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Why does Satsuki address everyone using "kisama"?
I'm rewatching Kill La Kill and I've noticed that the word "kisama" is used by every one of the bad guys (Student Council, Satsuki Kiryuin, Ragyo, and so on) to address basically every good character (i.e. Ryuuko, Mako, her family, etc.).
I know that in the Japanese language there are multiple different ways to address another person depending on the level of familiarity you have with them and so on, and I know that "kisama" is the most impolite way of addressing anybody (and it's usually translated as "bastard" or something like that when it's used).
My question is: why does Satsuki Kiryuin use "kisama" to address the Elite Four? They should, at least, be worthy of a bit more of respect. Was it a stylistic choice that Satsuki would address virtually everyone (with few exceptions such as the butler and Iori, for example) in such a disrespectful way, or is there a different meaning for "kisama" I'm not aware of?

It looks to me like we've only seen kisama used to address people condescendingly or in conjunction with swear words and death threats, so it kinda became synonymous with "Hey, you bastard!" but the original meaning is lost on us since we haven't often seen it used otherwise.

My question is: why does Satsuki Kiryuin use "kisama" to address the Elite Four? They should, at least, be worthy of a bit more of respect.

Well, for the one thing, this is anime. Typical conventions governing the use of honorifics in actual spoken Japanese frequently go out the window in anime.

[...] or is there a different meaning for "kisama" I'm not aware of?

It so happens that the "bad guys" that use kisama frequently are precisely those who typically speak in a mildly archaic-sounding register of Japanese (from memory: Satsuki, Gamagoori, Sanageyama, and Ragyou - but not Inumuta, Nonon, or Nui). The use of kisama in an archaic register of Japanese is not harsh as its use in a modern register would be - historically, kisama was in fact a polite word (roughly "honorable person"); cf. here or here for what little English-language reading about this I was able to find.
Even in modern registers of Japanese, I feel that kisama is a smidge less harsh than its typical (shoddy) English translation "you bastard", though I don't know if other people would agree.

Was it a stylistic choice that Satsuki would address virtually everyone (with few exceptions such as the butler and Iori, for example) in such a disrespectful way [...]

I imagine the reason that Satsuki addresses Soroi (her butler) using a different pronoun (kimi) is that kimi is a more familiar term of address than kisama, and she feels that she can open up to Soroi more than anyone else.
But really, I think this is mostly down to characters using more "powerful" language for dramatic effect (e.g. to express Satsuki's general disdain for most people) since this is an anime rather than real life. You'll see this happening in many an anime; Kill la Kill is by no means unique in this respect.

So it was actually a polite word as well, then. Now it actually makes more sense. However, it is kind of strange to hear the same word with so different a meaning depending on the moment in which it is used. Anyway, thanks for the answer.


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Why couldn't Otonashi of Angel Beats pass on?
Everyone in the anime 'passes on' after coming to peace with the life they used to have, except for Otonashi. Unless I'm really confused, Angel seemed to imply that the reason Otonashi couldn't pass on is because when Otanashi was alive, he was an organ donor who gave away his heart.
This explanation doesn't make sense to me. Does that mean that all organ donors are stuck in limbo like Otonashi?
Why couldn't Otonashi find peace/pass on to the next life?

@ton.yeung but then there is a short clip of Otonashi being the student council president...
that totally conflicts with the ending.

Otonashi did pass on, although he was the last to pass on. He is assumed to have reincarnated at the end of episode 13, the final episode of Angel Beats, and it is heavily implied he meets the reincarnated version of Angel.
The reason why he couldn't pass on just yet was not fully explained, but we can try to form a conclusion from it, so it is not entirely speculative. First, he lost all of his memories and so he has to regain it to truly understand what he regretted. He did not end up in the afterlife normally like the other students had, so it's highly possible that he did not have a regret in the first place. It could be that he was in that afterlife in order to have Angel move on with her life, as she regrets not being able to give thanks to the person who gave her heart. Kanade, the Angel, was there before him and that normally wouldn't make sense since he died before her.
Another explanation is that he simply regrets not being able to achieve his dream of becoming a doctor or more specifically, to help people. He wanted to help people after his sister's death and because he died before he was able to reach his goal, it's understandable that he regrets not being able to see for himself that he saved a life. Once he sees that Kanade was able to live her life, that she was content with the life he gave her, he was able to move on shortly after.
I don't think all organ donors would necessarily have regrets. If they lived a full life, they would not be stuck in this afterlife school in the first place. Remember that you will only be in this afterlife if you have regrets. Otherwise, you would presumably just be reincarnated. Just because you donated your heart doesn't mean you get to be stuck in that limbo.

Sources:

How is it possible that Kanade has Otonashi's heart?
Wikia: Yuzuru Otonashi - Another Epilogue

Otonashi actually was not supposed to be in that world, but due to him losing his memory, he stumbled into that world accidentally as stated in the anime. But even after regaining his memory, he did not disappear. That's because although he did not have any regret in his previous life, he gained something that was necessary to be accomplished in this world - which was helping everybody to pass on. So in the anime, it doesn't show the exact moment of Otonashi passing on, but after the ending song, it shows reincarnated Kanade (Angel) with short hair humming to "My Song" and reincarnated Otonashi with his hat on walking pass her. Moments after he passed by Kanade, Kanade started to walk away, and Otonashi then turned around and extended his hand toward her back as if he was trying to tap her shoulder.
In Another Epilogue, it actually shows Otonashi not passing on. It's only like 2 ~ 3 minutes long and it shows a boy in the Battlefront world who finally figured out that something was wrong in the middle of a test. He caused a riot and the student council president walked into the classroom, and you can see that the student council president was Otonashi. Otonashi then told the boy what he should do (sort of, he kinda gave hints) and told him to come to the student council room if he had any questions. After Otonashi left the classroom, the NPCs murmured about how cool he was and if he had a girlfriend. Then one NPC said that there was a rumor that Otonashi was actually waiting for someone and you can kind of make a relation to the situation of the creator of Angel Player and Otonashi, who both found love in the Battlefront world although they were not supposed to.

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According to Angel Beats! Interview with Maeda Jun, Second Season??, the writer confirmed that he was able to move on, reincarnated, and meeting Kanade's reincarnation. He will live a happy life.

Maeda was asked what happened to Otonashi after the last scene that moved many.
His response:

It was no use being there by himself, so I believe he also left the world after that. Besides, he was rewarded. It wasn’t a bad life. It wouldn’t be like Otonashi for him to stay. He’s a forward-thinker…looking towards his next life.
In the 3 days [between EP12 and EP13] there were probably a lot of drama too, but in the end, all other members left for their next life after a satisfactory persuasion from Otonashi.

So, for the TL;DR people:

Otonashi left the world soon after. In the 3 days he also convinced other SSS members to leave the world as well.

In the ending scene of the final episode of Angel Beats, Otonashi is seen but reincarnated. This does specify that he did pass on. Otonashi was the final person to pass on and stayed for a little while before finally disappearing. In Another Epilogue, it states that he was waiting for someone, but that 'someone' already passed. More information on this includes that he was able to 'meet back up' with the SSS, but in a heaven or reincarnated.
Another thing is that he didn't specifically fulfill his regrets, but disappeared anyway. Some people can make up ideas for what really happened. We all know, based on the ending scene in episode 13, that he did pass on, but for reasons we don't fully understand.
The main reason why he may have disappeared is that he finally realized that he did all he could, and he did save Angel's life, gaining a 'thank you' from her at the end when she passes. He may have stayed behind long enough to realize he needed to leave.
Another way we know he passed on is that in the ending scenes when everyone is disappearing from the picture, in the end, we can see Otonashi disappearing too. Signalling he did pass on to either become reincarnated with everyone else or to go to heaven. The final ending isn't as sad as we all think for Angel beats, considering everyone passes to the afterlife, potentially meets up again, and they all live happy lives.

You are confused on this matter. Kanade says that he would be able to stay at the afterlife school because he came there without regrets. His organ donation has nothing to do with this.
As far as we know, the afterlife school is designed to give people the chance to come over their regrets and when they reach a state of peace and happiness, they move on. Otonashi came without regrets and that's why the school can't help him make peace. That is why there will be nothing like Hinata's baseball match or Iwasama's "My Song" debut that makes him disappear. The only way for him to move on at this point is to find this state of peace and happiness on his own - but he has the choice not to seek it and stay helping people instead.
Eventually, he will regret that he has not moved on together with Kanade and later makes peace with this or he becomes the programmer or he just is president for some time and then decides to move on for some reason. The scenes where the characters meet in another reality may be the next life, or maybe they are just their own imagination. If they are real, then at some point Otonashi moves on and meets Kanade again.

There is a theory that Otonashi is actually the creator, so Another Epilogue could actually be a prologue and the ending was that shortly after Kanade leaves, Otonashi leaves as well as his final regret was not meeting her again. Shortly after he was reincarnated and hears reincarnated Kanade humming the song she created and Otonashi realists and taps her on the shoulder. The end.

As I would like to say,
Otonashi did pass on, there is an evidence when he was about to go after the boy that can control people with his eyes. That means that he can pass on but there was just no scene of him passing on.

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A manga about a boy carrying a large sword which can be powered up by inserting beads in it
I read this manga around 2009. The main character is a blonde boy whose father is "dead" and his mother dies shortly after I think. Anyway, he carries a large sword which can be powered up by placing these bead looking things in. On his journey, his friend is this attractive blonde girl. At one point, he finds his father, but then his father is killed when large stones fall on him. The manga revolves around the sword and the small stones you place in it. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I believe you are looking for Rave Master.
I have not read the manga, but the description really sounds like the story in its anime adaption.

Fifty years ago, the Demon Stone and RAVE (two powerful artifacts) are broken and scattered throughout the world. The story follows the journey of Haru Glory; during his travels he meets many new friends and allies, and also enemies known as the Daemon Card. He will have to use the powers given to him by RAVE to defeat the Daemon Card and find the other pieces of RAVE.

