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Can Blackbeard consume more than one Devil Fruit?

Can Blackbeard consume more than just one Devil Fruit? If yes, then what is the upper limit?
When he reaches the maximum number of Devil Fruits, can he change them, i.e. can he lose one of the Devil Fruits to consume a new one?

up until now, Kurohige only known to eat two devil fruit: Yami Yami no Mi and Gura Gura no Mi. And he didn't lose any devil fruit ability that he already have, instead he can use bot power at the same time.

A posible theory is that Teech used his darkness devil fruit powers to absorb Whitebeards Yami Yami no mi abilities. We all know its possible for his dakness to swallow all forms of mattter into his void like a blackhole.  He could have figured out how to absorb specific things like devilfruit abilities into himself.

From Mythbusters article on One Piece Wiki:

Eating two Devil Fruits Edit
Myth: When you eat 2 Devil Fruits, the second fruit will replace the first fruit's power.
Fact: Eiichiro Oda stated in one of his SBS that you cannot transfer the fruit's power to another person, if you take one bite of it the fruit becomes normal. This caused fans to think he meant if you eat the second Devil Fruit it will replace the first fruit but in Enies Lobby Arc, Lucci and Blueno said if you eat the second fruit after eating the first one, your body will explode and you will die.
Fact: An exception to the rule stated above is Marshall D. Teach, user of the Yami Yami no Mi fruit, who stole the power of the Gura Gura no Mi fruit through some currently unknown means not related to eating it.

So it seems that normally no human being can eat 2 Devil Fruits. Until now, Blackbeard is the only one with this ability, though I don't know how. Maybe it's related to the "D." in his name.
Looking forward to see more!

If it was "Will of D" it would apply for Luffy too ...

I think he used the same technique that Dr. Vegapunk used to create (Lasso and Frankfurt). He must have placed the fruit in his rings somehow to be able to use 2 devil fruits. With that being said, Blackbeard technically only has one devil fruit in his body, and he places the other one in his rings on his hands.

really interesting thinking, this could actually work. Cause we know you can the fruit also to items.

I think Blackbeard can absorb power like it shows when he fights Ace and Luffy. When he absorbs the power when the person dies, he can use their ability. But at Dressrosa, when the person dies, it tells that the devil fruit comes back into the world after the user dies because that's how Sabo obtains Ace's devil fruit.
But I think Blackbeard's power can remove the user's devil fruit permanently from their body because darkness consumes everything as he says.

LOL I was actually thinking the same exact thing!  His darkness can absorb all things and cancel out devil fruits. He must have possibly also figured out how to use his darkness to absorb the actual fruit abilities from people. Cause remember in Dressrosa when that "All muscle and no brain" burges wanted to capture luffy because of his devil fruit ability.

If we think about it, why else would Burges want to steal luffys power. And how else could he have done it , if not through Blackbeard,  who had already done something similar.

There is still no answer for this, we just know that for an 'abnormality' of his body (Marco refers to this during Marineford). He can eat more than 1 fruit (even if I think that 2 is the limit). We still don't know if he can change or "absorb" other fruits.

yeah, i remember this, BB is really Tall and Big maybe this is also a reason...

Lot of people are Huge even more than BB, so i probably isn't this xD

For your answer: It's almost sure that when a devil fruit user die, the fruit reborn in the nearest same type fruit, so maybe BB (that probably knew what kinda of fruit type was the Gura-Gura no mi, from the book he used to identify the Yami-Yami)(all planned) had that precise fruit and when WB died he had instantly the fruit, and thanks to his still unknown body abnormality he ate it.

If you look at the quote of the other answer, you can see that BB didn't eat the Gura Gura no Mi, but used some black magic to extract the power. To be honest, it would be quite lame if he would just stand next to WB, wait for the fruit to be reborn and just eat it. This also makes me wonder, that maybe BB can't actually eat other Devil Fruits, but only extract them from dying corpses.

Based on what I read from other forums, I think Blackbeard have multiple personality that is the reason he's able to get 2 DF without problems. And he might get another one or already have based on his 3 skull flag.
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Why was it that Light's father could see Light's lifespan, while Mikami couldn't see it (which allowed him to deduce that Light was Kira)?
I was talking with a friend about Death Note and he said that he could't understand one thing:
When Light's father died, he saw Light's lifespan with his Shinigami eyes, so he could "confirm" that Light was not Kira. However, at the end of the story, Mikami looked at Light with his Shinigami eyes and recognized him, because he could not see his lifespan.
Is this actually a slight mistake in the story, or have I missed anything? (It's probably the second one)

I don't remember the exact details of Death Note that well, but I think that since by some technicality at that point in time (prior to his father's death) Light didn't own the death note, he wasn't marked as a user in that way. However, I think he regained ownership some point after his father's death.  I'll try to write up an answer later if I come up with anything more coherent.

In chapter 71, Light was setting up a plan that would prove himself to be innocent of being the killer (Kira); would give the NPA (National Police Agency of Japan) the advantage over Mello; and would keep him safe if Mello would ever get hold of his picture.
In order to kill Mello, he made preparations for a raid to take place at November 10 at 23:59. Almost everybody in Mello's organization would die, but in order to kill Mello himself he needed the help of the NPA. He sent them the Death Note together with Ryuku, making it possibly for one of the NPA members to bargain for the Death Eyes. He had expected Matsuda Touta to do the deal, since it went with his character, but in the end it was his father, Soichiro Yagami, who made the deal with Ryuku. With his father having the Death Eyes, it would be impossible for him to be owner of any Death Note, and therefore, he had relinquished ownership himself, instead of making Misa relinquish ownership over hers. Also he knew it would be dangerous to be the owner of any Death Note, since he knew Jack Neylon aka Kal Snyder had the Death Eyes and it would be as easy for Mello to kill him as it would be for Light to find and kill Kal Snyder. Of course, he was not going to stop being the killer (Kira) soon, so to retain his memories he strapped Misa's Death Note to his body. By doing so, he thought he would be able to kill Mello and prove himself innocent once again for the NPA. He failed to kill Mello through this raid, though.

In chapter 72, you can see that in addition to what I said above, Light also needed Ryuku to be there at the raid, to stop Sidoh from helping the "mafia". He knew Ryuku would be so kind as to harass Sidoh a bit ^^.

In chapter 74, you can see Light holding the Death Note when his father dies. After an owner dies, the ownership will go to the first person that picks up or touches the Death Note, and therefore Light becomes the owner again.

In chapter 81, Misa is ordered to relinquish her ownership to Teru Mikami. At this point there are two human Death Note owners and they are Light and Mikami, and Misa becomes an ordinary housewife. Therefore, Mikami is able to identify Light as the owner of the Death Note and the real "Killer".

For a summary of the Notes' owners the website provided by Maroon is really useful. See here.

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I will :). Btw when you say "Original" what would you be referring to, since translations will obviously never be the "original" version by the manga's author.

I mean original sized pictures. like so: [![description][1]][2] where [1] is the small image, and [2] is the original sized one. This renders as a small image which is linked back to the original one :)

sigh dam work blocking websites because they are "personal-sites-or-blogs", every image does not appear for me. i would suggest using the imgur which Stack Exchange automatically upload to when you attach images using the button

I will, but shouldn't you be working at work ;)

@PeterRaeves not when i'm waiting for script to run or waiting on a new task to go onto after completing all my current tasks

Note: I don't remember the specifics of Death Note too well, so while the general idea of my answer should be correct, I'm not sure about the specifics. I used a couple of sites (mostly this one - see the second arc) as references.
At some point (probably somewhere in episodes 27-29) before the attempt to kill Mello and the attempt to recover one of the death notes, Light gave up ownership of his death note, but manages to prevent himself from losing his memories of it. (The forum I used to cross-check with my memory states that he strapped one of the other death notes to his body, though I don't remember whether or not this happened, at least in the anime.)
Since people who own death notes will not have their lifespan seen by those with shinigami eyes (and since those who don't will have a visible lifespan), this prevented Light from being seen by his father as a death note user. (When I watched Death Note, this struck me as possibly an anti-detection measure taken by Light, but again it's been a while since I've watched Death Note.) After his father is out of the way, however, and none of the other task force members are death note users, this isn't necessary, and Light regains ownership of his death note by taking the one his father was supposed to use.
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Shidou decides he wants his DN back, so he comes to the human world looking for it and comes across Mello.
At the same time, Light has Ryuk possess DN3, relinquishes control of DN3 and then sends him and DN3 to the Japan HQ in the name of Kira. Souichirou volunteers to become its new owner and possess the Shinigami eyes.
To make sure he doesn't lose his memories, Light has DN2 secretly strapped to his body.

After his father's death:

DN1 was recovered, but at the cost of Souichirou's life. Light regains ownership of DN3. As DN1 is of no use to him, he returns it to Shidou, and DN1 is no longer relevant to this story.

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What is required for a manga to get an anime adaptation?
I'm reading Koe no Katachi and have been hoping for it to be animated. It looks like it's getting more popular. However, it makes me wonder what requirements should be fulfilled before they decide to create an anime based on a certain manga in general.

I might try and answer this later but I do know it needs to be popular and probably needs sponsors too and probably a good fan base maybe too.

As an aside, thanks for this question; I started reading Koe no Katachi last night because of it. I also got caught up to chapter 43 last night. Definitely a good read. I'd speculate it'll see an anime at some point.

There is no written path, but there are several factors and steps that must happen for that:

Fanbase

The overall reaction to the manga, the volume of internet traffic it generates (fan-art, forums, discussions, fan pages, fan fiction, even porn of the main characters).
Are fans cosplaying as the characters even before anime?

Connections and reputation

The reputation of the mangaka. For example, I doubt any new manga by Rumiko Takahashi (for example) is NOT going to become an anime.
Who the mangaka and the manga producers/managers know. Sometimes the hardest part is to put your work in front of the right eyes. It's all in the pitch.

Possible merchandising and target audience

Can the manga become a toy line? Can you sell costumes of the main characters?
The target audience (gender, age, genre) spending power.

