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Why is "body/soul exchange" so prevalent in anime?
Body/soul exchange is a very common theme and is a base for many anime series/movies. Some examples:

Your name
Kokoro Connect
Rascal doesn't dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

The reason for body exchange is series specific and has their own explanation. In Your Name, it is due to some Japanese mythology/folklore. In Bunny girl Senpai, it has to do with "Adolescence Syndrome". Not only anime, even some Japanese TV series depicts Body exchange (e.g. Switched). So, why is this theme so prevalent in Japanese media? Is there any reason(s)?
Related: Soul-to-sword exchange

Body swapping has become a popular theme in Japanese media because it has been part of Japanese tradition and culture. Various Japanese beliefs has mentions of body swapping and this has become an inspiration for various literary forms in Japan which continued for centuries. This was evident when Makoto Shinkai was interviewed and asked for the inspiration for Your Name(See Ref.1).

Director Makoto Shinkai says that Your Name to have been inspired by a classic Japanese 12th Century tale, Torikaebaya Monogatari, which features a sibling duo, where a boy is raised as a girl and the girl raised as a boy because of their personality.
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In Your Name the characters wake up from their dreams as each other and the line between reality and dreams constantly blurs. This aspect of the film, Shinkai says, was influenced by a famous Japanese poem titled Yume to Shiriseba. It reads:

I wonder if he appeared in my dream because I fell asleep thinking of him.
I wouldn't have woken up if I had known it was a dream.

That melancholy moment of bleary wakefulness after a dream is the sensation Shinkai appears to have been reaching for in this film.

Not only ancients tales but he also took inspirations from other body-swap manga like Inside Mari, Ranma 1/2 and non-Japanese media like Safe Desposit Box and Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar.
Your name also contains several Japanese beliefs. One of them was musubi, the belief that two people are forever connected, regardless of place and time. This is a big part of Shinto religion (see "red thread of fate" in @CeesTimmerman's answer).
Another aspect of this is that body-swapping stories touches upon themes like adolescent dreaming, aspirations and the struggle to assert your identity in a confusing world which most Japanese teens and adults seeks out and has an "obsession". This is called Chūnibyō (中二病) and is a word to describe early teens who have grandiose delusions, who desperately want to stand out.
The market for making body swapping anime and manga never dies down because Japanese audience especially teens relate to the stories and themes. These stories are portrayed in such a way that it touches upon specific aspects prevalent among Japanese teens. The examples in my question has those aspects:  Japanese adults growing in villages trying to settle in urban towns(Your Name), insecurities in the form of "Adolescence Syndrome" (Rascal doesn't dream of Bunny girl Senpai), how deep is your friendship (Kokoro connect) etc.
Notes and references

Why the story of body-swapping teenagers has gripped Japan?
JAPANESE TEENS ARE OBSESSED WITH THIS DREAMY BODY-SWAPPING ANIME
The World Of ‘Your Name’
Is chuunibyou syndrome real?
The first instance of body swapping in a Japanese TV film was I Are You, You Am Me(1982)

Japan is a very homogenous society with relatively few outside influences compared to places like England (Romans, Vikings, etc.).
Spirits are an important part of their major religion, Shinto: Everything has a spirit.
From there it's a small step to wonder what if those were swapped for some reason such as being bound by the red thread of fate (Your Name), or the enemy having a stronger body (Dragon Ball Z), both instances of the more general soul separation which is not unusual during psychosis brought about by substance and/or illness.
Still, the majority don't actually believe in spirits and body swap is at least as old as 1882.
That leaves the insular nature of Japan which easily leads to an echo chamber effect of repeating a popular thing. In Hollywood that's usually limited to twin films such as Deep Impact and Armageddon.

Your answer prompted me to do my own research and post an answer. I am giving you the bounty award because you answered the core of my question.


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What was the **exact** reason to turn the Demon Slayer: train arc into episodes?
This previous question got me into thinking:

What was the reason to turn the turn the Demon Slayer: train arc into episodes?

The train arc of Demon Slayer was adapted into movie which performed very well globally. It smashed many records and became the Japan's highest grossing film of all time surpassing Spirited Away. Since the movie performed very well, why did they had to turn the movie into episodes for season 2? Maybe the episodes will feature new scenes that didn't made into the movie and will elaborate on particular scenes. But it was not necessary to show the same thing again.
Both the movie and the TV series are adapted by the same studio (Ufotable) and produced by the same producers (Aniplex, Shueisha). So, there was no discrepancy in the studio and broadcasters POV. So, was it for financial gain? Or is there any other reason? Why didn't they pick after the train arc and jump into the district arc which I believe will be 13 episodes and thus form 1 cour instead of stopping at an awkward episode count?

Unrelated, but it reminded me of Boruto the movie and Boruto the anime...

We can't really read into the creator's minds, but in the absence of official or insider statements, it is difficult to consider a reason other than "money".
As the source given an answer in the previous question linked in the question states, the anime will take the movie and add a few new scenes to it. This means fans who watched the movie will likely watch the anime (including the duplicate parts) as well to see all the extra scenes, and reusing the movie means they can fill out runtime without having to animate the parts from the movie again. Essentially this lets them double-dip - get the cinematic revenue from the theatrical release, as well as the streaming/TV revenue from the "free" extra runtime of the anime.
Of course, it also means that the fans who didn't watch the movie in theaters and can't be bothered to purchase it anywhere else, as well as those who may not even know that the movie exists (particularly future fans who enter the series long after its completion) do not miss anything by just watching the anime. (although personally I'd be surprised if there are ever any significant number of people who like Demon Slayer who did not watch the best grossing anime movie of all time)
Here is a link to an article that basically says the same thing as this answer.

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Why did some shinobis in Naruto had only first names despite being a descendent/member of a particular clan?
For e.g. take Karin and Nagato. They both are descendent/member of Uzumaki clan. So, why didn't they had their surnames 'Uzumaki'? What about other shinobis who has single names? Is it because they were shunned by their clansmen or because they abandoned their clans or because their village were attacked and burned down leaving them abandoned? Let's take one more example: Tsunade. She is also a direct descendent of Senju clan and is currently a member of the clan. So, why didn't she had the surname during the entirety of anime/manga? What about the shinobis from Kazekage Clan of Sunagakure(Gaara, Temari, Kankuro etc.)?

Jiraiya is a notable exception because he wasn't a member of any clan. Why did the author intended to give only first names to those characters?

For the Uzumaki clan members it might well have been to hide their identity considering that their clan was targeted and their village destroyed.

@Turamarth the same could be said of the Uchiha clan, but the survivors didn't hide their clan name

@RemyLebeau 1. Itachi knew that he left Sasuke alive and everybody else was also aware that Itachi knew it. 2. The remaining Uchiha didn't seek refugee in other villages that might be hostile towards their clan.

Disclaimer: this is just mere speculation, but is heavily supported through cannoical references.
Aside from knowing Karin and Nagato are descendants of the Uzamaki clan, the author probably chose to leave out "Uzamaki" as a surname for them because it is not expicilty stated their surname is Uzamaki. It could have been something entirely different.
If you follow the history of the Uzamaki clan, they were scattered after the destruction of their homeland Uzushiogakure. Uzushiogakure's destruction happened roughly around the time Kushina moved to Konoha.
Karin is only ~17 years old. Kushina moved to Konoha roughly at the age of 12, and died at the age of 24. Given that Karin is roughly the same age as Naruto, this means she was not even born yet when Uzushiogakure was destroyed. We know very little of Karin's life at a young age and her parents, but it is stated Karin grew up as a member of Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass). This means at least one of her parents moved to Kusagakure, and possibly married in another clan.
Nagato is stated to be 35 at the time of his death, meaning he was alive prior or during Uzushiogakure's destruction. However, he grew up in Amegakure (Village Hidden in the Rain). We are shown small glimpses of Nagato's parents in the manga and anime, however we only know at least one of his parents was an Uzamaki. Just like in Karin's case, one of his parents could have moved away from Uzushiogakure and possibly married into another clan.
The same can also be true for both Tsunade and Gaara, however we are not shown enough history for them to make an accurate assumption

+1. Some clarifications: 1. So, despite being in a clan, can surnames be different (which is not mentioned or kept secret)? I believe what Turamath said is correct. After the disbandment of the Uzumaki clan, some of the survivors (e.g. Karin, Nagato) deliberately chose to keep it a secret/weren't told that they were of Uzumaki descend to protect themselves. For what I saw, Karin's and Nagato's mother is of Uzumaki clan.

We didn't know who exactly is Tsunade's father but it most likely be a Senju. The thing we know that she is the granddaughter of first Hokage. She has both Senju and Uzumaki blood, so she most likely could take either of surnames but the author didn't clarify this. 3. For the sand village shinobis, they didn't have surnames in the first place. We don't know the reason. (Regarding any answer correction, you have given Karin hyperlink in place of Nagato hyperlink).

@FumikageTokoyami Thanks for those the clarifications :) (and pointing out the link, which I've updated)

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What are those squiggle lines called when a character’s stomach growls?

What are those squiggle lines called when a character’s stomach growls?

Well, they're what you just said: squiggle lines that serve as a visual indicator for the source of a growl.

What are the squiggle lines called when a character’s stomach growls?

They just indicate a sound or source of a sound and don’t have a special name.

I thought the same was used in Western cartoons e.g.. Does that have a name in English?


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Why is power ups associated with red eyes in anime?
For eg, consider Ghouls in Tokyo Ghoul, Naruto Sharingan, Shinji vs Zureal in Eva 2.0, Code Geass when Lelouch activates his power etc etc.
Why in all these shows is it taken that getting red eyes mean one activates power?

