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What anime are all of these fruits from?
This is a picture of some fruits from an anime:

Can anyone identify what anime this is, and what episode?

-1. I think this question is quite random...

This questions has three close votes. I voted to leave it open, just because it was already decided here: http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/507/fruits-questions-that-need-to-be-closed-or-deleted

All three close votes are for "Not a real question" which says in its description "It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form." I really don't see how that applies here at all. Admittedly, it's not a very good question (see here if you're wondering why I even asked it) but definitely a real question.

This appears in episode 4 of Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate, about 5:40 seconds in, during a sequence when Nozomi Edagawa is talking about food.

These are all characters from Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
From left to right these are the following characters:
Back row:

Lemon
Melon
Pineapple
Melon (whole)
Bananas

Middle Row:

Grapes
Strawberries
Pear
Melon

Front Row:

Orange
Apple
Kiwi


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Are Homura's wings witch wings in the end?
At the end of the anime where Homura is in a wasteland, she grows wings. The texture is almost the same as the art style that is used for witches and their lairs, so I'm wondering - at the end of the anime, was Homura becoming something of a witch/magical girl hybrid?
Pictures of Homura's wings:

Could you add a picture? I don't remember this at all...

@atlantiza It's at the very end, as i said she's in a wasteland and there is a large number of Wraith ahead of her, you hear her say something to Madoka and you hear Madoka's voice echo in reply before she walks off with a set of wrings growing out her back which ends the scene with them covering the entire screen, i'll post up a screen shot when i get at the DVDs again

@atlantiza I've added some screenshots.

@senshin where did the last one come from cause i just remember the second last one cause from what i remember the screen just gets covers in her wings, i don't remember her flying away

@Memor-X The shot of Homura flying appears in all three versions of the show (TV, Blu-Ray, movie).

The Rebellion movie seems to hint that

Homura's wings in this scene were indeed witch wings, or rather, the beginning of Homura's transformation into a witch.

The biggest clue is the landscape. The last time we see Homura in the series she is about to confront a bunch of wraiths in a desert landscape. The Rebellion movie reveals

that the Incubators tried to trap Homura and interrupt her witch transformation in order to draw out Madoka. When the Incubators' barrier is broken, Homura is still in the desert.

If you assume the two deserted landscapes are one and the same,

you would conclude that Homura was about to turn into a witch at the end of the series. Presumably, that's where her transformation began before it was interrupted, setting the events of the Rebellion movie in motion.

There is no definitive answer as to what exactly Homura's wings are, at this time. It is possible that the third movie will reveal new information about the nature of her wings, but for now, there is no real answer to this question.

If the 3rd movie is anything to go by, these are demon wings. When Madoka is grasped and pulled in by Homura at the end of Rebellion, Homura rewrites the universe once again. Here, she dons a pair of black wings. When Kyubey asks who she is, Homura replies she is a demon. Thus, it is probably safe to conclude these are demon wings.

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Machine gun feudal anime request
I saw half an episode of anime once (7-10 years ago probably) on adult swim(I think).  While this seems minor, it is the one that convinced me to give anime a chance as I had only seen one other and was definitely not a fan. As there are several now that I enjoy, i'd like to know what that one was.
In what I watched, some individual was introducing a machine gun with linked ammunition on a tripod to 4 swordsmen.  I believe one was a protagonist (I believe samurai) while the other 3 were known criminals.  The setting appeared to be japan around the time of Commodore Perry.  Fearing the impact the weapon would have on their home (I think), the 4 swordsmen teamed up against the gunner.
What I remember most is the ending; I believe one criminal sacrificed himself before this.  A large one charges straight for the gunner. As he is killed, a small one jumps from his back as throws a seed or something between the linked ammunition and is promptly shot and killed.  The final guy (again originally antagonistic to the other 3) runs toward the gunner.  The seed jams the gun temporarily and the swordsman slays the gunner.  He is the only survivor.  That is all I remember.

sounds like Rurouni Kenshin for me...

@ShinobuOshino post this as an answer and I will thumb it and (once I confirm it) accept it.  It sounds (from wiki) like it might be the episode "Farewell, the Strongest Men: The Clash of Light and Shadow"

It's Rurouni Kenshin

and the character you talking about is Shinomori Aoshi.

 Kanryū betrays Aoshi and kills his four subordinates with a Gatling gun while they die one after the other protecting Aoshi.

Source - Wikipedia article for Shinomori Aoshi

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What is the relationship between Neon Genesis Evangelion and RahXephon?
I have watched both Neon Genesis Evangelion and RahXephon. Since they have the same story and the same structure, I think that RahXephon is a copy of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
What is the actual relationship between Neon Genesis Evangelion and RahXephon?

My understanding is that there's no official relationship between the two, though RahXephon is certainly inspired by Eva in many ways (as were many shows around the same time). For now I'll leave this for someone who knows more about these series to answer definitively.

The creator of RahXephon, Yutaka Izubuchi, admits to having heavily used Brave Raideen as the influence for RahXephon. There's a really great interview of both Izubuchi and Anno (creator of Evangelion) that's really revealing about the influences between the two. Relevant quote:

Mr. Izubuchi said before that "Eva" was Combattler [Chōdenji Robo Combattler V] and RahXephon was Brave Raideen, didn't you?

If you read the entire interview, it never insinuates that there was any copying of Evangelion in Rahxephon. Instead, these are two contemporaries who believe they are equals that have both been influenced by the same shows, like Mazinger, Combattler V, Tokusatsu, Gowapper 5, etc.
Eventhough they never directly admit it, I'm sure there's some amount of influence that Evangelion had on Rahxephon, intended or not, simply because Evangelion was an incredibly influential show, at a time when it seemed anime in general was stagnating. So everything that came after that, for better or worse, could have had some influence from Evangelion.
With Rahxephon in particular, your mileage may vary on how similar the shows really are. If you've seen Brave Raideen, you'll instantly realize that the show is pretty much a modern spin of that old show, while a lot of that spin could be argued to be influenced by Evangelion. There's some people who believe it's a blatant rip-off, but Izubuchi doesn't say that it is, and Anno doesn't seem to think the similarities are even worth mentioning.

There is actually a site dedicated to pointing out similarities with the shows: EvaXephon.

@Eric I had thought about linking to that site under "some people who believe it's a blatant rip-off" but the percentage of legitimate links between the two shows is so low that I don't consider it a credible source. Lots of those similarities are common anime/mecha/sci-fi tropes, unique to neither show, some are horribly forced comparisons, some are barely comparisons at all, so I thought it would be more misleading to link it.

@Eric Also, when that site was first started, the guy who ran it started several threads on the animenation.net forums back in 2006, and the more knowledgeable users there went through each comparison and thoroughly took them apart and the guy was eventually laughed out of the forums. Unfortunately, those 2 or 3 threads were all locked and disposed of because of the ruckus it caused.

Fair enough--good information to have, and thusly reasonable to take that site with a grain of salt.

I just went through that whole site and I think what is a little laughable is the sheer amount of sort of/kind of similarities chronologically and structurally and with character archetypes. Granted I liked both shows but there is a huge amount of overlap (at least when taken out of context) that is only ever rarely at that level. I'd be interested in what it would be like to watch both series side-by-side from start to finish. A lot of it can be chalked up to coincidence but a lot of it really really is just too similar to not be funny (in a funny way).


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Who are Byakuya and Juushirou referring to in chapter 117?
At the beginning of chapter 117 of Bleach, Juushirou Ukitake says, "Byakuya... Who is he?" (referring to Ichigo) and Byakuya replies, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of. He's no one. Just a ryoka. I'll dispose of him. And then... this trifling conflict... will come to an end."
Who is Byakuya referring to when he says, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of."? Or another way to say it, who did Juushirou Ukitake think that Ichigo was related to?

He's referring to Kaien Shiba, the former lieutenant of Jūshirō Ukitake's squad.
In the anime, his wife Miyako who was the 3rd Seat was possessed and devoured from the inside by one of Sōsuke Aizen's Hollows Metastacia. Kaien decided to track her down and kill her. However, Rukia followed him and saw him becoming possessed by the Hollow which leads to her having to reluctantly kill him and then deliver his body to the Shiba clan.
This begins Ganju's hatred for Soul Reapers as Kaien was his brother and he knew a Soul Reaper killed him because of the sword wounds on his body. However, Kūkaku knew full well it was Rukia who killed him and knew why she did and vowed that should she confront her about Kaien and apologize she would forgive Rukia.
Now, what Jūshirō Ukitake talking about is Ichigo's appearance in relation to Kaien's as they both look similar which in some cases may explain Rukia's actions as she's always felt guilty having been the one to kill Kaien, one of the 2 people who didn't treat her differently because she was Byakuya sister, the other was Miyako.
Ichigo

Kaien

I should point out that this is from the Anime. From my understanding, apart from fillers, the anime is faithful to the manga.

Thank you so much! I have been wondering about this for the entire series.

On a related note, we do find out why Ichigo Kurosaki and Kaien Shiba look similar in the 1000 year bloodwar. They are cousins of some kind, being that Isshin Kurosaki was formally known as Isshin Shiba. I cant specify which part is which (filler or actual story), but for sure Ukitakes line was meant to foreshadow this relationship which is confirmed canon.

@Ryan that's quite possible though i suspect Tite Kubo didn't think that far ahead. in a previous deleted answer said it was Isshin which your comment would support however i recall reading that the Shiba Clan was formally the 5th Noble Clan and you would think that the Kuchiki's would know about. if Ukitake was talking about Isshin then he knew the connection between Kurosaki and Shiba which Byakuya does not which further adds support to my thinking that Tite Kubo had yet to think that up

No one in the 13 court guard squads knew about Ichigo and Isshin's connection as father son, or even thought about it. As you pointed out in the answer here, Ukitake was talking about Kaien, remarking on how Ichigo looks similar (borderline like a twin brother with orange hair). Of course, Byakuya knew this random soul reaper was not in fact a real soul reaper, and so couldn't possibly be related to the All soul reaper Shiba clan, he was a Ryouka from the human world. I mean, sure it could still have been random coincidence, but THE Kubo making only 2 out of over 100 characters look alike...

