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Why can't Nagato revert his Rinnegan to Sharingan?
We know that the Rinnegan is the next stage of Sharingan and since Madara can switch from Sharingan to Rinnegan and vice versa, why can't Nagato?

The Rinnegan is extremely rare and is considered as the most powerful among the Three Great Dojutsu. Before I get to my answer, it is necessary to look into other cases of dojutsu transplantation.
Kakashi Hatake
Kakashi received the Sharingan at a young age. He had years of experience with it and was considered a genius at the usage of Sharingan. He was even appointed to train Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha with their Sharingan
development. Even with the amount of knowledge and power of the Sharingan, he couldn't revert the Sharingan back to its normal state. That was because of a simple reason: the eye wasn't his. It originally belonged to Obito Uchiha. Since Kakashi wasn't the original owner of the eye, he is unable to revert the eye back to normal.
From Kakashi Hatake wikia article:

Because he is not an Uchiha, Kakashi was unable to deactivate this dōjutsu.

The article tells us that, in order to deactivate the Sharingan, the person needs to be an Uchiha. This can also be related with Danzo Shimura and his arsenal of eyes.
Obito Uchiha
Obito "borrowed" the Rinnegan from Nagato, who originally got them from Madara Uchiha. There were many reasons why Obito implanted only one Rinnegan eye even after having obtained both. However, one of the main reasons was:

Under the guise of Madara and inheriting the former's work, Obito Uchiha claimed that he was entitled to take the Rinnegan from Nagato's body after his death. He then implanted the left Rinnegan into himself and hid the right Rinnegan, unable to handle the power of both eyes.

Since Obito wasn't the original owner of the eyes,

He did not have complete mastery over it.
He couldn't handle its overwhelming power.

Obito, being an Uchiha, lacked control over the Rinnegan. This kind of proves that an Uchiha cannot simply control the Rinnegan if he isn't the original owner. Keep in mind that Obito was trained by Madara himself.
Nagato
Nagato received the eyes at a very young age. He did not know that the Rinnegan were transplanted into him, and nor did he know that it evolved from a pair of Sharingan eyes. Nevertheless, he had almost complete mastery over them because:

He was an Uzumaki and thus had huge chakra reserves.
The eyes were implanted at a very young age, giving him time to perfect his Rinnegan skills by adulthood.

Sakurai Tomoki's answer is logical and makes sense. However, if we were to look at similarity between the Rinnegan (evolved from Sharingan) and the Sharingan itself, it seems that answer could be different.
We know from Kakashi's case that he couldn't deactivate the Sharingan because of its origins. We also know that Obito lacked control over the Rinnegan, which implies that he couldn't deactivate and revert it into a Sharingan. Combining these two factors, we can derive an explanation to the original question: Nagato couldn't revert the Rinnegan to Sharingan because he wasn't the eyes' original owner.
Madara displayed certain new and powerful techniques when he received his original eyes.

Because Madara was the eyes' original owner, only he could use them to their fullest power.

In many situations when the power of a borrowed dojutsu is questioned, the full potential of the eyes is always attained by the original owner. So it's logical to conclude that the Rinnegan to Sharingan swap was exclusive to Madara and not to the other two.

When I edit your answer, I find it weird that you assert the ownership to be the factor. Apart from Madara himself, there is no example of the eye being transplanted at young age to an Uchiha. From what I see, Kakashi and Nagato's cases are very similar (non-Uchiha, implanted for a long time), so shouldn't we able to get a conclusion from there? From your logic, I can see that Kakashi (+Nagato) and Obito's case shows Uchiha bloodline is not enough, and the person must have time to master the eyes. However, there is not enough proof to say that only the owner can revert the eye.

... Anyway, that is just my doubt looking at it from a logical perspective. I don't even follow the series myself.

Well, because the Rinnegan in question was evolved from Sharingan. So I had to detail the answer in a way that covers both; Sharingan from Kakashi and Rinnegan from Obito. But I suppose you're right . The part about Obito doesn't contribute much. I'll edit that part out. And about the ownership, wiki states Kakashi's Sharingan couldn't revert the eye because of the ownership issue. Since the Rinnegan evolved from sharingan, I suppose the same principle works. Thanks for the edit btw :)

@nhahtdh Oh I remembered just now.. The point of including Obito was to show that an Uchiha trained by Madara couldn't control it (revert it) , so how was a non-Uchiha supposed to do so.

And about the ownership, wiki states Kakashi's Sharingan couldn't revert the eye because of the ownership issue. It seems what you cited only talk about the bloodline, though?

Umm .. Not sure what you're implying. I'm trying to decide whether I should describe the details about the two eyes or I should edit my answer altogether. You do know that Obito and Madara aren't related by blood, right?

Let us continue this discussion in chat.

The reason are most likely similar to Kakashi's Mangekyou Sharingan case. He just simply doesn't realize it. Nagato "awakens" his Rinnegan when his parents are murdered by the mistaken Konoha shinobi. But actually it was Uchiha Madara implanting it to him, not him awakening the Rinnegan. So, while he can use Rinnegan to great extend, he simply doesn't know that it was originated from the Sharingan and that he can revert it back to Sharingan.
This is the same as Kakashi. Although he has awakened his Mangekyou when he "killed" Rin, he simply doesn't realize that until years even though he was dubbed as a genius ninja.
Also it needs to be noted that the ones who knows about the Sharingan can be upgraded into Rinnegan are those who has awakened the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan and read the stone tablet in the Uchiha underground hideout using Sharingan, Mangekyou Sharingan and Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in order. Nagato, being a non-Uchiha and lived far away from Konoha, would have no knowledge of this.


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What is this sheet Toshinou Kyouko is using?
While I was looking for a cute image to post in the chat room, I came across this image

I remember in Season 2 Episode 8 - Chinatsu Unrivalled (I think), Toshinō Kyōko gets everyone to help her with her doujin work by doing some shading. From what I remember, they place the darker sheet on top of the outlined doujin pages.
So what exactly is this sheet? What is it used for? Is it something doujin artists use to supplement what a professional would use, or is it used by professional mangakas as well?

That's called screentone. The idea is that it's borderline impossible to get a uniform gray that will be reproduced well by a printer if you shade the gray in by hand. Keep in mind that "gray" on a standard printer is actually just "small black dots with some white space" - which is not what a human with a pencil or an ink brush will produce.
Screentones, in their most basic form, are preprinted sheets of various shades of gray that can be cut and pasted onto a black-and-white drawing to impart some "color". As you can see, they are printer-friendly, since they consist of black dots on a white backdrop. Also, aside from the fact that they print better, it's just easier to cut-and-paste screentones than to draw stuff in by hand.

More elaborate screentones exist for other kinds of non-uniform textures, such as:

plaid (screentones are why the "Unmoving Plaid" thing happens)

gradients

floral patterns

kablooies (this is a technical term)

I would assume that professional manga artists and amateurs both use screentones for any serious work they do, though I imagine pros probably have access to (and make use of) a wider variety of screentones, being professionals and all.

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Why did Akihiko Kayaba make death permanent in Sword Art Online?
In Sword Art Online, why did Akihiko Kayaba make the game so as to make death permanent? Don't get me wrong, I know that in episode 1 he claims that he would like to "control this world's fate".  However, in episode 17, when he says that he "wanted to make a world free of laws and restrictions", then why make it so that people must die in real life as well?  Wouldn't that make a real death contrary to his goals?  And if he "forgot" somewhere in the middle of the game (as he claims in episode 14), what is the point in continuing further?  Has he no regard for human life?

"to make a world free of laws and restrictions" does not necessarily mean a world without death and if he truly wanted a world free or laws and restrictions he would make towns safe zone where people can not be killed. also i think i remember at the end of the Aincrad Arc him mentioning he wanted the consequences of death to apply in the virtual world.

@Memor-X To be fair, I checked episode 14 multiple times when he was discussing what would become of Aincrad with Kirito and Asuna, along with checking the battle before once, just to make sure. There is no reference to him mentioning that he wanted "the consequences of death to apply in the virtual world." Also, having checked other posts, I realize that you, too, have only seen the anime, rather than both reading the novels and watching the anime. This means that unless you find it somewhere else in SAO, it is likely possible that you heard it from somewhere outside of canon SAO.

(Continuing the previous comment) Also, if he wanted the consequences of death to apply, then why would he save Asuna? (As it is a different question, being answered multiple times, and most commenters are leaning towards him or Sugo preventing her death, my question may be incorrectly stated.) However, if he DID save her, why would he toss off his "wanting those consequences of death to apply" for saving a life? Then, after answering that, read my last question: Has he no regard for human life? If so, what makes Asuna and Kirito exempt from his desires? How are they different?

@SamuelLanghus according to the wikia "Akihiko had a level of honor and fairness.", he did promise Kirito to make sure Asuna didn't commit suicide before the duel, she did just that. anyway to be honest i can't remember where i interpreted those lines (given it's been quite a while i've seen the series) but i havn't seen anything outside the anime to avoid spoiling the second season and no other MMO based anime had a figure like Kayaba so i had to have gotten it SAO

@Memor-X Yes. I did take that into consideration. So, just this once, he changed the game? He then operated the game to go against his standards then, only because he accepted Kirito's counter-offer? Even keeping in mind what he really wants? Why? But still, does that mean he has no consideration for the lives of others?

@SamuelLanghus Wikia also says he had "little to no empathy, with no regard for human life (including his own)". i would have put those in an answer but the main part was that i couldn't remember his reason for the death game which i sware i remember him explaining which is the main basis of your question and until SAO II comes out on DVD i wont be watching SAO or SAO Ex to double check

@Memor-X Thank you. You have answered my official question(s).  And I would hate to be an inconvenience, but could you please post that as an answer?  I'd really appreciate that.  Oh, and seeing as I edited in a few questions to my last post, would you please mind answering those?

Okay, this question raises way to many personal opinions and speculations. It's never explained why perma-death was enabled in Sword Art Online. We'll also never find out since Kayaba Akihiko died.
First, I'd like to note that the perma-death was neither a law nor restriction, it was a rule, and thus Kayaba Akihiko did not go against any rules he set for SAO. Obviously, a game will have rules, so you'll have things like: death, no flying, max health, etc. What Kayaba Akihiko was referring to was a world without the laws and restrictions placed by the society in real life. That's my speculation, but that's all it could truly point to. Naturally, there are no laws or restrictions regarding death in SAO or IRL, but rather it's a fundamental rule.
From Kayaba Akihito's entry on Sword Art Online Wikia:

Kayaba Akihiko had little to no empathy, with no regard for human life
(including his own)
Akihiko seemed to be very sincere and thoughtful, as shown when he told Kirito of his dream about creating a floating castle as the basis for creating Sword Art Online.
In spite of this, Akihiko had a level of honor and fairness. [...]

