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What happens when a body swapped person gets killed? (Law - Ope Ope no Mi)
Lets pick Sanji in Namis body for example.
Lets say Namis body would get killed? Which of the 2 would die?

I found a possible theory:
The wiki states that the body swap happens cause of the switching of the two persons hearts.
Source OP wiki

Through this ability, Law can dismember people from a distance without harming them, lift, move or displace objects of any size and switch peoples' "hearts", which is shown to effectively switch souls—Donquixote Doflamingo refers to this technique as the "Personality Transplant Surgery" (人格移植手術 Jinkaku Ishoku Shujutsu?).

So basically, the soul is bound to the heart.
Based on this fact i assume, it matters how the person gets killed.
1. Stabbed in the Heart
Theory: Sanji dead, Nami alive
Explanation:
If Namis body would get stabbed in the heart, i belief, Sanjis soul would be killed an there would be no chance for him for coming back. On the other hand, Law should be capable to return Namis heart to hear body and save her.
(I also assume this has to happen in a short period of time, cause a body can't "survive without a heart)
2. Cut into pieces
Theory: Sanji alive, Nami dead
Explanation:
If Namis body get cut or destroyed but the heart would be unharmed, i belief it would be possible to return Sanjis heart to his body. I'm not sure how strong Laws Ope Ope no Mi powers are and if he could restore Namis body.
(I don't go into detail if Sanji would be psychologically stable after Namis dead)
Conclusion
I am sure, there are some other possible ways and theories.
The essential part includes that the soul is bound to the heart and the soul swap happens through the heart swap.


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What are these rank represent in the Gate OP scene?
So recently I just hook up this anime called Gate or Jieitai Kanochi nite and in the opening scene is very "fire" but I found that there's something kinda attracted me. It's the army rank. What are these rank called?

Those are ranks of the JSDF's Ground Self-Defense Force. These are the ranks of the member's of Itami's Third Recon Team, briefly shown in the first OP.
From Wikepedia:

陸士長 (Rikushichō) Leading Private
3等陸曹 (Santō rikusō) Sergeant
2等陸曹 (Nitō rikusō) Sergeant First Class
(left to right) 陸曹長 (Rikusōchō) Sergeant Major and 1等陸曹 (Ittō rikusō) Master Sergeant
2等陸尉 (Nitō rikui) First Lieutenant

Wasn't expecting the rank was based on the real JSDF @@

@kit Apart from the isekai part of the story, everything else seems to be fairly accurate to their real-world counterparts. I liked the anime, too. Too bad there's no third season.

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How did the titan that killed Eren's mom appear inside wall Rose during season 2?
During second season (I think is called Clash of the Titans) it's shown that:

 there wasn't a breach in Wall Rose and that those titans that appeared were transformed humans from Connie's town.

How did she get inside Wall Rose then?

If not mistaken the shifter titans tried to go back to Wall Maria and were some where between wall Maria and Rose,  which was titan territory.
In the picture, you can see how Eren's Liberation was between Wall Maria and Wall Rose.  The smiling titan never passed Wall Rose, all that part was in between Rose and Maria.

You're right! Don't know how I missed that. Of course It wouldn't make sense that if Eren was captured in Wall Rose, they will run inside again.

Your welcome. Just click on the answer and place a check mark.  Thanks

Source for the image?

It did not, the entire expedition is set between wall Rose and Maria. Wall rose was still safe and that is where Eren first fought the armored Titan. Even the forest they were headed towards was within wall Maria territory and that's stated in the episode I think by Hanes. furthermore, near the end of the episode, Reiner and the others are shown at the top of what I believe is Wall Maria since the injured including Hanes were at wall Rose.
So the Titan that ate Eres's mom was in wall Maria territory (which is basically where it ate her in the first place), not Rose.

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How is the holy grail war from Fate/ Stay night kept a secret?
I might have missed the explanation while reading the visual novel but if the magic and all that kinda stuff are kept a secret from the public, then how exactly do you explain the huge glaring flashes of light and the huge amount of noise that comes from the fight between the servants? Is it something to do with the Magic Association/ The Church? I don't actually remember any instances in the the visual novel other than the start of the series with Shirou getting stabbed by Lancer where any witnesses were killed. Not to mention the other shenanigans like Rider summoning his chariot.

I expect it's something like the "closed space" from Haruhi Suzumiya - some kind of pocket dimension where the battles can take place without anyone seeing them - but I'm really not familiar with the Fateverse lore, so that's honestly just a guess and not worth posting as an answer.

@F1Krazy The Fate concept would be that of bounded fields, but they are rarely invoked in FSN and usually cover very limited areas.  Even servants can't really create a bounded field larger than a high school, and modern mages are basically limited to a workshop.

From the author Kinoko Nasu himself:

The Holy Grail War is unknown to the general population, but to what extent is it hidden from normal people? Are the Church people (supervisors) manipulating the media and police (or even the governmental level) to cover it up?
A: The Church manipulates information, while the Magic Association handles the media. Also, the Association has the Einzbern cover the cost of any collateral damage.

Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu: Holy Grail War, p.131
Eyewitnesses can be dealt with by manipulating their memories.

"Eyewitnesses can be dealt with by manipulating their memories." or strait up killed, lets not forget that we see in Fate/Zero the Magic Association sent a team out to the island Kiritsugu and his father live on and killed everyone when trying to cover up Kiritsugu's father's experiments (and not just the Dead Apostles that were created)


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Which Trunks is stronger in Dragon Ball Heroes, future Trunks or Xeno Trunks?
In the special arc of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime, Xeno Trunks turns into Super Saiyan God.
In the other hand, it's unclear to me if Future Trunks of the same anime is capable to turn Super Saiyan Rage or only Super Saiyan 2. (I don't remember any episode of Future Trunks turning Super Saiyan Rage in Super Dragon Ball Heroes)
Which Trunks is stronger in Dragon Ball Heroes, future Trunks or Xeno Trunks?

Xeno-Trunks most probably is quite stronger than Future Trunks.
First, it should be noted that the Dragon Ball Heroes continuity (from which Xeno Trunks comes) is wildly inconsistent when it comes to scaling and power levels. All battles and transformations shown are created for the sake of game promotion and fan-service. So every feat must be taken with a grain of salt. Depending on whether you use the game, the manga or the anime as a basis for your comparisons, results can vary. I have chosen to rely on the DBH anime here since I am most familiar with that source.
The Super Saiyan 4 and Super Saiyan Blue are considered among fans to be roughly equals. This was implicitly chosen as true by the DBH anime : in episode 1, Xeno SSJ4 Goku and SSB Goku have a short skirmish, which concludes as a tie. Granted, their fight didn't last and they didn't go all out, but this can be interpreted as the anime deciding those forms are roughly equal.
Meanwhile, within the (canonical) Dragon Ball Super anime, we can see SSB Vegeto against Fused Zamasu. The saiyan warrior doesn't crush Zamasu, but still handles himself fairly well. On the other hand, Future Trunks is unceremoniously blown back, even with an enraged power boost. Future Trunks only slays Fused Zamasu after creating the Sword of Hope, which is basically a fortuitous Genkidama created around Future Trunks' sword. Trunks doesn't know that technique, and only used it by accident in extremely specific circumstances. We can conclude that Future Trunks is weaker than SSB Vegeto.
Now, what about Xeno Trunks ? The climax of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime involves Mechikabura, the Demon King, fighting both against Xeno SSJ4 Vegeto and Super Saiyan God Trunks. As we have previously established, Xeno SSJ4 Vegeto should be comparable to SSB Vegeto. Moreover, Xeno SSG Trunks is essential in sealing Mechikabura, as he deals a crucial blow to his torso and allows Xeno Vegeto to conclude the battle. We can infer from this battle that Xeno Trunks is stronger than Future Trunks, at least if Future Trunks doesn't have the Sword of Hope.
It should be noted, however, that SSG Xeno Trunks wielded the Key Sword against Mechikabura. That relic was supercharged by Demigra, Chronoa and Tokitoki, who all possess god-level ki and powers. If SSG Xeno Trunks didn't have the Key Sword at that time, he probably wouldn't have fared as well against Mechikabura.
In the end, we can only remember that anything related to Dragon Ball Heroes or Dragon Ball Xenoverse is fully non-canonical, and that their sense of scaling and relative power levels is fuzzy at best.


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Does Evil Natural Water distinguishes between enemies and allies?
In the manga, (spoilers)

 Evil Natural Water attacks the monster who released him from the tank he was in

Does Evil Natural Water distinguishes between enemies and allies?

Evil Natural Water does NOT distinguish between enemies and allies.
ENW is attracted by negative thoughts and fighting intent. It will target and murder anyone in its general vicinity who displays strong negative energy, focusing on the most negative person.
ENW does seem smarter in the manga, as it used the piranhas within its body to attack Child Emperor. Manga!ENW may be smarter and more refined than its webcomic counter-part, but nothing indicates he chooses his targets differently.


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Did Genos have his lastest upgrades when fighting the Deep Sea King in the Virtual Genocide Simulation program?
In the One Punch Man audio books,

 Genos fights the Deep Sea King in a program called Virtual Genocide Simulation and he wins

Did Genos have his lastest upgrades when fighting the Deep Sea King in the Virtual Genocide Simulation program?

You should put your entire question in spoiler tags as it does little good to hide part of it when your unspoiled question is basically what is in the spoiler anyway

Genos fights the Virtual!Deep Sea King with his G4 upgrades.
I've based myself on the wiki page for this audio play, which says the simulation happens "sometime after Genos' G4 upgrades and before Genos meets Gouketsu". For reference, Genos is stronger than when he fought G4 (obviously) but weaker than when he fought Elder Centipede.


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Could Mael use The One like Escanor?
Mael was the former owner of the Grace "Sunshine", which allowed him to increase his power as the sun goes up and decrease as the sun goes down. This is the same Grace which Escanor has now, and Escanor also has an ability called "The One", where for a minute at noon his power it is at its peak and Escanor in this form is said to be invincible.
Could Mael use The One like Escanor when he had the Grace Sunshine?