I think Brock's comment is possibly correct. I believe that Captain Ukitake was remembering the spiky red hair from Ashido Kanō, a soul reaper trapped in hueco mundo. Although, I am partial to The Kaien Theory™ and reading about Ichigo's dad being a Shiba clan member has me on the fence.

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I have been through this and I have to say I have a different take. They make mention (I can't remember which episode) a red haired person from eons ago who Ichigo reminds them of. Ive read all of the Kaien references but I haven't read anywhere about the red haired guy they dont full speak about.

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Do Pokemon age and die?
There are old people in Pokemon but I have never seen any old Pokemon. Do Pokemon age and die? Also, if they get hurt too much, will they die of wounds? Have there been any deaths so far?

They do age and die. I remembered watching a really old school episode about this. Unfortunately, I am unable to reference and create an answer at this time because the last time I watched Pokemon was about 10 years ago.

Do keep in mind that Ash has been ten years old his whole life.

we do know that Pokemon can die as the Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town has their graves, also like @krikara has said there is an episode about an old pokemon who died and i think the episode about the Pikachu who could sense waves died at the end but i'm not 100% sure

Pokemon could die in multiple ways, some of which are
  listed here:

By Over Exertion: In the Movie, Celebi: Voice of the Forest, it is shown that a celebi goes out of control, wreaking havoc in the forest. It exerts itself so much that when it calms down it simply disintegrates and dies.
By Sacrificing Themselves: It is seen in the movie, Pokemon Heroes, that a Latios sacrifices itself to protect the city of Alto Mare. How exactly does he die is unknown.
By Getting Eaten: The pokedex entry for Wurmple states that it has to defend against Starly to prevent being eaten. We can assume that the same applies for Caterpie and other worms.
Some Special Condition: Like Charmander, who will die if the flame on his tail goes out. This is also valid for its evolutions.
Aging: Pokemon who do not die from the above causes can be assumed to die from aging. This assumption is validated by the existence of pokemon graveyards with the people visiting it remarking on the long companionship provided by pokemon.

Some anomalies which are unexplained:

Existence of Legendary Pokemon: It is probable that legendary pokemon live forever. Pokemon like Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza are referred to as "super ancient pokemon" implying that they live forever. Same may be the case with other legendaries.
Ghost Pokemon: Deaths of pokemon do not explain ghost-type pokemon. It is possible that they are born as ghosts. Pokemon after dying may become spirits, like the Marowak killed by team rocket.

In essence, the aspect of pokemon death may have been avoided in the franchise because it was designed primarily for children.

REFERENCE: How do Pokemon die? on Quora

Another thing unexplained might be fossil Pokemon.

Now this made me curious. What if a Charmander die, say, the fire in his tail burned out. Will he become a Charmander ghost or another Gastly? Hm. Or should this be posted as another question?

@xjshiya In the first generation there is a Marowak ghost (well, it actually looks like an amorphous blob but it clearly isn't a normal ghost type pokemon). This indicates that when pokemon die they become a ghost version of themselves rather than a ghost pokemon. Where the ghost pokemon then come from is unclear. Perhaps they are all that remains of extinct pokemon species

what about articuno level of legendary?

Wait a minute. Just because these three Pokemon have lived since ancient times doesn't mean they're immortal, just that they've lived for quite a long time, and they age very slowly before dying.

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How are Higurashi and Umineko related?
I haven't watched Higurashi and am a bit hesitant to do so after seeing some clips of it and I haven't gotten around to watching Umineko but I've been wondering: apart from the obvious in how they have the alias "When They Cry #", how are Higurashi and Umineko related?
VNDB does not list any of the 4 visual novels as sharing any characters with each other than Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai and Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru sharing characters from the unofficial Minagoroshi-hen Bad End ~Rika-hen~.

Higurashi and Umineko take place in the same story universe as far as I'm aware, but there is no character overlap. As for Umineko, there is an entirely new cast of characters. That said, events in Umineko may shed some light on the workings of the Higurashi / Umineko universe, and it references Higurashi quite a bit.
While it is not strictly necessary, I think you would get more out of Umineko if you watched Higurashi first, even though the cast and story are entirely different. Also, if you can manage, I'd recommend reading the Visual Novels for Umineko instead of watching the anime. The anime is poorly done and ends prematurely, leaving you with far too many questions unanswered and no real resolution.

I think the keyword is metaverse not universe.

With the new Higurashi series arcs (Gou and Sotsu) there appear to be more connections between the two- without too many spoilers, some of the witches in Umineko may be versions of Higurashi characters.

I don't think Umineko takes place in the same universe. Higurashi is referenced as a novel during the first arc.


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Why does Rin Nohara have purple stripes on her cheeks?
Not much to explain. Why does Rin Nohara have purple stripes on her cheeks?

Probably for the same reason Kiba has red stripes on his face (never wondered about that one?)

@Oded i did actually :)

It's most likely a sign of her clan. Kiba has the red stripes, as does the rest of his family to symbolize clan members. But, it could be just a symbol of her personality or being, as many characters, such as Chouji, Chouza, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Orochimaru, Itachi Uchiha, Kankurou, Gaara, etc. have their own, which are shown not to be associated with any of the other members of their clan. So take it two ways, it's either a clan symbol, or just a way of having their own style or their beliefs.

Usually, it is a tradition passed down from clan members or affiliations. For example, Jiraya has red markings because of his toad affiliation. Kiba and other Inuzuka clan members before him had markings, resembling/identifying their dog user capabilities.
Rin has them probably because the Nohara clan puts on the purple striped, or it is either because of her use of medical ninjutsu.


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Looking for an old anime I saw on Animax as a kid
There was this one anime that used to air on Animax quite often when I was a kid. It was this story about a girl who was from a rich family (not too sure about that) who goes through some sort of tragedy and is then forced to work as a maid at an all-girls boarding school with a really strict and unreasonable warden. The girl was fair, she had long, black hair and she almost always used to wear this greenish dress. It was set in Europe somewhere (possibly old England). Drawing style was almost "cartoonish" (very little shading and all). If it helps, some of the anime's that used to air around the same time as this were Astro Boy, InuYasha, ExRider, Saber Marionette, Detective School Q, etc. Any help greatly appreciated. ^__^

This sounded like the novel A Little Princess to me, so I searched to see if there was an anime based on that. Turns out there is one called Princess Sarah, and apart from the green dress, it seems to match your description. (The protagonist does wear a green-ish dress in some of the pictures I've seen from the anime while searching for this, but she doesn't in a couple of them.) I am also not sure if the anime series aired at around the right time.

Haha, well this does seem to be it. Thanks. Its probably not the same time period as the rest since I watched this as a kid when it aired in India. Nothing airs in India on time -.- Thanks again :D

This series is called Little Princess Sara which is an anime adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel "A Little Princess". It is the 11th series in the World Masterpiece Theater collection. When Sara becomes a maid she is always wearing a dark green dress.

Yes! That's it! I've been looking for it for sooo damn long. Thanks! :D ^__^

Amazing site you peeps have here, by the way! And speedy replies too! :)


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What is the name of an anime about a special forces, socially inept high school student bodyguard?
I remember watching an anime about a special ops soldier who is assigned to be the bodyguard of a high school student. He is also socially inept in that he interprets almost anything as a threat to her. I believe it has two seasons, the first season of which is actual plot, and the second season is episodic, comical episodes.

Sounds like Full Metal Panic.

Yup definitely sounds like Full Metal Panic and Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu

Wow... post it in an answer guys, good job. You should have seen how contorted my face was when I read your comments, because just last weekend my friend asked me, "Have you ever seen Full Metal Panic before?" and I said no...

So I guess I have seen it then.

To formalize what has been stated in the comments:
The anime series in question is Full Metal Panic, based on the light novel series. Mech-specialist Sgt. Sagara Souske is tasked to protect Kaname Chidori when she is targeted by a terrorist organization. He is a skilled fighter, but fails to react normally in most social situations.
It features 3 seasons (as of 2014):
Full Metal Panic - the first season is very plot driven.
Full Metal Panic? Fummoffu - the second season takes a more comedic approach, with many of the episodes being broken into 2 half-episodes.
Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid - the third season is much like the first, with more of a plot focus (13-episodes).

I'll give @NaingLinAung a day or two to answer, since he was first.


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What is the definitive Initial D collection box?
I've already watched every episode from the series (downloaded from torrent sites), but wanted to buy an official box since I feel bad about not having the original stuff.
I wanted to know if there is a definitive dvd/bluray box edition. I always struggled with finding decent quality video/audio.
Ideally there would be a Blu-ray collection in 720p at least and with 5.1 DTS Japanese audio.
By making a quick search on ebay, I found this one, which is scheduled to release in a few days, but I don't know exactly it's specifications.
Where should I be looking for this stuff? It would obviously be ideal if English subtitles were available, but I guess I'm stuck with Japanese releases if quality is concerned.

should give archonia a shot

I know you can find the DVD's at http://www.funimation.com/shows/initial-d/products 480p 5.1 but no info on BD yet as they seem to be coming out in 2 days in Japan.

I've heard the English releases are censored and stuff, at least in the First Stage. I would like the best version, even if I have to setup subtitles myself later on.

