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Was Shanks expected to eat the Gomu Gomu no Mi?
At the beginning of the series, we see Shanks carrying the Gomu Gomu no Mi fruit around like a treasure. Was he expected to eat this fruit? Or did he just sell it?

It's obvious he didn't want Luffy to eat it.

I don't think there is a clear answer, for this question.We know how he took it http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi .But I would bet he wanted to sell it, because if he wanted to eat he could have done it or maybe to give it to someone he would also would have done, except if it was someone not from his crew.. (or maybe impress a girl :P)

Didn´t his crew also mention the estimated price they expected to get? So they planned to sell it. (But I may remember it wrong)

I don't think Shanks ever planned to eat the Gomu Gomu no Mi. I think he probably gave it to one of his crew members or sold it for some sake. With Shanks being one of the most powerful men in the world, I think if he ever wanted a Devil Fruit, he would have been able to get one pretty easily. If he wanted the Gomu Gomu no Mi specifically, then it would be a different story. However, I just can't think of any reason why he could have wanted that one Devil Fruit. There are more powerful fruits to go after which would suit him better, I think.

Pirate Kings devil fruit is still not certain. Maybe he ate gomu gomu no mi and when Pirate King died the fruit respawned and shanks searched it in east blue and when he finally found it luffy ate it? Just a theory why Shanks could have wanted it.

When Luffy ate the fruit, Shanks was even quoted as saying that Not Being Able to Swim is a pirate's biggest weakness

Based on Shank's reaction it's reasonable to assume that he wouldn't have eaten or let his crew eat the devil fruit.

I don't believe he was looking for that specific Devil Fruit, nor do I believe he intended to eat it himself. I believe he simply came across this Devil Fruit by pure chance or by taking it from another pirate crew who he happened to fight, and intended to sell it; if another member of his crew wanted to eat it, they probably would've done so before Shanks even arrived at Fuschia Village.

I sincerely think Shanks had the gum gum no mi for his personal consumption. As we know, Shanks knew everything about the fruit and its ability of gum. Now we all know that gum can be modified into anything as we see the straw hat's gears.
So imagine someone like Shanks with tremendous Haki ability having to be able to use the gum gum power. For all you know, he could have already been the king of the pirates by now with that ability. And if you think it over, Shanks left the previous Kings straw hat with Luffy probably because he knew that with that determination, ability, and haki (as he was friends with Garp), Luffy would actually have the potential to be the pirate king.

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I think he wanted to eat it because he knew what the fruit is capable of otherwise he could not kept the devil fruit with him. That's what i think

Would you like to expand on your answer?

He didn't wanted to eat it, that's for sure because if he wanted to do so he would've done it for himself or for one of his nakama.
Secondly he is a Pirate and the fact that he was safe-guarding the fruit was to secure the fruit until he sells it.
It would've been probably for selling but you can't say this for sure on any grounds and only Oda would've answered it the best!


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Why does Alluka only have the strength of a normal child?
It has been stated clearly that Alluak Zoldyck has the same amount of power of a normal child, which in the Hunter x Hunter universe means that he/she is very weak.

However, all other children in the Zoldyck family have received training since a very early age as well as possessing a set of talents that unique to the family, such as resistance to poison, strength and resistance to pain, even before learning nen.
Until they found out about Alluka's wish granting ability, there was nothing to suggest he/she was different from the other siblings. Therefore, it could be assumed that he/she should have received the same training as his/her siblings before that.
So why does she only have the power of a normal child?

It's possible that he was never trained like the others because there were complications around his birth resulting in being born without a soul. Just a guess that his parents put him under supervision and didn't train him because they didn't think of him as human.

You are correct in that, until Alluka evidenced dangerous powers, there is no clear reason why Alluka would not have received any Zoldyck assassin training from a very young age.  However, a statement that Alluka has the physical strength of a normal child does not tell us whether or not Alluka received any special training prior to entering solitary confinement.
Killua's brother Milluki, who we do know has undergone the standard training, does not demonstrate having any special amount of physical strength (he easily tired of whipping Killua due to exertion in chapter 42 of volume 5). He also does not display any Nen abilities. It could well be that he only has the physical strength of an average overweight teenage boy his age and his assassin training was solely in areas other than physical prowess.
Killua's mother Kikyo, who has undergone the standard training, also does not show examples of physical strength. Physically, we only know that 1) she can run at high speeds and 2) she was able to hold Killua by the arm in order to try to keep him from leaving, but since she willingly decided to let him go, we do not know if she is necessarily physically stronger than him or not (i.e. if she had wanted to make him to stay, could she have kept him pinned there by physical force, or could he have wrested away on his own strength? [same chapter]).

Milluki seemed confident that he could kill Gon, Kurapika and Leorio in the Zoldyck arc as he threatened to kill them. Killua reacted as though this was a possibility. Would that mean Milluki has no physical prowess and thought of killing them another way?

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Who are all the girls fawning over Araragi?
In the latest Monogatari - Tsukimonogatari there is a cut to an image with many young girls surrounding the protagonist.

The girls in the purple uniforms are from SHAFT's other show Puella Magi Madoka Magica, but who are the other girls?

he, he, Madoka is shying away and getting closer to Homura

A dude on /a/ thinks that the four middle ones are, from left to right, Machiko Ryou (Koufuku Graffiti), Kaga Ai (Zetsubou Sensei), Maekawa (Denpa Onna), and Morino Kirin (Koufuku Graffiti).

the 4 Madoka girls have matching uniforms, so they might need to be from the same series if they wear the same uniforms… or not

Kaga Ai and Maekawa are in high school, not junior high...dunno if that matters.

A actually asked a question like this on Reddit the other day. I'm rewatching the rest of Monogatari, and the inner two on the right have the same uniforms as the middle school girls he meets at the end of ep1 of Kabukimonogatari. Probably not a huge hint as to who they are though

The inner two on the right appear to be wearing the same uniform as Nadeko--witness https://calamitousintents.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/gg_bakemonogatari_-_11_e3aaf21c-mkv_snapshot_06-13_2010-12-21_12-02-20.jpg

This answer is going to be a huge disappointment, in all sorts of ways. I genuinely hope that someone comes along and proves this answer wrong somehow.
I don't think the other four girls are references to anything; I think they're just generic middle school girls from Koyomi's hometown.
Look at the two girls on the right:

They seem to be wearing the same school uniform as Nadeko:

And look at the two girls on the left:

They appear to be wearing the uniform of Tsuganoki No. 2 Middle School, Karen-chan and Tsukihi-chan's school:

This seems to suggest that the other four girls are just hypothetical middle school girls of the Fire Sisters' acquaintance, since they attend school in Koyomi's hometown alongside Nadeko, Karen-chan, and Tsukihi-chan. In other words, the thinking behind the scene was not, "Hey, let's fill up this scene with characters from our other works"; it was, "Hey, we've got this scene full of middle school girls, how about we shove in Madoka, Homura, Kyouko, and Sayaka?" (Poor Mami got left out again.)
However, the Madoka girls aren't actually wearing their regular uniforms either. Below we see the Mitakihara Middle School uniform, modeled by the lovely Homura, Sayaka, and Madoka:

Though the ribbon is similar, their regular uniforms clearly don't have a sailor collar. Since the Madoka girls are in different uniforms, the other four girls might still be from other shows, and were put into uniforms from the Monogatari series. As a counter-argument to this, the Mitakihara uniform looks very different from Nadeko's and the Fire Sisters' uniforms; the scene would look unbalanced if the Madoka girls were put into such different-looking uniforms. Also, in the Madoka series, Kyouko doesn't attend school with the others, so it wouldn't have made sense to put her in the Mitakihara uniform. (Mami attends Mitakihara, but she got left out again.) For those reasons, the animators may have decided to give just the Madoka girls different uniforms.
None of these arguments is iron-clad, so it is still possible that the four non-magical girls are from other shows and were put into uniforms from the Monogatari series for this scene. I genuinely hope that there is some more interesting answer than this one.

hmm yeah, the fact that the inner 4 are wearing uniforms from monogatari  wheras the madoka uniforms aren't is kinda convincing with all the other info.

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What manga is this girl shrinking into a child from?
I've found this pretty cute image on the web, and I'm curious as to why the girl turned into a child, and what happens next. I've tried a reverse image search, but it didn't yield any satisfactory results. Does anyone here recognize this image? Could you please tell me where it comes from?

Apparently, this manga includes a character named "Nikaidou" (二階堂) and a character named "Touma" (冬馬). Perhaps that will be useful knowledge.

Wow, I didn't expect such a quick response! Thanks, I'll try to find what I can with those. ^^

If you find the answer don't forget to post it here too.

Of course I'll do!^^ I'm having no luck so far, though... Anyone got tips on how to perform searches more effectively? I'm searching for the words themselves on Google, but I can't help but think there's a better way...

http://myanimelist.net/character.php?q=%E4%BA%8C%E9%9A%8E%E5%A0%82 see if any of these match

Thanks, I forgot about that site! I'm checking right now. ^^

The only two manga I can find that have both 二階堂 and 冬馬 are Honō no Dōkyūji: Dodge Danpei and Steal!. The latter is a yaoi manga; the former might fit, but I don't recognize any of these characters from it. (Neither is a very well-known manga.) Also, where did you find this image?

I found it on Visible Time (Yeah, I know, the website's NSFW, but the image isn't, and I'm interested in the manga itself), which didn't have any info on it. I'm also pretty unlucky on my side of the search, as none of the manga I've found so far seem to match this one.

I was more thinking that there might be some hints on the page by whoever posted it.

Sadly, the page doesn't show whoever posted it, and the page itself doesn't have any more hints; it's just a plain, detail-less link to that image.

I've had no luck at all on my side of the search; the closest manga I've found style-wise is AAA, but even that one doesn't quite match. :( Is there really no more clue to be drawn from the basic gist of the dialogue?

Not really. It talks about not hearing from her dad, being unable to find Nikaido's house, taking Tohma to a hospital, and lastly seeing the girl on the bench, commenting on her baggy clothing, and coming to a realization that the little girl is basically becoming the older woman.