Series health and controversy

Is the manga series long enough? Are the arcs and plots interesting? Are the characters well developed and of enough depth?
Is there any group that will get grossly offended if the manga becomes an anime? Remember that printed media is pulled by the reader (you have to actively persuse the media) while audiovisual media is PUSHED into the viewer.

Competition and market mood

Is the manga a mecha manga, and it's on its peak during a new Gundam season and yet another Evangelion Retcon?
What was the reaction of fans to the animes of the same genre that aired in the previous seasons? Are they craving for more of the genre or had they have enough?

Releases and versions

Is the series already compiled into tankobon? Is it on Crunchyroll? Was it already translated (by fans or officially)?
Also, check if the manga is being pirated. It is a sad fact, but popular manga that will become anime is widely pirated, translated, fansubbed, etc.
Do some specialized Google searches for the manga series, its main characters and villains. Check the result count, and compare to other popular manga that already became anime.

After all of those factors, there are some things you can look for in specialized media to see if your favorite manga is really going to become anime:
Option: Did some studio or media company purchase the option for the IP? Options are commonplace in the Western media world, but it's becoming very popular around the world. Check the media and news for the option signing.
Rumors: Check some blogs (mostly in Japanese) for the titles they think will make next season (Dear Reader: suggest some blogs in the comments).
Wikipedia: The folks at the WikiProject Anime and Manga work really hard to keep their corner of the wiki fresh. If your manga series already have a Wikipedia page, chances are high.

As for your particular manga, I would say it certainly will become anime.

So this all seems logical, but how do you know that this is what actually happens? Are you involved in the industry and/or have you heard this from someone who is? As is, this sees awfully speculative.

These guidelines draw parallels with many industries, such as movies, TV shows, video games, etc... Why not anime? For almost any industry, the key point is "Will this sell?". The stronger your case is when trying to tell a producer "Spend $X per episode and make $Y back", the more likely they're going to bite. These are all good points when making that sale, hell consider these the bare essentials. No studio is going to commission an anime for a manga that hardly pulls an audience, the risk of loss at that point is too great.

Some of these are good points, but some of them are dubious to me, and you haven't provided any sources. In particular, the stuff about studios considering the status of the manga overseas seems rather strange considering that the profit model for a standard late-night anime is essentially entirely built on DVD sales. Given the number of manga Crunchyroll has (approximately 40 currently), I also can't see that being relevant. Can you provide some evidence that these are actually things production studios look at? (contd.)

...As for objectionable content, this can affect what kind of anime is made (daytime vs late night vs OVA etc), but it's not at all clear to me how it affects the chances of an anime adaptation. If anything, given the number of late-night shows and hentai OVAs that come out these days, I might suspect it would be more likely that a well-recieved manga with some objectionable content would get an adaptation. Can you provide credible evidence supporting your claim that controversial series are less likely to get adapted? (contd.)

...In addition, I've not heard of a case of anime adaptation rights options being bought/sold in public. It may happen in private, but there's no way for us to know. Do you have an example of this? Anyway, if you can add citations for some of these dubious claims, this will be a very good answer, but right now there's too much that I'm skeptical of to trust this answer without any sources.

@LoganM it is not for anime adaptation, but I finally found one reference to an option from a manga work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasyte#Live-action_films

I'm in in the process of getting my own Manga, Seeds of Arcadia, funded. Aside from creating a fanbase, which may not lead to much, you really want to focus on a detailed portfolio for investors and production companies to decide if your story is worthwhile. You'll mainy need (give or take):

Complete script of first season
Character illustrations, descriptions, and backstories (if necessary)
Illustrated chapters (at least some, if not all)
Illustrated action pages
Sketches
Promotional posters (the more the better)
Possible overview of any continuing season
Any free printouts for viewers

Of course most if not all of this stuff may have to come out of your own pocketbook. I suggest getting family or friends to help with the initial startup so that you can hire help with the illustrations, or else you'll be doing a lot of drawing and digital enhancements.
The important thing is to have hard substance which is both professional in appearance, unique, and intriguing. The fans will NOT fund your project, but with a professional looking portfolio you can present it to investors, or sell your story. If you do plan on keeping the rights to your story, never hand the complete script to anyone, only segments. You should still have the completed script ready with digital backups.

"The fans will NOT fund your project" except, there are anime which were started from crowdfunding like In This Corner of the World

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How much of an influence/reference/relation Love Hina and Shakespeare was to Nisekoi?
Both share way more elements in common than two random shounen shows. Digging into the preferences, sources and/or backgrounds of the author of Nisekoi, how much of Love Hina's influence can be found?
Both shows have the following in common:

Childhood Marriage Promise: The centerpiece of both plots is a blurred promise. Love Hina's is both a marriage promise and a college proposal, but has almost the same weight. Note that several other animes (hit TVTropes for the list) have it too, but not as the centerpiece for the love story.
Naru and Chitoge are almost the same person.

Tsundere? Check.
In love with the lead male? Check.
Denies affection to the deathbed? Check.
Hits lead male when some gag puts them in an awkward situation? Check.
Hair antennae? Check. (Chitoge's is actually her headband, but is indeed an antennae).
Probably the one that made the promise? Check.

Raku and Keitaro are similar too, but as far as shounen lead males go, they are all the same person by design. So not too much here.

My point is, if you swap the Nisekoi setting from a high school to a boarding house, and remove the Romeo & Juliet elements, you have Love Hina.
Looking for credible sources.

Even though I disagreed with your conclusion (see my answer), I upvoted your question, since this site has a paucity of nice analytic questions compared with SFF.SE.

@Torisuda Many thanks for the confidence vote, but I am not getting into any conclusions in the question. I am just pointing some striking similarities I noticed, and then formulating a hypothesis. The hypothesis stands to be proven or disproven.

I got all lit crit-jargony and said something wrong. You certainly didn't presume any conclusion in your question, and I apologize for claiming you did. Also, thanks for accepting my answer!

I'm not that familiar with Nisekoi, but I don't find any of the similarities you mention very striking.

Childhood marriage promises are very common in anime.
The first four things you mention that make Naru and Chitoge similar are all pretty standard tsundere traits. Tsundere as varied as Asuka Langley Soryu, Nagi Sanzenin, and Kirino Kousaka all share those traits with Naru and Chitoge. I acknowledge there is some visual similarity even beyond the hair antennae, but Chitoge also looks pretty similar to MM's Mio Isurugi, aside from the difference in build. Mio is even somewhat of a tsundere, to boot. And it's just a natural part of a story about a childhood marriage promise that the main heroine is probably the one who made the promise.
You acknowledge that all male shounen heroes are the same person.

All of these are standard clichés for shounen romantic comedy. Some of them were popularized by Love Hina, and some have been around since Urusei Yatsura or even earlier. The reviews quoted here all call out Nisekoi for being full clichés, bolstering my case that the similarities are just part of the genre.
Also, in this interview, Nisekoi's creator, Naoshi Komi, says his biggest influence is not Love Hina, but One Piece.


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Who were the people in Asuna's flashback in episode 18?
In the episode 18 of SAO II, there was a flashback of Asuna's trip to Kyoto. In it, she's seen talking to some guys. She declines that this is an arranged marriage, but there was no mention of who they were or what it was about.
Who were these people? Is this going to be significant to the story in any way?
Please remember to use spoiler tags when necessary.

It looked like they were harassing Asuna on the trip to me, she just said she remembered something bad.

That's the idea I was getting, but but SAO doesn't seem like the kind of anime that would put in unnecessary details like that unless it was part of the story somehow.

Possible spoilers for future episodes:

 Well, in the light novel, Asuna's mum keeps on trying to arrange her a marriage (yes, even after the Sugou incident) to a rich guy, and not someone like Kazuto. She wants Asuna to be the high class girl she was born as, and to stay that way.

 So those were probably the random rich guys her mum wanted to introduce, there was also a scene where she was talking at a table... that might have been her cousin that her mum also tried setting her up with.

 But it's alright, Asuna ends up showing her mum her log cabin on ALO, and it happens to look like the home her mum had lived in as a child (as the mum was born to a middle class family), blah blah blah, emotional moment, Asuna's mum relents and tells Asuna to try her hardest to get the person she loves, and she readily agrees.

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What happened to the Ring of Andvari?
I just finished watching all four seasons of Zero no Tsukaima, I don't know if I missed something, but I couldn't find an answer to this question.
After the battle at Lagdorian Lake (at episode 9, season 1), Saito promised to give back the Ring of Andvari to the Holy Water Spirit in exchange for "the tear of a water elemental", that was needed to create an antidote.
This ring was with Sheffield at first place, but after she loses it, who take possession of it? Was it ever returned to the Water spirit?

I believe it has not been returned yet, even in the novels. I remember people saying this was Saito being a bit clever: the spirit is immortal, or at least very long-lived, and correspondingly willing to wait quite a long time. So Saito could return it arbitrarily far in the future with no problem. He could even die and wait for a future Gandalfr to coincidentally return it. This may have been fan speculation, though, but if true maybe this will jog someone's memory enough to find a source. Possibly it was in the anime.

The anime covers the encounter with the water spirit in episode nine of season one.
While asking the spirit about getting the ingredient (a part of her body), Montmorency informs Saito that the spirit is immortal, and so has a different perception of time. After later learning that she is seeking the ring of Andvari, Saito immediately promises to find and return the ring.
Guiche mocks him, saying a spirit won't trust some non-mage commoner it's never met. The spirit immediately agrees, saying that Gandalfr has kept his promises before, so he can be trusted. She hands over the ingredient in the same action.
At this stage they do not know what "Gandalfr" really is, but the mission is accomplished. When Montmorency questions him why he would so casually agree to it, saying how he'll find it one day, he points out that since the spirit is immortal it won't really mind if it takes years for him to complete the quest.
The ring remains unreturned in the novels. You can expect it to remain that way forevermore:

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Why do some English Dubs leave untranslated Japanese Text?
I started to notice it consistently happening.
For example, in Durarara!!, a character communicates through text messages. In the English dub (or, at least the version I watched), these are left untranslated, which is really not good seeing as these are important messages.
In the sub, they were translated into English just like everything else.
Other dubs I've noticed that do this are Inu X Boku SS and Steins;Gate, just off the top of my head.
Is there some reason for this?