Amazon Japan pre-orders for the new two-box "complete" premium BD box set for 31,080 yen each (Amazon price as of this post).
The first BD box set, Vol .1  is scheduled to be released February 21th, 2014 and includes 6 BDs + 3 CDs, featuring:
#Initial D: First Stage (26 eps)
#Initial D: Second Stage (13 eps)
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#CD: Radio Stage Part 1
#CD: EXTRA-DRAMA CD Vol. 1 & 2

Notes from CD Japan:

First Premium Blu-ray Box release including complete first stage (26 episodes), second stage (13 episodes), special CD Vol1 "Initial D Radio Stage Part1", special CD 2 "EXTRA-DRAMA CD Vol.1&2"(2 discs), special original goods (2 kinds), and special manual book in a deluxe box.

The second BD box set, Vol. 2 is scheduled to be released March 21th and includes 7 BDs + 3 CDs
#Initial D: Third Stage (Movie)
#Initial D: Fourth Stage (24 eps)
#Initial D: Extra Stage (4 eps)
#Initial D: Battle Stage (2 eps)
#Initial D to the Next Stage - Project D e Mukete (1 eps)
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#CD: Radio Stage Part 2
#CD: EXTRA-DRAMA CD Vol.3 & 4

Notes from CD Japan:

Second Premium Blu-ray Box release including third stage (movie), fourth stage (24 episodes), extra stage (3 episodes), battle stage (2 episodes), project episode, special CD Vol1 "Initial D Radio Stage Part2", special CD 2 "EXTRA-DRAMA CD Vol.3&4"(2 discs), special original goods (2 kinds), and special manual book in a deluxe box.

NOTE: The discs are region-free and contain NO subtitles.
Currently only the Fifth Stage (14 eps), the upcoming movie (slated for summer 2014) and "Final Stage" (not yet produced) are missing from the collection.

Well I know about this set as I stated in the question, but I still don't know anything about video/audio format. Do you have any info on that?

The episodes are remastered in Blu-ray quality. The Blu-ray itself is a Blu-ray hybrid so it plays on DVD players, too. It's standard 16:9 (1.78:1) aspect ratio. The official FB page has some more photos of the box and discs.

Hmm that's interesting. I never knew this hybrid Blu-ray thing existed. Also, has it been confirmed to be 720p or 1080p video quality?

I couldn't find any information about the resolution. I don't think they redid the cel-animations, and since some seasons like Second Stage was digitally animated at a (ridiculously) low resolution (or lack of smoothing). So the big question probably is the first set a new HD telecine or an upscale from a composite source? But judging my the ~30s clip on the official FB page for the release there seems to be some significant improvements.

Could you provide the link for this 30s video? I did not find any videos on the page besides the new movie trailer.

Ignore that I said about the trailer, I didn't read the description. Here's a link to one of the commercials: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH0P7wrLSEo

Oh I see that oO. Well, will have to seriously consider getting this now.


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Will there be a second season of RWBY?
I was wondering when the season 2 of RWBY would be released.


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Did the D-Gray Man manga cease publication?
Whatever happened to D-Gray Man? The manga just stopped... I want to know what happens to Kanda and Alan. Things were just getting crazy.

Which language are you referring to, Japanese, English etc.

The D-gray man manga has not finished yet. It is on hiatus once again for an indeterminate period of time. This most likely due to her illness, but there is no proof of this right now.
At the time of writing, on Jump SQ site, the series' status is displayed as 「一時休載」 which means something along the lines of "temporary non-appearance in print." and they will most likely announce the continuation there. In case you are not a fluent Japanese reader (like myself) you might just want to follow this forum thread by manga helpers They keep a close watch on sites such as Jump SQ and try to announce it in English A.S.A.P.


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Why is Index's full name "Index Librorum Prohibitorum"?
Index's full name is "Index Librorum Prohibitorum", based on a real book with the same name. It's a list of publications deemed heretical, anti-clerical or lascivious, and banned by the Catholic Church. Source
Does this book also exist in Index's world, and was she named that by the Church deliberately?  Or did the author just get the name because it sounds cool?

It's based of the real life list, "Index Librorum Prohibitorum," which in
English is literally a "list of prohibited books." Index herself is, in other words, a literal embodiment of these books prohibited by the Roman Catholic Church by Pope Paul IV.
The list was created to protect the faith and morals of the faithful by preventing people from reading of immoral books or works there church thought was heretical. Some of the works even included scientific works by leading astronomers, like Johannes Kepler, whose ideas were controversial at the time. The list basically contained the rules set by the Roman Catholic Church relating to the reading, selling, and censorship of books.

Taken from Wikipedia

Her mind has been implanted with the 103,000 magical texts of the Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum as she possesses Photographic memory, which makes magicians wonder if she really is human because just one grimoire is poisonous to the mind, and one is more than enough to kill a person without the proper preparative.


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Why is their power called the "Branch of Sin"?
It's been a long time since I read the manga and now I'm wondering about their power's name. Is it because they're prisoners and they are considered sinners?

As stated on the wiki (under trivia)

The name of this power refers to its origin, as the Wretched Egg represents the original sin or roots and the branches that later came from them. It also refers to how insignificant amount of power one Branch possesses compared to that of the Wretched Egg's. source

What is the original sin it came from ?

The Wretched Egg refers to the original sin, which is the sin of Adam and Eve in Christianity, resulting in the fall of man. source


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What martial art can Misaki use?
My question: what martial art can Misaki Ayuzawa use? I couldn't find the answer anywhere. Thank you for your answer.

According to her character profile in the manga, she is trained in aikido.

In chapter 3, it is mentioned that Misaki was learning Aikido.

There are various scenes in the first few chapters that shows Misaki using Aikido moves. For example:

In the middle of chapter 1, Misaki threw a sandbag over her head to clear the way.
At the beginning of chapter 2, Misaki used Aikido on a male student who was half-naked.
In the middle of chapter 3, Misaki used Aikido on the members of the student council who slacked off at the beginning of the chapter.
At the end of chapter 3, Misaki used Aikido on the 2 masochists.


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Is Heaven's Lost Property season 3 canceled or on hold?
In 2013, they announced there would be a 3rd season for Heaven's Lost Property. Not too long after, they also announced the production crew, and a bit after that an on-hold notice. After that, I haven't been able to find any information about it.
Is it still on hold? Has it been canceled? Or something different altogether?

it should become a movie, around April if I'm not mistake

shouldn't this tag under [tag:sora-no-otoshimono]?

@ShinobuOshino ah only knew it under the english name ;P

I saw this picture on latest manga

and based on this wiki page, it should be airing on 26th April 2014 in Japanese theaters.

This is the second movie, not a third season of the anime. See http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-24/sora-no-otoshimono/heaven-lost-property-new-anime-to-play-in-theaters-in-2014, which states that the movie is replacing the previously announced 3rd season.

The third season has indeed been cancelled; instead it was replaced with a movie that has just recently come out. This is described by this ANN news article.
Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Maser

Quick Plot Summary / Overview: The scene opens with the Zeus' destruction above Synapse, Tomoki calls for Nymph to return immediately; unfortunately Ikaros responds that Nymph isn't coming. Tomoki commands Ikaros to take him straight to Synapse as the Earth's surface deliberately vanishes. While flying towards Synapse, Ikaros tells Tomoki a story how long ago due to malfunction she was once ordered by a "boy" to attack Synapse out of desperation. Remarking a dying Sugata, Ikaros' body begins burning away because of a device installed within her whenever she approaches Synapse without permission. Having second thoughts, Tomoki orders Ikaros to go back but cannot since there is nowhere else to go to.
(Source: http://soranootoshimono.wikia.com/wiki/Heaven%27s_Lost_Property_Final:_Eternal_My_Master)


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Why did the Elric brothers only believe in one rule of alchemy?
In the opening of Fullmetal Alchemist, it says...

Human kind cannot obtain anything without first giving something in
  return To obtain, something of equal value must be lost That is
  alchemy's first law of equivalent exchange. In those days, we really
  believed that to be that world's one and only truth.

But why did the Elric brothers believe this to be the one and only law of alchemy? If this was explained in one of the episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist or Brotherhood, please list it too, thanks.

I'm not sure I really understand the question. The Elrics had done a lot of research and learned that this rule governed every alchemical exchange that occurred. So I would ask you: What reason would they have to think otherwise?

I know The Elric Brothers did a lot of research, but in Full Metal Alchemist in the Intro, they say the following quote in my question which is why I asked why did they only believe in one rule of alchemy which would mean that it has something to do before they learnt more about alchemy, but I don't understand why?

Okay, I think I get your question now. I'll take a whack at an answer when I have time tomorrow.

Well, I am not sure if Elric brothers believed in one law of alchemy because they learned that to obtain alchemy, an equal value must be lost. Well, this is the law of alchemy. However, I can't understand the question clearly.

Okay, so, there's a couple things in play here you need to be aware of. Keep in mind that some of this is slightly speculative.
First, it is only in the dub that Alphonse states it to be the "one and only" truth. The original commentary states,

その頃【ころ】、ぼくらは、それが世界【せかい】の真実【しんじつ】だと信じて【しんじて】いた。
"When we were young, we believed that to be the truth of the world."

Second, though, I think there is an important reason that Alphonse brings this up. Starting at episode 43, the pre-OP commentary changes to the following:

He who obtains [the Philosopher's Stone] is exempt from the rule of Equivalent Exchange and does not have to sacrifice anything to obtain something.

(Note: This statement is somewhat wrong: During this unusual exchange, there is still something lost, but it's not apparent to whomever it is doing the transmutation.)
In their adventure, Ed and Al basically learned that human lives are given an alchemical value; since they both believe human life to be invaluable, this shakes the foundation of the principle of Equivalent Exchange that they grew up learning.
This seems to be the only reason that Alphonse used the past tense with "believed"; the Philosopher's Stone shattered what they believed Equivalent Exchange truly meant. To him, Equivalent Exchange can no longer be the "one and only" truth.
This idea also holds true in Brotherhood. The Philosopher's Stone is essentially identical, and the brothers learn the same terrible details of it.