Shoot, too bad... Thanks to all of you anyway, I'll continue researching on my side. (And to avoid cluttering the comments with extended discussions, I won't post any more comments until I actually find the answer, or at least an actually solid clue; sorry about that).

The pages shown in the question comes from the short story Heart no Kusuri in the shoujo manga collection Majo no Lesson by Natsumi Matsumoto.
The two-page spread of Heart no Kusuri one-shot:

And Chinese cover of Majo no Lesson:

Summary:

Majo no Lesson is a collection of shoujo short stories including the title short about a girl who is always teased by the boy she likes about having long black hair like a witch. She actually is a witch and her hair holds her power, but she almost cuts it when she inadvertently seals the boy's voice away.

If you're wondering how I found the manga, I split the image in your question into two, then I did a Reverse Image Search, which led me to this page. I did an Image Search once again using the cover page. Voila!

Awesome, thank you very much! That looks interesting and cute, I'll check that one out! ^^


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Did they manage to extract any information from Annie Leonhart after she was captured?
She was grounded and held underground deep inside the walls, but what about it?
Did they manage to extract any information from her? If no then why? Getting by without saying a word is too good for her!

This appears to be asking several different questions. If I'm not mistaken and that's the case, it's best to break them down into separate posts.

I guess what you are saying is right. This question should ask only about Annie questions. Imma do the braking right away!@Maroon

As far as the story goes, they were not able to abstract any information from Annie yet, because she had covered her whole body in a particularly hard crystal.
This happened back in chapter 34, but was the last we have heard and seen from Annie.


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Why does Killua get upset when Gon says "being weak is so painful" in manga chapter 214?
In chapter 214, just after Knuckle and Shoot left Gon and Killua to go to NGL, there is a scene where Gon cried, saying that he didn't realise that being weak was so painful.

At the bottom of this page, Killua also cried, although I don't think the reason is explained clearly.

The next page explains that Killua intended to leave Gon after he spent 30 days protecting him.

Was the reason he cried because he knew that he would be leaving Gon, or because he empathised with Gon, or because he too felt that being weak was painful? If so, why would it effect him so deeply?
(Could it be a mixture of the two - he felt that he was too weak and that was the reason he would have to leave Gon?)

TL;DR version
Killua cries because he remembers that his own weakness of fighting with the aim of running away will cause him to leave his best friend, Gon, to die.
Detailed version
Killua was born into the famous Zoldyck family of assassins. His family has already decided that he would be an assassin, and put him through harsh training for that purpose, right from childhood.
After meeting Gon during the Hunter exam, Killua decided that he wanted to be Gon's friend and lead a normal life, not be an assassin. As they spent time together during the later arcs, Gon's friendship became the most important thing for Killua. It was also his source of hope for escaping from the life his family had pre-decided for him.
Shortly before this incident in the question, Biscuit points out that Killua's weakness is he fights with the aim of running away, and further notes that it would cause Killua to leave Gon to die some day. This wasn't a mean taunt by an enemy, but an assessment of his weakness by his Nen teacher, and he probably realized that it was true.
It would have been immensely painful for him to realize that his weakness would cause him to leave Gon to die, Gon being his best friend, the person who changed his life and gave him hope of leading a normal life. For that reason, he decided to protect Gon for 30 days, and then leave him forever.
When Gon says that "being weak is so painful", it resonates perfectly with Killua's own feelings, and so he cries too.

Killua has been one of my favorite characters since I first started this series. I really resonate with him emotionally, and just a few years ago (it's funny because I was actually 12 too), I met the person who would have the greatest impact on my life, my best friend, Alli. And I can tell you when I saw my best friend upset the same way Gon is in this chapter, it brought me to tears. Alli was crying because she wasn't able to do anything about a really bad situation in her life that she felt powerless against, and all I could do was watch her cry. Of course, when I saw how hurt she was, I began to tear up as well, though I didn't cry like she was.
To be totally honest, her personality is so much like Gon's that it really just astounds me to see scenes like this in the manga and anime and to see that that is what happened between us, as well. I can tell you countless stories of when we've had each other back, and it's sad to say, though a little funny to realize (I guess) because in the CA arc, their friendship begins to become painful and even a little unhealthy, which is exactly what has been happening between Alli and myself recently.
So I can tell you, for sure, that not only was Killua crying because he was going to leave his best friend, but also that his best friend was being torn apart by his own weakness and inabilities, just as Killua was, and that right before his eyes, Gon was crying, and he couldn't do anything to help him.

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Why did Rukawa join Shohoku?
At the start of the manga, Rukawa was already a legend and contender for "No. 1 High School Ace", but he enrolled at the extremely weak Shohoku, which at the time only had Akagi as a strong player.
Why did he join such a weak team, when he could have had his pick of great schools? One might initially think that he would risk being overshadowed in a strong team, for example by Sendoh if he were to join Ryonan. However, we know later in the story that he had very lofty ambitions - of even entering the NBA - and with such a goal, it wouldn't matter if he were the ace of a single team or not, since he had to outperform all the other aces.
Did Rukawa give any indication why he picked Shohoku in particular? Was it simply because, as a teenager, he made bad choices? Was there something special about Shohoku that I missed? Did the ambition come later, as the character evolved? Or did it make some sense from Rukawa's perspective?

A picture is worth a thousand words...
This is from page 12, chapter 150.

well for me.. it was already stated on the latter part of the episodes.. when Shohoku faced Ryonan for the battle for the 2nd place.. coach Taoka remembered when he first invited Rukawa to their team he refuse because he wants to attend shohoku high and the simple reason why is that .... IT's NEAR...


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Why is there a warning about diseases you can contract in farms at the end of Silver Spoon Season 2?

Here's the subject of my question. The last screen of the second season of Silver Spoon show this text. One of the sentences is really disturbing. Translated, it says:

Visiting the places and facilities used as models can be dangerous
  and may result in contracting diseases from the animals.

Why did they put a such worrying message at the end of this innocent anime that shows the passion of people for farming?

I would wager it's for a similar reason to why 90% of the first couple episodes of TERRAFORMARS is black screen. Japanese regulations are much stricter so censorship and disclaimers abound. However I may be totally wrong. As for what diseases you can contract from a farm... probably none, but possibly literally anything.

The thing that is the most disturbing is the full message. It sound kinda like : "It is fiction but based on reality. In reality, diseases could kill you ! Enjoy it because fiction is not dangerous."

Some context, in case you weren't aware: hardcore anime fans in Japan have a habit of making "pilgrimages" to sites on which locations in anime are modeled. As such, there is a legitimate concern that fans of Silver Spoon might go to the farm on which the one in Silver Spoon was modeled and end up catching some horrific goat disease or whatever.

While your question about the disclaimer is a valid and acceptable question, but your question about livestock communicable diseases is off-topic for this site. Please try to amended your question to reflect this.

@senshin: Would you mind converting that into an answer?

If you read the message translated more literally, it is not quite so scary-sounding:

「劇中に登場する個人名･団体名などはすべて架空のものですが、酪農については、食と命に関わるテーマとして事実に基づいて表現を心がけています。モデルとなった場所や施設を訪問する行為は、動物の疫病を引き起こす等の原因ともなりえる危険な行為です。」
"All personal names and organizations that appear in this program are fictional, however, regarding dairy farms, [we are] committed to representing themes about food and life based on reality. Visiting the location or facilities used as models is a dangerous act which may result in contracting an epidemic [from] animals, among other things."

This is a simple legal disclaimer for the animation company to cover themselves from anyone suing as a result of visiting the location and somehow catching a disease or any other number of "other" things they might do while there.
The model of Silver Spoon's fictional 大蝦夷農業高等学校 (Ooezo Nougyou Koutou Gakkou = Ooezo Agricultural High School) is the real-life Hokkaido University.  This is clear because:

「蝦夷」(ezo, more frequently written in katakana as 「エゾ」) is the traditional word for "Hokkaido". For example, エゾモモンガ　[ezo momonga] is the flying squirrel native to Hokkaido and エゾシカ [ezo shika] is the  deer native to Hokkaido.
Hokkaido University was founded under its prior name of 札幌農学校 (Sapporo Nougakkou = Sapporo Agricultural School), and
The Silver Spoon ending theme shows the characters walking along the ポプラ並木 (Popura Namiki = Poplar Avenue) which is Hokkaido University's most famous attraction.

Hokkaido University is one of the top-ranked national universities of Japan and is one of the main tourist attractions of Hokkaido prefecture. Now the university includes many other majors, but the major in Agricultural Science is still a main feature of the university, and large portions of the campus are covered in farm fields, including cows, sheep, horses, dogs, and plants. The fact that the campus contains lots of farmland and is home to livestock is not a deterrent; rather, tourism is encouraged. Not only do countless Japanese tourists, foreign tourists, and Japanese school groups visit the campus every year for sightseeing, the campus opens its doors to the public throughout the year with 北大際 (HokuDaiSai, the four-day annual school festival), エルムの森 (Erumu no Mori = Elm Forest) cafe (designed more for tourists than for students since students frequent the cheaper cafeterias), and public lectures. In order to view the Poplar Avenue and the bust of Inazo Nitobe statue next to it, it is impossible not to walk past one of the farm areas of campus. Children (and adults!) enjoy watching the sheep grazing just to the right of Poplar Avenue.
Silver Spoon is not discouraging fans from making a pilgrimage to Hokkaido University and is not warning that fans will likely contract a disease from the animals.
Since I lived in the international student dorm of Hokkaido University, I walked through a farm plot every day to get to class. Each time that I flew to the U.S. and went through Immigration, I needed to declare that, yes, "I am bringing soil or have been on a farm/ranch/pasture"  since it is illegal to bring foreign soil into the country, but when I handed in my Declaration Form and mentioned that I was an international student at an agricultural university, I was simply waved on by with no concern by the officials. Walking through the farm areas of campus and seeing the livestock in close proximity is not considered dangerous.
Two asides:

When Sapporo Agricultural School was founded as a three-year college in the early Meiji era, the students entered at around age 14. Although it was a college and they were hired by the government into prestigious official positions directly after graduating, the age at which they undertook their college education parallels the age of high school students nowadays, so Silver Spoon matches the real history in terms of ages of students.

