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Is namekian fusion stronger than potara fusion?
Since Universe 6 lost their potara earrings, and the 2 warriors left are namekians, and it would seem they might eventually fuse considering Champa tells them "you know what you have to do, don't you?" and they say "leave it to us, Champa sama" "We will defeat Universe 7" which would be a very optimistic thought if they rely in their current power level only which is close to Piccoro or Gohan, if they eventually fuse, how much stronger could they become? is namekian fusion stronger than potara fusion?

Correct me if I am wrong, but considering Champa's actions, words and behaviour so far I am pretty sure that he was trying to tell them to not lose. Which could either indicate to destroying the enemies (which seems very unlikely) or waiting it out. I think he meant waiting it out since it was said in earlier episodes that if at the end of the time multiple universes have warriors left then the one with the most warriors would win. Considering their power level + max power level with any given form of boost they wouldn't come close to Kefla. Even if they used Potara earrings. This is because of the fact that they have a fixed power level due to not having saiyan blood. They can power up a little with a ki boost, but nothing close to super saiyan.
Champa is no fool. He sure as hell acts dumb and crazy but his decisions are spot on and based on the current situation. That's why he told Kale and Califa to attack instead of hiding when their power levels were raising in order to destroy Goku. Their initial strategy was to wait it out and hope to be the universe with the most numbers at the end of the tournament after Hit was fallen. But Potara happened which drove Goku to UI. The 2 Namekians will never even reach the power level of SSJ2 Goku when they fuse. With Potara they might be able to force Goku to use SSG, but they can't boost themself more and more like a saiyan, so they will stay at that level while Goku keeps evolving.
Champa knows this as well based on what he had seen. He can be pretty sly as well so he might want them to use nasty strategies in order to reduce the enemy numbers. But it is either this or waiting it out. He definitely didn't mean to tell them to fight as that would mean the loss of his universe due to Jiren and Goku still being alive. Even with depleted stamina Goku requires only a couple of taks in order to recover again to use UI. This is based on the time that passed in the tournament (not episodes) between the first and second UI. Champa knowing this as well would not tell his warriors to fight against such a threat.
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I just noticed that I had never answered your question and was simply just explaining the situation. The answer is no. Namekian fusion isn't stronger than Potara. Based on Piccolo x Nail fusion with the power levels before and after we can conclude that this formula is fusion power = (A+B)*7(raw estimate). Potara earrings scale far bigger and are known as the strongest type of fusion. When Vegito was introduced in DBZ we could see that it was far stronger than SSJ3 Goku. SSJ3 in general has a rough multiplier of x400 (some sources say x1000) from the base form. Since we have to consider Vegeta as well in the fusion we can conclude that the actual multiplier is at least x100 with Potara earrings. I couldn't find any credible source to explain the multiplier but based on before and after scenes and known multiplier for SSJ states we can give a raw estimate. Anyway Potara is far stronger than a namekian fusion. The most reasonable formula that I found for it was baseform A x baseform B. Some others said that it draws out max potentional achieved by each user and multiplies that by 400. But these aren't official sources.
So all in short, no, Namekian fusion isn't stronger than Potara fusion.

I agree with you that for what we've seen up to know, namekian fusion isnt as strong as potara fusion. But Dragon Ball writers have a habit of ignoring things like that to keep the story going and I feel like this might be one of those situations

So I'll wait a little until Universe 6 gets eliminated to see if this is the case or not, or I could be accepting a wrong answer

I completely agree with you. So far all Namekians fusions matched the formula, but in super plenty of things were changed slightly and majorily so waiting it out will most likely indeed proof me right or wrong... that if they will fuse at all (I hope they will).

Firstly, Gohan seems to be stronger than the two Namekians as he was fighting in his base form and his mystic/ultimate form makes him significantly stronger and might very likely bring his power probably to the same leve as Kale and maybe even close to the level of android 17.What Champa was trying to say was that, he hoped the Namekians knew what was at stake and would do whatever necessary to survive.Them saying "We will defeat Universe 7", is more or less similar to Ribrianne claiming to be stronger than Goku, or the Universe 9 fighters trying to challenge Universe 7.Assuming they do happen to fuse, they still wouldn't be on par with any god tier character(UI Goku, Jiren) , or even high tier characters like (Vegeta, Toppo, Freiza). I highly doubt they'd even be stronger than mid tier characters like 17 and Gohan, based on the fact that base gohan was able to easily keep up with them. So ideally speaking, the only 2 fighters they would be able to over power from Universe 7 would be, Picollo and Android 18.
With regard to the comparison between the Namekian Fusion and the Potara fusion, I recommend you have a look at my answer here All possible fusions/absorbtions and their multipliers . Where I  have explained as to why the potara fusion is a lot superior than all other fusions. And also why the namekian fusion is possibly the weakest form of fusion out of all the ones we have seen on the show.

Namekian fusion is very weak. Its boost is roughly x300 ~ x400 (i.e ~3,500 PL -> ~1,210,000 PL).
Whereas Potara fusion is at least x(400 + unknown constant) boost.

Source of reference?

Dude what? Where is this equation coming from?

The first one is Piccolo power level before training in Kaiosama's planet divided by the stated power level of Piccolo after fusing with Nail. But he's missing having into account the power level of Nail (which was stated to be 42,000 in the manga I believe) and he's also missing Piccolo raised his power level in Kaiosama's planet. If we use this logic , Piccolo and Nail power level together is probably around 80,000 to 120,000 (estimated power levels for Piccolo after training are around 40,000 to around 80,000) and the namekian fusion would be a between x10 to x15  multiplier

x300-400 is not considered weak at all. But apart from that, where do those numbers come from? From what I know the namekian fusion boost at most to x10. After doing some digging I hit up this thread which sums it up pretty well about what the multiplier is like: http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/88/t2163609-namekian-fusion-multiplier-confusion/

This is incorrect. The Namekian fusion is (Namek A+ Namek B) * 7.08. There is no actual multiplier with regard to the Potara fusion. We just know for a fact that it is the strongest form of fusion and superior to all other fusions.


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What happened to the other Death Notes?
At the start of Death Note Ryuk says that there were other Death Notes falling to the human world in the past and Light

Was the first to write so many names
Was the first to think of a way to hide the Death Note

But what happened with these other Death Notes?

The Shinigamies probably collected them after the user died.
Ryuk mentioned that he will stick by lights side until he dies or the pages run out of space, I guess this was the case with the previous Death Note owners as well. It is also considered a great crime to lose your death note and return to shinigami world without it, as we see the third shinigami is seeking his note and can't get it back because it is in a humans possession.

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Is Jiren able to use Ultra Instinct?
Jiren was able to dodge Hit's time skip attacks and predict his movement pattern.
He also appears to be as strong as a God of destruction.
Many Gods try to achieve Ultra Instinct and some of them still struggling to master it.
Is there an indication of Jiren achieving or even mastering UI?

 The main concept of Ultra Instinct, is cutting down reaction time significantly. We know this based on Whis's comments while training Goku and Vegeta. Also, Vados's comment during Goku vs Kefla.It was also stated by Vados, that Jiren's reaction time is near to perfect. We can conclude the same based on the last comment she made when Hit attacked Jiren after Jiren defeated Goku. She said that most warriors are open immediately after fighting an enemy and Jiren didn't even have that weakness and he reacted immediately to block hit. We also see Jiren being able to dodge the first Kick from Ultra Instinct Goku.We also see in the Ultra Instinct state, Goku was doing fairly well with Jiren despite Jiren's physical power being significantly higher compared to Goku's. So in other words, the transformation made Goku's reaction time better than Jiren which is why Jiren had trouble landing attacks.  However, Jiren's reaction time is extremely good enough to easily react to Hit's time skip and his attack which Goku couldn't that easily.I believe every God Tier fighter , ie God's of destructions and Jiren have require very minimal time to react and hence have UI mastered down to an extent. However, it is not to the same extent as that of Whis and the other angels and Goku has possibly mastered the dodging part, to the same extent as Whis.  The reason why I believe Jiren hasn't perfected it as much as Goku has is because of something said by Whis during the UI Goku vs Kefla fight . Whis said that Goku's attacks were pretty weak and this was even after he powered up. During his fight against Jiren, we know Jiren in terms of raw power is comparable to a God of Destruction's power. Hence if Jiren's reaction time was better than Goku's or even equal to Goku's, he wouldn't even have struggled a little against UI Goku.This brings me to my conclusion that Jiren has not mastered self movement. I believe he has a reaction time which is very comparable to that of a God. However, Goku is ahead of him with regard to that. Jiren's raw power on the other hand, is superior to Goku and comparable to Beerus and the other Gods.

So is it that he can't use it or that he did not master it completely. I got confused a little.

I believe Ultra Instinct is a state where your body can perfectly react out of instinct 100%. So your reaction time is at its lowest. We see Beerus utilize an imperfect version of the same in the Manga. I think Jiren is at that stage. Not perfected it to the same extent Goku has.

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Are all the angels children of the Great Priest?
According to the Dragon Ball wikia article Great Priest
Vados, Whis, Cus, Marcarita, Martinu and Korn are children of the Great Priest. What about the other angels? Are they also children of the Great Priest or who's his father?

Well as of now, it has been confirmed to a certainty in the anime that Whis and Vados are siblings. As for the other angels, the reason you see them being linked as sisters on the wiki page is because of this image(linked here) posted on Instagram by Toyotaro listing Vados, Whis, Cus, Maracarita and Marinu as siblings.  The post translates to "4 Beautiful Sisters".  Personal Opinion: I personally believed at the start that it was very likely that all the angels are kids of the grand priest. However, after episode 118, my opinion of the same has changed. After Universe 6 is erased, we see Vados immediately going towards Whis as seen in the picture below. We also know that this isn't temporary as Vados is seated next to Whis in episode 119. We don't see any of the other angels joining another Universe or being seated next to another angel once their universe is erased. Please Note: There is a very high possibility that this doesn't mean anything and it was only because Vados and Whis might be very close since they are from parallel universes, or they might be two siblings who get along and don't get along with the others or only the two of them might be siblings and we don't know for sure.