I recall the text messages being voiced as well. It just takes extra time and money to do these things, especially if you want them to look decent. It's usually not worth it.

I'm not sure but i think changing the "visual" also comes with bigger license fees.

Dubbing is expensive; subbing is much cheaper to do.  Anime translation companies usually want to dub because they have no shot at getting it aired on TV outside of Japan if there is no dub, so they usually sell the subbed DVDs etc. for about the same amount of money as the dubbed ones, in order for the sales of the subs to to offset the larger cost of dubbing.  Neither dubbing nor subbing requires editing/adding to the artwork (dubs are an audio track; subs are a separate text file that can be overlaid over the art).
In contrast, usually text messages and other text shown in the artwork itself often moves as the "camera" pans; it is not usually static and flat on the screen.  Covering it up would require the company to overlay art that moves: essentially, to animate over the Japanese text with text that can move along with the "camera" panning motion, to avoid scrolling the overlay over the character's fingers, to tilt at the same angle as the cell phone screen is being held at, etc.  In other words, it is a different endeavor than either recording audio or typing up subtitles: one that requires more work which is a different type of work.
If the company has managed to land the series airing on TV in the country they're licensed for release in, the amount of money they expect to make off of it would cause them to be willing to re-animate those text messages.  They would not have a large motivation to add that animating work on top of their dubbing expenses if they do not expect to make a lot of money from the series.  If the text message is read aloud in either the voice of the sender or the voice of the recipient, it does not require the re-animating work for the viewer to understand (assuming the dub script is accurate, which is a whole different can of worms).  Using the dub voice actor they've already hired to orally take care of the viewer getting the gist of the message saves money.
An alternative would be to add a subtitle track which subtitles only the on-screen text messages, book covers, signage, etc. which would be inexpensive to do.  However, when you compare the dub script with the subtitle script from the same company, there are often differences because the dub is 1) attempting to match animated mouth movements and 2) attempting to sound more colloquial (i.e., "What would this character say if this character were talking naturally in English/Chinese/whatever language is being dubbed?" rather than repeating awkwardly in said language a translated phrase that a Japanese person would say in this situation but which a native speaker of said language would never think to say in this situation) as compared to the sub which is more concerned with 1) fitting in the physical space of 1~2 lines of text on the screen at once and 2) just translating more simply (what the character said).  So when the dub and sub scripts do not match, it would cause more confusion to add that sub script they already made into the dub copy, because then the dub actor's voice reading the Japanese text message and the sub at the bottom of the screen would not match.  It is likely that the company doesn't want to make a separate subtitle file for the dub copy unless it is necessary, again to save on costs.

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Can you protect People with the Death Note by writing their name in it?
A person whose name is written in a death note is immune to all other death notes. Are they immune to a bullet to the head or eating an arsenic cream pie, too? If so, would they have a sort of "luck shield" that stops any potential causes of death from making it impossible to fulfill the death note entry, or would they just survive it?

The death note cannot lengthen a person's life span by setting a date of death for that person after their current date of death.  In this case the person would just die as they would if their name was not written.  This is from "How to Use LVII".
I was wrong on one account originially.  If you write a person's name in the death note and do not edit it for 6 minutes and 40 seconds (400 seconds as that is how long you can edit it), then he is immune from other death notes.  This is due to "How to Use XV" which states that if the same name is in two death notes, the first filled in will take effect.  This can only protect for 23 days as the person will die by then anyways.  It appears that this can be circumvented by editing it every 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
You can, however, do the following.  If you know Dusk is trying to kill Dawn, you can write Dusk will "be killed by Dawn after failing to even scratch her with his attacks". This means he must die of either a heart attack because the cause of death could not happen (could not reasonably get to Dawn or Dawn killing Dusk is impossible) or will be killed by Dawn with hurting her.  In any case you need Dusk's name and you are extending Dawn's life by killing Dusk with the death note which humans (not Shinigami) can intentionally do.

So if i would write: John Zeürtö Heart Attack in 23 Days. And someone would try to shoot him, would he have some sort of a luck shield or would the other person successfully kill him?

The other would kill him (assuming he isnt just a reallly terrible shot regardless of the death note)

Ah but if i would write: John Zeürtö Heart Attack in 23 Days. However everybody who attempts to kill him, won't be able to do so. Would that work?

He already had a lifespan above is head the shinigami can read. That correlates with the gunshot.  If the date of death is beyond that natural lifespan it does not take effect.

but if it's within his lifespan he wouldn't die right?

his lifespan is decided by when someone would come to shoot him without influence of the death note.  Ergo, if it is within his lifespan it would be a non-fatal shooting anyways.

So that means someone if someone is fated to kill you, will you get trouble with that person. Anyway if this is true, that means that people who get killed by a serial killer are already destined to get murdered by that serial killer? But let's say the FBI catches him and he get's executed. That means, that this would extend the lifespan of many people since the person who kill won't be able to do so.

Yes. But also he was fated to be caught unless a death note entry somehow got him caught

But if i would out of stupidity order some thug to kill me with a gun, and i would kill him then with my death note when he's about to kill me. Would i then extend my lifespan?

You can extend your lifespan by killing someone else.  what I don't know is what would happen if a death note death prevents a death that was written prior.

@kaine I would expect any deaths that become impossible due to earlier deaths (i.e. the planned killer being killed) to be replaced with heart attacks.

@Brilliand maybe but i think it might be undefined behavior. I dont nnow what would happen. If you get a copy i guess u could try it out to satify curiousity


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How is Akai Ito the sister game to Aoishiro?
According to VNDB (for both Aoishiro and Akai Ito) and the Manga Updates page for Aoishiro - Kaeishou, Akai Ito is the sister game to Aoishiro.
From what I can tell, they are both Shoujo Ai/Yuri titles, both done by Success and both seem to focus on Oni. However I can't see how those elements would make Aoishiro and Akai Ito sister games.
So I am wondering, is there some sort of connection between the 2?

I imagine the most significant of your mentioned connections is that they are created by the same developer - Success.
Having similar themes and a similar art style is definitely enough to warrant the title of sister games.
As a Western example, Bastion and Transistor are also sister games - They share no common story, but are similar in artistic style, development company, musician and artist.
The term sister in sister-game is broad and stems from sister cities & sister companies. The latter of which shares no more than the same parent company. Sister cities are broad, officially approved, long-term partnerships between two communities - but they do not have to be culturally alike or share many traits.
The requirements for shows to have an implicit connection is low, and can be justified by being in the same broad universe, parallel universe, etc. It's mainly a production choice.


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Job request in Fairy Tail untouched for hundreds of episodes

This job request appeared in Episode 2 of Fairy Tail S1

This job request appeared in Episode 30 of Fairy Tail S2
So, considering the 7 year time skip, the amount of adventures they have went on for about 200 Episodes, why has this request not been cleared yet?
Is there any significance that they re-used this particular job request again and again?
Yes, I am positive that this has appeared more than this 2 times throughout the entire Fairy Tail Anime.

As kuwaly said, it is the infamous "picture" of the Loch Ness Monster. I'm sure there is no real meaning to it, simply that it is a long-running joke in the anime. The reason they used the Loch Ness monster is likely because in real life many people visit the Scottish Highlands, specifically lake Loch Ness to try and find/prove the Loch Ness Monster. The reason they have continued to re-use the request is because, just like in real life no one has "found" the Loch Ness Monster, and because it's just a funny Easter egg that you would only notice if you payed very close attention.
Although the infamous hoax image seems to be backwards/flipped in the anime.
Similar Easter Eggs using the Loch Ness monster can be seen in these examples:

The video game Hitman: Absolution
Google Maps

Hope this helps!


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How can a Shinigami drop its eyeballs?
So BB was born with the Shinigami eyes because a Shinigami dropped it's eyeballs. But how is this even possible? Did the Shinigami ripped out his eyes and then let them fall down to Earth? I just don't get it.
Also, if a human touched the eyes of a Shinigami, would he then also get Shinigami eyes?

a Shinigami dropping it's eyeballs is just something Mello thought of

It is unknown how he could have possibly been "born" with the eyes, though Mello wonders if a Shinigami dropped its eyeballs to Earth (instead of a Death Note)

Source - Character, 3rd Paragraph, 3rd Sentence
and since Beyond Birthday only appeared in Death Note: Another Note which occurs before the manga (L's first encounter with Naomi Misora during the Los Angeles "BB Serial Murder Case" mentioned in volume 2 of the manga) i can really only answer this from logical evidence, absent of any official statement and assuming that Mello is correct.
I would suspect but rather than a Shinigami taking it's eyes out on it's own (which are used to allow Shinigami to work out how much life they will gain from taking a life), we can make the assumption that a Shinigami died.
How we know of 2 ways a Shinigami can die

they fail to extend their own life by taking names
they save the life of a human who's death date had arrived

When a Shinigami dies they turn to sand/dust however this isn't instantaneous,

Rem's Death: Death Note - The Last Name
Gelus Death: Death Note Anime

as we can see from the links above, Rem began to crumble first however Gelus's eye disappeared first
we also know that there is a Portal which allows travel between the Shinigami Realm and earth. i theorize 2 ways that the Shinigami Beyond Birthday got the eyes from died

said Shinigami saved a human which would explain why they were at the portal
said Shinigami was sooo lazy that it waited to the last minute to take a name to add more life and couldn't take a life quick enough before it died

now while we are told that Shinigami are lazy i don't think they are that lazy not to write names (though Ryuk does note this to Light) so i'm going to assume 1)
regardless, the Shinigami's eyes could have dropped out of it's head and rolled out of the portal which could explain why the eyeballs were dropped and not the Death Note (as we see in The Last Name Gelus's Death Note fell to earth however in the anime it didn't).
So then how did Beyond Birthday get the eyeballs? well it was either by coincidence or since Beyond Birthday was at Wammy's House said Shinigami saved Beyond Birthday at birth by saving his mother who may have been pregnant and was about to be murdered.

