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Does King's attack, the Ultimate Hellfire Burst Wave Motion Cannon exist in the webcomic?
It's been a while since I've read the One Punch Man webcomic. It seems to me that the manga  is taken a direction pretty different to the webcomic, and several concepts (such as Platinum Sperm) didnt even exist in the webcomic.
Does King's attack,  the Ultimate Hellfire Burst Wave Motion Cannon exist in the webcomic?

I am unable to check, but I believe the answer is, “Yes, it exists in the webcomic.” IIRC, Child Emperor draws up a plan similar to the one in the manga for King to unleash his ultimate technique, and King attempts to do so, imagining a powerful release of energy. For obvious reasons, the attack fails and King retreats from the battle.

In his imagination, yes.


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In "Castle in the Sky", do the grown men on board of the pirate ship want to date the little girl?
I just watched this movie for the first time. One thing I didn't quite understand.
As soon as Sheeta joins the pirates, walking with the "mother" pirate, all the crew members (who seem like adults) clearly check her out, and later all extremely eagerly want to help her out in the kitchen (to be near her). They seem to be very much in love with her. All of them.
Is this correctly interpreted? I just found it kind of odd that a bunch of pirate men who seem 30+ all are so interested in that little girl who looks like she's 9 or something.

She's 13, not that that improves things much. I've read that in the Japanese they see her more as a mother figure rather than a romantic figure. But yeah, super creepy.

The brothers are 30,25,20 yo. Well, it does look weird but it is correct to interpret them in love with Sheeta (By the way, the name derived from Θ).

I think your interpretation is completely correct. The pirates are clearly in love with her. One of them is actually holding a bouquet of flowers, and all of them are blushing. So yeah, it is very creepy for these adult men to be in love with a 13-year old girl.  Probably because they don't get to see any women (excluding their own mother Dola, and I don't think any of them have an Oedipus complex). They just want a girlfriend and don't care about age gaps.

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How is it that Golden Experience Requiem is the ONLY Sentient Stand that we seen and why haven't there been any others like Chariot Requiem?
Basically Golden Experience Requiem (GER) is the only stand that is seen to talk by itself without the user talking through their stand(and no Star Platinum doesn't count because Jotaro uses it to talk to the user of Dark Blue Moon and the user of Strength and it wasn't Star Platinum being sentient). Chariot Requiem has no user and it's a Requiem evolution and yet it isn't sentient (or at least hasn't shown any). The closest thing we have to having a sentient stand after Part 5 is Part 6's White Snake. White Snake can move seperately from it's user and manifest in a certain range (20 meters). But Enrico still has to talk through his stand so I wouldn't count that. So back to the question; Are there any sentient stands other than GER? Could the lack of sentient stands after Part 5 be an "Araki forgot" moment or is it intentional? These things have been on my mind for a long time so thank you to whoever answers this question for me and please tell me if there are any sentient stands that I missed in any of the anime or manga.

Empress, Anubis, Echoes Act 3, Cheap Trick, Stray Cat, Spice Girl (temporarily), Foo Fighters, the green baby 'stand' and Yo Yo Ma, are sentient as they act not by the command of the user, or are the user themselves. You could argue SCR and Notorious B.I.G are sentient, but speechless. You could argue that High Priestess, Red Hot Chili Pepper, Osiris, Atum, Boy II Man, Bad Company, Harvest, The Lock, Marilyn Manson, and Ebony Devil are semi-sentient, as they aren't being strictly controlled by their user, and seem to have some sort of judgement of their own. Baby Face's 'baby' is sentient, but the stand itself, the computer isn't. Thoth, Burning Down the House,  Highway to Hell, Dragon's Dream, Rolling Stones and Superbug could also be considered sentient in the sense that the user does not control them.
I might have missed some stands still.
Disclaimer: I have not read part 7 and 8.

You could also argue shear heart attack is semi-sentient as it is deployed by Kira but not directly controlled it is more of an autonomous attack the nearest heat source kinda deal

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Why doesn't Usagi even attempt to hide/mask Luna when trying to trick the demon in Episode 43?
In Episode 43, the Moon Girls decide to trick the demons. So Usagi, not dressed as/transformed into Sailor Moon, goes with a letter "from Sailor Moon" to the house of a demon, saying that "Sailor Moon sent me". On her shoulder, Luna the moon-cat is lying right there with her moon on her forehead. Not in any way concealed.
On the letter itself, Sailor Moon is illustrated with Luna! So clearly, Sailor Moon's "image" with the cat is very well known within the universe.
How can the demon possibly not understand that the girl with the long pigtails who looks just like Sailor Moon and literally has Sailor Moon's magical moon cat on her shoulder right in front of her eyes and who is bringing "a letter from Sailor Moon" to her is in fact Sailor Moon?
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Why do the different Sailor Moon "seasons" have separate names?
For the longest time, I was very confused about this. I still am, which is why I'm asking.
It appears as if only "season 1" is actually called "Sailor Moon". The rest are called different things:

Sailor Moon (1992–93).
Sailor Moon R (1993–94).
Sailor Moon S (1994–95).
Sailor Moon SuperS (1995–96).
Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (1996–97).

Is this common in Japan? Do they not like to call things "seasons" (USA) or "series" (UK)?
Up until today, I thought that these were some sort of separate "alternative shows".
There was also:

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003).
Sailor Moon Crystal (2014).

But those seem like much later and quite different.
Note: I haven't yet quite finished the first season, so I don't know how the rest is, but I have a strong feeling that it will lose its charm once Usagi and the other girls know that she is a Moon princess and all that stuff. I like the first few episodes the best, which I watched when I was still a kid, because everything about the demons and even Luna is not yet explained and Usagi was just a confused and clumsy school girl who regularly transforms into Sailor Moon.

It appears as if only "season 1" is actually called "Sailor Moon". The rest are called different things:
 Sailor Moon (1992–93).
 Sailor Moon R (1993–94).
 Sailor Moon S (1994–95).
 Sailor Moon SuperS (1995–96).
 Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (1996–97).

You are correct. Only Season 1 is actually called Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun (Beautiful Solider Sailormoon = 『美少女戦士セーラームーン』) and is often referred to as Sailormoon (Seeraamuun =『セーラームーン』) (written run together on official merchandise) or, lesson commonly, referred to as SeraMun (『セラムン』) for short.
(In other countries, the title is generally called Sailor Moon, splitting the name into 2 English words. Because this StackExchange is mostly read by people outside of Japan, I will use "Sailor Moon" to refer to the original show in this post.)
The second season uses that same Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun to indicate that it is a continuation of the same show, but adds the letter R, pronounced as "Aaru" (R = 「アール」). The company had various words starting with R in mind, but the meaning of the R is left ambiguous and up to the viewers' imaginations. The addition of something tacked on after the prior season's title signals that this is a different season and story arc but a continuation of the same show.
The third season uses that same Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun and adds what looks like the letter S but is not pronounced as "S"; it is instead pronounced as "Suupaa" (Super = 「スーパー」).
The fourth season uses that same Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun but instead of an S pronounced as "Suupaa," it changes to "Suupaazu" (SuperS = 「スーパーズ」), which is not pronounced as "Super S" but, rather, is pronounced as "Supers" as if the word "super" could become a plural.
The fourth season uses that same Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun and adds "Seeraasutaazu" (Sailorstars = 「セーラースターズ」), where, in official merchandise, Sailorstars is a single run-together word (whereas overseas, it is usually broken apart into 2 English words: "Sailor Stars").
Three of the seasons each featured a theatrical film, one season also included an anime adaption of Ami-chan no Hatsukoi (Ami-chan's First Love = 『亜美ちゃんの初恋』) side-story manga as an anime short, and there were also specials. Each film and special used the title of the current season at the time that they were released.
The seasons are liberally-adapted from the story arcs used in the manga:
Season 1 corresponds to the Dark Kingdom arc,
R (Season 2) corresponds to the Black Moon arc (with the original addition of the Makaiju [Tree of the Demon World = 魔界樹]) arc,
S (Season 3) corresponds to the Mugen (Infinity = 「無限」) arc,
SuperS (Season 4) corresponds to the Yume (Dream = 「夢」) arc,
Sailorstars (Season 5) corresponds to the Stars arc (with the addition of a brief 6-episode arc featuring the return of the villain from Season 4 before it starts the Stars arc proper).
Interestingly, only the title of the 5th manga arc was included in the title of the 5th anime season.

Is this common in Japan?
. . .
Up until today, I thought that these were some sort of separate "alternative shows".

Yes, this is very common in Japan: the same basic title alerts the potential viewer that this is the show you already know of (so people who enjoyed the prior season but aren't hardcore enough to be following when the next one will begin airing can notice the title they're familiar with when they look at TV listings), but tacking on the addition of something (whether a letter, word, multiple words, and/or typographical symbol) communicates that this is a new story arc (so if you didn't watch the previous arc[s], it's not a bad place to jump in for the first time, or to jump back in). So if you never watched the first season, you could realize from this title style that you can start watching from the start of the new arc without feeling completely lost as to what is going on in the plot, but you would be aware that the characters' relationships are already established and ongoing from a prior arc.
This was originally the case with the franchise Purekyua (Precure = 『プレキュア』) (which is called "Pretty Cure" outside of Japan). It started like Sailor Moon did, with Futari ha Purekyua (The Two of Us are Precures『ふたりはプリキュア』), got a second season called Futari ha Purekyua Max Heart (『ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart』, and a third season called Futari ha Purekyua Splash Star (『ふたりはプリキュア Splash Star』): in each case, the base title was the same but something was tacked on to the end to indicate a new story arc featuring the same ongoing characters.
What is less common in Japan but has risen in number after the era of Sailor Moon is a (perhaps confusingly) similar format for alternate shows derived from a common premise. After its initial three seasons of Futari ha Purekyua, the Precure franchise shifted to a system different from that of Sailor Moon. This franchise morphed into many series which each have their own protagonists, villains, worlds, and plots; the only thing that ties all of them together is that the protagonists are always a type of mahou shoujo (magical girl) called precures (regardless of how different from each other their visuals and abilities and backstory were in each series), and the animation company began making crossover theatrical films/specials where characters from different worlds meet each other and, in recent years, they even make a few crossover TV show episodes - but every series is separate and self-contained, and does not require having watched any of the other series.
The titles of each of these series always include the word "precure," but other than that, the titles differ (for example, Furesshu Purikyua! (Fresh Precure! =『フレッシュプリキュア!』), Sumairu Purikyua! (Smile Precure! = 『スマイルプリキュア!』), Dokidoki! Purecure (Heart-pounding! Precure = 『ドキドキ!プリキュア』), HUGtto! Precure (HUG-squeeze! Precure『HUGっと!プリキュア』), and Sutaa☆Toinkuru Purekyua (Star☆Twinkle Precure =『スター☆トゥインクルプリキュア』).
In a rare case, the creators decided to add a subsequent season to a highly-popular particular set of characters, in which case they used the title style of Sailor Moon and Futari ha Purekyua, by tacking something onto the end of the previous season's title: Yes! Precure5 (Iesu! Purekyua5 =『Yes！プリキュア5 』) got a second season called Yes! Precure5GoGo! (Yes! Purekyua5GoGo! =『Yes！プリキュア5GoGo！』).