Red is known to be a strong/intense color and so when the character power upgrades, the eye color changes to red meaning implying them having a strong characteristic in the form of bravery and not fearing anything. It follows the character going into a berserk-state and display of huge burst of power.
Let's take the example of Sharingan. Sharingan activates when a characters goes through a sense of overpowering hatred or rage on the loss of their dearest person and the most obvious color for indicating it is red (the most fitting display is Obito Uchiha activating Mangekyo Sharingan). It is also noted that fire-wielders or the person who can control fire should have red eyes, matching their destructive ability and Uchiha clan have a natural affinity for the fire nature transformation. Uchiha are not truly considered adults until they can successfully perform the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique strong enough to overcome Water Release.
Not only red indicates a fictional powerbuildup, but a normal human being can sometimes rage and the animators change the eye color to red. E.g. Levi from Attack on Titan was fighting the Female Titan. Canonically his eyes are a dull gray color, but the directors had him change his eye color for that specific scene to highlight his mental and physical state he was in.
Reference: Anime And Manga Eye Color By Hrvoje Milakovic

2021 article
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Your comment is further corroborated when you consider that Akira Toriyama originally drew Super Saiyan's eyes to be red in very early versions in order to reflect the sheer anger and intense emotions that trigger the transformation


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What was the real meaning behind the prediction Momoshiki made for Boruto's future?
As you know, Momoshiki once told to Boruto that:

 These blue eyes of yours would steal everything from you.

After reading the recent manga chapters, it feels like he meant something else. My question is:

did he meant that Boruto would become his vessel or the prediction he made is still about to happen?


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Do zetsu clones die when they converts into trees?
User @Pablo answered this question that concludes that Naruto has killed white Zetsu clones. Due to Naruto's chakra, the Zetsu clones turn into trees. The reason is written in this Quora post and wiki:

Due to their genetic structure, direct contact with somebody that exudes a powerful life force, such as Naruto in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, causes them to turn into trees.

Naruto didn't have a killing intent(?) but due to Naruto's chakra that exudes life-force, they converts into trees (which is a somewhat of a life-form). I have commented under his answer:

Naruto's chakra caused them to turn into tree. Would it be considered killing? See comments below the first answer*. I would consider it immobilisation rather than dead. Besides they are turning into trees which is not something dead (converting to one lifeform to another)

*Comments below first answer:

He killed multiple white zetsus though ;) – Sahan De Silva Mar 24 '17 at 9:33
@SahanDeSilva he made them into tree, so not really dead – Ankit Sharma Feb 17 '19 at 6:46

Question: Does Zetsu clones die when it gets converted into trees? Is it more of a immobilization rather than dying?

If Quora is a valid source of evidence (personally I think it isnt, that's why I avoided to post this link in the former question), this quora topic states they've been killed by Naruto, both by the asker and the replier https://www.quora.com/When-a-White-Zetsu-clone-dies-why-does-a-tree-emerge-from-him

BTW, I dont agree with Naruto not having a killing intent. That scene in the youtube link I posted, it isnt the only time Naruto killed zetsus. There is at least another time where he killed an infiltrated one who was camouflaged/disguised as a ninja, in a team of ninjas he met when running, and he clearly had the intention of killing the infiltrated one. I think it's more debatable to state if he killed a "person". By their descriptions of mutated humans, I think they could be considered "half humans" or "half persons"

Ok, I'm not going to use an anime source for replying this, but a medical/legal source,

Brain death means the person has died.

Brain death
So, since when they turn into trees, they no longer have brains, I think it's safe to state that they die, as least as humans


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Is it possible to avoid "Oyashiro-sama's curse" in any way? (spoilers)
This post is split into two parts. This post is completely spoilers so I didn't bother to put under spoiler tab. But, I tried to give a spoiler-free title because I don't want someone getting spoiled. The post discuss the events in the 2nd season of Higurashi. Here the Oyashiro-sama's "curse" refers to cycle of life and death experienced by the Hinamizawa residents.
Part II of post: How and when was Rika Furude born?

In the 2nd season, we get to know about Hanyuu who is the true incarnation of Oyashiro-sama. She has the ability to manipulate space-time to create alternate dimensions, parallel to the original Hinamizawa. This power is the cause for the eternally repeating June of 1983. Every time Rika dies, Hanyū uses her ability to escape whatever world they are presently in. The two then arrive in an in-between dimension. Eventually, a new Hinamizawa is generated where Hanyuu and Rika enters into it and a new chance is created to prevent Rika from dying.
If Hanyuu can foresee everything and can create worlds in order to create a chance for Rika to prevent her death, why can't she just create a world where Rika never existed? In this case, this cycle would never had occurred and Hinamizawa residents wouldn't had faced the consequences. Why is Rika so important to Hanyuu?


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Why are Upper Moon Demons replaceable in Demon Slayer?
During the Hashira Training arc of Demon Slayer, we find out that:

 Nakime has replaced Hantengu as the Upper Demon four

Even in final arc, Upper Demon Six will be replaced (not adding details for spoiler reason). So, why are Upper Moon Demon replaced if one of the member dies? As we know, Muzan is very ruthless and wiped out the entire Lower Moon Demon due to incompetence. How does the ranking system work for upper moon demons?
Note: Please add spoilers in your answer wherever possible

"not adding details for spoiler reason" - proceeds to add another spoiler in question. Jokes aside, it's possible they were much stronger than Upper Five (don't remember if they were alive or not at season end).

I dont understand your question, why not? Hashiras are also replaced. If a commander dies in a military, he's also replaced. Makes sense

Hashiras can be replaced but demons are different. Muzan prefers order and reliance. If he sees incompetence, he kills them (unless they are already killed). So, you are saying that demons will be in a pack of 6(in each group) and they will be replaced if killed and not gradually reduce? Has anywhere in the Manga were this implied? @Pablo

Or the alternative way of saying this is why Muzan prefers the upper demon over the lower demons?

I've finished the Demon Slayer manga, but I dont recall all the details, that's why I didnt answer. But I think it's mentioned upper demons are replaced if killed. This isnt a spoiler because I'm not sure

Ever since Muzan was turned into a demon in the Heian era, he was always seeking a cure to protect himself from sunlight. The demon king was almost immortal, and have nearly no weaknesses or vulnerabilities. He can't even be killed after beheading.

  The demon king cannot be killed even if his head was lopped off, as shown at the end of the Hashira training arc, season 4, where Gyomei Himejima chopped off his head. Muzan regenerated his head almost immediately.

Thus, the only thing that can kill him is exposure to sunlight. If he is also immune to sunlight, then he would be truly immortal. There are only two known methods that can possibly let him be immune to sunlight: devouring/absorbing another demon that managed to be immune to sunlight, or find the blue spider lily. For the first possibility, Muzan created scores and scores of demons in hopes that one day one of them will be immune. For the second possibility, Muzan created the twelve kizuki (twelve blood moons) to aid him in combat as well as in finding the lily. The twelve kizuki is divided into upper and lower ranks, each consisting of six members. Most of the lower rank moons have little screen time, with the exception of Enmu and Rui. In comparison, the upper ranks have quite a lot of screen time, appearing in almost all arcs. Apparently, Muzan trusts the Upper ranks much, much more than the lower ranks. He also needed them because of the reason stated above. When one member dies, he finds another demon he deems competent enough to be a upper moon and let them fill in the gap. These demons must be really useful and helpful to him personally, and one that garners sufficient trust and respect from Muzan. Such is the case of Nakime, where Muzan is seen profusely complementing her due to her usefulness and competence.

 Thus, it is very understandable that Muzan let Nakime replace Hantengu as Upper four.

So, the MOON DEMONS are the demons that took an important amount of MUZAN's direct blood and didn't die, they were able to gain power and develop special demon techniques (like the Breath styles but demon way) through his power and they also took parts from his memory. And normal demons are just people who got bitten or were in cotact with demon blood and turned to demons.

And what make them replaceable?

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The Upper Moons are replaced through deadly battles. The Upper Moon demons have lived a long time, eaten many people, and are very powerful, earning Muzan's trust more than the Lower Moons and receiving more of his blood. In other words, a demon who receives a lot of Muzan's blood and continues to eat people without dying will grow in power to the level of the Upper Moons. For example, Enmu from the Mugen Train arc: if he hadn't fought the protagonists directly but had continued eating people elsewhere, he might have become as strong as Daki in a hundred years.


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Why do cats wear scarves in anime?

Sakamoto from Nichijou

The cat from Ninja Hattori (Note: I don't remember the details but I knew an episode where the cat was heartbroken because he lost the scarf and thought that his master would abandon him)

Why do cats wear scarves in anime? What does it signify? Does it signify that it is domesticated/adopted? The color of the scarf is mostly red. Why?

Happy from Fairy Tail also wears something which is sort of a backpack used to carry food and items for battle:

Well, Sakamoto's scarf is the device that allows him to talk, created by Hakase.

So they stand out from other, normal Cats.
Similar how many Protagonists in Anime have a different hair color, eye color or some other special feature, and many Girls have varying hair-colors so they contrast from their
predominantly brown / black haired normal Classmates.
So they appear more human.
By giving them human-like characteristics, like wearing accessories, they appear more civilized, intelligent and human like.
Because we do this in real-life to, I guess.
Some people just like to dress up their dogs and cats, so it wouldn't be impossible for Anime-Characters to have the same ideas?


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Is there a sequel to the Mushoku Tensei story?
I have heard that there is a novel that follows the events of Mushoku Tensei starring the son of Rudeus but I don't know if it's true. Can you tell me if it exists and what is the name of the story?

