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Use of nosebleeds to denote arousal?
In several episodes of Assassination Classroom (animated version), characters develop spontaneous nosebleeds seemingly in response to becoming sexually aroused.  This occurs with a number of male characters, though I can recall at least one instance where it happens to a female character as well.
Here's an example on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKNRnL6E64Q
Is this a common trope in anime, or something that's unique to Assassination Classroom?  And in either case, is there any rational explanation behind using this seemingly bizarre method of depicting arousal?

This is a common trope in anime. Many examples of it can be seen on Dragon Ball with Master Roshi:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0-Ep3UI2SI [potentially suggestive content]
According to AnimeNewsNetwork, it is a long-standing Japanese folk belief.

As for why it happens, I'd assume it's another anime exaggeration to show the increased blood flow to "other" areas.


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Why does Obito only grab some people when he teleports them to the kamui dimension?
Take for example when he's fighting Danzos subordinates. He grabs onto one of them when he teleports them, but for the other he simply uses it at a range.
And if he can just always teleport people from a range, why was he always so insistent on grabbing his opponent? He could have just attempted to long-range kamui on Minato and Naruto instead of always trying to grab them.

His power is consisted of two parts, first to teleport others into or out of kamui dimention, two to be constantly in touch with kamui dimention and teleport himself and parts of his body there. I assume the second one takes less energy is more practical so he tries to touch the oponent to make him part of his own body and use the second power of his eyes

Tobi couldn't attack and defend at the same time with Kamui.
His strategy was to allow his opponent to attack, but by using Kamui, the attack would fly straight through.

If Minato didn't have the teleportation, Tobi would have won.
Tobi's strategy is actually quite interesting, as he didn't use the kamui in the way that you thought that he would. I think that this is Obito's way of doing. He could use the Kamui in that way but chooses not to, because his strategy is more tactical.

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Why did Goku recruit Frieza but not gotenks
Goku didn't recruit goten and trunks because they charge at their enemies like an idiot. But isn't Frieza like that as well? Why did Goku recruit Master Roshi who can't even beat Raditz? He can't even scratch the fighters from other universes. Roshi & Tien can be removed and leave space for Gotenks.

Well, removing Roshi and Tien would let Goten and Trunks enter. But when they fight as Gotenks, there would be one member less on the Universe 7 side. Therefore, number disadvantage, and hence reduced teamwork. Plus, Goten and Trunks aren't considered because of their childish nature. Which is proven by assigning them to protect the island.

Before you go disparaging Roshi for not being able to beat Raditz, I'd like to remind you of another character (whose name rhymes with Shmoku) that also couldn't beat Raditz.

Gotenks has a time limit plus we dont know if fused characteres are allowed. Probably not, since fusion would end before the tournament and you would have 11 members in the arena when 10 members are allowed.
Freezer is way much stronger than Gotenks. Gotenks SSJ3 was less strong than duplicate Vegeta in base form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Jxo4gDdzs . Vegeta and Goku are in a similar level. Freezer is said by Beerus to be in the same level than SSB Goku.
Roshi can beat Raditz by far now. He could handle many Freezer soldiers, he could beat Tien who was able to defeat Burter and Jeice who were over Vegeta's 30000 power level of that time (probably between 40000 - 45000) . Tien could also hold second form Cell, deflect a Majin Buu Gohan absorbed attack, resist a punch in the stomach from mystic Gohan and not pass out, etc. Also Roshi, Krilin and Tien experience are taken into account. In a sparring match, Krilin defeated Gohan by pushing him outside of the arena, outsmarting him. He almost outsmarts Goku in a sparring match too, in spite of being much less weaker than them just like Tien and Roshi are.

There's no way Gotenks Ssj3 can lose to base form Vegeta. Base Gotenks can already hold super buu. And Ssj3 is 400 times stronger than base. It's just a filler.

@yuankai there are no fillers now. Neither the anime and the manga are directly written by Toriyama. He just gives general guidelines. They have plenty of room to add ideas of their own

@yuankai btw, base form using god ki is different than regular base form. Goku in base form using god ki could defeat Freezer 4th form, when Gohan super saiyan was almost killed by Freezer 1st form. That's what we saw in Dragon Ball Super and Fukkatsu no F. Vegeta in base form using god ki is stronger than SSJ3 Gotenks, no surprise here, since using god ki makes you about equally stronger than Super Saiyan God (red) , and Super Saiyan God Red is stronger than Super Saiyan 3 by far. It's like if Vegeta Super Saiyan God (red) would be fighting SSJ3 Gotenks

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The Akimichi Clan Symbol
The symbol for the Akimichi clan is:

Does it mean anything in Japanese? If so, what is it?

Are you sure this is the correct symbol... The one on wiki is difference http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Akimichi_Clan Manga not handy enough to check

@Arcane you actually see that symbol in the first image on that page and the wikia page doesn't seem to explain why it's different

@Memor-X Not sure. The symbol on the wikia looks like it is alluding to the hidden ability of Akimichi clan to burn Fat to create chakra wings, cos it looks like a butterfly to me :P

It's mentioned on the Wikia: "As a tribute, members of the clan wear the kanji for "food" (食, shoku) on the their clothing"

@AkiTanaka Nice spot! For reference... http://thejapanesepage.com/kanji/%E9%A3%9F

Lol im not japanese and even i recognize it means food. Seems like the jap langauge is a ripoff of the chinese language

The symbol comes from the 食 kanji. You can prononces it "uka" and it means food or to eat. You can also prononce it "uke", "ke", "shoku" or "shi", but it gives the kanji almost the same meaning of food or meal.
Hope that helped.

That really relates to what the akimichi are good at: eating :)


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Milk, regeneration properties for devil fruit users?
Does milk offer regenerative capabilities? I've never seen it in the anime but in the newest chapter 858 of the manga the following scene is shown.

Now, I haven't been reading the manga long I just started reading after the dressrosa arc but I watched the anime up to that point and I don't recall ever seeing anything like this.
Is this a devil fruit thing? A gag?

yeah, i also don't remember it has been mentioned as a "healing" mechanism besides fixing brooks bones because of the calcium it contains. I think it just a gag based on the milks health myths and that is why it  managed to restore luffys teeth. I think it works only in Brook's case.

Yeah I got kind of disappointed. I mean Luffy has gotten several notable scars over the years that show testament to the trials he went through on his journey to be a pirate king the scar on his eye, the scar on his chest, the missing tooth. Then oh his tooth can just grow back because milk.

@Kaz Well his eye scar is self inflicted as a child.  The chest occurred/represents the death of Ace.  The tooth is... compared to the others... insignificant.

@Proxy it didn't really work in Brooks case previously if I remember correctly.  Brook thought/felt it did and Chopper called him out on that.  Now... rule of funny.

@kaine I dunno it was a pretty brutal fight between him and Sanji. And it's a representation of his growth. To be able to hold on to his friends. But in terms of the other two you are right. I'll leave this up in case Oda does an AMA or something and there is an actual reason for it

@KazRodgers yeah, on one side i understand why oda did it and realistically this was the only "right" way luffy could have gained his tooth back so i'm not surprised why oda pulled it off. For me personally i would have loved it if luffy stayed without it, it gives a bit of more character to him and serves as a remainder of how easily things can turn wrong. A shame would have been another nice way to distance itself from other shounen manga heroes

Calcium is good for your bones

@JTR correct but teeth are not bones they are enamel

@KazRodgers yeah, but calcium also good for your teeth XD

@KazRodgers by the way, it's more a gag for Brook I think

It is a gag and actually just applies for Brook and Luffy. The calcium in the milk is good for bones and Brook is nothing but bones (It is mentioned at Thriller Bark, even in the anime) and Luffy has huge regenerative powers whenever he eats or drinks (remember Alabasta when he pumped water in his almost dead dry body).


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Could one make a specific person shoot someone dead using the deathnote?
Rule X.2 saies "Whether the cause of the individual's death is either a suicide or accident, if the death leads to the death of more than the intended, the person will simply die of a heart attack. This is to ensure that other lives are not influenced."
This is generally (including in canon) interpreted as "One can't make a specific person kill". We all agree that based on this rule one can write "Mr. A get shot" but not "B has a heart attack after shooting someone". My question is if it would be possible to write "A get shot. B has a heart attack after shooting A". The name "Mr.A" is in the notebook so it should work but I am pretty sure that Light or Ryuk called it impossible.
Out of canon I understand that Kira is an OP puppet master even without the ability of blaiming specific persons for a homocide he commited (just think about what would have happened if one member of the task force shoot another one and get shot on his own so that light now has a gun and human shilds to kill L withuout deathnote or eye witnesses) but in canon there should be no reason why it should not work.

This seems to be covered in part here, at least in answers: https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/21659/2604

The answers almost match but they miss the specific person aspect. "A heart attak 9:30 after raging in a hotel" "B bloode loss after beeing beaten up in a hotel 9:10" still can make A rage in one hotel and B die in another one. I want to know if one can specificly link two persons with known names and faces if one write both name in the book.

Since you wrote both Mr.A and Mr.B's name in the notebook
and their deaths (which is caused by the book) correlate with each other, this would be possible. writing their times of death would increase the chances of this working.
for example you know both Mr.A, and Mr.B meet everyday at 7:00
you could just make it so that Mr.B gets "influenced" at 6:30 and Mr.A gets shot at 7:00, making sure you write Mr.A's fate first on the death note.


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Did Danzo use Shisui's eye?
I've see this fight quite a few times but I never understood if Danzo used Shisui's eye?
When Sasuke pierces Karin & Danzo with his extended Chidori, did Danzo use his last Sharingan (Shisui's eye) or he didn't get a chance to use as Sasuke's attack was unexpected/surprised?

Danzo was using Shisui's eye. Check out the episode with the 5 Kage summit where he is influencing the other Kages to vote for him as the leader of the summit.
Danzo knew about the power of Shisui's sharingan, but was also aware about its awakening period, i.e Danzo could not always use Shisui's sharingan due to the immense power of the jutsu (Kotoamatsukami) that Danzo was using.
Also, that might be the reason he took karin as hostage.

