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Does White Zetsu even have any negative emotions?
During the Fourth Great Ninja War, the army of White Zetsus were a major problem because they could perfectly replicate people they'd touched, such that the Byakugan and other sensory abilities could not distinguish them. The solution to this problem was Naruto using his Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, which allowed him to sense the hatred and anger of the Zetsu.
However, this doesn't make sense to me. White Zetsu behaves like a child a lot of the time. For instance, chatting easily about poop and having a rather carefree attitude, sometimes even whilst in the midst of battle (during the Kage summit, for instance). Does White Zetsu really harbor such negative emotions that it would allow Naruto to distinguish him from his own allies, who, being adults in the midst of a brutal war, would undoubtedly be harboring just as serious negative emotions? What I'm trying to get at, is I believe that the Shinobi Allied Forces hate White Zetsu, but I don't see any compelling reason to suspect White Zetsu hates them. Of course, It's entirely possible I've misunderstood something or overlooked something.
So, my question is this: is there something I'm missing here, either with regard to White Zetsu's emotional state or to Naruto's powers? Are there any specific instances where White Zetsu's negative emotions are apparent?

White zetsu was extremely trustworthy, obedient and loyal towards Madara and he was  entrusted with Akatsuki's secrets and knowledge of Madara's 'Eye of the Moon Plan'. So, he was ready to go to any lengths to lead the plan to fruition even killing people. So, I think that's where the killing intent of WZ and his army came.

This question in a way has a mixed answer.
According to the wiki:

White Zetsu was created after Kaguya ate the chakra fruit from the god tree and used her new powers to stop a war by taking the people there and using the Infinite Tsukyomi technique to slowly transform them into White Zetsu.

Most of the White Zetsu that appeared in the war were ones that were created due to Kaguya casting Infinite Tsukuyomi upon the populace. This jutsu enslaves people in their dreams and slowly turns them into the jutsu casters pawns/soldiers (White Zetsu). Naruto would be able to use his sensory abilities to identify whether friend or foe because I don't think White Zetsu can mimic emotions, only looks, chakra structure, etc. There are many other ways to figure out whether friend or foe, as when Sakura tricked fake Neji by saying Tonton, a pig, can use hand signs.
However, not all of the White Zetsu in the war were people created from Infinite Tsukuyomi. Some of them were created by Madara, which were said to be incarnations of his will. Due to this, all the Madara-created Zetsu would feel some sort of hatred to those interfering with project Tsuki no Me (the entire Allied Shinobi Force), thus making Naruto able to sense them. Naruto is also able to track peoples chakra signature using the same ability.
Due to White Zetsu not being able to copy emotions, Naruto's ability would be able to identify them based off how he senses their emotions.

After doing a lot of thinking, I believe I can prove White Zetsu does have negative emotion. Naturally, it comes back to the poop. In the episodes of Obito's backstory, he meets several of these artificial beings. They display a disdain for "lesser beings" and seem to consider themselves superior, especially because they don't need to poop. For instance, in either episode 344 or 345, a Zetsu says,

"We're the ones who don't want to be compared to you. Both our vocabulary and mental acuity are higher than yours."

If such an attitude is not addressed, or perhaps even encouraged and cultivated, it could naturally progress into a kind of racism, which would be considered a negative emotion, or at least something that causes negative emotions. Seeing the Allied Shinobi Forces then being able to so thoroughly defeat their fellow superior beings, as they did, could cause a whole lot of bloodlust, as it would be an attack on their worldview of their superiority.
I can't fully answer how Naruto is able to differentiate the hatred, but I think if we consider the types of battles disguised White Zetsu were in, the allied Shinobi may not be feeling bloodlust, but rather confusion, since they're fighting their comrades at that moment. Meanwhile, White Zetsu definitely wants to kill them. I'm not sure if this accounts for everything as I don't remember every instance where White Zetsu appeared, and honestly I think it's a bit of an error, but this is the best I can do here.
Lastly, on the question of whether White Zetsu has negative emotion, we can see clear signs of negative emotion in the White Zetsu abomination that appears in Boruto. Just look at that angry face:


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What happened to the Iifa Tree and Terra?
at the end of Final Fantasy IX, Kuja said that the assimilation of Gaia by Terra has already started and the Iifa Tree would incite a Cataclysmic Destruction of Gaia with Zidane's response being that even if that happened the planet would remain and they would make a new home.
after defeating Necron Zidane and party appear at the entrance to the Iifa Tree just as it starts to lash out with it's roots rising up and growing out (some of which turned back into the Tree trying to stop Zidane).
during the "some time after..." part we see

in Burmecia we Sir Fratley and Freya talking about the rebuilding of Burmecia
in Lindblum we see Cid and Hilda in the elevator of the Grand Castle with Eiko
in Alexandria we see that the place has been rebuilt

all 3 places were in the midst of rebuilding (though there was no signs of damage in the Lindblum Grand Castle anyway) and there's no signs or mentions that anything changed regarding the assimilation or damage caused by the Iifa Tree.
so in the end what happened to the Iifa Tree and Terra?

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Was Andrew still under the influence of the Cupid Bee?
In Episode 10 of Little Witch Academia, Andrew and several other characters are stung by a Cupid Bee, causing them to fall in love with the first person they see (in Andrew's case, Akko). This manifests as a visible blush on their cheeks and an uncontrollable infatuation. When first stung, Andrew confesses his love to Akko, kisses her hand, then wall-slams her and asks her to kiss him.
However, when Andrew catches up to Akko after she runs off, he is no longer blushing, nor does he act anywhere near as infatuated as he did initially. He spends most of the conversation with his back to Akko, acting as curt and disinterested as he usually does when around her, and while he does compliment her ("You know, you're pretty cute"), he says it in a more casual, off-hand manner than the breathless declarations of love he'd been making earlier.
Compared to how the other stung characters acted, and how he himself had been acting just a few minutes prior, the difference in behaviour is startling to me. Which leads me to wonder... was Andrew still under the influence of the Cupid Bee at that point?

If so, then how come he was so much colder towards Akko than he was when first stung?
If not, then how come his infatuation wore off so much quicker than everyone else's?

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What is the oldest "original" anime series?
Note: I am not asking about the oldest anime series. I am talking about "original anime series" i.e. anime series not adapted/based from manga/LN/VN/games but an original story that went straight into animation and then to the general public.
From my knowledge, the earliest I know is Mobile Suit Gundam (1979-80) which makes it approxiamtely 41 years old. Are there any original anime series older than Mobile Suit Gundam?

Highly-related/possible dupe: What is the first-ever produced anime and manga?: Otogi Manga Calendar (1961) as the first original anime series.

Sazae-san began airing in Japan in October 1969 and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running animated television series

Sazae-san originated from a manga series. Is the anime series of Sazae-san an original series, not an adaptation of the manga?

Humanoid Monster Bem was broadcast in 1968, it's one of the oldest animes made with no prior screenplay


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How did Dragon Ball “break the internet”?
Having a discussion with some people who are saying Gokus MUI transformation and DBS are the best in all of anime because it broke the internet. What does this even mean? Did manga sales reach some sort of high or was there a huge amount of viewers or something?

Somewhat a hyperbole but not far from the truth.
Due to simulcast nature of streaming sites like Crunchyroll, sometimes, a surge in views can break a streaming service.
Here are just two news reports I found in 2018 and 2017 at a cursory search. Both refer to the Dragon Ball Super's hour-long special, although it may have happened elsewhere.


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What happened to the 98 applicants between episode 5 and 6?
At the end of episode 5 the narrator states that 202 candidates have been eliminated from the previous round leaving 148 candidates left. When episode 6 starts they are entering to meet the Gourmet Hunters and Satotz states there are 50 candidates. Are we missing something from them walking through the gate?

The wording of the examiner of the first phase is odd, but he was saying he thought 50 would pass and then corrected his statement to only 10 would pass.
There were still 148 applicants but he was stating 2 numbers of how many he thought would pass.
(also in ep5 the narrator stated 220, but I figured that was a typo)


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Is Tanjiro using the fire god's breath dance and Nezuko using his ability a deus ex machine? Does it have foreshadow?
In chapter 19 against Rui the dance and the sanguine explosion take place, do they have a past reference? or is he a deus ex author's error? I need your help

It could be considered a Deus ex machina. To quote from its definition:

...a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem in a story is suddenly and abruptly resolved by an unexpected and unlikely occurrence.

The 'unsolvable problem' here would be the fight between Rui and Tanjiro since the latter was on the verge of losing to the former's seemingly overwhelming strength. Tanjiro then discovers a new skill using a different breathing technique and while it may not have 'abruptly resolved' the problem, it was 'unexpected and unlikely' since he was only shown to use Water breathing techniques and it was enough to buy time for reinforcements to arrive, as seen in Episode 20.
But was this an error? I don't think so. This event was meant as the beginning to unraveling of Tanjiro's past. Personally, I think it was a good way since it makes you curious about the background of Tanjiro's family, whether they were really just a family who makes charcoal or was there something more since his father seems to know breathing techniques. Was there foreshadowing before this? None. Rather, this is the foreshadowing to something later on in the storyline. All the unanswered questions from this part will eventually be answered later on as the story progresses. You can read the manga or wait for the anime to adapt everything.

There isn't a ton of foreshadowing, but I would argue it's not an error or bad storytelling. I think it was completely intentional and works well in the story.
We didn't know beforehand that Tanjiro's father passed an ability down to him, but we knew there was more to Tanjiro's father than there seemed. Muzan recognized the hanafuda earrings the first time he and Tanjiro met, which were passed down to Tanjiro from his father. So Tanjiro's father was someone a demon lord would remember, and fear enough to try and kill anyone wearing his earrings. There's also the mystery of Tanjiro's burn scar. We don't find out during the series how he got it, so it's a mystery from his past. It symbolically associates him with fire, which gets us thinking about mysteries in his past related to fire, which eventually leads to the fire dance.
The deus ex machina becomes bad storytelling when it destroys dramatic tension and conflict. I don't think that happens here. Unlocking the fire dance doesn't actually solve any of Tanjiro's problems directly. It doesn't even kill Rui, the enemy he was fighting. At best it keeps the fight going so Rui can't kidnap Nezuko and buys some time for Tomioka to show up and kill off Rui. And unlocking the fire dance sets up future stories. It's a new mystery for Tanjiro to unravel, and also a new challenge for him to figure out how to use it and how to combine it with his water breathing techniques. So I don't think the fire dance needed a ton of foreshadowing. It's not the end of a story, it's the beginning, and I imagine it's explored more deeply as the story goes on (in the manga or in a second season of the anime that maybe hopefully is coming someday).


