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Why was the Fifth Holy Grail War so early?
I'm watching Fate/Zero, and it talks about how the Holy Grail Wars are supposed to be every 60 years. However, it's set in the 1990s, and the Fifth Holy Grail War takes place in the 2000s. Why were there only 10 years(ish) in between instead of 60? Is this explained in Fate/Stay Night or any of the other Fate stories?

As i explained in this answer (Under Kiritsugu's Plan), it was because there was a build up of Prana in the Greater Grail.
Normal Procedure would be that by the end of a War the Prana (particularly Mana) in the Greater Grail would have been spent and thus take 60 years to naturally replenish. Under Fuyuki - Procedure

The Great Grail requires sixty years in order to amass enough mana to summon Servants, making the planning period span over generations. If the Grail is unable to utilize its energy, that which is leftover can reduce the time to as little as a decade, such as in the case of the period between the Fourth and Fifth Wars.

As for where it was mentioned, the citation reference of the section on the Wikia Pages points to Fate/complete material III: World material - FAQ with Nasu

Q: Even though it should only happen every 60 years, was the 10 year gap between the Fourth and Fifth Holy Grail Wars as short as it was because the Lesser Grail was destroyed before the Greater Grail could direct the accumulated mana to establish its pathway trapped some unused mana in the Grail?
A: That’s true. In fact, you could say that the function of the Greater Grail was already muddled when when it was impregnated with Avenger in the Third War.

So from this there are 2 causes for the Mana not having been spent.

Lesser Grail was destroyed before the Greater Grail could direct the accumulated mana
Avenger, possibly self-aware, perverting the system by withholding Mana as there was still a 60 year gap between the 3rd and 4th Wars (as Avenger was killed early in the 3rd war)


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Is Rui a boy or girl?
In Gatchaman Crowds, when we see Rui outside he/she is wearing a blonde wig of either long hair when looking like a punk rocker or short hair when wearing a blue dress. When Rui is getting dressed to meet Hajime see see his/her chest exposed however there was no sign that he/she was a girl. while there was no nipples shown normally even with flat chested girls there is an attempt to try and hide their breasts and with Rui i think i saw more chest than i was expecting.
All the Gatchamen refer to Rui as a girl however they only have seen him/her in disguise, Hajime makes a comment during their meeting of hiding behind makeup however i don't think i remember her say if Rui is a boy or girl (or correcting anyone)
I'm watching the English Dub and in the credits Shannon Emerick is credited to be the Vorice Actress of Rui, who is the same woman who is credited for being the Voice Actress of "Garden" Engi Threepiece in the Dub of Dream Eater Merry (both i brought from Hanabee Entertainment).
So i am wondering, is Rui just a very flat chested girl or is Rui a cross dressing guy?

well, wikia said he's a boy...

Ninomiya Rui is a boy

who disguises himself as a girl most of the time/crossdresses so that he could easily observe people without being notice.

He acts so manly while dressing like this
But sometimes it's so suspicious because of this
And this
But to answer your question : He IS A BOY. definitely.

One of the main visual points of Crowds' characters design and attitude is "be yourself". That is why Utsutsu is wearing underwear a swimsuit all the time, OD is perfectly confortable being that flashy, and yes, Rui goes crossdressing as if it were another ordinary monday. One exception might be Sugane.
What struck me the most was Hajime's ability to take everyone at face value: not once she does any judgement of character, not even with the main villain. IMO this is one of the messages Crowds try to send through: don't form preconceptions of people, instead learn who they are.
It might be that Rui went into crossdressing to better hide is identity as creator of the Crowds system. But it was never explained as such, so it falls into fan theory.
The fact that he kept crossdressing even after coming public shows that it might not be that, or that he grew into his costumes and kept wearing them.
I don't have the reference here, but there is one scene when Sugane is shocked to learn Rui's gender and Hajime states something to the effect of "I always knew".

If you watch episode 9, you'll see that he's a boy! Senpai also points this out in the kindergarden.

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In the manga Black god, do Kuro and Keita fall in love?
I've looked all over the place for this but I couldn't find anything on the manga just the anime version which was a little annoying after Kuro and Keita got so close. So yeah I was just wondering do they develop a relationship or are they forever just friends?

Kuro has a crush on Keita, proving so in Episode 22, though she never confessed how she felt to Keita . in Black God referred to Anime Version .
This and read this maybe you could find the answer , it has the discussion.(Anime)
In Anime :
No, they do not fall in love .
In Manga :
They do.

if this is a little help .

I know you're not meant to put thanks in comments but thanks dude. I've been looking for ages. (I'm sorry for breaking any rules but I'm so grateful)

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Who was Obito going to revive?
I just watched the recent episode (391) and just prior to Obito being taken over by Black Zetsu, he seemed to have acknowledged his sins and was planning on using Rinne Rebirth - but for whom? It certainly wasn't for Madara because Black Zetsu wouldn't have gotten involved. Jiraya was on his mind, so was it him? Or was he planning on reviving all of the ninja who died during the war?

My guess is that he wanted to do the exact same thing that Pain made to revive the people on Konoha Village. It could not be Jiraya because when Pain revived everybody on the village, he specifically said that he cannot revive Jiraya because in order for the jutsu to work, the death must be recent.

@scubaFun there is no need for the death to be recent, otherwise Madara couldn't be revived, then you know the series has no purpose!

@krishna - Itachi's fan, it makes sense what you said, both on your comment and answer, I always thought that Pain was unable to revive Jiraya because of what I mentioned.

Obito was trying to revive all the people he killed in battle, the way same way as Nagato did.From here

Obito attempts to amend his mistakes by using the Samsara of Heavenly
  Life Technique to revive those he killed, noting he had finally
  understand why Nagato betrayed him.

For your question why Nagato didn't revive Jiraiya... My guess is the dead people will
 be revived from where their dead body is,

Since Jiraiya's body was far too deep in ocean that even Kabuto can't reach to
  collect his DNA, it would be waste to revive him. Even after reviving
  he will die because of water pressure. So Nagato didn't try to revive
  Jiraiya.

It is also mentioned in Jiraiya's wikia page

Later on, Kabuto revealed that he attempted to retrieve Jiraiya's body
  to bring him back through Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation, but
  it was far too deep in the ocean for him to reach without being
  crushed by the water pressure.

Tell your reasonings in comment, why you are downvoting the answer...

If dead people are going to be revived from where their dead body is, then how come people came alive from the hidden leaf village crushed by 'Shinra Tensei'. Their bodies also should be crushed inside, and if you revive them, they'll die in suffocation. Your second&third references are about 'Edo Tensei' only, it has nothing todo with 'Rinne Tensei'.


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Why is the childhood friend trope commonly seen in anime?
I've noticed that most anime, especially in genres like slice of life and romantic comedies,  there is at least one character that plays  the role of the childhood friend (osananajimi). This is often coupled with the unrequited love, girl next door, or other related tropes.
Of course, childhood friends are in every culture out there, but I'm curious if Japan has a special reason for this particular occurrence in anime shows. Also, aside from gender inclination towards the shounen genre, why is it that most osananajimi are girls whereas in real life, our childhood friends are typically of the same sex? Is this occurence more prevalent in Japan than in other cultures?
And feel free to edit (especially the title) and/or comment if this question is off-topic.

Sorry, I too, wasn't sure if this question is off-topic or not. Someone can close it if they're sure it is. I'll wait for a couple hours and be back here. And except for the Japanese-relevance side of the question, I guess I did sorta answer my own question there unknowingly. Huh.

Another problem: your title and your question body asks 2 different questions.

This is a tricky question to tackle, because of the potential for subjective answers is much greater, especially across different culture. It seems to me that the "osananajimi" concepts is more representative of what Westerners perceive as "true friendship," one where nothing needs to be explained and trust is unshakable. Japanese culture is steep with propriety traditions and whatnot (inner/outer relations), a lasting and developed friendship that draws upon innocence of childhood is unlikely to develop later on in life, as you get bogged down by obligations and expectations.

As the comments say, this is a somewhat subjective question. I'll give my own reason, which I think is a big part of the reason this is common, but perhaps not the only reason.
Japanese society is more regimented than one might believe just from watching anime. By middle school age, and even to some degree in primary school, children are expected to interact with their peers in a relatively professional way. This is especially true of relationships between students of opposite sexes. Such requirements aren't held for family or close friends, but for everyone else one is expected to be polite and not share their true feelings or say things too directly.  This concept of dividing people into an in-group and an out-group (内外, uchi-soto) is somewhat hard for non-Japanese people to understand, but is central to interactions between people in Japanese culture. In fact, you can find plenty of examples of this and of the related concepts of honne and tatemae in anime if you look, but if you aren't looking for them specifically it's easy to miss.
It's difficult for a person in the out-group to enter the in-group. While not impossible, generally this takes time and effort. The groups aren't a simple dichotomy either; they change depending on the situation. It's especially difficult for close friendships between members of the opposite sex to form. One way for this to happen is for the two to enter into a relationship, but this is obviously not ideal if you want to make a romantic comedy where the characters aren't already in relationships. Another way is for one person to act closer to the other than they really are, as a way of testing the boundaries, but that person is being somewhat rude in doing so and it can backfire.
The most realistic way for a character to have a close friend is for them to be long-time friends. Specifically, if their friendship goes back all the way to childhood, when they didn't have to follow these strict rules, a friendship could develop without much issue.  Having a childhood friend character is one way to get a character who is already part of the protagonist's in-group. From a writer's standpoint, this is an attractive proposition, since it gives someone that the protagonist can have relatively serious conversations with, but who can also be a potential romantic interest. In (reverse) harem shows, it's especially attractive to diversify the female (male) cast of romantic interests.
That said, I think we have been seeing something of a decline in recent years in this archetype, at least among harem shows. Probably writers have realized that it's overused and that a generic osananajimi character without any unique personality traits isn't a very interesting character. Opposite-sex childhood friends are also far less common in real life than in anime, making the prevalence of this somewhat unrealistic. 10 years ago, nearly every harem/romcom show had a character like this, but the proportion seems to have dropped to less than half of them today. Partly, this can be attributed to other archetypes increasing in popularity (notably, the little sister/imouto character, who can be even closer to the protagonist than a childhood friend). When they do show up in shows today, it's often as a dual archetype character, e.g. a tsundere osananajimi.

