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Can Naruto or Sasuke be promoted directly from Genin to Hokage?
I'm just wondering if one of them (Naruto and Sasuke) becomes Hokage, is he promoted from Genin rank directly to Hokage?

Are you wondering if they are both currently genin or if, if one of them becomes hokage, they will no longer be genin?

I think it is possible at least for Naruto, I highly doubt that Sasuke will become Hokage soon, since he is still a Missing-nin.
But whether one of them will be Hokage or not, I can't tell, only time will show.

While I am not 100% sure about the transition from Genin to Kage, I do know that Gaara was at most a Chuunin before becoming the Kazekage.  So, it would seem that a jump in ranks would be justified under special conditions of ability.
In any case, why should there be a need for a direct promotion?  If Naruto (or Sasuke I guess) has plans to become Hokage, it does not mean that they have an intention to skip the transitions between ranks (although I'm sure there would be some sort of allowance for them to "test out").

Yes, they can.
The rank 'Genin' is usually associated with ninjas which just started out in the ninja academy or as a derogatory term for ninjas with no talent in ninjutsu.
However, Sasuke and Naruto have advanced beyond leaps and bounds. Especially now they have received the blessing we all already knew they had directly from The Sage of the Six Paths.
So yes, I think they can be upgraded from Genin (if they are still perceived as such) to Hokage.

Well because Naruto is already hokage I guess you can jump from ranks because he has been a genin this whole time because he lost against konohomaru in the chuunin exams


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What is a vocaloid?
I don't really understand what a vocaloid is so, what is a vocaloid? Is it an anime? If not, how is it related to anime? Is it a singer? If so, is it a real person (because someone told me that some are but mostly are just machine-created voices)?

The article Vocaloid should help. I suggest to change your question to be more focused on anime starting from the explanation on Wikipedia.

mmm, dem question marks.. :)

Vocaloid is a piece of software used to model a human singing voice. Users can create music with the software by putting in a backing track and giving the Vocaloid program a set of lyrics to sing.

While many Vocaloid (And similar software) mascots are anime-styled, there are no actual animes that include them as a main role.
There have been some fan-based mangas however - Chibi Miku-san (A 4-Panel manga) and the previously mentioned Hatsune Mix

Vocaloid Merchandise also overlaps a bit with typical anime merchandise, including figurines, plushies, bags, etc.

Vocaloid songs are all created by the software, although sometimes they may star some actual singers too, but the term Vocaloid is referring to the software.
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Vocaloid was a significant breakthrough in music technology, the software now offers a cheaper alternative to professional singers and the versatility of getting harmonics and etc exactly perfect to the way the composer envisaged it (rather than adapting it to suit a singer's voice).
It also was a significant breakthrough for hobbyist musicians, making a lot more songs feasible without leaving the home. This was especially important for the ones who can't sing :p

What is it's main significance?

Edited the answer to include some info on it's signficance. Does that help?

I'm pretty sure Hatsune Miku was cameo'd in a few anime.  Baka and Test, Chrome shelled Regios, Maria Holic...

@acolyte ah! you are correct, changed the wording of that sentence so that it's non-principle characters.

@MrPineapple i do WISH, however, that Hatsune would get an anime.  Hagane Miku could play her alter-ego.

This is a pretty good and comprehensive answer, but I think it's important to note that Vocaloids are based off of voice samples from real people. There are even a few of real Japanese singers.

@ToshinouKyouko What about Miss Monochrome anime?

@Wally the line gets blured when deciding if Miss Monochrome is considered as Vocaloid anime because they're not using any Vocaloid software, and not a character considered as Vocaloid series. It's actually the real voice of Yui Horie, modulated until it looks (heard?) like a robot/android voice.

"...cheaper alternative to professional singers [for] getting harmonics exactly perfect", what do you mean, do they use the software as a vocoder for their own voice recordings?

Vocaloid is a singing voice synthesizer. In other words, a piece of software that enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody.
One of the better known vocaloids is Hatsune Miku.
At the moment there is no anime with vocaloids. There is only a manga called: Hatsune Mix. The only relation I can futher find for vocaliods with anime is:

Hatsune Miku performed her first "live" concert like a virtual idol on a projection screen during Animelo Summer Live at the Saitama Super Arena on August 22, 2009. At the "MikuFes '09 (Summer)" event on August 31, 2009, her image was screened by rear projection on a mostly-transparent screen. Miku also performed her first overseas live concert on November 21, 2009, during Anime Festival Asia (AFA) in Singapore.

As for vocaloid's significance?

@xjshiya What do you mean with significance? how they influenced anime or?

What is it's importance? The answer in this question: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3760/what-anime-soundtracks-feature-vocaloid-singers/3794#3794 says that it is pretty rare for vocaloid to be featured in anime soundtracks. So what is it's significance?

Hatsune, not Hatsuna

Vocaloid is a program that produces singing voice, it is not an anime. As to how it is related to anime, there are a few anime which have vocaloid singers. You can also see this question for a bit more explanation on that aspect, which I think are well detailed.
The significance of Vocaloids in the anime industry is probably similar to how significant robotics is used in assembly lines, in the sense that depending on how you use them, you can be making more savings. But you first need to know how to effectively use them, and this often comes with an initial significant investment. Once this is overcome however, things should be easier onwards, as long as you can continue innovating the outputs.

The link says, it is pretty rare for vocaloid to be featured in anime soundtracks, so what is it's significance?

@xjshiya I added that to my answer. I'm a bit confused why I didn't get notified of your comment earlier...

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What are the marks on Index-tan's left eye?
In the Toaru Majutsu no Index specials, Index-tan is shown to have some marks on her left eye. However, she did not have any on the 'main anime'.

What is the significance of these marks?
If it was not explained anywhere, are there any speculations as to what it might mean?

I'm sorry, but when you say "anime specials", what are you referring to?  An OVA?

I've included a link to the MAL page of the specials.

According to some attendees at an
Index II x Oreimo talk session in December 2010, someone from the Index
staff said there that it was intended to look like Kenji Ohtsuki's face
paint.

It is simply the result of a play on words without any significance:

In Japan, とある魔術の禁書目録 (Toaru Majutsu no Index) is
often referred to as 禁書 (kinsho) in short.
Ohtsuki is the vocalist/lyricist for the Japanese band
筋肉少女帯 (Kinniku Shōjo Tai),
which is often shortened as 筋少 (kinshō).

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Why is Gally's name localized as Alita?
Battle Angel Alita is known as Gunnm in Japan, and Alita as Gally.
Why was the title and name of the series changed when it was localized? What other changes did they make from the original Japanese version?

Alita can be a "japanese" version of Alida.
Alida in germanic means battle and in latin means (angel) with small wings.

Also known as Gunnm / Gally in France

I think it's only know as Alita in USA, Spain and maybe a few other countries. The rest of the world, from Americas to Asia, including Europe and Africa call her Gally, and the story is known as Gunnm. No idea why they made this change in USA.

Viz Media was responsible for localizing the Battle Angel Alita manga, and the reason apparently makes no sense, (from this page):

Gally's name is changed to Alita. Why this was done is unknown, but the person who decided on the change tried to "validate" it, explaining that coincidentally Alita comes from Russian and has something to do with Mars (which is where Gally is from, incidentally).

There's a dream sequence where in the original Japanese version, Gally's dream self is named "Alita". The Viz version has the two reversed.

Back in 1993, as Kishiro-sensei was quickly bringing things to a close with the Gunnm manga, he came across a plot point which he could use to take a jab at Viz. Early on, Kishiro learned that Viz decided to change, for reasons that truly make no sense, Gally's name to Alita. Towards the end of the series, Dr. Nova traps Gally in the Oruboros machine, in an attempt to crush her spirit. At one point, Nova is talking with Ido and suggests her name to be (in the japanese version) "Alita," the cat's name is "Gally." (Gally and the cats' names are important). Unfortunately, Viz decides to play along word for word, and Nova names her "Gally" and the cat is "Alita." So much for that potshot.

Additionally, Viz changed a bunch of names of a city, facility, and the computer (via Wikipedia, with emphasis):

Besides renaming Gally to Alita, the North American version of the manga also changed the city of Salem to Tiphares, after Tiferet. Since Kishiro also used the name Jeru for the facility atop Salem, Jeru was renamed Ketheres in the translation, after Keter. To further develop the Biblical theme in the original series, Salem's main computer was named Melchizedek, "the king of Salem" and "priest to the Most High God".

Although "Alita" isn't a bible reference (western religion), a number of these names were changed, and Alita is a western name (moreso than "Gally"), so that it's more accessible to western audiences.

EDIT: I found the quote, from AN's "Ask John" column:

In the October 1993 issue of Animerica, Fred Burke, co-translator for the Viz Comics Battle Angel Alita manga explains that, “For a Viz Comic to work, it’s got to appeal to more than just the hard-core manga and anime crowd;” therefore there were several alterations made in the translation of the manga. Yukito Kishiro’s title Gunnm, a compound of Gun Dream, was re-named Battle Angel Alita. Gally, the protagonist, had her name changed to Alita, a name, Burke explains, means “noble:” a name that he discovered while searching through a book of baby names. Burke also explains that, for no reason given, the floating city Zalem was re-named Tiphares: a name meaning “beauty,” taken from the Qabalah and the mystical Tree of Life. Furthermore, Yugo’s name was given a cosmetic change to Hugo for American readers.

I think they managed to outdo 4kids for poor translation skills.

they need to justify their job

Yeah, it definitely makes very little sense… In most of the western countries, as far as I know, it's Gunnm, Gally, Jeru, Salem, etc. I don't see why would Alita more "western" than "Gally", and why "Ketheres" and "Tiphalet" more suitable for western people than "Jeru" and "Salem". It's a pity, it actually breaks a whole part of the lore.

The word "Alita" in spanish means "Small Wing", so it also makes some sense when you translate the title to spanish " Battle Angel's Small Wing".

Changing names is quite usual for translators/publishers when it comes to foreign works. Apparently their idea is that people couldn't possibly buy something with "foreign-sounding" names because that would be too confusing for our little brains. It's all about marketing. This is why "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has been changed to "HP and the Sorcerer's Stone" for the American market: because the publisher feared that people would run away if they saw the word "philosophy" in the title.
Now you'll have to explain to me why it is the case here but not in Europe: for instance I know that the French version of Yukito Kishiro's works has kept every names and it's been a huge hit, not just among the "hard-core manga and anime crowd" as Burke thinks it would be. At some point it would be nice to see publishers and translators respect the work of the author and the intelligence of the readers.

