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Why didn't Ash release Charizard?
Why doesn't Ash release Charizard even though it is his worst pokemon? You might ask for instances which I prove as follows:

Because of Charizard, Ash lost the Indigo League.
Charizard was not able to defeat Dragonite when a small Pokémon like Pikachu did in Indigo League.
Charizard was not able to defeat Tad's Poliwrath.
Because of Charizard again, Ash lost against Harrison in the final round.
In the banned episode The Mandarin Island Miss Match, because of Charizard releasing flame all around Ash, his reputation in front of Prima decreased.
Ash's Charizard wasn't even able to defeat Chikorita even though Chikorita was tired in The Chikorita Rescue.
Charizard, despite being so huge, was not even able to lift Ash.

I think these points are enough to conclude that Charizard is one of Ash's worst Pokémon, if not the words. I know Ash is also a bad trainer, but shouldn't Charizard perform well because it is very strong and Ash saved its life as a Charmander?
Why doesn't Ash release Charizard if it is so bad? Why did he leave him for training instead? Shouldn't he have completely eliminated it from his team?

Hello new user. I wanted to let you know, I may disagree with you on your disagreement, but I appreciate the manner in which you expressed your disagreement, and I hope you won't be too off-put by the answers you received and will stick around. And if Charizard's weakness/strength is an interesting topic to you, why not try asking "What is the evidence for/against Charizard being weak/strong?" or something to that effect.

You seem to like gathering such evidence yourself, so I'll note that Stackoverflow encourages answering your own questions and thus sharing your research.

The premise of your question is flawed. Ash does not release Pokémon due to their weakness. In fact, in Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl, we can clearly see that Ash is opposed to this practice. His rival in that series, Paul, does follow this practice of releasing Pokémon he deems weak, and Ash vehemently disagrees with him about it. Ash believes in bringing out the strength in his Pokémon. To make a point of this, Ash even takes one of the Pokémon Paul releases, Chimchar, and uses it to help him defeat Paul in the Sinnoh League.
When Ash releases Pokémon, he always has the well-being of his Pokémon in mind, not his own. For instance, he releases Butterfree so that it can find a mate and migrate. He also considers where they are needed: for instance, Squirtle joins a fire-fighting squad and Bulbasaur looks after the Pokémon at Professor Oak's place.
Ash considers his Pokémon his friends, and he won't release them just because they're weak. He will, however, send them to train with Liza in Charicific Valley for an indefinite period of time.
Though I have to say, your premise about Charizard being incredibly weak is also incorrect. A few embarrassing losses do not make a Pokémon incredibly weak in the Pokémon anime. Ash's Pikachu has lost to a starter Pokémon (Snivy) in Black and White. And Charizard has some impressive wins, including against Gary's Blastoise and against an Articuno in the Battle Factory. The anime's battle system is more chaotic and contradictory than the games, so we can't just take one battle and use that exclusively. And Charizard is considered by many to be one of Ash's strongest Pokémon.
I used Bulbapedia on some points, but I do remember some of this stuff:
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Charizard

@Accidental Genius this is exactly my answer (my 2nd point) only with expanded details...

@USerNAme I completely agree. Your answer is excellent. I merely wanted to add the point about Paul, and how the show explicitly shows Ash doesn't agree with this. I wouldn't worry too much about the user not accepting your answer. It's probably just that I annoyed him a bit less than you. Your answer comes off as slightly more confrontational. Though I wouldn't say you're rude or anything like that.

I really don't get 2 things from what you have said:

Why do those points make you believe that Ash's Charizard is his worst Pokemon? Ash had lots of downhills and uphills with his Pokemon.  Charizard is one of them.  In fact, you forget that Charizard is the one beating Gary at the Johto League, his Blastoise which has a big advantage on Charizard.  The fact that he lost against Harrison, is simply due the fact that even in the anime Level system exists - there will be always stronger trainers and stronger Pokemon. Some of your points are not even well explained, some make sense, so it makes me hard to understand your conclusion. (especially the last point, we saw Charizard lifting Ash already couple of times along the series).

Ok, let's say that you right, did you ever saw Ash along the series releasing his Pokemon because they are weak? Let's not say that he should be.  The fact is, he doesn't. Hence, he releases his strong Pokemon than his weak Pokemon. To add to the this point, Ash not only won't release Charizard ever but rather than release, he left him in Charicific Valley to train, while 'till this point Ash usually released his Pokemon, he actually wanted Charizard only to train and get him back when needed later on.

At any rate, I will answer the question with kinda the obvious reason - Charizard considered in the Pokemon Brand as main mascot figure (yeah even than Blastoise and Vynasaur), even 'till these days he's still considered, this fact led the anime production even returning him in the BW series - one of the reason to give Ash Charizard is because of the fact that Charizard is Mascot and the fact that his character based originally on Red in the first game, which we know by 2nd games generation as he had Charizard. But even if it's not for this reason, fact is that as long Charizard will be recognise as Pokemon Brand mascot, we will see more of him in the anime, and there's no reason for the production to make as release him or what so ever, since we know Charizard and Ash connection, and Ash won't release him because he is weak (as you may claim).
Wikipedia - Charizard Reception

Well your 2nd point and 3rd paragraph answer my question but not your 1st first. You are saying that Charizard is strong because he beated Blastoise so remember that because of Ash out of box strategy CHarizard was able to defeat Blastoise. Try remembering Charizard  burning ambition. In that Ash admitted that he hasn't ride on Charizard ever and when he rided on Charizard in that episode Charizard was having a lot of problem. In Ash 2nd round of Johto Charizard was defeated by Blaziken even though Blaziken was weak to flying types meaning Charizard is very weak.

Because of Charizard only Ash lost Indigo League & Johto League. Try to remember who won-Ash Charizard or Ritchie's Pikachu or either Ash Charizard vs Harrison's Blaziken

Remember Ash Aipom was a pokemon who was not able to earn a single win for Ash but I guess Ash Aipom would have defeated Ash Charizard. I would accept your answer when you remove first paragraph and write ash charizard was weak or answer my comment. Remember I am not forcing you

The anime ignores type advantages so often that "This Pokémon is weak because it lost to a Pokémon that it had a type advantage over" is a poor argument IMHO. Exhibit A.

This answers the question both in-universe and out of universe: Ash doesn't factor in weakness or strength as a reason to release Pokemon, and Charizard is a popular Pokemon. Whether Charizard is weak or not is simply irrelevant.

But you can look for win records if you want some objective stats on Ash's Pokemon, like the ones in this forum (I make no claim about whether anything in here are accurate, it's just one of the first things that came up in a search): https://forums.serebii.net/threads/ashs-pok%C3%A9mon-by-win-rate.656358/

@Accidental Genius you said lots of things, but i will comment on one of the things you said about 1st - ", is simply due the fact that even in the anime Level system exists - there will be always stronger trainers and stronger Pokemon." as F1Krazy said, types in the anime not always relevant, and in the game even with my lvl50 blastoise i won venusaur lvl30.

Investment for in the future when Charizard would eventually listen to Ash.
Not really a Pokemon answer, but if you've invested in a stock that happens to be declining in price recently, then do you necessarily sell? Or might you want until the stock goes back up in price? Depends on the stock right?
Ash's decision here is to continue to invest in Charizard. (And well, the investment did pay off. By ep118, look at how much Charizard listens to Ash.)


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Why didn't Dio just punch through Jotaro?
Dio could have done what he did to Kakyoin to Jotaro, and he would have been the victor. Why didn't he do that? I'm pretty sure Dio was smart enough to have thought to do that.

DIO was too afraid that Jotaro was going to be another "Jonathan" in which he'd win. The magnets that Jotaro put on himself and he made DIO think that Jotaro was just another "weak" Joestar, in which he got cocky, and decided to go for the fatal blow with the stop sign. (For dramatic purposes.) DIO misses, Jotaro beats the shit out of DIO, yada yada yada, DIO takes Jotaro more seriously, but he  goes back to being cocky after he achieves his  "greatest high."

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What if someone got a demon slayer mark after they'd already turned 25?
What would happen if someone got a demon slayer mark after they'd already turned 25? Would they die straight away?

As we know if mark appeared before age of 25 person dies at age of 25, but in some cases that's not true. So if anyone acquires the mark after age of 25 he/she may live. In other cases mark consumes life energy so he/she may die in fight or how much energy they use.

According to what the wiki says:

Having the Demon Slayer Mark has its costs. Demon Slayers who have awakened the Demon Slayer Mark are said to die upon reaching the age of 25.

and also it is said:

Kokushibo speculated this to be because the mark exchanged the life span of its user for power.

if the first theory is the right one,

the user will immediately die after awakening the demon slayer mark if he/she is older than 25

but if what Kokushibo said is true,

they can live longer and become older than 25.

side note based on wiki:

Yoriichi was able to defy fate and lived to be 85 years old

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Was Gol D Roger as strong as people say?
Was Gol D Roger as strong as people said he was, or was he just loved by fate like Luffy is?

If he did conquer both halves of the Grand Line, was sick while doing so, and was a captain, I would think he was as strong as people say.

o.k i belive your opinion and just realized he fought prime whitebeard so he has to be strong.

Oh cool! You just made me realize that as well LOL

Well, there are a few pieces of evidence that indicate that Roger was as strong as 'people' say. I'll just list them out.

It was mentioned by Roger, without contradiction, that both him and Garp have nearly killed each other several times. We know that in Garp's younger days, he was at least considered to be a viable candidate to become an Admiral. This was shown during the Battle of Edd War, when the Fleet Admiral Kong offered Garp a promotion and Garp declined that. So, we can at least say that Roger was very capable of going up against an Admiral at this time.

About 38 years ago (or was it 40?), Roger and Garp teamed up to take down the Rocks Pirates. Granted, we don't know what exactly this entails but it's very likely that the both of them (along with the rest of the Roger Pirates probably) had to go up against Big Mom, Kaido, Shiki, Whitebeard, Wang Zhi and Rocks himself. Considering the fact that they ended up winning the battle and Rocks apparently met his end there, it's safe to say that Roger would've surely been considered one of the strongest pirates at that point.

In Oden's flashback, it was shown that both Roger and Whitebeard were at a point where they were able to use Advanced forms of Haki at will and seemingly without any restraints. It seemed to be the case that they could do so without having to exert much effort into it as well. Mastery of such advanced levels of Haki surely counts as a good show of strength.