As far as we know, Mael does not possess "The One", but does not have a weaker form at night either. It must be noted that Ludociel refers to this Grace as Sun (「太たい陽よう Taiyō」), and not Sunshine, which may imply there is a difference between Escanor and Mael's use of this power.
A popular fan theory is that Escanor possesses an unnamed innate magical power which grants him power and strength based on the time of day ; and that this innate power interacts with the Sun Grace to create Sunshine. But this is only a theory.


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Which is the highest recorded power level in Nanatsu no Taizai?
I was reading the Nanatsu no Taizai wikia and I saw there Chandler's power level is listed to be 173,000 , which is over Meliodas' power level of 142,000 , which I thought to be the highest.
Which is the highest recorded power level in Nanatsu no Taizai?

As per the wiki's page on Balor's Magical Eye, the highest known-for-certain power level recorded in Nanatsu no Taizai is Ludociel's impressive 201 000 (Chapter 286, page 14). However, we know that Mael has a 200 000+ power level (Chapter 278, page 12). As this is relatively vague, Mael may or may not have a numerically higher power level than Ludociel.
Since Mael has often been described as the strongest Archangel in-universe, it is almost certain that his actual power level goes beyond 201 000. Alas, since it has never been recorded precisely, we cannot actually confirm this.

SPOILERS:
The highest power level we have been given is probably infinite when MERLIN awakens the power of MOTHER CHAOS inside of King Arthur after the demon king was defeated. Now, mother chaos is essentially the creator of the goddess, the demon king, and in turn made all the other races.

Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. Could you [edit] and mention the chapter/episode where this is shown?


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Do One-For-All users have different training experiences?
While training his successor, All Might is often surprised by Midoriya's abilities (or lack thereof) to control One-for-All. He notes things like, "I guess you can only use 5% of this power right now".
Were All Might and previous users just more adept in adapting to this Quirk?

Yes, the other successors for One-For-All were handpicked by the previous users among the fittest to use the quirk. Gran Torino mentions that even though Toshinori/All-Might was born quirkless, he possessed great resilience and endurance to maintain One-For-All power.
Midoryia had no previous training nor did he have a good constitution or muscle strength to keep up with One-For-All's great stress upon the body. That is why All-Might has often had those remarks about him.

The body that Midoriya possessed is not a perfect vessel for one for all (at the moment). But his predecessors were better vessels. One for all is stronger for Deku than All Might. Same way, Deku and all might have stronger models of one for all than Nana Shimura. It's because one for all stockpiles power. So, the backlash also increases. Therefore, it's harder for Deku to master one for all.

I am following the anime and the answer will be based only on that,
First of all,
like every power is unique and has different training requirements, that you can see in UA.  Similarly, Every person is unique too, much like the real world. You can define this uniqueness over a lot of different factors.
Hence, the way Deku sees things and comprehends them will be different than All Might or anyone else.
Example: Deku uses Microwave to explore his control over power which All Might never considered.
This would also conclude that their way of using power will be different, what you see in the series later is that Deku relies on Footwork and strategy whereas All Might used Punches.
Now coming to your question:

Since All Might got hurt, Deku got his powers pretty early (As, it
was planned to be given to his super senior who had much more
training and experience). Thus, making him unable to completely
control his powers.  We do not know at what ages the other users of
One for All got their powers. But they might be older than Deku when
they gained them, thus Deku looks to be more struggling against
them, who made it look easy probably.
Deku has done a lot of research, and made his own database that makes him quite skilled in strategy and quicker in responding to difficult situations, that too from the very beginning without any training. Which might not be possible with other users of All For One.

Thus if you say that they were skilled, you might find Deku to be Sharper. But there is a lot unknown.


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Refactored names in One Piece?
There are several occasions in OP now, where the name has been changed/updated/modified(uncertainty).
Examples are:

Gold Roger <-> Gol D. Roger(Explained now!)
Reverie  <-> levely (?)
Raftale  <-> Laugh tale (?)

What's going on here!!!! Do the older names become obsolete? Do these changes mean that they are meant to replace previous usage of these words? Has there been any official update regarding this? or Are they just dubbing errors that are now corrected?
Gist of the question: Whats up with these new names???

https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Name_Variants and https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Piece_Wiki:Guidebook/Page_Naming_Guidelines#Name_Spellings

The old names were written in katakana.
Pronounced in Japanese, the phonetics would sound like this:
ゴール・ディー・ロジャー >>>> Gōru Dī Rojā
レヴェリー/世界会議 >>>> Reverī
ラフテル >>>> Rafuteru
If you noticed, many of the 'L' sounds aren't replicated in Japanese speech. In this case it's replaced with 'R' sounds.
My top guess is when things were being dubbed, they decided to go with the authentic Japanese phonetics. But when they saw that the meaning behind the names and places was getting lost on their English audience, they properly 'translated' the words.  Oda always meant for some of these names to be in English, especially for things like laugh tale and what not.
I'm just glad they checked themselves when it came to Luffy's name LOL.


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Source for Perfect Blue's camera negative being destroyed
According to the IMDB trivia on Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue:

The film's original 35 mm camera negative was accidentally destroyed. As a result, all copies are sourced from lower-quality prints.

However I can't find any supporting source that this is true. Could someone find the source of this information (probably in Japanese)?

FWIW, I have tried researching this in Japanese but found nothing that mentioned this. I was under the impression that this might refer to the 35mm live-action film getting destroyed due to the Kobe earthquake, but retracted myself because apparently anime also uses 35mm film.

@AkiTanaka still thanks for digging into this though!

With the very limited Japanese I know, I couldn't find any source talking about destroyed film negatives in regards to Perfect Blue.
I did however find a Japanese seller on Mercari selling an allegedly original film negative from Perfect Blue.
Here's the link: https://www.mercari.com/jp/items/m43664493382/ I don't know if that means the negatives weren't destroyed, or only a portion of them were?? If someone who's fluent in Japanese can contact this mercari seller, I feel like we might get an answer.

The production studio that was affected but the Great Hanshin earthquake. Due to a lack of budget, the production was reconceived as a lower budget animated film. It was according to an interview with Satoshi Kon, it seemed to have been considered as a "video work" (i.e. non-animation, see #5) prior. Additionallt, the negative in question is likely an internegative and not the original like the cels and film negatives offered for Disney animated works.

The closest source that exist on the internet is hearsay, according to an internet user on a forum post on the topic of the Bluray:

What's the source on this? I've never heard of this before.

The disc compressionist, privately to me.
  - professorwho

All copies were sourced from telecine transfers (i.e. digital copies of the film), which is why you see certain artifacts and overall decreased quality.


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How does Amagiri Ayato get the nickname Murakumo?
This wiki lists Murakumo as an alias for Amagiri, but doesn't list how he gets it. I don't think anyone was calling him that before his high-profile duel with Toudou Kirin, but a girl calls him by the name at the start of the following episode.
I think it makes sense to assume that he was given the nickname when he took the rank 1 spot, but I don't know why that particular nickname was chosen for him. The wiki translates it to "Gathering Clouds" but I'm unsure what this has to do with anything. Is the reason for this nickname explained somewhere in the series?

Ayato's nickname "Murakumo" was given by Claudia.
This was revealed in the introduction of Ayato's first Phoenix Tournament match.
From the light novel The Asterisk War, Vol. 3, Ch. 2 - The Phoenix,

“The first two onstage are Ayato Amagiri, Seidoukan Academy’s number one,
  and Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld, number five! Now, Amagiri only rose to the top a
  few weeks ago in a duel against the former top-ranked student! He is a truly
  brand-new star—so new, in fact, we still don’t have much data on him
  ourselves! Ah, although we did hear his nickname Murakumo came from
  Seidoukan’s student council president, Miss Enfield, herself.”
(Emphasis added)

However, the reason for the nickname itself was not stated anywhere.


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What was the Chant Emiya Shirou used to Enter the Reality Marble World?
In Fate/Stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 2nd Season Episode 12, What was the original Chant Shirou used to  enter the Reality Marble World? I think there were some normal dialogues between his original Chant which had me confused so can anyone who can clear this mistake?

actually the one posted by RNGesus.exe is the wrong one. while i have not seen the ufotable series, looking at the wikia on it you see it's Heroic Spirit EMIYA's chant as it's the one that ends with him saying "So as I pray".
since the question asks for Emiya Shirou, his is
 I am the bone of my sword.
 Steel is my body and fire is my blood.
 I have created over a thousand blades.
 Unaware of loss,
 Nor aware of gain.
 Withstood pain to create weapons, waiting for one’s arrival.
 I have no regrets. This is the only path.
 My whole life was Unlimited Blade Works.

the wikia links above also show there are different chants for EMIYA depending on the dub (Bang Zoom and Animax) and a different from for Shirou in PRISMA☆ILLYA (there is also a link to EMIYA Alter's version from Fate Grand/Order)

This is the chant
I am the bone of my sword
Steel is my body and fire is my blood
I have created over a thousand blades
Unknown to Death
Nor known to Life
Have withstood pain to create many weapons
Yet,those hands will never hold anything
So as i pray,Unlimited Blade Works

and no there was dialogue when he was chanting .

That's the chant recited in an earlier episode by Archer which differs from the one Emiya Shirou used in the episode OP mentioned.


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Is Kurapika the only person who has 2 types of Nen?
So according to the 2011 anime, persons can use different types of Nen to different levels of effectivity. But Kurapika is type Conjuration when he's normal, and type specialization when he's mad and his eyes turn into scarlet. Is he the only one who has this? Is Kurapika the only person who has 2 types of Nen?

He is the only survivor of the Kurta Clan so, yes, he is the only one.

Maybe in the Dark Continent have some creature who also can use 2 types of Nen. *Just sayin

@kit Possible but we won't know for sure unless it comes back from hiatus. I think it would be several chapters or maybe a few more volumes before they'll reach the Dark Continent.

When Kurapika is being taught about Nen, his teacher states that 1% of conjurers and manipulators also develop Specialist abilities. This means that Conjurer/Specialists and Manipulator/Specialists exist, but are extremely rare.
It is also worth noting that Emperor Time is a specialist ability that, while active, gives Kurapika 100% proficiency in all 6 types of Nen, at the cost of using 1 hour of his lifespan for each second it is active.
It is entirely reasonable that someone else may have a similar ability, such as a specialist who can change their Nen type each morning, giving them access to a Hatsu associated with that Nen type, or a Specialist who gave themself access to another Nen type with their Hatsu. Obviously, these would require appropriate limitations, but such is the core nature of the Nen system.


