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Why are there two different versions of how Luffy ate the Gum-Gum fruit?
I am watching "Romance Dawn", a fairly new episode of One Piece, but is just a different version of the original manga idea that was adapted into the first anime series (at least that’s my understanding). It shows Luffy snacking on a Gum-Gum fruit that his grandfather Garp brings home as treasure from a raid as a Peace pirate.
This made me think, and actually visualize a scene where I recalled him eating the fruit in a tavern with Shanks and a bunch of his crew, which I was able to confirm with a quick YouTube search.
So what is going on?

Before One Piece became serialized in 1997, Oda wrote a different version of the first chapter of the series, entitled Romance Dawn, where things happen as per the latest episode, in which Garp is a pirate and feeds Luffy the Gomu Gomu no Mi. This is just a directorial decision to show how Oda envisioned the original start of the story prior to making the change as it is currently in the manga.
The first chapter that was published shows Shanks - the pirate - bring Gomu Gomu no Mi to Monkey D. Luffy's hometown and it is considered the true and intended version of the first chapter of One Piece and it keeps the intended name, Romance Dawn.


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In Plunderer, what does Licht's -999 count mean?
In episode 2 (possibly even 1) of Plunderer, Nana refers to his -999 count as "the number of times he's been rejected by women".
Does that mean he has been rejected -999 times, meaning 999 girls have actually accepted him?
Or, is his count actually "the number of times he has successfully hit on women" meaning he has been rejected 999 times, making it a negative number?
His number goes down another 1 (making it -1000) when seemingly Hina falls for him (or at least accepts him)?
In episode 3, he states that he has been rejected by 1000 females he admires, so that must mean his count is actually "how many women he has successfully hit on" then, right? Unless he's being deceiving?
Sorry if this is worded poorly, talking about negative numbers and rejection at the same time is hard.

It goes to -1000 when she yells that she hates him though so I suspect it goes further into the negative based on the number of females who explicitly reject him.

they might have verbally rejected him, but as viewers we can clearly see that both Hina and Lynn are falling for him. So, since they are falling in love with him instead of rejecting him, his count lowers. Just speculation tho.

According to Fandom Wiki about Licht Bach

Licht has two separated counts: the ‘first count’ is on his left hand, which reads "-999". This count is the ‘first count’ since it is the “first one seen”. This count is obtained after the Abandonment War ended. Licht and Nana were roaming Althea for 300 years and to “blend in with the crowd”, they decided to get a second count, one like everyone else had. Nana stated that this Count stands for how many girls have gotten close to him. If he turns them down, his count goes down and visa versa. His count becomes -1000 after Hina calls him a liar and says that she hates him. His current count is -1002.
The ‘second count’ is 5700` and this count is his first and original count. This count is located on his long sword near the handle, and stands for how many heads he had cut off. During battle, his count increases tenfold, reaching the amount of 57000 when activating Schmelman's bloodlust genes. Later on, it was revealed that Licht was not using his original Ballot Replica, as the sword he was using was taken from a Ballot Holder who attacked him 100 years ago. Thus, 5700 is not his real count. In Chapter 50, it was revealed that Licht's original Ballot Replica was stored away behind Ende, as Schmelman was scared of the Ballot returning to Licht and with it, all of the other Barons. His original count on his original Ballot Replica is 300000, and reached 1,500000 when activating Schmelman's bloodlust genes. His original count stands for how many people he has killed in place of his friends and loved ones, as revealed after Hina and the others traveled back to the past. It is noted by Taketora in Chapter 53 that the 1,500000 is only 5 times normal, because if he goes higher than that, Licht would lose control of himself due to the bloodlust genes. Since it is only 5 times and Licht’s full power is 10 times or assumed to be, it is possible that when his count is at full strength, it reaches a total of 3,000000 or greater.

As it is worded currently it is the number of girls who have rejected him. After he leaves, she "rejected" him from her heart and so it went down. More explanation may be given later on

If it was worded correctly, it would be the number of girls who have accepted him, since it's a negative number. If you have been rejected by -1000 girls, that means he has been accepted by 1000 girls. I think the wording is actually just off. His number actually means the number of girls who have accepted him, meaning 1000 girls have rejected him. Nana's number is how many people love her cooking. Her number goes up if someone loves it, if someone hates it it goes down. If her number was "how many people hate her cooking" it would be -77 because 77 people have told her they love her cooking.

I think it's how many girls have rejected you wich is negative because he has been accepter by 999 (1000) girls. Hina's saying that she hates him came down to me like some kinda love hate thingie, she actually likes him... maybe..?

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Are Meliodas and Elizabeth still in love after he becomes the demon king?
When Meliodas becomes the demon king, he becomes cold and blunt towards Elizabeth and even makes a statement that he doesn’t feel anything when she hugs him anymore.
Is that just a result of Meliodas being in his demonic form without his emotions, or has he really fallen out of love with Elizabeth and just wants to end their curses so he can be free of her? Will he want to be with her in the afterlife?
Does he still love her, or is he just keeping his promise to break their curses?

The reason he is cold towards Elizabeth is because

 the demon king removes his emotions and imprisons them in Purgatory when he is killed by Estarossa and the other Commandments. The Meliodas that returns to life is without feelings, and is just keeping his promise.

However, in the latest arcs (Manga spoilers; not in the anime yet)

 Ban journeys to Purgatory and successfully manages to prison break Meliodas' feelings. Though they get split up on the way out, it is clear that both of them managed to escape. Thus, with his feelings restored, Meliodas should love Elizabeth again as before.

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Who tattoos the Phantom Troupe?
Each spider has a spider tattoo with its member number tattooed somewhere on its body. Shizuku's is on her hip, for example.
As they are thieves, anonymity is a valued good, so I can't imagine them going to a tattoo parlor. At least not without disposing of the entire staff afterward.
Does one of the members take to tattooing? But how does this happen then:

 All of the spiders are experienced Nen users. When tattooing Hisoka, surely the artist would've recognized that they were not tattooing real skin, but rather Texture Surprise. Since Texture Surprise was inspired by a chewing gum wrapper, I wonder if that would even work in the first place, since tattooing paper is probably not very fruitful.

My guess is that Chrollo stole someone's nen at some point that allows him to personally place the tattoo on someone's body without actually tattooing them. My understanding of Texture Surprise is that it resembles the texture and feel of the actual substance, not that of a paper, and since his nen type is transmutation, he also has a strong affinity with the 2 neighboring groups which are conjuring and enhancing. Texture Surprise is actually a conjuring ability, he probably conjures a layer of skin-like material over a cloth or maybe just transmutes his aura into a skin-like material over the cloth and combines it with bungee gum to stick it (it is highly likely to be the former one).
He may have fooled the members because he's skilled enough to do it, Machi once said that he's so fast that even her eyes couldn't believe it when he applied Texture Surprise over the scars on his hand after she finished stitching his hand. Chrollo may not have expected anyone to be foolish enough to actually challenge them because of their reputation as a ruthless bandit group, and since the entire group was probably there during his "acceptance" into their group, he may have let his guard down and not noticed the fake skin.
But other than that, it's anime logic since it's important for the plot development to take place.

It could also have been tattooed by a tattoo artist, because with their methods, they could easily have killed the artist after getting the tattoos. Or perhaps they spared the artist out of mercy. They don’t focus much on hiding themselves; in the world of Hunter x Hunter, there are many people who commit crimes, and they can easily blend in among them. The members of the Phantom Troupe only gather during major activities. Sometimes they even engage in charitable activities.


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Who is this white-haired girl figurine wearing a black-and-white grid skirt?

What anime is this character from? Or what is their name?

Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. While we accept some kinds of identification request (including merchandise such as figurine), please provide more context (e.g. why do you think it's from an anime? Was it bought from a toy/comic/manga/anime store, or a comic convention? etc.) by [edit]ing the question to pass the minimum effort. Thanks.

It is a Nendoroid of Miss Monochrome, see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Monochrome, which was an original character that was a 3D virtual singer, though she has since appeared in her own anime also named Miss Monochrome.


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If the Rose Bomb is so powerful and poisonous, why didn't the hunter association airdrop a dozen on the palace when fighting against the ants?
In Hunter x Hunter, why didn't the hunter association airdrop a dozen of Rose Bomb on the palace and called it a day when fighting against the ants?
The could have used the teleportation guy to drop a couple dozen of those roses and boom, they're all dead. And even if they're not, there's poison to finish them off. That would've been so much easier than fighting them.
Also, it's not farfetched to assume that the hunter association has a special distress signal to contact Ging. Call Ging. He snaps his fingers and bam, all the ants drop dead.

I believe there were civilians in and around the palace(?) Idk about Ging.

Um how does Ging "snapping his finger", kill all the ants? I'm a bit lost on that part

@Rumpelstiltskin AFAIK, it's an indirect way of saying that someone is powerful enough to have been able to do something, like a figure of speech that should not be taken literally. Now that OP mentions it, it's curious what Ging was doing during this time (no mention in the manga, if I remember correctly).

Netero wanted to settle the matter as a Hunter first, but implanted the bomb within himself as a contingency plan. He went in personally and fought Meruem. He lured Meruem away and fought him solo in the desert, when it was clear that he could not win, he killed himself, triggering the bomb a safe distance away from any casualties.
Also, HxH is a shounen series and they had to settle it the shounen way, with a 1v1 fight.