Finally, we know that Rayleigh, as an old man, had the power to go toe-to-toe against an Admiral. We don't know if he would have won that fight against Kizaru (there are way too many variables that are missing, though I'm of the opinion that it would've ended in a stalemate). But it's very clear that Rayleigh, in his prime, would've been easily able to fight against an Admiral without too many issues. If Roger was not significantly stronger than Rayleigh, then he would've at least been strong enough for Rayleigh to still refer to him as his Captain.

Basically, all of this counts as pretty solid evidence that Roger was as strong as people said. It is interesting to note that in the current context of One Piece, people actually use Whitebeard as a measure of power. That is, they typically measure the strength of a given pirate based on how strong Whitebeard used to be in his prime.

If he is not, he is stronger. Here are some reasons why.
You remember how it was said Whitebeard was as strong as Roger. That     was because of Whitebeard's devil fruit. The same devil fruit that had marineford turning into a past version of the Dressrosa arc. That was when whitebeard was sick and old and was dying slowly. That means that it was stronger when he was younger and healthy and roger was sick when whitebeard was young and healthy but they had matched strength. Whitebeard would have been able to beat marineford and the shichibukai alike with the help of Marco and Jozu alone if he was in his prime. Plus Roger had no devil fruit.
You remember Big Mom and Kaido. When they clashed in Wano. (I think or was it in Whole Cake island. I don't remember Kaido going to Whole Cake island though but I think Big Mom chased Luffy all the way to Wano.) It split the skies, right. Well Roger and Whitebeard split the sky with a clash as well, but it didn't even touch each other. I think it was due to a bit of Conqueror's haki but I don't know for sure.
He has Armament, Observation, and Conqueror's haki. You can either have Conqueror's haki at birth or become strong enough to use it. I believe that he obtained through true training and not birth.
He has defeated Rocks D Xebec. Though he did need help, he did around    I think 20%-80% of the defeat.
He is above Yonko level.
He start a whole new era with a few words. Not everyday pirates can do that.
He turned himself in. The navy said they captured him so they can look strong but he actually turned himself in.

Thanks, I've been practicing my theorizing and hypothesizing.


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Can legendary Pokemon evolve or undergo Mega Evolution?
I have not seen any evolution of Legendary Pokémon yet. I'm not talking about pseudo-legendary Pokémon.
I did some more research and found that Mewtwo can Mega Evolve, but it is not a natural Legendary Pokémon, it is a man-made clone of Mew.

Are you looking for anime appearances or just the existence of a legendary that can mega evolve?

@TheGamer007 It is an anime site so basically I will look for anime appearances but the knowledge from any reliable source manga could be taken as reference for the future.

Is this even an anime question or game related?

This seems more of a game-related question rather than anime/manga.

@W.Are how it is game related? In pokemon anime, if the ultra beast can evolve then why not legendary pokemon, everything about them is unknown just like an ultra beast. It is one of the mysteries of pokemon just like their existance.

may be mega rayquza is the answer.https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rayquaza_(Pok%C3%A9mon)

As of Gen VIII, there are only two Legendary Pokémon capable of evolving:

Cosmog, which evolves into Cosmoem, and then into either Solgaleo or Lunala
Meltan, which evolves into Melmetal

Both are shown doing this in the Sun and Moon anime: Cosmog while under Lillie's ownership, and Meltan while under Ash's ownership.
The following Legendary Pokémon (discounting Mewtwo) are capable of undergoing Mega Evolution and have been shown doing so in the anime:

Latias and Latios (seen in the anime movie Hoopa and the Clash of Ages)
Rayquaza (seen in the Mega Evolution Specials and in Hoopa and the Clash of Ages)
Diancie (seen in the anime movie Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction)

Groudon and Kyogre are also capable of undergoing a process called Primal Reversion that is very similar to Mega Evolution but not quite the same. They are shown doing this in the Mega Evolution Specials, Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and in Pokémon Generations.

Just to cover all grounds, Meltan can evolve into Melmetal. Meltan is a Mythical, which is a sub-category of legendary

Ah, forgot about Meltan, well-remembered.

"Legendary Pokémon" (伝説のポケモン, Densetsu no Pokémon) is a term of art.[...] In most cases, Legendary Pokémon are exceptionally powerful, difficult to catch, and unable to evolve, and no known Legendary Pokémon is capable of breeding.

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The few exceptions are "Nebby" in the 7th generation evolving to Solgaleo or Lunala, depend on the game version and there's also Primal Evolution of Kyogre and Groudon in OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire which is a different term of Mega Evolution.
The reason for the Legendary Pokemon not evolving is pretty simple since evolution is a phenomenon to make Pokemon stronger than it was and as quoted from Wikipedia the legendary Pokemon in their normal state are powerful enough and not need to be evolved to get more strength.


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When is the first appearance of this Pokémon character?
On the left you can see Musashi, Kojirou, and Nyasu (aka. Jessie, James, and Meowth in the English dub).
But what's the name of the other guy and when did he first appear?

That's Mondo.
Mondo has never made an appearance within the manga or anime series. The only time he is ever referenced is in It's a White Tomorrow, Team Rocket! - a radio drama broadcast only ever released in Japan. Mondo's imagery comes from the CD's official artwork.


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Can the Tenseigan be transplanted?
Is the Tenseigan able to get transplanted? I've tried Googling it but it did not give me the results I was looking for.

Logically speaking, the Tenseigan should NOT be able to get transplanted, as long as the receiver isn't of the Otsutsuki.
According to a Quora page I found:

The Tenseigan is a dojutsu that can be awakened by a combination of a Byakugan and the Chakra of an Otsusuki clan member. The Tenseigan is a dojutsu that can be awakened by a combination of a Byakugan and the Chakra of an Otsusuki clan member.

Considering the fact that Tenseigan can only be awakened when a Byakugan is tied to the chakra of an Otsutsuki Clan member, it should not be able to get transplanted because once taken out of the eyes, it is no longer tied to Otsutsuki chakra of any sort. This is assuming the receiver of the Tenseigan isn't Otsutsuki themselves.
For more information on the Tenseigan, please check out this link.

So, Based on this theory I can say that a Tenseigan cannot be transplanted I will tell you why If you watched the movie (The Last: Naruto the movie) where he meets Toneri Otsusuki who is a generation of Hamura where he kidnaps Hinata. Yes, Over there the plot mention as follows:
The Hyuga Clan revealed to be descended from Hamura's kin who remained on Earth, Toneri had transplanted Hanabi's eyes into himself so he can acquire the Tenseigan (転生眼, lit. "Reincarnation Eye") created from his ancestors' sealed eyes while proposing to Hinata.
So in theory a Tenseigan can gain the power if the person who wants to require it must be a descendent of a Hamura and in order to complete the Tenseigan they have to acquire a Byakugan from the Hyuga Clan since they are Byakugan users and it will take several days to mature it.
In Conclusion, A Tenseignan cannot be transplanted and even if they do it might not activate due to these facts.

It cannot be transferred like the sharingan. Like the sharingan it can be awakened.
Tenseigan can be acquired when an Ōtsutsuki is implanted with the Byakugan of a Hyūga: this combination of the two clans' chakra transforms the Byakugan into Tenseigan
Although the sharingan and byakugan is placed in the same category of dojutsu
https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tenseigan


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Can Stand users de-summon their Stand whenever they want?
In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, I've been wondering why, when a person's Stand is getting hit, they don't just unsummon it.
Can Stand users de-summon their Stand whenever they want?

You could, but in a fight, it may feel extra painful to do so.
Maybe if a stand has hold of another stand, I do not believe it can be taken back.
Example 1: Kakyoin's Hierophant Green stuck in Strength in Part 3.

If you felt like you were being punched in the stomach, I don't think you would be able to run. Simply, the answer is no, because you would be in pain.
It is similar to stands, as stands are a physical manifestation of the soul, and they're practically just 'another body'.
Also removing your stand in the middle of a fight would be suicide.
For example, Hanged Man and Emperor did damage to people's actual bodies without touching their stands.

The user must bring their Stand near their body and can't just dematerialize it.
First, I disagree with the premise that a Stand user would want to de-summon their Stand in response to it taking a hit, for the same reasons that Palkia Catcher already covered. One comment I'll add: if the Stand's reaction time is fast enough to notice an attack about to land, the Stand could probably dodge or block instead.
While I can't point to any explicit rule that a Stand must return to its user before disappearing, I can think of several situations where being able to instantly recall a Stand would be extremely useful to the user but they don't do it, implying that Stands don't work that way:

Hanged Man (Stardust Crusaders manga chapter 32 & anime episode 11): Once Polnareff and Kakyoin work out that Hanged Man moves between reflective surfaces, they're able to trap the Stand by ensuring there's only one surface for it to move to and then intercepting it. The audience even gets to see J. Geil look on in horror just before the trap is sprung, suggesting he's powerless to stop his Stand from exposing itself to harm.
Lovers (Stardust Crusaders manga chapter 52 & anime episode 17): Kakyoin and Polnareff find a way to reach Lovers inside of Joseph's brain, so Lovers retreats. However, Steely Dan knows he has to wait for Lovers to come back to him, so he buys time by groveling at Jotaro's feet. When Dan tries to attack again, he's foiled because Hierophant Green secretly ensnared Lovers with a tentacle while in Joseph's brain. If Dan could simply dematerialize Lovers from inside of Joseph, Kakyoin's tactic wouldn't have worked.
Echoes vs. Sheer Heart Attack (Diamond is Unbreakable manga chapters 91-92 & anime episode 23): After Koichi and Jotaro discover Sheer Heart Attack, Koichi assumes the user is nearby and sends Echoes out to try to find them. Echoes reaches the limit of its effective range to find the user is even further away than that, and at the same time SHA changes targets to Koichi. Jotaro tells Koichi to recall Echoes and defend himself, but Koichi protests that Echoes is too far away (and this is on top of Koichi acknowledging Echoes' speed when ACT2 was first revealed).

They can't de-summon it mid-combat for, well, y'know, reasons.
I don't think you'd be able to just 'abracadabra' something connected to your body for spiritual reasons.
It's like stand users using their stand abilities, they have to consciously use it without being distracted.
TLDR: no because funny brain


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What is "One Piece" called in Japanese?