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Shizuo Heiwajima gets shot on which episode I can't find that clip
I know when the Yellow Scarves gets overtaken by the Leader of Blue Squares and one of the Yellow Scarves gang member shots Shizuo and blames Masaomi for that but i cant find that episode.

The scene is from episode 22. It begins around 21:20 and ends at about 21:55, at least on the Japanese bluray.
You probably haven't been able to find it on YouTube due to the content ID system; there is seemingly some background music or something during that scene that causes it to get instantly blocked.


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Does a person lose his power after passing on One For All?
I was wondering if a person who has One For All will lose his One For All once he passes it on to someone else. All Might just gave one hair to Izuku so he might not have lost his power. But if someone completely passed on One For All would they lose their One For All?

Yes.

 Im not sure how much of the Anime/Manga you have watched or read but its very clear that All Might is losing/has lost his power after giving it to Izuku Midoriya.

 In the climatic battle against All for One in Season 3 its shown that the embers of One for All that All Might had left died out and he used the last of his power to defeat him.


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Watch order for certain magical index, when skipping railgun and accelarator spin offs
Will skipping the railgun and accelarator spinoffs affect the story? Are both the spinoffs necessary? what is the correct watch order skipping both the spinoffs.

Does this answer your question? Watching order for "Toaru Majutsu no Index" and related anime

The answer from senshin in the duplicate deals with the case of only watching index.

The spinoffs aren't necessary to understand the main Index series, but personally, I enjoyed the Railgun spinoff a lot more than Index itself, so you could be possibly missing out on a lot of great stuff if you skip the spinoffs!
But if you only want to watch Index, that should work, too. The different series are all set in the same continuity, but focus on different characters:

Index mainly follows Kamijou Touma's point of view. However, later in the series, it starts following Accelerator's point of view too. And later on, Hamazura Shiage's point of view as well.
Railgun mainly follows Misaka Mikoto's point of view.
Accelerator mainly follows (surprise, surprise) Accelerator's point of view.

So, if you watch only watch the Index anime, you should be able to more or less follow what's going on.
However, the spin-offs add a lot of world-building and background context to the universe. The various characters from these different spin-offs do often cross over into one another, so having knowledge of what happens in the spin-offs can help enhance your enjoyment of these interactions.
For example, season 1 of Index and season 2 of Railgun both cover the events of the Sisters Arc, but Index only focuses on Touma's point of view of that incident. If you skip Railgun, you'd miss out on Misaka's experiences in the weeks leading up to her meeting up with Touma.
But to recap, this is the release order of the various Toaru verse animes (generally, recommended watching order is release order):

Index (24 episodes)
Railgun (24 episodes)
Index II (24 episodes)
Index Movie (1 episode)
Railgun S (24 episodes)
Index III (26 episodes)
Accelerator (12 episodes)
Railgun T (25 episodes)

If you only want to watch Index, you can go Index → Index II → Index Movie → Index III. (Note that Index III adapted about 9 light novels' worth of content into only 26 episodes, so that's why it might feel a bit rushed at times.)
If you only want to watch Railgun, you can go Railgun → Railgun S → Railgun T.
Accelerator happens after Last Order is introduced in the Three Stories Arc in Index season 1, so it's probably best to watch this spin-off after finishing that.
If you want to watch some mix of everything, release order is fine.

Thank you this order really helped me, i guess now I will check out the spin offs too as they look interesting.


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The Breaker: Season Three
Does anyone know if there is actually going to be a third season in the manga? I know they took a break [LOL] from the Breaker series, but I've seen rumours flying about that they might be going back to it.
Is this baseless rumour?

Welcome to A&M! In the future questions, kindly include the source of the rumors as well, it can help determine if a rumor is 'baseless', and help us determine if it actually is announced. As Unannounced future events are considered off-topic here

Oh sorry! Will remember to do so next time!

Yes, there will be a continuation. However, it's going to take a few more years until it releases. As Jeon Geuk-Jin & Jin-Hwan mentioned during their inverview with Star Comics in October 2019.
The interview is originally in Italian, but below I have included a google translated edition as well

Star Comics : Is this the first time you are interviewed by Italian journalists?
GJ JH : Yes, we have been interviewed by many Europeans, but never by the Italians.
SC: What was the idea behind the work ?
GJ JH: Usually in manhwa there are themes that are easily understood by Orientals, which are difficult for Westerners to understand. We wanted to make these issues accessible to a public outside of Korean soil.
SC: Given the incredible details, both in history and in drawings, how long does it take to create a volume?
GJ JH: During the first series we had about 4 months to publish each volume, while for the second series we had more or less 3 months.
SC: How do you create locations that perfectly recreate the atmosphere of some places?
GJ : Living in Seoul, during the walks I take pictures and send them to Jin-Hwan who manages to recreate them in a very faithful way.
SC : Are there some moments you like to remember?
GJ JH : It is very pleasant to think about how the opera fans welcomed us in different countries, especially in France.
SC : Is it possible to have some details on the third season?
GJ JH : We can only say that it will be released in a few years.
SC : Between the first and second season there was a profound change in the protagonist, who became more mature. Is that why in the second series you didn't see the same passion or sexual transport present instead in the first one?
GJ JH : Actually, changing companies, we were advised to limit some scenes to make it accessible to a wider audience.


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What is the language of the lyrics in "Replica" from Ghost in the Shell?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtqMOKuUNHs
I couldn't find an answer on google or wikipedia. Copy pasting the lyrics into google translate didn't detect the language either.

You are most likely right, it's a made up language. I can finally sleep at night

Could very well be Japanese. When you look up the lyrics, they really are listed as gibberish and I don't think the lyrics are posted correctly. I sat down and listened to this at work writing each word down based on what it initially sounded like and then adjusted for the proper spelling of the corresponding word and this is what I came up with for the first line: Sta ~en kowa ru dame sei ren sajitarita ... I would need help via an official Japanese speech translator, but I could easily see this being Japanese.

After that is repeated once, the following line could be: Sta ~en kowa ru dame sei ren-sajita karu

Have you considered that this part is in English and reads "Stalling quiet down my silence"? The linked youtube vid has a translation in its description. It looks bogus, but then again, these songs contain bogus English and Russian which also look pretty broken. This could be the official translation as far as I'm concerned.

It could be. But if we ran with that translation on the first line being "Stalling quiet down my silence" followed directly with "saji tarita" or さじ足りた, it would literally make no sense. And I am more certain of saji tarita being the actual line used than I am with stalling quiet down my silence before it.

I am sure that a substantial portion of that song is actually Japanese. However, without a good speech translator, I couldn't say definitively. There were a few words in the song that really seemed out of place, so I'd settle with saying that it's possible this is a mix of languages, or that the words used were just extremely unfamiliar to me. Even as I write the words down from the song, it is apparent that if I mis-hear the syllable, that one syllable change completely alters the translation. Thus, the need for a good Japanese translator would be necessary to know for sure.

I was puzzled by this question as well and I asked Ilaria Graziano herself if the song's language was real or made up, and she told me it's made up.
Check out the screenshot for proof.

Honestly the first line sounds like "Stand in quiet and in silence" to me, with an accent. The rest not too sure on, seems like a blend of words and snippets from other languages. I'm pretty confident in the one line based on listening to "Where dies this ocean go" from the first season of SAC. It's in English but the accent is pretty heavy. The pronunciation is very similar. It's been said in many resources that the singer is not very comfortable with English, though seems to like adding it on occasion.

It's Italian because the singer is Ilaria Graziano which is indicated in that youtube vid's description, the song's info on the dics cover if you have it, or on Wikipedia. Also, if you put the lyrics into auto-translator sites, you might get Italian. So many ways to find that out for yourself :p
Update: ok maybe not completely 100% Italian. It is known that some of Yoko Kanno's tracks contain other languages, such as broken English, Russian and the made-up Gablish.
Except in case of untranslatable Gablish, there are some translations found on the internet for the lyrics of this song. My theory is that it's because it is in fact at least in part a real language.
So after finding the disc paper scans, I've found that this track definitely has words (duh) unlike some tracks which don't, and have no corresponding description on the track list page:

listed tracks with words contain:

player

replica

she is

from the rooftop somewhere in the silence

date of rebirth

take a little hand

…but "Replica" and "She is" don't have the lyrics printed on that CD's paper, apparently. For whatever reason!
This site says that one of the other songs by Ilaria Graziano is a mix of Italian and English − "I Do" from the 2nd GIG album. So this is probably the same deal here.
I have found this translation on several sites without any source, so take it as is:
Stalling quiet down my silence
searching that weve done?
Stalling quiet down my silence
searching that weve done...
Stalling quiet down my silence
Searching for calm...

Found my own destiny out there
Cant you be calm?
Love is broken knitted
thought a love remade
Cheating, stole it, I dont know
Buried, the comatose flower so are growing there
Buried it there my good son
So much to shine over
Like a show that never star
A shamed one will change
Fool got you the nothing
A shamed one will change
Fool got you the nothing
Stalling quiet down my silence
searching that weve done...
I just done all my life...
all my life
all my life
all my life
You should know
You should know
I should know
Should know
My Self... My Self... My Self...
How much would I know My Self...
My Self...
My Self...
Stalling quiet down my silence
searching that weve done?
Stalling quiet down my silence
searching that weve done?
Searching for calm... ehhhhh....
A shamed one will change
A shamed one will change
A shamed one will change
Fool got you the nothing
Fool got you the nothing...

Just because the singer is italian doesn't imply the lyrics are italian. I set google translate to italian and copy pasted the lyrics there. It fails to translate it to english, so.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHC1230OpOg

This is not Italian, it's impossible. Quaire is not an italian word in any dictionary I used. All attempts to translate words one by one in Wiktionary gives old french as the closest possible answer

It's definitely a mix of languages though. Maybe you're trying to translate each and every word as Italian, no wonder it doesn't work for the entirety of the lyrics.

