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What are the names of 6 elements in Naruto?
I watched Naruto and saw a lot of elements that shinobis were using and I don't know the names of those elements because the subtitle I was watching Naruto with was not English. Do you know the names of 6 elements?. For example, Rikudou sennnin could use the 6 elements and what were the name of those 6 elements ?
Thanks.

Why this question got downvoted ? Please leave a comment while you're downwoting. Don't only downvote. And I don't know what is the problem with my question because of that there is no comment.

https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Nature_Transformation Have a go at it. It explains almost everything you want to know.

@RigaCrypto thanks very much. it told me a lot.

The chakra's basic nature releases are 5:
Fire (Katon), Wind (Fuuton), Electricity (Raiton), Earth (Doton) and Water (Suiton), reflecting probably the Buddhism's elements plus electricity.
Yin and Yang are too mentioned along the way, although they aren't really explained, but fundamentally they are the main components of chakra:
mental energy (Yin) and physical energy (Yang) unite to create the flow of chakra, some Shinobi are more skilled in some (like Nara clan's Shadow Possession techniques which use Yin release prevalently, or Akimichi clan's body expanding techniques which use Yang release) more than others.

Can we call Electricity element Lightning ? Is it Electricity or Lightning ?

While it's called lightning because it's based on the fact that ninja, in ancient times, could only think of the natural lightning as a concept for electricity (they didn't have computers like we see during the Anime), the chakra nature is created by molding chakra into electricity.
Bonus: Kakashi's Chidori is just a lightning release technique, it gets called Lightning Cutter (Raikiri) after he actually cut a lightning bolt from the sky and yadda yadda; Sasuke's ultimate electricity technique, Kirin, uses actual lightning, so it can be considered the only true lightning release.


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Why Chimera Ants who were created from humans have the physical appearance of animals?
If I understand correctly, the Ant Queen can pass the genes of what she eats to her offsprings. And also, IIRC, she ate humans and created chimera ants like Colt, Peggy and Meleoron. These ants resemble a Condor, a Chameleon and a penguin, but they werent created eating animals but humans. How is this possible? Why Chimera Ants who were created from humans have the physical appearance of animals?

I found a question on Reddit referring to exactly that.
Based on fan theories, they believe that since NGL is one giant nature preserve, the ant queen had access to all types of animals early on. The ant chimeras she makes then randomly inherit the animal genes she ingested.
Gearfire describes the process pretty well:

That most likely has to do with the differences between Genotype and Phenotype. Just because the Chimera Ants were composed of mostly human DNA and genes doesn't mean that those genes are the ones that are physically expressed. The varied appearance of the ants seems to me like proof that human genes were not dominant in terms of outward appearance.

Its either because...

Since the chimera ant is giving birth to them they are coming out as animals but

having human knowledge and mindset.
or because..

Or the chimera ant queen is eating more animals then humans for a certain chimera ant, but those chimera ant are still having human knowledge

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Which was Nine's betrayal to Tomura Shigaraki?
In the BNHA wikia it's mentioned that Nine betrayed Tomura. But I didnt realize any of this during the movie. Which was Nine's betrayal to Tomura Shigaraki?

Can you include a link to the specific page in wikia where you read this?

That's incorrect and it's actually the other way around, Towards the end of the movie we see tomura kill nine, so no, nine didn't betray anyone.

This does not show that Nine didn't betray Tomura who could have killed him because of a betrayal.

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Order of watching psycho pass?
Can someone provide the correct order of watching the ova's and movies with the seasons

Does this answer your question? Psycho Pass Episode / Special Order

Season 1
Season 2
Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)
Sinners of the System (2019)
Season 3
Psycho-Pass: First Inspector (2020)

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Was it not possible to see Illumi's needle with gyo?
Hisoka uses In to conceal his bungee gum which is visible with gyo, so I figured Illumi must have also masked his needle with In. I think anyone could see with gyo that Killua has a different aura on him, even a little. Because that is certainly a nen needle.
So is Killua's luck just so bad that nobody ever noticed it and said something?

well first of all killua didn't know how to use nen so of course he couldn't see what illumi was doing
And second of all I dont think anyone suspected anything while Illumi was putting a needle in killua's head

Yeah, but i was thinking how during the whole show, absolutely no one noticed it. Not even Wing and Biscuit, who used gyo in front of Killua.

Yes wing and biscuit used gyo in front of Killua but that was after illumi put the needle in Killua in other words it was after Killua learned how to use gyo


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Coating Foreign objects with HAKI
In the Epic fight between Luffy and Katakuri , Katakuri creates big donuts from where hands appear that are coated with Haki!!! It can be seen that he isn't directly in contact with them. How is it possible to clad something with haki that you are not even touching?

This effect could be the result of Katakuri awakening his Paramecia Fruit.

Katakuri has also awakened his Devil Fruit powers, enabling him to transform nearby inorganic material into mochi, enhancing the range of his attacks and using the environment to his advantage (from https://onepiece.fandom.com)

This means that the rings are also under his control and he can use Busoshoku Haki on them.

So, Haki coated Bullets that are popular discussion are awakened sniper skill of some kind as well??

No, you can coat external objects in haki, I was just explaining why the floating "donuts" are coated in haki because of Katakuri's awakened fruit.


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What does "Lulala lila" mean in Cross Ange's music?
I recently watched the anime Cross Ange and I was curious about the phrase "Lulala lila" which is sung in the song Hikari no Uta. I'm pretty sure that phrase means something, but I still don't know what it is.
The phrase "Lulala lila" is not in Japanese and the word "Lila" means something divine in Hinduism. I just can't find the meaning of "Lulala" to understand the meaning of "Lulala lila" sung in the song.
This is a part of the lyrics of the song:
Hajimari no hikari kirali... kirali
Owari no hikari lulala lila

Kaesan El Ragna
Suna dokei wo
Toki wa afuren
Lulala lila

And as I said in the question, I'm sure that "Lulala lila" means something and this phrase is not there by chance.


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Who are the white titan?
In the latest trailer of the attack on titan (4th season), we saw white titans who have weapons and fight with each other.
My question is who are they? Are they titans that armored? Are they enemies with each other?

You can eventually find this out after reading the manga or waiting for the final season...And also, it's not 'they' since there's only one War Hammer Titan.

After a lot of searching finally, I found the answer.
The real name of this white titan is the War Hammer Titan.

The War Hammer is one of the Nine Titans, and it possesses the
  ability to create structures out of hardened Titan flesh. Until the
  year 854, it was kept within the Tybur family for generations. It is
  currently in the possession of Eren Yeager.

Remember the Se03-Ep08 when Eren creates a cage to protect the Scouts. That structured cage was because of this ability of Eren.

For more information about this type of titan check this, but be aware of spoiler warning.

Actually, I do remember that Eren had to take a vial of some liquid right before using that ability, plus Annie was also able to encase herself in a similar structure. I was under the impression that all Titans could use that hardenning ability. Guess we'll find out in the next season


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Timeline misunderstanding in Fairy Tail
In Fairy Tail episode 287, Zeref, talking to Makarov, mentions that 10 years ago he stopped the invasion ten years ago (from the time of the episode) was a mistake and Zeref stopped his Empire because it was not yet time.
However, from that time point, one year ago Fairy Tail dissolved, and Zeref left Tenrou Island only eight years ago.
I haven't read the Manga, so it would be good to know: When and how did Zeref enter Tenrou Island, and if he was there at the point the invasion started, how did he stop the invasion?

The following is about what happened in the third/final season of Fairy Tail.
For how Zeref got to Tenrou Island, Zeref is immortal and rules over an empire. We can presume that he used one of his ships to get there.
As for when Zeref got there, there isn't anything stating the time he got there, but I think we can presume that it's like a little getaway for his curse of immortality due to there not being too much life around there.
As for how he stopped the invasion, he said that he told the shields to stop due to the invasion being something that the shields did on their own. There is also a part of him being a legendary mage, so we can presume that he can use some sort of communication with the shields. Even though nothing shows telepathy or something like that to be his main magic, we can presume that he used it, just like Mavis used a form of communication to tell the other Fairy Tail members not to go near the guild.


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How did Mello know about the fake notebook in Death Note?
I've read a lot of posts explaining the ending to Death Note, but they gloss over how Mello realizes the notebook Mikami used was fake. I don't think the anime mentioned it specifically either?

Does this answer your question? Why did Near start to suspect the presence of a second Death Note?

I was confused how Mello came to the conclusion that Kira's henchmen, Mikami, was using a fake notebook, but after reading that and a few other posts, it may have just been his intuition. I think Mello kidnapped Takada betting on the fact that the real notebook will be used to make Takada commit suicide. Since the suspected Kira, Light, and Mikami were being watched, the location of the notebook would be revealed. I might be wrong, but I think if Mikami had a scrap of paper on him like Takada, the team may have never found the second notebook to tamper with.


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Why do anime production studios never seem to announce if they plan to cancel a series, often just leaving it in limbo for years?
I've started watching anime over the last year or so, and I've finished somewhere around 80 shows. I've noticed that more often than not I'll finish the available content and when I look up if it will be continued for more seasons there is no information either way, even though it's been years (often 5+) since the last season was released. If they don't plan on making any more of it, why don't they just say its going to be cancelled?