If you look at those three lines, we can also take something else from this. At the end of Sword Art Online Asuna dies, right? Wrong. Kayaba Akihiko made the promise to Kirito to prevent Asuna from committing suicide before the match was over (episode 13). He made this promise because he is both sincere and fair. Therefore, while Asuna did indeed die in the game, she didn't die in real life because of the promise Kayaba Akihiko made with Kirito. This is also why, as promised at the beginning of the series, all 6147 players were returned to the real world after Kirito completed SAO. Quoted from the anime: (Kayaba Akihiko) "Moments ago, all 6147 remaining players were successfully logged out."
Getting back to the point, everything Kayaba Akihiko did was not contrary to the goals he set and had in mind through out Sword Art Online. Everything fell into place and he didn't violate any of his rules. He fulfilled his dream and simply brought others into it, the idea was that Kayaba Akihiko wanted to replace the real world with virtual reality for himself. This is shown in the anime episode 14 at 18:41, when Kayaba Akihiko said, "I wanted to leave the Earth behind and go to that castle. For a long, long time that was my only desire." Naturally, since he made the game available to everyone, the rules he believed in and set for himself would have to be followed everyone else as well.

As Kayaba says (I doesn't remember when), "There's no difference between IRL and SAO." If you die, it happens on both ends. I think it was to induce psychological effect.
In Volume 1 - Chapter 24 of the light novel, during the scene where Kirito and Kayaba had a talk before they returned to reality:

 “…What about those who died? Both of us are already dead, yet we continue to exist here. Doesn’t that mean you can return the other four thousand dead to the original world as well?”

 Kayaba’s expression didn’t change. He closed the window, put his hands into his pockets, and then said:

 “Life can’t be recovered so easily. Their consciousness will never return. The dead will disappear —  this fact remains true in every world. I created this place only because I wanted to talk with you two — one last time.”

The difference is "a world free of laws and restrictions". You can change or remove some restrictions. For example, in real life, you cannot fight continuously for 20 hours, nor can you jump more than 20 meters. You can change some laws or some restrictions, but there are some basic things that you cannot change. Or, at least, you need some time to gradually get used to it.
Another example are Asuna's words. She told Kirito about male and female genitals. They weren't present in early version, but because of psychological effect, they were added in later version during Beta testing phase, but without any hair (because lack of effect, I think).
You can read this in Volume 1 - Chapter 16.5 (this special is in the web version only):

 There is a somewhat interesting story concerning all of this (I apologize for digressing, but)... When SAO was under development, the Argas company had an internal closed alpha test phase during which time they reasoned that since players would have no use for genitals, it would not be necessary to objectify it.

 However, in reality they found that most of the male testers would experience a certain amount of severe anxiety. Even so, while there was no problem when playing for several hours. When they conducted consecutive tests over a 48 hour period, they found that most of the male testers who attended this trial period were unable to stand not having their genitals and gave up. So it was from the Beta testing phase that the genital parts were implemented out of a sense of necessity. It seems that this was also part of the reason why SAO players were not allowed to change their characters' genders.

 However, even if you had your genital parts, the question that I had prior to the official start of the game (meaning, before the incident) was whether or not there would be anxiety over the lack of proper function. I myself had agonized repeatedly on multiple occasions over the inability to release my pent up energy, but now I saw that if the ethics code or whatever was disabled, then functionality, probably even ejaculation was possible.

Please remember to gives sources! There isn't anything here to support your post as an answer.

As I can remember, the statement of Kayaba are on the last ep of aincrad, but i cannot remember properly. The Asuna's statement are from the light novel, special ep, but I'll try to find the exact sources and edit the post.

I've added some sources from light novel, but, i cannot place spoiler tag. Please someone can edit it? Thanks.

Please check whether my edit doesn't change the meaning of your post. And I couldn't understand what you mean by Or, at least, you cannot change at first phase. - what first phase are you referring to?

Probably these paragraph are incorrect. I'm talking about you cannot change this "at first instance".

@SakuraKinomoto: I'm also not sure what you mean by "at first instance". Maybe you want to say "in the first place", which is equivalent to "at all", i.e. "You can't change the fact that people will die eventually"?

Probably in the first place are correct. I'm trying to told about you cannot change the fact of some questions are too relevant for you who you cannot ignore them. For example, if you drop yourself from a big building you have pain, even when you hit the street you're alive. But these pain are a "primary" reaction. You cannot change it in first place, you need lot of training to do it.

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Title and singer of that english-sounding song in Tokyo Ghoul Root of Aogiri anime?
I loved the sound of the song that sounds like English (I can't understand the words but I know most of it are not nihongo) that is usually being played on dramatic scenes in Tokyo Ghoul RA. Can someone tell me its title and its singer?

Welcome to Anime & Manga SE.It would be much better if you provide link(mainly youtube) of clip of the song you are referring to

As an alternative, it would also be great if you could pinpoint the episode and the timing when the track starts playing.

Thank you! Sorry I forgot to post some links. I'll do just that next time.

What I usually do in cases like this is look the show up on AnimeNewsNetwork, where it lists all the insert songs used in the show:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=16318
I don't have enough reputation to post more links yet, but it looks like it might be the songs "On My Own" or "Glassy Sky" (both on Youtube). They're both song by Katherine Liner, BTW.

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Why didn't Kenshin use a bokutou?
Himura Kenshin, the Battousai, used a sakabatou. He did this to prevent himself from killing people anymore. My question is, if that is his goal, then why didn't he settle with a bokutou (wooden sword) instead? A bokutou would definitely be duller than a sakabatou, which is made of steel.

he is not going to kill others doesn't mean that he is going to let other kill him.

Just imagine him fighting against Saito or Shishio with a wooden sword ;-)

There are several reasons he would go the awful length to get his Sakabato forged by a master swordmaker, with metal:
1) Weight: there are no material at the time that could have the same density as metal. For a swordsman, the weight of the blade is very important. For Kenshin, since all of his attacks are blunt attacks, it is vital.
2) Resilience: enemies can break wood and bamboo swords. The medieval jousters carried twenty plus jousting lances to tournaments, because they would break every time they delivered a solid blow, and most of the times when they missed or scraped.
3) The edge: the Sakabato does have an edge, on the back side of the blade. Himura uses it to cut everything from pottery to cannonballs. His only exception is people.

4) His self-image: even though his passive servant act, Kenshin is still a japanese swordsman. The fact he has a sheathed sword by his side still demands some respect from his opponents (and the most wary ones are the ones that did not fall for his timid demeanor). Also whatever shred of pride he have (arguably some) would demand he carried a real sword (even though several characters in that universe do not consider the sakabato a real sword).
His use of a Sakabato is foremost a physical expression of his vow (in the manga several times his Sakabato is inspected by officers or other swordsman, only to be met with disdain), and in a second moment for the convenience of not having to twist the blade everytime he wants to deliver a non-lethal blow. Several other anime has this scene in a swordfight where the winner delivers a otherwise fatal blow and follows up with "don't worry, I used the backside of the blade".

But I'm pretty sure a bokuto would break if he was fighting against a person with a sharp blade. It's better to use a metal sword so it doesn't break. Yeah, metal's just stronger than wood.

The Sakabatō holds a deep meaning, as a blade that is not meant to kill.  This is the philosophy that Kenshin wants to be true. Although it is symbolic it is also practical.  A wooden sword would just get cut in half against a skilled opponent.


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Does Naruto have Earth as chakra nature?
During the fight between Neji and Naruto, Naruto comes out of earth to finish his final blow on Neji. So does he possess earth element as his chakra nature?

Probaly not becuse he doesn't use any earth ninjutsu ever in the entire show

@nhahtdh that's related to his Six Paths Sage Mode, Naruto can manifest the Truth-Seeking Balls behind his back, which has all five elemental natures.

but he didn't have Six Path Sage Mode in chunin exams arc ?

No, in that particular fight, he just (dug a hole and) hid underground to surprise Neji.  No part of that used Earth chakra or Earth jutsu.  I don't think he even knew any Earth jutsu.  He eventually got access to all chakra types due to the Six Paths mode, but still, he was never seen doing any specific Earth jutsu.

Oh and his natural affinity is wind.

It was just a hole dug by his bare hands. If you re-watch the anime you can see blood stains on naruto's finger tips. Sorry I could not provide the link to the video at this moment.

Only thing i would add is upon review of this scene, they make a point to show Naruto stomping a hole in the ground as he's running towards Neji for the last time.  He shouldn't be able to do this, as the other person who uses this trick (Kakashi) uses Earth chakra to do so.  Think this may be an instance of plot armor unfortunately.

The tunneling scene was not an example of earth style, however, the question itself shows a misunderstanding of nature manipulation in general. People don't "have" a chakra nature. People have an easier time learning to change chakra to specific natures.
Most people have one specific elemental nature that they can grasp very quickly (relative to other natures), and usually have at least one more element that they can learn faster than the rest. There is nothing preventing somebody from learning to manipulate chakra to every single type of nature, other than time and talent.
For example, if Naruto had wanted to, he could have learned lightning, fire, or any other elemental manipulation when he first learned of the concept. Wind was simply the most practical for him to learn, as it was the nature he is innately suited to use.

No,because when he fight with kaguya he use all it chakra of tailed beast(1-9)
he used sage art:cho biju rasen shuriken(sage art:giant super tailed beast rasen shuriken).so he used up all biju chakra(magnet,blue flame,water,magma/lava,(im not sure about kokuo maybe fire and water),acid,(i dont know about chomei),ink,wind)so is not  revealed naruto using earth chakra/earth style jutsu.


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Why aren't Kyuubi and Naruto real allies?
Several characters in the Naruto universe share their bodies with other entities, most of them are true allies. They share the Power both have, even if one has the upper hand controlling the body.
My question is, why doesn't this happen with Kyuubi and Naruto?
Several times Kyuubi saves Naruto with his red chakra out of hairy situations. Naruto is aware of it and sometimes they talk to each other.
Kyuubi is an evil Daemon, sure, but due to the fact tat he would die if Naruto died; and Naruto, as a Ninja, has a dangerous live; it would be in Kyuubi's advantage to help out, given that his Chakra is way stronger than Naruto's.
Why don't they team up?
EDIT: Question regarding Naruto Vanilla not Shipuuden or anything else.