Alchemy in the real world is recognized as a protoscience that contributed to the development of modern chemistry and medicine.
Both Ed and Al say that Alchemy is a science and that the input must be equal to their output, equivalent exchange is this because for what you give up (your input) you will recive something of equal value (your equal output)
There are 2 parts to Equivalent Exchange which can be read up on the Wikia page, The Law of Conservation of Mass and The Law of Natural Providence. I should point out that Scar is still following The Law of Conservation of Mass as what is he doing is breaking objects apart but not reforming, when Ed goes to repair Al after getting his arm back he checks that they did pick up every tiny fragment hinting at this.
Now one can say that the Red Stones or Incomplete Philosopher's Stone can bypass however in a sense they don't, the Red Stones are created by combining materials and get used up over time thus they don't have a Rebound. the Incomplete Philosopher's Stones have the rebound because they are used to bypass Equivalent Exchange however it's unpredictable when the alchemical forces begin stabilize themselves, Marcoh and the State Alchemists during Ishval War were just lucky it never occurred during the war and after it Marcoh seemed to reduce it's usage.
The Philosopher's Stone on the other hand may be the only exception, using it one can bypass Equivalent Exchange however one needs to follow Equivalent Exchange to make one in the first place by sacrificing lives. In Brotherhood, because the first known Philosopher's Stone came from knowledge from Dwarf the Philosopher's Stone may be keeping the alchemical process balanced by doing something that is beyond the realm of human understanding which only Truth understands


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Why do their nicknames include "Super Duper"?
All the students have a nickname, and it always begin with "Super Duper".

Why do they use this as a nickname? Also, is this the correct translation for what it says in Japanese?

it's more of an vanity title that serves no real and is used for exaggerated the meaning of things. Like the title "Executive" Assistant.

The reason they had these nicknames is to emphasize that Hope's Peak Academy is really hard to get into. Hence the students there are extraordinarily talented. It would seem that it's a requirement to have one outstanding feature to qualify for enrolment in the school. Apart from Naegi, who gained entrance through a lottery (and is the Super Duper Highschool Luckster)
Some liberties were taken in the translation much like other releases - for example the directly translated "Super High School Class Good Luck" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily as "Super Duper Highschool Luckster". It conveys the same message, but is perhaps not exact
A couple of the other changes to the titles and the rationale behind them in the fan translation are outlined here, similar reasons would apply to the official releases:
http://danganronpa.wordpress.com/dr1/tl-notes/general/

I could not find a specific reason for them to use nicknames, guess it is just for plot reasons. Or even just cause they can.
As to how correct the translation is:

“超高校級の” is something like “super/hyper/mega/ultra highschool level/class”.

There have been quite some discussion on how accurate this translation is, but it is said that even though Super Duper sounds really stupid, it is the closest to the original translation.
A pretty nice article about this can be read here


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How can they tell the difference between NPCs and humans?
How can they identify whether a student is an NPC or not? Is that because they act differently than NPCs? But what if the student doesn't remember anything (amnesia) and does everything and accepts everything as normal? In that case, can they tell the difference?

I believe NPC's wore different clothing.

The only way for them to know that someone is human is if they deviate from how an NPC does stuff and if they don't recognize persons who have recently arrived in the Afterlife.
Basically if you live like an NPC then you must be an NPC. Hinata actually thought Ooyama was an NPC because Ooyama acted so normally that he was like an NPC which is why Hinata gave him a nickname of "Villager A" in their first meeting (he only calls Ooyama by that name in his thoughts). However, when Hinata had a good conversation with Ooyama, Ooyama said something about dying which showed that he was a human who died.
Yurippe knew Hinata was human because he would always go to the school roof (if memory serves right) which is not something an NPC does.
When all hell breaks lose in the campus and a person dismisses it as something normal, then that person is an NPC because anything weird that they see is supposed to be normal (at least, they think it's normal).
tl;dr
They act differently. Yes. They will still act differently (like by being curious). They can't tell the difference if they can't observe or experiment if the person will act how a non NPC would act.
For more info, read the light novel.

There is one important dissimilarity the other answers didn't cover: the NPCs forget things they were told the next day, as revealed in volume 5 of the Angel Beats! Heaven's Door manga.

It should be noted that the NPCs do retain a record of the past activities done by the humans, as Yuri and her SSS comrades were denied participation in the Christmas party because they were labelled as problem students for causing a ruckus at the swimming competition. Also, the NPCs don't forget what they have experienced, like the principal was aware that he had been held as a hostage many times in the past.


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Are the three Gorgon sisters blood related?
Boa Hancock is considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world of One Piece, but her sisters are totally different.

Are they blood related sisters?

 Or perhaps something happened during their time as a slave?

Check the image of the sisters of the time when they were slaves. All the three of them look pretty similar. I'll come up with a proper answer. :)

Those 3 girls are definitely blood related. Boa Hancock explains her tragedy in episode 415 in which we can see the 3 girls in their childhood and early teen years and they definitely look similar. Their different characteristics are probably because of,

just being different:- even in real life siblings have different traits which grow as they mature.
different devil fruits:- we know that Boa Hancock ate Mero Mero No Mi fruit (Paramecia type), and her sisters ate Hebi Hebi No Mi fruits (Zoan type), Hebi Hebi No Mi, Model Anaconda (Boa Sandersonia) and Hebi Hebi No Mi, Model King Cobra (Boa Marigold).

They are blood related. Proof found on the One piece wiki
I personally think Oda made them different from each other to make it more interesting for the viewers.

The kuja go out and have sex with men, just to get pregnant. Then they come back and have the children. So the sisters probably have the same mom, but different dads.

Hi. If you are not sure or if this is a theory based on facts, try to edit it and include sources/references you used to arrived at that answer before posting. If this is based on information found in the manga/anime, please specify where you found it. Thanks!


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Why didn't Pikachu evolve?
I'm talking about Ash's Pikachu: obviously he already reached level 314159265kachu (Pun intended; that's not the exact number as I don't know what level he is).
I forget the reason for this - did he not want to evolve? If so, then why did he refuse to evolve? And does that mean that evolving is a choice? You can choose NOT to evolve your pokemon?

Pikachu does not want to evolve

I forget the reason about this, did he don't want to evolve?

It's pretty safe to guess that part of the selling point of the series is that Pikachu is "cute". If you let him evolve into Raichu, you've lost this appeal.
So from the author's standpoint, there is no reason to evolve Pikachu. In the Anime, it was expressed as Pikachu simply not wanting to evolve. (Somewhere in the episode where Ash takes on Lt. Surge.)

And is that mean evolve is an option? You can choose NOT to evolve
  your pokemon?

In the games, evolution is almost always optional. In the Anime, it's a bit unclear.But in this case Pikachu evolves by a Thunder Stone - which is completely optional. If you don't want to evolve, just don't use the stone.

I explained the possible reason from the writer's standpoint. If you evolve Pikachu, you've lost the cuteness of arguably the most important Pokemon character in the series. It's like killing off the main character in a popular show. You can't just do that - especially for a kids show.

In pokemon yellow, you can't evolve your pikachu either, unless you trade him away and back again, so he becomes a traded pikachu, rather than your starter pikachu.

Pikachu is shown not wanting to Evolve after being defeated by Lt. Serge's Raichu in the first series when Ash presents it with a Thunder Stone but Pikachu refuses to let Ash use it by knocking it out of his hand with it's tail

How does "not wanting" surprise you? Pokemon have feelings too you know. With Pikachu it's a pride issue. "Ash attempted to evolve Pikachu with the Thunder Stone after he lost to Lt. Surge's Raichu, but Pikachu chose not to evolve because he wanted to prove that he can defeat stronger Pokémon without evolving." http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Ash's_Pikachu

Pikachu's refusal to evolve was due to his determination to win and prove himself as a Pikachu, staying true to who he is. Pikachu's decision to not evolve also fit the narrative of being great without changing, teaching young viewers an important lesson.


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What is that thing behind Enel's back?
Enel, God of Thunder, or of anything, usually has multiple copies of a thing behind his back.

What is that thing? Did he transplant it inside his body?

If you have a look at the Appearance section of Enel's wiki page, you can see that (emphasis mine)

Enel is a tall, muscular man who has white/blond hair which was, in ancient South American civilizations, considered godly..
His nose has many lines running horizontally across it. His ear lobes are extremely long, ending up to his torso. He also holds four large Tomoe drums attached via a large ring to his back, instead of the regular Skypiean/Birkan wings, which gives him an appearance similar to a Raijin, a similarity made even more prominent when using his "200,000,000 Volt Amaru" transformation.

So they are basically just external features of his attire and not really something which he has transplanted to his body.

I don't watch One Piece, so this may be completely off-base, but.
Given that Enel is a god of thunder, and given that he has that thing around his head, it is plausible that his appearance is an allusion to some depictions of Taishakuten (a.k.a. Shakra/Sakka, a.k.a. Indra). As Indra, he is a god of thunder in Hinduism (and in pre-Trimurti Vedic religion, the chief god of the pantheon), and he was later loosely adopted into Buddhism as Shakra. As Shakra, he is sometimes (not sure how often) depicted with a wheel behind his head that looks similar to the thing behind Enel's head:

If you are not sure, reading other answers may help.

They're taiko drums, explicitly called such in the manga. Nami shouts in chapter 276 (first chapter of volume 30), "The taiko drum is turning into a bird?!" (Haha, that sounds silly without context.)
They appear to be transplanted into his body. There are some points where you can see his back, and they just go into his back. The first frame of 276 is a good reference, coincidentally.
*Since the wiki pages are made by fans, I don't use them as hard reference, just starting points and a "maybe this is correct" guideline. The "tomoe" appears to be the design on the drums.


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How much has changed since the start of One Piece?
I recently started watching One Piece, and noticed as I reached episode 590 that the animation quality seems to have changed quite a bit since episode 1.
Now I was wondering, are there any other big changes they made since episode one besides quality changes? And how did they do those quality changes? I did not notice any changes until quite a bit in. Is there some particular technique they used?
So, summed up, this is my question.