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Did the manga explain why Muzan had a family?
As a demon, did the manga clarify why (and how) Muzan had a wife and child? The anime didn't seem to explore or discuss this interesting detail.

Most likely as a disguise. No one would suspect him, which was proven by the fact that no Hashira (or at least the current Hashira in the manga) has ever found or met him before Tanjiro. Only Tanjiro was able to find and encounter Muzan (and only because he recognized his scent).

@W.Are  Must have had pretty good control to not eat them. That might bring up a question for another time - can demons father children? Or was his daughter adopted or his wife's child (not his biologically)?

IIRC, these details were not thoroughly explained in the manga so I can't provide a good enough answer. If I would guess, they wouldn't be biologically related. In the manga, they were not the only human family he had. At the later part of the series, he pretended to be a child under some rich family. I assume he disguised himself as different persons throughout the years. Then again, this is just me guessing.

To be able to blend in human society, he plays many roles in society at different time period, even becoming a child or having a family of his own. This help him disguising himself from his demon form as well as reach out to places quickly.


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What's the song playing while kakashi and his dad are talking? (episode 175)
video link: https://youtu.be/ccOv9fh38aI?t=70
from 1:10 to the end of the video
Thanks!

j’attends - ol’ dirty digger, you can hear full version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn4BF2TMawQ
Also for the future, you can use the Shazam app too.


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What is the name of the soundtrack when Madara was absorbing chakra from Hashirama?
What is the name of the soundtrack when Madara was absorbing chakra from Hashirama?
It happened on Naruto Shippuden episode 391 Madara Uchiha Rises.
And in this YouTube video 3:23 ~ 3:58.

Found. It's called "The Allied Shinobi" and should be a part of Naruto Shippuden OST 3.
Below is a sample of the song, not the full thing, and you should notice the same parts as from your link https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7&v=G_H7hMRc-Nc&feature=youtu.be

To be honest, I do not know the name of the song, but I do have a link to where you can listen to it. This was googled and I do not think there is an actual soundtrack to the song but the link provided is very much the song you have been looking for

The BGM he's asking for isn't specific to Madara and Hashirama, but part of the general soundtrack.

Yes, this is a soundtrack specific to the request...


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What's the power level of the divine lance corporal angels?
All the power levels of the demon clan are stated; from the original demon to Chandler and Cusack, albions, gray, green, blue, ochre, orange, copper, red and white demons and the demons of the ten commandments. For the angels, it's also stated the power level of the archangels, and those of the divine soldier angels. However, I can't find anywhere the power level of divine lance corporals angels like Nerobasta and Jelamet.
What's the power level of the divine lance corporal angels?


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Are Rou and Ban related in any way or their similarities are just pure coincidence?
In Season 3 of the anime King meets Rou, and he confuses with Ban because they look almost identical. The Nanatsu no Taizai wikia states:

Rou looks nearly identical to Ban, except with a neater haircut and a fringe that reaches his right eye.

Rou
Later Rou meets Meliodas and he greets him with a "handshake" identical to the one Meliodas does with Ban. But when you are about to think Ban is the reincarnation of Rou, the story shows Rou reincarnated in Oslo.
How are all their similarities possible then?
Are Rou and Ban related in any way or their similarities are just pure coincidence?

Rou is not related to Ban in any sense at all. In fact, Oslo is the reincarnation of Rou, the one who swore to protect Gerhead.

According to the anime, and from inferences, it doesn't seem so. It's possibly just a coincidence, as we never see anyone related to Rou in the series.

Welcome to Anime.SE! What do you mean by "according to the anime, and from inferences"? Can you go into more detail regarding the evidence against them being relatives?

Actually, Rou is Oslo who swore to protect the Gerheade


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Does Arale appear in Dragon Ball Z?
I remember Arale appearing in the episodes of Dragon Ball when Goku fights General Blue and also in a Dragon Ball movie of that time when they fight Tao Pai Pai. She also appeared recently in Dragon Ball Super and had a fight with Goku and Vegeta. But what about Dragon Ball Z?
Does Arale ever appear in Dragon Ball Z?


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Which chapter of the manga does Season 5 of My Hero Academia anime start in?
I've just seen the trailer of Season 5 of the anime My Hero Academia released 3 months ago, and I'm assuming that by knowing in which chapter of the manga Season 4 of the anime ends, you can know which chapter of the manga Season 5 starts.
Which chapter of the manga does Season 5 of My Hero Academia anime start?

Related: Where should I start My Hero Academia manga after season 4?, but this only tells the end of Season 4, not the start of Season 5.

Season 5 should start from chapter 191, but we don't know if the direction crew chooses to start with some filler parts, flashbacks or other parts of the story.


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Where/How to buy One piece Chapter 1000 manga hardcopy in USA?
Does anyone know where to buy the original hardcopy of One Piece chapter 1000 in USA? I'm looking to order it online, would be happy to buy and get it shipped from Japan too.

Since One Piece is serialized in Shonen Jump magazine, did you mean how to buy the Japanese magazine or the tankobon that includes it? Individual chapters are not known to be sold separately.

Yes, then the magazine.

For starter, chapter 1000 was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump Issue 5-6, 2021 (Japanese: 週刊少年ジャンプ 2021年5・6合併号, digital version). However, as someone who isn't living in the USA and not accustomed to buying the hardcopy version, I can't really suggest anything for now.


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If all Subjects of Ymir are descendants of Ymir (first titan) and the first king Fritz, why does the Royal Bloodline only start with Karl Fritz(145th)
I'm asking this question because in my mind, if all the Subjects of Ymir came from the same 2 people, then all of their descendants should have Royal Blood and should be able to use the power of the Founding Titan (such as Eren Yeager).

It hasn't been clearly stated, but it seems the different titan powers actually kept being passed in different families. So it can likely be said that the family in which the founding titans kept being passed on. And the Fritz bloodline always had it, so ALL descendents in this family are royal bloodline, and so was Dina Fritz too. For before the 145th king, it's not necessary that the family then should have like a lot descending Directly from the family that had the founding, when you count in that royal bloodlines preferred keeping there blood 'pure' by incest etc though this is not imprtnt

*regarding different families having the titans, when mentioning the Great Titan War, Tyber did mention that the "families" having the tjtans were the ones in conflict there. War hammer and Founding remained in there original families. Rest titan powers got 'stealed'.

I can only partially answer the question. However, I believe the most recent episode I watched (From You, 2000 Years Ago), makes some things clear about how the power of the Founding Titan works. The main point to is that the original Ymir exists in some capacity inside the Coordinate, as a conscious entity. To control the power of the Founder is the same as to control this entity. During her lifetime, Ymir was shown to be loyal to King Fritz, for whatever reason. It's probable there was some form of brainwashing going on, though probably it wasn't even done on purpose. Rather than brainwashing, it could also be thought of as mental conditioning or trauma etched into her mind, which made her go along with whatever Fritz, her master, told her to do. We hear someone's voice telling Ymir she should strive to be of use to the world, to make it a better place. Ymir lived her life as a slave, and she continues to exist as a slave even after she died. Her loyalty, or rather, subservience to King Fritz must be deeply ingrained in her mind.
According to the wiki page for Subjects of Ymir, it is in fact stated that the Subjects of Ymir, those who can become Titans, are indeed all descended from Ymir:

The Subjects of Ymir (ユミルの民 Yumiru no Tami?) are an ethnic group descended from Ymir Fritz and the only race that was capable of becoming Titans. Beginning with Ymir and her three daughters, the bloodline eventually expanded across the Eldian people, to the point of majority.

Then what is the distinction between those of royal blood and the ordinary Subjects of Ymir? We actually don't need to understand that. All we need to know is it is a distinction Ymir makes. Whether it's real or not, Ymir understands the distinction, and only obeys those she views to be of royal blood. It's even possible it was something imposed later, much like the vow to renounce war, something burned into Ymir's psyche to be passed down. But we can infer, whatever the case, that Ymir is the gatekeeper here. Once you have a thinking entity gatekeeping, rather than some law of nature about blood dilution or what have you, anything can happen, especially if the gatekeeper has as broken a mind as Ymir's, and mistakes might be made such that the "rules" don't actually make sense. Whatever the rules are, they make sense to Ymir.
Also, it isn't true that the royal bloodline starts with Karl Fritz the 145th. As I understand it, the reason Zeke is supposedly going to be able to control the founding titan without having to worry about the vow to renounce war is because he's a member of the royal family that isn't descended from this King Fritz. From Dina Fritz's wiki page (Zeke's mother):

In the year 824, Dina first appears as a person sent to the Eldian Restorationists by "the Owl," an unknown mole in the Marley government working for them. She introduced herself as a member of the royal family. It is explained that a branch of the royal family refused to flee to Paradis Island with King Fritz at the end of the Great Titan War and Dina was the only remaining member of that group.

I understand what you are saying, I would just love that if there was a cannon explanation for that fact though, hehe. +1 for the effort/time taken to write this answer

@Ivan To be honest, your initial assessment that it's an author mistake is probably correct. I'm just an apologist at heart or something, so I like covering up plot holes.


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Why do anime villains always wait for the whole duration of whatever character is giving the speech before attacking?
I mean, yeah I would like to listen to Naruto's speeches and his 5000 flashbacks with that swing in front of the Academy, but does the villain want to listen also? They wait for the characters to stop talking or planning or whatever to attack. I don't really get it from the villain's viewpoint because it's better to just get on with it, right?

Anime comes from manga. And manga (and comics) as a story-telling medium is limited to panels. Each panel can contain a drawing accompanied by texts. The drawing can only show a "slice" of an event in time, since showing the entire sequence isn't feasible. For example, a hero running while talking can be depicted in a single panel with a lengthy dialog.
Since anime, like Naruto, are adaptation of the manga, these scenes are translated into animation with little divergence from the original material. And these types of scenes, where the enemy would wait for you to stop talking, flashbacks, or finished transforming, becomes more obvious and may look ridiculous.