Attack on Titan = Shingeki no Kyojin
Food Wars = Shokugeki no Soma
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure = JoJo no Kimyou na Bouke
Darker Than Black = Kuro no Keiyakusha
Fighting Spirit = Hajime no Ippo
Assassination Classroom = Ansatsu no Kyoushitsu
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion = Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch
One Piece - ?

See what I mean?
What is "One Piece" known as in Japanese?

One Piece in Japan is known as WanPiisu :)

ワ{wa}ン{n}ピー{pii}ス{su}

As confirmed by MyAnimeList, One Piece is still known as One Piece in Japanese.
While you've provided plenty of examples of anime whose English names are translated from the original Japanese, One Piece is not the only anime whose Japanese name is in English. Black Lagoon, Angel Beats, Death Note, and Summer Wars are other prominent examples.

This is really simple and makes sense. Thanks.

The One Piece Wiki has some more details on the name and translation too: "In the original manga, the term "One Piece" (ワンピース Wan Pīsu?) is often accompanied by an additional string of text translating roughly to "the great hito-tsunagi treasure" (ひとつなぎの大秘宝 Hito-tsunagi no Dai-hihō?), initially as a separate descriptor[7] and later as a base-text directly glossed with the "One Piece" katakana."
https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/One_Piece


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What caused this character's trauma?
(Forgive the awkward wording, but I'm trying to be as un-spoilery as I can.)
In Episode 12 of Wonder Egg Priority, Ai hatches a Wonder Egg containing

 herself from a parallel universe.

This girl's Wonder Killer takes the form of

 Sawaki-sensei.

This suggests he did something that traumatised the girl and helped drive her to suicide, but it's never stated what. Furthermore, Ai spends the entire fight insistent that the Wonder Killer is based on her own cognition of that person, and not what they are actually like.
What did he do to her? And if he didn't do anything, then why was he her Wonder Killer?

(Based on my own memory and understanding of the episode, YMMV.)
It's strongly hinted in the flashbacks and lines dropped by both the other Ai and her Wonder Killer that many key events other than getting involved with the Wonder Eggs still happened, in particular:

Ai developed a crush on Sawaki-sensei;

Koito Nagase killed herself after having some kind of involvement with Sawaki-sensei;

Sawaki-sensei became romantically involved with Ai's mother, and they discussed getting married.

As a result, that universe's Ai suspected that Sawaki-sensei was somehow involved in Koito's death, and that he was using Ai's mother as a means to get to Ai, possibly to molest her. This is why she developed an image of him in her head as a monster.
Note that the main Ai also had these same suspicions, but because she had formed friendships with the other girls (one of whom was related to Sawaki-sensei) and had confronted her fears and anxieties about Sawaki-sensei (and confronted him about it), and had learned more about the nature of the Wonder Killers from her experiences and from Ura-Acca's backstory, she was better able to dismiss her paranoia about Sawaki-sensei.

There's no indication that Koito even existed in the alternate world: alternate Ai repeatedly states that she's never heard of her, much less met her. The other two points make sense, though.

Argh, you're probably right. I am working off memory here, so it's then reasonable to assume that Sawaki's attention just went straight to Ai.


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Why was Edward given a choice?
I'm wondering why, at the end of Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Edward was able to choose what he would sacrifice to bring back Al. When they tried to bring back their mother, I thought that Al's body and Ed's leg were just randomly taken from them by Truth. Same with Mustang, I don't think he chose to sacrifice his eyesight, it was just taken from him forcefully. So how was it that this time Edward was given a choice?

Edward was not given a choice. He made a choice.
With the case of transmuting their mother, the ingredients and the blood they offered was not worth enough to get their mother's soul back. There was no equivalent exchange. Thus, the alchemy rebounded on them. This is why what was lost was random.
In the case of getting Alphonse back, Edward went to the Truth with the intention of giving up his gate (his alchemy) in exchange for Alphonse. The exchange was equivalent, so that's what happened. No rebound, no random loss of body members.
It should also be noted that many of the rebound losses do not actually seem random. Izumi and Mustang's losses are laced with irony. Izumi is unable to have a child after having her organs messed up, and Mustang (who had a "vision" for the country) is blinded. To my recollection, both characters comment on the irony.

To add onto what Shaymin Gratitude answered, even Ed's and Al's losses are laced with irony, as pointed out by father. Ed lost the only family he still had and the leg on which he stood and Al was condemned to a cold metal body that could not feel the warmth of love when he wanted to feel his mother's embrace again.
I actually have a hypothesis on why Ed's arm was taken from him. He says Truth can take his leg, his arm, or his heart in exchange for his brother (in this case, his brother's soul). I think when Truth took Ed's arm, Truth was trying to give him a hint at the answer. Right after Ed loses his leg, he gains the ability to transmute without a circle. Immediately after, he gives something else up for his brother and Truth takes his arm, thus taking away his ability (in that moment) to perform transmutations with his bare hands in exchange for his brother. I think Truth, who it perhaps pitied since he and his brother were literal children, was trying to help Ed understand the lesson Ed learns by the end. That he can't fix everything with alchemy. It just took a few years for Ed to figure it out.


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Will there be another season of DanMachi after the second season?
After the second season of DanMachi I have waited for the next season, but unfortunately I’m still waiting. So I would like to know if there will be another season, or if I will have to read the manga scans.

The anime is currently up to four seasons, with a fifth season having been announced in November 2023 to air at an unspecified date in the future. I can only assume that whatever service you were watching the anime through didn't have the third and fourth seasons for some reason. Sadly, I can't recommend a place to watch seasons 3 or 4, but I'm sure you can find one.


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How many volumes does The Irregular at Magic High School currently have?
I finished watching The Irregular at Magic High School and I really liked its story, so I would like to read the novels, but first I would like to know how many are available in English, and how many there are in total.

Have you tried checking the wiki article for that? Wiki is generally a good place to find out how many volumes of a light novel have been released and how many have been translated to English.

And if it's still ongoing, the answer will change in the future.

There are so-far 20 volumes released in the English language the US publisher Yen Press for the "High School" series.
In totality, in its original Japanese release, as of this post, there are 32 compiled and released novel volumes for the "High School" series with two appendix novels (which are collection of the short stories of the "High School" series, including the IF short story chapters (in Appendix 2) which happen between Vol. 19 and 20).
There are 9 spin-off volumes (Plan to Assassinate Tatsuya Shiba (4 volumes) and Cygnus Maidens (5 volumes)) of web novels.
There are also 6 volumes of the sequel series Magian Company which is set post-"High School" series.
There is an additional Japanese-language web novel released to accompany the "Girl Who Summons the Stars" anime movie.


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Why is Luffy considered a pirate when he doesn't rob and attack ships at sea?
A person who attacks and robs ships at sea is known as a pirate. In the case of Luffy's definition, "being free is to be a pirate". He stops pirates from robbing and attacking innocent people, more like Pirate Hunter Zoro.
Why is Luffy considered a pirate?

I'm not that familiar with One Piece, and therefore don't feel confident enough to make this an answer, but IIRC, the world government has a severe level of control over the seas and anyone who operates outside that control (including Luffy) is automatically labelled a "pirate", regardless of whether they actually engage in piracy.

@F1Krazy not familiar either but I looked it up and 'A pirate is, broadly speaking, any professional criminal that operates wholly or partially on the world's seas, especially people conducting robbery by ship. In most, if not all, cases they lead or belong to a group of like-minded criminals, known as a crew.' soooo your guess here is that pirate means like sea nomad or something?

wait. i hardly believe a 2 decades old anime doesn't have this kind question. lemme check... ah here https://www.quora.com/Is-Luffy-from-One-Piece-really-a-pirate-or-just-an-adventurer-Dont-you-have-to-raid-steal-and-kill-to-be-a-pirate and https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1pvjkx/is_luffy_really_a_pirate/ what do you think of those?

First of all, the context is important in trying to respond to your question.

Luffy declares himself as a pirate and even going as far as saying he will be the Pirate King.

His extended family is closely related to piracy and other questionable lifestyles, like

 his father is a Revolutionary - opposing the World Government - and his brother was the son of the former Pirate King.

On his journey, he came across representatives of the World Government (ships convoys, delegates, Admirals, etc). The first island he disembarks on is a WG military outpost where he damages the building and defeats the outpost commander - therefore receiving his first bounty from the WG and marking the start of his fame as an outlaw. He even attacks and destroys ships at sea on some occasions.

As @JaysheelUtekar pointed out, sailing with a black flag will brand you as a pirate whatever your actions may be, fact stated by the WG in the beginning of the story.

On a side note, the WG considers a pirate almost everyone that is at sea and produces damages to and/or opposes the WG in any way.

he does not attack on other people ships ( even he got marine friends) until they attack Luffy's ship. so it seems like Luffy is a Good pirate, lol they definitely changed the meaning of pirate here.

@SayedMohdAli  IIRC Luffy and his crew did attack some ships when trying to escape after inflitrating a marine base and stuff like that, not only when provoked or being under attack themselves. Anyway, in One Piece there is a clear difference between GOOD and BAD pirates so it's no surprise Luffy falls in the first category.

you are right they did but to defend themself and even attacked other pirates as well... but not any innocent people... Also, if people who opose marines are pirates then who are revolutionaries...

Revolutionaries are against the World Government, which is an organization that controls the Marines, but not all marines agree with their methods (at least in private).

Additionally, if you look at the Early One Piece section on the wiki, you'll notice that Oda in his early version made a clear distinction between pirates who are only interested in adventures (Peace Main) vs those who are more greedy when it comes to treasure and ambition (Morganeer). Luffy supposedly hates Morganeers and only wishes to recruit Peace Mains. However, this is never mentioned in the canon One Piece, so it is just interesting trivia to add some context.

wait. i hardly believe a 2 decades old anime doesn't have this kind question. lemme check... ah here https://www.quora.com/Is-Luffy-from-One-Piece-really-a-pirate-or-just-an-adventurer-Dont-you-have-to-raid-steal-and-kill-to-be-a-pirate and https://www.reddit.com/r/OnePiece/comments/1pvjkx/is_luffy_really_a_pirate/ what do you think of those?

@BCLC indeed, weird that no one asked, but the nature of the question is a bit different. "Is Luffy considered a pirate" implies the answer is about how Luffy is viewed in general terms inside his own univers. He is a real hero at heart and not a true-to-life pirate but from the point of view of a normal person in One Piece, he runs a black flag, attacks WG ships and has a high bounty, all indicating he is a pirate.