As for the death of the father:

However they stop as Elie is almost crushed by a blouder [sic!] and saved by Let who helps them escape. In the end, Gale [the protagonist’s father] falls down a hole and Haru tries to save him but they both become trapped, doomed to be crushed by the tower. However, after explaining to Haru the meaning of being a man and a father, Gale covers Haru’s body to protect him despite Haru’s pleas. After the tower collapes, Haru is horrified to find his father died protecting him. — Rave Master Wiki

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Rave Master - Wikipedia

You are exactly correct thank you so much! This has been bothering me for a while not being able to remember. Now I can sleep peacefully. :)

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Movie identification: post-apocalyptic setting featuring a genetically engineered forest
I saw this movie in 2012 on The Hub (Discovery Channel's kid network).
It takes place after an undefined apocalypse, where the earth is now mostly desert and the moon is shattered into pieces, after being destroyed due to an extremist bombing of a laboratory located there. Now all that is shown remaining on the planet is a human town bordering a jungle-like forest filled with animal-like plant monsters largely hostile to humans. The entire forest is a super-organism led by twin dryad-like beings that the people in the town treat like gods. The water supply of the planet is ever dropping, and the forest is taking most of it leaving the town dry.
Elsewhere, humanity is composed of a military-state in a partially underground base that is hostile to the forest and is also in need of water. The protagonist is a boy from the village who agrees to be turned into superpowered human-plant hybrid by the forest to fight this army, and his hair turns white and his clothing changes to being red and sleeve-less.

This sounds like "Origin: Spirits of the Past" (or Gin-iro no kami no Agito).

From the Wikipedia Link

Genetic engineering on trees was conducted at a research facility on the Moon to produce trees capable of growing in harsh, arid conditions. The trees gain consciousness, obliterating Earth's civilizations and destroying the Moon. Three hundred years later, Japan is a dystopia covered by the Forest, a huge expanse of sapient trees, and ruled by the tree-like Zruids, which inhabit the planet and control the water supply of both trees and humans. Agito, a geeky young boy, and his father Agashi, as well as his friends Cain and Minka, live in Neutral City, a city carved out of the ruined skyscrapers which acts as both a buffer and a bridge between the Forest and the militaristic nation of Ragna. While the people of Neutral City co-exist peacefully with the trees of the forest, the nation of Ragna aims to destroy the Forest to restore the Earth.

I wasn't aware that it aired on the Discovery channel but it was made in 2006 and licensed by Funimation, and would definitely of have fit the 2012 airing time frame. The description of the movie pretty much matches.
For more info:

Anime News Network
Funimation page

Yep, that's it. Stupid Aesop and all!

Looks like the boy has been hanged, except he's smiling.


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What is this manga of a girl running a boarding house for aliens?
I can't remember the name of a manga series that featured a human girl running a boarding house for aliens as they adjust to human lives. The aliens wore human bodies, and there was one male alien in a woman's body.
I believe the protagonist had black hair that was short or tied back. I think it came out in late 1990s-early 2000s.
It was slice of life, seinen, I think.

Is it UFO Baby?

No, the drawing style wasn't cutesy at all. I think the girl had short black hair.

Could it be Narue no Sekai?

No, the MC wasn't it high school as far as I can remember.

I found it finally. It's a Korean Manhwa called Safe Again Today.

Synopsis:

Choi Sera houses displaced aliens in her home, where they all pretend to be UFO fanatics in order to explain their eccentricities. Sera's job is to teach these aliens how to live in human society—not that difficult on the surface, as they ostensibly look like humans (except for the three fingers on each hand thing). They look normal, and they can communicate with earthlings via a translator that looks like a hearing aid, but can they act normal? The answer to that is a resounding no. Watch as Sera tries to school the emotionless twins, Seunghyun and Seungmin (really clones) on dating (with disasterous results), tries to keep Hyunwoo out of trouble, and keep them all from being taken away by the UN alien hunter who's on to them.


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Manga about 3 school friends who have to play games to survive
I am having a tough time trying to remember the name of this manga. It had three high school friends and they woke up in an alternate reality where people play games to survive. The games difficulty is determined by a something and can determine the difficulty by a deck of cards.
The first game was something like 2 of diamonds and they had to get fortune cookies and survive a bunch of flaming arrows (Which they did). One of the group guys is smart while the other of the group guys is really brave then they have a 3rd member who is worthless it seems.

Imawa no Kuni no Alice (English title: Alice in Borderland) is most likely what you are looking for. It is adapted into an OVA series, which has 3 episodes at the time of writing.

Alice Ryouhei will leave high school soon, but he's trying to avoid thinking about his future. Late one night, when he's hanging out with his tough friend Karube and his silly, girl-crazy friend Chota, they see fireworks. After one blindingly bright explosion, they find themselves waking up in a different world. In this 'Borderland,' people are forced to either participate in potentially deadly games or simply die. Will Chota, Karube, and Ryouhei be able to survive this dangerous new world, and is there a way they can get back to their original lives?

Here is a page from chapter 2 showing their first game, in which whoever answers the small problem on the omikuji incorrectly will be shot as many flame arrows as the difference between the wrong and right answer. Normally, omikuji is a piece of paper with fortune written on it, but in this story, it contains a problem plus some hint to clear the game.

Would you mind expanding on that answer? E.g, state similar plot points that matches the OP's request?

I just read the first few chapters and yes this is what I was looking for. Thank you very much~!

If it was recent (as in the last couple of years), then it could be Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?. The plot synopsis on Wikipedia reads:

Three children, Sakamaki Izayoi, Kudō Asuka, and Kasukabe Yō, live dull lives because they possess unmatched psychic powers. One day, they receive an envelope that transports them to Little Garden, a place of supernatural powers called "Gifts." There, the residents use Gifts to play high-stakes games known as Gift Games in order to earn wealth and prestige for their communities. So, the three children join the fallen "No Name" community and resolve to help it regain its prosperity. As they learn more about Little Garden, they decide to overthrow the tyrannical Demon Lords in control.

There's nothing about using a deck of cards in the games in "Problem Children...".

That's true. I haven't watched the show, so I was basing it off a bit where the Wikipedia article mentions that the first game they play in this world is a card game.


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A shoujo manga about a girl who cuts a guy's hair in the middle of class and later fixes it
This manga is about a high school girl who loves doing her sister's hair in the mornings, but she doesn't do her own hair because she thinks it won't suit her. One day at school, she cuts a guy's hair in the middle of class. Later she fixes it, and then the story progresses. That's all I can remember, thank you.

where does this story progress to?

Well they get closer and closer as he protects her from jealous girls in the school. That's all I remember sorry

possible duplicate of Can you name this shoujo manga?

I'm quite sure it is Kyou, Koi o Hajimemasu. Your description matches the details from chapter 1 of the manga.

Synopsis from mangaupdates (emphasis mine):

Tsubaki is a girl who loves making her younger sister's hair pretty every morning, but she doesn't think that kind of style suits herself! The day of her High School Beginning Ceremony, after she failed in being the top student (who usually makes the ceremony speech), she finds herself sitting next to the actual top student of the first years, the worst rude guy ever, Kyouta. She ends up cutting his hair on purpose because of the bad things he says to her. Kyouta demands that Tsubaki pay him back with her body, but Tsubaki fixes his hair instead--making it even shorter! After that, Kyouta unexpectedly kisses Tsubaki and swears that he'll make her his woman.

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Wikipedia

I've been looking for this manga forever.thank you so much!


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Anime with guys battling each other using small cars with weapons
The anime is set in a world where people duel each other by using small cars with weapons . They throw the cars into the arena and the cars attack each other. I distinctly remember a blue colored car and I think that is the hero's.

Do you remember when you saw it? In what language? Can you describe the hero? Right now the question doesn't contain enough information.

I saw it in English, about 8-9 years back. The hero has this blue colored car . I think he wears a white jacket . That's most I can remember

My guess is that you're referring to Crush Gear Turbo

From http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/CrushGearTurbo-Logo-DVDSrc.jpg

From http://de.crushgear.wikia.com/wiki/Datei:Crush_Gear_Turbo_2.png

The hero's name is Kouya Marino and your description of his appearance matches to an extent.

Yes. This is the anime . Thank you for your answer.


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Lelouch - Geass in both eyes
Until Lelouch confronted his father, his Geass was just in one eye. But suddenly, it changed and also appeared in the other eye. After that, he could stop his father's plans.
Was this a sign that his power was getting stronger? Or did something else change?

The Geass-in-both-eyes thing is just how the ever-increasing strength of Lelouch's Geass manifests. C.C. mentions on multiple occasions that his Geass will grow stronger and stronger, to the point that it cannot be controlled (even by the special contact lenses).
I don't think there's anything to it beyond that. Lelouch's Geass seems to grow stronger precisely when the plot demands it - first it becomes always-on in one eye, triggering the Euphinator incident, and then it activates in both eyes, allowing him to get rid of Charles.

i should also point out Mao had his sigil in both eyes too when his Geass was out of control


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What is this anime where the girl wears a ribbon wrapping her hair like double helix and wears black dress?
I saw the trailer of this anime on the Bleach DVD Volume 1, which was featured in the Extras > Trailers. Other anime trailers that were featured on the DVD were for Black Cat, One Piece, Death Note, Eureka 7, Dragon Ball Z remastered and that's all I remember.
For the unknown anime trailer:

The song sounded like j-techno with female singer. I could recalled an English part of the lyrics being "I need you, I just kiss you, in my life"
Opening sequence shows a nude (?) girl in her early/mid teens with long pale blue hair tiptoed on the water
The main character (?) is a boy in his early/mid teens with gold brown hair that is shaped like razors on the sides and wears red clothing

(Image of hair colour, maybe 1 or 2 shades darker)
The girl  wears a black dress and has a black/white ribbon wrapped around her hair, kind of like a double helix.

(Almost identical to the image of the girl in the trailer)
The main character and the girl seem to be romantically linked, as they are seen holding hands and the girl comforts the boy.
Other characters in the trailer are shown one by one with small girl figures popping up behind them. Maybe the little girls are spirits or guardians?

That's all I have for the description, I've tried so long to find out what this anime is and I couldn't find anything related to it except for the picture of the girl.

Google reverse image search says Elemental Gelade, and the girl is called Reverie Metherlence.
A brief description from Wikipedia:

The fantasy adventure is a tale of a group of five who are on a journey to Edel Garden, the birthplace of mystical beings called Edel Raids who are described as "living weapons".