The whole point why Danzo infused himself with Hashirama's cells was so he could manage the many sharingan he stole and to lower the cooldown time on Shisui's Koto.
Sasuke killed him before Danzo could use it on him in their fight, Tobi clearly states it.
Danzo underestimated Sasuke and was planning on using Koto if he fought Tobi after Sasuke. Sasuke placed Danzo in a simple Genjutsu and died before using it.


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Why does Hayama feel that he is inferior to Hachiman?
I have watched the anime and read the light novel as well but I can't understand why he feels that he is inferior?

The answer proved to be more complex than I originally thought it would be. In short Hayama feels inferior to Hachiman because he was able to do something that Hayama had been trying to for a long time, that is to help Yukinoshita.
It would take too long to explain in detail but if anyone is interested they can check out Hayama character analysis at
Oregairu analysis

Well, Hayama has the good looks, friends and stuff, but most of his "friends" would just stop being friends if Hayama isn't "Hayama" anymore; Most of his "friends" would just abandon him, if he were to be attacked by a bear somewhere in a forest.
He realizes this after trying to see from Hachiman's point of view, Hachiman's cynical and "real" outlook on 'the youth', society, and life in general doesn't seem too far fetched.
Hayama being the "good guy" tried to "associate" better with Hachiman because he "pities" him, but then realizes that most of Hachiman's world views are painfully accurate; and that his way of thinking isn't totally wrong either, and that is what makes Hayama think he is inferior to 8man.
or maybe because Hachiman has two girls going after him, while Hayama has a bitch, and a girl that's going to die of blood loss sooner or later. (#TeamYukinon)

The reason why Hayato feels inferior toward Hachiman lied in light novel volume 4, "Y". While they are helping Rumi, he used this situation to compete with Hachiman because he thought Hachiman's thought was what made "that person" or "Y" interested in him. So he competed with Hachiman secretly to prove Hachiman's belief is not good enough for that person to focus on Hachiman and to prove his own ideal is right.
But the final result in this mission proved Hachiman's belief is right (those girls did anything to survive, even sacrificing each other). So Hayato was defeated for the first time by Hachiman. Actually, he would feel inferior toward Hachiman before the summer camp will start, but this incident made him feel like that clearly for the first time.
If you want to know who is "y" and how Hayato hates hachiman, you can read in Yahari Bento!! Wordpress, and if you want to know his story that related with "love triangle", you can explore more by using tag "Hayama Hayato" in this link.

The existing answers have an element of truth, but let me just clarify slightly.
Why does Hayama Hayato feel inferior to Hachiman? It's actually quite simple: he's a born winner and he hates losing. This can be seen when Hachiman runs together with Hayama and tries to find out what subjects he'll take. Hayama flat out ignores Hachiman and again uses the line "I hate feeling inferior to you, I'll do things my way and I'll win because that's who I am."
Hayama has always won; best at sports, popular, good looks, good academia. However, what happened after the summer camp is the most important tell-tale: Hayama came over to Hachiman with a drink and sat down next to him saying "You were right, I hate to say... However I don't think we could have been friends in school."
Why is the question? Well, Hachiman proved Hayama's attitude towards people is wrong. Hayama believes in the good in people and believed that if he tried to do what Hachiman wanted to "destroy the children's relationships so they all hate each other", then the plan would fail and the kids would all help each other. Sadly, they didn't (well Rumi did but the other kids didn't). Instead, they're throwing each other to the lions and trying to save themselves. Hachiman proved him wrong and won, Hayama acknowledged that but hates it.
It's well known Hayama loves Haruno. However, Haruno doesn't feel the same way due to her caring attitude towards Yukino. They were all in the same school. However, we know Yukino got bullied, Hayama refused to help her, and Haruno resents him for that (and therefore will never love Hayama in the same way).
Hachiman did what he could never do: helped Yukino when she needed it. By taking on all the work (which an overworked Yukino was unable to do) he made the festival a success and Yukino applauded his work (which Hayama hated).
So yeah, it's two fold:

He can't stand to lose in particular when his own attitude towards people is shown to be false and Hachiman's pessimistic attitude is more often right then not.
He resents Hachiman because he's unable to get close to Haruno due to her resentment over Yukino, whereas Yukino openly applauded Hachiman and accepted him into her fold which Hayama failed to do.

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Is Mitsuki an enemy of Boruto?
From a preview of episode 11 of Boruto: Naruto Next Generation, I think something about Mitsuki is going to be revealed.

As far as it has been revealed, there is no conclusive proof. In the latest episode (Wednesday June 21st), Mitsuki told Boruto that he knows who is behind the "Ghost Incident", but that is where the episode finished.
He seems to be some sort of "a child" of Orochimaru.
Next episode, it will probably be revealed.
UPDATE:
I just read some Boruto manga, and since the manga refers to the future (Chuunin Exams), and Mitsuki is still there, then we can deduce that Mitsuki is not an enemy of Boruto.

Mitsuki is already confirmed to be the son (a home grown almost clone) of Orochimaru. Naruto_Gaiden: The Road Illuminated by the Full Moon tells that story. Orochimaru set up a complicated plot to get Mitsuki to discover his independence, and then let him go to Konoha.

Oh thank goodness! Thank you for answering mina!


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Does Kale super saiyajin green transformation have a name?
Kale aka "female Broly" (unofficial nickname) is shown to have a super saiyan transformation of green color similar in aspect to the transformation of Broly. Does this transformation already have an official name? (from japanese magazines, previews, etc.?)

Unfortunately, I don' t think so. DBS is making a really long list of these unexplained new transformations..

Nothing has been confirmed yet, within the next few episodes we should have our answer though

It seems the transformation name is going to be "Super Saiyan Berserk" because some Dragon Ball Super figurines (toys) of Kale transformed in SSJ appeared, and they are labeled like that. Besides a provisional title for DBS episode 100 appeared, and it is (spoiler)

 Awakening of the Berserk Warrior!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lGKrSJOqlk
Update: 16/07/2017 In the preview of Dragon Ball Super episode 100, the title is "Out of control. The savage Berserker awakens!!" so I guess we can take this as her confirmed name.

Do you have any sources to point out for these toys?

The youtube video mentions the toys and the name refered in the post. The toys can be seen here (with the same name) https://www.reddit.com/r/dbz/comments/6dh9pj/dragon_ball_super_new_toys_including_jiren_and/ not sure if I can upload that photo because it has a watermark

Ah, I was under the presumption that the video was just a clip showing the preview for episode 100.

Legendary Super Saiyan or Super Saiyan Berserk.
I think they call it Super saiyan Berserk because in the Dragon Ball series, Goku and CO never meet Broly, so they have no idea about the green transformation. So they refer to the way Kale act when transformed.


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Which is Kraft Lawrence's familiar name, and which his surname?
Regarding the character of Kraft Lawrence from Spice and Wolf, I've often wondered whether Kraft was supposed to be his familiar name or his surname. Kraft sounds more like a surname to me, but Lawrence could be either. I'm aware that in Japan, the family name is given before the familiar name, but as the story is styled more as a European medieval fantasy, it isn't so clear to me what Isuna Hasekura intended. Characters such as Norah Arendt and Eve Boland seem to have their familiar names first. Unlike Lawrence, Norah and Eve are both more commonly referred to by their first names rather than their last. My confusion is further legitimized by the third volume of the Spice and Wolf manga. In the bonus manga at the end, set in Japan, Lawrence is introduced thusly:

Young Master Lawrence of the House of Kraft.

This sidestory is obviously not canonical and not authoritative, but still serves to muddy the issue. So, is there any information that would definitively prove whether Kraft is Lawrence's familiar name or his surname?

Tote Coll also seems to go by his last name more often than his first.

The usage of "familiar name" trips me since it's usually used as a nickname or how they are used to be called. Did you mean "given name"?

@AkiTanaka Yes.

I'm pretty sure "Lawrence" is intended to be his surname/family name and "Kraft" his personal name. My recollection from the anime is that he is occasionally referred to as "Lawrence-san," which while permissible for a personal name would be unusual enough to be remarked.
Moreover, he's frequently referred to as "Mr. Lawrence" by people who would have absolutely no reason to call him something cutesy like Mr. Personal-name. For example, in the Vol. 1 of the light novel (Yen Press translation), Marheit (head of Milone Trading, features in the silver trenni arc) calls him "Mr. Lawrence" on pp. 238, 243, 248, 260... pretty much throughout their interactions.


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Victims and Sea stone
I cannot remember any event where a victim of a fruit user or an object affected by a fruit user came in contact with the sea stone, is there any record until now in one piece?
Question -  if a human turned toy by the hobi-hobi no mi or a homie created by the soru-soru no mi came in contact with the sea stone, would the effect revert? Or does the stone affect the user but not the power?
Exceptions I can think of - Kuzan's ice does not melt or change back to water on the surface of the sea.

Well, there is at least one good example of someone directly on contact with water who were still affected by someong power : the Princess of Fishmen.
If you remember, Shirahoshi-ojou-sama was bullied by the evil Vander Decken IX whose power was allowing him to never miss his target (strongly summarized). His power was still effective as he threw a insane amount of projectiles on Shirahoshi's submarine dungeon. His power enchants boththe weapons thrown and the target, so since the power is not disabled underwater, at least this power is not affected by seastone or sea presence.
We also know that demon power users in contact of sea or seastone can't use their power and that is also the reason prison's cells are made of seastone.
Conclusion :
We can assume that :
- there is no such thing as a DF user able to use his power when he touches sea water or seastone.
- Powers are not affected if the user is not in contact of sea/seastone
- If a DF user is hit by sea/seastone, his victims (hobi-hobi no mi toy's for instace will be freed (for good or until the DF user is not in contact anymore ?).
I think this is a minor plot hole of One Piece because it is never really explained how differents types of fruits's powers work in this kind of situation. Guess we have to decide from each power.
Hope that helps.

