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How much time has passed between the final fight and Sasuke Shinden (anime)?
Between the end of the Naruto and Sasuke fight (ep 479) and the beginning of Sasuke Shinden (ep 484), you can see that most of the characters have not only received a new set of clothes and hairstyle but have also aged quite a bit.
So how much time has passed?

Found this image on Light Novels page of Naruto Wikia. Light Novels - Naruto
The page also lists the the timeline of the novels, but for some reason it doesn't list Sasuke Shinden. But there seems to be an official timeline, probably from Jump/Databook (Citation Needed)
I don't read Japanese, so maybe someone could corroborate, but looking at the covers, Sasuke Shinden seems to be in the same period as that of Gaara Hiden. Following this Sasuke Shinden take place somewhere between 2-10 years after Naruto and Sasuke fought in the Valley of the end
Edit: Correction. It seems the event take place just before Chapter 700 of the Manga, but after Naruto becomes Hokage so closer to 10 years rather than 3 that I assumed. However this is true only for the Light Novel and not the Anime. Found the translated timeline on Reddit: A guide to the Naruto Light Novels, Naruto Gaiden, and The Blank Period. It seems like the most complete timeline of Light Novels I could find.
In the Anime, Naruto is yet to be Hokage and there are several other discrepancies. No official timeline as of yet, but events seem to be just AFTER the events of The Last.
Edit: Confirmed for Anime too. The Events of Sasuke Shinden Episode 484-488 take place some time after the events of the movie: The Last.
Images for reference Below, Order (LtR- Official Timeline, Sasuke Shinden, Gaara Hiden):

From last battle, I think their ages were 17 years old. Probably Sasuke Shinden only takes 2 - 3 years after last battle, because when we saw the Naruto Movie Last, their face were look almost same with Sasuke Shinden, The Last Movie maybe occurred after Sasuke Shinden.

Sasuke had a different outfit and hairstyle (which was something we've never seen before) in The Last, which was only 2 years after the war. So I would say at least a year passed in Sasuke Shinden.

I've considered your answers, but I couldn't accept them, because they were either not supported by evidence or a bit vague (2-10 years, or closer to 10 years, is not helpful enough). Sorry for not replying sooner.
However, I did find the answer from anime episode 489. Here's a picture if you don't feel like watching it:

I know it's from the anime, but according to Animefillerlist, it's considered canon. So there you go, I answered my own question (very rarely does it happen!)

My first point, which is the most obvious, is that Naruto is 17 at the end of the fourth shinobi war. During episode 491 of the anime, while on a mission Shikamaru says "I'm only 19!" Presuming that Naruto and Shikamaru are the same age, this would mean Naruto is 19 as well; which would ultimately mean that between the end of the fourth shinobi war and the beginning of epsiode 484, 2 years has passed.


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Is there any connection between the Gundam series?
I have watched a few (very few) gundam series, and to me they seem like independent mecha anime series.
Is there any connection between the Gundam series? Or are each of them in separate universes?

related http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/7548/where-to-start-with-gundam

related: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/8715/what-is-the-chronology-of-the-gundam-series

you have many gundam series with connections!
For example, Gundam 79, the first one, is in the same chronology line with Z, ZZ, stardust memory and others. this series are differents, but in the same line, in the same conflict (AEUG vs Zeon)
But, Gundam Wing, Seed, build Fighters...are differents.
You can follow this example:

Many of the Gundam Series takes place in separate universes, which can be called timelines such as:

Mobile Suit Gundam - UC timeline
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - AD timeline
Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans - PD timeline

However, there are several links between the mobile suit gundam universes in terms of plot like:

Mobile Suit Gundam has a V shaped antenna
Existence of evolved humans
Mascot character - Haro

But other than those the story and characters are completely independent between the timelines.

Nope, there is no connection between them.
It basically means that you can watch each one indepent from the others, you basically won't miss out in relevant information to the given selection.
However they have familiarities. In each universe/timeline/planet/section whatever you want to call them, there is conflict going on. The gundams in the given era with the given pilot have plenty of technology and fighting skills common. But that is about it. Some have the same technology level so I guess they COULD take place in the same universe or maybe all do but with different timelines.
You can basicaly see each gundam series as a seperate anime with the "mecha" genre as common relation.

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How do Japanese viewers watch the Japanese dub of RWBY?
Out of curiosity, I'd like to know if RWBY is actually aired on television, or it's available on the Japanese version of Crunchyroll, or how else it is viewed.

According to Wikipedia:

A local Japanese dub is being developed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Japan, with plans for release on Blu-ray and DVD in 2015, marking the first time an American-produced anime-inspired series has been marketed in Japan.

So it appears that the Japanese release is limited to those media.

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What happened to London?
At the very beginning of episode 13, when Epimew responds to Guy's summons to deal with a Buranki, we watch Epimew fly by London, the "former capital".

What on earth happened to London? Given that Big Ben is there, London must've at least been thriving until 1859 or so (assuming that things happened at the same time in the Bubuki Buranki time line as in the real world), but by 2040, it's been thoroughly overgrown. Some sort of Buranki-related incident?


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Why do the non-Japanese characters sometimes refer to Buranki as "déraciné"?
While the Japanese characters in the show typically refer to the giants as "Buranki", some non-Japanese characters (particularly Guy) sometimes refer to them as "déraciné".
This is a curious name for them - the French word "déraciné" means "one who has been displaced". In a sense, this is an appropriate name for the ones that have fallen from Treasure Island, which was their "home". But not all Buranki on Earth are ones that have fallen from Treasure Island; indeed, the majority were probably on Earth to begin with.
In a different sense, this name is also an appropriate way of describing all Buranki, given that

 the Buranki are genuine alien lifeforms who left their home in search of a new one and ended up on Earth.

However, this fact is not widely known; only the people most involved with Buranki are aware of this.
This being the case, why are they called déraciné?


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How is it that Maxim, Lyudmila, and Diana have three Bubuki amongst them?
Maxim has the heart of Zampaza; Lyudmila has the right arm; and Diana has the left arm. Given that they are full siblings (as far as I know), and that Bubuki are passed lineally from parent to child, how is it that they received three Bubuki from their two parents? Did one of their parents have multiple Bubuki?

The character biographies on the show's official website (http://bbkbrnk.com/character/04/) provide an explanation for this unusual state of affairs.

Maxim: 「ブランキ“ザンパザ”の「心臓」を父親から受け継いでいる。」 ― that is, he inherited Zampaza's heart from his father.
Lyudmila: 「ザンパザの右手にあたるブブキ“シュヴェドッカ”を母親から受け継いでいる。」 ― she inherited Zampaza's right arm from her mother.
Diana: 「母の双子の妹（叔母）の死後、主人無しとなっていたザンパザの左手にあたるブブキ“ズヴョズダチカ”を受け継いでいる。」 ― hers is the weird case. Her mother's younger sister passed away (presumably without any descendants), so Zampaza's left arm took Diana (her former master's niece) as its master instead.


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Is the old man from episode 2 the same person we see later?
In episode 2, an old man who is present when Oubu first ascends to the surface with Azuma as its heart mentions that he saw Oubu when it razed Ueno 24 years prior.

Later, in episode 24, Azuma runs into a "stinking drunk" in the park:

Are these the same people?

I'm inclined to say that these are the same person. In episodes 2 and 24, Nishimura Taisuke is credited as "homeless man". Assuming conservation of detail, it probably makes sense for the guy in episode 24 to be the same person as the guy in episode 2.


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Why those "magical names" sound so much like forum handles?
Magicians show that they are serious by shouting their magical names. Poster child of this behaviour is shown in Endymion no Kiseki, when

 Touma is still unsure of what is going on, when Stiyl shouts Fortis583 right before going all out. Touma's expression changes radically, as he understands that Styil is an enemy, at least for the moment.

Is there any rule in making the magical names, or are they intended to look like forum/internet nicknames?

the only Magicians i've seen in the series so far (as i've only seen season 1 of Index) are from the Church so i assumed the numbers were a bible passage that coincide with the magic in some way

Why is it that those forum handles sounds so much like magical names? Answer, because creating unique names on your own can be such a pain. Thus people copy it from already existing names.

@AyaseEri reversal of causality is a dangerous fallacy here. We are comparing one real-world thing (forum handles) that came before the fictional one (index's fictional world magical names).

I mean the author might have a hard time to decide on their names and thus just use an easy escape by using internet handle names.

@AyaseEri that is why I asked the queston: to clarify what the freckles is up with that naming system.

The magic names are Latin and they are chosen to represent the wishes of the magic user. The numbers at the end serve as unique identifiers in the case that the term has been used previously as a magic name.
This is a quote from Tsuchimikado from page 112 of volume 4 of the Yen Press translation of A Certain Magical Index:

"Sorcerers-particularly the kind who assumed a foothold in the nineteenth century, or 'advanced sorcerers'- engrave our own desire upon our souls. I'm talking about magic names. We carve into our hearts the Latin for the reason we study magic, the one wish for which we would give our lives for. For me it's Fallere825, and Kanzaki's is Salvere000, nya~. The numbers afterwards are in case there're doubles of the same term. It's kind of like an email domain in that respect."

This is the same quote used by looper in his answer, but the official translation differs significantly. The official translation compares the inclusion of the numbers to an email domain rather than to email authentication. This means the two translations are offering completely different explanations for the numbers. In one case, the numbers are for the purpose of authentication so that others cannot repeat the name. In the other case, the numbers are simply for differentiating magical names that use the same Latin term.
It's easy to just offhandedly say the official translation is the correct one, but we'd have to check the original Japanese to be sure. Thanks to senshin's comment, we have this: the original Japanese is:「そこらへんはメールの登録名【ドメイン】と同じだぜよ」. The phrase "登録名" means literally "registered name", and refers to a type of name used for persistent and ideally-unique identification (a la an email local-part); he then adds furigana ドメイン domein "domain". (Again, thanks to senshin for the original text and translation)
So it turns out the Yen Press translation is more accurate to the original Japanese and makes the most sense.
Kamijou hears the full magic names, so there is a flaw in using the numbers for authentication. If the purpose of a magic name is to tell opponents, then it doesn't make sense to give them the authentication as well. Also, at the point I've read to in this series, there hasn't been any mention as to why it would be bad that someone knew your magic name, so I question why authentication would be needed in the first place.

