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How can Obito use his Mangekyo so often?
It's been said that excessive use of the Mangekyo Sharingan causes blindness and eye-bleeding, as demonstrated by Itachi. However, Obito used his Mangekyo almost constantly nearly every time he's made an appearance. How come he has shown no signs of pain, blindness or eye-bleeding?
My own theory on this is that the Senju DNA Madara used to rebuild his body has something to do with it, but I have never seen this explicitly stated. If it has, can you tell me where or explain how this works in more detail.

Kamui doesn't require much chakra. And as you said, senju DNA also might have something to do with his chakra level.

Senju DNA is, after all, the answer to all the plotholes.

Related: How does the Mangekyo Sharingan blind its wielder, and why are some wielders not blinded?

Obito's left Sharingan is in posession of Hatake Kakashi, so let's compare Obito with Kakashi and the other known Uchihas.
Hatake Kakashi
To use Mangekyou Sharingan Kakashi needs to accumulate a lot of chakra before he can use Kamui on Deidara's arm. The size of the object determines the amount of chakra he needs as seen in the case where he tried to blow the neck of Juubi with that jutsu (thus, Sahan De Silva's comment is not very correct). Since he is not an Uchiha, he requires a lot more chakra and puts more burden on him than it should be as he himself mentioned. Kakashi also suffered the side effect of overusing the Mangekyou Sharingan which he mentioned during the fight between him and Sasuke.
Uchiha Itachi
Itachi was seen bleeding when using his Mangekyou Sharingan, especially when he use Amaterasu. This is due to the strain the jutsu puts on the eye. Itachi also suffers the other side effects of losing eyesight and is in pain when using it, although since he was dying at the time he was fighting Sasuke, it can also be said that the pain is also from him over-exerting himself.
Uchiha Sasuke
Sasuke also suffered the same side effect of losing eyesight and bleeding when using Amaterasu, much like Itachi was. Since Sasuke was healthy and not sickly like Itachi, it can be determined that overusing Mangekyou Sharingan puts the user in pain. He later recovered from it by transplanting Itachi's eyes and gained the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Uchiha Madara
Uchiha Madara also suffered the same side effect and was thus forced to take his brother's eyes. He no longer get the negative side effects after awakening his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Now, based on this fact, the only difference Obito has compared to the other Mangekyou Sharingan users is that he possessed the Senju DNA. The conclusion is, Obito didn't suffer the negative side effects of the Mangekyou Sharingan due to the Senju DNA he possessed.

i think obito had eternal mangekyou. in his fight against the paper akatsuki lady he uses izanagi to rewrite his own death (same thing madara used). this is confusing because up until this you think obito only has one eye / sharingan since he gave his other to kakashi. izanagi causes one to lose sight in one of their eyes. there is a scene where obito is standing over madara's body and behind him there is a wall of hundreds of sharingan, most likely collected from the slaughter of the uchiha done by obito and itachi. i think obito replaced his eyes with some of these sharingan, which would explain his ability to use izanagi and his ability to constantly use his mangekyou sharingan without any negative side effects

Please include relevant sources/references to support your answer.

naruto pedia and the show lol

Please cite specific chapters/episodes/websites etc. This is for easier verification to those who might come upon your answer. References like 'naruto pedia and the show' is vague and do not help validate your answer.

I guess obito's power to make such frequent use of his sharingan comes from the fact that he has hashirams cells embedded him so now that he has the physical energy of the senju clan he shouldn't find it difficult to make use of his mangekyou frequently


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What is the tattoo on Monkey D Dragon's face?
I would like to know if Oda has offered any explanation as to what the tattoo on his face signifies/denotes, or if something has been said about it in the anime/manga.

I really doubt that holds any significance. It could just be the style that Oda Sensei has given to him. Other that than, nothing has been revealed about him as of now!

Has noone asked Oda in a SBS? Also, I think there must be some backstory to that tattoo. It doesn't make sense for him to have such a design on his face for looking stylish.

Even if there is any story behind that tattoo. I dont think it has been revealed yet. We just need to wait for him to write an arc related to the revolutionaries and their lives.

AFAIK Oda-sensei hasn't revealed whether or not the tattoo has any meaning. He didn't even reveal much of Dragon so far.