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How is there a McDonalds in Weathering with You?
In anime, usually the name shows up "WcDonalds" or "EcDonalds" or the like, presumably to avoid trademark issues.
But in Weathering with You, I noticed that McDonalds and the "M" logo show up unmodified. Did they somehow manage to secure the rights to show the logo in the film? How?

Related: Have there been any anime with actual product placement?

According to an interview (credits to reddit for the source) with the author, Makoto Shinkai asked for permission to use McDonalds within his works. After some time, his request was granted.

You feature McDonald’s at one point. Did you want to convey the city in an almost photo-real way?
MAKOTO SHINKAI: I wasn’t aiming for photo-realism, but I did want the audience to recognise the places and recognise that this Tokyo is the place where they live. For global corporations like McDonald’s, there are actually a lot of restrictions about featuring them in animation. You need permission, for example, if you want to draw their logo. I approached McDonald’s Japan and asked them if I could feature McDonald’s in my film, because I thought it was essential as part of the real Tokyo that I wanted to show. They initially refused because there is a gun in the film, but I went back several times and I eventually managed to convince them.

Surprising that Japan requires companies ask permission for the use of their logos. IIRC, in the US, you are just required to use the trademark in a fashion consistent with real life (e.g. so if there's a McDonalds hamburger restaurant, and you depict it as operating like a McDonalds hamburger restaurant, you can have the store use the McDonalds logo).

@nick012000 The US used to operate similar to Japan in this respect.  But basically since the Reeses Pieces in E.T., it's gone the other way - companies will pay to have their products appear in the movies and TV.  Now, sometimes you'll see (e.g. on a cooking show) they'll specifically blur out or otherwise block the logos of products that appear on screen because those companies haven't paid for the product placement.


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Amount of force in Saitama's normal punch
We've all seen Saitama destroy (almost all of) his opponents in literally a single punch.
I would like to know what is the force in newtons of that punch (not the serious one's that he used with Lord Boros).
I saw in a reddit page where they calculated the weight of Rock Lee's leg trainers (the weights he wore on his legs, don't know their exact name) by analyzing the amount of debris that flew into the air when he dropped them. I think we can use a similar technique here?

That kind of analysis could get into some seriously weird stuff, as he blows giant holes in the bodies of giant fleshy foes and non-flesh foes alike.  On the physics side you also have to make some assumptions about Saitama (modelling the impactor as a perfectly rigid object seems reasonable, but what about density?).

'giant fleshy foes and non-flesh foes alike'
We can just consider the giant one's for modelling


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Can Midoriya transfer just one of his quirks?
Supposedly One for All originated as 2 quirks, one quirk to stockpile power and another quirk to transfer itself. Then both quirks merged (supposedly) , and after that every quirk from every user of One for All was added to the stock of transferable quirks that was passed everytime One for All was transfered. So now Midoriya has 7 quirks (or 8, depending if you count the original One for All as one or two), and he's able to use 4 or 5 (again, depending on how you count them). So, could Midoriya take one of his quirks like Blackwhip for example, and transfer just that one? Or can he just transfer all the stock of quirks altogether?

Not sure what you are asking. The "quirk transfer" was part of One for All and it transfers everything that has been accumulated in One for All. Also, the so-called "stockpile energy" comes from all the previous owners strength and quirks merging together within One for All thus granting the users a surge of power. They aren't 2 different quirks.
From https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/:

One For All is a transferable Quirk that can be passed on from one
user to the next. One For All also allows the user to stockpile an
enormous amount of raw power, allowing them to significantly enhance
all of their physical abilities to a superhuman level. This results in
unbelievable levels of strength, speed, agility, and durability.

Up until now, there isn't a record of other owners of One for All that could use previous quirks and Midoria is the first one to do it ... so we still don't know the full extent of this new side of One for All.
But to answer your question: No, Midoria can't only transfer one quirk or part of One for All since those are embeded in the core of the quirk and it comes as a whole package.


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Does the Demon Slayer Katana has any advantage over the Demon Dweller Sword?
Supposedly both swords are capable to release projected slashes of anti Magic, and the Demon Dweller Sword can also absorb the magic of other people and use those power. What are the advantages of the Demon Slayer Katana then? Is it just like a backup sword with no special attributes compared to the other Asta's swords?

Yes, as far as we know, the Demon-Slashing Katana is just that. A katana with anti-magic applied. This is because Asta's previous swords were created by Licht and embued with special properties, whereas Yami's katana had nothing special and only acts as a channel for magic.


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Was Croix behind the football match controversy, or did she merely take advantage of it?
A major plot point in the final third of Little Witch Academia is a football match between the country Luna Nova is situated in and an unnamed "rival country", in which the rival country was awarded a goal that shouldn't have been awarded, leading to widespread protests. It's soon revealed that Croix has been covertly helping to escalate the protests and then feeding off the resultant negative emotions, in order to power her Noire Fuel Spirit.
I was expecting it to be revealed that Croix had somehow been responsible for the "goal" being awarded in the first place, but as far as I can tell, the details surrounding the events of the match are never really explained. Considering that those events literally fuel the last third of the plot, I find this a little unsatisfying.
Is there any evidence to suggest that Croix masterminded the controversy from the beginning? Or did it happen on its own, and she merely took advantage of it?


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Which chapter of the manga does Season 4 of Nanatsu No Taizai anime start?
If I want to start reading the manga of Nanatsu no Taizai by the chapter season 4 of the anime start (so I can get spoilers of what's going to happen in this season of the anime), which chapter should I start reading the manga?

It's been a long though I read the manga of this anime. But as far as I remember in the beginning of the first episode of new season Ban was in Purgatory. So in accordance with the manga, it should be either Chapter 267 or 268, sorry I don't remembered the numbered. But title was From Purgatory. If you have watched 1st episode a little, you will understand in manga where the scenes matches the anime.

You should start on chapter 268


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Why didn't the UA traitor warn the Paranormal Liberation Front of the incoming raid?
The UA Traitor was the reason for both of the League of Villains attacks on UA. From the USJ ambush and the kidnapping on the Pussy Cats' training camp. Presumably, they are a very connected member of the student body or staff and are able to relay information covertly.
With the attack on Jaku Hospital, great care was put into informing the multiple heroes involved in this raid as well as excluding any suspected members of the Liberation from the information chain.
Since the UA traitor cannot have been found out as a villain and was therefore included in the raid, what possible reason could they have for not warning the villain group?

In Universe: Because All Might was the only hero from UA on the raid team. We all know All Might is against the league. But he was the only one from UA in the raid. The raid wasn't revealed to the public until it happened I'm pretty sure.
Out Universe: Creator forgot about the traitor thing. Actually what happened by the way.


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Why doesn't Chopper return to reindeer form when unconscious?
I know the answer is probably a simple "it's a stylistic choice", but how come Chopper returns to his tiny hybrid form when he loses consciousness or falls in to the sea? Wouldn't it make more sense for him to return to his reindeer form, since that's his "original/pre-fruit" form?
Maybe he sees his little hybrid form as his "true" form now since he was shunned as both a reindeer and a human when he was little? Considering he actually calls his reindeer form "Walk Point" instead of it just being a natural transformation, maybe he really doesn't consider that his true form anymore?

Welcome to Anime&Mange SE @floweringdusk,
Chopper doesn't change form because the "little" form he is in is the one that he is accustomed to the most.
On the other hand, losing consciousness or falling in water doesn't stop the DF powers. In sea water, DF users gradually lose their ability to move and are extremly weak thus they are called "a hammer" in regards to swimming.
If you remember, after the fight between Luffy and Rob Lucci (think chapter 427) when Lucci is knocked out but still regains his leopard form regardless.

Ever since chopper ate the fruit he changed into that form, and was able to change back into reindeer form because of it, it's not his "base" form anymore, the little form is now.

Sorry if my answer didn't make sense, I tried to answer as best as I could


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Could it withstand it?
Could the crystal form from the Female Titan or the Warhammer withstand

 the rumbling? - Like would it get crushed or just pushed into the ground?

The only ways to destroy the crystal hardening that has been shown in the manga are being destroyed by another hardening like jaw titan, or founding titan scream

 just like when Eren undid all the hardening in chapter 122

so I don't think they get destroyed by:

 titan rumbling

they just get pushed into the ground


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Did Saber Know What Happened to Irisviel?
I remember that Kirei killed Irisviel near the end of Fate Zero. However, did Saber know about this?


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Does Blast have psychic abilities?
In the Databook it is said Fubuki speculates with Blast having psychic abilities, and has the ability to command trillions of robots (with his psychic abilities presumably?).  And recently a video claims

 Blast read Tatsumaki's mind in the manga when he met her and rescued her, by putting his hand on her head.

I don't recall how was this shown in the webcomic but I believe the interaction was even shorter. Is this confirmed now?
Does Blast have psychic abilities?

As of what I have witnessed so far I could say this about Blast:

Blast teleports Saitama, Flashy Flash and Manako out of the underground

Dimensional Travel: Blast possesses some sort of ability to generate portals which allow him to move through another dimension or transfer objects. When Blast generates a portal that resembles a black hole to teleport himself, Flashy Flash, Saitama, and Manako, he clasps his fists together and an infinity symbol appears across his fists

So, yes he has that power which can overthrow all of the S class Hero's combined.

The mind-reading is implied, but not unequivocally asserted.  We see him see right through her feigned powerlessness, telling her with no uncertainty that he knows she had more than enough power to deal with the problem that was at hand, then approach Tatsumaki, place his hand on her head in a reassuring-a-child-by-patting-their-head manner, assure her she has something to use her powers for, then the next panel shows a picture of her sister (as a child), and he remarks that she has a lovely sister.  The sequence implies that Tatsumaki thinks of her sister when told she has something to fight for and protect other than herself, and Blast sees that mental image.  This is all significantly more detailed than what we've seen of the encounter in the webcomic.
However, the nature and origins of Blast's powers are poorly detailed and highly suspicious and vast.  He may have knowledge of Tatsumaki from other methods, from the mundane "dude did his research on the organization he was infiltrating/attacking" to the well-beyond-psychic.

 There are implications that there is a cosmic, even Lovecraftian, entity at the works.  This is implicitly the being connected to the cubes he is collecting, which we are told, by said entity, will grant any wish of power to anyone worthy.  It is very ambiguously suggested that Blast may have been the recipient of such a boon, and for all we know he now has cosmic power which grants him the ability to see underlying truths of reality in a way that goes beyond simple mind reading.  But then, perhaps he is not and his power has some other origin, but nevertheless may include or even go well beyond simple mind reading.


