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Why does Kaneki's perception of taste change?
In the anime Tokyo Ghoul, Rize's organs are transplanted into Kaneki causing him to become a half-ghoul half-human. However, the organs transplanted are situated in his abdomen region and his tongue remains the same.
Later, we see the ghoul researcher Ogura Hisashi say that ghouls cannot digest human food due to a particular enzyme in their body and because their tongues have a different structure, food tastes different to them. However, Kaneki's tongue had remained unaltered so he should have been able to eat and taste human food but not be able to digest them.

Inspite of this, we see Kaneki say that food tastes bad to him and he uses adjectives such as ash to describe the taste. My question is, even though his tongue is unchanged, why is he unable to taste human food?
This Reddit thread partially answers the question. However, most of them were guesses and I didn't find them satisfactory. The highest upvoted answer goes against the show (tongue does not change.)

I've only watched the 2 seasons of the anime, so I request you to keep the answer as spoiler-free as possible.

The answer is in your question. Those transplanted organs produce an enzyme or whatever which alters the chemical structure of regular food into something awful, and blood into just the right thing for the host body. It's not that the tongue was somehow different, it's the blood that runs through it changed its chemical contents.

The blood changed the chemical contents of his tongue or the food? Also, he also complains about the texture of food. That wouldn't happen unless his tongue's structure is changed.

Enzymes are responsible for what the food turns into once the metabolic processes start. If the enzymes turn the blood into something good, a ghoul's body will have no trouble accepting it as food. If the enzymes are structured so that regular human food turns into something bad for the body's cells, it will taste disgusting and the body will reject it (vomiting reflex). Basically, enzymes and food are 2 parts of 1 chemical reaction. It doesn't matter who the tongue belongs to. What matters is the blood contents that run through it.

It is noteworthy that the Kagune Sac is the primary source of RC Cell manipulation and such for a Ghoul. Much like certain glands in the human body control Hormones for the entire body, the Kagune Sac does so for RC Cells in a Ghoul, as well as giving them their Kagune, and depending on where it is, it even determines which of the 4 kind of kagune they get. It is clear the Kagune Sac is a control organ from that, and it probably can not only deal with RC cells, but also release other Things into the entire body. It would not be out of the ordinary if these things could also affect the rest of his body. It could have created and spread these Ghoul Hormones and other chemicals through the blood which gave him his other ghoul traits, like the Ghoul eye, regenerative ability, and reinforced his body's Strength and toughness with the RC Cells he now has an abundance of. So of course it could also hit his tongue and brain to alter not only his taste buds but how his brain interprets the signals, as well as his stomach to not digest other food properly. All of this is not actually described anywhere in the manga, and is just a guess, But the Kagune Sac is not some normal organ. Hormones can change a lot about a human already, just look at Testosterone and Estrogen. If the Kagune sac also creates Ghoul Hormones, they could easily affect a human, since Ghouls are Basically humans in almost every other way, and the 2 can reproduce together to create natural One eyed Ghouls, meaning scientifically, they are very close on the Family tree.
I have heard of a fun Fan theory that the Kagune was originally a Parasite that formed a symbiotic relationship with its human hosts. The source is probably from the fact that the Kagune sac is one of the only differences between Ghouls and Humans, and Kaneki receiving a sac gave him every other trait of a ghoul.

The ghoul DNA "infected" his whole body (look at his eyes) so it´s not too far fetched it changed the tongue as well.
Apart from physical change there is also a mental change. There is a phenomenon where patients who obtained an organ transplant notice effects on what they like or dislike, e.g. if the donor was a pianist the patient might like listening to piano more than before or even want to learn it. Kaneki's tongue could still have the same structure as before but different associations to food based on his digestive system.

Could it be to the extent that he starts to dislike his favourite food? Also, could you cite a source for the phenomenon mentioned?

I´d have to search for it and i´ll do that tomorrow. Can´t say too much about the extent but since its ghould organs and a lot of them, so it wouldn´t be too unrealistic.

@VatsalJain Here is one i found http://www.medicaldaily.com/can-organ-transplant-change-recipients-personality-cell-memory-theory-affirms-yes-247498


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What happens to gods with no regalias?
What happens to gods without a regalia? I am writing a blog and want to know for details. I know Yato mentions it but i can't remember!

What makes you think they have to have them? If you're unsure of what Yato said, then how can we be sure of what you're talking about?

Voting to reopen this question. Seems like a fairly straightforward question to me, independent of whether Yato has himself said anything on this topic or not.

nothing happens actually. regalias are their weapons so they only get relatively weaker versus ayakashis and other enemies.

@Hakase add that as an answer

I don't think this as been addressed in the anime, but I imagine gods have to fight off things to stay alive and uncorrupted. Remember that purple painful skin after a god touches a monster? Well, that needs to be avoided.
Without a weapon (regalia), if fast enough, a god can just run away or dodge attacks to avoid any danger. Yato was pretty strong on his own and his opponents were surprised by his personal abilities on multiple occasions.
But it is a god's duty to protect the human world (Near Shore) from the creatures of Far Shore, and only running away makes them pretty useless for this cause. Bad creatures will be left to trouble people and other gods, which might result in bad reputation, and furthermore additional hostility from gods and humans. People's prayers would not be answered (at least those involving bad creatures) and remember that "supergod commitee" which got pretty pissed off at one point and tried to destroy a fellow god for doing what they thought was wrong without investigating too much. Wouldn't wanna risk that.

Basically, for a god, a regalia is like clothes. Without a regalia, a god is considered "but-naked". A regalia is necessary for a god's survival as the regalia is a god's sole weapon to protect themselves from blight (pain caused by darkness either dark-thoughts of their regalias or physical contact with phantoms).
In the time of war (Yato being a war of god or god of calamity), the only motive was "to kill or to be killed" and that's why a regalia is important to protect their master's (god's) life. Most of the times (for calamity gods), it is necessary to kill to fulfill wishes, therefore a weapon i.e. regalia is needed. Plus, there is a need of regalia to kill phantoms too, to fulfill wishes.
A god with no regalia cannot survive for long in the world.

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What about Sebastian's footprints?
In the Phantomhive Manor Murders Arc, in the Manga, when the murders were happening, the characters who were investigating specifically mentioned that there were no footprints of anyone from outside who might have come from storm or might've been wet because of rains near the crime scenes.
But later

 when Sebastian was explaing that he was behind everything and that he switched corpse places from outside windows. Also he was shown wet a number of times. But no footprints were found? There were no footprints of the wet Sebastian? How?

Was mentioning the "no traces of footprint" thing a mistake or was it ignored while sebastian was explaining what had actually happened?

Remember what he says every time? "I am the butler of the Phantomhive family. It goes without saying that I can manage something like this." That's how he can walk without leaving footprints.

He is merely, one hell of a butler.

@MichaelMcQuade actually using the Japanese version of the quote would deliver it better. See http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5122/how-can-sebastian-use-i-am-a-butler-and-a-devil-so-casually

Well, there are many things Sebastian can do that we can't explain without shining some light on one fact.
He is "Simply, one hell of a butler"
He is merely an interesting creature with many talents.

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Why are corpses blinded with a cloth?
In the Manga, in The Ship Voyage arc, the corpses on Campania are blinded by a cloth. Ciel speculates that they can't hear or see. But if the cloth is removed, will they be able to see? Or is it just for show? To depict that the corpses can't see? Any particular reason? Or the Mangaka just wanted to design the characters that way?


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What was the first anime to have characters blasting off?
Instantly, Pokemon's team rocket comes to mind when I think of characters blasting off after losing a battle, just to become a twinkle in the skytvtropes.
However, it has become rather popular in lots of shows!

I'd like to know what was the first anime that featured characters blasting off and if possible, whether or not the first instance of this was in Anime?

A Twinkle in The Sky . . . you just need to search for anime/manga release date . .

TV Tropes is neither complete nor accurate. As far as accuracy, they're somewhere between a random forum and some blowhard's blog, not as good as Wikipedia but better than your crazy uncle who believes Elvis is an alien princess.

From what I understand this trope actually dates all the way back to Greek mythology. Apparently, Hercules did this to someone.

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How does the director's killer get back on to the roof?
In the time that Red Magic was down, directly after her door was opened, I'm assuming Dr. Magata was able to get on to the roof without leaving any trace of her access to the doors and elevators, since the system was temporarily switched over to UNIX. However, we see her come back in with Nishinosono and the others from the roof. How does she get back on the roof without leaving any logs, in order to kill the director?

[spoiler]

 He was already stabbed by the time Nishinosono and Professor Saikawa greeted the Director and Miki. The Director already has a knife stabbed at his back and he's acting like nothing is happening while talking to Nishinosono. This was shown on the latter episodes of the anime.


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Why were they surprised they couldn't send e-mails when the network was closed off in the first place?
In episode 2, Yamane Yukihiro explains that the network on the island is completely isolated, a protected network.

If that is the case, why are they surprised when they cannot send e-mails or communicate with the outside world when the system goes down later in episode 3?

Just from a real-world technology perspective, it wouldn't be strange if they had a "main" internal network that was air-gapped from the internet, plus an "auxiliary" network that they used for email and stuff.

A network doesn't have to be public. Network is just a bunch of computers that are able to share their content between each other.
So they weren't able to communicate within their network nor with the outside world.
They probably could communicate to the outside world before through a proxy server that is within their control only.

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Why does Sora no otoshimono have different ending themes per episode?
I've finished watching the Anime's First Season and I noticed that every episode in the anime has different ending themes.
As you can see in this list of episodes. Heaven's lost property has different ending sequences and different ending themes for a 12-episode series anime. Is there a significant reason for this?

There is not a particular reason for this. There have been several animes which did that. (ie: In lucky star, the endings are completely different each episode, in the monogatari series and Yosuga no Sora the EDs are different per mini arc(3-4eps), in Rokka no Yuusha the Eds have the same song but the video changes based on each character,etc) .

It has different endings because they are after scenes for each respective episode and shows what is happening after each episodes misadventure.

But you can still play the same ending theme before you show the post credit scenes, no? How does this answer the question?