Thank you for such a detailed answer (and two in a single minute, hmm). Also, agree with the declining use of the trope in favor of imouto character in recent years.


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What is the "-shi" ending's meaning?
This isn't the first time I hear this peculiar ending "-shi" added to words. It usually appears at the end of sentences. From the looks of it, the ending is supposed to make the speaker sound lighthearted, friendly, humorous. As an example, in Selector Infected/Spread WIXOSS Eldora and Chiyori both talk and behave peculiarly, using this ending.
What is the actual purpose of it?

I have a feeling that real Japanese people don't actually use sentence-ending -shi. This is probably just one of those anime things, like -nya and -fumo.

It certainly doesn't feel like something an ordinary person would use when speaking to coworkers, perhaps, but it feels like one of those things that appear in comical fiction.

"-desushi" mean "becase" and "and".
Let's take a look at a few quotes from episode 5 for example.

ふぉぉぉ！燃える展開です!!
  ちよりはバーニングチョリソーですしー!!

Wow! This is a burning development!! Because Chiyori is Burning Chorizo!!

るぅ子さんがやらないなら私がやります
  ちよりがやりたいですしー！

If Ruuko doesn't play, I'll play.
Because Chiyori want to play!
The word "-desushi" itself is normal Japanese.
But the overusing "-desushi" is part of slang of young people.
In this anime, "-desushi" is used for accent of character like "-nyo".


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Who was it that Sora fought in Hallow Bastion?
In Kingdom Hearts 2 when we are seeing Sora's memories there is a scene where we see Sora fight someone where he, Donald and Goofy fought Maleficenct's Black Dragon Form. the figure is wearing a black coat, much like those worn by Organization XIII.
this scene was not included in the original release of Kingdom Hearts but in the Japanese only Final Mix version which has now been localized in 1.5 HD Remix. in it this scene is apart of an optional super boss battle which the boss titled "Unknown".
during the scene Sora being voiced Unknown is not however Unknown comments that Sora is like it and is incomplete

 a reference that when Sora was restored from a Heartless he is still missing the part of him which became his Nobody, Roxas.

Since Unknown must be a Nobody and resembles one of the members of Organization XIII, i am wondering if it's revealed anywhere who Unknown is (given that Unknown's fight is the only optional Superboss we see in Sora's Memories)

According to this wiki its was Xemnas

A few days later, for reasons unknown, Xemnas arrived at Hollow
  Bastion. Being told by the Princesses of Heart of the power that they
  sensed while on his way to seal the world's Keyhole, Sora, Donald,
  Goofy, and Beast go to the abandoned area where they fought Maleficent
  to investigate, and soon encounter Xemnas. Intangible at first, Xemnas
  passes through Sora, causing him to experience many of his memories in
  rapid succession, before fully manifesting. Sora asks who the man is,
  and Goofy wonders if it is Ansem, and though Xemnas says he is
  familiar with the name, he refuses to clarify his identity. He then
  launches an energy attack at Sora, who manages to deflect it (with
  some difficulty). Xemnas remarks how Sora looks like "him" and thus an
  incomplete being, his words only confusing Sora. Xemnas then attacks
  the Keyblade wielder, intending to test his power.

That scene was also include in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix which was originally released in japan.
You can also see identify its Xemnas by the same weapon he wield.


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What does Tomoko mean by "Is he Kenshi***?"
In Watamote Episode 9, Tomoko is angry at her little brother and says:

Does he have to be better than his big sister at everything?
  Is he Kenshi***? That bastard!

What does she mean by Kenshi***?

Found it thanks to this: What are these three references from episode 9?

Kenshiro is the main protagonist of Fist of the North Star Manga/Anime series.

The Big Dipper asterism in the background is a reference to the seven scars on his chest that look like it (where as the Big Dipper is also directly above the North Star in the sky):

Kenshiro is also known as the Man With Seven Scars (七つの傷の男 Nanatsu no kizu no otoko?), due to the seven scars engraved on his chest patterned after the shape of the Big Dipper (the symbol of the Hokuto school), as well as the Savior of Century's End
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Is this the correct translation of what Tomoko is saying?
In Watamote Episode 10, Tomoko comes back to school to find out that her seat has been changed, she gets a little agitated and says this (well according to the subs, that is):

I have to sit here for the whole goddamn second term? Fuck me with a chainsaw dildo!

Now, I can't really Read/Write Japanese or even understand it, but I'm not quite sure that she is actually saying that. Is she?

I think it wasn't literally that, but possibly some other popular slang phrase meaning essentially the same thing − very negative reaction.

If you can find the Japanese that she's saying, someone is more likely to help you, rather than if they have to go find it and translate it themselves.

The Japanese is:

ニ学期ずっとこの席だと？ストレスで胃が蜂の巣になる！

More or less literally,

I have to sit here for all of second term? The stress will turn my stomach into a beehive [i.e. thing with many holes]!

The subtitles you have there are from [Commie]; their subtitles for Watamote were edited by one of their more, um, liberal editors.

Considering that there's a version on Youtube floating around of that very opening...I doubt that.
While I don't speak fluent Japanese, it's pretty clear that the word "stress" as well as the word for "stomach" are said, so the above video is likely closer to reality.
But that picture?  Not a chance.  It was probably a liberty taken on part of the translator to include some emphasis of the situation.


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What is Takasu Yasuko's profession?
Ya-chan (Ryuuji's mom) seems to work at nights in the entertainment industry?
She is shown carousing with some older men in a nightclub setting...
So what is exactly her profession? I do not think she is a sex worker, given the lack of social reprise shown in other series for that kind of work.

Yasuko's profession is simply being a hostess and an entertainer at a bar named Bishamontengoku. You are correct in that she is not a sex worker. Think of them as modern Geishas. Their main duties are to entertain customers, like singing karaoke with them or cajoling with men. They interact heavily with the customers, unlike the servers or waitress at a normal bar.

In Japan, two types of bars are hostess clubs and kyabakura (キャバクラ?),
  a portmanteau of kyabarē (キャバレー?, lit. "cabaret") and kurabu (クラブ?,
  lit. "club"). Hostesses who work at kyabakura are known as kyabajō
  (キャバ嬢?), literally cabaret girl, and many of them use professional
  names called "genji name" (源氏名 genji-na?). Hostesses light cigarettes,
  pour drinks, offer flirtatious conversation, and sing karaoke to
  entertain customers. Hostesses can be seen as the modern counterpart
  of geishas, providing entertainment to the likes of groups of
  salarymen after work. A club will often also employ a female
  bartender, who is usually well-trained in mixology, and may also be
  the manager or mamasan. Hostess clubs are distinguished from strip
  clubs in that there is no dancing or nudity.
Hostesses often drink with customers each night, and alcohol problems
  are not uncommon. Most bars run on a commission system in which
  hostesses receive a percentage of sales. For example, a patron
  purchases a $20 drink for the hostess, most of the time which are
  non-alcoholic concoctions like orange juice and ginger ale, and the
  patron has purchased the hostess's undivided attention for the
  subsequent 30-45 minutes. The hostess then splits the proceeds of the
  sale with the bar 50/50. The light or no alcohol content of the drinks
  purchased allows the maximum profits and assures the hostess does not
  become intoxicated after only a short time at work.

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Was Mephisto aware that Yukio had Satan's blood in him after all?
On Episode 6 of Ao no Exorcist, at around 21:30, Principal Mephisto Pheles tells his younger brother, Amaimon, to pass on a message to their other siblings. If the subs were right, it says: "...tell our siblings who are going mad with envy that our youngest brother is being raised under my wing".

On episode 23 however, Yukio offers his own Satanic blood to open the Gehenna gate, and at around 2:40 we can see Mephisto and Amaimon observing the chaos unfolding from above. Being the younger twin, Yukio is technically their youngest brother with their blood - in contrast with their conversation from episode 6. They do not seem shocked by the news that Yukio possesses Satan's blood after all, or they cleverly hid their reaction.

I am asking for clarification, preferably from manga readers: Was Mephisto was really aware of his erroneous statement and was it all really part of his plan or is this merely a (gasp!) narrative plothole of the anime?

I'm not sure if it's a plot hole but it's definitely a bit dubious. Yukio's body wasn't strong enough for Satan's powers, so they rejected him leaving him a pure human.
But Satan is still his dad, so I guess he might still have inherited stuff other than demonic powers. Maybe that includes Satan's blood type, assuming Satan has blood.
There aren't really any answers in the manga, because the anime goes in its own direction after episode 16 or so, but to answer the question, yes Mephistopheles definitely knew he was the son of Satan but that he had no demonic powers, no he almost certainly wasn't talking about him when he said our youngest brother.

Yukio's body was born to be too weak to control Satan's blue flames. But he is still the son of Satan so of course he will always inherit the blood of satan, just not his power.

Mephisto knew Yukio and Rin were twins and Satan was their father, Yukio just couldn’t handle it and proved too weak to show any signs of being a demon. So yes Mephisto knew Satan was Yukio’s kin.


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Where did Danzo get his first Sharingan?
In episode 358, Danzo uses Izanagi against Shisui and steals one of his eyes, meaning Danzo had a Sharingan eye prior to having Shisui's Sharingan eye. Nothing is known about how Danzo got his first Sharingan from what I've searched on the web, but we do know that he had one friend named Kagami Uchiha, whom Danzo considered to be one of his true friends.
Ruling out the possibility that Danzo killed Kagami in cold blood, is it possible that Danzo was gifted his first Sharingan from Kagami, possibly in the battlefield? Or could Danzo have gotten the Sharingan from somewhere else?

Its not clearly stated but from Shisui Uchiha article it states that Danzo have stolen an eye. Possibility him killing Kagami is very slim as, Danzo owes Kagami many times his life.
Quote from Naruto Wiki:

"Later, as Shisui prepared to make his move, Danzō Shimura, believing that simply manipulating the Uchiha's leader wouldn't end the conflict, chose to take Shisui's eyes for himself in the desire to protect the village in his own way. While Shisui effortlessly subdued Danzō at first, the ruthless elder caught Shisui off guard by using the forbidden Izanagi with another Sharingan already in his possession to break free and steal Shisui's right eye. As Danzō and his men surrounded Shisui to take the left eye, Shisui managed to escape."