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Did Anno animate any cuts in Neon Genesis Evangelion himself?
Before Anno directed Evangelion, he was known for his animation in Studio Ghibli series, specifically Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, as well as his work on mechanical and plane sakuga sequences for various other studios. He's definitely a skilled animator. That leads me to the question of whether he actually animated any of the iconic scenes from Eva. Or was he too preoccupied as the director of the series to do any of the key frames himself?


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Nijigasaki: is yuri flavor different between anime and game
I am curious on how much of the anime is original, and what's based on the game?

Is the yuri flavor amplified in the anime?
Are the anime official yuri couplings the same as the game?
Are the relationship between Ayumu and "you" similar to what was in the game?


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In Bleach, if a Shinigami transfers their power to a human, where does their zanpakuto come from?
So, at the beginning of Bleach Rukia attempts to transfer her power to Ichigo but he ends up taking all of them. My question is, say that worked exactly how Rukia thought it would, would he have gotten his own Zanpakuto or just borrow hers?
I ask because, in later arcs we're introduced to Oetsu Nimaiya, the creator of the Zanpakuto. And according to him, no Shinigami has ever obtained a zanpakuto before being given a asauchi. This pretty much definitively states that a zanpakuto can't be created solely by a person's soul/spirit energy.
So that raises the question, if Rukia's plan had worked at the start, not to mention the other times it must have been done for her to know she could do it, where would the sword come from?

I believe the sword Ichigo used for most of the series was a Quincy manifestation made by the Old Man? The actual Zangetsu is the dual blades Ichigo wields at the very end. I could be mistaken though.

to answer your question, since her soul reaper powers would be transferred into Ichigo, he would have her sword, but not its powers. almost like a model of the sword, it's not actually her all-white sword, but an asuchi. as stated by LavenderTGhost, Zangetsu was actually a manifestation of his Quincy powers, and his actual sword was forged by Oetsu Nimaiya. the reason it consists of two swords is that one sword is his Quincy powers while the other is his soul reaper powers. second off, Rukia's plan failed. straight up flopped. Rukia planned on giving him only a little of her powers so that he could protect his family but ended up giving him all of them because the hogyocu was near


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In Reincarnated as a Slime, can Rimuru gain someone's abilities without killing them?
Rimuru Tempest gains Shizu's, Ifrit's, and the Orc Lord's powers by swallowing and killing them. Can he gain their abilities without killing them? Could he swallow someone without killing them, analyze their abilities and spit them back out alive? Could he analyze their abilities by touch instead?
Thanks for your time!

i think he technically he did't kill veldora tempest.

Ifrit is still alive and well and Rimuru gained all of his powers. When fighting Ifrit, the female adventurer shot icicle lance at him. He absorbed, analyzed it, then created icicle shotgun from it. So yes, it's possible.

Yes, he can gain abilities through various means.
When Rimuru swallows someone, based on the anime, their body is always destroyed but their spirit can survive. Even in the case on Veldora, when he's revived his body doesn't come out, only his spirit. Rimuru had to make him a new body.
If Rimuru wants to gain someone's full abilities, he'd have to destroy their body in the process of analyzing it and put their spirit in a new body has he did with Veldora.
Rimuru can attain a spirit's abilities without killing them as in the case of Ifrit. He also gained spatial movement through a spirit.
He can gain new abilities by swallowing the magic with gluttony. The adventurer's icicle lance is an example.
He analyzed anti-magic area in season two by touch alone to gain that ability.

Rimuru also can mimic skills like when he mimics black serpant in hte first episodes and i think also uses its attacks by using Great Sage's 'Analyse and Accesss'.It depends on the creatures, only if their attacks/skills are less for Great Sage's skill he can use them without consuming them.

In order to mimic a monster Rimuru would need to use predator to swallow a monsters body. But Rimuru can also swallow someone just to analyze them like in the case of Veldora he swallowed him so that Great Sage can analyze the barrier around Veldora in order to break it. But Rimuru has never copied a skill just by touching.


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Is Hakai a technique impossible for Goku to master?
In the last chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga,

 Beerus says that for using hakai he has to think only in destruction

Goku apparently tried to use hakai in the past, but it seems that he didnt master it since he says he failed using it.
Also, according to Dragon Ball, Goku can use the flying nimbus because he has a pure heart. Can a person like Goku with a pure heart do what Beerus says he has to do to use hakai?
Is Hakai a technique impossible for Goku to master?

Goku can not and probably will not ever be able to use the hakai. However, with the current manga being where it is at, it looks like Vegeta will learn how to do it if the torch ever gets passed on to him. He already learned the way of the god of destruction with his new ultra ego form, the only thing holding him back from being a god if destruction is the hakai. In SDBH, I believe Goku could use the hakai, but that's just comp Goku.

No, for now. Hakai is a technique that can only be achieved by a god of destruction. If you are not a god it is impossible to master the hakai technique. But that's only looking from the anime. In the manga Goku is able to learn hakai in a fight against fused zamasu. Sadly in the manga debut Toriyama hasn't confirmed Goku learning hakai to be canon.


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In Attack on Titan, what differs royal blooded people from Subjects of Ymir?
Subjects of Ymir are all descendants of Ymir. What differs the so called royal bloodline from the rest?

We don't have an answer for that so far, even with the ending of the manga, it was never explicit why there is the difference in the royal blood, but I saw a theory that I think it makes sense (it isn't cannon, merely theory).
Basically, we know that Ymir got eaten by her children after her death, and the theory supports that 1 of those 3 children, ate the neck part (the most important human's body part when it comes to titans), and with that, she gained the original power, getting the power of The Founder Titan.
Once again, it's not confirmed but for me, it gives a reasonable explanation about it!

That's actually a really good question. I suppose you are talking about how only the royal bloodline can use the full potential of the Founding Titan. My theories as a somewhat mediocre fan to solve this apparent plot hole are as follows:

 It actually doesn't matter from what we have seen in the manga. Eren was able to seize control of the Founding Titan by convincing Ymir, the First Titan, to make her own choice as she was a slave to the will of the royal bloodline since the days of the founding king, Fritz. Hence the royal bloodline wasn't really special. They just had the advantage of manipulating a nigh-omnipotent girl to do their bidding.

The first theory can be shot down when you consider the fact that Zeke's spinal fluid can be used to turn Eldians into pure Titans. Thus perhaps the royal bloodline is special.
I'm no geneticist, just a hyperactive high schooler, so what I'm about to propose may be scientifically preposterous. I think because since the royal family is directly descended from Maria, Rose, and Sina, the first humans to eat Titan blood raw I might add, it's possible that there's a higher concentration of the original power in the royal bloodline hence their abilities. How you might ask? They may have taken a page from the Targaryens.

I hope this answer is ok. If I'm wrong somewhere, please correct me.

Yeah, that's theories, but it's not explained, right?

Plain and Simple,
What we know is that in the Beginning there were Many tribes and Eldia was the dominant one and it was lead by Master Fritz (A power hungry man). So, one day he hunted one of his Servants Ymir, for letting of a pig, who ran to the forest and receives the Titan powers from a Spine like Creature. Seeing that Ymir would be useful, Fritz made her do all the work of his nation, like creating Bridges and fighting wars and made her his Concubine and had three Children. They were Rose, Maria, and Shina (Whose names are the Three walls), So when Ymir was killed, sacrificing herself for Fritz. Fritz made his three children eat Ymir dead remains, and kept the Power of Ymir's Titans. Eventually Eldia Multiplied and prospered with the Help of their Titans and captured many other countries like Marley, bringing hate on them in the Future.
So in one sentence the Royal Bloodline are the Children of Ymir and Fritz and the normal
eldians are the ones that were Kings Fritz' subjects and Servants and other children.
If you think there is something Wrong or if you have other Theories and aswers please correct me.
Thanks

Only Subjects of Ymir in general can become Titans. Technically all Eldians must be royal blooded. This is wrong.


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Is there a freely usable database that details the voice actors starring in each show?
I'd like to determine a few statistics about voice acting:

who are the most prolific anime voice actors during each season;
which shows have employed the most voice talent;
how few/many voice actors it would take to cover most of the shows in a given season.

I've had a play with VGMdb but it didn't seem to be suited to answering any of these kinds of queries. Is there another more appropriate resource? It's fine whether the resource is in English or Japanese.

Usagi Doi would be a good starting point. All though they no longer maintain a complete database, they have several database files publicly available which can be used for this purpose.
Myanimelist People could also be used. All though there is no api/database publicly available to my knowledge.
Behind the voice actors this site covers more than only anime Seiyuu, and to my knowledge has no public api/database available.
For the later 2 sites scraping may be a possibility, all though you would have to take a look at their respective policies.

Usagi Doi looks great – it’s just a pity it only lists six shows for 2021, so it seems a bit underpopulated. Thanks for the other two – I’m hoping to avoid building a web scraper if I can (particularly due to licensing complications), but I can do it as a last resort. I’ll hold out a bit longer for an answer that provides an open database, but otherwise may accept this.


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Can I watch Gunslinger Girls S1 + S2 and then read from volume 6?
I hear S1 mostly is faithful, but I don't know much about S2 (which I also hear is worse than S1). Would I be missing out anything if I watch S1 and S2 then read from where the anime ends?

Related: Difference Between the Anime and Manga for Gunslinger Girl?

S2 is much worse than S1. You're not wrong there.

S2 is worse than S1, but that is because it follows the manga closely and the manga gets worse and worse as time goes on. Though, in the manga it isn't that jarring since the character design remains mostly consistent, but going from S1 to S2 it is like you are watching a different show.

I only know the manga, but based on searching around and episode titles of S2, most probably you can continue from volume 6 after watching S2. Possible usual difference of anime/manga aside (the link mentions a diff of characters' phrases), you wouldn't lose much that way.
Note also seemingly there are 2 extra episodes which were not on air (marked as OVA in the above link).

This website gives the correspondence of original/anime for S1.


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Is Danzo's attempt to increase Itachi's official age a retroactive explanation for an author mistake?
In the light novel series Itachi's Story, there are several points in later chapters where Danzo suggests to the Third Hokage that they increase Itachi's official age by one year, to allow him to get around age restrictions the Hokage has made on being a captain. When I was reading this, I couldn't help but feel like this was some kind of plot fix to explain an error the author had made with Itachi's age during some event in the timeline. Is this the case? And if so, what was the error? If not, is there another reason the author of this book was so insistent on bumping up Itachi's age?