Do they not like to call things "seasons" (USA) or "series" (UK)?

This is a confusing point: the Japanese use both words somewhat interchangeably (Season 1 can be referred to as dai1shiizuun (1st season =「第１シーズン」) or as dai1shiriizu = (first series = 「第１シリーズ」), but they also use the word shiriizu (series =「シリーズ」) to refer to an entire franchise like Precure even though it is comprised of disparate shows.

There was also:

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003).
Sailor Moon Crystal (2014).

But those seem like much later and quite different.

"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon" is what fans outside of Japan took to calling the live-action TV series in order to easily differentiate it amongst themselves from the prior anime, but its Japanese title was exactly the same as that of the 5-season-long anime: Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun (Beautiful Solider Sailormoon = 『美少女戦士セーラームーン』), so Japanese fans in Japan do not consider the live-action series to have a different title from the manga or from the prior anime in any sense.

Rather than think of this live-action series as a reboot of the anime, it is more accurate to think of it as a different adaption from the original manga. It does not expect any former knowledge of the characters or plots from either the manga or the prior anime, and starts from the beginning of the first manga arc. Like the previous anime series had done, it took some liberties by featuring original content not found in either of the prior versions, such as its Dark Mercury, Sailor Luna, and puppeteered Princess Sailor Moon personas.

The Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun Crystal (Beautiful Solider Sailormoon Crystal = 『美少女戦士セーラームーン Crystal』) web anime series and its Gekijouban Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun Eternal (Theatrical Edition: Beautiful Solider Sailormoon Eternal = 『劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーン Eternal』) theatrical movies are a much later adaption from the original manga. It is the first Sailor Moon series that had an international fandom in mind in addition to the Japanese fandom, so it was released as Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal as its simultaneous official English title (despite the fact that senshi - which means 'soldier,' 'combatant,' or 'warrior' and is made up of the Chinese characters for 'war' + 'samurai' or 'warrior' - does not accurately translate to the less-violent/aggressive image of the English word 'guardian'; it uses this to match the official English retroactively-applied to the manga that the mangaka [manga artist], Takeuchi Naoko, preferred).

At first, Crystal aimed to mimic the manga as closely as possible, avoiding any deviations from the manga that had appeared in the prior beloved anime. However, after Crystal severely bombed with Japanese audiences (likely due to its poor characterization, plot, and animation quality in comparison to the character development/plot/art quality of the prior long-running series), the director and character designer were both scrapped and elements from the prior anime were then abruptly re-incorporated, but this did not salvage Crystal amongst Japanese viewers, most of whom had written it off after the first episode. It did so poorly that instead of being able to finance an entire Season 4 as previously intended, the Dream arc was compressed down into a 2-part theatrical movie. The Eternal films also bombed at the Japanese box office, not even making it into the Top 10 Anime Films in movie theaters during the Part 1 release in January 2021 (notice that is not a list of the Top 10 films released in January 2021, or even the Top 10 anime films released in January, but was the box office ranking for all anime films in theaters at that time, which included some that had even already been in theaters for weeks or even months before Eternal Part 1 came out, and it couldn't even attract attention/interest away from those). (At the time of writing this post, whether or not an attempt to adapt the Stars arc into any sort of Crystal format after such financial failures is unknown. If it does happen, it would likely be due to hopes for overseas interest, rather than for domestic Japanese interest in such a project.)

Note: I haven't yet quite finished the first season, so I don't know how the rest is, but I have a strong feeling that it will lose its charm once Usagi and the other girls know that she is a Moon princess and all that stuff. I like the first few episodes the best, which I watched when I was still a kid, because everything about the demons and even Luna is not yet explained and Usagi was just a confused and clumsy school girl who regularly transforms into Sailor Moon.

If you do not feel that you want to watch through an entire 200 episodes, I would strongly suggest skipping ahead to episode 173 after you finish the first arc to resume from the 7th episode of the Sailorstars season, which is when the Stars arc begins.
As a child, I enjoyed Sailorstars most of all the seasons because it was fun and charming but, as an adult (although I have enjoyed noticing commentary about Japanese society in the first season that had gone over my head as a child), I most enjoy re-watching Sailorstars because it has very deep, poignant, and enduringly useful themes, such as intercultural understanding, gender, punishment vs. forgiveness, etc. It is also impressive when you contrast the maturity of characters in the 5th season with how they were in the 1st season.
Furthermore, some characters appear for the first time in the 5th season: one of them, Seiya Kou (a.k.a. Sailor Star Fighter), even placed in the Top 10 Sailor Moon characters of all time in NHK's Zen Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun Anime Dai Touhyou (All "Beautiful Solider Sailormoon" Anime Grand Election = 『全美少女戦士セーラームーンアニメ大投票』) in 2021. Despite many viewers never having watched that far into the series, the love for this character is so strong among the fans who have watched through to the end that, 25 years later, he is fondly remembered enough to beat out many characters who are much more generally well-known.


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Which chapters of One Punch Man have panels with times showing the characters speed?
In one of the last chapters of One Punch Man, manga panels with time stamps appears, which give you an idea how fast certain characters are. I think I've seen panels like this already in One Punch Man, though not sure if it was in other chapters of the manga, or in the similar chapters of the manga in the webcomic.
Which chapters of One Punch Man have panels with times showing the characters speed?


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Why the title of Erased use serif and sans-serif together as fonts?
Here is the title of the series and the 9th episode. They used a combined fonts type. Is there any reason for this?

This gives an analysis of the serif/sans-serif strokes. The later into the episodes, the more sans-serif strokes, but a conclusion is that there is no particular hidden meaning.

@sundowner I believe you can convert your comment into a great answer. That link pretty much answer the question unless you have more reference or thought.


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Where can I find english version of konosuba light novel online
I recently started reading manga's and I had already watched the Konosuba anime so I wanted to continue the story but since its a light novel I was not able to find it on any manga website so I wanted to know where I can find the light novel online.

Welcome to Anime & Manga! Take note that this site doesn't condone piracy, so we will only mention legal/official sites if they exist. Answers/comments that mention questionable sites will be removed without prompt.

Depending on your country of origin, the light novel is available online for purchase digitally at please like Bookwalker and Amazon/comiXology.


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Which characters are confirmed to be faster than Flashy Flash?
In one of the last chapters of the manga, Flashy Flash mentioned 4 characters who are faster than him

 Saitama - Blast - Garou - Platinum Sperm

Are these characters the only ones to be confirmed to be faster than him?
Which characters are confirmed to be faster than Flashy Flash?


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How did the spirit world know, that Hiei has sister?
In Yu Yu Hakusho, when Koenma said that Yukina was held hostage in one of the houses of the oligarchs. At the end, he also said that Yukina is Hiei's sister. How did the Spirit World find out that Hei was born in the ice kingdom, and also how did they know that Yukina is Hiei's sister? They didn't even know that Yusuke had demonic blood in his blood

Hello! I would like to help you answer the question, but I would be glad if you would direct me to which episode it was you pointed on.

@USerNAme That was before the Dark Tournament arc, when they met Togura first time. Koenma gave cassette to Yusuke, where he told theirs mission (save Yukina), in cassete he also said, that Yukina is Hiei’s sister.

That "Cassette" scene is in episode 22 (which what I wanted to know, but I figured out which episode anyway by you description).By the look of it and how it seems, Koenma "agents" did good deep job figuring out who she is. there's not seems some "great reason" to how it is. when you scout to help some helpless girl you usually investigate deep enough to know enough details. that's what I think.


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One Piece - How much manga is Animated?
With respect to episode 1009 can anyone tell how much manga is Animated?
Thanks in advance.

Related/opposite duplicate: Which episodes of One Piece are filler? (animated from manga = non-filler = manga canon. The existing answers might have been outdated, but the mentioned sites are possibly updated).

No the mentioned websites were not updated after 700-800 episodes.

This is a good resource of keeping track of manga/anime https://onepace.net/watch. However, It is not up to date.


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Why didn't Konan work together with Naruto to take down the Akatsuki?
After Nagato sacrificed himself to revive every casualties in Konoha, Konan said that she will leave the Akatsuki. She also said that she believe in Naruto to bring the world peace, so why didn't she help him?
All the information about Akatsuki Tsuki no Me project would probably help the Shinobi Alliance, since Tobi didn't give all the details in the Kage Summit. Information about the hideout locations would probably be useful also.

AFAIR, Konan died during a battle with Tobi/Obito.

It is merely a suggestion, but it seems by the true answer, as in ep252 in Konan's death episode that she went back to the Rain Village.

The reason for that I believe is for the fact that she wanted to continue save the Rain Village and control it as she did with Pain, it was their home after all. The flashback after the the previous screenshot scene kinda showing it.
As for the Tsuki No Me project, a careful examination of Pain an Naruto talk make it clear that the Tsuki No Me project was Pain's secret and true object for the Akatsuki that he hidden from the rest, as Pain telling Naruto they are going to control the nations through fear of Bijou's weapon. He also says that in one of the Akatsuki meetings. Seeing him so sure in that plan making us clearly see that Tobi hasn't shared the project with the rest.
Considering the above assumption, Konan clearly couldn't help Naruto in any of Tobi's Tsuki No Me project. And rather, thought the fact that not helping the Akatsuki anymore would be much help with the plan they assumed to be. And furthermore as I said she wanted to get back to the Rain Village and govern it as she always did.