I don't think most people stay after repetitive ending credits so they yo

So they use different endings continuing from the episode. Maybe it was just the studios preferences


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Why is Dimension W negative X?
When they are explaining Dimension W, it is represented as the negative side of the X axis. Why is Dimension W negative X? Is it not really it's own dimension?

Presumably because the person who designed that graphic was not mathematically-inclined.

Try drawing a 4 dimensional graph on a 2 dimensional surface. This is what they came up with (your right though it is not a great graph).

As @NendoTaka has mentioned, it's pretty hard to draw a 4d object on a 2d surface.
Here's how dimensionality work:

with a single dimension, a point is sent out infinitely, creating a line (See X)
in 2d, we add a dimension perpendicular to that (See X,Y).
Then, we go perpendicular again and expand upwards to get the third dimension(See X,Y,Z).
Because 3d > 2d, we can't represent that well on paper without folding the paper or adding more sheets on top of it - all really impractical for viewing on a screen. So, instead we use perspective - how our eyes perceive 3d. Usually the angles here are ~30 degrees.

And that looks pretty okay, because our eyes don't see in this traditional 3d sense, so mimicking that works. But, when we want to represent a 4th dimension, we don't have something to compare that to. We need to go perpendicular again and this is hard for our eyes to comprehend as we don't have much of a reference.
Here's an example depiction of a 4th dimension:

This is a more correct way to display the dimension, but it still relies on perspective - also it isn't immediately obvious that it is a new dimension on first glance.
The animators probably chose to do something simple that would be easier to animate. Although, if you rotate the above image, the X and W dimensions could overlap - and this wouldn't be obvious in the image without arrow pointers.
So yeah, they are wrong - but there's also not a simple way to represent 4 dimensions on a single sheet of paper
Coordinate Image sources & a good read

To be fair, there are many standard ways of projecting 4-dimensional objects like tesseracts and 3-spheres into 3 dimensions (and then down to 2 dimensions in the usual ways) that are vastly superior to the one used in the show, many of which have the added bonus of looking cooler than the one used in the show.

@senshin oh for sure, but I guess the animators also wanted to explain something, rather than astound

You could use other things than position to indicate how far along an axis something is, like color.


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Does the new LootAnime-Crunchyroll partnership mean that Loot Crate subscribers will get Crunchyroll memberships?
According to a Crunchyroll Press Release, Loot Crate and Crunchyroll are partnering to provide a better anime themed loot crate. This service will be the replacement for the current Loot Crate anime crate and will feature current products from shows that are streaming on Crunchyroll.
From the Press Release (emphasis my own):

Existing Loot Anime subscribers will see no change in price or frequency, but they can now look forward to even better content, exclusive access to Crunchyroll content and more. With packages starting at $22.95 per month, Loot Anime’s subscription price will remain the same. Every crate is valued at over $60, making this the most cost effective way for fans to enjoy a diverse mix of premium anime products.

Does this partnership mean that Loot Crate subscribers will have access to the Crunchyroll premium streaming service?

I have all of the loot crates (except pets) and I didn't get anything of such. Probably just means a discounted subscription price

@Quill This partnership was just announced on the 19th, I don't think any crates have gone out since the partnership.


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What is the release schedule of the Digimon Adventure tri. movies?
The first movie of the series, Digimon Adventure tri. Saikai was released on 2015-11-21, with a retail release of 2015-12-18. This movie consisted of 4 episodes, and is the first part of a 6-movie (or 24 episode) series1.
According to an Anime News Network article, the second part of the series of movies will premier on 2016-03-12 in Japanese theaters; they also list the Crunchyroll release as March 2016.
Originally, I had heard that these movies will be released once a year for 6 years. However, that would make the final chapter have a release date of 2021. Is there any information regarding the schedule of release for this series of movies?

Crunchyroll has released some information pertaining to the Digimon Adventure tri. movies.
Information from Crunchyroll post:

Plans are being lined up for the second part of Digimon Adventure Tri: "Ketsui" (Determination), which opens for a limited theatrical run on March 12, 2016. Mimi Tachikawa's Hitomi Yoshida and Joe Kido's Junya Ikeda will be presenting a preview at Shinjuku Wald 9 on February 11th. Along with the news is a preview, that revealed the big detail that finale, "Kokuhaku" (Confession) is scheduled for summer 2016.

According to this post, the finale will be released in summer of 2016. However, this seems unlikely due to the fact that the second part of this six-part series is just being released on March 12th. I will update this answer if they change the date of the finale.


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Does the Village/Academy ensure the number of graduates is always a multiple of 3?
We know that when young shinobi in traing graduate from the academy and become Genin they are places in 4 man cells, 3 Genin and a Jonin Sensei.
At the beginning Naruto inital failed the exam and wasn't going to be a Genin until Iruka graduated him. had Iruka not passed Naruto the Rookie 9 would have been the Rookie 8 and Sasuke and Sakura would be without a third person for their team.
So i am wondering, if the number of new Genin is not a multiple of 3 does a village or academy do anything to correct the numbers?

Nice question, i don't know if its answerable or not.

Now that's something deep, but interesting one. I am not sure but maybe village or academy have some minimum criteria before making any team. Like if there are 3 teams then its compulsory to pass 9 Genin but then at the end its also illogical because few of them might not even deserve it.

They could always hold back the 1-2 worst members a year or promote one who almost made it. Ofcourse they could have some who passed wait a year for the next team, or have some not become teams at all and go to their respective families for their own reasons (like hinata and her sister were before hinata was sent to the academy, her sister never went to the academy, but was implied to be nearly as strong as hinata despite being years younger)

nooot really , Anko(orochi's apprentice), Yakumo(Kurenai's student) . . .
i bet genin who didn`t get a team will be used to replace other teams genin who died. or held back in academy until a team availble for them.

Maybe Iruka passed Naruto because they have to make it possible to divide in three member team.

As far as I know, we don't know for sure. We do know, however, when the chunin exams happen, some will pass and some will be left behind as genin (Shikamaru was the only one to become a chunin that year I believe).  It's possible they could grab some of the older genin to make squads.  It's also possible they could just make irregularly sized squads.  (Can't remember what the squad make-ups were for Team Kakashi after Sasuke left but before Shippuden started or when Naruto got sent on missions with other teams.)

The answer is yes (there's a tldr; at the bottom if it's too long and boring for you).
Just to clarify, my answer is a mixture of evidence and speculation. And it goes more in depth. And it assumes that you are talking about Konoha (not the other villge where they kill each other to graduate).
Entering the Academy

^ In episode 419 (Papa's Springtime of Youth), it shows on the bulletin the names of the people who made it into the Ninja Academy. If you count the number of names, there's 34 of them. Not counting Might Guy, who couldn't find his name.
[I can't find this image. When I do, I'll post it.]
^ In this image, two more people are allowed to graduate, which includes Guy. This suggests, although not proves, that the Academy requires a fixed number of students in the Academy every year — in this case and time, 36.
Graduating from the Academy
From the image below, it implies, from Kakashi's words, that only 27 of the 36 students can graduate. That's a fixed 75% pass rate, meaning that no matter what happens, there will always be students who fail. And their performance in the exams is relative to each other.

Becoming a Genin (Teamwork Test)
Again, from the image above, it states that only 9 of the 27 graduates can be Genin (33%). This means taht there will always be exactly 3 more new teams, each with 3 Genin, at the end of every school year.
Conclusion (tldr;)
Since only 27 people can graduate and 9 people can become Genin, there will always be 3 teams, each with 3 people. Naruto not graduating just means that another person would have filled his place (that would make for an interesting alternate story).
The use of multiples of 3 (i.e. 36 can enter, 27 can pass, 9 can become Genin) greatly hints to the fact that all of this is intentional.
Oh, and by the way, graduates who don't become Genin have to go back to the Academy. Iruka may have helped Naruto, but at the cost of another student. Talk about sympathy/favoritism/nepotism (okay, I'm being harsh).
What a long post. If you have any questions, ask. I did my research.

last question of the day. the thing is that Naruto did pass the genin test but with the lowest grades and it is stated that there were put into a 4 people group/cell to learn teamwork and co-operation, there is no actual evidence with graduating in threes but you would think they would. my guess is that they take the top N (N being a certain number and is a multiple of three) number of student after the test and they would pass and become a genin, the rest have to either redo or quit.

Is there any proof for that assumption? Seems more like a comment.

Sorry but no there is no actual evidence to prove it, it's only an assumption. the first part was true however where Naruto passed his genin test and the 4 people group.


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Why are Asura and Indra of Hindu mythology represented opposite in Naruto?
In Hindu mythology, Asura are the bad beings. Asuras always try to steal the place of Devas because they didn't get it. Indra is a king of Devas/Suras.
So in short Indra (Deva) is depicted as good being in Hindu mythology and Asura as bad beings and Naruto is inspired from Hinduism/Buddhism, so why is the adaptation of Indra and Asura made opposite to their real self? Have the makers explained it ever?

Asuras in Hindu mythology are sometimes pictured as giants and posses more physical strength. Devas in Hindu mythology lack physical strength but are intelligent and skillful.

Keep in mind that Buddhism also has devas/asuras, which are similar to but not the same as Hindu devas/asuras. Indra also appears in some Buddhist traditions as Sakka (in Japan, Taishakuten), but has very different stories from the Hindu Indra. I suspect that the Buddhist versions of these beings had more of an influence on the Naruto characters, since Buddhism is far more prevalent in Japan than Hinduism is. (There are basically no Hindus in Japan besides recent immigrants from India/Nepal.)

@senshin And where did Buddhism come from? It derived much of its philosophy from Hinduism. At the same time, it rejected some teachings. Naturally, the stories changed. They changed further while being transported. To say Buddhist asuras/devas are different is silly and fallacious. Even Hindu puranas diverge depending on region.

Like I mentioned in my comment to your question, Asuras are shown to be stronger than normal human beings although they lack intelligence (Like Naruto). Devas on the other hand lack physical strength but are believed to be witty and skillful (Like Sasuke). Your argument that Asuras always try to steal the place of Devas is not entirely true. Example is Prahlada. He is an Asura but still is described as a saintly boy in the Puranas. His name's literal meaning is: filled with joy. (Just like Naruto).