As far as I know Oda sensei has said nothing about it. The tattoo wasn't present in Volume 0 when Roger was executed 24 yrs ago, but present 12 yrs ago when Dragon saved Sabo. So it is clear that Dragon had it after the Age of Exploration. Theories exist as to what it means, judging from this fact.

maybe its because at one stage in his life for the bloodline of garp dragon and luffy is that at one stage of their life they get a mark on their face that represents that they are at the most powerful point at their life but when their power decreases because of old age, it slowly fades away.

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How can Lelouch use his geass on so many people?
One of the rules is, that he has to make direct eye contact. Yet he's able to geass about twenty people at the same time in Episode 1 from Season 2. He even is able to do it later, too. So how can he do this?

On the Code Geass Wikia it says

Lelouch's Geass manifests itself as "the power of absolute obedience," which allows him to plant commands within a person's mind upon direct eye contact.

Source: Geass - Canonical Geass - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Anime)- Lelouch vi Britannia's Geass
while yes it does say it works upon direct eye contact it doesn't necessary say that both parties need to make direct eye contact.
i believe that Lelouch's Geass works similar to Superman's Heat Vision

So how focused is Superman's heat vision? Not very, under most circumstances. Most often, it's depicted as a rapidly widening cone, starting at eye-width but growing to several feet across by the time it reaches the opponent, even at close range.

with Lelouch's Geass it expands out and through obstructing this "widening cone" with his Zero helmet he can focus it slightly to one person. from there he should realistically be able to see his target's eyes even if his vision isn't focused on them
My evidence showing Lelouch alone just need to be able to see his target's eyes is in Season 2: Turn 15 - C's World when Lelouch goes to order Charles to kill himself by having the Shinkirō release mirrors and using one mirror bounce his Geass around to target Charles without Charles being able to target him which his Geass too needed eye contact.

this way the Geass expands outwards but the power is reflected to the next mirror and continues reflecting until it reaches Charles as since Lelouch could see Charles eyes in the mirrors then his Geass has to be able to reflect back the opposite way as indicated by how light is reflected1
this would also explain why the United Federation of Nations' counter measure to his Geass was to trap him in an isolated room and display him on a monitor.
my evidence as to Lelouch not needing to focus on the target eyes is when his Geass went out of control while talking to Euphie. it's just my personal interpretation but i do not believe Lelouch was focusing on Euphie's eyes but her face as he was more or less allowing Euphie to win and amend his plans to fit with her own and he was joking about Euphie how he could order her to "kill the Japanese", however he could realistically look into her eyes at any point while looking at her face
While one can argue "Lelouch's power went out of control then so he can no longer focus it" lets remember that his geass was out of control in Season 2: Turn 15 - C's World and when he first gained his power he ordered a group of soldiers to kill themselves and i seem to remember there was times where he would open up one part of his Zero Helmet to use his Geass
1: to put it simply, when you look at a red cube it isn't red it's absorbing every other color of light except red which is being reflected back to our eyes. so if Lelouch can see the purple on Charles's clothes in the mirrors then that means the purple light being reflected from Charles's clothes to the mirrors and then to Lelouch's eyes

In addition towards the end of the first season of the anime, his geass received a huge power spike to a point where he couldn't turn it off. In season 2 he is given a contact lens by C2 to help him control it, because of that he does not need to make physical eye contact but rather the person needs to be looking into his general direction.

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What is typically done when a voice actor for an ongoing series passes away?
It was recently reported that Matsuki Miyu, a voice actress, has passed away, perhaps from pneumonia or related complications (RIP). She voice-acted key characters in as-yet-incomplete shows, including at least Prisma Illya (Sapphire).
This surely can't be the first time this has happened. What is typically done when a voice actor for an ongoing series (ongoing either in the sense of a continuously-aired show like One Piece or a show with future scheduled seasons like [currently] Prisma Illya) passes away?
(I see three main options - put in a new voice actor for the character; write the character out of the show; or, worst case, cancel the show altogether. But all three options are imperfect. Historically, what has been done in these situations?)

;; Cthuko, Anna, Harumi, Sapphire, Hisui ;;

@Krazer:  You forgot Isumi.  :(

@Makoto and Lailah from ToZ.