That last sentence is 「そこらへんはメールの登録名【ドメイン】と同じだぜよ」. This is really weird and suggests to me that Kamachi is confused about how emails work. He uses the word 登録名 meaning literally "registered name" and referring to a type of name used for persistent and ideally-unique identification (a la an email local-part); he then tacks furigana ドメイン domein "domain" onto the word for no apparent reason. But in any case, the Yen Press translation is correct on this point; the one quoted in looper's answer isn't. This has nothing to do with authentication.

I wonder if "kind of like an email domain", is just supposed to mean "like an email domain, by using numbers in case of dupes".

This is explained in the fourth novel (angel fall arc; chapter 2 part 5) by Motoharu:

“The term ‘magician’—especially the modern magicians that were established in the tenth century, will carve their wishes onto their souls. This is the magic name. Carving the reason why they want to learn magic or give up their entire lives for the one goal by writing it out it in Latin. Like for me, I’m Fallere825, Kanzaki nee-chin’s Salvare000. The numbers behind are used to prevent others from repeating the word, so this is like an email authentication.”

(This is not from the official English translation because I don't have access to it.)

Well, I assume that this particular system is to prevent name clashes.
The church probably has a registry of names; a magician chooses a Latin word that fits their ideals and a number is added on to indicate that they are the nth person to have chosen that name.
It's out of necessity that they sound like that, since their magical name is something that defines them, the same way as a person's username on a forum defines their membership of that forum.

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Gekko Moria's whereabouts?
Does anyone know exactly what hapened to Gekko Moriah? IIRC he was in the Marineford arc. But I haven't seen anything of him post time-skip?
Did I miss some development or something?

The last we saw of Moriah was

 him attacked by Doflamingo and a group of Pacifista in the backstreets of Marineford. According to Doflaminog this was because Moriah was deemed "too weak"to continue serving as a Shichibukai. When asked by Moriah is Sengoku ordered this, Doflamingo told him that it came from someone higher than him. [Chapter 581/Episode 490]

Perona asks Mihawk about Gekko Moriah

 Mihawk tells her that Moriah was alive at the end of Battle, but he is not sure if he is still alive now. The newspaper reports that Moriah is dead

Doflamingo however later reveals to the Gorosei,

 that Moriah escaped before he could deliver the killer blow, probably using his DF power. He also asserts that Moria was critically injured and die anyways. [Chapter 595/Episode 513]

Thus Moriah's official status is Unknown. Doflamingo believes he is dead, but according to New World Times, Moriah survived and is in hiding somewhere in the New World. This is however based on eyewitness accounts and thus NOT a confirmation.


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Salary of the Prize Queen?
Does anyone know exactly how much a prize queen is paid? I know it must be a lot since that is Nozomi's goal and all. But is there a precise dollar amount stated?
Or is it implied to be the same tier as like a world champion?

At the very least, Japanese Wikipedia mentions that "top (Keijo) players' prize is (so high that it's) incomparable to pro athletes'". Prize Queen's might be out of league.


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Why was "Gold Wedding Ring" displayed for less than a second?
One scene of Yuri on Ice (YoI) displays a register receipt from a jewelry store.  For less than a second, possibly even as short as a few frames, most of the receipt is visible, and it is clear Yuri is about to purchase a Gold Wedding Ring. Immediately the bulk of the receipt becomes masked by Yuri's credit card. At the beginning of time code 13:26 of episode 10 a lucky freeze-frame can capture:

After that instant, the only significant receipt info which remains unmasked is the price, 768.94 €.
Is there a verifiable reason the exact nature of this purchase is almost hidden from the viewer?
In the English subtitles, Yuri refers to it as simply a "luck charm".  There is a Tumblr post which explains that the term in Japanese is "omamori" and has a deeper meaning than a non-Japanese speaker would associate with "luck charm".  (I have no direct knowledge that this post is accurate, but it feels right.) So those in Japan would apparently get much more out of this scene, even if they could not read the receipt.
Within hours (probably minutes) of episode 10 airing, there were people posting the information on this receipt.  It is likely that, even though the details would slip by the vast majority of viewers, any internet-savvy YoI fan would know what the receipt said. So the scene seems to be intentionally hiding information, but with the knowledge that it will be revealed by the fans. Does this confuse anyone else?
Also, can anyone read the first word on the line with "Gold Wedding Ring"?  I think it starts with an "F" but I cannot make it out, even in a sharpened version of the image. (The video was viewed, and image captured, at 1080p resolution, expanded to full screen on my 1920x1080 display.)

It looks a bit like "Flat" to me, but the last letter doesn't quite look like a T. Apparently at least two other people think so too (1, 2) but I'm not convinced that my guess is correct just yet.

Gold normally comes in 9, 18 or 24 carats, abbreviated as ct. it could be 18ct that just looks off due to the angle...?

@Amaya: we'd run into the same problem with the T, and the first two letters / numbers don't quite seem to fit the shape. (There are two lines or curves attached to the first letter, not the second.) Looking at the rest of the receipt though, perhaps my initial guess wasn't wrong, since the other instances of T also look shorter than what I would expect.

Was the text of receipt hidden, and why?
I didn't get the impression that the receipt was anymore intentionally "hidden" than, say, Yuko's text message to Yuri Plisetsky in episode 4; I saw the text of the receipt as simply there to fill in necessary visual details (in the same way in which it might be necessary for books or pages of homework in the "background" of other anime to contain some relevant text). However, the text of the receipt does affect how we perceive Yuri's intentions or the scene where rings are exchanged, so one could argue that at the very least, useful information is being unintentionally hidden (by virtue of the fact that this piece of information is more or less a background detail).
I haven't seen (at the time of writing) any discussion of the text of the receipt in (translations of) the "official" discussions listed here, so it's difficult to go beyond guesswork in thinking about these issues.
What does the receipt say?
My best guess is that the receipt reads "Flat Gold Wedding Ring". This is prompted both by the observation that other people have made the same guess and that "Flat" was my first guess of an English word that could fit the context.
Originally, I was uncertain about this reading, as the final character in the first word did not look like a lower case T to me; as a lower case T, it seemed too short. However, upon a second look, I noticed that instances on the receipt where there is clearly a lower case T in the same font (i.e. in the instances of "Ticket" and "Total" that we see) have the same problem. With this in mind, I was able to throw out my objection.


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What is "Creed" in the Matoi Universe?
It stuck me that I have no idea what is supposed to be "Creed" in the Matoi Anime.
The girls like Clarus Tonitrus and Flors are "Anti-Creed". So they are something that opposes "Creed". From this one could assume that the Nights are "Creed".
But the Night-vodoo-dude that maimed Flors is the "Creed Killer". Since he has a ton of bracelets, one could assume that he killed lots of girls, and from that infer that "Creed" are the divine union girls of Fatima.
But then both definitions do not converge. Each one point to the different faction.
What is "Creed" supposed to mean?


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What were the hidden hints pointing at the identity of experimental subject 1 in ReLife?
Now that the identity of experimental subject 1 is known, I am sure that the author placed some hints in the first chapters of the manga.
One of them, I believe is

 When Arata hurts his knee, she asks if that is how a teenager wound should heal.

What were most/all oof them?

I noticed a significant hint in episode 5 while rewatching in dub form at Funimation.  I did not catch it during my first viewing of the sub at Crunchyroll.

 Begin at about time mark 11:30.  Kaizaki has been speaking with Hishiro concerning why her backpack had been taken. She doesn't understand why Rena would hate or be jealous of her. Kaizaki realizes how socially awkward Hishiro is, and comments that she wouldn't get it.  She already knows about her awkwardness, and the bald statement hurts a little. This was indicated by the cartoon lightning the show occasionally uses for an unintentional word "attack".
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 Immediately Hishiro has a short flashback to someone else telling her the same, about her inability to "get it".  What can be discerned in the dub, but was not obvious to me in first viewing the sub, is that an adult woman is speaking to her with disdain.  Also I had assumed that the person shown (from their back) was the speaker.  With 20:20 hindsight, it is clear that instead this was Hishiro herself as an adult.

I have noticed other minor hints, but I don't remember what they were or what episode.  This was the only one, though, that made me think, "Geez, I missed that?!?".
Adding another hint (4 days after first answering).  As I started watching episode 9, pre-opening credits:

 Honoka and Hishiro talk about going to lunch at the end of class. Chizuru wonders about Rena, and Honoka states she isn't here today. The two go off to lunch together.  The whole time Ryo was sitting next to Hishiro, and as they leave it is clear he was intently observing the two. I am guessing he is pleased to see Hishiro showing concern for a friend.
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 Another occurs near the middle of episode. An and Ryo are talking in their office, and An casually says "our subjects". The first time viewer will think generally, as in the subjects of ReLife Corporation. But now it is clear she meant Kaizaki and Hishro specifically.

PS: The dub is excellent.  So is the sub, but I'm glad I've watched both.  Well, Funimation is only up to episode 9 as I write this, but I fully intend on watching the whole thing there.


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What is the name of the music that plays when zoro has a flashback to fighting the humandrills during the fishman island arc?
He asks Mihawk to train him and fights the humandrills then uses kokujo o tatsumaki afterwards.
Here is the clip https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z-M8fD8m0To

It is the central part of Zoro Theme.


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What did Koui (Qiaoyi) see at the very end of the anime?
At the very end of episode 12 of the anime, Koui (Qiaoyi) tails Mumei (Muming) as he goes to meet up with Shuu (Guanyu), presumably in hopes of acquiring more fuel for her curious fantasies. Then, she sees something that leads her to emit a tremendous shriek. The show abruptly ends at this point.
What did she see?
(Or, if this is unanswerable because the anime has diverged too much from the source material, that would be good to know too.)

This was asked approximately four years ago, but the answer is that it's unanswerable, because the anime diverged like you said. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anything from the directors on it either.


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Why did Itachi poke Sasuke's forehead?
From the beginning of the series, even during his last moments, Itachi poked Sasuke's forehead as a way of showing affection and apologizing.
But is that the only reason? Did he perhaps try to transfer some knowledge or memories to Sasuke? Or is it simply unknown?

It's a sign of affection. It's the same as patting your younger brother on the head. Sasuke adopts this gesture and does it on Sakura and Sarada also.