This post seems to be of fairly high quality. Will have to look into later. https://www.fanverse.org/threads/itachis-age-databook-error.935972/


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How was Freezer at 25% of his power capable of overpowering and overspeeding Goku, when they were supposed to have the same power level?
At some point in the battle with Freezer in Dragon Ball Z, it's revealed by King Kai that Goku is using Kaioken times ten (x10) when battling Freezer. In the same battle, in the moment Freezer is beating Goku badly, Freezer confesses he's using 1/4 (25%) of his power.
The Daizenshuu 7 states that 100% of Freezer power is 120 millions, meaning 25% of his power is 30 millions. And the Dainzenshuu 7 also states Goku's base form is 3 millions, meaning kaioken times 10 (x10) gives him a power level of 30 millions. So Goku and Freezer should be relatively even because they have exactly the same power level, but Freezer is beating Goku badly, overpowering and overspeeding him.
How was Freezer at 25% of his power capable of overpowering and overspeeding Goku, when they were supposed to have the same power level?

Well what I realized is that DBZ was inconsistent before the internet started pointing things out. Also I don't think that a persons speed is equal to their power so Freeza could have very well been faster so Goku, although can see him, his reflexes couldn't respond in time kinda like Rock vs Sasuke when they first meet and Sasuke just couldn't physically keep up even if he could see through his hand to hand combat but still got whooped on pretty bad.

Though @londn Link had pretty well answer, as manga reader and anime watcher I feel the need to expand little more on this matter:

The Power Rate (PR for short), though to be accurate, is later in Cell arc being showed that have only one aspect on the battle - Power alone. Its pretty much saying that if person A who have 10,000 PR firing kamehameha against person B who have 9,000 PR, he will win. On the situation when both person A and B have the same PR, the kamehmeha will just blow away and no one will be harmed. But in the stats of other factors, such as speed and tactic, are irrelevant for the PR. So basically saying that Frieza have much more speed in his hand than Goku, or have better tactic, makes the trick even if their PR are the same.

It's pretty well connected to first point, but all the same have it's own rule. Goku was as you said in kaioken state, in other words the more it's activate, the more it's burdening the body. Unlike in SS mode where power doesn't have whatsoever effect on the body. So assuming the burden on Goku body could make him not fighting well, it's not matter how PR he have.

The above point 2 and this one are actually the same. But generally speaking, since Goku was in 100% state while Freeza hasn't, just saying that Goku did used lots more of energy than Freeza. As said in point 1, PR isn't everything. And if Goku had been fighting with 100% when Frieza hasn't, it's just saying that Feeeza hasn't used so much energy as Goku. Only when Freeza getting to 100% state he really begins to use his real power.

To summarise things up - Power Rate isn't everything. In Cell arc it's pretty well presented that even bigger PR cannot beat someone with less, due his speed being left for much more power. The same logic goes for here.
So though those 3 points are generally one, I think separating this idea this way is more expendable. If someone could edit this to be better phrased, it might be preferable.
I think this is pretty much summarise the answer that @London Link also wanted to say, but in more expended note.


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Jigo's letter in Mononoke Hime
In Miyazaki movie "Mononoke Hime" Lady Eboshi, leader of Irontown, receives a letter from Jigo's, alledgedly from the emperor. To me, it was not clear why she decided to go along with Jigo's plan of killing the Forest Spirit.
I understand it was her desire to keep cutting down the forest, and then it would be convenient for her, but the appearance of Jigo's being a trigger for her to take such a step is not clear to me. Was she promised peace, that men of his group wouldn't attack Irontown? Was she promised gold? What Lady Eboshi expected to win by cutting down the head of the Forest Spirit?
When I first watched that scene, it seemed to be it would be a letter from the emperor communicating he would not take possession of Irontown in exchange for the God's head, but now I read that the emperor wouldn't have any political power at the time the story apparentely takes place.


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Is there proof that All Might was recognized as "the greatest hero in the world", in spite of the japan only ranking, or is it just fan speculation?
During the My Hero Academia anime series, I had the sensation that All Might was shown as the greatest hero in the world. However, I dont remember any statement saying it, perhaps there is, but I dont remember. And recently (or a couple of years ago) is have been clarified in the manga and in the movie, that the hero rankings we see in the anime/manga are only for Japan, meaning All Might and Endeavor were only recognized by those rankings to be the greatest heroes of Japan.
However, the My Hero Academia wikia states:

All Might was recognized as the greatest hero in the world

Toshinori Yagi
Is there any proof that All Might was recognized as "the greatest hero in the world" (unofficially I suppose, but by popular acclamation, inside the story), even though the hero ranking was only for Japan, or is it just fan speculation?

There's a footnote on that sentence that refers to manga chapter 95 mentioning "No. 1 Hero", but it seems it's unclear if this refers to "... in the world" or "... in Japan".

@AkiTanaka I'm reading it now, after your comment. The only thing I see is a mention to him being number one, but it doesnt say number one in the world or number one in Japan

Shoto Todoroki thinking: "if All Might really can no longer stand at the front lines.. then the position  of number one.."

I think you're right that there's nothing explicitly ranking his strength against global heroes. There is a lot of behavior that indicates his global popularity - The Two Heroes movie says his dream was to become the world's Symbol of Peace and he was the leader of the international task force in World Heroes' Mission - but even at his prime we currently don't know if there was someone better.

Additionally, All For One is referred to as Japan's most powerful villain, not the world's. Though the latest arc has shown that his influence extends worldwide, if they haven't called him out as the world's most powerful then it seems to be intentional. Maybe to leave room for future characters and arcs?

To me it feels like that they started with the idea of All Might and the japanese heroes being the most powerful, and later they nerfed them to expand the story, but I have no evidence

It's worth mentioning that Stars and Stripes, USA's (referred to as the homeland of superheroes, might or might not be an indication of it being very high in the world ranking) Number 1 hero, looks at All Might with admiration. So it could be argued that All Might in his best era would rank above her.

@paulnamida but supposing mutations or whatever makes people have quirks are distributed evenly around the world, there is no reason to think US would have the people with the most powerful quirks. If heroes would be like Ironman or Batman or Captain America, where they are artificially created, we could assume US would be one of the countries with the most powerful heroes, but this isnt the case


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Can only shinobi with Sharingan awaken Rinnegan?
I was told Nagato's eyes weren't his when he awakened Rinnegan but in fact were Madara's and were placed in Nagato (Not sure when and how mostly before his parents got killed?) but that would mean Nagato Uzumaki did not have/ awaken Rinnegan in the first place.
That leaves us with Madara Uchiha (Or his younger brother Izana Uchiha whoever awakened Rinnegan from Sharingan), then Sasuke Uchiha who awakened Rinnegan after the conversation with Sage of Six Paths, then Indra Otsutsuki who is believed to be predecessor/ancestor of Uchiha clan?
This makes me wonder if shinobi with only Sharingan (Mostly eternal Mangekyo) are able to awaken Rinnegan?
Find link below explaining why Nagato's Rinnegan isn't infact his own eyes but rather placed by Madara
How can Obito use Rinne rebirth using Nagato's Rinnegan eyes?

To awaken the rinnegan you have to possess both powers of the senju and the uchiha at once, so you have to possess a sharingan and gain senju cells or be a senju and transplant a sharingan or by producing a child between the two.


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In Reincarnated as a Slime, what happened to the future spirit in Chloe?
Major anime, manga (vol?), light novel (vol 11?) spoilers. Anime is no where near this point in the story yet.
Chloe gets the future spirit from the dwelling of spirits which we find out is her future self. When Chloe is "killed" with the light particles by Gran, and she goes back in time, does she leave her future spirit self behind?
After the time travel, Rimuru connects Chloe and Chronoa, but the future spirit Chloe is no longer in the picture, right? Or does Chloe now have her, Chronoa, and future spirit her all in her now?


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Is The Demon Slayer Anime Inspired By Quentin Tarantino's Movie Kill Bill?
Well in some aspects of the show. it shares some few similarities of the movie and the anime of how they use Katana in fighting. While Kill bill is about a female assassin "Beatrix Kiddo" while the anime follows as Tanjiro, Nezuko and Inosuke.
Are they meant to be inspired?
While Kill Bill is a classic 2000s movie by Quentin Tarantino and Demon Slayer Anime series is a 2019 show

if i forgot something, please let me humbly know and i will add it in my post, Thank you!

Can you elaborate on why you think Demon Slayer is inspired by Kill Bill, or how they're similar? Right now, the only similarity you've mentioned is "they both have people fighting with katanas", which Tarantino borrowed from Japanese media - it's highly unlikely that Demon Slayer then copied it in turn specifically from Kill Bill.

I kind of share the sentiment with F1Krazy. Just a wild guess, but it's more likely to be inspired by any Japanese samurai stories, whether historical or fictional.

@F1Krazy I mean it's not only because they use the katanas but i only like the action in the anime the way they fight because in the moment it reminded me of the movie kill bill. But in some many respects im not say it's copied or was just it's inspired? so yeah it's a pretty cool animation with unique action with it

No. Gotoge revealed the top three manga that inspired Demon Slayer.
Said Gotoge:
“There are too many [manga] to count, but if I had to choose the top three, they’d be Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Naruto and Bleach.”

@Pablo i see. well thanks also for the answer! it's pretty cool anime yet it also reminds me of kill bill which is also a masterpiece!

@Pablo consider posting that as a proper answer :) might also help if there's a source/reference to back up.

To answer this quite simply,
No. The anime, Demon Slayer is not inspired from Kill Bill. On the other hand, it is an adaptation of the manga Demon Slayer (as you might already know).
The long blade katana is a part of Japanese history and culture. It was a traditional weapon of choice for the historic Japanese warriors (Samurai). While Quentin Tarantino can be said to utilise that particular Japanese element in his film, Kill Bill. It's illogical to assume that a Japanese series takes inspiration of a Japanese weapon from a foreign film.


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Was Koichi going to die if he hadn't been cured by Josuke?
In one of the earliest episodes of Diamond is unbreakable, Koichi is pierced by the arrow which awakens stand powers. He was badly injured, and Josuke stated he was going to die, so he cured him with his stand. However, Koichi awakened his stand, and it's said that few who are pierced by the arrow and survive, they awaken a stand.
So, was he supposedly going to die, or was he supposed to survive because he awakened a stand even though he was badly injured and unconscious?