They probably didn't want to bomb the entire palace since there were innocent civilians who'd get caught in the crossfire. They also did believe that Pitou could reverse he nen hold on Kite, and wanted Gon to settle things his way as far as that was concerned. Netero is also a martial artist who wanted to push himself to his limit and find out how strong Meruem truly was which maybe why he only wanted a 1v1 with Meruem, probably also why he only took Zeno's help in separating the ant king and not in killing him(Zeno would've rejected that request anyways cause the Zoldycks are a smart bunch, relatively).
There's also a lot of inconsistency in the series to be fair, I mean, Meruem could have easily guarded himself against the impact of the bomb had he used his nen. He's literally the strongest creature on that land. He could've also negated the effect of the poison when he realized it but they had to kill him or Netero and everyone else present there would've deid in vain.
But as the other answer states, it is a shounen series and they had to settle it in the old fashioned way. As to why Ging or anyone else wasn't called, it was probably the only way the author could've extended the series. Almost all of the last part with the new chairman election and Gon's condition would've been completely removed from the series.

I just finished watching the fight between Netero and Meruem. I think the guys on the phone with Netero threatened to sacrifice as many people as possible if he didn’t accept to carry the bomb within himself. That way, they could put the blame on the Hunter Association if any problem were to be faced.
Why Netero? He is the Hunter Association’s president, and people would think he is the most powerful hunter. If it were to be discovered that they used radioactivity, all that would have to be said is that they didn’t have a choice...
Before dying, Netero told Meruem that there were no limits to human’s evilness


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Can anyone steal the powers of Devil Fruit from another?
In One Piece, Blackbeard stole someone's power.
Other than him, can anyone steal the powers of another? For instance, Sanji taking the Clear-Clear Fruit of Absalom (that was just an example since it didn't really happen).

since the process of stealing a devils fruit power is still unclear, we can only speculate if other could do it to.

I can come up with reasons to close this... it can be interpreted as broad, unclear, or about unknown future events.  This is, however, is no way opinion based.  Why the 4 of you voted that way I can't imagine.

The only way apart from killing that i can think of is possibly through the darkness devil fruit, the range of abilities for the yami yami no mi is still not completely known. However, it is possible because blackbeard stole whitebeards  tremble abilities . Also, burges wanted to capture luffy and steal his powers. this shows that blackbeards crew most definitely know a method of stealing the fruits and i'm guessing it is most likely connected to the darkness df

@Rumpelstiltskin I agree Blackbeard has a way. I have no verifiable idea what that way is.  It may just be killing as no one I've seen (im not 100% up to date) has had their DF removed and survived. His Cerberus... sorry.... i mean... His Darkness DF might just explain why he an have multiple DF.

You can if you don't already have a DF.
Usually if you want a person's DF power, you kill that person.  The power will transfer to a nearby fruit and that fruit will become a DF.  Once you consume that fruit you have their power.
If you want to take the power by another means.... we don't know.  It is currently unknown how or if Devil Fruits can transfer from one living person to another without going through the normal cycle. There are two suspicious cases of DF transfer: Blackbeard obtaining Whitebeard's power and Lin Lin Charlotte obtaining Mother Caramel's power. Several details about both mysteries seem intentionally obscured so that no answer to this question is possible yet.
Similar discussions could be had about multiple DF powers, objects eating DF, or limits of speculated DF powers.  At this point though the discussions are largely fruitless (ironically) as the answer has to be "we don't and can't know yet".

There are some devil fruits like "Luck Luck Fruit" which can steal luck of other people.
Smoothie also steals others power to be bigger and bigger.
Moria can steal others ' shadow(power too).
There are several such powers and fruits in One Piece World!

I want to upvote you because you are right but I think OP meant Devil Fruit Powers.


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What type of tablet does Yuito use?
In Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara, Yuito uses a tablet to make such a colorful drawing.

I've searched for many brands of display screen monitors but didn't find any matches.
I thought it was a Wacom monitor, from a Japanese company. But this seems impossible since they only connect to a PC and don't function alone.
What type of tablet did Yuito use?

Do you maybe have a timestamp from the first episode. And maybe even an image of it?

Cintiq Companion 2 can be use as a stand alone tablet powered by Intel processors

I'll search for it, thanks, don't know how to pin a good answer though


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Is "Attack on Titan" taking place in the past or in the future?
According to the prehistory timeline on Wikia,

1003 B1: As a young girl, Ymir Fritz gains the power of the Titans from an unknown source, becoming the Founding Titan. With her powers, she is able to turn her subjects into Pure Titans.
The Fritz family comes into power as the royal bloodline of Eldia, destined to remain unbroken for the next 2,000 years.
990 B1: For unknown reasons, Ymir Fritz dies 13 years after inheriting her power. Her "soul" is split between Nine Titans that are inherited by nine Subjects of Ymir, with the Founding Titan belonging to the Fritz family and the eight remaining Titans leading clans subservient to the Founding Titan. Those who inherit the power of the Titans are destined to die after 13 years as Ymir did due to a phenomena called the "Curse of Ymir."
The Nine Titans wage war against the nation of Marley, the dominant nation of the land, taking control of the continent and establishing the empire of Eldia. Eldia conquers countless other civilizations as well using Pure Titans as cheap weapons of mass destruction. This results in massive casualties and entire cultures being wiped out.
Unknown: Eventually, in-fighting breaks out between the various Eldian families for control over the eight Titans, but the Fritz family, using the power of the Founding Titan, maintains balance.
The Ackerman family, an Eldian bloodline resulted from the Eldian Empire's fiddling with the Subjects of Ymir, becomes the sword and shield of the royal family, remaining close to Eldia's king for generations.
Eldia becomes allies with Hizuru.

When the Titans arrived on Earth, what year is it?

When you say 'in the Past or in the Future', are you implying that AoT is set in a similar timeline as ours? Because it might or might not be the case. Although the first chapter's title seems to give a hint that the story is meant for someone 2000 years from now, which, if true, would mean that the story is set in the past. Might be relevant: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/38213/what-does-the-title-of-first-chapter-of-attack-on-titan-進撃の巨人-shingeki-no-kyoji

Idk if dublicate really: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4615/when-and-where-does-attack-on-titan-take-place

Let’s say in my opinion, Attack on Titan takes place currently in the year 2350...
Also, "X" stands for "when Titans arrived":

Prehistory (Beginning of time until Zero Before X)
990 years Before X - the Great Titan War begins
Zero years Before X - the Titans arrived

History (Zero Before X to 835 After X)

743 Years After X (2243) - the Great Titan War ends
835 Years After X (2335) - Eren and Mikasa are born in Wall Rose

The story of Attack on Titan (835 to 854 After X)

845 Years After X (2345) - Wall Maria is invaded by the Titans
850 Years After X (2350) - Attack on Titan takes place
851 Years After X (2351) - Wall Maria is set out for the First Time
854 Years After X (2354) - The Future of Attack on Titan

It is the 'present' and the 'History of ymir' is the 2000 year old history.

 SpoilerActually '2000 years in the future is the message of Ymir for Eren from the Titan realm

The Titans occured from Ymir herself (ie. Almost 2000 years ago)
I have read the manga, and is keeping up with it, so have tried to be spoiler free.
Just keep watching, and in case you want to read the manga, then the story of Ymir is somewhere around

 chapter 120

This may also help https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/6920/what-is-shingeki-no-kyojins-year-zero?noredirect=1&lq=1


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In what episode did Karin meet Orochimaru?
There is an episode in Naruto series when Orochimaru protected Karin against some guy.
Which episode is it?

It's from Naruto Shippuden Episode 408: The Cursed Puppet.
Sakura is having chakra issues, then it has a segue about before Team Taka formed, then that segues again at 15:28 about some scum that found Karin as a child and was going to sell her as a remnant of a clan from the Hidden Eddy.

It's from Naruto Shippuuden  Episode 431: To See That Smile, Just One More Time.
This one is from the run of Infinite Tsukuyomi fillers that aired during the Fourth Shinobi World War arc. Notably, unlike the previous episodes in this set of fillers (mainly just fairly lighthearted happenings inside the Infinite Tsukuyomi dream of various characters), Karin's episode here is basically a rather sombre flashback to her past.
(This was a sad episode. Poor Karin...)

I'm not having any luck finding the specific episode that you're talking about (if it even exists). What I did find is a reference to the Third Databook (pages 66 and 67) where it explains how the two met,

After the village was burned down and everyone was killed, Karin was approached by Orochimaru, who asked her how she survived, leading him to bring her back to Otogakure.

I'm guessing at this point that there was maybe a small flashback in one episode somewhere, but if there is, I can't find a clip anywhere.


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Which song plays while Hughes and Mustang talk during episode 30 of FMA:B?
In episode 30 of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, the song starts playing 12 minutes in while Hughes and Mustang were talking. It sounds like Requiem for the Brigadier General, except it's a soft piano.
Is it a different version of the same song? If so, I can't seem to find it.

It's Happiness ~Requiem from The Blind Alchemist~ by Akira Senju, the 28th track from the album Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Original Soundtrack 1.


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What is the song that was playing in Code Geass R2 episode 10 at 11:50?
What is the song that was playing at 11:50 in Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 episode 10?

This track is not featured in either of the OSTs, after a long search I found this version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh8CS8PM7vk
or
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEK28DBU2_I

The Unreleased Album is from people ripping music from the original
  series and trying to reduce all of the foreground sound be using audio
  subtraction and splicing from different uses in the series. It's a
  massive effort and it's a real shame that we'll never get official
  releases of a lot of Code Geass music, this one for certain really
  should have gotten one.


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Why couldn't Mob stop Dash Granny?
Apparently, Mob couldn't stop the Dash Granny because she wasn't a ghost but a real person? But Mob can exert his psychic powers over ghosts and humans, so why couldn't Mob stop Dash Granny?

From the anime, we know that he won't use his power against humans. There is one reason why he couldn't stop Dash Granny.
This is speculation. The other reason I can think of is because there is a different type of psychic power to be used against humans or ghosts. So, when he tries to use his psychic power to manipulate ghosts against Dash Granny, it seems that it doesn't have any effect. That's why he knows that Dash Granny is not a ghost.

Hi. Do you have evidence from the manga/anime to support your second claim or is this just pure speculation?