This is because, from the perspective of production, not planning to make more episodes is not the same as definitely will not make more episodes.  In the same vein, not planning to drop your phone on concrete is not the same as definitely will not drop your phone on concrete.  There is always a chance that an anime series can come back or make more episodes, in the same way that there is always a chance that you will drop your phone on concrete.
Anime production is quite expensive, often with narrow green-lighting windows to actually make content.  So, the main hope is that the show that you're producing can gain and garner enough support to justify the expense that it's going to take when it's produced.
If it doesn't...then it makes logical sense that it won't have a continuation.  No funds to continue production is a sure-fire way to have a one-and-done anime.
(This is why it's especially important for you to support the series you want to see more of by buying the DVDs/BluRays and the merchandise.)
I would argue, though, there have been very few - if any - animes that have actually been outright cancelled.  Because of the narrow way that animes are produced to begin with - only enough budget for a single cour which may cover a portion of earlier work - it's always been, in my experience, either delays or hiatuses or something else besides an outright cancellation.
Furthermore, you never know what the future holds.  Some voice actors who weren't available or wouldn't be available to take on those kinds of roles in the moment may free up at some point in the future, so there's always a possibility that the work (if there's more reference material to go off of) could be continued in the future.


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How to know that anime series which episodes are filler?
I have found a site Anime Filler List so I want to know that is this real ?

If you're looking to us to vet its authenticity, that's a tall ask.  There have been cases in which filler has bled into canon.

Are you asking for a specific series? If so, which series? This question might be closed because it is too broad.

You can just google search "X anime filler list" and the first link will most likely be the right one.

Also most fillers don't have much to do with the Anime and some are pretty boring so they are easy to spot after a few minutes. Though some fillers are good, like the ones in Naruto (not Naruto Shippuden).

In terms of One Piece, if you click here you will access the anime's wiki page, which clearly separates the arcs and sagas as well as shows which episodes are fillers.
If you type into google "[anime name] wiki story arcs" you should find the arcs, sagas and fillers listed on the page, showing you which episode belongs to which, especially for the more popular and lengthy anime.
As for when to know episodes are filler, you'll know when the episodes go off track with the main goal of the main characters. Fillers can still be fun to watch and if you enjoy the anime, I don't recommend skipping.
One last thing regarding the list you provided. It's probably a good idea to compare these episodes against wiki as well as some other sources to check its authenticity.
Hope this helps!


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Kuroko no basuke - Last Game : why does Akashi cant put everyone into the zone?
The episode between rakuzan vs seirin match, Akashi put his teammates in a zone state (on the 4th quarter I think). My question is why he didn't use it against team jabberwock in the movie? As far as I know, generation of miracles players has the capability to enter the zone. It would be a great match if they all go in zone. Anyways, if someone know why it didn't happened let me hear your thoughts. Thanks.

Possibly related or duplicate? Why weren't Kise and Midorima able to get in the Zone?

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Why did Orochimaru really want to destroy Konoha village in the Naruto series?
I started reading naruto manga again. In chapter 620, Sasuke ask Orochimaru, "I know the reason you told me to destroy Leaf Village was a lie. What was the real reason". And then, it strikes me that they never disclosed the real reason in future chapters, so does anyone know why Orochimaru attack Leaf Village?

I used to believe it was due to the fact that Hiruzen didn`t choose him to be hokage. And that was also why he returned to kill his master

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Can Tomura use all All for One quirks?
The My Hero Academia wikia lists Tomura as being capable of using 4 of the original All for One quirks.

Super Regeneration
Search
Air cannon
Radio waves

Tomura Shigaraki wikia
What about the others, such as warping, strenght enhancer, impact recoil, multiplier, infrared ray, etc. Can he use all of them too?

A casual search suggests to me that the answer is contained in the very chapter you first see him use any of these abilities.

I don't know if you are reading the manga of my hero academia, so SPOILER WARNING.
shigaraki gains all for one in ( I think)) chapter 271, later, he uses radio waves on endeavor, which is one of all for one's powers, as chapters go on, we learn the doctor gave shigaraki all for one.

No he can not. Unlike the One for All quirk it was stated that All for One is something that can't be passed on. All for One is something that the person keeps. This is also why the person that had/has All for One named is All for One.
this was shown in the second season, and as for the naming part is in the third or fourth season.


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Would eating Tooru's tail make Kobayashi immortal?
In the Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid manga it is stated by Tooru that eating her tail cures all ailments, but I have a very hard time believing that is all it does. In the anime Tooru sometimes thinks about the possibility that Kobayashi will eventually die despite the fact that Tooru has implied in the manga that she has access to some kind of fruit that makes humans immortal. Fafnir also told Shouta in chapter 14 of the Lucoa spinoff manga that bathing in his blood would make Shouta immortal.
I'm asking hoping that someone with a ton of knowledge about dragon mythology could point me to a reference or something regarding the effects of eating part of a dragon. I've read pretty much everything related to the series except some of the Elma manga. I can't find one instance where the tail thing is explained aside from the one chapter where Tooru says it cures illness. I'm pretty sure Fafnir was an old European myth in real life, and maybe some of the other dragons are too. It might be possible to figure out the writer's intent if one knows the material that inspired some of the characters.

Kind of related: Why does Tohru always try to get Kobayashi to eat pieces of her tail? (there were some more hidden answers mentioning immortality but without providing sources)


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Could reanimated Nagato revive anyone he wanted?
This is question leads from the previous question "Why didn't Nagato revive Yahiko"
As Nagato could use the reviving jutsu in exchange for his life (this jutsu will drain all the user's chakra and die eventually), I thought if he's reanimated, then he will have infinite chakra, he can revive anyone (even himself).
Is it possible?

for me its sacrificing a life for a life. well he already dead

I might consider life for a life if it's from Chiyo's jutsu, but this Rinne ribirth clearly said "drain all the user's chakra" not the life itself

@Shizukura Draining a person's chakra will kill him. Obito was dying when he used rinne rebirth but he survived because black zetsu was stuck to him. The rinne rebirth doesn't really exchange lives, it just uses a huge amount of chakra. So the exhaustion from using so much chakra can kill someone.

The reanimated Nagato didn't have control over his own body, so he couldn't revive anyone he wanted.

i think the reanimated nagato couldn’t have used the rinne rebirth jutsu because if he could have then uchiha madara would have used that jutsu on himself, because he also had the rennengan and had free will (when he recasted the reanimation jutsu on himself) so he wouldn’t have needed obito to use the jutsu to revive him , even though nagato had access to all of the renningan’s power while being reanimated, maybe there’s a condition to be alive in-order to use that jutsu.

Considering that Deidera's ultimate jutsu was far more deadly than using Rinne Rebirth (Obito survived it, after all) and Deidera was fine, Nagato definitely would have been able to recover from using Rinne Rebirth. Alas, he was never given free will while affected by the revival jutsu.

When Nagato was reanimated, he was not under the control of his own body. He was being controlled by Kabuto, so he had to fight any 'enemies' even if he didn't want to. So he couldn't just use any jutsu he wanted unless it was for the sake of fighting his enemies. That's why he couldn't reincarnate Yahiko even if he wanted to.

Uhh... He is talking about a case were nagato is reanimated. He is not specifically telling about the case were kabuto reanimated him. The question is about a scenario where a reanimated nagato should be using rinne rebirth jutsu to revive someone, maybe yahiko. At a reanimated stage, the person has infinite chakra and the person won't die by normal means. That's the point of the question.

@ABD could the author confirm this point?

Sujal Motagi do you remember the time when deidara was reanimated? In that episode, when he was captured by kankuro, he was saying that he should've used self destruction, but repeating it again and again would ruin the beauty of art( it's not exactly what he said, but you get the point right? ). So it would mean that he could use that move infinitely, which also may mean that this applies to rinne rebirth as well.


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On what chapter season 4 of Seven Deadly Sins ends?
From what chapter should I start reading the manga after the end of season 4 of 7 Deadly Sins?

You can start from Chapter 268 (Volume 33). That is where Meliodas is inside the black cocoon and Ban is inside Purgatory.


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Up to what Episode/Chapter of One Piece should i see before playing each of Bandai Namco's PC Games?
on Steam there are several One Piece Games

(2015) Pirate Warriors 3
(2016) Burning Blood
(2017) Ultimate World Red
(2019) World Seeker
(2020) Pirate Warriors 4

the last i saw the series it "ended" but that was because i was watching the 4Kids version and have been looking to get back into the series, more so when i see these games show up on special.
the appearance of the Straw Hat Crew is unfamiliar to be even in Pirate Warriors 3 and i am seeing a bunch of characters i have not seen in the series myself before (have seen some in passing mention) so i would like to avoid spoilers as much as possible by watching/reading the series before i play any of these games
so i am wondering, Up to what Episode/Chapter of One Piece should i see before playing each game?

I doubt if you can keep off from watching the series as the requirement for the first game itself makes you curious for the following arcs. Yet, here is my answer based on the character list seen on wiki/google of games you've mentioned. All the arcs I've mentioned are till the end(inclusive).

Pirate Warriors 3 - Marineford arc.
(2016) Burning Blood - Return to Sabaody Arc.
(2017) Ultimate World Red - Dressrosa arc (could be an overestimate)
(2019) World Seeker - Wholecake Island arc.
(2020) Pirate Warriors 4 - Wholecake Island arc.

would i be correct in assuming that the arcs are also in chronological order?

Yeah they are in chronological order. And i meant you need to watch till that arc for each game. Even though you almost get intro to characters kind of a bit earlier but i posted that seeing the characters major arc.


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Did the hero killer get deku's quirk
Like because to pass down the quirk you have to have deku's dna and he licked his blood so did toga she got a little bit of his blood too?

Does this answer your question? Will Stain get One for All ability?