Source : One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 19 Chapter 169 (p. 11) and
  Episode 106, Smoker mentions that all Marine Headquarters' prisons are
  made of seastone.

Vander Decken is a great example


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Why Connie, Historia and the others have been kept separated from the others at the beginning of season 2?
In the beginning of season 2, all of these guys have been kept somewhere with a sense that they are dangerous. Why is that? How did they know that they might be dangerous?
Did I forget anything from season 1 or it is something that we have to wait and see maybe in season 3?

Spoilers on 34th chapter of manga.

 Right after capture of Annie, Erwin came to conclusion, that there may be more shifters in this squad. Therefore, he decided to keep them in some isolated place. Real reason, why they are in isolated place, was hidden from squad, and they were just told that they are patrolling, yet almost all squad was wondering, why they are in civil dress and without any equipment, while other Survey Corps members were in full equipment, and were looking nervous.

Spoilers on 42nd chapter of manga.

 It is not exactly clear, when this occured, but on certain moment, Hange and Armin came to conclusion, that Bertolt and Reiner may be titans, as they've came from same "village" with Annie, and possibly were cooperating with her.

Changed answer with references to source manga chapters.


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Did the "Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka?" anime cut content from the novels?
As not so long ago the anime adaptation of the Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? novel ended we were left with quite an open ending
My questions are the following: did the anime left some important content out (its normal to skip some as it can't be all adapted) and if so, how much? Furthermore, if I plan to read the novels, should I start from the beginning (if the anime skipped some parts) or start where the anime ended (if you could provide that information too I'd be very grateful)?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, the anime partly covers up to the 3rd volume of the light novel.
AniComiMan (Japanese), a blog that provides spoiler for the light novel prefaced it with

Those who want to know the part that was not included in the anime, because in my opinion there is a big difference, it'd be good to read the original light novel.

A review by Inquisitr (warning: the site included speculation to season 2's material) stated,

Overall, the anime adaptation of the Suka Suka light novel is good and does not sacrifice pacing, although various scenes were rearranged and shortened. Anime usually has to skim over certain details and world building is discarded to fit the source material within 12 episodes. The biggest change from the light novel is that the anime

 neglects to reveal the true identity of the First Beast,

but author Kareno probably retconned that spoiler from Volume 1 on purpose since it really didn't make sense to have that revelation so early. A certain beast is not introduced at all in the anime and this character is

  critical to Volumes 4 and 5.

There's also little differences. For example, in World End Episode 11 the characters find a girl encased in crystal. [In the light novel...]

 Willem activates his "spell vision," an ability never used in the anime, to analyze the curse and the narrative gives more details about the hex's abilities. The book also has a long discussion between him and Grick about the state of the girl and whether it’s possible to resurrect her like what was done with Willem. When Chtholly becomes entranced by the crystal, Willem literally has to plunge his hand into her chest, collapsing her lungs, in order to disrupt her magic flow and return her to normal.

That's just one minor scene, which gives you an idea of how much content the anime skips over. As you can see, it's worth reading the light novels even if you've watched the anime.
(Emphasis mine)

Also, the Japanese's impressions on episode 6 (= end of volume 2) are more-or-less: those who have read the light novel were more emotionally moved than those who only watched the anime since the anime skipped a lot/the pace was too quick.

This agrees with what I remember from the novels. The ending of the anime is more-or-less unchanged from the end of the 3rd volume, but there are some minor to moderate changes including a few events from later being included in the anime and many cuts. Nothing is so drastically changed that it would cause problems adapting the remaining novels though.


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What are the names written on the back of Yuri Nazarov's photograph?
In episode 6 of Noir, Kirika brings Yuri Nazarov home after he faints and finds a family photograph hidden behind a drawing of a cat. (See link for bigger version of image below.) On the back of the photograph, there is something written in what is probably Russian.

What is written on the back of the photograph? I have at best an extremely poor knowledge of the Cyrillic alphabet and the Russian language, so I have not managed to read everything written there. My guesses so far are, going line by line:

Ivanov
Natasha
Yuri
[I can't figure out what the middle two letters are.]
Balkutsk 1951 [This is the line that Kirika reports to Mireille, so it must be correct.]


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What was the point of the game in Future Diary?
In Future Diary, the justification for the game was that Deus was dying and looking for a successor.  That's an easy enough premise to understand.
But then it turns out that this is not the first time that this has happened.  Yuno had previously won the game and used her powers to enter the reality that we observe so that she can be with Yuki.  That is a little complicated but still relatively easy to follow.
Then when Yuki wins he ends up in his own reality, and we see that Deus is alive and well and it is around here that I begin to lose the plot.
What is the point of the game?  It shows absolutely no evidence of achieving it's stated goal, and by all appearances the stated justification for the game itself is false.
I realize that this question may seem confusing, but that is only because the subject matter is immensely confusing.
So, in short, what was the point of the game?

You're completely right in the reasoning that Deus is looking for a successor, and that is what happens in each case of the game playing out.
The survival game the anime covers is that of the second reality, which Yuki ends up winning. What isn't revealed until near the end of the story is that there was initially a first reality with it's own survival game, which Yuno won.
In the first reality, Yuno becomes so close to Yuki that after he dies and she wins, she can't bear being alone without him, so abuses the powers of the first reality's Murmur to enter the second reality to be with Yuki once again. Her plan was to do this repeatedly, winning the game in multiple iterations over numerous realities to be with Yuki for, essentially, eternity. Of course, this comes to a halt after the initial victory, as Yuki wins the second game.

So what you are saying is that the successor is in-fact found, but the problem is that the successor is a crazy person who abandons the reality that they just gained dominion over?  That certainly clears things up.

You have to wonder though, maybe Deus shouldn't have used an elaborate murder game to choose his successor.  Not likely to end up with a stable individual, you know what I mean?

Haha, exactly, it's hardly a surefire way to find the best successor! And yeah, pretty much - in the original ending, Yuki is despondent without Yuno, and his universe is beginning to fall into disrepair, there's no clause that says the ruler has to be a good one. It's not until the redial ending with the third Yuno going to the second universe that a happy ending is found.


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How could Ichigo purify souls with Zangetsu?
In the anime and presumably the manga, we see at least one instance of Ichigo using Zangetsu to purify a soul.  But how is this possible?  Zangetsu is the manifestation of Ichigo's Quincy power, which is known to destroy souls rather than purify them.  How does this work?

There are three reasons why Ichigo can purify Hollows.

Rukia transferred her powers into Ichigo, which would mean that he not only has the ability to see Hollows properly, but also that his general Soul Reaper powers would largely mirror hers.  He wouldn't have inherited any of her abilities, but the situation would be no different than him being a Soul Reaper trainee sent on assignment in the real world, fighting and purifying Hollows.
Ichigo has these powers innately with him, given that

 his father was the former 10th squadron's captain, and that would make him also half-Soul Reaper and half-Quincy.

This means that, at a miniumum, any previously awakened powers were only limited in capacity, but not directly impacted.
Quincies make use of bows and arrows (and sometimes other implements) made exclusively from their Spirit Pressure, which have the direct effect of destroying a Hollow and upsetting the balance.  Only a Soul Slayer could effectively destroy Hollows.


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For how long has Lelouch been the Emperor of Britannia before and after "turning evil"?
Lelouch, once Charles had been defeated, use his Geass to take the Britannian crown and throne from others contenders. Then, he reforms their "constitution" and changes a lot of things in the empire. Then, after his coup d'état, he starts to conquers the world and finally reaches his goal at the beginning of the last episode. Now comes my two-in-one question :
For how much time did he ruled peacefully Britannia and for how much time did he kept the power after his victory over the world ? I'm asking for approximations (year?months?weeks?) more than actual time span.

As per Wikia, Lelouch ruled for 2 months from July 2018 atb to September 2018 atb before being "assassinated by Zero".

July 2018 a.t.b.- One month after the Second Battle of Tokyo, Lelouch vi Britannia coronates himself as the 99th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire and appoints the title of "Knight of Zero" to Suzaku Kururugi (heretofore the Knight of Seven). With his ascension come many changes in Britannian policies, including the destruction of the Imperial Mausoleum and the abolishment of privileges to nobles. This leads to many attempts of rebellion (one of which is led by the Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein), each of them futile against the "Emperor of Justice".
September 2018 a.t.b.- Two months after the battle, using U.F.N. as political tool for forcing E.U. to radicate, Emperor Lelouch vi Britannia declares himself world leader. During a supervision of executions of the Black Knights and U.F.N. leaders, Zero reappears and assassinates Lelouch to complete the Zero Requiem.

Source - Code Geass - Alternate World History
Unfortunately this page doesn't have any reference sources, but I've found finished series's wikia are generally accurate. I'll update once I find the canon sources.

That's the answer i was waiting for. Thanks !


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Why was the Soul Eater anime different than the manga?
The anime is missing severals arcs, like Noah's or one about Witches. Is there a reason behind those differences or is it just that the manga wasn't over yet ?

Related

i've seen both so i know when the divergences start but i'm asking 'why'

That's why I said "Related" and not "Duplicate" ;)

it could much like the fma series ? sounds an awful similar to that case , just that the remaining manga wasn't adapted into a new anime series again

yeah i guess it is the case

This is simply because the anime had caught up with the manga and the producers wanted to continue rather than wait for the rest of the story.

Please add a reference to your answer :)

The manga ended in 2013 and the anime ended in 2009, is not that enough?

@AlixEisenhardt While your answer sounds legit in itself, we seek documented answers with credible sources. Where did you find out that the anime has caught up with the manga? Has there been any official declaration that they wanted to continue rather than wait?


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How are Shinigamis born?
It is known that Death the Kid is Lord Shinigami's son. However, how were both of them born ? And why does Lord Shinigami look like a Duskull while Kid and the Kishin are both humanoïds ?

Instead of asking 2 questions in one. Try splitting them up to separate questions instead.

In chapter 47 of the manga, it is mentioned that
A Shinigami is capable of reproduction, such beings possessing groins.

However, Shinigami are also capable of asexual reproduction, as explained in volume 9.