Yes, but OP just uses these images as rough examples. (Or not?)

YES YES ELEMENTAL GELADE THANK YOU THANK YOU TSUGUMORI-704

I stand corrected, thought you would have checked the sources of your pictures first.


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Where did the Western names in Code Geass come from?
I recognize Lancelot and Mordred as knights from Arthur's legends. There is also a cat named Arthur.
What about other names like Schneizel, Cornelia and title characters Lelouch and Nunally Lamperouge? Are there other works they have drawn references from?

This is only a partial answer as I don't actually think the names of characters came from anything else, just chosen names.
However, in the case of Britannian Terminology a lot of it comes from legends.
Arthurian legends

The Elite group Suzaku joins, the Knights of the Round, is based on the Knights of the Round Table. I'm quite sure each of their Knightmares is named after the member Knights.
Lloyd Asplund's Irregular Special Research Division, Camelot, is named after the Castle/Kingdom Arthur would rule.
The Britannian Capital Pendragon is the family name of the monarchy that rules Camelot. ie Uther Pendragon and Arthur Pendragon.

Norse mythology

The Ragnarok System is named after the foretold end/resetting of the world, Ragnarok.
Luciano Bradley's Valkyrie Squadron are named after the Valkyries, who, just like the squadron, are all women.

Greek

The Sky Fortress Damocles is possibly named after Damocles in the Greek Anecdote the Sword of Damocles. Much like the sword, the fortress would be hanging over the planet as an imminent and ever-present peril with its payload of F.L.E.I.J.A. Warheads, had it reached orbit. (Funny enough, the Fortress and the F.L.E.I.J.A. firing switch sort of resemble swords)

Other

On the Wikia under Trivia for the Sword of Akasha it mentions the Nasuverse uses of Akasha. On Wikipedia this matches to the Akashic records; however, this is a theosophy meaning and there are other meanings for Akasha.

As a note, under the trivia of Kyoshiro Tohdoh's first Knightmare in The Black Knights, Zangetsu, it says

Zangetsu is also the name of main character Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakutō in the hit anime series Bleach. Ichigo Kurosaki's English voice actor is Johnny Young Bosch, the same English voice actor as Lelouch Lamperouge. Also, Tohdoh's Zangetsu's color scheme is black and red, the same as Ichigo Kurosaki's.

It should be noted that Bleach first airing predates the start of Code Geass, so it is possible the choice to cast Johnny Young Bosch as Lelouch in the English dub stemmed from his role as Ichigo, wielder of Zangetsu.


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What manga is this picture of a melting boy from?
I know it's not much to go on, but if you could let me know what manga this is from I'd be much obliged.

Where did you get this picture from?

A friend of mine came across it a while ago but couldn't find the source again ^^'

Looks like Domestic na Kanojo, but I should check

It actually was Domestic na Kanojo, as I first thought, to be precise it was taken from chapter 22.
This is the full image:

Synopsis

Tonight, Natsuo loses his virginity. His partner? Her name is Rui and he just met her today after school. She's the one that brought up this whole situation, stating that she wanted to simply gain the knowledge about sex. She does not want to start a relationship, nor does she care about Natsuo. Afterwards, Natsuo feels guilty for losing his virginity to a girl he doesn't even particularly like. Mostly, it makes him feel like he betrayed his crush to his high school teacher: Hina. A quirky love triangle story unfolds as Natsuo, Rui, and Hina all end up becoming part of the same family!

I think there are better rom-com Manga around,  but it's still readable.

It actually was chapter 22, I've edited the answer


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What happened to the manga "Me and the Devil Blues"?
What happened to the manga "Me and the Devil Blues" by Hiramoto Akira?
On MAL there's no finish date, but it looks like there hasn't been a new chapter in years.
Also, the author has since started a new work.
Did it end? Go on hiatus? Or get cancelled?

According to ja.Wikipedia article about the series, the series had frequent hiatus half-way into the serialization, and it finally got discontinued in April issue in 2008.
Later in September 2010 issue of Monthly Shounen Sirius, in the introduction text to Ago Nashi Gen to Ore Monogatari 『アゴなしゲンとNEMESIS物語』, a new series by the same author, it said that the author was aiming to reach the end of part 1 of OreAku (the shortened name of the series in Japan).
In 2014, it was announced that the series would resume serialization. And in the issue of Young Magazine 3rd which was released on September 5th 2014, 2 chapters of OreAku which were not collected into tankoubon was released, and it was also announced that the 5th volume will be the last volume of the series.
The paragraph on Wikipedia which I take the information from (I don't translate everything here, only the main events):

連載中断と再開
連載途中から頻繁に休載するようになり、2008年4月号を最後に中断した。同年6月号を最後に、巻末にも「『俺と悪魔のブルーズ』は休載いたします」といった文言が掲載されなくなったことから、事実上打ち切り状態になった。 その後、同社『月刊少年シリウス』2010年9月号の同作者『アゴなしゲンとNEMESIS物語』の冒頭において、「現在、平本アキラ氏は『俺悪』の第1部・完を目指し描きだめ中なのです!」という作者近況の一文があり、水面下で執筆が進められているものと見られていた。
そして2014年、同社『ヤングマガジンサード』創刊号にて正式に連載再開が決定した]。9月5日に発売された同号においては単行本未収録分が2話掲載されており、Vol.5から完全新作が最終章として発表されると告知された。


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Looking for a manga with a girl that can see people's thoughts
I'm looking for a manga about a girl who has the ability to see every person as two people; one normal and one that shows what the person is actually thinking. The second has a large 'C'(the kind you see with eye tests) on them (around the stomach area) (I do not know how to explain this)
She has a pair of glasses to see normally and keep her power hidden.
I remember her going to school and talking to a teacher as for the setting.
I hope this is enough information

Is it a shoujo or ashounen manga? Was it a oneshot or a series?

Also, when did you read it? Concerning the C above their heads you mean the Landolt C? How does this relate to showing their thoughts?

I don't know what kind of manga it was, It's (probably) not a oneshot. Yes, it is the Landolt 'C'! But it was not above their heads more around the stomach area. I do not know how this would relate to them showing their real thoughts.

I'm quite sure it is Shiryoku Kensa.
Synopsis from mangaupdates:

Based on the 40mP million-view hit Vocaloid song Shiryoku Kensa, Miyashita Megumi, also known as "Gumi", was one of the only survivors in a plane crash thirteen years ago. Since then, she has been able to see two copies of every person and one of them always has a "C" on them. Thirteen years later, she now wears glasses, yet her left eye remains a puzzle. And then, her friend goes "missing".

Her physician told her to keep her glasses on to prevent her left eye (the C eye) from seeing the true self of people, so that she could live a normal life. And she had been keeping her glasses on since then until her friend stopped going to school one day, when she decided to use the power of her left eye to investigate.
Below is a page from chapter 1 showing her C eye's power activated after she removed her glasses. As shown in the page, she could see 2 copies of the same person when they are lying, and the copy with the C is the person's true thought.


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Looking for a manga about a guy who gets different girlfriends as a result of time travel
The manga is about this guy who, even though he is a lolicon, gets a girlfriend after school one day while doing the cleaning chores. After that his little sister dies, and time is reversed without him knowing or remembering.
He now gets another, different, girlfriend. This chain of events keeps happening until he meets a girl that he created?
I don't remember the name, but I think it was a full manga, not a one-shot.

Sounds kind of like http://myanimelist.net/manga/58299/Girls_Go_Around but I haven't read the manga

Not 100% certain but it sounds a lot like Boku to Kanojo no Koi Log. I've read this one completely (a little short, but still not bad).
The color spread from the first chapter for ease of identification.

Chapter 9 and chapter 13 are where the story restarts with different girl. The protagonist followed his little sister the second time around and failed to save her from disappearing in chapter 12.


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What were the filler episodes of Maison Ikkoku?
While watching Maison Ikkoku, I noted the episodes in which the main story does not progressing. I found 23 episodes at total. I need someone who has read the manga to confirm them, or add/remove episodes from my list.
10 - Trip to sea
11 - Kentarou's first love
15 - Theatre club
16 - Kyoko injures her leg
20 - Shiner eye
21 - Kitten Kyoko
27 - The dog Soichiro is lost
28 - 3-legged race
29 - Festival ends in well
32 - Stupid egg
36 - Akemi's story
37 - Dress up
41 - Onsen
44 - Youtsuya's secret
46 - Ice skating
47 - Work at tavern
49 - Mitaka's dog fear
50 - Elder man moves in
51 - Ikkoku-han torn down?
67 - Grandma comes
68 - Baseball
69 - Kiss mark
70 - Grandma leaves

Just to clarify: you want to know what episodes didn't follow the manga?

Yes, exactly. Isn't that the definition of "filler"?

Well, you talk in your question about episodes where the plot isn't progressing, which isn't necessarily mutually exclusive from not following the manga. Hence my clarification.

Lists of fillers can work in this format (e.g. Which episodes of Bleach are filler?) but IMO it will work better if you phrase it as a self-answered question rather than a request for us to check your own list. The current post (including the request for someone to check) should be an answer to the question "Which episodes of Maison Ikkoku are filler?".