RigaCrypto right thanks i mean is this SE question different from the linked questions in quora and reddit?

@BCLC the questions are formulated differently. In the ones you posted, the question reflects on the viewers subjective perception of Luffy, in this one it reflects Luffy's perception from inside his universe. At least that is how I understand it.

No one in his known blood family were pirates. Garp, his grandfather was a military hero. Dragon, his father, was a revolutionary that opposed the oppressions and corruption of the world government.  Luffy has no other known blood siblings. His mother is said to have been drawn in the manga, but is still unknown at this time. At this time there is no known direct blood related family link to Luffy and pirates.

Luffy's desire to become a pirate is symbolic of his idea of "Freedom". Tales from Red Haired Shanks fuelled this idea to the point where becoming the "King of the Pirates" would allow his to achieve ultimate freedom.
Although he hasn't achieved the status as king yet, he has had a taste of true freedom. After Bonney questions why Luffy has white hair in his Yonko bounty (5th Gear) his response is "Oh, That's What I Look Like When I'm Free!!".
Other pirates in One-Piece are typically aggressive and would willy-nilly murder and pillage as stereotypical pirates. Luffy's ideology however contradicts that, which does make him out to act non-pirate like but that's to do with how other pirates are contrasted.

That is pretty much the same thing that I said, but some might consider this answer a spoiler.  Actually this has many spoilers. Many of us on here are caught up with the Manga... but many are not.

My interpretation of wording:
Luffy wants to live free. To Luffy, the Pirate King is "Free-er than anyone," and that is what Luffy wants to be.
My Opinion:
Luffy also wants to unite the world against all those that use power to oppress and control. Luffy does want to steal this power and control from the secret societies and one world government.... only to give it back to the people.


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Is there any relationship between Yu Yu Hakusho and Dragon Ball?
Is Yu Yu Hakusho inspired by the Dragon Ball series, or is it just a well-done copy (or the opposite)?
Or is there a closer relationship between these stories beyond mythology?

Why do you believe it's a copy of Dragon Ball?

@F1Krazy. I don't have a well-formed opinion on whether or not it's a copy. I see a lot of similarities and I really enjoyed both stories. I'm no expert in manga or anime, in fact I'm a common audience wanting to know if there is any relationship or point of intersection between the plots.

Both are what it's called "shonen anime", so they usually share the common tropes of shonen anime: fighting - training loop

It isnt related at all, also, it isnt one of those animes which are particulary seen as similar to Dragon Ball, ie, Hunter x Hunter, Dragon Quest, Nanatsu no taizai, etc.

@AkiTanaka, I know what a shonen is and I know it's based on the Hero's journey

I don't know Nanatsu no taizai, but it bears no resemblance to the other examples you mentioned. In fact, if you quoted Bleach I would agree.

So, it's not really clear what you meant by "inspired" or "well-done copy" when you know both are shonen, hence the similarity.

@AkiTanaka, The characters are different, their storylines are different but the mythology is the same.

According to Wikipedia, the author of YuYu Hakusho was "influenced by Buddhist mythology", while Dragon Ball was inspired by Journey to the West which "has strong roots in Buddhist theology". Perhaps is this what you meant?

@AkiTanaka, That's the way. :)

I dont want to spoil your answer and your perceived ephiphany, but since Buddhism is one of the two main religions of Japan, most animes are influenced by Buddhism

Not exactly an answer, but what both have in common and not mentioned in the comments is that they were released in Shonen Jump. So, not only do they share the shonen demographic, they also share the 'color' of the magazine.
In particular, one factor is the editors. If I remember correctly, a volume of Yu-Yu Hakusho (inside the cover) had a line to the effect "An editor is sometimes a story writer".
The first editor of Dragon Ball is Kazuhiko Torishima and that of Yu-Yu Hakusho is Toshimasa Takahashi. They worked together closely, like starting the magazine V Jump, so it is possible that DB's editor influenced Yu-Yu Hakusho in a broad sense.


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Why didn't Netero use vows and limitations like Kurapika?
Why didn't Netero use a limitation and vow like Kurapika to beat Meruem? Kurapika was able to chain the Phantom Troops by making a vow that she would only use the chains on the Phantom Troops or else she would die. Why didn't netero do something similar?

I don't know if i am conveying my question properly i don't understand half of the show so i  don't want to go on with so much confusion so someone please help

Simply put, one can't just add a Limitation or a Vow to an ability.
Specifics of developing a Nen ability are left a bit vague in the story, but it's rather clear that Vows and Limitations are inherent part of each ability that are added to them as they are created. And since Netero didn't create any new abilities to fight Meruem, those would have needed to be already present.
Also, most hunters dislike adding Limitations to abilities. The enhancement of power they provide is inconsistent and the conditions need to be very severe for the benefit to be significant. Kurapika is able to use as severe Vows as he does because hunting the Phantom Troops is literally his life's work. He's willing to sacrifice a lot of the general power of his abilities to make them really powerful in specific situations.
Now, there is one powerup that Netero could have perhaps used. General emotion of risk. This is sort of the basis of where Limitations and Vows get their power in the first place, but more primal. It is the risks that Limitations impose that give them their power and it is possible tap into the same source without imposing a formal Limitation. Shoot used this when he covered one of his eyes while fighting Youpi, sort of imposing a temporary limitation on himself. It could also be argued that Gon's Jajanken gets a bit of a powerup from the risk that its long windup and general vulnerability present.
Of course, Netero was already going to fight possibly the strongest living being on in the known world, so I'm not sure how much of an extra risk there could be.
Side note: I haven't read the Dark Continent Expedition arc or the Succession Contest arc, so if there are any exceptions to these, they'd be there.

Netero didn't need to use limitation and vow to beat meruem. Once Netero figured out his attacks were barely leaving a scratch on meruem he used his most powerful attack Miniature Rose Bomb.

Can you explain why netero didn't need to use limitation because it would have made him stronger and t's a better option than blowing everything up right ? Wouldn't limitation grand netero more power and stricter the limitation the more powerful right? Kurapika was able to overpower phantom troops with limitation and using her Scarlett eyes wouldn't netero be benafited the same way with his ability along with a really strict restriction.

Well, it could be just because he didn't want to. In other words he probably thought he didn't need limitation or vows and that he was already strong enough without limitation. But, in the end he did win after all

Well wouldn't it be reasonable way to go after he finds meruem is stronger i mean kurapika is able to overpower people on the level of phantom troop so it doesn't make sense why netero never considered that option when he finds meruem is  way stronger than be a coward and setting off a neuclear bomb well thanks for replying

Netero had been alive for a long time. This was the first fight in a long time where he was actually going to go up against a worthy opponent. As others said previously limitations/vows can’t really be created after the ability has been conceived except in  cases like with shoot.
The only thing that Netero could have possibly utilized in the form of a vow/limitation is some form of Post Mortem Nen. But it is entirely possible that even that might not have worked because he technically already had a Post Mortem ability in the form of the miniature rose, and knowing that he had that, he might not have been able to generate a conviction strong enough to go off after he died


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Do the cryptic symbols/letters throughout the Bizenghast series mean anything?
In the Bizenghast manga series, the author uses some symbols over and over again to represent writing or add to the style of the panels:

There are other parts of the book that just represent writing as scribbles or lines, so I wasn't sure if the symbols meant anything because they seem like intentional words or writing.
Do the symbols mean anything? Or are they just meant so that they don't have to be translated if the book were translated to other languages for other readers?
If this is just a font or based on a font (like windgings or webdings), does anyone know what font it is? The symbols don't seem to be random and they could appear to spell words.

Note that the author is an English speaker, and she mentioned her contact on its Wikipedia's Talk page (deliberately not mentioned on the comment due to potential privacy issue). Maybe someone can contact here to get the official answer, or maybe even ask her to post the answer directly on here?


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What happened to everyone else after the ending of Death Note?
I am not sure if I have asked this question before but deleted it, but I was just wondering if Matsuda and the other detectives found out that

 Light died

If they did:

Would they have made an investigation to see if somebody else had a Death Note and wrote his name in it?

Did they think that he wrote his own name with the paper he had from the Death Note?

Did they think that Ryuk wrote his name in the Death Note?

Or did they just go back to their regular lives, and

 tell Misa and Light's family that Light was Kira and that he died?

Those are the only options I have in my head, so I was just wondering if any of those options happened.

Isn't misa die?

I am not sure if she dies in the anime or manga, but in the live action death note movies she dies

@Ratharax I appreciate your intent, but spoiler tags don't work in titles. I'll take the liberty of making an edit of my own.

Several members of the Kira Task force (that Light was in charge of), as well as Near's team, were present during the climax where

 Light is exposed as Kira by Teru Mikami when Light's name is the only one not written in the Death Note.

The task force knew about Death Notes since

 Rem gave it to Kyosuke Higuchi and the task for caught him in possession of it

Which is revealed much earlier in the story.
Near realized Kira would likely use a catspaw to throw suspicion from himself so simply finding the person in physical possession of a Death Note wasn't enough.  He had to make sure he found the Death Note, and make Kira believe he'd won so he would show himself.
So Near

 Replaced the pages of the Death Note held by Teru Mikami (though Light was still the owner), and allowed Light to lure everyone to the creepy abandoned warehouse where Teru Mikami called Light "God" and wrote the names of everyone present, except Light.  Proving Light was actually Kira.

With Kira's real identity exposed, there was no reason to go hunting for other Kiras or other Death Notes - they had found the root cause.
Depending on if it's the manga/movies/anime Misa

 Kills herself, or it's heavily implied she does.

As for the task force, my guess is they continued working as an anti-Kira taskforce in some capacity, at least in the manga, because

 The manga ends with a group of Kira's followers praying for his return.

Youtube link to the end with several characters


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Why didn't they use the boats to go back to Shiganshina?
In AoT, they used boats in canals to get the bulk of women and children from Shiganshina to Trost. So why didn't the Survey Corps just use boats to get between those two districts, instead of riding out and risking death?
From what I can see from googling it, there are canals that run from the outer walls all the way to the inner-most walls from all four port towns.

