't for the illogical plot, he literally had the opportunity to win but choose not to, he decided to drag things out instead. <S> Atem had low life points (only 500) and his monsters were in attack mode, he had nothing to defend himself <S> and it was gansley's turn, while Gansley had two monsters he could tribute to summon a monster with 2200 atk points and celtic gaurdian only had 1400 he would have done 800 points of damage defeating Atem. <S> Source: <S> duel monsters saga virtual world 3) Bakura (in episode 13) <S> their first ever duel in <S> duelist kingdom rules was anime only, yami bakura was literally winning the whole entire duel until the plot kicked into save the main character from losing and yami bakura switched bodies with regular bakura. <S> Source: <S> Duel monsters episode <S> 13 Atem was a lucky duelist who rarely won due to skill.

Well Yugi/Atem/Yami technically did lose fairly to Marik Ishtar/Dark Marik in the final duel of the battle city tournament.

Why didn't Itachi tell Hiruzen (the 3rd Hokage) that Danzo attacked Shisui? So when we see Itachi and Shisui in the past, Shisui is the one who asks the 3rd hokage about trying to divert the Uchiha Coup on his own for which he get's approval by the third Hokage at which Danzo was also present. When Shisui tried to use genjuitsu on his clan, he's intercepted and attacked by Danzo, surely the hokage didn't approve of that. Shisui was able to tell Itachi of what happened, but why didn't Itachi tell the Hokage about Danzo's betrayal? <Q> This is a speculation, but given that Danzo was the head of ANBU Black ops, it is most likely that they don't leave any trace whatsoever that can be tracked back to Danzo. <S> Thus the only "proof" of Danzo attacking Shisui would be Shisui's own testament and Itachi's second hand testament. <S> And given that Shishui's genjutsu, "koto amatsukami" is a complete hypnosis, who would believe Itachi? <S> Danzo can just claim that Itachi is under Shisui's genjutsu and that Shisui did that to blacksheep him. <S> Danzo is a high official. <S> Accussations towards him without any proof would result in heavy retaliation. <S> Especially since by that time the Uchiha clan is already suspected of planning a coup. <S> This, I think, is why Itachi cannot tell Hiruzen. <S> It would not solve anything. <S> It will only smear Shisui's good name. <A> He should have. <S> But Itachi knew that since Shisui was dead,there was no other option but to murder the entire clan <S> -he did not want to draw unnecessary attention now. <S> He just wanted peace. <S> He could have even avenged Shisui by finishing off Danzo <S> but he didn't do that. <A> Hiruzen would have believed itachi, as hiruzen knows how shady danzo is and as soon as all the Uchiha’s were massacred, hiruzen quickly deduced that Danzō was responsible. <A> All of these answers are nice attempts and respectable, but the real answer is he used it as leverage against Danzo once he left the village. <S> You have to remember that Itachi was a pacifist, and reporting that problem to Hiruzen would cause an internal problem in the Hidden Leaf Village. <S> The answer someone said about Danzo accusing Itachi of being under Shisui's genjutsu is completely out of the question. <S> Itachi's is Shisui's disciple and also a formidable Uchiha, which is why Hiruzen brought him into the Anbu and he was made captain at only age 13.

Itachi didn’t tell hiruzen because there was no point, itachi would still have to murder his clan.

What is this leg accessory that Noelle wears? In Black Clover: Quartet Knight , Noelle wears an accessory on her legs. What is that clothing thing on her legs called? <Q> Aren't those just called leg warmers ? <S> Other characters like Hinamori Amu (Shugo Chara), Kagamine Rin and Len (Vocaloid), and Rock Lee (Naruto) are known to wear them. <A> In her case, they are Genie Leg warmers. <S> Not just leg warmers, because they are made of a lightweight transparent material. <S> Most probably Silk or Organza fabric. <S> You can find some examples of them on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/549549557/custom-color-organza-genie-leg-warmers <S> I do not believe they are historically accurate, or as easy to wear as Anime characters make it look. <S> More like something fantasy creators made to make Genies/Magical characters cuter/sexier. <S> A bit like super huge swords, weighting more than a car, that heroes can lift effortlessly with one hand. <S> They go for the look more than the realism. <A> As per cosplay site, it's listed as 足カバー . <S> I believe their purpose is partially for utility to cover the leg, but at the same time allow someone to wear more fashionable shoes or sandals. <S> But then again I don't know what fashionable, maybe it's just for being a cute play on the magic school uniform motif.

In short, it's more of a "foot cover" , as opposed to something like loose/knee-high socks seen as a set with school uniforms.

Can water created using water jutsu be drunk? The earth and wood style can create permanent trees and walls, can water jutsu create pond or smaller body of water to drink? Is there any instance of this in the series or manga? And where does the water came from. <Q> I would say yes. <S> As chakra is a special matter that can transcend body pains (in Naruto story of Kaguya and his two sons, the elder brother relieved the pain old man who tried to thug people in name of fake medicine), so possibly the water made would be pure enough to drink, although it's never been mentioned in the anime. <S> Another proof is that during the Fourth Shinobi War, the arc in which genin exams were conducted in the village of the hidden sand. <S> So in that way, I can deduce that the water would be drinkable. <A> if you take a look at the water release in wiki , you can see that: Water Release is one of the basic elemental nature transformation techniques that allow the user to manipulate pre-existing water, or create their own, by turning their chakra into water. <S> But not everyone can do it: It takes much more ability to create the water outside the body than to manipulate what is already available or expel it from their mouths. <S> So based on this as long as they have chackra they can have water, but probably they will spend more chackra creating water than if they were using the water that already exists. <A> Assuming they can use wood-style and earth-style in such a sense, I would like to believe water can be used in such a sense. <S> I don't recall personally, because I never remember 'seeing' any characters actually drink anything besides sake or tea. <S> Zabuza created mist from nothing (that lake/river was nearby, but I would like to assume he was created from his chakra). <S> I think the water would do the same as fire jutsu. <S> It comes from the chakra, and the jutsu turns it into that pure element. <A>

One group had the ninjutsu to create healing water in order to cure some mosquitoes bite. Since it is possible to create water, probably it is possible to drink it! Yes in kakashi new novel (kakshi retsuden) kakashi give some water to a kid