What are the big changes in quality/animation they have made since the start?
Are there any other big changes they made besides quality?
How did they do the quality changes?

As far as I remember till the Skypiea Arc they used the 4:3 canvas and after that they started using the full widescreen canvas .

Nami's breasts have grown extensively as the show continued.

Haki broke logia. Before they were practically unbeatable

The anime moved to Bandai Entertainment since Episode 205, and then it started to run in widescreen and not 4:3.
Quality changes are just because this anime exists for about 15 years, so it's only natural for the video quality itself to improve over time.
Edit: In the anime, the change between old One Piece and new One Piece is alot more clear than in the manga. The quality of the animation started being alot better after One Piece moved to Bandai Entertainment.
Yes there are big changes.
Episodes 517+ happen in a time called "post-timeskip" and in "the new world".
Episodes 1-516 are referred as "pre-timeskip", because after episode 400 alot of big things happen, and they change the whole world of One Piece, but I'm not going to spoil your experience, I can just tell you this: enjoy the East Blue saga, expect big things and surprises, and have fun.

Oh you wont spoil me :p i am up to date with the manga. As for the big changes I was more talking in a animative way. Did they change total style, and how did they manage to do the quality change. The quality surely went up, but you barely notice the transfer from old to new quality unless you look back.

In the Anime it is alot easier to notice the change in the quality, because after episode 205, the difference between Bandai's One Piece and Not Bandai's One Piece is pretty clear. I still miss Not Bandai's One Piece though.

Well tbh I did not notice the quality switch when they switched to bandai. offcourse the 4:3 to widescreen I did. maybe you should include some of those changes in your answer. Then I think it will be acceptable answer ;)

Okay, I have added that.

A big change is related to openings and endings. There is no more endings, only big openings with about 2 minutes. The animation canvas are bigger too: before it was in 4:3, now its widescreen

Nice points, But it does not fully answer my question yet. Mind expanding your answer a bit more ? other wise you should consider posting it as a comment once you reach 20 reputation :)

The One Piece anime started in 2002. For episode 1–204, screen size ratio = 4:3. From episode 205 onward, it's widescreen 16:9. These points have already been mentioned in other answers. However, I'll add the following which might have affected quality (my speculation):

Improved technology.
HD quality came much later, maybe around 2005.
Although the episode length is the same (23 minutes), the size has increased (60 MB and more), though it is because of HD quality.
Improved encoding of audio and video, again related to HD.
More processing capacity of screens.

Mostly, the quality improved because of technological advancement. For more details, maybe ask the Bandai team. ;)


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Is chuunibyou syndrome real?
"Chuunibyou" or "eighth-grade syndrome" is a condition where people believe they have super powers. The first time I heard this term is in the anime Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Is this syndrome real? Is there any medical term or at least more common term for this?

I think users at Cognitive Sciences would know the name of this disorder, but I doubt many of them have seen the anime to understand what's being asked of them.

Chuunibyou describes teenagers around the age of fourteen that try to look cool to impress people around their age and are self-important trying to be unique.
This way of thinking, however, may continue even after the teen reaches adulthood, but it does not actually relate to any medical condition or mental disorder.
It's more like a growth phase for some teenagers.

Based on "Chuunibyou User Manual" (中二病取扱説明書, Chuunibyou Toriatsukai Setsumei Sho) by Saegami HYOUYA, there are 3 types of chuunibyou.

DQN-type pretends to be antisocial even though they aren't, or can't be and has made-up stories about antisocial behavior (gang fights/crime).
Subculture-type/Hipster prefers subculture or minor trends just to be different and have the "cool" factor. (obsessed with imitating idols/fictional characters)
Evil Eye-Type admires mystical powers and pretends to have one of their own, to the extent of establishing an alias just for that.1

An example of DQN Chuunibyou:

"Look at all those bandages wrapped around you! What happened?"
"I had a bunch of gang fights."
"Come on, I know you're too kind to be a gangster."

An example of Subculture Chuunibyou:

"When I collect Pokémon cards, I only collect ones that are imported
  from Japan."
"Can you read all those?"
"-_-; S-sure I can..."

An example of Evil Eye Chuunibyou:

"Don't take that bandana off my left wrist. It's sealing an evil
  spirit inside me and if you take it off I may go berserk."
"Dude, calm down. You just have chuunibyou."2

References:
1 Animanga Wikia: "Chuunibyou"
2 Urban Dictionary: "Chuunibyou"
3 The Free Dictionary Language Forums: "Japanese Slang--Chuunibyou"
4 Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! :)

Please note that the severity as depicted is usually not as extreme (although our protagonists could just be outliers).

@ShinobuOshino The particular set of characteristics described by the term "chuunibyou" is very uniquely Japanese, and as such, there aren't any alternative terms that accurately refer to the idea of "chuunibyou". That said, if you'd like to consult the forum thread linked as reference 3 in the post, you'll find some close, useful descriptions in English of chuunibyou-like behavior. Doing dumb things isn't the exclusive province of Japanese teenagers, after all.

As for medical term or more common term for chuunibyou, they actually show it on first episode.

eight grader syndrome, pubescent crisis, fourteen sick, hebephrenic schizophrenia, 8th grader syndrome. A decade ago it was still considered to be part of the rebellious age of puberty.

I couldn't find any reliable source of pubescent crisis or fourteen sick but there are a lot explanation about hebephrenic schizophrenia and it seems like hebephrenic schizophrenia is more chronic mental disorders then the chuunibyou we know
From wikipedia (emphasis mine):

Disorganized schizophrenia, also known as hebephrenia or hebephrenic schizophrenia, is thought to be an extreme expression of the disorganization syndrome that has been hypothesized to be one aspect of a three-factor model of symptoms in schizophrenia, the other factors being reality distortion (involving delusions and hallucinations) and psychomotor poverty (lack of speech, lack of spontaneous movement and various aspects of blunting of emotion).

Yes, it’s a real thing.
In reality, Chuunibyou is way more common than we usually think. That’s because it isn’t just about pretending to have superpowers, but rather about pretending in general. And its categorized into 3 types by how people tend to pretend.
Hope I answered your question. If you’re still curious, try:

https://godanimereviews.com/what-is-chuunibyou-is-it-real/

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What is this scene parodying?
In chapter 8 of +Tic Neesan, what is this scene parodying?
I don't get the references at all. :(
The only thing I could possibly link would be Welcome to the NHK's anime mascot who has a similar catchphrase, but I doubt very much that it's the link.

This monk is Ikkyuu and the warrior guy is Shin'emon, both from Ikkyuu-san.

Sadly it doesn't explain why they are inside the tower on her head xD

All the other characters have things on their heads too - one has a tank :D

Do they also have people in there?

Not in what I've read so far, but it's a strange manga, so I wouldn't be suprised

Thanks to @Krazer.
The characters in the scene seem to be Ikkyuu and Shin'emon from Ikkyū-san.
The low-effort scribbles are signifying that they are characters from another series and want to avoid copyright issues, like how many MacDonalds in anime are called WacDonalds or similar.
I think it's not parodying a particular scene but instead just making fun of Shin'emon's cleft chin:

The only thing I can think of is the annoying anime series from within the series "Welcome to the NHK". Purrurin's theme song was blasting from next door in the first episode, antagonizing Sato's mental illness. His next door nieghbor, Yamazaki, was obsessed with the main character, and he references her several times as proof of his love of anime over real girls.

Can you elaborate a little more? Which scene and how does it have a connection?

that sprang to mind for me aswell, but I couldn't make a logical connection to this scene/series. Any ideas?

Well, if this were an older manga than "Welcome to the NHK", then, if I'm still right, at least partially, Purrurin in that series might have been based on an older idea.


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When does Mystogan defeat all of the Phantom Guild's subdivisions?
On the Fairy Tail Wikia, on the page Magic Staves, it says that Mystogan defeated all of the Phantom Guild's subdivisions by himself. However, I don't remember when this occurred. Which episodes was this from?
From this information, I have come to the conclusion that the episode would most likely be during the Phantom Guild Arc, but I still can't find it.

He single-handedly took down all of Phantom Lord's sub-divisions during the guild war and directly confronted Laxus when the latter attempted to forcibly take control of the guild.

So is it actually during the fighting festival arc?

When mystogan single handily took down all of Phantom Lords subdivisions.

Indeed, this happened during the Fighting Festival arc. Not the phantom guild arc.

Mystogan defeated the subdivisions of Phantom Lord during the Phantom Lord Arc.
Manga chapters 47-69 and Anime episodes 21-30.
This is a snapshot from chapter 65 of the manga : Fairy Law. The anime should too have it in the same episode named Fairy Law.

Quote from the wiki linked above:

Just then, she notices Mystogan sitting quietly not far from her, who
  asks her for apples, and she realizes that the reason Makarov managed
  to heal so quickly was because the mysterious S-Class Mage gathered
  his scattered Magic power. She proceeds to lecture him for not joining
  the battle and helping out his comrades, but then the wind starts
  blowing and scatters numerous flags with Phantom's emblem on them
  around. Porlyusica realizes Mystogan did more than enough by taking
  out all of Phantom's subdivisions single-handedly, and the two remain
  still, discussing the situation enigmatically.

Note: Emphasis mine.