Also, if a human touched the eyes of a Shinigami, would he then also get Shinigami eyes?

this i can't answer, i would assume the timeframe is very small because the eyeballs would have turned into sand/dust and Beyond Birthday was just very lucky to have gotten them before hand because if it was a living Shinigami's eyes, well the sight of Light running around with a bag of apples trying to get Ryuk top allow him to poke his eyes, or Misa looking all cute and asking Ryuk if she can doesn't quite match the tone of the series

So it isnt impossible for light to get the shinigami eyes by touching ryuks eyes? @Memor-X

@DarkYagami possibly however as to my assumption Ryuk would have to die first. i can't find any official evidence about how Beyond Birthday was born with Shinigami eyes and we only have a thought by Mello to go on, for we know he is incorrect and maybe one of Beyond Birthday's parents is actually a Shinigami. however i didn't touch on this as there is no reasonable logic to prove this (apart from Perseus however Greek Gods are just general assholes)

It is worth mentioning that BB was able to read the time till death while someone who makes the eye deal cannot.  This does support the idea that these could have been "real" Shinigami eyes like this answer says rather than someone somehow somereason doing the eye deal for the baby.

Maybe a shinigami just threw his eyes into the human world and then BB touched it while he still was a baby. Also i think BB could read it because he first noticed a low number above his parents head and then the more deaths he experienced the more he could learn how he could use the shinigami eyes. @kaine

@DarkYagami I agree that he could possibly have learned how to read it by constant exposure which would imply it could somehow be the eye deal.  My point though was that this seems to be a clear difference between the "eye deal" and whatever happened to BB. This means the "thrown eyes" (or shinigami dad) makes more sense than it initially seems.

Shinigami can't have sex with humans. It's a actual rule from death note:There are male and female gods of death, but it is neither permitted, nor possible for them to have sexual relations with humans. The gods of death also cannot have sex with each other. So it's impossible that BB had a shinigami dad.

@kaine in regards to BB reading lifespans i do note that in this answer and that BB could have been born with the understanding of how to read lifespans since Tsugumi Ohba did explain about Light's (the others were random apparently), not entirely sure why only Light's could be worked out, maybe Ohba got lazy, the original formula was flawed or they just didn't have the time to always run the numbers just to be sure that say L didn't have a lifespan that ended before he was killed by Rem

@DarkYagami Mello says BB was "born" with them so i assume he was still in the womb. however given shinigami can walk though solid matter it is plausible that a shinigami did throw it's eyes to see what would happen and there are shinigami who have multiple eyes so if they threw a couple down they won't loose their own sight

yeah that would be possible. Also there's the possibility that Mello may be wrong and BB wasn't born with them. @Memor-X

Another interpretation: Mello was just embellishing, and B didn't really have the Shinigami Eyes.
There's an analysis about Another Note in this blog post that touches on this subject. The analysis doesn't particularly argue for or against the position of whether B really had the Shinigami Eyes (both are canon compliant), but it should be noted:

As a narrator, Mello is unreliable. He states opinions as though they are fact – incidentally I think this is IC for him based on his characterization in the manga – which is what leads to a lot of confusion that we, the readers, have to sort through.

Some observations from that analysis:

If B didn't have the Shinigami Eyes, that wouldn't change a single objective fact about the LABB case.
Details like B practicing laughing in a mirror or him experimenting with internal hemorrhage are something that Mello could only know from speaking to B himself. But, it's doubtful that Mello personally interviewed B or Naomi given the canon timeline. So, it's more likely that Mello just took a lot of creative license when writing the characters for this story.
Given that Shinigami are not allowed to interfere with human lives except by Death Note, and given that the Shinigami were shown to be extremely apathetic and indifferent to the human world, it's seems unlikely that Shinigami would feel inclined to (somehow) give some human on Earth the Shinigami Eyes.


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What is the target demographic of Yuki Yuna is a Hero?
If you watch just the first episodes, it is a ordinary Mahou Shoujo for tween girls anime...
But the plot thickens into something too heavy for young girls to digest (imo) soon enough.

 The whole dismemberment and viewing themselves as living sacrifices for their god, not to mention the sisterly guilt trip.

With that in mind, where does it fall?

The light novel Washio Sumi wa Yūsha de Aru, which is set in the same universe 2 years prior and is the prequel of the anime, targets the seinen demographic. The seinen demographic includes males from 17 years of age and above. It can be safe to assume that the anime Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru is for the same demographic as the light novel.
The show is also broadcast at late night on the primary channel MBS and other channels, at as early as 22:00 and as late as 03:00 late night. The late night showing of the anime implies that it is at least for young adults and not for tween girls as the introduction might have suggests.
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Wikipedia - Yūki Yūna wa Yūsha de Aru: Washio Sumi wa Yūsha de Aru's target demographic
Seinen definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinen_manga
TV schedule: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv195090725

Late night anime can still be shounen or shoujo demographic, though that isn't the case here. For instance, Akatsuki no Yona (currently airing) is more shoujo than josei, but airs in late night slots. I think it's expected that many of the viewers (including the youngest ones) will record it rather than watch at airtime, so the airtime doesn't say that much about the target demographic.

@LoganM: I think late night anime are in general not fit for young viewers (primary school) - they are at least aimed at slightly more mature (around middle school and up). Even a relatively tamed one like Akatsuki no Yona has betrayal and depiction of people being killed with real weapon, so I doubt parents would allow their children to watch them. Regarding target demographic of Yuyuyu, I'd guess it would draw in male viewers, since all characters are female (but the actual demographic might not be so skewed, as demonstrated by Madoka, which enjoys viewership from both sexes).

I showed the ep 8 and 9 to my wife, she was all " gross, no way!" with the whole sacrifice thing. If it hit me as a male and caused that reaction, I think you are right on the money.

@nhahtdh the emphasis on Togo's chest is also a good clue for the male target.


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What type of Logia can defeat a Haki user?
What type of Logia can defeat a Haki user?
Some Logia users are hard to defeat. Fleet Admiral Sakazuki a.k.a. Akainu, and Former Admiral Kuzan a.k.a. Aokiji are some examples.

There is no such thing as a Devil's Fruit that automatically beats a Haki user.  The use of Haki is to be able to make contact with a Logia type fruit user.  This allows for a "fair" fight (in the sense that one person isn't inherently untouchable).  However, there is no fruit that negates the power of Haki (or at least among the fruits that have been revealed).

From the other perspective, having Haki only allows for Haki user to make contact (or touch) the Logia. It does not give them any anti-Logia super-effective skills.
In other words, any Logia can beat any Haki user, as the fight essentially comes down to better skills (unless we go and look for specific combinations)

The only Logia ability that has a proven record of defeating - nay KO'ing Haki users is the Gas-Gas no Mi, provided it is used with an element of surprise. You would recollect that Ceaser KO'ed both Luffy and Smoker by depriving them of oxygen.
In the future, we could probably see Logia abilities like hot plasma or gamma ray, which could possibly penetrate Haki.

In a sense, Soru Soru no Mi. It's not logia, but paramecia.
Other answer already provide how logia can beat haki user but this devil fruit power can make haki useless against them.
The devil fruit user them self aren't automatically immune to haki but the objects with soul fragments inside them are immune to haki attack. Surely homies (objects and animals that have been anthropomorphized by the Soru Soru no Mi) like King Baum can be cut easily with simple sword attack. But with powerful enough soul like Prometheus, a mass of compressed flames, is completely immune to Luffy's busoshoku haki attack

Powerful as it seems, even Prometheus can get injured by Brook. Supposedly, not because of his haki but because of devil fruit incompatibility. Brook, a soul king, can attack soul directly.


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Why do anime (in general) have so much time in between seasons?
Many shows in America (I am using the US as example because I live here) have TV shows announced almost right away. There aren't usually gaps of more than a year in between seasons.
However, for anime, there are usually several years gaps in between seasons. For example, Attack on Titan has a couple of years in between seasons, and the Fate series had several years in between all of them.
Is this because they aren't very popular, or is it due to a different reason?

Do the TV shows you mentioned air without mid-season finales or hiatuses that last for several months? Probably not. Same is with anime. Both take time to produce more of, but it takes different amount of time to make  some more of a TV show and anime.

This is a good question. I don't have a good answer at the moment, but one relevant factor is that most multi-season anime are vehicles to promote an underlying manga/LN/videogame/etc, and are timed accordingly.

It's definitely not due to lack of popularity. It's more due to how the system for producing TV shows is in Japan. Making one season, then having a big gap, then making another, is actually a relatively recent change in anime as well. It used to be much more common to have shows that spanned multiple sessions, without breaks.

The change @Kai mentions appears to be connected to a shift away from "filler episodes" meant to vamp until the manga is far enough ahead again to animate it (and often leading to a quality decline that in turn results in a viewership decline). A series will air a season, pause until the source material is far enough ahead again, then air another season.

There are sooo many anime series (and manga for that matter), that broadcasting companies don't know which will be hits and which won't be at the time of establishing a contract with a studio.
The fact is, when a studio gets the green light to do a series, it is typically one season; that is, with the exception of some of the Jump comics that have long-running series (e.g. Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and so on).
So when the studio gets the green light to start production, the number of episodes is already decided. For some, this is enough to do a full story arc and have a clean ending. Others end more openly or on a cliffhanger. This can drive the audience to pick up the manga to see how the story continues, or to the hopes of the studio, the popularity will be high enough that the audience will request or demand a second season. This is evident in the recent Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) boom.
This is also true for Japanese dramas. Typically, they are all one season. And if there is a second season, it comes much later because the studio and the TV broadcasting company weren't originally planning to make a second or third season from the get-go. This means you also have to account for production time between the seasons too.
Hope that helps. (My only reference is that I lived in Japan for over 5 years and saw this happening a lot and heard about it in the news.)