I would say that Danzo have obtain the eye from somewhere else since in manga there was no shisui and danzo fight scripture. It was more towards fillers in shipudden. We all could only speculate, because in manga we just know that Danzo stole an eye from Shisui and that is the source of Danzo's sharingan when he fought with Sasuke. The part where and how Danzo obtained the eye from Shisui was not explained.


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Where were we first given the Angels' names?
On Wikipedia and a bunch of other sites, we are given the names of a number of Angels, such as Sachiel and Ramiel. Yet at least in the subbed version of the original 26 episodes that I've been watching - I just got to episode 12 - I haven't seen much (if any) mention of the Angels' names. (Comparatively, I remember seeing the names of new monsters being listed as they appear in-episode in shows such as Ultraman Max. It's of course possible that I might have missed something similar in EVA, but I feel like it's hard to get through this many episodes without noticing at some point.)
Where are the names from? From sites such as this one, it seems that there is definitely official information out there, but at least in this case, this is only information for a "platinum DVD release", which would probably be quite a bit later from the original broadcast.
Thus: When and where did viewers first learn of the Angels' names? Was this within the original broadcast, or was this perhaps in something like an artbook?

Aside from the episode 14 "Weaving of a Story" where there is a quick recap of the show up to that point (up to the 11th Angel, although Ireul's name wasn't given in episode 14), and the proper names of the Angels are listed in the eye-catch text, there is also episode 23 where there's a recap of all the angels up to that point, including a picture of the Angel, the number, and name. It occurs right after the halfway point, see: https://wiki.evageeks.org/FGC:Episode_23_Cut_198 for the entire sequence.
This appeared during the original airing of the series on TV, and would be the first time the names are given for all the Angels to the viewer. Note that "Lilith"'s second Angel designation never appears in the TV series, "Kaworu" doesn't appear until episode 24, and the name "Tabris" never appears in the TV series either.

Except, if I remember correctly, Lilith is crucified in the basement of NERV with the Lance of Longinus stabbed through it. It was originally identified as Adam, but when Kaworu descends to that level, attempting to find Adam, and says something like "Lilith - Lilim, of course!" and that's what changes his mind.

@ConMan You're right, Kaworu mentioned Lilith as well as Seele in EoE. What I meant to say is that the "Second Angel" designation never appeared in the series/movies.

Ah, that makes more sense. I think Adam & Lilith's designations originally came from the Red Cross Book, didn't they?

@ConMan Adam they knew was 1st Angel (From Episode 15, Misato says: "Adam? The First Angel is here?" when Kaji goes down to show her Lilith). The special edition of the Death & Rebirth theatrical booklet (the one that was mail order only and available after all the movies had their theatrical run) mentions the 2nd Angel, not the RCB, but I think the very first mention was the Bandai NGE Card Game.

Aha. That does sound familiar. It's been an awfully long time since I watched the show.


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When is the Blue Exorcist movie set?
When is the Blue Exorcist movie set, chronologically?
I'm sure there were cues in the movie to indicate where the movie falls relative to the TV series, but it's been ages since I watched the series, so I didn't really pick up on anything.

It's likely to be after the TV series, but since the anime branched off from the manga at around chapter 13, there's no frame of reference in respects to the anime, except for the festival that happens every 11 years.

WAIT, BLUE EXORCIST IS A MOVIE!!!

@Jonco98 Yes, a movie premiered in December 2012, and is now available on home video.

@senshin Great!

Short version
It probably takes place between episode 19 and 20.
Long version (spoilers)

 I was wondering about this as well. It clearly takes place after episode 15 when Rin reveals his powers, and after Konekomaru begins to accept him as a friend after episode 18 or 19. So I'd say it takes place before episode 20, because the next few episodes seem to happen concurrently and all are more serialized leading up to the finale. Also, Yukio doesn't have his pointy demon ears in the movie like he does in the after credits scenes of episode 25, so I don't think the movie takes place after the series.

But should I watch the movie before the second season or after the second season?

It can't be after the series as Yukio isn't like he was at the end like how Rin is but Rin is known as the son of Satan now so I say anywhere from 19-20

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Why is Tomoko actions on her computer so exaggerated?
In episode 1 when Tomoko is looking up on "Gaagle Japan" on how to make herself look more cuter it seems her movements are quite exaggerated, to the point where she is using the mouse in a way no normal computer user would. (as the mouse wouldn't normally track while up in the air like that)
Why is she doing this? is this a parody from something?

The scene itself is a parody from Death Note when Light is writing in the Death Note.
Comparative Video on youtube
The idea of the exaggerated movement of the mouse is that it's supposed to mimic what Light did with his pen as he was writing the name of criminals in the Death Note.
Also you'll notice all the shots of criminals dying in Death Note, in Watamote they are replaced with the sites Tomoko found, in a sense her "targets"

I remember seeing this in a GIF from Thrills and Spills.


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Who is Oshino Ougi?
This question contains spoilers for the second season of the Monogatari series.
Oshino Ougi refers to herself as the niece of Oshino Meme. But Kaiki mentions in Koimonogatari/Hitagi End that Meme has no family at all and it's not possible that he has a niece.
Also, this news-article at ANN suggests that she (or he?) fights with Koyomi in the latest novels and it seems to me that she is responsible for Nadeko becoming a god. Is she actually an antagonist?

Ougi’s true identity is Araragi Koyomi himself. From the Bakemonogatari Wikia's section on "Ougi Dark":

Gaen reveals that Ougi’s true identity is Araragi Koyomi himself. She is an Oddity that Araragi created, similarly to how Hanekawa’s stress created Black Hanekawa, and Sengoku’s hallucinations created the white snake Kuchinawa. Ougi represents Araragi’s self-criticism. When Araragi saw "Darkness" for the first time in Shinobu Time, he realized that there is a law dictating over the world of Oddity. Araragi knows that he is too weak, too hesitant, too emotional to make harsh decisions, and he subconsciously wished for a being that can judge him, and "correct" everything wrong in this world. His desire came true as Oshino Ougi.

Welcome to Anime and Manga. can you quote the section of the page which supports your answer incase if the link was to go down (and also there's a lot of text on that page)

As I haven't read the light novel, it still very vague whether she is an antagonist or not. As in Nisemonogatari, Kaiki is an antagonist, but in the Second Season, he's become somewhat of a protagonist.
For now in Monogatari Series: Second Season, I believe she's antagonist from the fact that she lied and said that she is Meme Oshino's niece. (She pretend to be a good guy)
When she almost crashes into Nadeko, she said something like "I'm not supposed to meet you yet" and tells Nadeko to stop playing the victim. This implies that she's related to Nadeko becoming a snake god.

 On very last episode when Kaiki gets attacked by someone. That someone mentions about Ougi, implying that she is the one behind Kaiki's attack. And when Kaiki about to pass out, he remember that name (Ougi), but he couldn't recall who is that. This means that Kaiki is telling the truth about Ougi not being Meme Oshino's niece.

Kaiki seems somewhat of an airhead when it comes to people he hasn't dealt with before. I wouldn't be so sure him not remembering her tells us anything about her and Meme's relationship.

In addition to the above, it's also worth noting that Kaiki even lies in the narration about not knowing Senjougahara very early on before he meets her in Okinawa.

In short, yes she is the main antagonist of the series, as you as for most parts of the series Araragi solved the problems of the other girls, in Kizu it was for Shinobu, in Neko it was for Hanekawa, Bakamonogatari - Senjogahara and the other girls etc.
So Ougi is "Araragis problem", or it's manifestation.
It is a big spoiler, I mean her identity

 she is Araragi, or rather Araragi's dark side.


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When is the track "No differences" played?
Track 01 on the Aldnoah.Zero Original Soundtrack is a vocal piece titled "No differences" (lyrics). It's positively eargasmic. Thing is, I don't remember it being played at any point during the show (and, given that the lyrics are English, I feel like I would have remembered it if I had heard it). Was it used? If so, when?
(Yeah, I could just rewatch it and listen for the track, but that would take a few hours I don't want to spend right now.)

I read this first, then watched the whole series (for the first time) and I also didn't notice the song. However, I also can't find any official info on it not being used.

I watched the entire series again at 15-second interval. No differences was unused, not even a short part was played.
I later found out that No differences and AL℃-@ were cut songs. As mentioned further in their link, it is not to be confused with "Long Song, Short Scene" - songs played but with very minimal playtime, in which case I can attest no background music of this song was played anywhere in the series.

Well, I guess that settles that (specifically, that you went through and listened for it, which is far more reliable than an entry on TV Tropes). I sure hope they use those tracks in the second cour...

@senshin I actually realized how unfamiliar it sounded when I had just grabbed a copy of the A.Z OST. Re-checking with the intent to confirm was worse since they almost sounded similar.

It looks like "No differences" shows up for the first time in episode 2 of the second cour (episode 14 overall) at around 19 minutes in. My ears explode with delight.

It's played again in Episode 21, around 12:30


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A jutsu without weakness?
Is there any jutsu without any weakness? Itachi said there's a weakness to every jutsu . But come on there has to be atleast one.

No, strong is just matter of time. At some point someone will find out the weakness or will be weak against another jutsu. Resurrection technique use to be without weakness and without side effect until Itachi found the weakness.

In short none, the reason is to have a balance power between good and bad. There would be no point of a fight if there is a jutso without a weakness. Would you like if the infinite tsukyomi have no weakness?

As far as we know Itachi was right. There is no jutsu in the Naruto universe that we know of which doesn't have limits that can be used against it. The only thing that could accomplish that would be the combined divine ability of an actual god of that universe but no such thing was ever named. The closest thing we know was Kaguya but even she had her limitations, for example she had to take a physical form that could be sealed.


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Why was Kid sailing in Thriller Bark?
At episode 629 and in chapter 700 we could see how Eustass Kid was sailing a smaller version of the Thriller Bark. Since Gekko Moriah has supposedly died, why is Eustass sailing his ship? What is the connection between any of the alliance and Moriah?
Im not completely sure whether this information is canon as the name is not written in the manga, but I doubt Toei didn't confirm such major news with Oda first. So what gives?

Those images does not mean Kidd is using Thriller Bark ship.
The message it wants to imply is that Absalom is the one that leaked the information about the pirate alliance Kidd is forming. The name Absa and the Thrillerbark ship hints that it really is Absalom that leaked the information.