A similar thing happened with Tomoko Kawakami, who voiced Soi Fong while Bleach was still airing.  While she went on hiatus due to ovarian cancer, she was replaced by Houko Kuwashima.  Once the news of her death broke, Kuwashima assumed the role until the end of the series.
It's a sad day when a seiyuu passes, but the general trend has often been to keep the production going.  Characters are seldom written out of the anime if they are based on an existing media (Bleach, One Piece, etc), so anything that would involve the character not showing up during critical, canonical pieces of content wouldn't be feasible.
The only times I've heard of series being cancelled is when a major player, such as the mangaka, passes away.  This was done in the case of Kaze no Stigma, as Takahiro Yamato had passed away, leaving the series incomplete.

I'd pretty much say that they just find someone else to fill the role. A decent number of voice actors audition for a role, but of course only one gets the part. If something unfortunate like that happens, the production companies can, without much difficulty, find someone else to fill the slot.
It's kind of heartless to say that yeah, our favorite seiyuu is replaceable, but unfortunately, it's how business works.
Anime production companies generally won't change how they do a story or cancel a series because of something like this. When a voice actor passes away, an anime studio may already have the next 2, 3, or so episodes already animated in some form, and even more with a written script; to go back and change all those drawings/animations to write out a character is time-consuming and expensive. Frankly, it has to be someone much more crucial to the show's production to die for the companies to begin even considering these options.


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Can Mikumo Megane-kun be considered a shonen anti-hero?
When you think of a shonen action show, you picture the protagonist being of the "It's over 9000" kind of hero. He has some secret/strong power that is imbalanced and makes him unique.
Examples could be Goku (the sourced of the over 9000 meme), current season's Asterisk war's Amagiri (his sister had to lock his power), Guilty Crown's Shuu, UQ Holder's Tôta, Ranma Saotome, etc etc etc...
But World Trigger's Mikumo is the exact opposite. He is weak, cannot defeat any but the weakest enemies by himself, and after 50 episodes even though he is a bit stronger now, he is still the weakest individual in his team and the weakest on his league.
Can he be classified as an anti-hero?

He has heroic qualities, its just that he is weak, so it kind of contradicts the common definition of Antihero.

"An antihero or antiheroine is a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality."-Wikipedia
Mikumo definitely does not fit this definition of an anti-hero.  Those would generally be characters such as Deadpool, Punisher, etc from Western Comics.  I feel this is probably the well understood definition.
Apparently (according to TVTropes which I gave into looking up)  a Classic Antihero is plagued by self-doubt and a mediocre fighter. While Mikumo is brave when needed and clever, he clearly fits that (less familiar to me) definition. There are several more sympathetic heroes in Shonen who have uber super powered friends.  In these cases, this definition would call this character (Elizabeth, Lucy, Ussop, Ganta, etc) the Classical Antihero while they have a contrasting Classical Hero (Meliodas, Natsu, Luffy, Shiro, etc).


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What exactly is Devil Summoning?
In Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 2 - Innocent Sin when you first go to the Kuzunoha Detective Agency both Tamaki Uchida and Daisuke Todoroki are described as "Devil Summoners".
After Yukino Mayuzumi joins the party and you visit the detective agency she comments that Tamaki is from Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 1 as both her and Tadashi Satomi are graduates from St. Hermelin (though i don't entire remember them) but i don't remember anyone outside the 10 Persona Users having gained any abilities during the incident.
So what is Devil Summoning? is this in some way connected to Personas?

Uh, you make me want to continue playing this game.

Persona is a part of the Megami Tensei series. The main series is Shin Megami Tensei. Staples of the main series are the demon summoning, demon negotiation, demon fusion, the Law and Chaos conflict, demon apocalypses, high difficulty, and many other things.
Tamaki Uchida is from Shin Megami Tensei if..., which is a side story to the main Shin Megami Tensei games (it's also a main game). It takes place in a timeline in which the events of SMT 1 are averted, where the demon invasion was fought back by Devil Summoners ( which exist thanks to Devil Summoner on PS2), Japan was never nuked, and the instigators of the events in 1 are arrested/killed (the prologue of SMT 1 still happens though).
In if..., Tamaki's school is sent into the Expanse, or the demon realm, and she must partner up with a classmate to get out (who she chooses determines the ending).
Stephen, the creator of the Demon Summoning Program from SMT 1 and 2 (and 4/Apocalypse), sent the program to Tamaki's school. That's how she gains the ability to summon demons.
Persona takes place in the Devil Summoner/Persona/if.../Catherine timeline branch. In 208X, during the events of SMT 2, a man named Raidou Kuzunoha the 40th decides that life in Tokyo Millennium sucks so he travels back in time to the Taisho era of Japan to prevent the nukes from ever launching in 199X (early nineties).
Raidou Kuzunoha the 14th (Not a real name, just a title) is a Japanese high school student and next in line to become the new Raidou Kuzunoha, the choices he makes in Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs King Abaddon (PS2) determine the condition of the world (Law/Neutral/Chaos). Siding with Law makes what Raidou Kuzunoha the 40th did futile as it causes the timeline to repeat and the events of SMT 1 aren't avoided. Siding with Chaos leads into SMT 3: Nocturne (and maybe 4 and Strange Journey). And finally, Raidou the 14th being Neutral leads into the Devil Summoner/Persona/if.../Catherine timeline.