It is not permitted for anyone (students or tourists) to walk along Poplar Avenue in the present day.  We can go look at it and walk a very short stretch of it, but most of it has been fenced off after a typhoon felled some of the trees; poplars are, apparently, not very wind-resistant, so it is no longer considered safe for people to walk alongside or under the trees (just in case of a strong gust of wind!). There are many Japanese who would love to be able to experience walking the Avenue like the early students of Sapporo Agricultural School got to, and the characters in Silver Spoon get to do.

Referencing from chapter 74 (where Hachiken mother visits the campus and saw the warning sign in front of the school), I think the part 動物の疫病を引き起こす should be translated as "causing an epidemic amongst the animal", instead of "[human] contracting an animal disease".

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What anime is this video featuring girls wearing Nazi armband from? (NSFW)
My friend sends me this video of an anime featuring what seems to be Nazi (?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJsRswmAiWo
Neither of us knows what anime it was from. Does anyone know?
Below is a SFW screenshot, as requested:

Please also upload a SFW screenshot as a safeguard.

Added a screenshot.

I did a reverse image search on one of the frames in the video. It's an hentai anime from 1986 called Cream Lemon. I haven't watched it and I am not going to, but if you want to know more about check its Wikipedia article.
This is what the reverse image search turned up.

Episode 14, Nalice Scramble, to be exact.

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Do Aldnoah Drives have any kind of consciousness or intelligence?
Aldnoah Drives seem to understand language (as seen when Asseylum ordered Castle Crutheo's Drive to sleep) and recognize people (as seen when Emperor Vers was granted activation powers at the first contact with Aldnoah in Mars).
Do Aldnoah Drives have any kind of intellect?

No, there is nothing in the series that indicates that Aldnoah drives possess consciousness or intelligence. Aldnoah was awakened by Emperor Vers, but, according to the wiki, it can be activated by voice but "will continue running regardless of the activator's location, but only if the individual with the activation factor either loses consciousness, dies, or if a descendant of the VERS Royal Family intervenes, will the Aldnoah Drive shutdown."

There are several different ways to stop an Aldnoah Drive's activity:

Damaging/Destroying it
The user deactivates it
Someone of Royal Blood (such as Princess Asseylum) forcibly shuts it down
The heart of the person who activated it stops (if the person gets revived with CPR he/she needs to reactivate the Aldnoah Drive).

The drive itself does not seem to be able to activate itself, stay activated, or deactivate itself at will; has never demonstrated a concern regarding its ethical use; has not taken any side in the war; has not personally communicated with anyone; and does not seem to participate in a relationship with the activator to the degree that it will not/cannot run without the activator present.
This differs slightly from mecha technology such as the Escaflowne in Tenkuu no Escaflowne, to which one must form a contract to awaken it and, once done, it seems to take the side of the pilot, be loyal to the pilot, and work with the pilot in a supporting and sometimes rescuing role.

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In Code Geass R2 episode 17, why did Lelouch lie to Suzaku about what he ordered Euphemia to do?
In Code Geass R2 episode 17, why did Lelouch lie to Suzaku that he ordered Euphemia to massacre all the Japanese people? The scene starts at 8:14 into the episode.

when , i could not find the part, can you add the time if possible.

I guess, because he didn't mean to give the order, it was a mistake after all.

@Sirlantz: Really. You modified the title? Why? I tried to make the title vague so only people who have seen that episode will know what I talked about. Now countless people who haven't seen Code;Geass will be spoiled. I changed the title and I hope you will not change it again.

@mirroroftruth I added the time.

@SleepySleeper: I modified the title. The title should be clear for SEO purpose. And the series has long since ended - people who want to watch it have watched it, and people who don't want to watch it don't care.

@nhahtdh : Well that is self centered thinking. I just watched Code;Geass. Why are you ignorant? By that logic, I could spoil you Parasyte, because the Manga is 30 years old already and everybody has seen it.

@SleepySleeper: This is a Q&A site, and every question here contains spoiler in one form or another. A clear title helps with SEO and attract people to see your question. See http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/46/what-should-our-policy-be-regarding-spoilers

It's because he did order Euphie to massacre the Japanese people.
In Stage 22 - Bloodstained Euphie after Euphie had invited Zero to attend the commemoration ceremony for the Special Administrated Zone, Lelouch had planned to use his Geass on Euphie to shoot him. It would have looked like Britannia had declared the zone to lure out Zero to be assassinated and spur the people to fight Britannia. In the chaos Zero would, however rise from the dead (as the shot wouldn't have been fatal) and help lead the Black Rebellion. It is for this reason he created a ceramic and bamboo hand gun and snuck it in with him.
Of course Euphie was Lelouch's first love and Euphie explains that she is most likely going to be condemned by the Royal Family for her independent action and that she wanted to create the Zone so that she could be with Lelouch and Nunnally (as in the stage before she confirmed Nunnally was living in Japan with Lelouch). Hearing this, Lelouch is unable to go though with his plan because his first love had totally defeated him.
Here, Euphie remarks that she could never shoot Lelouch. That's when he reveals the nature of his Geass (without actually revealing it.)

Lelouch: However... and in your usual rash Euphie fashion, you've managed to end up winning all of it.
  When I think of you, I don't visualize the sub-viceroy or a princess; I only see the plain little Euphie who you used to be.
Euphie: Then will you join plain little Euphie and help her?
Lelouch: You are... you are the worst opponent I have ever faced.
  You win.
Euphie: Huh?
Lelouch: I'll amend my plans to help out your Special Zone. But not as your subordinate, all right?
Euphie: All right! Though you haven't got very much faith in me, have you?
Lelouch: Hmm?
Euphie: Did you honestly believe that by simply threatening me I would shoot you?
Lelouch: Oh, no, you've got it all wrong. When I really want people to follow my orders, they will not resist me -- whether it's to shoot me, to grant pardon to Suzaku, or any order at all.
Euphie: Oh, now you're being silly. Stop playing with me.
Lelouch: *Geass Activates* I'm serious. For example, if told you to kill all the Japanese, it wouldn't matter how you felt about it.
Euphie: No... don't make me do it, please! I'm not-- I'm not going to do it, please...! I don't wanna kill them! No...
Lelouch: Did I--?!
Euphie: You're right. I have to kill all the Japanese.
Lelouch: I've become like Mao! -- I can't control my Geass power! Forget the order I just gave you! Euphie! Wait, Euphie, don't!

Source: Anime Transcripts - Code Geass > 22. Bloodstained Euphie
So while he didn't mean for it to happen, Lelouch's Geass went out of control, just like Mao's did. So now if he looks at anyone and asks/tells them to do anything, they'll always do it. Later in the next episode as the Black Rebellion is starting, Lelouch laments that he will never be able to see anyone again with the exception to C.C. who is immune1
By the time Suzaku confronts him, he was suffering from the guilt of having been responsible for killing Euphie and Shirley. He had already destroyed Shirley when he inadvertently killed her father in the landslide and in her grieving state she became mentally unstable. She planned to kill Lelouch (as a part of Mao's plan) and then herself because she wouldn't be able to live with the guilt of having killed the boy she loved. To save her, Lelouch "killed" her by erasing his existence from her memory.
when Jeremiah Gottwald used the Geass canceller, she was caught in the blast. Her memories returned but the memories she gained in the past 2 years were gone. Still grieving her father and confused that all her friends were gone (Rivalz was the only one left at school as Milly, Nina and Kallen had already left for different reason) and Nunally was now the Viceroy of Area 11, she tried to seek out Lelouch because of her last memory of him saying she would forget. She confronts a boy claiming to be Lelouch's younger sibling who then kills her. Rolo admits he did it but it was to protect Lelouch's identity as Zero. Lelouch knows this is a lie but he blames himself because it was his actions which made Shirley unstable which, to him, was the major contributing cause of her death.
By Turn 17 - The Taste of Humiliation, Lelouch had already accepted these and while he may have been able to handle it, Suzaku then re-opens and pours salt on the wounds

Suzaku: You wanna know? I'm fed up with lying. I've had to lie to Nunnally. Just the way you have. That's the worst thing. Some friend you were. You've been betraying me all along. Not just me, either, but everyone on the student council, too. And even Nunnally. And don't forget Euphie!
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Suzaku: I need to know. Did you use your Geass power on Euphie? Be honest.
Lelouch: Yes.
Suzaku: You caused her to massacre the Japanese?
Lelouch: I ordered her to do it.
Suzaku: Why would you use your Geass like that? Answer me!
Lelouch: To motivate the Japanese people. If the specially administrated zone of Japan had been established, the Black Knights would've collapsed.2
Suzaku: And Shirley's death?
Lelouch: Also my fault.
Suzaku: You aren't even a human. You know that? Shirley and Euphie were both of them nothing more than pawns for your ambitions?
Lelouch: Yes, that's right. So all the sin is mine alone to shoulder. My little sister had nothing to do with it.
Suzaku: Why, you coward! How could you use Nunnally like that?
Lelouch: Suzaku, I'm sorry.

Source: Anime Transcripts - Code Geass R2 > 17. The Taste of Humiliation
Lelouch had already been a good liar: he hide his family background and who knows how many people in the past could have identified him and Nunnally as royalty, he's lied to Nunnally about his night activities, he hid from Shirley about him being Zero, he had lied to the Black Knights about who he was, and he had planned to lie to the entire country in his original plan for the Special Administrated Zone. What's a couple more lies now? Especially when he believes it's his actions which caused their deaths.