No, Midoriya later on asks Allmight about the same issue and he is told that the quirk can only be passed down if the user wishes to and cannot be stolen
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https://bokunoheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Vs._Hero_Killer_Arc#The_Origin:_All_For_One_and_One_For_All


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How come the juniors in yowamushi pedal can only complete until their junior years? (Third year i think)
So repeatedly in yowamushi pedal, they kept saying that this is the juniors last chance to compete.
My assumption is they go to school for 6 years right. Last 2 years would be focused on the practical. So they have the first 4 years to focus on academics and other curricular activities.
The juniors kept saying that this is their last year but they still have a senior year right? Can they not compete if they are already in their senior year?

AFAIK, the setting of this anime is Japanese high school where the students have 3 years. Could you please clarify who the "juniors" are in the question?

the juniors were kinjou, tadokoro and makishima


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Why are only some of the references censored in Lucky Star
As anyone who has seen Lucky Star will remember, most of the references to other anime and manga are censored. The most obvious examples of this are references to Gundam or Sgt. Frog (both of which are notably Sunrise shows). Presumably this is done to avoid KyoAni getting sued. This also explains why references to Haruhi and Full Metal Panic weren't censored (as far as I remember). Interestingly these instances of censorship probably could have been removed in the English release since it was licensed by Bandai, but I don't know if they actually were, so this question might only apply to the Japanese version.
However, there are still a few cases of references which weren't censored despite no obvious connection between the Lucky Star team and the source. The one that immediately comes to mind is To Heart, which is referenced several times. To Heart is associated with VN studio Leaf as well as animation studios Oriental Light and Magic and AIC, neither of which have anything to do with Lucky Star (KyoAni and Kadokawa). I can't find any connections between them, but of course that could be oversight on my part, and I didn't check all of the individual staff members.
Is there some connection that I missed? Barring that, what sort of policy would a studio typically use for references like this? Would they try to obtain permission for all of the references, or just bleep the ones that seem risky to them?

How about Strawberry Panic!? (Konata is shown watching Straberry Panic!, though it wasn't shown, the anime's 2nd opening theme song was being played.) Is there any connection to Lucky Star and Strawberry Panic! ?

Not sure if this is just a random connection or actually the reason, but here's the connection between Lucky Star and ToHeart:
Lucky Star's manga and anime are published by different branches of Kadokawa. The ToHeart manga was published by MediaWorks which was owned by, you guessed it, Kadokawa.
I don't know if every single branch of Kadokawa is allowed to mention a work in every other branch, but there is at least this connection. If someone bought Lucky Star DVDs and saw ToHeart mentioned and then decided to go buy the ToHeart manga, that's a double win for Kadokawa.

That's a nice connection that I wasn't aware of. I don't know how these sorts of big studios work, if the different departments would be in contact, but it's certainly possible.

Well, I'd imagine it would at least be easier to request something like this from a department owned by the same company rather than a completely different company. Just speculation though.

While this is just speculation, I think it's as good as we're going to get unless someone on the Lucky Star team happens to be here (unlikely). I've accepted this, though a better answer could still appear in the future.

I'd love to see a more definitive answer as well (and wouldn't care at all if mine was un-accepted for it), but like you said, doubt we're going to get one.

A major concern might be whether they has consent from the references' company.
An example would be Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, they show some vender's H-GAME cover in Kirino's H-Game pill, which have offended those companies and the production studio later apologized. (If I remember correctly)
Updated: 2013/12/26
I found something interested when investigating a recent news, I'm not sure it's relevant or not though)
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/articles/1312/20/news095.html (Japanese):
A recent episode of Yuri Danshi in Japan was said to infringe the copyright of some manga. (Hidamari Sketch, A Channel, Golden Mosaic)

I thought this should be in the range of fair use (just like quoting sentences from another book), after checking "Fair use" the Japanese Wikipedia, it turns out "Fair use" doesn't exists in Japan's copyright laws. You must have consent from the author.

I think romanized titles (e.g. Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai) should be used unless there's good reason to use the Japanese, since not everyone here reads Japanese. As for the answer, are you just speculating that KyoAni got permission, or do you know that they did? Not that I have a problem with speculation in cases like this, but it's not clear to me from your answer.

I've replace the Japanese. Yes, I speculate Kyoto Animation got permission.

Mainly due to copyright reasons and the animes not belonging to the animation studio.
If they decided to un-blur them they would have to give copyright claim for all of them or get permission from other companies.

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What's the significance of the watermelon in Sora no Otoshimono?
In Sora no Otoshimono, Ikaros carries around a watermelon like a pet and likes watermelons and pretty much anything else round.  At one point she even has a watermelon garden and attacks all the bugs that get near the melons.
What's the significance of the watermelon and why does she carry one around?

I believe there is no significance.
It is just a character trait that she really likes watermelons. Probably for their smooth and round shape.

Seems like the staff have said that there is a reason but it hasn't been revealed yet, according to the #1 answer at http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1249494757 which is basically asking the same question.

My Japanese is a bit rough but it looks like it says something about making her happy because it's round and she likes to pat round things like people's heads.  That sound about right?

@MCeley The part I was referring to says "But the director says there is a deeper meaning. If you buy the DVD, there is an extra feature with the director's comments. He says there is a perfectly good reason that Alpha (Ikaros) likes round things."

From what I understand of the anime, she likes being patted on her head by her master. Since patting something round reminds her of the times her master pats her, she may simply be reliving that memory.

(By the way, this is the same as in the Yahoo answer that atlantiza posted).

I think Ikaros likes watermelon not just because it is round and reminds her of herself when she is being pet, but she also is in a situation where she might be under a lot of stress without even knowing it (she is trying to get taken back to her original master), and this is her way to cope with it.
But this is a more realistic theory, so this probably isn't even close to the idea the producers had when making this decision.

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Why Hajime no Ippo stop producing more episodes?
At first they stopped the production from 2000 until 2009, even though the manga is released every week and has already gained a lot of episodes and popularity.
Why would they not make more chapters of anime?

This question is unanswerable by anyone except the studio.

FWIW, season 3 was just announced.

@LoganM Let's see how long it will get to launch, Then we'll talk =]

Probably the anime wasn't profitable enough to mantain a stable series. Hajime no Ippo's manga sells well, but not overwhelming well despite it's lots of volumes (more than 100, selling way less than big blockbusters like Naruto or One Piece, which have half that amount), so while being popular it isn't a big hit like other series. The old-school graphic aspect may be another issue, that style don't sell well nowadays.

It's very sad to know. :(


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What are the plants in Trigun?
I know that they generate energy and they're used like power plants but there's also a person or creature of some sort inside. What are the plants exactly and how is it that Vash can communicate with them?

In the Trigun Universe, Plants are constructions, built by humans, to hold and house powerful beings that can create energy, food, and even water. Not much else is revealed about the beings themselves in either the manga or anime that gives away where they came from, how humans learned to harness their power, or what they truly are.
As for why Vash can communicate with them:

 Both Vash and Knives are "products" of the plant. It is unknown if they were born by the plant on the ship, or how they came to be, as it is said that they were found near the plant itself. Vash and Knives both show many characteristics like the plant, and also many dissimilarities. For example, both show increased control over their powers, including being able to generate guns at will, and both have a far longer life-span than humans, while aging to the mid-30's look faster. They are also able to communicate with the plants, as Vash demonstrates on a few occasions. However, unlike plants, they do not need to be contained in a special environment to survive, and they are male, where as every plant form that can be seen is female.

This is in Wikipedia in Spanish and I just translated it for the question:

In the future, Earth has been overpopulated and natural resources and environment are in a state to disappear soon. In this situation they create the project "Seeds", in which, to ensure the survival of the species they sent into space a fleet of spacecrafts in which a great number of people are contained in suspended animation.
These ships used as feed system a technology called "Plants", a power generator housed in an entity whose core is almost pure energy and serves as a source of power to the ship.
In one of these ships, a small crew is responsible for guiding and find a planet that can accommodate the human race. One day, an anomaly leads to the reactor to discover there that not only the Plant has given birth two newborns, but unlike the rest of their species, they look more human and can survive outside the reactor.

From what I can tell, the plants were not created by humans, they were harnessed by humans as an energy source. The humans in this series do not seem to have a complete understanding of the plant entities. Vash can communicate with other plants, since he is a plant (or as the anime suggests a possible plant-human hybrid). Note that a crew member dies in the ship's engines just prior to the appearance of Vash and Knives.


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Why isn't Tobi blind yet?
There is a Naruto character named Tobi who maintains his eyesight though his special ability should have caused a great amount of macular degeneration. The following includes extensive spoilers.

 By my math, Tobi possesses his Mangekyo for quite some years. It is his Mangekyo, he stated it himself. So in that case, how come he hadn't gone blind yet? Itachi went almost completely blind in under 10 years. Sasuke got half blind in less than 1 year (because he abused it freely).

So how come Tobi hasn't gone blind? As far as I can figure:

 He obviously replaced his other eye, but it was kept behind his one-eyed mask for a long period of time, he didn't use it for vision.

Very good point. I know he loses the eye behind his mask using Izanagi when fighting Konan but it never occurred to me that he should be blind in his original eye. Wonder if Hashirama's cells have anything to do with that since they have healing properties?

Don't you think this question carries major spoilers? :S

@Alenanno: Spoilers only count if they are over the scope of the title. Though I'm very very tempted to add a spoiler warning to the title as well.

I agree with @Alenanno. You should use the spoiler tag.

@MadaraUchiha Come to chat. :P

I agree with the above comments. Although it is a legitimate question and it should be allowed, it could be a major spoiler for someone just starting to watch or read naruto... There should be some way to hide this from these people...