Ow I see... So absalom stealthily got the information and while they are shouting on the island he smoothly sails away like a boss... makes sense. Thanks!


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How did the Dragon King's Eye ended up inside Nanami?
In the first season (The goddess goes to the Dragon King Palace) Nanami asks Isohime to remove the eye from her. But in the same episode, it is shown that the eye was consumed by Yukiji in the past.
So how did the eye go from Yukiji to Nanami?

Spoilers ahead...

 TL;DR: Nanami is a direct descendant of Yukiji. So the eye mystically passed from parent to child until it ended up inside Nanami.
 After a girl of Yukiji's lineage gets pregnant (and they can only have girls) The eye passes on to the child, leaving the mother's system. Since Yukiji's bloodline is very weak, this means the mother dies soon after childbirth, but the child becomes quite healthy due to the eye's properties.

There is a deeper backstory in the Manga, and I will quit here in order to spoil the least possible.

Yukiji is Nanami's ancestor. When she had a kid, the dragon's eye was passed down to her daughter and so on till Nanami

Perhaps Yukiji is Nanami's ancestor so maybe the Dragon King's Eye went through her when she was born.


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Do we know which side is heaven/hell?

Do we know which elevator is heaven and which is hell? In the Death Billiards movie, it seems kind of debatable. As well as the first episode of Death Parade, did the wife or husband go to hell? Does winning the game have any bearing on this?
Also, not sure if this is any kind of hint, but the beginning of the episode, when the couple enters the room:

But at the end of the episode, the couple leaves in the same elevators but the masks have been switched:

Well, the Funimation subtitles said "heaven" and "hell".

https://i.sstatic.net/3Tj8X.png

At the end of episode 1, isn't it revealed that the husband is reincarnated, and the wife is void?

@nhahtdh that's what Wikipedia says "After Dequim prevents Takashi from further attacking Machiko, he sends them to the elevators, where Takashi gets reincarnated and Machiko gets sent to the void."

One needs to consider the question, is reincarnation actually a good thing? In Buddhism, to live is to suffer, and the ultimate goal for every individual is to escape suffering and achieve Nirvana. Failing to achieve Nirvana means you get reincarnated again as a different living being. But when you achieve Nirvana, you don't get reincarnated again and are instead "freed from suffering." Based off of this interpretation, it shows that Machiko "won" and Takashi "lost." For now we'll just have to wait and see how things play out.

"is reincarnation actually a good thing?": Compared to oblivion? Yeah. This was also stated explicitly in the second episode.

@ton.yeung Funi did show the end, but it said Machiko was sent to "the void", but during the episode, it was "Heaven" and "hell", so I guess the consensus is the void is hell?

Regarding the confusion between the use of the terms Heaven/Hell and Reincarnation/Void, in the second episode it is explained that the arbiters use the words Heaven and Hell because it is easier for people to picture those, but in fact they will be divided between Reincarnation and the Void.

In actuality there is no "heaven" or "hell," just "reincarnation" or the "void."
From a Christian perspective, reincarnation (not a Christian concept) could be considered "heaven" and the void, "hell."
Looking at this from an outside perspective, the only reason the "Heaven" and "Hell" terms were brought up is to make it the situation simpler and clear-cut (i.e., black vs. white) and relatable to the people who undergo this trial. However, the reality of what is portrayed, is that there is no actual reward or punishment (or even a afterlife). The end result simply seems that you either go back to living or you stop existing entirely.
In Noh theater, the Female mask (white one) represents the divine, and the Oni (and animal) masks (red one) represent the demonic. [1](http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781891640322?redirected=true&gclid=CNGP77rXvMMCFYiVfgodI7IATw)
Based on the analysis of the four anime episode and the Death Billiards OVA, one can conclude that the White one is "Heaven" and the Red one is "Hell."
Episode 1
Reincarnation:

Void:

Result: Female | Oni

Episode 2
(Ibid)
Episode 3
Reincarnation:

Void:

 (none)

Result: Female | Female

Episode 4
Reincarnation:

Void:

Result: Female | Oni

Death Billiards
Reincarnation:

Void:

Result: Oni | Female

The man was sent for reincarnation, whereas the wife was sent to the void. In episode 2 Deciem confims this.
Heaven/Hell doesn't exist in the Shinto religion, the concepts referred to in the original script are Reincarnation and Void.
The masks above the door are Noh Masks. These masks come in all different forms, but the ones above the door are a pale female and an oni (demon).

As the bar is an area for assessing the candidates who arrive (see Purgatory or Naraka), we know that they are not fully good - as they would have immediately entered Nirvana . In fact, the test is to see which person is beyond saving and who should be given a second shot at life.
The demonic mask is instantly recognizable as 'evil', and as such it's fairly safe to assume that it leads to the void - which, must not be confused with hell. Void is simply emptiness. the redness of the mask is also associated with rage, or feelings of intense anger.
The pale female mask is human based, and white - giving a sense of calm. It's significantly less intimidating than the oni mask. We can take from this that it is representative of reincarnation (forgiveness).
Episode 2 also confirms that winning doesn't matter - which makes sense. The life-death situation has been created to test the true natures of the people being judged.
I believe in episode one, the mask switch was an animation mistake, as it was correct in the following episode:

I think you should incorporate content from episode 2 in your answer. There is an interesting revelation in the B part.

In Death Billiards, the fates of the man and the old geezer were weakly implied by the billiard balls Decim was holding at the end of the movie: the blue ball linked to the man's heart was up and above the red ball linked to the old geezer's heart, hinting that the man had gone up to Heaven and the old geezer to Hell.

But what really settles the debate is the glossary section of the official website of Death Parade, in which it is explicitly stated that the masks indicate whether the souls of the dead are sent for Reincarnation or banished into the Void.

様々なゲームによって裁定を下された死者たちは、2つのドアが並んだ客用のエレベーターに乗せられ、転生か虚無のどちらかに送られる。その行き先はエレベーター上部にある「白い能面」と「般若の面」が表しており、死者の身体は魂が送られた後、ただの人形と化す。

The white Noh mask (Koomote) and Hannya mask designate Heaven and Hell, respectively. To clarify, the Void is more like Hell than Nirvana. Ginti gave a description of the Void in episode 11:

It amounts to a space containing nothing — a graveyard for souls. Your mind is all that remains. Terror, regret, despair — it's the sensation of falling forever while embracing all your negative feelings.

I have created a table showing all the outcomes of the games and the decisions made by the Arbiters:

Episode
Game
Winner
Loser
Heaven
Hell

1, 2
Darts
Machiko
Takashi
Takashi
Machiko

3
Bowling
Shigeru
Mai
Shigeru, Mai
(None)

4
Arcade Game
(Tied)
(Tied)
Yousuke
Misaki

6
Twister
Harada
Mayu
(None)
Harada

OVA
Billiards
Man
Old Man
Man
Old Man

7
Billiards
Woman
Man
Woman
Man

8, 9
Air Hockey
Shimada
Tatsumi
(None)
Shimada, Tatsumi

10
Old Maid
Sachiko(, Decim)
(Chiyuki)
Sachiko
(None)

Note that we didn't actually get to see the "customers" leave by the elevators in episodes 6 and 9, but even without the reliable indicators of judgment that are the masks, there is little doubt that all "customers" in these two episodes got sent to Hell.
As you can see, the outcomes of the games do not seem to have any bearing on whether the winners or losers are sent to Heaven or Hell. In fact, each of pretty much all possible outcomes is covered in exactly one of the seven types of games. It's unclear whether the winners and losers of a particular type of game will always receive the same judgment, but it's unlikely to be the case that they do.

Guys I saw this page and it said that the Takashi went to hell basically & his wife went to heaven. But in Buddhism, reincarnation is what's considered to be bad. Someone who is reincarnated is someone who is still ignorant and has yet to reach enlightenment. So they go through the sufferings and trials of living in an endless cycle to eventually achieve it. Also,
To go into the void is to reach enlightenment.
"When ignorance is uprooted, rebirth is ceased."
Someone who reaches the void achieves nirvana. Being enlightened is to be ridden of all worldly desires and enter a state of "emptiness" or existential freedom or transcendence. (Cease to exist)
So the issue at hand isn't whether or not these people go up or downstairs, but whether they reach enlightenment or accept and acknowledge their sins...I would say.

Hell and heaven are concept which are explained to the guest (mentioned directly in the first episode), but reincarnation and void are the actual thing that they go through. Anyway, I think your answer makes sense, so upvote.


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What's the meaning of the title "B Gata H Kei"?
I've been watching B Gata H Kei, and, let's say, it occupies little enough of my attention that I have time to worry about what the title means.
I know it doesn't mean "Yamada's first time", the title that Funimation gave the show for the US release. According to Wikipedia, the literal translation is "Type: B, Style: H". Some episodes of the show imply that "B" is a reference to the main character, Yamada's, bust size, and "H" is a reference to her "ecchi" nature. Where does the rest of it (the "Type", "Style" part) fit in, or is it just meaningless?

"B gata" would normally refer to blood type, but in this case it's probably also being used to refer to her bust size. In any case, I don't think there's an easy way to translate the title to English completely.

I haven't watched this anime, but I think there might be a social bias propagated by media that bigger bust size equates to more promiscuity. B size is not considered big, so I think the anime wants to convey the idea that people with small bust size can also be promiscuous. What do you think?