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Is there any difference between the Dance of the Fire god breathing and the sun breathing?
The Kimetsu no Yaiba wikia refers to the Dance of the Fire god breathing and to the sun breathing as if they were the same breathing several times, and if they were different breath styles several times. For example, in these quotes it refers to it as if they were different,

he realized his own Hinokami Kagura (dance of the fire god) had unncessary movements,
different wrist angles, footwork and breathing rhythm. Removing them
enabled him to awaken the legendary Sun Breathing

Tanjiro Tamado

Both the Hinokami Kagura (dance of the fire god) and Sun Breathing are Breathing Styles that
mimics the sun and replicates it with the user's movements, techniques
and abilities

Hinokami Kagura
However here, it refers to  them as if they were the same,

The Hinokami Kagura (dance of the fire god) is later revealed by Shinjuro Rengoku to be a
legendary Breathing Style known as Sun Breathing

Hinokami Kagura

Hinokami Kagura (ヒノカミ神楽かぐら Hinokami Kagura?, lit. Dance of the Fire
God) is a Breathing Style only known and taught by the Kamado Family,
later revealed to be the first Breathing Style, Sun Breathing

So, are they different or are they the same?
Is there any difference between the Dance of the Fire god breathing and the sun breathing?

To answer this question you actually need to watch the later part of the second season for the show. Be mindful of spoilers
To begin, at the beginning of the entertainment district arc Tanjiro goes the house of Shinjuro Rengoku, who is the father of Kyojiro Rengoku, the Flame Hashira, to show his condolenses.(Please excuse some of the spelling, I'm writing in English) When he arrives outside the house he sees Senjuro outside the property sweeping. They talk for a bit and then his father comes out. After a bit of exchanging of words, things heat up when Shinjuro Rengoku realizes who Tanjiro is. What the most important thing to point out though is when Shinjuro Rengoku notices Tanjiro's Hanafuda earings. What these heirlooms represent is that they are descendants of the Sun-breathing Hashira. Shinjuro Rengoku goes on to tell Tanjiro (Angrily) that the Sun-breathing is the original breathing style and that all other breathing styles are shabby attempts to copy it or change it.
Basically what Shinjuro Rengoku gets mad at is the loss of his son, but he gets mad at Tanjiro because he believes that Kyojuro died because he wasn't only good enough, but he also implies that the breathing technique wasn't good enough. He believed that Tanjiro was trying to mock him because Ryojuro didn't survive. This brings it around to the fact that Sun-breathing is the original first breathing form that all the other breathing forms branch off from.
If you read the quotes that you had put, you could have been able to understand, but it really does help to watch the show or read the manga. Quoting one of the comments though:

"I think they are the same. It will be revealed/explained better in the upcoming episodes of season 3 which is currently airing" (Fumikage Tokoyami)

To bring it all together and answer your question, no they are not the same, but they are very similar. The flame-breathing form is the closest breathing form to the Sun-breathing form other than Moon-breath which you find out about in the Infinite Palace arc.

Point to note: Daki had visions of Yoriichi Tsugikuni while fighting Tanjiro. (cc @Pablo)


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If the susanoo is pure chakra armor, could it be created independently by a non-uchiha shinobi?
I have this doubt.
Why couldn't/didn't anyone try to create a susanoo like chakra armor instead of simple cloaks when it was possible to manipulate chakra flow?
The raikage use lightning chakra cloaks and few others can use chakra mode cloaks to enhance their capabilities. Even taijiutsu users like Shira of the sand covered chakra around his body to create soundless movements. Hyuga clan members could release chakra  from their body effectively and use it as an extension of their body(like neji did to cover his blind spot). When naruto initially defeated kurama and took only his chakra, he could form hands from his kurama chakra mode. Shinobi could also shape and direct their chakra like rasengan and twin lion fists or even form chakra threads for controlling objects. So, if somebody could effectively   spread chakra around their body and control it like a puppet or something they could form a susanoo without being an uchiha.
Is it impossible or did nobody think of doing something like that?

There are other various charka armors throughout the series, and (if I’m not mistaken) it was explicitly stated that Susanoo was a unique ability to the Mangekyo Sharingan

Out of universe answer:
Naruto power system isn't really made clear, Jutsu and abilities are mostly whatever the author wants and we aren't even explained how they work a lot of times (or even in cases like the reanimation Justu, where the infinite chakra even comes from, or how the jutsu is even possible). Susanoo was said to be something Mangkeyo Sharingan can do, and that's how it is really. Perhaps what you say could also be a thing if the author wants to do, though considering it's associated with Mangkeyo Sharingan, it'd kinda cheapen the uniqueness of the eyes.
In-universe answer:
Chakra armors are a thing in Naruto as you say, Naruto himself uses the chakra cloak and later on his transformation can rival Susanoo.
Asura could use something called Asura-mode (I hear it's in the manga, so it's canon, though I am not sure on that or how much about it is explained) which rivaled the Susanoo, it's a kind of chakra armor like you described which looks like the Kurama-mode Naruto uses.
So, it's possible to do something similar to Susanoo and it's been done by Asura (assuming it's canon).
Now as to whether you could imitate something exactly like Susanoo, it's arguable, the eyes might have some special stuff in them that allow that, and it might not really be like a traditional chakra armor.


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How can a wind Rasenshuriken be thrown but a Rasengan cannot?
I know that Rasengan is a close combat move where Naruto/Minato have to be in contact with opponent in order to explode it/do damage. Whereas the Wind style Rasenshuriken is a mid/long range move where Naruto can throw it and hit the target.
Is this assumption right? Or is there a scenario where Rasengan was thrown and I missed it?

While not shown, there’s nothing stating that Rasengan cant be thrown. Naruto taught himself how to throw the Rasenshuriken to bypass him injuring himself when he hits his target

Rasenshuriken requires sage chakra to be thrown. And it utilizes wind change in nature. Naruto could possibly add sage chakra to a normal rasengan, but the wind change in nature might also be required. And if Naruto adds that, then it's no longer a Rasengan, but a Rasenshuriken. This is all just my speculation, of course. Also, I'm upvoting. I like this question, and I don't think it should have a negative score. I don't have a proper answer for it myself, however.

Base Rasengan in itself cannot be thrown, however some improvements and mastery can allow user to throw as projectile. Base Rasengan is a spherical orb of Chakra and indeed enough chakra is invested just to contain its form, rotation and power and if it was to be thrown, then its form and power would be diminished by the time it would reach its enemy (it would also be assumed that its trajectory would be way off that the user wanted).
Naruto initially used Rasengan as his go-to jutsu but he realized it can be vastly improved by adding Chakra nature. However, he struggles to combine the Rasengan with his wind-nature, which he describes as needing to look left and right at the same time. He is eventually able to overcome this obstacle by using a shadow clone to provide the nature transformation while he and another shadow clone form the Rasengan, thereby creating the Wind Release: Rasengan (which can be thrown). By further shaping the Wind Release: Rasengan, Naruto creates the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken (which can also be thrown).


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Isn't losing her memories of Syaoran more of a sacrifice for Sakura than Syaoran?
Fai, Syaoran, and Kurogane each pay a price to Yuko so they can travel to different dimensions. But the thing Syaoran sacrifices is Sakura's memory of him. Those memories belong to Sakura, not him, so it seems odd.
And I can still remember all the promotional material making a big deal of this. I can still remember those "Her Soul. His sacrifice." things, years ago from before I even knew what the heck this show was, and sorry, but this whole thing just seriously annoys me, because Syaoran didn't sacrifice anything, Sakura did! She's the one who lost something, and she's the one who's going to suffer the most for not having those memories! It's borderline paternalistic to say that Syaoran is sacrificing something here, and it takes some patriarchal thinking to say he owns Sakura's memories and is allowed to offer them up to someone else.

This is a really nice self-answered Q&A. :)

Actually, the notion that it's Sakura's sacrifice is correct! This is actually explained at the beginning of xxxHolic volume 2, chapter 8, which covers the same event of the four travelers showing up at Yuko's shop, but from the xxxHolic side of things. I'll quote Yuko, and for convenience I'm just going to ignore Watanuki's dialogue in between her lines (it isn't any less clear without it anyway).

"There are actually four people Mokona Modoki is taking on a journey through the worlds. Sakura-chan is one of them. In other words, Sakura-chan has to pay the price for the wish, too. But she left her kingdom with nothing but the clothes on her back. She has nothing she can pay with. And even though her memories are scattered across the worlds... the one thing that is most important to her is her memory of Syaoran-kun. Yes. That is the price she pays. She is the person for whom the help of Mokona Modoki is most urgent. And so, the cost to her is the greatest. And in truth, I should have demanded all of Syaoran-kun's memories of Sakura-chan as well. But... this is enough. To have the person most important to you forget you completely... It turned out that Syaoran-kun paid the price with his most precious relationship. I let them off easy. I'm just a big softie."

And there you have it! It really was Sakura's sacrifice, and Syaoran was actually able to get off easy because Sakura's sacrifice is so big. And to be clear here, I don't remember how the anime words it, but the manga of Tsubasa and xxxHolic uses the word "relationship" to describe what he's sacrificing. He is sacrificing his relationship with Sakura. So, going off this quote, it can be thought of as an overlapping sacrifice between Sakura and Syaoran.
So, Funimation, if you ever play that commercial again you better change it to "Her soul. Also her sacrifice."


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The Quintessential Quintuplets (aka 五等分の花嫁) : Is 届くんです (it reaches) a mondegreen that should be 五等分です (It's divided into five equal parts)?
In animesonglyrics, you can see in the season 1 opening (Gotoubun no Kimochi) for the anime adaptation of The Quintessential Quintuplets

the Romaji: Go-tōbundesu, demo (...) --> the Kanji of which I think is: 五等分です, でも (...)
the English: It reaches, but (...)
the Kanji: 届くんです, でも (...) --> the Romaji of which I think is: Todokundesu, demo (...)

source: https://www.animesonglyrics.com/gotoubun-no-hanayome/gotoubun-no-kimochi

It seems the English and the Kanji match, but they are both different from the romaji.
Now, in a live performance here, you can see the actress/singer Inori Minase holds up 5 fingers when singing this line, sooo...

I guess the Romaji is correct, while the English and Kanji are wrong?

But it's a mondegreen, i.e. it's understandable to mishear Go-tōbun (五等分) as 届く (Todoku)?