I suspect it's his own version of the head-pat. As an older sibling he's showing some love toward his younger sibiling. I do it to my cousins all the time. Impossible to miss since their heads are so big.

forehead poking = head patting = football players slapping each others asses after they run 20 feet.

It has nothing to do with transferring memory or knowledge.
It's a gesture of love from Big Brother (Itachi) to his loving Younger Brother (Sasuke).
That gesture show how much Itachi love Sasuke than anything.

I'm just wondering about the hidden powers of chakra and the sharingan. But if nothing is known from the manga/anime then we can assume it is just a sign of affection.

Yes, It is. But I have read somewhere that Itachi implant Amaterasu is Sasuke's Eye in their last fight while he died. So that time it might be transferring of power.

Itachi had always known the “fate” of Uchiha brothers. One would always be destined to take the other’s sharingan. The slow approach of Itachi’s fingers are meant to tease at the idea of what he, the stronger brother, is “supposed to do”, which is to take Sasuke’s eye (sharingan) but he just pokes him in the forehead like an older brother will mess with a younger brother’s hair. It’s a sign that he loves him too much to follow the Uchiha fate.

Itachi always loved Sasuke and it seemed more of a way of affection. I don't believe he can transfer power in that sense, but we do later learn that Chakra can be temporarily transferred via a fist bump so its possible.
I believe it to be a sign of affection and he did it before he died to let Sasuke know that he still loved him even though he was unable to speak at the time as he was extremely sick with what appears to be hemoptysis.

It's a friendly gesture of Itachi poking Sasuke's forehead. With that, Itachi wants to let Sasuke know he still loves him after all. But there's a chance that Itachi gave him something like the last step of the Sharingan. Just keep watching Naruto and you will find out.

Remember when Sasuke woke up and Obito was going to remove his mask and introduce himself (right after Itachi died)? Anyway, when Sasuke looked at him, Obito burst into the black flames. He then said that Itachi must have transferred some visual jutsu to Sasuke right before he died.
So, yes, it was an affection thing, but it was also to try and protect Sasuke from Obito.

This had probably meant for showing love and affection = Itachi to Sasuke. This could not have been some type of jutsu or funny way of saying "not right now". For Itachi maybe, but it states in season 3 that since Sasuke had tapped Sakura, I'm sure he didn't mean to give her any chakra.
Stating above, this could not have been a jutsu. Personally, I think it's just a nice way of telling somebody how much you care for them without doing their bidding because Sasuke had asked Itachi to help him and he wanted to say no in a caring way, just as Sakura told Sasuke to stay, and as Sakura does to their child Sarada to show her caring as shown on these images on PhotoBucket and Tumblr.

As we know it on the episode that Itachi poke's Sasuke, 'cause Itachi loved Sasuke so much, he's not seen Sasuke from a long time & Itachi's love is much more than anything to Sasuke.
If you want to know more about the affection between Itachi to Sasuke, you can watch the filler arcs about them on episode 451.

Yes I know that, I just asked whether there was something more to it that escaped my sight. I have watched/read all episodes/manga chapters. :) Thank you for your reply!

When Itachi poked Sasuke's forehead, you can clearly see blood running into Sasuke's eye, the same eye that casts the (black fire jitsu, extremely hard name). The blood was probably from Itachi's eyes, therefore resulting in a possible transfer of visual-based jutsu.

Hmm this seems like a theory that needs some work. I agree with your thesis that itachi most probably implanted his Amaterasu during that poke but that doesn't necessarily suggest that he transferered the jutsu to sasuke

But is that the only reason? Did he perhaps try to transfer some
  knowledge or memories to Sasuke? Or is it simply unknown?

He did give Sasuke the mangekyou sharingan moments before he died with that symbolic hand gesture.

The mangekyo is given when a best friend/relative dies or when you endure a huge amount of pain (i.e the loss of someone close) right? So technically Itachi did not pass his mangekyo to Sasuke via the head poke.


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Has canonicity changed in Dragon Ball?
In the past people used to say that the Dragon Ball manga was canon and the series was not, because Toriyama drew the manga and he didnt do the same with the series. But now that Toriyama doesnt draw the manga anymore but Toyotaro based in his ideas, both the manga and the series are adaptations of Toriyama's ideas. Is the Dragon Ball manga still the canon for Dragon Ball or it isnt anymore?

The dragonball manga is still canon for the original series.
For Dragonball super, both the manga and the anime can be considered canon. They are simply two continuities. You can talk about the manga continuity and the anime continuity. One is not more canon than the other.


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Why Goku super saiyan blue's power up aura glows different colors inside lately?
This is Goku super saiyan blue's power up against Hit. Is this his normal super saiyan blue aura or those yellow, white and green colors inside arent blue in purpose, like a signal he's close to get a new stage or something? I think something similar happened with his aura against merged Zamasu

In that episode it wasn't just his aura it was his aura clashing with Hit's time skip ability. Whiss sister pointed out that his ability allows him to make a parallel mini world with the time he skips Goku's energy was pushing into that world. Causing the mix of energy.


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Who leaked info on section 9's kidnapping of Mr. Serano?
- tl;dr Version -
How did information of Section 9's involvement with the second kidnapping of Mr. Serano, which happened in episode 23 of GitS:SAC, get leaked to the media? I can't find any source online that clarifies this.
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In episode 23 of GitS:SAC, Major Kusanagi uses the memories she obtained from the Laughing Man to stage a second kidnapping of Mr. Serano under the guise of the Laughing Man himself in order to verify the connection between Serano Genomics and Secretary General Yakushima. During the kidnapping, Major Kusanagi impersonated the Laughing Man perfectly because, well, she was the Laughing Man for all intents and purposes. However, the degree to which the rest of Section 9 was filled in on this plot seems to be vague. Throughout the episode you can see the rest of Section 9 trying hard to "arrest the laughing man", though it's conceivable that this could have all been part of Section 9's plan.
Regardless of whether or not the rest of Section 9 was filled in on this plan, how on earth did the media find out that it was the Major who impersonated the Laughing Man and kidnapped Mr. Serano? At most only the members of Section 9 knew about this (and possibly the Laughing Man himself I suppose), so who leaked the information? One possibility is that Major's girly eyes gave it away, as is slightly indicated at the beginning of episode 24 when Chief Aramaki and Togusa are in the car, but that seems like a silly way for the news to be leaked. In the GitS:SAC wiki page, it's claimed that Secretary General Yakushima, the guy who this entire Laughing Man plot is focused on putting to justice, found out that Section 9 was behind the kidnapping and so leaked that info to the media (which played a very big role in the rest of the story). But how would Yakushima have known about that? Who told him?
What's really weird about all this is that in the beginning of episode 24, Chief Aramaki tells nearly everybody in Section 9 to "find out where news of our op was leaked from." But nobody ever seems to give an answer to this!

Secretary General Yakushima would have feelers out to pick up on any operation like the one Section 9 were pulling off. The universe also doesn't set up the enemies as inert - they are active and have skills - at that level of espionage, the Secretary General would totally have the resources to uncover what Section 9 was doing.
Interestingly, one of the possibilities is that Aramaki leaked it himself, or left a trail to put the whole death-to-rebirth, process into action. However, it is more likely he just reacted to the situation and any small member of Public Security could have had some type of tap on Section 9.


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What caused Ruka to change?
What caused

 Ruka to become a girl?

In episode 8, they jokingly try to alter

 Ruka's gender to make her a girl

with a D-Mail, but what they do is scientifically crude and unlikely to do anything.
Then, they send another D-Mail which

 changes Akihabara drastically

and it is after this change that Okabe discovers that Ruka has changed.
I thought it was the latter D-Mail that caused Ruka to change because it was the D-Mail directly before the change was realized, when people started behaving as if Ruka was

 a girl all along.

However, when this latter D-Mail, which had an effect on the city,

 is cancelled out,

Ruka is still

 a girl.

Was it the former or latter D-Mail that caused Ruka to change?
Relevant episodes:
Episode 8

 D-Mail sent to change Ruka's gender. Likely a failure as it just told Ruka's mother to change her diet.

Episode 9

 Faris's unknown D-Mail which changes Akihabara.

Episode 10

 Okabe discovers Ruka's gender change, spurred by how people treat her as a girl.

Episode 17

 Okabe reverts Akihabara to its prior state.

Episode 18

 Okabe has to revert Ruka to a boy.

i think it was former episode but  okabe didnt realize it

also to support my theory the later email send wasn't send that long back to have impacted ruka to become a girl

It was the D-Mail Ruka sent that changed Ruka to a girl.
When Okabe sees Ruka, he doesn't realize Ruka has in fact become a girl. He only realizes after Faris' D-Mail that Ruka has become a girl.
Also to support this, Faris' D-Mail wasn't sent that long back to have affected Ruka's gender, as Ruka was born well before Faris' D-Mail was sent.

First, I want to make sure that we're all on the same page about whether we're talking about sex or gender here.
Nowadays, we generally make the following distinctions:

Sex generally refers to your biological sex; in other words, your anatomical and genetic traits.
Gender is more difficult to define, but it generally refers to the socially constructed characteristics of males and females as they apply to you, such as norms, roles, and relationships of and between groups of women and men.

It should be noted that in informal speak, people frequently use the terms interchangeably.
Luka's gender is more ambiguous and subject to debate (just look at the comments on Luka's wikia page), but in this case, we just want to talk about Luka's biological sex, which is more clear-cut. Let's review what happened:

Luka was physically male before the D-mail.
Luka sent a D-mail back to his pregnant mom's pager.
And as Okabe discovers later on, this caused Luka to become physically female.

However, a baby's sex is determined at the moment of conception. So, because Luka's mom was already pregnant when the D-mail arrived, Luka's sex was already decided. No amount of eating vegetables can change that.
One explanation could be that the cause was some other time travel divergence, at a point in time before Luka's conception. Even if the divergence were completely unrelated to Luka's family, it could still cause random variations in the environment that could cause Luka's conception to go very slightly differently.
However, Faris's D-Mail was sent to a point in time after Luka was already born, so I don't think this explanation is very likely.
Another possible explanation could be that the D-mail caused a random variation in the environment that caused Luka to develop differently in the womb. For example, it could be that in the new timeline, there was a random genetic mutation that caused Luka to develop an intersex condition. They're not that uncommon.
It is indeed possible for someone with XY chromosomes to be physically female.
For example, perhaps Luka experienced a mutation in the SRY gene:

Mutations in SRY give rise to XY females with gonadal dysgenesis who appear to be normal females at birth, but at puberty do not develop secondary sexual characteristics, do not menstruate, and have fibrous gonads without eggs.