 Hence, there is no actual answer to your question and it's personally up to you to decide what you believe in.


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Is the title, Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless, a good translation?
I have recently started watching the 2016 anime, Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless ( 田中くんはいつもけだるげ ).  Plugging the Japanese into the Google Japanese-to-English translator, it comes out as "Tanaka-kun is always wonderful".  One possibility is that there is a Japanese homonym that can mean either "listless" or "wonderful".  That seems like a pretty big spread.  But I guess if "bat" can either be a crafted wooden stick or a blind flying mammal, it certainly is a possibility.
Another possibility is that the translation does not capture the full Japanese meaning.  Perhaps the implication is more on the lines of "wonderfully listless", which actually sort of fits the series.
A third possibility is that there is not really a concept in English that matches the Japanese.  Having watched the first two episodes, I know choosing "listless" to describe Tanaka was an accurate choice.  So maybe the translators chose a single English word that fits his personality and did not try to match the Japanese exactly.

I think this question is off-topic since it asks the quality of a translation. For OP how about asking in Japanese SE instead?

@AyaseEri Do you not think it generally relevant and possibly interesting to any English-speakers watching the series?  The meaning does tie with the anime itself, especially if a better translation is something like "wonderfully listless".  I don't really object to moving the question, but is there a way to link a Japanese SE question to this Anime & Manga title tag? Or maybe ask both places, with the other forum's question focused on the accuracy of Google's translation in general?

Google Translate (like all other machine translators I've ever tried) is abominable for Japanese → English translations longer than one word. And even for just one-word translations sometimes, too - it claims the word "kedaruge" means "bewilderly"(???), when in fact it basically means "listless". Do not trust Google Translate for JA-EN translations; it will lead you astray. The English title is a literal translation of the Japanese title; there's nothing to read into here. (I'm not going to migrate this to Japanese.SE; it would not be considered appropriate there.)

@senshin thank you; "listless" it is.  I had already realized that the grammar returned by JA-EN Google was not very good.  It is surprising that it has problems with even single words, though.  It is sort of, um, bewilderly.  And wow, just looked that up on Google search -- 0 hits!  "Google Translate, so good it can manufacture words no one has ever used."

While Google translate for JA->EN is typically useless, in this case it has a bit of an excuse. けだるげ is technically a combination of けだるい and 気 using this somewhat uncommon construction. Google translate does not seem to understand even the simple common cases of this form included in that link. However it also mistranslates けだるい as "Awful" for which I can find no good reason, so I'm not inclined to give it much credit regardless.

@LoganM Google Translate does not appear to be using simple look-up-table translation, but instead some form of artificial intelligence (AI).  As we have seen before in other contexts, there can be a very thin line between that and actual stupidity (AS).

I don't think this belongs on Japanese.SE. Language is contextual; the only way to truly determine if the translation is good is to know something about the show, so that you have all the context. The question requires expertise in both anime (Tanaka-kun is Always Listless in particular) and Japanese language, which puts it pretty solidly in our wheelhouse.

Not only it's a good translation, but it's also the correct translation.
Logan has already explained the construction of the word

けだるげ is technically a combination of けだるい and 気 using this somewhat uncommon construction.

Using this as the base, searching for the definition of けだるい returns:

Jisho: languid; listless
Japanese Wiktionary: listless, lazy

The conclusion is, echoing Senshin's comment:

The English title is a literal translation of the Japanese title; there's nothing to read into here.


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Have the crew of the Bebop ever been paid for a bounty?
One of the running gags in Cowboy Bebop is that the crew never seems to get paid for their bounty for increasingly outlandish reasons.

Asimov Solensan was killed by his wife
Abdul Hakim was caught by the police
Faye Valentine became a member of the Bebop
Maria Murdock was trapped in hyperspace and was transformed into a primate by her own virus.

With all of these missed bounties, and with all of the times the crew mentions their lack of funding, I'm starting to wonder whether the crew has ever been paid.
Have the crew of the Bebop ever been paid for a bounty?

Yes.
Episode 8:They catch a group of thieves trying to steal a spaceship.Episode 10:(It's never actually explicitly said if they got the money for this one. The guy was caught despite him probably going to get off with a self-defense plea.)Episode 15: They technically collect a very small bounty at the end of thisEpisode 16: It was never stated as to whether they received anything for helping out with stopping the prison shop. However, if you were to assume they did.Episode 22: They do end up catching the teddy bear bomber here.

On screen during the series, we see them catch a total of six bounty heads in four different episodes.
The first time they successfully catch a bounty was at the beginning of episode 8 with the hilariously named trio Huey, Dewey, and Louie. At the end of the same episode they catch all but one of Piccaro Calvino's crew (since Roco died in the shootout and even if he hadn't, there was no way Spike was going to turn him in).
Next was episode 10 with another two bounties. First was Baker Poncherero who's already tied up on the Bebop at the beginning of the episode, and then at the end of the episode, Jet turns in Rhint Celonias, his ex's new boyfriend.
The next bounty they get isn't until episode 15 when they turn in Faye's old flame Whitney Hagas Matsumoto, though they're disappointed by how small the reward was.
The final bounty we see them catch is in episode 22 when Faye and Jet catch Teddy Bomber while he's fleeing away from Spike and Andy's fight.
Although those are the only ones we actually see them catch through the whole series, and let's be honest, a show about bounty hunters who only actually catch bounties in 4 out of 26 episodes (AND don't even catch any in the movie either) doesn't SEEM that impressive, it's pretty heavily implied that they catch a lot more offscreen. In particular, Teddy Bomber singles out Spike Spiegel as one of the most feared bounty hunters in the whole solar system, so I would have to think that they're a lot more successful in the times where we don't see them. But the show honestly is much more humorous, entertaining, and realistic in showing that anything can happen and failure is something that happens often when tracking low life scum across dozens of planets, asteroids and moons, and when they fail, all there is to do is move on to the next bounty.

Very rarely, and if they do most of it usually has to be spent on repairs for the damage they did during the chase and maintanance on their Ships. Basically, they tend to come up empty simply because of bad luck.

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Why is L hiding his face?
At the start of the series L hides behind a computer screen which draws criticism by members of the Japanese Police who were assigned to track down Kira.
while in the context of the Kira Investigation in how the Death Note works and L's correct reasoning that Kira needed a face and name, hiding his face initially is a good defense against the Death Note.
When she was saying about how she met L, Naomi Misora said she worked under L by taking orders from a computer screen. this sounds just like how L was working at the start of the Kira Investigation and since the BB Murder Cases (which L comments is where he remember Naomi from when told she was missing) had nothing to do with the Death Note this means he was hiding his face not as a defense against Kira.
So why was L hiding his face before taking on the Kira Investigation?

Presumably to both keep himself safe and give himself business.
L has presumably put away a lot of people.  Probably incredibly smart people, given that it required someone at L's level to catch them.  It's easy to see at least one of these people holding a grudge or having friends who would want revenge.  Keeping his name and face secret offers him protection.  Good luck trying to kill a garbled voice coming from a computer.
Also, remember other measures L used to keep safe.  Anyone wanting to contact L had to first go through Watari (who also used an alias).  This further cements the idea that L just wanted to stay safe.
Furthermore, by keeping his identity secret, it allowed him to move freely.  He could live a normal life, possibly fit in at a college (say to try and trap Kira, for instance).  If he was publicly known, this would have been impossible.
On top of all of this, he used other aliases for himself (also for safety and possibly for business reasons).  Remember Eraldo Coil, the number 2 detective in the world that the Yotsuba group hired to find out who L was?  That was L too.  It gave him a way to deflect someone looking into who L really was.  It also was a good way to generate business.  If you couldn't afford or get the interest of the almighty L, maybe the number 2 guy would be good enough?
I don't currently have access to the shows or wiki to be able to confirm some of this, but this is what I remember from having re-watched it somewhat recently.


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Has Kakashi ever failed any other students after Team 7?
Part of Kakashi's reputation was that he was a ruthless teacher at the academy; refusing to pass even one student because they didn't qualify as ninja in his eyes.
However, ever since Team 7 passed, I've not known Kakashi to personally fail any other teams.
Has Kakashi reversed course and passed every team that he's encountered since?

Kakashi did not fail any students after Team 7 in the original and Shippuden series, but he came very close in the Boruto series.
In the Boruto series, Kakashi offers to be the proctor during the graduation exam and the only student to pass is the one who takes the bell from him. Kakashi states this because he does not want an entire generation of students with defiant attitudes to become shinobi during the time of peace.

Iruka suggested that Kakashi not be too hard on the students come the final exams. Kakashi clarifies that even in peaceful times, they can't allow students with contemptuous attitudes to become shinobi, and as such will be as challenging as ever.

With that, Kakashi stated during the exams that only one student will pass - the others will fail.

During the practical test of the exams, the students were left awe-stricken that he was to be their head proctor. It was explained that while Shino Aburame, Anko Mitarashi, and Konohamaru Sarutobi would be evaluating the students' respective performances in a 24 hour field combat, ultimately only one student could pass; that student would be the one who takes the single bell from Kakashi's hip

However, much like the original series, they all learn the true lesson of the exam and Kakashi passes every student

Ultimately, time ran out before anyone could get the bell. Despite Boruto's plan failing, Kakashi passed everyone, noting that they succeeded in the true goal of the test: team-work and loyalty.

Given recent events in Boruto, I'm reluctant to agree with the assertion that he didn't have any students after Team 7...

@Makoto My bad then. Haven't watched Boruto, so I based my answer on the original/shippuden series.

Kakashi became part of team 7 and so he could not take another team to teach until team 7 has become Jonins and would not need a teacher as much as before.
All the other teachers also take care of one team at a time (Guy, Minato, third Hokage...). It would be a rational procedure because we often see teachers accompany their disciples on missions and if they have several teams to look after, they would fail to take care of all of them properly.