CMIIW, but I think mob did say "it doesn't work" to Reigen. And Reigen asked back "what do you mean?" in anime version. So I think his exorcising doesn't work on human.

If it is in a specific episode or manga chapter, please include them. If you have other scenes you used as basis, then include them, too.

Oh, my bad, I rewatched the scene and he didn't say that. The second one is purely speculation.

In the anime he said he wouldnt use powers against humans. But later in the fight at the end of the 1st season he did. He even had to use his powers against a woman, didnt he?

Yes, he did and at the end of season one we can see he reverted back to his principle by his sishou


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What is the song in episode 13 when Levi shows up after Eren seals the breached gate?
What's the song that plays on Attack on Titan season 1 episode 13, when Levi shows up to save the remainder of the elite force after Eren seals the breached gate?

Cross-posted on Quora with answer: 進撃st-hrn-gt-pf20130629巨人 (need someone to confirm which one is correct)

It’s “巨♀~9地区” in Japanese. It means “Female Titan Extermination” (YouTube) and in English it’s “Titan♀-9chiku” (Apple Music).
I used the AHA Music Chrome extension to identify it.


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What does Kyon mean by a classified information that can't be said on TV in episode 13 (the 2nd day of Endless Eight)?
In episode 13 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (the 2nd day of Endless Eight), about 15 minutes in, after listening to Mikuru's speech filled with "classified information", Kyon asks if the classified information is something that can't be said on TV.
What does it mean? What can't be said on TV? Was this an in-joke based on a difference between the anime and the written material?

Rather than an in-joke, I saw this more as Kyon making a connection to the common phenomenon of television networks censor bleeping out inappropriate words, most commonly with that 1000 Hz tone sound.
Television programs can also use euphemisms to censor content—for example, in the Breaking Bad episode of Mythbusters, they used "special sauce" to refer to a key chemical ingredient that they didn't want audience members knowing. I guess Kyon observed that the way Asahina uses "classified information" is similar to how TV networks censor certain things.
The anime and the written material don't seem particularly different in their presentation of this scene. For comparison:
Novel ("Endless Eight" chapter of The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya):

I should mention that Asahina at least tried to explain. To the accompaniment of intermittent sobs.
"Sniff, um...I normally use <classified information> to contact the future...sniff. But after a week without <classified information>, I was starting to wonder if something was wrong. And then <classified information>... I was so surprised that I tried to <classified information> in a rush, but there wasn't any <classified information>...sob. Hic. What do I do...?"
I have no idea what you should do, but does that <classified information> work like some kind of censor?

Anime (episode 13):

You've gotta watch what you say on television, eh... This question reminded me of Kaguya-sama episode 4.

thank you for answering  :)  Especially for posting a copy of the written version. It's much appreciated!


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Can hand-reliant stat monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh! be abusable?
So, for clarification first, I'm talking about Yu-Gi-Oh! cards that gain attack based on how many cards you have in your hands.
Say if I had 3 "Slifer The Sky Dragon" copies and had a massive draw deck, I'd have the "Veil of Darkness"x3, "Pot of Greed"x3, a few draw spells, a few monsters with draw effects, and a bunch of DARK monsters.
Veil of Darkness lets me draw a card if I draw a dark monster in the draw phase, and is a continuous spell. If I have 3 Veils, I can draw 3 cards for discarding a single dark monster. If one of those 3 cards are a Pot of Greed, I can draw 2 more, but then I have an endless draw chain because of my various Pots and Draw spells.
This means that if my starting hand after summoning Slifer is 5 and I've drawn 21 cards total, I will have had a total of 26000 ATK on Slifer, making almost any attempts to win very slim.
The chances of my opponent having a set card like Magic Cylinder or some counter-effect monster are also nearly impossible. This means that a card like Ascension Sky Dragon are abusable by the same tricks, given that it doesn't rely on the Nordic Archetype and can easily be supported by Pots and various Draw cards.
Does anyone have a counter-argument?

This question seems more suitable for Board & Card Games.

First of all, you might be interested in One Turn Kill and First Turn Kill. Next, depending on Traditional/Advanced Format, you can't have more than 1 Pot of Greed on your deck. If ignoring all of the restrictions, it might be possible to be abused, but I don't have playing experience at all, so I can't say for the counter-argument...

Other than that, looks like Slifer can have up to 40000 ATK on Traditional Format.


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What period of time in DM does the catastrophe scene in Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D take place in?
In Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time, there is a scene where Paradox appears and kills Pegasus, Sugoroku, and thousands of innocent fans in the process of trying to end Duel Monsters, but I have no clue what time period it takes place in.
I figured it took place between two miscellaneous arcs in the story, but there isn't any evidence supporting that. I was mostly wondering because he somehow used Atem's form despite Atem being freed.
If anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

The event takes place sometime after Battle City but before the Waking the Dragons arc.
It is important to point out that the production of this movie overlooked many errors. Some of which confused many fans of the franchise:

Several times during the Duel, fewer cards are seen in someone's hand than there should be.

When Yusei revives "Junk Gardna" with "Miracle's Wake", a face-down card is seen on both sides of it when there should've only been one.

When Jaden is about to attack "Malefic Rainbow Dragon", the original "Rainbow Dragon" is seen on Paradox's Duel Disk instead of its "Malefic" version.

When Paradox Synchro Summoned "Malefic Paradox Dragon" and it appeared on the field, "Elemental Hero Neos Knight" is not on the field but its card is seen on Jaden's Duel Disk after "Malefic Paradox Dragon" is Summoned.

When Yusei revives all of his team's monsters with "Stardust Mirage", the DEF of "Junk Gardna" is mistakenly shown as 2500 instead of 2600.

Pegasus is shown with the Millennium Eye, despite the movie taking place after he lost it at the Duelist Kingdom, although this may just be an animation mistake.

In the dub, when Yusei activates "Stardust Mirage" the underside of Jaden's face-down is also "Stardust Mirage" instead of "Neos Spiral Force".
In the dub, when Yugi uses the effect of "Kuriboh" to block the attack of "Malefic Stardust Dragon", he calls it "Stardust Dragon" instead of "Malefic Stardust Dragon".


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What if someone wishes to not become a magical girl in Madoka Magica?
In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, if someone wishes something to Kyubey, they will become a magical girl (and in the end, a witch), but the wish can be anything like money, power, godlike powers. However, what would happen if they wish to not become a magical girl instead? (Perhaps only Madoka knows)
I was thinking if Kyubey would explode or refuse the wish, but what if he didn't refuse?

Possibly related: Are all wishes actually possible?

Kyubey gets these girls to sign a contract. This contract includes the provision that they become magical girls and fight witches (with the hidden eventuality that they will become witches themselves). Granting the wish is Kyubey's part of the contract. If someone does not agree to the contract in full, including the part about becoming a magical girl, why would Kyubey grant them a wish? In other words, not agreeing to become a magical girl in any way constitutes not agreeing to the terms, refusing the contract.
You must also remember that Kyubey intentionally offers the contract at specific moments when his target is most likely not to refuse. This is exemplified in Mami's case, explained in the Puella Magi Wiki:

Mami made her wish after she was in a car accident with her parents. She was most likely very badly wounded, as her parents died on the scene, and Mami only survived due to making a wish with Kyubey, who appeared at just that moment, leaving Mami little time to consider her wish.

It's unlikely that Kuybey would approach someone at a time when they would either refuse to sign the contract, or who would in any other way not use the opportunity to wish for something important to them.

It's true that Kyubey is most likely cautious enough to avoid situations where the contractee would make such a wish. But an interesting thought experiment is: What would happen if Kyubey's measures failed and the contractee, perhaps out of an unforeseen moment of spite or whatever, made such a subversive wish?

@ahiijny It'd probably be up to him. This isn't some legally-binding contract, just a deal an alien offers.

The circumstances around Madoka's wish might imply that once the process starts, it's out of Kyubey's control.

@ahiijny Ah. Then likely the contract would be made null and void by not agreeing to become a magical girl, absolving Kyubey of the need to grant the wish.

@ahiijny that was my question, what would happen if he don't decline the wish.

@vegano I think we can only speculate on that. It's hinted that there are a number of rules that he must follow and which govern the wish-granting process, but he doesn't go into detail.

Kyubey is incapable of refusing a wish*, so if someone wishes to not become a magical girl then they won't. They'd deem this a waste of a perfectly good wish and would attempt to dissuade people from using it, since it would basically do nothing -- including not progressing the fight against entropy -- but if someone managed to wish "I want to not become a magical girl," then they would not become a magical girl and nothing would happen.
That said, the act of granting the wish seems to be what creates the Soul Gem (note Kyubey's wording: "What is the wish that will make your Soul Gem shine," (as the gem is forming) "Your wish has prevailed against entropy"). Therefore, it is possible that this wish could be used to create a "blank" gem, with no one inside it.
* This isn't actually stated anywhere, but there's no other explanation, seeing as three distinct times across the franchise a wish has been granted that is, or seemed at the time to be, actively detrimental to Kyubey's goals (Madoka Kaname, Isabeau de Baviere, and Touka Satomi/Nemu Hiiragi/Ui Tamaki).


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Why did Myne frame Naofumi?
In The Rising of the Shield Hero, Myne chose the Shield Hero as her aid and later betrayed him for some mere 800 gold coins, that were equally divided between heroes.
I did not find any reason why she did that.
Is it because Naofumi is a Shield Hero (a degraded hero)?

I've just watched some of the episodes. Well, if what I'm thinking is true, I think her nasty betrayal might have something to do with her Social status and her religious beliefs.
Plus, she is a pathological liar just as her mother stated.
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Princess Malty pulled off one of the nastiest betrayals in the world
of anime. Even though her spiteful behavior plays a major part in her
growing desire to destroy the Shield Hero, her social status and
religious beliefs are also to blame. Having the influence to pull
strings and moral validation of her evil deeds transformed her into
the irredeemable villain of Rising of the Shield Hero.