The gates that protect the river from the titans don't move up. So in order to get a boat over the wall, they would have to bring all that wood and other building material over/through the gate, then proceed to build the boat while defending it from the titans.
It's easier just to take horses, and once they got past a certain point they wouldn't be able to progress any further due to a blockage in the river that they didn't know about. If one or more titans got into the river it would be an issue because they would only be able to turn back. Can you imagine this happening if some titans were behind the boat?
Also, from what we have seen, there are hardly any anchor points next to the river. Meanwhile, on horses, they can easily ride around to the back grapple, attack, and one dead titan for table 6.


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Could Bartholomew Kuma's Devil Fruit work inside Doflamingo's Birdcage?
What would happen if you were pushed (i.e. transported) by Kuma's Devil Fruit powers while you were trapped inside Doflamingo's birdcage? Will the victim get wounded or injured by the slicing strings of the Birdcage when transported inside Kuma's Paw-like bubble? Or will the Birdcage give way for the Paw-like bubble to successfully escape?

Since there are no facts that supports any of the 2 scenarios, I will say that the Bridcage strings would tear the bubble apart since a bunch of DF-users tried unsucessfully to stop the cage strings from moving.
Following "one piece logic" I am inclined to say that Kuma's paw-bubble isn't invincible (since it is made out of "air-like" shield) as it would one of the best DF there is if the user can make objects invulnerable. Therefore I say that the Kuma's bubble wouldn't pass through Doflamingo's Birdcage

Difficult to say, nothing is verified but I would guess that the birdcage would work like the ground and just stop the travel of the bubble and the person inside would land on the birdcage (and fall if it's on the inside).
Why I say that? It's because the bubble is like a block (can physically transport a person) So, for me, it should work the same way for the string and wouldn't pass through it.


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What happened to Colt after the Chimera Ant Arc?
Reina reunited with her mom at the end of Chimera Ant Arc, but does Colt ever get to reunite with his mom in the manga, or does he stay with (girl) Kite? Also, when Colt met his mother while the chimera ants were hunting for humans, did he know that was his mother when he was a human?


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I need answers on the Bleach anime and manga
I watched the Bleach anime up until the last episode that was released, and I want to start reading the manga now, but I don't want to read and repeat things that I've already watched in the anime. So where do I start reading in the manga so that I don't get lost and I also don't repeat things that I've already watched? Also, do they leave anything important out in the anime that was in the manga? Because I don't want to miss anything and I want to know everything.

You're asking several things at once in this question, which isn't exactly how the Q&A model works.  But...at a minimum, https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/440/102 would answer the question of where you can pick up on reading the manga.

On you first question about where to begin reading, the question referred to in some of the comments is similar.
As to your other question(s) the anime follows the manga very well for the the most part, except for inserting several anime-only filler episodes, including two rather long arcs and some shorter ones, as well as episodes based on omake. So you don't have to go back and read everything, you won't miss much.
The answer best showing where the anime and manga differ, while also answering where to start reading (manga chapter 480 BTW) is the answer by https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/24/logan-m to this question: Which episodes of Bleach are filler?

How did you manage to post this over an hour after the question was closed?

No idea. Actually saved the answer some 18 or 19 hours ago. Possibly some issue with whatever mirror is used in South Africa maybe? Posted around the same time as Makoto's comment anyway.


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What happened to the Japanese Task-Force building after L's death?
I know that the Japanese Task-Force members decided to leave the building a few days after L's death. But what happened to the building afterward? I couldn't find the answer to this question anywhere on the Internet.

I highly, highly doubt there is any canon information about this.

On an unrelated note, I'd normally spoiler-tag a major character's death, but honestly, "L dies" is up there with "Snape kills Dumbledore" and "Bruce Willis is a ghost" in terms of how well-known it is, so I'm not sure there's much point.

@F1Krazy Not exactly? After all, L doesn't exactly die in the other Death Note movies/series.

Ohba never has stated what happened to the Task-Force headquarters. If L left a will, his assets would have to pass to his heir (I doubt he had a legal document for that case with all that secrecy around him, but who knew). Even if L died without a will, that building still could be one of the properties that his succesor Near inherited, like the money he literaly thrown out the window. Maybe the building is now administrated by an executor (maybe Roger) or a frontman.


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Was Sakaki telling the truth when he said Zen is younger than Raj?
In volume 4 of Snow White with the Red Hair, Zen, Shirayuki, Kiki, and Mitsuhide had their ages revealed by the author, and Zen is said to be older than Raj. In a Volume 7 side story, however, Sakaki said that Zen is younger than Raj. Was this a lie to try and make Raj meet up with him, or was it other reasons?

Do you have any reason to doubt that Sakaki was telling the truth when he said that?

But in volume 4, Zen, shirayuki, Kiki and Mitsuhide age was revealed by the author and Zen is older. But now in volume 7, Sakaki says otherwise

Thank you, I've proposed an edit to add that context into your question. It's entirely possible the answer is just "the author forgot the characters' ages", but maybe someone who's more familiar with the manga will be able to propose an in-universe explanation.

A quick check from wiki reveals that Zen is 19 years old and Raj is 17 years old. However, while the Japanese Wikipedia confirms about Zen's age from volume 4, Raj's age is not mentioned anywhere. Since I'm not following the series, do you know any reference, possibly directly from the anime/manga, that Raj is 17 years old?


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Can I read the Tokyo Ghoul RE manga if I have watched the first 2 seasons of the anime?
I have seen the first season of Tokyo Ghoul and a few episodes of Root A and I want to know if this is enough to read the Tokyo Ghoul RE manga. I have heard that Root A doesn't fit into the story of the manga, so should I watch it before I read RE or not? I'm also not sure if you can watch the first season of Tokyo Ghoul before RE, or do you have to read it in the manga?


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Were Valkyrie and Seiya caught having sex or training?
In Episode 9 of Cautious Hero, were Seiya and Valkyrie caught having sex or were they actually training? How did Seiya learn that move? Did Valkyrie transfer it into him, or was she actually able to teach Seiya how to do the "Gate of Valhalla" move? Then, when the goddess Rista came in, Seiya tried stopping Valkyrie from saying something; what was it?

Might be related: What was Valkyrie referring to when Seiya stopped her from saying it in episode 9 of Shinchou Yuusha?


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Who were the original Seven Deadly Sins?
In Seven Deadly Sins, Diane is 750 years old, and Ban and Escanor are under 50. 3000 years ago the Ten Commandments were beaten by the Seven Deadly Sins, so my question is, who were the original Seven Deadly Sins? Since Ban, Escanor and Diane weren't alive back then?

Where do you see that it was the seven deadly sins who beat them 3000 years before the current series?

There weren't any others, meliodas created the sins and they all just came together I believe, and the SDS were NOT around 3000 years ago, they were made when meliodas became a holy knight. ( I haven't seen SDS in a while, but I finished the manga and I'm almost sure I'm right)

After thinking about it I think it is mentioned in the manga that premonition had a premenation about the creation of the seven deadly sins

yep, it was king of Lioness, who had a vision about Sins and Merlin found them based on the vision

I think you're referring to when Meliodas said he created the sins to defeat the commandments. He meant now. It was him glauximia, drole, and a member of the goddess race that fought 3000 years ago. Also king MAY have been alive but he would have been way too young and way to weak.


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Why didn’t Misa kill L the second time she got shinigami eyes?
Why didn’t Misa kill L second time she got shinigami eyes? If she wasn't going to use them to kill him, then why did she get them, knowing her lifespan was going to be shortened? Why did Rem agree to do it?

Your last question has already been asked and answered.

These are actually several questions and should be asked separately (And at least one of them has already been answered). Also, please be sure to include your own research on the matter in future questions.
Why didn’t Misa kill L second time she got shinigami eyes?
The event that should have lead to her killing L was her obtaining ownership and thus regaining her memory. The only reason she made the deal a second time is that she does not remember the name and wants to see it again. However, she never meets L again and thus does not see his name.
Why did she get them then, knowing her lifespan was going to be shortened?
From a logical point of view, since Misa was saved by Gelus, she received his remaining life span and might potentially still have centuries to live even after halving her life span twice (though it is not clear how much she actually gained, given that human years and shinigami years might not work the same way and Gelus did spend quite some time watching her, assumably not killing many people).
Thought Misa is not known to be that rational. She simply wants to help/ please Light and assumes that, since she was that close to L for months, she would be able to see him again at some point. She probably planned on killing him right after meeting him the next time but that never happened.
Why did Rem do it?
Rem had stated several times, that she would do whatever it takes to protect Misa. She even agreed on killing L before the Yotsuba-arch because she did not care about Light and at that point and Light's life was the only one that would have been prolonged. Unfortunately, she never had the chance to see L before the incarceration of Misa and after comparing Light to Yotsuba-Kira, Rem grew fond of him and could no longer kill L without prolonging a human life that she wanted to protect.
After Misa regained her DN and started killing again, Rem realized that L would catch her at some point but Light would not waste the asset of Misa's Shinigami Eyes if L was dead. So the only thing Rem could do to protect Misa was to kill L and make sure that Light had all the advantages she could provide. Light prompted this reaction by talking about the possible punishment for Kira but I am sure that Rem would have come to the same conclusion anyway.

She never had the chance, somewhat by design
Rem deduces on our behalf in Chapter 57 that this is all part of Light's chessmaster plan coming to a head.
Light had arranged for Misa to regain a death note.  Light's ideal situation would be for Misa to remember L's name, as that would let him proceed more cautiously, but he planned for the possibility she wouldn't remember it (Misa says it was just one in a horde of names she saw, as she didn't realize L's importance when she saw it).  He also knew from Misa's absolute dedication to him that she would then immediately make the deal for the eyes in order to assist him more (even if she did remember L's name she can be expected to have done this, as there would be more people to deal with to realize Light's long term goals); this happens early in Chapter 56 with no prompting or orders from Light.  Light intentionally keeps Misa separated from the team, L, and Rem to prevent an inopportune exposure.  He meets with her outside of headquarters briefly, but otherwise she never comes in and he never leaves the premises.
But more to the point, Light knew that Misa, with all of her memories back, with the power of the eyes, and having resumed using the Death Note to kill after the team was already made aware of Death Notes, would quickly draw L's and the team's attention and be outed, imprisoned, and ultimately executed (and likely Light himself, too). L himself tells Rem as much, and Rem ultimately concludes that even if she reveals the whole truth that Misa will still be guilty of too much to be left alive.  And Misa may have been more clever than Light originally gave her credit for, but she wasn't up to the task of putting things past L when he already had so many pieces of the puzzle, and Light having arranged things to point directly at Misa.  But even more to the point than that, Light knew that Rem would know that, and that Rem was absolutely dedicated to Misa.  So Light knew that Rem would have to take action to protect Misa.  Being visible to the entire team and having no real ability to physically interact with the world beyond dropping a Death Note, this left Rem with the singular choice: kill L (and Watari) to save Misa's life.  She might have written in Light's name as well, other than that Rem knew that Misa's obsession was so strong that she would almost certainly kill herself if Light died, which would defeat the point of saving her.
You can see more details in this Q&A about why Rem killed them.
And this was also part of Light's plan: Rem would then die, having expressly acted to extend Misa's life, and a Shinigami that didn't like him and would prefer to work against him, and had directly threatened to kill Light if he hurt Misa (keep in mind, this sequence of events all unfolded by Misa's own choices; she was not ordered to make the deal at any point) would be eliminated.