Ultimately Koichi would have died from the arrow. Instances where the arrow grants people Stands results in an immediate reaction like with Angelo. Since Koichi was pierced and on the floor unconscious without any immediate change, it is safe to say he would've died if it wasn't for Josuke healing him in time.

Yes, Koichi would have died without Josuke's intervention.
Keicho's comments after shooting Koichi suggest the Arrow is a "test" with two possible outcomes: if the user has a strong enough fighting spirit, they'll survive and acquire a Stand; otherwise, they'll die. Josuke healing Koichi with Crazy Diamond essentially forced what should have been a failure/death outcome into a success/survival outcome.
However, despite surviving the Arrow attack, Koichi's fighting spirit is still underdeveloped; he can't manifest his Stand by himself, and when Keicho forces the issue by attacking with Bad Company, the result is an immature Stand in the form of an egg. The audience is left to infer that the point where the egg hatches into Echoes represents Koichi reaching the minimum level of fighting spirit necessary to properly manifest and control a Stand.


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Activate founding power with eren and lara tybur
I heard that Lara Tybur is a royal family / royal blood. Can Eren activate the power of founding titan when they touch each other since the Warhammer titan has a royal blood? Thanks for answering.

According to the wiki page, they are said to be of "noble" blood, but not necessarily royal:

The Tybur family (タイバー家 Taibā-ke?) is a house of Eldian nobles living in Marley as honorary Marleyans.

They were allegedly opposed to King Fritz and were also fighting for the power of the Nine Titans. Logically speaking, this wouldn't make sense if they were also of royal blood, as they would inevitably get the power of the Nine anyways.
So to speak, the Tybur's are not of royal blood, and Eren couldn't have used the Founder's ability while making contact with Lara. If she was of royal blood, I have no doubt that he would enact the Rumbling.


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What's with the Beyblade references?
In volume 16, Communication 223: Culture Festival, Day 1, I was kind of baffled to see this Beyblade reference:

(Though this picture I found on Google must be a fan translation, because the actual dialogue in the official version is different, with Tadano just saying, "What the--?!", and the other dialogue bubble saying "Then they played Beyblade with the townsfolk.)
So they have this throwaway line to Beyblade in this panel, and then they don't mention it again or explain it at all. Don't get me wrong: It was hilarious and I love it. But it also left me a bit curious as to why.
I thought I remembered Beyblade being mentioned before, and a google search came up with this, which seemed familiar to my memories:

So, what's the deal with these references? Does the author just like Beyblade, or are they involved with it in some way? I tried googling to find out if there's anything to it, but all I really learned was that other people found it just as funny as I did, and maybe it's become a meme or something.
So, what's the deal? Is there anything to this? Any particular reason it's Beyblade, and not something else?

FWIW, the original Japanese panel also mentioned Beyblade. Apparently, the anime director Kazuki Kawagoe was involved in Beyblade Burst series, though it's still unclear what is the relationship with the anime crew to the manga, or even if there's any connection.


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Is Spiral Zetsu Tobi?
This is something that's been bothering me for some time. Back when we get into the flashbacks for Tobi's backstory and how he ended up becoming the masked man, a special Zetsu with a spiral face is introduced, and his face looks pretty much identical to the mask Tobi wears. Additionally, his voice and mannerisms are very similar to what Tobi uses when he's being goofy and doing obfuscating stupidity stuff. Spiral Zetsu (not sure if that's an actual name people use for him, but that's what I'm going to call him) actually ends up attaching himself to Tobi, further blurring the line between the two characters.
This leads me to the question: is the introduction of this character supposed to be an explanation for why Tobi was acting so goofy when he was first introduced? Was it, in fact, Spiral Zetsu talking? I really hate this implication, because as a ninja, obfuscating stupidity should be no problem for Tobi to pull off, and this seems to be trying to take his acting skills away from him, just because, "There's no way such a serious character could act that way, and it lessens his character, so we need an explanation that puts the blame elsewhere." Or something like that. But that seems to indeed be where it's going, because evidently Spiral Zetsu is named Tobi in the databook, according to the Fandom Wiki: https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tobi_(Zetsu)
Am I wrong here? Or is Spiral Zetsu really supposed to be Tobi? Is this the intention of the author?

Definitely related: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/859/why-does-tobi-put-up-a-goofball-facade-initially

Since Obito has the strongest Mangekyo Sharingan in the story, he was just fooling around to show the weakness of the rest of the characters who behaved pathetically. For example, he trolls Deidara mercilessly. This is my opinion.

Yes. But he was Tobi way before meeting Obito. Zetsu's story is quite complex, but trying to keep it simple, Tobi is a body retrieved from the demonic statue, that was previously absorbed into it when Kaguya first used the Infinite Tsukuyomi. Madara put Hashirama's cells into the statue, and he believed he was cloning Black Zetsu with it, but they're just the victims of Kaguya. One of these bodies was Tobi.
PS: Technically, Tobi is a White Zetsu, because that's the origin of every White Zetsu. He is the only one with a "special" name (Guruguru, or Spiral) because he is noticed by Obito, who gives him this name.

I cannot speak to the author's intent, (and if anyone can, via author interviews or databooks, I would encourage them to write an answer.) however, there are in-universe reasons to believe Spiral Zetsu is not Tobi (the Akatsuki member).
Herein, to avoid confusion, I will use the name Tobi only to refer to the Akatsuki member with the orange mask. I will use the name Spiral Zetsu and Tobi's real name (spoilers ahead) to refer to those characters.
First off, let's examine Tobi's mask. Though it looks like Spiral Zetsu's face, it is orange. Did he paint it? But when we see Spiral Zetsu show up again, his face is still white.  It's shape also does not conform to what we see in Episode 345: I'm in Hell, when we see Obito wear Spiral Zetsu on his body. Spiral Zetsu, being hollow, wraps his whole face around Obito's head. But Tobi's hair is always sticking out when we see him. In the episode, there are three forms:

A form where Spiral Zetsu's whole face wraps around Obito. We see the spiral mask in this form, and he looks quite like when Obito is pretending to be Tobi, but with a white mask.
A hood form where Obito's face is exposed. The top of Obito's head is still covered.
A form where Spiral Zetsu comes off of Obito's head entirely while still wrapping around his body. In this form, Spiral Zetsu's swirly tendril-like head and upper body become shoulder spikes for Obito.

While he's in his Tobi persona, Tobi's hair always sticks out. We don't see this in either forms 1 or 2, and he's missing the shoulder spikes in form 3. Additionally, in Episode 99: The Rampaging Tailed Beast, Toby takes his mask off (yeah, I know it's filler, and y'all think filler isn't canonical, but he takes it off to talk with Kisame too, though I don't feel like looking for that scene). The mask is orange and it is removable. Spiral Zetsu's face does not work like that. Thus, the mask is not Spiral Zetsu's face. Tobi does cover a large portion of his head with cloth, so could it be he's hiding Spiral Zetsu in form 2, just with his head uncovered somehow? I would contend the volume under the cloth doesn't match. Spiral Zetsu looks kind of bulky in form 2. Additionally, when we see Yamato come out of Spiral Zetsu, we again see the shoulder spikes, so it really seems that Spiral Zetsu has not changed. Thus, it is highly probable Obito is not wearing Spiral Zetsu during the series.
Personality wise, I think there are actually some differences between Spiral Zetsu and Obito's Tobi persona. While Tobi's humor comes off as a goofy human, Spiral Zetsu, though also goofy, can't really pass as a human with his humor. He's obsessed with asking about poop since he doesn't need to, and doesn't seem to understand what being a normal human is like.
I also noticed while looking through these episodes that an echo filter is used for Spiral Zetsu's voice, but not for Tobi's.
This answer is not definitive. But if all of this is actually true, and we're going to say that Tobi really is Obito, I think it is also important to acknowledge that in this case, Obito definitely based his Tobi persona on Spiral Zetsu. They were close for years, after all, so the similarity is not a coincidence.


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Is there an uncensored version with head shown in the bag?
Spoilers for School Days anime.
I've seen versions of the ending where we see or don't see Sekai's explicitly stabbing Makoto. There's exactly 1 video I've found where we see Makoto's head in the bag. Is this legit, i.e. there really is an uncensored version that shows this? Or just an edit?
I'm asking I've seen versions where we see that Sekai explicitly stabs Makoto, but we don't see head in the bag, so I think it's an edit.

I at least remember the head in a bag part from watching it around 2007. That and the boat. Which was nice.


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Why does Kirei speak greek?
In Fate/stay night: Heaven's feel III, why does Kirei end the chant against Zouken, with the greek "Κύριε ελέησον" (kyrie eleison)?
It means "O Lord show mercy"

while i can't say about the langue choice (why Greek instead of Japanese), from the meaning it would be because he would say it because he's still a member of the Church so it makes sense

I guessed as much as well, I was wondering about the language choice. But thanks for your time

On that note, why are incantations German in Fate? Who knows.

@Ocean you are correct

@Ocean Not all incantations are in German, we see plenty of incantations in Japanese like the Servant Summonning, English ones like Archer's UBW. For the Tohsaka family in particular, their magic was derived from Western magic after one of Rin ancestors shagged one of the Edelfelt sisters after the 3rd Holy Grail War. That's how they got Gandr. That raises another question: The Edelfelts are Finnish, so why is their magic in German. Who knows?

It's because of Christian liturgy. The "Kyrie eleison" is the name of a prayer,  and one of the most ancient of gregorian chants.
It has its origins in Eastern Christian doctrine, it derives from ἐλέησόν με κύριε (eleison me kyrie), which was the Greek translation of a Biblical phrase often found in the Psalms: חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה, "have mercy on me, Lord". It's used as part of the litany, which is prayer that consists of petition to God or to a Saint to intercede, as the priest asks the petition, the chorus would answer "Kyrie eleison and "Christe eleison" in alternation.
So it seems fitting that for Fate worlds, where Christian doctrine is also a form of Magecraft, this chant is used as an incantation part of exorcism rituals, as it's asking for God to lend his power.
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Scrapped Princess anime vs LN
Anyone knows if there is any difference between the two or there is extra content? Considering the LN has not been fully TLed either.