Is the anime adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul:re faithful to the manga? I've seen the first 2 episodes of Tokyo Ghoul:re and got confused when Kaneki meets Touka. I dropped the manga a while ago though, so I might be wrong thinking that they have not met this early. Is the anime following the manga closely, or is it as far off as the Root A was? <Q> There might be some minor events missing, but it seems like everything is being included. <S> Thus, of the 3 anime seasons of Tokyo Ghoul, it seems Re is the most faithful to the manga. <S> Even season 1 mixed up the order and changed some events, but I have yet to see any such thing in Re. <A> To be true, it's not as bad as Root A was. <S> That abomination was literally the worst thing that could happen to Tokyo Ghoul, in my opinion. <S> But yeah, they are rushing things up a little, and that's expected when you are talking about a series that's already has more than 170 chapters as base material. <S> Spoilers ahead.. <S> Around 8 episodes of :Re are out as of now, and Sasaki has already met a recovered Tsukiyama. <S> I think that was the point where he started getting his memories back little by little, though they haven't showed it in the anime till now. <S> The same event happened much later considering the manga chapters. <S> This season of :re is only going to have 12 episodes, check here on MAL . <S> So I think it has been okay till now. <S> I like the progress anyway. <S> The main issue is, they are supposed to come out with the next 12 episodes by the end of this year, read here . <S> If they screw that up, it will spoil the whole of re, as Root A did with Tokyo Ghoul. <S> I just hope they don't screw it up anymore <S> _/\ <S> _ <A> The Tokyo Ghoul re <S> anime only seemed to reorder events a little during the first episode, which skipped a lot of exposition about how the world worked and RC cells. <S> Little details are skipped, and character backstory for the Quinx Squad is limited compared to the manga. <S> As already mentioned above, Tokyo Ghoul Season 4 is coming out soon. <S> However, it's unknown if it's just another 12 episodes. <S> It could potentially be two cours and finish off the manga.

Having watched all the anime episodes so far, except maybe the one released today, and all the Re manga chapters, they do match up very closely.

Could Eraserhead delete all All for One quirks at once? All for One is this powerful villain, who is almost unstoppable because he has and can use many quirks. Is there any reason why they never used Eraserhead to stop him by blocking all his quirks? Is this just a missing point in the plot or is there any limit to Eraserhead abilities or any quirk to All for One that makes him inmune to Eraserhead abilities? <Q> This is mostly speculation, and incredibly hypothetical. <S> With the evidence given, All For One (A4O) by itself is an activation based or transformation type quirk, and that activation can steal, grant/transfer quirks. <S> However, the quirks that are stolen may or may not be used only when A4O is activated. <S> Erasure, another "Activation" quirk, can disable the quirk factor of any person caught in range. <S> Thus those with Emitter and Transformation based quirks are disabled, but mutant-type quirks lose their functionality. <S> As far was we can tell the only time Erasure was used on a person with more than one quirk was on Deku in the skills assessment test <S> (One For All is considered as multi-quirk; the stockpile, and the transfer quirks). <S> However, since Deku only used the "superhuman strength" quirk, we don't know if there were other quirks that have been stockpiled. <S> Also, whether or not a person wielding One For All can use Superhuman Strength + another quirk. <S> This can end in one of two ways. <S> Conjecture 1 <S> Conjecture 2: <S> If the A4O quirk does not need to be activated to use stolen quirks, AND stolen quirks are separate from the Quirk factor of A4O; if and only if each quirk has its own Quirk Factor and Aizawa can disable only one Quirk factor within one person; then A4O will not be disabled by the Erasure Quirk. <A> Aizawa’s ‘erasure’ quirk works by temporarily disrupting/disabling a person’s quirk factor. <S> With this in mind, there are two possibilities: <S> All For One <S> ’s <S> (from now on I’m calling him ‘The Big Boss’ to avoid confusion between his name and quirk) <S> entire arsenal of quirks could become useless if the quirk factor of All For One controls everything. <S> If The Big Boss got the quirk factors for each quirk (which seems like the more likely scenario in my opinion), it wouldn’t matter if Aizawa ‘erases’ All For One as The Big Boss would still have dozens, maybe even hundreds of other quirks at his disposal and it would turn into a game of ‘ <S> how many quirks can you disable before you have to blink’. <S> Aizawa is a great hero, but he specialises in close range combat against people who can’t use their quirks. <S> If scenario 2 is correct then Aizawa stands no chance against The Big Boss in a 1v1 however he could be quite useful in an assist role if someone like All Might or Endeavour were also fighting him, he could disable certain quirks before The Big Boss could do any serious damage and maybe slow him down somewhat by restraining/distracting him with his scarf. <A> It's not explicitly addressed, but during the police preparation before raiding the League of Evil, they make it very clear that they will possibly encounter All For One. <S> Since UA knows All Might's secret, it's not a stretch to also know about All For One. <S> Logically speaking, if Aizawa could really steal All For One's quirks, he would be absolutely essential to the mission and there would be no reason not to include him... <S> Unless they know that it would not work. <S> Based on that, while the explanation is not provided, it seems logical that for some hidden reason or another, UA knows that Aizawa won't be able to steal all of All For One's quirks. <S> My guess is that he would only be able to disable the ability to steal other people's quirks, or maybe just one of his quirks - but not all. <A> According to the anime all for one is a quirk that can take and use quirks, and give them. <S> It also says that it is a storage quirk so it means all of all for one's quirks are within his all for one quirk. <S> There for Aizawa can erase all for one's all for one quirk, and all of all for one's other quirks with it. <A> Erasure can erase multiple quirks at once as seen by his ability to shut off the quirks of High End Nomus who have multiple quirks (Ch 268, Boku no Hero Academia manga). <S> The reason Aizawa was not present for the fight against AFO was because he was in a press conference to speak about Bakugou’s kidnapping <S> (Boku no Hero Academia S3E9). <S> They arranged the press conference to distract the villains and if Aizawa was not present during the press conference after having a student from his class kidnapped, it would look bad for UA. <S> If they did not hold the press conference the LoV may not have been so unguarded. <S> For a meta reason it would be convenient for the author <S> but it is explained well in the series. <S> Also they have to account for the possibility that AFO may have a quirk that can render Erasure useless like cloaking or something. <S> This might allow him to steal Erasure which would be devastating for the heroes.

: If the root of all quirk based power is rooted in the quirk factor, it is possible for Aizawa to disable A4O and all the stolen quirks with the Erasure Quirk.