1: There is the exception to those who Lelouch has used his Geass on before like Shirley but numbering those who Lelouch would have met if he had a normal life to everyone else he would meet these are few in number. Also with Nunnally, while Lelouch couldn't make eye contact with her due to her blindness, aside from what we learn at the end of the series it was initially said that her blindness was trauma from seeing her mother die, so that aspect is based more on psychological factors that actual damage to the eyes. Nunally would one day open her eyes and then she's be susceptible to Lelouch's Geass
2: This is actually true, had the zone been established then the Black Knight who are mainly Japanese would choose this option over getting killed. Though after being convinced by Euphie, Lelouch was going to amend his plans for the Black Knights, and this could mean allowing them to disband or having them supplement a S.A.Z Military Force

@Alchemist in case if you don't see the edit history, Euphie is the correct spelling as shown here and here. Euphy was copied from another site and i do believe this is incorrect which is why i kept to using Euphie where i typed it (while Euphy was left there because i'm lazy)

Yeah I realized that later. Euphie makes more sense anyway. You seem like you've watched the show more than just once :p

@Alchemist getting the transcripts is easy when you know where to look but aside from that yes I've seen the series about 4-5 times, back before I had a huge backlog of unwatched anime....though I've only seen the final episodes of the second season (post-emperor Lelouch) only once as I can't bare to see Nunnally cry like that, far too painful (regardless if Lelouch is alive or not)

I think what OP means is : why didn't he just tell suzaku it was a mistake?

That's a really good question to ask, to be honest I didn't know at first but I thought about it for a while and came up with a few ideas why.
My first guess is Lelouch didn't mean to use the Geass on Euphie (which we all know) but he was probably scared to tell Suzaku, his best friend, that he had lost control of the Geass since it was to powerful for him to tame. Plus, since he had used the same power to control many other people including Suzaku, he might have thought telling him he lost control of the Geass would make him no longer want to trust Lelouch.
My second idea is he was probably disappointed to tell Suzaku that he had lost control of his own power by accidentally using it on his little sister Euphie to kill all the Japanese.
My last and final guess is that he was afraid of his best friend, Suzaku, finding out that he had lost control of the Geass and accidentally used it on his little sister, and that he would consider him as nothing but a selfish brother. Also knowing he did not have control, Lelouch knew telling Suzaku would make him a danger to the people and to his friends. Lelouch most likely knew this and that is why I think Lelouch didn't tell Suzaku the truth about him losing control of his Geass just as Mao did.

So that he will take all the hatred and all the blame. So, when he dies, it will be taken to the grave with him. Letting people move on, be happy, hence lie to Suzaku and everybody he cares about. That's what I believe.

Lelouch isn't the bad guy, but as we have seen throughout the series, he finds it easier to work in the shadows. I think that if he told Suzaku that Euphie's death was an accident then Suzaku would have fallen into a depression believing that there could have been ways to stop it rather than just defeating Lelouch. I even think Kallen mentions this at the very end of the series and it's something along the lines of "it's easier to blame a person rather than circumstance".

Is there anyway you could edit your answer to expand on what "it" is Suzaku is trying to stop in your second sentence?

After watching Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion and Code Geass:Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, I simply couldn't understand why Lelouch allowed himself to be overthrown by the Black Knights, and even lied about what his intent was. Or why he lied to Suzaku about ordering Euphie to kill the Japanese. So I spent hours trying to come up with a theory, and I ended up with this.
I think that Lelouch had planned for Suzaku to kill him all along. If he had admitted that he didn't mean to make Euphie kill the Japanese, Suzaku would be unable to kill Lelouch. In order for the Zero Requiem to succeed, Lelouch had to die. And Lelouch trusted nobody more than Suzaku, even when they were enemies. After all, he frequently said that there was nothing they couldn't do together.
Many people have wondered if Lelouch really did use the Black Knights. I believe this is partly true and partly false. When he was confronted by the Black Knights after they heard the recorded conversation between Lelouch and Suzaku, he told them that everything he had done was for his entertainment, and that the Black Knights were just pawns to him. I think he did this to protect the Black Knights-if they believed they were worthless to him they would have no reason to rescue him now that Schneizel knew his identity. This would protect the Black Knights. This implies that he cared for them and did not use them.
However, the Black Knights were essential to his plan, as he was relying on them to create a better world once he died. So he couldn't afford for them to collapse and be defeated. This could be seen as using them.
So I guess Lelouch is evil, but he is fighting on the side of justice-he is willing to sacrifice his humanity for the greater good. And an evil hero is still a hero. And as Suzaku realised at last, it's the end result that matters, not the means of getting there.
I hope you consider and expand my theory, and I hope this answers the question.


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In what order were the Servants summoned for the 5th Holy Grail War?
I know that Assassin was summoned after Caster, and in most cases, Saber is the last Servant to be summoned. (The exception is in Heaven's Feel if you count True Assassin's appearance as a separate summoning).
However, I am wondering about the order of summoning of all the Servants, and if possible, the approximate times in which they were summoned.
In the visual novel, the date is shown during cutscenes, and I am quite sure that Saber was summoned on the night of 29th of February 2004, as I remember that the date changed from 29/2 into 1/3 after Shirou returned home with Saber. This can be used to approximate when the Servants were summoned.

Berserker was probably first (Gilgamesh aside). Saber is definitely last.

All of these are explained in the visual novels of Fate/stay night and Fate/hollow ataraxia.

First to be summoned was Berserker, two months before Saber.
Second to be summoned was Caster, one month before Saber.
Rider, Assassin and Lancer are summoned at around the same time, around ten days or so before Saber.
Archer is summoned two days before Saber.

By the way, Saber was summoned during the night between February 2nd and February 3rd.

Thanks for clearing up the date, i don't know why i got the end of February from  but i may have possibly confused the date switching between January and Feburary at the very beginning

Gilgamesh/Archer - 1994 (Fourth Holy Grail War)
Heracles/Berserker - November/2003 (2 months before Day 1)
Medea/Caster - January/12/2004 (Been around for about a month on Day 12)
Cu Chulainn/Lancer - January/23/2004 (Stated in Hollow/Ataraxia)
Sasaki Kojirou/Assassin - January/26/2004 (Said to have been around for 20 days on Day 16)
Medusa/Rider - January/29/2004 (Summond 2 days before Day 1 in Heaven's Feel Manga)
EMIYA/Archer - February/01/2004 (Summoned before Saber)
Artoria Pendragon/Saber - February/03/2004 (Last servant summoned normally)
Hassan-i-Sabbah of the Cursed Arm/True Assassin - February/04/2004 (Summoned after Saber ONLY in Heaven's Feel)


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What will happen if one person eats two Devil Fruits?
If a person has already eaten one Devil Fruit, what will happen to him if he eats another Devil Fruit?

This might answer your question: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/9953/is-blackbeard-able-to-absorb-more-than-one-devil-fruit/9962#9962

@EroSɘnnin That is not a duplicate, neither would this be. Those two questions ask for Blackbeard and Brook specifically. This questions asks in general and would thus result in a completely different answer, because as we know Blackbeard could consume 2 fruits, while most other users could not.

@PeterRaeves I know that this question isn't a duplicate ( I didn't vote to close it btw). I was suggesting  that this answer contains details regarding this question

@EroSɘnnin Ow, right, I see. It seems I didn't properly read your comment and assumed it was one of those auto-generated duplicate comments. Sorry about that.

@PeterRaeves lol its okay. I should have made the comment clearer :P

 Their body would explode without a trace, and they would die...

During the Enies Lobby arc, in chapter 385, we see how Jabra gets scared when seeing the Giraffe Fruit and the Bubble Fruit. He claims that a rumor exists that says that when an ability user comes close to a Devil Fruit, the Devil will come out of the fruit and start fighting with the Devil residing within his body and that would make his body explode. This was immediately countered by Bluenote saying that Grandline scientists have already uncovered that the body would only explode if two fruits are eaten by the same user. Therefore it is believed and apparently proven that eating two Devil Fruits would make a person's body explode.

Later during the Marineford arc, in chapter 577, we have seen an exception to this case. Blackbeard was seen to have two Devil Fruits at the same time. When Whitebeard died, he supposedly extracted the Devil from Whitebeard's body and put it into his own. How Blackbeard was able to extract it and whether his body did not explode due to it being different, due to the Dark Fruit powers or due to a different reason, can be read here.


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Where did Naruto get his money from?
Well, I know this is kind of a weird question.
In episode 176 of Naruto Shippuden, when the village's history is shown, we see that everyone hated Naruto, and even his homeroom teacher (Iruka) didn't understood him.
He was upset, and Teuchi of Ichiraku Ramen asked him to have some ramen, but he said "I didn't have money for it".
I thought a lot and was unable to figure out where he got his money from? He didn't have his missions at that time.

i cannot confirm it now , but i am sure it is third hokage , later he got from his mission

@mirroroftruth Well, I'm also not sure of it too, but when Iruka parents died, they showed that the Third was there for Iruka. But not in the case of naruto.

As you know about naruto parents so , they must have left something which was supervised by Third.

If that's the case, there can be many possibilities.

that why i can't confirm, but by looking only third among elder help naruto, so he is only one , unless there is bank or some department that give money to orphans

I remember in an episode, Hiruzen gave money to naruto for monthly expenses before leaving Naruto's house. They were discussing about who Naruto's parents are? I am not sure about the episode, but it was during the initial stage of Naruto series.

@KaguyaOtsutsuki then find that episode , write an answer mention the episode or you can add chapter of manga also

TL;DR The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, looked after Naruto, in accordance with the Fourth Hokage's wish to have the village see Naruto as a hero.
Early in the series, Sarutobi mentions how the Fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi inside Naruto, and died wishing that the village would treat Naruto as a hero. Much later, it is also revealed that:

 Sarutobi personally witnessed the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, use the Shiki Fuijin technique to assist in sealing the Kyuubi inside Naruto. Sarutobi remarks about Minato making his own son a Jinchuriki to save the village. In the process, Naruto also became an orphan minutes after he was born. (Chapter 504)

Sarutobi saw the Fourth Hokage's deed as a heroic sacrifice (especially in the light of the spoiler-text above), and took up the responsibility of fulfilling the Fourth Hokage's wish. Naturally, that includes paying for the orphan child's expenses until he is old enough.
Along the same lines, it was also mentioned that Sarutobi banned any discussion of the Kyuubi incident and severely punished anyone who disobeyed. Most other people either hated Naruto or were indifferent towards him, as he remarks multiple times later on during the series. Thus, nobody besides Sarutobi could possibly care to pay for Naruto's expenses.1
Hence, although nobody explicitly stated that the Third Hokage looked after Naruto's expenses (room rent, food, clothes, etc.), it is obvious that this is what happened.