Tl;DR: Yes. But the author doesn't view it as a "sequel" to Mushoku Tensei.
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Rifujin na Magonote, the author of Mushoku Tensei revealed to have plans of writing a sequel that will be set eighty years after the Mushoku Tensei events. Magonoto won’t be writing the sequel story right away. As revealed in his Tweet, the author will wait for the whole Mushoku Tensei story to be animated, which will take around 3 to 8 years, before starting to write again. The new story won’t be focusing on Rudeus, but it will be set in the Mushoku Tensei fantasy world. Characters from the Greyrat family will play an important role in the sequel, but it is not known if they will be the main characters of the new story.

It would be the story of “Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation” eighty years after the end. It will depend on how long until the end of the anime adaptation and serialization of the “Orc Eiyuu Monogatari: Sontaku Retsuden” light novels, maybe 3-8 years from now? Also, I do not intend to write this story as a sequel to “Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation”

References:

https://www.animesenpai.net/mushoku-tensei-author-plans-to-write-a-sequel-story/
https://animehunch.com/mushoku-tensei-light-novels-will-not-be-getting-a-sequel-author-says/
https://animecorner.me/rifujin-na-magonote-plans-on-writing-a-new-story-set-in-mushoku-tensei-universe-but-not-as-a-sequel/

Unless I'm missing something, the screenshot of the tweet didn't mention anything about "eighty years after the end", "3-8 years from now", or the title.


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Why did the Survey Corps search along the wall instead of on top of the wall to find a hole in the wall?
Attack On Titan Manga [Chapter 37] [Chapter 38]
You know that part after the female titan part where suddenly Titans were spotted, Mike died and the survey corps horse rid along the wall to find a hole (which wasn‘t there but they couldn‘t have known)? They themselves knew that it was very dangerous because of course they suspected that there were lots of titans coming through the hole and if they found the hole they needed to flee or fight.
But why didn‘t they just run on top of the wall to find the hole? Of course they can‘t see it but they could see the titans and where they are heading to (to the hole) and they could see the titans going though the hole without risking their lives. I know that Ymir and Historia etc. didn‘t have their gear but Nanaba for example did and she could have helped them get on top of the wall. They even expected there to be lots of titans and the wall is 50 meters high they could see very far. I think it‘s an easier and safer solution.

Well, it is true that you could spot a titan from the wall but, don't forget the time of day it was. Night, it was pitch black at that time. You might be able to see a 15m titan but a 3-4 meter is questionable. Yes it would have been safer to use the wall but at the cost of visibility. I don't know exactly but most of the titans that we have seen arent 15m tall. So they chose to go on the ground to maximize visibility.


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What song is playing in DBS episode 130 at 4:22? (UI Goku vs Jiren)
I've been searching for that legendary guitar rift for a while now and can't seem to find it in any OST.
(starts at exactly 4:22 in ep 130)
I used Shazam, it kinda worked but not really. The result I got was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03YISiMdtFE
which is the music but it's a different version with singing, while the version used on the show had no singing. < that's the one I'm looking for

The song is 究極の聖戦 (kyūkyoku no battle in romaji[1] or Ultimate Battle in english). There are two versions of this song:

The one performed by Akira Kushida (the version Shazam found)
The one without vocals (the version you are looking for)

According to Anison, the version without vocals is named 究極の聖戦 (カラオケ) (where "カラオケ" means "karaoke").
I searched on YouTube that exact term and found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P2caRnjXP0

1. J-Talk translates "聖戦" as "seisen" but many sources use "battle" instead. I have no idea which one is correct.


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What character is this man with a gigantic, red-white-black, mace-like weapon cosplaying as in Hyper Japan?
This is a picture of a cosplayer with a red vest(?), black outfit, and a gigantic, red-white-black, mace-like weapon at Hyper Japan 2019. The date 13 Jul

What character is he cosplaying?

@OP just to clarify (more context means more possible identification), I assume this was taken from the most recent Hyper Japan (July 2019)? Also, if possible ask your friend, what date & time this photo was taken from, because it might be for one of the Cosplay event timeslot

Kinda looks like something from God Eater but I'm not sure.

Thanks for all comments so far. They have been really helpful.

Asking around on Discord, that character is actually not from an anime or manga but rather from a game titled League of Legends. It's a skin from one of it's characters named Jayce. Not sure if this would be considered on topic, then. I'll leave it up to those who know better.
Anyway, here's a picture for comparison:

Credits goes entirely to Discord user 'Untarnished' who identified it.


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What is the song playing in My Hero Academia season 2 episode 13 at 6:05?
I hear this song in a lot of episodes but I can't seem to find it anywhere! Please help, I know for sure it's in season 2 episode 13 at 6:05

It's listed as such in uh.... Hulu. It's actually just episode 13 I found out of season 2


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Why does Zouken need both Illya and Sakura?
During the HF route, Zouken wants to use both Illya and Sakura as Grails. His plan is to summon the Greater Grail to give birth to Avenger. But in Sakura there are the worms of Zouken. When Avenger assimilates Sakura, Zouken will take possession of his body through his worms.
Illya and Sakura are Lesser Grails with the same functions, so why does Zouken need both? In fact, one is enough. After Shirou and Kotomine saved Illya, Zouken proceeded to summon the Greater Grail using only Sakura.

If you read through the vn, you would know that he wanted to use Sakura as a false vessel for the lesser grail so that he could use to forge a contract with Angra Manyu and then take over (her body) for himself (thus the crestworms) with as an undying body with limitless prana (true immortality)

I read Novel, I already understood it. It is my fault I think I expressed the question unclearly, now I edit it.


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How does Kenshiro gets his shirts back in the manga?
A typical scene if Hokuto no Ken is when Kenshiro is starting to fight his shirt is ripped due to the release of its energy, this happens, if not in all, in most episodes.
There's an scene in anime where he's seen fabricating them, but that scene was from a filler episode.
I think in the manga this is nowhere to be seen, although perhaps the author also answered to this on some SBS, or similar.
Has the author ever said something about that?


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What is a good way to protect manga from yellowing in an open bookself besides book covers/comic book bags?
Recently I've started to collect manga. I have twenty-four volumes now. I keep them in an open bookshelf facing a window along with some other books which unfortunately I don't have any place for where it isn't facing the window, so I can't really keep them out of the sunlight. My fear of my books yellowing has been growing especially since the manga pages are so thin. I don't really like the idea of having to put each volume in one of those plastic comic book covers, so I was thinking of maybe putting a strip of white sheet behind them to minimize the impact the light has on them? I also have other books on the shelf that wouldn't necessarily fit comic bags. Is that a good idea, or would it just absorb more heat and further damage the books? Also, if anyone has any other methods, please share them. I’m open to buying stuff if I need to. I only have 20 volumes so it doesn’t need to be something huge (for now :D) Otherwise, the dimensions I need to cover are roughly 1.5 by 7 feet. Thanks in advance.
Edit: Addressing the suggested answers to the duplicate question suggestion and why I think it should be reopened, that question was answered with the comic protector sleeve option which I stated I did not want to do. I was asking specifically about other methods and if the method of hanging a portion of a cut white sheet behind the shelf would work. I would also be open to putting something else behind the shelf. Hopefully this is able to be reopened now, I think its probably different enough from the duplicate now but I can edit it further if need be.

Related, possible duplicate: Preserving manga book

RE Edit: the top answer also suggests "anti-acidic cardboard" and a site for archival supplies such as Manga Graphic Novel Storage Boxes while the other answer does suggest keeping them out of the sunlight

as for your paper idea, i fear it might be too thin. though while i am are not in the same situation if i was i personally would think about getting something a bit thicker and sturdier like using this spacer to act as a shield. the white should absorb less heat with what it's meant to be for it'll stand better than paper and if you organize your shelf you can write on the front of them what is behind

Thanks for the input! I, however, am a little confused. I never mentioned a paper idea. My idea was to put a sheet behind the open area that's facing the sun.

I want to be able to see them so I'm not really interested in putting them in any sort of box.

Is this question eligible for being re-opened?


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Where can I acquire a specific copy of Let's Go!! Love Summer?
I am the curator of an exhibition on Easter Island in popular culture (http://www.moaiculture.com) and I am trying to track down a few missing items. If you can assist we will acknowledge you in the exhibition. There is a specific issue of 'Let's Go!! Love Summer', which appears to be out of print. Does anywhere know where I can read a copy online or purchase from a seller. Best - Ian

This appears to be the cover of a fanbook for Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, an anime and light novel series. The back cover specifically names the Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! sequel to the original anime, so content may be specific to that part of the series. (As I am unfamiliar with the series and also no access to the actual pages, I do not know for sure.) The title "Let's Go!! Love Summer" is a reference to a character song in the anime.
Unfortunately, the fanbook appears to be out of stock, judging from a Google Translate copy of the webpage. It is possible that someone might resell it somewhere, but I am not an expert on where to locate such sales.


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Where can I find a copy of Shunichi Muraso's 'Mystery of Easter Island'?
I am the curator of an exhibition on Easter Island in popular culture (http://www.moaiculture.com) and I am trying to track down a few missing items. If you can assist we will acknowledge you in the exhibition. Can anyone advise as to where I may view online or buy a copy of Shunichi Muraso's 'Mystery of Easter Island'?


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In which Kitaro manga does he visit Easter Island?
I am the curator of an exhibition on Easter Island in popular culture and I am trying to track down a few missing items. If you can assist we will acknowledge you in the exhibition.
We are aware that Kitaro visits Easter Island in a 1972 television anime. But we understand this story was either based on a manga or later translated into one.