Why is Tajū Kage Bushin no Jutsu a secret? In the first episode/chapter of Naruto, Naruto steals the scroll containing secret jutsus and, from it, learns Tajū Kage Bushin no Jutsu, the multiple version of the corporeal alternative to Bushin no Jutsu (which they learn in school). While Kage Bushin no Jutsu seems to take way more chakra and is a lot harder on the user than Bushin no Jutsu, it doesn't seem particularly egregious. Additionally, a decent number of characters seem to use it, if the Wikia article is to be believed. While most characters who use Kage Bushin no Jutsu don't make multiple clones, it doesn't seem like a massive leap from one to the other. So why is it kept secret and sealed away in the Scroll of Seals when other jutsus that are incredibly hard on a person or even potentially fatal (like opening the Eight Gates) aren't? <Q> Along with that with certain users of the jutsu it could increase their numbers from 1 to 1000 creating a small army. <A> The eight gate that you gave in the example is a forbidden jutsu and <S> not just everyone can learn it (i.e. sealed). <S> The only known users (manga canon) of this jutsu are Might Guy and Rock Lee, both are Taijutsu masters with the first was even commended as the greatest Taijutsu user ever by none other than Uchiha Madara. <S> Even Lee are not able to open all 8 gates, only Might Guy can. <S> Other than ability, it was also suggested that Might Guy has yet to teach Lee how to open all 8 gates. <S> Lee was limited to the 6th gate. <S> This means that the jutsu is somewhat "sealed" by Guy. <S> Another forbidden jutsu that was not sealed is the Rasen Shuriken. <S> But that is because Naruto created it himself. <S> The rest of the kinjutsu are used only by powerful ninjas, sometimes by stealing the scroll (like Deidara did), or the kinjutsu requires Kekkei Genkai (like Izanami and Izanagi). <S> Thus the conclusion is that other kinjutsu are sealed, just like Kage Bunshin no Jutsu was. <A> The shadow clone jutsu was invented by Tobirama senju. <S> The reason it is a forbidden jutsu is because it drains the user's chakra. <S> When kakashi was fighting PAIN he lost a decent amount of chakra to the clone. <S> Why is the multi shadow clone jutsu a forbidden jutsu

It’s a forbidden jutsu because of the amount of chakra it requires.

Why All for One never stole One for All? All for One is the most powerful superhuman with the exception of All Might who has the quirk One for All. If All for One has the quirk who makes him able to steal quirks, and All Might is the only person he can't defeat, why All for One doesnt steal One for All and let All Might quirkless to be able to defeat him? <Q> First, What is One For All ? <S> One For All is the union of two Quirks: A Quirk that stockpiles power, and a Quirk that could be transferred to others. <S> This mutation was caused by the Quirk, All For One. <S> One For All cannot be stolen by force: <S> One For All will not transfer to a new recipient unless its user wishes it, <S> thus One For All cannot be forcibly stolen. <S> For example, the Hero Killer Stain ingested Izuku's blood, but did not inherit One For All because Izuku did not wish it. <S> However, this does not mean One For All cannot be forcibly passed on. <S> Why All for One doesn't steal One for All and let All Might quirkless to be able to defeat him? <S> Apart from the reason why can't One For All be stolen, you can see that: <S> After One For All is transferred to the recipient, the previous One For All user can still use the "leftover embers" of One For All, and thus can still access One For All's power. <S> However, these leftover embers will not last for long, and the previous One For All will slowly run out of the embers, resulting in the previous user losing One For All completely. <S> All Might has the "leftovers" of One For All <S> but soon or later he will loose One For All completely, the user with One For All <S> now is Izuku , if the Quirk was to be taken it had to be from Izuku and <S> not All Might. <S> Source: Wiki <A> I think there is a combination of reasons: <S> All it did was allow itself to be passed to someone else. <S> This quirk was combined with another quirk that allows the user to store up power and use it as super strength, courtesy of All for One. <S> All for One actually was the one who gave the original possessor of One for All the second quirk, most likely not knowing of the existence of One for All or that the two would combine in such a powerful manner. <S> Once One for All became as it is now, it would have been difficult for All for One to simply take it. <S> The owner of One for All would have resisted using his now quite powerful quirk. <S> Also, in the beginning, when One for All had less energy stored, All for One also probably had stolen fewer quirks. <S> If he took time to steal more, One for All would have become more powerful by storing more energy. <S> So they may have been evenly matched at each encounter despite them both acquiring more power over time. <S> One for All only is as powerful <S> is it is now because it was passed down by many users who all stored up energy using One for All. <S> This means that immediately after gaining that second quirk, the original owner of One for All would only have seemed exactly as expected, rather than unexpectedly powerful, as it turned out to be. <S> Remember, All for One gave the original owner of One for All the second quirk. <S> He intended for him to have it and use it, back when it was less powerful. <S> Only now that it has passed to others has it become apparent how much potential the two quirks had. <S> Furthermore, it might have had to pass between many people to maximize its potential as its not entirely clear if a single long lived person could attain the same result. <S> I don't think One for All would even necessarily be interested in a quirk that he had to share around in order for it to reach its maximum potential. <S> Perhaps now that it has reached this level of power he would be interested in stealing it if he could, however. <A> There are ways to get around the limitation of one for all not being able to be stolen by force, by using a mind control quirk for instance. <S> We already saw Deku being controlled by Hitoshi Shinso, so in the future, a new All for One user might overtake the One for all user with a powerful Mind control Quirk, and force him to give up his power, ushering in an age of destruction. <S> The problem with Hitoshi Shinso's power is that it's not really "Mind control" but body control. <S> A True mind control quirk would make the person controlled actually believe that they want to do the things they are being forced to do after the trigger condition is met, so resisting would basically be impossible. <S> This would make for the most Nefarious version of All for one, where in the final battle, One for all thinks he has the upper hand, when he triggers the mind control condition, and is forced to give up his power, probably all on Nationwide television. <A> I think we might have an answer for this, In the movie Heroes Rising, Nine, who has a weaker version of All For One tries to steal Midoriya's quirk. <S> He can't do it because he can only have 9 quirks and <S> One for All holds several quirks, but for trying to do so (steal a quirk) <S> he needs to be in contact with the holder of the quirk. <S> So the reason why All for One never stole One for All might be he could never grab or catch and hold All Might to steal it

Originally, One for All was a completely useless quirk that would have been undetectable.