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What was Saya's plan?
In episode 2 of the anime, Saya crashes her broom into Elaina and then steals her witch badge. Ostensibly, this is because Saya is lonely and she's trying to trap Elaina in the Land of Mages with her as her magic teacher. But under close scrutiny, this plan doesn't really make sense. It's quite hard to believe Saya planned out the entirety of the events of the episode. It would make sense if she improvised a lot after failing to do whatever it was she was originally trying, but I don't see how she could have guessed everything would happen the way it did, given she didn't even know Elaina. For that matter, who was her intended target? The first witch she saw? Or Elaina specifically?
One thing I recall when watching the episode, is that when Elaina first shows up at the inn Saya is working at, Saya apologizes profusely and begs Elaina not to hurt her. Given the sudden burst of anxiety after their mostly cordial farewell, I wondered if perhaps Saya thought Elaina had figured out she'd stolen her witch badge at this point. It's not possible to tell if that's the case, but to me it points to the possibility that Saya didn't have some kind of master plan that went perfectly. I would also suspect she didn't want Elaina to fly away during their first encounter before she'd even asked her to stay at the inn.
I don't think the show had much time to explain the plan, as all Saya really says when Elaina confronts her about it is that she was really lonely. Do the books elaborate on what she was trying to accomplish by crashing into Elaina, what her whole plan was, and whether everything went exactly as planned?
Basically, I want to know what Saya was thinking, and whether the books have more information on that than the show.

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When did Marvelous Melmo's title get translated into English? And how?
Marvelous Melmo is a manga from >40 years ago, apparently never released / translated for the English market, and its nice alliterative title makes me a bit curious of when and how the English title came to be.
Is it a ~2000s era title? Given how the Wikipedia's page history indicates a stub existed with the title in 2006?

Looks like there's an official English translation of this manga, though I can't find where's it's published.

Kodansha’s 2012 release of the manga had Marvelous Melmo on the cover. The earliest use of the English title I can definitively pin down right now is the old version of the official Tezuka site via an archive.org capture from 2002, however The Anime Encyclopedia uses the title and that first came out in 2001 (although I only have the second and third revisions so can’t guarantee that Marvelous Melmo was named in the original edition).


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If itachi was resurrected again would he have both eyes and full sight in both since the caster decides when they come back as
Since the person will be revived as any part of their life (for example madara was brought back as in his prime instead of old) and madara did lose his sight in eye due to izanami, but has both eyes when revived, if itachi were to be resurrected again would he have both of his eyes with light and full sight or would he still have no light in one of his eyes.

Edo Tensei gives you new fake eyes. Thats why Madara's Edo eyes faded away after he was completely made alive with Rinne Tensei.

Unless Itachi is revived by Rinne Tensei, he will be resurrected again with his eyes intact.


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Can you please tell me all the episodes where madara uchiha appears?
All madara uchiha appearance episodes in Naruto shippuden.

Surely the fandom has some kind of list like appears in episode X, mentioned only in episode Y, cameo episode Z ? Or not?

I’m voting to close this question because this is a list questions that is considered too broad. We're not here to name every instance someone appears or is mentioned. Whether it be the actual Madara or not.

I believe he makes his first appearance on episode 321 or 322. But he appears in 80 more episodes after that, so he is basically in almost every episode during the war.


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When should a Demon Slayer use guns instead of their sword?
I'm well aware that Kimetsu no Yaiba takes place during the Taisho era, which is from 1912 to 1926. During this era, guns are relatively new to Japan, and from my understanding, they were considered too harsh for the public, and as such were prohibited (though police officers were starting to equip pistols and rifles around this time).
Now, it's made very transparent that the Demon Slayer Corps is not an official governmental agency:

There are hundreds of Demon Slayers within the organization, however, they are not officially recognized by the government.

This implies that Demon Slayers would not be permitted to use guns, yet in the manga, we get our first exposure to guns being utilized by a Demon Slayer...

 ... in volume 13, chapter 107, when Genya uses his Nichirin Shotgun against Sekido and Karaku.

With that being said, I've only made it to volume 14 so far and my searches on the web have yielded no results.

Is it ever explained in the manga, whether directly or indirectly, when a demon slayer may or may not use specific weapons such as guns?
Please be sure to use spoiler tags in your answer where applicable.

I note that guns were first introduced in the 13th century, and took off with the 16th century and the new Portuguese guns.  There was a period where they were forcibly suppressed, but they came back with Perry's forcibly opening the country.

Demon Slayer Corps is not officially recognized by the government, so they don't have to follow government rules. The Nichirin shotgun used by Genya is a modified weapon which help his shortcomings of not able to use breathing styles. Note that other demon slayers use breathing styles and swords is the weapon of choice to match with this style. Guns might hold potential in upcoming battles against the Upper Moon Rank demons but the demon corps like to stick with old-school weapons. Have fun watching this parody video.
Source: https://www.spieltimes.com/tv-shows/anime/why-does-genya-use-a-gun-instead-of-a-nichirin-blade-in-demon-slayer/#google_vignette

Since the Demon Slayer Corps are independent from the Japanese government, they can choose whatever weapon they want, including guns. The price would not be a problem either, since the Ubuyashiki family had garnered such immense wealth that Hashiras can live in insanely large mansions. However, except for Genya Shinazugawa, everyone else continued to use swords for good reason. There are at least three reasons for the favoring of traditional Katanas instead of western firearms:

The most important reason of all is that firearms cannot kill demons. Demons can only be killed by decapitating using a Nichirin Katana. Even with the most advanced guns that fire Nichirin shells, it's still impossible to decapitate a demon by bullets. Hitting other vital areas like the heart or brain with Nichirin shells would temporarily injure the demon, but they would soon regenerate, thus rendering the guns useless. Katanas, on the other hand, can be used to decapitate a demon. So far, in both the anime and manga, not a single demon, regardless of strength, have been killed by means other than decapitating by Nichirin swords, exposure to sunlight, or poisoning by large amounts of Wisteria poison. Being cut apart, burned, stabbed, drowned, starved, shot, dismembered, bashed, ...etc everything you can think of cannot kill a demon. Thus, it is understandable that Demon Slayers continue to use blade weapons that can decapitate rather than firearms that can only penetrate.
The second most important reason is the incompatibility of guns with their breathing styles. Breathing styles are compatible exclusively to Katanas, not guns. The whole might of the Demon Slayers lay in their expert ability to utilize these breathing styles. If they use a weapon that's not compatible with breathing styles, then even the Hashira will be defeated.
Finally, there's a long time tradition of using Katanas, so there needs to be a compelling reason to break this tradition. Also, all trainings done by former Slayers focus on using the blade.

In summary, although guns may seem like a very powerful and more technologically advanced weapon than traditional Katanas, they are actually much less useful in the world of Demon Slayer.


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Are Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 stronger than Super Saiyan Blue?
There are statements by guidebooks and authors saying Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 are the strongest androids. This would mean they are stronger than 17 I guess? And since 17 had a sparring match with Super Saiyan Blue Goku, which looked pretty even, does this mean Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 are stronger than a Super Saiyan Blue?
I'm aware there are other events and statements by other characters which could confirm and deny this idea, how do all of them fit?


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What's the mapping of the "Interviews with Monster Girls" manga to its anime?
What's the mapping of the "Interviews with Monster Girls" manga to its anime?
I'm wondering where to see certain scenes in anime form, but dunno where to look.


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Taiju and Yuzuriha visiting Senku's fake grave in Dr.Stone
Why would Taiju and Yuzuriha visit Senku's fake grave despite knowing that it's revealed to Tsukasa that Senku is alive?

It's been a while since I saw it, but as I recall the answer is a combination of (a) for some amount of time, Tsukasa didn't actually know Senku was still alive, (b) making it so that Tsukasa didn't know that they knew, and (c) to give them a routine that would make it easier for Senku to contact them secretly later on.


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What happens when Murata re-writes a One Punch Man manga chapter?
Ok, so I've read what I believe it was chapter 165 of One Punch Man manga and apparently Murata re-wrote it.  This isnt the first time it happened. I can't find the one which was re-written anymore, and apparently never happened events like

 Saitama and Garou sitting at a table. Neither Blast comments about Earth bending.

Are the old ones for sell somewhere or something?
What happens when Murata re-writes a One Punch Man manga chapter?

This might be lacking enough context to properly answer because we don't know what you've read. However, when enough chapters from a magazine (serialization) are collected into a book (tankobon), sometimes the mangaka may revise some of the content.


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Which characters are known to have received power from god?
As far as I know, Homeless Emperor is the first character to be known to receive power from god. I believe also Psychos-Orochi fusion received also power from god, didnt they? And now we find

 Garou is now receiving extra power from god to fight Saitama

How about other characters, such that character Saitama defeated early in the manga, who created energy spheres like Homeless Emperor?
Which characters are known to have received power from god?


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Did the "bonus" Piccolo get in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero come from his dormant power or not?
In Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero,

 Piccolo achieved both his Potential Unleashed form as well as this higher level form (Orange Piccolo) thanks to a wish from Shenron to unlock his potential, who grants him the latter as a bonus boost in strength. Orange Piccolo

Did the "bonus" Piccolo get in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero come from his dormant power or not?


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Does Orange Piccolo surpass Super Saiyan Blue?

 In Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, Piccolo gets a second transformation called Orange Piccolo. Supposedly his first transformation was unlocking his potential such as they did with Gohan, and for the performance he did it's said he could be around Gohan former to last's transformation, power unleashed Gohan. Now, power unleashed Gohan gave some fight to Goku Super Saiyan Blue, also, in the tournament of power he fought against Toppo and Dyspo alongside Freezer, who supposedly was at the level of Goku Super Saiyan Blue, so Gohan couldnt be so far of a super saiyan blue with his unleashed power form, which seems to be close to Piccolo's former to last transformation. Then, how about Piccolo's last transformation, Orange Piccolo?

Does Orange Piccolo surpass Super Saiyan Blue?

Just a note, Frieza's golden transformation is not comparable to SSGSS. In the fight between Frieza and Goku, Goku was clearly just messing around (Goku and Vegeta were literally playing games to decide who gets to play with Frieza first) so Goku was not intending to defeat Frieza so Vegeta can get a "turn". Vegeta was clearly not messing around when he fought Frieza and the power difference made Frieza realize his only chance at victory was to destroy earth because the Saiyans cannot survive in space. So gauging Gohan by comparing to Frieza is not good for comparing to SSGSS.