"Naruto Vanilla"? What's that?

Vanilla means only the basic version without additional  content.

Kinda like how vanilla ice cream is ice cream without any flavor added to it.  Nope! none at all.

Vanilla is a common term, usually for Software wich has addons but is used without. Didn't thoght this would lead to misunderstanding.

@Sempie, Just a heads up When Naruto Dies Kyubi Doesn't Die

If by "Naruto Vanilla" you mean the manga, then

 Naruto and the Kyuubi actually did become allies in the later parts of the manga. As it turned out, just about all the Tailed Beasts, including Kyuubi, were mistreated and abused by humans, so they distrusted and disliked humans. That's why Kyuubi wasn't that friendly to Naruto, or at least at first.


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Can a death note have multiple owners?
In episode 23/24, Light killed Higuchi to become the owner of his Death Note. It was important that he hold the Death Note so that he wouldn't lose his memory again. After he killed Higuchi, he became the new owner of the Death Note, because he touched the Death Note in the moment Higuchi died.
Now, here's my question. If Light and L both touched the Death Note at the same time Higuchi died, would this notebook have two owners (in this case both Light and L)?

Although the answer's probably no (which would risk ownership to be decided at random if multiple persons held it after the previous owner dies), Light wasn't taking any chances so this seems indeterminate. More importantly multiple people can use the same death note though, for example: Mikami.

No.
Firstly How to Use: IV Point 1 says

The person in possession of the Death Note is possessed by a god of death, its original owner, until they die.

This ties with the numerous references of a Shinigami following the owner. This also ties to Light's original fear about being identified by Misa (the second Kira) in Episode 13 - Confessions (or it may have been the episode before).
In the episode, Light found out that Ryuk would always tail him, which led him to question if Misa's Shinigami could see him and possibly tell Misa who Ryuk was following. So when Light and Matsuda went to try and intercept the meeting between the 2 Kira's, Light brought a bunch of his friends so Ryuk was hoving above all of them (we later learn Misa found Light because of her Shinigami Eyes).

 In the Manga, Near smiled to himself when he saw Ryuk at the end because he touched the Death Note, confirming that Light was Kira

In How to Use: XIII, it talks about lending a Death Note and how a lender will not be followed. Since a Shinigami follows the owner, this will be problematic if the 2 owners are quite some distance apart, i.e. when Mikami has the Death Note.
Finally, you seem to be confused with what Light was actually doing when he was holding onto the Death Note. The real reason why he was holding onto it was because when Higuchi would die, whoever holds the Death Note next would become its next owner. Remember that you don't have to be the owner to regain your memories, as Light regain his while Higuchi was still the owner.
Since the Death Note was discovered, there was really no risk to Light if Higuchi lived and blabbed about it's usage, since Higuchi was following the fake rules too (the only risk would be if he could kill Higuchi after 13 days from the last name). This is why Light killed him with the scarp of the Death Note in his watch and held onto the Death Note, to make sure that no one else became the next owner.
This ties into How to Use: XIV, Point 2

If the Death Note is stolen and the owner is killed by the thief, its ownership will automatically be transferred to the thief.

Technically, Light stole the Death Note from Higuchi, so when Higuchi died, Light became the new owner.

This next part is speculation as I don't have too much to base this on. Since it is a what if scenario but in the situation where both Light and L were holding onto it, I dare say either of these scenarios would occur:

Whoever is the last person touching the Death Note becomes the owner, though this would be a problem for Light, had L insisted he confiscate the Death Note as evidence and it ended up as a stand off. (This book seemed to the the key to Kira's killing ability, so why is Light is insistent that L to be the one to let go first, unless he knows what this book is which would make him more likely to be the original Kira)
Whoever first physically touched the Death Note is the owner, probably measured in milliseconds, and if we can count on the preciseness of the Times of Death (much more likely).

Please check my edit to see if I changed the meaning of your answer. Thanks.

@nhahtdh yeh that's fine


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Who are these guys seen in chapter 691?
SPOILER ALERT
Who are these guys? What are their names and their positions?

Did you try reading the (end of) the previous chapter at all?

Hi @zibadawatimmy, What part does they explicitly state the names of these characters?

They don't. And most likely never will. They serve as little more than a superfluous demonstration of the sage's power, and witnesses to Naruto. We know little more than how they got there and the simplest facts of their identities, and I expect it to stay that way. Hope for a data book telling us more if you really want it.

These are the Gokage (lit. Five Shadow), the first Kages from each country. Their names haven't been told yet, but by their appearance we can deduct which Kage ruled which village.
First panel: The first Kazekage. I'm doubting between the third and first panel on who the first Kazekage might be. But given that the third panel resembles a Tsuchikage more, I deduct that this is the first Kazekage.
Second panel: First Mizukage. The razor teeth follow the trend of the shinobi swordsman who originated from the village of the hidden Mist.
Third panel: I'm guessing that this is the first Tsuchikage. I'm not sure because I can't base this answer on the fact that he's aged. The facial hair however does hint at a resemblance between Oonoki and other Tsuchikage's.
Fourth panel: First Raikage due to hair. We can assume that he's coloured. This follows the trend that most villagers from the Hidden Cloud are in fact black.
In manga chapter 648, pages 10 - 11 and 12. We see Hashirama meeting with the first Kages. These are the same Kages as shown in the panels

So far the most sensible answer. Let's wait what the others have to say. Actually, me too is guessing which is which.

It's been pretty much confirmed in the manga chapter I listed in the edit :) My deductions are correct

@NaraShikamaru (and for Kevin) Wiki says almost 50 chapters earlier, chapter 648 we saw (in color) the first Gokage, and they indeed are the ones pictured, Using the links from here http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kage_Summit we can see all 4 of the other Gokage besides Hashirama, and they match up.


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Where can I find mecha schematics?
I am writing a short story and need the schematics of the Escaflowne or any other mecha robot to add details to my story. Transformers schematics work too. Particularly, the torso part of the rider and the overall robot itself. I know Transformers don't have riders, but you get the jist.
All the help is appreciated.

A quick Google search led me to this page, where you can find a full list of mechas from the Macross franchise (a quick browse through some pages there showed me that not all mecha have schematics there). For example, this page in particular has all the details for the "Centinental/Kransmann MBR-07-Mk II Spartan Main Battle Robot", along with some perspectives and schematics.

Searching Google for "anime mecha schematics" also shows a lot of results (many of them are from the website referred above):

Some of them even seem to be rather detailed, like this one (despite its small size):

You can always follow the images to their source, and possibly find some more results that may interest you.
I also found this other site where you can find some other drawings of mecha from some series, including Gundam. In this one, p.e., you can find schematics for the cockpit (in the bottom):

I also found this forum, where you may find something if you have some time and patience (I didn't). For instance, in this thread I found this drawing from Gunbuster.
For Escaflowne in particular, however, I was not able to find anything.

Gee thanks that is probably all I need at this time. Also, I have to ask, can you add pictures here via the app? I couldn't find any options to do so.

And how do these numbers below our names work, I see you have a lot of them. In a second look I see that they represent gold, silver and bronze something. What else is there to it? Amd what about the numbers in bold?

@Aviraj_bhaiya I don't think you can add images from the app. Also, the large number by the name is reputation and the smaller numbers are badges. (These topics are covered in the FAQ also.)

Search for the phrase「設定資料」in kanji and "settei" in romaji instead of "schematics" and you will find more.  "Settei" means the reference materials for animators so that when each ones draws the animation cels, they are consistent with the design. Search for 「設定資料」plus the name of the series in Japanese (such as エスカフローネ).
If you want to support the production company in question, then buy an artbook that contains the published settei.

Will this be more Japan-centric version of mecha? I was looking to gather all kinds of culturally affected designs. For deeper research, other parts of the world culture and innovations, what else can you put yojr finger on?

「設定資料」is simply the Japanese word for "materials," so any series' materials (originating in any country) that have been made in or sold in Japan could come up in a web search using that phrase plus the name of the series you're looking for. If you search for "settei" in romaji, you will primarily only come across ones from anime. This is the Anime and Manga Stack Exchange, so a search for mech designs that are not from anime/manga would be off-topic here.


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What was Sora Iro no Tane advertising?
One of the earliest Ghibli works, Sora Iro no Tane or The Sky-Colored Seed, was an advertisement broadcast on Japanese TV in 1992.
This little green dude seems to be the mascot of the product, he seems to be a pig:

I can't find any information about what it was advertising originally, and I can't draw a logical conclusion from the show.
Does anyone know what it was advertising? And how were the animation clips relevant?

Sora Iro no Tane was a TV spot made for Nippon TV in 1993 to commemorate its 40th anniversary.
The creature is called "Nandarou" (lit. What is it?) and designed by Hayao Miyazaki himself.

ah, so it was for the television broadcasters themselves!


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How much different are the live action and manga versions of "Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo"?
I ususally read Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo manga from time to time.
Recently, I heard a Live Action version was aired and completed. But its manga is still ongoing.
So how much of the manga is covered by the live action version? And how closely does the live action version follow the manga version?

As a side note, the Spring-2015 anime follows the first arc more closely than the live-action.

The Live Series cover the first arc of the manga (the "First Witch War" as it is called by a character in the second arc).

WARNING: SPOILER HEAVY.

I won't bother into putting spoiler markings into the answer, or it will be just a wall of yellow strips.
Comparing the live action to the manga, we have the following differences, in no particular order:

The seventh witch (Rika Sayonji) is downplayed. Since the story will end just after the ritual, she is not developed, and strikes as mostly comic relief for her no-panties gag.
Kentaro Tsubaki is missing.
The old building is not mentioned. We never know where the sealed room is. Neither is the arson arc ever mentioned.
The ritual takes place in the sealed room, instead of the student council chapel.
Leona Myamura is Rika's "Friend". This means Haruma Yamazaki is demoted to a plain antagonist, his character development with Leona is ignored. Also, Leona had her memory wiped in the series, while in the manga she is shut-in as to not lose her memory (she eventually returns and is wiped for a short time).
Shinichi Tamaki is missing. The witch-stealing power is given to Yamazaki. He is replaced by Isobe in the series.
Mikoto Asuka still has her invisibility power, since She is hinted to be Yamazaki's lover to fill the void left by Leona
Ushio Igarashi remains Nene Odagiri's follower at the end of the series, instead of teaming with Asuka as he did in the second season.
The witches' wish is subverted in the series finale, into a gag. Rika wishes for panties, and then Yamada is forced to use the cancelling power to wipe the witches' powers. In the Manga, Yamada wishes to remove the power directly.