I did a similar list back in 2003 when I was watching the series for the second time through. I had read the manga before that, though I don't remember whether I took it into consideration when making the list. In general the anime follows the manga very accurately - if we ignore some blatant filler such as episode 32 (Yotsuya's egg; IIRC even its drawing style differs, so maybe the animators were using it for practice).
Your list corresponds to the B and C ratings in my list; B doesn't advance the main story but still e.g. develops the characters, whereas C is a pure filler episode. Except for a couple of episodes, our lists are similar.
It's interesting to notice that after episode 70 there are no filler episodes, and also on average the ratio of content to filler episodes is much better than in many other anime series. :)
A: Important part of the story
B: Could be skipped but is still worth watching
C: Totally irrevelant

01 A    + + +
02 A    + + +
03 A    + + +
04 A    + + +
05 A    + + +
06 A    + + +
07 A    + + +
08 A    + + +
09 A    + + +
10 A    + + +
11 B    + +
12 A    + + +
13 A    + + +
14 A    + + +
15 A    + + +
16 A    + + +
17 A    + + +
18 A    + + +
19 A    + + +
20 B    + +
21 B    + +
22 A    + + +
23 A    + + +
24 A    + + +
25 A    + + +
26 A    + + +
27 A    + + +
28 B    + +
29 C    +
30 A    + + +
31 A    + + +
32 C    +        not in manga
33 B    + +
34 A    + + +
35 A    + + +
36 C    +
37 C    +
38 A    + + +
39 A    + + +
40 A    + + +
41 B    + +
42 A    + + +
43 A    + + +
44 C    +
45 A    + + +
46 C    +        not in manga
47 B    + +
48 A    + + +
49 A    + + +
50 C    +
51 C    +
52 A    + + +
53 A    + + +
54 A    + + +
55 A    + + +
56 A    + + +
57 A    + + +
58 A    + + +
59 A    + + +
60 A    + + +
61 A    + + +
62 A    + + +
63 A    + + +
64 A    + + +
65 A    + + +
66 A    + + +
67 A    + + +
68 C    +
69 B    + +
70 A    + + +
71 A    + + +
72 A    + + +
73 A    + + +
74 A    + + +
75 A    + + +
76 A    + + +
77 A    + + +
78 A    + + +
79 A    + + +
80 A    + + +
81 A    + + +
82 A    + + +
83 A    + + +
84 A    + + +
85 A    + + +
86 A    + + +
87 A    + + +
88 A    + + +
89 A    + + +
90 A    + + +
91 A    + + +
92 A    + + +
93 A    + + +
94 A    + + +
95 A    + + +
96 A    + + +

I'll check at least the C episodes, that whether they are in the manga or not, and add comments to them.


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Are the clothing/modesty standards in the world of Mahouka Koukou stricter?
In the anime, at least, it seems that the girls are much more conscious about showing skin or cleavage than in other anime set in modern times (except for the beach episode).
Especially when you take into account the target audience, it is rather odd.
Do the light novel or other official sources delve deeper into this cultural element of the fictional world of Mahouka?

It is indeed mentioned in the light novel.
(All the excerpt from the light novel quoted onwards are from Baka-Tsuki)
From Volume 2 - Chapter 7, during the scene where Tatsuya was called to the Counseling Room by Ono Haruka (emphasis mine):

[...] Haruka's smile grew a little forced as she crossed her legs.
Beneath the mini-skirt, the derriere wrapped in silk stockings could almost be seen.
[...]
According to modern decorum, it was advisable to keep revealed flesh to a minimum.
Because women usually wore thick stockings that covered everything beneath their dresses, even when exuding maturity, this sight was quite stimulating to the eyes. [...]
Speaking of which, she was also wearing a rather open shirt, where the lines of the undergarments could be seen.
For a faculty member to wear this in front of a student was overly flirtatious.

From Volume 3 - Chapter 1, after the ball game in physical education class, when Tatsuya and Mikihiko made acquaintance with each other and Erika came by to chat:

In 2095 AD, fashion and proper decorum demanded that any trace of exposed flesh be covered in public. Since school was considered a public environment, even if it was in summer, women were still obligated to wear jackets and a colorless, impenetrable pair of tights or leggings beneath their dresses.
That being said, these rules didn't apply to athletic uniforms, so athletic clubs suffered no penalty or criticism for revealing their hands or legs with their uniform, and physical education classes were also not bound by this rule. For example, Tatsuya and the other male students were currently wearing shorts that did not extend to their knees while Mizuki was wearing a fairly long pair of rhythm pants, which was the standard uniform for physical education.
On the other hand, Erika was......
Both of her legs were completely uncovered.
From the thighs down, everything was revealed to the sweltering summer air. Her pants had no length to speak of whatsoever. Finally, the T-shirt she wore barely extended over the pants, giving the impression she was wearing only her underwear.

It is also again mentioned in Volume 3 - Chapter 4, during the scene where Mayumi turned up late in her summer dress and asked Tatsuya of his thought about her appearance.
The characters' consciousness towards the dress code is also shown indirectly through Hattori and Mayumi's expression in the scene slightly after when they are on the bus, where Hattori offered Mayumi a blanket to cover herself up.
And the issue is brought up again a bit later into the same chapter when Tatsuya and Miyuki arrived at the hotel, where they met Erika and Mizuki in "revealing" outfit (according to the standard in Mahouka's world).

Wow, that's interesting. Fits right in with all of the author's other weird conservative leanings, I guess.

In addition to nhahtdh's answer, I would also like to add that Volume 8 - Chapter 2 of the light novel also talked about temperature dropping (a mini ice age) in 2030 AD, and the temperature only went back to normal recently. Then, the light novel went on to attribute the drop in temperature to the changes in the fashion/dress code.

—Beginning from around Common Era 2030, the earth underwent a radical drop in temperature; the world’s overall food supply deteriorated on a massive scale.
[...]
Looking at that vivid greenery and sparkling ocean, makes the world’s temperature drop seem like an event in a fictional story.
Nevertheless, that event is an unequivocal fact.
Before we were born, the world’s climate began getting warmer but, we can look at the traces of the temperature dropping all around us.
For example, the dress code.
Not exposing bare skin, this manner in which we dress is nothing but a trace of the deep impression the era of the temperature dropping left on the world.
Well, I have no interest in dressing to expose my shoulders or breast area — and in the first place, it would not be a flattering style on me, yet—, it’s not compulsory to have a skirt so long the hem drags, and I like clothes. However in private places, there are no rules over the manner of dressing so it’s not like it really hinders us.


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What anime is this where everyone has a virtual world from glasses?
So a few years ago, I saw an anime where everyone had special glasses that basically superimposed a virtual world onto the real world (so, erm, Google Glass but better). I don't remember it very well, but I think there was a very large round red object related—does anyone have any idea what anime this is?

Odds are you're thinking of Dennou Coil.
The large round red thing is a Searchmaton / Satchii. These creepy little buggers:

Dennō Coil (電脳コイル Dennō Koiru?, lit. Electric Brain Coil or Computer Coil), Coil—A Circle of Children, is a Japanese science fiction anime television series depicting a near future where semi-immersive augmented reality (AR) technology has just begun to enter the mainstream. The series takes place in the fictional city of Daikoku, a hotbed of AR development with an emerging city-wide virtual infrastructure. It follows a group of children as they use AR glasses to unravel the mysteries of the half real, half Internet city, using a variety of illegal software tools, techniques, and virtual pets to manipulate the digital landscape.

Source


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What is the name of this manga with the survivors of an epidemic gaining super powers?
A strange epidemic comes and it starts to kill everyone, but the survivors gains "super powers". A boy's sister gets infected with the disease and survives, but her newly gained "power" makes her less human. To save his sister, the boy later injects the illness into himself and gains the power to take another person's power away. There is also a side character who survived the disease, and he becomes sort of immortal because nothing can hurt him, but he cannot sleep or eat. The sister's previous mutation looks like a cat.

I think it could be Absorb; Ability

Japan wields the power of a new form of influenza so lethal that only one person out of a million can survive an infection. Kazuma, a man able to withstand the infection of the unknown virus, "Cherubim", has obtained the power to save his twin sister from facing the influenza! While Kazuma saves other people's suffering by using his new power, he will also encounter many surprising and painful things... A serious and comedic story of new abilities begins!!

This could be the cat-like mutation you are referring to:


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Manga about teenagers making a suicide pact online
I've never actually read the manga, only the fanfic of another manga it inspired. The author couldn't remember the name of the manga but here's what they had to say about it.
"It had a group of teenagers who planned a suicide pact online, became friends, got distracted by alcohol and general shenanigans, and ended up not going through with the suicide anymore... main female lead was out with one of the guys and she was thinking 'maybe in different circumstances, we would have been out on a date instead of out planning to die'."
I took out some stuff where the ellipsis are, since it was a side comment. They did mention the ending was kind of tragic though. I'd be really grateful if someone knows of it. Thanks in advance!

Sounds a bit like volume 2 of NHK ni Youkoso!.

It might be Durarara manga. There's a suicide pact website and Izaya Orihara gets someone to sign up to it but it was all a joke to him. He gets them drunk and high but they never went through with the pact.


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Help identifying a manga about a small girl with telekenetic powers
I remember looking through a manga years ago - the book was in Japanese, but I really loved the artwork. I would like to find this book again and see if there is an English version available. The problem is that I haven't been able to find it again and I don't know what it is called.
The book seemed to be about a girl on a bit of a destruction spree with telekinetic powers. Most of the book seems to be set around some flats (tower block) and a playground, which she finally destroys with her powers. I remember there was a man talking to her near the end, possibly trying to capture her. I may be wrong about this, but there may also have been some old people who lived there - I remember an old woman who may have been some relation to the girl.
The original book that I saw had a light blue cover with a picture of the girl on the front with loads of debris behind her. I think it was 80's or early 90's when I first saw the book.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Your description reminds me of a manga called Domu, which featured a telekinetic girl with other powers as the protagonist.
Most of it took place in an apartment complex, but there were some scenes at a playground just outside the complex

I believe it was written by the same guy who wrote Akira

Yes! Thank you, that's it. I never knew the name, so at least I can search for it now.


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Is the identity of Rin's father confirmed?
In the beginning of the anime we're lead to believe that Daikichi's grandfather and this Masako woman are Rin's parents.
During the anime they confirm that Masako is Rin's mother, but they leave the father's identity up in the air.
If Daikichi's grandfather was Rin's father, he would have had to taken part in her conception at 73 years old - not impossible, but it's still a stretch.
Is Daikichi's grandfather really Rin's father? Is this revealed in the manga?

Manga spoilers ahead:

 In chapter 40 of the manga, Rin requests her family register from city hall to learn about her mother. Daikichi intercepts the response letter and after confronting Rin about it, agrees to schedule a meeting with her mother. Meeting her, Rin learns that her mother was the housekeeper at Souichi's place. In chapter 54 Rin's mother reveals, that Rin is not Souichi's daughter  (he just adopted her). Daikichi already knew this after reading the will of Souichi while Rin was still a child.