Who and why is the woman in Tomoe's arms right before he goes on search of Dragon King's eye? In Kamisama Kiss , who and why is the woman in Tomoe's arms right before he goes on search of Dragon King's eye? This happens when Nanami first goes in past and sees Tomoe caring for the "beautiful woman". Is the woman Yukiji? If yes, why does he care for Yukiji as if she is Nanami? Can't he differentiate between the two? I have only watched the anime and not the manga. Spoilers are fine for me. <Q> As you've said, this happened in the past, 500 or so years before Nanami was even born. <S> So why should it be odd for him to care for another woman besides Nanami? <S> It doesn't seem an odd situation to me. <S> But odd you should ask this question, because the spoiler answer is: Yes, it is Yukiji whom he was carrying for in the past, and actually, no, he can't entirely tell her and Nanami apart. <S> As implied by the fact that the Dragon King's eye was in Nanami's body in the present, Nanami is Yukiji's descendent, and looks quite a bit like her. <S> But furthermore, further along in the manga, Nanami goes again into Tomoe's past in order to learn about him (for reasons I won't go into here.) <S> After having seen him with Yukiji in the past, she knows that he believed himself in love Yukiji, and so she tries to not interfere with his relationship with Yukiji. <S> It turns out that Yukiji hated youkai, and Nanami ends up saving Tomoe's life when Yukiji refuses. <S> In order to not interfere, Nanami tries to hide herself and tells people to tell Tomoe it was Yukiji that saved him. <S> So, he had in fact fallen in love with Nanami, but due to misdirection, thought it was Yukiji. <S> It's implied on some level <S> he's aware that they are actually different women, as he seems a little confused when they act differently. <A> Yukiji has black hair, but the lady with Tomoe had brown hair. <S> Yukiji's hair is always tied down and very long, but right there with Tomoe, her hair was loose and same length as Nanami's, talk about the dragon eyes in her future self, it's easier to explain that it was in her all along from the period Tomoe gave it to her, it all started making sense after she went to the past. <S> If you remember, the lady with Tomoe had the same condition as Nanami in the past. <S> I wouldn't call it a sickness, it was just a sign for her that it was time to return to her present. <S> Honestly, it's all kinda confusing, but this is what I believe <S> so I wouldn't get more confused. <A> The woman Tomoe was getting the dragon eye was the real Yukiji. <S> 8 years after "Yukiji" (Nanami) promised to marry Tomoe <S> she gave him the hair pin and disappeared, 8 years after that Tomoe met the real Yukiji. <S> She was pregnant, and everyone she knew was murdered, so in order to survive she asked Tomoe to help her, and Tomoe did help her because he thought she was the same "Yukiji" he loved. <S> So he helped her with her pregnancy, and she was keeping her eyes closed, because she knew he could see the difference in her and Nanami's eyes <S> , so she faked being injured. <S> So because he was helping Yukiji with her pregnancy, he also needed to give her the dragon eye, because her body was weak and pregnant. <S> Even when Nanami one time traveled to the past to get the dragon eye, she saw how Tomoe got it, and Nanami herself helped Yukiji consume it <S> , so Nanami helped a pregnant Yukiji at the time take the dragon eye. <S> So it was indeed a pregnant Yukiji with Tomoe, and not Nanami. <S> It was all seen and explained in the past manga arc.

I would say the lady with Tomoe during the period he went to get the dragon eyes was Nanami.

How is Kakashi close in age to Nagato? Nagato was 34 years old when he died, but Kakashi was 29. This would set them at most, only 5 years apart. How can this be when Nagato was 7 when Jiraiya started training him. Later, Jiraiya started training Minato (who was a kid at that time). Then, Minato was an adult when Kakashi became jonin at 9. So, Nagato should be older than Minato. He should also be at least a generation older than Kakashi. <Q> Minato died at the age of 24. <S> If he were to survive, he would have been 36 in Part 1, and 39 in Part 2. <S> In Part 2, Nagato's age is confirmed to be 35, in the databooks. <S> This means there's a 4 year age difference between Minato and Nagato, where Minato is elder. <S> Kakashi's age was about 29-31 in Part 2, confirming that he's younger than Nagato by 4-6 years. <A> First of all we need to remember that when Obito approached Yahiko and Nagato (there age was around 15). <S> At that time Minato was a Jounin and leader of Kakashi and Rin. <S> So there is no point that Minato was younger than Nagato <A> It's pretty easy to explain. <S> It doesn't make sense that's the eplamation. <S> In the manga it's very much Portraits as if jiraiya Trained Minato after nagato. <S> This makes no sense <S> but that's the way it's portrayed. <S> Even more so because from the evidence that we have from manga and databooks, it's pretty clear that nagatos Training still happened in the SECOND shinobi war. <S> We can deduce that because the thirdly was when kakashi was 13/14 of course it might have rages on before that <S> But for nagato to witness it as a young child it must have lastet over ten years. <S> Which would else mean that sakumo hate would have fought in this war which he as far as we know didn't. <S> We also know that dan died in the second war and after das death tsunade leaves the Village. <S> Not only is she still There when jiraiya First met the Ame Kids, But she is still There mire than three years after when they get the message that the Kids died. <S> So at that point we're still in the second war. <S> Nagato and Minato are too close in age for it to make sense. <S> Even less so because we know he didnt go Straight from training one child to the other. <S> Even if I dont like the whole 'putting jiraiyas time line together' even less when looking at it from a political perspective. <S> The only way it Made some sense were if jiraiya went Straight from one Student to the other. <S> That Would mean he had a still rather young Team that he just left hanging for three years to train the orphans. <S> Even more so he left konoha in a time of War for three whole years without repercussions and is still considered the Best candidate for hokage by just about anybody.

It would Maybe make sense if Minato came First But from the way it is portrayed it seemed like nagato was First.

Is there any other character with a quirk evolution? I haven't read the manga, but I've seen in YouTube videos that Eijiro Kirishima got an evolution, the second form for his quirk. Is there any other character with a quirk evolution? <Q> Based on my opinion of what quirk evolution is, it's a yes. <S> However, consider to also read the manga because there is a possibility of a different interpretation to 'quirk evolution'. <S> In my opinion, there are some in both pro heroes and students. <S> In the anime, we already see Todoroki and Midoriya's quirks somewhat evolve <S> and I can't really recall whether in the recent chapters they evolve even more. <S> I can tell you this though, there is a lot of character development and events in many of the characters that will possibly lead them to evolve their quirk or personality changes, which is shown more in the manga. <A> Spoiler (Endeavor question) Basically to summarize it, in recent chapters we see some character development from him causing him to show a new side of him leading to his 'quirk evolution'. <S> Now that the symbol of peace, All Might, has retired, Endeavor is the number one hero who has to lead society. <S> Feeling a little pressure he asks All Might for advice. <S> He eventually decides to change his ways to fill the missing role that All Might left behind. <S> In the most recent chapter he gets into a huge battle against a Nomu that is stronger than the other ones and gets injured. <S> Caught up in his emotions his quirk evolves and his fire grew even more. <S> He began to glow or got stronger. <S> From chapter 188 <S> From chapter 189 From chapter 189 <S> From chapter 189 <A> I think Atsui has almost for sure an evolution of her quirk. <S> In season 3 episode 21 <S> she starts to show almost invisible camouflage, an hability she didnt mention in season 1 when she mentioned her habilities, and after showing camouflage for the first time, she literally says "I improved my frog hability <S> and I reached to the point of being able to use it in combat. <S> Camouflage. <S> It's my new move". <A> In chapter 210 of the manga Midoriya shows a sort of quirk evolution, Midoriya adquires the hability to use a former quirk of a former One for All user, a quirk called Black Whip. <S> "By the time Izuku acquires this ability, Blackwhip has evolved within the core of One For All. <S> When Izuku focuses on capturing a target and gets angry, this power explodes out of his arm. <S> The black tendrils are much larger and powerful enough to cause Izuku great pain and force him into submission" Black Whip <A> According to Re-Destro, from manga chapter #234, Apocrypha's ability to control temperature of ice is a case where a special ability evolves due to some random cause, and Tomura is in the midst of a reawakening

I believe that the biggest quirk evolution happens to Kirishima and Endeavor.