Or, perhaps Luka experienced a mutation in the AR gene and developed complete androgen insensitivity syndrome:

Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is when a person who is genetically male (who has one X and one Y chromosome) is resistant to male hormones (called androgens). As a result, the person has some or all of the physical traits of a woman, but the genetic makeup of a man.
At puberty, female sex characteristics (such as breasts) develop. However, the person does not menstruate and become fertile.

The complete form of this syndrome can occur in as many as 1 in 20,000 live births, so I think it's certainly a possibility.
Anyway, these are just my speculations.

I'm sure it was the first D-Mail that changed Ruka's gender and not the second one. It was sent to his mom and it advised her to eat vegetables.
To support it, there is a very logical reason: the situation changed by the second D-Mail could not in any way affect his mom from eating more vegetables .

Yeah, except eating more vegetables has not been proven to actually have anything with changing his gender.

Scientifically, this is not possible.
It's part of the anime logic in a science fiction story about time travel. They introduced the idea that the mother eating more vegetables or meat influenced the gender of the child. While in our world that is obviously wrong, it seems to be true in this fiction world.


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Can you merge 2 doujutsu? And can someone with prolonged and irriversable damage in their eyes have a successful eye transplant?
I was wondering if someone could merge 2 doujutsu and if someone who at avyoung age has their eyes damaged to the point of blindness and the damage being irriversable if someone with a doujutsu could transplant their eyes to the blind person so that they can see, I was wondering this because I plan too write a fan fiction about it and I wanted to make sure it is somewhat viable

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Also said damage is caused by kunai senbon or shuriken

As far as I know (and all the research I've made), no, you can't (as you called it) "merge" two, or more, Dōjutsus. You can have more than one at the same time, like Kaguya and her son Hagoromo.
I'm not saying it's not possible, but it just hasn't been seen in the universe of Naruto. And, as far as my knowledge goes, it hasn't been mentioned by Masashi-sensei either.
Masashi-sensei has said once that if a Byakugan user and  Sharingan user have a kid the offspring would be born with a Sharingan in one eye and a Byakugan in the other but this isn't "merging" like you wanted
For the next part of your question:
Yes, you can implant eyes to someone that has lost sight on that eye(s). The Uchiha are known do do it a lot, or they at least to it to "reach the next level" of power (in their eyes) but they are either almost or are blind when doing this.
Another huge example (of doing this) is Kakashi. He lost his eyesight on his left eyes, and then got a Sharingan, which is a Dōjutsu, implanted.

I hope my answer helps, it's mostly what I know. I did try to find some references to help better but they were just about what Dōjutsu are and some examples and their abilities, which would be useless to you (according to what you asked, or was looking for, at least, so I did not include it).
I also hope your fan fiction goes well.


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What was the point of Sakura's bed doll being dressed as Sakura is in her dream?
In episode 44, Sakura wakes up and describes her recurring dream of the Final Judgement. She also notices that the Sakura shaped doll that she keeps by her bed is dressed exactly like she is in the dream. The very same doll appears since very early in the series, and IIRC it is said that it was sewed by Tomoyo.
This element is not elaborated further upon in the episode nor in the following episodes.
So what is that statement's purpose in the story?


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Why are unrelated one-shots by Masami Tsuda included in compilations of Kare Kano?
While reading Kare Kano, I noticed that the extras included in the tankobon compilations seem to have absolutely no relation to the story of the main manga. (I have just finished the fourth volume of Kare Kano, so I've read both "The Tiger and the Chameleon: A Promise for One Week" and "Meet Me Again Tomorrow in the Forest". The former involves students in high school and has a romance theme, but it does not seem to belong to the same setting as Kare Kano. The latter is a story of a half-alien, half-human girl's experiences with racism on another planet.)
This observation was backed-up by some research that I did: the two extras that I have read so far appear to be works written by Masumi Tsuda in 1994 and 1993 respectively, prior to her publication of Kare Kano.
Why were pre-existing unrelated works included as extras? In the past, had other manga compilations done the same thing? I could imagine this as a means to "promote" the author or provide readers with bonus content at low cost, but in other manga that I've read, such as Fullmetal Alchemist, extra one-shots were clearly related to the main content.

I haven't seen this very often, but I have seen a couple other manga series that packaged one-shots outside the main continuity. For example, the first volume of Hellsing included a one-shot by Kouta Hirano about two members of the Isacariot organization that was sort of a prototype for the main Hellsing series. I think they do this in some cases because the one-shot is of interest to fans of the series, but hard to track down because it was published in a magazine and never got a tankoubon release. I have no proof, though.

Update: I've been reading Scum's Wish, and I've noticed that some extras featuring cats (also mentioned here) that have absolutely no obvious relation to the main plot. I don't know whether these are pre-existing works or not though.


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Inter-Clan Marriage?
Although it's never a rule, it seems the standard throughout Naruto that Ninjas married within their own clan so as to preserve their Kekkei Genkai (Hyuuga) or just to preserve the blood lines (Uzumaki). (This can still be broken as is the case between Minato and Kushina.)
It seems though, that in the final chapter, all the Ninja of the 'Konoha 11' seem to marry outside of their clan, like Naruto and Hinata (Uzumaki and Hyuuga) or Shikamaru and Temari (Nara and Sand). I understand that this was more of a fan service chapter, but is there any in-universe explanation as to why none of the Ninja of Naruto's generation decided to marry in-clan?

Probably because incest is illegal in most universes?

As i know Hyuuga is the only one that had the rule of marrying within their own clan(not sure for uchiha). hashirama's wife was an uzumaki, though there has not be any explanation about the marriage of the parent of the Konoha 11 parents. They might had inter clan marriage. they might not be the one who had inter clan marraige

@Makoto Is it?

@Makoto marriage within their own clan doesn't mean within in one famiy

Anyways, not a definite answer, but the inclusive of inner-clan marriages is possibly designed to be a symbol of unity. After the Fourth Great Shinobi War, the 5 nations were no longer enemies and worked together under the Shinobi Union

It is true that shinobi clans married within their respective clan so that their Kekkei Genkai would remain in the family. But it was around the time when all the nations were at war with each other. Once Hashirama Senju decided to distribute all the tailed beasts among the hidden villages, the majority of attention (of bad people) shifted from obtaining bloodline limit techniques to obtaining/controlling tailed beasts.
Also, in case of interclan marriages, it was not sure that the offspring would awaken his/her Bloodline Limit. It was evident in the case of Tsunade's parents who were half Senju and half Uzumaki because very little is known about them, but it was certain that they were no shinobi.
The concept of not having interclan marriages was high when nations were at war and having a technique unique to only one family/clan meant that their country would have an advantage over the enemy. Like in the case of Kimimaro's Clan. But since it was evident that every offspring couldn't awaken their bloodline limit, interclan marriages were often held.
In the case of the Uchiha, there was never any protocol to marry within Uchiha. Because their Kekkai Genkai was not easy to awaken, even for those who were descendants of great Uchiha shinobi. Even if someone from outside their clan awakened the Sharingan, it would do a great deal of damage to one's body and eventually lead to death (as in Kakashi's case where he was paralyzed for an entire week after using his Mangeky Sharingan to save Gaara. Luckily by the end of Kaguya's Arc Obito helped him control his Sharingan but it drained out his stamina quickly).

The idea of the post-War wake was a definitive change in mindset among all Ninja. What was once taboo was finally available at no negative cost to the individual. Therefore, when the surviving clan members mate it is only natural that they would all utilize their newfound freedoms as opposed to sticking to the harsh, restricting rules of the past. Its all symbolic of the change Naruto set into motion.


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What does the 8 inner gates require to use?
It seems that Lee could only open the 6th gate even with the training that Guy did with his dad. So why can't Lee open the 8th gate yet? He said when Guy opened the 8th gate, "AMazing, I can only open to the 6th gate."

what do you want to know. Why lee can't open 8th gate or requirement for opening 8 inner gates. though the explanation of answer might be similar, i think it is a different question

Do you wanna know the require to open 8 gates? or Lee can open 8 gates? etc..Questions...Right?

How many gates can rock Lee open?

Through Guy's teachings, Lee learned to open the first five of the Eight Gates at age 12, the sixth age 17, and the seventh at age 20. He is recognised as a genius for this feat by Kakashi Hatake, who notes it is highly difficult for even the most talented ninja to open even one gate.
So the conclusion he can also able to open 8 gates.But the reason to avoid the 8th gate probably known as "The Gate of Death".You will get end of fight.
The require to open is basically it's based on opponents will power.No one would like to open the death gate.
This link would be useful to know more about gates.


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Does the door connects only between 2 worlds or does it connects more?
In Isekai Shokudou (Restaurant to Another World) does the door connects only between 2 worlds (let's call it world A and world B), or does it connects to more than 2 worlds?
In other words, does all the other world customer come from the same world, or do they come from many different worlds?
I notice that some do come from the same world, like the Princess Victoria and the Great Mage Artorius. But does Princess Victoria share the same world with Kuro?

So far, all of the customers came from the same world. And all of the characters share some kind of connection. Some met each other in their world, some are from same country, some know about others from books or tales. Most of them also know same language, which allows them to read the menu.
Kuro is easy one, as she lives on the broken moon, which is visible from the ground shots. And she knows Aka, who obviously lives in same world as Aletta, who personally knows Ms. Minced Meat Cutlets, and so on.
One character who is unrelated to most is the Lizard man. But Lizard men and their tribes living in marshes were mentioned by other characters, from what I remember.

 Another reason to believe the door doesn't open to different worlds, is that the door was created and linked by Yomi the Hero, using artifact from that world.  And there would be no reason for her to link it to different worlds, she didn't knew about or cared about.

Now if you would add references, this would be a good answer.


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How did Boruto learn the shadow clone jutsu?
Who taught Boruto the shadow clone Jutsu? In the anime, episode 36 Kakashi asks if Boruto's father (Naruto) taught him the jutsu, but he replied no. If Naruto didn't teach Boruto, then who did?