Shinigami can asexually reproduce by creating fragments of themselves and create a being. These beings, rather then be a replicate of the parent, can spawn off their own personality

This is quite interesting. Never knew that

Also, as for the humanoid part, it is implied by Death the Kid that his dad has a face.  He says early on in the series that he "rarely takes off his mask."  This is supported by the fact that Kid has his own Death mask and cloak that he wears on the way to retrieve Eibon's magic tool from the eternally-running train in the desert.  When he wears them he looks just like Lord Death
It can be assumed that upon becoming a fully-fledged Lord of Death, a person foregoes his human form for the black, shadowy form Lord Death takes.


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What are the differences between the Broken Blade films and series?
I've been watching the Broken Blade "films" (as they're referred to on Wikipedia), and they're each about 50 minutes long. I was reading, however, that they are releasing an anime series. I don't really get why they're releasing a series when they already have a series, so I was wondering what the difference is, both in structure (is the difference only length, or is it also methods of video release, etc.) and content between the film series and the anime series.

The TV series is a more faithful adaptation of the manga than the film series with the following non-exhaustive changes:

Inclusion of an epic battle from the manga of Girge and the Spartans in episode 10.
A short TV special (Virgins War) is included in the Blu-ray Box release of the TV series to more closely follow Nike's course of fate in the manga.
It's supposed to be watched after episode 10.
The order of some scenes during the negotiation in the first film has been rearranged for a better and more linear flow.
Background music is added, changed or delayed for the following scenes:

after Cleo shot at Rygart (third film),
when Cleo is changing clothes for the sleeping Sigyn (fourth film), and
when Girge appears on a cliff and smirks before diving off to attack Nike (fourth film).

A passer-by's remark on Sigyn's blushing face (first film) and the monologues of newly appointed Mileni Team members (fourth film) are omitted.
The audio tracks are in LPCM (stereo) only rather than DTS-HD MA (5.1) as found in the blu-ray editions of the films.
New OP and ED songs and animations.
I much preferred the films' stunning OP sung by KOKIA, though.

Originally, a spinoff OVA centering around the past of the Golem Delphine and its mysterious creation was planned, but sadly it had been cancelled.

I can only find the 6-movie collection available for purchase. Is the TV series lost to time or something?

It might be because the TV edition blu-ray box has limited copies. I did find the TV series on Amazon, which includes a novel among other things (more info on the official site).


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When and where does Attack on Titan take place?
Is the setting of "Attack on Titan" (Shingeki no kyojin) supposed to be Earth in the distant future and Titans suddenly appeared out of nowhere and devolved society to medieval level of technology? Or is this just a completely fictional setting?

I made an interactive map here which you can use to drag the walls around and try to find a suitable spot. As you can see, they're sort of too huge to make sense in Central Europe, so somewhere around 54.2395, 42.7587 was my best guess. I don't there have been any clear references to locations though.

@DavidMear - that's a great map!  I am wondering if maybe after climate change, there's a little more leeway (depending on the year).

Spoilers ahead.
In Chapter 93, page 6, we are presented with a geographic representation of the Attack on Titan world:

The region in pink represents the

Mid-East Allies

The region in blue represents the

Nation of Marley

The region in red represents

Paradis, Island of Paradis, or Paradis Island, whichever you prefer to go by, and that is where most all of the story takes place (where Eren & the titans reside)

Cross-referencing with a world map it becomes clear that

if we are using geography as an identifying feature of the Attack on Titan Earth, this is not the Earth that we know. Unless the map was drawn in such a way as to purposely hide defining geographic characteristics, it is likely that the Earth in Attack on Titan is more of an alternate universe Earth. There are a lot of references that we are familiar with, especially later on in the manga, but it is clear that the geography doesn't match up to anything on our current Earth. In addition, the names of these regions are Marley, Paradis, and Mid-East Allies. And the peoples in the first two regions are called Marleyans and Eldians. So it further solidifies that the AoT Earth, while similar, is more than likely an alternate-universe Earth and not the same Earth that we currently reside on.

That means that

since this is not the same Earth, we can not use our own timeline to judge what time period this takes place. It is a completely different world, albeit with a lot of similarities, but it makes the most sense to stick to the timeline that AoT presents to us throughout the manga and anime.

Later in the manga, however, we see that

while Paradis Island looks like it's living in our version of the medieval times, the rest of the world is not.

In fact, we see in chapter 86, pages 146-147, that

during Grisha Yeager's childhood (so some time before Eren), humanity was in possession of airships and military technology that we might have seen from the 1900s to 1930s or 40s. Again, we can't compare the timelines in AoT to our own since we know AoT's Earth is not our Earth but this should help give you a better understanding of the AoT world.

In Chapter 86, page 156-157, we are presented with

military uniforms that look sort of similar to WWI/WWII era uniforms. In the same frame we can also see the soldier smoking a cigarette while taking a break on a mowed grass lawn. In chapter 94, we can also see the type of firearm that this child is carrying which is an excellent example of more sophisticated technology. I blocked out the text in the frames as it wasn't necessary.

So at this point it's obvious that

we did not, prior to these chapters, have a good understanding of the AoT universe and there's a good reason, too. But those are unnecessary spoilers.

I recommend reading the manga for more information on the backstory of AoT for further information on timeline, place, and technology within the AoT universe.

Flip your map vertically and horizontally. Paradis = Madagascar, then Africa, Europe, etc.

As @Madara said, Attack on Titan is set on Earth, but in a different situation. This is evidenced by a reference to a real-world legend in episode 15:

 Two captured Titans are named Sawney and Bean, which is stated in-universe to be based on the legend of Sawney Bean.

If we use that same evidence as part of a timeline, there's two possibilities:

The year 850 means that we are at least 850 years following the aforementioned legend, putting us no earlier than year 2350 A.D. This seems possible but unlikely, as their technology shows no signs of being derived from our own.
The year 850 is some marker to an event that happened prior to the legend, in which case we have no frame of reference other than that the story must take place in or after the 1500s. This seems to be the more likely answer.

Keep in mind, though, that in the Attack on Titan universe:

 The oriental races are wiped out; Mikasa has her mother's oriental blood, but is the last surviving member of the Asian races.

With this in mind, it is highly unlikely that it is in Japan or even nearby (though the location is also unstated). However, seeing how many names are European (Jäger is German for "hunter", Armin is a Germanic name, cf. Arminius & Herman), it's most likely that the story takes place in Germany, or at least in Europe, where the remaining survivors of the Titan catastrophe are now cornered.

I'm assuming it would be in Germany and/or the surrounding European countries. The architecture of the districts within the Maria and Rose walls (including their outliers like Shiganshina District) looks to be very much like traditional German architecture. However, the Stohess District resembles Czech architecture and Utopia resembles Parisian mid-rise styles.
The tall 80m-treed forests which are both in & outside the walls could be the Black Forest in Germany. There is also a small alpine section within the walls & outside, which could be the Swiss/Italian Alps. Not only that, but the characters have German names such as Reiner, Bertholdt, Jaeger, etc.

So first of all, the story cannot possibly be taking place 2000 years in the past. I am not going to talk about technology development or the size of the characters (2000 years ago, Levi Ackerman wouldn't have been considered as short).
Anyway, Sasha gave me the first part of the answer. In the trainee corps arc, we can see her eating a potato, and the potato was imported into Europe from the South America, which proves the story takes place after the discovery of the American continent (Europe really started to grow potatoes in the 17th century...).
But then I ticked on how they calculated the size of the titans. They used "meter-class", which mean they have the metric system. The metric system having been invented after the French revolution in 1789 and was finally accepted by the French Academy of Science on 26th March 1791.
The story should take place after this date.
I've also noted that Mikasa (in the trainee corps arc when Eren seems unable to have his "natural balance") speaks about "artisans" who make the 3D maneuver gear, and with a look with the general development of the city (no trains, no steam boats). This suggests that the industrial revolution (~1840) has not yet taken place. My theory is that titan have appeared (year 743 in the story) between 1791 and 1840 (and that because of that new-found enemy, the industrial revolution never took place...). The story starts with the colossal titan 102 years later (year 845 in the story), which means between 1893 and 1942 in our calendar.

It's a completely different universe and settings than ours (still Earth though, just under different circumstances). However, according to technological advances and the construction style, I'd say that the year they describe, around 800 - 900 doesn't seem far fetched.
As for the location, I'm not sure, the names of the characters don't seem Japanese, something European maybe?

My guess is 52.2051, 47.5557 on your map.
It makes sense geographically - perhaps Germany led the way to the evacuation, and it seems more logical for Asians to have arrived here rather than in Western Europe.
The one thing I looked for was that there are rivers that passes through all the districts, through all 3 walls. Though the map referenced in the manga seems to have two rivers (one running north-south and the other running east-west, roughly speaking) crossing through the walls.

It doesn't say where they are except for the name of the walls the humans hide behind as protection from the titans. But seeing as the character names are of German decent (and even some of the lyrics from the anime's openings), I'd say they're in Germany, or somewhere in Europe that has very strong German influences. In all reality though, they're just somewhere on Earth, hiding behind walls from human-like, man-eating creatures
As for the time... It might take place in the distant future, after humanity has gone (nearly) exinct

You are all forgetting the fact that they possess flintlock firearms and sophisticated pneumatic mechanisms within their 3D gear.
Point being the story has to take place in a post-Renaissance period.