@GaoWeiwei A plausible bit of reasoning, though not supported by the show itself so far. Plus, I don't give this show enough credit to come up with something that intelligent :)

Okay, so a bit of a Japanese lesson:
'B-gata' would normally refer to the blood type. The Japanese are pretty fond of associating blood types with certain personality traits; and a B-type person is considered to be a bit impulsive, passionate, but their actions 'don't come across clearly' to others. (That seems to describe Yamada's character rather well, doesn't it?)
On the other hand, 'H-kei' normally has to do with 'ecchi' (the Japanese word for 'sex' that came from the pronunciation of the letter 'H' that is an abbreviation for the word 'Hentai'. Phew.) and 'kei' refers to a type (or even a lineage) of something. Generally put, 'kei' (系) is a classifier for objects (living or non-living) that comes from a tree kind of structure, while 'gata' (型) literally means 'mold' or 'model' and looks at a classification of objects into categories.
All this being said, the official meaning of B-gata H-kei is that the 'B' stands for 'Bousou' (暴走), which can be translated to a 'rampage'; and the 'H' stands for 'Hentai' (変態), which we know is the word for perverted behavior. So the title refers to how Yamada is a rampaging sex-crazy pervert.
I tell you all these pieces of information because they form a sort of pun. The second explanation is the 'correct' one of sorts (in that it's official), but that does not negate the pun that exists in the title - whether it was intentional or not. There is reason to believe the 'B' could also refer to bra-size, as many people have pointed out. That adds to the pun as well, perhaps.
Anyway, I hope this sheds some light on the meaning of 'B型H系'. I can't post too many links here, but check out beta.jisho.org to look up the meanings for the Japanese words I used. Also, this is where I got the 'official' explanation of the title:
http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1040891740
It's all in Japanese. The person who had answered that question wrote that this explanation wasn't mentioned in the manga, but in a weekly magazine called Young Jump.
Also, this link: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1139264431
The answer there talks about how the blood types of all characters in the story are actually never mentioned (as of the time of that answer), though the fact that Yamada is a B-cup is known. It also mentions that Yamada as a character is modeled after Sanri Youko (the mangaka) themselves and so speculates that Yamada's blood type could be the same as Sanri-sensei's. (Unfortunately, their blood type is also unknown.)
I'm not a native Japanese speaker (just an enthusiastic learner!) so I might not be entirely correct. But I hope this answer helps, somewhat. Anime titles often have many hidden meanings in them, and it's fun to look for all their possible interpretations.

+1, but Chiebukuro is basically the Japanese version of Yahoo Answers (it is run by Yahoo, after all). I see no reason to believe the explanation about 暴走 and 変態 without some sort of source to back it up. (I mean, yes, he claims that it was mentioned in Young Jump, but seriously, Chiebukuro is terrible sometimes.)

+1 from me too. Yamada describes herself as "B gata" in reference to her bust in one episode of the anime, but the pun on blood types that you mention is quite plausible.

I always assumed the translation was B-Cupped Slut, as that is what she calls herself, B Gata referring to her boobs, and H Kei, being like hentai style, which is simular to Slut. I still think this is what is intended by this name, though honestly they probably didn't consider translation when creating the name, but I imagine Japaense people would read this the same as if we read "The B Cupped Slut" as the title.

After reading all the comments so far, one obvious interpretation not mentioned by anybody is contained in the title of the 11th episode, "Year 2 Class H`s Christmas Eve!" and on the signs above the door to Yamada's homeroom at school, which appear at various points in the show. The characters of the show are all in "B Class" (second year HS students) and "H Group" (homeroom H).
That said, it is also obvious that the title is intended by the mangaka as a very profound pun, with multiple layers of meaning. So, all the other interpretations offered in this thread are right too.


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Is intentionally producing a lower quality TV release unique to anime?
A lot of shows nowadays are significantly censored or badly drawn for TV release. When the home media versions come out, they are uncensored and in some cases redrawn in certain areas.

Kagerou Project TV - BluRay Comparison
Part of this is of course the rush to release, but when the BluRays / DVDs come out, these are some of the main selling points of the shows in order to engage previous viewers.

Tokyo Ghoul TV - BluRay Comparison
Is this something unique to anime and its market? I haven't seen anything like it in Western media

yeah, the entire scene was redone.

Well, there's two separate things going on here. One is censorship (Tokyo Ghoul), and the other is Shaft's utter inability to do things right the first time (Mekakucity Actors). I don't think censorship is particularly unique to anime, but there is certainly something to be said for the huge changes that some studios make between the TV and BD releases (Shaft foremost among them). I'd say this is enabled by the fact that you can have your animators redraw scenes later on, whereas you can't bring back your cast of actors to reshoot a botched scene. I'll probably write an answer later.

You are correct that it is about a rush of timing during the initial broadcast of the series.  The Sailor Moon Crystal Failures website is maintaining a log of Toei's initial run screenshots with their Blu-Ray revisions. Toei was running behind from the beginning (it originally announced that Sailor Moon Crystal would start in summer of 2013, but the release date was pushed back twice: to early 2014, and then it finally did start "airing" in July of 2014).
In the past, anime was made with hand-painted cels, so of course the production companies were careful to paint each one the way they wanted it the first time. Nowadays, most anime is made with CG, so the idea of getting something rough out by the deadline and then going back and tweaking it later has only quite recently emerged (another production change is that anime is now largely not animated by Japanese animators within Japan; it is often animated by Koreans in South Korea.  Another is that anime is less profitable within Japan than it used to be, so cutting corners more visibly in order to cut down costs was not previously common).
Sailor Moon Crystal was not considered profitable enough for TV broadcast (indeed its viewer numbers have sharply crashed [a drop of 70%] from the number of viewers of the first episode).  This could be another factor in Toei's decision to decrease the artwork quality for subsequent episodes of the initial run and thereby give themselves more time to touch it up afterward.
I agree with you that this is not a common practice in Western media. American cartoon viewers are very particular about the quality.  My friend who is a key-frames animator for The Simpsons told me that there is one animator whose entire job is just to animate the mouth movements, because if the mouth movement does not perfectly match the voice actor's words, the fans generally feel that they cannot suspend disbelief. In contrast, anime in Japanese does not always bother to record the voice actors' voices first before animating, since Japanese fans do not care much whether the mouth movements exactly match. English dubs of anime can sound strange precisely because the script translator, instead of choosing the most natural-sounding English translation for the original sentence, often chooses what he/she thinks the American voice actor can say that will match the animated mouth movements.  The dub voice actors then try to make their syllables match as closely as possible, even to the point of the sentence sounding unnatural in English. The reason is that American viewers are used to watching mouth movements like in The Simpsons and Disney films which are perfectly aligned. Along these lines, if a Western company released a cartoon that was not high-quality at first, it would be very ill-received and ill-reviewed, the show could be abruptly cancelled, and they wouldn't be able to make as much money.

There's also issues with work for episodes or parts of episodes being outsourced to try and save some money/speed up production, to be retouched up later once the time crunch of the original airing is done.


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Why did Haku sacrifice himself for Zabuza?
Haku took the shot meant for Zabuza. Zabuza was the wicked one but he still covered for him. Why did he do it?

The story line goes into depth about it.
Haku, as a child, ended up killing his own father by accident (couldn't control his own powers under extreme emotional distress). He was all alone and Zabuza took him in - the understanding was always that Haku was a "tool" to be used by Zabuza.
This was his goal in life then - to be of use to Zabuza. For that aim, he went through any number of things distasteful to himself (such as assassinations), worked on his skills to become the most powerful ninja he could possibly be, to become the best tool for Zabuza to use.
When beaten by Naruto, he felt that he was now a useless tool and had no more reason to live. He asked Naruto to kill him - to finish him off, which Naruto was not capable of.
When Zabuza was about to get the death strike from Kakashi, Haku did the only thing he thought he, as a useless tool, could do for Zabuza and sacrificed his own life to save Zabuza.


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Psycho Pass Episode / Special Order
I just watched season 1 (episodes 1-22) of Psycho Pass on Netflix and now I want to watch the rest.
On the Funimation site there is:

Episodes 1-22 (Season 1)
Specials 1-11
Episodes 23-33 (Season 2)
Also there is the recently released movie.

I haven't started any of the specials or season 2 yet; I don't want to accidentally watch something out of order and spoil it. My question is: Where do the specials fit into the series? Between the two seasons? Side stories? Prequel? After season 2? When should I watch them?
The episode lists I've found seem to leave out the specials so I'm not sure how they fit in.

If you've watched the first season, you should skip the specials and proceed directly to the second season. After that, watch the movie (when it's available).
The "specials" (usually called "Psycho Pass: New Edit" or "Psycho Pass: Extended Edition", I think) are a re-cut/updated version of season 1, with only minor changes. The reason there are only 11 of them is that they're double-length. If you were starting from nothing, it would have been better to watch the "specials" and then season 2, but since you've already seen season 1, I don't think there's enough new content to warrant watching the re-cut version before moving on to season 2.
That said, if you ever find yourself wanting to rewatch the first season of Psycho Pass, I would recommend watching the "specials" instead of the original version of season 1.

The chronological order to watch Psycho Pass would be

Psycho Pass Season 1.
Psycho Pass: The Movie (movie)
Psycho Pass Season 2.
Psycho Pass: Sinners of System Case.1-3 (movies)
Psycho Pass Season 3.
Psycho Pass 3: First Inspector (movie)

Psycho Pass: The movie should definitely be putted after Season 2.

The best order is the chronological order:

Psycho Pass Season 1.
Psycho Pass Season 2.
Psycho Pass: The movie.
Psycho Pass: Sinners of the System: Case 2: First Guardian.
Psycho Pass: Sinners of the System: Case 1: Crime and Punishment.
Psycho Pass: Sinners of the System: Case 3: On the Other Side of Love and Hate.
Psycho Pass: Providence.
Psycho Pass Season 3.
Psycho Pass: First Inspector.

Note: Putting Sinners of the System: Case 2: First Guardian before Case 1 and 3 and after the first two Seasons is my personal opinion. Here's why:

 Psycho Pass Sinners of the System: First Guardian focusses on the events surrounding lieutenant Teppei Sugo, ace pilot of the fifteenth joint force (later enforcer in the PSB), and his military career. It was mainly set in early 2112, almost a year before the events of Season 1 (starting at November 2112). Thus, some may argue that it should be putted before Season 1. However, I think otherwise since the introduction of First Guardian shows the characters Frederica Hanashiro, Sho Hinakawa, Nobuchika Ginoza, Akane Tsunemori, Mika Shimotsuki, ...etc that only appears after Season 1, some even after Season 2 or later. Thus, it should be watched after Season 2. On the other hand, however, it should be watched as soon as possible once the cast shown in First Guardian is all introduced in prier seasons. Consequently, I think it should be watched before Case 1 and 3 but after Season 2.

As for the specials, I agree with @senshin that they don't actually change the plot or make any major changes/improvements. Just don't bother about them and watch the films and series in the order I mentioned above. The specials don't change this order; i.e., you can replace Season 1 and 2 with Special Season 1 and 2, it doesn't matter.


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Why did Saber reveal to Shirou and Rin that she has participated in the previous war?