More spoilers about the implications of this and ending of the manga, not directly answering the question. You probably don't want to know if you liked the pure ending of the anime:

 Rin told her mother that she likes Daikichi. This is what triggered the mother's response about Souichi not being the father. Upon learning that Rin shares no blood ties with Daikichi, she decides to marry him. Which he accepts to after asking her to at least wait for her graduation (2 years later).

Does the manga ever identify who the father actually is? Or are we just supposed to assume it's some random guy that Masako had sex with?

@senshin I didn't put that in because I read this some time ago, and might have forgotten, but I don't believe we ever get to know him. It is certainly not the guy who is the father of Masako's second child (she explicitly says that).

After watching the Series, I believe so, as no other figure appears, nor is mentioned.
I think it is safe to assume this is the case, as no other information is available.


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What is Kasuga reading from in chapter 34?
In chapter 34, Kasuga was asked to read aloud a page from a book in class. The translation I'm reading gives the lines as:

The sun climbed above the abyss and Urehi walked crouched under the bridge. Beyond the railroad fence, that endlessly extended into the vast horizon...

Later, on the same page:

Believing nothing. Getting angry over one's own belief. Never knowing how to reject the lust. Accusing one's own lust...

(This might not be a very good translation of the original Japanese, since there are other quality issues with the translation I'm reading. I'm also not sure if the two parts go together.)
In case I'm not parsing the text correctly, here's an image of the page:

Is this from an actual book or poem, and if so, what is this text? I've tried searching the content in the first two bubbles, but Google hasn't given me anything useful.

In the top panel, Kasuga is reading lines 1-4 of 『漂泊者の歌』 Hyōhakusha no Uta "The Wanderer's Song", a poem in the collection 『氷島』 Hyōtō "The Iceland" by HAGIWARA Sakutarō. In the bottom panel, he's reading lines 16-19 of the same poem.

日は断崖の上に登り
  憂ひは陸橋の下を低く歩めり。
  無限に遠き空の彼方
  続ける鉄路の柵の背後に
[...]
かつて何物をも信ずることなく
  汝の信ずるところに憤怒を知れり。
  かつて欲情の否定を知らず
  汝の欲情するものを弾劾せり。

There exist English translations of Hagiwara's poetry (though I'm not sure whether this specific poem has been translated), but none of them are available online, as far as I can tell. An enterprising person with access to a good dead-tree library might like to search for a printed translation of this poem (perhaps this one). The scanlation you have is definitely botched (e.g. "Urehi" is not a name but rather 憂い "sorrow"), but I don't feel competent enough to offer an alternate translation.
I don't have the knowledge of Japanese literature to contextualize this appropriately, but my reading of the poem (which could be wrong) is that it is basically in praise of those who wander and aren't tied down by nostalgia / attachment to places they have left behind. Donald Keene writes a bit about this poem and its collection in Dawn to the West (an excellent read on modern Japanese literature, by the way).
In the context of Aku no Hana, this probably has some thematic relevance or ironic value or something - but I haven't actually read that far into the manga, so I wouldn't know.


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Please help me identify my childhood manga about a boy fighting in a tournament
It is a martial art themed manga about a boy fighting in a tournament. One of the character fought using only legs.
If I recall correctly, the main character turned into girl if he got splash with water, though I'm not sure how he turned back into a boy.
There is a vivid image of a panda back in my head but really not sure if it is related.
I believe this manga came out during Dragon Ball era.

I think it's Ranma 1/2

On a training journey in the Bayankala Mountain Range in the Qinghai Province of China, Ranma Saotome and his father Genma fall into the cursed springs at Jusenkyo (呪泉郷). When someone falls into a cursed spring, they take the physical form of whatever drowned there hundreds or thousands of years ago whenever they come into contact with cold water. The curse will revert when exposed to hot water until their next cold water exposure. Genma falls into the spring of a drowned panda while Ranma falls into the spring of a drowned girl.

Now I know the mystery behind turning into a panda and a girl.


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Was there an early preview of Kagamigami or a similar series in Shonen Jump?
Alright, so this is driving me crazy but I recently read the first issue of Kagamigami that came out in Shonen Jump (I'm a few weeks behind). I remember reading another manga that felt almost the exact same as Kagamigami. In the manga I read, the crime takes place in a tunnel, not in front of stairs like in the recent issue. The evil Shikigami also wasn't called the "Ripper" I believe, and the main character didn't have a detailed discussion with the culprit like she does in this one.
The premise is almost the exact same: girl with power to trace objects becomes detective. The Shikigami that the boy uses are almost the exact same as the manga I remember reading. Besides re-downloading every issue of Shonen Jump, does anyone have an idea of what this might have been?

I suspect you may have read Shikigami Twilight Days (式神トワイライトデイズ), published in 2014 vol. 28, which is the one-shot predecessor to Kagamigami.

In case you're interested, I found this by using this nifty Shounen Jump database and searching for the author (Iwashiro Toshiaki / 岩代俊明) in the oneshots (読み切り) section at the bottom.
Kagamigami's dic.pixiv page verifies that Shikigami Twilight Days was the one-shot version of Kagamigami.

Seems that the Japanese issues have quite a different timeline than those in America. I found this news article on STDs (Shikigami Twilight Days, duh!). Which states that it was in the July 21st issue. This is incorrect, it was in the July 28th issue, No. 35.

The one-shot was definitely it! I have to say though, I definitely liked the one shot better than the first chapter, like what they did with the smiley faces and the cop. The only thing better in the first chapter was the enemy Shikigami.


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Does the "running technique" of Seiho players exist in real life?
In Episode 7, when they play against Seiho, it shows that the way the Seiho players run is different from the common way (specifically, the way they swing their arms).
Does this running technique exist in real life?

I don't know this running technique, but I can tell you how important it is to swing your arms properly while running.
Have a Look here ->
LiveScience Arm Swinging.

The scientists found that swinging the arms reduced energy costs by 3 percent compared with holding the hands behind the back, 9 percent compared with holding the arms across the chest, and 13 percent compared with holding the hands on top of the head.

If you have a look at professional runners, you will recognize how focused they move their arms. I can't tell if this special arm swinging is working, but there are surely different techniques to reduce your energy cost by swinging your arms.

The "Old technique" shown in Episode 7 says that they swing their arms slightly. Scientists made the research based on holding arms behind the back.
Maybe the 'old technique' it consumes less energy, but for aerodynamic principles and to get more speed AND spend less energy (professional runners' case) it must be better to swing arms in the common way.

I think that although there are definitely ways of running that minimize energy usage, a basketball team would most likely not implement these, especially on e at the high school level. This is because almost everything in basketball, from the way you dribble, to how you step into your shot, is influenced by the way you run, so the players would essentially have to re-learn how to play the game.

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A manga about a high school student couple who don't get along in real life but are lovey dovey when they chat via text messages
It is about an anti-bully high school boy who goes on a website to talk to his online girlfriend. When he talks to her, he completely changes his personality and becomes completely sweet. The two decide to meet up in real life. There and then, they find out that they are in the same class, and that they do not get along at all unless they communicate through text messages, so they are in a cafe looking extremely angry towards each other, but talking very sweet through their phones.
The manga follows the two as they begin dating and the progress of their relationship. The manga also follows another couple where the guy accidentally buy a date from another (I think it was a middle school) girl instead of his dream girl.
I have been trying to find this manga for a while now. Any help would be appreciated.

Mel Kano maybe? I haven't read it, but your description is pretty close to what I know of it.

Shinjou Shouryuu is a healthy 17-year-old high-school boy. Many of his kouhai wonder why such a great guy doesn't have a girlfriend. Ask him and he'll tell you that between school, work, and saving his kouhais from bullies doesn't leave him much time to go on dates. So he instead goes online to "F.I.L. GATES". There in the chat room his alter-ego, Kakeru, is infatuated with the girl called Hal. Hal sends a message reminding him that Sunday will be the six month anniversary of when they first met (online) and that she wants to meet him in person! And let's just say it's not your typical first date.

Thank you very much, that was the manga that I've been looking for.


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Things that boost different bender skills
We know that the moon boosts waterbenders and the sun and the comet boost firebenders.
Are there other things that boost earthbenders and airbenders?

Such powers are not been mentioned in the Comics or in Avatar or Korra Series. That said, the powers from the Sun and the moon can be seen in the negative sense. Because Night leaves the Firebenders vulnerable a lot (the reason why General Iroh asked Admiral Zhao to wait until daybreak for attack again at Northern Tribe in Episode 19) as WaterBenders becomes virtually unstoppable under moon. Similarly, WaterBenders lose a lot of their power to Sun and they become vulnerable (that's why Admiral Zhao continued the attack only in Day). The powers are more like in Cycle, one is bound to overpower another. Earth and Air on the other hand are elements that have no relation with any natural phenomenon in Avatar World, thereby, making them virtually impossible to be boosted unless by Physical and Mental Training. Besides, Air seems to be the only element that is present everywhere, whether a wooden cage, a metal cage, a ship to hold Criminals, or any other ordinary or extraordinary place. This makes Air as a gift to be virtually available  everywhere for any Airbender. Even the Fire has its limits (remember the way Pa'li was caged before being freed) on availability.

Unlike water and fire, air and earth have different properties, thus different objects or attributes can boost or decrease their bending.
Airbending relies on feeling the air current, and airbenders use the flow as a booster to their bending. This can be done by an airbender staff or similar items. This is why most airbenders can't fly without a staff.

Airbender staff is a wooden stave used primarily by airbenders to
  augment their bending. The versatile instruments were a major part of
  Air Nomad culture and used in the execution of several complex
  airbending techniques. Staffs were constructed to unfold into fan-like
  gliders which enabled airbenders to fly while manipulating the air
  currents around them.

As for earthbending, earthbenders can boost their bending by boosting their seismic senses. Basically, equipping items like hammers, maces or not wearing shoes enable them to boost their bending in a degree.

Earthbenders have been known to use hammers and fans to augment their
  bending, and it has been stated that the Chinese great sword dadao, a
  heavy war sword, or literally "big knife", would also be best-suited
  for a strong earthbender.


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Is Aang also boosted by the comet?
If a Firebender gets boosted by the comet and Aang is also a Firebender, shouldn't his Firebender abilities also be stronger with the sun?
And of course the same with the moon and his waterbender abilities.