In which manga and how can I purchase/acquire a copy?

Welcome to Anime and Manga. Can you please indicate what manga this is about as googling "kitaro manga" gets me GeGeGe no Kitarō which doesn't look right to me

@Memor-X GeGeGe no Kitaro actually sounds right to me, seeing that the first anime adaptation contained a 1972 Easter Island episode.

As mentioned in the comment, "Easter Island Epitaph" is the 35th episode in series 2 of GeGeGe no Kitaro (1971) anime. However, the manga the story was based on is not from GeGeGe no Kitaro, but from World Mysteries series, another original manga by Shigeru Mizuki.
The World Mysteries series (世界怪奇シリーズ) contains 8 short manga:

Yōkai Flower Alraune
The Woman of Angkor Wat
Easter Island Epitaph
The Rainbow Kingdom Agartha
Neko-Mata's Love
Invitation from the South
Persian Twilight
Amagami Yumuchaac

As for the "Easter Island Epitaph" chapter itself, it has appeared in a few publications:

Big Comic magazine (1968.06.01)
Rainbow Country Agartha (虹の国アガルタ) (1971.03)
Kaiki Shinin Chou (1985.01)
He no Youna Jinsei (屁のような人生) (2009.12)
The Complete Shigeru Mizuki Manga Collection vol. 69 (水木しげる漫画大全集(069) 世界怪奇シリーズ(全)／サラリーマン死神(全) 他) (2013.07)

Unfortunately, the whole publications haven't been licensed in English, so there's no way to acquire it legally. However, for the original Japanese version, The Complete Shigeru Mizuki Manga Collection vol. 69 can be purchased on:

Amazon Japan: Printed Comic / Kindle Edition
Yodobashi (Japanese): Printed Comic / E-book Version (need Doly app to read)
Apple Books (Japanese) (digital)
Book Walker (Japanese) (digital)
or look for the alternatives listed on Kodansha Comic Plus (Japanese)

Sidenote: the reason why GeGeGe no Kitaro anime used another manga series was that there was not enough material to be adapted at that time. Out of 45 episodes, 23 episodes were adapted from non-Kitaro series.

References:

TomePage - Listing of World Mysteries series publication (Japanese)
AniOta - GeGeGe no Kitaro <Series 2>) (Japanese)

Thanks.That is extremely helpful and explains a few things we did not understand. Crucially, we did not realize that the anime episode was based on a different manga series. Of the publications you mention in which 'Easter island Epitaph' appears do you know if any are available on Amazon/ elsewhere as I'm having no luck. I believe it appears in this collection. Is that true?

@IanC I have edited the answer to add where you can buy it, perhaps it's better to buy the digital (Kindle/e-book) version for convenience. However, I'm afraid I can't help further on how to navigate the site in Japanese and purchase it...


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Why didn't Bell level up?
When Bell fought the monster on level 18, he was so much out of its league that I figured that he would gain at least two levels.
But no, he stayed level 2.
To level up in Is It Wrong to Pick up Girls in a Dungeon?, you have to be on an "adventure."
An adventure was never properly defined but it was presented as winning a tough situation that needed you to go 110%.
When Bell fought the minotaur, it was way stronger than him but he made it, so he leveled up.
Then, why didn't he level up after the fight on level 18?

He didn’t fight it alone, credit and experience for beating it is shared among all of the adventures who where present and took part.


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What are the New Initial D the Movies - Legends?
I have watched all of the following:

Initial D (referred to retroactively by fans as "First Stage") — 26 episodes (1998)
Initial D Second Stage — 13 episodes (1999)
Initial D Extra Stage — 2-episode OVA side-story focusing on Impact Blue (2000)
Initial D Third Stage — a 114-minute movie (2001)
Initial D Fourth Stage — 24 episodes (2004–2006)
Initial D Extra Stage 2 — a 50-minute OVA side-story focusing on Mako and
Iketani (2008)
Initial D Fifth Stage — 14 episodes (2012–2013)
Initial D: Final Stage — 4 episodes (TV), compilation movie (DVD/Blu-ray) (2014)

And the next things on this list are:

New Initial D the Movie - Legend 1: Awakening — feature movie (2014)
New Initial D the Movie - Legend 2: Racer — feature movie (2015)
New Initial D the Movie - Legend 3: Dream — feature movie (2016)

Now I am wondering if they are worth watching, but not if they are good or bad, but what are they actually. Is this the whole story from all previous stages redone with new animations? Or does it have anything new in the story?

At the very least, Wikipedia states that "the movie is a retelling of the early stages of the manga".

@AkiTanaka Yes, but that doesn't answer my question, whether this retelling is only new, nicer animation of older anime, or some new things from manga, which were left out of the original anime.


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Is it possible for a Demon to use a breathing style technique?
I am just wondering since it doesn't have any requirements pertaining on using breathing style techniques you just only need to learn how to use it with proper training, Does it mean it is possible for a demon to use it?

Another demon who uses a breath style is,

 Kaigaku "Kaigaku (獪かい岳がく Kaigaku?) was a Demon Slayer in the Demon Slaying Corps, and Zenitsu Agatsuma's senior disciple under Jigoro Kuwajima. However, he became a demon to save his own life and became Upper Moon Six of the Twelve Demon Moons, replacing Daki and Gyutaro. " Kaigaku .

He uses thunder breath style.

Yes but I might be wrong in some details;

 Kokushibo is a member of the Twelve Demon Moons, holding the position of Upper Moon One. In his Human life, he was a demon slayer who trained him by a Breath of Wind user. And now as a Demon with an adept Demon Slayer Breath style(Breath of the Moon).

Your answer is right but You should put a label of SPOILER ALERT. :)

I don't think he used the Breath of Wind.


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Does Kibutsuji purposely choose Nezuko?
Is there a reason why Nezuko is the only one in his family that turned into demon?
We all know that Nezuko has a strength that is in par with the Twelve Demon Moons, So I'm assuming that shes the only one from her family the has been successfully turned into the demon without dying even after Kibutsuji injected a large amount of his blood?

So far in the series, it's not explained why Nezuko is the only one that was turned into a demon, but chapter 196 of the manga does give some insight into what happened when Kibutsuji attacked the Kamado family.

So from this you can determine that:

 Kibutsuji doesn't necessarily pick Nezuko to turn into a demon. He was trying to make a demon that could conquer the sun and appears to try with every member of the family. All family members were assumed dead, Kibutsuji comments on it not being easy, and only later does Tanjiro show up to save Nezuko and find out she's a demon. In other situations, like when Kibutsuji turns the man into a demon when he first meets Tanjiro, the process happens immediately. The best information as currently available in the manga points to Kibutsuji trying with the entire family, assuming he failed, and moving on only to later find that Nezuko was "alive."

Will update if new information becomes available in later chapters.


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What did Estarossa do to the revenge counter of Meliodas in the Episode 20 Season 2 of Nanatsu no Taizai?
From the competition held by Gloxinia and Drole where the death of Meliodas happened the part where Meliodas is about to unleash the revenge counter to kill all the commandments, Gowther said that the power accumulated of Meliodas from that Revenge Counter is 30x stronger from the last time he used it, but it suddenly disappear when Estarossa touches Meliodas dagger.
What happened? How did that strong magic disappear instantly?

This might not be the right answer but Estarossa is commandment of love and revenge comes from hatred. So he might be able to cancel it. At least that's what I think. Since I am not sure that's why I am commenting instead of posting answer.

It's all about Estarossa's commandment. I read some site about it that his commandment can suppress Meliodas's Revenge Counter.
Estarossa's COMMANDMENT

"Those who stand against him with hatred in their hearts will be
  rendered powerless, and will lose the ability or capacity to inflict
  harm or damage to any persons in his presence." This allows Estarossa
  to negate any type of power or attack that bears animosity, and was
  potent enough to completely nullify Meliodas' Revenge Counter

link:https://comicvine.gamespot.com/estarossa/4005-133352/


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Does Ban feel any pain?
Everytime he receive fatal blows his reaction looks like he’s in pain but when he fought the needle guy of the six knights of black even having a needle throughout his body he still able to defeat his enemy by hugging it to death disregarding the needles throughout his body.
Does the fountain of youth had the ability to make the wielder immune to pain?

Ban has a form of immortality that makes it so he feels pain, but his "life force" doesn't decrease. Pain makes us feel stronger, like when you're working out. You feeling pain is caused by temporary damage to muscle contractile proteins and/or the muscle sarcolemma. This builds up strength. So Ban's power grows by the more damage he takes.

Yes, he feels pain, but most of the time he tends to enjoy it especially when he fights the captain. See season 2 episode 2 which was named "Futari no Ken'ka Matsuri".

Might be wise to explain or expand on the episode you're citing, if Ban says something  in particular about feeling pain in the episode a quote would be more appreciable than having someone who's curious scour a 20 minute episode for it

Yes, he feels the pain, but it somehow makes him stronger. As normal humans we naturally become a little bit stronger after receiving pain. But due to his immortality he gains much power.


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Why does Tanjiro's Nichirin Blade is Black?
I know that having a black colored blade symbolizes unknown element but why did he got black colored blade instead of blue even though he has a known Water Breathing Technique?

Color of Nichirin blade, till now, is shown to have not much significance apart from manifesting differently based on the owners. Urokodaki was surprised as Black is a rare color and there's been few users with it, hence the saying emerged that those with black blade won't go far.
Haganezuka implied that family lineage also impacts the color of blade, here's what's been revealed in the manga which could explain the black color:

 Tanjiro's ancestors Sumiyoshi and Suyako were acquainted with the Breath of the Sun user, also it's been implied that the Dance of Fire God passed down in Kamado family has some relation with the orignal breath the Breath of Sun.