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What's the fate of the tailed beasts and Sasuke after chapter 698?
The fight between Naruto and Sasuke was brutal. It pushed them both to their limits.
In the last page, it is shown that both lose one of their hands.
Sasuke admits defeat. I was actually shocked to see that picture.
Never imagined the fight could lead up to that.

Now that Sasuke has finally acknowledged Naruto, does it mean Sasuke
will now help Naruto?
Where does it leave the future of the tailed beasts though, since Sasuke's intention was to kill them?

I guess we'll have to wait for the last two chapters to find out... For all we know they may both die from blood loss...

Actually they won't die from the blood loss, alteast not Naruto. Since in the movie, they have shown naruto with a bandage to his hands, I guess from that ,we can infer that naruto isn't dead.

Could you please explain the down-vote? I wonder why i got it.

i'm not the down voter but i could explain a reason why i would've downvote. in my opinion any answer currently posted will be entirely speculation and opinion based since Naruto x Sasuke Yaoi fans would want them to hook up now, others would now want Sasuke to return and be with Sakura (i personally want to see a Sakura x Ino pairing, stuff Sasuke and Shikamaru) and here we'd rather want answers with some cited evidence or logical/observational basis.

(cont.) Since we know Naruto is ending in a couple of chapters and this question will most likely be answered then anyway, to me this question reads "I want to know what happens next and i can't wait, give me inside info on the story" and unless Masashi Kishimoto has been answering question on this site that ain't happening (doubt they'd spoil unreleased content anyway)

Did you say Shikamaru with Ino ? What happened to Temari den?

@Memor-X I am really confused. you say, Sakura belongs to Ino?!!! Ino and Sakura are girls. Am sure you are not talking about lesbian interest. Also, I don't understand what 'Senko' is ?. Pls let me know if I don't understand something

Sasuke gave up on killing the tailed beasts.

Sasuke - returned to hidden leaf village, and then went to explore the world.
Kurama - returned to Naruto, presumably now Naruto has a whole Kurama (as opposed to just Yin or just Yang)
Gyuki - returned to Killer Bee.
Rest of the bijuu, undetermined, presumably they were sent free. All of them can still converge and speak to each other due to all of them giving Naruto a portion of their chakra.

I honestly doubt Naruto can die due to the fact he has a bijuu in him. Though...the question that arises to that, if kyuubi has no chakra then that means Naruto has a possible chance of seeing death.

Note, Kurama Himself even says it would be inconvenient if Naruto dies because he dies to, and it takes time to reincarnate. Jinchuriki can die without the tailed beast being extracted. That is what happened with Rin and the 3 tails (Isobu), and presumably also how he got free from the fourth Mizukage before he was captured by Deidara.

The rest of the beast is set free. their wish was to roam free. after so long being traped and used by humans. but they sure will give naruto a hand if he needs them.


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Is it possible to cultivate Sharingans?
I got into a discussion with this with my brother the other day and I was wondering if this would be a valid way to cultivate and stock up on Sharingans.
We see that Madara/Tobi had an entire laboratory of Sharingans, presumably gathered from the corpses from the Uchiha Massacre. Now, if someone like Kabuto were to reanimate Uchiha, they would be revived back with their own eyes as we saw with Itachi.
Then, would it be possible to remove the reanimated Itachi's eyes and store them for use for a later date? My brother told me that the problem with this theory is that a reanimated body using Kabuto's Endo Tensei would just have body parts that would turn to paper/dust if detached from its body, as we saw from many reanimations who lost their limbs in the war.
But what if Kabuto un-did the Endo Tensei jutsu immediately proceeding taking out the eyes of Itachi. Would the eyes still turn to paper/dust or would they manifest in a physical form? If so, this would allow someone like Kabuto to infinitely cultivate Sharingans by continuously reanimating and un-reanimating an Uchiha, something that could be very powerful when comboed with Izanagi.
If the above is not possible with Kabuto's jutsu, how about with Orochimaru's Endo Tensei - the one he used to revive the First and Second Hogake against the Third Hokage in the first Naruto series? If I recall, Orochimaru's original Endo Tensei didn't make the bodies immortal or turn to paper.

It turned into paper and there we saw that the bodies used by Orochimaru was that of the Sound ninja.

In short not possible.
When madara was called by endo tensei he had his sharingan, even he showed the five kages the power of rinnegan . When he was brought back to alive by Obito, he was blind as his original eyes were given to Pain. This proves that you can't simply use endo tensei to manipulate body parts. Releasing a person from endo tensei simply means he/she is free to move on their own will, just like madara when he managed to release himself from kabuto's control.


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Does Izumi Shinichi's parasite suffer from a lack of power because of his injury?
After his parasite completely heals his heart and regenerates his arm, does Migi lose any abilities except the power to locate other parasites when he's asleep?

I suppose you know this already, but to be clear, Migi does not just lose the ability to locate other parasites when he is asleep, he is completely dormant and unable to wake up and react to danger during the sleep. The information about his weaknesses is given by Migi himself on Page 190 in Volume 2:

 Interestingly, a 70% Migi could still sense other parasites within a 300m radius after the incident (for example, in Volume 3, he detected the presence of the parasite murderer 300m away) and a 30% Migi inside Shinichi likewise enables Shinichi to see 300m far, so I see no loss in either power or ability by Migi after his "injury".

The conclusion is Shinichi's parasite Migi does not suffer from a lack of power because of his "injury" other than the weakness mentioned by Migi in the picture above.

It it a typo, or Migi can really sense other parasites within a 300m even when he is in 30% mode?
And what do you meant by "30% Migi inside Shinichi"?

@HashiramaSenju I meant after the incident, when Migi was awake, he sensed the murderer from 300m away. It may be a typo because there is one scene I remember where Shinichi moved to live closer to the hospital his dad was in because he doubted if Migi could sense his species from about 300m away. As for the 70% and 30% of Migi, I hope I hadn't revealed (rather minor) spoiler information to you, but he later explained that 30% of him was irretrievably lost inside Shinichi's body, so I used 70% of Migi to mean Migi after he performed surgery on Shinichi.

Then please edit your question.
You can spoil as much as you like as long as you mark those section as a spoilers.

After being 'mixed' with Shinichi, Shinichi became more parasyte-like, while migi became more human-like. This caused him to enter in 'deep sleep mode'. When he's in this mode, he won't only be able to locate other parasytes, he won't even be able to help Shinichi if he's in dangerous situation


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What happen to Orochimaru and his team after the war ended?
We all know Naruto has ended. But seriously, what happen to Orochimaru and his team, Suigetsu, Juugo, and Karin? What did Sasuke do to them?

There was no mention of them. Not by manga nor by databook.
We might get a glimpse of them in The Last: Naruto the Movie, but we don't know, and likely never will. (Unless, of course, Kishimoto-sensei decides to reveal those details somehow).

Looking foward for the movie. in chap 700 sensei should have included about them

In the newest chapters of naruto gaiden he is shown to still do his research and still keeps getting bodies to live forever, Naruto (hokage) seems concerned but orochimaru says that he doesn't need to concern himself with it and naruto let it slide

As mentioned by Anastasiya-Romanova, Sasuke left Taka and Orochimaru. Rest, character by character status is below:
From Naruto Gaiden: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring
Karin
After the war, Karin resumed her work for Orochimaru at one of his hideouts.

She helped Sakura, by delivering her and Sasuke's daughter, Sarada at Orochimaru's hideout — as Sakura, while pregnant, had refused to leave Sasuke's side while he was traveling. She also became friends with Sakura, at some point.

Suigetsu & Jugo
Suigetsu and Jugo also joined Orochimaru's hideout. They even greeted the Naruto and next generation when they came to the hideout for

 Information about Shin Uchiha

Suigetsu even increased the confusion of Sarada.

 Sarada requested for Suigetsu's assistance in checking whether Karin is her birth mother or not. Suigetsu found a strand of Karin's DNA in her desk (not knowing that it was Sarada's umbilical cord) and used it to run a test with that of Sarada's, which revealed a perfect match. Some time after Shin's defeat, Karin scolded Suigetsu for touching her belongings, explaining to him that he had used Sakura and Sarada's umbilical cord in the DNA test.

Kabuto
He runs Konoha Orphanage in the next generation era.

  He happily became a father to all remaining Shin clones and intended to name every single clone.

Orochimaru
Orochimaru even helped to break the secret about Shin Uchiha.
From Boruto: Naruto the Movie
Orochimaru has a cameo appearance in the film with one secret revelation

Boruto and Sarada ask Mitsuki who his parents are and after he tells them it's Orochimaru, Sarada asks if he's the mother or the father. Mitsuki answers that either one is fine, while Boruto loudly asks who Orochimaru is. He's then shown standing on top of a house, looking at the three genin.

According to the new release of Naruto Gaiden manga chapter 7 (or Naruto manga chapter 707), Sasuke split up with team Taka and Orochimaru went back to his hideout with the rest of team Taka (Suigetsu, Juugo, and Karin).


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Why would 《 and 》 be used in a translation?
In Shikkoku no Sharnoth ~What a Beautiful Tomorrow~, some words like Metacreature, Illuminati and Old One have 《 and 》 on either side. you can see them on Part 3-1 of the Web Novel

I feel like this black form is the same as those 《Metacreatures》.

and here on the index page

the 《Omnipotent》 man (his name is Leo)

now at first I thought this was a style choice by Amaterasu Translations since Hikari no Valusia ~What a Beautiful Hopes~ hadn't been translated (and Amaterasu Translations said they may do them one day) however it shows up in Aoishiro when words like 《Sword》, 《See》 and 《Power》 and it was translated by Shijima. The 2 Visual Novels are also done by different groups.
Now I would get it if it was just name, however 《Power》 doesn't seem to be a name as it's normally used to describe what a lot of the heroines are taking from drinking Shouko's blood or what Yasuhime-sama receives from the trees she planted.
So is the use of 《 and 》 a style thing for translators outside of Japan or is there something in the Japanese language which calls for the use of these?