1 This also leads to one of the many plotholes in Naruto's childhood story: Naruto has said a few times that Iruka-sensei was the first person who cared for him, and before then, his life was a hell of loneliness. Why didn't Sarutobi treat him with a bit more warmth from the beginning, especially when he knew who Naruto's parents were?

Last question is that for the plot hole then ,why, because  Naruto is not only orphan child in Konoha and if 3rd had shown(internally he did) more warm feeling toward him, story would have been different, why Naruto with special care , why not other orphan, this may reveal Naruto's parent true identity

I am not saying he should have treated Naruto with any "special" care, but just enough care to make him feel like he is not lonely. Sarutobi knows that Kyuubi is sealed inside Naruto, so at least fill him with some positive thoughts. We have seen what happened with Gaara because everyone hated him. As the Hokage, he would definitely know that if the Jinchuriki is filled with hatred, it is easy for the Bijuu to control him or break loose.

As we all know that Third Hokage, Sarutobi was always there for orphans especially those whose parents were shinoubi and had died for Konoha , such a case can be seen for Iruka when he was child and had lost his parents as in Episode 144 of Shonen Jump ,in Mizuki's flashback. Same was the case with Naruto for his father , The Fourth Hokage had also used the forbidden jutsu, died and made his son a jinchurikki as to save Konoha that is why Naruto was given all economical support but the caring and love could not be given to him by Sarutobi because hokage is always busy in paper work and assembling of ninjas and could not spare time for that, the proof for that thing is when Lady Tsunade is made hokage she has bundles and bundles of paperwork to do so. That is how Naruto has money but still spends his life in Loneliness and Despair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfUGINaiauM
Go to 4:32 the third hokage is shown giving Naruto his expenses

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Why are the eyes in front of the hair?
In anime, strands of hair often disappear or stop short in front of the eyes. I've seen this often enough that maybe there's a reason or at least an origin of the pattern.
Why do the artists do this?
(Or do these anime characters actually have bangs?)

Since emotions are best expressed through the eyes, they are usually made visible even if the character has bangs or wear glasses. There are exceptions, when the character is meant to be mysterious, or to hide the character's emotion momentarily. The eyes are usually shown regardless to show the determination of the character.

But why place those awkward hair strands there in the first place?

there are some anime where there are hair strands in front of eye but they are translucent(very lightly colored that eyes are visible)reason to do that are as nhahtdh said

@Praxeolitic: It's part of the character design. You can't just remove them, but they can be drawn partially or colored lightly in order to show the eyes.

@nhahtdh I was thinking the alternative would be to strategically part the hair around the eyes. On second thought though you're probably right and it's just that anything other than invisible/transparent hair would look a bit off. When I was a kid and saw this on Pokemon I thought it might somehow save on animation costs :).

Parting the hair around the eyes would give you the Rukia hairstyle.

Another alternative is to have the hair come to a point above the eyes.

Since emotions are best expressed through the eyes, they are usually made visible even if the character has bangs or wear glasses. There are exceptions, when the author wants to give the character a mysterious aura, or to hide the character's emotion momentarily. However, the eyes are usually shown regardless when it is necessary to clearly portray the determination of the character.
Being able to see the eyes of a character is important - but why put the hair there in the first place? This is to distinguish characters from each other. Disallowing hair in front of the face limits the amount of hairstyles that can be used. Also, the characters generally face the camera, meaning that they need to be distinguishable from the front too.

Generally, if the hair isn't completely obstructing the eye or eyebrows, it would be fine to leave out the detail on the eye, but it's become the norm in anime so animators probably don't think twice about doing it. It also saves having to worry about the eye looking odd when partially hidden.
In a forum post here, one user suggests an alternative way of drawing such cases, in which the hair gradually becomes translucent as it nears the eyes, so the characters expressions can be seen more naturally.

No Transparency
Transparency
Gradual Translucency

Nice find on that forum. Well, t looks even the artists are ambivalent about this point and that's as much of  an answer as there can be.

This isn't even limited to hair, but anything that obstructs a character's eyes and face. Here's an example with staircase railing from Yasashii Sekai No Tsukurikata: http://imgur.com/44lWvj4

Good point @MarkH I've seen it in situations like that too.


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How did N come to the conclusion that Light Yagami was Kira?
Even though L had his suspicions about Light, he was not sure that Light was Kira and he couldn't prove it either. However, N was able to do so.
What evidences led N to believe that Light Yagami was Kira?
Since I only watched the anime and didn't follow the manga, I'd appreciate it if the answer also references episode number.

Please mention episode numbers .

N researched the past, so much of his conclusions match L's, so I will start from the beginning as to why N (and L) thought Light was the killer.

Chapter 2/Episode 2 (19:11): The killer must be in the Kanto region.
Chapter 3/Episode 3 (3:35): The killer must be a student.
Chapter 4/Episode 3 (10:40): The killer must be a relative of the police.
Chapter 11/Episode 6 (8:45): The killer acts alone and must be among those investigated by the FBI during the first 5 days.
Chapter 15/Episode 8 (5:58): The killer was investigated by Raye Penbar and is thus part of Chief Yagami's family or part of Sub-Chief Kitamura's family.
Chapter 19/Episode 9 (15:35): L's gut tells him Light is the killer.

From this point onwards, L keeps suspecting Light, but could never find any concrete evidence proving this conjuncture. This was mainly due to the false rules put in by Light himself. If it was not for those rules, Light would have been convicted. Then in chapter 58/episode 25 (18:45) L dies and in chapter 59/episode 27 (1:25) N and M come into play and the cat-and-mouse-game starts all over again.

Chapter 60/Episode 27 (13:22) (M): The killer must know about the abduction of director Takimura.
Chapter 63/Episode 27 (20:27) (N): L is a fake and now called L2.
Chapter 75/Episode 30 (1:44) (N): L2 is the killer.
Chapter 77/Episode 30 (10:53) (M): N finds out one of the rules is fake by M.
Chapter 78/Episode 30 (12:16) (N): The 13 day rule is believed to be fake.
Chapter 79 (N): The rule is confirmed to be fake.
Chapter 82/Episode 31 (13:27) (N): The killer must be the son of Chief Yagami, Yagami Light.
Chapter 85 (N): It is confirmed that Light is the first killer and Misa is the second killer.

From this point onwards, N keeps suspecting Light, but again needed evidence to actually convict Light. It took N until chapter 103 to gain this evidence and he only got it by chance too.

Chapter 103/Episode 36 (21:16): Light confessed Victory is mine
Chapter 103/Episode 37: Mikami calls Light a God (2:37), and the only name not written down is Light's (3:00)

This was considered enough evidence to convict Light and the game of the killer is finally over when Ryuk kills Light.

now that is a good answer, but sorry I did not read manga.I only watched anime.

@NARENDRASINGH unless i am mistaken, all those chapters are in the anime as well. naming the chapters is just a lot easier to single out single events as what is indicated in Chapter 2, 3 and 4 i remember L mentioning in a single episode (Lind L Tailor broadcast was restricted and Light fell into L's trap by deliberately contradicting assumptions only known to the police)

@Memor-X including chapters is good and i appreciate the answer but what i meant to say is that to mention episode numbers

Brilliant answer, Peter Raeves! @NARENDRASINGH I think a DN episode guide will lead you to finding the corresponding anime episode numbers.

@NARENDRASINGH I will do my best! Trying for that Mortarboard badge again! So close yesterday, but if I don't get it today, fck it lol.

@NARENDRASINGH Added episode numbers and timeframes

thnks @PeterRaeves

Most of the evidence was already there because of the work of L. He had other ways of figuring things out, too. Like using Tarot cards. My point is, while L used his intelligence to piece that much together, Near just screwed around with evidence to make himself look as smart—or smarter—than L.


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Is Zeira alive?

This has got me wondering for a long time. In the first chapter, we see Zeira lying motionless on the ground. Yet in later chapters, we see her alive and well.
Seeing how Mavis is able to conjure pretty powerful illusions and how we have never seen anyone interact with Zeira thus far, is it safe to say that Zeira had indeed died and it was all just an illusion, or am I thinking too much here?

In chapter 11, it was revealed that ...

 You were correct. Zeira was indeed nothing more than an illusion created by Mavis. This was confirmed when Yuriy told Mavis that none of them can actually see or hear Zeira and that Zeira must be an illusion, Mavis made herself to keep herself company.

I knew it! :O Poor mavis, though.


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Can Death Note misfire if a person changes their name and appearance to that of another person?
Suppose that there is Mr. A, who received a plastic surgery to have the same face as Mr. B and changed his name to Mr. B. He uses this name for years and everyone knows him as Mr. B now. I then get to know his current face and name and write that in the Death Note. Who will die?

I suppose, the intended person, because it's the name they are using now and it is technically their name, even if it wasn't the case before.

My personal guess would be that nobody would die. It was established at this question that despite changing names, the Death God would still see the original name. Therefore Mr. B would still show A as his real name. So if you would write down Mr. B, while thinking of Mr. A, the names would not match.
Now about having the exact same face. One could argue that Mr. B would die, because you did write down his name and did think of his face, but despite having undergone plastic surgery, your face will never be 100% exactly the same. Even with identical twins, they will have differences. That's why I believe that nothing will happen, since the Death Note probably knows you are not thinking of Mr. B, but of Mr. A, due to their faces being slightly different.


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Is Genta also immortal?
In episode 4, when the special forces infiltrated Rin's office, they shot Genta and he was obviously killed.
However, after that, when Mimi and Rin revived and returned to their office, Genta was seen alive again.
Does the forbidden fruit of immortality also apply for dogs as well?