Ehhhhh, why don't you ask him yourself, he's besides you for almost a year now.

@Sid: You don't get it, I already know the answer, I want to give others a chance too :)

This answer contains lots of spoilers so I might as well make one block, edit if you will

 When Madara rescued Obito from the collapsed cave he used Hashirama
 Senju's living clone to heal Obito's crushed body. Not only did this
 heal Obito's body but it also gave him access to Hashirama Senju's
 abilities, the wood release ability, as seen when he defeated the
 ninjas who wanted to steal Rin's body.
 Now Hashirama Senju had unique medical ninjutsu which healed himself without forming any
 seals whatsoever. So if Obito gained access to the wood release ninjutsu he may also gained
 this medical ninjutsu, which in turn healed his eye throughout the years.

I'm actually not sure if a medical ninjutsu of any kind can heal a dying Mangekyo. It was said that only eye replacement would work. Though I guess it's possible.

@MadaraUchiha
It is Hashirama's cells after all, whom none other than Uchiha Madara acknowledged as the greatest medical ninja, so it is definitely believable.

@Happy then what would be the situation in Kakashi's case?

When Tobi is not yet revealed to be

 Obito Uchiha

, it's shown that he's collecting Sharingan-Eyes. So it would be logical, that he took two of these eyes to not go blind.

 Remeber: Tobi was actually angered when he saw that Danzo sealed the Sharingan of Shisui, because he couldn't use it anymore.

Then how does his current eye still share the same powers as Kakashi?  That part wouldn't make sense if he had transplanted a different eye, right?

@MCeley: Didn't think about that. Maybe it's because Kakashi carries the DNA of Obito in his eye? Don't know.

No. It was seen that when you replace eyes, the power of it changes. Tobi still has his original power in his right eye, so it's extremely likely it's still the original.


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Is it possible for a Byakugan user to awaken the Rinnegan?
Well... the title says it!
I ask this because, supposedly, Hyuuga and Uchiha are descendants of the Rikudou's eldest son (at least I am under that impression). In that way, does the Byakugan have any other special techniques that can be awakened (such as Tsukuyomi, Susano'o and Amaterasu in the Sharingan), and can it (ultimately) awaken the Rinnegan?
So far we have not seen techniques that derive from the Byakugan itself, but rather techniques that are possible because of it: the whole Hyuuga fighting style comes from the use of Byakugan, but it is not related to it in the same way that every Mangekyou technique is related to the Sharingan. They were only able to develop/and use it properly due to them having the Byakugan, but (again) it does not relate to it in the same way the Mangekyou relates to the Sharingan.
To sum up:
Is it possible for a Byakugan user to awaken a Rinnegan?

I don't think so. The Byakugan stems from a different bloodline than the Sharingan, so it doesn't seem likely that one's Byakugan could evolve into a Rinnegan.

I think it's tenseigan that can be achieved by a byakugan user which is almost equal to rinnegan in strength, but if a byakugan user can implant indra's and ashura's chakra, I think there's a probability to awaken the rinnegan. And with the byakugan, Kaguya's powers could be obtained.

Unlikely.
While it is true that Kakashi originally said that the Uchiha clan (And the Sharingan) is a branch off the Hyuuga clan (and the Byakugan), it was later revealed that it wasn't the case And even though Kaguya Otsutsuki was said to have the Byakugan, it is currently presumed that the two bloodlines are separate and there's no actual connection between the two eye techniques..
No Byakugan upgrades were ever discussed/revealed, like you said, the Hyuuga specific techniques are only the Byakugan's potential being utilized.
SPOILER!

 Moreover, it was revealed that the way to awaken the Rinnegan would be to combine Indra's and Ashura's chakra, like Madara (who had Indra's chakra) implanted the flesh of Hashirama (who had Ashura's chakra), to bring out the Sage of Six Paths' chakra.

 So theoretically, if Indra were to posses a Hyuuga clan member, and the identity of Ashura would be known, it may be possible. That, however, never happened and is not likely to happen in the future.

well the sage of the six path's mother had the byakugan... and since she was the first to eat the god fruit whose powers transferred to sage of the six paths, there could be a link drawn..

It should be noted that Kaguya Otsutsuki (mother of the Sage of six paths) was a Byakugan user. She could use Byakugan at a high level. Her son awakened the Rinnegan proving that Rinnegan is somehow related to Byakugan. Since the Sage of six path's elder son could use Sharingan it was also clear that Byakugan is the ancestor of Sharingan.

Note that she never possessed the Rinnegan.

Her third eye on her forehead is a rinnesharingan, which means its both the Sharingan and Rinnegan in one. The Byakugan is likely not directly related outside of the fact that all 3 eye types are Otsutsuki bloodline abilities.

Note that the Rinnegan is not a state/technique like Mangekyou or Amaterasu. It's a whole different eye. Same goes for the Byakugan.
Regardless of there being a common heritage, the Byakugan is an innate skill like the Sharingan (the basic one). You have it because you were born in that clan. The Rinnegan is even rarer (being a supreme eye) but again, it's not a technique, it's an "eye" by itself.
So to answer your question, it's highly unlikely that a Byakugan user can awake the Rinnegan. I'd say no, but the Manga is not over yet and I don't want to bite off more than I can chew, but it wouldn't make sense because a Byakugan could develop a technique, at best, not an eye.

yet, a sharingan user can awaken the rinnegan (although it is an eye and not a technique).

@JNat Uhm I don't think I reached that part yet... Perhaps? Anyway, I suppose only in some special cases and not everyone, considering the Rinnegan power. :D

I don't want to say that this is fact but here is a theory. Kaguya possesses two bloodline traits the byakugan and another sharingan/rinnegan trait. Upon having her two sons she could have passed the two traits down separately (seeing that we have not seen the sage's brother this is possible). This would mean that the sage obtained his mothers sharingan/rinnegan eye which manifested as the rinnegan without the sharingan tomoe.
Upon the sage having his two sons he passed down his visual ability, albeit a weakened version (the sharingan), to his eldest and his physical energy to his youngest. It is, as we know, that only when senju and Uchiha blood mix do you acquire the rinnegan.
Pretty much what this theory states is that it is possible that the hyuuga clan originated from the sages brother while the rinnegan and sharingan originated from the sage himself. If this Is true then it would not be possible for the byakugan to develop into the rinnegan because they would belong to two different lineages.
However this is just a theory so do not take this as fact.

The byakugan might be able to awaken the the rinnegan.
Kaguya otsutsuki passed down her power to her two sons. The sage of six path is the ancestor of the uchiha and senju inherited visual prowess and physical prowess. The sages brother is the ancestor of the hyuga and uzumaki inherited sealing justu and the byakugan. So the only way for a byakugan user to awaken the rinnegan is to implant uchiha and senji dna

Basically, the elder son of the Sage of Six Paths had the Sharingan, introducing the Uchiha, but the younger one didn't have any special abilities, introducing the Senju.
You need to have both Senju and Uchiha DNA to awaken the Rinnegan. During the battle with Hashirama at the 'Final Valley' Madara lost, but in the process he managed to get Hashirama's cells. He put Hashirama's cells into his own body, leading to the awakening of the Rinnegan. That's how Madara Uchiha awakened the Rinnegan. Nagato however did NOT awaken the Rinnegan, but when he was a baby, Madara transplanted his eyes into Nagato. Nagato was originally from the Uzumaki clan, and he had an extremely strong life force, as you can see due to his red hair, which eventually turned white because of the amount of power he had.
The Sharingan was supposed to originate from the Byakugan but then he writers must have just changed that idea and hoped everyone would forget. There are a few similarities between the Sharingan and the Byakugan, such as the ability to sense chakra. But I think the bonuses of the Byakugan are that you can see through objects, but if your especially skilled like Neji, or if you can focus enough like Hinata then you can even see a humans chakra points.
A Byakugan user can only awaken the Rinnegan if they posses both the cells of an Uchiha and a Senju inside them, and with time they would also probably be able to control the 'Gedo Statue'.

No
They can't. As you see, Kaguya had 2 sons: Hogoromo (Sage Of 6 Paths) and Hamura (the one with Bayakugan). While Rinnengan and Sharingan are totally different from Bayakugan. As both Sharingan and Rinnegan originate from Rinne Sharingan.

First of all they made it fair enough by make a new evolution of the byakugan which is TENSEIGAN that we saw in the seventh movie. They felt that the byakugan didn't get as much attention like the Sharingan.
I have two theories about this:

We all know that byakugan is related to sharingan due to the anime .. BUT noticing that kaguya the mother of SGO6P had the byakugan! meaning that byakugan came first - rinnegan - then sharingan .. so byakugan is the ancestor of the other dojutsu. This infers that Kaguya had the power of the jubi plus her byakugan as a result , she awakened one rinne sharingan in her forehead .in other words maybe if a hyuga becomes the ten tails Jinchuuriki he\she will also awaken one of two : regular rinnegan or rinne sharingan .
Second theory is about bloods. We know that on one side the uzumaki clan are relatives of the senju , on another side the uchiha clan is descended from the hyuga clan .
so if a hyuga and an uzumaki/senju were to have offsprings , theyll perhaps have the power of the sage of the six paths ! which means theyll awaken the rinnegan .. (for example himawari , lets see what future hides)
hope u like it  ;)

Kekkei Genkai

Bloodline limits that can be achieved if your Mom or Dad has these characteristics. It may or may not get activated.
Examples are:

Sharingan was activated by Sasuke, while some Uchiha were not able to achieve it.