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_variation_in_quotation_marks#Overview. These are Guillemet marks, which are used as quotation marks in some languages like French and Greek (notably not typically in Japanese though, which uses 「．．．」, though they can be used sometimes and are referred to as either 二重山がた or 二重ギュメ). Off the top of my head, I don't know why they'd use these, but I suspect it may have nothing to do with the series at all, and is just a stylistic decision.

It's the same way in the original. The line about "Metacreatures" is:

黒い塊は、それら《怪異》と同じように思えた。

So in this case, it's probably just a matter of the translators using the original punctuation (you will notice that they do the same thing with dialogue, using 「」 as in the original rather than “”, which is standard in English).
As for why the original itself uses 《》: Logan is right that these are not typically used in Japanese:

These are Guillemet marks, which are used as quotation marks in some languages like French and Greek (notably not typically in Japanese though, which uses 「．．．」, though they can be used sometimes and are referred to as either 二重山がた [ni-juu-yama-gata "double mountain-shaped [brackets]"] or 二重ギュメ [ni-juu-gyume "double guillemet"]).

《》 are basically used however the author wishes to use them (e.g. this answer on Japanese.SE shows one way that 《》 is used in a Japanese dictionary). I'm not familiar with Shikkoku no Sharnoth, but a quick skim of the web novel suggests that the author is using 《》 to surround proper nouns with a specific in-universe meaning, like 怪異 ("Metacreature"?) and 大消失 ("Vanishing"). Kind of like how we would (and the translators do) use capital letters to identify proper nouns in English. Japanese doesn't have capital letters, so the 《》 is an alternate way of achieving the same effect.


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What is the significance of the flowers that are placed on a student's desk after they leave Black class?
So far on the series, every time a student is transferred out from Black class, different flowers are put on that student's desk the next morning.

Are these all flowers that really exist?
If so, what are their names and their significance?
And if not, what are they supposed to imply about each character?
What is the significance of each different kind of flower for each of the girls?

The top right flower is a red spider lily. In the manga, Suzu says they mean "I'm looking forward to meeting you again," though other sources indicate it means "abandonment" or "lost memories." The bottom left one seems to be verbena flowers.The top left one seems to be a pair of white Angel's Trumpets.

Yes, they are actual flowers. And according to this tweet from the anime's
official Twitter account, the hanakotoba (花言葉, literally "flower
words") that are hidden behind each flower have some relevance to each
character.

See also:
What is the relation between the flowers and the heroines in ED sequence of Photokano?

So far, the names of the flowers and their implied meanings have been stated
in the manga or by the anime staff in response to viewer questions.

Otoya Takechi

ヤマユリ (yamayuri, lit. "mountain lily") / 「人生の楽しみ」
(pleasure of life) 1

Photo by Wikimedia Commons user KENPEI /
CC BY-SA 3.0

Kouko Kaminaga

彼岸花1 2 (red spider lily)

「また会う日を楽しみに」1 2 (looking forward to
seeing you again)
「悲しい思い出」2 (sad memories)

Photo by Flickr user kenji mori / CC BY 2.0

Haruki Sagae

バーベナ (verbena) / 「家族の愛」 (family's love) 3

Photo by Flickr user TANAKA Juuyoh / CC BY 2.0

Shiena Kenmochi

アザミ (thistle) / 「復讐」 (revenge) 4

Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Qwert1234 /
CC BY-SA 3.0

Chitaru Namatame

赤バラ (red rose) / 「愛情」 (love) 4

Hitsugi Kirigaya

白バラ (white rose) / 「無邪気」 (innocent [childlike]) 4

Suzu Shutou

赤いチューリップ (red tulip) / 「恋の宣言」 (declaration of love)
5

Mahiru/Shinya Banba

ヒルガオ (hirugao, Japanese bindweed) / 「絆」 (bond
[human ties]) 6

Photo by Wikimedia Commons user KENPEI /
CC BY-SA 3.0
ヨルガオ (yorugao, moonflower) / 「妖艶」 (seductive) 6

Photo by Wikimedia Commons user KENPEI /
CC BY-SA 3.0

Isuke Inukai

赤いカーネーション (red carnation) / 「愛を信じる」 (believe in
love) 6

Sumireko Hanabusa

アイスランドポピー (Iceland poppy) / 「慰め」 (comfort
[consolation]) 7

Photo by Wikimedia Commons user David.Monniaux /
CC BY-SA 3.0

References
1. 悪魔のリドル (2), ISBN 978-4-04-121056-7
2. https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/460430373109788672 from
the Q&A after episode 4
3. https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/462962907437735936 from
the Q&A after episode 5
4. https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/468363714454773761 from
the Q&A after episode 7
5. https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/470574398374551552 from
the Q&A after episode 8
6. https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/475654677640384512 from
the Q&A after episode 10
7. https://twitter.com/akumariddleQA/status/478499435496747008 from
the Q&A after episode 11

Good job, Yamanaka Yibe

It's a sign that the girl is 'gone' and not just absent.
The flowers on a desk usually means that the student is dead. However in the anime, it could mean that they were kicked out or worse, executed.

Yes, this I could understand. I edited my question to make it clearer that what I want to know is how each particular flower relates to each particular girl.

Flower meaning = Their personality or probably just a unique random flower placed by the author in order for the viewers to know their differences.

I feel like the flowers placed on each student's desk are a sign of respect, honor, and even friendship. I say this because every time a "player" failed to succeed in 48 hours, a flower would be placed. That is what I see it as, but you may have other opinions.

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What is a contract?
In Witch Craft Works I have heard the term "contract" thrown around quite a bit. A contract seems to be able to be made with a town or even with a person. So what exactly is it?
Are there any benefits to a contract? Is there a limit to how many contracts you make? Can a contract be made with anything else besides a town or a person?
The term contract seems to be something that can protect non-magical people or grant invisibility to someone as long as they are near. I am not sure on this in Witch Craft Works. So what is a contract? I am not sure if this even is correct since the wikia is still under construction and doesn't give any information.

Please be bit more specific, given a specific reference point with regard to the anime or manga.

The contract is an agreement of sorts, that place a binding obligation between parties. Another anime in the same season throws the word contract around (Chunibio, love and other delusions), where even the relationship between the main characters is a "contract".
In the magical world of WCW, the contract does not need a physical (paper, etc) shape. Merely the agreement and binding of magical powers is enough.
So, lets examine some contracts in the anime:

Honoka, Evermillion and Ayaka: Evermillion and Ayaka have a contract. Ayaka pledges to defend Evermillion's host (Honoka), and Evermillion pledges to supply mana to Ayaka. The contract's benefits are seemingly endless mana to Ayaka, wound absorption (Honoka's wounds are transferred to Ayaka). Displeasing Evermillion (when Ayaka and Medusa merge, Ayaka loses the mana because she is no longer "pure") causes the contract to be suspended. There is a particularity of the contract shown in the last episode, but SPOILERS enough.
Ayaka and Medusa go into a contract of sorts when they merge.
Head Workshop Mage and the city: the city contract is almost an enchantment. The Mage bound to the city pledges to use his mana supply to protect the civilians and reconstruct the city. The workshop witches cannot work their magic if the head mage is out of mana. When Weekend's bomb goes off, Kazane's mana is completely drained off, and her contract is suspended, causing all workshop witches to lose their powers. It takes a absurd amount of mana to sign-bind-cast this contract, as its shown in the final episodes, but SPOILERS enough.

So:

Are there any benefits to a contract?

There are benefits and drawbacks to contracts.

Is there a limit to how many contracts you make?

There is no limit to the amount of contracts you can get, but you are still subject to conflitcs of interest (medusa and Ayaka's merge can be considered a contract too).

Can a contract be made with anything else besides a town or a person?

Unknown, as it is not shown in the Anime.


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Why didn't Hashirama break free from Edo Tensei in the Chuunnin exams?
Spoiler Alert: For those who haven't seen episode 366 of Naruto Shippuuden.
As shown in episode 366 of Naruto Shippuuden, Orochimaru was able to restrict the movements of nidaime hokage Tobirama. But he mentions that Hashirama could have undone his binding at any time.
My question is why didn't Hashirama undo the binding during his reanimation at Chunnin exams?

I'm pretty sure that it was because he wasn't quite fully or expertly revived during the chunnin exams, and was therefore less capable.  I think it says this in the manga itself somewhere, but I don't remember where.  Yes, It's a retcon

You will note that Tobirama, in the same scene tells Orochimaru that achieving better fidelity/accuracy/efficacy with edo tensei will be the cause of his downfall, since this time they have been revived with nearly their full power.
This strongly suggests that Orochimaru did not perfect edo tensei at the time of the Chunnin exams and that Hashirama was not at full strength and capacity.
Which explains why he did undo the binding at the time of the Chunnin exams - he couldn't.
You will also note that Hashirama doesn't seem to recall Orochimaru, further suggesting that he was not fully revived at the time, though that could simply be his personality...

It means stronger the jutsu, more the risks? xD

Would Hashirama ever have known Orochimaru?

@user2813274 - the timelines don't match. He died before Orochimaru was born.

I guess I don't understand the "You will also note that Hashirama doesn't seem to recall Orochimaru, further suggesting that he was not fully revived at the time" part then, why would he recall Orochimaru? from what previous encounter could he possibly recall him from?

@user2813274 - recall him from the first time Orochimaru revived him. The encounter was when Orochimaru was trying to kill the third Hokage.

@Oded Also note Hashirama remembers Tsunade and taught her gambling. So he might know about her Genin teammates (Assuming he lived that long)

The reason has been explained both in the anime and the manga. The earlier versions of reanimation were far weaker then the perfected ones used now. Simply put, the old reanimations were simply weaker in everything compared to the originals or the newer versions of Edo Tensei.

Suppressing their personalities weakens their abilities.
Un-suppressing their personalities makes them more accurate and more powerful due to their near-infinite chakra.

Welcome, you should try to expand your answer a bit, more details. And some sources, as off right now your answer is pretty low quality. Dont forget to check out the [help] and take the tour, to get a nice introduction to the site ;)


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How does a shadow clone identify itself as shadow clone?
All shadow clones have the same memories as the original (from birth until the Jutsu cast time). Which means all the shadow clones also should think of themselves as the original.
If an action needs to be done by only the original, all the shadow clones also would try to do the same. Because they all think that they are the original.
Is it valid? Do shadow clones know that they are just clones?