In chapter 113 in Tanjiro's inherited memories he sees Suyako talking to the Sun Breath user about his sword, mentioning that a Samurai's sword changes from Obsidian Black to Red only when he fights. Tanjiro assumed that the Breath of Sun user used a technique to change the color of his sword, Tanjiro obtained the same effects thanks to nezuko's blood, his sword changed color to a burning red and he gained explosive battle strength. The black color may be due to his lineage or due to learning the dance of fire god (if learning breaths have any impact on it)

Tanjiro obtained the same effects thanks to nezuko's blood, his sword changed color to a burning red and he gained explosive battle strength. , Does this part comes from the manga too?

@Keith yeah, last 5 pages of Chapter 112 and the first half of chapter 113. Nezuko uses her blood in 112, in 113 Tanjiro awakens the memories of his ancestors and surmises that he ended up with the same blade as the Breath of Sun user. To see for the increased strength I recommend you to read the manga as an explanation would just be a boring spoiler


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What are the sins of the 7 deadly sins members?
I just saw this question from (1) of a posts here and I am curious for what really is their sins.
I remember Ban saying "The real sin is something you cannot atone" and it looks like he really have done something so grave for him to say that.
What are their sins and among them who has the gravest sin?

https://nanatsu-no-taizai.fandom.com/wiki/Seven_Deadly_Sins

Originally, when the individual sins were recruited to the team they were absolved of a crime in the Kingdom of Liones whose sentence was death. Most of these crimes are somewhat bogus but the characters feel responsible regardless.
 Meliodas, the Dragon's sin of wrath:
Annihilation of the Kingdom of Danafor
Brought up by Dreyfus in Ch 29 and fully realized in a flashback in the cave of druids in Ch 130-1. Meliodas had met and fallen in love with Liz, a holy knight of the kingdom of Danafor which was a kingdom that rivaled the might of Liones until it suddenly ceased to exist. This fateful day 15 years before the story is caused when Liz is killed by one of the 10 commandments, Fraudrin of selflessness. In his grief Meliodas' demonic powers manifest and when he next comes to Danafor is nothing but a crater.

 Ban, the Fox's sin of greed:
Destruction of the Fairy King's forest, drinking the fountain of youth and killing its guardian
Covered in side story 1, 20 years prior to the story a fully human 23 year old Ban makes his way to the Fairy King's forest seeking the fountain of youth according to the stories told to him by his father figure, the werefox Zhivago. Ban doesn't really care about the fountain that much but feels the immortality it provides might give him enough time to find something worth living for. He gives up on drinking it when Elaine tells him the forest will die if he does. Ban and Elaine grow closer during this time as Ban finds someone who doesn't instantly hate him and Elaine finds someone whose company she enjoys. The two are making plans to elope when a giant demon attacks the Fairy King's forest and mortally injures both of them. Ban urges Elaine to save herself with the fountain of youth but Elaine instead gives it to Ban mouth to mouth who obliterates the demon before saying goodbye to the first thing that made his life not suck.

 King (Harlequin), the Bear's sin of sloth:
Allowing the murder of countless innocent humans despite interracial treaty
Covered in side story 2, long ago humanity made a peace treaty with the fairies of the fairy king's forest. 700 years ago King's best friend, Hellbram among others were captured by humans who sought fairy wings to make medicine that supposedly extends human lives. King abandons his duties as protector of the forest of the fairy king to rescue his friend but gets surprised with a hard knock to the head by the leader of the fake merchants and loses his memories. Diane finds him passed out on a riverbank and the two become friends for 500 years until one fateful night when they see flames coming from the human town near them. Harlequin goes into town alone to witness the aftermath of a massacre in which all the humans were killed via slashes to the back reminiscent of a fairy with its wings pulled out. King confronts the perpetrator of the massacre who is the same false merchant who knocked him out centuries prior, his memories returning King realizes the merchant is now actually his friend Hellbram (who killed the false merchant) in disguise. Having been broken by watching humans whom he previously idolized kill his friends for profit Hellbram has been waging a one-man genocidal campaign against humanity for 500 years while King has been amnesiac. King reluctantly puts his friend down and wipes Diane's memory before turning himself in for Hellbram's crimes, feeling despair for having not realized the ordeals his friend had gone through while he was gone.

 Diane, the Serpent's sin of envy:
Murder of Matrona, ally of Liones and 330 holy knights
As explored in side story 3, in the years prior to joining the sins Diane was being trained to become a warrior chief by her mentor Matrona, chief of a tribe of giants whom often served as mercenaries for the Kingdom of Liones. At one point the pair were hired by a large group of holy knights of Liones in order to defeat savages but were betrayed when Gannon, leader of the holy knights admits there are no savages and his true goal was to slay them for fame and glory. Diane, a staunch pacifist refuses to fight and Matrona gets shot by a poisonous bolt intended for Diane. As she lies dying in Diane's arms Matrona chides Diane to be stronger before impaling most of the holy knights trying to kill them with earthen spikes. Matrona is pronounced dead and the surviving holy knights twist the facts to state Diane poisoned her mentor out of jealousy before killing 330 of the knights to cover up the crime.

 Gowther, the Goat's sin of lust:
Attempted rape and Murder of Nadja, Crown Princess of Liones
Explored in side story 4, Gowther (the enchanted doll) awakens beneath the royal castle of Liones having been dormant for the 3000 years since his creator's last great feat of magic and death. He is found by Nadja, princess of Liones, sister of the current king Bartra who was wandering around the cellar in secret since she has never been allowed outside due to her weak constitution. She faints when Gowther, trying to explain he is a doll tears his chest and shows her the artificial heart given to him by his creator, Gowther (the demon). Bartra brings Gowther into the castle as a maid so Nadja won't have to keep visiting the cellar and Gowther isn't left alone where they enact many of the events in Nadja's swashbuckling adventure story. Nadja's constitution continues to deteriorate but she assures Gowther that his existence as a doll doesn't mean he has any less of a heart than she does. She eventually passes away peacefully, content with her life and Gowther unable to accept it or understand better attempts to put his artificial heart into her chest to resurrect her. The commotion brings the guards to her room where they bear witness to the grisly scene and sentence him to death

 Escanor, the Lion's sin of pride:
Widescale destruction of property, Gravely injuring numerous holy knights
Escanor's past is detailed in side story 5 as well as Ch 169. Escanor was born the second son of the King of Castellio, he grew up bullied by his elder brother Draymond for his cowardly nature until one day when he awakened Sunlight and broke his brother's arm. Terrified of the monstrous form bestowed upon him by the former magic of an Archangel, the kingdom decides to have the child killed. A woman named Rosa helps him escape by boat at which point he is left to fend for himself in Liones. He is treated as a freak to be hunted down in Liones as well until Merlin and Meliodas track him down to make him the final and youngest member of the sins. He tries to run away from the group just before dawn fearing his Sunlight empowered self will get them all killed but is stopped by Merlin who finds his constitution interesting. Meliodas taunts him as dawn breaks and gets punched into Ban causing Escanor to flee thinking he killed them. He destroys a mountain hoping to overuse his powers and kill himself as he never wanted his power which always pushes people away from him. Meliodas comes back around and challenges him to a brawl at noon in which he uses assault mode and has Escanor at his mercy in one hit. Meliodas tells him that he may hate himself but the life he lives was gifted to him and can be taken just as easily if he doesn't want it, Escanor chooses bear with the self loathing and live life to its fullest.

 Merlin, the Boar's sin of gluttony:
???
Whatever her crime was has yet to be revealed although she may not even have one. Note that there are currently only 5 side story chapters detailing the crimes of the sins and if there is another it would probably be Merlin's. In Ch 182 King Bartra of Liones whose prophetic powers have shown him the sins will be the guardians of Liones meets Merlin for the first time who has already selected a band of seven for the task including herself and the new holy knight of Liones, Meliodas. Perhaps he has simply never heard of her trial but it somewhat seems she signs on just to help fulfill the prophecy.

Having gone through their crimes it can be noted most of the sins have been absolved of crimes based on bogus pretenses except for Meliodas, Escanor and possibly Merlin of the two we know about Escanor was mostly acting in self defense. Meliodas obliterating a kingdom while not conscious was a pretty grave crime.

Merlin's sin of gluttony was shown in the final season. She was born with a special ability called infinity and due to its rarity and power, both the demon king and divine being tried to win her over. She managed to trick both of them into giving her gifts, claiming that the side whose gift was the best would win her as an ally. At the end she claimed special abilities from both the demon king and supreme  deity and did not keep her promise and so in anger they both destroyed her nation as retribution. So i guess in summary her gluttonous desires led to the destruction of her country


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In Black Clover, is Yuno is an elf?
In the latest episode of Black Clover (ep100), Yuno seems like he's still himself even having his body used for the reincarnation magic of the elves.
Does it mean that he is an elf and his true power just awoken because of the reincarnation magic?

No yuno is not an elf and not Licht child.
Black clover Season 3 Episode 120

 Yuno realises the elf possessing him was Licht and Tetia’s unborn son,
 and Licht thanks Yuno for allowing him to meet him.

No, he is an elf at that point in the series due to the reincarnation magic but he isn't a true elf with an elf bloodline. He is like himself because he has a strong will and that is why an elf hasn't taken over his body.


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What kind of eye does Kirara have in Boruto?
The abilities of other Fabrications are familiar to me like, the particle jutsu used by Ku and Kakō which is from Ōnoki, Sekiei which is the same with Deidara while Kokuyō is not a genjutsu user.
For Kirara, I can't remember any character/clan even from Naruto series that have the same ability. Is her eyes is also a dōjutsu kekkei genkai? What is the name of her eye ability?