As the wiki suggests Aang also effected.

An Avatar-level firebender can produce fire whips, the most being five
  at once. They are capable of reaching across long distances, displayed
  when Aang used the technique hundreds of feet above Ozai. This may
  have been a result of his firebending being augmented by Sozin's Comet
  or because he was in the Avatar State at the time, or possibly a
  combination of both. Each fire whip is also very wide and moves in a
  similar fashion to squid or octopus tentacles. They have enough
  destructive power to demolish large rock formations.


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What's the name of this movie with a sandman?
It was English dubbed, and I remember seeing it on some anime channel around 2008. It involved a short, fat character with weird teeth creating dreams. I think the main characters called him a sandman. The one thing I remember well was the main characters flying into space from earth after weird stuff happened. They discover the earth is shaped oddly. It is flat and looks like a city being held up by giant statues of people. They seemed to recognize the statues. The sandman character mentioned something about creating a pure dream from the mind of an individual girl in the main cast. This sandman seemed to be an antagonist. Sound familiar to anyone?

I'm fairly sure it was a movie, but it could be a series. I don't remember any intro songs, but I didn't see the whole thing. It could be a series.

It is Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer. I highly recommend Urusei Yatsura, but I would urge you to watch the TV series before even beginning to think about enjoying this movie... or not. This movie kinda stands on its own, but not knowing the characters is kinda sad.
The most convincing proof is this Youtube video, it starts right where the group lifts off the planet and they see what you described.
Here is part of the synopsis from IMDb:

However, when they get a ways above the city, everyone is shocked to see that the province of Tomobiki-cho is on a circular disc on the back of a turtle, floating through space. The group also zooms in under the disc, noting that there are two giant statues holding it up on the turtle's back: one of Onnsen-Mark, the other of Sakurambo, Sakura's uncle (who she noted had seemed to disappear recently).

Here is the fat dream man.

Here is the oddly shaped world and a statue.

Perfect!! Thanks a lot. So there is a series and then 2 movies?

195 episode series, 12 OVAs, and 6 films. All this and the animation still didn't adapt all the manga chapters. I think all of the films except #5 are original stories. It's great IMO, but might be too old for the typical anime fan.


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Old anime movie. White birds representing death
I apologize in advance for the lack of details. This is an anime movie which I've watched a long time ago on TV, and I've only seen the ending. I remember a scene in which there was a man and woman talking, and one of them betrayed the other and shot them.
The animation style resembles something from the Lensman era, so I'm thinking '80s or early '90s. I distinctively remember it due to the fact that it was one of the first animations, if not movies in general, that had important non-villain characters dying.
Anyway, the one detail I distinctively remember is that every time a person died, it was depicted as a white bird flying away, as if the person's soul was going to heaven.
At the end, there was a guy lying down, leaning on a rock, apparently dying, possibly regretting something he had done, or a choice he made. He was looking at the sky, and then you see a white bird flying away, implying he had died. The bird then joined a whole bunch of other white birds, implying something about his choice having caused a lot of people to die, or something to that extent. It was all very symbolic, but I was young, and started watching it near the end, so I could only just barely follow.
I also think it was possibly sci-fi, but not 100% sure.
Anyway, while I realize it's a long-shot, I would like to know if anyone has a clue what movie it was, so maybe I can watch it again from the start, and actually get it this time.

There are some similarities with Windaria

The mountainous kingdom of Paro and the coastal city-state of Itha had been at peace for over a century. They would have remained that way but for the ambitions of Paro's power-hungry king. Paro invaded Itha, despite the love between Jill, Paro's prince, and Ahanas, Itha's princess. Caught between duty and emotion, the star-crossed lovers were forced to fight a war to its bitter conclusion. Isu was a simple farmer from the neutral village of Saki, but he saved Itha from being destroyed by a spy from Paro, and found himself hungering for wealth and glory that the Ithan monarchy could provide. Agents from Paro made him an offer to fulfill his wishes, and he left his wife Marin behind in what would turn into a battlefield between the two kingdoms.

As stated on its TVTropes page:

In this story, the soul takes the form of a bird of red light, and flies off to a mysterious airship over the ocean.

Hence, there is the connection between bird and death, but the color of the birds doesn't match.
The final scene is similar to what you described. The main character felt that he had betrayed his own town by abandoning his fiancée. He regretted what he had done and decided to come back, but what he saw was only desolation. Eventually, he met his fiancée, but after a brief talk, he realized that she was only her ghost, who then took the form of a bird and flew away.
This can be the scene with a man and a woman talking: she killed him and then committed suicide.

This is definitely it. Even though some things are different than I remembered, seeing that scene jogged my memory a bit, and I clearly remember the blood drop at 1:17:36. I certainly wasn't expecting the right answer to appear so quickly.


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Manga with supernatural settings and two brothers trying to find their parents' killer
It's an older manga and it is completed.
Can't remember the name but it kind of reminded me of Ao no Exorcist the only major difference though is that there were no exorcists.
I believe it begins with a kid and his brother, the brother became a cop to catch their parents' killer?
The one brother does his own kind of investigation into some murders and eventually intersects with his cop brother and I believe the cop bro dies while the other brother gains a portion of the killers powers.
Because of the powers he gains the ability to see demons and other supernatural phenomenon.
The surviving brother eventually becomes a cop and investigates all sorts of supernatural stuff.
One case had something to do with a magical pelt that when worn allows the person to become a werewolf.
Another case had something to do with goblins tearing things apart because they weren't being paid their due.
In order for the Goblins to be useful or helpful had to leave out some kind of candy or they would destroy stuff.
Some additional info, it is set in Europe and his power had something to do with a spear.  I think it was the Spear of Longinus.

Not sure if this was the formatting you were trying to get, but I've edited it.

Sorry was adding info to it and it messed up the format.  Thing wasn't allowing me to edit it the way I am use to in order to fix it XD

Found it through here... Figures I post something and then find a tagline and remember it was mostly based on Irish mythology.  The manga is called AR∀GO.  The spear was Brionac not the Spear of Longinus. Here is the summary for it:

The story centers around two twins, Arago and Yuan, whose parents were slaughtered by monsters. Years later, the vengeful Arago crosses paths with Yuan, who has since become a police officer, just as blood begins to flow again in the streets of London.


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Action/Martial Arts anime with a character fighting with feathers
I believe the anime was in the 90's. Artwork looked similar to YuYu Hakusho. Action/Martial Arts anime. One thing that I remembered most about the opening theme was that there was a part where the wind blew past him and he disappered into the with like a ninja.
The main character is a funny guys who plays around too much. He is a great fighter, moves like the wind, and in the beginning of the anime he protects this girls from a group of thugs. He also had a friend who helped him and the girl escape from a bad guy.
His friend uses feathers as weapons. From what I can remember he had red, blue, and black feathers that he used. Some feathers that he threw could turn around like boomerangs. Eventually as the main character escapes with the girl (I think), his friend fights till then end and gets killed.
The killer has this ability where he can copy other people's face by pressing the people he kill face's into the ground, pours some liquid into the ground, puts his face into the mold he created with the dead person's face and he can copy their face.
After killing the main character's friend he goes after the main character with a fake face posing as the main character's friend. That's all that I can remember.

It sounds like Fūma no Kojirō

Hakuō Academy used to be a prestigious high school, and famous for martial arts. However, because its rival school Seishikan has been cowardly luring its superior students, Hakuō was going to decline. In order to recover from the situation, the acting principal of Hakuō; Himeko Hōjō, sends Ranko Yagyū to the Fūma village in search of the famous Fūma ninja clan for assistance. The leader of the Fūma sent Kojirō to Hakuō, there he faces the notorious Yasha clan who fights for Seishikan led by Musashi Asuka. Kojirō's comrades arrive, resuming an all-out ninja war that began five centuries ago.

There are two twins Kou and Shoryu, who fought with feathers (white, blue, red and black).
In episode 3, Kou fought with two guys, Byakko and Shien. After defeating Byakko, before Kou could deal the final blow to Byakko, he was interrupted and killed by Shien. However, before he died, he managed to kill Shien with a black feather. Byakko, who survived the fight, copied Kou's face by pressing his face to the ground, pouring a liquid in the hole and then immersing his own face into it. This is the scene where Kou fought with the feathers, and this is the moment when Byakko used his "copy ability".
There are 4 kind of feathers:

white feathers are used to attack (they randomly attack the enemy as flying blades) and help to identify the position of the enemy (forming something like a web around the user).
blue feathers are thrown like knives.
red feathers come back as boomerangs stabbing the enemy in the back.
black feathers hide themselves in the shadow of other feathers.

Later in the story, Shoryu would see through Byakko's disguise and fight with him to avenge his brother.
Below are pictures of Byakko and Kou.


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Looking for the name of an anime with a guy who was so fast, he let the enemy's sword practically touch him before he reacted
More details:

The main character preferred fighting unarmed, or with very short weapons, feeling that any long weapon could be countered by getting in close
This fighting style is unique to his clan, whose name begins with an M (yes, I'm 100% sure of that)
The main character's final fight was with another good-guy, whose skill was on par with his own
This other good-guy carried both a katana and a wakizashi (slightly shorter sword), and in one case used one of them as a throwing weapon
The "other good guy" wore a blue kimono
The genre is both historically inspired, but slightly "shonen-ized".

I think these details combined are unique to this particular anime.
Looking for the name, but also an opportunity to re-watch. Any helpful links are also appreciated!
I'll keep adding details as I remember them, until someone correctly names it!
Update
As Dario guessed, it was Shura no Toki. I highly recommend this one because of its similarity to certain historical characters and events.

I get the feeling this shouldn't have been closed. Nevertheless, could it be Samurai Champloo?

any idea on what the characters looked like?

surely, you could recall a bit more details described in the guidelines

If you could add more details, like what kind of anime it was (samurai kind of anime? fantasy adventure?) and when you watch it, it would help us identify the series easier.

Just a wild guess: Mutsu Enmei Ryuu Gaiden: Shura no Toki

@Dario - We have a winner! Thank you!! I guess make an answer out of it, so I can accept it for future reference?