RESOURCE - Right here.

There is an expanded explanation in the later parts of the web novel (not sure about the light novel), but its pretty heavily spoilers. To avoid most of the spoilers, there is a future not yet revealed Villain who has an influence on Myne, and Myne did her actions to weaken the Heroes which helps that Villain achieve their end goals. She actively manipulates all the heroes causing lots of problems, the MC just happened to be the easiest one to go after first because of the 3 Heroes religion hating the 4th Shield hero. Unless the story changes drastically, it will show up in some form.

Make sure to see the full anime, if you have seen it till the final episode and you still can't discover why you can read my answer

 Because Myne is royalty, she didn't betray him for a mere 800 coins, but she was trying to mock of him from the beginning, it has been showed that she is the second princess to the throne, so it is basically just making fun of the degraded hero, proof : https://shield-hero.fandom.com/wiki/Malty_S_Melromarc you can find here position as queen

Please include relevant sources/references.

The current airing episode is 11 so there's more to come from this Story, and I know that Myne belong to royalty and she use her royalty power to mock Naofumi but even after episode 1 she still trying to mock Naofumi in episode 4 using the spear Hero.

This doesn't quite answer it. It's not a reason why, as other royalty seems to have no problems with the Shield hero. It's just the King and Myne.

To add, I do not see how being a royalty as a proof to your statement that she 'is basically just making fun of the degraded hero'. Furthermore, that wiki page you mentioned contradicts everything in your answer. If that is speculation on your part, then please cite relevant sources/references, preferably from the light novel and anime.


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How was SAO copied for ALO when Kayaba said it was all being deleted after SAO was cleared?
At the end of SAO, Kayaba mentions that SAO was deleting itself. However, when Kirito joins ALO, Yui tells him it was all copied from SAO.
How was SAO copied for ALO when Kayaba said it was all being deleted after SAO was cleared?

Because ALO was created before SAO was cleared.
Argus created SAO but after Kayaba started the Death Game the families of victims of the game sued the company which bankrupted them and forced them to sell the Cardinal System to RECT Progress Inc

When Kayaba Akihiko effectively trapped 10,000 players in the game, many of the deceased players' family members sued the company. Argus then filed bankruptcy, selling their rights to the Cardinal System to RECT Progress Inc., which used it to create ALfheim Online.

Source: Argus > Chronology > Aincrad Arc
Cardinal is the backbone of SAO and a portable version was in the World Seed which is why in the Seed Nexus one can easily convert their accounts between games. however ALO is different because the Wiki suggests that, aside from SAO, ALO is the only other VRMMO with a highly advanced version of Cardinal, probably because the portable version is simplified for normal users while RECT Progress/Ymir are using a full copy from Argus.
Suguha also started playing ALO while Kazuto was still in a Coma because she wanted to know Kazuto better

Suguha originally disliked VRMMO games for it hid peoples' nature and reality, as it did with Kazuto. She took up ALO in order to understand Kazuto better when he was trapped in SAO.

Source: Kirigaya Suguha > Background (2nd Paragraph)
as such ALO was built and running before SAO was cleared.


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What is the song at the end of episode 6 of "Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple"?
Which song plays in episode 6 of Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple at around the 21:40 mark? It's before the actual ending credits. It sounded a bit like the opening but changed up. But I don't think that's it.

I've rephrased the question a bit for you to better fit in with the quality we like to achieve. I'd suggest you take the tour, it tells you how to phrase questions for the future and such. Beyond that, welcome to A&M ^^

I think that they used the instrumental song : Koike Joanna - Catch your dreams (Karaoke Version)
And they added the lyrics on a little part of that Karaoke Version, that they repeated.
You can find it here : http://www.ost-center.com/ost/anime/shijou-saikyou-no-deshi-kenichi-ed2-single-catch-your-dream-ost-7262.html


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In Devil May Cry 5, how does Urizen defeat Dante, Nero, Trish, and Lady in their first battle?
In Devil May Cry 5, Urizen defeats Dante, Nero, Trish, and Lady in their first battle. But after the second and third battle with Dante, Urizen is beaten by Dante while he can defeat Nero in their second battle.
It doesn't make any sense because Urizen is half of Vergil, so his power level must be 50% of Vergil's but he manages to defeat heroes in their first battle. Urizen kicks everyone's ass.
How does he defeat the heroes in their first battle?

@W.Are actually we do allow questions on japanese games so long as it's about the plot. especially when they do have tie ins with anime and manga in which there is an upcoming Manga about V

keep in mind that Vergil chose to embrace his demonic side while Dante chose to embrace his human side and it possibly this choice that we see most of the time Dante being at a disadvantage against Vergil in 3 and in the 1st game when Vergil was Neo Angelo from what i understand the first few times Dante would have lost had it not been for Neo Angelo fleeing when Mundus's control over him was shaken. i don't know about Nero's abilities but Lady from what i recall didn't have much of a chance against Vergil in 3 anyway

The answer is found in Nico's reports. She talks about how Urizen bound himself to the Qliphoth, a tree predating the Underworld itself. According to Trish, it was once used by Mundus to conquer the Underworld. Urizen, already boasting Vergil's demonic power, was now bolstered by a primordial power source as well as the Yamato.
Ive found it out from here under file section you can see Nico Enemy Report - Urizen


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Is this ring merchandise with a red seal and gold "忍" emblem exist in Naruto?
This is a ring with a red seal and gold "忍" emblem.

I don't know whether this type of ring is in Naruto.
Who wears it? Is it a knockoff?

Can you include additional information? Like where did you buy it or what is the product description from the store you bought it from?

It looks like one of Akatsuki rings, but the Japanese character there in your photo is different from all of the Akatsuki rings. It might be a knock off.

The Japanese character is 忍 which is shinobu (sneak) and part of ninja. However, it'd be better if you could [edit] and give an additional context of why you believe it's from Naruto.

It looks like an akatsuki ring but with the allied shinobi forces emblem on it instead, assuming it's indeed from Naruto. That said, I can't recall anywhere in the anime where someone was wearing such an accessory.

Judging by the metal working, it is a hand crafted ring, made by somebody whom is not very skilled in it.

This is a ring made in the style of the Akatsuki rings. However such designs are merely inspired and have little to no bearing to the Naruto franchise itself.
I will not post links to any online vendors, but you will find many like it from various vendors if you do a cursory Google search for something like "shinobi symbol ring." If you add Naruto to the query you might get more franchise relevant.


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Why was Gowther not able to see the demon in Dreyfus?
In Seven Deadly Sins, when Gowther and Dreyfus fought, Gowther saw into the mind of Dreyfus and Dreyfus was already being controlled by one demon.
Why was Gowther not able to see the demon?

As the latest chapters (303 to 305) indicate, whenever a battle occurs in character's mindscape, what happens is entirely controlled by the most "willful" of the two fighters.
Gowther's Invasion magic lets him wander freely through most characters' subconscious, as long as they are weaker than himself. However, the demon within Dreyfus (Fraudrin) is vastly stronger on all counts than Gowther. According to the artifact Balor's Eye, Gowther's strength of will was quantified at 1300, whereas Fraudrin's was numbered at a whopping 3000.
The power discrepancy means that Fraudrin could bar Gowther from seeing his true form, or learning any information for that matters. He instantly overwhelmed him and forced Gowther out of Dreyfus' mindscape (whose strength of will was 1000). Keep in mind that any event occuring within is a character's mindscape is a literal battle of wills ; and that it is mostly abstract concepts and spirits shaped and drawn in understandable ways for narrative convenience.


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How is Zamasu supposed to be alive in Dragon Ball Heroes?
I don't think I missed an explanation in the anime, but I'm not sure if I missed one in the manga. How is Zamasu supposed to be alive in Dragon Ball Heroes? Is it the same Zamasu?

Well even though Heroes is not cannon.. there is the theory that Zamasu could have consumed / taken over Zen-Oh where Goku came back and brought Zen-Oh back to the current time line. If this was true then one of the Zen-Ohs would actually be Zamasu and the other still Zen-Oh.

The Dragon Ball Heroes anime is simply promotional material and you shouldn't really dwell on certain factors concerning the plot such as this because you aren't going to get any precise explanation. However, the main series has shown that Zeno's actions can be reversed by using the Super Dragon Balls. So, maybe Zamasu was revived by Fuu as a part of his Prison Planet experiment or by someone else. Although, this is just speculation.
As for your other question. Yes, it is the same Zamasu who has fought Goku and co before. He clearly seemed to recognize Goku when he arrived alongside the Grand Priest.

At the end of Dragon Ball Super, Android 17 wishes for all of the erased universes to be revived. And remembering how Zamasu was transformed into Infinite Zamasu, he counted as a universe as well. With Android 17's wish, Zamasu was revived as well. Although, it is a mystery as to how Zamasu got his normal fused body if his (Future Trunks') universe was revived.


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Are the final events of DBZ considered canon?
In Dragon Ball Z, the series flashes forward 10 years after the defeat of Buu and we're introduced to things like Gohan and Videl's daughter Pan, lazy teenage versions of Trunks and Goten, and a reincarnated Buu (Uub).
Since Dragon Ball Super begins sometime shortly after the defeat of Buu, are the flash-forward events of DBZ wiped from canon, similar to the GT history?
My biggest point of confusion is the fact that Pan is 4 in the final events of DBZ, which means she was born 6 years after Goku kills Buu. But at the beginning of Dragon Ball Super, Gohan and Videl announce they're pregnant with Pan. This could be explained easily if Super picked up some 5 years after Buu's defeat, but Goten and Trunks appear to be the same age as they were in Z. So it seems likely that Pan was born way earlier than 6 years after Buu's defeat.
Do these events reconcile or was the end of Z undone to make room for Super to tell new stories?