I believe it is when all members become Chūnin, not Jōnin, is where they no longer need a teacher. I do not recall which episode it was, but there was a flash back of Asuma and team 10, and Asuma says to them You are all Chūnin, which means I am no longer your teacher or something like that

As far as I know no.
He nearly failed Boruto in the Boruto anime though, which is considered canon.
Apart from that, I don't think he has gone about leading teams. I think team 7 was his only team. So to too with Kurenai, Asuma, and Gai.
But before team 7, the anime showed Kakashi failing 2 teams of 3 genins. But I am not sure if this is canon though as the anime tried to squeeze in as many episodes as possible.


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What did Osaka mean by "floaties you get in your eyes"?
What did Osaka mean by this 4-koma manga ?

Related on Biology.SE What exactly are “floaters” (check the duplicate for the answer. used my question because of the title using floaters)

OHHHH my... i kinda have seen those thing too

Those are called floater, you know the thing that look like worm and when you move your eyes they also move away (usually done by a kid or childish person, they're chasing the floater). They look like this

I love how the same image has been used in three answers (two of which on [biology.se])!


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How did Annie know Armin was lying?
When Armin approaches Annie in an alley to ask her to help Eren escape, Annie agrees but puts on her ring (with the blade). Armin later realizes that she knew from that moment that he was lying. How?

The answer is in chapter 31.

Annie noticed that Armin is not looking at her like before. Maybe she detected hints of fear on Armin's eyes, which means Armin knows that Annie is the Female Titan.

There were also no people on the entire route Annie notices and even says it. Also, Armin and co wanted Annie to come with them underground where they would subdue her. If Mikasa wasn't there she would have done it no problem because she knows she would beat Eren and Armin. She might know that titan shifters can't transform with no sunlight, as seen when even tried to turn into a titan in the well but couldn't. With Mikasa there, hand to hand combat is iffy for her but take away her trump card and add Eren? She wasn't having it and called their bluff and was able to see through the lie.


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Why does Sasuke consider Naruto to be his best friend?
I don't remember exactly which episodes they were, but there were several points where Sasuke clearly indicates that he thinks Naruto is his best friend. Why is that? They never really come off as close friends - more as co-workers with a competitive spirit (and eventually straight up enemies). Sasuke always seems to be focused on Itachi rather than Naruto and constantly expresses jealousy for Naruto. I can kind of understand why Naruto would be so fixated on Sasuke (they have similar backgrounds and he is the first boy that Naruto can get to know and have constant interactions with) but Sasuke seems to show this fixation later when Naruto suddenly gets good. At no point does Sasuke ever treat him like a best friend or close person.

At no point does Sasuke ever treat him like a best friend or close person is not true, they both think each other as raibaru and Sasuke doesn't express explicitly but Naruto does, I think watching the last episodes where they recall their past after they collapse and can't move may give you some information

The final fight showed some connection between the two but not so much to say friends. Empathy is not friendship although it is often present in such a relationship. Also, they have different types of loneliness. Sasuke even points that out by saying that he had a family but they were all killed whereas Naruto never had one in the first place so although it seems like they are in a similar situation, it is essentially different. As such, I'm not sure if that reason really works.

Naruto is Sasuke's best friend because he is actually his only real friend. I'm going to cover the initial character development and the final leading upto shippuden and try to explain the crux of the relationship between Sasuke and Naruto. This is going to be a long answer, hence apologies in advance if I go off rails a bit. :)
From his childhood he was as much of a loner as Naruto was. Both had no real kinship to anyone. Naruto's fixation towards Sasuke was a similar hindrance as that of the girls' crush on him. He cares only for strong and it can be seen as his interest in only the strong Genin such as Lee, Neji and Gaara. This changed with Team 7. From their first real mission (Land of Waves Arc), he realized what the "teamwork" could do that Kakashi talked about. Nothing helps forge kinship in a way than facing an adversity together.
If we look at the Land of Waves we see Sasuke's Character development:
1. Disdain for Naruto

2. Realises Teamwork and Synergy: Defeating Zabuza 1st time

3. Training Together: Satisfaction

4. Saving Naruto's life by sacrificing his own (He doesn't know he has plot Armor)

In the first three images, we can see Sasuke has a very similar facial expression, but through the context we can see that his attitude has changed a lot! For the first time in his life he is experiencing the feeling of camaraderie.
The first part of Naruto is Sasuke's journey as much as that of Naruto. We see Sasuke form actual bonds with Team 7 before they deteriorate again. Sasuke had always chased "strength" to defeat and kill Itachi. When he saw Naruto's growth he tried to break his "bonds" by belittling him and trying to undermine his self respect. Naruto however never gave up and followed him even when he left with the Sound Four.
The battle at the valley of the end is actually a realization on Sasuke part.

He finally accepts that Naruto is his friend (Best by being virtue of only because he accepted no one else, even Kakashi or Sakura).
He makes a conscious decision of "breaking" the friendship for fulfilling his self proclaimed destiny of revenge.
He leaves Naruto alive because he didn't want to follow Itachi by killing his "best friend".

From the flashback we know the significance of "friend" for Sasuke and his final decision

It is interesting to note he finally acknowledges Naruto, and faces his own feelings for him as a friend. This brings an end to the first part of Naruto leading upto Shippuden

Long, yes, but very well explained!

Yes, I was wondering the same thing, but this made me remember, thanks!

It says in season 3 that Naruto is Sasuke's best friend. Naruto saw that Sasuke was alone at the time just like him. Instead of talking to Sasuke becoming his friend, he became a rival.
However, as the time passed through, they started becoming friends. Just like at the dock when they smiled back at each other. It's just that since they were getting along better through their time together in team 7, they had become friends. In this episode, he clearly states that Naruto is his best friend because of the time they spent together.
Showing that Naruto is his real friend, he didn't kill him. Instead, he left him behind. From what Itachi had said, "kill your best friend for the Mangekyou Sharingan power". He had to kill a friend, which in his reaction he had to choose Naruto. Instead, Sasuke walked away telling himself there had to be another way other than killing his best friend (Naruto).
So how they became best friends is through what they did in team 7.

Naruto and Sasuke have something closer to brotherhood not friendship.
The Naruto plot needed there to be an underline friendship between the two of them(to facilitate the underling Asura and Indra plot). I always felt that their brief time together could never have fostered such a great bond. But, I guess they could have each seen each as the other but for a different set of circumstances. They both have the same origin story; their paths just diverged.

"to facilitate the underlying Asura and Indra plot" But wouldn't this imply that the author had that plot in mind from the very beginning? Is there proof of that?

Yes you're right that seemed kind of retconed in towards the end. But, throughout the story there was orochimaru and jiraiya and obito and kakashi that followed a similar pattern. My point is that the friendship didn't seem fully developed, but they had a kind of bond, because of their similar upbringing.

Sasuke feels that there is no one else like Naruto in the whole ninja world who has felt the same loneliness and pain as he had. Hence, he considers him to be his best friend.

This might be a good starting point for an answer. Could you improve it by adding some references to back up your answer?


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Who are Mitsuki's parents ? Is it just Orochimaru?
Is he his dad or mom? Does it have to do with Kabuto? Is Kabuto his dad since Orochimaru can switch bodies? Did Orochimaru turn to a girl and have Mitsuki?

Mitsuki was created as a synthetic human by Orochimaru. It has been revealed in Boruto: Naruto the Movie that, Mitsuki is Orochimaru's son.In the movie, Boruto questions Mitsuki about his parentage to which Mitsuki replies that he is the son of Orochimaru. Sarada is surprised by the same and asks whether Orochimaru happens to be his father or Mother while Boruto asks who Orochimaru is, and Mitsuki replies that it doesn't matter which leaves Boruto and Sarada confused.

Mitsuki is a synthetic human who was developed by the scientific powers of Orochimaru.
Mitsuki does question Orochimaru about this. Orochimaru states that he is his parent, he doesn't reveal the gender.
It is shown in the anime that Suigetsu helps Orochimaru create and help form Mitsuki.
Source: Episode 39 "The Path Lit By The Full Moon"


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Why does Mint have rabbit ears?
In Galaxy Angel, it seems Mint and her family all have these droopy rabbit ears above their real ears.

I know that she likes cosplay so are these fake? In all of the anime seasons I don't see her without the rabbit ears and she seems to be able to move them as if they're real. I've read that the BROCCOLI game has some insight into the ears but I've never seen the game or could find any info about it.

Technically, they are テレパスファー (Terepasufaa, Telepasfer?), a peculiar parasitic creature on planet Blancmanche.
According to Mint's character introduction on Japanese Wikipedia,

In the original work, the parts that resemble animal ears on the head are parts of the body, organs for telepathy, and grow on all of her (Mint's) relatives regardless of their gender. In addition, GA2 made it public that the reason why Mint can use telepathy is the effect of Terepasufaa, a peculiar parasitic creature on planet Blancmanche. In the anime, they are ear attachments and react based on Mint's feeling. [...]. Also, just like Ranka, all of her family wear the same headband.

Galaxy Angel (original work)
(Mint) has a telepathic power and even able to read another, hidden, dark side of someone's thought, [...]
Galaxy Angel (anime)
(Mint) doesn't have a telepathic power, [...]

In the original work (game/manga/LN) for Galaxy Angel, it's only mentioned that the ears were parts of the body and capable of telepathy. However, Galaxy Angel II expanded the setting by introducing Terepasufaa.

Terepasufaa as first introduced in Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryōiki no Tobira (PS2)
In the game, it's described as a fluffy, parasitic creature living on planet Blancmanche. It doesn't attach to a human (most possibly, it only attaches to people from Blancmanche), and it rarely moves. It has a telepathic power and can be used by gripping it lightly, closing eyes, and thinking about people (unknown for other living things/non-living things). The user can see/know the targets' whereabouts & feelings, and even can suggest the targets to think about the user (to let the user know how they feel about the user).
Related video: Japanese Let's Play on NicoNico Douga (mirror for accountless viewing), starts at 0:33
A Japanese tweet by @mint_mamiya stated that Blancmanche conglomerates from generation to generation intentionally attach the terepasufaa to the newborn children. However, I can't confirm its reliability.

On the other hand, in the anime, they are just ear attachments. There's a scene in each season 3 & 4 where Mint doesn't put its animal ears.