According to Boruto's wiki, it says he self-taught it to himself. Of course it's referencing ep36 and couldn't find anywhere in the episode where Boruto states this

Yes, he never stated that he self taught himself (if that is even possible - how would he know the hand signs(wouldn't he need at least someone/some instructions)?)

I think it's most likely Konohamaru, as in Boruto the movie, before Sasuke takes Boruto as his pupil, he already knows how to preform that jutsu. And in Boruto episode 36, he states that his father didn't teach him the jutsu.

Now this is just my opinion, but I believe that the kids of Boruto's generation are much more talented as compared to people of Naruto's. When Naruto was in the academy, all he had to do was perform Clone technique to graduate. However, with the current generation, everyone already knows the basics. So we can safely assume that nearly everyone knows how to perform the basic shadow clone technique. But Boruto might have seen Naruto perform the Multi-Shadow clone technique (since he uses a lot of them to perform his duties as a Hokage effectively) and would've tried to replicate it on his own.

"So we can safely assume that nearly everyone knows how to perform the basic shadow clone technique." - did you mean the non-shadow clone, clone technique?

Also, the statement When Naruto was in the academy, all he had to do was perform Shadow Clone technique is incorrect. Naruto needed to perform the standard Cloning Technique, not Shadow Clone.

It's also important to note that the only place that the jutsu is recorded is in the forbidden scroll that Naruto stole, so if Naruto didn't teach Boruto, then someone else must've taught him, or he must've stolen the scroll.


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Where are the remaining Angels?
We know in one of the episodes while Goku, Vegeta, Whis and Beerus sat down to eat, Whis stated that there were 18 Universes before and Zeno erased 6 Universes while he was in a bad mood.
After the Zen Exhibition match, we know for a fact that if Zeno were to erase a universe, even the gods, The kaioshin and hakaishin would also be erased. We also know that the angels are not related to the universe and their duty is to only serve the god of destruction, which is again mentioned by Whis when Beerus questioned as to why he wouldn't get erased.
It was also mentioned by Shin during the Future Trunks arc that if Beerus were to die, Whis were to leave the universe as his sole duty is to only serve Beerus.
Based on these events, shouldn't there exist 6 more angels of the erased Universes? Why aren't they watching the tournament of power (When the exempted universes are watching the same)? We know these angels don't cease to exist once their universe is erased as we see some of the angels of the erased universes seated and watching the tournament of power.
What are your thoughts on the same?

I am going to present my personal viewpoint regarding this question.
Firstly, there is a common assumption that just like Whis serves Beerus, Daishinkan also serves Zeno and therefore by this analogy, just like Whis is stronger than Beerus, Daishinkan "could" be stronger than Zeno. The problem with this analogy is it doesn't consider the differences regarding the services provided by the Angels and the Grand Priest.
Whis serves as a mentor trains Beerus in combat. But Zeno is not a fighter. So there is no need for Daishinkan to train Zeno. Thus Daishinkan plays a role which could be considered akin to a secretary/butler/advisor/minister to Zeno.
Now since Daishinkan is Whis's father and much much stronger than Whis, the question is Why would Daishinkan serve the Omni-king if not to train him?
The only plausible explaination then would be that he was created to serve Zeno in an advisory role (that is the Grand Priest's purpose).
Secondly, nowhere in Dragonball Super it is mentioned that the Angels are indestructible or free from Zeno's wrath. It is only mentioned that the angels will not be wiped out after the TOP.
Why?
Maybe because, Zeno didn't feel like it.
Or maybe Daishinkan talked him out of it.
Maybe the other angels are also related to Daishinkan and he doesn't want to see his kin erased like the previous 6 universes, so he persuades Zeno.
Maybe the angels have been kept alive because there is a chance Zeno might ressurect all the wiped universes.
We don't know. We only know that there are too many maybe's here and no definite answer. The only safe option here is to assume that the previous angels were also probably erased along with the previous 6 out of 18 universes but this time the remaining angels have been spared this fate.


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In what order do I consume the Blame! universe?
I recently stumbled upon the Blame! movie on Netflix. I eagerly watched it, enjoying every minute of it - not least for the underlying amazing world. I realized that it was based on the manga of the same name and looked it up.
Now there's more than just the manga, to my knowledge there is:

Blame! (Manga)
Blame!² (Oneshot?)
NOiSE (Manga)
NSE: Net Sphere Engineer (Manga?)
Blame! (ONA)
Blame! Prologue (ONA)
Blame! (Movie, 2017)

In what order should I best consume these works? And am I missing any more of them in this list?

You can start reading the original sources. The other works is just like a side-story, not really canon (as far i know, the side story is just an "explanation chapter" or a filler chapter about the Blame! universe that never explained before in the original Blame! manga, based on Wikipedia and myanimelist. I have never read those side-story, nor try it ).
Main story

Blame! (manga)

Side-story (not recommended, but you can give it try)

NOiSE
Blame Gakuen! And So On

The Blame! movie only cover some part like:

Cibo first appearance : Volume 2, Chapter 9.
the rest : Volume 5 - Volume 6, Chapter 26 - Chapter 34.

In your question, you put the ONA version of Blame!, and looks like it's a clip of Blame! anime but i never heard about those ones. There is no anime adaptation of Blame! until Netflix made one.


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Why wasn't Jiraya reincarnated?
Most of the villains to most of the kages were reincarnated but Why wasn't Jiraya reincarnated.
Kabuto reincarnated almost everyone from the past during the war and the presence of Jiraya could've been too helpful for him.But my question is what was the reason for reincarnating him.

Reincarnation done the way Kabuto chose to do it requires the body of the person being reincarnated and a host body. This is told to the third hokage by Orochimaru in the Naruto series.
Jiraiya dies while fighting pain and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Since his body was never preserved and buried, Kabuto could not revive him along with the others.


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How did people even know that the One Piece was in the Grand Line?
The people say it's in the Grand Line, but I can't find anything on how they knew. In the opening with his last words, Gold Roger only says he left it in one place, not that he left it in the Grand Line. Did I miss something?

The one piece in itself is a guess. If you remember, Luffy even yelled at Ussop in  Shabody for asking such a question, and for once Luffy was actually trying not to think about the possibility of the one piece being nonexistent. However, we know that:

 There are 4 Red Poneglyphs, and each one points to a certain location. Once they are laid out, these four locations will have Raftel in the middle.

However, we do not have actual evidence that Raftel is in Grand Line. Now that you mention it, probably, just maybe, it is somewhere else. (The irony; people were looking for it for so long in Grand Line and if it's not there then really, what a disappointment.)
As far as we know, it could be anywhere, even on top of the Red Line, we don't know. Note, at times Rayleigh's facial expressions really did suggest wild thoughts in readers, like the one piece does not exist or that the Void Century is such a simple puzzle after all.
In Conclusion:
The people assume it is in Grand Line because Gol D. conquered it, and short after that, he got executed.

The people guessed that it was there, but it seems Roger was implying it was in Raftel.
One translation I read was exactly:

"Want my ultimate treasures? It's possible... I will give them to
  those who can find them. I have gathered everything in the world and
  already hidden them in "that" place".

Another one read:

"in that one place"

And a third:

"in one place"

While literally these are identical, there is an insinuation with the word "that".  It implies that the speaker has already indicated where he is talking about or you already know where he is talking about.  As the former is not the case (he didn't say it), people understood it to be the latter.  As everyone knows Gol D. Roger and his crew were the only ones ever to reach the end of the Grand Line and Raftel, the legend quickly became that the One Piece was there.
I cannot tell from the kanji, whether or not this implication was conveyed in the same way in the original Japanese. The reaction from his statement, however, is that he was implying Raftel and everyone understood this.
There is, however,the process of elimination as well, as people searched everywhere for it but no one was able to check that one rumored place just yet.

As far as we know the only people who has actual information about One Piece are the former Roger pirates. Everyone else, both readers and characters, are only guessing about One Piece.
Every new piece of information that turns up (Crocus explaining navigation, the poneglyphs, the Whitebeard-flashback, etc.) points to Raftel, so it seems like a pretty good guess. But it's still only a guess.


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Why was Danzo after Shisui eyes?
This has been bugging me for a while. I'm very interested in Shisui's story of his life, but the real question is why was Donzo after his eye? Was it because of his sharingan? and "how is Donzo supposed to use this"?

Shisui was one of the few members in the clan's history that was able to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan. It granted him access to a very powerful genjutsu, a unique technique noted to be of the highest caliber, Kotomatsukami. This technique allowed him to enter a person's mind and manipulate him or her by creating false experiences and illusions making it seem as though they were doing things of their own free will. The victim wouldn't be able to notice that they were being manipulated.This Mangekyō Sharingan  are noted to be the "heavenly eyes that see the truth of creation without obstruction". Hence Danzo was after Shisou's eyes.Source

But how did he get the mangekyo sharingan what friend would he have killed ? or did he do it Sasukes way?

If you're asking as to how Shisui attained the Mangekyō Sharingan, Shisui has a darker side he was ashamed of. Out of envy to a friend who he had believed had surpassed him in ability, Shishui withheld his aid at a very critical moment resulting in the other shinobi's death. The guilt caused by the same led Shisui to consider himself to be a murderer causing him to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.

So mainly that would be how Sasuke would accomplish it from his envy to Naruto? He was jealous of Naruto and he had seemed dark on revenge as he went on Orochimarus side?!


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Zestiria vs Berseria map comparison
Tales of Berseria and Tales of Zestiria took place in the same world. As shown in the anime, Tales of Zestiria the X, Sorrey and his companions mentioned the story of Artorius Collbrande, the first Shepherd and Velvet Crowe, which is the protagonist of Tales of Berseria, which means that both story happens in the same world.
Now, to the question, this is the world map of Berseria

This is the world map of Zestiria

They are nothing alike! AFAIK, 1000 years are not enough time to cause a massive enough continental drift that would change the shape of the world that much. So to the question, where is Glenwood (the world of Zestiria) in Berseria?

It is the same part of the world.