This question looked familiar, and then I remembered seeing it on Scifi-Fantasy. So welcome to Anime and Manga!

@Wondercricket - Haha, yeah, I didn't realize there was an Anime & Manga SE otherwise I would've just posted here. It's a much better fit here.

In Dragon Ball Super, Dende makes a mention to Uub and he tells Goku it would be good if he trains him. That's meant to connect Dragon Ball Super with the end of Dragon Ball Z.
As for Trunks and Goten appearance, in Dragon Ball, 4 years have passed between Goku meeting Bulma and killing King Piccolo, and his appearance (which is almost identical to Goten by the way) doesn't change. So yes, the final events of Dragon Ball Z are canon.

So you're saying that 5 years or so HAS in fact passed between Goku killing Buu and the start of Dragon Ball Super? Do you have anything authoritative that suggests that?

I'm not making any conclusions of possible or not continuity mistakes. You asked if the end of Dragon Ball Z was canon, and I told you the writers wrote a piece of episode in Dragon Ball Super meant to connect that with the end of Dragon Ball Z, because it's canon. How you make everything fits after that - if there is an actual problem, or if they actually care to make it fit at all - it's another issue. BTW, you have now parts of Dragon Ball Super which has 3 versions of the same story, movie, series and manga. So it's not like they are going to even try to make everything fits together.

Also remember that Akira Toriyama is notorious for writing by the seat of his pants.  There have been incidents where he has done things that don't jive with previous cannon.  It's just part of the DB universe that there are some plot holes.

@ThelronCheek  Actually, 4 years have passed since Goku and co defeat Majin Buu(Age 774) and skipping to the Battle of Gods arc which happens in Age 778.

Firstly, with regard to your confusion about Pan, she was born in the Age 779.  This is after the Age 778 when the Battle of Gods arc first takes place and Videl is pregnant. Goku leaves to train with Uub in the Age 784. So yes! It is possible for Pan to be four during the final events of DBZ.
With regard to your main question, the answer would be yes and no. The reason I say that is because if you were to take DBZ and DBS as a whole and look at the events, it does make sense in a way and seems canon so you could consider it to be canon. As the same ending of Goku going to train with Uub can be found in both the manga and the anime, you can't necessarily consider it to be filler.
However, the reason I said the answer could be yes and no, is because the DBS series was thought off after a significant amount of time. Over the years, for the purpose of extending the series, a lot of prior information has been retconned simply for the purpose of convenience. For instance, DBS Broly retcons the original series of Dragon Ball with regard to Goku's age. The character of Broly was re-introduced and dramatically changed. The power scaling of characters increased dramatically. Currently, the manga is working on a chapter after the events of DBS Broly and the T.O.P, and we don't know whether the series is going to resume or whether we are going to see several more arcs after which replace the Martial Arts Tournament that takes place
The reason I say this is because the only reason Goku entered the tournament was because he was very excited to fight Uub (Kid Buu). Kid Buu was basically one of the strongest antagonists in DBZ whom Goku lost against, so it would make sense for him to be excited to fight him. Goku has clearly fought several antagonists much superior to Kid Buu over the years in DBS and it wouldn't make sense why he'd be as excited to fight someone several times weaker. That said, Goku is excited to fight anyone most of the time so the ending could still exist.
In conclusion, if you take the series as a whole now, yes! The ending can be fit in. However, it could very easily be retconned if the series were to resume.

IIRC, Broly was OAV-only material, hence was not canon in DBZ

Actually, yes, it is canon.
The boys look the same age, but they are in fact older. They have referred several times throughout the series that Saiyans age slower so they can fight longer. So they keep looking young for about 5-10 years, then have a dramatic change. Like teen Gohan to adult Goten and Trunks are 14-15 respectfully, being 1 year age gap between them in Super, which would age up to about 19-20 in the final events of Z, which would add up to the grow up making them look teen.

I think that it's non-canon.
Dragon Ball Super is based after the Buu saga. When Goku first goes Super Saiyan God, Goten and Trunks are still young kids. At the end of Z time skip, Goten and Trunks are teenagers. Toriyama has stated that DBS is canon but GT is not, and the end of Z is basically a pathway to GT. Therefore, the end of Z cannot be canon. Toriyama stated that the end of Z was a side story, anyway.


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Where to submit anime idea?
If one has come up with an anime manuscript, where or who should you write to if you want to know if the idea is of interest and actually could become something? Or would it be made as a manga first?
Also, can you like "patent" the manuscript, so that if it actually would be of interest to someone, they don't just change half of the content if they felt like it?

First of all, I doubt they'd look at any scripts not written in Japanese. Second of all, I'm rather doubtful you'd have much success simply pitching an idea to a studio as a person outside the industry. There are, however, many venues to get an idea made into an anime, eventually, but these venues require the person who came up with the idea to produce something.
I'm of course talking about creating some sort of light novel, manga, or comic on your own. These things don't even need to be backed by any sort of publishing company. Japan has thriving communities for posting this sort of original creative works online, such as Pixiv. There are quite a few shows now that started life this way: Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii and Rise of a Shield Hero, to name a couple.
If Japan's TV industry is anything like America's, they are mostly disinterested in ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen and can be made or broken by their execution. They are much more interested in some sort of proof of concept that the idea will be successful.
As for preventing changes to your idea, you'd have to make sure to put that in any sort of contract you sign to give them permission to use your work. I would guess that would be extremely difficult to pull off unless your work is proven and popular, such that you have enough power by popularity that your idea is good without changes. I feel like worrying about this though is putting the cart before the horse.

An article on Anime News Network titled "How do I get my idea made into an anime?" should be a good read, at least for me it is, which does not pull any punches on delivering the reality of the anime industry in general. This gave me a general idea of how things really work. Before worrying about whether your ideas will be changed or not, you should worry about whether or not you can even pitch it to studios or something.
The article above mainly revolves on one point: nobody cares about your ideas. This might be quite rude or something for you but according to the author, who is the founder of Anime News Network, ideas are abundant in the industry. It is a business, so what they care about is what the public wants, so if your idea doesn't fit the current trend, then it will most likely not see the light of day.
In addition, to quote from the article,

...even if you are a creative genius, the door to creating an anime is simply not open to you, for several reasons.

You don't speak Japanese.
Nobody knows who you are.
You have no market strategy.

These are the three main things you should worry about. Of course, as stated in the other answer, you can post your original work online in order to gain audience and popularity. But, you should understand that it is not as easy as you think. So, before worrying about whether you need to make it manga first or whether your original idea won't be changed, try to worry on how to make anime studios see that your idea is worth even becoming an anime at all.

I agree with Kai and W. Are's answers and while their answers outline why you should not get your hopes up, I'd like to highlight a few examples of animes that show that this isn't necessarily impossible.
First up are Heroman and The Reflection. Looking at the writers, you'll notice that they were both written by Stan Lee, creator of many well known Marvel comics.
As a second method, I'll bring up Neo Yokio, an anime that was harshly criticized but shows another possibility: Netflix. Netflix has been investing a lot of money into not just getting animes on its platform, but producing them as well. This one was created by the lead singer of a band, but I'd like to think that Netflix could open up the possibility of Western people getting more involved with Japanese studios.
Finally, you can make your manga and hope it takes off. As Kai mentioned, they have hundreds, probably thousands of ideas they can consider. Outside of being in the industry (and having shown success), the only real way to get your ideas turned into an anime is by your idea being a success beforehand.
Some examples in this last category include Radiant, Howl's Moving Castle,  and Tales from Earthsea. Do note, however, that in the case of the Earthsea, it was changed enough, for Earthsea's author to not really consider it her story anymore.
This brings us to Radiant. This is a comic that takes a lot of inspiration from manga and thanks to the artist of One Punch Man, it got picked to become a part of the Euromanga Collection. A safe assumption may be that this became an anime thanks to having presumed success in Japan.
I think what this all shows is that it's not about having a good idea, but like W. Are said, giving the studio a reason for them to make it in the first place. And as my examples show, this reason could be you being a person of large influence, getting the right connections or your idea having success in its medium (whether a comic, novel, or perhaps some game).
I wouldn't get your hopes up with just the manuscript/idea, but do know that it's not outside the realm of possibilities for your work to get an anime adaptation.


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Why did Luffy not command the Straw Hat Grand Fleet against the Big Mom Pirates?
In the "Whole Cake Island" arc, Luffy and his crew were having a fierce battle with the Big Mom Pirates. However, they didn't ask or intend to get help from the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
The alliance would surely have helped make their mission to retrieve the Poneglyph a lot easier and the Grand Fleet swore to protect Luffy, so they would have been great assets, especially in the final battle.
Why didn't they ask or intend to get help from the Straw Hat Grand Fleet?

The Whole Cake Island mission was never supposed to be a war against the Big Mom pirates, though it turned out to have significant fighting. The main aim was to retrieve Sanji as quickly as possible and then head to Wano. Robin only asks Luffy to copy the Road Poneglyph if they find one / get the chance to.
If you recall the end of the Zou arc, both Law and Zoro mention how dangerous and risky a move it is to be confronting Big Mom while they were already set to clash with Kaido. However, Luffy is adamant about getting Sanji back, and hence they split up. Not to mention the Grand Fleet, not even the entire Straw Hat crew headed to WCI.
Like you've mentioned, the Grand Fleet could have been of use in a number of situations, whether during WCI or the coming arc in Wano. However, Luffy doesn't really approve of the fleet at all, as summarized in the wiki:

Luffy rejected their offer, as he wanted to sail freely on the seas without having to command anyone. In response to this, the crews made the decision to still serve Luffy, but only when he needed them to, and consumed sake cups to form the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.