People on the internet are known to make up lyrics and translations thereof for songs that are basically scat-sung. One person somewhere probably pulled the "Stalling quiet down my silence" so-called translation out of their butt and then a million other sites copy-pasted it. (Compare: https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/25827/)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/


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What is this upside down floating heart symbolizing?
In the Nichijou short 8, Yuuko Aioi goes fishing.
After fishing up a boot and kettle, she leaves and this upside down heart shape on a leave floats by.

Supposedly this is a symbolism of sorts, hence what is this symbolizing?

Looks like a peach which refers to Momotaro, though I don't know the connection with the story.

It's a peach. As Aki Tanaka commented, this is a reference to the story of Momotaro, in which an old woman finds a peach floating down a river. When she and her husband attempt to eat it, they find a boy inside.


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Where can I watch all three movies that have released after the first season of Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress?
Where can I watch all three movies that have released after the first season of Kabaneri Of The Iron Fortress? I really enjoyed this anime when I watched it on Amazon in 2016. I went looking to see if there was a second season in the works and found mentioned in this article that there have been three additional movies, however no second season. It looks like there are 2 compilation movies on [Crunchyroll]

Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Light That Gathers
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Life That Burns

Would love to know what the name of third movie is and where to watch?

The third movie is named Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato
and it is available on Netflix.


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What would happen to the infinite tsukoyomi when the moon was not in the sky anymore?
Madara cast the infinite tsukoyomi with the help of the moon, when the light from the moon fell on someone, they would be cast into a genjutsu. But wouldn't that mean that the effect would wear off once the sun rose and the moon was not in the sky anymore?

The actual jutsu only lasted for a few minutes; if it did not, Naruto, Sasuke, Kakashi and Sakura would have been affected when they left the cover of Sasuke's Susano. The effects of the jutsu do not end when the jutsu ends.

Oh yeah now I remember, they all came outside the susano but were unaffected!


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What does the NEC in anime soundtrack CD catalog numbers refer to?
I've noticed that soundtrack CDs for anime have pretty systematically a "catalog number" of NECx-NNNNN, where N are digits and x is a letter, usually A, but sometimes also M or Y. What "Catalog" is this? Who assigns these numbers?
I have been completely incapable of finding any information whatsoever on this despite extensive googling—in English, anyway, as I speak no Japanese. I thought it might be somehow connected to NEC Interchannel (which was a major player in the field until it was sold off and renamed), but that's as far as I've gotten, and their older releases have a much broader range of prefixes such as KIDA, KICA, MMDM or NEDL.

The Standard Product Number is defined in the Record Industrial Standard (RIS) and assigned by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) is an organization representing the Japanese music recording industry. It also defines the standard known as the Record Industrial Standard (RIS) (Japanese only).
RIS has 5 categories:

RIS100~: Basic terminology
RIS200~: Audio disc recording
RIS300~: Audiotape recording
RIS400~: Video recording
RIS500~: System information

RIS204 (Audio CD Label Content and Format) (Japanese only) explains how to display the audio CD, including the Standard Product Number (規格品番), which is explained more in RIS502 (Recording Product Number) (Japanese only).
The format is defined as XXYZ-12345, where:

XX: company code (2 digits)
Y: media format code (1 digit)
Z: genre code (1 digit, arbitrary by the company, usually to separate between labels or genre)
12345: serial number (5 digits)

The list of company code, media format code, and genre code is further referenced in RIS504 (Online Data Interchange Format for Master Data of Record Product), which is also listed in the Japanese Wikipedia (company code and media format code) and its English translation by user 'eeepi' on rateyourmusic.com.
For the codes mentioned in the question:

Company code:

NE

NEC Interchannel → Interchannel → I.C. Avenue → Index Music → T.Y.Entertainment Inc. → DREAMUSIC Inc (FEEL MEE Label).
Nest → Onkyo Entertainment Technology

KI: KING RECORD CO., LTD.
MM: Marine ENTERTAINMENT Inc.

Media format code

C: 12cm CD
D: part of Digital Audio Tape → 8cm CD → part of downloadable single/album


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Is there a site like MAL that i can filter animes by genres?
I decided to get my animes into one list and tried MAL however even though there are lots of ways to filter and sort animes like by airdate I couldn't see any way to filter them by genres. For example, let's say I just want to see romance animes in my "planed to watch" list I can't do that in MAL without manually writing tags for them. So is there a site that allows me to do that?

Looks like MAL has anime search, including genres, or did I miss something? Otherwise, you could try some sites listed on this answer

Oh, no no I'm not looking for finding animes I'm trying to filter them in my list. MAL can't do that from what I understood.

AniList can filter entries in your personal anime list by any of the following criteria:

Status (All, Watching, Completed, Dropped, Planning)
Format (TV, TV Short, Movie, Special, OVA, ONA, Music)
Genres (Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, etc.)
Country (Japan, South Korea, China, etc.)
Year (I'm assuming this means the year the anime first started airing, since Naruto only shows up if I set it to 2002)

Here's an example screenshot from my own list (I highlighted the genre filter with a red square):

Note: I'm only personally familiar with AniList and MAL. The other anime tracking sites out there (e.g. Anime-Planet, Kitsu, AniDB, etc.) might have comparable functionality as well, but I'm not familiar enough with those sites to know for sure.
I actually still use MAL as my main anime tracker, and only made an AniList account because the anime list importer on AMQ wasn't working for MAL (probably related to MAL's API shenanigans that happened after GDPR came out). Fortunately, AniList can import anime and manga lists from MAL. There's an place to do this in the "Settings" section in your profile on AniList.

As an extra info, Anime-Planet seems to do the job well too


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Is the description to an anime/manga copyrighted?
Suppose if I want to describe an anime for a website, do I need to rewrite it in my own words or can I just copy and paste it with the source stated with the assumption of fair use?
(As in the synopsis / summary of the anime)
Also, what about the cover images, is it the same or I need a license for that as well?

For Images: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/44540/do-websites-have-to-pay-for-using-anime-posters-on-their-websites

For legal questions such as these, it is always good to contact a copyright lawyer in your country. Laws regarding fair use, copyrights and the likes differ per country, and a copyright lawyer should be more than capable of answering your questions. And this answer should not be seen as legal advice.
As Turamarth points out in the comments, the cover image part is covered in my answer Do websites need to pay for using anime posters on their website?.
In general you are free to summarize and create synopsis. If you do so without quoting the original, in most cases you should be ok. As it is not the plot of a story that the copyright applies to, but the composition/arrangement of words.
However if these summaries do make use of original sources material, they could be tested for fair use, and ultimately considered a derivative work. Which can be considered a subsidiary right under the original copyright. Which would require you to obtain a license.
In regards to the 'copy-pasting' from 'a' source with proper mention of it's origin, you will have to look into the licensing of the particular origin you are copy pasting it from. Usually you can find this information at the footer of a page, or on their legal pages. As an example, wikipedia states the following license on the sword art online wiki page

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.

Where the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License clearly states you are free to do things with the information under a set of conditions


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Who would obtain Coordinate's ability if Historia was killed by the MP?
When MP killed Historia's mother they also wanted to kill Historia. In that time Reiss's family was dead so what was Reiss/central government plan to obtain Coordinate power if no one is left of the Reiss bloodline?

The MP had no plans. However Rod Reiss, Historia's father, was still alive at the time and could theoretically have taken the coordinate himself or fathered more children to do so. Provided he could consume Grisha (or later Eren). Also, when Karl Fritz and family moved and changed their name to Reiss, some of the family stayed in what became Marleyan territory. They are not mentioned thereafter, but some could have survived.


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Who taught Megumin Explosion magic? Is she mentioned anywhere in the LN?
I have read the KonoSuba Light Novel upto Volume.8 and also the Explosions aka Bakuen spinoff. In the start of the spinoff the writer mentions about a woman who used explosion in front of Megumin. After that she practically fell in love with Explosion magic and eventually learnt Explosion. Does the main series or any of the spinoff tell about this anonymous woman. If so, tell me where?

This wiki page is unsourced but would answer your question: https://konosuba.fandom.com/wiki/Wolbach

@W.Are I didn't miss it. I just simply thought that the women must be Wiz and that the cat(Chomusuke) was Wolbach since Anis and the other greater demon were after the cat saying it was Wolbach.


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Is the god who gave powers to Psychos the same god who gave powers to Homeless emperor?
In the One Punch Man manga it's mentioned that Psychos increased her powers by receiving those from a god. Is this god who gave powers to Psychos the same god who gave powers to Homeless Emperor?

Unknown within the webcomic or manga.  Psykos has never mentioned any such being/encounter in the webcomic.  She has said to Saitama and Fubuki that she knows of some terrifying truth about the future, which set her on the Monster Association path, but she has not been seen or heard since then in any form. And the manga hasn't revealed Homeless Emperor's connection beyond what the webcomic has provided (which isn't much).
There are some substantive differences in the portrayals in the two mediums.  The being Psykos sees in the manga is basically just some some sort of spherical meat lump, which she describes as having endless swirls on its surface and resembles Jupiter, whereas Homeless Emperor's vision in the webcomic is of a (colossal) humanoid.  He originally appears to Homeless Emperor as little more than a scribble of lines in human form. It's not until his demise that he sees his "god" in a more fleshy appearance.  This second incarnation shares the same textural appearance as Psykos's, so it at least seems reasonable to suppose they are intended to be the same entity, or at least related ones.  For what it's worth, the wiki considers them the same being.


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What's the Piechart about in the Character Panel of Cyber City Oedo 808?
In the intro of Cyber City Oedo 808 we get a character panel for each of the three main characters, depicting their profile, ie main stats etc. What does the pie chart indicate? What's it about? I can't make out the words exactly. Seems to me like "NEGRIDE", "MONGOLIDE". My guess is it is related to the origin (as in "Caucasian"), but I don't understand it, not sure. Check out the image to see what I'm talking about.
If anybody knows kindly share.

It's their origin/race.
The labels on the pie chart are:

Mongolide (Mongoloid)
Europide (Caucasian)
Negride (Negroid)

which are actually in German.
The respective kanji is:

人種 (race):

黄色系 (Mongoloid)
白色系 (Caucasian)
黒色系 (Negroid)
その他 (others)

So Mongolide, Europide are actual english words?