Prahlada is the only exception but even his family had same intention. You can even count King Bali but it was complete different scenario and he got changed later on due to his promise of donation.

Well, I don't know if Sensei Masashi has given any explanation. But my guess is that, Naruto wasn't intended to be a history series, they probably intentionally made it different or reversed the version from the real one.
Why? Maybe for creative purposes. Maybe they didn't want it to be like a real version of the otherwise religiously influenced story, to avoid any claims or to avoid any offensive feelings that may occur because of it.


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Why is dubbed anime commercially considered a "premium"?
You can easily, and legally, stream anime for free from services like Crunchyroll, Hulu, directly from the licensing companies (such as from Funimation), and whatnot.
But the catch to that free access to the content is that it is subbed, not dubbed; you have to pay an actual fee if you want to watch the anime dubbed.
Why is dubbed anime considered a "premium" that you have to pay for?
I ask this because a fairly substantial amount of the anime fan population actually prefer to watch subbed anime anyways, even to the point of inciting some ridiculous subbed vs dubbed arguments in Youtube comments sections and other internet forums...
Why charge for just dubbed anime when you can also charge for subbed as well? What makes dubbed so special that you have to pay for it, but not for subbed?

Because the Japanese companies who made the anime already did all the work of putting the voices in subbed anime. It's cheap to put subtitles, you only have to pay translators and editors. For dubbing you have to hire a voice cast.

No Dub For You has some pretty good points on it

it costs money to hire voice actors and have them dub the series, but adding translated subtitles to a series costs very little in comparison, some people even do it for free for fun, called Fan dubs.

Fansubs (which are free, not inordinately difficult to obtain, and frequently of superior quality) are near-perfect substitutes for officially-produced subtitles. But they are imperfect substitutes for dubs. Simple economics suggests that this substitution effect should depress the price of official subs more strongly than the price of dubs.

Creating anime costs a lot of money.  I admit that the numbers in that answer are more than likely ballparks, but you get the gist - per episode numbers are in the neighborhood of 11M yen (or ~$97,200).
Add on top of that the work that has to go into localization for release:

Certain scenes may have to be omitted, cut, shortened, censored or removed due to the difference in what is acceptable to broadcast in that country.  (I'm thinking of DiC for their creative dub of Sailor Moon, and 4Kids for just about everything they touched.  There were also scenes from various other series that had to be removed; you can read more about that over here.)
Certain jokes just don't translate well, no matter what you do.

The cost to do this adds on top of the original production costs, since there is the very strong likelihood that it's not just voice actors and actresses coming in and doing the work.
Above all, the series actually has to be doing sufficiently well in order to earn a dub, or there has to be sufficient demand to deem it profitable to do one.  One of the best examples that comes to mind is Toradora!, which had its original version broadcast and released back in 2009, and had its dub come out about five years later.  It's safe to say that yes, there was enough demand for this series to come out with a dub.
Suffice to say, the cost to produce the non-dubbed, often subtitled series is sufficiently less than hiring more staff to do essentially the same thing.  This is why dubbed anime is definitely at a premium - because the work being done is a premium service for non-native Japanese speakers.


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How Itachi was able to use Shadow clone?
In Episode 452 of Naruto Shippuden,
Itachi used his shadow clone which was in Academy and he was himself training in forest. Since he is already very young then how come he was able to use Shadow clone. According to the teacher of Academy he was so talented that they graduated him but still how we was able to use it.
According to Fugaku Uchiha (His father), he has never used Shadow clone and also as per wiki Jutsu section its only states that he used only Fire release Jutsu.
Since his Father was the only one who teach him various Jutsu then how he learned Shadow Clone? Is it his Father who teach him or Itachi alone was able to learn by himself?

sharingan . . .
copying other shinobi . . .

You really think Itachi used sharigan when he was so young?

Episode 452 is a filler, not canon. It was not from the manga.

prodigy, genius or whatever

@AyaseEri I am asking about Anime only that's why I stated episode no and to be very true I really don't know the ending of this series so I am following only Anime not manga. Even though its a filler but still I guess its a real story of his childhood.

@AyaseEri Itachi has used Shadow Clone jutsu in chapter 142. While episode 452 may not be canon, his use of the jutsu definitely is.

Itachi Uchiha was a mysterious man. You'll never know what he can do unless he does it.

It was never confimed in the cannon of Naruto-verse. However it can be inferred that such a technique can be self taught.
Naruto did it.
With a shinobi as good as Itachi, who mastered the art of Sharingan at the age of 8, and having joining Anbu at the age of 11 Itachi wiki, it shouldn't be hard to self-teach the B-ranked Shadow-clone jutsu.
Shadow clone Jutsu not imposing any blood-line limits (kekkei genkei)- and  Itachi being a prodigy above all others-  he could have copied the jutsu with his activated sharingan.

Itachi has used the Shadow Clone jutsu in canon (manga chapter 142). Also, in the episode 452, Itachi is shown using the jutsu at the age of 6 before he activated the Sharingan.

@MaskedMan By Cannon i inferred towards the context of itachi learning the shadow clone Jutsu. We have no canon material on that.

Episode 452 is basically Filler, though it might be based on other works about Itachi by the Author making it Canon, in terms of the manga only, it is pure filler, and we all know how dangerous it is to walk on a path of Filler with all them Plot holes. Itachi does Canonically know Shadow clone justu, but when and how he learned it (just like all jutsu learned by everyone but naruto) is ambiguous.

@SeasonalShot You know that Itachi used to ask from his father to teach him Jutsu and he used to go out and use Fireball Jutsu. Since Fireball Jutsu is C -rank jutsu so for that he need guidance for his father. But in case of Shadow clone jutsu it is B - Rank jutsu which means it is much harder to learn than fireball jutsu. So I don't think that it is self taught. Because if it is self taught then he would have learned fireball jutsu by himself and he would have never said "Teach me Jutsu Father".

@Ryan Exactly my view. It's non-canon, any argument will end up in ambiguity.

@LightYagami Yes, you are correct, Fireball Jutsu is C rank whilst Shadow clone jutsu is B. But then again, we are talking about Uchiha Itachi -the legendary shinobi. Be that as it may, if Naruto can learn it by himself, i don't see why Itachi couldn't too. Plus, Plus he consistently asked his father to teach new jutsu coz he's already so much ahead of what's being taught at the school.

Naruto didn't self teach the Shadow Clone Jutsu. He "aquired" the hidden scroll for Multiple Shadow Clone, and considering that it is just a scaled up version, he also learned the "normal" version.


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What is Nenesha's Heart of Gaea for?
When the party goes after Laude who went into the Moon Culvert with Reisha they come across another Heart of Gaea. Luca then seems to switch to Nenesha with her saying that the Heart of Gaea is her body.
Considering that Nenesha said it was her that would mean this wouldn't be a Heart of Gaea Frelia may have made to create the land of Metafalss, so what is Nenesha's Heart of Gaea for? and why was it even created as in Infel's diary she wrote that the Divine Messenger killed Nenesha

Nenesha's soul was partially transmigrated into a Heart of the Land because despite Metafalica failing, the EXEC part of it was fully executed regardless because Raki just killed her and that didn't keep the song from fully manifesting its effects. (ref: Ar tonelico II Setting Encyclopedia, History section)
And Frelia couldn't even have created a Heart of the Land because her Tower was made by making the particles in the air vibrate to transform them into the materials that make up the Tower, which is an inert land made entirely from metal (ref: Ar tonelico III Setting Encyclopedia, Wave Theory section). A Heart of the Land proper creates a fully living land and requires far more complex processes and facilities for its creation.

So why was it in the Moon Culvert? to my understanding the Moon Culvert is deep inside the tower and seems to be a strange place for the core of new land to appear

Because it wasn't made to create a new land and ended up appearing by accident: it first appeared over Metafalss' skies. Infel just hid it in the Culvert so no one could ever take it away while she tried to come up with methods to contact Nenesha's soul inside the Heart, and the one she ended developing was Hibernation once she learned that bringing Nenesha back to life was impossible because her body had perished by the time she discovered how to take her soul out from the Heart.


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Where do the two GATE animated series arrive with respect to the novel and the manga?
I know that GATE: thus the JSDF fought here is a novel which has been then adapted into both a manga and two anime series. Since I am currently reading the manga I was wondering where I was with respect to the anime version and the novel.
I have reached the point where they fight the fire dragon, and I would like to avoid spoiling myself by watching the last episode of the season is currently being aired.
So, which chapters of the manga/volumes of the novel were adapted by the first season and which by the second?

The chapters adapted (at least from the novel) aren't all sequential. Theres a lot skipped. Are you trying to figure out what episode to start on?

I didn't know they weren't sequential, I expected that some subplots may have appeared earlier or later in the different adaptations, is it that drastic? To put it plainly, yes, I'm trying to understand where I should start if I wanted to watch the anime.

Well it's just a lot is skipped. >.< sorry don't want to confuse you.

Okay, as for where things line up. As was mentioned in the comments, the Manga skips over things that were in the books and pulls in side stories from later books...and the anime skips over things that were in the manga. But here are a few 'line-up' points. I'm going to leave out exact details of what happens in those respective points so as not to spoil anything, but you should be able to put things together from there.
As it stands, the anime is actually further along in the story than the manga...so as of posting this, if you don't want to spoil the manga, stop watching at Episode 18 (Season 2, Episode 6). So, here are where things line up.
Book 1 -- Anime Episodes 1-10 -- Manga Chapters 1-24
Book 2 -- Anime Episodes 11-17 -- Manga Chapters 25-46(ish)
Book 3 -- Anime Episodes 18-current (should end at Ep 24) -- Manga Chapters 47-Current
There are a total of 10 books out there. Books 1-5 are the "Main Story" and books 6-9 are side stories focusing on a single one of the girls that surround Itami. Book 6 focuses on Pina, 7 on Rory, 8 on Tuka, and 9 on Lelei. Books 1 through 9 occur in chronological order. Book 10 is a collection of side stories that occur at differing points throughout books 1-9. Book 10 included the story that occurs in the manga but not in the anime where...