Bloodline limits could also be obtained randomly by a senju or family branch, like the Uzumaki clan, or just a random genius like the 4th Hokage who wasn't part of senju or Uchiha or any bloodline limit clan at all.
Examples are:

Kimimaro is the sole user of the bone bloodline limit, which is an original from Kaguya.
Sage Mode - considered a bloodline limit which requires a person who has massive amount of chakra to perfectly control his chakra without using any amount of chakra to obtain the sage levels. For example, Minato, Naruto, Hashirama, ...

Bloodline limits can also be achieved through implants/mastery/intense practice but has a low chance of getting it into perfect use.
Examples are:

Kakashi's Mangekyu
Kabuto's Sage Mode
Yamato's Mokuton

Kekkei Tōta
An upgraded kekkei genkai or a 3-element bloodline limit user.
For examples:

Rinnegan - an upgraded state of Sharingan
Beast Bomb Rasenshuriken Jutsu - a densed Kyuubi, Sage, and Wind chakra
Mokuton no Jutsu

Seeing how Kaguya possesses both the rinne sharingan, which is the progenitor of the rinnegan, and the byakugan it is within the realm of possibilities that a byakugan user may awaken the rinnegan, but as a forehead third eye since they already have byakugan in both eyes and the original source of rinne and tensei chakra is Kaguya herself. But I would imagine that only select Hyuga or Moon Shinobi Otsutsuki clan members can do this depending on the purity of their blood that match either of Hamura's aspects (Hyuga or Moon Shinobi Otsutsuki) and/or whether or not Hamura's children have unique chakra like Indra and Asura that makeup the chakra of their parent and only them and their transmigrants can awaken the rinnegan/ rinne sharingan. This is an hypothetical conjecture since what you're asking has remained unanswered at the end of the Naruto series.
In an hypothetical scenario, it may be possible for an eligible Hyuga clan member to acquire Asura & Indra's chakra or chakra from Hagoromo himself and they may acquire a single forhead rinnegan. For the sake of logistics, lets say they acquire one purple rinnegan in their forehead. Why? Because there may be a component in Hamura's chakra that may mutate the rinnegan into the rinne sharingan and thus since we are talking about one third of said chakra they may acquire an incomplete rinne sharingan. For simplicity's sake let's say that an eligible Hyuga clan member can acquire a purple rinnegan and that an eligible Moon Shinobi Otsutsuki clan member can acquire a red rinnegan. When that missing 1/4th is acquired this may trigger the third eye to transform into its complete form, the rinne sharingan.
This hypothesis may connect with another hypothesis as to why Kaguya doesn't appear to have the tenseigan while Hamura has it. Perhaps by acquiring Hamura's chakra and the tenseigan and then acquiring the rinne aspect that the user previously lacked, said individual may awaken the third eye as the complete rinne sharingan, but as a consequence of its activation the tenseigan deactivates, because the tensei chakra now has a rinnegan to be processed by and thus in the absence of rinne chakra and the rinnegan the tensei chakra manifests as the tenseigan in the user's byakugan. This maybe the reason why Kaguya appears to lack the tenseigan while his son doesn't. I would also like to add that Kaguya's byakugan is considered a kekkei mora rather than a kekkei genkai and it may very well be for this reason. This is taking into account that Hagormo and Hamura each hold an aspect of Kaguya's chakra in their own and if both chakra were to merge, her chakra may likely mainfest in the individual. As already mentioned, Asura + Indra = Hagoromo as shown by Madara and unspecified Hyuga + unspecified Moon Shinobi Otsutsuki = Hamura as demonstrated by Toneri. So why wouldn't Hagoromo + Hamura = Kaguya? Let's also take into account that Hagoromo's rinnegan are purple and tomoeless while his mother's rinnegan is red and with (9) tomoe like the sharingan. The absence of the tensei component in Hagoromo may be the reason why there is a difference between his eyes and his mother's eye.
A possible counter arguement for this last paragraph would be that Kaguya can indeed activate the tenseigan and there is no relationship between the tenseigan and her rinne sharingan as explained above. She may have simply chosen not activate them during her fight with Naruto and Sasuke. It can be further argued that her tenseigan may be more advanced compared to her son's seeing as how her son's tenseigan seems to be able to evolve further by sealing other clan member's byakugan inside it. Being the source of all chakra her tenseigan could very well be more advance than her son's. However, this hypothesis is also debatable as there is no evidence that supports that she has the tenseigan.
Hope that this explaination makes sense and even if there is something that you may disagree with or that you don't like, because it's speculative in nature that at least this attempt of explaining an untestible unknown (until Kishi gets off his ass and tell us the answer) may get your imagination going so you may actually formulate your own explainations on this matter.

The byakugan was inherited from kaguya by her son hamura, while the constituent dojutsu that comprise the rinne-sharingan were inherited by hagoromo(sage of six paths), and as such, the byakugan cannot be transformed into the rinnegan, as its chakra constituents are totally separate. The byakugan can evolve he wever into the tenseigan, which exhibits similar abilities to the rinnegan, such as attractive and repulsive forces and truthseeker balls. In conclusion, the only way for a byakugan user to get the Rinnegan is by transplanting one and they must have massive chairs reserves and share even small relations to the senju, the uchiha or the uzimaki.

I'd have to disagree with that. In the anime, Hagaromo and Hamura, both have Byakugan at first. Then Hagaromo gets the Sharingan and later, the Rinnegan.


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How are the Divergence Number and world line related?
In Steins;Gate there is much ado about the Divergence Number of the current world line. But if I am remembering correctly, the meter Kyouma made/carries/is given shows the difference between the current world line and the "previous" one—which I understood to be the one Okabe was in immediately before his last time jump.
Does the Divergence Number work relative to the last time jump–originating world line, or relative to the world line where it was constructed (the world line where SERN maintains a dystopia)?

In Steins;Gate there is an important thing called Attractor Field. An Attractor field is a number of world lines that may be slightly different from each other in small details, but provide the same end result.
Each attractor field is "made of" a number of World lines, in some range. For example, the Alpha Attractor Field contains world lines with the divergence from 0% to 0.99%, the Beta Attractor has world lines from 1% to 1.99% and so on.
Thus, the divergence meter is not showing some relative value, but rather an absolute value which is used to determine the Attractor field that the current World Line belongs to.
Source.

This might be nitpicking the science a bit too far, but it seems like there could very possibly be more world lines in an Attractor Field than can be displayed on the gauge. Presumably an infinite number of decimal places are possible in theory, just not displayable in practice. Same goes for the number of Attractor Fields themselves; surely, there might be more than 100 of them, theoretically.


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Why does Mamoru Oshii include a basset hound in his movies?
The title really says it all. The basset hound is almost always there in Oshii's signature long musical interludes (Ghost in the Shell I & II, Patlabor II ... etc). Does the basset hound have a special meaning to Oshii?

In a "Japanorama" interview with Jonathan Ross he mentions that he thinks that he's a reincarnated basset hound. He's got an affinity for that particular breed of dog so he uses it a lot in his movies.


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Who is Ninja Ninja?
On Afro Samurai, who is Ninja Ninja?
People in the series sometimes refer to him as "Afro's imaginary friend", however, I remember times where people other than Afro could see him! (Via a scoped rifle, or binoculars).
Also, there are times where he can interact with physical objects in the real world.
So who is he? Is he really imaginary? What is the explanation for his seemingly "real" behavior?

Ninja Ninja is the result of conscience and the subconscious of AFRO.
When other people saw him together with AFRO it does not necessarily mean that they actually saw him and it was not only AFRO (and you) have seen it.
And of course there is Justice, When he mentioned his imaginary friend they met in Chapter 5.
My best guess is that he had just supernatural powers...(let's not forget that).
Proof of this can be seen in Chapter 5, while it is cut is not bleeding to death like a normal human being, but he dissipated, and at the same time the last of the weakness of his mercy towards his old friend/anyone else

"Alright dog, you on your own from here"

that's my opinion of course, But I think that it is uncertain for sure.

First of all : Ninja Ninja is the imaginary friend of Afro.
Wiki quotted:

Ninja Ninja (ニンジャニンジャ, Ninja Ninja) is likely to be a figment of Afro's imagination to cope with severe psychiatric trauma from unbearable sights and actions of death. Being that Afro is an emotionless murderer, his mind may well have created Ninja Ninja to hold his other emotions excluding Anger and hatred ; He often hangs with Afro as his self-appointed "Road Dog". Another possible understanding of Ninja-Ninja that would also be relevant to his regular Buddhist inspired spiritual practices is that Ninja Ninja represents Afro's "Mind", which tries to affect Afro through voicing doubts and fears. Contrasting Ninja Ninja against Afro's actions in this context gives Afro a different set of characteristics. As to say, he has fears, doubts and anxieties yet continues onward in spite of them.

A canonical reference which you yourself can verify is in Episode 5, precisely at 14m 05s, Justice quotted :

I almost chuckled when you killed that imaginary friend of yours!

Referring to the act where Afro killed Ninja Ninja but no blood splattered.

Now to add to the wiki, notice the contradictions in the two characters:

Afro : Calm, composed, risk-taker, lives life on the edge
Ninja Ninja : Afraid of all combats, high levels of anxiety, unconfident, slacky, always after them booties

Noticing these two character differences, it's safe to say that Ninja Ninja is the alter ego of the Afro's real self. He's a part of Afro that he himself refuses to acknowledge as a part of himself and treats it as somebody else. Why? Because of the Bushido or the Samurai Code. He can't allow himself (a samurai) to be unconfident, slacky, pervy or have a loose attitude. Therefore, he is tempted and warned and mocked by Ninja Ninja time and again, here and there.