GALLY is the original name for the Gally Battle Angel Japanese cartoon.  This is a sad attempt to make political correctness for giving a. Few props to recognize a hispanic female heroine.  Much like, the thinking that ghost in a shell should be played by a european in the live movie version. It sure would be nice to have Gally identified as Japanese in both the big screen animation and live movie version.

Japanese? Why? The original Gally is a freaking Martian. Not to mention, "cartoon"? There was a 2-episode OVA of it, but the real bulk of the story is a huge manga series.

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Are eye techniques in Naruto based on anything real?
Are the eye techniques in Naruto (Byakugan, Sharingan, Rinnegan) based on true events? Or are they just myth or a fiction created by Masashi-Sensei? Anyone has any references or a story behind it?

I have seen the Rinnegan in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood as well, so I'm guessing there is some sort of background to it.

good question , +1

According to the Naruto wiki page on dōjutsu, there are two potential points of inspiration for the dōjutsu techniques (rinnegan/sharigan/byuakugan).
The first:

The concept of dōjutsu may have been inspired by Futaro Yamada's 1959
  novel, The Kōga Ninja Scrolls (甲賀忍法帖, Kōga Ninpōchō), which featured
  two warring clans of ninja that had developed mutations and abilities
  through selective breeding, with the young heirs to each clan
  possessing mysterious dōjutsu.

Or alternately,

Another possible inspiration for dōjutsu in the series may also be
  found in the Journey to the West classic's titular character, the
  Monkey God-King, Sun Wukong: After having eaten all of the 'peaches of
  immortality', the 'pills of longevity' and drunk all of the 'wine of
  immortality', and then was captured after a long rebellion against
  Heaven, the Monkey God-King, Sun Wukong, was then sealed into Lao
  Tzu's Eight Trigram furnace to be burned to ash in order for Lao Tzu
  to reclaim his pills of longevity. But after 49 days, Sun Wukong broke
  out--stronger than ever--his body having been refined by the flames
  instead of being reduced to ash, His eyes had also become a fiery red
  and golden colour, becoming known as his "Fiery-eyes golden-gaze"
  (火眼金睛, Huǒyǎn-Jīnjīng); an eye condition that allowed Sun Wukong to
  now see what's really there just by looking and the ability to see and
  recognise the real form of evil despite whatever form that it took on
  — but, likewise, it also gave him a weakness to smoke, fogging his
  vision.

As for Rinnegan appearing in Fullmetal Alchemist, the point of inspiration was probably the same, combined with the fact that "Rinne (輪廻) is the Japanese term for Samsara, the cycle of reincarnation or rebirth in several Indian religions" (taken from the Naruto wiki page on Rinnegan). If there was going to alchemy-based eye technique, the one based around reincarnation would make the most sense.


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Is the Omnimon reference in Season 2 relating to the first Movie?
When DNA Digivolve is discovered in Season 2, Izie says that they had seen the evolution happening once before, with Wargraymon and Metalgarurumon DNA Digivolve into Omnimon.
From my understanding, he doesn't make any appearance in the first season and only appears in the first movie.
I'm wondering if Izie is referring to this or if I missed any other Omnimon appearance.

Yes, this is a reference to the first movie. The only other time Omnimon makes an appearance is in Digimon Movie 2 Revenge of Diaboromon where he is defeated and gives his power to Imperialdramon Fighter Mode in order to create Imperialdramon Paladin Mode.


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Why do the giants in Shingeki no Kyojin start to look like the characters that got eaten?
In Shingeki no Kyojin, Armin's grandfather dies when he is sent to recover Wall Maria. And in the episode when Eren gets eaten, the face and the look of the giant who eats him is exactly the same as Armin's grandfather.

Is this related in any way?

Do you have any images of this scenario?

Well, then this seems to be a plot device... But this question is going to stay unanswered until it is confirmed in the manga.

@Washu No problem :)

That is strange.  While their victims are not digested by the titans they are chewed, so I wouldn't think that this is Armin's grandfather somehow transformed.  Maybe that's how the humans are "sampled".

I'm not sure that the bearded titan resembling Armin's grandfather is intentional.  The beard and hair style is different, for one thing.

@Washu if youv'e seen season 3 you'll see the origins of the bearded titan.

Because

 Titans are actually humans.

Read the manga for full explanation.

I've read that but isn't that when they are still alive and are able to you know transform.... not when they are dead... or am i wrong?

@Washu: I believe that humans can be turned into (mindless) titans by some means. The obvious example being Connie's mother, even though it wasn't explicitly stated.

Please consider to direct where that info should be in the manga (chapter, page etc.)

I personally think that humans can be transformed into titans. I came up with this theory because a titan doesn't need nourishment and it seems all they need to live is sunlight. The idea hit me when I watched an episode where someone stated that because a titan didn't have a digestive system, they simply regurgitates them (it's really scary) and the victims are all covered in this weird looking goo. So maybe the titans do this for reproduction. I still don't know what caused this, but it's just a theory.
Also when I read about the incident in Ragako, Connie's hometown, the buildings were destroyed, but there's no blood or bodies, the horses are still in the stable, and they found a titan that looks like Connie's mom.
Well, that's my theory and my personal opinion. I just discovered this anime and started watching it 3 days ago.

providing some kind of external links to ascertain your points can fortify your answer

It's not just conjecture at this point.  Besides the titan looking like Connie's mother, it was lying on Connie's house, but clearly unable to have gotten there on its own due to its limbs being too small to carry it.  The titan also seemed to say, "Okaeri" (welcome home) when it saw Connie.  As to how exactly people get turned (permanently?) into titans against their will, this is not explained yet.

 Humans can turn into Titans after injury. Due to the fact that the Humans are chewed.  This leads for the potential of a transformation to occur before he dies.

In this scenario the above is an explanation for why it could be him, but since it's not directly commented on in the show there is also the potential for a reuse an image they already had.

I don't understand this answer. can you elaborate?

spoiler:  When the main character bleeds he turns into a titan.  If this was due to some dormant gene that others have but can't control, then in their near fatal chewed status they might turn into a mindless titan permanently.

Titans are humans. In the next season there is a former Titan (Ymir) with the same powers (albeit even weaker) as Eren that was created after she ate another person that had been experimented on by Dr. Jaeger and as a result regained her most of her sanity.
There's a one-off OVA episode (Ilse's Journal) where Hanji tries to capture a Titan that corners Ilse and bows to her believing she is Ymir, the Cured One.

OP is asking why titans looks like the eaten one

To update this with the release of recent manga chapters, in Chapters 87-89,

it was shown where the mindless titans in Paradis Island came from. They were Eldian rebels caught by the Marleyan government. Through an injection, they are turned to mindless titans. Why do the giants in Shingeki no Kyojin start to look like the characters that got eaten? That's purely coincidence and that is not how it was in the manga.


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Why wasn't Arlong in Impel Down during the Impel Down Saga?
He was a known member of Fisher Tiger's crew and became a merciless dictator in East Blue. He had the highest bounty in East Blue at the time, and when Borsalino captured him, he was sent to Impel Down. So why was he not there during the big jail break?
I doubt he got left behind, because Buggy did most of the freeing of prisoners.

We currently have the following timeline of things happening to Arlong:

Arlong gets beaten by Borsalino (Kizaru) and sent to Impel Down.
Arlong is released from Impel Down when Jinbe became a Shichibukai.
Arlong had a fight with Jinbe and started the Arlong Pirates and went to East Blue and settled on Cocoyasi Island.
Luffy and crew follow Nami to Cocoyasi Island where Luffy beats up Arlong.
All of Arlong's crew get arrested (exception: Hatchan) by marines.

I skipped a large chunk between points 3 and 4 because it's irrelevant. You can find all of Arlong's history here.
At point 5 when they got arrested you would assume that he would have been sent to Impel Down again, but it is futher unknown what has happened to Arlong as it hasn't been shown or told in the anime or manga.

Don't forget, Hatchan got arrested but he escaped

I'm not sure what happened to Arlong, but according to Hodi Jones he was killed by humans...

From chapter 634
And from the Anime Episode #554:

But that looks like a meme!!!!

Arlong was released earlier on Jinbes request.
Source: http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Arlong#After_Tiger.27s_Death
http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Impel_Down#Prisoners

you are right one that he was released on Jinbe's request but this all happened before the impel down saga. arlong got arrested again on cocoyashi island and it is unknown where he is now

And he got recaptured though.

Luffy killed Arlong. It is confirmed by Hordy Jones that Arlong was killed by humans. Ironically Hordy Jones doesn't know Luffy is the one who killed Arlong. The Marines largely covered up everything good Luffy ever did because Luffy always seems to do the Marines job in stopping Arlong and Crocodile both warlords who should've had their status revoked and then arrested for their crimes but Luffy finally gets credit when he defeat Do Flamingo thanks to Fujitora's honorable actions during the Dressrosa Arc

The claim that Luffy killed Arlong is just false. In chapter 492 Hatchan confirms that Arlong was captured by the marines after his defeat at Arlong Park.

the implication (that will never be confirmed or denied because either way raises plot holes) is that he was killed during his battle with Luffy. That's what Hordy is referencing, I believe.

You can expand on your answer by adding some details to why this would create plot holes to better support the claim that he was killed in battle

This is false. In chapter 492 (i.e. prior to Luffy reching Impel Down) Hatchan confirms that Arlong, Chew, Kuroobi and himself were captured by the Marines after their defeat at Arlong Park.


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Is the city in which Fruits Basket is set ever identified?
Fruits Basket appears to be set in a real Japanese city.
Is it ever explicitly stated which one?
If not, is it possible to deduce which one, or at least which part of Japan it's supposed to be?
(I'm more interested in the answer vis-a-vis the manga, but if there's a clue in the anime, that would be fine too.)

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

By "more rural area of Tokyo Japan", you mean a rural or semirural area near the Tokyo metropolis, yes?

Yes, Zack that is correct.