 Lelei falls ill on the way to Rondel; and Yao, Itami, and Rory end up battling undead and a minotaur to get the cure for her

Book 9 is intended to segue into a 'Season 2' series of books (not yet released) that will return the focus back to Itami to progress the main story.
Assuming you are talking about the true battle with the Fire Dragon...you are presently at the equivalent of Episode 17 (S2, ep5).


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What is the scene of Kokonotsu looking off at the horizon a reference to?
In episode 8, after Tou purchases a kendama it skips to a dramatized scene portraying his manliness:

I'm sure this is a reference to some older anime. What is this scene a reference to?

It makes me think of Albator.


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Do the skipped manga chapters involve any romantic developments?
I was reading about Dagashi Kashi and saw that around 30 chapters had been skipped in the anime adaptation of the show. I've heard that the skipped chapters focused much more on Hotaru-san than the anime does. Personally, I'd like to read through those chapters if theres some romance introduced between the characters.
While the anime consists mostly of gags involving dagashi, there are some moments where we get to learn about Saya's feelings, like in the flashback of them playing doctor. However, it seems to be pretty one-sided, with Kokonotsu being completely oblivious. What kind of romantic developments or situations can I expect if I read through the manga?


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Tamaki's reasoning for making Haruhi a host?
In the anime series 'Ouran High School Host Club' what's Tamaki's reasoning behind making Haruhi a host?
If she had continued on as an errand boy, the debt would have been paid off eventually... even if it took years.
The hosts don't charge any of their customers, and even if they did... Tamaki tells Haruhi she only needs to get 100 customers for her debt to be erased, and unless they were charging a fortune 100 customers wouldn't even come close to paying off her debt.
So, what's in this deal for Tamaki? At the time of the 100 customer arrangement he's not attracted to her, he still thinks she's a boy. So it can't be that he just wants to keep her around.
Is it a personal challenge for Tamaki to see if he can train the "commoner" well enough to get 100 customers?
What's his reasoning?

The way I see it, Tamaki doesn't care about money at all. He started the host club merely as a form of entertainment for himself. When he noticed how good Haruhi looked (even in "male" form) he decided that adding "him" to the club would only make things even more interesting. While I have found nothing to actually support any of this, it's something that I believe is a very plausible answer.

Haruhi is made to join the Host club as its "dog" after breaking the vase. They were all initially just going to use her as an "errand boy" since she was just a commoner, and they used fear and power over her to do this. After giving her a uniform to wear, so that she would be dressed appropriately, Tamaki becomes so enamored with how she looks that he decides to move her up in rank, making her an official member of the club, a host, as well as changing the terms of her debt repayment.


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Is there any in-universe explanation why all the fleet are girls?
In Kantai Collection, as the subtitled says, "Combined Fleet Girls Collection" have all their fleet depicted as girls, known as "Fleet girls", or kanmusu.
In anime, and probably in game as well, the only guy is the admiral, and he doesn't look like one of the fleet at all. Out of universe, the admiral is the player, so he is not one of the fleet.
So, is there any in-universe canon explanation, why all the fleet are girls?

Imagining them as Fleet Boys...nah, not gonna sell.

@AyaseEri It would sell, just not to the same demographic. The Hetalia fans would probably go for Fleet Boys.

I don't know what would constitute an "in-universe canon explanation" in the context of Kancolle. There are many continuities which share little more than the characters. I can't think off-hand of any explanation in any of the works I'm familiar with, but even if there were it wouldn't apply beyond that work.

I'm not aware of any in-universe canon explanation. However, ships(countries and other vessels too) have always been referred to using the feminine form. I've found pages that might give some insight about this. The real reason as to why we do this is probably lost to history, or a combination of the theories put forth in these pages.

I found this on a page:"Another tradition is to consider ships as female, referring to them as 'she'. ... Although it may sound strange referring to an inanimate object as 'she', this tradition relates to the idea of a female figure such as a mother or goddess guiding and protecting a ship and crew." So on, they made fleet into girls based on the sentences in top.


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Why did the hole in Kaiba's chest increase in size?
Starting out, we see that there is a pretty significantly sized hole in Kaiba's chest. Later on we see in a flashback that the hole was much smaller when he first showed at the Issoudan base.

The collector of Warp's clones mentioned that the hole is one of the indicators of a true clone, and we see that the clone in the final battle also has one. Why would the hole in Kaiba's chest have changed sizes over time?

I can't say for sure, but IMO, the hole size probably varies depending on a Kaiba/Warp's mental state — the worse he feels, the wider it gets.

Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. The answer would be better if you could provide some examples/scenes/references to back up your theory by [edit]ing it :)


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Does there exist official material on the story of Laputa before its fall?
Is there material (films, written stories, manga, etc) on the story of Laputa from Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky before its fall, that is endorsed by Miyazaki himself or by Studio Ghibli?
Or is the content about Laputa in Castle in the Sky all the content about Laputa that is ever going to be released?

...I'm assuming you mean it's metaphorical fall, as the Castle was still of course in the sky,,,

Yes, of course. I meant the collapse of the Laputian society, not the physical falling of the Castle in the Sky

I am not aware of an additional material on the Laputian civilization from Studio Ghibli but Laputa as a civilization is lifted straight out of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laputa).  It is unclear how much the Laputa in Castle in the Sky before its civilization fell apart is meant to match how it is depicted in Gulliver's Travels.
Instead let us look at how Miyzaki depicts ancient civilizations.
Miyzakai is fond of using long gone advanced civilizations in his plots.  Nausicaa and Future Boy Conan explores many of the same themes.  In all three stories, the now gone civilization is almost always depicted as extremely technologically advanced with a complete disregard and disconnect from nature.  Miyzaki was a communist in his youth, and his works almost always portray these long lost civilizations as capitalist and greedy.  In this context, there are many hints in the movie itself that clue us into what Laputa was like:

Laputa was an absolute monarchy led by the royal family who controlled the power of the city through their use of their crystals which only responded to their commands.
Robots were used for both labor and as weapons of war, and directly obey commands from members of the royal family.
Laputa is filled with gold and treasure of all sorts, implying the Laputians were materialistic.
The existence of the excellent architecture, gardens, art, and multitude of treasure all show that Laputians thought of themselves as "upper class" compared to the people on the ground.
Laputa was hidden in a hurricane, showing the Laputians had the power to control the weather.
Muska says the powerful weapons Laputa has once made it a major world power.
Laputa's power derives from a special crystal that can only be mined in the ground.
Very old mines appear throughout Pazu's village and it is stated that the same crystals that power Laputa were once mined there.
Craters are visible across the landscape in many of the flying sequences of the film, especially seen around Pazu's villiage.  Perhaps these craters arose from bombardment by Laputa's weapons.

All of this implies Laputa was an aggressive domineering "hydraulic empire" towards people on the ground that sought to control the mining and supply of crystals that was the source of their power.  Real life civilizations throughout history rely on controlling natural resources to be the source of their power and wealth.  In ancient times this happened through the control of the water supply, and nowadays it happens through the control of oil.


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Is there a re-encounter with the sea monster that ate Shanks's arm?
Just of out curiosity, do we ever get to see the same sea monster that ate Shanks's arm way back in the beginning of One Piece?
I have only kept up with the series until Impel Down, so please no spoilers beyond a "yes/no they did/did not re-encounter the sea monster"

Yes, Luffy did. It isn't shown in the anime, but Luffy reencounters this Sea King, the Lord of the Coast, later in chapter one of the manga. Immediately after setting out from Foosha village Luffy is attacked by the Sea King, and is pleased to have a chance to show it what he has learned in the ten years since their last encounter.

why the hell Shanks & Garp let sea king that big life so close to village that important to them -_-

@Namikaze Sheena That sea king also acts as a protection... It was attacking whoever comes near village, thus protecting the village from smaller & newer pirate crews...

Luffy is attacked when he just a kid -_-
and attacked the second time when he started his journey :/

As Qiri stated, Luffy does encounter the Lord of the Coast again. This part actually is animated during a flash back. You're not there yet if you're only at the impel down arc.
This happens at the end of the episode 504 at around 20:40 when he is first setting off on his journey.

When he encounters it he says:

Luffy: You don't know who you are messing with. Look at this technique I've been perfecting for 10 years!

He then hits him with his Gomu Gomu no Pistol just like he does in the manga chapter.
The One Piece Wikia notes that while this scene of Luffy knocking the wasn't depicted in the original backstory segment of the anime, you can see Luffy hitting the Lord of the Coast with his Gomu Gomu no Pistol in the very first episode of the anime, during the original opening song, We Are.

You can see a YouTube video of the first opening here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgdyZQ_wzA
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Do we know what happened with Iroh and the Spirit World?
During the Siege on the North Pole Zhao mentioned that Iroh had went to the Spirit World which would explain why during the Winter Solstice Iroh saw Aang and Roku's dragon fly over when they were in the Spirit world.
So i am wonder if there is any more information Iroh's visit to the Spirit world like how he got there, why he went there, how he got out and what other abilities he gained aside from being able to see people who are in the Spirit World.

maybe he want try to get his son back ?

There are multiple posts I found
This description of Iroh mentions him departing to the spirit world, but it doesn't sound like anything fancy. Just him simply deciding to leave the physical world behind and being accepted into the spirit world. Considering he has a stronger connection to spirits than anyone else in the series, short of being the avatar and a partial spirit, this isn't too surprising.
This other stack exchange mentions how he had time to visit the Spirit World to search.
Anything else I found was a repetition of things you already know.
As for abilities he has gained, I would assume nothing changed. He gave up his physical body to live in the spirit world where bending doesn't work (without using the portals, which he can't use anyway anymore). Traveling to the Spirit World has yet to provide anyone with additional skills, just knowledge.
Although, if you want to stitch some things together, given the previous instance of the Winter Solstice and Jinora's spirit projection abilities, I wouldn't be surprised if he could appear in the physical world under optimal conditions.