@Nikos updated the answer; they are German words.


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What does "crossing one's palm with fingers and gulping" signify?
I have seen in some anime where the character become nervous, sweats profusely and makes this action. For ex - Tadokoro Megumin from Food Wars:

I have also seen Minoru Mineta from BNHA doing that. What does this action signify? Is there any cultural significance to it?

She's writing something in her hand and eating it, isn't she? Like, courage or something. I'm not sure, but wasn't this actually elaborated on in an episode of Food Wars?

@ShayminGratitude I don't know. Maybe. But I bet I have seen in other Animes like the mentioned BNHA. Looks like it is kind of a trope.

@FumikageTokoyami Yes, I'm pretty sure I've seen it elsewhere too, but I'm drawing a blank. Not to worry though. After a quick search, I've been able to put together an answer. Still opportunity for anyone who understands better to give an answer though.

This action that Megumi is doing signifies anxiety and stress. It is a nervous habit, as explained in the show and manga. From the wiki:

She has a habit of tracing the kanji for "person" (人) on her hand then motioning, as if to eat it, whenever she is stressed.

I'm not familiar with the culture of Japan on this matter, but according to this article on the University of Southern California's site, it is part of the culture. Here's a quote:

In Japan, students nervous for a presentation are often told to draw the Chinese character for “person,” 「人」three times on their hand. They are then supposed to pretend to eat those “people” by putting their hand in front of their mouth, in the belief that this will ease their anxiety.

Furthermore, according to the same article, the rationale is:

The idea was that those three 「人」characters represented the audience in the palm of her hand, and eating them made them seem irrelevant, undeserving of her anxiety

I'm not familiar with Minoru Mineta doing this, but if it's really the same action, then everything still applies. And I'm fairly certain I've seen similar things done in other manga and anime, but I'm drawing a blank right now. I'll update if I remember any.


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The concept of owning someone comes up in anime, usually as part of a bet. Is it based in reality or is it just a tv trope?
In "Misfit Demon King Academy", Sasha Necron makes a bet with the demon king regarding one of the competitions. She says that if she wins, "Then I own you."
In "Didn't I Say to Make My Abilities Average", Mile agrees that if her team loses to all of Arledy's minions, the noble Arledy would own miles.
I've seen this trope in a number of other anime as well, "owning" someone as a result of a bet. Does anything like that every happen in real life? Is there historical precedent that it stems from? In the US, that concept would be an absolute taboo as it would connotate slavery which is still a recent blight in our nation's history.

Hi - African-American man from the United States.  Going to go on a limb here and say that the mention of "slavery" in and of itself doesn't cause me to bat an eye these days since slavery existed since the days of Pharaoh.  The point I think that should be made is that there is a distinction between fantasy and reality, and while some people may feel triggered by the notion of slavery at all - and yeah, I was that kid growing up for a time - it's more important to not run away from those conversations, and even go as far as challenging why those themes crop up in media.

The words "own" or "slave" may not be used, but the practice is very much alive in high schools, colleges,  fraternity houses, etc. all over the world.
When people make this sort of bet, they are not literally selling themselves into slavery - the "contract" is not legally enforcable anyway. The only thing making them stick to the penalty is potential social stuff (being kicked out of the group, club, frat , etc. for welching or chickening out).
Usually the loser is agreeing to do whatever the winner wants (within reason) for a certain period - usually a semester or academic year, sometimes for the rest of their student life - this would be things like making/bringing them lunches, carrying their bags, putting up with verbal abuse without complaint, taking the crappy jobs during fund raisers (e.g. the kissing booth or dunking chair), doing their grocery shopping, washing their car, help with or outright doing their homework assignments, etc.
Yup. College and high school students really are stupid enough to do this to themselves. No I'm not joking.

Despite not having watched either of those series, what I can say without risk of overreaching is that this does have some connotations to slavery or the ownership of persons.
Let's first frame it from the two series you're describing, and the people that are engaged in the conversations.  Both series are set with some kind of monarchy establishment, and it is well within the realm of reality for monarchs and nobles to trade property, of which, slaves would be considered property.
These days...it doesn't happen all that often because slavery is recognized internationally as against the law depending on the circumstance.  Again, not knowing what each series is talking about, it's tough to pinpoint which modern real-world law would be violated/flaunted.
Note that I said "all that often".  It is my understanding that this still does occur in places where monitoring and enforcement aren't as strict as other parts of the world.  You can watch as many documentaries on this subject as you like - PBS and the BBC have fantastic and rich coverage of the subject if you're interested in learning more about it.


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When to watch Akakill Theater?
I watched the first episode of Akame ga kill from my plex server and was a a bit surprised that it put Akakill Theater ep 1 as the next episode to watch.
It looks like the air date for each Akakill Theater episode matches the air date the actual show episode from thetvdb.com, so perhaps these shorts aired immediately after each episode aired.
Should these shorts be watched after each main episode?  Are there any spoilers?

AkaKill! Theatre (アカ斬る！劇場) is a short-animation on the official site for a limited time period and it was broadcasted immediately after each episode aired on the TV.
The story mainly reflects the corresponding main episode in a comical way, so there will be no spoiler for future episodes.


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What are the exactly the powers of Athena?
From what I recall from Saint Seiya, Athena is basically a helpless girl kind of feeling the place of damsel in distress which drives the story forward, with the knights protecting or rescuing her.
However she’s also described as a god. I don’t recall any godlike powers or actions coming from her but I saw the anime on the 90s so my memory may be off.
What are her powers? Is she a real god or is she something else?
I seem to recall in some part of the anime (movie or something) they fight Poseidon and he is actually a real adversary, a real god with powers or something.

To control humanity with her drama. Next question! :)

Athena is a real god in the series, Poseidon is her uncle.
However in Saint Seiya, she is actualy reborn as a mortal every 200 years or so. Her incarnation in the 20th century was taken from the Santuary by Kido Mitsumasa and adopted under the name Kido Saori. The other gods in Saint Seiya aren't reborn, they just posess mortals instead and can use their powers imediately. She is not initially aware of her identity/powers as Athena, but as the series goes on she shows all sorts of abilities, like telporting, healing, bestowing long life, sealing away other gods and fighting using her god cloth, staff and shield.

Hades also reincarnates every couple of centuries: https://saintseiya.fandom.com/wiki/Hades


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Was Genos upgraded as much as he was in the manga, in the webcomic?
In the last chapters of the manga,

 Genos's beam was able to deflect a beam from Orochi-Psykos fusion, who was able to trigger planetary scale effects with her/his beams and powers.

Was Genos this powerful in the webcomic? Was Genos upgraded as much as he was in the manga, in the webcomic?

In the Web Comic Genos is largely The Worf.  An ostensibly powerful combatant, who ends up becoming little more than a measuring stick for how much stronger the new villain (or non-villain) is.  Meaning he gets handily beat up on a regular basis, and doesn't need to serve any other purpose than giving a brutal display of how strong his opponent is.  Genos in particular tends to serve in that limited basis, doing little more than providing exposition in addition to getting his butt whupped.
What victories he does have are generally off-screen.  You may recall the Machine God that Genos fought while Saitama tracked down King and learned the truth of King's power.  In the Manga this is a highly detailed fight where we see exactly how Genos handles the fight and how tough it is.  In the webcomic the fight occurs completely off-screen.  The manga has, subsequently, significantly increased the apparent power of Genos, simply through giving us more exposure to his actual successes (or even draws).
As Orochi is a Manga original character, so too is the Psykos-Orochi fusion.  We've been told by Murata that Orochi was meant to give Tatsumaki more of a challenge than any one fighter did in the Webcomic.  However, Tatsumaki does still have certain issues in the fights that ensue after she lifts up the entire Monster Association base in the webcomic, and Genos does intervene to help her out in that fight as well.  This occurs in Chapter 71 of the webcomic.  The end result is that, while he effectively deflects an attack from a Dragon-level threat to bail Tatsumaki out of a bad situation—much as with the manga scene you reference—he does no real damage to anyone and immediately loses his arms to a counterattack.  While he doesn't exit the fight immediately, attempting to continue with nothing but kicking power, he is effectively a non-factor doing little more than providing minor distractions and expository observations from that point on.
As a general rule, Genos does go through an upgrade cycle after every failure, both in the webcomic and manga. This occurs when he gets repaired. The manga has entire arcs that do not appear in the webcomic, though, such as the tournament, as well as significant alterations to various fights.  I believe there are two upgrade cycles that are subsequently unique to the manga, due to their preceding fights not existing in the webcomic:

Goketsu.  This character and the tournament arc do not exist in the webcomic.  As such the bodily destruction and subsequent repair+upgrade exists only in the manga.
Elder Centipede.  In the webcomic, Elder Centipede is not only not fought by Genos, but is not even fought and defeated by Saitama.  In the webcomic, he's bested by Garou, who takes up the fight after Metal Bat.

If we take Genos at his own word about his powers, then immediately preceding the Manga scene you reference he says that he is now able to destroy meteors; presumably his baseline is the meteor he failed to deal with earlier in the story, that was ultimately taken out by Saitama.  That meteor was assigned the threat level of Dragon.  In the Web Comic, however, Genos does not make any claims about being able to defeat a Dragon level threat (meteor or otherwise) until after his repair+upgrade cycle following the Monster Association arc (and even then the claim seemed somewhat questionable, as he almost immediately loses an arm to a Demon level threat, but later on he does seem to perform well in comparison to Flashy Flash).
So the net conclusion is: he's been upgraded more times in the manga, but for trivial reasons (more necessary repairs were added); but he seems to have been upgraded to "one level" higher, being able to deal with a dragon-level threat pre-MA fights rather than post-MA fights.

The last upgrade in the manga seems to put him over every other S class warrior other than Tatsumaki and Blast

@Pablo Possibly.  On the one hand, Silver Fang said he couldn't deal with that meteor, but in the webcomic he also easily one-shots multiple Dragon level enemies in a row. We've also seen, in the manga, Drive Knight defeat a Dragon-level cadre, and Flashy Flash took out two of them in one attack.