Saber did not reveal her identity to Shirou for fear of her master giving it away to enemies and thus exposing her strengths and weaknesses. But why, even though in front of a rival master, did she reveal the fact that she has been summoned to the previous Holy Grail War? Wouldn't that enable Rin to deduce whatever advantage Saber has because of her memories of the previous war and possibly even her real identity (Servants being summoned twice and retaining their memories was unheard of)?

I don't think that Saber being summoned to "this era" necessarily implies to Rin that she was summoned in the Fourth War. There are presumably other magical systems that summon Heroic Spirits; Saber could've been pulled in by one of those. If I'm remembering right, Rin doesn't know that Servants don't retain memories of previous summonings. And Rin knows basically nothing about the Fourth War (not that Kiritsugu was a Master; not that Kiritsugu's Servant was a Saber; etc.).

Because there's nothing to gleam from the fact that she was summoned previously, infact in the Visual Novel she doesn't say that she was summoned in the previous War but was "summoned once before", she doesn't mention that she was in the previous Holy Grail War until later on the 4th day where she and Shirou talk to one another before going to be where Shirou finds out she made it to the war's finale and questions his worth as a Master to her (since within the first night Saber had been in 3 fights and was badly injured in 2)
Also, Rin mentions when Saber says she was summoned previously that it was quite rare. given what we know about the previous Wars with the exception of 3 no hero has been properly summoned twice under the Fuyuki System, the exceptions are

The Hassan-i-Sabbah, AKA Assassin, as all 19 leaders of the Hashshashin share the same name and the name of the sect is the etymological root of the word "assassin" with the class name itself thus acts as the catalyst to summon the members of the organization.  Type-Moon Wikia: Hassan-i-Sabbah
Arturia because

 She isn't a clone of a Hero from the Throne of Heroes like every other Servant summoned

and Gilgamesh because

 he was never unsummoned in the 4th war, Angra Mainyu's corruption unnaturally boosted his Independent Action Class Skill to the point he could stay in the world indefinitely

I am not including the Looped Holy Grail War which is featured in Fate/Hollow Atarxia as

 is it a representation of the 3rd War with 5th war Servants acting as stand-ins for the Servants of the 3rd War and some Masters being based off from 3rd war, such as the Edelfelt sisters who look like Rin and Sakura

In Fate/Strange Fake Jack the Ripper is summoned as a Berserker for the False Holy Grail War in Snow Field and is a male (made sane by the Mad Enchantment Class Skill) but in Fate/Apocrypha Jack the Ripper is a young girl summoned as Assassin for the Black Faction.
Also, everyone who knew her identity she presumes had died as at the time she hadn't seen Kotomine nor know that Gilgamesh was still around and finally, given the normal procedure in the Holy Grail Wars to kill Masters to ensure they can't contract another Servant later on, with Gilgamesh being the only other Servant left to confront her she would assume Iskander and Waver are dead (however we know Waver is still alive)

As for your comment

Servants being summoned twice and retaining their memories was unheard of

Yes it's unheard of, mainly because every Hero summoned is not the real Hero but a clone as such they should not have memories of a previous war as the clone who has these memories is lost at the end. the bellow image and link explains it quite well

Soruce: Heroic Spirit - Accession
If this was not the case then Servants who become corrupted by the Grail particularly those in the Heaven's Feel Route would be corrupted in the Throne as well.

 the Reason why Arturia isn't a clone is because she made a contract with the world prior her death to become a Heroic Spirit in exchnage for the Holy Grail, thus she wasn't summoned from the Thone of Heroes as the bllow image shows  we however do not know what her corruption had done when she returned to her original time however if Fate/Hollow Ataraxia is any hope she is still her usual self just with a corrupt side to her as a second personality


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Anime identification request about guy with invisible pills (hentai)
I'll just describe it as I don't want to post NSFW links (plus I can't find them anyways).
I just saw it on some fishy site somewhere, and the story was interesting, at least for me.
The video was raw, so I didn't understand any of it.
This is what I remember of it:

The MC is a guy who is a store employee together with two girls
One girl is a harsh manager of sorts, the other a shy-type
One day an old guy appeared suddenly, giving him pills that can make him invisible
He tested it and sure enough, he became invisible
Forgot some of the "meaty" parts, but one involved doing it with the harsh manager, and one doing it with the shy-type. There were other girls involved, but I can't remember them.

That's all I can remember.

It sounds like The Invisible Stud. That what Google answered me.

+1 for a Hentai ID Request that didn't post an uncensored NSFW image, a link to a blatant porn site or use porn language. infact if it was possible i would give another +1 for the absence of any explicit language, correct or otherwise

@mirroroftruth I totally forgot to Google it.

@Memor-X I figured that it's quite embarrassing to post an NSFW link or to even ask about hentai, so I checked the meta first. Sure enough, nothing mentions of hentai not being allowed, as long as it's a clean post. I'm grateful that you appreciate my approach.

As OP describe It sounds like The Invisible Stud contain nsfw image.
Synopsis:

Mie happened to pick up medicine that an old man dropped. When he took the medicine, his figure disappeared. Soon he went to a public bath to peep, and began to molest. Then, he went to an all-girls school.

And there only three character Fujisawa , Mei and Suzu.

This is correct. The other girls involved were probably from that all-girls school and the bath. My memory served me wrong thinking that MC was given the pills (because I watched it raw, I guess), but that girl from the link looked familiar.


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Why does the commander wear a mask in the command center?
Whenever the commander is in the battle room, her face is always covered by a white mask.

I thought it might be some unexplained atmosphere thing, but when Yuhata is in the command center, she is perfectly fine without one.

And it's not covering up a hideous wound, because we've seen her face before:

Maybe this was explained before and I missed it, but why does she wear this during battle?

I think the anime has already explained/gave hint about it, but not in much details. She has undergone DNA treatment (or something similar) so that she can live beyond the age of a normal human. (I'm not 100% sure, but she got such treatment because she was one of the few who was left after the 4th Gauna War). Normal people are not supposed to see her face, because they would realize that she does not age at all during decades under her rule.

Ah, that seems to ring a bell - I must have either forgotten or skipped over it when I was watching - you should post that as an answer

I probably will post an answer tomorrow, since I need to get all the details straight.

I was reading up on this and there are other characters who have lived equally as long, such as http://sidonia-no-kishi.wikia.com/wiki/Lala_Hiyama and http://sidonia-no-kishi.wikia.com/wiki/Yure_Shinatose, who don't seem to wear them.

It's been a while since this was asked and is pretty much covered in the comments, but here's an answer.
Captain Kobayashi is part of the immortal council and therefore doesn't age. If she walked around never aging people would notice, hence the mask. It probably also serves as a way to hide emotion from the crew, show strength and all that.
Sidonia's wikia page is pretty barren, but there is some stuff there.

Also allows her to walk around looking like a doctor, but not being known as the captain - it gives her the "disguise" of her own face.

I can't help but think that the mask is random and serve no particular purpose as with a lot of things in the show.
We see the Captain with the mask sometimes, and then we see her without in front of people, the mechanic team, some of the trainees. Same goes for Yunatose, at times she wears a mask then other times, even when she is at work, she does not.
As for the aging thing, I believe the Council takes turn to be Captain so they will change hand every couple of decades or so without the average people knowing about them. They will just assume that the Captain got old and replaced with a new guy. Also how come nobody mentions the teddy bear, how is she even around and nobody noticed she is immortal? So I guess it's just the mismatch of the writers.


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What is the true name for Kyubey?
Through out the series the Magical Girls call it Kyubey however they respond just as well to Homura when she calls them Incubator and don't go to correct her.
I am wondering which is their real name, Kyubey or Incubator?


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What is TK's actual name?
"TK" is a mysterious character who tends to speaks in nonsensical English phrases depending on the situation.
Was it ever revealed what is his actual name? Also, why do the other SSS members call him "TK"?

Just a side note: His nonsensical English phrases are actually mostly lines from songs. :)

And another side note: tee kay (TK) means "OK" in Hindi. Cool, eh?

What kuwaly said, his real identity is still unknown. But if you're willing to accept some guesses (some of which are taken from TV Tropes) as to why he calls himself TK, his name could be derived from:

Tetsuya Komuro, the most successful producer in Japanese music history. His nickname is also TK and most of the songs that TK references come from TM Network which Tetsuya is the lead singer of.

Tachibana Kanade, the team killer. Tachibana's guard skills are named after common effects of effects pedals.

To come, which is used to signify that additional material will be added at a later date.

Time keeper. Inspired by What are the positions "CA", "TK", and "AP"?.

A shorthand for とにかくキてる (Tonikaku Kiteru, "an eccentric person anyhow"), a nickname given by Noda in chapter 40 of the Angel Beats! Heaven's Door manga. This might be the canonical answer as to what TK signifies and how he received that name; the manga's plot after Shiina's recruitment to the SSS seems to be based on Jun Maeda's new writings, according to Wikipedia.

Tainted kerchief. This nameless guy who died in the train accident in episode 9 also wore a "red" bandana like TK's.

According to this wiki:

His real identity and his name are still unknown even to the SSS, so they identify him as "TK", a nickname he gave himself.

According to the manga Angel Beats! Heaven's Door, it was NODA who gave him that nickname since SSS always calls him 'that guy from whatever kingdom come' why not shorten it to TK instead?
Yurippe also thinks he's got savant syndrome for he's incapable of having a conversation with them.


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How is the Shadow Clone technique different from other cloning techniques?
I have recently started reading and watching Naruto. I was wondering in what aspect does the clones made by different techniques differ? They all have the same potential and capabilities.

Clone Techniques (分身術, Bunshinjutsu) are techniques that create a copy of the user or objects used by them. Each techniques differ from each other either by the usage of chakra or chakra type. I'm going to save you the trouble of comparing each article on clone jutsu by explaining them here.

The Clone Technique is the most basic cloning technique:

It is a ninjutsu that creates an intangible copy of one's own body, without any substance. Since the clone itself doesn't have the ability to attack, and thus can only be used to confuse the enemy, it is mainly used in combination with other ninjutsu.