What I understand from the question is that the asker is asking about the term "Devil Summoner" in the Persona universe and whether it is related to Persona users, not about the Persona series.


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Is there a reason for the notches on the blades?
In Attack on Titan, the blades used with the 3D Manuever Gear have notches in them similar to those found on craft knives:

Certain knives like the one above come with snap-off points so that when the blade dulls, it can be removed and replaced by a fresh and sharp piece. However, a utility like this seems redundant on the 3DMG blades as a shortened blade would be extremely ineffective at removing a Titan's neck, not to mention that the blades seem to be used and discarded as a whole piece.
Additionally, The wiki page on the blades themselves gives no mention of the notches.
So is there any reason for the notches to exist aside from looking cool?

I always assumed they were designed exactly like those office paper knives − to easily snap at the desired length to produce a sharp tip. Aside from this functionality which rarely (if ever) is used, it makes the blade look less boring and makes for flashy "oh snap" moments when the blade accidentally breaks into pieces.

You sometimes see movies/cartoons, where someone cuts with a knife, hits a tree or something and gets stuck, so I always assumed the notches would be to prevent them from getting stuck, by just breaking off the blade. But I don't think anything was mentioned in the comics.

The blades were very prone to breakage [picture needed]. The vertical maneuver gear has even a spare blade storage built-in [picture needed], and on at least one occasion one soldier was left without blades [chapter ref needed] and a companion had to share blades with him.
The notches make sense since the blades break so often that even a short and less effective blade had a chance of scoring a kill and you could make the most out of a blade before it becomes completely useless.
Also, the resources inside the walls are scarce. Making the most out of the metal available also made sense.

*I have no access to Crunchyroll manga at the moment, and cannot search for manga images.

Due to the momentum reached as pilots swing around, attacking a Titan could break a pilots arm if their angle is off. More realistically it would hurt, cause strain or cause the sword handle to fly out of your hand.
It's not actually a saftey feature to have the blade break instead. It's so that the attacker doesn't hesitate to hit as hard as they can.
Broken blades are recovered and recycled when possible.
Very skilled attackers will snap off a tip when it's too blunt, as the tip starts the attack (due to the shape of a neck it's best to lead with the tip of the sword)
The loss of a little length isn't a problem. The swords are plenty long enough. Such a skilled fighter would become a leader and will be most likely to give a blade to someone lucky enough to run out.

It's mostly just to look cool, as many have said. What I don't think anyone has pointed out though is that the snap-off blade utility knife was invented in Japan by Olfa and it's a bit of a point of national pride (rightfully so, in my opinion, they make the best blades on the market to this day).

When a section of the ODM blades snaps off, it is still sharp. They would continue to use these blades until it snaps off again, but they would keep doing it to the point until the blades are too short, just as stated in Mindwin's answer,

The notches make sense since the blades break so often that even a short and less effective blade had a chance of scoring a kill and you could make the most out of a blade before it becomes completely useless.

The artist just thought it looked cool. Let's examine some of the other potential answers:

To prevent the blades from getting stuck. Nope. When the blades get stuck, they eject the blade and load a new one. Struggling to break a stuck blade could easily turn someone into titan chow, so this is sensible.
Because the blades break frequently. Nope. If the blades break frequently, it's because of the notches and the generally flimsy construction.
To capitalize on scarce resources. Nope. Making the swords less breakable would use less resources.

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Is there a database for translated Drama CD Scripts?
a number of Anime like Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Pella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Stay Night and Games like Ar Tonelico, Sono Hanabira and Megaman Zero have some soundtracks which are actually Audio Drama's1.
These are more often than not in Japanese. i am wondering if there is a single database/store for their translated scripts, primarily in English.