Season 4, episode 26; image courtesy of Normad Type 3's Livedoor Blog (Japanese)
Note that the anime doesn't really follow the original work and thus there are some differences in the detail.

It is unknown officially whether they're real or fake. As you mentioned, Mint's father, Darno, has these ears as well:

The reasons why Darno has these do not appear to be stated, nor are they very elaborate for Mint. It is believed that they are fake due to her losing them later in the series. From the Galaxy Angel Wiki:

She is notable for having a pair of rabbit ears above her human ears, a trait shared by her entire family and the family pet. They can move depending on her emotions and can flap rapidly for flight. Although generally considered real, they were shown to most likely be fake in the third season, after an ordeal with a duck helmet completely removed her hair and rabbit ears, while leaving her real ears attached.

So, while they are considered to be fake for the reason stated above, it has never been officially revealed one way or another.


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Does Aniraza have ki?
So three robots fused somehow with an apparent humanoid alien. The result is a giant humanoid looking alien that we dont know if it's a robot, and android, a humanoid or what. He has an energy reactor according to what android 17 said, though he has this big aura. 17 has showed in this episode to have aura but he has also said he doesnt have ki, making humanoid androids possible to have aura and not ki.
So, what kind of entity is Aniraza exactly? Does Aniraza have ki?

There is no exact answer to this question. 17 despite being called an android, is technically a cyborg.Cyborg: A fictional or hypothetical person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the body. So their main source of energy has been replaced with a futuristic energy source such that they have unlimited energy. Hence they do not have ki like a normal human being. The robots, on the other hand, have ki which can be sensed. We know this when Dr Paparoni uses his staff and the androids begin to powerup. The increase in power is felt by the 3 Saiyans. However, after Dr. Paparoni fused with the Robots, his energy isn't felt by the other characters like they did with Kefla(Despite Aniraza being stronger). Vegeta needed to use his Big Bang attack to even gauge its power. Then again, even Goku didn't know how strong Jiren exactly was because he never expected Jiren to be able to handle SSJB+KK*20 or the spirit bomb the way he did. Also, we see Goku using the instant transmission to save android 18 and the instant transmission mainly requires finding someone's key. It was revealed early on in the episode that the androids don't have ki, so it is very likely Aniraza does have ki.Hence, it's either one of the 2 possible options. Aniraza has ki and has the ability to mask his energy (We've seen fighters like hit, Toppo, Jiren do the same) or Aniraza has a special energy source (The reactor broken by 17) which is very mechanical and not exactly ki.
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Can a single dragon ball be destroyed? What would happen to the rest of them?
I guess they'd be unsuable but would a new set need to be made then? Would the past set simply vanish or turn to stone?

While Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks fought Super Buu, Piccolo stated that if a single ball was destroyed the entire set became useless.
It makes sense to think that the set just stays there looking like pretty trinkets. The balls turn to stone because (I assume) their magic was used up, but breaking a ball doesn't affect the magic of other balls.
This only applies to the Namekian copy balls. For the planet sized super dragon balls, we don't really have enough information


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Where does Owari no Seraph leave off in the manga?
I recently finished watching the two seasons of Owari no Seraph. A new season seems unlikely to happen, so I want to pick up the manga.
Where does the story continue in the manga, after the 12th episode in the anime (second season)?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, Wikia and many Reddit threads (e.g. this), the anime ends at chapter 41 (volume 11).
For the sake of completeness: season 1 ends at chapter 25 and season 2 ends at chapter 41.
However, as it has been mentioned on Reddit and explained on Wikia, the anime adaptation has some differences compared to the original work (manga).

Other than the ending of Ch. 41 and the ending of Season 2, The Manga (Ch. 1-41) and Anime (Seasons 1 and 2) are, for all intensive purposes, pretty much identical.

Hi. Unless your answer added something to the previously accepted answer, this is considered a duplicate. Furthermore, the OP was asking where it ended, not if the anime and manga are identical.


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Why can't Yunyun find a party to join?
She knows advanced magic, and everyone knows she knows advanced magic because she's a Crimson Demon. She posted a note on the adventurer board at some point, but for some reason the only people she attracts aren't looking for a qualified mage, even though Crimson Demons are in apparently high demand.

I feel like Yunyun because I'm about to answer my own question.
There are large light novel spoilers forthcoming. You have been warned.

  She can't make friends or join a party because she's an idiot.

  As revealed in the Mask spinoff, Yunyun frequently goes on high level solo quests. In addition, when other adventurers get in trouble, Yunyun frequently rescues them. Every time the party tries to thank her, she says "Sorry for doing something unnecessary" and runs away.

  Because of this and the fact that she's always solo, and extremely powerful, rumors have spread through the guild that she hates associating with people. It is believed by the general population that she is a powerful loner player, like Kirito from SAO basically.

  Added to the fact that she is good looking, most of the beginner adventurers in the town believe that she is too good to be friends or party members with them, because she is a beautiful and powerful mage who doesn't like to associate with others.

Yunyun is indeed a very capable magician that would be far more useful in any party compared to Megumin. Her inability to find a party is instead, essentially because of she is a shy chuunibyou that doesn't fit in with anyone and struggles with the social aspect of finding a party rather than the physical capabilities. Also, she has a very different personality to the intense demeanour the crimson clan is associated with so I guess the people who would seek a crimson magician are not the sort to ask her. Possibly could be a little bit of bad luck too, I don't think her poster has been up for that long. Lastly, and probably the most important reason... its funny :D

At risk of extremely minor spoilers, she put a poster up before Megumin joined Kazuma's party.


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Why is the kamehameha so widely used? Is it the best ki blast beam?
There are tons of different beam attacks like the Masenko or Galick Gun, why does everyone seem to go for the Kamehameha instead? Going as far as to have Cell use it as his ultimate move instead of the Final Flash he witnessed not so long ago, is it the best ki blast beam? Why? Buu also copied it as soon as he saw it, he didn't seem to bother with the other beam attacks

Well, the answer to the same would be very opinionated and not factual. Some of these may be interesting reasons why the same is popularly used.

Toriyama wasn't sure as to what to name his Kame attack and it was his wife who came up with the same and it was named after the Hawaiian King.
Also, the same attack is very iconic and it was introduced  even early in the Original Dragon Ball Series by Master Roshi which was immediately mastered by Goku in a few seconds. Unlike the other mentioned attacks.
Also, this attack has always been considered as a signature move of the main character Goku.
The Dragon Ball Franchise is indeed very popular and even those who haven't watched the franchise have an idea as to who Goku is. Hence it makes a lot more sense for people to remember the signature move of the main character.
Another fun fact is that Akira Toriyama did a lot of different poses until he finally decided on something which he considered cool and I think the hand movement made while launching this attack is also very iconic and popular and emulated by a lot of Dragon Ball fans. Hence this attack is easy to identify by simply looking at the hand movement which is probably why it is used a lot.

Source: Dragonball Wikia - Kamehameha

any source to last point?

@Darjeeling Well Added one to the answer.

I was going more for an in-universe explanation but this is a great out of universe one, for instance, the Masenko and Galick Gun are actually weaker in Xenoverse 2 than the Kamehameha, they have other desirable properties but lose in raw power, which is strange because a human came up with such a masterful technique that even gods decide to rely upon.


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Does the Heart of the Cards work for anyone or just Yugi?
In the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series (English dub), the Heart of the Cards is very important to Yugi. By believing in his cards and having faith that they will provide him with what he needs when he needs them, he can stack the deck draw the right card when he needs it the most.
In a number of episodes, Yugi tells other people that they should trust in the Heart of the Cards. Joey is the only one who seems to take this advice seriously, but I don't recall it ever working for him (unless his ridiculous luck worked for him).
Does the Heart of the Cards work for anybody?

Yes, everyone can come to use it
First off, the definition of Heart of the Cards is a little hazy. The best definition I can come up with is:

Having something worth dueling for besides yourself (e.g. friendship)
Having faith that your cards will come through for you when you need them to

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 1x22 "Face Off, Part 1", Seto Kaiba comes to an understanding of what the Heart of the Cards is, focusing on the first definition.

Kaiba: Yugi, you said you won [last time we dueled] by tapping into the Heart of the Cards. And for a long time, I didn't know what that meant. But now, I think I do. And it took Pegasus to show me. [Kaiba pulls out a necklace with a picture of Mokuba as a kid] He gave me a reason to put my heart in the cards. […] For the first time, Yugi, I can duel with fire and passion in my heart.
Yugi: I can feel it. [Yugi thinks to himself] Kaiba has changed. I can sense it. He's fighting for more than just himself this time. There's a new belief…in the Heart of the Cards.

I'm pretty sure that Kaiba later mocks Yugi for the Heart of the Cards, but in this scene at least, Yugi flat out agrees that Kaiba is believing in the Heart of the Cards.
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX two-parter "The King of Copycats" (1x18 and 1x19), Jaden Yuki duels a copycat duelist who steals Yugi's deck and pretends to be him. Naturally, the copycat starts talking about the Heart of the Cards.

[Draws a card] Perfect! The Heart of the Cards has served me again!

Jaden starts lamenting that he can't beat a deck with the Heart of the Cards before he gets insight from Winged Kuriboh.

Yugi's deck is just so powerful. I thought I could win, but now, I don't know. Huh?
[Winged Kuriboh's spirit appears]
Kuriboh. Sorry, but what can I do? He's got the Heart of the Cards on his side.
[Winged Kuriboh starts poking Jaden, then points towards his opponent]
Uhh! Ow! Oh! What do you mean "no"? Come on, that's Yugi's deck! Oh! Wait a sec, that's it! That's Yugi's Deck! There's no way the heart of the cards can be on Dimitri's side! The Heart of the Cards come from believing in your own cards, not someone's you stole!
[Winged Kuriboh nods in approval]
And I believe in my deck. So if the Heart of the Cards is on anyone's side, it's on mine!

He then draws the card he needs to turn the duel in his favor.