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JoJo timeline problems
So recently, I found an article about how the author got rid of hamon in JoJo. It said that he replaced hamon with stands since it was outdated or something. Now, this is after two parts of JoJo. So I was wondering about the JoJo series 2000 and the one before that. They had the same storyline as Stardust Crusaders, meaning that it had stands. So since these two series came way before 2012 series which had hamon, why did the author had to 'get rid' or hamon when stands were already present and they were to be used in Stardust Crusaders?

You're aware that the author began writing the manga in 1987, right?

F1Krazy no I wasn't aware of that

The chronology of JoJo adaptations goes like this:

1987-1989: Hirohiko Araki publishes the first two parts of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency. These parts both focus on the power of Hamon.
1989-1992: Araki publishes Part 3, Stardust Crusaders. While writing this part, Araki introduces the concept of Stands, and these go on to replace Hamon as the series' main supernatural force.
1993-1994: A six-part OVA is released that adapts the second half of Stardust Crusaders, skipping over the first two parts entirely.
2000-2002: A seven-part OVA is released that adapts the first half of Stardust Crusaders, thus acting as a prequel to the earlier OVA series.
2012 onwards: A TV anime begins that adapts the entire manga from the beginning. To stay true to the manga, the adaptations of Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency retain the concept of Hamon.

(For simplicity's sake, I've omitted the publication dates for Parts 4 through 8 of the manga. Only the first three parts are relevant to your question.)


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Is it common for Japanese school kids to live alone IRL?
In so many animes, I have noticed that middle- and high-school kids live by themselves without any adults around to supervise. While this may serve as a useful plot device, I noticed that it happens far too often. Arima Kousei of Your Lie in April lives alone because his father is always out on business trips, Sakuta Azusagawa (Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai) and Kyon (Haruhi Suzumiya series) live with their younger sisters. Other characters of Haruhi Suzumiya like Yuki Nagato and Ryoko Asakura, both functionally human to that society, also live by themselves. Is that common in Japanese society?
[Having lived in multiple cities across multiple countries, I have never seen school kids living alone in houses like that. The best I've seen within the budget of older university students are single-room apartments or shared houses.]
Ideally, I'm looking for answers from people who have first-hand experience of school life in Japan. Answers based on studies and reports would be OK too, if you can translate the relevant information to English.

High school I guess, but middle really? Example please?

I wouldn't call it common, based on the data I've found, but the situation commonly portrayed in anime, manga and light novels are not unheard of in real life.
According to this study, those aged 15-19 that live alone comprises only about 5% of the population. It's worth nothing that the graph peaks at the age ranges of 20-24 and 80-84. So while there are indeed students living alone in real life, it's not as common as anime, manga or light novels make it to be.
There are also some discussion about this on different sites, some who've had Japanese friends who live alone. Here are some links if you'd like to read about their experiences. Link 1, Link 2, Link 3


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What is the purpose of the prayer in Fire Force?
I'm not too far in the series but I can't see any use in the prayer yet.
First I thought the prayer either weakened the infernal or boosted the firefighter.
Then I thought the soul needed the prayer to be "freed".
For example, on D.Gray-Man:

 A soul can either be freed when killed by exorcist innocence or destroyed when killed using a different method.

Does it make a difference if they pray or not in Fire Force?

Great pressure is pressed on people if they feel they are killing people (or at least I think so). The Fire Force was set up to save people instead of killing, although they may be literally killing all the time.
In order to maintain a sense of justice and mercy, prayers are needed, not only to confort the family and relatives of the dead, but to ease the feeling of guilt of the firefighters.

The people in Fire Force believe that an Infernal is a person who is on the verge of passing on to the next life, and that they are suffering heavily with their body on fire.
By having a Sister say the prayer, they are blessing the soul of the Infernal so that when the Fire Force destroy their physical body they can pass on to the equivalent of Heaven and be at peace. In the first season, the Captain explains how the bright lines on the Fire Force uniforms are both practical (making it easier to see them in smoke) but also symbolic of the Force's role of guiding souls to the next world.
There is at least one point in the second season (and I believe once during the first season as well) where they discuss destroying an Infernal without saying the prayer, and those present are aghast at the idea of doing so since it would condemn the soul of the person - the instance in the second season was a case where they weren't sure that the Sister could arrive in time to say the prayer in a situation where there were many non-Infernal lives at stake so they were weighing up the danger of waiting long enough to do things properly


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Why did Kanon reincarnate in another race?
So 2000 years ago Kanon and the demon king made a pact for peace, both died, and both reincarnated 2000 years after that. However, when the demon king reincarnated in his own race, Kanon who was human reincarnated as a demon. Why is that?
Why did Kanon reincarnate in another race?

I am assuming that you're asking as you've watched the most recent, episode nine. The answer lies back in episode two at 2:25:

In episode two it is mentioned that Kanon and Anos made a promise that if Kanon were resurrected that it would be as Anos' friend when they end the war between Humans and Demons. If Kanon were born human again as a hero he would be destined to fight the demon king again, where as if he were resurrected as a demon, this would not be the case. This would be why Lay was born with extraordinary swordsmanship abilities, as well as explain partially why his seven hearts were split to maintain in part his heroism in reincarnation.

Please note that at this stage in the anime this is still semi-speculation, but rather credible speculation at that. Anos confirms this at 11:00 - 11:14 in the anime in episode nine.


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How come Rei and Shinji have different last names?
Rei Ayanami and Shinji Ikari are supposed to be brother and sister. Why do they not both have the same surname as their father, Gendo Ikari?

They are not supposed to be brother and sister. Rei was created using material of Yui Ikari which would make their relationship closer to mother/son or aunt/nephew genetically speaking and this origin was kept secret.

Gendō Ikari brought his first clone (Rei I) to the Gehirn base, which is the predecessor of NERV and responsible for the development and construction of the first Evangelion units, introducing her as the daughter that an acquaintance entrusted to him.
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Officially, Rei II is chosen by an organization called the Marduk Institute as the First Child and pilot of EVA Unit-00, though this organization is later revealed to be a front, with Gendō and the SEELE council pulling all the strings.

So officially there is no relation between Gendo and Rei except that he is responsible for her.
Giving her his surname would serve no purpose and instead make others more suspicious of her and what connection she shares with him.
Quote from Wikipedia

Shinji and Rei are biologically half-siblings since they share their mother (with a different biological father), and while Gendo has no biological relationship with Rei, she's his step-daughter since she's his wife's daughter.

You can choose to look at it that way, but that's not actually how step- relationships work.  If, for example, Alice gets a divorce from Bob, and then marries Chet, and then Alice and Chet have a son, Daniel -- Bob is not Daniel's step-father.  Now, Rei doesn't have a biological father or mother; as stated, she's a being created from the genetic material of Yui and Lilith. Half-siblings is oversimplifying the relationship between Rei and Shinji; she could also be considered his mother (as a clone of her) or his aunt (as a clone "sibling" of her, like her twin).

Further, Gendo is (probably?) Rei's legal guardian, so on paper she and Shinji may be step-siblings. It's a very tangled family tree, is what I'm saying.


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How could Jolyne hold Goo Goo Dolls?

I'm pretty sure that it was specifically stated that stands cannot be touched by people.
Did I get something wrong or is it just a mistake?
Thank you very much!

There are two answers to your question.
1 Goo-Goo dolls is a stand that can be interacted with like strength. (Jotaro has been seen damaging the ship.)
2 This is the most likely answer, Jolyne's stand is two things. It is both a physical stand made out of string and the fact that her own body is made of string/ her body can turn into strings. This in a way makes her, her own stand, letting her grip goo-goo dolls.


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Does Trunks ever pretend to be weaker than Vegeta so as not to hurt his pride?
This is a question regarding the anime but any reference from the manga are also acceptable. Please include season/episode, etc.
Vegeta's pride is a recurring theme and fuels his rage during fights. He demonstrates this by toying with his enemies, letting his opponents beat on him until they discover for themselves how weak they are, and by letting his enemies power up or transform so that he isn't fighting a weaker enemy.
I seem to recall there being a point at which Vegeta realized that Goku was holding back so as not to hurt his pride and this angered him immensely; I think it was around the time Goku demonstrated his SSJ3 form and was a catalyst for Vegeta willingly allowing himself to be turned into Majin Vegeta.
But is there an instance where Trunks also suppresses his power out of fear that his father will resent him for surpassing him just as Goku always does? This question occurred to be while watching Vegeta fighting Cell after having trained in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. He repeatedly refers to Trunks as being strong but never as strong as himself.
A citation for Vegeta realizing that Goku was stronger would also be nice as a supporting reference but I am seeking answers specifically regarding Trunks.

Not an answer, but Trunks had no problems showing his super saiyan transformation during the fight against Frieza to his father. At that point he had surpassed his father.

@Turamarth you need to remember that Trunks didn't knew his father at that time, it's first time he sees him alive.

Trunks actually said in the place of the anime you mentioned - when Vegeta battled the perfect Cell - that he surpassed Vegeta's power, but didn't told Vegeta since he didn't want to hurt his pride, he's telling this to Kuririn after being noted that he's been stronger than Vegeta, Trunks tells Kuririn that though Vegeta surpassed the SSJ level, he surpassed even that.

That being said, in his fight against Cell he found out that his level beyond that realm Vegeta could have acquired or maybe has, but didn't made that in the fight against Cell since it forces the user to power up the muscles and by doing that reducing the user speed.


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What happened to Naruto's kyuubi seal after meeting kushina?
Why is the seal changed after Kushina helped Naruto in controlling the Kyuubi? There was no sticker seal in the Kyuubi's cage and it turned into a circle lock with red cage.
It was like this before with a paper seal in the center

After meeting kushina it turns into this, with tomoe lock in the center and a red cage

After meeting Kushina and taking the Kyuubi's chakra, it's implied that Naruto now has a lot more control over the Kyuubi, and thus does not require the paper seal to assist in warding off its influence.  Naruto took the seal off on his own during the fight to subjugate the Kyuubi, and thus, no longer exists.
Note that the paper seal was put there by Minato as a stop-gap to prevent either Naruto from voluntarily taking off the seal, and to keep the Kyuubi in check should its power or influence grow out of control (as evidenced by the Pain arc).