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How do Demon Weapons work in Soul Eater?
I don't understand exactly how they work. I've got the basics, but I want to know the details.
Simply put, a Demon Weapon is a person who can transform into a weapon. Alone they aren't much of a threat, but paired with a Weapon Meister the two are very powerful. But later in the Soul Eater series we see how some Weapons and Meisters pose a serious threat on their own, but they look trained and experienced, so it seems to be more of a guideline.
In the first few episodes there's talk about 100-soul ritual, where a Demon Weapon has to consume 99 Kishin eggs and 1 witch soul. The Weapon is supposed to level up after that somehow, and the effects of that aren't very clear to me.
The only thing that hints at the magnitude of such upgrade is that Death uses Maka's father as his weapon, him being a Death Weapon. It's like the two most powerful guys in the show together, yet not much is apparent about how it affects their power (both Meister and Weapon).
Also, we see some Meisters teamed up with more than one Weapon. They can resonate their souls and it somehow works for them. It seems this is kind of the same as multiple Weapon-Meister combos resonating all of their souls together. But what about combos with only Weapons and only Meisters? Would that work?
I'm also confused about how a basic Weapon and an upgraded one should be called. Are they Demon Weapons or Death Weapons?

What does completing this 100-soul ritual do for Weapon and Meister?
What about combos with 1 Weapon and >1 Meisters?
What are the basic and upgraded Weapons called?

Soul Eater Not! just started airing, possibly shedding more light on the mechanics of that world, but I guess the answers to these questions can be found in Soul Eater.

What are the basic and upgraded Weapons called?

I'll start with this since i'll use these terms in my answers, in the Anime, weapons like Soul and Tsubaki are known as Death Weapons. After they collect the 100 souls they are refereed to as Death Scythes like Spirit and Justin, most likely a reference to how Lord Death is the Grim Reaper and in most works the Grim Reaper is portrayed to have a Scythe, these terms will be different depending on which version but for simplicity i'll use the anime terms.
It seems in the manga the 2 forms are Demon Weapon and Death scythes (デスサイズス desu saizusu) so I use the anime terms as Soul is refereed to as a demon scythe and using the anime terms avoid any confusion thinking Soul is somewhere in between.

What does completing this 100-soul ritual do for Weapon and Meister?

First things first, you ask about the effects of the ritual, to answer this you need to know what does collecting souls do for the Death Weapon. When a Death Weapon consumes a soul they get more powerful, the amount of power depends on thew soul they consume, Bellow are the list from the weakest to the strongest.

Kishin Eggs (Red with a forming Shell) are the weakest however since they can give birth to a Kishin the DWMA seeks these out.
Human souls (Normally Blue) are used to refer to the souls of humans who are innocent, ie. have done no wrong. They give quite a bit of power compared to Kishin Eggs however the DWMA looks down on this as you'll be murdering innocent people to get them and beginning down the road of becoming a Kishin.
Witch Souls (Normally Purple) give the most because of the magic Witches use however a witch is "normally" very hard to kill (exception may possible be Angela Leon due to her age)

The 99-Kishin/1-Witch Ritual is used to train both the Death Weapon and Meister so they can handle the power slowly growing without loosing control, it's probably that by collecting 99 Kishin Eggs gives a Weapon/Meister pair the experience and power they need to tackle the witch, look at Blair who was a handful to Maka and Soul but wasn't even a witch and then to Maka's expression when she saw Medusa's soul for the first time in Italy.
The final Witch Soul must give enough power to the Death Weapon to rival a Death Scythe as Death Normally chooses the target Witches not only comparing against the Weapon/Meister pair's skill but probably also the amount of power the Death Weapon will need to be considered as a Death Scythe.
Death Scythes are then assigned an area to manage in Death's place (due to his soul being anchored to Death City) probably to replace the Great Old Ones AKA Death's Eight Guardians which were once commanded by Death himself (back when he had the more monstrous look). We know  the fate of 6 of the eight, Asura become a Kishin and killed 3 of them, one is in the Book of Eibon in the form of a black, amorphous blob and another is Eibon, the fate of the other 2 is unknown. Most likely before the DWMA Death's Eight Guardians managed the world so with their disappearance/fall Death created the DWMA (and became more funny looking to not scare children) and started training Death Scythes to replace them, so far there are 8:

Spirit Albarn - North America
Marie Mjolnir - Oceania
Azusa Yumi - Eastern Asia
Justin Law - Western Europe
Tezca Tlipoca - South America
Tsar Pushka - Eastern Europe
Deng Dinga and Djinn Galland - Africa and Western Asia (How Wikipedia list them, not sure which is which)

It's not sure what happens to new Death Scythes with all the regions now managed but in the manga Justin Law is killed so the Western Europe slot is open and in the Manga Soul Becomes a Death Scythe.
As for what happens to the Meister that's not entirely know (at least to me), hopefully this question will give the answer to that (will edit this part when it is answered)

What about combos with 1 Weapon and >1 Meisters?

The Other way around (>1 Weapon and 1 Meisters) which is more common I only know of 2

Death the Kid: His weapons are Elizabeth and Patricia Thompson, the 2 were already guns using each other to mug people in Brooklyn and originally join Kid to exploit his wealth and authority as a Grim Reaper, but grow closer to Kid over time and outgrow their greed. Kid took an interest in them because of his crippling obsessive-compulsive disorder for symmetry however Kid wasn't a normal student.
Kilik Rung: his is Pot of Fire and Pot of Thunder, twin brother and sister, respectively, who never speak but have the ability to communicate with nature and sense danger.

I don't know of too many other Weapon/Meister pairs which have more that 1 Weapon but it's probably assumed that if a weapon has a sibling who they are very close too most likely the Meister will accept them as another weapon. I would assume these kind of weapons can be worked together but i haven't read up on too many.
As for Weapon/Meister only groups that would be very rare, in the Anime, there is a kid called Hero who didn't have a Death Weapon and was able to put up with Excalibur but ended up putting him back because of Excalibur's sniffling.
Meisters who work by themselves can manipulate their Soul Wavelength like Stein and Black Star however Stein originally was paired with Spirit, it's not known if he had a second partner (sympathy to the poor soul if there was). It's probably safe to assume that all students who do missions have a Death Weapon unless there is a very good reason for that, as it would go against one of the main reasons of the DWMA (Training Death Weapons to Death Scythes).
Death Weapons that work alone normally shapeshift part of their body into a weapon, almost every Death Weapon can do this, however Weapon duos like the Pot Twins or the Thompson Sisters can use one another; likewise with the Death Scythes.
However, pairs are normally stronger. In the Anime, Death explains how a Meister can use their Soul Wavelength alone, but it's amplified when they wield a Death Weapon (shown as Maka playing an acoustic guitar alone then plugging up an electric guitar rocking out as Soul sits on the Amplifier) so the stronger either are by themselves, the even stronger they are together − this is why Spirit and Stein are so strong together as Stein is already very powerful on his own.
As for the other away around in the Anime, Death Scythes seem to be used by others other than Lord Death; Spirit, Azusa Yumi and Marie Mjolnir mainly, however before becoming a Death Scythe Spirit was originally with Stein before partnering with Maka's mother Kami however Stein and Kami weren't his Meisters at the same time.
The other that i have heard of is Tsugumi Harudori from Not! however she befriends 2 Meisters and is indecisive about which one of them to choose as her partner which means she doesn't actually have a partner just yet. You might be able to count Excalibur having multiple Meisters, but you'd be hard press to find any who would actully admit to it.
Also there's Soul Wavelength Comparability to factor in, Black Star couldn't even wield Soul claiming he couldn't even pick him up. Tsubaki on the other hand is probably the only stated Death Weapon who could have multiple Meisters due to her accepting nature which allows for such a strong resonance with Black Star's seemingly polar opposite nature to Tsubaki, Stein mentions this when he is analyzing everyone's Soul Wavelengths during the 2nd part of the remedial class.

Soul Eater Not! just started airing, possibly shedding more light on the mechanics of that world

Soul Eater Not! follows the daily lives of Tsugumi and her friends as they learn the ropes of the DWMA and have occasional encounters with the characters of the main series so it'll probably give more light on how the DWMA/Death City works and possibly link it to how the rest of the world works, but I think it'll mostly answer question about the DWMA.

About unusual pairs of Meisters and Weapons, I was interested in cases where a combo has 1 Weapon and multiple Meisters. We already know of the two Meisters that work with 2 Weapons each, but the other way around interests me more.

@user1306322 hmm, Spirit is the one who comes into mind in the main series having first been used by Stein then by Maka's mother Kami before becoming a Death Scythe and Stein uses him though the series. The only other would be Tsugumi Harudori in Not! who befriends 2 Meisters Meme Tatane and Anya Hepburn and is indecisive about which one of them to choose as her partner.

Death Scythes seem to be used by others other than Lord Death, Azusa Yumi who i'm quite sure is used by Cid in the anime during the final battle however i'm not sure if Cid was her previous Meister or not, then there's Spirit as mentioned above and i'm sure Marie Mjolnir in the anime was used in her full weapon form by either Maka or Crona when fighting Stein

My general impression was that once a Weapon becomes Death Weapon, it's powerful enough to be used by Death. And that basically any Meister can work with any Weapon, provided they can resonate their souls. Although in the first series we don't see a Weapon used by two Meisters at the same time, I bet we may see that in Soul Eater Not!


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What kind of fish is Jinbe?
After having a first look at Jinbei at Impel Down I was wondering, what kind of a fish is he?

(Since fish-men are half human - half fish). Arlong was a blue saw-shark, but Jinbe doesn't appear to resemble a shark so I was wondering, what kind of a fish he could be? Also, are the two white things sticking out of his mouth teeth or elephant-like tusks?

Jinbe is a whale shark fishman.

Jinbe is a large blue whale shark fishman with a stocky build similar to a sumo wrestler and a face that is commonly associated with various Japanese demons such as the oni

Focus on oni because it's related to his two white fangs.

He also possesses two tusk-like conical lower fangs associated with Oni as well; the rest of his teeth from the upper and lower rows are pretty much the same, albeit much smaller. He also has a severe underbite, which makes room for his huge fangs.

Source for above quotes: Jinbe - The One Piece Wiki (emphasis added)

Please remember to include a link to any source from which you directly copy text.

I'll include the sources next time. Thanks!!