Another reason I thought of, and which is mentioned in the wiki, is that all the burden of killing and slaughtering mercilessly could drive a person insane! He has to keep his mind off any such distractions. That's another reason of existence of Ninja Ninja.

Now to answer your question as to why he could interact with real world objects, he interacted with the same objects that Afro touched. Here are some instances :

In Resurrection he commented how awful the steak was! At the same time Afro was having the steak, but he (being a samurai after all) shouldn't be complaining about such things, but his alter ego did it for him to keep Afro calm!
He killed or discarded his alter ego in Resurrection by dodging a poisoned needle in such a way it hit Ninja Ninja, and also in the first season he killed it when he was about to face formidable enemies to prevent any second thoughts or distractions! And I don't remember if he was ever noticed by any other character in the anime. (Tell me on which episode at what time if I'm mistaken.)

Hope this seems reasonable!


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What are the differences between Ash and Red?
In Pokémon, we have two main characters:

Red, who is the main protagonist on the manga and the first Pokémon games (Red, Blue and Yellow)
Ash, who is the main protagonist on the anime.

What are the differences between the two?

Good Q, never thought about it :)

Red (in the game) is mute. He never talks.... ever.

In Blue version, his name is Blue.  Your rival is named Red.

@David I'm not speaking about the games. I'm speaking about the anime / manga.

Your question says "and the first Pokémon games", but since you can make any name you want it makes sense to standardize somehow.

Ah, you're right. I wrote the question almost a year ago. My bad. :-)

There are lots!

For starters, Red is character who just starred in manga/games, and manga created only after a TV series aired.
As a result, they decided to release two types of manga, one based on the show and one based on the games:

The manga based on games R/B/G/Y, called Pokémon Adventures, which continues the story until the third generation stages.
And manga based on the series, called Pokémon The Electric Of Pikachu!

That image looks like more for fun than about serious differences, apart from one or two facts in it. :P

B.T.W I prefer the Japanese version just because it is not censored.
For example: real death appears much more realistic, And bigger b***s. :X
http://i.imgur.com/erK2T.png
http://i.imgur.com/8xkDh.png
http://i.imgur.com/oTn5e.png
Zombies!

The image is mostly right, but referring to the first pokemon-movie, Ash had way more than 10 Pokémon :D.

Didn't Ash catch like a bunch of Taurus lol. Btw thanks for this comment! I never knew about any manga based on the TV series. Going to read it right now!

@HashiramaSenju In the English scanlations Koga's arbok survived though. He regenerated himself and was just fine after that.


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What happens if one dies in Soul Society?
In Bleach, Soul Society represents this sort of Heaven where souls are sent by Shinigamis (mostly from Earth?). However, once in Soul Society, is a soul immortal? Can they die? And if so, what happens? Is one sent to... Hueco Mundo?

From the Bleach Wiki:

The Human World and Soul Society are parallel to each other and are two sides of the same coin. Families separated by death are rarely reunited in the Soul Society unless they arrive in Soul Society together. People live nestled together like a family of strangers. One never gets hungry (if she or he doesn't have spiritual powers) and aging is slowed to a great extent, with lifespans of 2000 or more years not being unheard of, though such ages are limited to Shinigami or other Soul Society dwellers with high spiritual power.

and to answer your question,

A soul that dies in Soul Society is reincarnated on Earth as a new Human with no past memories.

Edit: However, given the huge difference in lifespan, Soul Society should accumulate souls and the Human World should run out of souls...
souls can "escape" this cycle by turning into hollows and entering Hueco Mundo (or god knows which new worlds Bleach will come up with). Souls can be exterminated permanently by Quincy:

Quincy completely extinguish Hollows. Thus the souls that come to the Human World do not return to Soul Society and therefore the souls would increase only on the side of the Human World. Meaning, the Human World becomes heavy in souls causing Soul Society to spill over into it; mixing life and death. The ultimate result would be the end of the world.

So what would happen to Ichigo if he died right after he turned to reaper?
At that time he was not human nor spirit.

Isn't a reaper simply a spirit with greater spiritual powers?

Perhaps you were wondering if "death" for spirits is the same if they are not inside Soul Society, which is the case for Ichigo when he became a Reaper. The answer then depends on what "control procedures" Soul Society has for reincarnation of spirits.
However, if Ichigo was eaten by a hollow, his soul would stay inside the hollow until it was purified.

@ArturiaPendragon: Actually, if I remember correctly, a Plus eaten by a hollow becomes a hollow instantly. Doesn't it work the same for Shinigami?

"Edit: However, given the huge difference in lifespan, there should a similar difference between the birth rates in Soul Society and the Human World..." wouldn't soul society birth rates = earth deathrates? If life span is 2000 years, there'd just be ~25 times more souls in soul society.

@MadaraUchiha: Hmm, if that were the case, wouldn't a hollow be unable to absorb the souls it eats, and wouldn't there be two hollows after one hollow eats a soul? I don't remember that happening. I based my "soul-absorbing" explanation on Menos which are conglomerates of Hollows, but we can also recall the Grand Fisher using eaten souls as puppets.

@Robert: sorry, that part wasn't well-thought-out. I was pointing out a great imbalance between Soul Society and the Human World - namely that Soul Society must accumulate souls, depleting souls from the Human World. I have edited my answer to include this.
Conversely, since the human population has increased so much, shouldn't the population of Soul Society have decreased?

You would think it would decrease as the earth increases. I imagine only way to accommodate would be shorter life spans in soul society.

perhaps there is a large backlog of souls just waiting in the ether until they have an opportunity to be born into a human body; the surplus could explain why there's no need to have parity between SS 'deaths' and human births.  Alternately, if there's a shortage of souls, perhaps the waiting bodies turn out as miscarriages or stillborn or something?

Comment on author's edit: If we ignore factors such as hollows and Hueco Mundo, and focus only on Earth and Soul Society, then difference in the amount of time souls spend in the two worlds does not cause accumulation of souls. Basic queue theory - the two worlds are a closed system.


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What are the techniques/fighting styles displayed in Bleach?
In the series, a number of different styles are shown among the different characters. Some fight using their Zanpakutō, others use Kidō. Do all of these derived from a similar source? Are there other fighting styles? Can they be combine?

There are four fighting styles a Shinigami uses are:

Zanjutsu (Weapon arts) --
The art of using their weapon to it's full potential.
Hakuda (Martial arts) --
The art of physical power and melee fighting skills.
Hohou (Movement arts) --
The art of moving, dodging, and countering.
Kidou (Magic arts) --
The art of using spells and magic.

They are often used in combination with one another in battle.

A more "natural" classification: Martial arts and Movement arts (internal physical), Magic arts (internal spiritual), Weapon arts (external physical). What's missing is "external spiritual", which includes manipulating to spirit of weapons (e.g. releasing Zanpakuto) or absorbing spirit energy from the surroundings like Quincies.

Zanjutsu: Sword Arts
Kido: Magic Arts
Hakudo: Martial Arts
Hoho  Movement Arts

Each of these is an aspect of shinigami combat, Zanpakuto, Magic, Martial Arts & Movement.
Kido is also divided into 3 parts: Hado (way of destruction), Kaido (way of healing), and Bakudo (way of binding).

This would answer the questions but it doesn't add anything new that existing answers don't already cover.


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Why are Bug type attacks effective against Dark type Pokemon?
This question actually originated from the games, but it applies to the anime/manga as well.
Water is strong against fire because water can extinguish fire. Electricity is weak against Grass because grass is grounded, which nullifies electricity.
What is the reasoning for Bug to be effective against Dark type?

 And I've already heard about the Malaria in Africa joke, it's not funny!

Maybe because insects navigate better in the dark and are constantly drawn to the light, So their weakness is fire.

This question would be a better fit for [Gaming.SE], but it would likely be closed as speculative over there. VTC

I actually don't agree with the off-topic closure of this. The question is indeed about the Anime/Manga. Just because it has roots in the game doesn't make it off-topic. Therefore, I'm voting to reopen.

@Mysticial An anime that takes something like this from the game it's based on means you have to go to the root source to answer it.  That root source is a game, and is essentially, "Why did they make it this way?", which is off-topic for Arqade.

If I had to guess, it was because of game balance more than logic.
There are only two types that are super-effective against Dark.

Fighting
Bug

Neither of which make much logical sense. But it would be fairly safe to say that Dark would be overpowered if it only had one or no weaknesses.
Another argument to support the game-balance motivation is that bug types would otherwise be considered weak since they are super-effective against few other types.
So in short, they probably needed to keep Dark in check and make Bug more competitive.

This sort of balancing isn't particularly new. Psychic is a good example.
In the first generation of games, Psychic had only one weakness - Bug. Despite ghost also being super-effective against Psychic, there weren't any "real" ghost attacks in generation 1 (and only a couple of bug attacks).
So generation 2 added Dark types to keep Psychics in check.

In fact, ghost type attacks didn't affect psychic types in gen 1. This was changed in gen 2 to make it super-effective. However, the only ghost-type move in gen 1 that is affected by type matchup is lick, which is worthless because of its incredibly low power.

Ahem Fairy is also super effective against Dark types

@IG_42:  Fairy didn't exist in Gen 2.

Who said we were talking purely about Gen 2?

This is wrong, the reason Fighting is strong against Dark is because of their Japanese names, where Fighting Pokemon are somewhat considered heroes and Dark Pokemon are considered evil.