So, after having done some work and trying to find some landmarks, i believe that Fruits Basket (2019) takes place somewhere near Tamagawadai Park half between Yokohama and just at the edge of Tokyo. The skyline when they are on the roof looking at the city and the specific blue bridge in season 1 episode 23 give the best references as to where they are, from what we currently know about the anime. I noticed the bridge since i've been cycling in that specific area before.
Check out the pictures that Yokohama Expat has on his blog. https://reywatjapan.blogspot.com/2015/07/wilderness-in-tokyo.html

Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange! This has the potential for becoming a great answer. If it's possible, could you also [edit] to provide image comparisons for the blue bridge from the anime and the real-life? Thanks!

This blog goes into great detail regarding comparison with real-life places. There is a lot of Den-en-chōfu among other places.

I always thought it looked more like Kyoto personally. Especially with all the mountains so easily accessible. But it could well be Tokyo and the mountains too.

I'm currently watching the new Fruits Basket s2, ep 5 and they go to this restaurant and a guy orders Chicken Nanban. Chicken Nanban is a famous dish of Miyazaki prefecture, the restaurant called Nao-chan boasting to be the first and best. It's one of my favorite foods I've ever had in Japan so when he said this, immediately I was like "MIYAZAKI".

Please includ relevant sources/references to support your answer.

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


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Are the storylines from The Wolverine movie and anime the same?
Are The Wolverine movie (now on theaters) and the 2011 Wolverine anime series based on the same plot?
From the trailers I can tell they definitely look similar.

No, they're different. The settings and some of the characters are the same but the overall plot isn't.
The Marvel animated series Wolverine was based on the 1982 Chris Claremont and Frank Miller graphic novel of the same name. Both the anime and movie have characters "Mariko", "Shingen", "Yukio". Both also have Mariko in an arranged marriage, but only in the anime is where Mariko is Logan's girlfriend. There's also this giant samurai automaton in both the movie and anime.
The beginning of the anime has Logan and Mariko both in New York City where she's kidnapped. Whereas the movie has him in the woods following the events of "X-Men: Last Stand". It seems there's a lot of mutants in the anime that aren't in the movie, in particular, Kikyo, a mutant who can extend a sword out of his wrists, similar to Logan and Omega Red, a Russian biomedical experiment.
I've never read the original graphic novels, but according to this blog post, the anime is more faithful to the original novels than the movie series.


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How come Abra was able to evolve in episode 22?
As far as I know, pokémon can evolve when they gain enough experience or while using a specific item.
There are also some rare cases that involve specific emotions/weather.
However, I'm sure none of these was the case.
So in episode 22 in season 1, how was it possible for Abra to evolve within the match, when he didn't even gain any EXP from it?

Maybe is something related to emotions, like when charmeleon evolved into charizard, it was in the middle of a fight when he needed to be strong and he wanted to show that he was strong too

Evolution in anime doesn't always link to experience gain (or how the Pokemon evolve in game).

In the anime, evolution is a bit different to evolution in the games. For example, Pokémon do not evolve when traded and can refuse to evolve.
If you look at the list of evolution in the anime, you'll find many Pokémon that did not evolve after a battle. It's more like they constantly gain experience and can sometime decide that they want to evolve now, mostly when it's needed. Also, the idea of "levels" aren't very much used in the anime, so I don't think it really matters. It's just a mixture of emotions and experience.

As I mentioned before, I know there is emotions involved in this procedure. But when Ash fight Sabrina for the first time, Abra evolve in the begining of the match for no specific reason...

Sabrina, the Gym Leader of Saffron City is a Psychic and a powerful one at that, her pokemon Abra/Kadabra is psychically-linked to her, it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to think that Sabrina could force her pokemon to evolve with her powers, also in the anime she only had Abra/Kadabra and Ash won thanks to Haunter causing her to laugh, the psychic link to Kadabra caused him to laugh unable to fight making Ash the victor
in the original Red/Blue/Green, she had 4 pokemon and Alakazam was her strongest, in the original Yellow she had 3 which was Abra, Kadabra and Alakazam, all level 50 however Alakazam is most likely the strongest because the only move it has different is Reflect which doubles defense over Kadabra's Kinesis which decreases accuracy on the target, none of this is shown in either battle Ash has with her so there is a clear difference between the anime and game

How does this answer the question though?

@MadaraUchiha the first paragraph goes into details about Sabrina's psychic link to her pokemon and given her personality at the time and her power forced evolution would have been possible

But the question asks about how Abra could evolve in the middle of the battle, without earning any EXP, you didn't explain that

@MadaraUchiha the first paragraph explains how Sabrina could force the evolusion, like how a trainer can do it with a stone in the game, the second paragraph talks about the difference between Sabrina in the game and anime and her lineup showing the anime could be slightly based off the game (though skipping on her potentially forcing Kadabra evolving to Alakazam)

@MadaraUchiha should also point out that if video game mechanics did play any role in the anime Pikachu with all the EXP it gain would have either evolved by now or we would have seen Ash mash a B button, i don't remember Pikachu ever even attempting to evolve

Please re-read your first paragraph. "it wouldn't be to(o) much of a stretch to think that Sabrina...." what?

@MadaraUchiha re read that line, i type exactly what appears in my head and at times i font notice i end mid sentence like that ever after rereading it, the fact i was also listening to Shikkoku no Sharnoth Opening - DORCHADAS which i used to help me read L337 Speak at the time probably made it worse since i only read 30% of it, the remaining 70% is filled in by my head as proper English and a number of songs speed up the process

Once I rewatched the episode I had in mind the simple answer - she timed the evolution of Abra exactly at the start of the battle, she knew, whether with Abra's experience or knew with her psychic power he will evolve.
For the first option, it's not very far to say that trainer can know when his Pokemon will evolve in the anime, I don't remember now which episode, but in one of the episodes in the Advanced series, there was one who his Pokemon just evolved and said "I knew it is about time he will evolve", showing that trainers might know when their Pokemon is about to evolve.
Another example of that is in Blak and White series, where Ash had a rematch with Lenora, she had evolved her Lillipup to Herdier saying just for the rematch with Ash, the first match and the rematch was only 1-2 days from each other, it is clear that Lenora knew that with a little more training her Lillipup will evolve or she won't say that she evolved Lillipup just for the rematch.
But the second option she knew with her psychic power Abra will evolve during the battle even have an evidence in the episode:

We see that as soon Sabrina is "glowing blue" with her psychic power, Abra is glowing too and evolving. it might even imply she used her psychic to make it evolve (which is like Memor-X answer).


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How did Rukia become an unwitting carrier of the Hogyoku and executor of pre-planned events?
There is great contrast: Aizen managed to insert it without Rukia knowing. later, he stated that extraction would be fatal (but it did not actually kill Rukia).
How did Aizen insert it into Rukia? And what are the plans he did so that she will be in a dangerous situation with Ichigo?

Aizen does not insert the Hōgyoku into Rukia's body. The deed was actually done by Urahara Kisuke when he makes a deal with a powerless Rukia for a human gigai into which he places the Hōgyoku for safety and secrecy.
Rukia by coincidence happens to patrol Karakura town on the day the hollow attacks Kurosaki family, the Hōgyoku belonging to Kisuke is hidden in the gigai which he gives after she transfers her powers to Ichigo; until then she can sense reiatsu and it was because of sensing Ichigo's reiatsu that she initially entered the Kurosaki residence as a shinigami. However after using the (Kisuke provided) Hōgyoku contained gigai to stay in human world, she realizes that her shinigami powers are not recovering fast enough.
Aizen likely orchestrates the hollow attack on the Kurosaki family believing this would cause Kisuke, who until then hid in the shadows, would make a move for the safekeeping of the Hōgyoku. And rightly Kisuke makes an appearance offering Rukia a deal on the gigai to use for the stay in human world.

 Also to be noted that the entire birth of Ichigo is a causality of Aizen's earlier experimentation and he mentions that he has been monitoring Ichigo for a long time

As for the extraction, Aizen merely assumes/contemplates that it would be of fatal consequence and expresses surprise when that is not the case. In general Aizen's knowledge on Hōgyoku and even that of Kisuke is not complete as they only succeed in creating an incomplete one at best both of which Aizen would later merge and use.

I just watched the episode and Aizen does indeed say that Urahara hid the Hogyoku in a soul and that by the time Aizen realised it was in Rukia, she had already escaped to the human world. So, Guest's answer was right and optimusprime619's answer is wrong.
The rest is true though, he did give Rukia the Gigai that drained her powers and he did 'manipulate' and help the crew to save Rukia because he knew Aizen was after her.

I've just rewatched the anime for like 4th time and yes, Aizen said that he realized the Hogyoku was with Rukia after she had left for Karakura town back then.
Bleach has so many holes in its plot.

Did anyone listen to Aizen's speech? The Hogyoku was inside Rukia before she even met Ichigo. In fact, according to his concept, it has been inside of her since she was a child. The question is, when the heck did Urahara met Rukia when she was a child?

that is incorrect as I remember Aizen saying that Kisuke hid it inside a human gigai and he minipulated things to have Rukia brought back. also when Ichigo and his crew returns from the Soul Society, after dropping everyone else off Kisuke apologizes to Ichigo to which Ichigo says if he is sorry he should apologize to Rukia


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Is Vampire Knight still being written?
I bought 17 volumes of the manga from Madman in Australia, and only recently did I get an email from them advertising an 18th volume.
I thought Vampire Knight had ended, but if volumes are still being released in Japan, then it'll take some time before they are translated and reprinted so it's ongoing. However, if it's finished in Japan then new English volumes are just catching up to the end, either way the translation is slow (I bought the 17 volumes back in March this year during a sale).
So I'm wondering: Is Vampire Knight still being written or has it finished in Japan?

No, the manga has finished on May 24, 2013. However, there are 19 volumes total (93 chapters), so the English volumes are just slowly being translated, and you'll have to wait to get them all.


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Why wasn't Danzo nominated for 5th hokage?
When the 5th Hokage went into a coma for weeks, Danzo popped up nominating himself as 6th Hokage, which he in fact became..
But years before that, when the 3rd Hokage deceased the Hokage post was empty for weeks too.. Why didn't Danzo take that chance? Was he aware that Sannins would be given a chance first?

I don't think "Kishi" wanted Danzo to be a Hokage at that point. :p

I think because the Sannin are better than Danzo, Shortly after Sarutobi death Koharu told Jiraiya they had chosen him to be the 5th but he told her he will bring Tsunade to become the Hokage. During the sixth Hokage nomination, all Sannin were dead (except Tsunade, she was in coma)

@almousawi, it was a fair answer why did you choose to comment?