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What are the other Animal Guides?
When Aang was in the Spirit World during the Winter Solstice he refereed to Roku's Dragon as Roku's Animal Guide like how Appa is to him.
I am wondering what are the Animal Guides for the other Avatars? do each Elemental Tribe have a single animal (ie. Air Avatars have Sky Bisons, Fire Avatars have Dragons) do does each Avatar have their own one regardless of elemental origin?

Unagi (Water) & Blind Mole (Earth)

It's impossible to say whether the other avatars had Animal Guides. The only ones we see are Korra's, Aang's, and Roku's. Kyoshi, Kuruk, Yangchen, and Wan were never seen with one. Of those, Wan was the only one we really got a lot of backstory for and he was never seen with an animal guide, though it seemed Ravaa may have been the equivalent for him.
While the earth kingdom avatars are never seen with an animal, if the other three avatar animal guides we've seen are indicative of their respective elements' animal guides then it would be:

Dragons for Fire Avatars
Air Bison for Air Avatars
Polar Bear Dogs for Water Avatars.

There isn't much information that I could find on this subject, so this is the best answer I was able to come up with

Just to add some thought to your last part, I would think it can be any animal they make a strong bond with. If it were limited to just those listed, Fire Avatars are a bit screwed. I wouldn't think the Fire Nation would kill off so many dragons if it would highly benefit their eventual future Avatar.

Wan and Yangchen did have animal guides, wans was that leopard with antlers, in not sure exactly what it is, but it was around that, and he traveled with it, the animal guide was a gift for wan making a bond with the spirits, so that’s why the avatar gets animal guides in general, and yangchen got 2 flying leagues, pik and pak I think their names were, it’s been a while okay??  Kuruk and Kyoshi kept theirs a secret, even from their closest friends, and avatar setzo probably did the same because his wasn’t mentioned ♀

Didn’t Kyoshi have the bison too from the book?
The previous avatar’s friend’s bison that stuck around after the Airbender died to help Kyoshi
His name was pongpong

I believe you actually mean Pengpeng?


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What was the meaning behind Tetsuro's pendant?
In Galaxy Express 999 (the movie) was the purpose of Tetsuro's pendant ever explained? We see at the end that Maetel was holding one that embodied her dad's soul and it is what she uses to destroy planet Maetel, but Teturo's is never really explained. Or did I miss something?

It's not really explained, but it's known to be a picture of his mother Kanae.  She gave him the locket before she died, which he keeps as a memento.
It may seem strange that she would have a picture of herself in a locket, but in the second movie, Adieu Galaxy Express 999, it is revealed that Faust (implied to be Tetsuro's father) has a second identical locket with a picture of Kanae and a young Tetsuro, which he leaves to Harlock.  So it seems that they were a set, perhaps exchanged by Tetsuro's parents.


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Why did Izumo's familiars attack her in Blue Exorcist?
So I read the Manga and also watched the anime. There is an arc in the Manga that is not in the anime, the Illuminati arc where Izumo is kidnapped and taken to the Illuminati lair.
Those fox spirits, even if they hate her are like family to her. She considers them as her brothers. They went so far to lay down their lives for her then.
I don't get why would they attack her like that in the earlier episodes of the anime during one of the exorcist exams. Izumo was with her friend in the girl's bathroom where they were attacked and on summoning the spirits, they turned on her. It makes no sense.

Familiars in the manga are actually tamed demons. If the user is not properly trained in controlling them or have a disturbed state of mind then the go out of control. Before Izumo was attacked by ghouls, Paku said she was going to quit the course. Hence she was in a disturbed state of mind. So the familiars attacked her.
According to wiki about her foxes

White Foxes appear to be very proud, even willing to turn against those they've been raised with if they sense weakness.

Yes I get that. But her familiars were like her family. She called them their brothers and they risked their lives for her while fighting a demon far stronger than them. Something only someone very close can do. How can someone like that attack her just because she was a bit weak?

@BlackKnigh7 they are still demons. Don't forget that even the blue exorcists own half brothers are all up for killing him if they think it would serve their needs....or that it would be fun.

But does it make sense for them to die for her if they are so benefit conscious? They almost died at the hands of Shima.

It was stated in an episode (I don't remember which, or the exact quote) That any sign of weakness in the owner would result in hostility from the summoned familiars.
This is because the familiars, which all happen to be demons, do not wish to have the dishonour of serving and being under command of a "weak" ruler. Thus they attack when they sense weakness, removing the contract between owner and familiar.

Yes I get that. But her familiars were like her family. She called them their brothers and they risked their lives for her while fighting a demon far stronger than them. Something only someone very close can do. How can someone like that attack her just because she was a bit weak?

I believe it is a very valid question. In the manga, during the Illuminati arc where Izumo was taken back to her town, the familiars really helped her out. Really like laying down their lives for her. It's hard to believe why someone like that would attack her just because she was weak.


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What is Azula doing differently which causes her fire to be Blue?
When Azula does her firebending the flames are blue rather than red/orange that every other firebender has. we know that the fire is only blue when it''s came from her firebending as when she is fighting Aang and Zuko in that abandoned town (shortly after Toph joins when Appa is molting) she uses her firebending to set the walls of a building of fire but the flames are only blue for a moment and return to the normal colour.
So i am wondering what Azula is doing differently with her Firebending to make her flames blue?

Has been answered: http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/10030/why-is-azulas-fire-blue

to show that she is unique and to stand out from the other firebenders also her being a child firebending- prodigy

So I'm going to get all physics-y here, but bear with me.
Thinking in terms of real world physics, some flames will burn blue depending in what it is that you're burning. Certain elements burn blue, other burn green, etc. The reason for this is a little bit long, so I won't write it here. This wouldn't be the case with Azula, since we can almost definitely inffer that she's burning the same thing every other firebender burns: the particles in the air.
So why are her flames blue? Basically, the color of something you see relates to the frequency of the light coming from the object, which is directly proportional to how much eletromagnetic energy that thing is emitting. Basically, red light has low frequency (low energy) and blue light has high frequency (high energy). So if something burns blue, it means it is being burned with lots of energy: AKA it's really fucking hot.
So to summarize: Azula's fire if blue because it burns hotter, which follows along well with the whole "she's a genius" thing.
You can also think of it from an emotional view point: since lightning is called "fire without heart", maybe you could think that Azula's fire being blue relates to that. Since she is quite heartless and mentally deranged, her emotional state is shown via her flames' colors.

third answer of the day. i'm answering this because you don't have an accepted answer. the first answer is technically correct. in again the avatar wiki, it was stated that she is a prodigy who can bend more powerful flame: the blue flame. exact words: Blue fire: Only Azula has demonstrated blue firebending. While not to be confused with lightning, blue fire also seems to possess more physical force and produces a combustive effect that is more intense than that of normal fire. so basically, the fire is blue because it's more powerful than the red/orange/yellow flames.


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Does the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series miss any of the Manga's plot?
So i watched a review on Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 on Good Game SP. Hex and Bajo said it was the last in the series which probably finishes where the manga finishes.
I have been wondering if the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series contains all the manga plot and also if they include any of the fillers from the anime series (considering the anime hasn't caught up to the end of the Manga)

All of them with simplified animation with over-the-top original jutsu.

I have to agree mostly with Dragon and Namikaze. In general, the games cover all the major plot points, though they add extra fights and misc scenes, and noticeably alter the dialog, but all the main points/highlights of the manga are usually there.

Well number three ends with a FMA size case of catching up to the source material.

The game franchise did cover the whole story, but not in detail. What I'm trying to say is, they basically give a small flashback for each story that led to each problem that needs to be solved by Naruto and his friends. That's how the storytelling works in the game.

So there is a Naruto wiki which has a lot of info worth checking, but I'm not sure if what you want is in there. I have played the game completely and have read all the manga and I could not find any missing bits apart from that they would (this happens in every Naruto game) make the story a bit shorter and sometimes just a tiny bit, they would take some speech out. That's all I know but I could be wrong. I shouldn't though, I'm pretty sure I remembered it right.


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Can Sharingan user have a pair of normal set of eyes transplant into them?
We all know Mangekyo Sharingan will blind its user over time right? And the only way is to transplant a set of new eyes from a close Uchiha into them and gains Eternal Mangekyo.
*So, I'm wondering if the new set of eyes isn't from Uchiha bloodline. I mean , a normal person without kekkei genkai? What would happen then? *

But why would an Uchiha do that?

I suppose he should be able to see but no longer be able to use the Sharingan. It is not explicitly known what activates the Sharingan in an eye. But it is highly likely that it is hard coded in an Uchiha eye balls, since using those eyes, a person who is not from the Uchiha clan is able to use the Sharingan. Just like Kakashi and Danzo for instance.
From the same logic, an Uchiha should be able to see using normal eyes from another person but no longer be able to use the Sharingan. The ability is hard coded inside the eyes. The weakening of the sight in case of excessive use of Mangekyo Sharingan would also be nullified in case of normal eye transplants. Just like a normal eye transplant to a blind person.

Definition of sharingan: When an Uchiha experiences a powerful emotional condition with regards to a person precious to them, their brain releases a special form of chakra that affects the optic nerves, transforming the eyes into Sharingan

Like @JustDoIt said, we do know how the Uchiha get their Sharingan. My question to you, why did you say, "it is not explicitly known what activates the Sharingan in an eye", if it was said in both manga and anime?

I meant it as in we do not know about what causes sharingan to activate referring to the internal workings of an eye. I said it seems to be hard coded in an Uchiha eye. Think about this. If some special chakra of an Uchiha that activates the sharingan and an emotional state is all that is needed, then a blind Uchiha could simply get normal eyes transplanted and activate the sharingan in them, although he would probably able to start over. But it seems like they are only after the Uchiha eyes. It's understandable if they're after eternal sharingan. Like Madara. He was going blind. [Continued]

He could have used a normal pair of eyes. I mean it's better to be at least able to see than to have a pair of sharingan eyes that can't even see. But he only took the eyes of his brother. Although I am not aware if his brother gave them willingly or Madara forced him. Having normal eyes transplanted and awakening sharingan in them seems like a pretty simple and easy workaround for the blindness, yet we have never seen that sort of thing. Makes me think sharingan can nly be awakened in Uchiha eyes.