Cross-posted from Japanese.SE: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/93612/5464

The original lyric doesn't mention todoku at all.
Here is a part of the lyric listed on Joysound (one of, if not, the most popular karaoke services in Japan),

(一花.二乃.三玖)
大嫌いから
(四葉.五月)
(大嫌いから)
(一花.二乃.三玖)
大好きへと
(四葉.五月)
(大好きへと)
(二乃) 変わる心に
(全員)
ついていけないよ
(一花.二乃.三玖)
どんなことも
(四葉.五月)
(どんなことも)
(一花.二乃.三玖)
あなたさえ
(四葉.五月)
(あなたさえ)
(五月) 五等分です
(一花) でも私
(二乃) 私 (三玖) 私
(四葉) 私
(五月) 私は
(全員) あなたが好きよ

The Wiki Fandom also got it right.

Thanks Aki Tanaka♦! Any idea if it's a mondegreen or something? I'm obviously just a beginner in japanese, sooo...

@BCLC it's unlikely a mondegreen if no other sites (especially Japanese lyric sites) agree about using the expression 届く there. Looks like it's just a mistake by the contributors of that site.

ok thanks, but putting aside your good a posteriori argument. from you know (Gasai) the words themselves 'todokun' might be, a priori, heard from 'gotoubun' ? what do you think?

@BCLC sorry, I don't know who or what Gasai is, but there's no relation between todokun (which the base word is todoku) and gotoubun.

right thanks then  Aki Tanaka♦! (Gasai is, you know [Gasai], Yuno Gasai)


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Which chapter of the manga does Season 2 of Kimetsu no Yaiba anime end in?
If you want to keep following the story of Kimetsu no Yaiba after that, you need to know which chapter of the manga the anime ends.
Which chapter of the manga does Season 2 of Kimetsu no Yaiba anime end in?

you can see that here. Next arc starts on chapter 100

According to the fandom, the entertainment district arc comprises chapters 70 through 99. The next season will start with chapter 100:

For those going by volume, chapter 98 is where volume 12 begins.


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Does the shadow copy the form of the living doll or is the living doll made in the form of the shadow?
This is a question I had while watching Shadows House. In particular, I became a bit puzzled after some stuff was explained around the middle of the first season. This information was as follows:

 The beginning stage of a shadow is a small fairy creature called a morph. They are shown the human form (the living dolls) and this leads to them copying it.

 What leads to my confusion is as to whether they copy the human form they see exactly, or make their own original copy of "a human". There's an unanswered question of the time frame for these things, both for the living dolls and the shadows. If the shadows copy their living doll's form at this point, then what were the living dolls doing up until they met their master? It seemed like on Emiliko's first day, she was introduced to Kate. Thus, my confusion.

I want to know who is copying whom, but I hesitate asking this question, because I might be heading into spoiler territory, as the whole situation may be elaborated upon further down the line. On the other hand, I might just be making strange assumptions and raising invalid questions, so I might be supposed to know at this point whether the shadow or the living doll comes first.

The answer to this question is indeed a spoiler, and one which a viewer should be able to figure out by the end of the first season, given the revelations there.
If you just want the answer:

 It is the shadows who copy the form of the living dolls.

And I know this is the answer because (warning, this is a major spoiler!):

 The living dolls are actually not living dolls. They are brainwashed human children. Thus, it is impossible for them to be created in the form of the shadow, and it must be the case that the shadow copies their form. The brainwashed humans can have their memories erased as well, so this could go a long way towards explaining any time incongruities.


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Why did Hiruzen not meet with Fugaku?
One of the complaints I see often is that the whole Uchiha Massacre could've been avoided if the Third Hokage had just met with Fugaku and talked things over, and a lot of people say it's just a giant plot hole that they didn't, and it was all really because the massacre has to happen for the sake of the plot of Naruto, so the characters are doing things that don't make sense, yadda yadda. But is there any valid explanation for why the Third Hokage wouldn't talk to Fugaku?

I can actually think of two reasons the Third Hokage would avoid meeting with Fugaku.
#1 Political Reasons
One of the Uchiha's earlier grievances was how Fugaku, who distinguished himself during the war and earned the moniker "Wicked Eye Fugaku", was passed over for Fourth Hokage. More insultingly, he was not even considered, with Orochimaru being the only other person whose name was mentioned. Even after the Nine-Tails incident gives the Uchiha greater problems, they do not forget the insult done to Fugaku.
Given how vocal the Uchiha are for their support of Fugaku, I think we can safely assume the Third Hokage knew how they wanted him to be Hokage. In this case, it would be extraordinarily awkward to meet with Fugaku to talk things over. Any sort of official meeting would give Fugaku legitimacy to his claim to the title of Hokage! In fact, it may even stir up the Uchiha more if they get impatient. The sentiment might be something like, "You've recognized Fugaku, so why haven't you announced him as your successor yet?!" And if the Third Hokage happens to die? Things might get quite chaotic, and a civil war would be likely. Having increased the legitimacy of Fugaku, the Uchiha might actually attempt to stage a coup and assassinate the Hokage.
Okay, let's stop and think. Things might be fine if Fugaku really was announced to be the successor. Does the Third Hokage want Fugaku to be Hokage? Would he be okay with that if it would pacify the Uchiha? The answer is a resounding no.
After the war, the Third Hokage resigns to satisfy those saying he messed up. But he handpicks Minato Namikaze to be his successor as Fourth Hokage. According to Danzo and Orochimaru, the Third Hokage chose Minato because he intends to keep ruling the Hidden Leaf with Minato as his puppet (this is in episode 349, I believe).
I honestly believe it is the case that the Third Hokage intended to use Minato as a puppet, at least to some degree. Minato is quite young after all, and young leaders tend to get manipulated. The Third Hokage has a vision for the village and he believes things will go smoothly if the village continues to be run his way. Danzo and Orochimaru have a different vision, which the Third Hokage believes he must stop at all costs. Minato is the perfect proxy, a young man quite sympathetic to his own vision, especially when compared to Danzo and Orochimaru.
And where does this leave Fugaku? The Third Hokage would absolutely never want him to be Hokage. Fugaku, like Danzo, has a different vision for the village than the Third Hokage. With his primary concerns being with his own clan, it's somewhat doubtful he would even be able to see the big picture when it came to ruling the whole village. He might even abuse the position to enrich and empower his own clan at the expense of the village, creating political instability. Additionally, unlike Minato, Fugaku has no ties to the Third Hokage, so the Third would not be able to control him at all. Even if Fugaku does somehow prove to be a good leader, he would not do things the same way as the Third Hokage; he would not continue with the vision the Third Hokage has for the village, and this is greatly undesirable.
Given all this, it is understandable the Third Hokage would not want to meet with Fugaku.
Danzo Manipulations
This still falls under the first reason, but the Itachi light novels make it clear Danzo wants the Uchiha to plan a coup so that he can fulfill his long-held ambition of wiping out the biggest threat to village security. Because of this, it is probable he would try to manipulate the Third Hokage into believing meeting with Fugaku is not a good idea, possibly by the very same reasoning I'm using above. When you have an agitator trying to increase strife between the Uchiha and the village, this is a possibility. Thus, even though speaking with the Uchiha is surely a sane approach to lowering tensions, when the Third has Danzo whispering in his ear, you get the seemingly insane approach of publicly ignoring them until things get as bad as they can get. It's not a plot hole, it's crazy by design, because Danzo always wanted Itachi to kill all the Uchiha!
#2 Fugaku's Sharingan
Meeting with anyone with a Sharingan is a giant security risk. With it's potent genjutsu, the Third Hokage would have to worry about being manipulated. He trusts Shisui, obviously, but he also has knowledge of Shisui's power, which is not a good thing here. Knowing a Sharingan exists that can manipulate someone without them even knowing would make him a little paranoid another Sharingan might be able to do something similar.


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'Because Kei Shirogane, is a mother flippin' tsundere'?
For the english dub of Kaguya-sama, which episode is the "Because Kei Shirogane, is a mother flippin' tsundere" please? It doesn't seem to be in S02E10 or S02E02, but this suggests it's in S02E10 specifically in 'Kei Shirogane Can't Speak'.

Found a video that also states the scene is from season 2 episode 10.

Ah I got it. It's not from the specific story 'Kei Shirogane Can't Speak' of S02E10. It's in the prologue BEFORE the opening of S02E10. I couldn't find it because I was looking in the sub-episode proper 'Kei Shirogane Can't Speak.'


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Why does Miyuki lose when Miyuki is hardly in the story?
S01E08 story of the last sub-episode - Miyuki (Shirogane) apparently loses according to the narrator. Miyuki is hardly in the story though. Why does Miyuki lose? I guess it's because Kaguya might've been higher in exam results if not for tutoring Yu (Ishigami) ?

It is  precisely because he did not appear much.
Based on the manga version, the story ends with Shirogane's narration that he did not play a role in training Ishigami. As Kaicho and a male senpai, he was sort of supposed to take the lead in helping Ishigami, but the role was taken by Kaguya. That seems to be why it is Shirogane's loss.

But wait, I think you should use spoiler tag/text if you're getting from the manga?


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What exactly are Ayame and Shinya majoring in?
I was not able to find on Wikipedia or on the fandom (Ayame Himuro, Shinya Yukimura). The 1st episode doesn't quite say explicitly, but...

It says Ayame in particular however has a goal of winning the Fields Medal specifically, where according to Wikipedia

With the exception of two PhD holders in Physics (Edward Witten and Martin Hairer),[20] only people with a PhD in mathematics have won the medal.

This must mean that Ayame's major is almost definitely specifically in maths/applied maths/stats (unlikely theoretical maths) instead of something like physics, computer science, information science, etc, but I guess possibly mathematical physics, mathematical computer science (if there's such a thing), etc

Oh they sorta say it in 2nd episode at 0:44. Their department is InfoSci: 'Information and Computer Science'. Still it doesn't exactly say their exact majors.


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Relationship between Kaguya and Yu Ishigami?
I don't think, but I'm not very certain, that this spoils the anime/manga past s2, but here goes:
I got the following 3 images out of 4 images from reddit, but the 4th image I think spoils the manga past s2. Source: Here.

For some reason, the Kaguya finds Yu 'surprisingly cute'. An explanation here is

She always thought he was a moody silent guy but she got to know him better through helping him study and the sports festival and found out he's a softie. Therefore "surprisingly cute"

Is that really it?

I don't know what the original Japanese says, but I've only seen the version where Ishigami and Kaguya's arrows are "She's surprising nice" and "Looks out for him".