I don't like writing answers while on mobile site :)

what's the problem?

Hokage get decided by the hokage before him.
Hiruzen started looking for a successor

After serving as Hokage for many years, Hiruzen started looking for a successor to the title. While he hoped to be able to give the position to Orochimaru, he saw that he only was interested in the power it offered. Though he turned to Jiraiya, Hiruzen instead named Jiraiya's student Minato Namikaze as his successor.

As Jiraiya originaly chosen by the 3th hokage. and the fourth dying before being able to choose a new one, the village returned to Jiraiya whom once again turned down the offer an found a replacement for him instead in this case tsunade.
When Tsunade went in a coma there where no legendary sannin left to fill in this blank the village dident know what to do. And this is where Danzo stood up and offerd to be the 6th hokage which in these desperate times got approved.
my sources
jiraiya
hiruzen
danzo


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How did the Edo Tensei reanimated Second Mizukage summon the Giant Clam?
As I understand, summoning requires blood sacrifice, contract and chakra from the jutsu user. Only Nagato (Rinnegan user) is the exception because he uses the Animal Path. He doesn't require hand seals or blood sacrifice.
How did the Edo Tensei reanimated Second Mizukage summon the Giant Clam without blood sacrifice? I assume Edo Tensei bodies don't have blood.

Edo tense characters do possess blood. Who said they don't? They won't be destroyed but! When they become like paper or dust when get hit is just a presentation of their in-destruction.

He probably summoned the clam the normal way with blood. The anime / manga probably just skipped the summoning scene because this isn't a major character and the panels could be better filled with other scenes.
Edo Tensei reanimated characters do in fact have blood. I believe there are a few examples, but the only one that comes to mind at the moment is Itachi's eyes bleeding after using Amaterasu.

In order to perform Edo Tensei you need a host. While Kabuto illustrated how Edo Tensei is performed to Tobi, you must have noticed that Kabuto used a host for it.
Once the ET is successful, the body will retain the properties of Edo Tensei jutsu, i.e. the body cannot be destroyed (for instance, if the body is cut or if it was pierced, it would wrap itself with tiny bits of paper, it cannot be felt by the reanimated souls).
But the host (which is present inside ET's body) does contain blood. With help of that, any person under the influence of ET can perform Kuchiyose no Jutsu. Don't forget that Edo Tensei is a Summoning Technique in itself.
Mizukage is a high level shinobi, so he doesn't need to perform any handseals.
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Can you provide proof that says Edo Tensei is part of Kuchiyose no Jutsu? I am pretty sure they are different.

Sure Please do visit this website :-  http://animemagics.wikia.com/wiki/Ninpo_%E2%80%A2_Kuchiyose_%E2%80%A2_Edo_Tensei

Ahh, I didn't know the full name was Kuchiyose : Edo Tensei or the fact that kuchiyose just means summoning. I guess my confusion here is that Kuchiyose no jutsu to summon contracted animals requires blood whereas Edo Tensei doesn't.

@krikara exatly.... :)....even i am making that assumption too.....

please do vote me up incase if I have answered your question :)


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Does the Edo Tensei caster need to know all the hand seals to use the reanimated person?
Is it necessary for, for example, Kabuto (the Edo Tensei user) to know all the hand seals and adequate knowledge on other techniques to control and fully utilize the reanimated person per his wish?
Or is it just a matter of "controlling a person somehow and use him"? What I observe is even when being controlled physically, mentally the reanimated character is reluctant (sometimes except few exceptions). Then, if the mind is not under Edo Tensei user's control, how does controlling work?

In order to perform any jutsu you need to perform proper handseals to accompolish the result. Kabuto needed to know the hand seals for ET provided he should also make himself aware of the reanimated soul's skills, too. If these two conditions are provided, ET can perform better (I did say better, not the best). Remember Kabuto was recalling the skills of Nagato ET while he confronted with Naruto, Itachi and Bee.
ET is a forbidden jutsu and the first person to use that was Second Hokage (Nidaime). The result was much better when Orochimaru performed it, but it didn't give optimum result.
Kabuto's ET is kind of weird as he gave some liberty to reanimated souls. They can think as long as the jutsu controller doesn't control their mind. In this case they were allowed to perceive the world and react to it. Therefore (and this is the important part) if the reanimated souls motive is similar to the person performing ET (in this case, I am referring to Kabuto), then performer's work for controlling the souls would be less and easier as soul's motive and performer's are same.
Kabuto's ET was scalable, too. He was sitting in the cave and visualizing the entire war scene through Reanimated Soul.
By which I conclude that even if the mind is reluctant towards ET, their physical movements will always be under the control of ET [this was the common denominator for all ET performers (Nidaime, Orochimaru and Kabuto)]. Remember the Zabuza's ET where he told Kakashi that he can't control his movements although he was barely able to think? Same goes for Asuma's ET, too.

No, it isn't needed.
Neither Kabuto nor Orochimaru can use the Wood element, they don't know and cannot use all the Kekkei Genkai of the users they reanimated.
Controlling works by setting a goal for the reanimated person. "Kill them all", "Fight to hold them off", "Go to that point in the battlefield". The reanimated person will now do anything on his own to complete that goal, even if it is against his own will.

and how is that goal set?

@Vogel612: Using the tag which is inserted at the back of the head of the reanimated person. That tag allows the caster to control him and give him orders to follow.

Why not mention that in your Answer? ?

The tag is for complete control. You don't necessarily need the tag to command people. That's probably why it isn't in the answer. For example, Kabuto did not put tags in everyone he revived.


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How is CODE-E a prequel of MISSION-E?
The code CODE-E series revolves around a girl that has the ability to generate electromagnetic waves. It basically follows the protagonist around in her ordinary life with the annoyance of wrecking almost anything that is electronic. After watching the last episode, I continued with MISSION-E and came across a completely different situation that suggests I have missed quite a portion of story.
How is CODE-E a prequel of MISSION-E? Should I watch/read something else?

Some amount of time has passed after "CODE-E". The main change in the background story is that they've discovered that there are other people like Chinami, or other TYPE-E's in the world. This discovery (prompted by events from "CODE-E") lead to discrimination and persecution of TYPE-E's. This lead to Chinami, her friends, and some of the people she had confrontations with from CODE-E forming an organization called "OZ" which tries to help other people with the same abilities as Chinami, or other TYPE-E's. And that's where the story starts in MISSION-E.
There is an ongoing manga called "CODE-EX" and a light novel series also called "CODE-E" (which, I believe, was an adaptation of the anime series), but I'm not sure how much they fill in the missing time between the "CODE-E" and "MISSION-E" anime.


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Was Pain born with the rinnegan?
After the death of Pain, the fake Madara fights Konan to know the location of Pain's body...During this he mentions that the Rinnegan is his and he wants it back...I couldn't understand this..
Was Pain born with Rinnegan or was it implanted by fake Madara?

Konan is not Pain's sister!

sorry about that..

Nagato was not born with the Rinnegan. It was implanted into him by the real Uchiha Madara before his (Madara's) death.
Uchiha Madara activated his Rinnegan at an old age, so he made a plan by which he could be revived using the Rinnegan's Rinne Tensei jutsu after Akatsuki captured all the Bijuu into the Gedo Mazo. He could then proceed with the Moon's Eye Plan.
He implanted his Rinnegan into Nagato, without Nagato realising it, and then made Uchiha Obito assume his identity as the fake Madara, so that Obito could both collect the Bijuus using the Akatsuki, and control Nagato to use the Rinne Tensei to revive Madara.

Source: Naruto Manga Chapter 606. I don't want to paste screenshots here, since the entire story is described fully in that single chapter.

No, he wasn't born with the Rinnegan. According to the wiki(emphasis mine),

When Nagato was a child, Madara Uchiha transplanted his own eyes into the young boy without his knowledge
One day, during the Second Shinobi World War, two Konoha shinobi
  attempted to find some rest and food in their thought-to-be-abandoned
  home. Believing that the shinobi were there to kill them, his parents
  died during the ensuing chaos in their effort to protect Nagato, as
  confused and shocked, the Konoha ninja mistook them for enemy shinobi.
  After witnessing his parents death, Nagato in his grief used the
  Rinnegan for the first time and killed the assailants. Nagato would
  eventually come to regard this as the first of two great sources of
  pain in his life, only later realising that it was him who had
  killed the two shinobi.


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What is the penalty to dying inside Elder Tale?
When people die inside Elder Tale they respawn in the Cathedral.
In the first episode a penalty for dying was mentioned. However, no specifics were given.
Does the light novel or the manga shed some light on what the penalty (or penalties) might be?

This is covered later in the LNs (which are being translated and are available here):

Adventurers lose EXP while NPCs die for real.
However, there is an additional penalty that is not obvious: when an adventurer dies they lose some of their memories.

Major spoiler:

 If the cathedral is destroyed, adventurers cannot respawn and die for real.

I took the risk, and read the major spoiler. lol :P thanks for the answer

@JNat I added a link to the translated LNs as well

The newest episode states: resurrection will cause a loss of EXP.
My guess for dying:

(the same)
people can take your stuff
takes time to "come back to life"
you lose part of your equipment

You do not lose your equipment upon death. During one of the early scenes with the bandits, the bandits are forcing characters to strip off their armor at knife-point because if it is not unequipped before death they will keep it.


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Why 'glowing green sweat' is visible when lee opened the third gate?
As I understand from the wiki, glowing green sweat will be visible after opening the seventh gate (Gate of wonder/Gate of shock). But, why it was visible for Rock Lee, when he can open only  5 gates.
Ref : http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Eight_Gates

The Anime does not always pay attention and replicate the same details from the manga.
The wiki is based on all Manga information whereas the pictures are generally from the Anime.
The author of Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto, primarily focuses on his manga while he let's other people create the Anime. From time to time, the makers of the Anime don't follow every little meticulous detail that Kishimoto has illustrated in his manga. In this case, the Anime Rock Lee starts glowing green early as a graphic effect even though he isn't supposed to yet.
Another example of this is when Danzou uses Izanagi. In the manga, he can sacrifice an eye for a 1 minute duration of the skill. In the anime, each blow he receives from Sasuke requires an eye sacrifice.
As you can see, the Anime isn't very diligent in their Naruto facts.