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How did Yagura Karatachi / Fourth Mizukage survive Itachi's Amaterasu?
the attack in question is near 2:40 here https://youtu.be/-J7V4YykpY4?t=160 (episode 456?)
how did he survive that attack? Shouldn't Amaterasu have burned his body down to ash?

Canonically speaking, Amaterasu is not able to burn through the tailed beast's cloak (see spoiler image below). The beast's Chakra protects them from the effects. This is shown in Naruto Chapter 697
While the scene you are asking about is partially filler, we do know some elements about both Amaterasu and the beast's cloak that can provide an answer.
Beast Cloak
The tailed beast's cloak, while active, provides raid healing effects. So while Yagura is in the beast form, the beast's chakra was constantly healing while Amaterasu was burning. Eventually Amaterasu's power overtook Yagura's beast forum, thus forcing him to revert back his human state.
Amaterasu
When Amaterasu is active, there are only a handful of methods to extinguish the flames. It will eventually burn out after 7 days and nights or if the user recalls the flames; whichever comes first. So after Yagura reverted back to his human state, Itachi put out the flames to not actually kill him, but to immobilize him.

itachi could have killed yagura and burned him alive but he chose not to completely kill him because the akatsuki needed the body of yagura to complete the gedo statue's jinjuriki.

Welcome to Anime & Manga! The question really isn't asking why Itachi spared his life, but rather how Yagura survived Itachi's attacks


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where can I digitally buy the soundtrack of Food Wars?
I'm having an hard time finding where can I download/buy the soundtrack from the season 2 of Food Wars. Preferably in CD quality.
Do you know where should I look?

I assume it is Ni no Sara Original Soundtrack? Excluding legally-questionable streaming/download sites, I'm afraid it's only released as a bonus CD from buying the limited first release of the 3rd Blu-ray set.

Search in https://vgmdb.net/ to get info about the soundtrack (like the distribution information).
Example: Food Wars All Albums,  Food Wars Second Plate Albums
You can also use the catalog number associated with the album to google search.
You can also directly visit the anime shows official website to get information regarding the ost of the series. But, obviously the site will be in Japanese.
Example: Official Site
Try,

CDJapan
Ark Square
Soundcloud

Sometimes an OST will be released in with Blu-Ray/DVD release (Check the official site/twitter for this information). Other options you could try would be YouTube, Amazon and itunes. But, it depends if it is being distributed in your region. If it is not then you will have to buy or import the physical copy from another site or third party vendor.


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What Happend To Pokkle After Neferpitou Stuck Those Antennas In His Head
We all know that the chimera ants found pokkle hiding under human skulls and Neferpitou stuck antennas into Pokkles head, but what i'm wondering is what happend to pokkle after that. So here are the options I think that happend...

So did they feed him to the queen, and if they did, did he become a chimera ant or did he become a part of the king chimera ant (Meruem)?

or did they just let hime die in the cave?

In Chapter 198 of the manga, Neferpitou told one of his subordinates that he doesn't need Pokkle anymore and he should offer him to the Queen right away. Pokkle was then chopped up but him being fed to the Queen was never depicted in the manga. It was also never shown that he became a Chimera Ant.


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Why Lay is weaker than Kanon if he's his reincarnation?
Supposedly Lay is the reincarnation of Kanon. Kanon was supposed to be a match for Anon, or may be even stronger since Anon states Kanon's mastery of root magic surpasses even his own. But when reincarnated Anon defeats Lay with a stick.
Why Lay is weaker than Kanon if he's his reincarnation?

He only reincarnated with 1 source not all 7 he fused the other 6 with the demon emperors to wipe their memories and create a fake demon king Avos so that the humans wouldn’t know the real demon king when he reincarnated that’s also why Melheis has his memory Kanon couldn’t use his last source to change his memory or he wouldn’t be able to come back


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Why do first episodes of anime sometimes use content from several chapters into the manga or novel?
I've noticed with several anime that are adaptations of manga or novels that the first episode is based primarily, if not entirely, on content from several chapters into the story. Such shows will usually jump back to the actual beginning of the story near the end of the first episode or episode 2 will go back to the start and all episodes will then progress normally.
This is unrelated to any major or minor changes in characters, plot, events, etc., I'm just talking about the general use of later content for the first episode before jumping back to the beginning afterwards.
Typically, I can't think of any other examples off the top of my head, but Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear this season has done it which is why the confusion and annoyance has prompted me to ask here.
The way they've done it for Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear is especially frustrating as they dropped several short "flashback" scenes throughout the episode without much context and which don't have any relation to the actual content used for the episode, and they imply that the core concept of the show could be very different than the manga or novel. Now we have to wait for episode 2 to hopefully clarify that. I may just be overreacting on this point, though.
Also, I wanted to add the tags adaptation, kuma kuma kuma bear, and first episode but none of them exist and I don't have 300 rep so I can't create them. I wouldn't really say that anime production fits my question, from the description that accompanies it in the tag input thing, but it's the closest I could find seeing as I'm not allowed to post a question with zero tags ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It's going to be tough answering this for all possibilities, and if there's any information on why Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear in particular did it then it will be hard to find and in Japanese, but as a broad answer it's because any anime adaptation will have two audiences:

The people who are familiar with the original work; and

The people who aren't.

The people who already know the original work usually already have an emotional investment in the show, and are likely to watch it up until it proves itself a bad adaptation. Of course, as you've already found, this can happen quite quickly if you have certain expectations of the show that aren't immediately met, but fans will tend to stick around for at least a little bit.
The people who don't know the original work need a reason to be interested, and the production group responsible for making it may choose to start the story in media res if they think the pacing of the original work's start is too slow, or awkward, or otherwise isn't going to draw the audience in enough. This can be particularly important for a seasonal show that might only have 13 episodes and no guarantee of a second season, because the people making the anime are going to want to (a) have the audience interested enough in the show to stick it out to the end of the season, and (b) make the season finale exciting enough to generate hype for a potential second season. That second part might mean that they're going to have to jump quite heavily through the source material to get to some kind of epic climax, and so working backwards they may not have the luxury of spending a lot of episodes covering the entire introduction of the setting and characters.
Is it the right decision? It's hard to say. Plenty of shows just play it straight with the source material, and others do their own thing. It just happens that KKKB has gone for this particular choice, for whatever reason.

Yeah, I'm thinking a similar thing like "the hook"; to hook people who are not familiar to the series. Maybe similar to Why are manga cover pages not relevant with the current arc?


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How to watch anime in India legally?
I'm wondering how I can watch anime in India legally when we don't have any channel right now AND Crunchyroll doesn't release anime for India.

Are VPNs legal in India? This is called geo-blocking and you can use a VPN to get around it. India may have laws around this, and I know none of India's laws.

Muse Asia is now streaming anime for free via YouTube in Asia
And There are about 120 shows offered on Crunchyroll in India with 160 on Netflix and about 30 through Amazon Prime. but crunchy roll is not working properly

Unless the streaming company actually releases for your region, there is no legal way to consume that media.

This is wrong. As one country has said this is legal - "The Copyright Act does not make it illegal to use a VPN to access overseas content. While content providers often have in place international commercial arrangements to protect copyright in different countries or regions, which can result in ‘geoblocking’, circumventing this is not illegal under the Copyright Act."

@Peilonrayz:  It seems that you're referencing an Australian FAQ.  To be blunt, the ideal approach  to consume media online is to just go straight to the online streaming site.  There's a specific reason that geoblocks exist at all, and circumventing may not be illegal in one country, but may be illegal in another.  We are not here to determine what jurisdictions are OK to use a VPN with and which ones aren't, so I would much rather err on the side of caution and explicitly state, if it isn't permitted by the main streaming service without workarounds, it's probably not legal.

If you [edit] your answer so that it's inline with what your comment says then I'd remove the downvote. However currently you've just said something that is false.

@Peilonrayz:  It's not false.  The nature and relationship of VPNs and streaming sites is complicated.  There is a fundamental difference between being able to leverage a VPN to consume media, and being permitted to use a VPN to consume media.  I refuse to give jurisdiction-sensitive advie, and since I'm definitely not in India, the more appropriate answer is that it's just not allowed so long as a geoblock exists.  It would suck to go buy a VPN to later get denied access because that site decided to block your VPN.

I believe you are more than capable to change your answer from absolutes.


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What happened to Yin Kurama inside Edo Minato after the war ended?
After Orochimaru reincarnated Namikaze Minato, Yondaime Hokage and the war ended. Does Yin Kurama still reside inside Minato even after he goes back to the heavens or did it return to Yang Kurama and now it is inside Naruto.
Can you please clarify this?

Does this answer your question? What happened to the Yin half of Kurama?

Minato's half on nine tails goes into naruto. In the end of the war, naruto gets the other half of the nine tails so he has both halves now.


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How is 'Mobu' wasei-eigo?
Wikipedia is the only place which posits that the main character of Mob Psycho 100, Shigeo Kageyama, has a nickname 'Mob' which is wasei-eigo for 'background character'.
Mobu is not listed in any list of wasei-eigo words.
Can someone break down how Mobu is wasei-eigo?

If Wikipedia doesn't provide a citation, there's every chance it may not be true at all.

As mentioned in the comments by F1Krazy already, this information is likely wrong.
The nickname actually originates from his First-name, Shigeo. The Kanji for which can alternatively be read as "Mob" (モブ, Mobu).
This is also confirmed to be the source of his nickname in the Character guidebook as mentioned on the Mob Psycho fandom, a copy of which is included at the bottom of the post.
All though Mobu might not be wasei-eigo for "background character", it does infer such a character. Some more background on this can be found on Japanese.SE's question: Etymology of モブ


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Is Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Part of the Adventure Timeline?
The reason I ask is due to the fact that the series, Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, is advertised as being set in the future of 2045 and the last moment in time (for now, at least) for the Digimon Adventure timeline is 2026, the infamous Epilogue at the end of Digimon Adventure 02. This would leave 19 years in between the Digimon Adventure 02 Epilogue and Episode  1 of Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, "The Search Result is Haru Shinkai! Gatchmon Appears!"
The six-part Digimon Adventure tri movie series is said to be set in 2005, with the final film, Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution-Kizuna set in 2010.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated

No, it's not. Digimon (not Appmon) in Appmon are explicitly fictional, though an Agumon leaves its video game at one point. Additionally, the Adventure epilogue shows a world where everyone has Digimon, but in Appmon it's a world much like our own.
(Another note: That 'in the year 2045' thing at the beginning of each episode is quoting a certain AI researcher, not establishing the setting. Appmon is implied to be set in 2016.)