Actually, it was said in anime by reanimated Tobirama Senju that the Uchiha's brains released a special type of chakra upon experiencing a sad moment. So I feel that the eyes don't really matter here.
I think that if a skilled medical nin is able to transplant an Uchiha brain into a rabbit, have it reproduce and then kill the baby rabbit a few days later, the rabbit should awaken the Sharingan and then further a Mangekyou Sharingan. This could be a way to cultivate multiple Sharingan (Sharingan farm).
Then the rabbit's eye should be taken out and replaced with a normal eye (probably from the person who wants the Sharingan). Finally, transplant the eye into the normal person and he gets a free Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.


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What happens if Uzumaki and Uchiha married each other? Will their offspring have Rinnegan?
Ok, I'm wondering .
If Uchiha and Uzumaki have a child together, there are possibility that the child inherited Sharingan right?
Since Uzumaki have ties with Senju then, can the child awaken Rinnegan?

@catzilla The details on who are not required here. its purely asking from a bloodline perspective what would happen.

Wait for a few years until Boruto marries Sarada. :) Their kid will likely have a RinneSharinByakugan. :D

@MaskedMan I'm pretty sure that is not possible, but there could be a chance of a "RinneSharinByakugan" in the future. I also think it would have a different name.

@MaskedMan your hypothetical question seems to be asked and answered recently (spoiler: not really)

No, just an average/general Uchiha and Uzumaki marriage cannot give birth to a child who is capable of activating Rinnegan. In order to activate Rinnegan one requires chakra of both Indra and Ashura which enables Hagoromo's chakra. Please refer the below url. http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rinnegan

The correct answer is IT DEPENDS.
Rinnegan, as multiple users have pointed out, can be obtained by combining chakra from Indra and Asura. In each generation, one descendant of the brothers inherits their Chakra.
Thus iff the "chosen" descendents of both Indra and Asura have a child together, their offspring would inherit both Chakras and would have a Rinnegan naturally. Since both Uchihas and Uzumakis have the potential to inherit the Chakra from Indra and Asura, it MAY be possible for an offspring to inherit Rinnegan naturally.
Disclaimer: The above scenario is hypothetical and is intended to point out that Natural Rinnegan may be a possibility. However, its highly likely that all "chosen" successors are male from what we've seen.

The Rinnegan is a mutation of Otsutsuki chakra and nature chakra which explains Kaguya's own Rinne Sharingan on her forehead. Hagoromo is more of the watered-down version of her powers and prowess on it, just continue to go down even more so through generation after generation.
Now if an Uchiha and an Uzumaki had a child, then yes it is possible. Moreover, if that child unlocks the Mangekyo Sharingan, the side effects will also be negated due to the dense chakra of the Uzumaki which you can compare to Obito's situation with the Senju DNA.

Madara Uchiha did state that you need both Senju and Uchiha chakra to awaken the Rinnegan, but it's actually the fusing of Indra and Ashura's chakra that awakens a Rinnegan.
According to the wiki:

It is possible to awaken a new Rinnegan by obtaining Hagoromo's chakra, either by combining the chakra of his sons, Indra and Asura, to recreate his own, or by directly receiving it from Hagoromo himself.

As for the Sharingan, there is a high chance of the child awakening it, as Sarada, Sasuke's daughter (Half Uchiha and Half Unspecified Clan w/ Unspecific Abilities) still managed to awaken the Sharingan. Also because the Uzumaki Clan and Uchiha Clan are distantly related by blood (no longer closely because the clans previously continued to expaned, causing blood ties to become slimmer). But, there is still a high chance of the child getting the Rinnegan.
This child would most likely be very powerful as they have two of the strongest clans blood running in them!

All Uchiha have Indra's chakra and all Senju (Uzumaki related) have Ashura's chakra. Now, Madara/Sasuke and Hashirama/Naruto are special because Indra's and Ashura's reincarnated into them.
To answer the question, yes, the child will be able to obtain Rinnegan. He will be most likely like the Sage of the Six Paths before he obtained Sharingan and Rinnegan.
The sage wasn't born with Rinnegan. He started with nothing, his eyes were almost like a Byakugan. When he lost his lover, he obtained the Sharingan. Afterward, learned how to control sage power and went fight his mother. His mother made him kill his brother (he healed him a few moments after, ain't got time to explain all) which allowed him to awaken the EMS. He had the EMS and sage powers and he ended up with the Rinnegan.
Uchiha possess the Sharingan. Senju possess the Sage Chakra.
Of course, if they have a child, he will be able to obtain the Rinnegan. Although he will have to overcome hardships like losing a friend (Sharingan) a lover (MS) and take sibling eyes (EMS) and since he already has Sage Chakra from Senju's parents, the Rinnegan will be awakened.

Wrong. Reincarnation means the soul and chakra of a deceased person is put into a new vessel. All clan members don't have access to their respective ancestors. Refer this Wikia article: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Reincarnation

Is there any confirmation that Hagoromo's story about what happened Canon or was it just anime filler? I know most if not all of it wasn't in the manga, and in fact I seem to recall Indra being the first to ever have the sharingan. Even more interesting, despite the MS never existing before, Hagoromo knew its name when he skipped it to the rinnegan in the anime.

Not true that all Senju-Uzumaki Related have Asura's chakra. If this was true all Uchiha would have Rinnegan because of Hagoromo. The only people with Asura/Indra's chakra are their direct reincarnates, otherwise Hagoromo wouldn't have stated that Asura's chakra is dwelling in Naruto as if it's special.


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Are the technologies in Serial Experiments Lain based on real world technologies?
There's quite a few different types of technology (and computers) referenced in the world of Serial Experiments Lain, while some of them are easily matched, some of them aren't. In addition, some of the technologies weren't available at time of production (for example: speech recognition).

Familiar technologies:

The Wired
The Wired is similar to The Internet and runs on IPv4.
Tachibana Industries
Based on their naming schemes and designs, they're most likely a reference to Apple Inc.
Alice's Navi:
Alice's Navi looks like the bubble iMac G3:

Lain's original Navi
Lain's original Navi is based off the 20th Anniversary Macintosh:

C Language
The Navi systems run C:

Common Lisp Language:
The Navi systems also run Common Lisp (A dialect of Lisp):

MIPS-ASM
During one of the scenes where Lain is on her Navi, Assembly code identified to be MIPS-ASM flashes across the screen.
Copland OS:
The OS that the Navis run, Copland OS is based on a failed Apple project from two years prior.
PHANTOMa
PHANTOMa is similar to dungeon games like Might and Magic and Dungeon Master.

HandiNAVI
The HandiNAVI is similar to the Apple Newton line.

Protocol Seven
Protocol Seven is Internet Protocol version 7 (drafted in 1993) an RFC that was never implemented in favour of Internet Protocol version 6, whose RFC was drafted in December 1998, after the series had finished.

Unfamiliar:
Psyche chip
In Layer 02, Lain gets a chip that lets her interact with the Wired without standard input devices. This is similar to the concept of Virtual Reality, yet is beyond today's technology.

Unavailable at time of production:
CU Mail
In Layer 11, Alice is in a video call with Juri. This is similar to today's video calling services like Skype and Google Hangouts.
Navi's speech recognition:
Lain is seen controlling her Navi via speech recognition. This is similar to today's Cortana and Siri.

CU Mail sounds like it could have been inspired by CU-SeeMe, one of the most popular early video chat applications from the '90s.

Some other references (like Lain's father's UI resembling NeXTSTEP) are pointed out here: https://www.cjas.org/~leng/apple-lain.htm

Maybe too late but I'd be willing to chime in and note that Mac OS had speech recognition with assignable actions (Speakable Items) back in Mac OS 9 if not even earlier, and, though a bit limited, it could not only wait for a keypress, but constantly listen for a keyword that designates a command will be said after it.
So, in fact, this was, not as idealistic, but a reality of that time.
And for video chat there was a program called iVisit also in the times of Mac OS 9 which was a bit limited yet could provide some entertainment :-)

While they're close, Lain predates Mac OS9. Lain aired in mid-1998, while Mac OS 9 was released in late 1999. However, other commercially available speech recognition programs existed prior to 1998, for example Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

According to Wikipedia the first time Macs were able to recognize speech was 1993. So yeah, even if the Lain's creators were inspired solely by Apple products, this was still a thing back then.


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Is Sol Martra the Reinkernator for Metafalss?
Both the Towers in Sol Ciel and Sol Cluster has at the top the Reinkernator but in Metafalss the tower was initially hidden and when it reappeared it's top was Sol Matra which was always there from the begining.
I am wondering if Sol Matra is the Reinkernator for the Ar Tonelico Tower in Metafallss. if not then where is it?

The Second Tower doesn't have a Rinkernator due to the fact it was never completed and due to being completely dependent on the First Tower. Similarly, there is no need for one because Frelia was never intended to become a Tower Administrator on the same way Shurelia and Tilia were, which is also the same reason why she is the only one among the Origins that doesn't have a Linkage armor.


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How to summarize the whole SAO, Sword Art Online, franchise?
So yesterday I way talking to my mom about SAO. I'm really bad at explaining stuff so I think I might have confused her when I was talking about it. I was also jumping around from the story. For example I was talking about the beginning then went to the end, then to the middle, back to the end, then back to the beginning. After struggling to explain it to her I tried to summarizing it, but I'm also bad at that so I had a hard time doing that too.
Can someone please summarize it for me like that I can explain it better to my mom. I told her the main point of the first season, Sword Art Online 1, which was that people got stuck in a game and to get out they had to clear out levels. I also told her that if you die in the game you die in real life. I pretty much told her the main point of the the first season, but didn't get that into the second one.

It's difficult to summarize the entire franchise (through season 2) in a single sentence, so I'll split it up by arcs, ignoring the small arcs. These may have slight spoilers, but I try to keep it limited to the introduction elements of each arc. It's not as short as Dimitri's, but it helped when I was convincing my friends to watch.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Season 1, Arc 1:

 A technology has been developed that allows users to fully insert themselves into a video game to the point where they cannot sense the outside world at all. During the first release and testing of this technology, the developer changes the program so that the players are trapped and the game becomes their life. In order to leave, they must beat the game but with one deadly twist: if they die in the game, they die in real life.