It would have been possible for Misa to see L's face one way or another and use her own eyes to know his name. Either by visiting Light or by getting a picture of L. For example Light or Ren could have taken a picture of him. That might have been suspected afterwards, but with L out of the way, they would have had a good chance to get away with it.


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How was Vegito able to retain his consciousness in his candy form?
How was Vegito able to retain his consciousness and then fight after he was turned into a candy by Super Majin Buu?

This is likely a plot hole (or more likely than that, simply a gag to show of strength, not dissimilar to the Arale appearances). But one can rationalize this by not looking at how Vegito was able to do something extraordinary but more so how other victims were not able to do something ordinary.
The first usage of the transfiguration beam was the first on screen appearance of Majin Buu (the fat one) against Dabura, where he turned Dabura into a cookie. What we do know is that Dabura was not literally turned into a cookie, a cookie being an inanimate, lifeless object. This we can infer because when he was turned into a cookie, he didn't lose his life (as the characters explain, those turned to stone will only be restored when Dabura dies). He did die when he was eaten, not unlike how almost any live animal dies when they are eaten. From this, we can infer that the transfiguration beam only turns their appearance into another shape, preferably one that is feeble and non-threatening (similar to how a Ginyu turned into a frog, but retained his abilities).
This leaves the explanation of why Dabura (and the other victims, like the humans) appeared to be unable to fight after the transformation. The simplest explanation is that given the circumstances (Dabura especially) they were in a state of shock or disbelief. The human victims are of course weak and likely couldn't fly. As we can infer from Daima, sudden changes in the bodies of characters generally render them immobile due to lack of familiarity with the form. Vegito however, through Goku, already was aware of the transfiguration technique and was prepared when his body changed. Vegito can, of course, also fly so he could still fight in his form just by flying at high speeds (and ramming into his opponent).

Which reminds me. Are there always gonna be plot holes in anime, cartoons, movies, video games, & stories?

@Henkyo Plot holes usually occur for 2 reasons: 1. different writers and the second writer didn't really study the work of the first one. and 2. Too much time passed and the writer simply forgets as part of getting old (what occurred for much of the plot of DBS).


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Is Naruto's most proficient move still Shadow Clones?
After becoming Hokage, and so much more in ''Boruto'', it is safe to say that Naruto has learned a great deal more than when he was just a kid, and originally learned to use the Shadow Clone jutsu. He has been using it frequently since then, using it whilst fighting to pull off his Rasengan or to multi-task in his daily life. Obviously it is not his most destructive jutsu, but talking sheer mastery with it, I doubt he would be better at another jutsu.
But with how many jutsus and techniques Naruto has by now, is his Shadow Clone jutsu still the one he's the most proficient at? If not, then what is his most proficient jutsu, and when did it become his most proficient?

I think his strongest justu is Sage Art: Super Tailed Beast Rasenshuriken, but his most PROFICIENT jutsu would be multi shadow clone justu simply because it is an extension of his shadow clone jutsu, which is one of the first jutsu he mastered and he has been using it since he was 12 or however old he was when he defended Iruka.

On a battlefield Rasengan and Rasenshuriken variations is problably the most proficient, we can realize that looking to how often it was used on battle and its damage, since Kakuzu's battle against Naruto , he was looking forward to improve that technique
On a more general porpuse problably Shadow Clone jutsu wich he uses to initiate battle's as to accomplish dayly stuff
In my opinion, Shadow Clone Jutsu is the most proficient one in general, it allows naruto buy time to think and is pretty amazing all the ways that he combine more destructive jutsus to it

I believe it is still his most proficient jutsu as he is using it all the time even at the village so as to keep up with the workload and help many. He is constantly maintaining kage bunshin. Therefore with so much usage, it will be his most proficient. This is also shown by the fact that he can maintain a large number of them for a long period of time.
However, in a battle situation, this is not very useful. So he will use his next most proficient (almost equally proficient) Rasengan and varients of it. For example, in the fight with Delta, he used a multitude of Rasengans and a lot less clones. He usually hit anyone with a rasengan if he can get close enough. He almost uses it as much as he uses plain punches.


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In the Persona 4 manga, do Souji and Rise end up dating?
I've been looking all over the Internet to find out whether Souji Seta and Rise are a couple in the manga. I have seen many places that say they are, but they are all from 6 years ago.
So my question is, are Rise and Souji Seta actually dating in the manga, and if so, in which volume do they start dating?

Welcome to Anime.SE! Is there any reason you can't find this out for yourself by simply reading the manga?

I just wanted to know I just bought the first four and plan on getting the rest soon. I just wanted to know so I could get hyped for it

Fair enough. I'll see if I can find out for you.

Thanks man I have look every where and couldn't find anything


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Why didn't Minato tell Naruto how to fight against Kamui?
When Naruto meet his father Minato's Chakra inside of him during the Pain fight, why didn't Minato tell Naruto how Obito's Kamui works?

Did Naruto need to know at that point in time? If he did, then did Minato know that Naruto needed to know at that point in time?

Minato's appearance merely a safeguard
When Minato sealed Kurama within Naruto, he sealed some of his chakra within Naruto as well. This was a countermeasure to assist Naruto re-seal Kurama if he were to ever to escape. This happens during the Pain Assault, and Naruto nearly breaks the seal out of anger.
With Minato's chakra being limited, he only had time to do what he needed to do, which was:

Tighten Karuma's seal
Give Naruto a summary of what he has observed up until now

Under Minato's observation, Pain was a simply pawn of Tobi. So why didn't he tell Naruto at this point?
Minato did not know Tobi was Obito
During Obito's assault on Konoha, he and Minato clashed. At this time, Minato did not know he was fighting Obito and assumed it was Madara. Obito was pronounced dead long before this, so Minato wouldn't have thought twice about this masked man's identity.
Minato does not come to the conclusion that Obito was the one who assaulted the village until their second clash during 4th Shinobi War.
Minato may not have know how it worked
Why would he know? Obito and Minato's clash during the Konoha assault was very brief. During the 4th Shinobi War, it took Kakashi some time to figure out how Kamui worked. And this only was because Kakashi noticed that Obito's sharingan prowess worked very similar to his own.
Minato didn't have anything to compare against to understand how Obito's abilities worked.


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Where can I find anime dubbed into English with Spanish subtitles?
By any chance, is there a website that has anime dubbed into English but with Spanish subtitles?
I think Crunchyroll works, only right now I don't have the money to have an account.
I wanted to see Hunter x Hunter or Death Note not only in Japanese (well, subtitled). But I am not very good with English.

Welcome to Anime & Manga! Take note that this site doesn't condone piracy, so we will only mention legal/official sites if they exist. Answers/comments that mention questionable sites will be removed without prompt.

Every anime on Netflix is dubbed into English, with several different language options for subtitles. I believe Spanish is among them, but I'll have to check before I post this as an answer. I don't believe Netflix has Hunter x Hunter or Death Note, though.

You need to watch it legally. This applications allow that, like Netflix or Crunchyroll. You'll probably won't find any free site for that, because the people that make this sites (I'm one so I can tell) only make this sites for their own language. This means that if they want to watch it in English, they won't post any eps in spanish

Well, if you really want something that specific, then Crunchyroll is probably the only available legal site for that.


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What is the difference between "weeb", "weeaboo", and "otaku"?
I would like to know why people would like being called a weeb instead of an otaku and why there is so much drama about "weeb", "weeaboo", and "otaku".

This is probably getting downvoted for a couple of reasons, (1) only "otaku" is a Japanese language word (and its meaning in Japan and elsewhere is a bit different), and (2) at least for otaku, you can find a lot of articles explaining the stigma.

Related/possible dupe: What are “sugoi kawaii desu!!!!!11” guys/girls?, Is the term Otaku derogatory?

Does this answer your question? Is the term Otaku derogatory?

Otaku was first. It was just the goofy way to call yourself an anime fan in the west.
In Japan otaku originally had the same vibe as geek/nerd and wasn't tied to anime at all. There was even a somewhat positive connotation to the word, since otaku were really smart and had all the cool tech that you could have during the 1970s/80s. Like a portable TV. The word kinda transformed into the meaning of unhealthy obsession and then got associated with the kind of anime fans that do have a rather unhealthy obsession with anime.
Western anime fans adopted the word for reasons lost to history. Probably because the word popped up in anime fairly often. Even in its more traditional meaning. For example in the 2002 anime Full Metal Panic the protagonist is called an otaku by his peers.
Weeaboo came later. Around the mid 2000s. Mostly used to insult western anime fans obsessed with the Japanese language on the Internet. Some fans referred to themselves as otaku, but got mocked as weeaboos instead.
Eventually this got shortened to weeb.
In popular use weeb displaced the word otaku around the mid 2010s. Some anime fans began to ironically/self-mockingly call themselves weebs and it snowballed from there.
As far as I know Japan still uses otaku.

As creator of the term weeb. Weeb means exactly the same thing as weeaboo. I only did it to shorten the spelling. Nothing more.

Welcome to Anime.SE! This would be a strong, authoritative answer if you could prove that you actually did coin the term "weeb".

A weeb is just someone who likes anime or manga. Not culture, not video games, not the language, just anime and manga. While a weeaboo is someone who is so obsessed with Japanese culture and everything about Japan that it seems weird, annoying and cringe.
Otaku is a Japanese term for people with consuming interests, particularly in anime and manga.