Well, flintlocks such as in this show, weren't really made as well as they were her until the 1700's. Though, as we can see, from multiple parts in the manga. As-well as in the show, their ships are wooden, and they are pre-industrial era. Which means, this show probably is taking place at about 1750-1800 AD. As they are past the renaissance, though, they did not quite reach the industrial era yet. Which means, it is actually probably in the 1800's as technology has halted for a hundred years. As the titans came into play in the 1700's, and for 100 years people have just been halted. If you notice though, if this had happened 100 years after, in 1850. Or 1950, the titans would not have been much of a problem due to the weapons. It is almost as if the titans came at about the perfect time, where humans were just un-able to mass murder the titans. If it were set after a modern era however, then there would obviously be better machinery around, such as tanks, airplanes, or even spacecraft. It is quite evident that it is pre industrial, and this is evident not only through their weapons or technology for that matter. But their clothing as-well. Many nations at the time had organized looking clothing, and a system of departments for the military. So, the best bet for when this show is occurring is from the 1700's, when the titans arrived, till the 1800's, which is when the show and manga takes place. If anyone says it was in the 900's, remember, weapons and technology such as in this were not seen on a mass scale, or at any large scale at all. 1700'S = Titan Arrival, 1800'S = AOT

Maybe it could be arround Germany... but with a lower sea level so more landmass will be available (120m less sea level or less and you have continental Europe and UK, Irland as one big landmass)

I read an article stating that the story take place in Bavarian era. Too bad I forgot where I read it, and after a brief check on wiki, it is said that There had been a kingdom ruled by a king in the Bavarian Era, in Germany, and we know as well in the anime that the three walls were under a King's reign.

Since some of the characters in the show talk about the world before (Hanji and naming the titans after the infamous cannibal Sawney Bean), it's completely likely that the series takes place in the future rather than before common times.
As for location, it's most likely that the Walls are located in Germany, or nearby in Europe. However, it's also likely for the series to take place in Northern US, border-lining with Canada. Mostly since many German immigrants settled in that area, and majority of SNK characters are German. At the same time, it leaves room for reasons of why there are many other nationalities, like Japanese and French. Since America is just one big melting pot in itself.

Since the titans have only been on the earth for 100 years, and the people left only have technology of Cannons, ect. They obliviously aren't going to be in a future of our timeline with this technology, but they could be if other events were changed in their past. But it seems way more likely that they are around the year c.700-c.900 on the original timeline.

What about in the opening episode where it says "To you, two thousand years in the future"? At first I thought it meant that we're (roughly) two thousand years after the rotation from BC to AD, but since the show starts off in 845 (or 844, can't remember atm) that doesn't make sense since we're obviously not in the year 2845.
The other option would be to add two thousand years to our current timeline making it 4013 and then subtract 845 to get 3168, the year that the calendar supposedly reset again.
It bothers me that it's not clear when the story is supposed to take place because I think it would help in solving some of the mysteries if we at least had a time period to work off of. Then again, maybe that's the point.

I always thought of it as a futuristic collapsed society type theme. They were forced to build walls and revert back to medieval society but they focused their technology on their ODM gear to combat the titans. There is reference to the past (our current real life time). Perhaps the biggest supporting evidence of this was episode 6 where Misaka's kidnappers are talking about her race and they state:
"she's exotic. what they used to call an Oriental.You know about all that right? back when there used to be different breeds of people, a bunch of them from the far east came scrambling here for safety. the old perverts in the capital really go for that sort of thing. this little beauty's going to fetch a mint at auction. it's great business. she's the last of her kind. all the rest of her people died out."
hope that helps. the year that it starts out on is 845 so the yearly calendar reset for some important reason, but it hasn't revealed a lot about the history yet (just that the titans appeared over 100 years ago.) As far as location goes it's safe to assume that it is probably German. accounting for the kidnapper's claim that there is currently only one race and we have names like: -Yaeger (german for hunter) -Arlert is old german anglo-saxon, and Armin's wiki page trivia section states that "The name 'Armin' may have multiple meanings, either from an old German word meaning "whole", or "Herman", meaning "soldier"". http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Armin_Arlert -Erwin - Derived from the Germanic name Hariwini, composed of the elements hari "army" and win "friend".
Add it all up with a lot of blonde hair (Armin, Reiner, Nanaba, Christa, Annie, Erwin, etc) and it seems that they were leaning toward a German-oriented character base with names that are literal puns toward the fact that they are soldiers.


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Can a jinchuuriki control how many tails their version 2 mode has?
When a jinchuuriki goes into version 2 mode, the number of tails that they have can be different from the number of tails their tailed beast has. For example, Naruto, the 9-tail jinchurriki, only had 6 tails in his fight against Pain. My question is does the user have to start at 1 tail and move his/her way up? Can they have more tails than their tailed beast has(6-tail jinchurriki getting 9 tails in version 2 mode)? Also, can the user control how many tails they have or are they not in control anymore in version 2? I ask this because Naruto seems out of control in this mode(hitting teammates like Sakura that one time).

Does the user have to start at 1 tail and move his/her way up?
No, they do not need to work their way up from 1 tails. As we see in this youtube video, we see Killer Bee transform directly into 8-Tailed Version
Can they have more tails than their tailed beast has?
Plausible, but why would it? According to Jinchūriki Forms wiki, we mostly see version 2 only having the same number of tails based off of the tailed beast, but there does not seem to be any reason how the 1-tailed would be able to have a 9-tailed form

Most jinchūriki have only been seen to enter a Version 2 state with the same number of tails as their corresponding beast

Naruto is the only Jinchūriki we see that contains different number of tails

Naruto is also an exception, for he has only been seen in a Version 2 state with four and six tails (and seven tails in the anime)

Also, can the user control how many tails they have or are they not in control anymore in version 2?
This depends on who is on control and if the Jinchūriki and Tailed Beast are in unison . The reason why he attacked Sakura while in version 2 is because, at the time, he and Kurama were not in unison

As the seal that kept Kurama contained weakened over the years, he became increasingly susceptible to its influence. By fully submitting to the beast and his own rage, Naruto would grant Kurama full control of his body who then formed a Version 2 shroud around him. Naruto's ability to distinguish between friend and foe vanishes and he attacks in whatever way will enable him to defeat his target, oblivious to the consequences of the attack

In multiple instances, Killer Bee is able to enter in Version 2 and maintain the ability to determine friend and foe due to him and Eight Tails being in unison


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Why is Kimblee the Crimson/Red Lotus Alchemist?
Most alchemist title's make sense, e.g. Mustang is the Flame Alchemist, Armstrong is the Strong Arm Alchemist, there is Freezing Alchemist that uses primarily ice, Sewing-Life Alchemist that made human/animal chimera's, etc.
What, if any, is the reasoning behind Kimblee's title?

According to the wikia article for Kimblee...

In the manga, Kimblee uses this array to transmute ordinary matter into explosives by clapping his hands together. By combining the contradictory symbols of the sun and moon, gold and silver, water and fire, the Crimson Lotus Alchemist creates an unstable imbalance of energy in whatever matter he touches, causing it to explode violently.

The trivia section below then states:

The kanji that makes up Kimblee's State Alchemist name in Japanese (紅蓮 Guren) is a source of contention among translators. While the word "Guren" can be translated as "Crimson", the kanji (紅蓮) suggests another possible translation that reads "Red Lotus" or "Crimson Lotus". As the Crimson Lotus is often used as symbolism for fiery explosions, it is most likely that Red Lotus or Crimson Lotus is Kimblee's true name despite Guren having been translated as Crimson in the subtitles of the first anime series and both English dubs.

So the answer appears to be that because his alchemy is know for large, fiery explosions, he was named after the Red Lotus, which can symbolize the same thing.


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In Gintama, why are the Shinsengumi allowed to have swords?
The beginning of Gintama clearly mentions various times the sword ban but the Shinsengumi are constantly carrying around swords. Why is that allowed?

Gintama's setting is mix of fictional inter-galactic universe (which might be depicting foreigner coming to Japan during that era) referencing to actual Japan historical era specifically Bakumatsu period.

In 1876, samurai were banned from carrying swords. A standing army was
  created, as was a police force. This "sword hunt" was performed for,
  ostensibly, different reasons, and certainly with different methods
  than those of several centuries earlier. Ironically, perhaps, this
  sword hunt put an end to the class system while the earlier ones were
  intended to deepen the distinctions between commoners and nobles.
  Ultimately, however, the result of this sword hunt was the same as the
  results of its predecessors; the hunt ensured that the only weapons
  were in the hands of the ruling government and not available to
  potential dissenters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt

During this time Shinsengumi is the special police force that are there to protect the government. So it's just the same as now where the military and police may carry gun but commoners will need certificate to be able to carry gun legally.


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Is code in episode 1 of New Game 2 actually an infinite loop?
In episode 1 of New Game 2, around 9:40, there is a shot of the code that Nene has written:

Here is it in text form with the comments translated:
// the calculation of damage when attacked
void DestructibleActor::ReceiveDamage(float sourceDamage)
{
    // apply debuffs
    auto resolvedDamage = sourceDamage;
    for (const auto& debuf:m_debufs)
    {
        resolvedDamage = debuf.ApplyToDamage(resolvedDamage);
        m_currentHealth -= resolvedDamage
        if (m_currentHealth <= 0.f)
        {
            m_currentHealth = 0.f;
            DestroyMe();
        }
    }
}

After the shot, Umiko, pointing at the for loop, said that the reason why the code crashed is that there is an infinite loop.
I don't really know C++ so I'm not sure whether what she is saying is true.
From what I can see, the for loop is just iterating through the debufs that the Actor currently has. Unless the Actor has an infinite amount of debufs, I don't think it can possibly become an infinite loop.
But I'm not sure because the only reason that there is a shot of the code is that they wanted to put an easter egg here, right? We would have just gotten a shot of the back of the laptop and heard Umiko saying "Oh you've got an infinite loop there". The fact that they actually showed some code makes me think that somehow the code is an easter egg of some sort.
Will the code actually create an infinite loop?

Probably helpful: additional screenshot of Umiko saying that "It was calling the same operation over and over again", which might not be shown in the code.

Oh! I didn't know that! @AkiTanaka the sub that I watched says "infinite loop"

it could be a stackoverflow then coz we don't know if DestroyMe isn't calling ReceiveDamage

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's a question purely about programming which does not require any context or knowledge of the source anime/manga to answer, as per https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/a/669.

@LoganM I don't really agree. It's not just that OP has a question about some source code that happened to come from an anime; OP's question is about a particular statement made about the source code by a character in the anime, and there is an anime-related answer, namely "Crunchyroll done goofed and mistranslated the line".