1: eg. Nanoha has Sound Stage X, Ar Tonelico has Sekai no Owari de Utai Tsuzukeru Shoujo (that's what the Meta Data for "Album Title" is on my iPhone). one of the Megaman Zero ones was of Ceil's Memories before she fled Neo Arcadia and one was of the Weil Numbers acting as Judges i think and one of the Puella Magi Madoka Magica ones served as the basis for the manga Another Story

I am not aware of any English-language database of drama CDs at all, let alone one which includes translations (which is possibly a violation of our policy not to answer questions requesting pirated versions of copyright materials anyway, but that's a bit besides the point).  Even in Japanese, the best sources I know of are quite spotty.

@LoganM a CD would generally have the script printed on a small booklet or some sort in a similar matter to lyrics with Music CDs so i would assume that it's kinda redundant to have a database of Japanese scripts, unless it was used by media programs like iTunes and Windows Media Player to download the meta data (for when you rip the tracks from the disk)

I don't think any of the drama CDs I own came with scripts. In any case, I'd imagine that copying the script online (either in original form or as a translated derivative work) would technically constitute copyright violation, and would likely be viewed somewhat more harshly than e.g. posting lyrics online. The databases that I am aware of in Japanese don't include scripts, and I don't think it would be kosher for them to do so (either original or translation).

Concur with Logan; I am unaware of any cases where drama CDs come with printed scripts. (And I am also unaware of any drama CDs that have been translated to English by a licensed entity, though I wouldn't be terribly surprised if a few did exist.)

@senshin I just assumed those books I got did contain the script since music CDs in the west generally do contain their lyrics but unable to read Japanese I wasn't sure (I just skip to the images)

Music CDs in Japan do tend to come with lyrics, too, but drama CDs aren't really "music", per se.


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How old is Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist?
I had remembered that Ed was 15 in the series, then I realized that I had no clue how old Winry was! Does it say anywhere how old she is, or do they just give an estimate?

I always assumed that Winry was the same age as Ed and any size difference between them is because Ed is a mid.....gets an Auto-mail kick to the head

For what it's worth, there's a light novel / short-story (though not by Arakawa) involving Ed, Al, and Winry at the village school . . . but seeing that they live in the countryside, there might be greater fudging between grade boundaries.

You can check the FMA Wikia
Her year of birth is mentioned as 1899, which is the same as Edward's, although their exact birthdays are never stated. She is 15-16 years old during the course of the manga/anime, and around 18 post-timeskip.
MyAnimeList lists her exact birthday as June 9th, 1899. However, I don't know if there's any credible source for that.

Arakawa supposedly doesn't really give character birthdays much---this was mentioned in one of the post-chapter inserts I saw (re: Ed's birthday), which other people have also mentioned---so the MAL date probably isn't accurate.

@Maroon, I see. Makes you wonder where MAL comes up with that stuff.

Interestingly enough, the current revision of the Wikia gives her birthday as July 26 of the same year. I wonder where people are getting these dates.

Alright, with some digging around, I've found that there is a probably reference for the 1899 year from the second manga guidebook. (See this forum post and the discussion here.)


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How can I easily find all languages a show has been dubbed into?
I usually only watch anime with the original Japanese voice actors, since I've had bad experiences with dubs in the past. However, I'm sometimes interested in watching a show dubbed in something that isn't Japanese, and moreover, I want to know if there are any alternatives to English dubs.
Is there any site that will let me see all languages a show has been dubbed into efficiently?

MyAnimeList gives the voice actors in various languages for characters. However, this information is often incomplete. For instance, I just looked at the page for Nagisa Misumi of Pretty Cure and noticed that no Cantonese voice actress is listed, even though a Cantonese dub exists.
A Wikipedia article in some language foo for a show will sometimes list any voice actors for the dub in foo in addition to the Japanese voice actors. Information about dubs in other languages is generally lacking. This would mean that I would have to check (and be able to read) each Wikipedia page in each potentially interesting language. Moreover, I would have to carefully check shows one at a time, which is not convenient.
Similarly, wikis for a series sometimes contain information about dubs (e.g. a Sailor Moon wiki I found). As a general rule however, this is not the case. For instance, a Cantonese dub for Revolutionary Girl Utena exists, but there is no mention of it in a fan-made wiki.