AFAIK, weeb is just the shorthand for weeabo. So there shouldn't really be any difference between the scope of those two. Do you have some sources to back up your answer?


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How many types of Rasengan does Boruto have?
I know that Boruto has at least two Rasengan, but I don't know exactly how many he has.

Welcome to Anime.SE! I had extreme difficulty understanding what you had written, so if my edit doesn't quite match what you wanted to say, please let me know.

There are a total of 9 Rasengans, and all can only be attained by combining the power of the tailed beasts. As of right now, Boruto has 3 types that he can use with the help of his Karma (Which was made to Boruto by Koji Kashin a Jiraya clone), the three types are Wind Style Rasengan, High Compression Rasengan & Vanishing Rasengan.

Wind Style Rasengan was taught to him through an explanation by Kakashi then the Wind Style Rasengan evolved into the High Compression Rasengan which Boruto can only use once in extreme cases.

Vanishing Rasengan Was created by Boruto as a result of his chakra nature.


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During the Chunin Exams, whose body did Orochimaru sacrifice to use the reanimation jutsu?
Whose body did Orochimaru sacrifice to summon Hashirama and Tobirama?

It was Zaku and Kin from Team Dosu who had both been removed from the Exams following their defeats during the Elimination Round in the Tower of Death (Zaku having had his arms torn up after Shino blocked his palm wind holes. Kin after being knocked out from her head hitting the wall thanks to Shikamaru's Shadow Possession)

No longer inhabited, the First and Second's bodies dissolve, revealing themselves to in actuality be the bodies of Zaku Abumi and Kin Tsuchi, two Genin Orochimaru had entered into the Chunin Exams and had now sacrificed for his means.

Source: Konoha Crush (Arc) > The Third Hokage vs. Orochimaru (6th Paragraph)
on Zaku's and Kin's wikia pages you can see that they were shown after the Hokage's bodies dissolved


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Why didn't the other dragons help Igneel in defeating Acnologia?
In the Tartaros arc of Fairy Tail, when Igneel appeared to fight or defeat Acnologia, why didn't the other dragons help?

Fear acnologia was so dangerous that even if many dragons joined most would die Igneel was just extremely courageous


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Did Taiga come back to stay or was she just visiting?
In the very last episode of Toradora, after the credits, Taiga comes back. Did she come back to stay or was she just visiting?

It's unspecific what happens afterwards in the anime.  Given that this is Ryuuji's graduation, and he and Taiga were in the same class year, it'd be implied that they're both graduating high school at this point.  If she were to "stay", that would imply that they're either moving in together or something else, which is also unspecified.
If nothing else, what we can say is that she is definitely visiting, but even the length of her visit is not specified.

They are getting married, It is folly to assume that she is doing anything other then staying. Though what happens next is unknown it is safe to assume they are facing this unknown together.

When is it stated that they're getting married?

Please include relevant sources/references to support your answer.


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Does Kaguya Otsutsuki have universal level power?
I was told that Kaguya Otsutsuki is able to create and destroy universes or something and that she has universal level power and also that base level Momoshiki is also universal level.
Although I haven’t gotten to that part, I wanted to know if this is true or if the power scaling is off, because that sounds really off. How will anyone be able to beat someone that strong?

With the consumption of the Shinju (Divine Tree) Kaguya achieved god like powers in the matter of seconds, and was even known to her people as the "Rabbit Goddess." Although it is not stated in the manga or anime that Kaguya can create and destroy universes, it is shown that she has god-like power, and can shift dimensions at will.
According to https://naruto.fandom.com:

Kaguya has the ability to travel between any of her six dimensions as she sees fit. The dimension were noted by Obito to be very far from each other and he had a hard time believing she could join these dimensions in an instant.

Kaguya Otsutsuki has also showcased the ability to take not only herself, but multiple people to the dimension with her in an instant. She has also been able to make Gudodama (Truth-Seeking Orbs) the size of an average Planetary Devastation. She is feared as one of the strongest Otsutsuki in existence, also feared as the strongest shinobi to ever live. Even Naruto and Sasuke, one of the strongest ninja to date, had a hard time sealing her even with the power of the Sage of Six Paths.
Also do not forget she has the powers of Byakugan as well as Rinne-Sharingan. Her power is very great and she can probably destroy the Moon, or another planet. Although I don't think she can destroy a universe.


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When does Luffy return to Alabasta after getting defeated by Crocodile in their first fight?
Please tell me the exact episode range. Like, 111-135 or something like that.

Episode 121
After getting defeated by Crocodile in Episode 110, Luffy is seen carried by Pell in a really bad condition and he finally makes an appearance back in Alabasta when he saves Vivi from Crocodile in Episode 121.


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Does Todoroki like Momo romantically?
In the movie Futari no Hero, Todoroki only stares at Momo in her yellow dress when she came through the door and did not look at any other girl but her. They also had a heart-to-heart conversation when training with Eraser Head in Season 2.
Does Todoroki like Momo romantically? I don't ship them, I just watch how the story plays out.

It's a possibility, but not one you could call obvious.
If you look at the characters, most of the boys and girls form some kind of pairing considering their friendships, which could evolve to romance.
Kirishima with Ashido, Jiro with Kaminari, Hagakure with Ojiro. And of course, Izuku with Ochako, the one ship which is more probable to happen, considering Ochako's feelings have been shown openly to the reader.
But in the case of Momo and Shoto, they could very well be just good friends. Considering she is kinda the only girl he is close with, I don't consider it enough evidence. If we do, we could very well also ship Momo with Jiro too, just by that scene of Jiro blushing at seeing Momo's boobs.

According to this website (caution - contains a small spoiler):

Momo Yaoyorozu likes Todoroki; however, both of them are caught up in their own issues at the moment and do not have the time to engage romantically. As the series progresses, they might even end up together.

This is saying that Todoroki does not like Momo, but Momo likes Todoroki.


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Why didn't Roberta kill these characters?
In Part 4 of Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail, Shenhua attacks Roberta and is swiftly backed up by Sawyer and Rotton. Roberta breaks Sawyer's chainsaw and one of Shenhua's kukris, has the two held at gunpoint... then just kicks Rotton in the balls and walks away, sparing all three of them.
I haven't watched Part 5 yet, but so far this is the only time Roberta has shown mercy in the entire OVA. Later on in Part 4, she reacts to Eda helping her by promising to kill her painlessly, yet here she spares three random strangers who were trying to kill her, two-thirds of whom were still armed in some capacity. I don't understand why.
It could be that Roberta's just trying to catch up to the American soldiers and/or Garcia, and doesn't want to waste time killing them, but she doesn't seem to be in that much of a hurry - as I noted, she walks away from the incident in question. It could also just be that she's gone completely insane at this point, and trying to analyse her actions is a waste of time. But I'd like to try anyway.
Why didn't Roberta kill Shenhua, Sawyer, and Rotton?
To repeat: I haven't seen Part 5 yet, so I don't want to Google anything in case I stumble across any spoilers. If the answer is "watch Part 5", so be it.


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Why are Ash/Satoshi's achievements not mentioned in newer seasons?
Ash/Satoshi is the Alola region's Champion, so in the episode where he went back to Alola, I expected that someone would refer to him as the Alolan Champion, but nobody did. In another recent episode, Ash went back to the Unova region to fight Iris, and it was revealed there that Iris is now the Unova region's Champion, but Ash never tells her that he is also now a Champion.
Why isn't Ash's Pokémon League win ever acknowledged?

Somewhat related? Why did Ash need to go back to Pokemon School?. The question is different, but along the same lines

ya it is reasonable answer @Wondercricket


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Why didn't Rukia, Rangiku and Toshirou recognize Isshin?
Note: this question contains spoilers for the manga.

We know that Isshin Kurosaki left the Soul Society because he wanted to protect Masaki and help her with the matter of her hollowification. Then they had children, etc., etc.
But before that, Isshin was the captain of the 10th Squad. Rangiku was his lieutenant and Toshirou was the third officer of Squad 10. We also have Rukia, who was in those days already in Squad 13 (if I remember the timeline correctly), so she must have known and been able to recognise the captains.
And then we are back to the main story - Rukia met Isshin and didn't recognize him. And after that, Rangiku, Toshirou, Ikkaku, Yumichika... all of them should immediately have recognized the ex-captain of Sqad 10, am I right? Why didn't any of them recognize Isshin?
Is there an explanation for this, or was this a plot hole created by Tite Kubo? Maybe he hadn't created Isshin's story when he released the Saving Rukia arc and the first Arrancar invasion on Karakura Town arc? Or is there something I missed?

When did the officers of squad 10 and 11 run into Isshin Kurosaki? It's been a long time since I read Bleach but I don't recall them ever being in the same scene (outside of the flashback that explained how Isshin left soul society)

In the Karakura Town arc, they actually never came face to face, and there was at least the difference of 15 years during the past and the start of the series, and when we see Rukia's past, we see that she was with Kaien Shiba who was head of Shiba clan.
But as we know, a captain is generally the head of a clan in his duty period, so that means Kaien inherited his role as head of the Shiba clan from Isshin in absence of him, which means that even Rukia didn't know about Isshin from start, only Urahara and Yoruichi knew about him, but I think they acknowledged the presence of Isshin during the Fullbringer arc because he was there when Rukia stabbed Ichigo with Reishi blade.
And as to why he didn't return during the Blood War arc, he was outcasted by Soul Society because he gave his power to humans, which is a crime as we know from the prelude of Soul Society. And as for punishment, he was banished from Soul Society and never contacted for anything because there was no way for Gotei 13 to find him because of his weakened reaitus and probably because of Uraghar.

I think the order of events is somewhat jumbled. Kaien Shiba was not a successor to Isshin Shiba, in Turn Back the Pendulum 4 (Ch -105) (which is set 100 years prior to the series start) Kaien was in talks with Ukitake to become vice-captain of squad 13 (he takes the post 5 years later) whereas the captain seat of squad 10 is vacant as the captain had died, Isshin would take up the post some time after the events here (he's not in the arc) and leave the post 20 years prior to the series start. Also Kaien is head of the main family and Isshin is head of a branch family (Ch529)

I feel that Toshiro and Rangiku didn't know about Ichigo's father Isshin as they didn't meet face to face at Karakura Town. Also, at that time Isshin was just a normal human being without any powers, so Toshiro, Rangiku or any other members of Soul Society didn't sense him or meet him by face.
So, it's obvious they didn't know about Isshin.
Only Rukia meet Ichigo's father face to face.
But, she didn't recognise him.
Maybe its a plot hole, or she didn't know about Isshin at that time by face, that's why she didn't recognise him.