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Why did Dragon Ball Z Kai change "It's over 9000!" in the TV version to "It's over 8000!" in the DVD version?
In Dragonball Z Kai there are two different English dubs: the TV version and the DVD version. They handle the famous "what is his power level" scene differently.
TV version

Nappa: Vegeta. Vegeta! What's wrong with you?! Tell me what his power level is!
Vegeta: It's over nine thousaaand!!!
Nappa: What?!! Nine thousand?!!

DVD version

Nappa: Vegeta! What does the scouter say about his power level?
Vegeta: It's over eight thousand!
Nappa: Eight thousand?!!

While I presume that Nappa's first line was just a result of a different take or a slightly different wording, I'm confused especially about how the TV version (and all previous English dubs of Dragon Ball Z, shown earlier in the video) gives Goku's power level as "over nine thousand", while the DVD release of Kai changes it to "over eight thousand".
The two numbers have the same number of syllables, so it doesn't seem like something that would have changed to accommodate lip flaps or anything. So why the numerical change from 9000 to 8000?

Quoting wikipedia

In the original Japanese and English-translated mangas as well as the original Japanese anime series, Goku's power level is actually read as "over 8000!" (8000以上だ…! Hassen ijō da…!)."
In most versions of the scene dubbed in other languages, Vegeta actually says "It's over 8000!". However, even in the Remastered Uncut Funimation English dub, Vegeta still says "It's over 9000!", now performed by Christopher Sabat. This change was made due to inconsistencies with the dubbing process; the production team claimed that "9000" fit the mouth flaps of the animation better.

So it's originally 8000, but it was dubbed as 9000 to fit the mouth flaps.

So what does that have to do with Dragonball Z Kai's changes? Are you saying they wanted to be more faithful to the original or something? The quote talks about the Funimation dub of regular Z, not of Z Kai.


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Will I miss anything by watching Dragon Ball Z Kai instead of the other series?
I've read that Dragon Ball Z Kai is an HD remaster and recut of Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. However, Kai has 98 episodes while Dragon Ball has 153 and Z has almost 300.
If I watch only Dragon Ball Z Kai, do I miss anything I would get by watching the other two series? And is anything censored in Kai that is not censored in the others?

First off, Dragon Ball Z Kai doesn't include anything from Dragon Ball, which is the story of Goku as a child. Secondly, the main difference is that Kai lacks the filler content of the original Dragon Ball Z, and stops at the end of the Cell saga.
By filler I mean content not originally in the manga. Some (like myself) enjoyed the filler, while others thought it to be extra fluff. Kai is more faithful to the manga than the original anime was. In some cases though, this could affect how some see the development of characters. For example: In the original DBZ, one of the most intriguing, and perhaps touching, moments is Gohan surviving alone in the wilderness. The challenges and events he faces, as well as the people he meets, all influence the person he becomes later on. Much of this was cut in Kai, and so, unless you've already seen DBZ, it might seem a little choppy.
By ending at the Cell saga, it ends in the place where the original author Akira Toriyama wanted it to. In doing so, you miss the two-three seasons that came afterward.
The are also other small differences between the two, including different music in some cases, and new scenes added/redone in Kai.
As for censorship, some scenes where updated to fit the new standards of Japanese Television. In American productions of the anime (namely dubs), there could have been further censoring. I can't remember the name of the company at the moment, but one went so far as to make the character Mr. Popo blue, to lessen claims of racism.

Given the facts, you can make up your mind as to which you will watch, but in my humble opinion I would go with the originals first, and later on, if you want, you can look into Kai as an abridgment. As someone who has personally watched both, I must say that I only enjoyed Kai because I was able to fill in the details myself. If I had never seen DBZ I doubt I would have felt this comfortable.
I hope I helped! :)

Not sure if this needs to be updated, since at this point DBZ Kai doesn't end at the Cell saga. Since april this year they have started airing the Majin Buu saga too.

Someone should make some sort of guide on how to merge Kai and the original: replace the original episodes that overlap with Kai and keep the ones that aren't covered by it. This way we can enjoy the higher fidelity without missing out on the story.

Kai is not too bad as I'm currently watching it on KIX, but there are silly things chopped away from what I remember in Dragon Ball Z, like:

 Cell stomps and crushes Android 16's head after he's done telling Gohan to embrace his inner anger to defeat Cell. In Dragon Ball Z Kai, this is cut out and only Android 16's brain cartridge and a few bolts are seen MAGICALLY on the scene. Yet, during the Frieza saga, you get to see Krillin use 'Destructo Disc' to cut off Frieza's tail which did happen in both Z and Kai but this clashes with the head crushing.

To me, Dragonball Z destroys Kai in every form and shape because it's more influential in all the character's development. Not to mention I've yet to see Yamcha use his technique The Wolf Fang Fist.
From what I've read as well, we are going to lose out on the Majin Buu Saga, the Kid Buu Saga, and the Super Android 17 Saga.
Lastly, it hasn't been mentioned from what I've read, but even though it's only a filler, what happened to the Garlic Jr. Saga? If I remember correctly, it was based on the return from Namek. I could be wrong. So much is cut from Z, it's sort of depressing.

Super 17 Saga is not DBZ, but its bastard son: Dragonball GT. Garlic Jr. saga doesn't appears on comics, and it's based on a plot that comes from an OVA which was plot-incompatible with the series, so it's possibly the best part to cut.

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What happened at the end of Nanana's Buried Treasure?
At the very end of Nanana's Buried Treasure, after the ed, Isshin's holding a blood-tainted student card of Saki while Saki's standing outside the door with something black quickly crawling around her neck, murmuring 'I don't want to die'.
What's happening?


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Is asta is the son of Licht and his human wife?
we have seen licht can use the same sword as Asta and we have seen so far that Asta is the only one with the 5-star grimoire. Asta and Yuno both are orphans where Yuno seems to me like a son of royal because he is having a very huge amount of magic power like royalty. I think the pendulum in his neck will reveal his identity in the future. We already know the Licht was about to become the dad when the elf was attacked and everyone is dead. but what if Licht able to safe his son life? before his wife dead like he did with other elves soul. I think Asta is the son of Licht.
it seems like Asta is Half ELF and HALF human...  that is why we only able to see half part of him become demon.

I wanted to know this too and come to think of it that Tetia's element is wind and her child is not known if it is twin or not having a very large possibility that Yuno is also her child.

@Keith I believe Yuno is the son of Licht friend who was noble and equally powerful as Licht. Yuno is Asta cousin.

I highly doubt that Yuno is related to Asta in any way. Tbh, it does seem plausible that Yuno is royal blood. But then again, it won't be the first time we see someone who wasn't royal blood possessing massive reserves of mana (e.g the wizard king & Yami)

@Rumpelstiltskin but Yuno act like Royalty, if he is not a belong to the royal blood still in his character it seems to me like like he is a royalty.


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Is there a reason for the discrepancy in the length of the Serpentine Road in the Japanese and English versions of Dragon Ball Z?
Put simply, the original Japanese version of the anime states it's (supposedly) one million kilometers long (a little over 621 thousand miles), while the English translations state that it's (again supposedly) ten thousand miles (a little over 16 thousand kilometers).
I'm rather curious if there's any documented reason for this huge discrepancy in the stated length, especially since the Japanese version makes Goku seem absurdly super-human (doing the math and accounting for him having to restart part way through, he still ran at a speed of more than 200 kph (or about 125 mph), which is about 5.5 times the typical sustained top speed for a well trained human distance runner), while the English version makes him sound honestly pathetic (same math there works out to about 3 kph (or about 2 mph), which is a leisurely walk even for most lazy humans).
A quick search online has turned up nothing, and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it's just another case of the questionable translation quality that was the norm at the time for a majority of anime series. However, there are a couple of other cases in the series where questionable original translations (such as using 'spirit bomb' for both the soukidon and the geki-dama) have documented reasons (usually stupid translators) and this one doesn't seem to fit the usual 'stupid Americans' excuse that most of the other cases both in DBZ and other anime from that time do.

There does not appear to be an officially stated reason for changing 1,000,000 kilometers to 10,000 miles, and it is likely just another case of localization. For some, it may be easier to imagine distance in miles rather than kilometers, and would likely cause less confusion for American children who would be more familiar with miles. This distance is used for the Ocean dub, as well as the FUNimation dub.
Interestingly enough, this also differs for the dub for Dragon Ball Z Kai, which states that Snake Way is 1,000,000 miles long (or about 1.6 million kilometers).


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Why Orochimaru tries to steal other people's bodies instead of just reincarnating into his own offspring?
I do not get it.
This guy has discovered how to be immortal by reincarnating in other people's bodies.
Why he nor anyone near him and even other people just knowing it do not suggest him to reincarnate into his own toddlers?
It would be totally legit in a world in which children are already been forced to work, kill and do war.
It would not be that bad: reproduction would be then considered as cloning and it would become normal in a few generations.
If even in real life we legitimately "kill" fetuses to get stem cells, why would then be a problem to clone people into newborns?
With widespread immortality ninja wars would make no sense and everyone would live peacefully.

Simply using bodies identical to his own would run counter to his obsession to learn every jutsu there is.
Consider two of his potential hosts that we saw in the series Kimmimaro and Sasuke.
Kimmimaro was the last of the Kaguya clan and the only person left with the ability to use bone techniques making him the only chance for Orochimaru to acquire them though Kimmimaro's terminal illness ultimately made him unsuitable.
Then we have Sasuke stemming from his desire to obtain Sharingan and their ability to copy jutsu on sight which would allow him to easily expand his repertoire.

yes, it is the best answer because Orochimaru goal is to learn all the jutsu in the world.