Yes, Genta is immortal. As described on Wikipedia:

Rin and Mimi's female dog who lives at their office. As an immortal, she does not age throughout the series and survives being shot on multiple occasions without any visible lasting injuries. Mimi takes her with her after the Asougi Consulting office is demolished in episode four. Genta is killed in episode five, leaving only ashes behind, just like human immortals whose time spores are removed.

The key point is that Genta is female, so that she (it?) can be an immortal. If it was male, then he would become an "angel" instead (though we don't know if non-human male can be an angel).


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Why does the Teiko basketball club have over 100 members?
The Teiko basketball club in Kuroko no Basket is described as an incredibly strong team with over 100 members that won the championship three times in a row.
However, only 6 in the main roster and 2 of their senpai(s) are actually shown and mentioned in the whole anime. The other 92+ players were never mentioned and are literally useless. They also affected the basketball in middle school, where they themselves got more and more bored and their enemies gave up before even playing.
So I'm wondering why would 92+ players even join the basketball club when they obviously have no chance to play in a real match?

Isn't that pretty normal for sports teams at big schools? There's generally going to be more people who want to play than you can fit on your 5-person-plus-substitutes team. This is especially true for Teiko, which was known as a major basketball school even before the Generation of Miracles showed up - I don't think it's too odd that they would have lots of students choosing to matriculate there in hopes of playing basketball. I know that (American) football teams tend to have a whole goddamn army of second- and third-stringers who may never play in an actual game.

@senshin but in the american football you have a lot more players who can really play (offense and defense) also the risk of injurity is higher so they need some more substitues

The second/third string in Teiko play matches against weaker schools. In one of the OVAs (Tip Off) Kise (when he first joined) and Kuroko help the second string in an exibition match.
Also, first years and even second years would not usually make first string right away in a bigger school, but they still need training so that they can possibly join later.
They could just have joined to play/practise basketball. Remember that it's a club not just a team. I doubt that anyone would even attempt to join if they had to make first string. It's pretty clear playing in matches is a privilge for most people, not an expected outcome.

If it's anything like when I was in school (which isn't too long ago):

There may be age-limited leagues.
When I was in my first year, there were leagues that only allowed first year players to compete.
There may be multi-tiered leagues
Much like soccer, there could be an A-league, B-league, C-league, etc. Generally our school would put one team in each league - according with skill of course.
Players join for the fun of it, rather than the competition
I had a short stint at playing volleyball and really enjoyed it - I didn't want to play it competitively though, and that's the attitude a good few others might have too
There's still the opportunity to get in the lead team with enough time and effort.
If there's no real games to be played by the other players, there's still the opportunity to get on the team that plays. Anime sports rosters don't change that much, but if a coach sees one player who is really good but isn't playing - they'll probably bring them onto the team.

I'm not sure how this works in Japan, but I could imagine that the school has multiple teams for different age groups.
Maybe they couldn't get into the main basketball team, and play in a lower or younger team.


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Which philosopher was Jonathan named after?
In the last episode, it was revealed that the chickens all shared their names with famous philosophers.

Husserl
Confucius
Roger
Makuzu
Jonathan.

I was able to find most of the references fairly easily, but the origin of Jonathan's name eludes me:

Edmun Husserl, who established the school of phenomenology

Confucius, the very famous Chinese philosopher.

Roger Bacon, a Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.

Tadano Makuzu, a poet and philosopher who wrote important commentaries on Japan's social and political problems.

Which philosopher was Jonathan - presumably the central chicken in the above picture - named after?
I was able to find several philosophers named Jonathan, but most of them are still alive, and much more recent than the other philosophers.

Maybe it was Jonathan Edwards?

A user in the Philosophy chat room suggested that it might have something to do with Jonathan Livingston Seagull, along with other two contemporary philosophers.

@JNat It could be Jonathan Edwards - I think Jonathan Livingston Seagull is unlikely though as he is fictional and also much more modern than the other choices of names

My impression of the last episode is that Jonathan is not named after a philosopher; I believe they implied he's named after an adventurer. The best explanation I've seen for this is that Jonathan is somehow related to Kakeru, while the other four are related to Touko's other friends.

Perhaps Johnathan Joestar? He's had some bizarre adventures...

Assuming that all the chickens are related to Touko's friends, it becomes quite obvious who Jonathan is meant to represent.
Kakeru reminds Touko of Michelangelo's "David" and is often referred to by that name. In the Biblical story of David, his best friend is a man named Jonathan.
Jonathan is not a philosopher, but in the same way, Kakeru is not friends with Touko's other friends. It separates him from the others and Touko does pay more attention to that chicken.


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Does the mark on Kimimaro's forehead have any significance?
Kimimaro Kaguya has two dots on his forehead. In South Asia, it is called a bindi. Is it an identification mark, or does it have any significance like a curse mark? Is there any canon reason given for it?
I came across a source which said that it represents his clan, but the Kaguya clan doesn't have significant history in Naruto/Shippuden anime or manga. Is there any source for this claim?

All Kaguya clan members have that two-dot mark as their trait, just like how the Uzumakis have red hair, Uchihas with Sharingans, Yamanakas have blonde hair and greenish eyes, Hyugas have Byakugans,  etc.. It's done to make the clan member stand out from other clans and clan members and to identify exclusively from which clan the Shinobi is from. Mangakas do this so that the readers don't get confused  and also to have a good amount of distinction between each clan and their members.

The sign can be seen on all seen clan-members (okay; there's only Kimimaro and some guy in the anime), so I think that it's a clan-symbol.


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When did the trend of doing a Title Drop on the last episode started, and what is the reason of doing it?
Several anime series (I would say half of them) do a Title Drop on the last episode: the final episode's title is the same as the series'.
Around when did it become so commonplace, and what are the reasons for the showmakers to do so?

I think it would help to note those series that do the title drop.

This trope's origins don't lie in anime. An early example of a title drop in film is 1929's "All Quiet on the Western Front", or even earlier in the Sherlock Holmes novel "A Study in Scarlet" (1887). Generally title drops are done near the end of a work in order to give the desired effect of new understanding of the title with the context of the story.
The first known japanese animation ever created was in 1907's 13 second long "Katsudo Shashin", so the trope pre-dates anime history.
By the time anime was being televised (1960s), this trope was a staple feature in many media formats, so it's not a surprise that it transferred itself into anime also.
Bear in mind that many anime are adaptions from light novels, manga and other formats, so the title drops may be transferred from there.


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Did Gilgamesh know about Sakura?
Early into Fate/Stay Night, there is a scene where Shirou sees Sakura and another man:

In the Unlimited Blade Works Route, we confirm this other man is Gilgamesh. When Sakura talks to Shirou, she says that the other man was a foreigner and she couldn't understand him. However, we can see from the image that that may not be the case.
Since Gilgamesh has been tainted by Angra Mainyu's corruption of the Holy Grail from the previous war, and Sakura is a "Black Grail" Vessel with a deeper connection to Angra Mainyu than the "White Grail" Vessel (Ilya), did Gilgamesh already know about Sakura?

There is no definite answer to that I guess. You can assume that he did, or that he just sensed her connection to the magi world/her being a master.

To complement Anon153's answer, here's a relevant quotation from TYPE-MOON Wiki:

Gilgamesh is one of the antagonists in each scenario of Fate/stay
  night. He first appears before the start of the Fifth Holy Grail War
  around Sakura's house. He identifies her as “the other Grail” and
  comes to tell her “Go die right now.” It is just a suggestion rather
  than a command, as he believes that the matter will develop into some
  sort of entertainment regardless of the situation. When questioned
  about the encounter, Sakura just claims that he was asking for
  directions and that “It was English” in order to hide the truth.

And source referenced is as follows (Citation Note 14):

Fate/complete material III World material - FAQ with Nasu: General Questions about Fate, p.130
Q: Prior to the start of the Holy Grail War, what was Gilgamesh doing around Sakura’s house?
  A: Yes. He came to tell Sakura to “Go die right now”. It is rather a suggestion than command. Regardless the situation, from the King’s perspective, this matter will develop into some sort of entertainment. As a result, what Gilgamesh said was not a command. Sakura’s reply “It was English” was a convenient excuse to hide the truth.

He knows that Sakura is "the other grail" besides Illya, thus he approach/come to her and said "Die" to Sakura, because she is the "fake" grail.
And, Gilgamesh can't be tainted because of his high ego

Actually he can, unlike Alter-Saber and Blind-Berserker it's Gilgimesh's ego which prevents him from falling too much and the taint really just amplifies that ego. I also remember it saying his class skill was unnaturally boosted by the Grail's taint


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What is the relation between the female protagonists of these two manga series?
Tv Tropes states that Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru1 is a spiritual successor to Natsu no Arashi!
Both female protagonists have the same surname "Arashiyama": Hotori Arashiyama ((嵐山 歩鳥) and Sayoko Arashiyama (嵐山 小夜子).
The series are written by different authors.
Is it just a coincidence or is there some relation or shoutout between the two?
1 A copy of the page on archive.org, snapshot on 2015-01-02. Ctrl+F in your browser for "Spiritual Successor".

TVTropes is, let's say, not always the most accurate reference on matters like this. To be blunt, it sometimes states outright fabrications as if they're facts that everyone knows. I've been burned by this in the past.

BTW, upvoted the question, because if this is another TVTropes con job, it's good to have it debunked somewhere on the net, and if it's real, it's good to have some real evidence somewhere on the net.

There's no apparent relation between the Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru and Natsu no Arashi manga series—they were published in different magazines and have different authors (Natsu no Arashi is by Jin Kobayashi, the author of School Rumble). From what I can tell, the stories are completely different too. (I've only seen one episode of Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru, and never anything of Natsu no Arashi.) But the anime versions of both shows are produced by Shaft and directed by Akiyuki Shinbou, as their Wikipedia pages point out. That's probably what the TVTropes page was referring to.
I'm not really sure how that makes Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru a spiritual successor to Natsu no Arashi—look at Shinbou's filmography and you could claim that, say, The Soul Taker was the spiritual successor to Twilight of the Dark Master, or Denpa Onna was the spiritual successor to Arakawa Under the Bridge, on the basis that Shinbou directed one and then later directed the other. On the other hand, the otherwise unrelated Pani Poni Dash and Negima?! do share a lot of stylistic similarities, so perhaps it's something like that.