At the beginning of the series, Naruto's Shadow Clones did confuse and fight amongst themselves about who's the original one (before realising that all they had to do was to release the jutsu to figure it out).
I'm guessing that as you get more proficient in the technique, both you and the clones begin to recognize who they are.

In Naruto's most recent case, the original has Gudoudama behind him, while the clones do not.

More experienced ninja have shown to have an increased spacial awareness as well as combat awareness. You can see this in various fights throughout the series.

 In the first fight with Uchiha Itachi, Kakashi showed that he was able to create a water clone in a split second designed to take potentially lethal damage.

Throughout the series, clones are used as decoys just as much as they are used to mitigate damage done to the user. Obviously the user in these cases know exactly who is the clone and who is the user.
It would make sense then, that young and inexperienced Naruto with a new clone technique (which isn't that much different than other cloning techniques) would not have the experience or spacial awareness to perceive the differences. However a Naruto that has used the technique hundreds if not thousands of times, as well as having participated in numerous fights, would be able to tell right away.
Now exactly how he can tell is mostly speculation, but there are several key points:

when making the clones, he can choose where the clones appear.

One could notice that they were not where they used to be prior to the technique.
One could also notice that they have "appeared" as a specific piece within a specific strategy.

The consciousness of the clones would see an immediate shift (a pop?) from where he was to where they appear.

This could also be extended to immediately recognizing one's self as a clone based on "feeling" the shift from using the technique to the clone appearing.
One could speculate that the user might even "feel" a shift in the molded chakra from when the user is performing the technique to when the clone appears.

The Clones created doesn't have all the behaviour in self.
In case 3 clones are created one shows depressed mood, second Hyperactive, third one in a Happy mood.
Thus, Original will have every behavior making him recognize himself.
(naruto shippunden around 250th o something has this concept of shadow clones taking over naruto, more clearly explained there).

That episode was about Naruto dreaming correct?

Yeah, It was about naruto dreaming

That was a filler, dude.


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Why did Tobi let Itachi remain in Akatsuki?
Tobi was well aware of Itachi's true motive for joining Akatsuki. He knew that Itachi massacred his entire clan only for the village's sake.

Then why did he let Itachi join the Akatsuki?

He was also aware that Itachi was trying to protect the leaf village from Akatsuki. So my next question is

Why didn't he get rid of Itachi at least after they start to capture the tailed beasts?

A bit related I would say: http://anime.stackexchange.com/q/8805/1604

Tobi was brainwashed by Madara and let Itachi massacre the entire Uchiha clan.

He let him stay because a lot members of the organization had their own motives and knew they would betray the overall effort at some point or another.  They are all missing nins which means loyalty to an organization was clearly not on the top of their list.  Many were even there just to spy or further their own goals.  It didn't matter to him as long as he can use them to accomplish immediate goals.  And everyone of them thought they would eventually outsmart, control or win over the others as they are all excellent ninjas.

Pain/Konan revealed they never intended to go along with Tobi's original plan. Tobi was aware of this at least to some extent.  There was clearly mistrust between the two.
Orochimaru was a big time defector and they always knew he was there to spy on them and had his own agenda.
Kisame only went along with Tobi once he revealed he was the real Mizukage. Otherwise it seems like he didn't really have any loyalty other than it was what he was doing at the time.
His alliance with Kabuto, he knew he couldn't trust him but partnered with him anyways because of all the reasons listed above.

He also didn't think Itachi knew as much as he did or was good as he was (a testiment to how good a ninja he was).  Also he liked the idea of having extra Sharingans hanging around in case he needed them.

There is a very similar thread on Narutobase: Itachi and Akatsuki
Slightly edited the posts here and there.
Then why did he let Itachi join the Akatsuki?

Tobi gained a lot from Itachi- help with tailed beasts, stalled Gaara rescue team, help with killing off the Uchiha clan while keeping his identity secret (Chapter 400,Page 9), let Sasuke be so that he can take care of Itachi as per his plan later only to use him as a pawn after Itachi dies, and once that's done he can attack Konoha without warning and seal the Kyuubi last.
Itachi was an eyesore for Tobi's plans and he never wanted Sasuke at first but when Nagato died he needed some one to sync with Gedo Mazo (Chapter 453, Page 17), so he recruied sasuke as he was short on members.
Itachi was happy since village was safe and also he was keeping eye on the Akatsuki. We have seen this as Konoha was attacked by Pain after Itachi died and not before that so it make sense.

Thread on Narutobase discussing why Itachi couldn't kill Tobi:Establishing why Itachi could never kill Obito once and for all
Why didn't he get rid of Itachi at least after they start to capture the tailed beasts?

Itachi was a Leaf's spy, but he was nevertheless a useful asset to Akatsuki. Add to this the fact that Itachi never had the chance to share any intel he gathered with Konoha, nor did he manage to interfere in Akatsuki's plans at any point and you get an ALMOST full picture. The last reason Tobi kept Itachi alive was because of Sasuke. As we know, Itachi wasn't willing to cooperate with Tobi really. But, thanks to Itachi's death by the hands of Sasuke, Tobi was able to persuade Sasuke into joining him. That's how he gained a powerful tool (because an ally is a wrong word here), especially after Sasuke got Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. In other words, killing Itachi would be a complete waste. Even if Itachi was stronger than Obito, Obito could have get ridden of him at any point he wanted. He was pulling the strings behind the whole organization, ordering even Nagato around. If he wanted to, he could have simply ordered Nagato to do the job. As you can see, no matter the individual strength of Obito, he could have got ridden of Itachi anytime he wished. He didn't - not because he was too weak, but for the reasons stated a point above.

Well even if Obito did get rid of Itachi he would have had a hard time since it is shown in one of the anime movies that Obito says to Itachi that he was a nuisance as always since he could have killed obito with his black flames the eternal flames of sharingan. and also Obito would have lost the advantage to throw sauske in even more darkness and use him against naruto

Firstly, Obito is stronger than Itachi and we all know that!
Susano isn't able to defeat someone who has Kamui, even tough Obito has only one eye, He still stronger than itachi, and Kakashi become stronger than Itachi in Naruto Shippuden!
of course, Itachi has deadly jutsu, but someone like Kakashi who knows everything about uchiha, I don't think izanagi would be a useful jutsu against him!
All he's gonna do is waiting for him to get back to life and kill him another time!
Anyway, what I wanna say is Obito used Itachi, and he wasn't afraid of him at all! if he planned to do something he will kill him!
Guys, I'm not a fan of any of them but, Obito is stronger than Itachi, and if he didn't give his eye to Kakashi, kakashi wasn't even going to be in the list!
So, Obito used itachi, like when Pain defeated orochimaru so easily, and forced him to join and Pain tells sasori that if orochimaru did something i'll deal with him personally!
Pain treated orochimaru as a kid, while obito did the same thing but, not that easy at least obito was aware of itachi a little because he's stronger than itachi, but not to the point where he'll defeat him easily!
That's why he tells him to join Akatsuki

Because he wanted Sasuke to kill him and awaken his powers and control Sasuke after that because he is easily brainwashed and anger revenge driven.

Sasuke happened very recently. Itachi and him have been working together for years. Doesn't really explain why he allowed him to stay/spy on him through all those years.


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Is Highschool of the Dead on hiatus again?
I was really happy when I heard that HoTD would be continued. And even happier when the first new chapter actually came. but now after several months of waiting there still has been no other chapter. So my question is, has HoTD gone on hiatus again ?

Since the mangaka passed away, we will never see the continuation of this story

@Darjeeling Very sad news indeed.

Quoted from a post on Facebook. The post explains why the authors release chapter 30 after so many gap, all the reasons for delay and whether they will release more chapters or not:

Alright folks, after WEEKS of intense investigation, convincing, pleading, smooth talking, and talking to "people who know people" in Japan... I'd like to clear things up about the situation of H.O.T.D. from the past 2 years, now, and the foreseeable future:

The reason for the manga's 2 year hiatus was for 2 reasons:

Writer Daisuke Sato had a heart disease that required a lot of treatment, surgery, and recovery.
Because of the earthquake that happened in Japan, he didn't think an apocalypse story was appropriate to continue at the time until Japan recovered from it.

During those 2 years, Daisuke and Shouji were VERY surprised to find out that H.O.T.D. had become so popular worldwide.
The purpose to release Chapter 30 was for multiple reasons: to get the Satos back to work on the story, to see if the manga was still popular, and finally to let fans know that they haven't forgotten about it.
In May, Daisuke started preparing rough drafts for chapters 31 and beyond and throughout this summer he will be working on finalizing on where the story will go, and research in terms of locations, military, weapons, and vehicles... as stated last year at the anime convention in Germany.
Shouji went back to work on Fire Fire Fire: Black Sword to make himself get used to working on multiple stories. Plus he had a desire to go back to that story anyway.
Sales for Chapter 30 when it was released digitally were going "surprisingly well for a single chapter" and that future chapters WILL be released on the same day in both the US and Japan.
The Japanese Publisher Kadokawa is currently deciding if they want to release a chapter of Triage X and H.O.T.D. at the same time or a bi-monthly pattern.
The next chapters of H.O.T.D. are VERY crucial on deciding if the series will end with an 8th volume or continue when they go on sale. If you American H.O.T.D. fans don't buy digital copies, they'll take it as a sign of losing interest and the series will end prematurely... So don't go bitching and whining if that does happen. It'll be your fault for not supporting the creators.

So there you have it, a lot of hard work and contacting the righ[t people]
Credit to Joey Senna McRae for gathering all this info.

EDIT : As comment above by Darjeeling the mangaka Daisuke Satou passed away, so we probably will never see the continuation of the story.


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Why were bodies left behind in the past?
In Hell Girl (Jigoku Shoujo), you'll notice that during the present timeline a person disappears once they are sent to hell, however in the past, the body is left behind.
A minor example of this is Episode 13: Purgatory Girl, where it is mentioned that 2 people died. We later find out they were sent to hell. What's weird is that normally people disappear, so their whereabouts are unknown, let alone whether or not they died.
A major example is from Season 2 Episode 19: Steamy Hell. In the last few scenes of the flash back, we see the scorched body of someone who was sent to hell.
Why were the bodies left behind in the past, whereas in the present, the person vanishes completely?