@CodedMonkey If you can provide Japanese names and translation notes, and support thereof, that'd make a great answer.  Sometimes the logic is hidden in Japanese puns and wordplay (kanji play?), after all, and can't be explained in English alone.

@zibadawatimmy I agree, unfortunately I couldn't find an official source confirming my story (and it doesn't really answer the question) although the web states that GameFreak said this was true, so take it for what it's worth. A good breakdown of the theory can be found here: http://www.azurilland.com/forums/pokemon-6th-generation/pokemon-x-y/440906-fighting-type-is-light-type

Dark types are weak to (and resisted by) fighting because most types of fighting emphasize discipline; many of them put themselves in painful situations to strengthen themselves.
However, the dark type doesn't train much, and tend not to do well in fair combat because they are physically weaker than a given fighting type, and not tough enough to withstand them, either.
Now, as for bugs, one of their attributes is that they tend to be cooperative, and their attacks are nothing but direct to the goals they instinctually show. Dark types are super effective on psychic types because psychic types have the same indirect tricks, but the intimidation of dark types put fear into psychic types, and you can't really reason with a psychopath using psychology tricks or casting uncertainty or confusion into their minds because of their strong will. For bugs on dark, it's the same thing as fighting on dark. The dexterity and organization bugs naturally develop overpower the dark type's battle coordination, because their specialty is fighting unfair, but if a group of insects attack you, there's no backup plan one can use to get them off of you, short of maybe jumping into water, setting yourself on fire, or otherwise cloak yourself in something which keeps the bugs from continuing to attack you.

The Dark type is an embodiment of dirty tactics. The original Japanese translation is 'Evil' type, and this is shown as giving the Pokemon of this type underhanded or sneaky ways of fighting. Examples of this are shown in various Dark type moves:
Pursuit : Dealing more damage on an enemy trying to retreat
Sucker Punch : Attacking before the enemy is ready
Fake Tears: Pretending to cry to put an enemy off guard
Beat up: Attacking with the whole team in an unfair 6v1 fight
Culturally in Japan, the villainous dark character must be beaten by the virtuous hero character. That is why Fighting types are super effective. They embody this heroism trait.
So why also Bugs?
This is probably a reference to the series Kamen Rider, a show that has existed continuously from the 1970s to the present day and is a cultural phenomenon large enough that every child in Japan would know it.
In this series, the usual premise is a Masked Hero riding a motorcycle fights the forces of evil with the Main character always using an Insect themed costume.
In fact, the Bug type move Signal Beam(シグナルビーム) is pronounced as English in the original Japanese versions, reminiscent of many Kamen Rider 'special moves'.
This insect association with heroism actually goes back further, with stag beetles representing the honourable samurai and becoming the basis for many real samurai helmet designs.
Another hint towards this connection exists before the Dark type was ever introduced. In generation 1, the villains often used Poison types. This is the only Generation where Bug types were super effective against poison!

Dark was 100% a balance to Psychic in Gen II, Psychic dominated the typing tree and what little multiplayer competition there was during Gen 1 (this was also due to the fact that there was no separate "Special Attack" and "Special Defense" in Gen 1, only "Special" which covered both and made Psychics who normally excelled in the stat both powerful AND bulky).
BUT one can see reasoning behind the chosen typing beyond convenience of balancing the types.
A key thing to note is that the Japanese name for the "Dark" type is more closely translated to "Evil" or "Sinister." This is why dark types have many underhanded or villainous move names like "Quash," "Sucker Punch," "Fake Tears," "Torment," and "Nasty Plot." Also why the Fairy type, which embodies goodness or purity, has a type advantage.
Alternatively, Fighting type embodies heroism or, as Beetle said, discipline. If you consider the culture of classic Japanese action films, the heroes who take down EVIL are usually adept and disciplined in martial arts.
On the Bug side, insects obviously aren't know to be the undoing of evil, but if you consider what people associate with bugs, things become more clear:

From one angle, we can again refer to Japanese culture. To quote TvTropes.org: "Japan loves bugs, and they're everywhere. Not only is Bug Catching one of the oldest pastimes in the country, but much of their pop culture includes or is influenced by them."
Beetles and bugs are regularly the costume theme designs of fictional heroes or mechs in Japanese series. In Gen II, they introduced Heracross a Bug/FIGHTING hercules beetle, a wildly popular beetle, alongside the Dark type to perfectly counter the new type. This is the "Hero" angle cropping up again.
The second angle to consider is on the other end of the spectrum of how Evil is vanquished. Bugs are known to swarm or cooperate in numbers that overwhelm the target (think endless mosquitos on a camping trip or a synchronized colony of ants). Similarly, if one wants to overthrow a great evil, an army or a cooperative society can collaborate to take it down with sheer numbers. Evil may strike one or a handful down, but the movement will overwhelm eventually.

So ultimately, Evil (Dark) is framed as being bested by discipline/heroism (Fighting), the collective effort of the masses (Bug), or pure goodness (Fairy).
Now if only somebody could explain why exactly it is that Ghost type is weak against Dark type...

The answer is simple: Kamen Rider.
Kamen Rider was (and probably still is) an insanely popular Power-Rangers style action show in Japan where the hero is insect-themed. An insect themed hero (as "Goosh" mentioned vaguely) who fights against the forces of EVIL (Dark Types).
So you can bet Bug > Dark is purely the result of Kamen Rider.


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What is the secret behind Tobi's GPS-like technique?
Tobi has displayed the ability to be able to accurately locate and teleport to any other character (He displayed it with Naruto, Sasuke, the sealed Gold and Silver brothers, and more).
How does that work? I don't recall the Sharingan having such a wide range.

That ability is explained in later episodes, so it will be enclosed in spoiler tags.

 When Obito crashed onto Madara's cave, he saved him by attaching a white Zetsu (who is a clone saturated with Hashirama Senju's cells). There are many white Zetsu clones spread across the land, and they can communicate with each other via the roots of trees in the earth. (Avatar: the Last airbender style). The Zetsu attached to Obito is no different. That way he can get immediate intelligence from practically anywhere, including the location of other people.

The teleportation is made using his normal space-time techniques.

Is it safe to assume that he can't identify his target teleport location if there's no tree in that place like Desert,Ship etc ?

No, Zetsu can travel underground. It's likely that he can't track people in the middle of the sea though.


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What would happen to a Menos or an Arrancar killed with a Zanpakuto?
It was said that a Hollow killed with a Zanpakuto is cleansed of all of his post-mortem sins, and is sent to soul society (unless he had committed sins in his lifetime, then he goes to Hell).
What would then when a Menos, which easily contains hundreds if not thousands of souls, is killed with a Zanpakuto?
Would all of the souls be released? Or perhaps the souls fused into one? If so, does that mean that Ulqiorra is somewhere in Soul Society right now?
Is such a thing explained anywhere?

I don't think it is mentioned anywhere, but what I think would be logical (but does not happen in the anime/manga) is that the myriad of hollows suppressed within a Menos are released (since the dominant personality has been destroyed) while those that were damaged in the process of the attack (e.g. those that constitute the wounded flesh) would be purified. So a large-scale attack that can obliterate a Menos might purify all of the souls.

But in reality, when Ulqiorra died, he desintigrated, he didn't go super soul nuclear explosion, even though he was most likely a vasto lorde, with possibly millions of souls sealed inside of him.

Yeah, it didn't happen, so some logical consistency was lost... but I don't think there will be any answer better than speculation anyway.


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In the Fate/Stay Night Visual Novel, why is Rider listed as Chaotic Good?
The in-game encyclopedia entry for Rider in Fate/Stay night lists her as chaotic good. This is true regardless of what route you are on and who is her master. However, at several points in the story she is noted as being evil, and it's said that the only reason she (along with a few other servants) could be summoned is because the holy grail was corrupted. These seem to pretty strongly contradict each other.
Am I missing something subtle (maybe a translation issue, or maybe I'm misunderstanding alignment) or is this a mistake by TYPE-MOON and Rider should be listed as evil in the encyclopedia?

Chaotic-good alignment basically says "does what he wants, follows his own free will", so they're not necessarily good as perceived by everyone else. Also, it may be based on the alignment of the person that became a heroic spirit.

Gilgamesh was also Chaotic Good and he was both a jerk and an ass.

I understand that, but Rider is literally described as "evil" in the text of the game by the narrator. Regardless of whether or not she's chaotic, evil doesn't seem compatible with chaotic good.

Fundamentally, Rider doesn't seem to shy away from evil deeds - most notably her actions at the school. She doesn't perform them with glee, but unlike, say, Saber, she doesn't resist her Master's commands when they lead her in that direction.
I tried to obtain a full transcript of the game to analyze every time she is mentioned as "evil"; however I couldn't find any. The following is from my memory: Most narration is made from the standpoint of another character, usually Emiya Shirou. And you can't blame him, or his compatriots, for labeling Rider as evil; however, most of this is more due to her Master's orders.

In Heaven's Feel, Rider's true goal is revealed - and it is, in fact, a noble one. All of the previous events are implied to have been because of her loyalty to Sakura - disobeying Zouken or Shinji would have had direct repercussions on her. In fact, Rider is significantly more powerful in Heaven's Feel than in any other path - this is most likely due to a reluctance and half-heartedness when obeying Shinji; in other words, she was faking it and not giving her all in hopes of being defeated.

Thanks. Maybe I remembered something wrong. Anyway, if the game doesn't actually say that she's evil anywhere, then I guess there's no problem with her alignment being chaotic good.