So, it is Mutsu Enmei Ryuu Gaiden: Shura no Toki

Legends tell of an invincible martial art known as Mutsu Enmei-Ryu, an unarmed style that allows the user to defeat any number of armed opponents using incredible speed and strength. This is the story of three generations of those who bear the name Mutsu, and their encounters and battles with the strongest fighters of their era.

It sounds like it could be Samurai Champloo

One of the main characters is called Mugen, which matches your description, of a name starting with M.
The other good guy (Jin) wears a blue kimono, and uses a katana and wakizashi.
They have a duel in the end too.

No, sadly not. The main character preferred fighting unarmed doesn't really match up with Champloo, does it?

I know, but everything else seems to match so well, I decided to give it a try. It could be that your memory was foggy on some things :P

True. And that reminds me, I need to re-watch SC as well. I love the animation style of it, as well as the choreography it adopts.


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Why does Bakemonogatari exclusively use katakana?
I noticed that in all of the typography (except for the episode titles), the anime Bakemonogatari exclusively uses kanji and katakana, instead of the usual combination of kanji and hiragana. For example,

「貴方をみる」

would be

「貴方ヲミル」

In my experience, katakana is usually only used to sound out words from other languages, so this just seems weird.
Is this purely a stylistic choice by Shaft, or is there some deeper meaning?

I strongly suspect the use of katakana here is just to give an archaic flavor to the typography. Historically (pre-WW2 or thereabouts), katakana was actually used in many contexts where hiragana is used today - not just for loanwords (note, though, that even today, katakana has other uses). In the same vein, the show's typography exclusively uses pre-simplification kyuujitai kanji rather than their modern shinjitai counterparts.
Formal pre-war documents were frequently written in the "Monogatari style", so to speak - look, for example, at the 1890 Imperial Rescript on Education, which uses exactly the same style: kyuujitai and katakana.
I don't think there is any deeper meaning to the use of katakana, in and of itself. Maybe there is something to be said about the archaic-flavor thing viewed as a whole, though. (Personally, I suspect the thing to be said is just "Shinbo thought it looked cool this way".)


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Can this anime be identified by a small number of disconnected scenes?
Please forgive me my somewhat lengthy preface here.
At best I have to estimate that this anime was aired at least 14 years ago.  I don't recall it being part of a series, so I'm fairly certain it was a one shot movie.  Never can be sure though.
All I can really provide for identification purposes is a small handful of scenes.  I am unsure if these are all even from a single anime.  It may well be 2 different ones that my memories have somehow merged to form a full concept.  Hopefully someone will recognize at least one of these scenes, otherwise, I'll need to find some way to wipe these things from my memory and forget they ever existed:
Scene 1
Takes place on a star ship
A tall alien with a disc like head.  At some point the monsters head detaches from its body and begins to fly around independently.
That is all I can recall from it.
Scene 2
Takes place on a planet near some teleporters?
A woman is fighting the alien, hears a voice (her brothers?) telling her to use or run to the teleporter.  It later turns out to be a recording.  There was some emotional connection between the woman and whoever's voice it was.
During the fight the monster gets caught in an explosion and blown into a building, one of the teleporters I think.  It walks out of rubble with something impaling its head.  It doesn't appear particularly phased, but woman seems to make special note of the injury, as though it was somehow unexpected.
Scene 3
The woman, older male and youger male (possibly a child) are driving, in a tunnel or under a bridge, or just some dense cityscape.  I just recall the environment being very crowded.
At some point they run into quadripedal monsters of some sort and wind up running a test one one, determining that it is somehow related to the main antagonist.
Scene 4
The main antagonist alien/monster appears to have placed a beacon (for some reason it strikes me that the beacon was organic in nature) on the roof of a building to start calling in more of its kind from off world.
Scene 5
Takes place in a desert setting.  The woman confronts the monster.  The woman has a staff of some sort, it was shown earlier in the movie, I believe by the younger boy.  When the tip of the staff is pressed into the ground it generates a forcefield that surrounds the staff and
its user.  the tip is pressed into the monster, causing the force field to cut the creature in half horizontally.
The top half falls towards the woman and the "face" of the monster extends from the head to attack her.  It turns out the things neck was its only weakness.  As it is falling, someone, I believe at this point backup had arrived, takes a blade and cuts into the things neck, and then slices it down length wise, cutting the face in half too.
If any part of these scenes can be used to identify an anime, I would be beyond greatful to know my mind wasn't playing tricks on me.

Perhaps this will help you, its a list of space anime from 97 to 04. There was one there that trigged some similarities which was Kidou Senkan Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness because it is a movie and it have portals which could be what you described as teleport, there is also some pictures of the space ship and other stuff maybe you recall it.

That sounds almost exactly like IRIA: Zeiram the Animation to me. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107228)
I really loved Iria when it first came out, the action and character designs are excellent. Interestingly, this OVA is based on a live-action movie series called Zeiram (which I've never seen). I wish they had made sequels to this anime because I found Iria a pretty engaging character at the time (haven't seen it in forever). Her grappling hook thing was pretty slick and she kicked serious butt ;)
The alien (Zeiram) is pretty much unstoppable and has a creepy, extensible face (kind of like a Xenomorph). It can clone itself and absorb people. Here's the description of the monster (from http://myanimelist.net/character/21662/Zeiram#aJugBUYj0dqWceUH.99):

"Zeiram is the ultimate being and virtually indestructible. In addition to being
  extremely powerful, Zeiram can generate imperfect clones of itself to assist in battle.
  Zeiram also needs to assimilate other life forms in order to sustain itself, but in
  doing so it is thought that Zeiram can learn whatever is known by the organism being
  assimilated. Zeiram is not a unique creature and other versions of itself are known to
  exist throughout the universe. Later in the show Zeiram attempts to contact other
  Zeirams in order to bring them to Myce."

Hope that helps!

After a year, we found it!

Ha ha. Glad to help. I suppose you could call me an old timer, since my anime days go back to renting VHS tapes and ordering fansubs by snail mail. We sure had less selection back then before streaming, Crunchyroll, internet fansubs, etc.

I use etc :) (Mobile internet = expensive (5$ per GB), dollar conversion rate = 2.47tl, crunchyroll's bad europe service, this is The reason)

That sucks. I still have most of my old VHS tapes in the basement, though they're all NTSC, not PAL. ;)

Holy crap! I could KISS YOU! Thank yo so much for this, it was driving me nuts.


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What is the manga about a twin brother and sister called?
I remember reading a manga a few years ago about that features a boy who dresses as a girl and his twin sister.
The backstory of the two was that the boy did not go to school and dressed as a girl at home to impostor his twin sister to escape their father's abuse, as he does not usually abuse his sister or abuse him when she is around. One time however, the father ends up abusing the twin sister (he was drunk or something), kissing her hair, saying it reminds him of their mother. Later the twin sister goes to their actual mother (who is divorced with him) for help but the mother brushes her daughter off, telling her to solve her own problems. So when it happens again (or something like that), she shaves her head completely.
Since then, even after her hair grew out, the twin sister does not let anyone touch her hair - not even her brother - with the exception of her female best friend (that if I remember correctly she has some romantic feelings for?).
Another detail I recall is that the father was a photographer and obsessed over taking pictures of a bird he has, but at some point the bird dies but I don't remember why.
The story is set after all of these have taken place, and is told in the perspective of another boy who goes to the same school as the two of them.

I'm quite sure it is Hanayashiki no Juunintachi.
Synopsis from mangaupdates:

Sakura Aki is a penniless high schooler who likes to cook and does other "unmanly" things. His grandfather and father are disciplinary on gender roles and beat up Aki everytime he does a thing that women would usually do, like cleaning. When his father leaves him absolutely broke, and with his grandfather realizing Aki's "unmanly" flaws, he sends him to live at one of the dorms at an all girls' school that he runs, a school where distinguished young ladies of the country attend, the Hanayashiki - Flower Estate-, to teach him a lesson.

Sakura Aki is the name of the boy who went to the same school as the two girls - the twin sister (Ayame) and her best friend (Renge).

The background story about the twin brother (Kakitsubata) and sister (Ayame) is told in chapter 8 and 9 from the point of view of the twin sister. Actually, it's mostly about how Ayame developed androphobia and personality disorder due to unhappy family, and also how she and Renge became close friends. Your description in the question matches the content of these 2 chapters quite well, so I will just put up some images to show the similarities.
This page from chapter 8 shows Ayame in the past with shoulder-length hair, and a picture of the blue bird, which their father was obsessed with. Their father also kept a bird of the same species in a cage in his room.

Another page from chapter 9 shows Ayame cutting her hair off to "solve the problem", since her hair was grabbed by her father during the previous incident where she was about to be punched. She later shaved her hair clean and wore a wig to class instead.


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Why does Aikuro Mikisugi request everyone to use the DTR acronym?
In the anime "Kill la Kill", Aikuro Mikisugi hates and avoids the expression "Dōtonbori robo" and requests everyone using that phrase to say "DTR" instead. Does this phrase have some hidden meaning that explains his behavior, or is it explained otherwise in canon?

Dotonbori is a street within the redlight district of Osaka that sees the highest number of prostitutes working on it. He is probably embarrassed or doesn't want DTR to be associated with Dotonbori, considering their (DTR) preference to be nude could be taken the wrong way by the average person.


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Why did Suzaku change sides?
Suzaku was always Lelouch's enemy; they had the same goal, but different ways.
But when they met and killed Lelouch's father, he changed sides and became Lelouch's Knight.
Why did this happen? At that point, Lelouch had the Geass in both eyes. Could he now manipulate people more often?
Or did he just agree with Lelouch's plan to cheat the whole world?

Suzaku joining Lelouch towards the end of the show couldn't have had anything to do with Lelouch's Geass. No matter how strong his Geass became, there is no evidence that he had the ability to use it on a single person more than once.

@senshin He did use Geass twice on the same person, with Shirley (Once to erase her memory, and again in an attempt to save her life). But he was only able to do it because Orange-kun used his Geass canceller on her between the two uses.

Suzaku become Lelouch knight because of Zero Requiem.

TL;DR: He never changed sides.