Comparing the strength of characters in DBS is quite difficult because the writing is inconsistent and the plot is full of holes, but we can try. First, let's use DBZ, which has pretty consistent scaling pre-cell saga and generally good scaling from then on.
First let's establish the basic facts: in the opening sagas of Z, you can literally compare characters using the scouter. We now know that the scouter in normal usage had issues when Vegeta had powered up to fight in the beginning of the Namek saga (and we also know that the Saiyan transformation multiplies by 10, so the scouter should have no problem reading values from about Vegeta's Saiyan Saga level to 10 times that amount). This is the baseline that we should be using to stablish the general strength of fighters in Frieza's army. We also know that Frieza's technology division had recently made newer scouters (which the Ginyu force had delivered to replace the destroyed scouters, which could read Goku's power level when he fought the Ginyu force). What also know is that first form Frieza does not cause issues with the scouters. We can then make some estimates of the relative power levels of characters, no one (even first form Frieza), being so far out of reach of the others comparing Vegeta and Goku mid-Namek saga, members of the Ginyu force, and Frieza.
The most important detail here is that the Kais feared Frieza's power, which implies that generally speaking, they are weaker than his first form. The Ginyu force is likely close to the power of the first form of Frieza due to the above and seeing as Frieza was literally the most powerful person in a war torn universe, it's likely this is the power level that the Pride Troopers (Universe 11's version of the Galactic Police, which appropriately is weaker than Frieza's first form), namely Dyspo, are. You have to remember that many members of the tournament of power were fighting Krillin and Master Roshi. They generally are around Namek Saga power levels.
Frieza of course becomes stronger (we can't measure how much stronger however since they stopped using absolute measures like scouters) when he transforms. We do know that eventually, he becomes stronger than Goku (literally, as shown from the Saiyan saga) multiplying his power with Kaioken, this Goku being mush stronger than the version that fought the Ginyu force (which we must note, used the Kaioken to defeat, but likely was around the level of Vegeta). Super Saiyan Goku was stronger than Frieza in his final form, which is stronger than Goku (circa Ginyu force level) multiplying his power with Kaioken. Therefore we can infer that an ordinary Super Saiyan transformation is far stronger than the level of the Ginyu force, and similarly the level of the Pride Troopers.
The Cell Saga messes with logic a bit, cyborgs and robots able to become stronger than Frieza (by proxy, defeating a Super Saiyan Vegeta, who was likely around or stronger than Goku when he fought Frieza or Trunks when he fought Frieza). This is the level of Number 17 and 18, who also fought in the tournament of power, stronger than Super Saiyan (and therefore the Pride Troopers). We also know that 17 and 18 were weaker than first form Cell. We can infer by Piccolo's fights that second form Cell is stronger than first form Cell (I mean, logically, right?). We can infer from Vegeta's fights that Perfect Cell is stronger than second form Cell (again, probably could have guessed that). We also know from the fights Super Saiyan Goku and Gohan were about weaker than Perfect Cell. And SSJ2 Gohan was stronger than Perfect Cell (and therefore Super Saiyans, and by extension the Pride Troopers).
So far we have SSJ2 Gohan > Perfect Cell > Super Vegeta > 2nd form Cell > Piccolo >= 1st form Cell > 17 ~ 18 > SSJ Vegeta ~ SSJ Goku > Final form Frieza > 1st form Frieza > Ginyu Force ~ Pride Troopers
Things get a bit messy in the Buu Saga but we can still work out most of the math. The Supreme Kai (well, the west one, named Shin) was much weaker than Dabura. Dabura is about the level of SSJ2 Gohan. All of the Supreme Kais were weaker than Kid Buu. Kid Buu is stronger than Majin Buu (fat Buu). Dabura is weaker than Majin Buu. Super Buu combines Kid Buu and Majin Buu, and therefore is stronger than Majin Buu. Kid Buu is stronger than SSJ3 Goku. Gohan (power unleashed) is stronger than Super Buu.
So we get Gohan (power unleashed) > Super Buu > Kid Buu > SSJ3 Goku ~ Majin Buu > Dabura ~ SSJ2 Gohan > Shin.
Now we can link the two, but it's not clear the relation between Buu saga Gohan and Cell Saga Gohan, but it's likely comparable. We know that Shin is weaker than that, but not clear how much weaker since the only other supreme kai we see fight (and this is where things start getting messy) is the one who trains to fight (Zamasu). And I cannot stress this enough, Zamasu, i.e. the most fighter-like of the Supreme Kais (we can probably imply that he was the strongest) while immortal still could not beat a SSJ2 Trunks... We also see Zamasu lose to Goku earlier in Super (hence the motivation to steal his body) so I doubt the Kai's are actually much stronger than Namek Saga Frieza (although the comments of Kibito etc. in the Buu Saga suggest that they are at least stronger that Frieza).
Next, Goku while SSJ3 is weaker than Beerus. Goku while SSG is uh... somewhat more comparable to Beerus. Beerus is stronger than Namek Saga Frieza (courtesy of flashbacks). This we could have implied, but that's why the power scaling makes little sense here. Namek Saga Frieza reclaimed his pre-Trunks body and trains it to transform in to Golden Frieza. But we don't see Golden Frieza win any fights so we don't know if it's the power of Cell, Majin Buu, SSG, etc. We know that SSGSS is stronger than SSG thanks to to the exhibition matches against Hit. Hit may or may not be around the power of SSG (again, we don't see Hit win against one). We do know that Hit is weaker than Champa, which is probably comparable to Beerus. We also know from the manga that even a regular SSJ Goku is able to overpower Hit (in the same way Super Trunks can over power Perfect Cell).
In the tournament of power we can see the Pride Troopers fight. Dyspo is literally Burter (very fast, but around Ginyu Force level). The fact that Gohan was struggling against Dyspo while Goku in the Namek Saga (using Kaioken, which is less than SSJ, thanks to comparisons with Frieza) easily defeated Burter is largely inconsistent. It would even be the case if Gohan was just SSJ. Toppo and Jiren are the odd men out in the Pride Troopers. Toppo, while using the power of the God of Destruction, can be implied to be around the strength of a God of Destruction (maybe? This is unclear due to the training fights with Beerus and Whis that Goku and Vegeta regularly have). It's unclear whether one can even compare Toppo to Beerus because of how he fairs against Goku pretournament of power and Vegeta during the tournament of power. Toppo does claim that he's much weaker than Jiren and that Jiren is stronger than universe 11's God of Destruction (likely comparable to Beerus).
It should also be worth noting the general power level of the fighters in other universes are around the level of the Ginyu Force. The Saiyans in universe 6 couldn't even turn SSJ (likely because there was never a need to, the average power level was much weaker). Frost is likely around the level of final form Frieza. Hit was weaker in power than SSJ Goku. The 2 Namekians of Universe 6 literally absorbed the rest of their races to be comparable to Piccolo (around Cyborg power level, which is stronger than SSJ). We literally can't gauge the strength of characters like Gohan and Frieza because either the opponents they win against are too weak or the ones they lose against are too strong so it's unclear where in the middle they lie.
Finally, in Dragon Ball Super Heroes, we only really see Piccolo and Gohan fight, so there's no one else with a known level of power in DBS that we can compare them or even Cell too. We know that Orange Piccolo is stronger than Piccolo, but Piccolo is around the level of Cyborg 17. For a lot of reasons, comparing the level of 17 in the tournament of power leads to nonsense, so we don't have a clear way to gauge Orange Piccolo. We do know that it is stronger than Gohan in the tournament of power, but it's unclear how Gohan compares to the DBS transformations because he doesn't really fight 1 on 1 with an opponent at SSG level and upwards and win his fight.


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Why was Homunculus pulled into the gate?
Homunculus did not try to revive a dead person. Why was Homunculus confronted with Truth when Edward gave him the last punch?

Because

it came out from the Gate in the first place, in the piece of alchemy done by Xerxian alchemist using some of Hohenheim's blood. In a way, it has just returned home.

It did perform human transmutation multiple times. Human transmutation is much wider term than you give it credit for but even if we take the narrowest view, at some point Father literally returns the souls of king of Xerses into the bodies he created, mostly as a form of shock tactics to keep our heroes flatfooted. We can say he evaded punishment for that act only because he had God as part of himself then.

As for wider term: the whole process of creating philosopher stones could be seen as human transmutation, a horrible attempt to evade the cost that human transmutation carries. Creation of philosopher stones skims the line of human transmutation on technicality, the same way creation of human chimeras and mobile pieces of armor does. Even if it didn't, Father has enough philosopher stones to undo any and all damage done to him by Truth. Truth makes him blind? Father regenerates his eyes. etc etc. We can also see in the example of Roy Mustang: Roy was forced to do the human transformation but he didn't do it on a dead body, he did it on still living Golden-Toothed Doctor. And changed him into something gooey and wrong but still living, thanks to Pride.

An alchemist is confronted by truth if the alchemist wants to play god by reversing death. Human Transmutation itself (i.e. creating philosophers stones, creating chimeras) is not "playing god", otherwise Shou Tucker or Dr. Marcoh would have seen truth.

Human transmutation performed on the living resulting in a trip to the Gate of Truth seems to have only happened twice. There's Roy Mustang being forced through the Gate of Truth by Pride (which seems to have taken quite a toll on his philosopher's stone reserves and is not something he'd have done if not forced) and there's the time Ed and Ling got swallowed by Gluttony. Ed performs human transmutation on himself to get them back to the real world via the Gate of Truth. Both times specifically facilitated via the philosopher's stone. I think otherwise you do need to try resurrecting the dead

@Raildex as I have written in my answer, they are "released on technicality". Mayhaps the correct thing is to say "Human transmutation is not forbidden, trying to open the Gate of Truth to return dead to life is. Trying to open it for any other reason is not."


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Calculation speed difference of Great Sage vs Raphael vs Ciel
How much faster is Raphael's calculation speed vs Great Sage? If Rimuru's mind acceleration went from 1,000x to 1,000,000x upon evolving, would Raphael also be 1000x faster than Great Sage? How much faster would Ciel have been over Raphael?


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How many Goblin Slayer novel chapters are covered in manga?
How many Goblin Slayer novel is covered in manga

Partially answered on Does the Goblin slayer anime series cover the whole manga/novels story?