I have read it here that the technique lasts 3 years. I guess this could be a sufficiently valid answer, unless there is other info I am missing (I am at the 140th chapter).


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Why has this character's death been removed from the Italian theatrical version of Eva 3.0+1.0?
I've recently seen the Italian theatrical version of Eva 3.0+1.0 and I was very surprised to discover

 Rei's death scene

had been completely removed from the movie.
I frankly can't understand why they did something like that: it made the movie more difficult to understand and basically worked as a plot hole, because without

 Rei's death dialogue

it makes no sense at all for Shinji to come back and fight the last battle.
I would like to know why this happened.

The distributor Nexo Digital has affirmed this has happened due to an error, so at the very least this is true:

A seguito delle numerose segnalazioni, e dopo un’opportuna verifica, confermiamo di avere riscontrato che alcune copie difettose di “Evangelion 3.0 + 1.01 Thrice Upon A Time” sono state erroneamente consegnate ai cinema dal laboratorio.
Grazie anche al vostro aiuto, ci siamo attivati immediatamente per risolvere la problematica, inviando a tutti cinema un pacchetto correttivo per rimediare all’errore. Purtroppo non tutte le sale sono riuscite nella serata di ieri a provvedere per tempo alla correzione.
Vogliamo rassicurare che oggi i cinema hanno provveduto a sostituire le copie errate, ci scusiamo con tutti i nostri spettatori per l’imprevisto che non è dipeso dalla volontà di Nexo Digital, né da Dynit.

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As a result of numerous reports, and after appropriate verification, we confirm that we have found that some defective copies of "Evangelion 3.0 + 1.01 Thrice Upon A Time" were mistakenly delivered to theaters by the lab.
Thanks in part to your help, we took immediate action to resolve the issue, sending all theaters a corrective package to remedy the error. Unfortunately, not all theaters were able on yesterday evening to provide the correction in time.
We would like to reassure you that today the theaters have replaced the erroneous copies; we apologize to all our viewers for the unforeseen situation, which was not the fault of Nexo Digital, nor of Dynit.

Also yes, you are among the very few people on the planet who can say to have witnessed a "canonical" timeline of Eva 3.0 + 1.0 in which Rei never dies.


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In what chapter of the manga does Mitsuhide sneeze because Obi was talking about him?
I'm looking for the chapter in the manga where Mitsuhide sneezes because Obi was talking about him.
Edit; possibly when Obi was in Lyiras...and after Mitsuhide sneezed, he said something like, "i had a feeling that somebody said something really rude about me." and Zen replied with Kiki," it was probably Obi."
Apparently, it was a superstitious sneeze!
Thank you if you can find the chapter for this funny extract! Simply because I would like to read that part again!

This is a pretty common trope. Do you have any other details else for better context?

This is on-topic (I think) but I'm curious as to why you'd want to know when a particular character sneezed.

Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. Chapter identification is on-topic if you can explain more context, mention the reference, or state why you believe this happens. Based on previous experiences, someone asked a reference to a scene which is apparently from a fandom/fan-fiction, means it never happens on the official anime & manga, and it ended badly.


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Where is Yuma Kuga’s mother?
If you think about it, we all know what Yuma’s father, Yugo, looks like and what happened to him, but the manga and anime never seems to mention Yuma’s mother. Whatever happened to her? Is she dead, did she and Yugo have a divorce, or what? Because there had to be a relationship with a woman if Yuma is Yugo’s son. (Or is Yuma adopted?)

As of current writing, Yuma's mother has never been mentioned ever in the story, and not even in any interviews/Q&A sessions. (Otherwise, information about her in Japanese should come as popular/surprising, but I found none and only the same questions in Japanese with fan theories about her being a Neighbor or not, etc.).
Thus, it's also impossible to answer any questions related to her: whatever happened to her, is she dead or divorced, etc.
There are some fan theories if Yuma was adopted, but that's just fan theories.

As for the reason, the following question Why do anime mothers often get the short end of the stick? might be of interest (but may also be biased), or it could just be that she is not important to advance the story (a mantra for writers).


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When fighting Shalltear, why would Ainz use Body of Effulgent Beryl?
Why would Ainz use Body of Effulgent Beryl (which According to the Wiki reduces the effectiveness of bludgeoning attacks) as his defensive spell when fighting Shalltear as opposed to a spell that reduces piercing damage? Such as Body of Effulgent Aquamarine. Given the weapon she is using, it seems it would deal piercing damage as opposed to bludgeoning damage.
This seems especially true in this screenshot where her pipette lance clearly pierces him.

Small disclaimer, I'm posting this from work and I can't actually view the wiki myself, the information I have was from a google cached copy of a Reddit post.

The wiki doesn't list Body of Effulgent Aquamarine as one of Ainz's skills, so maybe he can't use that and Body of Effulgent Beryl was at least something?

As skeleton does piercing damage even work? Blunt damage is a major weakness for skeletons in most games.
maybe every weapon has a certain amount of damage in everything and he needed to remove the blunt damage only because it is the only damage that would affect him greatly. before we have seen that his body being pierced by an angelic light sword and iron short swords is not very effective.

According to volume 3 of the light novel, the lance does "battering"(i.e. bludgeoning) damage in Chapter 5. Which is why Ainz used it.

The tenth-tier spell Body of Effulgent Beryl, in addition to decreasing damage taken by battering weapons for its duration, allow onetime full immunity to the damage. By having Body of Effulgent Beryl absorb the damage from the lance, its tip moved out of his body as if time had been rewound.

This explicitly states that Shalltear's weapon does bludgeoning damage and it as absorbed by the spell.
As a side note undead races have a racial vulnerability to bludgeoning damage (Bludgeoning Vulnerability V).

That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks so much!


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Can humans be cut out of all Titans?
This question is in regards to the anime. I've watched all of the episodes that are available, so I do not mind spoilers.
Since humans who can turn to Titans at will (I think they're called shifters) can be cut out of the Titan body, can the humans inside other "normal" titans (like the ones who became titans via injection of spinal fluid) be also cut out and saved?

this answer suggests that those titans do not have humans inside them, I think

No, it is not possible. During Hange's experiments with Sonny and Bean [chapter number required], she mentioned slicing open the necks of titans in prior experiments. She was never able to find anything inside (in the anime an empty cavity was seen).

Considering the currently available information, the answer is No. The titan shifters are able to do this, but in regular titans there is no intact human body in the nape.

Please include relevant sources/references.

well in seaon 3 hanji's experiments when eren lost control and ate the tower, then when his butt was hanging out and had no muscle below the waist. When it was time to cut him out it was hard because he was partially absorbed into the titan(Mikasa had to cut him out after hanji wanted mbilt to sketch it) this is what happens to regular titans the humans in them get absorbed except the spinal cord.

Mangareader here, since youre fine with spoilers...
The normal mindless titans have no human in their necks because they were human themselves before they got turned against their will.
Thats all i can say without causing too much confusion. You should start reading the manga tho.


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How did Sasha not blow off Samuel's leg?
When the colossal Titan attacks the city of Trost in Season 1 Episode 5, We see everyone working on the cannons blown off the wall by the steam. Samuel gets knocked off too, but he is unconscious, so Shasha runs down the wall and saved him with the ODM gear by shooting his leg but how was his leg not totally gone by that. We've seen the hook have enough force to go tough concrete so why didn't it go thought the other side and though the bones? we also know what the hook looks like and no way it would be stuck in his calf. The hook looks like this
Yes, it looks big but also it's not this big since its close up to the screen but the hook is big so how did it not completely destroy his leg?

How did Sasha not blow off Samuel's leg? Simply because the hook is not the same as a high-caliber bullet. Even among bullets, only those powerful enough have the capacity to sever someone's limbs off. I have never seen a hook, or something similar like a spear or arrow, that can blow off someone's limbs. If you notice during the anime and manga, the hook does not explode when it latches unto something so I don't see why someone should expect it to blow off someone's leg.
The hook is not as big as it seems and might I ask: how did you know that it didn't go through his leg? Because it was never depicted, both in the manga and anime, that it didn't go through. The hook could have gone through the leg then slid and latched to a bone in Samuel's leg. It is possible that this happened in less than a few seconds. It is also possible that hook did not hit the bone as it went through.
To prove my point that it does not explode, look at the wounds on Samuel's leg. You can see that it pierced his flesh cleanly.

Here is that same scene as depicted in the manga.
And to show you how small that 'big hook' actually is, notice its size (encircled in red) compared to the ODM Gear part attached on the back of the hips (also encircled in red):

The hook has enough force to penetrate deep enough into concrete, yes, but not all the way through. It is not as powerful as you think, only enough so that the hook can latch unto something. If it was, then they would have used it as a weapon too.


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Who are the people that the Beast Titan turned into titans?
In season 3 part 2 episode 13, we see the Beast Titan for the second time in the anime. He suddenly appears with an army of titans who transform with him but who are these people? The citizens of Ragako? The rest of the people that traveled with him to Paradise Island?

Just saying that Zeke, Bertolt, Annie, Reiner, and Pieck are the only Marleyans that made it all the way to the Walls in Paradis. They could be citizens from other remote villages turned into Titans by Zeke as he could only control Titans he created.

AH-HA I knew it.  Why would titan shifters need soldiers to guard them?

What soldiers? Which titan shifters are you referring to?