The Shadow Clone Technique is an advanced form of the Clone Jutsu and is one of Naruto's frequently used moves:

Similar to the basic Clone Technique, this technique creates copies of the user. However, these clones are corporeal instead of illusions. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power. The clones are capable of performing techniques on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after hit by a strong enough force.
  A characteristic that is unique to the Shadow Clone Technique is that any experience the clones gain during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed. Because they are clones of the original, any chakra that the clone possesses will return to the original after being dispelled. Shadow clones can't be distinguished from the original with Sharingan, Byakugan, Rinnegan or Rinne Sharingan.

There are cloning techniques based on the chakra natures.

The Water Clone Technique uses water as a source for making the clone:

The Water Clone Technique is similar to the Shadow Clone Technique except it creates clones out of water that have one-tenth of the original person's power. The range of the clone is limited however, as it can not travel very far from the original body without losing control.

Similarly,the Rock Clone Technique uses rocks as the base for the cloning jutsu:

A clone that is created of rock, after it has been expelled from the user's mouth. Unlike other clones, ones generated by this method do not disappear when struck with sufficient force, but rather break apart.

The Earth Release Shadow Clone Technique uses mud as the source:

This technique creates a shadow clone made of mud of the user. Since its made of mud, it can continue to reform and mould itself back to its original shape. Once reverted to mud, the clone can serve as a powerful restraint that is capable of completely halting the opponents movements.

Next is the Wood Clone Technique. It is a highly efficient technique and is a Kekkei Genkai:

A clone that is created by using chakra to alter the user's own cells into vegetation. They have the ability to travel far from the user and are able to communicate with the original. By directly touching the wood clone with his hand, the user can absorb the information it gathered and change the shape of the clone.

Other types of cloning jutsu include:

The Beast Human Clone Technique

Beast Human Clone is a modified and mixed version of the Transformation Technique and clone technique, which is unique to the Inuzuka clan. It allows a canine-user to transform their animal companion into a perfect copy of themselves. Like any transformation, the technique can be broken by identifying and attacking the animal, thus dispelling the transformation.

The Crow Clone Technique

A technique that produces a clone by projecting one's own chakra towards dozens of "crows". Because it uses crows as a medium, it requires less chakra than the normal Shadow Clone Technique, while still being able to perform techniques. The dozens of crows come together to form the body of a clone.

The Haze Clone Technique
and Insect Clone Technique.

What differentiates all these clone jutsu are the chakra consumed for the technique and the chakra release required for the execution. Most of these clones can be distinguished from the original by looking at the imperfections and chakra levels. Dojutsu such as Sharingan and Byakugan can distinguish certain types of clones, but it seems that the Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clones) cannot be distinguished. Although it has been stated that the Wood clone cannot be distinguished from the original,

Unlike other clone techniques, the wood clone doesn't disappear when hit and takes the damage to a certain degree. This according to Madara Uchiha makes it the perfect clone technique that only he with his dōjutsu, was able to see through.

This jutsu doesn't require specific chakra release and is dependent on the user's skill with the technique and the chakra levels. Combined with the ability to fight, use/mould chakra, relay information to the original and avoid detection of being a clone, the Kage Bunshin makes itself as an ideal Cloning technique.
Then comes Taju KageBunshin no Jutsu, or multiple shadow clone technique.
The difference b/w a simple Shadow Clone and Taju KageBunshin no Jutsu is just the numbers. Many hundreds to even thousands of shadow clones are possible with multiple shadow clone technique.

Some points that differentiate Shadow Clone Technique from other Clone Techniques are:

Clones are corporeal instead of illusions.
The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power.
The clones are capable of performing techniques on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after hit by a strong enough force.
The clones can also disperse on their own or be dispelled by the user of the technique.
Shadow clones also seem to be able to think for themselves and feel the original's pain to some extent.
Since chakra is equally distributed to all the Shadow clones, Multiple Shadow Clone Technique can be dangerous to the person performing it, hence a forbidden technique.

And the most important characteristic of the Shadow Clone Technique is

Any experience the clones gain during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed.

Due to the 7th characteristic, Shadow Clone Technique can be used in different places like training (like what Naruto did with Kakashi to learn Rasen Shuriken), or spying where user can learn faster and gain vital information.


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Looking for a particular Gintama episode number
I watched this series ages ago and I can't seem to be able to find the episode where Hattori and Gin are hospitalized.

Perhaps go through the episode lists on Wikipedia? If you have some keywords, you might be able to do a quick check with the "find" function.

Tried, that, but no luck.

I think it is Episode 67 (Season 2).
This is a clip from the episode.

Yes! This is the one, I was looking more for the candle + Zenzou clip though :P


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How did Flamingo get the Mera Mera no mi?
The only place we've seen them together is during the war. Long before Ace died, Flamingo disapeared (after talking to Moria).
So, how did he get the Mera Mera no mi? Is it a real one or just an artificial one made with Smile?

First: they didn't have to be together for him to get the fruit. Second: Doflamingo left after Ace died.

As we know devil fruits respawn to the nearest fruit, Doffy might have known this and brought the exact same fruit with him to Marineford, just in case Ace might die. He's smart like that to fully prepare himself in every situation.

It is also possible that with his extensive social power, he was able to gain hold of possession of the fruit from the Marines. Considering the fact that the Marines want to stop pirates, it would make sense that they would already be prepared to receive the fruit of any fruit holders that die on the base.

As of now we don't know how he got hold of the mera mera no me. (My guess is that we'll never really know.)
But it's definitely the real deal. Artificial fruits are zoan types and the mera mera no mi is logia.

Doflamingo was there for the death of Ace, as were all the warlords. The situation with Moria happened afterwards.
From what we've seen with Smiley and the axolotl fruit, it seems that when a Devil Fruit eater dies, it takes over another fruit, somewhere in the world, and with Smiley that fruit happened to be very nearby. So it is possible that Doflamingo had an apple in his pocket which became the Mera Mera no Mi after Ace's death.
But there are many possibilities, the current owner of the Mera Mera is Sabo, which he gained possession of by defeating Diamanté and the others. He was definitely nowhere near Ace, it is also easily possible that Doflamingo did the same as Sabo did and just took it from whomever found it.


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What is the connection between Cave being nimble and nothing being able to touch her "hitbox"?
In Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk. II/Re;Birth 2 - Sisters Generation one of the characters, Cave, was able to nibbly weave though a crowd which kept squeezing and crushing Nepgear and in a Chipper event after that she also pointed out how nothing will touch her "hitbox".
How does these 2 things relate?

Like other characters Cave is a personification of a company, in this case CAVE Interactive Co., Ltd or just CAVE (Computer Art Visual Entertainment).
CAVE Interactive is know for developing Danmaku games, ie. Bullet Hell. the same kind of game the majority of Touhou games are. some of CAVE's Danmaku games are

Mushihimesama Futari

Espgaluda

Bug Princess

in Danmaku games the player normally has a very small hitbox which allows them to squeeze though the tiniest of gaps in the bullet curtain. Cave's mention of her hitbox and her nimble abilities getting through the crowd is a reference to here where the people of the crowd are like the bullets of a bullet curtain.
it's also worth noting that infact it was CAVE which ended up inventing these kind of games from an initial prototype template that initial template that was created by another company that some of CAVE's employees had came from.

Toaplan's Batsugun (1993) provided the prototypical template for this new breed, with Cave (formed by former employees of Toaplan, including Batsugun's main creator Tsuneki Ikeda, after the latter company collapsed) inventing the type proper with 1995's DonPachi


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Cinematic records - death scythe?
How do the death scythes work? I know the reapers use them to view cinematic records of a person's life to decide whether they are to die or not (I assume as in if the person gets in an accident, for example, the reaper uses the scythe and makes the decision).
But, the scythes must also have the ability to be used as any other weapon. Grell uses his to kill Madame Red and attack Sebastian.

Death scythes from my understanding have the function of removing ones soul or essence of existence. Doing so conventionally kills the victim.
It should not be used in any other way than reaping people from the list. But Grell in particular is not a shinigami that follows the rules as he steps out often on a whim for adventure and excitement.
This is shown in several points in the jack the ripper arc in which case he is immediately brought back to HQ for disciplinary action.
The more notable thing that occurs is when the scythe is used on demons and zombies. But that is thoroughly explored in later chapters of the manga.
In short spoilers below :

 Demons don't have records because they are darkness, evil beings that were not alive to begin with. And zombies have content even if their record stopped recording. These are noted out towards the end of the jack the ripper arc and in the beginning of the emerald witch arc.


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Who are the germa 66?
Just finished reading the chapter 828 and I have to say the germa 66 has me blown away.
Who exactly are they? Are they pirates? Are they nobility like the tenryubito?
Did I miss a chapter or something? Can someone fill me in?

The answer below has pontetial spoilers, because the animated series hasn't catched up with the manga. Proceed with caution!
SPOILERS

 Germa 66 or Warmongers as they have been called is an
 organization which is controlled by Vinsmoke family, which
 recently we found out is Sanji's family. They have ties with the
 Underwold and recently with Big Mom Pirates, because of the
 marriage/alliance of Sanji and Purin.  As for the nobility
 Vinsmoke family as Reiju said even though they don't own any
 land, they are still participate at the Reverie
 *So to summarize, Germa 66 is an organization that is under the Vinsmoke Family and has a lot of weapons/technology at their disposal. They are not pirates and they have affliction with the nobles not directly but indirectly through Vinsmoke Family.
 This is all we know so far.

Anything that you might need to know is in the one piece wikia Germa 66


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Why do cosplay competitions require prerecorded dialogue?
From local performances to bigger contests like EuroCosplay, many cosplay performances require you to prerecord your music and dialogue.
Usually it is part of the rules for participation. What is the reason for this requirement? Surely a 'live' dialogue would make the act seem more convincing - rather than cosplayers having to lip sync.
I understand mic's aren't great if you have giant lobster claws or something - but microphones can come pretty small now and could fit in a helmet. Even still, why restrict all cosplayers?
Why does this rule exist?

The costume can be heavy, moving around in it while talking might result in unclear voice due to heavy breathing. Another reason might be to prevent nervousness. Not all people can speaking in public like nothing.

Yeah but it shouldn't be forced because of nervousness. Instead, nervous people should have the choice to have prerecorded audio. Im not convinced that's the reason.