@pboss3010 Yeah that's the 4th image I took out because of spoilers

Update: If I could point to a singular instance that might've made Kaguya think Ishigami was "surprisingly cute", it might be in Season 2 episode 5, particularly in the Kashiwagi wants to Console part. Ishigami gives Kaguya some romantic advice with regards to true love and Kaguya is quite receptive to it, and appreciative towards Ishigami's insight. This scene is a bit reminiscent of how Kaguya thinks Miko Iino is a "good girl" because she misunderstands Iino when she says Kaguya and Shirogane are "a match made in heaven".
None of the images you've shown are from the official English translation of the manga. They've never used the term "gator panic", as far as I know, instead using "Gat● Panic". The 1.3 chart of the diagram looks like this in the manga:

A quick internet reveals this Japanese version of the chart. In this version, it says "かわいがっとる". Google Translate translates this as "cute". This is the 1.5 version of the chart.

If I go to Japanese Amazon and check the preview for volume 10, I get this chart:

Hopefully I've got the Kanji right, but it comes out to "案外かわいがっとる", which Google Translate indeed translates as "unexpectedly cute".
Translating from Japanese can be tricky, as there are a lot of nuances in both English and Japanese to consider. I don't know much about Japanese, so I don't really know what to make of the Japanese version, but to be honest, I trust the official translation more than the fan ones. There's probably some nuance in the story or the language that led them to translate it as "looks out for him" rather than "unexpectedly cute". As you've seen, the direct translation has caused you confusion, whereas the official one more accurately describes the relationship between Kaguya and Ishigami. In English, if we see "cute" used to describe the relationship between two people, we might think there's some kind of romantic feelings there, but that might not be the case in Japanese for this text.
As for what their relationship is, I think it is pretty straightforward. Kaguya's relationship with Ishigami is similar to Fujiwara's relationship with Shirogane. Kaguya tutors Ishigami and tries to get his grades up, often deterred and frustrated by Ishigami's lack of motivation. Due to this, the two of them have gotten closer and now Kaguya looks out for him, just as the official translation says.

Thanks Shaymin Gratitude. Happy Easter. Before I analyse (the rest of) this: Re the update, does S02E07 with the shoujo thing count? Or not really? XD

@BCLC I'd say so. I'd forgotten about it though. Just kind of adding to these answers as I happen to see the material (been rewatching the anime since Crunchyroll got the English dub). I've kind of got an obsessive personality when it comes to editing answers. Probably going to have to take a leave of absence from the site soon to stop myself, lol.


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What's up with these 2 versions of Umineko? There's something about 'original' and then 'console'
Left from here, and right from here:

According to the fandom page for each character, there's something about original vs console eg for the Battler page:

But when I look up 'original' or 'console' on the fandom, I don't really see anything.
Maybe something to do with this?

The Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku collection of prior content and the new episode 9 was released in October 2019

The original PC release of Umineko no Naku koro ni, by doujin group 07th Expansion, was a doujin game released at ComiKets 72 through 79, releasing each of the original 8 arcs one at a time, from August 2007 through December 2010. The character designs were done by Ryukishi07 himself, also the writer and director of the games.
Alchemist, a japanese port producer, who had previously worked on the PS3 port of Higurashi no Naku koro ni Matsuri (which packaged both the question and answer arcs in a single game), released the first PS3 port of Umineko which included all 4 question arcs, with updated art by FFC, on December 2010, a few weeks before the last Answer arc was released on ComiKet 79, probably done for cross promotion. This is the art referred to as "console" in the wiki. They later released the port of the Answer arcs in December 2011. This version, although originally planned to have a new ending, ending up only having updated art.
You can also see in the wiki a Pachinko tab for character artwork, this is indeed the art used for the Umineko pachinko games in Japan, but was also used for the official English PC release of Umineko, available on Steam, this version also includes the original art by Ryukishi07.
Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku is the latest release from 07th Expansion for PC, which includes all original 8 arcs along with a few extra arcs and the short story compilations previously released (Tsubasa and Hane). It features art by Ryukishi07, but it also has a PS4 release, although since Alchemist went bankrupt, this port was made by ENTERGRAM, but they kept the same character designer as the previous console ports, FFC.

Looking at the Japanese Wikipedia, it seems:

Original = 原作 from 2007 (sample)
Console = PlayStation 3 from 2010 (sample)

Oh wow I have to see the Japanese wikipedia to understand. Unbelievable. Thanks sundowner. Happy Easter. Soooo the thing is the original was a PC game (Hardly consider this a 'game' of course, but whatever) while console is a re-release 3 years later in PS3, where besides a different platform, they also made things higher quality art?

@BCLC From what I understand, it was originally a 同人ゲーム, which means a group of amateurs made the game and sold it online or in comic market just on their own. Then they tied up with professional game makers, who remade it and released in ps3. I don't know how exactly they are related (complete remake or not).

Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh I think I read about this. So it's something like some fans remade it in higher art quality but then the Ryukishi07 company bought it from them?

The console port was managed by Alchemist, not 07th Expansion. What @sundowner meant is that 07th Expansion itself is a doujin group, the original PC version of Umineko was indeed released as a doujin game at ComiKet. Then sometime after and following the success of the Higurashi console port, Alchemist produced the PS3 ports of both the question and answer arcs with updated art.

Thanks @paulnamida Happy Easter! Oh wow...doujin means amateur right? Is it common to get a manga/an anime adaptation of your game when you're in a doujin group?

It's most definitely NOT common,but as they say, people will buy it as long as it's interesting, and some doujin circles can turn that into reality, see ZUN and the Touhou series, or Type-Moon and the Nasuverse (Tsukihime and Fate series mostly). There's smaller examples as well, like some doujin manga being picked up for official publication like Tawawa on Monday which started with the author just uploading art in twitter/pixiv and self-publishing them as artbooks at Comiket. This is a lot more common than getting the full mixed media treatment.


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Has the previous student council president really appeared in the anime?
According to the fandom, while the guy's manga debut is Chapter 121, the guy's anime debut episode is actually episode 17, which adapts Chapter 36, Chapter 63, Chapter 64 and Chapter 66...meaning the anime did something different from the manga...
Was the guy really there? Which part?

The wiki for the character mentions "(Cameo)" and the "Trivia" section on episode 17 shows that he's at the bottom-right corner...

OH WOW THANKS Aki Tanaka ♦. Ok it's like this:
1 - It says in trivia for episode 17

The shot of Chika leading the student body in singing the school anthem features a large number of recognizable characters in it, all of whom are properly ordered according to their grade and class.

In the episode you don't see their faces. You're supposed to recognise them from their accessories or something.

But it's the guy on the bottom right:

In the fandom there's an image that identifies them

And yeah on the bottom right:


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How can Inoichi talk to everyone during the ninja war
I remember Inoichi can talk to everyone using his ability. How did they do it? Does the devices involved in amplifying his ability? The bubble shaped and the helmet like device? Also he can use Shikaku to talk to all people during the war. Can someone explain? Thanks

Members of the Yamanaka clan have an ability called Mind-Body Transmission Technique, and during the great ninja war, Inoichi uses a variant of this to communicate with ninja on the battlefield via telepathy.

The Devices
Inoichi requires a chakra transmission communication device in order to utilize the mind-body transmission technique:

While not necessary for Ino, Inoichi required the aid of a device to make use of this technique. He was also prone to overexert himself as keeping up a connection with the entire Allied Shinobi Forces for more than ten seconds caused him to suffer a nosebleed.

The Bubble
The bubble we see Inoichi make with Ao is a sensing water sphere combined with sensing barrier a which is utilized to detect enemy chakra signatures:

His first act within the war, was to set up a barrier with Ao with which the Sensor Division could use to monitor the battlefields from headquarters.

Shikaku
The moments we see Inoichi interacting with Shikaku are not to supplement the mind-body transmission technique, but rather to transmit Shikaku's thoughts to the ninja on the battlefield:

When headquarters needed to get in contact with Darui, Inoichi used a variant of his telepathy by placing his hand on Shikaku's forehead but told him he could not hold the connection for long. Nevertheless, this allows Shikaku himself to telepathically contact Darui, Ino, Shikamaru and Chōji, where he told them of his strategy to seal Kinkaku.

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Where can I read plot summaries for each chapter of the Umineko manga, specifically Umineko Chiru the answer arcs? Or for the VNs?
For the Umineko anime, of course you can see the plot previews on wikipedia. The plot summaries for the anime are all in the fandom. Just click on episode title, and voila.
For manga, there's a list on the fandom, but...
While there are plot summaries for, like, Legend of the Golden Witch Manga Volume 1: All Chapters 1-5, there doesn't seem to be any for the answer arcs eg End of the Golden Witch: See here for VN and here for manga.

Why do you need summaries in the first place? There's no obligation to provide abridged versions of the series. Summaries and synopsis of these type of media often gloss over or leave out key details and context and are as reliable or unreliable as the writer makes themselves out to be. The complete VN is available for purchase download online. It's as a good of a place to start as any. Even if time is an issue, remember that time is whatever you make of it.

@кяαzєя I just figured they were lying about some place that I couldn't find. There are such summaries for the heavily criticised anime adaptation. Why not for the manga/VNs?

I found something on tvtropes Umineko Visual Novels : the Live But Delayed Blogination by user Jhiday. This I believe covers Arcs 1 to 7.


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Who is taller, Kaguya or Kei?
I guess Kei Shirogane is shorter than Kaguya based on the following from S01E08

But it could be that Kei is taller than Kaguya based on the following from S02E02

This question and https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66626/what-is-the-height-of-kei-shirogane/66769 are extremely similar in nature. If you wish to ask a question about character heights in general please choose one of your questions and edit the scope. Comparing character heights does not necessarily distinguish it from another. One of them will be closed due to how closely they overlap with one another.

Oh at least in the anime Kei and Kaguya are the same height of 158cm or 5'2.2".

Source: https://twitter.com/mazacon_ha_saka/status/1520315594402562048


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What does "Eat this!" mean in Gurenn Lagann?
In the final battle of Gurren Lagann, during the famous "My drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens" scene, Simon upgrades his drill into an extra large drill. He raises the big drill over his head and shouts "Eat this!" and then uses it to attack. The baddie does not like this and shouts "Never!". Then they fight.
I wonder what is the Japanese version of that line? I presume the English was chosen to match the tone rather than the literal meaning. What is the literal translation of the Japanese back into English? Is this a common thing to say in anime before doing a sicknasty and also super cool finisher move?