Marleyan soldiers the comes that you said:  Zeke, Bertolt, Annie, Reiner, and Pieck

It seems like there's a lot of information you still don't know (regarding the identities of the titan shifters). I suggest reading the manga from where the anime finished as anything beyond would be spoilers.

What do you mean?  They all came to paradise.

The new titans inside wall Rose are the villagers of Ragako. The wiki linked makes this explicit, although the information comes from the Unnamed Final Arc.

 According to Zeke, after having infiltrated Wall Rose, himself, Pieck, and a small group of Marleyan soldiers locate Ragako and choose to target it. The soldiers release a gas diffused with Zeke's spinal fluid and the wind quickly blows it as a fog over the village. Once the subjects of Ymir that inhabit the village inhale this gas, they are paralyzed and etched with a coordinate. Zeke screams, making the paths transform the villagers and allowing him to impose his will on their Pure Titans due to their connection with his Beast Titan.1

In the anime, this is more implied than spelled out. There are a number of pieces of evidence, the most significant of which are; the village is empty, but the horses remain. The village is destroyed, but no blood or bodies are found. And that the trapped Titan looks like Connie's mother.

Weren't the Ragako villagers those who attacked Nanaba's group in the tower they took refuge in?

@W.Are The implication in the Anime, and the direct references from the Manga suggest both groups are the Ragako villagers. How many people live in a village inside the walls isn't clear. But there could easily be enough in a single village to account for all the Pure Titan's seen during the Clash of the Titans Arc.

I see. But I seem to have missed these references. Because as far as I recall, I cannot remember the manga implying that the Ragako villagers where also those who attacked Shinganshina during the Clash of the Titans arc. Although, I am not dismissing this possibility.

@W.Are my bad. I had the wall name incorrect. Ragako villiagers are all inside Wall Rose. They didn't attach  Shiganshina because they were all human at the time. Clash of Titan arc starts with introduction of the Beast Titan, inside the 2nd wall.

It is possible that Zeke could have saved some for later. Thank you for your answer. Also, @W.Are these are the soldiers  I was talking about in the other question, and yes, they are the same group. One of the titans that attacked the tower looked like Connie's dad.


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How did the Colossal Titan manage to take the ODM gear off of someone while in titan form?

   In Season 2 episode 7, Bertolt,

in his titan form, is at surface level (apparently). But with that, he was still able to take the ODM gear off of someone through the mouth somehow. How did he do this?
I don't think it would work because there is too much to go through. There are meters of flesh between the back of the Colossal Titan's mouth and

 Bertolt.

The way Mikasa took out the Armored Titan with a thunder spear wouldn't work with the Colossal Titan. There is too much flesh to penetrate through.
So how did this character reach out and kill and or take the ODM gear?

I think you'll need to provide the episode or manga issue that the event you're concerned about too place in.

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How were the lion turtles driven to near-extinction?
Towards the end of Avatar, we see a lion turtle grant Aang the ability to energy bend. He telepathically says that he's the last of his kind. So at first, I thought maybe there was some natural disaster that wiped them all out, and then Legend of Korra came out where it was revealed there were hundreds of them. They were also fairly solitary.
Then it was revealed that the humans wiped them out. So how did the biggest creatures in the Avatar universe, able to support entire cities and ecosystems, allow themselves to be wiped out by people who they gave the bending to? even if they could throw lightning at it, I hardly think that would kill it. There were also flying ones( the lion turtles associated with air) and ones that could dive underwater. if this is that case why didn't they just fly heighter/ dive underwater?

This is based on multiple assumptions: a) bending specialisations hadn't been invented yet, b) the lion turtle Aang talked to was indeed 10,000 years old; c) the larger something is, the harder it is to kill.

Alright, I fixed it. Thank you for the input and the edit.

No problem! This is a much better question now, and I have to admit that I'm curious about the answer myself.

I have another question: What the heck do you do with a corpse that big.

I've actually seen a similar debate somewhere, and fans generally think that it's a writing error on behalf of the writers, because Bryke did not originally plan to use the lion turtles for anything else but to help Aang learn how to defeat Ozai without killing him. This is because the creators did not plan to make TLOK, which is why all the pieces fit well together in ATLA, and less so in TLOK. Hope this helps!


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Different kinds of hardening abilities
Ok, as far as I know, there are 3 types of hardening.

White hardening = Jaw and Warhammer
Blue/Crystal hardening = Female, Attack and Beast
Natural hardening = Armored

My question now is, are those abilities combinable if those are different kinds of hardening?
Like could the armored, jaw, or the Warhammer also be able to have additional crystal hardening?

A quick look at a wiki page produced this:

There are three levels of hardening that have been showed:
The least durable is the Armored Titan's armor-like skin, mostly because of how it spreads across the whole body.
The blue-colored hardening, which can be learnt by all Nine Titans theoretically as mentioned above, is stronger and can be applied onto different body parts like hands, feet, or nape at will.
Although having a different appearance and color, Wall Titans' hardened "wall" skin is likely at this level, for the Colossal Titan could not kick through it. It is also shown that by focusing the hardening on fewer areas will make those parts even stronger.
The strongest is the crystal-like level, which has only seen being used by Female Titan and War Hammer Titan, and it is used to contain its own user inside, for protecting purpose only. Currently, only the Jaw Titan's jaws and claws are seen to be able to penetrate through this crystal-like hardening.

About the War Hammer's appearance, it's probably caused by it's affinity to the Hardening ability.

There is no such thing called "white" hardening, Warhammer hardening is crystal type, like female or attack titan, and Jaw hardening is neither natural nor white(crystal), but it looks like the natural type. so because armored titan is the only titan that can do natural hardening, there won't be any hardening combination.
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I was wrong about Warhammer's body, it IS hardening but I don't think it's different from other types of hardening

Why are they shown so differently then?

@DieserCoookie you'll understand if you pay more attention, Warhammer titan whole body and weapons are white, it's NOT hardened. the only hardened part is the wielder's body which is crystal. Annie's hardening, Eren's fists, all of them are the same crystal, the only difference is their color which I don't think is an important subject to put your mind into, it's like titans eyes, for someone it's purple(
Frieda Reiss), green(eren jager) and etc

Just to point out that Warhammer's body does have hardened titan covering/skin/flesh
But yes, the hardening don't have types, durability is almost same as it seems. As when eren also hardened his hand to prevent war hammer's attack pierce his neck (which is hardened weapon) it did prevent barely. (Note that jaw's different)
Rest i don't think colour is any indication.

So its just a kind of style? - underwhelming but thanks for clarification


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Has Hayao Miyazaki ever made an anime series or manga?
Hayao Miyazaki is a famous director of anime movies such as "Spirited Away" and "My Neighbor Totoro".
But has he ever made any anime series or manga besides movies? If so, what are they?

Miyazaki is surprisingly prolific as a creator of manga. His best-known work in the medium is, of course, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, on which his movie of the same name was based (for an interesting comparison of the different versions, see here). In a similar vein, he created a short manga for The Wind Rises a few years ago, in the leadup to the film. You can check out his Wikipedia article for more details. Reports suggest that Miyazaki is currently working on another manga, which will apparently be about samurai.
Miyazaki has never been the sole director of a television anime, but prior to his work on Nausicaä, he did extensive work on a number of television anime series (animation at first, and later, episode direction and co-direction), first at Toei, and later at A Pro and Nippon Animation (after that, of course, he founded Ghibli, and the rest is history). Prominent works in his oeuvre includes the first Lupin III anime and Heidi: Girl of the Alps (both co-directed with long-time collaborator and Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata). Since Nausicaä, however, Miyazaki has done no further work on television anime.
Note: I forgot about Future Boy Conan, which is basically a Miyazaki show, technicalities of crediting notwithstanding (thanks, @JonathanVanMatre). For more details, take a look at @leonbloy's answer.

While it's technically correct to say he has never been sole director of a television anime, he was credited as director for all 26 episodes of Future Boy Conan, was co-credited as character designer, and was credited as storyboarder as well for the majority of the episodes. Technicalities aside, it's essentially a Miyazaki-helmed TV anime series, and likely the only one we'll ever see.

Regarding anime series (manga answered by senshin):
Miyazaki has a single anime series of his own: Conan, the boy of the future ("Mirai Shōnen Konan" - "Future Boy Conan"). It's a TV series, from 1979, in 26 episodes. Miyazaki is not credited as the sole director (Takahata and Hayakawa directed some episodes), but he not only lead the direction but also the script and the characters. Sadly, it was not released in the US/UK, but it was seen on TV (dubbed) in several foreign countries, such as Spain, Italy, Saudi Arabia....
He also directed some chapters of the Lupin III anime series (before he directed the movie "Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro"), and six of Sherlock Hound. And he worked as a relevant collaborator (mainly layout) with Tahakata's series Heidi and Marco.

He also helped do the concept for nadia: secret of blue water, with hideki anno, albiet not credited.

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Which jutsu was White Fang strongest at?
What was the real strength of the White Fang (Kakashi's father)? Was he good at taijutsu, nin, or any other jutsu?

According to his Naruto Wiki article, he was

...proficient in kenjutsu, his reputation as "Konoha's White Fang" stemming from his extensive use of the White Light Chakra Sabre, which emitted a streak of white chakra when swung.

The citation for this is Chapter 242, page 12.

It should be noted that nowhere in the manga, not even in that chapter of Kakashi Gaiden, is mentioned that Sakumo Hatake was especially gifted in kenjutsu. What is said in 242 is that he was known for using that custom short blade of chakra-sensitive metal, and that said blade glows white when it is infused with chakra. It is said time and time that he was an exceptionally strong ninja, but no specialty is ever mentioned (not even that he might have been good at standard ninja training, for instance).