@senshin I think you're reading what you want the question to be about, rather than what is actually asked. The question provides some source code and asks whether it generates an infinite loop as real-life C++ code. New Game! is a fictional work; there is no need for code presented in it to conform to real-life standards. What Umiko says about the code is more authoritative than any C++ standards or compilers. The top (accepted) answer has no mention of any in-universe information. I think an on-topic question could be asked about this with a good answer, but as phrased this isn't it.

@LoganM I agree about [not requiring context/knowledge of the source anime/manga to answer]. I haven't even watched the show yet. Not sure it'd be fully on-topic in gamedev.SE either as it's entirely fictional. It's arguably off-topic unless  "Historical or societal context of an anime or manga", or "Plot, character, or setting explanations", gets expanded/stretched a bit.

The code is not an infinite loop but it is a bug.
There's two (possibly three) issues:

If no debufs are present no damage will be applied at all
Excessive damage will be applied if there is more than 1 debuf
If DestroyMe() immediately deletes the object and there are still m_debufs to be processed the loop will be executing over a deleted object and trashing memory. Most game engines have a destroy queue to work around this and more so that may not be an issue.

The application of damage should be outside the loop.
Here's the corrected function:
// the calculation of damage when attacked
void DestructibleActor::ReceiveDamage(float sourceDamage)
{
    // apply debuffs
    auto resolvedDamage = sourceDamage;
    for (const auto& debuf:m_debufs)
    {
        resolvedDamage = debuf.ApplyToDamage(resolvedDamage);
    }
    m_currentHealth -= resolvedDamage
    if (m_currentHealth <= 0.f)
    {
        m_currentHealth = 0.f;
        DestroyMe();
    }
}

The corrected code also does show up towards the end of that segment, too.

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There are several issues with the code:

If there are no debufs, no damage would be taken.
DestroyMe() function name sounds dangerous. Depending on how its implemented, it might or might not be an issue. If it's just a call to the destructor of the current object wrapped in a function, then there is an issue, as the object would be destroyed in the middle of it executing code. If it's a call to a function which queues the deletion event of the current object, then there is no issue, as the object would be destroyed after it completes its execution and the event loop kicks in.
The actual issue that seems to be mentioned in the anime, the "It was calling the same operation over and over again" -- it will call DestroyMe() as long as m_currentHealth <= 0.f and there are more debuffs left to iterate, which might result in DestroyMe() being called multiple times, over and over again. The loop should stop after the first DestroyMe() call, because deleting an object more than once results in memory corruption, which will likely result in a crash in the long run.

I'm not really sure why every debuf takes away the health, instead of the health being taken away only once, with the effects of all debuffs being applied on the initial damage taken, but I will assume that's the correct game logic.
The correct code would be
// the calculation of damage when attacked
void DestructibleActor::ReceiveDamage(float sourceDamage)
{
    // apply debuffs
    auto resolvedDamage = sourceDamage;
    for (const auto& debuf:m_debufs)
    {
        resolvedDamage = debuf.ApplyToDamage(resolvedDamage);
        m_currentHealth -= resolvedDamage
        if (m_currentHealth <= 0.f)
        {
            m_currentHealth = 0.f;
            DestroyMe();
            break;
        }
    }
}

I should point out that as I have written memory allocators in the past, deleting the same memory doesn't have to be an issue. It could also be redundant. It all depends on the allocator's behavior. Mine just acted like a low level linked list so the "node" for the deleted data either gets set as free several times or redeleted several times (which would just correspond to redundant pointer redirections). Good catch though.

Double-free is a bug, and generally leads to undefined behavior and crashes. Even if you have a custom allocator that somehow disallows reuse of the same memory address, double-free is a smelly code as it makes no sense and you will get yelled at by static code analyzers.

Of course! I didn't design it for that purpose. Some languages just require an allocator due to lacks of features. No no no. I was merely stating that a crash isn't guaranteed. Certain design classifications don't always crash.


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Who was Meruem in his human life?
It is said Chimera Ants made from humans keep some of the characteristics from their human life. Do we have any hint about Meruem's human identity ?

I believe that because his birth was fueled by so many humans it is impossible to say that he was born from any particular one despite clearly having human DNA and features. This is similar to the way Youipi was born from a magical beast. The King, as he explains in his fight with Netero is instead the culmination of his entire species' evolution.

I always figured it was that one dude who founded the NGL as it showed that he had a caring side as well as a violent uncontrollable rage that wanted to lash out at humanity I just thought they wouldn't introduce a whole character like that and give a backstory just to show the NGL's founding it just made sense to me for him to be Meruem in his human life

Please include relevant sources/references to support your answer.

I always thought it was actually pokel because he was the only nen user consumed and i think it would just give more meaning to his death and would also add another creepy fact that they had to fight a past companion


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Does the Extra return next school year to class 3?
After the anime stopped

 Reiko (the Extra) was killed

that school year in 1998, right? Does that mean that the Calamity has stopped, or will it happen again next year?

Yes, it can happen again as the Extra being killed has happened before.
Earlier in the series, a former class 3 student Matsunaga was questioned about what happened to his class during a field trip. During this, it was revealed that Matsunaga had accidentally killed the Extra and for a short while, he remembered this, and he made a recording about it.
At the end, Teshigawara and Mochizuki are shown to be re-recording Matsunaga's message but differently. Since killing the Extra prematurely stops the Calamity for that year, they gave caution about the actions to take against the Extra since it was learning how to stop the Calamity and the fear of losing Izumi Akazawa that made Takako Sugiura insane and rally the students to try and kill Mei.
As such, if killing the Extra was enough to permanently stop the Calamity, then the events of Another wouldn't have happened. However, since this has been the second time that the Extra has died, then we can assume that the Calamity can and will happen again considering that Another 2 was announced back in 2012.


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In Attack on Titan, why does Zeke tell Eren that someday he will save him?
Please note, there are massive spoilers within this question so I've hidden them. If you haven't read at least Chapter 83, and later in this question 94, this question will spoil the events that occur in 83-94.
In Volume 21, Chapter 83, Pages 14-19 of the Attack on Titan manga

Zeke meets Eren for the first time, their conversation is cut short but as he turns to leave, he addresses Eren and says the following:

I have been trying to understand what Zeke means by this statement. So far, what I've gathered is that

Zeke and Eren share the same biological father but Zeke refers to their father as strictly Eren's father. Zeke believes that "Eren's father" brainwashed the two of them and Zeke made it clear that he understood what Eren was currently going through.

However, given that

anyone fighting in the Eldia vs Marley conflict seems to have a very biased view of historical events,

I can't tell the extent of the truth in Zeke's statements. Later in Chapter 94, Zeke makes some statements about

the value of titans when human technology was about to, or already is, surpassing them. And he expressed his concern for the survival of Eldians should they no longer be useful to the world.

So, how is it that Zeke thinks he is going to someday save Eren if

Zeke is working for the one nation that seems most interested in getting rid of the titans should they prove to have little or no military value?

Is the statement Zeke makes to Eren in Chapter 83, page 19 referring to something less obvious than what is mentioned on pages 14-18?

This is a great question, and Isayama is a master of hinting.
The official answer is we don't really know, but we can bring forth some conclusions based on what information we have so far.
1) While it is true that Zeke

 has been a loyal Marleyan soldier, is referred to as "The Wonder Child", and has brought Marley many victories, it is shown in recent chapters that Zeke does not fully trust the Marleyan government. He has not told them about his Royal Blood (his mother, Dina Fritz), and even the Titan Scientific Society cannot explain his Titan powers.

2) In the last three chapters (93-95)

 Zeke acknowledges the decline in Marley's need of Eldian Titan powers, however he calmly and wisely suggests to return back to Paradis Island and gain control of the Founding Titan. He even mentioned Colt about Zeke's secret, and planned a meeting with all Titan shifters without Marleyian presence. This is showing us Zeke's urge of going back to the island and complete his final wish.

3) Currently (Chapter 95), Zeke has

 one year left as a Titan Shifter. This is the time to finally reveal his true intentions.

4) Being a "Wonder Child", a great war strategist,

 we can safely say that Zeke has noticed that Eldians are not treated well within Marley.

Having mention all the above, we know that Zeke

 is currently planning his return on Paradis Island. He is being very careful about the arguments he uses with Marleyans, and he is also trying to get all Titan Shifters with him to Paradis Island.

As you mentioned, both Zeke and Eren

 have been brainwashed by Grisha, and turned into killing machines, and this is the reason why Zeke feels he is the only one that can understand Eren the most. Zeke is a product of war, and a master of it. Eren is the only family he has left, and perhaps he does not want Eren to walk the same path as Zeke.

Again, these are all speculations. No one knows what Isayama has been up to. But in this Manga masterpiece, we have watched both protagonists and antagonists reveal their lives, we have sympathized friends and foes, and maybe the ending will be about bringing closer the two sides of the story.
To quote Bertrand Russell: war does not determine who is right - only who is left.


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Who is the leader of the pride troopers?
There are some spoilers for episode 101 of Dragon Ball Super which I believe comes from the Shonen Jump Magazine .

 Kahseral fights as well as you'd expect of the leader of the Pride Troopers

wasnt the leader of the Pride Troopers supposed to be Toppo? was this never mentioned in the anime?

I believe they had a talk in the anime where Toppo was talking with Kahseral and called him commander or something like that. So from there i assumed he was the leader

wasnt it lieutenant? I've heard a comment of him being called lieutenant, I personally dont remember it in the episodes

maybe, i'm not a japanese expert but to me it seemed he refered to him as an supperior. But i could be wrong here

The leader of the pride troopers is Toppo himself , it was confirmed in episode 82 , When toppo jumps down into the ring after Goku's fight with Bergamo . Toppo introduces himself as the leader of the Pride troopers of Universe 11 .
Another thing , Toppo refers to Kahseral as General , his second in command . The General in this context doesn't mean leader.
On Toppo and Kahseral , Taken from the Dragon Ball super wikia :

Toppo suddenly jumps to the ring and confronts Goku, wanting to talk to him. He then introduces himself as the leader of the Pride Troopers of Universe 11

Later ,

Some time after the fight, he decides to go to a bar, eating snacks with a concerned look in his eyes, realizing how much of his world's safety is at stake. His General, Kahseral, enters and asks why he is so upset.