Surprisingly, the translation is accurate in both a literal and figurative sense. His line is 「くらえ」 or "kurae", which literally translates to "Eat it!", and is also used to mean "Take that!" when you strike at someone. It derives from 食らう (or its variant 喰らう), a verb meaning "to eat", although if you're studying Japanese you'll usually encounter 食べる (taberu) first.


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How much does manga art/illustration differ from anime illustration?
I read a comment in a forum somewhere like 'I want to read the manga specifically instead of just watch the anime adaptation because I want enjoy the illustration of [insert the manga illustrator's name].'
Are they really that different in general? Please provide examples.
Based on examples from my previous questions (see here, here and here), they don't seem to be very different. I recall even like the Death Note and Bakuman manga seem to be about the same...
Sure when it comes to writing, the anime and manga can be very different like I heard for The Promised Neverland and Umineko. But art?

Could you elaborate a bit on what exactly you want to know here? Anime and Manga or 2 different types of media, each with their unique styles and techniques. There might be some overlap in required skill set, but it's different expertise's all together. Comparing all forms off animation versus all forms of illustration would be far too broad.

Did you mean like the rotoscoping in Aku no Hana? It depends on the anime studio and its art direction.

@Dimitrimx Like why read the manga specifically for art when ostensibly the art for manga vs art for anime looks about the same? Note the key word here is ostensibly. (Reading the manga instead of the anime for the plot is obvious.) Maybe I should clarify that I'm a n00b in anime/manga.

That would be up to the readers/watchers preference. Similar to how people prefer books over movies, or comics over series etc etc. As a question that could only be answered with opinions, which wouldn't be on-topic

@AkiTanaka I forgot that anime already. I don't think I finished it. But what was the issue there, they rotoscoped and so it ended up very different from manga? But in general...anime just isn't drawn like that right?

@Dimitrimx My intention is to clarify the specific assumption 'the art for manga vs art for anime looks about the same'

I think you're interpreting it backward. While generally the art style for anime/manga adaptation tries to look similar, there are always exceptions. Another example is Monogatari Series which was animated by Shaft, but manga adapted by Ogure Ito (Air Gear's mangaka)

This questions seems way too broad and I'm not sure if it should be answered here, but I'll make some assumptions & try to clarify in a more technical way than opinion. The term art here can mean a lot of things after all.
(I think none of these are spoilery but lemme know if something needs to be edited)
Differentiating between anime & manga, anime is an animated medium that involves a huge staff roll to produce, and in it the main ones regarding art/animation include character designers (for the exact look they'll have in-anime), key animators, background artists, and the in-between animators. When people judge anime art/quality they can be referring to any of these areas among others. When comparing adaptations to manga they'll often be comparing character design and key animation or storyboarding (how the scene flowed). In some cases they're almost identical (more common for action/shounen adaptations coz fans expect the same thing just animated & changing things can have huge backlash) while in others the anime has a noticeably or entirely different art style (more common if the original source material wasn't a manga).

Naruto looks the same

Tokyo Ghoul is very different
The key animators are usually responsible for the impact of key scenes that e.g. the reader of the manga would be excited to see animated, them usually being the only well known names on the artist credit list.
Manga on the other hand is largely made by a single artist (sometimes with a few assistants) who may or may not be the author, and their art refers not only to how they draw pictures but also their panels & page composition. This creates a certain tone and flow to those scenes that can sometimes differ a lot in adaptations.
Key Differences
Detail
Since manga is mostly static images across maybe two dozen pages artists have more freedom to add a lot of detail to each illustration or character design compared to the 7000+ frames needed for an anime episode. This isn't necessarily common but many manga artists are known for their insane level of detail for everything from vast background landscapes to impactful character poses & environment destruction the likes of which only a few anime studios have the capacity for animating. Others might have a unique visual style that utilizes the monochrome ink style of manga pages. For animated adaptations these character designs and environment details will often be simplified or changed to suit the colourful animated medium.

Soloist of the Prison

One Punch Man: going digital allows even more detailed rendering
Styles & technique
There are basically an infinite number of styles & techniques (anyone can make one) but there are standard ones for different mediums. Since manga is static monochrome images artists often use ink shading techniques like crosshatching and line techniques that give the image texture rarely ever seen in the usually flat cell-shaded anime art, and it also usually looks more dynamic. In anime the primary method of shading is picking a primary tone, then a shadow tone and maybe a highlight tone and filling in the lineart. The simplicity is often better for clarity & smoothness when things are moving around (you'll notice most anime movies have simpler shading than anime but better animation) but makes lots of anime look the same.

Vagabond

One Punch Man
Visual narrative
Maybe the biggest piece of the puzzle for some is the fundamental difference between the mediums which is in how they visually tell a story. Anime being in video format the visual narrative largely depends on the storyboarding and editing, where a shot can be stretch or cut short depending on how impactful or significant it can is (worth the screen time?) and how much clarity is needed for the viewers to follow it. In manga the main point of creativity is in how panels are arranged on the page, the most creative authors have few barriers in how they can use it and it's a pretty unique experience to manga as far as I've seen

Vagabond
This is often where the genius of a manga author lies, and I think it's also what's lost in translation the most in adaptations as they have different tools to work with. Manga manipulates space. Anime manipulates time. The artwork is more important in manga.
Conclusion
Mind you this isn't an anime or manga is better kinda subject IMO, manga has very little to work with and is a fiercely competitive industry so of course the top manga will have to have top-class art to get attention and then the story/narrative to attract readers. Anime has a lot more avenues to be appealing and different studios/teams excel at different things. And when you're a fan of a certain artist you just love to see any work from them which is enough reason to go for a manga. Most of it is preference but if you're e.g. an art fanatic you'd go for the medium that focuses on artwork and vice versa for animation fanatics, or both.
As someone who just enjoys art, one of my fave things about manga is the freedom to look at any particular moment as much as you want. You control the pacing and when you turn the page and find a very impactful image you can just breath it in which increases the impact, while in anime it controls the pacing.
For more into manga art I can recommend this video by Mother's Basement
For more into anime art & animation I can recommend the YouTube channel The Canipa Effect (can't add any more links atm)
Was hoping to keep it shorter but alas

Ok Mugtaba G. To clarify please in general they're usually the same?  'While generally the art style for anime/manga adaptation tries to look similar' - Aki Tanaka ♦ (Note: I didn't just scan your answer. I also skimmed!)

@BCLC Not sure what you mean by in general, it's really a case by case basis (depends on what gets adapted) and genre – shounen is usually very similar, Shounen Jump is the best selling stuff and it's worth going all out for adaptations. And like I tried to explain the term art is quite broad but for the most part they're fundamentally different. About your quote I'd say what studios usually try to keep as close as possible is the character designs & *overall style but flat cell-shading limits how unique frames from diff shows can look (e.g. look at a megami magazine art collection)

Even between different seasons of the same show the art sometimes changes, but is still recognizable, i.e. similar. One Punch Man season 1 was much more similar to the manga than season 2 (diff studios, same character designs, different artists & animators) @BCLC

ok thanks. Re 2nd comment - oh yeah there's even The Quintessential Quintuplets, Attack on Titan, etc.

Depends on the art direction of the anime. Sometimes they go for being close to the Manga style. Sometimes they do not.
And sometimes the anime is just a very cheaply made weekly product on a cash cow franchise, like One Piece, where you will notice that the Manga has just a much higher quality than the anime, especially in the later (700+) episodes. This is both because the mangaka got better at his job and Toei not really bothering anymore, since it's already popular anyway.
Either way, if the mangaka had any type of unique style, that is usually lost when translated to anime, unless the art direction makes an effort to stay true to the original.
It's a joke image and the original of Youjo Senki is the Light Novel, but here you have your picture:

On the other hand, Made in Abyss is considered to be a really good conversion, but still, here are differences:

Ok thanks Ocean but in general...they're about the same? 'While generally the art style for anime/manga adaptation tries to look similar' -  Aki Tanaka ♦

Art in anime adaptations is generally simplified compared to the source manga (even more so from a light novel where each volume has only a handful of sometimes very detailed illustrations) due to needing to be drawn and coloured multiple times a second consistently by multiple people within tight time constraints and to a budget. How much these designs differ is entirely case-by-case depending on how detailed or unique the original art is, the anime budget, and also stylistic choices* etc.
Anime all have a character designer who is almost always** a different person to the original artist (who will be credited as キャラクター原案, usually translated as “original character design”) and is also often the chief animation director and is responsible for adapting the designs and creating character layout sheets (settei) that the other animators refer to:

As you can see these feature solid lines and shapes. Most manga art is black & white and shaded using one or multiple of a variety of methods from pencil shading to ink hatching to applying screentone. Anime on the other hand (while there are some that apply a digital texture, notably Gankutsuou) are largely done as blocks of solid colour formerly painted onto the backs of the animation cels but now done digitally using a paint bucket tool.  There will be a dedicated colour designer who creates colour versions of the character settei for the colouring team to refer to:

* there are some anime that in my personal opinion actually improve on the manga art, like Erased
** A rare exception is Mahouka, where they had an Ishida Kana, an animator by trade, do the novel illustrations and she went on to be the character designer for the anime also.

Thanks Shiroi Hane. Actually the Ishida Kana thing should be more than a footnote based on my original context for asking.


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Why is Myne's name spelled as both Myne and Main by different sources?
I've seen the anime spell Myne's name as Main in the credits and such, but the light novels use Myne. Why is this? Where does this name even come from?

As per Shaymin Gratitude, the katakana マイン when transliterated directly would be Main. This spelling can be seen in the cypher text used in the manga and anime and was used in the English subtitles on Crunchyroll.
The translator of the light novel and manga (Quof), however, has stated that the author herself chose the spelling “Myne” which is why it is used in the English books:

Myne's name is a bit of a special case wherein I didn't ask for permission for a certain spelling; instead, I asked flat-out "How should I spell her name in English?" and listed some possibilities such as Maine, Maïne and Myne (since back then the fact the fan TL went with Maïne was actually a point of contention, and I was unsure of what was intended to begin with). The author responded to use Myne. She actually mentions this on her blog with her reasoning:
https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/372556/blogkey/2269579/index.php?p=2

Quof has further expanded on the discrepancy (on the J-Novel club subscriber forums):

The documents with that name are purely the work of the anime / manga artists, with the letters themselves having been made up by the manga artist on her own. The name itself is just a 1:1 copy of the romaji (マイン -> main) with no more thought to it than that. It's not a reflection of Main being the proper or intended romanization of her name, it's just a reflection of the anime/manga staff working off the direct romanization since it's the easiest thing for them. Miya Kazuki herself asked for me to use Myne and makes sure it's spelled Myne in Japanese media where she can, after all. The spelling in the fantasy language is just something that slipped through the cracks.