Following the awakening of the four Empyreans, the next 1,000 years saw a great change in the landscape of the former Holy Midgand Empire. The islands of Northgand, Westgand, Midgand, Eastgand, and Islegand shifted with the movement of tectonic plates, and by the time of Tales of Zestiria, they formed the continent known as Glenwood.

see Aselia Wiki.
There is also a skit in the game regarding the cause of the changes:

Eizen: With the four Empyreans revived, the land has awakened.
Eizen: Changes in the earth that once took eons will now happen in a few hundred years.

Source: Skit "No Eruption...So Far" in Tales of Berseria

To follow up on the previous answer, it looks like glenwood is only a portion of the entire "Desolation" map.  It looks like eastgand rotated and collided with midgand (us the bay-like area as a reference), and that westgand shifted east to collide with midgand as well, making the super-continent of Glenwood.
So, basically, In Zesteria, we never visit southgand or northgand.  The explorable world is much much smaller.


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Why are the DD Girls called that?
Why are the DD Girls named such?
Their name in katakana: [ディーディー・ガールズ], has no meaning, other than just being "DD Girls"...
How do we even know that they're called the DD Girls?

The "D.D. Girls" (ディーディー・ガールズ) were rumored to be based on a very popular J-Pop girl band at the time of the first season being written/planned, known as: "C.C. Girls" (シーシー・ガールズ) (previously known as "D.D. Gaps").
Quite interesting how similar the names are. Both are written in Katakana also. Not sure if it was ever explained officially, but it's an interesting theory.

Interesting! ... If you could translate the Wikipedia page on them, that'd help pick out similarities?

The DD Girls only appear in the original anime; they are not in the Sailor Moon manga or consequently, Sailor Moon Crystal. In their first appearance in the anime (in the first half of ep. 45), they identify themselves as the DD Girls:

Queen Beryl: In moments, Queen Metalia will be fully resurrected. I will allow no one to interfere. Anyone who can finish these girls [the Sailor Senshi] off, step forward.
DD Girls: Please let us, the DD girls, take on the task.

(For reference, the line spoken by the DD girls sounds roughly like その役目、我がデイーデイー・ガールズに, but my Japanese skills are extremely lacking and I may well be wrong.)
There does not appear to be an official explicit explanation for their name; if there were, I would have expected someone to point it out already somewhere. However, if I had to take a guess, I would suggest that it is simply a matter of themed naming: consider that the DD Girls show up when the Sailor Senshi are at D Point. (They also work for the Dark Kingdom, but the correspondence between the letters is less overt there, so that seems less likely.)


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What kind of dragon slayer magic Acnologia Wields
What kind of dragon slayer magic did Acnologia use to slay 10,000 dragon 400 years in the past?

Is your question as to what element Acnalogia employs in his casting of dragon slayer magic?

yes that is my basic question

I think, this should answer your question.


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How much of the manga does the first season of Attack on Titan cover?
Assuming the anime follows the manga, how many chapters does the first season span?


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What is the nature of the Juni Taisen?
The contest involves twelve warriors that have some sort of power (some supernatural). Though the concept of common sense will fade away with elements like Necromantic and flying people in the show. One thing that stuck in my head was the part about the one wish to be granted to the winner.
In the end, we see the Rat warrior going through 99 wishes that most of them are impossible to grand (like gaining another superpower or world peace). So what is the nature of the contest? Who is holding these contests and what kind of power do they have to grant such wishes?


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What language used by Kajiura Yuki in Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero OST lyric?
For example, "Sis Puella Magica!" from Madoka OST. The title itself is Latin but when I read the lyric, it's not! Here's the first part of the song
samia dostia
ari aditida
tori adito madora

estia morita
nari amitia
sori arito asora

Some of the lyric seems like Latin, for example "aditida" or "adito" is bit similar to Latin "aditio" which mean "right of approaching" or "acceptance" in English. It also doesn't seems like Japanese.
And this is the lyric for "Army of the King" from Fate/Zero. The title is English but again, the lyric is not something I can recognize.
esarta mirifo
kontiasa mia

arta mita iya ah
amia sortita
aria

What language is used by Kajiura Yuki here?

Related/duplicate: https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/6716/

Related/duplicate: https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/9592/

Actually it's not from any language. Kajiura Yuki (the composer of this song) is often used a made up language for any of her soundtrack song compositions called "Kajiurago". The word itself doesn't have any meaning and all Kajiurago songs is meant for open interpretation.
From AnimeGiga video interview (link above)

Interviewer: What is ｢Kajiurago｣?
Kajiura: This so-called “Kajiurago” is actually a constructed language I frequently use, meaningless language fabricated by myself. It’s only that I arbitrarily named it “Kajiurago”. It’s entirely meaningless.
Interviewer: Not even a bit of meaning?
Kajiura: Yeah. Fabricated only for its pronunciation. One thing is that when I wrote insert songs and other songs for anime, I had initially used Italian, Latin, and the like before. Even if it were a non-Japanese song, for scenes whose meaning I cannot match, to use lyrics not matching the work, I don’t like that.

The Kajiurago lyrics are usually never officially released unless otherwise specified. Most Kajiurago lyric we can find is something people write from what they hear. But for Madoka OSTs, the lyrics are actually an official release, although it's not happen very often.
Almost every song from Madoka OSTs used Kajiurago, and Kajiurago is used in many of her compositions, not only for Madoka Magica and Fate/Zero but also in several other OST like "A Song of Storm and Fire" from Tsubasa Chronicle.


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In Saekano S2, why does Kasumigaoka and Sawamura leave Tomoya?
I thought Kasumigaoka enjoyed being with Tomoya? And Sawamura was his childhood friend...

Originally; both were content just to be with Tomoya, but after being scouted out by professionals far more experienced than them (in the last arc); they realized that they had more to go in terms of experience/skill.
Adding to the fact that a rare opportunity to work in your desired field (being scouted no less) is just too good of an opportunity to pass on.
This is one of the reasons why I liked the second season, it's because the theme: "We can't stay the same forever" or that "Nothing lasts" was very well executed.

In summary: Katsumigaoka, and Sawamura felt that their skills won't improve any further by being with Tomoya, so they left in an effort to improve their skills so they can make even better games with Tomoya in the future.


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Devilman manga and novels reading order
I have found many mangas and some novels about devilman and got confused about it and don't know where to start so can anyone help me about it.

Ok, if we are going to go into Devilman and the reading order for it, we have to get into semi-spoiler territory for the ending of the original manga, so you are gonna be warned.
Keep in mind this is predominantly for the manga, which forms the baseline you need to have to get into this series.

Start with the original Devilman series, which ran for 5 volumes. The series ends, with a time loop, and I won't go into circumstances, but it is barely touched upon in the Netflix Crybaby Adapation.
Shin Devilman is a side story that happens sometime in between the main series, before Akira is betrayed.
Devilman Lady is a series that has to deal with fallout from the events of the original series timeloop and the aftermath of it, but that comes closer to the end of this storyline.
Neo Devilman, Amon: The Darkside of Devilman, and Devilman: Strange Days are "what if" and side stories that pertain to OG, SHIN, and LADY storylines.
Lastly, we have Demon Knight, which is a prequel to Devilman, and finally Devilman Saga, which partially concludes it.

Go Nagai's other series, Violence Jack, also has ties to Devilman as well, but I won't go into that.
Ultimately, the order would be OG, SHIN, LADY, SAGA, JACK. Everything else (Neo, Amon, Strange Days, Demon Knight) can be read later.
These answers were provided from my knowledge and a bit of fact checking from The Devilman Wikia


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How is each saiyan transformation/form achieved?
So now , depending how you count them and which sources you count, there are among 10-20 transformations/forms can attain. (counting Oozaru, non exclusive saiyan forms, etc.) Which saiyans transformations are the result of rage , which are the result of training and which are the result of something else?

TransformationsSuper Saiyan: Any Saiyan with a sufficient amount of S-Cells and increase their battle power, they gain more S-Cells. Once the Saiyan attains enough S-Cells, a feeling of strong anger or sadness can trigger the Super Saiyan transformation. After the transformation is attained once, they can transform into it any time by focusing their energy into their back to make it tingle. Saiyans with a very high amount of S-Cells can do the transformation without requiring a trigger.Super Saiyan 2: There are multiple ways to attain this transformation. Firstly, a Saiyan must be strong enough to generate a lot more energy compared to the Super Saiyan form. The first way to attain this transformation is when the Saiyan experiences a powerful emotional upheaval, much like the Super Saiyan transformation, but to a greater extent. The second way is through harsh training. The third way is out of instinct from a desperate need such as when someone's life is at stake. Finally, the fourth method is for the Saiyan to feel out the tingly feeling in their back. The power output emitted by this form is greatly increased.Super Saiyan 3: This form is obtained generally after harsh training and usually under out of the norm circumstances. Goku was able to achieve this form while he was dead and training in the other world. Goten and Trunks managed to achieve it only during fusion. It's basically a transformation that increases the amount of ki utilised.Important Fact: Akira Toriyama stated in the Saikyō Jump's June 2014 Interview that the SSJ2 and SSJ3 transformations are nothing more than powered up variants of the SSJ transformation. Hence you could potentially surpass the power of SSJ3 or SSJ2 while using the SSJ transformation by either training or through rage like in the case of Future Trunks and Vegeta. Although Trunks's Transformation is referred to as Super Saiyan Rage or Super Saiyan anger, it's basically a powered up variation of SSJ2 which was caused because of rage.
Hence to answer your question, there isn't necessarily a regular Super Saiyan transformation which can only be attained by either rage alone or training, it can be attained in both ways.However, the Super Saiyan God transformation can only be attained via the ritual and not by anger. (Based of the manga), training vigorously with a Deity and practicing extensive Ki control could also help you attain this transformation as we see Vegeta use the same against Goku Black in the Manga. The Super Saiyan Blue, on the other hand, can also only be attained by training vigorously and absorbing the ki of a god and then transforming into a Super Saiyan. Super Saiyan Rose is basically the Super Saiyan Blue transformation when done by an actual deity (Zamasu). Apart from the God transformation, all the regular Super Saiyan transformations can be attained through training, rage or even when you are in a life or death situation. Based on the recent episode, we see Vegeta reach a level beyond Super Saiyan Blue without actual training but while feeling a strong urge to protect someone(Keep up his promise made to Cabba), which could be compared to Gohan attaining the SSJ2 transformation when Cell the Baby Cells were beating up the Z fighters. So if you possess God ki and can use the transformations, attaining a level beyond through rage and emotion like the Super Saiyan transformations seems plausible.
Source: dragonball.wikia.com

That's cool and everything but what about oozaru, super saiyan god, super saiyan blue, ultra instinct, beyond super saiyan blue, super saiyan rose, super saiyan rage, legendary super saiyan, berseker super saiyan, super saiyan 4, golden oozaru, etc

Almost every other transformation is explained by others, so I will just explain the oozaru and ultra instinct.
Oozaru : The Saiyans will turn into this giant ape if they look at anything that can reflect sunlight. Only Saiyans with a tale can undergo this transformation.
Ultra Instinct : It's not a Saiyan transformation. It is basically just like sage mode in Naruto.