He'll probably only rely on them when they're around, and the situation forces it somehow. That's just how his character has been developed. Further, Oda has teased that the final ending of One Piece will be a war so great it would make Marineford look like filler. Many people expect it to be the arc where the Straw Hat Grand Fleet will be on full display.


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Why does Manaka react like that to Hikari's confession in episode 12?
In episode 12 of Nagi no Asu kara, Hikari confesses to Manaka. However, she just says "I don't understand", and then runs out.
What I don't understand is Manaka's reaction to Hikari's confession of love. In the latter half of the series, we learned that she actually did love Hikari when we finish the flashback of her talking with Tsumugu in the fishing boat. If she really felt that way about Hikari, then her reaction to his confession makes no sense to me.
I don't know if I'm just missing something, but this is the one major point I just don't understand from the story. I'd really appreciate if someone could explain it to me.


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What were the two siblings referencing in episode 5 of No Game No Life?
In episode 5 of No Game No Life, when the two siblings saw the home of the Flugle, they said something and their clothes changed.
I'm pretty sure it was a reference to something, but I can't figure it out.
What were the two siblings referencing?

Judging by how they said "Laputa is real" as soon as they see it, I googled 'Laputa', and it seems to refer to Laputa: Castle in the Sky, which is a Studio Ghibli film. The poster on the Wikipedia page has the main characters who seem to match the attire that Sora and Shiro change into.
As for the partly censored word they say later, when trying to figure out how to get up to Avant Heim, I am not sure if it is linked to the movie since I haven't seen it. However, considering they comment that "the servers here are better", it seemed like they were using an abusive/offensive word to see if something would glitch. MMORPG games usually kick out players who use such speech, and while I can't recall exactly which game / instance this might be referring to, I have heard similar references before.

Spoiler: the partly censored word is from the most famous scene of Laputa: Castle in the Sky :)

The previous answer is possibly correct and it may be likely that it is referencing to the Studio Ghibli film. I also agree about @TheGamer007's theory that they were testing to see if using an offensive word would get them 'kicked'.
However, it would be also possible that it is a direct reference to a much earlier literary work, specifically Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, written in 1726. Laputa is a flying island in the story.
Castle in the Sky's Laputa was also derived from Jonathan Swift's story so it's possible that it's the same for Avant Heim.

Laputa is the floating sky castle in Castle in the Sky

 Balse / Balus is the "spell of destruction" the two main characters say to destroy the castle at the end of the film. That's why Sora and Shiro remark that "it's not falling" and "it'll take more than magic words."

Also, their clothes are changing to match that of the protagonists in Castle in the Sky.

I just watched this episode of No Life No Game and can absolutely confirm it is in reference to Castle in the Sky by Studio Ghibli. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid.
The phrase they used was censored because it is a direct word used from the movie to cast the spell of destruction to bring Laputa down, "balse". The pose and clothing they were in while they said it were pretty much exact to what the characters from Castle in the Sky wore when the spell was cast. With all of that combined it is riding on infringement so thats my guess as to why they censored it. This entire episode and the one following actually had a TON of references in it to other movies as well. It was quite fun to watch!

They are correct it’s 100% Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and the censored word is Balse.
Here’s the clip english subbed and if interested you can see for yourself here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohsNX936ME8


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How did Nagato have his eyes before Madara’s death during the 2nd Shinobi war?
In Naruto Shippuden, Nagato had his Rinnegan during the 2nd Shinobi war. However, it is said Madara implanted his Rinnegan in Nagato right before his death, but Madara’s death was during or after the 3rd Shinobi war.
So how did Nagato have his eyes before Madara’s death during the 2nd Shinobi war? I’m confused with the timeline of when he actually got the Rinnegan.

Madara implanted the Rinnegan onto Nagato when he was very young. And this was done without Nagato's knowledge. Then the Second Shinobi War started, after a while.
After implanting the eyes, Madara waited for years to find a person who could be used as a tool. This "tool" was supposed to guide Nagato to properly use the Rinnegan at the right time, bringing Madara back alive, at his prime state.
So in order to find a suitable "tool", Madara connected himself with the Gedo Statue and siphoned it's life essence. He would die the moment he disconnected, as he was far past his natural death.
Madara then died after finding Obito, training him and handing over his name.

Thank you answering. But Madara still had Rinnegan in one of his eyes when he met Obito.

No he did not have Rinnegan when he met kid Obito. He had Sharingan. Those eyes were not his original eyes. Just some replacement eyes. If you're talking about the Fourth Shinobi War, those were edo tensei eyes.


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What happens after the ending of White Album 2 anime?
I want to know what happens after the ending of White Album 2 anime, especially what happens to Kazusa and Haruki in the end.
I couldn't find an English version of the manga too.
What happens next?

Related: Does the White Album 2 anime share the same storyline as the visual novel?. Might be a duplicate: Does Touma Kazusa love Haruki in White album 2 anime and visual novel?

First off, just to clear things up, White Album 2 is based on a visual novel, not a manga. Now that I got that out of the way, let me begin.
White Album 2 (the visual novel) is followed up by White Album 2: Closing Chapter in which there are two endings; one in which Haruki decides to be with Setsuna, and the other is to move on from Kazusa. If you chose the former, you will unlock White Album 2: Coda which is pretty much the final chapter of the series. In it, you can make Haruki end up with Kazusa or just let him be with Setsuna. After that, nothing much.
However, if you choose Kazusa's true ending, you will get the mini-drama CD which is an audio story which shows Haruki and Kazusa's life married. It's great and I will recommend it to any Kazusa fans out there.
If you want to read Closing Chapter, you can find a few Let's Plays on YouTube. However, if you want to read Coda, sadly it hasn't been translated yet, but YouTuber Pandaum has thankfully made a complete Let's Play of Kazusa's out of him explaining the events in texts. Hopefully, this helps you in understanding the events after the anime.

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How many days pass during the first part of Konosuba episode 4?
The first half of Konosuba episode 4 shows a montage of Kazuma and Megumin training, leading us to believe it went on for a long time.  Long enough for the seasons to change several times.
It seems to me that it wouldn't take too many for the event that happens halfway through the episode to happen, so I don't think it was a year like was implied with the changing of the seasons during the montage.
How many days has it been?

Actually, if you look closely at that episode, Kazuma's explanation of the different setting was of weathers, not of seasons. It was meant to show that they trained regardless of what weather it was during the day. So, basically only days passed, not seasons.
To further reinforce this, Volume 1 Chapter 3 of the light novel directly states how much time passed. To quote,

Thus we spent a week in pleasant explosions. Then, one morning…

The snowfall seemed to indicate that there was a lengthy period of time elapsing.  Did I read too much into that?

@YetAnotherRandomUser Probably. There could be a number of reasons: possibilities include the one in charge of the animation probably overlook it, or they did not consult the author since they thought it was a pretty minor detail. In any case, the anime did not specify the time period whereas the LN did, so I think this is most likely a mistake in the animation part...

Or, for reasons not disclosed, they just changed that part deliberately. After all, anime adaptations tend to have differences from the source material itself, no matter how small they are...


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What is the name of the track at 17:25 in episode 764 of One Piece?
What's the name of the music track that plays at 17:25 where Brook play in episode 764 of One Piece?

According to this website, it's "Gold and Oden" (probably the second part?). You can search for the episode and click on a entry to see more information about a track.


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Is there an English dub for Triage X?
The Triage X Wikipedia page states that the show was picked up by Sentai Filmworks back in 2015 for an English release.

In May 2015, Sentai Filmworks licensed Triage X for an English-language release in North America, [...].

Other than that, I can’t seem to find anything else regarding the dub.
Was it ever completed?

No, there's no English dub for Triage X (as of April 2019).
Anime News Network listed Sentai Filmworks as one of the English licensors for Triage X, but there's no English cast (compared to the German's which was dubbed by TNT Media).

English cast
(none)

English companies
Licensed by:

Animatsu Entertainment (UK & Ireland)
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Sentai Filmworks

They release the series as a complete BD-box (Japanese audio with English subtitle)

TRIAGE X COMPLETE COLLECTION
SENTAI FILMWORKS
Language: Japanese with English Subtitles

Regarding the statement on Wikipedia, the earliest revision already stated that "In May 2015, Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for an English-language release in North America" citing Sentai Filmworks' official announcement. The announcement only stated that Sentai Filmworks licensed the series (which is correct) but didn't say anything about English dubbing.
I think the quoted statement from Wikipedia might be ambiguous and misleading since it might either mean "English-language release with English subtitle" (which is correct) or "English-language release with English dub" (which is wrong).


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What does these non-numbered Monogatari novel's chapter title means?
Based on Wikipedia, each English volume for the Monogatari novel book has its own chapter title, for example:

Chapter Zero
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Final Chapter
Chapter Nixed
Chapter Snug
Chapter Idle
Chapter Change
Chapter Chaos

Basically, I roughly understand what does 'Chapter Zero' to 'Final Chapter' mean, I assume it is just for chronological meaning.
However, what does 'Chapter Nixed, Snug, Idle, Change, Chaos' mean? Any meaning behind why it is named after those 'term'?
Why don't they just name it 'Chapter Seven' and so on? And for Hanamonogatari, hana (花) means "flower", but why is its chapter named 'Chapter Change' instead of 'Chapter Flower'?

Obvious spoilers for Monogatari:

Chapter Nixed / Nekomonogatari Kuro
In Nekomonogatari Kuro, the inner, Black Hanekawa, wants to get rid of all of her problems such as her "family." The word "nix" means "dropping/getting rid of something", so you can make a connection there. However, my theory is this is the first time Hanekawa drops acting like she is an omnipotent being, especially the dialogue between Araragi and Hanekawa in the last episode. So I believe that is where this comes from.