Season 1, Arc 2:

 At the end of season 1, the game is completed and most players are released, but some of the players have still not woken up from their game-induced coma. The main character from the first arc (Kirito) notices that Asuna (another teammate from the game) is one of those who hasn't woken. More games are created using the same immersion technology, and eventually a picture circulates for one of the more popular ones. In this picture, there appears to be a girl trapped in a cage. Kirito believes that girl to be Asuna and joins the game to save her.

Season 2, Arc 1:

 Another immersion game goes wrong. A player appears to have the ability to kill players in the game and to have them die in real life. Kirito, with his vast experience with these games, is asked to join the game to do reconnaissance and to try and stop the killer.

Season 2, Arc 2:
I really need to rewatch this one, and it's my favorite, so I don't want to spoil anything.

Hereby an attempt for a simple summary of the franchise for somebody that does not usually read/watches manga or anime, in a simple yet understandable way.
All though it is a short summary, it does contain implicit spoilers, read at your own discretion.

In the year 2022 A gamer named Kirito gets stuck in a very anticipated Virtual reality game called Sword art online, or SAO for short. Due to a evil twist of the game developer, players can no longer log out and have to for their lives as death in game means death in real life.
The story revolves around Kirito as he struggles to survive, together with the friends he made and lost on the way to finding a way out.
The story is followed up by other games called Alfheim online(alo)  gungale online (GGO) and underworld (UW). The story progresses from Kirito the gamer, to Kirito the developer. As his interests shift more and more towards the virtual reality hard and software.


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What exactly is Combustionman's Tattoo?
When the guy with the Metal Arm and Leg AKA Sparky Sparky Boom Man or Combustionman firebends we see something shoot out from his forehead when he's tattoo is.
during the episode The Runaway when Team Avatar is escaping Toph throws a boulder at him which he destroys but a fragment of it hits his tattoo causing him pain and when he goes to shoot again it seems to miss-fire. Sokka also seems to comment that he is firebending with his mind.
So i am wondering what exactly is Combustionman's Tatto because it seems to be the source of his bending but no other Bender uses a tattoo to allow bending beyond their arms and legs (like Boomi using his face of Toph tilting her head to fix a game)

hmmm good point. +1 maybe serves as a crosshair sight or something for targeting at long range :)

This is semi-good source for Combustion Man. This is a good source for special bending techniques in general.
It states that his tattoo is a focal point for him to trigger explosions by focusing his chi. Seeing as it's a unique use of bending, I wouldn't be surprised if he can only bend from that spot simply due to complexity and a necessity for accuracy.
Additionally, the idea of the "third eye" is taken from Hindu tradition. THe combustion bending tattoo's is located over this Chakra, with the tattoo being of the Eye of Shiva. P'Li's is a more wavy version, which may be related to her ability to bend the beam as well.
All the bending are generally related to some kind of martial art, so if that doesn't answer your question, I'd be glad to do some additional research. Let me know!
Also, thanks to Ryan for the comment. It prompted the extra link and the tattoo design section.

In Legend of Korra, there is a Woman named P'Li who could also combustion bend and she had the tatoo as well, Also this is another link that might be a bit mroe useful. http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Specialized_bending_techniques#Combustionbending


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When is the full version (4 mins) ending song of the anime god eater releasing?
I have been searching in different websites but I could only find the short version of kouhaichi.

To the people that are flagging and voting for this as requesting illegal copy righted material. The question here seems to be when it is realising, not for download links, please refer to the title of the question.

Full anime ED, OP and Soundtracks is always first come in Bonus CD inside Blu-ray Collector Edition. So, if you want a full version of ending song for example, you need to wait for the release of the Blu-rays.
God Eater just finished airing recently, I don't know the Bonus CD will be packed inside which volume of the Blu-ray. An anime with 13 episodes like God Eater is usually sold separately with 7 volumes, while Vol. 6 is released just a week ago, Vol. 7 will be released on April 21th. Maybe a week or so after the release of all volumes, some websites might provide contents in the Bonus CD on their site, not sure whether it's legit or not.

This is mostly untrue. It is far more common for full-length OPs/EDs to be released separately as part of a single. For example, the OP for God Eater ("Feed A") was released on an OLDCODEX album back in August. The situation with God Eater's ED "Kouhai Chi" is unusual in this respect. (While it is common for soundtracks to be released as bonus discs with BDs, it is an overstatement to claim that this is "always" the case.)

Side note: the God Eater website says that volume 7 will only include the TV-size version of "Kouhai Chi", and explicitly states that the full-length version will not be included.


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How long ago were the flashbacks?
On occasion during the series there are times where we see Yui, Ui, Nodoka, Ritsu and Mio as children such as when Mio was remember when Ritsu was giving her confidence to speak infront of the class (where Ritsu pretends to be a Pineapple) or when Yui was drawing and offered Nodoka the Red Crayon she had....before thinking about eating it herself.
I am wondering how long ago these flashbacks occurred?

These are the 2 scenes you probably mentioning in your question.

1) You can re-watch episode 8 of K-On!!, roughly at 07:20, Nodoka answers Mio that she first met Yui in kindergarten. (Approx. 12 years ago)

2) In the same episode, at 12:38, Ritsu relate her first impression about Mio back in elementary school. (Approx. 8 years ago)

3) The actual year is not confirmed yet, maybe plus minus a year or so.

I should point out the 2 scenes I mentioned were the ones I remembered off the top of my head and I was hoping for a complete list of the flashbacks. I remember another was when Yui and Ui were putting a star on a Christmas tree but I can't remember any more beyond that if I missed any

@Memor-X You should re-watch episode 8 of K-On!! (season 2), there's a lot of flashbacks in that episode, and the Christmas thingy is on season 1 episode 7.

The answer given is correct, so I am only adding on. You are probably asking about this one (in the comments):

This is when Ui asked for a white Christmas and Yui decorated the tree with cotton from a pillow to make it look like snow. This was either in kindergarten or very early primary school, because Yui does say that she forgot her homework a lot.
Other flashbacks include this:

which was during primary school camp where Yui forgot the cooking sachets, and this:

where Yui forgot to bring octopus to make takoyaki. This was also in primary school during cooking class.
If you want to check the full flashbacks, they are in season 2, episode 8, and season 1, episode 7.

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Why do people call the Bijuu "tailed beasts" if not all of them have tails?
So a couple of days ago I was, as usual, on random websites and, for some reason, ended up in the Naruto Wikia on the Bijuu page. I scanned through the page, not really reading anything on there, as I scrolled down. I ended up at the trivia part of the page, which made me start reading. One particular part got my attention, which said:

While most of the tailed beasts have conventional tails, Chōmei and Gyūki differ; Chōmei has one regular tail and six wings that make up its seven tails, while Gyūki has eight cephalopod limbs that serve as tails.

So we know that Chōmei has one tail and six wings and Gyūki has eight cephalopod limbs that, I guess, count as tails, for some reason. So if Chōmei and Gyūki don't really have all 7 or 8 conventional tails (as in not all are actually tails) why do they call them "Tailed Beasts"? Or do people just confuse the wings and cephalopod limbs for tails? Or are people just, normally, counting the others, which have all tails, and then mistake the wings and cephalopod limbs for tails?

Perhaps this isn't what you're asking, but "Tailed Beasts" is a literal translation of "Bijuu".

As you can see in both of these pictures, the tails originate from the lower back of the beasts, where normally the tail would originate.
For Gyūki, the limbs should be on the front or below the body to be considered limbs.
For Chōmei, the wings need to be higher up, up from the centroid, or the head would be below the rest of the body while using the wings.
Links to the original images:
Gyūki
Chōmei

The whole "tailed beast" thing actually is derived from japanese mithology. Kishimoto parallels some myths, but he is pretty loose about it. Here, this answer explains a lot about the tailed beasts.


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Who is Gakuhō Asano wife? What is their story?
The anime features him only having a son but how did that come to happen? Him being a superhuman and all, he probably wouldn't settle down for a normal girl, or would he? What is the story there? Did he ever get married?

i bet it was Nagisa's Mom :v or maybe his "Son" is in fact his Clone :v

As far as I can tell from reading the wikia for the show, they have no mentioned the mother yet.
This is less of an answer and more of a "there is no answer" type thing.
Although I'm all for the idea of him having cloned himself into his son. That opens some very frightening possibilities and some interesting conclusions. Does he have more clones? If his son-clone turned out like that, then could the father actually be a good person that was changed by bad circumstances? I'd watch that.

What are the indicators of his son being his clone?
Spoiler: Watch the latest episode to see how the father was good then bad.

@demirb
SPOILERS: It gives a background of the father, but it doesn't mention anything regarding his family. The father did change a lot, but we don't have enough information regarding his son. The son doesn't match either the young or the old versions of his father, so it's difficult to say if they have more than a normal family bond that drives the other similarities. I'm like my father, but I'm not his clone. Unless I missed something.

I'm wondering if the principal got married, had a son, and went kind of crazy for power. Power seems to be way too important for him. Maybe his wife left because of that.


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Why is Elizabeth's last name "Greenhough-Smith"?
Elizabeth Greenhough-Smith is the daughter of Julian Smith (i.e. Loser) and Sophia Tyler.
Who is "Greenhough", and why does Elizabeth have her name, rather than, say, her mother's?

His full name isn't Julian Smith, it's Julian Tyler Smith, so I assume Greenhough is Sophia's maiden name.
His name tag reveals that he has Tyler on his name:

I'm pretty sure his name was shown as "Julian Tyler Smith" at some point on either the manga or anime, but I can't remember when.

Please provide proofs on your claim. Was it mentioned anywhere in the manga or anime? What are the clues that lead you to such assumption?

Edited my post to include some evidence.


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So could Mr.3 from Baroque Works on One Piece be classified as a Paracema or a Logia type? Or somewhat in between?
Because he seems like he could be either/or, or in between. Because his body turns into actual wax like a Logia type would turn into their element. So far as I have seen Luffy's body stretches like rubber but not actually turn into rubber.