Did the League of Villains kill Kai Chisaki? Spoilers (for those who haven't read the manga or reached chapter 160) : After being defeated by Eri and Midoriya, Chisaki was under police custody. As the police were transporting him to jail, the League of Villains attacked the police cars. The last time we saw Chisaki was when he was still tied up surrounded by the wreckage. During the last time we see him, the League of Villains were taunting him about his failures and even cut his arms off. They also take his quirk drug which he (Chisaki) basically devoted most of his life to making. After that, we see an explosion, but we don't know if they exploded Chisaki or trapped him in a tiny orb by using Atsuhiro Sako's power to keep him because I noticed earlier Atsuhiro was holding an orb above Chisaki (but after that Chisaki wasn't inside the orb, the League was still talking to him). His current state is unknown and I was wondering if anyone knew the author ever said something about his current state or if I missed something while reading the manga. <Q> In Chapter 160 of the VIZ translations, Overhaul himself, asked Tomura if he (Tomura) was going to kill him (Overhaul), to which Tomura replied no, and that he thought up of something 'worse'. <S> Regarding that orb you mentioned, Atsuhiro was holding it over Overhaul <S> but he did not compress him, <S> he just compressed part of Overhaul's arm , severing it as seen below. <S> Later on, we see Tomura saying to Overhaul to 'sit back and have a nice life' after severing his other arm, and robbing him of his quirk, which Chisaki relied heavily on. <S> Overhauls expression showed fear at the thought of spending his life with no Quirk , which as the wiki noted, is ironic, since he spent his life eradicating Quirks from people. <S> Finally, the first panel of the last page of chapter 160, shows something already burning in the background but on the second panel, we still see Overhaul alive with no hint of him being burned , with the same expression of fear as seen in the previous page. <S> This confirms the fact that Tomura wanted Overhaul to suffer first, in revenge for everything he had done against the League of Villains. <A> Episode 77 of the anime makes it perfectly clear that Overhaul is still alive . <S> First of all, the fire seen in the final panel of Chapter 160 is shown to be a considerable distance away from Overhaul, and couldn't possibly have reached him: <S> Secondly, as Shigaraki and the League of Villains begin to walk away, Overhaul begins screaming in anguish: ... <S> and he's still screaming as the scene ends. <A> As you stated current status of him is unknown. <S> We can assume he is not dead since League of Villains could nuke the convoy and killing everybody. <S> However that wouldn't benefit them like at all. <S> They attacked the convoy because they want them alive. <S> We can assume that they are probably after quirk drug. <A> In the 18th volume of My Hero Academia, I think it was All Might <S> that mentioned the attack on the ambulance to Midoriya. <S> Midoriya said, Wait... <S> So you mean Chisaki was.... by the League of Villains? <A> *******SPOILERS <S> ******* <S> IF NOT UP TO DATE <S> AT LEAST WITH US ANIME <S> ****** <S> No he not dead <S> after Tomura degraded his arm cut it off <S> he said he was going to leave him alive quirkless to watch for rest of his life from side lines. <S> Eri could fix him if she were to help him not sure if time limit on here rewinding quirk. <S> Not to mention there may already be a cure all for him since earlier he mentioned that not only did they make a permanent quirk stealing drug but also a cure or possibly the quirk increasing drug could allow him fix himself he may gain ability to use feet or even sight to activate it. <S> The 3cm razor guy went from only being able make razor blade to being able shoot sharp steal blades out from even his eyes so all overhaul would need do <S> is gain weight <S> so has extra mass to convert into arms if he can have 2 extras <S> (and they were able to be used just as his hands not limited to just his original body hand touch if merger and has 4 arms then they work.

While his current state is "unknown", we can assume that the League of Villians did not kill Kai Chisaki .

Why are Midoriya's arms weaker than his legs and why do they get broken more easily? In episode 14 season 3 of My Hero Academia we've seen that Midoriya develops an attack with his legs because his arms get broken more easily when he uses One for All Why are Midoriya's arms weaker than his legs and get broken more easily? <Q> Human legs are naturally stronger than arms. <S> This is something I already knew, but to back up this claim I checked wikipedia : As the human leg is longer and stronger than the arm... <S> While I was watching the show, I was given the impression this was the reason he switched to Shoot Style, not because of his arms being repeatedly broken and thus weakened. <S> The My Hero Academia Wiki backs up my memory (emphasis mine): <S> To use Shoot Style, Izuku concentrates Full Cowl's effects in his legs rather than his arms for his smash attacks, enabling him to use their naturally greater power to improve his striking strength. <A> You are missing important thing - Mydoria had never used 100% attacks with his legs. <S> Mydoria was breaking his arms only when using 100% attacks, and since he was not aware of other ways to use his power early in story, it was happening a lot. <S> Eventually this led to serious damage on his arms, up to the point when any further usage of 100% attacks would cause permanent damage. <S> This is why he has started to think about alternative ways to fight, and ended up using his legs. <S> But with legs, he was using Full Cowl and iron soles from very beggining. <S> Therefore, I think it is not fair to say, that his arms are weaker than his legs, as he started to use those in completely different circumstances. <S> Update: <S> actually, good example of his legs being as fragile as his arms is his academy entry exam - when he used his legs to jump, they've broke just as his arm he used to hit the enemy. <A> From the start of season 1, Midoriya always used his arms, but since he is not able to control power output that caused his bones to shatter all the time. <S> With the help of Gran Torino he was able to develop Full Cowl, but that was not enough. <S> His fight with Muscular was a prime example of that. <S> Thus he again shattered his bones multiple times in that fight, and that was the "wait stop" point for him. <S> The human body can fix fractures like that to an extent, but he was using this again and again. <S> So much that even Recovery Girl said "I can't fix you next time." <S> Therefore, if he continues to use his arms with uncontrollable power output, they will break to the point of him not being able to use his arms. <S> With the help of Full Cowl, Midoriya can use 20% of his power now, but that's a recent power up he got. <S> To not risk his arms, he decided to find another solution or fighting style. <S> Using his legs was the answer.

In conclusion his arms weaker than his legs because he shattered his arms so many times.

Does using Devil Fruit powers drain the user's stamina? In many cases we see that devil fruit users go easy on their powers. For example, why didn't Whitebeard spam his Gura Gura powers during the war? couldn't he just have destroyed the entire island? or simply from a distance cause massive sea waves on the island before even starting the war? There was a scene when the three admirals had to block his attack, why didn't he try it again, and again? Luffy doesn't seem to get tired of using his Gomu Gomu powers, he basically gets tired of punching, running, or fighting..etc So what's the deal with how Devil Fruit users use their powers? <Q> It depends on which Devil Fruit. <S> Some fruits drain their user's stamina when its powers are being used, while some don't. <S> Example: Luffy's Devil Fruit permantly turns his body into rubber. <S> The fruit's power is active at all times, but Luffy doesn't need to use any stamina to remain in his rubbery state. <S> Luffy's stamina doesn't drain simply by existing. <S> On the flipside, Law's fruit, the Ope Ope no Mi, does drain his stamina when he uses it. <S> He confirms this himself. <A> For Whitebeard case he just doesnt want to destroy entire place. <S> If he wanted he can even destroy the planet. <S> You also have to factor his sickness. <S> That's what probably stops him doing that. <A> it depends on the fruit like for example law's fruit ope ope <S> no mi do drains stamina

So the conclusion is, it depends on the fruit.