Chapter Snug / Nekomonogatari Shiro
At the end of Nekomonogatari Shiro, Hanekawa finally was able to accept all of her problems and emotions thus resulting in inner peace for herself. The word "snug" means "something comfortable or warm". She finally feels comfortable for being herself and doesn't think it's a bad thing thanks to Araragi. Also, let's not forget the talk between her and Araragi in the last episode. Probably she was feeling "warm" if you know what I mean. Also as a funny note, Tiger burns her so there is also this "feeling warm" meaning.

Chapter Idle / Kabukimonogatari
Well, this one is a bit ironic. In Kabukimonogatari, Araragi, again, wants to save someone. The lucky person is Hachikuji this time. Thus he and Shinobu travel to the past. That is so far from being idle, right? Anyway, they save Hachikuji from accident thus causing a time paradox where "ghost Hachikuji" never mentions where is Shinobu in Bakemonogatari since she is not dead in the new timeline. Thus in this new timeline, Black Hanekawa kills Araragi since Shinobu is not present at that time. She was "idle".

Chapter Change / Hanamonogatari
Since this is one of my favourites, I will explain both the chapter and volume name. You see in Hanamonogatari, we are seeing the development of Kanbaru as a person while dealing with her past. She is finally dealing with her problems without the help of others ahem Araragi ahem. Well, he helps a bit, but not in a direct way. Anyway, my point is, we are witnessing her grown as a person like a blooming flower. So yea, that is the symbolism there. The word "change" also comes from there.

Chapter Chaos / Otorimonogatari
Well, I couldn't find a better word to describe this arc. Chaos. The problematic personality of Nadeko finally erupts thus causing the chaotic end result of the arc, namely, the death of our main cast. We are also seeing how Ougi really operates. Her whole aim to cause chaos in an enigmatic way for Araragi.

But why?

Nisio loves this type of puns and symbolism. Nearly every arc name contains one such as Hanamonogatari, Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, etc. Others on the other hand directly give hints about the arc such as Owarimonogatari or Nekomonogatari.


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What is Saitama reading?
In the One Punch Man manga, Saitama is often shown reading recently published and popular manga. In the anime, you can often see his bookshelf filled with manga.

I suspect that the designs come from real manga series, but I am not well versed with the appearance of manga spines, nor can I read the blurry text on the spines.
Is there any idea where series/serials are from?

Might be a parody of existing manga, the clearest spine on the bottom shelf reads 少年ヨンデー (Shonen Yonde) which is a parody of 少年サンデー (Shonen Sunday magazine)

Well, Yusuke Murata did draw https://twitter.com/HxHSource/status/954055097524273152 to celebrate Yoshihiro Togashi's 50th birthday. Apart from the HXH reference, the first stack of books on the first shelf at least to me seems like a reference to Dragon Ball.

Also related from Yahoo! Answers and Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese): the first series on the top shelf looks like making an image of a dragon (could be Dragon Ball as per Gary's comment), the next series seems from ero love-comedy, the second shelf has ある馬鹿の人生 series by 本々はじめ (both fictitious title and author). The rest is too blurry to be recognized.


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In High School DxD, what does a demon gain by forming a contract with the summoner?
In High School DxD, the demons need to make a contract (a contract is formed after a demon fulfilled his/her purposes of the summoner) with someone to gain something.
What does a demon gain by forming a contract with the summoner?

What the demon gains is dependent upon what the demon is willing to trade. When Issei is conversing with Azazel for the first time in Azazel's apartment, Azazel offers his soul to Issei, as this is something that demons have been depicted to want. However, Issei declines and accepts a painting instead.


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Can Rimuru's Predator power put someone in an infinite dream?
Can Rimuru somehow create an infinite dream for those he eats, for example when he used Predator on Shizu and she saw her mom?

I don't think so because ifrit and veldora wasn't in a dream but just in a black hole

Oh I guess that makes sense but couldn't he just as easily put some in the black hole and others in an infinite dream I mean I think rimuru said something that made me think that I think it was something about her being in a dream or something

I think she is in heaven because she died...

Okay I guess that would make sense

I don't think so because the ones that are consumed(not confined like Ifrit or Veldora) are eaten soul and all. It is revealed in the novel series that the times that Shizu appears (after being eaten) is due to the leftovers of her soul. Thus I don't think Rimuru can put someone in an infinite dream, as he would have done that for Shizu if he could

Please indicate specifically the references used (chapter, light novel volume, anime episode, etc).


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Why didn't L check Light's handwriting?
Why didn't L check Yagami Light's handwriting and try to match that to the handwriting in the Death Note when he had the notebook?

I don't remember if it's explicitly stated, but I believe Light had forseen it and deliberately used a handwriting different from his ordinary one. It's not that difficult, really, though it impedes writing speed a bit.

@Mints97 That wouldn't be something unexpected. Now if only you had a source...

I read that Light removed the pages on w/c he wrote. So Higuchi got a blank death note

Of course it won't match because in death note he rights with his left hand and in simple he rights writes his right hand...

L had foreseen that the handwriting could be faked. Actually, handwriting comes up later in the story:

 One of Near's subordinates created a fake Death Note containing the names Mikami had written. Mikami didn't notice this since the fake book had "his" writings in it. L, being someone on a greater level than Near, would have thought that Kira might have faked his own handwriting so that just in case the Death Note falls into the SPK's hands, his handwriting won't be used as evidence. Therefore, he didn't even bother trying to check Yagami's handwriting.

Also, handwritings are not that distinguishable from one and another. It is very likely for some people to have the same or similar handwriting.
As a side note, we can try to do a similar experiment by showing someone we know our handwriting using our non-dominant hand. I practiced this before and the person didn't notice that it was me writing it, despite knowing my usual handwriting.

With regards to handwriting being similar, handwriting evidence is admissible in court. One paragraph-worth of handwriting is enough to have a 95% identity guarantee. Light wrote a lot more than one paragraph worth in his note :)

@MadaraUchiha So you disagree with Toshinou Kyouko and think the handwriting stuff in Death Note is a plothole?

@BCLC No, L may very well have suspected that Kira faked his handwriting.

@MadaraUchiha So 'kira' may have faked his/her handwriting to frame Light Yagami?

@BCLC For instance, yes.

@MadaraUchiha what else explains how the handwriting in the notebook matches light's exactly besides the names Higuchi wrote?

In addition to what Sakurai said, there were also times in the show where L thought that Light could have been manipulated by Kira, so it would have been in Light's handwriting anyway. He already practically knew that he was involved with Kira in someway or another, but at that time in the show, he theorized that Kira had cut ties with him, so it did not matter if it was his handwriting or not.

After handing over the Death Note to Rem in the plan to free Misa out Light says (chapter 54):

In other words, he tore the pages out and checked there's none of the fingerprints or his handwriting, so it's no surprise that L didn't check out the handwriting since there weren't any other names written beside Higuchi's.
All though it didn't mentioned in the anime, it's unthinkable that Light would missing do such an obvious thing.

I find it weird that Light could somehow completely wipe out all traces of physical evidence, but eh at least it was mentioned.

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Which manga chapters are covered by both season of Kamisama Hajimemashita anime?
Which manga chapters are covered by both season of Kamisama Hajimemashita anime?
Alternatively, if I am to pick up the story where the anime left off, what chapter should I begin reading?

The second season ending covers the events of the manga up to chapter 64.
The first season ends at chapter 30 or 31 (you can think of chapter 31 as a transition).
Notable differences:

 The earth spider at the end of season 1 is anime-only. Also Nanami ends the Kagura dance without Mikage's interference.

and:

 Kayako the human-goddess is manga-only. She is Nanami's rival for the vacant spot at the Izumo's god summit.

There are some other scenes from past chapters covering the new year's transition event,

 Like the swamp princess wedding preparation and the Tengu visit to Kurama on Earth

but they are minor details, and there are already a side-story on chapters 65 and 66, so it is better to pin the ending of the second season on chapter 64.

The Kamisama Hajimemashita anime has a first season which consists of 13 episodes; after that is the second season which consists of 12 episodes to be followed by OVA entitled "Kamisama Hajimemashita: Kako-hen," which consists of 4 episodes. If you are curious about the events after the last episode of the OVA, then you start to read the manga in Chapter 101 up to 149.


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Why didn't Mr. Satan know about Z Warriors and their abilities?
Mr. Satan was a professional martial artist. Surely, he was also a buffoon, but from what we've seen he is definitely very strong and skilled by the standards of someone who was never trained by someone like Kami or Kaioshin. In Dragon Ball series, he would probably be a decent opponent for Goku or Tien.
He also wasn't completely stupid - you don't become champion, millionaire and world star by not knowing what are doing.
In the real world, it takes a mixture of raw talent, hard work, and passion to achieve such level, and we have no reason to assume that it's any different in Dragon Ball universe.
Now, to finally get to the point:

How come that he never came across stories about people like Master Roshi?
How come he didn't watch 21st, 22nd and 23rd Tournaments, where flying, Kamehamehas, disappearing and other strange techniques were common?
How come he had no idea about Tien (who won 22nd Tournament)?

Satan must have been a young boy or teenager, and if he had the passion for martial arts, people like Tournament Winners should be like Gods to him. And yet, after these Tournaments, Mr. Satan doesn't recognize Goku, Piccolo or the other Z-Fighters.
Mind that I'm not questioning why he kept on insisting that everything that happened during Cell Games was a "trick" - he wouldn't want to admit that he was outclassed - but why was he actually and genuinely surprised.

I think the real question is: With so many awesome fighters and their flashy techniques (some being able to shatter the arena), how come it's Satan who becomes world famous? Even the announcer knew the tournament was about to become much more interesting, when the Z warriors attended. It's like everybody except the Z warriors and the announcer died and got replaced by a bunch of other random humans. I believe it's just poor writing.

related: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3304/why-didnt-anybody-recognize-the-z-fighters-at-the-cell-games

@Nolonar: That's easy to explain: Satan became world famous because that was his goal. Z Warriors never cared for fame (good example: Goku didn't even introduced himself to World's Leader Blue Dog after defeating Piccolo Sr) and without the media hype common people forgot about them rather quickly. Satan would do everything for attention so he had it.