My interpretation of these events is that the Heart of the Cards does work for anybody, but not everyone has an equally strong faith in it, or is attuned to them using it. There have been cases where the person dueling for the right reason wins, and there have been times when someone draws the one card they need without necessarily relying on the Heart of the Cards. Heck, I even saw one fan theory saying that Mai's supposed psychic powers was her using the Heart of the Cards and not realizing it.
But given that apparently anyone can use it, even Seto Kaiba, I think that yes, anybody can use it.

Care to link/source the fan theory? I'm curious since I'd imagine Mai's supposed psychic powers refer to her win streak from the Duelist Kingdom preliminaries that was due to her marking her cards with perfume. She wasn't even drawing cards she needed, she just called out her draws as she made them to tilt her opponents.


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Who is (was) the strongest namekusei in Dragon Ball Super?
So now there are 3 strong candidates to be the strong namekusei in Dragon Ball Super. Piccolo (as always), Saoneru and Pirina. Which one did the show shown to be the strongest?

The answer to the same would be both Saonel and Pirina. We don't know for sure as to which of the two is stronger as they fought as a team more or less. However, I think it's fair to assume they are equally strong as superior to Picollo in strength. There might have been a couple of instances or statements made in the episode where Picollo might have appeared to be stronger than the two, which mustn't be confused with. Here is a list of my supporting arguments: (Please Note: We don't see Saonel and Pirina fighting at full power in their first match against Picollo which is why I'm going to only make reference to the second episode they fought (Episode 118).
Once Picollo fires multiple Ki Blasts at Pirina, he is complete unfazed by it and pushes back Picollo with ease. We see Picollo struggling to push back Pirina's hand with both his hands, while Pirana doesn't even seem to be trying.Picollo is terrified of their strength as he senses a lot of absorbed namekians.Gohan turns Ultimate Gohan to save Picollo. Also note that despite Gohan training for a brief period, based on the recent episodes, I think it is safe to assume that Ultimate Gohan is definitely significantly stronger than he was during the Buu arc. He's most definitely stronger than Super Saiyan God Goku and around the same level as Android 17 who is very powerful indeed.Gohan fights at full power and seems to be doing very well. However, what made Pirina and Saonel a lot more powerful was their teamwork and combinations.Gohan also stated that since the two of them were very strong, they would be able to tank the Special Beam Cannon which is more of a killing move.We see Pirina tank the first attack which shocked Picollo. An argument might be made that Picollo didn't charge the attack enough. However, he did have a decent amount of time to charge the attack.Making a reference to an old nostalgic moment in the Dragon Ball Z, where Raditz fought Goku and Picollo, we see Raditz impressed by the attack the first time around when it shatters his armour and barely dodges it. The second time around it was strong enough to both kill him and Goku. I'm not stating that this attack is unblockable. Some of the high tier fighters like Goku, Vegeta and obviously the God tier characters like Jiren wouldn't have any trouble. We see Jiren even block Hit's killing shockwave which was strong enough to almost kill SSJB Goku in one shot.In the end, it was obviously because of Picollo's attack which gave Universe 7 the win and one of the two Namekians after getting hit by the special beam cannon said "So that's the true power of a Universe 7 Namekian". Many might assume this implied that Picollo was stronger. However, this was just a remark made on the powerful attack which Picollo had enough time to charge his attack without engaging in battle. This can be compared to Goku and Vegeta's beam struggle with Koichierator and Gohan's attack after. Goku and Vegeta didn't give it their all and didn't charge up their attack enough while Gohan charged his attack enough and his beam attack was stronger than the combined attack of Vegeta and Goku, which again doesn't imply Gohan being superior in strength to the two.Hence if it wasn't for Gohan and Picollo had to face a Namekian by himself, I would say Picollo wouldn't stand a chance.
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I dont think there is any evidence yet that Gohan is stronger or even equal to super saiyan god, considering he was beated by Beerus easily in his ultimate state, he was years inactive and lost strenght, he trained only one day (to recover the ultimate form), and Beerus took Goku as super saiyan god as a rival and not ultimate Gohan. However, for the rest of the answer and considering some Dragon Ball Super writer can wake up tomorrow and make Gohan stronger than Super Saiyan God (or blue) for its hidden potential, I'll accept it

+Pablo: Gohan didn't use his Ultimate form against Beerus. He didn't have the Bang on his forehead which he always does. He was using his base form plus Gohan's Ultimate form is a lot different from that in the Z saga. He's a lot stronger. If you make another question with regard to this, I can make a cogent argument as to why I believe current Ultimate Gohan is definitely as strong or stronger than Super Saiyan God Goku. (Not Blue).

well, I guess you have a point there. In the series, he didnt have the bang. In the movie he did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeD5fWqRX-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=texw8HBZ9F0 . I think this is material for another question


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How many times Gohan has surpassed Vegeta in power?
Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super show Gohan and Vegeta's power levels were above and behind of each other several times. A few times I recall from the top of my mind.

When Freezer attacked Krilin, in an attack of rage Gohan surpassed Vegeta's power.
After Vegeta got a zenkai boost by being hit by Krilin and healed by Dende, he was beated to death easily by Freezer 4th form, but Gohan later was able to land some punches in that form.
After Gohan came out of the time chamber.

But I'm sure there are other times when this happened. How many times Gohan has surpassed Vegeta in power?

Not got time to do a full search, but for anyone wanting to do so, don't forget the obvious example of Ultimate Gohan from the Buu saga.

I would have to disagree with Gohan being stronger than Vegeta on Namek. It was more of Freiza being caught off guard and Gohan giving it his absolute all. I would say his sudden increase in power might have rivaled that of Vegeta's but he didn't surpass him. When Vegeta came back to earth while Goku and Freiza were fighting on Namek, we see him make quick work of Gohan.  I believe, the reason Gohan did better was because Vegeta was psyched out over the fact that he was facing Freiza, having known how powerful he was, he sort of gave up on both occasions which is why he was defeated so handily. Gohan on the other hand, didn't care and put all his power into a single barrage of attacks against Freiza. The only times where I'd say Gohan surpassed Vegeta would be:Post HTC training with Goku during the Cell arc: Gohan came out even stronger than Goku and Vegeta in his Mastered SSJ state.During the battle against Perfect Cell: When Gohan attained the SSJ2 transformation, he obviously surpassed all the Z fighters which include's Vegeta.After potential unlocked by the Elder Kai: When Gohan attained the Mystic Transformation, he obviously was way stronger than SSJ3 Goku who was way stronger than SSJ2 Vegeta. Hence Gohan Surpassed Vegeta here once again.In Dragon Ball Super, Gohan hasn't been that relevant until now in the tournament of power and as of now, Vegeta is stronger than Gohan.

If I add when Gohan fought against Cell to the previous answer, my answer is 4 times. For more infomations  a link the dbz chap 404.

When Freezer attacked Krilin, in an attack of rage Gohan surpassed Vegeta's power.
After Vegeta got a zenkai boost by being hit by Krilin and healed by Dende, he was beated to death easily by Freezer 4th form, but Gohan later was able to land some punches in that form.
After Gohan came out of the time chamber
Gohan fight against Cell.Here's  a link to dbz chap 404 referring to Gohan more powerful than everyone.

Can you describe the 4 times and provide more information from the link?

How is it four times? Did Vegeta surpass Gohan at some point after Gohan got out of the Hypberbolic Time Chamber?


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How Did Krillin Get Stronger After Potential Unlock in DBZ?
In Dragon Ball Z ep.54, (this is during the Namek Saga), the Elder Guru unlocks
Krillin's sleeping potential, and so Krillin reaches his full potential, at a power level of 14,000. By the time Krillin fights Goku who was being possessed by Captain Ginyu (ep.71 I believe), he has a power level of 22,000, and by the time the Z fighters fight Android 18 (ep. 135 I believe), Krillin has a power level of 450,000!
If Krillin's true potential was really unlocked way back in the Namek Saga, then how could it have risen, wouldn't that mean that his true potential wasn't really unlocked? His power should have either been as high as it became at the start, or it shouldn't have been able to rise. Is there an in-universe explanation for this?

FWIW, I interpreted "potential" as removing a self limitation. That is, Krillin had a power level of 14k, but say only utilized a power level of 10k due to subconscious limits. If that were the case, adding additional power (ie training or other boosts) would still be able to raise that ceiling.

Well the same could be said about Ultimate Gohan. The Elder Kai basically brought out Gohan's untapped potential. However, the  Ultimate Gohan in the Universal Survival arc is a lot stronger compared to the Ultimate Gohan in the Buu Saga. Even during the course of training, Picollo stated himself that Gohan could get a lot stronger.I believe a good explanation or the way to look at it would be this way. Fighter A is only using 75% of his power X when there is 25% of untapped power. However, the X can be modified by training. A good analogy would be comparing it Cell vs Gohan. Gohan's wasn't using all of his true power while fighting Cell in the start until he tapped into SSJ2. However, SSJ2 wasn't obviously the maximum level of strength Gohan could attain as he grew a lot stronger.

There is no official power level for Krilin when the z fighters fought 18. The power level of 450,000 is fan speculation, the last power level given by Krilin was 75,000   in the V-Jump magazine which I doubt is a canon power level, and the last confirmed canon is 13,000 in the Daizenshuu 7 which has listed Toriyama as author.
However we can assume Krilin raised his power level by the time the z fighters fought 18. Krilin raised his power level from 206 to 1,770 by training one year, so having 3 years of training for the android arrivals, we can safely assume he increased several times his power level


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Why does Kagami feel necessary to emphasize that she is a simple-minded person?
This has been on my mind for a while. In Lucky Star Episode 18, Tsukasa Hiiragi lightly expressed her desire for having a pet dog. But she quickly got her dream crushed by her sister Kagami, who warned her about all kinds of problems that would be faced by a dog owner. At that point, Tsukasa had to agree with Kagami, and said something along the lines of "you really know much about this, sister."  On hearing that, Kagami suddenly became bashful, turned her head away and said: "In the end I am also a simple-minded person, that's why I looked those things up".
It is this reaction of Kagami that does not make sense to me. Of course, I know that Kagami is a Tsundere kind of person, but I still see no reason to feel ashamed, or to emphasize your simple-mindedness here. After all, the difficulties of dog-raising that Kagami mentioned (walking, feeding, difference between a puppy and a grown-up dog etc.) do not seem like something that a high school student should look up to know, and no one would say that knowing these things stop you from being simple-minded.
Am I missing something deep here, or is it just Kagami designed to be over-reacting?