I really love that TV Tropes has this loose "just toss in your two cents" approach, but sometimes its hard to tell the fake coins from the real ones.

@Mindwin Awesome metaphor :}


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Could Kana really tell Shinichi's Migi apart from the other Parasytes, or was she just delusional?
In episode 12, Kana tells Shinichi that she can tell Migi's emissions apart from the other Parasytes. However, she is shown as being on "cloud nine" for Shinichi - going as far as wrapping his hair around her finger like an engagement ring, and

 near the end of the episode, she mistakes another Parasyte for Shinichi in the ruined building, leading to her death.

Since Migi states that her powers are increasing, it could be possible that she would be able to tell the Parasytes apart in the future. However, her death cut that development short.
Was she really able to tell Shinichi apart from the other Parasytes, or was she just delusional? Does the manga reveal anything about this?

I strongly suspect she was delusional - not even Migi, itself a parasyte, can tell one parasyte from another. What are the odds that Kana, a mere human, could?

TL;DR: It is possible, though the manga is never conclusive about that.
@senshin I think Migi is able to tell one parasite from another, at least that is the case for a certain parasite. The proof is given on Page 194 in Volume 9 of the manga:

So if Kana can reach the level of Migi in detecting and differentiating the signals emitted by the parasites, then she would probably be able to tell Shinichi and Migi from the other parasites. Kana demonstrated her potential with her incredible sensing ability on Page 75 in Volume 5 of the manga:

And on Pages 115 and 120 in Volume 5 of the manga, we saw that her powers have evolved.

Then there is her dream, in which Shinichi is clearly distinguishable from the other parasites. Conclusion: it does seem promising that Kana might eventually be able to tell Shinichi and Migi from the other parasites had she not rushed to her death at the hands of a parasite when her powers were still immature.

Kind of depends....while at the time we don't know what Gotoh actually is, i.e. NOT your average parasyte, it's possible that normal parasytes are indisguishable, where as abnormal parasytes like Pre-Op Migi and Gotoh have differences. I.e. Migi being weaker in his dormant state (since they're sensing the pieces in Shinichi) or Gotoh who has a MUCH stronger signal.

I strongly doubt that she would ever be able to tell apart two regular parasistes like Uragami never found differences between them - with one exception:

 Gotou is different because he contains several parasites and for this reason has a way stronger signal. Sleeping Migi is different too, he has a weaker signal, but still Kana couldn't tell that Migi was sleeping when Shinichi told her everything.

But, getting strong, her powers could reach the point where she could even sense human's brain waves and then she'd become able to tell apart Migi/Shinichi from regular parasites and may even tell apart Shinichi from other humans...

 because of the parasite cells in his body and brain.


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What are the translation of these two tanzaku in Date A Live II OVA?
In this scene in the OVA episode of Date A Live Season 2, the main setting is what appears to be a Tanabata Festival.
In this first picture, Kotori was writing a wish on her tanzaku but as Tohka questioned her about it, she then entered tsundere mode. Before she managed to erase her original wish and replace it with a plain "I hope Shidou becomes useful.", the video shows her original wish for a few milliseconds, but there are no subtitles for it. (I'm sorry if the first character was already scratched out, but it was already very difficult to capture this image).

We also see Kurumi wrote her own wish in a tanzaku, but it isn't shown until much later in the episode. The second picture shows her wish as Shidou tied it to the topmost of a bamboo tree, again without subs.

What did these two girls write in their wishes?

Initially, Kotori wrote in her tanzaku

士道と結婚．．．

I don't know what lies beyond the cut off part, but it can be inferred that she wants to get married (結婚) with Shidou.

As for Kurumi's tanzaku, it reads

士道さんとまたいつか会えますように

which translates to

I hope to meet Shidou-san again some day.

If you are wondering, the last 3 characters on the bottom left corner is her name [時崎]{ときさき}　狂{くるみ} (Tokisaki Kurumi).

What happened to the last three characters in Kurumi's tanzaku? Or are they irrelevant? I'm sorry, I don't know much about Japanese language.

@romcom_god: It is her name. Tokisaki Kurumi.


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Why no one else used Conqueror's Haki?
In Marineford, there were other people than Luffy who had Conqueror's Haki (Whitebeard, Hancock, etc.). Why didn't they use it when Ace was about to get beheaded? Because if Luffy did not use it unknowingly, Ace would have died sooner. Or was it the case that no one had Conqueror's Haki as powerful as Luffy's which could act at a large distance?

I follow what Oshino said. They all didn't use Haki due to circumstances. Whitebeard was having heart problems at the time, Doffy couldn't care less, Boa was taking care of Pacifista, Ace himself had accepted his death and Garp wasn't in a position to intervene.

I don't understand why is this question on hold, there's a reason why nobody use haki to safe Ace. Like Peter comment and my answer. It answer this question without any opinion but with fact.

Yes, there are other people who could use Conqueror's Haki at that moment. On rescue team, they're Shirohige and Hancock. But only Shirohige knows about Ace's situation and Hancock was fighting somewhere else. However, Shirohige wasn't in good condition to use Conqueror's Haki. He was sick and badly injured by some attack by Marine just before Ace's execution order.

Some other source said Conqueror's Haki needs heart to use it and Shirohige couldn't use Conqueror's Haki because his heart was injured. But at this point, I can't find any canon source to endorse the statement.

They weren't talking about the physical heart but his concentration did break right when he was about to use it due to his health condition.

While waiting for the new chapter to come out, I was rewatching the marineford arc and Whitebeard actually confirmed your post. He said "Just now, you managed to prevent Ace's execution in my place...", confirming that he was about to use Haki, but couldn't due to his heart and Luffy did it instead.

My comment was in reference to "haki needs heart".  It was just his heart failing at an in opportune time.

After rereading the Amazon Lily Arc, it seems that Boa Hancock, would not have been able to use Conqueror's haki, even if she knew about the execution. In chapter 519 she said that she hadn't even mastered it yet.

whitebeard not use Conqueror's Haki  because it effect on all peoples without powerful will so his man also effected with that. It's king personality i think

That is a side effect that apply only to inexperienced users. Once you master Conquer's Haki you can select whom you want to be your target, as Rayleigh and Luffy (after the timeskip) do. I find hard to believe Whitebeard an inexperienced user...

It's simple, you need extensive training to use Conqueror's Haki. Only certain people like Luffy, Rayleigh, Shanks, and Doffy trained their Conqueror's Haki.

authors: Костя Дряхлов


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Why do anime end with spoilers?
Is there any rationale, or at least historical reason, why many anime end their episodes with spoilers to the next episode? Even those that rely heavily on plot twists, it's very surprising and one needs to stay sharp to skip it early enough (only to discover at the end of a certain anime, that it actually contained additional scenes and not spoilers...). Unlike with "previously on X" recapitulation I see no benefit in this.

Since they never show anything too definite but reveal just enough to keep viewers curious, it's a pretty easy way to retain your viewerbase, don't you think? It also sparks discussions as to what might actually go on and therefore keeps the respective community more alive, in particular online. If additional content of the current episode is shown, I suppose that's just a nice bonus for people to stay after the credits (and makes sure people actually wait for this segment in hopes of getting something more). Though I can understand this makes it hard for so. who wants to avoid all spoilers.

TVTropes - On the Next

Thank you for the link ... and good idea about the community and discussions! I'll come back to upvote once allowed to

It's to get viewers hyped up to see the next episode.
If they do it right, they don't give all of it away, and they leave the viewer with a sense that's there's more to see, and that they need to watch the next episode to figure out what happens or even how it happened.

In this sense, it's essentially like a movie teaser or trailer that gets you roped into wanting to watch that particular movie.

Thank you. The ones I've seen probably did worse job than the ideal one you described, it's subjective of course.
@キルア true. I'd hope they would tease by the episode itself (does not reveal anything), but that is just a personal preference.

When anime was first produced, it was very expensive to make and a very time consuming process.
When Osamu Tezuka first created the animated Astroboy, he sold each episode for 750,000 ¥ , even though his estimated cost was 2,500,000¥ per episode. In light of this, anime had to adapt clever ways of saving money.
Tesuka pioneered several cost-saving measures, some of which are still around today. Animating 'on threes' (each celsheet is shown for 3 frames each), recycling cels on other scenes, characters talking but their mouths are not shown and several other items.
After Astroboy's success other companies realised that an anime series was indeed possible despite the seemingly infeasible costs.
Astroboy contained both opening and closing songs, which meant that the studio only had to animate them once, saving roughly 7 minutes per episode. Other studios started to extend these savings with 'Previously On X...' and 'In the next episode of X...'.
So, this is where the origins of 'next on X' lie.

Aside from saving money, The purpose of these scene is to also get the viewers excited to watch the next episode (as @Sam I am has said in his answer).
The problem is, often when shows end on cliffhangers - the entire next episode is how that plot point resolves. Moreso if the studio has reduced animation time per episode to its max, then there isn't much content to pick from for the preview. As previews are sections of already animated material, some parts may not be ready for viewing yet and also likely won't have gone through the rigorous storyboarding and preparatory work that the main feature has.
You can see this in several studios where they've actually made a good effort to not show anything explicitly plot revealing, but the soundtrack has (from being associated with a character).
Something which studios do also is use their animation budget to emphasize key scenes - More attention to detail will be made for a character's death, than when the character has a casual stroll along a pavement. This is a sensible decision by the studios - viewers will remember the amazing transformation scenes that the main character's robot performed, but not so much the animation of a heavy dialogue scene - It will seem to be of an overall higher standard.
On the preview side of this, in order to attract repeat viewers, studios want to pick the most attractive scenes - and yes, they're often the ones that are most important.