Why isn't the Beast Titan at the start of season 3? Season 2 ended showing the characters, some titans and then on top of a far away wall the Beast Titan with the titan shifter outside him looking out, but now on season 3 there was only a brief mention of him. Is the story continuing right after the previous episode or is there any time gap between them? Will it go back to him any time soon in the next episodes? <Q> The story is continuing after season 2's last episode, but there was a little time skip for both parties to kind of regen and recouperate from last episodes antics. <S> Best way to enjoy this season and Attack On Titan is to stay far away from spoilers and let everything naturally unfold the way it should do. <S> Hope that helped. <A> There is a time gap <S> yes. <S> If I remember right it was like one week or something like that. <A> There was a 3 week time gap between S2 finale and the start of the S3 premiere. <S> The beast titan was at Shiganshina, most likely preparing for the Survey Corps to come. <S> The Survey Corps did plan on going to the basement and sealing up the wall but because of recent complications with the Military police and Reiner/Bertolt, it was on delay.

Expect the Beast Titan to appear very soon, this season of Attack On Titan will be very packed with its 24 episodes.

Why is Saber the "strongest class"? Characters in both Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night refer to the Saber class as "superior" or the "strongest" of all Servants but don't seem to explain why. Is there something about how the summoning works that makes Sabers stronger or is it just that heroic spirits that qualify as Sabers tend to be more powerful ones? <Q> The Saber class has the highest overall base parameters of any other servant class. <S> It is part of the original three Knight classes. <S> The other two being Archer and Lancer. <S> The three Knight classes were intended to be used by the Three Families, Tohsaka, Einzbern, and Makiri. <S> The four Calvary classes came later as they needed seven Servants. <S> Basic parameter-wise, the three Knight classes are stronger. <S> Of course the strength varies depending on the individual Servant. <S> According to Rin in the UBW route - Day 4 Contract Established : <S> "There is a change in one or two of the classes every Holy Grail War, but we have a basic lineup this time. <S> Each class has their own special characteristics, but the abilities of the Servants differ according to the rank of the heroic spirit summoned." <S> The prologue of Fate/Zero mentions that the Saber class made it to the final battle in the first three Fuyuki Grail Wars (and also the Fourth). <S> The weakness of the class is probably <S> it's straight forwardness in attacking things head on, compared to other classes that can resort to other tactics with their skills. <S> Like Assassin with it's Presence Concealment. <S> Base servant container stat comparison breakdowns for each class. <S> Stats for the actual heroic spirits may very drastically, especially for the Berserker class. <A> This is my speculation, but I would argue that all other heroic spirits, while strong in one area, have weaknesses that are easy to exploit. <S> And mostly, their specialities are situational and often difficult to use effectively. <S> Saber on the other hand is generalist, while it doesn't have any special attributes, it also doesn't have any glaring weakness. <S> Also, it seems in majority of cases, the confrontations devolve into melee combat. <S> Area where Saber is one of the strongest. <S> I also remember somewhere mentioned, that Sabers were often top contenders for Grail. <S> So it can come from experience, that Sabers, either by luck or by design, are stronger on average than other spirits. <A> Ah, Nasuverse. <S> Let's see: <S> First of all they are often heroes from Age of Gods. <S> It's the age where magic was common among people. <S> Sabers all stats but magic are the highest level. <S> That makes them perfect fighters. <S> They also have really high magic resistance. <S> So overall very good class for face to face combat and nighmare for casters and mages.

The standard opinion is that Saber is the best Servant. The Saber class skill Magic Resistance gives it an advantage against the other classes, especially against Caster, for obvious reasons.

Were Stark and Baraggan Arrancar before joining Aizen? In both Baraggan's and Stark's flashbacks, they look the same as in present. Did they become Arrancar on their own? However, if they did then how could Aizen promise Baraggan more power? <Q> We have to disambiguate normal Hollow from Arrancar. <S> Normal Hollow don't retain much in the way of a human-like form and are relatively mindless beasts consumed with the hunger for powerful souls. <S> Arrancar evolve Soul Reaper-like powers and remove their mask, allowing for a human-like appearance. <S> The higher in rank <S> the Arrancar, the more human-like they appear. <S> That is to say, there are natural Arrancar in Hueco Mundo who were at a specific power level before Aizen approached them. <S> Several of Aizen's court were at Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde levels before he arrived. <S> In the case of Barragan Louisenbairn and Coyote Starrk, not only were they already Arrancar, but given that they are the Secundo and Primero Espada respectively, it is more than likely that they were already Vasto Lorde . <A> Barragan before Aizen were similar to his resurrecion <S> but he didn't have the respira. <S> He was weaker than he is. <S> He had his mask on. <S> When aizen removed his mask, he became to look like and old man. <S> And about Starrk, my guess is that he was so powerful <S> Aizen didn't encrease his power out of fear. <S> He looked pretty same to me before and after Aizen. <S> It inst possible to a hollow become a arrancar without help of Aizen, but it was too impossible to become vizard without the help of Aizen until Ichigo did. <S> I think Starrk was the only arrancar to become Arrancar on his own. <S> He wasn't looking for power when he joined Aizen. <S> The friend up here said that they were arrancars before Aizen. <S> It's wrong. <S> They were vasto lords. <S> All of Espada but number 9 were vasto lords before Aizen. <A> All of the espada were not vasto lorde before meeting Aizen. <S> Grimmjow is confirmed to have been an adjuchas before becoming an arrancar, I doubt Noritora was a vasto lorde either, and anyone weaker than Grimmjow couldn't have been a vasto lorde.

It is perfectly possible for a Hollow to evolve on their own into an Arrancar of varying rank.

How strong is Mezo Shoji? According to the official character book, Shoji has a power of "5/5". I don't know what exactly the power means for all character? But for a character who doesn't have any emitter ability, I guess it has to be related to strength, yet Shoji as far as I remember is never shown to be as strong as many other characters. Other character like Rikido Sato, who can increase his strength to five times and can destroy walls with it, it's rated "4/5". My question is, does Shoji have some level of superhuman strength or what power he has that justify his "5/5" rating of power in the official character book? <Q> You don't have to have a superpower to be super in My Hero Academia world. <S> Just look at Eraserhead or Stain. <S> Neither of them have power related quirks, yet both are extremely tough in physical combat. <S> Shoji is like that. <S> Keep in mind that he placed 6th in the Physical fitness test despite his quirk doing very little to enhance physical capabilities. <A> Right taking into account what Merlyn said aka that shouji in grip strength measures 540 kgs. <A> Ok, I found an accurate answer for this. <S> In episode 5 of season 1 they make a test of strenght and Shoji measures 540 kgs in the test by pressuring with his hand in a device with 3 hands.