How far are you?

wiki said Paramecia

I am on The Long Ring Island Arc In the Water 7 saga.

Mr.3(wax) is a Devil Fruit user classified as Paramecia because his body doesn't become that substance but rather gives them an ability to create and manipulate wax. So Mr.3's body doesn't actually turn into wax, he creates and manipulates wax. He doesn't/can't become intangible like Logia users can
I think the wiki will support it. And why would Mr3 need a wax Armor if he was intangible
Luffy's Paramecia because he has a superhuman ability thats odd and again no intangibility

Luffy's body is completely rubber but he can't manipulate rubber (Yet!)
He can use gears because his body is that of rubber (Blood Vessels(2), Bones(3), Muscles(4))

Another such user is seen in Impel Down Arc who has a fruit which may seem as Logia first but is in fact Paramecia

 Magellan (Doku-Doku no Mi aka Venom Devil Fruit). He also can't become intangible and Luffy can hit him without Haki. However, his poison can seep through the skin when hit and poison Luffy. Luffy counters this by using Mr.3's wax to go into CHAMPION mode :p (Almost as cool as Nightmare Luffy).

Edit: From the wiki, Trivia

This fruit (About the Doku-Doku no Mi) is often one of the few Paramecia confused as a Logia-class Devil Fruit, because it seemingly produces an "element". However, it is not a Logia because the user cannot transform into the said element, but rather just control it. Despite this, in the anime, Mr. 3 seems to literally melt due to the intense heat of Level 3 in Impel Down, though it is probably intended as a comic effect to get across how much Mr. 3 dislikes hotter environments.

As I said, Wiki basically says the same thing. Mr.3 is not intangible since he is not made of wax and thus not a logia.
http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Doru_Doru_no_Mi


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What must a grandmaster do to earn the right to reincarnate?
Near the climax of the movie, the grandmaster gives up his right to reincarnate to Kumatetsu. This right allows Kumatetsu to be reborn as a God. Later, we see that the grandmaster can no longer reincarnate into the god of decisiveness as he had finally chosen earlier.
I originally thought that all you had to do to reincarnate was become the grandmaster, but that would make becoming a god too easy. As you could keep the line moving pretty quickly if everyone became a god as soon as they became grandmaster.
So it brings up the question: once you become a grandmaster, what must you do to earn the right to reincarnate as a god?


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How large is the market for anime & manga by each country?
I would like to know how large the anime and manga industry is in each country. I think US, Japan, and China are the three largest country for anime and manga, but want to know how big they are with the approximated figures.
I searched for it but couldn't get to it. Can I know maybe the top 10 rankings?

AFAIK Japan is first and France is second

Related

@BrunoCosta Well, that's what I got to before posting the question.

@Ikaros Is this true of anime too? I'm sure that's the case in manga.

It is true for mangas, I do not know about animes


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Why Kidd/Hawkins/Apoo alliance are planning to take down Shanks?
Just in latest episode of One piece (Episode 736). There was one scene which shows that Kidd/Hawkins/Apoo alliance are planning to take down Shanks.
So my question is, Why Shanks? I mean there has to be some sort of reason behind this. Why didn't they choose someone else. What's the main reason behind this?
Note: I follow Anime rather than Manga

Credits for the image goes to Saji D Ahsan

There is a speculation where Kid and Shanks are related (perhaps father) so the reason could be about their past. There is no information about this in neither manga nor anime.

The reason why they target him hasn't been revealed yet, so only assumptions can be made so far. Mine is that they don't have any specific reason to do so in-universe, as all Emperors seem to be roughly equal in strength (Or if they aren't, there is nothing yet that can reasonably show us who is stronger and who is weaker) and their target just happened to be the only Emperor who isn't antagonistic towards Luffy.

As we can see Blackbeard who killed WhiteBeard and even get his Devil Fruit , Kaido who is a known Pirate who have a Devil-Fruit Army and Big Mom who have a large army and Island under his name. Considering the power of Kid Alliance it is impossible for them to take down this Emperors unlike Shanks who is a non Devil Fruit user (as of now) would likely be their target.


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Which one is Funami Yui's apartment room?
In Yuru Yuri San Hai! episode 6, there was power outage. Later, the building where Yui lives was shown.

Which makes me think that (based on the center of the picture), Yui's room is the one on top right corner with the lights on. However, later on it was shown like this.

Which one is Yui's room?

From which episode is the second screenshot?

Same episode as the first one.


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How do the visions happen when Itami hits his head on EP.1?
In episode 1(5:15) Itami hits his head and while on the floor he sees the 3 girls he is going to hang out with in the future. But how does he see that?
Is it something the Rory did, or Lelei or Tuka? Or is it something else?
https://youtu.be/_ZMVaU89xLQ

It is not known if he really saw them or if it was a flash shown only to the viewers. Itami never acted on these visions, not did he mention them or even showed any deja vu towards the girls.
My bet is on the something else hypothesis:
1:

 The gate main function is to bring different species into the special region. It is revealed when they visit the wizard's cities, and the grand master delivers her report to Ruri.

2:
There are gods in the world of Gate, and several of them are very powerful. Rori is a (probably old) demigod, you can put the gods' powers a level of magnitude above Rori's.
From 1) and 2), we can speculate that:

 some deity linked the gate to Japan, for some undisclosed purpose. That same deity could have sensed Itami and sent these visions to him, to guide his path.


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Does anyone know where I can watch a good quality of Magi Adventures of Sinbad English dub
I have been trying to look for it but they are all bad quality and have too may add or are not English.

How have you found any that are in English? The Adventures of Sinbad OVAs haven't been dubbed.

We have a list of Legal Streaming Sources here. considering that Aniplex licensed Magi for the states their streaming channel has Season 1 and Season 2, assume that the Magi you have tagged is the same as the one you mention in the title. (as Season 1 is called Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and Season is is called Magi: The Kingdom of Magic)
I am unable to confirm whether or not these episodes are dubbed in English as Geo-blocking prevents non US users from viewing the videos (i am in Australia), however considering DVD Set 1 has English listed as a spoken language and it's publishing is listed as Aniplex of America i would suspect that the episodes on their streaming channel are English Dub
EDIT: Thanks to senshin's comment i have come to realize that the series and Aniplex of America has aren't what you are looking for. looking on Wikipedia and Anime News Network neither lists any english distributors/companies/licencees for the either the 2014 OVA or the current Adventure of Sinbad anime adaptation of the manga of the same name. this leads me to suspect that it is not officially released outside Japan at this time (17/04/2016) so i would suspect a dub for these does not exist.
That being said generally when a company like Funimation or Aniplex gets the licenses to stream/distribute a series there is a high chance that they will also get any new season (though there are some exceptions). so at this time it's probably best to keep an eye on Aniplex of America for if/when they post up the dubs for the series your looking for. checking the other sites in the list i posted wont hurt either just incase

"Magi: Adventures of Sinbad" is a different thing (a side story) from "Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic" and "Magi: The Kingdom of Magic".


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Why does the Avatar Cycle go Fire, Wind, Water and Earth?
When When Aang, Katara and Sokka in The Last Airbender visit the Southern Air Temple and enter's the sanctuary they find statues of the previous Avatars going in a pattern. Fire, Wind, Water and Earth.
it was this pattern which Fire Lord Sozin used to predict where the next Avatar after Roku would be born and try and stop the Avatar's Rebirth by wiping out the Air Nomads.
But why is it this pattern?

Out of universe it is based in the passage of the four seasons.

@ᙈnlḭ๓ḭtḕᕍᏰᙈᖇຮt is there any reason why Summer/Fire starts first in that?

Hmmm.. I Just read that it represents fire related to summer, air to autumn, water to winter, and earth to spring. as stated here  in avatar wiki

in Avatar: The Legend of Korra - Book 2: Spirits Episodes 7 and 8 (Beginnings Part 1 and 2) detail the story of the first Avatar Wan. in his time humans lived cities which were on the Lion Turtles who would gift people the power of the elements (what is currently known as Bending) when they venture into the Spirit Wilds.
the Lion Turtle that Wan's home was on gifted people the power of Fire and after Wan was banished for stealing the power of fire Wan was allowed to keep it, becoming the first Fire Bender to keep his power (as people would return the power of the elements when they returned).
after allowing the Spirit of Darkness, Vaatu, to separate from the Spirit of Light, Raava and learning of the danger to the world Wan then got the power of Wind but the power had to be held by Raava who would them swap the elements when Wan needed it. during training Wan realized he needed the other elements so he then sought out the Lion Turles who bestowed Water and Earth, how in the episode in that order.
So the Avatar Reincarnation Cycle of Fire, Wind, Water and Earth is the same order in which the Wan and Raava got the elements.

Kym NT's answer is that the cycle follows the actual seasons:

fire related to summer, air to autumn, water to winter, and earth to spring.

And then seasons (summer, autumn, winter, spring) indeed go in the cycle (fire, air, water, earth).


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Have there been any anime that have been subjected to exclusive distribution rights?
I see that this season, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is being streamed by Amazon, which holds exclusive distribution rights to the series and will also hold exclusive distribution rights to other series on the same network as Kabaneri in the future.
Even though I know that Amazon had acquired exclusive distribution rights to other non-anime series like Under the Dome, I was a bit surprised to see an anime title be subjected to exclusive distribution.
That led me to wonder: have there been any other anime that have been subjected to exclusive distribution rights in the past? In particular, by a party not dedicated to anime distribution like Amazon?

I heard some rumors about an anime being entirely produced by Netflix, maybe they'll only distribute it there?

How do you mean exclusive as with Under the Dome in Australia i can buy Season 3 from JB Hifi and it was aired on Southern Cross Ten which is free-to-air

Rights are almost always restricted to a single country, so even if Amazon has exclusive US distribution rights that won't affect what happens in AU. Similarly, it's not uncommon for one company to have exclusive distribution rights, but to also have the right to sublicense - so it's possible for, say, Funimation to have the US distribution rights for an anime, which then lets them make deals with Crunchyroll for online streaming, and some other company for producing DVDs and BluRays, and another company to play the show on TV.