May b, its time for me to dive into manga,, thanks krikara...


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How does the fossil connect with the rest of the story?
During the game there is a scene where someone discovers a fossil of the Utawarerumono (apparently an archeologist) and it's hinted that the Utawarerumono is the missing link between man and ape or the origin of man. The fossil has what looks to be Hakuro's mask on it as well. The archeologist is then shot by the person he was talking to, apparently a guard.
Now we know that the "Iceman" is the Utawarerumono (Hakuro) and he was being experimented on so that humanity could become stronger to inhabit the world. However I don't understand where the scene with the fossil fits in.
So I am wondering, what the connection between the fossil and the rest of the story is.

I don't know how game presents it, but I think it is pretty obvious from anime.
The scene with the fossil is in our present.

 The scientists find the fossil and believe it is missing link between man and ape. Proto-Hakuoro finds it and wants to show it to the world. But another scientist, tells him that humanity is not yet ready for such revelation and shoots him. His blood gets on the fossil, which awakens Utawarerumono. It then asks the dying scientists if he wants to live. He agrees and gives his body as vessel to the Utawarerumono, thus gaining the mask and practically becoming Utawarerumono.

Fast forward few (hundreds) years

 and Proto-Hakuoro is found as Iceman.

Neither game nor anime explains where the Utawarerumono actually came from and how it became a fossil.

I wasn't really asking where Utawarerumono came from, it's just that in the Visual Novel the only connection you could get from it it is that one of the 2 people there had Hakuro's voice but that's only evident if your using voices from the PS2 game, however your answer does explain the link since the Visual Novel never indicates when the fossil scene takes place and it does make sense if one of the scientists was Hakuro centuries before being discovered as Iceman


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Did Sakuya end up being healed?
When Genjimaru escapes with Sakuya and intends to give her to Hakuro (as a hostage in exchange for Hakuro's trust and help stopping Kuuya), it's revealed that before the escape Genjimaru had cut the tendons on Sakuya's legs so she couldn't walk, thus being unable to escape Hakuro and being the perfect hostage for him.
The final scene shows Sakuya and the still regressed Kuuya outside. However, no scene has shown Sakuya having walked at all after she is left with Hakuro. This final scene and the scenes with only Sakuya and Kuuya show only the two of them and no third person who could have carried Sakuya.
So I am wondering if Sakuya ended up being healed at some point, or if Kuuya was carrying her all this time.

It is possible that Kuuya or some random NPC helped her to get outside. However, since there is literally no additional information given about Kuuya or Sakuya after the events of Utawarerumono (or the amount of time that passes by after the final battle), it is quite difficult to say. I would say that she hasn't healed because of a few reasons:

Her field sprite depicts her sitting down. Though she may be merely looking over Kuuya as she plays in the field, I think Sakuya would have been right next to her if she was able to walk. I think the sprite designers would have made her standing if she was healed.
Tendon injuries take a long time to heal. Genjimaru outright cut them and given the limited amount of medical research and prowess that is shown in the Utawarerumono universe, I doubt that it would be enough to have her healed any time soon. The time factor I mentioned earlier also comes into play, because it isn't directly stated how much time has passed.
I need to bring up the anime for this one, even though they decided not to mention her tendons being cut at all. In every scene after Genjimaru and Sakuya joined Hakuoro, she is sitting. Every scene after that shows her sitting and she is never seen walking or standing again. Even in the ending scene, Sakuya remains seated.

Sadly, I doubt she would be able to walk again...


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Was Kuuya's regression caused by Hakuro?
In the aftermath of the battle with Kuuya, Kuuya's mind regresses to a child too, as Sakuya explains

To go back to a time when she had no worries

Hakuro blames himself as he had transformed, and when he approached her she was screaming and clawing out of her Mecha. However, throughout the story Hakuro blames himself when he is able to help people close to him. And before Kuuya regressed, not only was Genjimaru killed, but Dii also attacked her, leaving her Mecha badly damaged.
I am wondering if it was really Hakuro being transformed that caused Kuuya to regress (out of fear) or if it were other factors that had occurred at that time.

My best guess would be the preceding events before Hakuoro's transformation. I'm going to go with the game's depiction of the scene for the most part.
The game shows more happening to Kuuya mostly due to the fact that she's awake through the whole event, rather than lying there unconscious which the anime shows. She learns of Hien and Hauenkua's betrayal and their allegiance with Dii, causing her to attack them after Dii kills Genjimaru. What the anime doesn't show is that she's still in her Avu Kamuu during the time of the attack, rather than having it damaged beyond repair during her fight with Hakuoro. Also, she is attacked directly by Hauenkua and Dii (in his transformed state)
Before she sees what's left of Genji, Hakuoro, in his transformed state, tries to console her and make her calm down. However, seeing what Dii was at the time and Hakuoro directly mimicking his appearance, Kuuya screams at him to get away, thinking that he's the same one who attacked her. She tries to escape by falling out of the Avu Kamuu, but unfortunately ends up landing right next to the remains of Genji, finally realizing what happened.
To bring up the anime, Kuuya sees what happens to Genji, causing her to react the same way. While she does see Hakuoro fighting in his transformed state it isn't as overt as the game's depiction of the same scene and that she doesn't see most of it. I think the biggest impact on her was Genji being murdered right in front of her.
So, I think while Hakuoro may have had some hand at it, it was more of a combination of events. Hope this helps!

i didn't think of Hakuro looking like Gii and thus being mistaken for Genjimaru killer being a factor and i totally forgot how Hien and Hauenkua's betrayal being revealed to Kuuya being here instead of when Hien having his view twisted and siding for domination


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Is there a mobile app where you can read manga as well as watch anime from?
I guess the question is as detailed as it can get:
I'm looking for a legal mobile app where you can read manga as well as watch anime from.
Looking forward for your answers.

Not sure if this is on topic here or not. For anime-watching a number of (legal) sites also have mobile apps. Same goes with manga reading (e.g. Viz media has an app).

Which platform? Android, iThing, Windows Phone?

This would probably go well on software recommendations.

I don't think anyone can help you as any site seems illegal on this site. I was trying to help and I got downvoted and I was pretty sure the sites were legal. No wonder this is only a beta site.

@MiharuDante both you and the downvoter can't be sure, so better do what you can and leave the rest up to mods.

@MiharuDante The site you linked to was indeed illegal. We decided we'd avoid linking to such sites in order to maintain a more professional feeling/look on our site, so that we're not just another Yahoo! Answers. In any case, if you ever feel a link you provided was wrongly deleted, you can drop by our chat room or create a meta post on it. As for the beta site thing, we're actually on our way to being launched as a "graduated" site. You can even contribute with your opinion here and here.

You can read manga and watch anime with Crunchyroll on Android. The anime app can be used by free members ad-supported, or by paid members ad-free. The manga app however is exclusively for paid members
CR Manga App ,
CR Anime/Drama App
Similarly for iOS:
CR Manga App ,
CR Anime/Drama App
Windows Phone:
(No Manga App) , CR Anime/Drama App
Most apps have anime and manga separate, presumably for development purposes (It's arguably easier to have them separate). I don't think there are any apps (for Android at least) that combine the two in one app.
As far as news apps for anime go, Crunchyroll have one. But I came across Daily Anime News, which compiles several different news sites in one place. (Both Android)

I definitely like this one and thanks for the info. I was hoping a mobile app that serves as a one-stop shop for anime and manga or even news updates.

You didn't mention news updates in your original question, but I went ahead and added another one to the list for you ^_^

Well, Crunchyroll's only lets free accounts watch shows over wi-fi (or did - I have a premium account now).  And still had the 1-week delay, plus ads.  Dunno about their manga app.

Their manga in general is premium only as far as i know

According to this piece of news, there will be a new service starting from March 22nd 2014 called ComicWalker.
It'll be completely free of charge, and will have around 200 manga titles initially available, of which about 40 will be translated into English.
The full and official list will be available on the same day the service is launched.
The first link provides some more details about the availability of the content, as well as the languages available.
Update
As of April 29th 2014, the site features 163 titles in Japanese, 33 in English and 35 in Chinese. See the full list here (switch between languages at the top right).
Also, besides the iOS and Android apps, you can also view the content on your PC browser.

Great site -- looks like they have a decent selection. I would note that they only have translations in traditional Chinese characters, which would make  it difficult for idiots like me who can't read them to actually take advantage of the titles there.

@Maroon No, you can actually switch between languages in the top right corner of the page. They have titles available in Japanese, Chinese and English.

No, what I meant was that they only use a specific set of Chinese characters (the type not used in China proper) for their Chinese offerings, which might be less user friendly than your description suggests.

Legality is the key issue. You can find many legal anime-hosting sites: VizAnime, Crunchyroll, etc., but manga? Much of the time it is meant for print or through subscription-based digital viewing, not for free. That being said, there are multitudes of manga reading apps, illegal though.

Crunchyroll has a number of apps available for streaming anime and reading manga. It is legal, though you may have to be a "Premium Member" (monthly subscription) to access content on the mobile apps. There are also some region restrictions, but most of their catalog is available to users in the US.
Here is a of platforms they have apps for.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/devices


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What is this smoking item in Beyond the Boundary?
This is set on one of the tables in episode 9/10 and seems to burn inwards, pieces falling off as it goes - creating the spiraled chunks on the plate.
I've never seen anything like this before, is it something that exists outside of the show and what is its purpose?

If you're looking to buy one or just have a look at more on the internet, they're commonly known as incense coils.

I used to have many of that thing. I never though that it's consider as a weird thing outside my country. It produce smoke, but it doesn't smell nice. That's a mosquito-repelling incense, but it's not very effective.

No mosquitos where I live ^^;

You must be live in heaven

This is a kind of burning incense. Its spiral form is a nice design decision, because it is both cool-looking and takes up much less space on the table than the more common stick form.
This form is also used for alletrine burning insecticides and repellents 1, 2.
Also, because the characters of this series often use various magical tricks to affect apparitions, this spiral incense might be designed to repel them.
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha also shows one of these spirals:

But in Inari this is probably just the mosquito repellant thing.

This is what is commonly known as a "mosquito coil." These are mosquito-repelling incense, in spiral-shaped (this particular shape was popularized in Japan) and made up of a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.
I japan it's called "katori senkou" and it's usually green-ish swirly incense-like item, that you set on light and burn slowly. The smoke/smell that comes from it keeps the mosquito away.
As you may or may not know, just about all chemical repellents and insecticides contain pyrethroid, which is a chemical imitation of Pyrethrin, found in pyrethrum.