Just to give you a reminder, the force that is needed to crush a human skull is 235 kg, so Shouji could potentially break all the bones in your body with relative ease, so yes he absolutely deserves the 5/5 scoring in power.

Is there any Japanese anime with a Korean OP or ED? I like Korean music and anime. Is there any Japanese anime with a Korean OP or ED? <Q> I know of anime OSTs created by Korean artists but not in Korean language. <S> Korean singing in Japanese is eargasmic for me. <S> If you follow Korean music, you shall know about TVXQ creating three OSTs for One Piece <S> OP OP 11 <S> OP ED 17 <S> Also, BoA has created the Inuyasha OP. <S> Her voice in Japanese is so beautiful, i love it! <S> Inuyasha Opening by BoA <S> Ao no exorcist <S> OP was created by 2PM <S> , i could get the kpop vibes from it when i first listened to it. <S> These are the only ones i know of, anime is pretty popular in Korea <S> so i am sure there are more, feel free to do more research. <A> In terms of OP/Ed of an anime, it is more likely to find Opening and the Endings that is produced by Korean Artist (singing in Japanese)than featuring actual Korean songs. <S> In the 15th Opening of Fairy Tail, Masayume Chasing. <S> It is sung by a Korean Singer goes by the name of BoA. <S> Here is the link of the song in short ver https://youtu.be/G0gD9jzYtEA <S> The particular opening does has the Kpop genre like vibe. <S> TVXQ with One Piece”Share the World”2PM with Ao no Exorcist with “Take Off”Secret with A Naruto Spinoff called “Twinkle Twinkle”And quite a handful of korean artist/group Overall <S> , It is more likely that a Korean artist would produce a Op/Ed in Japanese instead of Korean as it is <S> usually will be as a Japanese single. <A> There is one <S> I know <S> but only a movie. <S> Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel ost is sang by the korean girl group G-Friend. <S> Title <S> :Letter Inside Pocket There is even a music video https://www.allkpop.com/article/2016/12/g-friend-sings-letter-inside-pocket-for-pokmon-the-movie-volcanion-and-the-mechanical-marvel

As for another anime which is called Beezlebub,the 4th opening of the series is sung by a Korean Group MBLAQ, Baby U.

Do the eyes retain the host's powers or the donor's Ocular abilities after it's transplanted to obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan? When a Mangekyou Sharingan is replaced with someone else's eyes in an attempt to obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, do the eyes retain the host's powers or the donor's Ocular powers? Also, why can a "sealed Sharingan" merge to form an Eternal Mangekyou? <Q> In Sasuke's case, He kept his own powers, so its most likely the case that the wielder keeps their own powers. <S> Itachi's powers were Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi. <S> Sasuke's powers are Amaterasu and an unamed power I will call Amaterasu Control that let him control Amaterasu as if it was Gaara's sand, and put the inextinguishable flames out at will. <S> We see this power clearly in that Itachi only ever shot Amaterasu out like a gun from his eye, hitting whatever he was looking at. <S> We see Sasuke not only do the same, but also put out the flames and shape them, such as into spikes, on his own hands like Chidori, or even to coat Susanoo in them and create a shield so that they spread to the attacker. <S> After Sasuke obtained the EMS, he still used Amaterasu control to the same degree, but he never used Tsukuyomi because he couldn't. <S> In Chapter 585, during Sasuke's fight against Kabuto, he and the Reanimated Itachi cast genjutsu on eachother to break out of Kabuto's Genjutsu. <S> Itachi used Tsukuyomi, while Sasuke used regular Sharingan genjutsu. <S> If Sasuke was able to use Tsukuyomi, that would have been the time to use it, but he didn't. <S> Instead he keeps on using Amaterasu Control for precisions attacks using Amaterasu. <S> The best example I can think off right now, In his Final fight in the main series against Naruto, Sasuke uses Universal Pull to bring in Naruto and his few Shadow clones, and then surrounds himself in Amaterasu flames. <S> Then he creates spikes around his whole body made of the black flame just before Naruto and his clones reach Him, piercing all the shadow clones, and Naruto barely dodges by using his Chakra cloak to grab onto the flames. <S> TL;DR he still uses Amaterasu Control after obtaining the EMS, but genjutsu wise <S> only ever uses Sharingan Genjutsu. <S> The unique special powers of the other individual are most likely lost, replaced with the other perks EMS has. <A> They probably keep the powers of the previous host. <S> From the wiki : Although these eyes merge the designs of the two Uchiha's Mangekyō Sharingan, <S> they're still the eyes of the previous owner and thus react to certain techniques that are aimed at the original owner's Mangekyō Sharingan. <S> However, we've only seen two Eternal Sharingans, on Madara and Sasuke. <S> We do not know the eye powers of Madara's brother, and Sasuke and Itachi had the same powers, so we cannot infer solely from manga that the original host keeps his powers. <A> AFAIK Due to overuse of the Sharingan the eye loses its light(i.e <S> The user can't see). <S> The second set of eyes is to solely bring back the vision to the host but that will not give any new powers to the user. <S> It will just enable the user to use Mangekyō eternally without any problems.

Thus the most likely answer is that they keep their origional powers.

Why didn't Rod Reiss just eat Eren? Why did he need Historia? Why didn't Rod Reiss just eat Eren? Why did he need Historia?If Reiss just ate Eren, he would be the king, and do whatever he wanted (except that the King's will may overrule some his own free-will). In the Anime, he even says that "I must not become a titan myself".src: Attack on Titan Season 3 Episode 44 – "Wish" @ 13:46 <Q> In an interview included in the guidebook Attack on Titan ANSWERS, Hajime Isayama revealed the reason why Rod said he did not inherit the Founding Titan himself: "He thought of himself as just an observer, and in order to preserve the Reiss bloodline, he may have thought that he needed to stay human and make more children. <S> He would have to become the Founding Titan, and he was most likely afraid that he wouldn't be able to fight against the First King's ideology, just like <S> his father and Uri weren't able to." <S> src: http://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Rod_Reiss <A> It is not explained in the anime yet, it is explained later in the manga. <S> Chapter 88 major spoilers below Ymir, who was royalty of the Fritz family, came into contact with the “source of the universe” and gained power to become the first Titan. <S> The Curse of Ymir references the fact that if one of her descendants become a Titan, they only have 13 years left to live. <S> This is because Ymir died 13 wars after gaining her Titan powers, and no one shall contain more power than her. <A> Even if you are anime-only it explains that Rod was a coward, and was scared of inheriting the titan ability since the moment he looked into his brothers eyes and "realized" what it meant. <S> He knew that once he became a titan, he would die 13 years later, and that his mind would be altered to the beliefs by the power of the 1st king. <S> He was so afraid of these things that he was willing to sacrifice his own children to prevent himself from succumbing to these curses. <S> The reason that he sacrificed his own children, and not random people he could've easily persuaded was because he was aware that in order to access the "true power" of the founding titan within Eren, you must be of the royal bloodline. <S> This is why he was so intent on Historia. <S> After she denies him they reveal that he had little to no love for Historia herself, but more so the blood in her that could've prevented him -- or at least given him an excuse temporarily for not inheriting the founding titan.