If the contest is in a big hall like what i've seen in Supernova Photos it might be so that way the participants don't have to scream out for everyone to hear them

I think it would allow them to keep schedules better because they'll know exactly how long each act will be.

also to enforce @AyaseEri comment, aside from going to work to make money to buy more stuff don't Otaku's normally stay inside and rarely go outside or even speak to huge audiences?

It might be enforced so that everyone has the same rules applied. Otherwise, those with great public speaking skill would have the advantage over those without.

AFAIK, you can have a mic for your performance if you ask for one, at least in some french conventions. After discussing with a friend which is fund of cosplay, she has already seen coplayers singing during their performances. It may depend on the association which is organizing the contest. What's more, the association often ask to the cosplayers to give them the sound track they will be playing or a record of what they will sing or say so they can determine whether or not its content is suitable for the audience of the contest.

Having worked with Pro AV people, I can say that trying to get technology to work last minute in a performance setting, it never goes well when you do it on the fly. #sunSpots

It seems that it is a primarily time-management strategy. From the Oyahocon Cosplay Competition rules (bold text mine):

The music and/or prerecorded dialogue must be ready to go as soon as it is put the CD player (this means the participant must edit the music and/or prerecorded dialogue before the convention and put it on a CD). Audio file must be exactly three (3) minutes or less. There are NO exceptions to the rule. If the audio file is longer than three (3) minutes, it will be stopped when time is reached (even if it cuts the performance). Please have files recorded exactly as you wish them to be played.

From Anime Midwest competition rules:

The pre-recorded music/dialogue submitted to the Masquerade staff must be 2 minutes and 30 seconds or less. There will be no exceptions to the "2 Minute" rule, unless you request permission prior to the convention. Any entry over the 2:30 mark will be stopped at that point.

From Anime-Expo Performance competition rules:

Adhere to the 2 minute time limit.
  MC and video introductions will not count towards the performance time.
  Audio: Any sound necessary to express your performance (i.e. music, pre-recorded dialogue, sound effects).
  Must be comparable to a PG rating– no profanity or offensive language. Bleeps or other forms of censoring are acceptable.
  Should not exceed 2 minutes.
  Must be MP3 format.
  Must have minimum 192 bitrate.
  Try to avoid audio quality defects (audible distortion, overdriven levels, low sample-rate/bitrate).


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Where do magical girls get money?
Magical Girls work a lot, and we never see them working.
They all have a house and usually money to buy stuff too. Where do they find money to pay rent or buy food? Do they steal it?

AFAIK Kyouko steals and the other ones... you know, they have parents.

Each girl has a different situation. Girls' ages are around 13…16 years old, and they are still in school, so it's natural for them to be living with their parents. We don't know if students from all walks of life are able to attend the kind of school the girls go to, so we'll have to work with other info.
Madoka and Sayaka live with their parents in comfortable enough conditions.
About Sayaka:

She describes herself as having been born "petit bourgeois," which is French for "petty bourgeois." [Hakase's note: "petit" is French for "small/little" afaik and I'm not sure about possible negative connotation of "petty", perhaps it's a mistranslation?] This would mean that her family is at least from the middle class, but is by no means from the upper class (despite the fact that, if Japan has even less living space in the future than it does now, her family's apartment is far larger than a normal middle-class family could afford). (from Puella Magi wiki)

Homura's family and financial situation we don't know anything about. Except that she might not be having any second thoughts about stealing money from people, as she moves through timelines, collecting weapons from all sorts of armory caches, as wee see in later episodes.

She appears to live by herself.

Mami has no relatives left, and she's living in an apartment on the money she inherited from her dead parents.

"There are also no mentions of unrelated legal tutors appointed by law."

Kyouko has to break into hotels and bathhouses and steal food, as we learn from early episodes of anime.

article indicates that Kyoko gets her monetary income by breaking and busting ATM machines, she uses the stolen money to buy food and pay rent on expensive hotel rooms. (her wiki page)

Re: your note about "petit" - Japanese borrows French petit as プチ puchi to just mean "small" (cf. e.g. Puchimas, which is a thing with chibi [i.e. small] Idolmaster characters). I don't know what other connotations it has in French, but they don't carry over into Japanese. プチブル puchi-buru just means "middle class".

Re petit bourgeois: My trusted Larousse says: ‘Personne, qui appartient aux éléments les moins aisés de la bourgeoisie et qui en a les traits traditionels (étroitesse d’esprit, peur du changement, etc.)’ Loosely translated: Person who belongs to the lowest possible elements of bourgeoisie, and who features their traditional traits (narrow-mindedness, fear of change, etc.) So potentially, the negative connotations are given by the entire thing in French. Also, Wiktionary gives petty bourgeoisie as a synonym of petite bourgeoisie.

looks like the word "petty" originates from french "petit"…

I think with Mami it was noted somewhere that her apartment got bigger every time Homura terminated a timeline, not that the 2 are related in any way or anything. also in the beginning Kyoko would have been like Madoka and Sayaka living with her parents until her father went mad so she's homeless.

as for Homura considering how it looks if we exclude that it's just SHAFT making thing look weird her place isn't a normal room. since she can alter space in the form of hiding weapons and the like in her shield then her apartment might be magically created using the same power and since she knows the truth to their bodies might not be eating at all


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What is the hazama in berserk?
In chapter 242 and in several of the chapters before. It is read that guts stands in the world of the hazama. Naturally off the context I assume that it means... spoilers below.

The world of demons that attacks him and casca constantly because they bear the mark of the sacrifice

But what does it actually mean? I'm not sure if I just missed it in a previous chapter or if it was never properly defined. Can someone help me out?

This is not defined in the manga itself, because Hazama is a known Japanese word, not something that they made up for the story.
Hazama (狭間) doesn't translate perfectly to English, but the closest word we have for it used in that context is Interstice. But, since that is a word that very few people actually know, I can understand why they may not have bothered translating it.
Expanding out to a multi-word translation, we can look at the definition of Interstice. Interstice is a term for the space between two things, particularly when said space is very small.
The other place I found this term in the Berserk manga was all the way back in chapter 114. The Japanese title of the chapter is 魔と人の狭間 (Ma to hito no hazama) translated as "The space between Demon and Man." Here again, hazama carries the implication that the space in question is very small...considering the content of that chapter.
So, when the manga says that Guts lives in the 'World of the Hazama' it is saying that he lives in the 'World Between,' likely referring to the world of humans and the world of demons. To put it in an English phrasing: Guts is standing on the fence between the world of demons and humans.


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What is that accessory featured around Japanese gods' necks?
It's like a...fluffy...thingy. It floats around their head and past their shoulders and down to their waist. I see it a lot. The two characters with it who come to mind are Guren from Shounen Onmyouji and Elsie from The World God Only Knows, but there are others with the same accessory. I'm just curious as to what it is. Attached is Guren with the...thingy.

This is actually a culture/belief thing, so it is a real thing.
It occurs in many Asian countries, like China and Japan.
Here is a picture of it in real life:

Basically, it is a silk scarf, a really long one. It is not only used by gods; in the ancient times, dancers and women performing in front of people with some sort of power (such as money or governing) would usually wear this.
When people in real life wear it, it obviously won't be like that; it would be like a normal scarf, as you can see from this picture:

In there the scarf is floating around the woman: this is to bring out her aura and beauty.
That's the basic idea, though I might have missed certain details. If anyone is reading this and think I didn't put down the correct answer, please add on. Hope this helps.

They're a type of shawl or scarf called "hagoromo" (yes, like the Naruto character). They supposedly stay upright and flowing with divine energy. In reality, they're just normal, thin silk ribbons.

While I was able to confirm the validity of this answer, a reference to your sources would be appreciated.

They're called Tenne somewhere around the bronze age where Japan had an influx of Buddhist culture.
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/drapery-robes-japan-buddha-statues.html

As the previous answers noted, they are a Buddhist accessory, and the style originated in India.
In ancient India before colonisation, there was a type of fabric from Bengal called muslin, which was fabled to be lighter than air, and coveted by emperors of Persia, China, and south-east Asia, and monarchies of Europe. The thread counts on Bengal muslin reached over 1,000 (for comparison, modern clothing is around 50ish), and fabric research is currently only able to make fabrics with thread counts of around 400.
Bengal's muslin and cotton industry made that area of India alone hold around 20% of the world economy of the time, so when the British wanted to start its own cotton industry, they banned Bengal muslin, cut off the thumbs of the weavers, and the cultivar of cotton needed to make this special Muslin has gone extinct and the practice has been lost to history. It was also see-through like what is usually shown in anime (like Aqua's raiment in KonoSuba), and I'm sure in some cases it was made stiffer to be able to stand like they show in anime.

Regarding the British cutting the thumbs off of the weavers, it is a bunch of nonsense. Here is a BBC article about Dhaka muslin. You will see that the scarfs were definitely made of this fabric, and it's airy sense of nature, which is now being produced, but only 70% of the dna sequence has been achieved unfortunately not 100%.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210316-the-legendary-fabric-that-no-one-knows-how-to-make

Sometimes translated as 'feather mantle', celestial scarves etc theyre not an anime invention but comes from the cultural/ belief system of Buddhism/ Hinduism. You see it in the Deva's or demigod/ divine beings representations of those cultures in India, China, Japan and much of South Eastern Asia. Its so symbolic of those divine beings attire that the emperors, nobilities and court dancers tries to emulate but of course the mortals' scarves dont float in an arc around their heads like the divines. They just wear it draped around the waist, hanging on the forearms. The court dancers use really light, airy ribbons to emulate the floating qualities when they perform their dances. Thats why you see the Chinese traditional dancers use brisk movements and throw their scarves/ ribbons around.
Apart from the floating, ethereal quality of the cloth, it is also believed by some the celestial beings depends on it to gain the ability of flight. There are folk tales of a celestial maiden that lost her ability to fly back to heaven after her hagoromo (those mantle/ scarves thingy) got stolen. The hero (peeping tom) happened upon a group of the maidens as they ascended to frolick in a pond/ waterfall (yes ikr dont they have more beautiful waterfalls and pools in heaven) and stole the hagoromo of the most beautiful one. After searching for quite some time fruitlessly, they had to abandon her and returned to heaven. Different versions of the story either had the hero asking her to marry him in exchange for the scarves itself or his help in searching for it. Either way, they were married happily for quite some time but one day the celestial maiden found the hagoromo, put it on and ascended back to heaven, leaving her tearful husband and children behind.