Cool.That magazine must have it wrong or they misstranslated it.

Most probably , when they said expected they meant , he was fighting as good as toppo or something alike :)

Supposedly he's lieutenant or commander, so he has some grade of "leadership" in the group. But not over Toppo

Yes , I think the same as well.


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Can the two titan powers inside Eren be separated and given to two different people?
So Eren

Has the Attack titan and the Founding titan inside of him right?!

we can presume that if someone were to consume Eren

 they will gain the two titan powers together.

So can some one consume or gain just one of the titans? Like when the original titan(the original Ymir) divided her powers in to nine different powers and gave them to her descendants?

If a shifter dies not by getting eaten by a titan, their powers go to a random person. One can therefore presume that if Eren were to die, the two different titans would go to two different people.

do you have a source to confirm this, looks a lot like the devil fruit right now ;)

@Henjin From the wiki: http://attackontitan.wikia.com/wiki/Power_of_the_Titans "If an individual with the Nine Titans dies before their Titan can be inherited by being devoured, that Titan will be passed on to a random Eldian baby, regardless of distance or relation to the previous holder.[29]", it references chapter 88. I believe paged 23-24.

Somehow, I missed that information. Now that I think about it, a Titan Shifter can transfer his power just by commiting suicide. Interesting...


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What happened to the Re:Zero manga?
I was hoping that I could read the continuation of the series through the manga, but I can't find any chapter beyond 23, it has been like that for a long time. Is the manga on hiatus or something?
Also, yes I know about https://translationchicken.com/ but I heard that the web novel was kinda trash compared to the light novel, so I refrained from reading the translations.

Re:Zero has been licensed by Yen Press officially in English and currently (27/07/2017) they have done both volumes of Chapter 1: A Day in the Capital and the first volume of Chapter 2: A Week at the Mansion
according wikipedia the next volume of Chapter 2 of the Manga is expected to be released on August 22, 2017 with Chapter 2 being fully done by the end of the year while Chapter 3: Truth of Zero is expected to start being released at the end of October, 2017 with Volume 3 of it expected in April, 2018.

as you can see from the link and screenshot the japanese release of Volume 5 of Chapter 3 was in March 2017 but previous volumes have been between a few months apart. however it is based off the Light Novel which is still ongoing with the last release being Volume 13 released in June 2017 (and also licensed by Yen Press and have planned up to Volume 5 currently (27/07/2017))
So no, there doesn't seem to be a hiatus but rather Yen Press taking their time, probably a good thing because you wouldn't want this stuff rushed

I know this is a little late and you probably already found an answer. The LN is based off the WN, just edited. The WN is the rough draft for the LN. The manga just follows the anime and I'm not sure if it covers anything after(might need clarification on this part).

Please include relevant sources/references.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re:Zero_%E2%88%92_Starting_Life_in_Another_World#Light_novel
The Wikipedia page has information about the editing of the Light Novel from the Web Novel.
There are the original sources at the bottom of the Wikipedia page.
The manga part was by word of mouth and I have not officially read the Manga. Only the LN and the WN.


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What is the meaning of the dialogue at the end of the episode 30?
At the very end of the episode 30, the dialogue reads:

… but at that place, for that one moment the hero killer was the only one who stood up to fight against his opponent.

I just don't know what it could mean. Is it that this guy was standing and the others were lying on the ground or half-sitting? Why does it matter? It's phrased in such a way that you'd expect some teachable moment wisdom or a thought-provoking metaphor, but I just don't get what it could mean in this context. Maybe the meaning was lost in translation of the subtitles.

It's quite literal; as you said, Stain, though unconscious, remained standing, while several of the present heroes had fallen over in shock (Shouto and Tenya fall to their knees, one pro hero completely fell backwards, and even Gran Torino and Endeavor are taken aback) upon witnessing Stain's bloodlust.
(The narration also states that at the moment Stain froze, one of his broken ribs pierced his lung; I personally headcanon that this internal bleeding triggered Stain's own quirk upon himself, but this is by no means confirmed.)


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Do the symbols that appear in the OP of Sasami-san@Ganbaranai mean anything?
The OP starts out with this list of symbols that look like a table of kanas, except that some of those symbols are used more than once:

Many later scenes in the opening sequence can also be found to have a single, repeated symbol accompanying them:

Does the first image spell out an intelligible sentence in any language? And do the single, repeated symbols accompanying the later scenes signify anything?

The characters look very similar to Jindai moji (Encyclopedia of Shinto link) (Japanese Wikipedia link).

(Image taken from Talk:Jindai moji page on Wikipedia)
These characters are theorized to have been Japan's character system before Chinese characters were introduced.
If I go through that table for the first image you show and match the characters (with help from the matching done by the article that @senshin posted), that gives me
ツ(tsu) ヰ(wi)  ヲ(wo)  ソ(so) マ(ma) ？     カ(ka) 〜      エ(e)
ノ(no)  ゴ(go)  ト(to)  ハ(ha) ア(a)  ク(ku) テ(te) ロ(ro)  コ(ko)
エ(r)   タ(ta)  ナ(na)  ソ(so) ル(ru) イ(i)  ア(a)  シ(shi) サ(sa)
サ(sa)  メ(me)  ゴ(go)  ハ(ha) ク(ku) ロ(ro) フ(fu) ツ(tsu) ヲ(wo)
リ(ri)  ヰ(wi)  ソ(so)  ？     〜     ミ(mi) ス(su) ウ(u)   ガ(gu)

My Japanese is not very strong, but I don't get any relevant results when looking any consecutive substrings of those characters up on Jisho (a Japanese-English online dictionary) or Google Translate.
I don't believe that the characters have any special meaning here.

Most of the pages I found online were in Japanese, so someone who can read well in Japanese could probably take this further than I have.

Solid answer! This Japanese blog post arrives at the same interpretation and also concludes that the text is meaningless.

Should I get rid of the romanji, or edit it to be furigana? Or is it fine the way it is?

Seems fine to me either way, given that one would need to know Japanese to try and make sense of it, no matter whether you write it in kana or romaji.


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Which series features the most re-occuring named characters?
Recently I had a discussion with friends about how hard they find it to follow anime/manga series due to the sheer amount characters that get featured in a series.
They claimed detective-conan featured more than 3000 characters (roughly 5 per episode), which I debunked as most of those characters are never mentioned again.
This statement was followed by bleach having around 250 characters, where it was even important to remember the weapons names, as it might be important.
And Legend of Galactic Heroes which had 660 named characters, of which many where regularly re-occurring or even considered main characters.
With that my curiosity followed, which series features the most re-occurring named characters?

The most I could find was Anpanman which is a Guinness World Record Holder for a having cast consisting of 1768 characters introduced over the first 980 episodes of the TV series and the first 20 films. That doesn't include the entire cast, apparently the producer nominated even more characters but they weren't accepted.
Guinness World Records entry.


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Does the super saiyan god return to Dragon Ball Super ? (possible spoilers)

 So there are rumours that the super saiyan god (red) is going to return to the Dragon Ball Super anime series. There is a text from a japanese magazine which supposedly says so, and even though I can't assert it's true, I indeed can read "super saiyan god" written in japanese in the text.

Can anyone confirm it or deny it by reading what the japanese magazine says in this text? (or through other source?)

It's been confirmed by a Dragon Ball Super writer, Super Saiyan God will return to Dragon Ball Super.

Super Saiyan God (the red haired form) appeared during episode 110. It was when Goku was testing the forms against Jiren in order to know his power and effectiveness as opposed to Jiren.

Yes it does. It's in the episode where hit fights the pride troopers, episode 104 or 103.

We currently have 6 Saiyans still in the ring: Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Caulifla, Kale, and Cabba.
If they were forced to work together, you could see them use their power to turn one of the group into a SSJ God.
Looking at the red form aura highlighted in this question (in the 2nd picture):
What is Goku's red aura form in the new Dragon Ball Super opening?
Caulifla is the only current Saiyan with the correct hairstyle to potentially look like that while a SSJ God.


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Discrepancies between Kishimoto and the Asura Path?
According to the wiki:

The Asura Path (修羅道, Shuradō) grants the user the ability to augment their own body to summon mechanised armour and various ballistic and mechanical weaponry.

Two questions on this topic.
1) Kishimoto has said there is no technology in the Naruto universe that would defeat the purpose of ninjas, specifically guns and weapons. However, why did he have the Asura Path of Pain equipped with machine guns, rockets, and lasers? Here's a quote from him:

Masashi Kishimoto: Firstly, projectile weapons such as guns aren't allowed. (The one exception is Inari's bowgun.) Guns aren't suited to ninja. Gunpowder is used in the anime, though I don't think it should be there. And, vehicles such as aeroplanes are not allowed. I try to restrain technology that can be used for war... For example, if missiles were in it, it'd be the end. (laughs)

It turns out when Pain assaulted the Hidden Leaf Village, it pretty much was the end! So why did he say these things would not be in the Naruto universe when in fact they were?
2) So all the Rinnegan wielders have access to the Six Paths. Does that mean the highly advanced weapons from the Asura Path of Pain originated from the Sage of the Six Paths himself? In other words, did the Sage of the Six paths have some lesser, technologically inferior form of machine guns, rockets, etc. long ago for his Asura Path powers?
Also, what exactly are the powers for people who've wielded the Rinnegan at some point, like Obito, Madara, and Sasuke, regarding the Asura Path? Can they even use it since it involves constructing your own weapons? Or is there something they do to summon these weapons?

I don't think there's enough evidence to back up all the answers for each of your questions.

@EroSɘnnin Lol. Well, I guess simply Kishimoto made a mistake? Or he lied? I'm not too sure.