Rod Reiss was aware of what would happen if he became a titan, and ate Eren.

Are there more than 12 golden keys in Fairy Tail? I think that the King of the Underworld Mard Geer and the Celestial Spirit King fight more than 1 fights because in episode 249 Mard Geer said to the Celestial Spirit King "I don't believe I will lose to you this time, either." but it's impossible for Mard Geer to go to the Celestial World, so I believe that a golden key or more was destroyed before Aquarius. Are there more than 12 golden keys? <Q> The Keys regenerate in time. <S> This is confirmed early on into the final major arc of the manga, which has yet to start in the rebooted Fairy Tail Final Season Anime, but this is minor spoilers <S> https://fairytail.fandom.com/wiki/Aquarius in the Alvarez Empire Arc <S> A year later, Aquarius reappears (of her own accord) from a spilled vase of water, saving Lucy from the wrath of (Spoiler).... <S> Aquarius then proceeds to happily embrace Lucy, and explains that another Water Bearer key has surfaced somewhere in the world, and that the Celestial Spirit King opened her gate temporarily, which allowed her to save her <S> So its likely that someone did sacrifice the key to summon him, and then later on the key regenerated and reentered circulation. <A> No, there are only 12 for the 12 zodiac signs. <A> SPOILERS ( <S> Unless you about finished the 2009 series) <S> Yes. <S> In the 164th episode of the 2009 series, a character uses a golden key that unleashes the star constellation Ophiuchus, aka the serpent charmer. <S> Yes, the golden keys are all zodiacs, but Ophiuchus is an exception. <S> Ophiuchus is pronounced as (Oh-Fyoo-Shiss)

They are one of a kind, so there is only ever one key that can exist for each zodiac.

Why do light novels and manga have long titles? So, I came across these comments in an r/manga post : KibaTeo: Even a short series became an isekai MonochromeGuy: That statement itself just sounds like a LN title. in0ri: Gotta triple the length of the title, bro Irru: Even Though This Was Supposed To Be A Generic Romantic Comedy, I Somehow Got Transported To A Different World! KibaTeo: . . . is that an actual series tho? cause it sounds way too plausible CelioHogane: He just tripled the lenght as it was asked. I was wondering... why is this a thing, though? It seems that lots of series these days (especially light novels) are given very long and descriptive titles. Some classic examples include: Oreimo short for: Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai translation: My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute Watamote short for: Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! translation: No Matter How I Look at It, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular! And here's a more recent series (that doesn't seem to have a shortened nickname yet): Imamade Ichido mo Onnaatsukai sareta Koto ga Nai Onna Kishi wo Onnaatsukai suru Manga translation: A Story About Treating a Female Knight, Who Has Never Been Treated as a Woman, as a Woman One would think that having super long titles would be a disadvantage because they'd be difficult to remember :P So, my question is, why is this style of title so common? Is this a recent thing? How did this trend of super long titles come about? <Q> The Anime Man explains this in his video . <S> TL;DR: <S> The LN industry is getting bigger, therefore everyone will eventually run out of titles to use (even movies there are some that have the same title which is not good), a longer title will make your LN unique and stand-out. <S> Top selling LN in the first half of 2019 according to Oricon. <A> (speculation, but I think of the common sense sort) <S> When standing in a bookstore crowded with light novels, what is the main thing a prospective buyer wants to know? <S> "What is it about?" <S> They are scanning through dozens if not hundreds of titles. <S> Two things are available to quickly help the buyer know what each book might be about. <S> cover (and back cover) <S> art <S> title <S> The title is visible on the book spines, so, depending on how books are stacked/shelved, is often visible before the art. <S> Good, attractive titles would be evocative, funny, and/or descriptive. <S> With a long title like <S> That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime , one knows immediately what the book will likely be about. <S> Plus in this case the title is both funny and descriptive. <S> I would even argue that this title is more informative than the cover art. <S> Thus long titles are likely viewed as sales aids, providing a summary of what to expect and often the tone of what will be found inside. <A> Why is this style of title so common? <S> How did this trend of super long titles come about? <S> From what I was able to research, light novels and/or manga have long title: <S> Because it helps the light novel/manga stand out <S> Due to the competition in the industry, authors have to find ways to grab the interest of readers . <S> One such way that has become popular is via long titles. <S> In an interview by Kotaku with Pan Tachibana, a light novel author, he explained his thoughts on the trend and how he chose his light novel title. <S> To quote, At the very least, I wanted a title that was both attention-grabbing and catchy, and at the same time would let the reader know what sort of story they were getting. <S> Long titles, while difficult to remember, do not really drive away readers. <S> In fact, if the series become popular, they would most certainly get nicknames for easier remembering , as with the case of OreImo, Choyoyu or WataMote, to name a few. <S> Because it can easily convey the plot to potential readers <S> Not everyone has the time or pleasure to read or view plot summaries on the back of light novels and/or manga . <S> As such, long titles became a trend for people to easily know what the plot is about and if it would be to their liking. <S> As mentioned by Tachibana, There's no guarantee that someone will take the time to read the plot description of a book, so if the title is long and has its own descriptive meaning, it serves that purpose. <S> Descriptive titles certainly help save time as compared to having to read a full summary and as remarked here , the longer and more descriptive the title, the better for time-pressed browsers to glean the plot at a glance. <S> Is this a recent thing? <S> This website shows data as to the number of light novels and their title length over the years. <S> Even before the 2000's, one can see that there are titles that reach around 30 characters or so. <S> As such, it's not really a recent thing. <S> But it's not that common and the number of such works with long, descriptive titles began to see an increase over the years until now. <A> Usually when a series is planned to have many chapters and books they name them differently to differentiate each book from each other, and the hepburn of the japanese name is made longer since kanji uses picture symbols as words and letters. <S> So simply the hepburn of japanese characters makes the titles long.

People get lazy to read the blurb of the novel (the short summary usually at the back of the book) to know what it's about, so a longer title will be more descriptive than titles like "Wish". To put it simple, a manga and light novel collection depending on how long it is can have dozens of sequels and continuations.