As far as I know, it wasn't explained in the anime (though I'm not that sure since I haven't finished Mitsuganae and I haven't read the manga). But I think, it works like this.. (this is purely from my own deductions since I haven't found anything clear on any sites I searched).
If a person send someone to hell by pulling off the red string from the straw doll Enma provided, that someone will immediately be ferried to hell, thus completely disappearing along with the person's body. After that, the sender will gain a mark on his/her chest signifying that his/her soul will go to hell after he/she dies.
So, if a person is sent to hell, that person will disappear, along with his/her body, leaving nothing at all in earth. If a person was a sender, once he/she dies, his/her soul will go to hell, but his/her body will be left on earth. A sender will only completely disappear if he/she was sent by someone else to hell before he/she dies. That, I think, is how it works, in most episodes.
In Episode 13 Purgatory Girl, the two persons you mentioned who died were Fukumoto's wife who committed suicide and Okochi, Fukumoto's friend whom he sent to hell. Fukumoto's wife wasn't sent to hell, she committed suicide. Okochi however was sent to hell. The man (I forgot the name) who was retelling their story indeed said "Okochi died." in the english subtitles but what he said in japanese was "Okochi-kun ga nakunatta.." literally translating it means Okochi-kun disappeared. The man narrating the story didn't mention anything about Okochi's body being found or something like that. And it was shown that Fukumoto who sent Okochi to hell died and his body was left in front of his final artwork.
However, Season 2 Episode 19: Steamy Hell seems to be an exception. It indeed showed the burnt body of a person who was sent to hell instead of having him completely disappear.
I don't know why it was like that in Steamy Hell (probably a plot hole or something) and there is no definite explanation or answer to your question. It can be just assumed that what I've explained above is the general rule and Steamy Hell is the exception to that rule. Or, there is just no rule whatsoever for that. It probably depends on Enma or her boss (the spider) on whether they will leave the person's body on earth or not.


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Why do Kurama and Gyuki appear as chakra while other bijuu don't?
In Naruto, Kurama (the Nine-tailed bijuu) appears as chakra, as does Killer B's bijuu, Gyuki.

Other bijuu, however, don't appear that way. What is different between them?

This could also be interesting: http://anime.stackexchange.com/q/6050/2668

The difference is that those are different stages of transformation, or different Jinchuuriki forms.
As you probably have seen, Killer B can also do a partial transformation, similar to the one shown on your image of Gaara:

Naruto, however, has not been able to do a partial or full transformation yet. He has been able to do a Tailed Beast Transformation, but in that one Kurama still appears as chakra:

As for the case of Isobu, he generally appears in that form because he was not sealed (at that moment) inside anyone. Thus, he appears in his full transformation form.

So basically, from what I've been able to gather, the different levels of transformation are as follows (I will use Naruto as my example):
- Initial form: in which the Jinchuuriki is simply enveloped in Bijuu chakra. Naruto's transformations shown in the first anime series generally fit into this stage.
- Version 1 of transformation: in which (in Naruto's case) up to three tails are are shown, in addition to the initial form's chakra cloak.
- Version 2 of transformation: the one shown in Naruto's fight against Pain, in which the Kyuubi's skeleton and up to (I think) 8 tails were shown.
- Partial Transformation: Naruto's partial transformation happened when Pain tried to seal him with Chibaku Tensei. However, in Naruto's case, he had no control whatsoever over the Bijuu. Different examples of this stage are Killer B's case (the image above) and Gaara's (the image on your question).
- Full Bijuu Form: Which Naruto has not been able to perform yet. Killer B however, has been seen to do this frequently and without much effort.
There are also the two most powerful transformations that Naruto was able to do (Kyuubi Chakra Mode and Bijuu Mode), but I do not know where those fit in the above 'scale' of transformations.
Plus, Version 1 and 2 are (as explained above) specific to Naruto's case. However, there is an intermediate stage between the initial form and the partial transformation stages for any Jinchuuriki, in which, proportionally to how powerful the form is, a certain (growing) number of tails appears.
When in initial form, the Jinchuuriki only accesses some of the Bijuu's chakra, but still needs little control over it. In Versions 1, 2 and in the Partial Transformation, if the Jinchuuriki does not have a good control over the Bijuu, he will lose control and consciousness, giving in to the Bijuu's will (which is precisely what happened with Naruto when fighting Pain).
To be able to do Partial or Full Transformations, the Jinchuuriki needs to have 'tamed the beast', and also to have very good control of chakra, in order to balance his (Jinchuuriki's) and the Bijuu's chakra.

On a side note, Naruto Wiki puts Killer B's Full Transformation Mode alongside Naruto's Bijuu Mode, giving them both the same name (Bijuu Mode). However, I am unsure as to why this is, because it seems weird that Naruto's Full Mode would look so different from all the other Jinchuuriki's.
Plus, his page there is the only one where both terms (Full [Bijuu number] Mode and Bijuu Form) appear. In Jinchuuriki 1 through 7, only the term Full [Bijuu number] Mode appears, in Killer B's case only Bijuu Mode (Tailed Beast Mode) appears, and in Naruto's case both terms appear.

Not sure how to do this but to add on to the previous answer, I suspect naruto's bijuu form is so different due to his uzumaki chakra which manifests in this form. An alternate possibility is kurama's chakra has a unique nature to it.

You guys come up with so many theories but forgetting that each Jinchuriki's transformation corresponds to their own tailed beast.
However, for Kurama's case, it is mentioned before that its form is unique only to its current host.
For all, I believe that it's already in a complete form.
If not why would Ashura want to fight a perfect Susanoo against Indra with the same tail beast transformation as what Naruto is doing in manga chapter 670.

It is unknown if Ashura was even a Jinchuuriki, and although the chakra pattern is strikingly similar, I don't think that it's actually the Kyuubi per-se. I think that because Naruto is an incarnation of Ashura, that his chakra looks like that.

Wrong. Remember guys when Naruto fought Kurama in a tag of war of chakra? When Naruto got Kurama's chakra, he just transform into bijuu mode.

The reason behind Naruto's transformations is not that he only has half, but because Naruto and Kurama are not used to being completely linked. Kurama states that he can only use a percentage of the full transformation. Due to the war, they haven't had enough time to train to completely link the transformation. As for the other half, Minato has it inside of him, and Naruto reconnects the yin and yang chakras when he meets Minato.

Not sure if I guessed the intention right in my edit, but it seems that the user never comes back since...

I think Kurama appears in this form, because of the form of sealing and the amount of chakra that is sealed inside Naruto. Like we know from the manga (chapter 643), Minato just sealed the half of Kurama inside of Naruto and the other half inside of himself. Because of this, Kurama probably just appears in Chakra-mode.
Gyuki probably appears in Chakra-mode because he is linked to Killer Bee (they are friends), so Bee only activates Chakra-mode, because in this mode his strengh is equal with the Raikage's (perfect precondition for their lariat). And if Bee is fighting alone it's enough to deal with his opponent.
(Please forgive me if I wrote this a little twisted and with spelling mistakes, but I'm a German and I'm not the best English-writer.)

also a good chunk of Gyuki was taken by Akatsuki after Bee was captured by Sasuke

The form could be incomplete due to Kurama not having been fully sealed inside of Naruto unlike the other Jinchuuriki, since the other half was sealed inside of the Shinigami.
However, in episode 365 we see that everything within the Shinigami is unsealed, thus having the remainder of Kurama's chakra unsealed and possibly on its way back to Naruto and Kurama. If this happens, they may be able to do a complete transformation.
Even still, this may not be possible since a portion of Kurama's chakra is also inside of the Gold and Silver twins (Kinkaku and Ginkaku), which were both sealed away during the Allied Shinobi War at the ocean/beach front.
However, honestly, I think Naruto's incomplete transformation is far cooler than the other Jinchuuriki's complete transformations. It's bright and glowy too.


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Why doesn't Kakashi use his copy ability that often?
Kakashi is known as "the copy cat ninja". The Ninjas from the other countries call Kakashi the Copy Cat Ninja because of his Sharingan and how he uses it for his advantage (Copying moves). But he does not use his power to copy very often (or at least not anymore). It is only shown around 3-4 times that he actually copies and uses it against somebody.
Why does he not use this power more often?

He isn't a "native" Sharingan user, and using it takes a lot of chakra, so really only to be used in special cases.

@Oded indeed, But then again. he uses loads of other sharingan powers. this also deplete his chakra

Well, he is called the copy-ninja because he copied over 1000 techniques, so even though it isn't shown, he does use it a lot, no?

@Oded he is said to use it allot, But later on he issent even recognised as the copy cat ninja anymore. People just call him kakashi, And you would think if he is famous for it that he would use it more often.

@Oded: At the beginning of the series, after using it for about 30 minutes, he was unable to move for a week. But later on he showed us he can use it for longer periods, and even use the Mangekyo, without being hospitalized.

Most times, he fights against kekkai-genkai users, not? He can't copy these abilities, if I'm correct. I think there are just very few abilities that he can copy and which are worth it.

@looper meaning he only was called copy cat ninja as some sort of stepping stone to fame? As his abilty became more and more useless even other people stopped calling him copycat ?

Kakashi's only "original" technique is the Chidori / Raikiri.  That means everything else he has ever used was copied or learned.

@jw013 how often does he use anything else then fighting with kunai . chidori/raikiri  or some other special eye power? not that often

@Dimitrimx You are simply wrong.  Please go back and read the manga and count all the times Kakashi uses something that is not Chidori or Sharingan.  He has multiple water based techniques, earth based techniques for defense and stealth, clones of both shadow and lightning element, dog summons, etc.  The only reason he pulls out his Sharingan so often is it's a simple way for the author to show readers that the enemy is dangerous.

What everyone was saying was partially correct. The Sharingan is a kekkei-genkai made for the Uchiha Clan. Since Kakashi isn't native to this clan, he's only able to use his Sharingan after once in awhile. As said before, he used it in the beginning of the series and was out for about a week or two from using too much chakra.
Consumption of all of your chakra will cause you to die.
Now with his Mangekyo Sharingan, he cannot use it much. The example that comes quickly to my head is when Kakashi and Naruto were chasing Deidara during the Gaara Retrieval arc. Kakashi specifically quoted that, "We have to end this soon. I can only activate the Mangekyo probably one more time."
In the current manga, he can only keep up with using his Mangekyo Sharingan with the help from the Kyuubi's aura/chakra.
It consumes way too much chakra for him.

So practicly you mean to say the chakra use for kakashi is way higher then for one born into the blood line. There for only with assisted chakra (kyuubi etc ) he can use it more often?