Kagami sees her simple-mindedness as something desirable
To explain a bit more, in that scene Tsukasa very innocently expressed her desire for a pet dog and didn't even consider the possible down-sides because of her air-headed character and the fact she was excited about owning a dog and single-mindedly chased after what she wanted.
Now, Kagami's character throughout the series has been established as the more forward thinking of the two sisters, but she doesn't want to be! When she reacts this way it is expressing how she wants to be like her sister, she tries to stave off the comments about how responsible she is by saying that she was just the same as her sister and innocently wanted a puppy too! And she was only the voice of reason here because she had been enthusiastically and innocently thinking about it for a while.
Throughout Lucky Star, it is a running gag that the sisters both envy the others personality traits, and this scenario seems to be an example of that. (you can also see here how Tsukasa also wishes she was more responsible like Kagami)


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Has there ever been a Pokemon battle with a time limit?
Rewatching the series again with my kids and I noticed that they persistently introduce Pokemon battles this way:

"This Pokemon battle will be between Ash and PersonChan. Each trainer will use 3 pokemon. There will be no time limit."

I've yet to see a battle that has a time limit. Does one ever happen?

+1 just for Rewatching the series again with my kids. Anyways, I believe the only battles that use time limits are Contest Battles, but it's been too long since I've watched it to know when/if one occurred

Do you mean battles only in the classical pokemon vs pokemon way ? There are so many different pokemon games/tournaments in the series. Like the Doduo race and I´m sure some of them had time limits.

 The main concept of Pokemon battle is to fight the opposition's Pokemon until his or her Pokemon is unable to battle (Which is usually determined by a referee). A time constraint is only seen in Contest Battles. In Contest Battles, there is a bar which decreases based on the appeal of the opponents attack more than the actual power. So in other words, it is no technically a HP bar. However, in regular Pokemon battles, a time constraint wouldn't technically  be possible because:There's not actual HP Bar to determine which Pokemon has more health.Battles generally allow trainers to switch Pokemon and hence one Pokemon might start off with lesser health compared to the other and the time constraint wouldn't be fair while determining which Pokemon has more health left.Finally, most anime battles(Ash's battles), involve Ash having trouble in the start and then overcoming the difficulty and beating his opponent. This concept wouldn't work again with a time constraintHowever, in the games, a time limit exists because trainers could potentially keep stalling, keep spamming the same moves etc in a repetitive manner causing the battle to go on for hours.


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What does Eijiro Kirishima harden his body into?
Eijiro Kirishima's rival, Tetsutetsu Tetsutetsu hardens his body into steel. Eijiro seems to be very similar to him, but I dont remember it was mentioned which does he harden his body into. What is it?

Possibly, just hardened skin (and body as well), but as hard as steel as his quirk is comparable with Tetsutetsu steel body. Here we see his hardening quirk allowed him to hardening his body, but still we see it with skin color

In addition to his hardened skin, his whole body seems to be able to hardened (also changed its shape - see picture) as well, as stated in wiki:

The ability not only protects Eijiro from physical attacks, but also from heat and shock waves. This Quirk is strong enough to protect its user from several tons of metal falling on him as well as multiple explosions through an extended amount of time


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How does Beatrice remember about Subaru?
In episode 5 of the anime Subaru experiences the first Return by Death at Roswaal's mansion: after he runs away from his bedroom, he meets Beatrice, who remembers him even if that should be the first time they meet in that "loop". How can she remember him?

Because the "save point" for that part of the story is not the point when Subaru wakes up for the first time, but when he wakes up for the third time. That's also when he first meets Ram and Rem. (His first waking is before the opening in episode 4, while his third is right after the opening.*)
*At the start of episode four

 Subaru wakes up, notes that it's an unfamiliar ceiling, walks around a bit, finds the library, talks with Beatrice then falls unconcious because Beatrice suck some of his mana.

Subaru's first save point at the mansion takes place after Beatrice drains his mana, rendering dearest Barusu unconscious. The save point is the second time he wakes up in the mansion.

Subaru has already met beatrice before the checkpoint (the first time he woke up he didnt wake up to rem or ram or anything) but what I'm confused about is how beatrice seemed to not react when subaru asked her if she killed him or something in episode 6

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Why does Earth have two moons after the season finale?
After the closing credits of episode 10 of Devilman: Crybaby, the series ends on an image of a reformed Earth with two moons.
Why does Earth have two moons at the end of Devilman: Crybaby?

The two moons are the two halves of the old moon split apart in the final battle.
This happened during the season finale but can also be seen in the ending credits and is alluded to in the opening. It holds symbolism for the main conflict of the show between Akira and Ryo. It also ties in with other works in the series as mentioned by @Sn0wCrack.

The opening doesn't show any moon until the earth is destroy by God, as I showed in my answer. (spoilers ahead again) You could argue the opening in and of itself (being Ryo's final speech before the earth is destroyed) may be from another loop in which he and Akira fight and God steps in, as we know from the various sequels, God is punishing Ryo for his descent towards him by making him face his only friend over and over again. You can also clearly see the broken moon in the post credits sequence (the one surrounded by debris).

@Sn0wCrack Aah thanks for pointing that out, you are right, the scene in the op with the moon seems to be left open to interpretation. It could be split in half but it also may not be, and one would only assign the split context after watching the full anime. I have edited my answer

The new moon seems to be a chunk of the old earth, the first episode's introduction scene where God is destroying earth we see this pretty easily illustrated.
Earth Before:

Earth After:

And since this same event occurs during the end of Devilman: Crybaby, it's safe to assume this is the cause of the second moon during the post-credits sequence.
As for a reasoning on showing this with such prevalence (light spoilers ahead): a lot of elements from the Devilman: Crybaby adaptation actually come from the "fleshing out" (or more accurately "hinting at") of the timelooping themes of the later Devilman Series works, namely the few Devilman "sequels", such as Violence Jack and Devilman Lady (simply Devil Lady in English).


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Do websites have to pay for using anime posters on their websites?
Does the websites like MyAnimeList, animePlanet, etc. pay for using anime posters to identify and review the anime? Does it come under fair use or something else?
If they have to pay, does anyone has any idea, how much they end up paying (approximately).

Assuming that with posters you mean the manga cover images and/or anime cover images. Then no, they do not have to pay for displaying these.
Often these images either fall under the Fair use of thumbnails on the internet

Use thumbnail images (150 pixels). These small images are generally considered fair game for artwork and photography, so a book cover in this size should be legal under copyright law based on precedence set in court cases.

And in cases where they are bigger than 150 pixels, they often still fall within fair use policies for myanimelist and animeplanet .

In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.


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How could Vegeta defeat Hakaishin Toppo so easily?
In the previous episode God of Destruction Toppo absolutely destroyed Golden Frieza (who is supposed to be as powerful as Super Saiyan Blue) and Android 17. His Hakai was also much more powerful compared to the Sidra's Hakai. Goku even with SSB Kaioken struggled against Sidra's Hakai ball whereas Frieza could easily control it. So Golden Frieza just before the Tournament of Power can be considered as strong as SSB Goku.
Also Vegeta's new found power is not as strong as UI Goku because UI Goku could go toe-to-toe and even gain up on Jiren. So if Vegeta's new found power is considered close to or slightly greater than SSB Kaioken then how did Vegeta manage to defeat Toppo in the very next episode so easily?

There are a few inaccuracies in your question.Firstly, Goku was in his base form when Freiza hit him with the Hakai energy and he didn't turn SSJB or Kaioken. In episode 125, we see the Destruction energy capable of destroying all forms of energy, so it is very likely Goku couldn't turn SSJB while he was stuck inside the energy ball. Freiza, on the other hand, was in his golden form and strong enough to break out of it.Based on the fight after, we see SSJB Goku per tournament was on the same level as Golden Freiza. It has to be noted that Goku in his SSJB from grew substantially stronger because of multiple Zenkai boosts.UI Goku was fighting against a very suppressed Jiren. UI Goku against Kefla was a lot stronger and she was strong enough to take blows from him(Which remarked by Whis weren't powerful as Goku hadn't mastered the attack portion of UI yet). Current Jiren is using a lot more power than he did then.Vegeta's new form before his fight with Toppo, was relative in power to SSJB+Kaioken*20 Goku(The stronger SSJB Goku), hence making him a lot stronger than Golden Freiza. Freiza in his golden form is even weaker than characters like Anilaza and Kefla in terms of strength. Toppo in his God of destruction form, was stronger than Kefla who was at that time the third strongest(With 1 being Jiren and 2 being Goku). This is why we see Vegeta overwhelmed by Toppo during the initial stage of his fight. When Vegeta powered up after, he reached a level of strength a lot stronger than Kefla and Toppo but weaker than UI Goku and hence was able to knock out Toppo.During the fight between Universe 7 vs Anilaza(We see 3 SSJB tier characters (And let us assume Gohan and Android 17 are even SSJB tier which they definitely aren't), so 5 SSJB characters being able to hold their own in a beam struggle with Anilaza. Kaioken * 20 SSJB Goku is the same power multiplied 20 times and UI Goku is immensely stronger compared to Kaioken Goku. Vegeta's form is relative to this(initially) and he was a lot stronger than Freiza when he first fought Toppo which is why he wasn't completely Toyed around with.

If Goku was in his base form and trying to fight Sidra's Hakai, then what stopped him from going SSB Kaioken? Does Hakai prevent transformations or power boosts?

Firstly, that wasn't a Hakai from Sidra. He gave a fraction of his energy to the assassin(Who was extremely weak), to use it. A hakai from Sidra would've been a lot more powerful. As for the second part of your question, there are two possibilities. 1. (The very likely scenario)Goku usually has a habit of not taking anything seriously until the very end. He used his base form while fighting with Jiren initially, even Monaka(Goku knew Monaka was stronger). So he was very likely trying to break out in his base form. 2. The Hakai energy prevented Goku from transforming easily.