In the case of Cantonese (or even Mandarin), I can usually "guess" that older, more prominent shows will have a dub. However, I find it difficult to do the same for other languages that I might be interested in (e.g. German), and at any rate, it'd be nice to not have to rely on my guesswork.

I tend to use Anime News Network and look for the "[LANGUAGE] cast" section. every series always has Japanese Cast (yes, even RWBY) so it's in Japanese, if there is an English Cast that means it's been dubbed in english

@Memor-X: hmmm, I tried Pretty Cure there and still didn't find information about a Cantonese dub. It could be that most sites (at least in English) are reliant on user contributions and that users aren't familiar with dubs in languages they don't know . . . I wonder if maybe there might be more centralisation on Japanese / etc. sites?

@Maroon "All languages" is going to be tough. MAL is pretty terrible for this; you mostly get European languages and Korean there, and not even very comprehensively. ANN does better, but still has a European-language bias. I imagine it's inherently difficult to know whether a dub for a given language exists - you'd probably have to scour news sources for all potential target languages to see where dubs do and don't exist, and I don't think anyone's getting paid to do that.

I'm not aware of any Japanese-language sites that do better, though. There isn't much interest in dubs among Japanese viewers in general (aside from perhaps English-language dubs, which, curiously, seem to be of some interest to Japanese people seeking to improve their English).

@senshin that makes some sense; when I was learning Spanish, I read Harry Potter y la piedra filosofal, the Spanish translation of the first Harry Potter book.

I posted the same question for movies and series in general on the Movies&TV Stack Exchange: "Where to look up which dubs exist? (That is: Translations into which languages are there of a movie or series?)"

Translating web pages automatically with Google Translate°

This would mean that I would have to check (and be able to read) each […] page in each potentially interesting language.

Google Translate goes a long way in helping that.  Although unfortunately its translations of Asian languages can still be tricky to understand.
If you use the Google Chrome browser, it should automatically offer to translate foreign pages (but does not consistently do so for me).
If you want to test that, here's the Cantonese Wikipedia page for Pretty Cure:
https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Precure!
If you use another browser, e.g. Mozilla Firefox, or Chrome doesn't offer the translation by itself:
Put this before the URL to translate:                               https://translate.google.com/translate?&u=
Example: https://translate.google.com/translate?&u=https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresh_Precure!

° Sorry this is not an answer to the question, but I find it so important, that I wanted it to be more visible.  (And then I ended up writing more than would fit into a comment.)  If the community objects, I will move this to a comment.
In relation to the question, the translation enables you to apply the useful approach, suggested by the asker, of consulting the anime's page on the Wikipedia(s) of your desired dub language(s).  (Or opening foreign Google results.)

The best way I believe to be the Anime News Network "[LANGUAGE] cast" sections  for the time being.

Googling specific dub languages
Example: https://www.google.com/search?q="cantonese"+dubbed+pretty+cure
(Putting single search terms within " double quotes  makes sure they are actually present in the results.  (You could also apply that to the word dubbed.))
This tends to return YouTube videos of the Opening songs if the dub exists.  (Don't get confused by fandubs though.)
(I know this approach is super obvious, but I think it should be here for the sake of completeness and so it can be ranked against other approaches through votes.)

For English dubs
https://myanimelist.net/animelist/Universalx?status=7
is an astonishingly comprehensive list maintained by a single user.
It has 1973 entries as of November 2020 and includes currently airing series.

Does someone have an idea what might have been the reasons for downvoting this answer?  I’m genuinely interested!


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If Yhwach has absorbed all of soul kings powers, does it mean that he absorbs Mimihagi and Ukitake as well?
Since Ukitake becomes the right hand of the soul king and fuses himself with Mimihagi, will Ukitake's soul be affected after Yhwach absorbs the soul king?

The specifics of what happened are not clear, but what is clear is simple.
Warning heavy spoilers ahead, because the anime has stopped before the latest arc Thousand Year Blood War.
SPOILERS

In chapter 620, Yhwatch proclaims he will take everything that was the soul kings, including the right arm. IN chapter 621, we witness Mimihagi, the soul kings right arm, separate from Ukitake and he is left unconscious on the ground. Therefore, though it is speculation, it is probably a safe assumption that the Mimihagi was absorbed, while Ukitake was left alone and not absorbed. A Shinigami's Body is their soul, and even though Ukitake combined with it, it still separated from him fairly easily. We also know one more thing, A few chapters earlier, shortly before Mimihagi stabilized the soul king, Ukitake stated he should have died when he was 3, were it not for Mimihagi inhabiting his body, and halting the lung disease he suffered. With it gone, he is no doubt completely incapacitated, and probably not far from death unless one of the scientists of the Gotei can heal him, if not dead already.