The author's reasoning for Myne's name is explained in the Q and A of the official fanbook.

Q: What was your inspiration for Urano Motosu's name? Also, I see [...] come up in a list of German names, but not "Myne". What was that based on?
A: "Urano Motosu" is a Japanese pun that means "all books should belong to me." For the English localization, I chose the name "Myne" from a list of possible romanizations the translator sent me. It comes from the English "mine," meaning "belonging to me," and the German "main," as in "main character."

Myne's name is spelled like this in Japanese Katakana: マイン. The symbols correlate to the English ma, i, and n, but would be pronounced more like the word "mine" rather than "main", because English is weird. It seems the author actually had both of these words in mind when choosing the name though. Spelling it as Myne helps readers differentiate it from these English words.

As for why the translations might use different spellings, this can happen because the translators aren't given an official romanisation and have to make a decision themselves, and there's no guarantee they'll make the same decision across different translator groups and different media. The translators of the anime, in particular, are often under tight deadlines and don't have a direct line of contact to the author (it would be something like translator -> localisation production company -> anime production committee -> publisher -> author), so they just make a call and maybe fix it later.


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Would a human touching an angel cause an impact?
Like the title says, but let me clear up the question a bit.
If a human (lilin) comes into contact with any of the 13 angels (adam), would an impact start? From my understanding, it would, as the angels are Adam's children, and humans are Lilith's children. If something like this can happen, then touching an Evangelion born from Adam would cause an impact, right?
Is this explained anywhere in the manga, anime or movies? I can't seem to remember anything relating to this topic.

No, nothing would happen.
This can be seen with Eva Unit 01’s (a Lilith-based lifeform) fusion with material from the Fourteenth Angel (Adam-based lifeform). Same thing with Kaworu (albeit in a Lilin body, touching Shinji). Same thing with the Adam embryo (albeit missing the soul) on Gendo's hand.
It was implied that simple contact doesn’t result in an impact. What happened in the Contact Experiment with Adam, aka the Second Impact, is unclear, along with who the donor of the DNA for Kaworu Lilin body is from (Rei's is Shinji's mother).


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Are the two music notes a reference?
In episode 2 of Idolish7, 11:08 the following two music notes appeared as the background where two main character talks in chibi form. The character on the right is embarrassed and walks away. Is the background music score a reference to something?

The 2 notes (G D) are read as sore, meaning "that" in Japanese. This coincides with Nagi's dialog, "sore o shinpai to iu no de wa?", emphasizing whether Iori was actually worried about Tsumugi.
The last symbol "D.C." is da capo which means "from the beginning". This might imply "to go back to handing the fliers", which was what they were doing currently.


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Is Juliet Persia Japanese? Or at least Japanese speaking?
(Like this: Questions about nationalities and languages in Death Note)
Haven't watched Boarding School Juliet. I just saw a recap (Leaders Of Rival Dorms Are In A Forbidden Relationship) of it. Apparently Juliet Persia 'is the only daughter of the Persia household, a high ranking noble family from the West'. So I guess Juliet isn't Japanese? Or what?
But Juliet actually is speaking Japanese? Or what? (Like this: Why doesn't Kallen or Suzaku recognise Lelouch's voice when Lelouch speaks as Zero? Is Lelouch's Japanese perhaps that good?)

frdsTM from reddit says here:

It's pretty safe to assume that, at least Persia and Inuzuka are
bilingual.
I forgot which manga chapter but Persia does indeed can read the
in-universe "Japanese" language. Inuzuka can also read "English".
Also IIRC, in the school there is also no one in both houses who can't
speak to each other. So it's kinda safe to assume everyone is also
bilingual. Or maybe at least have a universal language they use in the
school (but this is never acknowledged).

and

Another thing to note is that in the example I given (Chapter 20 page
17), in context was them giving somewhat secret messages. You might
even imply there is a third language they used in school, but in
secret they speak in-universe "English"/"Japanese". But I think that's
reaching and more likely they just chose one of the two language as
the universal language.

The two main countries in play in the series are the West Duchy which resembles Europe, with a Monarchy and Aristocracy, and Touwa which resembles older Japanese society. While they resemble contemporary countries, they are not set within current world boundaries and should not be compared as such, so the Death Note comparison is moot. While the language they speak in the show is Japanese, it is not actually Japanese they are speaking.
For narrative purposes the dialogue is conveyed in Japanese, but the characters aren't actually speaking Japanese but some other common language. This is a common trope, much like how in dubbed anime the characters may be speaking the dubbed language but they maybe speaking a passage from a Japanese book. Or a particular character having difficulty with English despite the dubbed dialogue bring in English.

Ok thanks but 1 - 'While they resemble contemporary countries, they are not set within current world boundaries and should not be compared as such, so the Death Note comparison is moot.' --> Well, what about Code Geass? 2 - Anyway, I guess West Duchy and Touwa don't necessarily have the same national language, but anyway whenever 2 characters A and B talk to each other, they are not necessarily speaking the same language as when, say, A talks to another character C right?

Code geass is code geass, they are set in an alternate history world that resembles the real world that's explicitly part of it's setting. That is not the case with this series. You are making and apples to oranges comparison here.

A common language is implied. What it is is not elaborated in the world building. Why because the two faction are at war with each other. It's implied that neither would use the other's native language as it would make them appear subservient to the other.

Re code geass: Ok whatever. It doesn't have to be 'english' that lelouch speaks. but the native language of britannia surely isn't the same as the native language of japan right? I mean, you don't really think code geass has only 1 language do you? Same with death note or boarding school juliet. Anyhoo how do you know Gasai it's necessarily a common language when they come from different countries?

It's a literary trope based on lingua franca. It's commonly used in speculative fiction as a means to bridge linguistical gaps. I suggest that you take some time to familiarize your self with the concept. Different series use it in different ways based on the author. It's not reasonable to treat them as if they were part of some shared universe with shared fundamentals.


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Why does Yor call Anya as Anya-san instead of Anya-chan?
In this pretend family, Yor is Anya's step-mom even though in a way Loid is like Anya's step-father in adopting Anya. I guess this is why Yor calls Anya as Anya-san? Idk.

Being a 'normal mother' isn't something Yor knows how to do. She lacked social and interpersonal skills. She was shown to be insecure about herself and her abilities, believing she is not good at anything apart from killing or cleaning. At the start of the series, she knew that her family is false and didn't have strong personal ties beforehand**. She considered Anya as her stepchild instead of her biological child. That's why, she acknowledged Anya as Anya-san.
Secondly, she is very polite. Her dialogues are very formal, even when addressing towards Anya. Hence, she keeps the -san honorific. She doesn't change the honorific at the later part of series also.
**Despite all of this, she is a genuinely kind person with a strong maternal instincts. After becoming a family with Loid and Anya, Yor becomes more expressive and opens up to her coworkers, asking for help on being a better wife or cooking. She is protective of her faux family, especially towards Anya whom she has no trouble defending with extreme violence.
Reference

Spy x Family: Yor Isn't Your Typical Mom - And That's What Makes Her the Best
Yor Forger - Fandom
Why does Yor say Anya-san instead of Anya-chan? - Reddit post

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Full question about Loid-san: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/67028/why-does-yor-call-loid-as-loid-san-when-with-others


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Which chapter of the webcomic does Season 2 of One Punch Man anime end in?
Supposedly the last episode of the 2nd season of One Punch Man anime is based on Chapters 83-84 of the manga. But how about the webcomic?
Which chapter of the webcomic does Season 2 of One Punch Man anime end in?

As you said, the last episode of the second season of One Punch Man is based on Chapters 83-84 of the manga.
With that information, you can easily Google to check the OPM Wikia:

The webcomic chapter is #54.
The Wikia shows you which episode is based on which manga chapter and webcomic chapter. You can also use this site to check for the details in a different order too.


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Why does Yor call Loid as Loid-san when with others?
I thought it was part of Yor's politeness trope, but this is what ConMan said:

To each other, probably just Loid-san. When I said she would call him anata, I was thinking more in the situations where they need to play up their relationship in front of others, like Yor's brother.

I checked again the 1st episode and indeed Yor does call Loid as Loid-san in front of people.
Guess: Maybe it was a mistake on Yor's part because Yor needed Loid to pretend to be a boyfriend but then Loid made a mistake in the 1st place in saying that Loid was Yor's husband instead?
Or idk is it a common thing in Japan for spouses to call each other -san?

Normally, firstname-san would require some kind of relationship between the speaker and the addressed (e.g. wife and husband).

So ConMan is wrong?
Also I checked S01E08 when Yuri (Yor's brother) actually DOES show up. Yor says explicitly: 'I just call him Loid-san.'
Note: I'm adding the Japan tag based on this, this and this.

I don't understand why this kind of questions get downvotes...

@JimmyYang see Is it ok to overanalyze an anime?

It may be partly due to Yor's politeness, but it is perfectly common for a husband and a wife to call each other by first name-san.
According to a poll, it is the second commonest from wife to husband and the commonest from husband to wife. The bold one is FN-san.

Q.家の中で、ご主人のことをどのように呼んでいますか？ (How do you call Husband)
ニックネーム　39.0％（649名）
名前にさん・くんなどを付ける　34.8％（579名）
名前を呼び捨て　14.5％（241名）
パパ・お父さんなど　4.9％（81名）
ねい、おい、おまえなど　3.2％（53名）
あなた　1.2％（20名）
その他　2.4％（40名）

Q.家の中で、ご主人にどのように呼ばれていますか？ (How are you called by Husband)
名前にちゃん・さんを付ける　32.2％（536名）
名前を呼び捨て　30.4％（505名）
ニックネーム　27.0％（449名）
ママ・お母さんなど　3.8％（64名）
ねえ、おい、おまえなど　2.8％（47名）
あなた　1.5％（25名）
その他　2.2％（37名）

In Japan, it is legally not (yet) possible for a married couple to have different surnames, so using last name is generally out of question (even though it may happen due to the pre-marriage habit in individual cases). Considering the manga is written in Japanese, using first name-san between Yor and Loid is simply a normal choice.

Wait...is there a way we can break down that poll between the san and the kun? For all we know it's 30% kun and 2.2 or 4.8% san?