@Dimitrimx no what he says is that Kakashi from the very beginning of the manga has a very low chakra pool, he indeed stated it once (forgot the specific part) while talking to naruto about bunshins.

All the comments are correct but the truth is that his body isn't built for Sharingan.  He uses it because it was implanted as a gift from a dying friend but there's more to Kekkai Genkai than just the gift.  It's sort of like the Hyuga clan with the Byukaggan.  If you notice there's a network of veins that support their eyes.  If their eyes were stolen it's likely this network of veins wouldn't exist in the new user and therefore might strain the user's body.
In the same way Kakashi's body isn't built for extended Sharingan use.  Sure, he can use it more than someone who had it newly implanted but he's not an Uchiha.  Where Sasuke can use it for very extended periods of time and even strain it Kakashi can not.

that kinda contradicts aswel, later on in manga if you are up to date he can keep using his eye after receiving the kyuubi chakra. making it more bound to the chakra than the veins. Although those also might have a effect

also there is someone who successfully uses a stolen byakugan, the assistant to the mizukage, Ao

I didn't know Ao stole Byakkugan successfully.  Cool.

The answer might be even simpler than we though. Kakashi is the copy ninja, he is the one who has copied 1,000 jutsus. Why doesn't he used the copy ability of sharingan? Here's why.

He has copied the jutsu already, thus no need for him to copy it again.
The jutsu is not copy-able, such as the Hyouton Kekkei Genkai.
Even if he copied it, he can't use it due to not having enough chakra to perform it.
He can copy it but the jutsu is not worthy of being copied.

Actually Kakashi copies techniques but not everything because only few of them are compatible. Hence he could copy 1000 techniques and not show it because there are no perfect enemy he could use his techniques on.

You have a series where ninja use natural elements as base for techniques that can be performed to destroy villages...your only question is why Kakashi doesn't copy his opponents moves? I think, its not that significant at the moment...also to think about it, most of Kakashi opponents were Akatsuki members, who's each abilities are very unique, probably cant even be copied, apart from any element base techniques. Then again, I cannot remember if Kakashi can copy non element jutsus. Ya dig?

1st things first. Hes known as the copy cat ninja as he already copied several hunderds of techniques  so my question is not only why doesent he copy, but also why doesent he use the moves

You know how you studied math in school...and kind of dont remember everything. Yeah, it's like that. LOL

I actually meant, further development of Kakashi at this point is not important in respect to what is going on with the Hokages, Naruto and now Sasuke...

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Then why wouldnt it be relevant. We do not know what kind of amazing techniques he has stolen from people. His copyd skills could turn about the war or safe thousands of lifes. Its not specific development for Kakashi it's more like he got a title for one of his most OP powers and its never used EVER. And if you dont remmember read it again to inform beter ;)

I completely agree that Kakashi should have used his copy moves more. He used it like once. It has nothing to do with how the sharigan takes up chakra, because he already used the sharigan to copy base elemental justsu. So he should use the jutsus he has copied, which don't take as much chakra as his sharigan and mangekyo sharigan.
The techniques he copied from Zabuza, like water sphere, would have been very helpful in the was when dealing with few opponents.
I think it is either the legend of the copy ninja wasn't as great as we thought or the laziness of the writer.


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What exactly is the technique Madara uses to control Obito?
Recently in the manga version of Naruto (Chapter 637), Obito tried and successfully blocked the technique Madara used on him. But what exactly is this technique?

I tried to search anything but found technically nothing. Though Hashirama gave a clue and ask on the same chapter.

one of rinnegan eye technique?

I don't exactly know but it's obviously an eye technique.

Can you specify which chapter this is happening(for future referencing)

Updated my question @Robin.

Madara tries to control Obito with his will. He is (or should be) able to do this to anyone who has Chakra Receivers on his body, created through his "Will Materialisation" technique. We had seen, in chapter 605, page 5, that Obito had these, since some emerged from his body (along with some branches created through Mokuton) when he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

They were most likely, somehow, "attached" to his right side of the body, which was created by Madara from genetic material from Hashirama's living clone, which had a black rod which extended from its navel.

The technique of which Hashirama speaks, and the one Madara tried to make Obito use was the Rinne Tensei, the same technique Nagato used to revive the people he had killed when he invaded Konoha.

Obito and Madara had planned for this technique to be used to revive Madara, as he needed a living body to be the Jinchuuriki of the Juubi. Initially, even Nagato was supposed to use it to revive Madara, but as he used it in Konoha he passed away (the user of the technique loses his life when he performs this technique). Later, since Obito retrieved the Rinnegan, he was supposed to use it to revive Madara. However, since he had told Madara he had no intention of doing so, Madara was forced to control Obito with his will (through the Chakra Receivers on his body).

well said.... :)

Did not only explains the technique but also why he uses that technique. Very well said.

It's the same rod that Madara showed Obito before passing away.
It acts the same as a Orochimaru's curse mark, depending on the state of the person he/she gets controlled (limited) by the users will.
^^All depends on the state though
The benefits also works as Orochimaru's curse seal, though unlike turning into curse mark v1-v2 like Sasuke and all others...
This one contains sage chakra, which Madara said use my will in preforming the six path Justus.
So you can use all the Justus pain/Nagato used through the chakra/black rod without the rinnegan.
Yahiko's dead body is a fine example of that, he was able to use shrina tensei despite Nagato's real body having the actual rinnegan.
The eyes on the corpse of pain is a reflection of the users chakra.


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Why was Porco Rosso cursed and was there a cure?
In the movie Porco Rosso, it's mentioned that he has a curse which made him look like a pig. Why was he cursed to look like a pig and what was the cure, if there was one?

Should have looked harder before I asked the question.
According to Nausicaa.net's "Porco Rosso" FAQ, under the question "Why did Porco become a pig?"

Although it was never mentioned in the movie, a press release states that he was disillusioned with humanity, and cursed himself to be a pig. Miyazaki stated that "When a man becomes middle-aged, he becomes a pig". It seems that Porco is carrying a lot of baggage, and that has something to do with him quitting being a human.
The official story goes as follows: Captain Marco Pagot (named after the Italian animator and friend of Miyazaki - they worked together on Sherlock Hound for Italy's RAI TV) was an ace pilot of the Italian Air Force during World War I. He quit the IFA since he saw fascism on the rise, and he wanted to fly following his own will. He became a bounty hunter, assuming the name "Porco Rosso". He crossed out his own face as a young man in the picture that Gina had hung on the wall of her restaurant, so that no one would know what he looked like as a human.
Miyazaki said that Porco once intended to marry Gina, but then World War I broke out, and Gina was living on an island which was Austrian territory. As a military officer, he could not bring himself to marry an enemy national. Torn between his loyalty to his home country and his love for Gina, he chose his country. But when he witnessed the deaths of his fellow pilots, including that of his best friend (Gina's husband), he started wondering about the meaning of his actions, and the meaning of flying and dying for his country. Unable to resolve the conflicts in his mind, he became a pig.

Additionally, under the question, "Did Porco become a human again?"

The general consensus is, yes (though whether he stayed human is another matter).
In the last shot of the two of them wading towards their planes, Curtis was insisting on seeing Porco's face, implying something had changed about it. The conversation between Porco and Fio at the camp set up the "kiss the frog prince" theory, so Fio's kiss (and Gina's love) at the end did turn Porco back into a human. He became a pig because he was disillusioned with humanity, but Fio's innocence made him feel that "there is still some hope for humans", as Porco said. This time, he won, and he did not "make another girl unhappy". It seems that he finally overcame his self-hatred.

So I guess the answer's are "disillusioned with humanity" is what caused the curse, being that he cursed himself and that it's possible that he cured it at the end when he regained his faith.


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Did Hinata really confess to Naruto?
When Naruto and Hinata were fighting Pain in Konoha, did Naruto hear Hinata's confession or was it just in Hinata's mind?

Where and when?

When Naruto fought Pain in Konoha Village.

@Oded important question ;)

You can look up in Manga chapter 437, page 12, where Hinata has her own Crowning Moment Of Awesome.
Yes he did ;)

I couldn't determine it though as Naruto has that dumb look on his face. :/

it's somewhat better in the anime. they make clear that he had not the slightest clue ...

Which is why I had no clue is Naruto actually heard her confessing and made me speculate that it's all in Hinata's mind.

@infiniteBladeWorks in The Last: Naruto the Movie when Naruto is in that Genjutsu, he is seeing the past. In a flashback he sees that moment, where he is on the ground and Hinata is protecting him, and hears Hinata confessing her love for him.


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How did Sasuke get his hawk summoning technique?
When Sasuke fights Danzo, on chapter 477 page 9, he uses summoning technique and a hawk appears.
How and when did he sign a contract with hawks, and thanks to whom did he get it?

Related: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/756/how-to-summon-a-different-animal-using-kuchiyose

good question , +1

To symbolise his ascension from snakes (i.e. Orochimaru's power) he
  changed his team's name from Hebi (snake) to Taka (hawk). It is
  revealed that his animal-oriented techniques have also changed from
  snakes to hawks as shown from him summoning a hawk that he used to fly
  around on during his fight with Danzō, evade his assaults and in the
  anime perform coordinated attacks with Sasuke. It is currently unknown
  when he made a contract with them.

This can be found here under "Summoning Technique"

I'm just curious did his snake summons not die after the fight with Deidara making it possible for him to make another contract?

Sasuke most likely reversed summoned himself. Every shinobi has a signature animal summoning, in Jirayias case he simply used the summoning jutsu without a contract and ended up with the toads.
Kakashi probably did the same and found his ninken hounds, he is half Inuzuka so he was probably by blood bound to his ninken.
So ultimately, Orochimaru taught SASUKE the snake summoning but that wasnt Sasukes natural summoning. Naruto's natural summoning probably isn't toads either but he never used the reverse summoning so he will probably never find out. Sasuke probably reversed summoned himself and found the place where the hawks resided and signed a contract with whichever hawk was there that could speak with sasuke. Allowing him to summon Garuda, Garuda cannot speak so I'd imagine another hawk gave him the contract for the summoning.

There's only a single event of someone reverse summoning prior to having a contract with an animal, so I wouldn't assume that everyone one has a "birth contract" with animal. Naruto was reverse summoned by Gamakichi to Mount Myōboku. Reverse summoning is the same jutsu, except used by the animal of the contract, not the person.