Just to clarify my main reference is family, namely my brothers and father who have all lived in Japan for years at one time or another time for various reasons.
One of the biggest reasons is their expense. Animes are expensive to make. Anime and video games are the most expensive form of advertising there is for manga, which is the real moneymaker. A single episode can cost anywhere between $100,000-200,000. That's the equivalent, in the current market, to ¥1,0072,000-2,0144,000. This is also an average as it isn't always a set amount, and some anime get more funding than others if they are popular or raised it somehow. So that means for a single 24 episode season you just spent $2,400,000-4,800,000 (which is a lot of yen, you can do the math yourself) on what may be a boom or bust for the company.
Now with the anime out you have to give it time to market your manga for you. If sales don't pick up much or at all after the anime comes out it isn't likely the anime will continue. Like KiaiFighter pointed out the only ones that get a really longstanding season are the ones who have an incredibly long and popular manga, probably through JUMP or one of their competitors. Like he said you have anime like One Piece, Gingtama -- or Fairy Tale through Weekly Shōnen Magazine -- which all feature hundreds of episodes because they were popular and established before the anime even got started and can afford to be given longer seasons. The ones that don't have that kind of backing must wait potentially years for the anime to market the manga and paraphernalia before there is even consideration for a new season.
Then there is also the problem it takes time to make a manga and storyline. Lesser known mangas that don't have the advantage of JUMP or other forms to effectively distribute their manga probably don't have a whole lot of arcs covered. Basically a single 13 episode season can catch up on the whole series effectively. So even if it is popular, the funds are available, and the populace is waiting, it is likely it might very well be delayed anyway for several years simply so the author can get ahead a few arcs. Look at the anime Tsukaima no Zero which had between two to four years between each 12 episode season so that the light novels could get ahead enough (didn't really matter though because the author passed before he could finish but I digress). If they don't then you just have a huge number of filler episodes, like with Naruto and the Hunter x Hunter from the 1990's (I can't get over how the nickname for Hunter x Hunter is Hiatus x Hiatus because the author constantly puts off continuing the manga which was only recently started again. Its been around for almost 20 years but they only have about 150 episodes worth of anime, as opposed to One Piece which started a year before, and even GinTama. But again I digress).
Lastly, like KiaiFighter also pointed out, Dramas are a whole other ballpark and shouldn't be touched with another season because they generally leave everything wrapped up nice and tightly so there shouldn't be any complaints other than the tears of joy a the happy ending or shock and denial for the depressing ending.

One reason may be that anime takes longer to produce than a normal show (as in ones with actors such as supernatural), however I have no idea wether this is true or not.
The other reason I know of is that most (if not all) anime is based off of manga, and also usually advance much faster than it story-wise. Thus it needs to pause for a while to allow the manga to beat it. I do know for certain that, that is the reason Attack on Titan hasn't aired in a couple years.

I think it depends more of production than if is an anime or a TV show. But is true that in anime sometimes the time between seasons is more than one year. That's because some anime are quickly than manga and anime need stopping for don't reach the manga.
Is possible that the reason is only the business model un US about manga, but I think is for the reason I comment. For be sure you can consult the time between season in Japan.

You're missing a lot of detail and don't have any reliable references. What is it about the production that causes some shows to have longer breaks between seasons? What is it about the business model that's different between US TV and anime? And how do you know? Adding those things could make this a good answer, but right now it's vague and speculative.


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Which Akame ga KILL! manga should I read if I want to continue the storyline of the anime?
I saw there are various manga with Akame ga KILL! in their names.
The ones I have found are:

Akame ga KILL!
Akame ga KILL! Zero

Which one should I read if I want to continue the storyline of the anime?

There are only 2 series, confirmed from Wikipedia Japanese

@nhahtdh So who the third one belongs to?

I'm quite sure it is an alternate name for the Zero series. (Note that the Japanese name is Akame ga Kiru, but its Engrish title underneath is Akame ga KILL).

Hinowa ga yuku. It deals with akame going to another land after the events of the manga.

Akame ga KILL! Zero is a sort of prequel which tells the story of Akame when she was a part of the government's army, how she was trained and so on. The anime is following the Akame ga KILL! (non zero) manga and from what I can recall is close to chapter 48 of the manga as of episode 18.
So, if you want to follow the story of the anime read the first title you posted, the Zero version is a prequel which introduces some characters which may or may not be met again in the principal storyline.

Akame ga KILL! is the main series, while Akame ga KILL! Zero is a complementary series which tells the story of the characters before timeline of the main series.
You should read Akame ga KILL! if you want to continue from the anime.

The story is generally the same up to episode 17/chapter 33. However, the anime begins to have minor deviations from the manga from episode 18/chapter 34. After chapter 38, which corresponds to episode 19, the anime totally skips more than 10 chapters starting from chapter 39, except for this plot point in chapter 43, where

 Susanoo died fighting Esdeath to let the rest of the Night Raid escape. Originally, this happened during the mission to assassinate Borick, which spans from chapter 40 to chapter 43. In the anime, Susanoo's death is moved to episode 21 instead, and Borick's assassination is trivialized at the end of episode 19.

Episode 20 restarts from second half of chapter 50, but doesn't follow the manga too closely, since the manga introduces many new characters during the Wild Hunt arc (from chapter 44 to 48), and several of them affect the story beyond Wild Hunt arc.
Most of the differences between manga and anime adaptation come from this 10-chapter gap.
If you have time, I suggest that you scan through the manga from the beginning, so that you won't miss any details that might have been omitted from the anime adaptation. Otherwise, chapter 39 is a good place to pick up the manga.

That is nice to know so I gave you +1, but the first answer was more precise.


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Why can't Natsu and Gajeel go through Freed's runes?
On Fighting Festival arc (Laxus arc) in chapter 108, Natsu and Gajeel can't get out from the guild because of Freed's runes.

But the rule says that statues or people above 80 are not allowed to get out from the guild. So why can't Natsu and Gajeel get out?

The fact that we do not know how old Natsu/Gajeel might help with this. They might just be older then 80.

@Dimitrimx well I never thought about it, I checked on wiki timeline and their birth year doesn't exist?? Maybe you're right...

The chance is there, maybe it is not released with a reason. Plot point later on maybe ? but that is mainly speculation :)

Complete speculation but coupling their power, the fact that both dragon slayers had this issue, the missing dragons, and this issue, it seems possible that the dragons are sealed within their respective slayers. This cannot have a source as it will likely be revealed as a later plot point (though it could be negated by the manga, I am not up to date one that).

since zeref being a 400 yr old dark wizard knows natsu, so its possible that natsu an gazeel are indeed much older then they seem. maybe same age of zeref.

I would like to add on to Qynn's Answer:
In the most recent chapter of Fairy Tail, Chapter 400:

It was revealed that Igneel was residing inside Natsu, OR was using Natsu as a portal from the place where he was residing to come to Earthland. If Natsu had such magic imbued into him that could cause interference with the barrier as logically speaking, the barrier prevents those of age 80+ to leave and if it's a portal for someone of age 80+ to leave the barrier would automatically stop that person from leaving OR Igneel was actually inside Natsu not just using him as a medium and that would most definitely stop Natsu and Gajeel from leaving the barrier because they have someone of at least 300 Years of age in them. Since dragons are extinct, it would be safe to say Igneel and the other dragons are at least that age.

It is also revealed in a chapter past 400 that Natsu is the younger brother of zeref and has lived almost as long as zeref.

There have been many theories on this subject, in fact. Here are some that I believe are logical and ones that might help:

Natsu and Gajeel's Dragon Slayer Magic is very ancient, obviously over 80 years old. Maybe their magic's age prohibited them? (Personally, I feel that something's missing here.
Natsu and Gajeel (and Wendy as well) were raised by their dragons a long time ago- maybe over 80 years ago. Through the Eclipse Gate, they were transported to the future- July 7, year x777 by Layla Heartfilia (Lucy's mother), making it seem like their dragons disappeared as opposed to them leaving their dragons. (Of course, there are a lot of pieces missing in this explanation, but it seems logical if you think about it.)
Laxus knew that Natsu and Gajeel were incredibly powerful, or maybe he knew that the Dragon Slayer magic is very powerful. There's a chance that he didn't want them participating due to this and told Freed to incorporate this into the rules without telling anyone about it. (Maybe?)

Anyhow, I hope this helped, and I hope that Mashima reveals this in the future!!

so, now that Fairy Tail's over, I think we can now use this as the correct answer, I mean the second point

Until now, it was never explained properly in FT.
Future chapter might give a proof of the reason, or it stays a plothole.
There are some theories, like "Dragons are extinct nowadays, Natsu was raised by Igneel hundreds of years ago and made a time travel (similar for Gajeel)" or "Dragon slayers are real dragon children (with longer lifespan than humans) with some kind of transformation magic applied" (this conflicts with Zirconis´ story, but it´s still possible he didn´t know or lied. Mashima likes trolling anyways)

While this hasn't been explained exactly point for point, I do believe the answer is revealed in one of the more recent chapters.

 Igneel is somehow inside of Natsu, and Igneel is well older than the required age to hold him back. Same with Gajeel.

Based on Fairy Tail chapter 436, it was somewhat explained why Natsu can't past the barrier.

 Natsu's physical body is more than 80 years old. Zeref used the body of his little brother to create Natsu and Zeref himself is about 400 years old. This is the likely answer why he can't past Freed's rune.

Reason for why Gajeel can't too has not been explained as the current chapter.

I'm still in doubt about this. I don't believe that Natsu's body is 400 years old. The fact that we have seen young Natsu in the current timeline playing with young Gray and Lisanna and growing older together, makes me believe that Natsu came through the Eclipse Gate not too long after his resurrection. Especially since your theory does not explain why Gajeel could not get through. The accepted answer makes much more sense on this one, I believe.

@PeterRaeves Not my theory. It was taken from chapter 436 of Fairy Tail. The Natsu that is in the tube is even younger than Natsu from the time he played with Gray and Lisanna. He was even younger than the time he was with Igneel. So it still fits for his case.