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What is that frog toy that Misaka loves?
Misaka really loves this frog. Where does this frog come from? Does it exist both in anime and in real life (I feel like I've seen this frog somewhere before)?

It is very possible that you have seen it several times in the anime ( even in the game), it is a gekota

Gekota (ゲコ太 Gekota?) is a popular mascot found in merchandise marketed to children in the Toaru Majutsu no Index universe. A Gekota fan is called a Gekoer. Misaka Mikoto is a huge fan of the franchise it belongs to, and much to her consternation gets her labeled as someone who is childish.

And without a doubt there is also real life merchandise, and allot of look alike products, with a few samples bellow.

So, did Toaru Majutsu no Index get a gekota from another anime or Gekota become famous because of Toaru Majutsu no Index?

as stated in the first 2 lines of the quote. " in the Toaru Majutsu no Index universe". Made by Toaru Majutsu no Index. Popular due to Toaru Majutsu no Index.

Ah, I thought that I saw this Gekota much longer before Toaru Majutsu no Index. Maybe I was wrong...

@ShinobuOshino There are tons of look alike products. the sticky hand (the toy) had a few resembling Gekota face's, and I believe those where made before Toaru Majutsu no Index even was released.

The real life counterpart you might be thinking about might be Kerokerokeroppi which is something similar to the Gekota.


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How much is sixty billion double dollars worth?
In Trigun, Vash the Stampede is wanted for sixty billion double dollars ($$60,000,000,000).  I don't remember any indication of how much money that actually is in the Trigun universe.  I'm sure it's quite a lot, but how much is it really? Enough to buy a house?  A power plant?  An entire city?

So, how much is $$60,000,000,000 actually worth?

Do you mean how much is $$60,000,000,000 actually worth?

Thanks for your addition, I don't think that we need the [tag:currency] tag. For the same reasons we no longer have the [tag:characters] or [tag:character-abilities]. Think this, can there be an expert in "Anime currencies"? You're welcome to join us an discuss it in [chat], or if you want, in [meta].

Obviously, $60,000,00,000.00 is a variable that contains the variable with actual amount. You are extracting the value of it by prepending another $. this is a variable variable... sorry, I'm from stackoverflow, so this was a joke :P

Well, in one episode, he buys a bag of donuts, about 10-15 of them, and pays $$30. The average donut costs $1.20 (I literally just looked it up on Google [here]). If you round it to 10 donuts, it's $12. If you round to 15, it's $18. You can safely say that one double dollar is approximately equal to fifty cents ($$1 = $0.50) which, whether on purpose or a total lucky mistake by the author of Trigun, makes a lot of sense, in a weird reverse way. So, by this (way too complicated) logic, he is worth $30,000,000,000.00!

I know I accepted the other answer almost a year ago, but I love your answer!  Much more specific!  I'm switching my accept to this one.

@アズーサ Your edit obscured the distinction between dollars and double dollars. Also, the changes in wording did not really help (nor did they do any harm), so I rolled it back.

@senshin- Sorry, I was not aware of that. :)

Also I thought it was a typo too.

The one indicator I know of (from the anime) is that that one city was able to use the bounty from the Nebraska family, which was in the neighborhood of $$600,000, to fix their plant, and that was more money than anyone in the city collectively had at their disposal.
Judging from that, the bounty was probably enough to buy multiple cities, and was in all likelihood impossible for the authorities to actually pay
The bounty was intended to be a larger-than-life number, and it would have been an impossibly high amount of money in that universe.

I did the math. According to Google, an average donut is 0.99 dollars. I am going to use the amount of donuts that another person who answered above that Vash bought for $$30. He said 10-15 but for some reason he didn't go for the average of 12 so using that you can find out that $1 is worth $$2.50. If you divide our $$60000000000 by 2.50 to get the amount of real world currency, it is $25000000000.


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Where to watch .hack legally?
I watched .hack//Quantum on Netflix and loved it.  I would like to watch the rest of the .hack shows as well, but they seem to not be on Netflix or Crunchyroll.  Is there anywhere else I can stream them from legally?

Funimation apparently has rights to a number of .hack shows but according to website comments, hasn't released them online: http://www.funimation.com/blog/2013/07/18/funimation-acquires-hack/

@hungerartist that's surprising, i thought they had the rights for US distribution already. almost been a year and still no streaming could mean they just plan to BluRay the series

@Memor-X: most of the shows (at least when I searched for it) definitely couldn't be streamed, other than what seems to be a couple OVA's from one series.

If you want to watch it for free, please google search. No-one will tell you here on this site.

@MiharuDante it's not the matter if it's free or not but if it's legal, Madman's screening room is free to my knowledge and i'm quite sure Funimation is free but they Geoblock even their youtube videos

How do you determine if a site is legal or not? Should we not give the asker a place where to buy it like your answer.

It just avoids further confusion and debate.

@MiharuDante legality of streaming has something to do with copywrite and licences, i use Anime News Network at times, an example would be Sword Art Online, under English Companies you have Internet Streaming, to my knowledge those places should be the only places which are legally able to stream SAO in english (subbed or dubbed), likewise if you look at Japanese companies. there's nothing wrong getting a Japanese PSN Account and watching SAO that way though

@MiharuDante there's also this list of legal sites. any site outside these probably is not doing it legaly and as such could be slapped as a Cease an Demises Order from Licences Holders, kinda like with Scalators. with all that said, i don't know ever site so i try and ask in the chat first if a site is legal or not

I have edited the question, so that it asks specifically for legal sources, as per this meta post. This should be the action taken when in doubt.

@JNat Thanks, I just thought all questions of this type would be assumed to only dealing with legal options.

@DavidStarkey And your assumption was not incorrect. However, saying it explicitly only benefits the post. And if the users says "I didn't mean to ask about legal sources", we'll close it without doubt.

i'm not sure on watching the series online but you can buy .hack//SIGN, .hack//Legend of the Twilight and .hack//ROOTS on Madman. .hack//G.U. Trilogy can be brought from Hanabee but it pales in comparison to the game in my opinion. all of these are Australian so they are in Region 4 but you should be able to find them on your local distribution site(s) but it wont be a problem if you have a region free player.
.hack//Terminal Disk is a special that came with .hack//G.U Pre-orders which details the events between the last episode of .hack//SIGN (After the Game) and the first episode of .hack//ROOTS (before the .hack//G.U games) but ignores most of what happens in .hack//Legend of the Twilight, recapping the original games, Aura's disappearance, Project G.U, the R.A Program which destroyed most of The World and the start of The World:R2. i did have a playlist of them on youtube but the videos have been deleted
.hack//Liminality came with the original .hack Games but i didn't get the final episode when i got the last game so i had to download it, each episode follows in line with the game it was released, the last episode being set during the final battle (the server Helba set up to help combat Corbenik).
.hack//Gift should be included with the .hack//Sign fatpack i linked to likewise with .hack//G.U. Returner with .hack//ROOTS. gift is a weird OVA but Returner is like the last episode of SIGN where it concludes the games.
the .hack//G.U games have Online Jack in the game aswell along with a number of 4Koma episodes along with i think a couple of episode of .hack//ROOTS (never watched them since i had them on DVD)
i have no information on .hack//The Movie or Thanatos Report however according to your wikipedia link both are with .hack//Versus game, the first one being hybrid with the game while the second one being unlocked from gameplay much like Online Jack.
SIGN, LotT and ROOTS are a bit old (over a decade) and quite sure was before the concept of streaming videos so i'm not sure where you could view them. VIZ Media or Aniplex might have them i'm not sure as i tend opt for owning the DVDs and wtahcing them in my own time.


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Did Jiraiya teach Minato the summoning technique?
I recently watched the Chuunin exam arc and saw how Jiraiya taught the summoning technique to Naruto.
Jiraiya showed the toad contract scroll to Naruto and wrote his name next to Jiraiya's.
In the flashback that shows how Minato fought with the Kyuubi, Minato entered the scene with Gamabunta, which means that he had signed the contract too.
If the other names written on the scroll include Minato's name, why is his name written first before Jiraiya's?

You mean to ask why is Naruto's the first one after Jiraiya's? Or do you mean to ask if the first one to the right of Jiraiya's is Minato's, and if so why are they in that order?

I mean about the order, It shows that the latest person to sign is on the leftmost side which is Naruto, and before him is Jiraiya. So if Minato's name is on the scroll too, why did it come first before Jiraiya's?

But the first name before Jiraiya's is not Minato's (I think). Minato's name does not appear to be featured on the scroll.

I have no cannon proof (and to lazy to go look for it) but my guess is that it was an oversight that Minato's name isn't there

To continue this discussion, it looks to me that the second name is in fact not Jiraya. Based on the picture in the manga, the third name in the image above (second from the right) is a stylized 自来也 which is Jiraya's name. The rest of the entries I can't make out, but that would mean there is in fact an entry between Jiraya and Naruto.

I've been searching for this, all I could find was:
It's true: "Jiraiya, who took a special interest in Minato and took him on as an apprentice, amongst other things teaching him the Summoning Technique and senjutsu."
As more: "In his youth, Jiraiya taught Minato how to use the Summoning Technique to summon toads. He was able to summon Gamabunta, showing considerably proficiency in this technique as he was one of the few people that Gamabunta would willingly cooperate without hesitation."
We also know that: "Before an animal summoning can be performed, a prospective summoner must first sign a contract with a given species."
Plus: "Not much is known about Minato's relationship with the toads but apparently he was well-respected among them. His only known summons were Gamabunta and Gerotora."
From all of this I can deduce that, or it's something tricky, and since there's no need for a contract (at the willingly cooperate part/well respected thing, or maybe just because Minato was a prodigy), or is a plot-hole, and the animators or Kishi put an accent on Jiraiya and Naruto at the scroll scene and maybe forgetting about Minato.

I would recommend you to refer to this site.It explains that Minato was Jiraiya's student and Jiraiya took special interest in him.

This group was the genin team led by one of the Legendary Sannin: Jiraiya some time after he left the Ame Orphans and returned to Konohagakure. Its only known member is Minato Namikaze, who Jiraiya took special interest in. Minato would later become the Fourth Hokage. The names of the other two members, as well as their status, are unknown.