@BCLC No, I think it aggregates kun/san/chan. Generally it is usually about the age. FN-san will be for all ages, but kun/chan for younger couples. I feel it odd if 40+ year olds call each other by kun/chan though there may exist such couples. Note that today people get married for the first time in Japan around 30.

oohhhhh thanks that makes a lot of sense. depends on what age they get married eg at 25 vs at 35 and in the case of loid and yor they got married in what late 20s mid 30s and that's (partly) why yor calls loid as loid-san (in front of others as well as in private) ?

@BCLC It is more like just a default, considering how they met. Using chan/kun would look too friendly. Their character being generally modest may play a role, too.

ok makes a lot of sense. thanks sundowner. Please consider editing that into your answer.


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Do new Japanese step-siblings or new step-siblings in Japan often change their last name?
From here. Mizuto Irido's dad Mineaki Irido married Yuni Ayai who is the mom of Yume Ayai. Yuni's last name changed from Ayai to Irido. For some reason Yume Ayai became Yume Irido too.
Is it common for children of the matriarch (well assuming heterosexual marriages) to change their last names too?

Generally, yes, children's last names will be changed when the parent gets married again. Legally it doesn't seem to be obligatory (children can keep the old surname).
Suppose a female A(Sato) married B(Tanaka) and had a child, left B with the child, and marries C(Suzuki). The default for the child's surname would change from Tanaka to Sato to Suzuki.
Source: This asks if anyone gets married again with their child's name unchanged, which suggests the opposite is considered normal to an extent. I don't see any statistics how often people change last names because of parents' remarriage.


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Which anime was the first to feature energy blasts?
A lot of animes feature characters capable of firing energy blasts (Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Punch Man, Fairy Tail, etc.) But which was the first one?
Which anime was the first to feature energy blasts?

While this question is on-topic, "energy blasts" is an extremely vague description of what you're requesting

@Wondercricket I think that if other sci fi / anime websites are trying to tackle this question (not giving a first anime, but a list of all of  energy attacks in anime, manga, comics, science fiction, videogames etc.) we should be able to do the same here. https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Energy_Blast

This is based on this post and this discussion on origin of kamehame-ha.
There are several possible precursors mentioned.

Ultra man's spacium beam (video) Neither anime nor manga. 1966.
Spaceship Yamato's canon (video)  1974. The "charge the energy and fire" scheme is similar.
Cobra's psycho gun. 1978. This says it turns Cobra's spiritual power into energy.
Hokuto shinken's several killing(?) techniques. 1983. In particular 北斗剛掌波 and 天破活殺.  Both use kind of invisible power to attack opponents. The influence of Hokuto no ken is seemingly acknowledged by Dragon ball author.

In the discussion linked above, it is also mentioned that Dragon Ball(1984) may be the first to express the energy blast as a beam emitting from human body, rather than a shot or some invisible wave.

Looks like a good answer. Let's wait some time to see if someone else find an earlier anime and if not, it will be accepted

@Pablo Also it is noted that razor kind of thing in American comic may be much earlier (like superman in the page you linked in the comment to OP).

"Energy blasts" are actual Chi/Qi blasts and are copied from Chinese wuxia stories. If not the first, Dragon Ball definitely popularized the concept.
The entirety of Dragon Ball is mostly just a very, very loose adaption of "Journey to the West" (16th century Chinese literature). The concept of Qi and Qi attacks was directly copied from there.
Qi isn't only used for attack and defense, it is also used to sense opponents, so you can fight them blindly or sense them on the other side of the planet, so you know where they are as long as they do not hide their Qi and as long as you are strong enough to sense far away enough.
An earlier anime that copied the Chinese martial arts concept is Hokuto no Ken. But not sure if this had the Qi blasts, too.
But the concept is lifted from classical Chinese literature.

All though informative, this does not really seem to answer the question OP asks. Which is, Which is the first anime to feature energy blasts, or given the context of your answer, qi blasts.

@Dimitrimx The source of the trope is ancient Chinese literature. Dragon Ball popularized the concept. I cannot pinpoint the first anime that made use of this. 1970s mecha anime also had attacks that could be described as energy blasts, but those were made by a weapon, not by a human. If I had to make a guess, I'd point at the 1926 animation "Journey to the West" as the first "anime" that did this, though I never saw that one, so who knows.


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What does the lie have got to do with April?
What does the lie in Your Lie in April have to do with April?

The Japanese academic year runs from April to March of the following year. Your Lie in April opens in April, at the start of the school year, and that's the point when Kaori tells the lie.


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Miyuki and Kaguya flashbacks - Anything after Ch121 / S03E09?
After Ch121 / S0309, what chapters show flashbacks of interactions between Kaguya and Miyuki Shirogane before the 1st chapter / episode?

Manga spoilers
Ch 146 (page 10-11)
Ch 147 (page 9-13)
Ch 150 (page 11)
Ch 151 (page 9, 15)
Ch 193 (with Kaguya's POV of repeated flashback)

Compiled by Ok-Cod5254 here.


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Is Moeha the 2nd person Kaguya has addressed by 1st name only?
I ask here about how in S03E10, Kaguya addresses Moeha (Chika Fujiwara's imouto) by 1st name only after previously, in S02E02,
A - expressing reluctance to do the same for Kei (Miyuki Shirogane's imouto) and
B - addressing Moeha as Moeha-san.

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This is the 1st time I've ever called someone by their 1st name only. - Kaguya about calling Kei Shirogane by 1st name.

Question: Is Moeha the 2nd person Kaguya has addressed by 1st name only?

It's probably the on-screen case, but I think it's N/A because it's likely a temporary change based on the reasons for why Kaguya calls Moeha without the -san. See here and here. Comment by sundowner:

Yes, I think it is likely to be temporary. Moeha is used just because of the nature of what Kaguya tells Moeha.


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Why does Chika call Miyuki as 'kun' (not 'san') but Kaguya 'san' (not 'chan')? (Re anime s2 and live action 1st movie)
Chika Fujiwara calls Miyuki Shirogane as Miyuki-kun during the brief periods in s2 and the 1st live action that Miyuki isn't president. However, for the entire anime, manga and live action movies last I checked Chika calls Kaguya Shinomiya as Kaguya-san instead of, say, Kaguya-chan.
What I understand is:

Early on it's that Kaguya and Chika are the ones who are friends initially and then everyone else in the student council are just 'colleagues' with each other.

I guess this is seen in that they all call each other by last name, regardless of the honorific (shoki, kaikei, san, kun, senpai), except when they call Miyuki 'kaichou' and except Chika to Kaguya (and then apparently Miyuki too).

Given these I'd expect either Chika calls Kaguya as Kaguya-chan or that Chika calls Miyuki as Miyuki-san, Shirogane-kun or Shirogane-san. Instead Chika appears to afford more respect to Kaguya than Miyuki (san instead of kun) and has the same level of familiarity (both 1st name).
Question:
So why Miyuki-kun?
Guess:
Is this some joke related to how the times Chika has helped Miyuki eg volleyball, singing, etc like Chika is Miyuki's mom ? Here's what I read on tvtropes:

Fujiwara and Shirogane (...) odd mother-and-son sort of relationship (...) comes back to help Shirogane improve no matter how inept he is at the current subject. Moreover, Fujiwara started the manga with the utmost respect for Shirogane, but after seeing how flawed he truly is, now treats him only slightly better than Ishigami, which is more or less exactly what Shirogane expected to happen should Kaguya learn the truth as well.

I guess this would make sense. Chika calls Yuu Ishigami as Ishigami-kun. So, Chika would call Miyuki as either Miyuki-kun or Shirogane-kun. I think it's Miyuki-kun because they've become pretty close friends in the 1st season (while Yuu and Chika haven't really).

Maybe related:
Why does Naegi call Togami "kun" and Aoi "san"?
How relevant is gender in comparing last name-kun/chan compare to 1st name-san?
How does last name-kun/chan compare to 1st name-san?

Re: kun for Shirogane, girls will call boys in the same grade with -kun, if honorific is ever used at all. As you guessed, it could be a factor that Chika is in 'instructing' position towards Shirogane.
As for Kaguya-san, it is again mostly a default choice, or at least, use of -chan or -san or just-by-name (among teen girls) is just a personal choice and in this case, that is the choice of the author. Use of san may suggest that Kaguya had such an atmosphere that she is not easily approachable (making -chan too friendly). But I guess this is a bit overthinking.

I don't really mind the -san actually. I just thought if Kaguya is -san then Miyuki should be -san as well. so yeah "As you guessed, it could be a factor that Chika is in 'instructing' position towards Shirogane." thanks! (also hell. my daily vote limit is reached. shall upvote later.)


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2 versions of The Quintessential Quintuplets where Nino's eyes are coloured differently (S02E10)
I happened to obtain 2 separate versions of The Quintessential Quintuplets and I noticed in S02E10 when Nino wants to group up with Fuutarou, Nino's eyes are coloured differently...
Question: What's up with this? It's been pointed out to me that 1 is probably an error that was later fixed. But which is the error, and why?
Version 1: Nino's eyes are dark blue.

Version 2: Nino's eyes are baby blue.

I'm guessing it's unlike the 2 versions of Umineko...

In case relevant:
In both versions of the anime, Nino's eyes are baby blue a few seconds later when Nino says 'Stay out of this, Fuu-kun.'

In the coloured manga, Nino's eyes are just dark blue

What's the color of her eyes in other episodes?

@Michael the usual dark blue?

I swear this exact question has been asked before. Did you delete it and repost it? Or am I just experiencing deja vu?

@F1Krazy It was forcefully deleted and then I reposted it.

It's really not a good idea to repost deleted questions, but without any context, I'm not going to push the issue any further.

@F1Krazy 'It's really not a good idea to repost deleted questions' --> Why? Note they are auto deleted not deleted by moderators. Forgot to mention that.

The 2nd one is probably a mistake. The quints' eyes are all ultramarine blue but would become periwinkle blue when they are in a surprise or suddenly excited mode. The abrupt mood change of Nino in this scene should happen after she has suddenly stood up. So, the first version is consistent with the setting while the 2nd is less consistent.
Examples where the quints' eyes change their color.

S2E5
before

when Uesugi approached her

S2E5
before

when her dad said the reason is his hatred

S2E7
before

when Uesugi asked her reason to shop in a store far from her apartment

S2E7
before

when Uesugi asked whom she had a crush on

S2E8
before

when Uesugi checked her thigh for bruise under the kimono