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Was Dr. House inspired by Black Jack?
Was Dr. House inspired by Black Jack from Tezuka?
Is there a proof of that, such as a quote from the author?
Many comments on the Internet state that the characters are very similar, some were stunned by this fact when they first saw Dr. House, ...
The French Wikipedia says:

Enfin, House est également inspiré du héros éponyme du manga Blackjack
  (ブラック・ジャック, 1973-1983) d'Osamu Tezuka, un médecin cynique, sombre,
  solitaire et sans diplôme accomplit de véritables miracles médicaux.
  Cette influence est confirmé par House lui-même, qui déclare dans un
  épisode que sa vocation médicale vient de sa rencontre avec un médecin
  marginal japonais.

which means:

Finally, House is also inspired by the eponymous hero of Osamu
  Tezuka's manga Blackjack (ブラック · ジャック, 1973-1983), a cynical doctor,
  dark, lonely and without diplomas who performs real medical miracles.
  This influence is confirmed by House himself, who said in an episode
  that his medical vocation comes from his encounter with a marginal
  Japanese doctor.

What's funnier is that there was a very short cross-over between Dr. House and Blackjack in the two promotional and official ads for the release of the season 4 of Dr. House in Japan, but I don't know if that is related to my question.

The producer David Shore mentioned that Dr. House ins at least partially inspired by Sherlock Holmes and partially on his own experiences. Many connections and references are given throughout the production an series.
This is most likely a advertising campaign by Generon Universal to cross promote Dr. House and the Tezuka anime. Furthermore there is no citation on the connection that Dr. House was inspired by the Tezuka series, just one about the showdown between the two. With no mention of the former being inspired by the latter.

I have a few volumes of Blackjack and I can see the similarities, but nailing down inspiration is difficult. We can compare the descriptions of the two. For the tv show, House M.D., the IMDb says "An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits."
Anime News Network summarizes Blackjack like this: "Black Jack is the doctor Tezuka wished he could be, one free of the constraints of the modern rules, who can heal and help on his rules. He travels the world helping those who pay him, sometime those he takes mercy on, and always those who move him. Despite not having a valid license, he is still the doctor of last resort, the only man who keeps the reaper at bay. Sometimes though, he's the one who brings the reaper..."
They both have a healthy disdain for what they see as rules that keep them from helping people. They both experienced crippling injuries, Blackjack was blown up by a bomb that killed his mother and House has a knee/leg injury that led him to a pain killer addiction. They both tend to "play God" because they are so skilled. There are also differences. House is a diagnostic doctor and Blackjack is a surgeon.
It is possible that because Blackjack is a much older show, it could have influenced House M.D., but I doubt it had a direct influence. The crossover you mentioned may have been because the characters are so similar, not because of any influence.


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What do vertical dots in a speech bubble mean?
When I read manga, I sometimes stumble on speech bubbles like the one below. What does it mean? I have never seen something like this in other comics or graphic novels.

Those seem to be ellipsis to me... Except that they appear vertically because Japanese write vertically.


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Who exactly is Maria?
in Maria-sama ga Miteru (Maria Watches Over Us), every morning the girls pray to a statue of Maria. It's obvious that Maria is some sort of saint related to the school, but I am wondering: is Maria someone in real life or was she made up just for the anime?

Maria is also known as Mary, or the holy virgin Mary. She is one of the key points in several streams of religion. The Maria in the series seems to be based on this.

According to the Bible, Mary (מרים; c. 18 BC – c. 41 AD), also known as Saint Mary or Virgin Mary, was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee. She is identified in the New Testament[Mt 1:16,18-25][Lk 1:26-56][2:1-7] as the mother of Jesus through divine intervention. Mary (Maryam) also has a revered position in Islam, where a whole chapter of the Qur'an is devoted to her. Christians hold her son Jesus to be Christ (i.e., the messiah) and God the Son Incarnate. By contrast, Muslims regard Jesus as one of the prophets of God sent to humanity; not as God himself nor the Son of God.

Are you sure that the Maria in Marimite is "based on" the Virgin Mary? I thought that she was the Virgin Mary.

Maria-sama ga Miteru (マリア様がみてる?, lit. The Virgin Mary is Watching or Maria Watches Over Us), often shortened to Marimite . From the Maria sama ga miteru wiki.


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Is Bebe the magical girl that gave birth to Charlotte?
In the original universe covered in the anime and the movies, in Episode 3 / Movie 1, Mami is killed by the dessert witch Charlotte.
In the Rebellion movie, Charlotte is in Homura's labyrinth as Mami's partner called Bebe, and we find out that Bebe is actually a magical girl whose attacks seemed like they are based on Charlotte's attacks.
Is Bebe the magical girl who gave birth to the witch Charlotte?

Basically, Bebe, Charlotte, and Nagisa Momoe are three different names for the same entity. Nagisa Momoe was her name in life; Charlotte is her name as a witch; and Bebe is what the characters call her in Rebellion because they don't know that her witch-name is Charlotte.
Here's the thing: the only reason we (the viewers) know the names of the witches (e.g. Charlotte, Oktavia, Kriemhild Gretchen) is because their names show up in the runes. As far as we know, though, the characters in the show don't see the runes, and even if they do, they presumably can't read them. So even though we know that the witch that kills Mami in episode 3 is named Charlotte, the characters don't.
So when Charlotte shows up in Rebellion, the characters need to call her something. In keeping with Mami's fondness for Italian, she seems to have picked the name "Bebe" (which, with some accents in the right place, means "baby"). Of course, they eventually find out that when she was a human, her name was Nagisa Momoe.


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Which chapter of the manga closely follows after Attack on Titan EP 25?
I have been searching for this for a while now after I finished watching the series a week ago, but I can't find a rough answer on Google and sites such as answers.yahoo.com about which chapter of the manga picks up roughly around the end of episode 25 of Attack on Titan.
Which manga chapter will be a continuation from where episode 25 left off, and how accurate will it be? Does anyone know?


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What are Byakuya's Gokei, Senkei and Shuukei?
In addition to his bankai, Byakuya is observed using three techniques:

Gokei

 I think it was in battle with Hitsugaya's Reigai, though I'm not sure

Senkei

 while fighting Ichigo at Rukia's execution

Shūkei

 in the same fight as above

Not only is this the largest number of Zanpakutō abilities that we have seen in one sword (I think), but each one of them seems more powerful than the last (and more powerful than his bankai!).
So what exactly are those three techniques? Why is Byakuya the only one in Bleach to have so many different techniques contained in his Zanpakutō?

They are various forms of his bankai, achieved by arranging the blades in different patterns. His bankai is versatile by nature (being composed of countless tiny blade fragments), and affords him several forms, with varying combination of attack and defense.
Whether a bankai can have multiple forms depends on its nature. Hitsugaya Toshiro and Abarai Renji could also achieve multiple bankai forms with practice/training. The former could mold Hyorinmaru's ice into various forms (like fairy-tail's Gray), while the latter could rearrange Zabimaru's segments. Shinigami such as Komamura, Tousen, or Soifon would likely not have multiple bankai forms due to the nature of their bankai.
By the way, Byakuya is no longer the only known shinigami with multiple bankai forms

 as Yamamoto Shigekuni's bankai has been revealed.

Also, Byakuya's sister, Rukia, has shikai with multiple forms:

 Tsukishiro, Hakuren, Shirafune, and Juhaku

Byakuya is not the only one with multiple techniques for his Zanpakutō. All main characters seem to have multiple techniques and probably the others as well but we have not seen it (yet).
I suppose this is due to (heavy) training, as goes with everything: When you train a lot you gain more experience, increase your skills and gain more insight how to you your skills. This all results in new ideas how to use a weapon and thus in multiple techniques.
Characters climb in class rank when they show enough skill (and there is a 'free spot'), so when looking at the other way around: the high(er) ranked characters are likely to have a high(er) skill set and thus multiple techniques.


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Why is Kimihiro Watanuki plagued by youkai and ayakashi?
From the start of the series, Watanuki is tormented by them. Is there a reason why they "like" him so much?

It's his smell?
Some related parent (blood relationship)?
Unlucky?

What is the reason?

In the first chapter of the manga, Yuko tells him that spirits are attracted to his blood, eluding of his innate powers.
In chapter 89, the Spider Queen mentions that several factions were fighting over his right eye, because if they make it their's (by eating it) it could multiply their spiritual power several dozen times.
It would seem that Watanuki is so powerful everyone wants a piece of him.


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How long did it take the Mugiwara crew to reach Sabaody Archipelago?
After the Mugiwara crew reached the Sabaody Archipelago, they decided to take a "break" for 2 years.
But, before this break, how many month or years did it take for them to reach the Archipelago? How long was it after Luffy was released from the barrel?

According to this World Timeline and this other one, in total we're between the 2 and 3 years. In the first chapter, Luffy was 17, now he's 19.
The break took 2 years, but before that we have some months of Morgan (first antagonist) then Captain Kuro, Don Krieg, Arlong, etc.

So it's more or less 2 years and a couple of month from the start to nowadays ?!

I'd say more than a literal couple. But yeah, not more than three years. :)

Luffy departed at the age of 17, no info on whether it was on the first month of the year or if it was on his birthday.