From this I can speculate that Jiraiya taught him Frog summoning technique

Jiraya did not teach Minato the rasengan technique. Infact it was Minato the developed the jutsu and taught it to Jiraya

thanks for pointing that out.....it was honest mistake.... :)

Yes, Jiraya taught the Summoning Jutsu to Minato Namikaze.
Jiraya was the sensei of Minato, and its observed in some episodes of the anime that Jiraya taught him many jutsu including the the Summoning Jutsu, though the training is not directly shown .
 Jiraya was used to be the carrier of the Scroll of Blood Contract, after he earned the

trust of the toads.
Since, Jiraya took special interest in his student, so he entrusted the Summoning Jutsu technique with minato to make him more powerful in combat.

 Also, the toads especially Fukusaku respect both Jiraya and Minato and once was quoted saying " Naruto has surpassed both of 'em the Student(Minato) and his Master(Jiraya) ".

So maybe in training with toads, Jiraya may have helped Minato @Mount Miyoboku.
Hence, he  must've taught minato the technique.

Also, the order in which their names appear on the script may not be known or quoted anywhere in the anime. Maybe that is due to the fact that if someone dies beyond the scope of reanimation jutsu, his( toad or human) name vanishes from the script
(Ref- Anime episode when Pain attack Hidden Leaf Village, and Danzo kills the Messenger Frog. Other frog inform Ma Frog that the name of the Messenger frog has vanished from the scroll.)
Hence, Minato's name would have been written in the blank space created so....

That would be a good theory, however the wiki specifically states that the contract is valid after death so long as the contract itself remains intact. That would go to show that the name doesn't simply disappear.


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Why do SMPTE colour bars block part of Ryou's face in episode 13?
In the beginning of episode 13 of Anime de Wakaru Shinryounaika, Ryou's face is partially covered by a triangle with the SMPTE colour bars:

At first, Ryou just keeps talking as if everything is as expected. But then he seems to notice this blocking his face, and so he tries to step away from behind this triangle so that he isn't blocked by it, though the triangle follows him around:

In either situation, neither Asuna nor Himeru seem to paid any mind to the triangle with the SMPTE colours.
Then, it simply goes away, and it's as if it never happened. No one makes mention of it again, nor is it explained.
Was this a reference to something else I missed?
What was the meaning of having partially blocked Ryou's face with a triangle with the SMPTE colour bars?

Just to assert that Ryou is not the "main character" of the series in a comical and humourous way. Similar treatment can be seen in other episodes.

What do you mean by similar treatment? I didn't catch any of it up until now? Does it only happen in the subsequent episodes?

The nurse acts as if she closes the clinic early at the beginning of the last episode, and I remember there are other instances where the doctor appearance on screen is obstructed. I guess you see more of this in the later episodes.

They don't explain this well in the manga either (they are irregularly-shaped panels), but it's assumed to be related to Himeru's social anxiety from the previous episode. It's possible that this is a way for her to cope with speaking to Ryou, by imagining his face to be covered.


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In which episode does Saeko ask Ryo out?
In the anime City Hunter, I am trying to find the episode where Saeko asks Ryo to go out with her. But when they arrived at the hotel she told him to go and had a waiter hand him a note, telling him to wait for her outside. After that, she is taken to a huge ship; while this occurs, Ryo follows her.

You might looking for City hunter 2 episode 30 ("Ryo, Please Be Deceived: Present to a girl from Saeko")
I Hope this is the episode you looking for.
EDIT : I have removed video link as it was not legal to add it in comment.

Welcome to the Anime & Manga SE. Please don't post links to illegal streaming sites in answers; see for instance this post.

@Maroon : I will take care of that next time. Thank you.

@afham : I think i have answered you question correctly , can you accept it ? or let me know if anything still missing.


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What happens to Obito after the 5 minutes of intangibility?
Obito is intangible. This intangibility last for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, what happens? I am confused.
Or does  he needs  to keep phasing  through  objects  to remain  intangible?

Sorry but you're going to have to ask three separate questions instead of all of them in one. This is how this site works.

i did not understand you question , would you mind elaborating, as your current question is , the answer would be , he will be tangible after 5 min.

are you talking about how Kamui works

I know  how kamui works, and I also know how his intangibility works but the question is how long does he remain intangible.

How long does the intangibility last? Approximately 5 minutes, just like you mentioned in the question. Are you asking how is Obito able to maintain the intangibility for that 5 minutes?

Normally, Obito is not intangible. When he uses Kamui, he can teleport the parts of his body getting hit by attacks into the Kamui dimension, stopping himself from getting damaged. However, the limit of the justsu is five minutes and that is the maximum amount of time he can continually use the jutsu. After the five minutes are up, any further attempts to use Kamui fail, and he presumably requires some time to recharge his chakra before using it again. Your question was kinda confusing, so sorry if I didn't answer properly.


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What websites provide streaming services for dubbed anime?
I want to know which websites out there provide legal streaming services for dubbed anime. Among the series I'd like to watch are Death Note and Fullmetal Alchemist, but I'd really like to be able to see whole seasons.

You can try some of the sites listed here

It may be useful to precise where you are living. Services are not always available everywhere and most are country specific.

The following streaming services provide a combination of subbed and dubbed anime. Most of them will require some sort of subscription to access the content. Availability is indicated by region.
AU = Australia
CA = Canada
FR = France
GB = United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
IE = Ireland
JP = Japan
NZ = New Zealand
US = United States of America

Animax for JP
Crunchyroll for AU/CA/NZ/US
Dybex for FR
HIDIVE for GB/IE/US
Hulu for US
Netflix for US

You may find some more here.

@JNat That list is outdated. ANN has more complete info in their encyclopedia.

I believe Cruchyroll.com, netflix, hulu.com (hulu plus), amazon video service, crackle all have dubbed.  They're not always clearly labeled though on what is dubbed and what is not.  Youtube also has legal streaming channels for pay you can watch episodes.


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How different are the anime and manga versions of Akame Ga Kill?
Okay, so I watched all of the Akame Ga Kill anime. My question is should I start reading Akame Ga Kiru (the manga) from the beginning or continue from where they split?  I saw on another post that they split around approximately chapter 48. I understand that the overall plot is similar up until that point, but if there are additional characters or skipped over mini-archs then I want to go back and read it all.  If the anime is completely accurate until chapter 48 then I will just start there.
Anyone know the answer to this?
(Please no spoilers from anywhere after the anime splits off)

Related: http://anime.stackexchange.com/q/16737/, http://anime.stackexchange.com/a/15129/

Answered in this http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/15124/what-akame-ga-kill-manga-should-i-read-if-i-want-to-continue-the-story-line-of/15129#15129 - nhahtdh says chapter 34 is where changes begin to occur

Does this answer your question? What are the differences between the Akame Ga Kill! manga and anime?

I have made a comparison of the anime and manga of Akame ga KILL! and included suggestion on where to pick up the manga if you know the series by watching the anime.
Basically, if you don't want to read too much overlapping content, start reading from chapter 39. The previous chapter (chapter 38) covers the fight between Mine and Seryu, which corresponds to episode 19.
There are many differences between the anime and manga from that point on. The Wild Hunt arc (from chapter 44 to chapter 48) in the manga introduces several new characters, some of which play important roles in the overall storyline beyond their arc.
Since the anime skips this arc, the fates of several characters were changed:

 Run was severely injured in chapter 48 after he defeated Champ, who was the perpetrator behind the massacre of Run's students back in his village. Before Run died, Kurome stabbed him with Yatsufusa and made him her puppet. He was alive and well at the end of the anime, though.
Bols' wife and daughter was brutally murdered by Wild Hunt for their amusement in chapter 46. They stayed alive at the end of the anime and were seen distributing ration.
In the manga, Suzuka - one of the Four Rakshasa Demons - actually survived from Tatsumi's attempt to crush her by destroying the whole building. She is assumed dead in the anime.

Therefore, although you might encounter some similar scenes in some of the chapters, it is best if you read from chapter 39 to understand the context in later chapters.
Apart from the main chapters, there are several extra chapters which are not adapted in the anime:

Volume 5 - (Unnamed Special Chapter)
Volume 8 - Extra Chapter (33.5) "Kill the Reminiscences" (追憶を斬る Tsuioku o Kiru)
Extra Chapter (7.5). "Kill the Blackness" (暗黒を斬る Ankoku o Kiru)
Extra Chapter (6.5). "Kill the Mad Swordman" (剣鬼を斬る Kenki o Kiru)

And if you are interested, you might want to read Akame ga KILL! Zero, which tells the background story of several characters in the series.

The anime splits off at chapter 39 right after the Mine vs Seryu fight.


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Why are the episodes named after literary works?
I noticed every episode of Parasyte, with the exception of the last one (which shares the title of the anime, Parasyte), is named after a literary work:

The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka
The Devil in the Flesh, Raymond Radiguet
Symposium, Plato
Tangled Hair, Akiko Yosano
The Stranger, Albert Camus
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
A Dark Night's Passing, Shiga Naoya
Freezing Point, Ayako Miura
Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche
What Mad Universe, Fredric Brown
The Blue Bird, Maurice Maeterlinck
Heart, Natsume Souseki
Hello Sadness, Françoise Sagan
The Selfish Gene, Richard Dawkins
Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury
Happy Family, Lu Xun
The Adventure of the Dying Detective, Arthur Conan Doyle
More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Sex and Spirit, Clifford Bishop (this is the only one I am unsure of, since no link is available yet on the wikipedia page on the anime, so I had to do some research)
Quiescence and Awakening
Life and Oath

Why do the episode have these works' titles as their own? Were these significant pieces of literature for Parasyte's creator?
Or are the titles somehow related to what happens on each episode? I can see the relation in the first two episodes, the 5th, the 15th and the 20th. But I don't recall precisely what events happened in other episodes, so I can't compare them to the titles (also because I hadn't noticed they were references before).
Also related, and may help to answer the other questions: were these titles chosen solely for the anime or do the chapters (or at least some of them) use them too?

EDIT
I found a post on reddit that says:

And the name of the first episode, Metamorphosis, is writer Hitoshi Iwaaki's inspiration for the whole series.

There is no source or reference backing that up, though.
Just edited that in so that there's at least somewhere to start looking, if the claim in the post is correct.