Suzaku's allegiance remained with the Britannia Empire the whole series. After the events in C world that culminated with the Emperor's death, Lelouch became the new Emperor, and it was only logical that Suzaku would serve Britannia's Emperor, Lelouch.
Both Lelouch and Suzaku had the same goal: to restore Britannia and end the corruption. Suzaku wanted to do it by working WITHIN the system, Lelouch would do it by the fastest means available. That is why they were at odds before the Emperor's death. Once Lelouch became part of the system, that rivalry ended.

Also, Lelouch had already used Geass on Suzaku in the first season, by ordering him

To Live!

that was triggered anytime Suzaku was at a risk of death, most of the time improving his combat edge.
Lelouch could use Geass more than once on an individual, only if Orange-kun used his Geass Canceler between uses. Happened only once in the whole series, with Shirley: he used it once to eraser her memory, then Orange-kun wiped that effect, and later while she was dying on Lelouch hands, he commanded her to live, but she was unable to carry that and died anyway.
Agreeing to the Zero Requiem plan suited Suzaku on several levels.
He would

Serve his Emperor's (Lelouch's) orders,
Avenge Euphemia (by killing
Lelouch),
Clear his slate with Karen (by being dead, or even if he
was unmasked as Zero afterwards, she would still be ok, I guess),
And stay in a position able to defend Nunnally forever.

I was wanting to mention Nunnally however it wouldn't have been a full answer plus be too long for comments (so +1 for it). back in the first season when Suzaku is made Euphie's Knight Lelouch mentions he wanted Suzaku to be Nunnally's Knight. Suzaku's role as Zero at the end for fills this wish Lelouch had.

@Memor-X My impression is that Lelouch pulls several Xanatos Roulette the whole series.

Also, I want to state that am on the "Lelouch lived and he is the cart driver" side, but word of god has him dead.

i have no idea what a Xanatos Roulette is so i don't get the reference

@Memor-X http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/XanatosRoulette

Near the end of the series it is explained how Lelouch came up with the Zero Requiem; that being, the idea of creating a focal point of the entire world's hatred and then having that point be destroyed thus "Breaking the chains of hatred" furthermore he would make this focal point himself.  Thus, by giving the entire world a single target, they would be united in their fight against the tyrannical leader he became.
Through his death, he could facilitate a peace throughout the world.  It is this idea that led Suzaku to join Lelouch, this also coincides with the fact that Lelouch would also be atoning for his sins through his death, one sin in particular being the death of Euphemia li Britannia.  This fact also contributes to Suzaku joining Lelouch as he would gain both justice for Euphemia as well as being able to bring about lasting peace.

I think you guys are missing the point. By the end of episode 21, I believe that Suzaku had forgiven Lelouch for what he had done. There are many reasons why he did this.
Firstly, in episode 'Assassin from the Past', Shirley reveals that she has forgiven Lelouch for something that he had done to her an urges Suzaku to do the same. Also, by the end of the episode, Suzaku realises that both Euphemia and Shirley knew who Zero really was, and yet they both kept his secret to the very end, even though revealing his identity would have prevented both their deaths. This leads Suzaku to realise that Zero may not be as bad as he thought.
Furthermore, in 'One Million Miracles' while contemplating what to do, Suzaku comments that both Euphemia and Nunnally wanted to forgive Zero for his sins. Although it is not enough at the time, it does create doubts within Suzaku which help lead to his changing sides.
Moreover, in 'A Taste of Humiliation', Suzaku confronts Lelouch about his past sins. Lelouch, not caring about himself and wanting punishment to atone for his sins, lies about everything he's asked about. Suzaku, having experienced this already, realises that he's lying, and perhaps finally understands that Lelouch didn't want to kill Euphemia or anyone else. This allows him to open up to the prospect of forgiving Lelouch, though he doesn't at that particular moment. This moment, in particular, was paramount in Suzaku's joining sides with Lelouch.
Finally, after the main events of the 'The Ragnarök Connection', Suzaku, once again, confronts Lelouch over Euphemia's death, but Lelouch challenges him and says that nothing is unforgivable. (Since Lelouch never blamed Suzaku for killing his father and that he was forgiven by those closest to him, Suzaku found it in his heart to forgive Lelouch, too.) This, coupled with that fact that Suzaku had realised that Lelouch was now fighting for all humanity, is the final turning point in the friendship/enmity between Lelouch and Suzaku.
PS. For those with any doubts that Suzaku had forgiven Lelouch by the end of the series need only be reminded that Suzaku was weeping when he killed Lelouch.

As far as we know, it's true that their ideals were fundamentally the same:

Britannian Empire is corrupt and not worth serving

To change the corruption of the Britannian Empire, each had his own way to do it.
As for Suzaku, he didn't agree with Lelouch's way because he wants to change and improve the Empire from within, to show that his father's death was not in vain.
This is because, as Suzaku claims, achieving results by wrong or illegal methods is meaningless.
The reason Suzaku chose to join Lelouch is because after the incident with the death of Euphemia, Suzaku's only motive to keep going basically was to protect Nunnally as long as Lelouch will pay for what he did to him.


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Anime about a girl, who becomes an adult by using magic and starts modeling
I remember an anime I watched on Indian television 8 years ago or maybe more. The points I remember are:

The girl gets some soft toys from a toy store. (She doesn't buy them but they follow her)
One soft toy was some kind of a cute dinosaur
The toys have magical powers. They give a notebook and pen to the girl
She somehow becomes an adult by using these magical items, and she can repeat this to turn back to normal
In her adult form, she helps a lady, who helps her to become a model
One day she loses her powers and can't turn into her adult form. The modelling company ends up in trouble because their model disappears
Her adult self has a short hairstyle

Some doubtful points, which might not be completely accurate:

Her hair color changes between forms. Maybe red and blue
The modeling company she works in also has an employee that is a relative to her (mother or big sister)

Downvote reason for it?

It can be Fancy Lala

One day, nine-year-old girl Miho Shinohara is given two stuffed dinosaurs by a stranger. The stuffed dinosaurs come to life and present her with a magic sketchbook and pen. Within limits, and subject to varying degrees of control, she can draw in the sketchbook and bring the drawings to life. Miho can also transform into a teenage girl, whom she names Fancy Lala. Fancy Lala is scouted by Yumi Haneishi, the president of the talent agency Lyrical Productions, and begins the long road to stardom.

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What is this anime movie from the 90s where the protagonist in a jet fights an enemy mech?
I watched half an anime movie a long time ago and need to identify it so I can catch the whole thing. This would've been from the 90s, possibly very late night on the sci-fi channel.
From what I can remember, a tall, very strong (possibly genetically modified) male character gains control of an absolutely massive mech. He unleashes a set of missiles with the mech that release a chemical which renders down a huge number of people in seconds.
The protagonists fly in a jet straight into the cockpit of the mech. The main character is a male, black hair, mid twenties with a bandage round his eyes, blind. There is a female character, she is mid twenties, has long blue hair, two tendrils of which she seems to press to the main characters head to share her sight with telepathically, as they also seem to float. I also believe there was an old man in the cockpit with them.
The antagonist basically tanks a fight with them, ignores several punches and attacks. Eventually, the hero breaks his neck. When they think they have defeated him, he pops his neck back into place. He is finally defeated when the hero shoots him in the head with assistance.
The ending is the giant robot vanishing, and the woman with blue hair appearing naked in the wilderness, where two more children with the same floating hair things discover her.
I would love to find it, is driving me insane and I have been searching for years.

Did u check if it s mazinger z?

I'm almost certain this is the 1993 OAV Super Dimension Century Orguss 02
Details escape me, but there is indeed a gigantic mecha near the end that the protoagnists needed to stop. The hero was injured and couldn't see, so his friend (the aforementioned blue haired girl) helped him see by linking him to her eyes using tendrils that come out of her head. That's her in the eye-catch below:

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Manga about possessed child who develops a taste for people

The main character was a young (probably 10–15 years old) boy who was possessed by some sort of demon (so, fantasy); a tree might have been related here
This might have caused him to (want to?) eat people
Said possession happens during the course of the book, and the character is still himself, only more… evil
The cover was this character with a sharp-toothed grin
The title was one word starting with K
It was a series
I found the first in the series in a book store somewhere between 2007 and 2011; it was the only one there at the time

This is a bit of a stretch and it’s been so long that I’m not completely sure of any of the details. Still, if anything can be found from it…

We confirmed in chat that this is Kurozakuro. Here's the plot synopsis from MyAnimeList:

This is the story of a wuss named Sakurai Mikito who one day swallows the creation of a creature called Zakuro and becomes an "oni", a superhuman creature with a taste for human flesh. As Mikito is horrified by this change in his once-gentle nature, he decides to leave on a journey with an oni-hunter in order to discover a way to turn back to normal.

Essentially everything matches the description in the OP. The first volume of the manga was released in English in November 2010 by Viz media. The series was finished in English at 7 volumes a year later in November 2011.
Here's the (Japanese) volume 1 cover:

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Picture of a red-haired girl from old (maybe 80s) anime
Sometime ago I found the following picture on 9gag or some similar website: it is from an anime (probably broadcast in the 80s or early 90s). It seemed familiar, but I didn't manage to recall the title of the show. (I'm not even sure if I actually used to watch it).

The quality of the picture is not very good, and my attempts to identify the picture using reverse image search failed.
Edit: Most probably the anime is among the ones listed here (unfortunately the page is in Italian) but I didn't manage to recognize the correct one (and moreover I don't know if the list is complete).

@Ezui Thank you for your suggestion, but unfortunately I've already tried that too without any result

Try here, maybe?

@Lohoris Thank you, but I knew that... moreover I can add that most probably the anime is among the ones listed here, but unfortunately I didn't manage to find the actual one...

This seems to be Tiffany from Robby the rascal, also known as cybot robotchi or in Italian as Robottino. It was originally broadcasted by TV tokyo from 7 october, 1982 till the 29th of June in 1983.
the English version deleted much of the risqué humor that, while not uncommon in children's animation in Japan, would be considered unacceptable by American standards, with the policewoman Sachiko (Sgt. Sally) being the usual target of the fan service-oriented humor. The TV series also aired in its entirety in Italy under the title Robottino ("Little robot"), and some episodes are also available in Spanish as Robotete.

The Image the OP provided also comes from a fan-service scene, which can be seen here