Event
Period

Luffy's solo voyage
1d

Alvida arc
1d

Zoro arc
1d

Buggy arc
1d

Usopp arc
3d

Island of Rare Animals
1d

Meeting Yosaku and Johnny
1d

Baratie arc
4d

Nami in flashback with Straw Hats
1d (ep. 34)

Nami arc
4d

Travel
2d (ep. 45 & 46)

Loguetown arc
1d

Travel
2d

Warship Island arc
2d

Twin cape
1d

Travel & Whiskey Peak
1d

Travel
2d

Little Garden arc
1d

Travel
1d

Drum Island arc
1d (Ep80: Vivi mention Nami's been sick for 3 days. 1st d: Little Garden, 2nd d: Travel, 3rd d: Reach Drum Island)

Travel to Arabasta
7d (after Drum island, Straw Hats headed for Arabasta, and in ep. 78, Vivi mentions that it's not possible to get to Arabasta within a week. Rough guess: 10 days, so 10d-3d=7d)

Arabasta arc
10d

Post Arabasta arc
5d

Travel
1d

Goat Island arc
7d

Travel
d

Ruluka island arc
d

Jaya
1d

Skypiea arc
6d (Apparently in One Piece Fandom Wiper's section, Straw Hats were partying for several days before departing, so I'll just add 3d on top of the 3d shown in the anime)

Navarone arc
2d

LRLL arc
1d

Travel
1d

Ocean's dream arc
2d

Travel
3d (In fandom, it said Foxy's Return arc took place "sometime after" Ocean's Dream arc, so I'll just assume they've been traveling for 3d)

Foxy's Return arc
1d

Encounter with Aokiji
1d

Rest
4d

Travel
2d (3rd day arrive on Water 7)

Water Seven arc
2d

Enies Lobby arc
1d

Post-Enies lobby arc
4d (Luffy&Zoro reunite with Coby on the 2nd day)

Travel
2d (At the start of the Ice Hunter arc, the crew is still in the middle of talking and praising how awesome their new ship is. So 2d is about right)

Ice Hunter arc
2d

Travel
3d (In the Fandom Thriller Bark's section, it said "a few days" after Water 7, but unlike in the Ice Hunter arc, the crew no longer discusses much about Sunny. The excitement of getting a new ship has died down)

Thriller Bark arc
5d

Travel
1d

Spa Island arc
4d (the arc is 1d, and in Fandom Spa Island section, it mentions "A few days later", so I'll add 3d travel on top of the 1d)

Rest
2d

Travel
1d

Sabaody arc
1d

Kuma Express Fast & Comfortable
3d

Amazon Lily arc
1d

Impel Down & Marineford arc
6d (in ep410, Momonga mentions the date/day of execution. Ep. 416 Elder Nyon confirmed "in a week, which is six days from today")

Ep. 411
Luffy's Straw Hat became bigger

Post-war arc
14d + 7d (Amazon Lily to Marineford) + 7d (Marineford to Ruskaina)

Total
154 days

In the Warship Island arc, Nami shown us on the map the distance of their travel and how many days it took to reach said distance. Apparently, Straw Hats has been traveling for 2d after they left Loguetown, yet they're still far away from reaching the RedLine/Reverse Mountain. The journey from one island to another always took almost a week, but unless the crew or the episode mentions it directly, I'll just assume it took them 1d instead. And I'll also count it as 1d for every time Nami changes her clothes.

According to the best One Piece timeline I've seen so far, it took Luffy and his crew something like 70 days, give or take like 20 days, from the time he left his barrel to the time he arrived at Sabaody Archipelago.

When they reach the Red Line, the halfway point on the Grand Line, the crew celebrate and comment on what a year it had been. This is just before the Sabaody Archipelago Arc. So with the two year break, it is a little over 3 years in total.
This information is from the manga, not sure if they mentioned it in then anime.

Before the break, how many months/years?


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Anime with a little red haired character who pilots a racing pod
My son is looking for an anime. He says its main character is a little red-haired girl who pilots a racing pod. The pod has two large guns on each side. She uses this pod in a race of some kind. The organizer of the race fools the girl into thinking there is a prize but there isn't one. He also thinks the girls has something that looks like 2 band-aides on each side of her mouth.
I know this seems vague, but any help is much appreciated.

What does this has to do with the [tag:characters] tag?

I would wager that he's looking for Ōban Star-Racers. It's a series, but was based on a short movie called Molly Star Racer.
The basic story starts as:

In the year 2082, Earth has been invited to compete in the Great Race of Ōban, an intergalactic race whose winner can be granted any wish in the world — even bringing back a loved one.
-- Wikipedia

Additionally, the marks on the main character's face (a female) resemble band-aids (though one's a star):

OMG! You are my savior. If could vote your answer 10 times I would! Thank you!


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How are Akkis (fiends/ogres) immune to death-feedback?
In Shinsekai Yori (From the New World), humans with Cantus powers are prevented from attacking each other by:

Mental Restraints: It prevents humans from intentionally attacking other humans.
Death Feedback: If a human kills another human, the attacker dies as well.

This is what keeps humans with Cantus powers from destroying each other.

Akkis (translated as: fiends (UTW subs), ogres (Crunchyroll)) are mentally unstable and are able to break the mental restraints. So they have no problem attacking other humans. But what about the death feedback?
How are they immune to death feedback? What makes them different from normal humans?

After reading around a bit and rewatching ep23. I now realize that this picture I gave is a bad example because that kid is not a fiend. Having been brought up by the rats, he doesn't realize he is the same species as humans and thus is not inhibited from attacking humans.

There are 悪鬼 (Akki, lit. "evil spirit", translated as "fiend" or "ogre") and 業魔 (Gouma, lit. "karma demon"). The former, a.k.a. Raman-Klogius Syndrome, or the "fox-in-a-henhouse syndrome," is genetic. They are PK users with mental instability caused by stress, seeing the world as the source of their problems, becoming one that kills with no sense of guilt or remorse, like a serial killer. The latter, a.k.a. Hashimoto-Appelbaum Syndrome, are PK users who subconsciously lose control of their powers due to stress and distorts everything around them, due to a genetic defect, like depression.
In short, those who kill with Cantus purposefully, are called "evil spirits" (translated as "fiends" or "ogres") and those who corrupt with Cantus subconsciously, are called "karma demons." The former externalize their stress & blame the world for their problems & actively turning their Canti against the world (like having homicidal tendencies). The latter internalize their stress, making them apart of themselves and try to cope or adapt and function in spite of it. They focus so much on the stress that they slowly lose track of other things (like depression), resulting in the leaking of their Cantus.
The minds of both are broken by stress, but how they deal with it ultimately determine what they become.
"Evil spirits" rid themselves of the morals and duties of society, don't see humans are human, but rather problems that need to be fixed ("Screw everyone!"). Kinda like a car being used to run over animals on the road, because the driver think it's fun or they hate animals.
"Karma demons" still hold on to the morals and duties of society, and see human as humans, but cause unintentional harm to them as they try to cope with their internal issues ("I cause problems for everyone"). Kinda like a car emitting poisonous fumes or leaking oil (and causing fires), due to some mechanical problem.
Shun does not hurt people because he wants to, so he becomes a "karma demon," but the "Messiah" freely wills to harm people, thus becoming a "evil spirit."
All humans have the disposition to become either, but how they handle the stress ultimately determines what they become. Saki is able to balance the internal and external conflicts with stress and use it for the good of the people.

The Death Feedback is part genetic and part conditioned. From episode 4, they mention that the human genome was modified and that the Death Feedback works by the subconscious becoming aware of an attempt to harm another human and it uses their power to stop liver functions and parathyroid glands. This is further reinforced by education, conditioning and hypnosis. I think in episode 12 Tomiko speculates that it could be possible to circumvent the Death Feedback if the user was on some kind of stimulants or somehow didn't recognize their targets as human.
This is possibly why the monster rats can raise a human child as one of their own species, and the child will grow up not recognizing humans as his/her own species so the child would be able to kill humans (but not the rats). It's also mentioned that the ogres are genetic mutations, possibly without the Death Feedback genome, but that wouldn't account for the rats stealing human infants since there's no guarantee that the infants have the mutation.

BTW, I'm assuming "fiends" = "ogres", the subtitles on Crunchy Roll calls the mutations "ogres" and not "fiends".

UTW subs translated it as "fiends". They're called Akkis in Japanese, but I didn't realize that the translations were not consistent between different fansub groups.


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What is that manga about an elf who made swords out of his hair?
This manga had a kind of small elf, and he had multiple swords that he could make out of his hair, and the bad guys were looking for him. The manga starts out with him being knocked out and a little girl/boy feeds him and he wakes up. Please help identify it, I really want to finish reading it!

Is it a little boy and a little girl or someone who you aren't sure if they are a boy or a girl?

Im not sure its been a while

He might have a scar over one eye too

It's Übel Blatt.

The story of Übel Blatt takes place in a medieval, fantasy-like landscape. It follows the steps of Koinzell, who appears to be nothing more than a mere half human child most distinguishable for the scar over his left eye. He is on a quest of revenge against those who betrayed and killed him and now call themselves the seven heroes of the land.
Beginning some twenty years prior to the start of the manga, the story narrates on how Koinzell, then named Ascheriit, was a young, prodigious swordsman whose skill granted him the fabled title of Blatt Meister (literally Blade Master). His deeds made him one of the fourteen chosen by the ruling emperor of the Empire of Szaalenden to venture into a dangerous quest to defeat a powerful enemy invader known as the evil nation of Wischtech, of whom the many powerful engines of destruction and dark sorceries made a dangerous foe. Each armed with a lance blessed by the Emperor himself, and thus known as the Fourteen Lances, the chosen traveled far into the enemy's wasted landscape, losing three of their ranks to the perils of the land, until they arrived into a forest where seven of the eleven remaining decided to forfeit their mission, fearing for their lives. Nevertheless, Ascheriit and three of those still bent on following the Emperor's will continued, and incredibly succeeded in their deed, returning victorious. It was then that the seven who were left behind ambushed their comrades and massacred them. Back home, they told the Emperor that the four they killed turned traitors against them, and after dispatching them the seven completed the task. Thus, they were hailed as heroes and dubbed the Seven Heroes, while the four who were killed became symbols of treachery and received the spregiative moniker of Lances of Betrayal.

  Thus, the story tells of the voyage of Ascheriit, who indeed survived the slaughter and vowed to take the head of his traitorous companions, now powerful nobles and warlords hailed as saviors by the people.

@Krazer I think there's a 48 hour wait time to self-accept.