Chaotic Good basically means you´ll do whatever it takes to complete a noble goal. Gilgamesh´s Chaotic Good is what he was for the most of his life, where he was at first a massive jerk and a tyrant, but after befriending Enkidu he became a fair king with a habit of using force against anything hostile with a pulse, hence the Chaotic bit. But due to the depression from Enkidu´s death and the craziness he got from the Grail (he wasn´t corrupted by it, but it did, according to Nasu, make him alot less sane), He´s more akin to Lawful Evil in Zero (pre-grail bath) and Chaotic Evil in Stay/Night.
Basically, Rider means well but is willing to do things that could be considered evil for her goal.

I shouldn't reply to an old post, but I will leave this here for people who may end up here like me.
In the Nasuverse, or at least in the Fate series, the usage of "traditional D&D alignement" isn't precise. Well, it is precise but in a different interpretation.
The Good vs Evil axis regards not the moral of the person but his personality. Good and Evil are personality types, good means open, brave, honest and magnimonious. Evil means selfish, cowardly, sly and focused on self-gratification. It also regards how, even unconsciously, a person see himself.
For example: Medea knows that what she is doing is bad/evil (harming people for her own good), and she does so following a selfish desire.
Meanwhile, Gilgamesh, who want to fuck up the entire world is doing this on a honest proposal to save humanity. In his own way, but that's his objective.
Law and Chaos are principals- Law means you care about some likely very abstract concept to the point of total self-denial. Chaos means you feel no obligation towards anything but your own whims.
A Lawful-Nasu character, also, follows more rigid and generally good (in our traditional interpretation) morals, while Chaotics are generally connected to no-morals whatsoever, only thinking about their true desire, and so are more "evil" in a traditional way.
This is shown, again, in Gilgamesh and Medea, with a little bit of Cu and Saber.
Gilgamesh (chaotic) even if he is working to improve humanity, he does so without any consideration for little lives but an eye on the general condition of the race. Killing something like 90% of humanity is good, if it helps the remaining 10% to reach a better condition.
Medea is evil indeed, but not without any consideration. Just watch how she harms people, but avoid kills and has a particular hate for harming children.
She isn't complitely without any moral lines.
While Lawful sees a perfect example in Saber and I guess that it is enough. Moral, putting oneself in danger for a greater good, following a (strict) code of behaviour and so one. But she is Good. Cu is an example of the same thing, but on a neutral level.


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Is there any relation between the two Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto series?
In 2003, there was an anime called Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto. In 2008, there another anime called Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto: Natsu no Sora.
I only saw the 2008 one, so I don't really know much about the 2003 one. They both seem to be about young girls who are learning magic, but is there any actual relation between the two series? For example, are there any subtle hints indicating that the 2008 series takes place X years after the original series? Or are there any characters that appear in both series? Or is the only relation that they have similar stories?
(I had to use the English title for the tags since the Japanese title is too long...)

Someday's Dreamers: Summer Skies is basically the second season of Someday's dreamers made by another studio (Hal Film Maker) with a different staff. All it shares with the original is the fictional Tokyo backdrop, as as all characters and most of the setting have changed.
You don't need to watch the first one in order to enjoy the second one.

Yeah, I never saw the first one but really enjoyed the second one anyway.


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Does Deimon win the Christmas bowl?
In Eyeshield 21, Deimon wins the game against Oujou that gets them into the Christmas Bowl but they're never shown actually playing in the Christmas Bowl.
Is there a manga that went with this anime that shows the time between beating Oujou and playing professional football or are we just to assume that they won?

There is in fact an Eyeshield 21 manga, which continues the story further than the anime. The anime ends on chapter 239 of the manga, while the manga continues to chapter 333. The manga doesn't go as far as professional football, but the last chapter does end with a similar scenario at the college level.


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What do the Runes say in Madoka?
In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, there is some strange rune writing that is used a lot. I've heard that it references Goethe's Faust, at least in the first few episodes, and it's used in displaying the names of the witches as well. Is there any comprehensive guide for what each symbol means, or a list of quotes together with translations?

I'm trying to remember, where else were these "runes" used outside of the name?

@TheLQ Mostly in background images inside of the witches' barriers, but there are a lot of them. From the link below, if you follow to the runes in episode 1, there are many examples from just that episode: http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Runes:Episode_1

Wow, I'm stupid. Forgot that the entire witch ambush sequence is full of them :-)

Deciphering the runes was by no means a simple task. And as such there was quite a bit of history behind it as different people attempted various ways to decrypt it. In the end, the runes were found to be a substitution cipher for German.
A full guide to deciphering the runes in Madoka as well as a complete translated list of all their appearances throughout the Puella Magi series can be found here.

If you want to take a shot at decrypting them yourself, use the chart below. This will transliterate the runes into German - after that you're on your own. :)


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Why don't people utilize the Rinnegan to its fullest?
This question contains spoilers for anime viewers and early manga readers.
We've seen Nagato use his Rinnegan to the fullest, using the Rikudo technique (to control 6 bodies)

 As well as by fighting alone, as a reincarnated zombie.

He utilized all 6 paths of the Rinnegan.

 So why don't Obito and Madara? Madara only used the Preta Path, to absorb incoming ninjutsu. Obito only tried to use the Human Path, to try and kill Naruto.

Why don't they use any other realms? Their Rinnegan is supposedly perfect. I can't imagine they're holding back on purpose, the Rinnegan has some pretty scary abilities.

We can be fairly certain Madara is just too strong without using the Rinnegan at all. Although Madara's strength has never been explicitly discussed, we can infer it indirectly through other plot points. Madara fought on par with the Senju Hashirama, who used to have the 9 bijuu as his "pets". Other badass characters have had a lot of trouble dealing with just one.

 It is heavily implied that the battle happened before Madara activated his Rinnegan. During the fourth ninja world war, Madara effortlessly mopped the floor with the five Kages. If Madara did use the Rinnegan, Kishimoto-sensei may have chosen to skip it to retain suspense over its powers.

Obito has only implanted the Rinnegan (and not "earned" it, like Madara). Maybe overusing Rinnegan drains his chakra rapidly (just like overusing Sharingan does to Kakashi), and hence he chose to not use it fully. Alternately, Kishimoto-sensei wants to save it for the climax.

Nagato being able to use it could be because:

 Being from the Uzumaki clan, he naturally has a huge amount of chakra. Madara likely chose him to receive the Rinnegan for that reason. Madara's plan involved getting himself revived through Rinne Tensei. He had to pick someone who could reliably use the Outer Path without passing out.

Another key difference between the three:

 Nagato received his Rinnegan when he was a child, and must have learnt to use the full powers of Rinnegan through years of practice. Madara awakened the Rinnegan shortly before he died, and Obito has had it for only a few weeks at most.

Unfortunately, There is no sure way to answer this question.

At this moment, The manga in chapter 613 and they still did not revealed enough information exposed to enough information to establish the claim that shown in any way that you and Obito can not use these Abilities, So we can only guess.
We can assume that they did not have need to use them, Because they are (Obviously) still at advantage.

They didnt have both Rinnegan eyes.
Madara had the left Rinnegan and Obito had the right Rinnegan.
Thus they could not use all paths since I guess some reside on the left, some on the right and some are awakened when both eyes are used

Madara is like Akuma from street fighter. He loves to fight, but he knows his power is too much for just about everyone. So, in order to enjoy his fight, Madara holds back when going against the five kage. When he does use his final susanoo to finish them, and it turns out that the five kage survived- he flat out says it is a matter of pride.
If he spams the Rinnegan, he'd be disgracing himself in his own eyes.


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At which age are ninjas revived with Edo-Tensei?
The question is easy: At which age are people, when they are revived using Edo-Tensei? Are they exactly of that age they died? Or can the user of Edo-Tensei decide, how old the ninjas are?

According to the Naruto Wiki page on Edo Tensei, when summoning

the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical limitations they received during their lifetime.1

I think this means that normally they would be resurrected with the age they had upon their time of death, as well as physical conditions.
However, as we know, and the page describes in the enhancements part, (quote follows, as is on the site)

 Kabuto can also modify his summoned fighters, as he did with Madara Uchiha. While the technique usually reincarnates the deceased at the exact state they were in at the time of their deaths, Kabuto noted that he brought Madara back in a state that was "beyond his prime"2 and was reincarnated much younger than when he died an old man as well as instilling him with abilities he had acquired in his old age.

So, basically, I think that the user may perfect the Jutsu in order to obtain the results he wants, provided that he has enough skill and knowledge on the Jutsu to do it.

 Or maybe only Kabuto can do it like that.

1 This piece of data is stated in the Wiki, but I do not recall if it was referenced in any manga chapter, so bear that in mind.
2 Naruto chapter 560, page 3.

According to  Naruto chapter 565, page 1 and the enhancements part, it shows that Tobi can modify it too, but this might not be on the same level with Kabuto.

Normally they were revived at the age of their dead. But the summoner can modify this part. As found on this site:

 Kabuto can also modify his summoned fighters, as he did with Madara Uchiha. While the technique usually reincarnates the deceased at the exact state they were in at the time of their deaths, Kabuto noted that he brought Madara back in a state that was "beyond his prime" and was reincarnated much younger than when he died an old man as well as instilling him with abilities he had acquired in his old age.

Damn. It is the second time I am writing an answer and someone posts what I was going to write while I am writing it.

@JNat Maybe you aren't fast enough ;)

As far as I know there haven't been cases of the revived being younger or older. They're just the age they were at the moment of death.
For example;

 when Asuma (see here) is revived by Kabuto, he looks exactly the same as when he died. It might even be they still wear the same clothes, but I haven't checked for every revived.

Madara was revived younger