Ok, thanks. I hadn't seen anything of this particular show and am currently trying to catch up on all of the various anime


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Why can't Boruto use Odama Rasengan & Taju Kage Bunshin?
When Boruto was practicing to enhance his skill in episode 16x Kakashi mentioned that he can't create Odama Rasengan because he has low Chakra reserved. Likewise, several previous episodes also mentioned that he cant create even more than 10 Shadow Clone.
Kakashi explained that Naruto can do it because he is a Jinjuriki. Now, that is a bit contradicting since Konohamaru can actually do Odama and Taju as seen in episode of chunin exam between Konohamaru and Naruto.
So, why can't Boruto use Odama Rasengan & Taju Kage Bunshin? But Konohamaru can.

After researching your question, I can see why there is confusion on to why Konohamaru "can" use these justus while Boruto cannot. Unfortunately the simple explanation is "because it's not-cannon"
When it comes to cannon, it is undetermined if Konohamaru can actually use either Big-Ball Rasengan or Multi-Shadow Clone Justu. The only appearances of him using these justus are in filler episodes1 and an OVA2.
While it been stated before that Konohamaru and Boruto both have large charka reserves, Kakashi seems to be implying that it is not enough to safely perform either justu without the charka provided by a tailed beast. By safely, I refer to the reason why the Multi-Shadow Clone justu was marked as forbidden for being a risk to the user's life due to exerting too much chakra

1 Naruto's Favourite Pupil
2 Chūnin Exam on Fire! Naruto vs. Konohamaru!


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What counts as a hug in Fruits Basket?
Near the end of the chapter in which Momiji first appears, he put his arms around Tohru's waist, but didn't transform. And many of the events that transform the zodiac members look more like tackles or bumps than hugs. So what, specifically, are the specifications for a "hug" that will transform a member of the zodiac?

Regarding this question, after reading to chapter 109 I think I've got a theory with some tangible proof. I will begin by compiling some odd incidents contained in the manga, which I think are pertinent, as well as general comments that help elucidate how the curse works. Note: with regard to my references, all volume numbers will to the English version, to the collector's edition which collects all chapters into twelve big volumes, because that's what I read. I will, however, include chapter numbers as well to avoid confusion.
Let me first give a brief overview of my theory. What I suspect, is that a qualifying "hug" has nothing to do with how a person's arms are positioned, but rather, has to do with body-to-body contact, and perhaps more specifically, torso-to-torso contact.
First, and importantly, there are offhand comments about crowds being dangerous for the Sohmas, which I think supports my theory that it isn't just proper hugs they need to worry about. In volume 7, chapter 76, Kyo says this:

In a crowd like that, I'd definitely get squashed and transform.

This kind of sentiment is repeated in a conversation between Hiro and Kisa in volume 8, chapter 88:

That aside, be careful while we're here, Kisa.
Huh? It's okay, Hiro-chan...! There are a lot of people here... But I'll be sure not to bump into anyone.

So it seems crowds are a major concern for the Sohmas. One wouldn't expect to get what is usually considered a hug under such conditions (with arms around the other person, etc.). On the other hand, bumping into people and "getting squashed" between people, as Kyo says, is something that could definitely happen.
Next, in volume 9, chapter 103 a conversation between Hiro and his mother, as they talk about Hiro's little sister, illustrates that just cradling a baby could trigger the curse:

Hold her, Hiro-chan. This is your chance.
What?! I-I can't do that! Hinata's a girl... So it's impossible for me!
It'll be fine! Mama will just hold the both of you!

The standard for cradling babies usually does involve holding the baby close to yourself and having part of their body rest against their own. I have a suspicion Hiro would probably be fine if he holds Hinata away from him and "Lion Kings" it, but that would definitely be bad form, possibly dangerous for the baby. My suspicion is based on the fact, as previously mentioned in the question, that Momiji put his arms around Torhu's waist when he first showed up, and also because Kyo has put both hands on Torhu's head many times (Yuki's done something similar as well, albeit not to Tohru, as far as I recall).
Now, I'll demonstrate some instances of "hugs" that are strange because they did cause a transformation or because they did.
In volume 8, chapter 87, there's this odd picture of Kyo giving Tohru a one-armed hug and seemingly putting his cheek against the top of her head. He doesn't transform in spite of this. It's unclear how much they're touching here, but I think the panel on the next page indicates Kyo was keeping his distance a bit. This is why I think him not transforming here doesn't disprove my theory.

Here's another odd scene where a transformation isn't triggered: Yuki pulls Tohru to his side and has one arm around her, but nothing happens. I think this helps further define what kind of hug is necessary. There's a lot of contact here, but side-to-side isn't going to cut it. That being said, the image could also be a little misleading, and it might be possible Yuki was careful not to come into contact with Tohru. It is pretty hard to tell in this case.

Now here's a scene where Momiji hugs Tohru and does transform. I only include it because the other answer suggests that the non-zodiac has to put their arms around the zodiac to trigger a transformation, and I think this clearly indicates that is not the case:

Now, here's what I think is the most informative scene, and it comes from volume 10, chapter 109:

This first picture shows Kyo really pushing the limits to the boundary of what he is allowed to do. He's pretty close to Tohru, he's got his arms around her, and his chin might even be resting on her head (hard to say for sure). But his body is not in contact with hers. Now here's the next part, where he does cross the boundary:

I was a bit baffled by this part at first, because he's clearly hugging Tohru, and yet doesn't seem to transform. However, it just so happens that this is where the author chose for the scene to end. A post-chapter picture does seem to indicate Kyo did transform:
So this is why I think this particular scene is so important to answering this question. It shows that arm placement isn't enough, and actually shows how close Kyo can get before he transforms. This scene alone gets very close to defining the exact limitations of a hug that will transform a member of the zodiac.
I think that all this information suggests that body-to-body contact is the key here, and not anything to do with how the arms are positioned. But Regardless of whether my theory is accurate, I think that by highlighting these cases I can help readers draw their own conclusion.

From my recollection, the determinant seems to be the non-zodiac member's arms going around the zodiac member's body.  Intent doesn't seem to matter -- that's why you'll get tackles and bumps in there -- just the specificity of action.  So that's how Momiji can hug Tohru -- it's just that she can't hug him.


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What's the song in Naruto (part 1) episode 107 at 6:51?
It's a happy sorta flute/guitar song, I always hear it but I just cant seem to find it. Help would be appreciated.

It's Daylight of Konoha By Toshiro Masuda.
The song is part of Naruto's second OST Naruto - Original soundtrack II published by Miya Records.
The CD is available on playasia and Amazon


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Demon Slayer (Kimetsu No Yaiba) Dubbed version...can't quite catch
I am non-native English speaker trying to practice my listening skill by watching and listening my favorite anime Kimetsu no yaiba English dubbed version.
(I have found that this way I tend to keep my focus longer with interest)
I have watched the first episode and am stuck at the first encounter of Tanjiro and Giyu Tomioka.
When Tanjiro begged not to kill Nezuko, Giyu got angry and said,
"Don't xxxxxxx like that will give your enemy the chance to kill you!"
I couldn't catch the xxxxxxx part at all, and can not find any closed caption.
English Subtitles of Japanese audio doesn't match with dubbed version so I am totally lost.
I tried to guess and the closest word I could get was "quave" or "grovel",
If you watched the English Dub, would you please teach me what it says?
In original word in Japanese was, "Seisatsu Yodatsu No Ken Wo Tanin Ni Nigiraseruna! (生殺与奪の権を他人に握らせるな）"
Thank you for your help in advance!

You heard correctly, the line is "Don't grovel like that and give your enemies the chance to kill you!". Grovel meaning "to lie or creep with the body prostrate in token of subservience or abasement" which refers to Tanjiro kowtowing in front of Giyu, pitifully begging him not to kill his sister. Its an interesting translation, the subtitle of the line in the sub ("Don't ever give others a chance to murder you") is a decently direct translation of the spoken line ("生殺与奪の権を他人に握らせるな") and makes no mention of Tanjiro's posture.


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What was Balalaika doing with the porn videos?
In Episode 7 of Black Lagoon, Rock and Revy drop in on Balalaika as part of their errands, and find her watching a series of porn videos, which she's either repeatedly rewinding or fast-forwarding through (I can't tell which).
Balalaika doesn't mention why she's sitting through all these pornos, only that she has "15 more to go". It's clearly for work-related reasons, as she takes no pleasure from viewing them and even mutters "Someone shoot me" as Rock and Revy leave, but I'm really not sure what kind of Russian mafia work would involve watching dozens of hours of porn.
What on earth was Balalaika up to? Is it explained in the manga, perhaps? I know it's probably unimportant in the grand scheme of things, but it's really puzzling me.

The scene in the manga (ch 9 pg 6-7) this is referencing is only a page and a half long and unless the translation I read was wonky the setup is different than the anime. In the anime as you saw Balalaika is using some sort of playback equipment and fiddling with a porn video and she comments about how she has "15 more to do" and she "should've gotten an intern to do it" which makes it seem as though she's editing the videos, that she's kind of a workaholic and didn't outsource this rather tacky job, kind of a weird scene but whatever, there isn't anything deeper going on. In the manga the scene is simpler and I think it makes more sense, Balalaika is actually just watching porn while the Black Lagoon cronies relay their message, there's no editing equipment, just a TV and then either Rock or Revy says that they have 15 errands to do (not Balalaika). There isn't anything deeper going on here either but it does give some fun characterization to Balalaika who is spending her free time watching porn, full deadpan and can't be bothered to pause it when conversing work with the Black Lagoonies

I see, so it's just a weird deviation from the manga. Thanks for the explanation!