Are you saying that natsu was about 390 years old when he was playing house with lisanna, a girl in her preteens? lets hope this didnt happen...

@PeterRaeves That's what happened. Physically he was that old. Mentally he wasn't. His mentality is no different that boys around Lisanna's age because although his body is about 390 years old, the body spent most of that time being a dead body in a tube preserved by Zeref.

Ow I see, you might be right. At first, I thought all flashbacks were from 400 years ago, but it does look like the flashback of Natsu reviving was a more recent one and many years had passed... That's just gross.

Natsu, like all of the other dragon slayers, aside from Laxus and cobra, was born over 400 years beforehand, but this isn't the reason Natsu and Gajeel were not able to leave. It's because they had dragons in them who were at least 80. Dragons are immortal. So they don't age like humans.
But Natsu, Gajeel, and the others are not chronologically 400 years old, as chronological refers to a measurement of one's existence inside a flow of time. Since they time traveled, they are not 400 years old. The gate opened on one side and they entered it. While in the gate, they were outside of time for 400 years. Layla opened the gate in 777 which allowed them to leave.
Notice how Zeref wasn't able to travel backward in time using the ellipse gate. It's likely because it's not traditional time travel. It's more like they left the flow of time and sat outside of time and space for those 400 years. And when Layla opened it, they could enter the modern world.  So it's akin to a stasis field where they are literally outside of time. Zeref needed not only the Fairy Heart, but also the time rift to travel backward in time.
This also creates a plot hole with future Lucy and Rogue going backward in time. But that could easily be explained away by the fact that future Rogue and Lucy came from alternate timelines where the gate worked differently.

I believe the rules were not all stated. This is somewhat a trick from Laxus. Laxus told Freed to prohibit Dragon Slayers from entering the fight and to trick them he told freed not to put the prohibition of the Dragon Slayers on the rule list.

Any reason why you think so?

@deviantfan Originally, Laxus' plan was to destroy the current FT and build his own FT wherein only the strong are allowed to be members. His plan also includes to let FT members fight and destroy each other, so he(Laxus) prohibited the Dragon slayers from entering the contest, including the FT's GM because it might drastically change the outcome of the contest that he thought would be which is of course he would not want to happen.

The reason is that the dragons are sealed inside of hem. Their dragons are over 80 years old. The enchantment is not allowing the dragons to go through, not Natsu and gajeel. But since they are combined, that’s why they can’t go through either.

For Natsu, on one episode Igneel did tell Natsu that he was always in Natsu's body and that tell us that well Igneel is definitely older than 80 years old and if he is in Natsu's body, Natsu's age would definitely be Igneel's age and same thing with Gajeel

I have a theory. You know how Zeref is over 400 years old, but if you look at the episode where Natsu sees Zeref, Zeref cries tears of joy, saying "You've grown, Natsu, and we meet again."
So I think that Zeref might actually be related to Natsu. And since Zeref is 400+, maybe Natsu is 100 and over. I've heard that Zeref had an army of dragons. Maybe Igneel and the other dragons slowed down time to where Natsu and Gajeel may look 17 to 18 but are probably older than that.
But this is just a theory, who knows I'm probably right.


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How many sets of armor does Erza have?
I have been wondering this whole time since I recently started watching Fairy Tail.
How many sets of armor does Erza have and how can she make new ones?

i reworded your question cause it kinda sound the same as "how many money do i have", though it was a toss up between how much armor and how many sets of armor and i went with the later because i don't think Erza switches the top and bottom half around seperatly. if i've changed the meaning to your question please revise my edit

It was never mentioned exactly how many equipment she has, but according to Fairy Tail Wiki:

Erza owns over 100 different types of armor, and over 200
different types of weapons.

A part of this equipment is stored in other dimension and the other part is placed at her room, as mentioned in the section The Knight (name of Erza's requip skill):

This Magic allows the user to store weapons and armors in pocket
dimensions and summon them during battle.
[...]
there is a limit to how much the pocket dimension can store, and as a
result, she leaves some of her armors in her room in Fairy Hills.

And answering your second question, Erza is an user of requip magic, in other words, she can summon weapons and armors during the battles, but she does not create them.
Here or here you can see the list of all weapons and armors that already appeared in the manga/anime.

i think you can say Erza is a user or requip magic as i'm it's explained at the start that's exactly what she's doing (unless there some ambiguity added later on)

Ow, so Erza can requip multiple weapons despite having to requip an armor? Like for example requip an armor then she can requip 1 or more weapons as well?

Yes. It's possible to equip only an armor or only a weapon, it's even possible to combine different weapons and armors from different known sets, according to the wiki I refered.

@Rikkin Ow, thanks for the info somehow it reminds me of Monster Hunter. XD


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Who is Macaroon?
In a side quest of the first Hyperdimension Neptunia game, you fight a boss called Macaroon. Here's an image of her (unsure if this is from the original or Re;Birth)

In Trinity Universe, she appears as an Inn Keeper (before Pamula takes over) and as a shop keeper (before Violet takes over).

I've played though the Disgaea Games (with the exception to Disgaea D2: a Brighter Darkness, but it was released after Trinity Universe and Hyperdimension Neptunia) and I haven't seen her, so I assumed that she is a Gust character probably from the Atelier series, since both games feature Gust characters (Hyperdimension Neptunia has a character who represents Gust called Gust like how NISA has Nisa).
I thought she'd appear in the Atelier Iris series, but I'm currently on the third one and I have yet to meet her, but I know some of the Atelier Games were never localized and I'm assuming she's from the Atelier series (Gust also did Ar Tonelico and Ar no Surge).
So I am wondering, where does she appear? Or was she an original character only used in cross-over works?

According to Torisuda's answer to another question of mine Macaroon seemed to be an original character in Trinity Universe.
Since Trinity Universe came out in 2009 and Hyperdimension Neptunia in 2010 it would seem that Macaroon is an original character used in cross-over works as such doesn't appear in any other previously released Gust Game.


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What is the typical equipment/clothing for a Soul Reaper?
As the title says, I'm interested in what the typical equipment is for a Soul Reaper and if there is any difference in equipment...

... they have when operating in the World of the Living as opposed to operating in the Soul Society
... between regular Soul Reapers, Seated Officers, Lieutenants and Captains

I'd like to see actual names if they exists rather than generalized named. For instance, while the white jacket that a Captain wears on top of their black robe could just be referred to as a Captain's Jacket, if it has a proper name I'd rather that be listed.
I also including clothing as I remember it being mentioned the black robe is actually some sort of protective gear.
Added information/links on the functionality of the piece of equipment is also welcomed (for further reading).
Individual items don't need to be included (i.e. the thing Mayuri Kurotsuchi injected into himself to regrow his arm during his fight with Uryu Ishida during the Rukia Rescue Operation by the Rioka (2nd/3rd season?)).

Clothing
It's actually relatively simple for the "standard shinigami". They will wear:

a Shihakushō (死覇装, Garment of Dead Souls), the black .. thingy which comprises of:

a white shitagi (下着, under clothing)
a black kosode (小袖, small sleeve)
a black hakama (袴, "trousers")

white tabi (足袋, foot pouch / socks)
and waraji (草鞋, sandals)

Additionally the Lieutenants will sometimes wear an armband with the division symbol and number.
The Captains wear a white overcoat called Haori (羽織) with their division symbol in a rhombus (the Gotei 13 symbol)
There is differences for the Covert Ops (隠密機動, Onmitsukidō) They wear a stereotypical ninja outfit.
The other subdivisions of the Covert Ops (namely Detention Corps and Inner Court Corps) also have different clothing.
Equipment
Every shinigami has a Zanpakuto of their own. They will always carry them especially on duty. Usually they don't carry any further equipment.
Additionally the fourth division (healers) is regularly seen with pouches for medicine and related material.
Furthermore Lieutenants and Captains will automatically be given a Power-Suppression-Sigil when they pass the Senkaimon to go to the World of Living.

You only need a Shihakusho [unless you're a Captain and as such there's the jacket that has to be worn over it[. The garment itself doesn't have to be the standard they give you, there are shinigami like Nemu that wear a different style that isn't the default uniform cut.
Then there's the aesthetic and functional gear that you are allowed to have over the uniform itself which you are allowed to have. This is one of the peculiarities of the Gotei 13, despite their structured organization, the members aren't bound to look the same due to the understanding that each soul and spirit has it's own story behind them.


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What exactly is Nanoha's "dead" expression?
According to this Wikia page, where it discusses the difference between TV and DVD:

One of the most notable differences is the change of Nanoha's infamous "dead" expression when casting Crossfire Shoot on Teana in StrikerS to a more disappointed one.

When I bought the DVD Set which had all 3 series and the 2 movies from eBay, I assumed it was the proper Japanese DVDs. However, given how often the subtitles change fonts and how the translation of the names and terminologies changes in later episodes, it's obvious the seller made the copies from fansubs.
That being said, I am unsure if the episode I saw were ones from the DVD release or the Japanese television release.
So I am wondering, what is Nanoha's "dead" expression? How does it compare to her disappointed one? And why would it be changed?

how repeated name is different in later episodes Not sure what you mean here. (Not really important to the question, though).

About the topic, a comment this blog post seems to reveal something about it, though I don't really understand, since I don't watch this series: http://kurogane.animeblogger.net/2007/05/21/nanoha-white-devil-mode/

@nhahtdh The name thing is almost certainly in reference to Nanoha's device name: Raging Heart versus Raising Heart. The official subs start with one (raising, I think), and switch to the other one. Raging was the most popular amongst fans, though I believe the Raising is officially correct.