IMO, he didn't plan/think it out. It's clearly contradicting as he states that he would keep the level of technology to minimal and yet he made a character that is something out of Star Wars :p

Since your question has two parts, I will do my best to explain them.
(1)

It turns out when Pain assaulted the Hidden Leaf Village, it pretty much was the end! So why did he say these things would not be in the Naruto universe when in fact they were?

Manga and Anime industry are like comics in western culture. Unlike those from DC, Marvel and other publishers, most of Manga artist (Mangaka) decides how the show is going on. I assume on Marvel or DC, they would need to discuss a lot with plotline for comics.
Also you may have heard about Naruto pilot Manga, which is quite different from current implementation of series. What I am going to say is the "Mangaka" is king of the manga and whatever he says is not planned and will do anything as he desire in his manga, without considering things such as plot holes and others.
Plus with "Boruto" and Ootuski clan being from outer space will make these into making things like it is planned from beginning of series.
(2)

Also, what exactly are the powers for people who've wielded the Rinnegan at some point, like Obito, Madara, and Sasuke, regarding the Asura Path? Can they even use it since it involves constructing your own weapons? Or is there something they do to summon these weapons?

Well for this one, I have some scene from a book I read earlier. A guy asked "DO you know how strong is batman?" and his friend replied "As far as the author wants to". The same could applied here. I rarely doubt Kishimoto would really planned Obito to imitate as Madara at first place. He may have planned for him to be part of an arc, but not this deep.
Back to question, the only Rinnegan user who extensively use Asura path is, for what I believe,Uzumaki Nagato. Other Rinnegan users are listed but I have never seen any of them using such.
For constructing own weapons, I believe is part of Yin and Yang combined release, not from abilities of Asura path. With ongoing "Boruto" series, your questions will be answered in more detail, so just keep patience. (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง


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Is it Boundman or Bounceman?
Luffy displayed Gear Four for the first time against Doflamingo and called it a specific form.  Via Funimation subs I thought this form was called Bounce Man.  The wiki calls it Boundman.
Is one of these two names offically correct? If Boundman is correct, what is this referring to?

I have not watched One Piece, but after reading the Gear Four Techniques wiki, both Boundman and Bounceman are appear correct - it is just a matter of how it is translated.

Boundman
Luffy's first Gear Fourth form is called Boundman (弾む男 (バウンドマン) Baundoman?, literal meaning "Bounce Man"; Viz and Funi subs: Bounce Man):

When plugging in 弾む男 (バウンドマン into Google's Japanese to English, it translates the text to

Bouncy man (Bound man)

Just to extend that. The tankuman form is also pronounced tankman in case anyone was curious


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Does "Evening Get" correspond to a real-life television show?
In chapter 2 of Orange, Hagita tells his friends that he has go home to watch Evening Get. The text outside the speech bubbles explains it as:

Evening Get! It's a Nagano TV show that starts at 4:30. Ryuta Mine's gonna be on today's show.

Ryuta Mine appears to be a real Japanese actor from Nagano prefecture. Similarly, in ch.5*, Naho and Kakeru's friends give excuses for why they cannot walk home together with Naho and Kakeru. Hagita's excuse that he is going to watch Evening Get. Outside the speak bubble is:

They're doing a story on Mino Monta's son …

Mino Monta also appears to be a real-life personality in Japan.
With these two instances in mind, does Evening Get correspond to a real-life television show? I have tried a bunch of internet searches but have no found anything of use so far. Perhaps someone who can read the original Japanese text might have more luck?

Yes, ゆうがたGet! (Yuugata Get!, Evening Get!) is a real-life TV show.
It's broadcasted by TV. Shinshu  located in Nagano prefecture since April 5, 1999. Based on the broadcast schedule list on the Wikipedia, the show started at 4:30 on the weekdays in:

April 1999 - September 2000 under the name of 「陽司★美恵子 ゆうがたGet!」, and
March 2010 - March 2014 under the name of 「情報ワイド ゆうがたGet!」

As already mentioned on the question, Ryuta Mine is also a real-life person. Based on the list of appearance on the Wikipedia, he appeared once every month on Wednesday in:

「情報ワイド ゆうがたGet!」, and
「ゆうがたGet!」

which means the story took place in between 2010-2014 instead of 1999-2000.

Regarding the episode of Mino Monta's son, I couldn't find the specific date/episode. but it's probably regarding

the arrest on 13 September [2013] of his 31-year-old son, Yuto Minorikawa (御法川 雄斗), who was charged with stealing a man's bag on the street in Tokyo.
Wikipedia - Monta Mino

Considering the publication month of chapter 5, the episode (if it existed) should be broadcasted before August 2012.

P.S. it might be possible that the author took the events that had occurred recently at that time since the manga was serialized in 2012-2015.

FWIW we find out in chapter 20 that the beginning of the manga is set in April of 2012. I'm not sure how to reconcile (if at all) the incident with Mino's son with that: by all accounts, a regular monthly publication of the manga would imply that chapter 5 was published before the incident, if publication began in March 2012. But maybe there were breaks in the publication along the way.

@Maroon you're right. The theory on Mino Monta's son is too weak. Japanese Wikipedia on Mino Monta stated that he has 3 children; 2 sons & 1 daughter. However, I couldn't find any episode with either son. OTOH, apparently Orange serialization had a break, but that's after ch. 8, so ch. 5 was indeed published in 2012.


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Attack on Titan Opening Themes
I'm having trouble matching the 3 opening themes to Attack on Titan to tracks available to purchase in various digital outlets.
For the avoidance of confusion, I'm looking for the long versions of the three tracks featured on this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKbbMsvyOpo
Thanks to other questions and answers on the site I'm confident that the first one is Guren no Yumiya by Linked Horizon, but while I think the 3rd one should be called Shingeki no Kyojin, I'm struggling to match it to an artist and I'm exactly nowhere with the 2nd one.

As mentioned on Wikipedia, they're the 1st (Guren no Yumiya) and 2nd (Jiyuu no Tsubasa) opening of season 1, and the 1st (Shinzou wo Sasageyo!) opening of season 2, all by Linked Horizon.

If you write that up as an answer I can mark it right. Feeling pretty sheepish for not moving on from Google searches to the obvious Wikipedia page.

if the answer is given in commentary you can self-answer your question by quoting the comment or you can close it

As mentioned on Wikipedia, they're the 1st (Guren no Yumiya) and 2nd (Jiyuu no Tsubasa) opening of season 1, and the 1st (Shinzou wo Sasageyo!) opening of season 2, all by Linked Horizon.
Thanks to Aki Tanaka


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What are the requirements to wield God ki?
We have seen quite a bit of change from battle of the gods to the universal tournament arc in super.
So far as I know some supreme kai, Goku, Vegeta, Trunks and gods all can use god ki.
Goku has both red and blue ss forms. While the other saiyans can use or halfway use blue.
Is blue just kind of becoming the next level of evolution for ki? Or are there specific requirements that need to be met in order to tap into god ki?
Has the show or manga elaborated on this at all?

What we've seen in the anime is Goku first got god ki when he became super saiyan god (red) after making the ritual where 5 saiyans of pure heart surrounded him.
Vegeta first got god ki only (not in super saiyan) when he was sent to train to another dimension by Wiss along with Goku
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNpUK5n9bHg
there Vegeta tells what they call god ki is ki which doesnt overflow from his body
In this other video, after being told by Wiss not to overflow their ki, both Goku and Vegeta get a taste of super saiyan blue, which supposedly is "having the power of a super saiyan god (god ki) and then becoming a super saiyan"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxrFIuWsaVg
So, a requisite to have god ki is to learn how to control ki for it not to overflow from the user's body. Personally, I also believe you need a certain minimum power level to attain god ki, otherwise why Wiss made Vegeta train and raise his power level before telling him how to use and get god ki (Additional note: Wiss also mentions "he is reaching the level where he can sense god ki").
Unless you are a special case, such as Kamisama (Dende) or Supreme Kai, who can feel other's god ki and therefore have god ki, because they were assigned gods or they were born gods, when they have a low or not so great power level (it's stated than only gods can feel god ki)
And for the manga, I dont remember anything relevant about god ki. Usually Toyotaro in the manga tries to fix the mess done by the anime or movies regarding different contradictory concepts with some additional explanations , but this wasnt the case. (sometimes he also makes more mess than coherence)

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Why Goku uses all the transformations he has except Super Saiyan 3 in the tournament of power?
is there any reason why Goku uses all the transformations he has in the tournament of power except super saiyan 3? So far he has used,
Super saiyan . Against Caulifla for example.
Super saiyan 2. Against Kale for example.
Super saiyan blue. Against the trio de dangers for example.
Super saiyan god. Against Dyspo for example.
Does super saiyan 3 has a disadvantage over all the other transformations or something?

As per the Dragon ball series, it has been shown that Super saiyan 3 takes lots of power, hence to preserve the stamina he hasn't use it. You can see in whole series he hasn't use SSJ3 for full time, only use for crucial times.

For example, when transformed first time to SSJ3 he fight for a while in that state and then retreated, when fighting kid boo, he need more time to power up again him self so he asked Vegita to take care for 10 minutes, also when he was showing SSJ3 to trunks and gotens we can see how much he tired.

The top 2 hardest ones to maintain Stamina wise are Blue and SSJ3, based on how the manga and anime have been presenting them. In the Manga, Goku Mastered Blue, meaning its stamina drain was cut down to almost nil, but we have not seen him purposefully suppress the SSJ3 aura, meaning he probably hasn't mastered it. By that standard, SSJ3 consumes more stamina than Blue does for Manga Goku (as of the Zamasu arc end). If the anime is even somewhat doing the same thing even indirectly, we could probably assume Red consumes less stamina than SSJ3 to maintain, but is way stronger with the God Ki

@Ryan interesting comment, post it as an answer and I'll vote it up

Because SSJ3 suppose to drag a lot of energy and it was shown when Future trunks came however I think it is not shown because we await for new form.

Goku was probably trying to save his power so he wouldn't tire himself out.The reason he used super  saiyan blue is so he would have enough power to win