Oozaru: seeing the moon
False Super Saiyan: getting mad, having a high power level
Super Saiyan :  getting mad  , having a high power level
(explained in the series)
Super Saiyan 2: gettind mad , mastering super saiyan already , training (seen in the series)
Super Saiyan 3: training and looking energy deep inside you (Goku's words)
Super Saiyan 4: training for a high power level and having a saiyan tale, become a golden Oozaru and regain consciouness
Super Saiyan Rage: having a high power level, mastering super saiyan 2, getting really mad, probably having some knowledge of god ki
Super Saiyan Berserker: Being a special kind of saiyan who can get it and getting mad.
Legendary Super Saiyan: Being able to regain consciouness after becoming Super Saiyan Berserker
Super Saiyan God: ritual of 5 pure hearted saiyans surrounding a saiyan or internalizing this power
Super Saiyan Blue: becoming a super saiyan after becomig a super saiyan god
Super Saiyan Rose: becoming a super saiyan after being a god
Beyond Super Saiyan Blue: Getting emotional after being a super saiyan blue, breaking a shell of power
Ultra Instinct: breaking a shell of power, prolonged stress against a stronger opponent
Golden Oozaru: turning super saiyan after becoming oozaru.
Mystic form: power unleashed by the elder kai


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Who from the staff is in charge of selecting the music for each scene?
I've been watching a lot of anime recently and realized whether the music fits a scene or not affects a lot in how much I like it, so... who's in charge of doing so?
Is it the Episode Director, the Series Director, the Sound Director or someone else? Or maybe it depends on the series?

You might want to read this article by Justin Sevakis because it really varies and depends on the type of production committee.
TL;DR

Director or
Production Committee or
A music publisher (which is part of the production Committee) or
An entirely separate business unit within the production Committee.

Anime opening and ending themes are a big deal not only for fans, but
  for the creators, and the companies producing anime. Opening themes
  are a show's "best foot forward," and the staff will usually put quite
  a bit of effort into coming up with an impressive sequence for
  whatever song is chosen. Anime production committees, the group of
  companies putting up money to produce the show, often include a record
  label or music publisher, and so those theme songs are valuable places
  to promote their artists. Ads by Kiosked
In some cases, the director will go into the project already wanting a
  certain existing song, or wanting to work with a particular artist to
  compose something specifically for their new project -- regardless of
  whether that artist has anything to do with the companies on the
  production committee. That's how we very occasionally get English
  artists doing opening or closing themes. Other times, the production
  committee will insist on using the songs to push a specific artist,
  and the director just has to deal.
The business of anime vocal tracks is nearly always facilitated by the
  main production company or another business on the production
  committee. Many major anime producers also have affiliated record
  labels -- for example, Bandai Visual owns the record label Lantis,
  while Aniplex itself is a division of Sony Music Japan. At an early
  stage, the production committee has a meeting with the director of the
  anime, and presents him with a pile of pop songs that are in
  production. These songs are at "demo" stage -- meaning, they're not
  done, and usually have a temporary vocal track. The director usually
  just picks a song from that pile and uses it. They might tweak the
  lyrics a little bit to fit the show better. The record label will then
  go back and finish the song with the artist of their choosing, who may
  or may not be a voice actor featured in the show. If a famous
  (expensive) composer is doing the music for the show, they will often
  be asked to contribute the theme songs, as they're likely to be hits
  no matter who sings them.
The business of anime songs is a huge one, and operates as a market
  separate from the rest of the Japanese music scene. The selection of
  song and artist is therefore usually a business decision.

Thank you, this is really interesting... However, this is for opening and ending themes, not for OSTs. I've read interviews with Yoko Kanno where she states she gets told how a scene will go and then she has to imagine the music that goes there. So the question is, who tells her that? And I imagine Yoko Kanno does it in a different way since she often produces a ton of music for each series (in a way that the tracks are almost never repeated unless it's a character's theme).


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Do I need to watch the original Devilman anime before I watch Crybaby?
I was looking around on Netflix and I thought that Devilman Crybaby looked interesting. I looked it up and there's a 39 episode Devilman anime. Do I need to watch that before I watch Crybaby?


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Why does Comic Yuri Hime release 2 months ahead of time?
I know that the shoujo ao/yuri serialized comic, Comic Yuri Hime is released on the 18 of each month according to their website

コミック百合姫
  毎月18日発売
  本体780円+税
Google Translation:
Comic Yurihime
  released on the 18 th of every month
  Main body ¥ 780 + tax

however one thing i noticed which is strange is that they seem to release 2 months ahead of time than what is labeled. ie, the January 18th 2018 issue is labeled as March 2018

since this was released in January, why was it released (or at least labeled) as March rather than January?

This is widespread among manga and many other types of magazine; see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_date.


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Which anime episodes of bobobo-bo bo-bobo are based on which manga chapters?
I like watching anime episodes based on which manga chapters I read. The wiki doesn't tell exactly which Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo episodes are based on which chapters?
Could someone tell me like they did with the Aria Manga?


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Can someone with activated (in use) Sharingan be pulled into a genjutsu by another person with activated Sharingan?
I mean, I know Itachi was able to do it to Kakashi, but Kakashi only has (er, had) one Sharingan, not two. So, I guess my example would be if Itachi and Sasuke were fighting, both with their Sharingans blazing, could one pull the other into a Genjutsu just like they could do to anyone without Sharingan, or does both users having their Sharingan activated cancel it out? I can't find any information on this despite looking for a few hours!

Yes they can do that.
The best example for it is probably the final fight between Sasuke and Itachi where the whole first part of it was just a genjutsu.

Thank you! I haven't even gotten nearly that far into the anime, I've pretty much given up trying to watch the whole thing haha


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Are Kaguya's attacks fueled by Natural Chakra?
From my understanding, the God Tree produces chakra fruit once every thousand years by absorbing the natural chakra in the earth. After arriving on Earth, Kaguya bit into the chakra fruit and gained immeasurable power, using it to liberate all war and conflict.
So if the fruit was produced by the God Tree, does this mean that Kaguya ate a fruit of natural chakra?

Every individual on Earth has chakra. That chakra initially originated from the Shinju (a.k.a Ten-Tails). However, Natural chakra (or Senjutsu chakra) is the ever-present unlimited energy on the planet. Its usage depends on the shinobi's ability to draw and maintain it during battle.
Kaguya's chakra is not the same as natural chakra but it is the same chakra that is present in all the shinobi or rather, the original form of chakra present in all the shinobi's.
Hagoromo's chakra is a combination of the Ten-Tails as well as Senjutsu chakra. Which was why, when he shared it to Naruto and Sasuke, they were able to inflict damage to Madara, who was the host of Ten-Tails at the moment.


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How did Hiro know that pressing both eyes results in self-destruction?
In the last episode of Inuyashiki, how does Hiro know that pressing both eyes would result in self-destruction?


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What's with Steve Job and crabs reference in Aiura opening song?
In Aiura opening there's a lot Steve Job and crabs reference

There are still lot more than this. And the whole opening song is all about crab, and sometimes Steve Jobs make some appearance like two pictures above randomly. The anime it self has nothing to do with crab. What's with that? Why Steve Jobs? Why crabs?

I remember this being asked at some point in time. When I'm at a computer I'll see if it was culled somehow...

So yeah, this was indeed asked several years ago - at https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3749/whats-the-deal-with-all-the-crabs-in-the-aiura-op - and was deleted due to a DMCA takedown notice.

@Makoto I didn't know it's here when I posted this. If it's impossible to reopen the question maybe posted the answer here yourself since most of us can't see deleted question

Transcluding bcy's answer from the previous instance of this question, under the assumption that the answer wasn't what triggered the DMCA complaint:

It may actually be a layered joke on the title referring to a Japanese battle. First "Aiura" is pronounced the same way as "iUra", like an apple product, hence Steve Jobs in the OP. On the other hand the Tale of Heike says that the spirits of samurai who fell during the battle of Dan-no-Ura are carried by Heike crabs, and that's why their backs sort of look like a human face. That explains why there are crabs everywhere in the OP, which happen to also be linked with Steve Jobs since he died from cancer.
  Thanks 4chan for this explanation : https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/87335497/#87336503 https://desuarchive.org/a/thread/87872828/#87880558

[Note: I updated the 4chan archive links to point to an archive that is still alive. archive.foolz.us went down quite some time ago.]


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Are the Curses of Earth natural?
At the end of the anime series, when Madoka remade the Universe for Puella Magi to be saved before becoming Witches, Homura says that with Witches being gone Wraiths take their place because Madoka only stopped the Witches from being born and not eliminated the Curses of Earth.
in the Rebellion Movie when Homura transcended and becomes a goddess too, she chooses not to erase the Incubators from existence but rather give them the purpose of managing Earth's Curses (thus seemingly eliminating the existence of the Wraiths and what work Puella Magi needed to do)
Considering that the Curses of Earth were manifested in Witches first, are these curses natural? or is it a result of the Incubators? (ie. bring them to earth or a result of having created Puella Magi/Witches)


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Has there any official background story of Miku? Is she human or android?
There's a manga titled Hatsune Miku: Unofficial Hatsune Mix written and illustrated by the original artist. However, it is said that it is not official (I haven't read it).
Has there ever any official background story about Miku? It doesn't have to be like any kind of manga, just a background story of her or her personality. All I know (from wiki) is that Hatsune Miku is a 16-year-old girl (or android).
I know Miku is a vocaloid, means she's a software. But as a character is she human or not?

in the 3 Visual Novels by Supplement Time list her as a robot as her Role. on the same page her other appearances her role is listed as High School Student, Senpai and Singer (which to be honest don't mean too much in determining between human and machine)


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What was the original idea for the origin of Goku (if there was)?
I believe that Toriyama didn't have on start in its mind the idea of Goku's origin being that of a saiyajin alien or even something similar, it doesn't match at all with the concepts shown in the first Dragon ball series.
I know it's based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West, but I think it's just an inspiration for the character, not that the character origin was going to be the same than that character.
Has Toriyama ever stated what was his original idea for the origin of Goku? If so, which was it? Or didn't he think about that until the Raditz Saga?

related: Is Goku in Dragonball based on Sun Wukong from Journey to the West?