EDIT 2
The latest two episodes still aren't referenced in Wikipedia, and I have no idea what work they could be alluding to. If anyone knows what piece of literature they are a reference to, please edit my post accordingly.

They seem to be anime-only titles

22: should be a reference to cellular behaviour: https://books.google.com/books?id=zfhGmgSiY8gC&lpg=PA342&dq="Quiescence%20and%20Awakening"%20&pg=PA342#v=onepage&q=%22Quiescence%20and%20Awakening%22%20&f=false

Here's a partial answer pertaining to episodes 21-24.
Recall that the Japanese title of the anime is "Kiseijuu - Sei no Kakuritsu", or loosely, "Parasyte - the probability of sei". The title is written in Japanese with sei in katakana, which is a non-semantic syllabary, rather than in kanji. This makes it unclear what the intended meaning of the word sei is, because there are at least 30 different kanji (based on a quick look here) that can be read sei (and hence around the same number of distinct meanings for the word), and it is not possible to infer from context which one is intended.
This ties into the titles of episodes 21-23, which are all pronounced "Sei to Sei" in Japanese, but using different characters for each distinct sei. Specifically, episode 21 has 性 "sex" and 聖 "holy"; episode 22 has 静 "quietness" and 醒 "wakefulness"; and episode 23 has 生 "life" and 誓 "vowing" (生 "life" is the same sei as in "kiseijuu", incidentally).
These three titles constitute a sort of wordplay, in my opinion. This sort of homophone-based wordplay is fairly common in Japanese, since Japanese is a very homophone-rich language, owing mostly to heavy borrowing from Chinese.
I strongly suspect that it is only coincidental that the Japanese translation of the English book "Sex and Spirit" by Clifford Bishop has the same title as episode 21 of the anime (judging from the synopses of the book available, anyway). Given that the book is only a penny on Amazon, the interested reader might like to pick up a copy of it and see if there is, in fact, any thematic relationship with Parasyte.
This being the case, I do not believe that the titles of episodes 21-23 reference literary works, other than coincidentally. And, of course, there's no literary reference in the episode 24 title 寄生獣 kiseijuu "Parasyte" - unless you count a title drop as a literary reference, I guess.

I haven't watched the anime (know very vaguely), but I have studied a couple of text you mentioned. Let's see...
Metamorphosis: Supremely weird and rather unnerving. It's a story of a man who one day wakes up to find that he has turned into a human-size cockroach. The story focuses on the transformation of one's humanity (hence, metamorphosis) in a surreal situation.
The Stranger: A work focuses on absurdity of life. We follow a man who is completely apathetic to everything, because there is no purpose to anything. He is not immoral, but due to his amoral, society condemns him anyway out of fear.
Nietzsche in general: I've read his 'Genealogy of Morality', figure it's not too different. He argues that there is a difference between the world 'bad' and 'evil', despite the fact that both words are the opposite of goodness. Basically, there's the evil of someone being immoral, and there is also the badness of someone being in your opposition. A lot of talks about masters and slaves here.
Hope this helps.


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Was it already revealed in the manga who will be the wives of Naruto and Sasuke?
From the first episode of Naruto (season 1) until the last episode of Naruto Shippuuden, Naruto has a crush on Sakura, who in turn Sakura has crush on Sasuke (Ino also has crush on Sasuke).
I've been wondering if who will be the wives of Naruto and Sasuke has already been revealed in the manga? Since both of them are already matured. There are some speculations  that Naruto will be the husband of Sakura (just saw it on FB- an image).

Possible duplicate

The manga series have ended plus the last movie is also out.  Be prepared for spoilers.

The very last Naruto Shipuuden manga (issue 700) does reveal who gets married to whom.
Don't hover if you don't want to know:

 Naruto marries Hinata and Sasuke marries Sakura

This has been resolved because the last chapter of Naruto has come out.
Here are the pairings (that you mentioned):

 Naruto marries Hinata and they have two children: Boruto Uzumaki (son) and Himawari Uzumaki (daughter)
 Sakura marries Sasuke and they have one daughter: Sarada Uchiha,
 Ino marries Sai and they have one son: Inojin

Because I can't link to scanalations, here are the Naruto Wikia pages for these characters:
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sakura_Haruno
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ino_Yamanaka
Here is the Wikia page for chapter 700, where all of the pairings are revealed:
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki!!_(chapter_700)


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A romance manga about a girl going deaf in her right ear
I've been looking for this manga for ages and I don't know what it's called. It's a romance manga, and I think it's also of school life genre and is a one-shot.
All I remember is that it's about a girl and boy who share the same headphones to listen to music. She always listened with her right ear. But then one day, she woke up to find that her right ear had gone deaf. She tried to keep it a secret, but the boy accidentally put on really loud music, and because she couldn't hear, she wasn't surprised or anything, and that was where he realized.
One day, the girl went to her part time job in a shop and someone placed their order. Because she couldn't hear clearly, she asked him to repeat the order, so the customer got angry. At that moment, the boy stepped in and explained the situation. After that, he confronted the girl about why she didn't tell him about her condition.
I think it was a pretty modern art style. I read it about one and a half to two years ago
I don't remember how it ended but I would love to read the manga again to find out.

When did you read it? How is the art style? (Modern? '90s?) One-shot are much harder to find than a series, since they are usually short and don't leave much memory compared to a long series.

It should be "Kieta Hanbun, Nokotta Real" (Half Gone, Love Remains) oneshot from "Kiss to Koukai" by Mio Nanao.

A broken school festival sign and a common love for music makes best
  buds out of Naru and Yamato. That is until Naru loses all hearing in
  her right ear and she keeps her condition from Yamato a secret...


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Was there a time skip on episode 2 of Tokyo Ghoul Season 2?
I just notice that Touka has changed and became more mature. Her surroundings, including Hide who has a part time job, have also changed/became more mature.
How many years have passed? Does anyone know?

I don't think there is "a years time skip". At most a few months have passed, as the Anti-Ghoul members who were injured have healed and Aogiri have taken over some areas.
At this point in the manga, the time skip was around 6 months, but apparently this is an original story (for season 2) so that may not be a good guideline.


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Can a Kage Bunshin make another Kage Bunshin?
Can a Kage Bunshin make another Kage Bunshin?
Sometimes you see the clones die and I am screaming at the TV, why didn't that clone just make a clone of itself before it died?
Or does Naruto tend to let them die on purpose so he can gain their knowledge?

In short: Yes.
There are several instances where Naruto will create several Shadow Clones, which in turn create more Shadow Clones.
As far as why he doesn't create any more, this is speculative. I can think of a few reasons:

Naruto doesn't possess the skill to do so. The useful part of a clone creating a clone right before "death" would be to gain tactical advantage. Naruto's strategy is generally to "charge right in", while this kind of strategy would rely on the clones "dying" so as to be the bait for a new clone coming right in.
There simply isn't enough reaction time. Naruto has demonstrated that it takes time to create clones, even if the amount of time is relatively small. Rather than take the time to mold chakra and perform the technique, why not actually fight?

Adding to this, Creating a new clone will share the chakra from the original... Since a shadow clone will already have only less amount of chakra and it can't fuse new chakra for itself, making new clone is not possible/is not effective...

There's nothing that says a clone cannot "fuse" new chakra for itself. Clones can mold chakra just as well as the original, the only real limitation is the reduced chakra pool.

Yes, it can.
Kage Bunshin making Kage Bunshin is called Tajuu Kage Bunshin.
you can see it from the interval and placement of the new clones.

I see two questions here

why didn't clones create another clone before they die?
A. As we know that clones dispel when they are hit by a force enough to severely hurt them. Image this very thin instance where the clone realizes he is about to die, what amount of chakra does a clone have in that instance, likely very minimal. If he tries to make a clone then, he actually has to divide his chakra, which will further diminish his chakra resource. In this case, he might actually quicken his death, or miraculously if he succeeds in making a clone with such minimal amount of chakra, I don't think the clone is of any use in the fight.
Does Naruto tend to let clones die on purpose to gain knowledge ?
A. More or less YES, because clones act on their own, they have their own conscience and they can use full abilities of his caster(who made the clones). They go head on with their opponent. It's a better strategy to learn opponent abilities quickly. Answering you question, its depends on the situation, not every time Naruto purposefully let's clones dispel, even though users have ability to control their clone chakra.


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Did Sakura surpass Tsunade?
Judging from the war, Sakura's role was far less important compared to Tsunade. It looked like Tsunade was more capable of handling the war. Likewise Naruto and Sasuke have shown they surpassed all the other legends. Yes, at the end Sakura did help out, but her skills did not show something new or greater than Tsunade.
Is it safe to say the strongest female character in the Naruto series - after Kaguya - is Tsunade?

In terms of raw strength? Battle prowess? Overall skill? Comparing one shinobi to another is like comparing apples to oranges, or comparing someone such as Kankurou to Temari. Even a head-to-head fight between Sakura and Tsunade could go in very different ways.

Comparing as sensei and student perspective. Like sasuke &  orichimaru and naruto & jiraya.

How would you say someone surpassed someone else or not? By seeing their ability in battle in comparison with the other person. So far, we haven't seen anything great from Sakura which Tsunade can't do. infact she never will get chance to show it (spoiler)

She got all the chance during the last battle tough. We saw kakashi showing some good skills, but sakura... Even earlier in the great battle none were shown [Spoiler]. So in comparison with that I feel like Sakura never surpassed Tsunade. Meanwhile naruto and sasuke manage to pull it off.

@Sarenya Regarding your last question, I would say there are a few females in the running for strongest female after Kaguya. Sakura, Tsunade, Mei, Konan, Chiyo, Kushina, and Mito should be considered. Based on what we know, I would argue that Kushina is stronger than Tsunade and Konan probably is too.

@krikara I strongly agree with you Kushina is much stronger then Tsunade and Konan.

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Is the anime Junketsu no Maria depicting Christian god as a brutal and merciless god?
It seems that in the anime, the God only brought sorrow but not peace to people, and showed no mercy to those on earth.
Is Junketsu no Maria anti-Christian or something? Is it trying to depict Christian god as a brutal god?

In my opinion, the author involving the religion is only a means to an end of conveying the message: People should learn to stand on their own instead of waiting for the help of others.

From an "in-topic" point of view, I think this question is opinion driven. Going completely off topic, I don't see how a story where the christian god brings sorrow and general nuisances is that far away from what is told about him.