@Nolonar, I think it was only the announcer who recognized them; the others mostly seemed utterly clueless, perhaps the tournaments were cycling through spectators at such a rate that each crowd were mostly comprised of n00bs each time? Even if not, it's possible that the crowds didn't really know what on earth they were experiencing each time - loud explosions, bright flashes of light, probably extremely disorienting. Add to that the fact that the Z fighter, and especially Piccolo, were deliberately trying to remain unknown and undocumented

The answer to your question lies in the fact that there was a large time gap between the 23rd and 24th World Martial Arts Tournament.
Also, keeping in mind the fact that no one other than King Furry in DBZ remembers the King Piccolo Saga, it's safe to say that everyone has forgotten about the previous tournaments. This can also be said due to the fact that Tambourine had taken the records of the previous tournaments and the participants, thus there being no written history of them left.
Therefore, it can be concluded that even if Mr. Satan might have witnessed the tournaments, he has forgotten about them.

Mr. Satan wasn't stupid. He just took credit for everything the Z fighters did like Cell, Buu, etc.. His fame was gained mostly by winning martial art tournaments after Goku and co. stopped entering them after he was a world legend. Although, after taking credit for the defeat of Cell, he became a world savior.
And to answer the question, he has seen abilities like this, although he just thought of them as magic tricks. This is explained in the fight with Cell.

I doubt he believed his own words. He seemed genuinely surprised but for the sake of his fame he had to come up with explanation very fast, so he kept saying "tricks", but if he really believed it he wouldn't be so scared.


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How did Galfa make Maria temporarily lose her powers?
In episode 9 of Maria the Virgin Witch, Maria temporarily lost her powers after she was beaten by Galfa.
How did he make them go away for only a slight amount of time without taking her virginity?

She was first drugged with the incense, then she got punched to the point she lost her control over most of her magic, iirc.

Being beaten up wouldn't make her unable to use magic.  Otherwise she wouldn't have been able to use magic while fighting the archangel.

I think it is a combination of the drug, and the fact that she was beaten up. She probably somehow or another lost control to her magic during the process.

When I watched the anime long ago, I also had the same question and discussed it in online forums. There were mainly 2 opinions regarding this.
First was that Galfa only beats her up and pretends to sexually assault Maria, and combined with the smoke drug it makes Maria think that she has lost her virginity, sort of like a mental block.
The second, more crude theory was that he actually did violate her, but uhh..only with the finger of his artificial metal hand so it did not count as losing her virginity.
I prefer to believe that it was the first.

If you pause the scene, you can clearly see that he is raping her. She has no underwear on and he would not have his waist pressed against Maria's if he was using his metal fingers (which is still very sick).
No, the reality is that he drugs Maria, then proceeds to bound, gag, and torture her in the most despicable and diabolical way. That's the harsh truth of how Maria loses her magic.


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How will Gon continue fighting after his fight with Neferpitou?
During the Chimera Ants Arc, after Gon fights with Neferpitou,

 Gon lost his Nen.

Will he be able to fight and continue advancing within the Hunter x Hunter Universe?

I suggest picking up the manga, it would answer your question.

Without nen, Gon won't be able to fight against Nen users. As was seen in the Heaven's Arena arc, the only way to defend against Nen is with Nen, and without it even relatively weak attacks will kill or cripple you.
At the moment, the story is on an indefinite hiatus, but if it ever gets going properly again, Gon will not be able to fight against Nen users unless somehow he is able to regain his Nen, whether by himself or by someone helping him.
It's obviously a different story, but I think it's similar to how after Ichigo lost his spiritual pressure in Bleach, he was pretty weak for a while until it was restored to him.
Alluka was able to save Gon, and it's definitely possible that either some Hunter has the capability to restore Gon's Nen, or that somewhere in the Dark Continent there will be a way of restoring it.

Did the manga specifically say that Gon couldn't relearn nen after he had lost it? If so, although it would set him back, he could regain his power. Just a thought.

If you think about it deeply, Gon really didn't lose his Nen per se.
He just lost the ability to "use" it. Remember what Killua wished for?
He wished Gon to return back to normal. But what is normal?
It is heavily implied that Gon's Nen pores are just back to normal again.
Even his dad had said, that he became "normal" and whether he wants to or
not is up to him.
Gon just has to re-learn Nen again, the way Wing forcefully opened his Nen pores or the natural way.
The main problem here is the wish. That aura spread too far and that wish is
too powerful. I wonder who's gonna suffer.... ;)

I agree with Shan Coralde, that Killua was just dumb about the command he gave nanika, and should have been smarter about it, as returning gon to normal would mean normal like everyone else. Normal could also be implied as not having the same potential and growth rate he previously had, as that was extremely unnatural

I think Gon will end up tracking down and joining the Phantom Troupe in order to regain the ability to use nen again. Also his nen category will probably change in the process. He may end up becoming a Conjurer or a Specialist.

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Did Sakura lose her virginity to Kakashi?
I read from here that for an A-class ranked mission, Sakura teams up with Kakashi, her sensei, and according to the requirement of the mission, she loses her virginity to Kakashi.
Is this story true? Had it actually happened in the manga?

That's fan fiction... therefore not canon.

@user14856 last line of the first chapter seems to indicate that Sakura is looking to loose her virginity in order to be accepted for a mission in which things could take a turn for the worse in which she may need to do something involving sex and that if she was a virgin it may be traumatic for her to loose it there. Manga wise Sakura probably looses it to Sasuke after they get married though we wouldn't know all the details on how many times they did it before Sarada was concived

This is apparently the first result that comes up if you search "who took Sakura's virginity" on Google.

Canon information about Sakura does not anywhere mention her losing her virginity to Kakashi, nor her being sexually-involved with him in any form. See some of the following profiles:

Narutopedia
Wikipedia
Japanese Wikipedia

Same goes for Kakashi profiles:

Narutopedia
Wikipedia
Japanese Wikipedia

Since the event did not occur in manga canon, no page reference can be provided. Sakura's virginity, or lack thereof, is not unmistakably specified in canon. In manga chapter 700+1 titled Uchiha Sarada, it is evidenced that Sarada has believed Sakura to be her biological mother and Sasuke to be her biological father, so it implies that Sakura lost her virginity at some unspecified point (unless she used IVF technology). However, Sarada subsequently questions whether Sakura is indeed her biological mother; this is debated by fans in threads such as here, here, and here. Sarada's doubt about biological ties to Sakura means that canon has not uniquivocally defined whether or not Sakura has ever been sexually active or pregnant.
Duty Before Honor is an English-language fanfiction written by SilverShine with a Kaka/Saku ship (a.k.a. pairing). The reader reviews for the fanfic indicate that the premise was created to be an AU (alternate universe) rendition of the characters crafted by SilverShine. Stripped Bare is also an English-language fanfiction, written by Purple_Panic (formerly known as J-Pop Princess); its reader reviews are here. Fanfiction.net and Archive of Our Own are both fanfiction repositories. As such, they do not feature canon material and are not intended to serve as a source of information about canon; in contrast, fanfiction and doujin works tend to create content that is original or intentionally contradicts canon. Kaka/Saku (written as カカサク, or カカシ×サクラ) is not a prominent ship in Japanese doujinshi.

not fully understanding those kind of things as all i know is that there is some membrane which represents a girls' virginity, wouldn't Sakura still loose her virginity when she gives birth since said membrane would be broken during child birth?

@Memor-X, I have updated the answer since it is not clear whether or not Sakura gave birth (even if she did, it could have been by C-section). The concept of virginity is not about the status of the hymen (some women are not even born with the sort that is able to tear. Sakura could easily have torn hers at any point during non-sexual physical exercise), but about the state of never having engaged in sexual intercourse: often considered to be vaginal, but varies by culture.

Hymens can be stretched by Kegel exercise prior to 1st tampon use or 1st sexual intercourse, so some woman/girls do not need to experience any tearing. Natural childbirth is not generally considered to be any sort of sexual intercourse, to be innately sexual or even sensual, so a hymen incidentally tearing for the first time during the birthing process (such as in cases of IVF, surrogacy, etc.) would not generally be considered to constitute "losing virginity" even under many cultural definitions of virginity that take the hymen into account.

In the canon manga, it's confirmed Sasuke and Sakura have a child together, hence her losing it to Sasuke. Kakashi and Sakura have never been sexually active together.

I don't think this is a good question but I also don't see how someone having a kid with someone proves that they lost their virginity to that same person.

Well, Kakashi has saved girls' life rapidly over the years like Rin. He rescued her, but later on, she made him killed herself.
If Kakashi had intercourse with Sakura, that's like a teacher having intercourse with a student. If she was over 18, it's fine, but it makes people worried because in Boruto, there is a kid that is like Kakashi but with brown hair and pink and white hair, making a brownish rose color. So they could be parents.


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Who are the girls depicted in this scene?
From Punch Line episode 7, at around 6:35 there's this scene:

There are five girls here. Who are they depicting?

Blonde with the green dress.
Brunette with the blue dress. Meika?
Redhead with the purple dress. Mikatan, probably.
Slender brunette with the brown dress.
Green haired in the lower right.

I would think that this is Mikatan plus the other members of She's Mei.

@senshin She's Mei has around a dozen members. When I return home I can take a Screenshot of a poster on Mikatan's room wall. I think they are the tenants of the boarding house, with a ton of hairdo and makeup. Waiting for someone to confirm.

Based on their hairstyles, they seem to be (from left to right) Lovera, Ito (undyed), Mika, Yuta (technically a female), and Meika.