I don't have anything concrete, but Toriyama is no stranger to writing by the seat of his pants.  He makes things up, forgets other parts of cannon, etc.  My guess would be it was never intended.  I believe the show was supposed to be a kind of one season thing where the first wish on the dragon and the defeat of Emperor Pilaf was supposed to be the end of it.  Then it got very popular and continued long past it's original intended story.  Thus triclopses, demons-that-are-later-aliens, alien monkeys, alien emperors, bug-men, cyborgs, pink universe ending demons and cat gods.

I agree with @Becuzz. One way or another DB was just intended to be one series/season at best. It was inspired by Journey to the West but has its own story. It just got popular enough to be extended and expanded the Saiyan Race lore.


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Why didn't Danzo give Kabuto a curse mark?
Did Danzo neglect to place his curse mark on Kabuto's tongue?  It seems even more important considering he was Danzo's spy and could have been captured and tortured for information.  As far as I'm aware, all other members of "Root" had the curse mark except maybe Orochimaru, so perhaps Danzo didn't have curse mark jutsu at that point in time, but I thought I'd ask in case one of you fine manga readers had the answer.

Or maybe the curse mark was undone by Orochimaru.

You are right, it was negligence from Danzo's side, not having cursed Kabuto. That's why he brainwashes Nonō and sends her to kill him. When she fails, Orochimaru was sent to finish him off.


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Why do only some of the Kaioshins & Gods of Destruction get erased with their universe?
Episode 122, the bleachers are shrunk and we can see all the remaining Kaioshins, angels, and participants.  Looking at ~5:43, I see many more than 2 remaining Kaioshin and their Gods of Destruction.  There is a total of 6 sets, and 2 universes are left in the tournament.  I thought that when a universe got erased, the Kaioshin and the God of Destruction went with it.

Why are there so many left in the bleachers?
I thought about marking the pic as a spoiler, but anyone who has watched enough Dragon Ball knew that it would end up at this point.

Out of the entire Dragon Ball multiverse, only 8 universes were marked for destruction by both Zenos due to failing to maintain or exceed an adequate quality of life, otherwise known as their 'mortal level.' The 4 sets of Kaioshin & Gods of Destruction circled in the photo (circle the fox, not the clown) are exempt from participating in the Zenos' twisted game of survival because they have met or exceeded the minimum mortal level required to continue existing in peace. The only ones participating are Universe 7, represented by Beerus the cat and company, and Universe 11, represented by Belmod the clown and company.

The Tournament of Power was for those Universes whose mortal level was too low. They are :-

Universe 9
Universe 10
Universe 2
Universe 6
Universe 4
Universe 3
Universe 7
Universe 11

The other Universes are exempt from the Tournament of Power.
Here is the wikia article for the Tournament of Power

There is a quantified value called as The Mortal Value which Zeno and the Grand priest use to rank the twelve universes based on the quality of mortals existing in that particular Universe. The Mortal level of a universe is linked to the job of the Supreme Kai and God of destruction. Universe 1, 12, 5 and 8 and have a very high value with regard to this and hence were exempted from entering into the tournament of power! Hence, the Supreme Kais and Gods of destructions you see sitting there are the Gods of these Universes. Out of the 8th competing Universes, 6 gods of destructions and supreme kais along with their respective universes have been erased as of episode 127.

I was also confused by this since i started watching the tournament later on. From Eps 102+ so i didnt know all the gods but I didnt know the other universes were invited to watch.
Also, I dont see Toppo in this picture maybe the shot was taken eps. 126 or -


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How many times did Brock get rejected by women?
On Bulbapedia's article for EP068 "Make Room for Gloom", the Trivia section says this:

Ash mentions that Brock will find plenty of more girls that will reject him. To be exact, Brock found over five hundred more girls that rejected him in his tenure in the anime.

Is this accurate? How many times did Brock get rejected by women over the course of the anime?

And yes, I realize that there are hundreds of episodes with Brock in them and that most of us don't have time to go through them. But apparently somebody claims to have done so to get an exact count, and I'm willing to be patient to know if they're right answer. I'll give as big of a bounty as I can if someone gives a satisfactory answer.

$counter = 0; foreach($jennySis as $jenny){$counter += 1;} foreach($joySis as $joy){$counter += 1;} that gets you probably 50% of them

"Rejected" is a fairly loaded term. There are times in which the woman will make her disinterest in Brock crystal clear; there are times when another character will simply pull his ear (or one of his Pokemon attack him) to get him to knock the flirting off. If we don't count any of the times in which he's had his ear pulled by Misty or Max, or when he was attacked by his own Pokemon, then the assumed number of times - practically every time he runs into Nurse Joy or Officer Jenny - can naturally come down quite a bit, since it's rare that either Misty or Max leaves this unchecked.

The trivia was added by Skulblaka Shurtugal on 3 December 2010. However, I didn't find it being disputed either on the article's talk page or author's talk page. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the author has been inactive since 2011.

I don't think any woman on the face rejected brock.. it was May and other team mates who used pull him off holding his year.. I could be wrong

You'd need to be more specific on what rejecting means and if you count more than one rejection per girl. I don't think any of the girls ever outright told him "no". At least not in the Japanese version, which is the only one I am familiar with. Takeshis sweet talk is mostly just ignored.

the answer is 0, why?
It is true brock proposed them but nobody was ever able to answer brock. whenever brock proposed someone, he got caught by his ear and being dragged away either by misty or of his own pokemon. I will not count it as rejection because the girl never said no.
there is some reference to my answer in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusaRI0TC_4

@Wondercricket check this video and see even once someone said no to brock? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MusaRI0TC_4

By rejected I understand that you want to ask that how many times has it happened that Brock loved a girl but had to leave her. If this is your definition then Suzie and Professor Ivy and more girls will also be considered as even though they loved Brock at one point he had to leave them. Then the total number of girls which rejected Brock are 697. This counting is till the end of season 15.

Welcome to Anime & Manga! Do you have a source to support the number of 697? Did you watch every episode and count each one? Did you read it somewhere? Did you give a random number?

@Wondercricket I watched every episode and counted each one by one. However this does not include the episodes which are banned in India Like The Soldier Porygon and The Legend of Dratini etc.


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What were the Grand Prix rankings in Yuri on Ice?
Yuri on Ice covers one entire Grand Prix series, but the viewers only actually watch the three parts (the Cup of China, the Rostelecom Cup, and the Grand Prix Final) that Yuuri competes in. However, different characters compete in all of the different competitions in it. I was wondering, what are the rankings for each of the Grand Prix competitions in the competitive season that the show (thus far) covers?


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Which anime episodes of You're Under Arrest correspond to which manga chapters?
I couldn't find a source that tells exactly which episodes of You're Under Arrest are based on which manga chapters. I would like someone to tell me with a source because I like watching anime episodes based on which Manga I read.


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Does having large chakra reserves for a child ninja indicate what one can achieve as an adult?
Does having a large chakra supply for a child indicate one can potentially gain large chakra supplies for an adult? Does Rock Lee, have the potential for large reserves?

Strictly, no. It also has to do with training, but given that almost every ninja gets good training,  and some are just born smart like Sasuke, I think yes. Look at what happened to all the Jinchūriki, despite having those massive chakra reserves, they were killed ( but they had Akatsuki members as enemy, so uhh.?)
But it does gives a ninja a good head start if they have large chakra reserves, as that person, if dedicated enough, can practice and excel at any jutsu because they don't have to worry about depleting their chakra.
Just look at Naruto.He practiced and mastered every jutsu not only because of his incredible dedication, but also because he had Kurama's chakra as well.
Rock Lee doesn't seem to have an exceptional chakra reserve. However, he is an amazing Taijutsu user, having opened 6 gates while being a teenager is an incredible feat.
He might have even surpassed Might Gai, and that is saying something, considering Might Gai fought well against Madara.


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Where exactly did they base the locations in Germany and Czech off of in Monster by Madhouse?
In the anime Monster by Madhouse, lots of the scenes are set in either Germany, the Czech Republic, or France. I was wondering if the locations were based off of real places or not.
Unlike with  other anime like K-ON, Higurashi and Hyouka, I wasn't able to find anything about anime pilgrimage locations for Monster on the Internet.
Does anyone know where the locations are based off of?

This blog The Garden of Proserpine lists many findings with photos as comparison.


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What happens when you get hit by an attack?
In episode 4 of Dennou Coil Yuko Amasawa is ambushed by the Daichi's Hackers Club and during the inital ambush Yuko is hit by a bullet from one of the Hack Clubs Straiters (the machine guns), much later Yuko ends up defeating the club by having the Mojo steal a bunch of Straiters and ambushing the club in the Science Room.
Following that while Fumie is trying to get information on Yuko she fires a beam at the back of Yuko's head before Yuko starts to push it back.
considering that these bullets and beams seems to be apart of the virtual world visible only though Glasses, what happens to a person when they get hit by these? Yuko seems like she was hurt when her hand got hit by a bullet but all what happened was a distortion of the graphics of her hand which i assume she wouldn't see if she wasn't wearing her glasses

I don't think those visuals are physically painful; it's a psychosomatic reaction. The brain sees a bullet hitting your hand and responds as though a bullet actually hit your hand. Pain is at least partially neurological; you can feel pain even if your nerves don't fire.
Once the brain "checks" with the nerves in the affected area and realizes that the hand is okay, the phantom pain will subside, but in the meantime the lizard brain takes over.
I think that neatly ties into the themes of the show. The virtual world isn't just a fantasy realm with no actual impact on the real world; what you do there has actual consequences.