Sidra seems to be one of the weakest gods of destruction. His kai mentions that it might be not so easy for him to destroy Freezer. Freezer also could handle Sidra's hakai energy ball, and he couldnt with Toppo's hakai. I agree with you that Freezer is in the level of Goku in super saiyan blue because that is mentioned in the series. And I agree that Goku super saiyan blue kaioken and Vegeta ultra super saiyan blue might be in a similar level (though we dont know which kaioken Goku was using, ie, x5, x10, x20, etc.) 17 is close to a super saiyan blue, so for Toppo to overpower Freezer and 17 he has to be more powerful than 2 super saiyan blue. But between the power of 2 super saiyan blue, and the power of 20 super saiyan blue (which might be the power of ultra super saiyan blue Vegeta, since he's similar to Goku who might have been using super saiyan blue kaioken x20) there is a lot of room. So for example, Toppo could have the power of 10 super saiyan blue, and Vegeta still being superior to him having the power of 20 super saiyan blue.
Also, I dont agree Vegeta defeated Toppo easily. He was depleted of energy and some of his attacks failed awfully. Toppo and Vegeta seems to be close in power, personally I think Toppo is close to the power of 20 super saiyan blue since he's close to Vegeta and he's close to Goku who probably was using the super saiyan blue kaioken x20.

I have to disagree about Sidra being the weakest gods of destruction. The argument for the same is headcanon. In the manga, Sidra was strong enough to block a blast attack from Beerus powerful enough to damage multiple destroyers. Also, Sidra gave a fraction of his energy to an assassin weaker than Yamcha in strength. Sidra isn't as aggressive as a god of destruction and is much more on the softer side which is why the Kaioshin made the statement.


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What was the relationship between Whitebeard and Roger?
Indeed, they have a peculiar relationship. Towards the end of the battle at Marineford, he had a fashback to some time he spent with Roger, and how he was not interested in Raftel at all even if Roger told him where it was. How come then, that earlier than that, when Shanks confronted him about stopping Ace from the pursuit of Blackbeard, he admitted that they used to fight a lot with Roger's ship.
Yes we know no pirates have any proper relation, but would someone like Doffy have a cup of tea with Crocodile at all? Not to mention the enormous secret Roger was just about to reveal so casually.

They're just friendly rivals. Similar in vein to Shanks and Mihawk.
Knowing Roger (he had a similar personality as Luffy, noted by Rayleigh and Shanks himself) he was free spirited. If there was a Yonko at that time that would be Roger, Whitebeard, and Shiki. The only difference was Roger rose to the top and became Pirate King before his execution.
Being the top dogs during their era, it's without question that they would engage each other in fights against each other but end up settling it with a laugh after the fight. Roger trusts WB and likewise, WB trusts Roger hence the drinking scene.

I agree with that, but shanks and miwhawk are rivals who wished to surpass eachother but they didn't "fight" for real.

@TGamer They did, until Shanks lost an arm

They did fight for real until Shanks lost his arm. Mihawk stopped challenging him because of his "handicap".
That's the predicament of Mihawk. Fight a guy who lost an "arm" and win or fight a guy who lost an arm and lose? Either way his pride as a swordsman is at stake.

I do believe Shanks didn't get weak because of his arm. In fact, I can argue he's stronger than he has ever been now. His haki clash with WB in WB's ship and his presence alone in the Battle of Marineford was enough to prove it. I think its just Mihawk's pride as a swordsman that he sees a man losing an arm is a handicap that's why he wagered raising his own rival, Zoro.
Edit: One can be a better swordsman but one should also consider the other part, fighting prowess. In the world of One Piece, technique alone can't save you. This is why Haki is so great.

@BlueMoon93 That is not what I mean

@ShanCoralde I mean that fighting for rivalry is different that legit fighting to death or something. I mean like Garp fought against Don Chinjao, it wasn't a friendly fight as was the case between miwhaek and shanks; they didn't fight to destroy each other for another cause as the marines would do the pirates.

You seem to be assuming that Whitebeard and Roger had a rivalry akin to Garp and Chinjao. Let me clear things up, Whitebeard and Roger never fought to the death as the manga had shown. WB and Roger are similar to Shanks and Mihawk. They trust each other even if they are rivals. This is why Roger was even willing to tell the location of the One Piece to WB. Just like the way Mihawk informed Shanks about Luffy's bounty. They just had a casual drink. Chinjao and Garp had a one-sided rivalry. Garp views CJ as nothing but a pirate that needs to be stop, no lingering feelings like Roger's.


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Why the lifespan of Giftia is only 10 years?
I was wondering why the lifespan of Giftia is only 10 years, is there any specific reason for that? Something happens to their OS or what when their lifespan is complete?

According to the Plastic Memories wikia the Giftias' programming becomes corrupt as it fails to overwrite old information after 81,920 hours of service.
There aren't any specifics for why this happens, but from an IT viewpoint this could happen either because the data storage in Giftias are designed to work for this long and it starts to break down (in today's terms, the drive starts to have bad sectors), or the storage can only be written once while the data fills it up at a steady pace over 81,920 hours, and after it's full the OS makes attempts at overwiting old data which isn't possible, but this process might the old data or even the storage itself. But of course, this is just guesswork.

So it all depends upon the storage haha

81920 hours equates to 9 years and 4 months. Numbers that the characters explicitly state.
9, or 九, pronounced ku, in Japanese is symbolically linked to 苦. It is also pronounced as ku. It is the kanji for suffering. 9 is the number of eternal suffering in the occult, for it always returns to itself mathematically. 9x1=9, 9x2=18 1+8=9, etc.
4, or 四, is pronounced shi. It is symbolically linked to 死, death. Also pronounced shi.
In life, we suffer, then die.
In Plastic Memories, these are 2 central themes that are ever present. The overall message is a spiritual one, however. The takeaway is that the giftias have souls, consciousnesses. The giftias shortened lifespans cause the suffering of the humans who love them that are left behind to grieve. However, since they have souls, they may one day be reunited with the ones they cherish. The words Tsukasa tells Isla before he gives her the kiss of death.
In the title opening, we see Isla in darkness along with many other people. That's her soul along with all the other giftia souls that were retrieved making their underground journey to be washed of all it's previous suffering and then reincarnated as someone else... as in Shintoism and Ancient Greek belief.
When Isla dies, her body is returned to the terminal station with a new soul... 9 months later. The gestation time for a new human being. Is it Isla's consciousness spiritually returning back to her origin?

They might have the time limit to avoid a 3 very unpleasant outcomes:

The Androids' hardware starts to become obsolete and fail and you have to exchange parts until the Android becomes arguably another Android. Thus starting a pretty frustrating ethics debate about the Ship of Theseus.
The removal of the time limit may be removing the only handicapp placed on the Android. With the handicapp, Giftias can't replace humans as effectively as they can and it also gives the humans a reason to sympathize with the Android. It made owning a Giftia more akin to caring a dying relative than employing someone who is a threat to your jobs. So removing the limit may become a threat to social stability.
Lost of profit as planned obsolescence is what keeps SAI's Giftia business profitable and 9 years is already pretty generous considering that Giftia is essentially a special tech.

So yeah, if I am the person designing the Giftia I might have intentionally put in the time-limit out of a cruel love. I can prevent Giftia from suffering a slow and painful death of obsolescence. I can have a much better chance in lobbying the government to accept Giftia as a sentient being and implement Android Protection Laws if they aren't a threat to the voters jobs. And I can keep supporting the giftia by lessening the chance of the bankruptcy of SAI.
With that said I would really like to see Tsukasa meeting the creator of the Giftias in a OVA or a sequel.

From a technological point of view, the limit exists, as stated by one of the characters, as "Giftias aren't programmed to forget", meaning that following what Gorzius said previously,

... the storage can only be written once while the data fills it up at a steady pace over 81,920 hours, and after it's full the OS makes attempts at overwriting old data which isn't possible ...

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...this could happen either because the data storage in Giftias are designed to work for this long and it starts to break down (in today's terms, the drive starts to have bad sectors)

the Giftias stop working once their memories are full, and replacing the OS resets the storage, thus erasing the personality and memories of the Giftia, and freeing room for new memories with the tradeoff of having all the Giftia's existing memories, and thus personality destroyed. However, the storage begins to deteriorate before this stage, as shown where Isla's mental statistics decrease over time, which the technician says is irreversible. This deterioration does not affect the lifespan of the Gifta, which we know as, despite this, Isla's memory does not expire any earlier than it normally would.
The exact timing of the turning is determined by the point in time in which the entirety of the Giftia's memory is consumed, with slight variations, presumably caused by either the initial size of the OS which was written to it, or the weight of the memories the Giftia creates. On this theory, the memory of a Giftia must be consumed at a constant rate, including during sleep, at which time the data being stored would be the equivalent to plain 0s on a computer hard drive, resulting in a simple blank memory of the event, which still takes up space in the Giftia's memory.
The exact size of the Giftias memory storage is probably what it is for the sole purpose of having it expire after 9 years and 4 months, which is only of significance as an external reference to contribute to the story's morals as mentioned previously by user Tony Dutra, and hasn't intentionally been implemented by SAI.

... 81920 hours equates to 9 years and 4 months. Numbers that the characters explicitly state.
9, or 九, pronounced ku, in Japanese is symbolically linked to 苦. It is also pronounced as ku. It is the kanji for suffering. 9 is the number of eternal suffering in the occult, for it always returns to itself mathematically. 9x1=9, 9x2=18 1+8=9, etc.
4, or 四, is pronounced shi. It is symbolically linked to 死, death. Also pronounced shi....