As you mentioned, they didn't recognize him at the time being if Isshin is over 200+ years old, that's a lot of years to remember.
Also, in the Aizen arc, before Dangai Ichigo came about, he was around 18 (Human years). Soul reapers age slow, that's why Isshin looks about 40 years or 50 even though he's about 200+ soul reaper years, stating that he wasn't that friendly towards other captains and stuck to himself. Regarding maybe Rukia and the others, they never met him.

But Toshirou and Rangiku were his officers. Rangiku was his lieutenant and Isshin told her that he think Toshirou could be next captain of squad 10th... So at least these two should recognize him immidiately.


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Where can I watch the JoJo OVA from the 90s?
I was wondering if anyone knew where I could watch either the sub or dub of the 1993 Stardust Crusaders OVA?

Hi, just a standard legal notice that this site doesn't condone piracy, so we will only mention legal/official sites if they exist. Answers/comments that mention questionable sites will be removed without prompt.

yeah, id prefer a legit website anyways but I understand you have to post the legal notice.

I don't know, but you should first watch the OVA from 2000 and then the one from 1993, as the later one is Jojo Part 3 the first half and the earlier one is Jojo Part 3 the second half. Also, don't bother with the movie from 2007. It doesn't exist anymore. The author didn't like it and ordered it's destruction.

@Ocean i was aware of the destruction of the movie but that won't stop me from searching every corner of the earth to find it

@Ocean i belive this website may give me a bit of a lead on the movie so wish me luck https://lostmediawiki.com/JoJo%27s_Bizarre_Adventure:Phantom_Blood(partially_found_anime_film_based_on_manga;_2007)

If you ever find it, let me know.

@Ocean trust me I will I would never hide something like that from anyone


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What's the name of the song in Naruto Shippuden that plays in episode 203 at 11:22?
What's the name of the song in Naruto Shippuden that plays in episode 203 at 11:22? The moment Sasuke created the Susano'o to defend himself from Gaara, Temari, Darui and Kankuro.
https://youtu.be/_JZURm4lh58

The song you refer to is called "Sasuke's Ninja Way" (サスケの忍道, Sasuke no Nindō).
Listen here: https://youtu.be/AastZeIJJDA


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Will Naofumi be wary of the waves?
Do you think, in the upcoming season of the Shield Hero, Naofumi will be wary of the waves? Since this is my understanding:

When they fight the waves they almost overpower monsters in the other world
(or)
He might be brought to the said world to fight the waves in the coming season
(or)
There might be an altercation that, when the heroes present themselves near the Dragon Clock Tower, it activates the waves.
(or)
They might start an army near their homeland and it might trigger a rebellion when the Shield Hero finds (3rd point) is true.

What happens in the light novel regarding this?

I've submitted an edit to make the question more objective. We can't speculate, but we can answer based on what happens in the light novels that the anime is based on.

Thank you I was confused on the term but you cleared it out


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Why doesn't anyone go over the Calm Belt?
The Calm Belt has no oceanic currents so sailing a normal ship through it is impossible.
However, throughout the series we have seen ships that can sail without wind, such as Boa Hancock's ship that is pulled by sea kings. There are also plenty of Devil Fruit users that have an ability to get them across. A lot of people already travel the sea by themselves using their powers, like Kuzan, who can glide across the water, or even Buffalo that can fly over.
Why hasn't anyone thought to go over the Calm Belt instead of traversing the Grand Line? Is there something that presents that from happening?

It is not true that no one ever crossed the Calm Belts.
First of all, from https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Calm_Belt, we know that Marines used Seastone-lined ships to repel Sea Kings and cross the Calm Belts. Besides numbers, strong admirals, this is certainly one of their strong points, as they can travel fast through the world. Impel Down is in the Calm Belts, so travels there are pretty frequent.
Amazon Lily is in the middle of a Calm Belt, and Rayleigh traveled there by swimming! So powerful individuals can travel there if they want to. As for normal pirates, the Calm Belts is full of Sea Kings and there is no wind to travel by sails, so special boats are needed. This eliminates 99% of pirates.
Finally, there is no proof of this in the manga so far, but fishmen, at least strong enough ones like Arlong or Jinbei, can probably travel easily within the Calm Belts. Also, the Revolutionary Army is scattered through the world, the faction of each sea under the order of one Commander. The commanders meet at the beginning of Wano Country Arc and they seem to have casually traveled through the world. Granted, the revolutionaries are experts in infiltraton so they may have stealthily crossed lands but crossing Calm Belts seems within their reach.

Nobody goes though the calm belt because there is nothing important there and no reason to go there beside to go through the Grand-line. https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Calm_Belt

I put the link in case if i missed anything have a good day :)

Well, up until this point it only works as a kind of boundary as you said but could also hold some secrets to it if Oda has plans for it ... Also, Amazon Lily and a couple of other islands are found in the Calm Belt so you can't say there is nothing important :)

I can't say your wrong :)


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How many cadets were present at the Battle of Trost?
How many cadets were present at the battle of Trost in Attack on Titan?


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Is Patema Inverted available in English Dub?
I know many people say that subbed anime is better than dubbed, but is Patema Inverted available in English dub? If so, where can I watch it?

Welcome to Anime.SE! Please be aware that we do not condone piracy here, so any answers will only point to official sources like Crunchyroll.

The ANN site of the movie has a list of streaming platforms where it is supposed to be available.
I found it on Amazon Prime Video where it is indicated that the audio is in English.

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Does Chizuru like Kazuya?
It’s hard to tell because she doesn’t show much towards Kazuya and she blushes from time to time but that’s it. It’s pretty obvious Kazuya likes her but not the same vice versa.

Hard to answer this question without revealing spoilers from the manga, as the manga is much further ahead than the anime, so click below at your own risk.

 Starting from chapter 164, the author made Chizuru's feelings very clear to the readers. She does in fact have feelings for Kazuya, and currently in the process of realizing them (chapter 182 as of this moment). Often time, when they are alone together, Chizuru would get overly conscious of her feelings, resulting in her getting flustered and blushed quite frequently around Kazuya.


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Why is it that some anime anthology films get cancelled?
I’ve seen Robot Carnival and Memories. I've never seen, but have heard of, Neo Tokyo, Short Peace, and many others. Which leads to Twilight Q, an anthology series that lasted for two episodes.
Why is it that some of these films get cancelled? What might be the reasons?

Related: Why do anime production studios never seem to announce if they plan to cancel a series?

I meant with the case of Twilight Q.

As a reference for potential answerers, according to the Japanese Wikipedia, Twilight Q was planned to have 6 episodes.

There's a myriad of reasons, from the original author not liking it and thus preventing further releases if he was given that kind of power, to people on the production team dying unexpectedly.
But really, mostly it's just sales.
Twilight Q released during the late 1980s which was a special period for OVAs. In the early 1980s VHS tapes became cheap enough to reach general consumers. Anime was sold to the video store for about $200 per episode and the unthinkable happened. Japanese fans actually bought them at those prices that were intended for a video store.
There was a dedicated segment of fans willing to spend $200 per episode and then there were lots of people creating OVAs and selling to these type of people. Mostly small "studios", too. Maybe operating out of someone's apartment. Life was good back then and people had money to spend on anime consumption and production. If it didn't work out after a few episodes they'd just stop and try a different project.
It was a period of experimentation. Anime OVAs were a new thing. Prior to the 1980s, they didn't exist at all. So people mostly had fun with them, going for ultra violence and nudity, which you wouldn't get to see on TV or in a movie theater, for that matter. The first pornographic anime released, too. (Some people will tell you that there were earlier pornographic anime, like the 1970 Cleopatra, but they are wrong.)
There are many unfinished OVAs from that time. But there are also many unfinished TV shows nowadays. It's the same principle. If it sells enough, you'll likely get to see more of it.

Most likely low sales. It's also an OVA so there is no such thing as committing to the episode count like a TV series. They can drop it at any episode if they deem the sales are low.

What might be the other reasons?


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How old is Mei Chang?
How old is Mei Chang in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood? Her age is never stated in the series.

According to the Fandom Wiki, Mei is 11-12 years old, being 14 by the end of the manga

any from-source citation to back this up?


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How many characters are there in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood?
How many characters are there in Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood?

Welcome to the Q&A site Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. To get a specific answer, what is considered a "character"? Any people with names? Or everyone who plays a role in the plot? Or only listed in the official character introduction and resources? Or...? Please [edit] the question to clarify.

Relevant: https://fma.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Fullmetal_Alchemist_characters?so=search#OTHER_CHARACTERS , although it includes characters from the 2003 continuity (film included) without making a very clear distinction.

Please find the list of all characters from Full Metal Alchemist franchise here. They also highlighted the characters based on adaptation/movie/manga-only. Based on my rough counting, the series has around 200 characters.


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Why do the nationwide transmutation circles have railroad tracks?
Just finished FMAB and felt myself wondering why the nationwide transmutation circle had railroad tracks in every underground circle?
There was some interesting discussion here with regards to how the tracks were even able to be laid in the first place. I mean, it seems like an alchemist would be necessary at the very least to transmute ore in the underground into iron tracks, and then as for the wood, maybe carbon trapped in the ground.
I didn't feel like any of the explanations in that thread were particularly satisfactory because from what I saw in the show, with the exception of Father, homunculi don't seem to perform alchemy.
And clearly there were no teams of people entering and exiting the tunnels to lay tracks as when Sloth completes the circle in Briggs, there is no one laying tracks as he completes the digging.
All that aside though, my real question is: why are there tracks in the first place? They could have just been empty tunnels, right?
Is this just an unanswered question of the show? Or have I missed something?

The dirt has to go somewhere. Presumably, just like a real mineshaft, the rails were used to cart the dirt from the dig out of the shaft. I don't recall there is anything in the manga (or anime) to back this up though, but it logically makes sense.

There's a real possibility that people did "get in" but never got out.
And i can assume that the tracks are there for the purpose of Sloth getting faster in a part that needs repair or if he has to surface in specific places.