@nhahtdh what i was referring to was when Fate is first introduced it's neither Fate not Feito in the subs but something else which just looks incorrect but then is corrected in alter episodes, i knew Fate's name before hand and what i saw it i thought "wait, how could official subs get it so wrong?" there are other instances but that's the one which mainly stuck to me

See this image:

The image consists of comparison shots between the TV broadcast (left) and the DVDs (right). Except for the bottom right one, obviously. The rest are legitimate images.
This is the infamous white devil scene from StrikerS, and you shouldn't have much trouble noticing significant differences in the faces, especially in Nanoha's.
The severity of the difference should also suggest why it was changed: they decided Nanoha's reaction and characterization in that scene were inappropriately grim and harsh. In the broadcast, she is mortified into brutality. In the DVDs, she is disappointed but cool and in control.

you sure the third one on the left isn't fake, i don't remember Tiida Lanster looking like Suzaku Kururugi, though if it isn't fake that might just prove the fan subs i did saw were on the TV version and i mistook Nanoha's "dead" expression as being disappointed and was expecting something else (though i do remember Nanoha's hand bleeding blocking Teana's attack)

@Memor-X I believe it is legit, though I do not have video copies of each version to verify. I wanted a version without the joke image, so that we wouldn't be suspicious of chicanery elsewhere, but did not find it.


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Why can Najenda have two Teigu?
As far we know in Akame ga Kill!, the former user of Pumpkin is Najenda, the head of Night Raid. This weapon now used by Mine. As far I know:

Only one Teigu for one user.
Najenda gets Susanoo as her Teigu.

Is there any information why Najenda can be the user of two Teigu?

Septian, you have a misconception there.
My answer is based on the manga so read at your own discretion

Firstly, Najenda does not have 2 Teigu's. Even though, yes she used to use Pumpkin but that was before she lost both her right eye and arm while trying to run away from Esdeath. It was mentioned, that due to such injuries Najenda only retains 40% of her original ability causing her to lose the power to wield Pumpkin any longer and has passed it on to Mine.

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Secondly, she can use Susanoo even though she is weak mainly because of the type of Teigu that it is. An organic/biological type of Teigu. It has lesser stress on the user, hence allowing even the weaken Najenda to use it.


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Where does Devil May Cry fit in?
In the anime Devil May Cry, in one episode, Trish and Lady encounter one another and both already know Dante (who has to stop them from killing one another).
Trish first met Dante in Devil May Cry and Lady in Devil May Cry 3. In Devil May Cry 4, both seem to be in it from what I have read, but neither appear in Devil May Cry 2 before Dante is trapped in the Demon World.
So I am wondering, when does the Devil May Cry anime occur with respect to the timeline of the series?

The basic answer is "it doesn't" - the anime was not canon to the games. The games' timeline is:
3: Dante is young, hasn't started his agency yet, we meet Virgil as a human (well, half human), he meets Lady.
1: Dante meets Trish and we learn Virgil became Nelo Angelo.
4: Both Lady and Trish are in this.
2: Dante becomes trapped in the underworld and we never learn what happened after because they did a stupid reboot instead of a sequel for DMC 5. These events are not mentioned in other games so it is the final game in the timeline. There are no official canon works that make reference to what happened after.
In the anime he knows both Lady and Trish so it is set after 3 and 1 and before 2. It could be before or after 4 but I would guess before since the anime was made before the game however there's no real answer because, as I said, the anime is not canon to the games.
I don't have links or anything because this is just from my memory - I owned all games (sold my copy of DMC 5) including the DMC 3 Special Edition (where you get to play through Virgil's story), two novels, and have the whole anime on my hard drive and have watched all episodes at least twice.

In Devil May Cry 5 there is a summary of event which encompasses the anime into the timeline called "History of DMC". according to it the anime happen right after 1 before 2.
Morrison is still the DMC agent as in the anime and Patty is 18 as of DMC 5.


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What is the name of the character who always smiles but could not express any other emotion in the anime "monster"?
In the anime Monster, there is a character who always smiles, but could not express any other emotion.
He watched a super hero cartoon, which influenced him as a child and made him a saviour. He kills people when he thinks he can save people but always blacks out and it is always bloody as hell.
May I ask what is his name?

You're looking for Wolfgang Grimmer. (Can be found in this list of characters.)

First seen in chapter 78, Grimmer is a freelancing journalist researching Kinderheim 511 who is drawn into the search for Johan when he helps Tenma. Nearly always smiling, he is an apparently friendly, polite man who is good with children.

Just a note for the future: I found his name just by searching "monster anime smiling character" on Google.

In addition to @キルア's answer he appears in anime ep40 :) he was spy (or he only says so) Funny fact - i'm currently watching this anime, and yesterday i was watching ep40 :D


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What happens if Holo eats all the Wheat?
At the start of the anime, Holo says to Lawrence that the only way she was able to leave the fields was though the wheat Lawrence had brought, and it was key to her being able to remain with him.
Later, because of how cumbersome the wheat is, Holo ends up with a small pouch around her neck which has the wheat stripped from the stems inside. When she eats this, she is able to assume her wolf form. In the anime, she doesn't do this often. However it's not a large pouch, so I assume there's not a lot in there and she's already transformed twice.
Now, I am assuming that if she just spilled it all, she'll just remain where the grain seeds have landed.
Although it hasn't been explained in the anime, has it been explained in the Light Novels what would happen if Holo ate it all?

Most of the info is in the Holo wikia page.
She was able to travel with Lawrence because she can "jump" between wheat, and she left the wheat that was in the village's fields and to the wheat that Lawrence bought, giving the reason that she longed for her snowy homeland and eventually contracts Lawrence to take her there.

Holo is a wolf harvest deity that was bound to the town of Pasloe, ensuring a bountiful harvest for the residents. As the villagers became more self-reliant with time, however, Holo was neglected and, feeling unneeded, skipped town with the traveling merchant, named Lawrence, by 'jumping' from the villagers' wheat to Lawrence's wheat in his wagon. She longs to return to Yoitsu, her snowy homeland, and makes a contract with Lawrence to accompany her there.

Since Lawrence makes a living being a trader, he can't keep carrying wheat around so Holo keeps some in a pouch. But eating wheat isn't the only way she can transform:

Holo has the power to transform into a massive wolf (bigger than an elephant) in this form she uses this to move at high speeds much faster than another known creature. She also uses her huge jaws in order to defend herself and Lawrence (as well as scare the crap out of her enemies).  To activate this form she must either consume wheat or human blood.

As far as "dwelling" in the wheat, it also says:

Holo has lived for many centuries and is not visibly aged past 17 years old (at least in her human form). She credits her wisdom from the experiences her long life has given her. However she is not immortal, she explains that if the wheat she dwells in is destroyed, she would disappear.

So it's unlikely she'd eat all the wheat knowing she'd disappear if there was no more wheat to "dwell" in. I don't recall much explanation at all about the wheat aside from the initial bullet points, but I imagine it wouldn't be out of the question to occasionally replenish some of the wheat in her pouch through their travels.


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Is Ryuk the only one who can kill Light?

Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is
  able to kill the owner of the Death Note**

This confuses me, because Light was able to kill Jack Neylon and Higuchi (although he wrote Higuchi's name on a paper from his notebook, so that maybe explains how he could have killed him). So, what does this rule exactly mean? Does this rule mean that if I write Light Yagami's name in a Death Note, he wouldn't die, since only Ryuk can kill him?

Where did you see this rule? Can you show reference. I don't remember such a rule though its possible I gave up my notebook and forgot. Worth noting it could be the active owner of the Death Note can only be killed by the shinigami, also worth noting owners of deathnote can kill themselves by writing their names into the notebook)

How to use XXXIV

The owner of the Death Note cannot be killed by a god of death who is living in the world of the gods of death.
Also, a god of death who comes to the human world, in the objective to kill the owner of the Death Note, will not be able to do so.
Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note.

As the rules are grouped together, it seems they are related.  In context, they imply that gods of death cannot kill Death Note owners with the exception of the original owner. Keep in mind that the rules seem to be a collection of observations; not the "programming language" of the Death Note.  This means some wording may not be perfect. In practice, Light was able to kill Death Note owners whose original owners were not shown to also write down their names.
Also, note that everyone already has an expiration date so they are never immortal from non-Death Note related deaths.
That being said, that interpretation sounds as if an owner who found Misa's old notebook after the Shinigami was dead would effectively be immortal or at least immune to all Death Note users.  This seems unlikely.

So that means Ryuk isn't the only one who can kill Light? @kaine

I believe Light could die of any normal cause or  his name being written by a human. Ryuk, however, promised that before his lifespan ended, he would write Lights name in his book. So for almost any cause of death, he would actually die of a heart attack as Ryuk wrote his name down rather than let him die normally.

So in the end Ryuk is really the only who kills Light.

He would have likely died of blood loss/bullet wounds anyways. But yes, Ryuk killed Light with a heart attack before he could die of anything else and knew he was about to die very soon but didnt warn him.

He wouldn't have died of bloot loss. Ryuk said, he didn't want to wait till Light dies in prison.

Ah, you are correct. I forgot that line.  I guess that means someone would have caught him and gave him medical treatment before he died.  Still means he could have died from whatever the cause of death in the prison would be though.

I could remember that line because it's the last thing Ryuk says to my favorite character. Also i think Light would have died when his lifespan ended.

Wait you like Light, Dark? I wouldnt have guessed! Now I remember it the scene was amazing; I need to rewatch it.

Lol. Yeah Light was my favorite character in Death Note. Even i don't like to see him die, his death scene was amazing.


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Which episodes of Detective Conan are canon?
Which episodes of Detective Conan are canonical to the manga?
After watching the first ~20 episodes, I get the feeling that there are quite a lot of non-canon material so far.