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Are manga artists really pressured by the editors not to put dangerous or illegal scenes in their works?
In the Monthly Girls' Nozaki Kun (both in the episode 1 of the anime and chapter 1 of the manga), Nozaki tells Sakura that the bicycle scene cannot have tandem riding because it is against the vehicle law and he can't display that in his manga.
But the same tandem riding is shown in several current works (like episode 12 of "Your Lie in April" - Kaworu rides Kousei's bike standing up).
So, does the statement by Nozaki-kun have any real world parallel? Are manga artists really pressured by the editors not to put dangerous or illegal scenes in their works?
Is there any law in place forbidding this display of "illegal" activities?
Keepe in mind that Nozaki's manga is aimed at girls 15+ in his fictional world.

I think the point of the bicycle thing in Nozaki-kun was as a comedic exaggeration of the kinds of pressures actual manga artists face. Surely no manga editor (besides maybe one for a children's manga) would care about two people riding on a bike.

I wouldn't necessarily limit this to just manga artists - this sort of censorship has been present in media since almost the beginning.

I think what separates Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun and Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Your Lie in April) is the intent. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun, as senshin commented, was most likely comedic exaggeration. On the other hand, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso used that vehicle law as an opportunity to show the strength of the protagonist and the recurring characters' friendship (that they would even have to break the law to get their friend where he needs to be, and even cut classes).
In relation to this, Japan also has a peculiar (to foreigners) culture of independence. Their family makes them take the public transportation rather than drop them off with the family cars. It's a huge no-no to personally drop them off. This, as believed, helps them grow in independence; yet, while only a culture, anime usually portrays a wealthy kid (usually a young lady) dropped off with(out) butlers. This leads to two diverging meanings in the anime:

the pride of the wealthy kid, or
the embarrassment for not being "independent."

Showing this delivers, as mentioned, differing intents.
(Although the comparison between a law and a culture is different, their value seems similar, so you can take it with value.)

I thinks it's worthwhile to mention that even though "the bicycle thing in Nozaki-kun was as a comedic exaggeration of the kinds of pressures actual manga artists face" (as senshin puts it), every time we see more than one person riding a bike on Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, we also get a warning message at the end of the episode stating that "Two people on a bike is forbidden by law". So even if the pressures are not there, the authors or producers still play it safe.


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What did Kiritsugu do when he left Fuyuki?
During Shirou's recollection of Kiritsugu at the start of Fate/Stay Night (Visual Novel, after Rin's Prologue) Shirou says that Kiritsugu went overseas and sometimes didn't return for months.
What exactly was Kiritsugu doing? Did he resume the job he had before he fought in the 4th Holy Grail War?

Kiritsugu didn't return to his old profession, but rather he was trying to see Ilya again and his trips were him going back to the old Einzbern castle.
At the end of Fate/Zero, when he was killing the illusions of Iris and Ilya which Angra Mainyu used to speak to Kiritsugu, Angra Mainyu cursed him (what Angra Mainyu was saying as Kiritsugu was strangling it wasn't just spiteful words, it was literally cursing him)
The Type Moon Wiki describes the effects of the curse:

Angra Mainyu's curse eventually cost his life, as his limbs were lame, his sight failed, and most of his circuits became useless.

Source: Kiritsugu - Fate/Zero (Second last paragraph)
Due to the curse, he lost most of his Magecraft abilities which would allow him to pass the bounded fields that protected the old Einzbern castle.
To add insult to injury, Jubstacheit von Einzbern never allowed Kiritsugu to pass either and raised Ilya to believe she was abandoned by him. Before Ilya set off for Fuyuki, he had also ordered her to kill Kiritsugu and Emiya.

Jubstacheit is not mentioned by name, but Ilya, referring to him as grandfather, mentions being taught details about the Holy Grail War by him. He described Japanese people to her as a "neck-cutting tribe who die by having their necks cut off while sitting Japanese-style." Another mission that she is given is to slay both Kiritsugu and his adopted son, Shirou Emiya.

Source: Jubstacheit von Einzbern - Fate/Stay Night


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What hints were shown during the series to who was the extra person in the classroom?
In Another, the extra person was

 the assistant teacher, Reiko Mikami, who is Kouichi's aunt.

I think some hints were dropped during the series that pointed to that person, like

 Kouichi's grandpa complaining about going to too many funerals, and the protagonist's confusion afterwards

and

 the phone call from Kouichi's father, when he mentions that he was back in town 1.5 years ago.

Were there other hints to who the extra was?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the show not actually reveal that the extra person's two "identities"/"roles" are actually the same person until the very last episode? Without this critical piece of information, it is completely impossible to deduce who the dead person is.

Aside from the hints mentioned in the question about Kōichi having returned to the town one and a half years ago but not having a memory of it, there are other hints most of which appeared earlier chronologically but are purposely left to the end in the anime series.
Hint 1
It's revealed afterwards that the extra desk that Countermeasures tried to account for and prevented in the classroom at the beginning

 was actually in the Teacher's Lounge,

and previous incidents seemed to imply the Extra was always a student attending the class, so no one thought to check there.
Hint 2
Near the final revelation on who the Extra was, we see the continuation of a conversation Reiko had with Kōichi earlier in the anime which was cut off when it was initially shown,

 where Reiko reminded Kōichi that she was the assistant teacher/deputy homeroom teacher of Kōichi's class and told Kōichi to refer to her by her proper name Ms. Mikami (Mikami-sensei) at school.

Along with the first hint, we see her connection with class 3-3.
Hint 3
We learn that Kōichi's mother, Ritsuko, was in class 3-3 with Misaki Yomiyama, the first Extra which sparked the Calamity. We also learn that

 Reiko was in class 3-3 in 1983 when Ritsuko, being Reiko's sister, was a victim of the Calamity, and Reiko was class 3-3's homeroom teacher in 1996 when she died. We also know that victims of the Calamity can also be teachers, given how the current Class 3-3's homeroom teacher Mr. Kubodera is listed as one of the "Deaths of July".

 Source: Characters - Yomiyama North Middle School - Faculty

There is one hint however which can easily be missed throughout the series and this is in regards to the Mikami Family Pet, Rei.
Rei is effectively a parrot who repeats phrases said around him, the 3 most common ones are

"Good morning Rei!"
"Poor Reiko, poor Ritsuko"
"Why, Rei, why?"

 We later learn that Rei was purchased after Reiko's death and thus 2 lines match up to that of grieving in the house. the 3rd line is probably the grieving questioning of Reiko's death and the point to it (as she was stabbed which lead to her drowning). the 2nd line however can be a hint that Reiko is the Extra due to the fact it is a repeated line showing sympathy to Reiko in the same manner as Ritsuko who was already dead and there doesn't seem to be a relative to them who died beforehand who Reiko and Ritsuko may have been devastated by.

This next part is speculation but whenever Rei starts talking Reiko begins to have headaches

 since Rei is just parroting lines and probably doesn't understand what it is saying the Calamity's Memory Altering effects are probably not applied to Rei whoever Reiko's headaches may be her starting to become self-aware she is the Extra by understanding Rei's lines however weather by an effect by the Calamity or by her nature as the Extra Reiko headaches flare up and she seems to want to sleep them off thus stopping the process

The Calamity is designed so that it's near impossible to discover who the Extra was until after everything is over, as people's memories and official records are altered. The only difference that the current year had over all the previous years was that Mei Misaki had the power to see the Colour of Death.
During the anime, she demonstrated this power with the photos where Extra was known. Mei could see the colour of death around the Extra, and as such she could identify the Extra, which she did at the very end to confirm to Kōichi.
Oddly enough, however, Mei had never encountered the Extra given the Extra's position in the cast, with the exceptions to when the students went insane at Sakitani Kinenkan and prepared to kill Mei (Mei saw the Extra before the final confrontation however given the deteriorating situation she would've been unable to confront the Extra or speak to Kōichi). Also, the Countermeasures was never made aware of Mei's power even after she was allowed to exist.
There is also another aberration. Calamity normally alters memories; however, Kōichi's grandfather's memory is not altered due to him suffering from dementia.

He is the only character who lives in Yomiyama but still remember [the Extra's] death. This is due to his dementia conflicting with his Curse-altered memories.

Source: Ryouhei Mikami - Trivia
Due to the fact that

 Ritsuko and Reiko sound similar, Kōichi could have passed it off as Ryouhei's dementia making him confuse between Ritsuko and Reiko.

For those who believed in the Calamity, particularly those in Countermeasures, this might have been a clue. However, since Kōichi had only just enrolled, the Countermeasures didn't have proper time to interview and prepare him, and thus Kōichi didn't learn about the Calamity until much later. Furthermore, the Countermeasures had already prepared the correct number of seats and had Mei play the role of "the one that does not exist" well before Kōichi's enrollment into the school.

It’s interesting that you don’t include what I perceived as one of the key lines of the final episode in this list: ‘Who ever heard of [job]?’

@Jan you mean the assistant job? i might have missed that line and not knowing enough on Japanese Culture proably didn't think the position was strange

@Memor-X Yeah that one. I mean, it’s the only anime I saw (and remember) that had one — and I love the school life genre. Looking back, it should have struck me as weird.

@Jan well in Australia we sometimes have those kind of jobs but normally they are for trainees so as i said i may have missed that line and not known that in japan that is an odd job

Also, Reiko's headaches could have been from all Ritsuko's questions when they were sitting at the table, she kept saying she didn't remember. She could have been trying to hard to remember which triggered the headaches. Including Rei and his lines too. But it's also kind of a stretch.

I think a hidden hint is the continuous reference to the dead being cold. And you can see when Reiko is asleep on the couch kouichi looks at the AC and turns it up because it was freezing in the room.

Also, in episode 8 the extra has a talk with the man at the beach (sorry for my lack of names) and he says that he could have sworn he saw her recently, followed by him saying he only attended funerals recently, and the extra had died only a few years before (recent).


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What is the context of this reference to Chrollo Lucilfer in Inou Battle manga chapter 1?
In chapter 1 of Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de manga adaptation, Andou made a reference to Phantom Troupe's leader Chrollo Lucilfer from Hunter x Hunter series, as pointed out by Tomoyo. (Note the matching cross-shaped tattoo on his forehead).
What scene from Hunter x Hunter is being referenced here? And what is the context of that scene?