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Why is it both "Mai" and "My" used for the title?
When we look at the title for Mai-HiME and Mai-Otome it's written in 2 ways

Mai-HiME/Otome
My-HiME/Otome

We can see this in Manga Updates, My Anime List, Anime Planet and Wikipedia where either they list the alternate names showing both Mai and My to making a choice between My or Mai.
When we look at the list of Associated names on Manga Updates it shows

舞-HiME
Dancing Princess
Mai HiME
My HiME
My Princess
My-HiME
Princess Mai

considering that one of the characters (the main one in Mai-HiME) is Tokiha Mai and the Japanese used for the title is 舞-HiME with google translate showing 舞 is pronounced as "mai" which it translates to "dance", the associated names have different 3 different meanings

Possession of a Princess/Hime
Referring to Mai as a Princess/Hime
matching the google translation of 舞 (mai)

I am wondering why does sites associate "My" and "Mai" for the title? to me it seems both "My" and "Mai" give the title different meanings

Just FYI, Mai's name is 舞衣, not 舞.

@AkiTanaka is that just the Mai part of her name? or could the second part be Tokiha? (i don't recall seeing Mai's name written in japanese)

I should have been clearer... but yes, her name is 鴇羽 舞衣 (Tokiha Mai). This is according to Japanese Wikipedia.

There doesn't seem to be any official word on why both romanizations are used. However, Funimation's official name for the show is My-Hime, while the technical romanization of 舞 is mai. As such, it seems as though sites use Mai-Hime because that is the technically correct romanization of "舞 Hime" and use My-Hime because that's the title that companies such as Funimation and Bandai use for the show (just as how Attack on Titan is also listed as Shingeki no Kyojin).
EDIT: to add/expand on what Aki Tanaka mentioned from Japanese Wikipedia, it seems the name is also a pun, where because it's about moe characters, the creator wanted people to "please find (My) princess (HiME) for oneself" (approximate translation, because my Japanese is rusty and direct translations are hard). HiME is also a backronym for Highly-advanced Materializing Equipment, which is the ability that the main characters have.

Perhaps it's really a pun. Japanese Wikipedia mentioned the reason behind the title that "「自分自身にとっての (My) お姫様 (HiME) を見つけて下さい」という制作者の主張が込められている（北米でのタイトルが "My-HiME" であることからも分かる）"


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In the Zoldyck family is something known about the grandmother and the grandgrandfather?
it is known that there are 10 members in the Zoldyck family. But do you know something about the grandgrandfather and the grandmother? Zeno Zoldyck is the grandfather. But father of who he is? From the father or mother of Killua. I think it's from Silva Zoldyck (the father) But in the episode Gon, Kurapika and Leorio go to find Killua, Killua's mother calls him father. Then how to know who the father really is?

Zeno Zoldyck is the father of the Silva Zoldyck. It is clearly stated in this family chart which in the HxH wiki. In the family tree, Maha Zoldyck is the grandfather of Zeno, also he is the oldest living person in Zoldyck Family.

There are no mentions about Zenos' wife (mother of Silva). Below image shows the family of Zoldyck but Zenos' wifes' image is missing there also. Also, Kikyo is the only women that have mention and appeared in the HxH from Zoldyck family (apart from Silvas children). I think that mainly because of they joining Zoldyck family from the other families.

Who is that Zzigg from the picture?

@Frostmus he is also a member of zoldyck family, he is friend of Isaac Netero and he only appears as a name in HxH manga chapter 344. His powers and all other details are unknown.

Zzigg must be the son of Maha and the father of Zeno, right?

There aren't any solid proof to think that, even [wiki][1] don't mention anything about that.
[1]: http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Zzigg_Zoldyck

Maha Zoldyck, was stated to be the father of Zeno Zoldyck but this was retconned later on. Maha Zoldyck is stated to be the grandfather of Zeno.
Maha Zoldyck is the only known Enhancer in the Zoldyck family. He was the one-sided rival of Isaac Netero and the only one known to survive a bout with him. Isaac Netero even once said that Maha was once the strongest fighter during his prime.
There's still no confirmation on who Maha's son is but we can assume that he is the very first Transmuter in the Zoldyck lineage, likely as a result of Maha's wife. And likewise, no confirmation about the grandmother.
Zeno is the father of Silva Zoldyck. (see their similar nen-type.)
Killua's mother calls him father because Zeno is her father-in-law.

Maha was about 120+, and Netero was about 110+. Zzigg Zoldyck was a kid at the time of Netero’s expedition of the dark continent, and Netero was most likely old enough to have children. This means Maha most likely was too (being roughly around the same age as Netero), so I’d say it’s Zzigg Zoldyck that is Zeno’s father.

(Welcome to the site) This seems like reasonable speculation but it very well could be Zeno's uncle or cousin.  I just hope we find out.


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What do I have to watch before watching "Reflection"?
Which of the Nanoha TV series and movies do I have to watch before watching the third movie ("Reflection")?
I assume that the first season and "A's" are a necessity, given that "Reflection" appears to be a sequel to the first two movies (which themselves follow the plot of the first season and "A's"). What about "StrikerS" and "ViViD"?
Also, do the first two movies diverge from the first two seasons in any significant way that would necessitate I watch them before "Reflection"?
(Please place any spoilers in spoiler blocks.)

(Supplementary note: this is, uh, time-sensitive, so a bounty will be awarded to the best answer to this question once this question is eligible for bountying in 48 hours.)

Disclaimer: i have yet to see Reflection myself. the information provided is what i have looked up on the Wikia
it's advisable to watch the first and second movies. while they are sorta retelling of the Original Series and A's there are some design and story elements changed. while to my understanding the first movie is much the same in the second movie

 Lindy uses Durandal instead of Chrono and the Book of Darkness's Defense Program is revealed to be called NachtWal having it's own will and new forms not shown in A's, this changes the battle between it and the Mages (Nanoha and Fate) from A's up until Hayate reprograms the Book of Darkness renaming it Reinforce where afterwards it mainly follows what happens in A's

this separates the movies from the original 2 series (primary continuity) in their own continuity (movie continuity)

it is part of the movie continuity, continuing with the history and designs in The MOVIE 2nd A's. However, as the primary continuity has zero coverage about what has happened between the early spring and winter of 0067, the story of Reflection may somehow be seen as a re-telling or supplement of this blank period.

Source: Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection (2nd Paragraph)
as such chronologically there should be no appearances of characters from StrikerS, ViVid, ViVid Strike and Force
also while the plot for Reflection takes some ques from the Nanoha PSP Games, The Battle of Aces and The Gears of Destiny, it adds original storylines and characters as such isn't a requirement to play or understand their plot.

Having watched Reflection, I can verify that this answer is correct. Everything in Reflection made sense having watched only the first two seasons. (I had also watched the first two movies, but even if I hadn't, Reflection still would've made sense; there's nothing that keys off of the specific changes between the TV and movie versions of the first two seasons.)


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Are there 2 saiyans called Panpukin in Dragon Ball?
According to the spanish Dragon Ball Wikia, the name of this saiyan is Panpukin (the one who fought Tien, Yamcha, etc.)

and also according to the same Wikia, this another saiyan who was a friend of Bardock is also called Panpukin

is this right or it's a mistake?

First one is called Scarface (パンプキン Panpukin, lit. "Pumpkin") and second one is called Shugesh (パンブーキン, Panbūkin).

The first is a pun on Pumpkin and the second a pun on what?


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Is Russian still alive?
During Dresrosa arc, past of Senõr pink was shown and in that Russian was shown on hospital bed which was around 14-15 years ago. After that it wasn't shown what happened to her.

It was never revealed but Senor Pink hinted that she passed away. From One Piece chapter 775 Putting all my love into Lucian

Senor Pink : The sky isn't looking great today but.. if I go higher, I just might be able to meet Lucian (Russian)

Unless Russian is on Sky Island it sounds like she passed away

It seems Russian is no more. Here is the article on wikia:-

It is unknown what happened to her afterwards but, during a short conversation with Franky, Senor Pink has implied that Russian had passed away.

You can read everything about Russian on her wikia
It clearly says that she is Senor Pink's late wife.


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How are Shoya and Maria related?
In A Silent Voice, Shoya lives with his mom and a little girl named Maria. He refers to Maria as his little sister, but the two have different skin colors.
How are Shoya and Maria related?

It explain pretty well in manga and anime. She's not his sister, but she's his niece. Her mother is Shoya's sister and her father is a Brazilian. Maria's MAL page also mentioned

Ishida's young niece who lives with Ishida and his family. Maria is half-Japanese from her mother's side and half-Brazilian from her father's side.

This is her father


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What happened to Anko after the war?
I know she gets fat and eats a lot of Dango, but does anything else show up to let us know what happens to her after the war?

Well in Boruto's anime series, set 10 years after the Fourth Shinobi War, she is part of three arcs till now.
1)Academy Arc :
She is shown to be a instructor at Konoha's academy.She is shown to be yelling at Boruto's class, after they skip Shino's lecture to see the fight between Boruto and Iwabe (another student).
2) School Trip Arc :
When a class trip for Academy is set for Kirigakure (Blood Mist Village),she decides to accompany Shino to look after the students.
They meet Kagura, chosen to be the seventh Mizukage, and Chojuro the sixth and current Mizukage.
They later meet Mei, the fifth Mizukage, and discuss the growing conflict between the land of water and neighbouring countries.
3) Graduation Arc :
For graduation, it is decided that in the practical/ final test, the class would have to face off against Shino, Anko & Konohamaru.
Anko was seen to be putting many students under genjutsu. She also faced up Ino- Shika- Cho trio, testing their willingness to work together, as only one of them would be allowed to pass.
Outside of these three arcs, there has been little development of the character.


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Name of the Song in Naruto 373
I couldn't find the name of the song in this particular video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klUlGDTjvbU about 16:30. It's from episode 373 while the squad fights the spawns of 10 tailed beast.

This song originally appeared in the episode where Chiyo & Sakura fight Sasori.
The name of the song is Reverse Situation.Sonetimes also read as Turn the Tables. ( Kesei Gyakuten.)
It is track number 26 in Naruto Shippuden original soundtrack (by Yasuharu Takanashi).Naruto Shippuden Original Soundtrack
It also has a remix version called Spin and Burst from the soundtrack of the movie "Boruto- Naruto the Movie".This is an amazing song as well.Boruto : Naruto the Movie Original Soundtrack