Conan has hell a lot episodes, but this is a list of the episodes/movies/OVA/specials (animated or live action) that didn't appear in the Manga. You can see more in here

Check this out. It lists all the essential episodes in the storyline! Here's a copy of the content from that site (as of November 2014) with formatting added:

1-5
10
11
18
21 (1st appearance of Yoko-chan (idol))
27
28
32
34
35
42
43
48/49 (absolute must)
54
57/58
68-70
76 (enter Kid)
77/78
81/82 (Minami)
96
100/101
112 (1st appearance of Kobayashi Sumiko (teacher))
116-118
121/122
128
129-131
132-134 (Kid, 134 only)
136/137
141/142
146/147 (Police Love Story #1)
153/154
156/157 (Police Love Story #2)
162
166-168
170-171 (Araide intro)
174
176-178
188-193
199/200
205/206
217/218
219
220-224
226/227 (Jodie Santemillion debut)
228/229
230/231
233/234
236/237
238/239
241/241
246/247
249/250
253/254
255/256
258/259 (Enter James Black)
263
264-265 (Eri)
266-268
269
271/272
277/278
279/280
284-293
297-298 (Eri)
299-300
301/302
304
307-311
316/317
323/324
329-330 (Black Organization, Haibara's parents)
331/332
333/334
335/336
338/339
340/341
343/344
345 (most critical to date)
356
358/359
361/362
381/382
385-387
390/391
394-396
398-399
400-402
406-408
418
425 (another jaw dropper)
426 (Ran)
429-430
431-432
435-436
437
445
446/447
449
457/458
462-465
469-470 (Kid)
472-473 (Toichi!!)
474 (Eri)
479 (2hr, Heiji & Hakuba)
484-485
487 (Police Love Story #8, 1hr special)
489 (Eri)
490 (Shinichi VS Heiji for the 1st time, but they didn't know it)
491-504
505-506 (Eri)
507-508 (Eisuke knows C is S)
509-511 (Enter Okiya or should we say Bourbon?)
515 (Kaitou Kid)
516-517 (Heiji & Kazuha)
521-523 (Shinichi back and he's a killer)
528-529 (Eri solves another murder)
530-531 (Satou & Takagi)
534-535 (Satou & Takagi)
537-538 (Kid)
542-543 (Okiya helps solve case)
545-546 (a bit of Satou's past)
554-555 (Heiji & Kazuha)
558-561 (Detective Koumei intro)
563-564 (Akai (or his twin) lives?)
568-569 (Shiratori's love)
573-574 (Heiji & Kazuha)
579/580/581 (Black Organization, Okiya, "Akai")
583-585 (Shiratori/Kobayashi)
586-587 (Kid)
589-590 (Eri & Kogoro)
592-593 (Ran)
608-609 (affects all couples)
610-613 (Heiji; "Hound of the Baskervilles")
616-621 (London case!!)
622-623 (Okiya)
624 (Shiratori/Chiba)
627-628 (Kid)
646-647 (Sera intro)
648-650 (Sera, Shinichi)
651 (1hr SP: Conan VS Heiji)
652-655 (Heiji/Kazuha)
656-657 (Haibara/Sera/Okiya)
659-660 (Chiba/Miike)
667-668 (Amuro's 1st appearance)
671-674 (Amuro, Sera, Okiya)
675-676 (Black Organization hints, relates back to 671-674)
681-683 (Takagi/Satou)
684-685 (Okiya/Haibara)
689 (Eri/Kogoro)
690-691 (Okiya/Sera/Y Kudo)
699-700 (Haibara/Amuro)
701-704 (MYSTERY TRAIN CASE)
705-706 (Amuro)
710-711 (Heiji/Kazuha/Ohtaki/Heizo)
712-715 (Heiji/Kazuha/Ohtaki)
722-723 (Tanteidan, Amuro, Okiya)
724-725 (Kid, Sera)
727-728 (Sera)
731-732 (Yumi/Miike/Takagi/Megure)
734 (Jodie/Bourbon/Vermouth)
740-741 (Sera, Black Organization hints)
744-745 (Sera, Makoto)
746-747 (Sonoko/Makoto/Kid)
748-749 (Takagi/Sato)
751-752 (Amuro; Takagi/Sato)
754-756 (Sera, Akai, Yamato/Uehara)
759-760 (Sera, 1st appearance of her younger sister (?))
763-764 (Heiji/Kazuha),
770-771 (Amuro//Eri)
772-773 (Shinichi/Ran)
779-783 (Black Organization/Bourbon/Jodie/Vermouth/Akai)
785-786 (Yumi/Haneda)
787-788 (Sera/mystery girl)
792-793 (mention of Rum, the case itself is not important)

For me this answer is gold, but is not what the question is asking, since "canonical to the manga" is not "essential [...] in the storyline".
I was looking for your answer though

There is a website called Animefillerlist. They list all the canon and filler episodes of certain anime.
Canon Episodes for Conan:

1-5, 7-13, 15-16, 18, 20, 22-23, 27-28, 31-32, 34-35, 38-40, 42-43,
  46, 48-50, 52, 54, 57-58, 60, 63, 68-70, 72, 75-78, 81-82, 84-86, 91,
  96, 98-105, 110, 113-118, 121-122, 128-134, 136-139, 141-142, 144-147,
  153-154, 156-157, 162-164, 166-168, 170-174, 176-178, 188-195,
  199-200, 205-206, 212-213, 217-224, 226-231, 233-234, 238-244,
  246-247, 249-250, 253-254, 258-259, 263, 266-272, 274-275, 277-280,
  284-293, 301-302, 304-313, 316-317, 323-327, 329-336, 338-341,
  343-347, 350-351, 354-356, 358-359, 361-362, 366-367, 371-372,
  374-375, 381-383, 385-387, 390-391, 394-396, 398-402, 406-408,
  411-412, 415-417, 421-422, 425, 427-432, 435-436, 438, 443-447, 449,
  453-455, 457-458, 460, 462-467, 469-470, 472-474, 476-477, 479,
  481-482, 484-485, 487-488, 490-511, 513-517, 521-526, 528-535,
  537-538, 542-543, 545-546, 549-552, 557-561, 563-564, 568-569,
  571-576, 578-581, 583-587, 589-590, 592-593, 597-598, 600-601,
  608-628, 632-633, 642-657, 659-662, 667-668, 671-676, 681-685,
  690-691, 699-706, 710-715, 722-725, 727-728, 731-732, 734, 738-741,
  744-749, 751-752, 754-756, 759-760, 763-766, 770-773, 779-783,
  785-788, 792-793, 808-812, 814-815, 822-823, 827-828, 830-832,
  836-837, 843-844, 847-850, 853-854, 861-864, 866-867, 872-874, 878-879

authors: Юра Давидович


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Is it common for mangaka to maintain the same characters design between different titles?
After reading rave-master and fairy-tail I noticed the high similarity in their characters. Some even being identical copies of the characters out of the other series.
So how common is it for a mangaka to maintain the same character design through out several of their manga's? Or is this just something Hiro Mashima does ?

I'm not familiar with the specific series you're talking about, but I don't think it should be surprising that a given artist will develop a single style that they use across all their works. Call it laziness, or consistency, or whatever, but this is a constant throughout art (even in e.g. classical painting), including manga.

I've seen this before, and will add this as a point of reference. Check out Mariko Kumakura (Girl Friends, http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/9/75785.jpg) and Nana Kobayashi (Kuchibiru Tameiki Sakurairo, http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/7/146939.jpg). Both are characters designed by Milk Morinaga, are based off each other, and are strikingly similar.

how about akamatsu ken. uq holer does have negi in it. but it is kind of sequel to magi negi.

Maybe OP mean something like Plue that exist in both Fairy Tail and Rave world

In Japanese it's called Star system
Earliest manga author who uses star system is Osamu Tezuka. See Wikipedia for details of his star system.
Japanese version of wikipedia has a page for Star system of manga/anime
Manga/anime section describe 3 categories.

Clearly defined same name character.
Osamu Tezuka, Fujiko Fujio, Shotaro Ishinomori, etc.
Different character, Different world.
rave-master and fairy-tail are categorized to this.
Other example is heal team in Time Bokan.
This contains Team rocket in pokemon.
Same character, Same world.
Negima, UQ Holder and CLAMP's manga are categorized to this.
Each story is happen in same world, but focus to different time or character.

Outside of this, there are spin off story.
Magical Project S from Tenchi Muyo, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha from Triangle Heart and Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya from Fate/stay night.
That Wikipedia page also mentioned about game.
For example, In addition to 2d action, Mario is protagonist of cart game, tennis game and other.

It's definitely not something that just Hiro Mashima does; in fact, it's very common. Roel van Uden mentions Milk Morinaga in the comments. Sp0T mentions Ken Akamatsu. If you look back at Akamatsu's work, he almost always creates spiritual successors for his characters that have very similar appearances and personalities, e.g. AI Love You's Cindy became Love Hina's Naru who became Negima's Asuna; AI's Forty-chan became Love Hina's Kaolla Su who somewhat became Negima's Ku Fei; Love Hina's Shinobu became Negima's Nodoka Miyazaki; Love Hina's Kitsune became Negima's Kazumi Asakura. In the early sketches for Negima that are given as bonus material in the US manga release, you can see that the original design for Negi looked a lot like AI's Forty-kun with glasses. There are many other examples in Akamatsu.
As another example, in Kozue Amano's Amanchu, the character of Hikari is very similar in appearance, personality, and name to the character of Akari in Aria. (Both names mean "light".) There are various similar-looking characters across the CLAMP works, e.g. Sakura Kinomoto's older brother Touya resembles Subaru Sumeragi from X, and both somewhat resemble Shizuka Doumeki from xxxHolic and Rikuo from Legal Drug.
I think user2435 has a point that artists develop certain habits and tendencies that express themselves in the character design. But it could also be about staying recognizable; when I see the Negima volumes in the store, I know right away that it's by Ken Akamatsu, because Naru's twin-tailed little sister is staring at me from the front cover. Even if an artist is capable of drawing in a very different style, it isn't necessarily advantageous to do so. It may also be relevant that manga-ka tend to write the same kinds of stories for each work, and so might draw in the same style to make sure the art and story match. By the time we get to UQ Holder, Akamatsu has switched from love comedy to adventure, and there are subtle differences in the art as a result (Yukihime looks much more mature than any major heroine in his previous work.) CLAMP uses a slightly different style between xxxHolic and Chobits, even though the two works came out around the same time, because the stories are different.
In short, it's very common for manga-ka to reuse character designs, or to slightly tweak existing character designs.