And now, As of the end of the manga, Ukitake's fate was revealed:

 After separating from the right hand of the soul king and being left unconscious, he died. As shown in the 2nd to last chapter in the manga, 685, Shunshi was visiting his grave.

Yhwach has only absorbed that part of the soul which was in the crystal . when you read bleach 612 manga , you see that in the crystal the soul king doesnt really have his left or right hand . so we could say since the soul king doesnt have either of the hands to begin with it is not possible that he absorbed ukitake and mimihagi.

He did absorb Mimihage separately however, but ukitake's body (which technically is his soul) was left in soul society in a pretty bad state having been seperated from the thing that was keeping his life stable.

I do not think Ukitake's soul will be affected by Yhwach.
As we have seen that Soul King's right hand absorbs the soul of Ukitake completely and that is the end to Ukitake.
Yhwach absorbing the soul king is complately different and has nothing to do with Ukitake's soul

Perhaps you'd like to cite some sources to back up your answer, as it seems it is more opinion than based on anything.


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Why is the written language inconsistent throughout One Piece?
I noticed even in the Englished Dubbed version of One Piece many of the props (flags, signs, etc) use Japanese symbols rather than alphabetical words, and now, watching on the Subbed version, I notice some things are actually written in English. For example an island entrance says "Punk Hazard" and "Danger" in English, even though they're speaking Japanese.
I've noticed this kind of inconsistency elsewhere too, for example, even in the Subbed version, you hear many English words and names, such as their shipwright saying "Super!". I've nopticed more things like this throughout the entire series, having watched many episodes in Dubbed and Subbed versions.
So, is there an explanation for why English and Japanese are intermingled so heavily in One Piece? it seems odd for the text to be inconsistent. Maybe they produced a few different versions with different text forms, but that would be odd since it's not even an English dubbed version in some cases.
Was the writer bilingual? Or was it perhaps a strategy to please English and Japanese viewers equally? Or some other reason?

Your question is a combination of this question and this question.

Not sure what your mother tongue is, but does your language not have loanwords or use foreign words to make it sound cooler? Like how many French expressions are used in the English language for example.

I think your title should rather read "why is the written language not uniform (or: mixed) throughout One Piece?" as it has been actually pretty consistently mutilingual from early on.

Ashishgup mentioned general aspects of English in Japanese anime and conversely in his comment.
Beside that, note that English is an obvious feature of One Piece. The name of the manga itself is "One Piece" in Japanese, not ワンピース !
Looking at the Japanese version of the manga, you can quickly notice that shop signs, some brands, city signs and even some fight moves are written in English.  All important characters are introduced with their name dubbed in English in the background.
It seems then consistent that the anime keeps this feature (the anime being derived from the manga and not the other way around).
As for why it is so: mixing languages is more than ever a trend in all languages. Some mangaka will do it more than others. Eiichiro Oda does it quite a lot.

Culturally English seems to show up in anime and manga a lot.  However, for One Piece there is an additional reason.  This story takes some inspiration for characters from real-life pirates (and other individuals) which were primarily English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.  The characters are generally not Japanese.
Just focusing on Straw Hats:
Sanji, Robin, and Brook use french for their attacks.  Robin also mixes in Spanish while Brook mixes in German. Franky is obviously an American and keeps speaking American English.  Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, and Nami seem to be mostly English speaking.  Basically, Oda sometimes borrows words from the languages he thinks are appropriate for that character whenever he wants to for emphasis. Zoro is thoroughly Japanese despite not being from Wano. Instead of languages, he names otherworldly imagery for emphasis.
Interestingly, this doesn't line up well with the nationalities in the SBS.  Otherwise, Robin would speak Russian, Luffy would speak Portuguese, Usopp would speak an unspecified African language, and Nami would speak Swedish.
The Doflamingos use Spanish.  The World Gov. uses English.  This does not explain all uses of English and it does not explain them at all in universe.

I'd probably say it's because the language barrier between English and Japanese is huge. Learning Japanese if you speak english or learning english if your Japanese are both really tall tasks... in the older anime you'll see tons of inconsistencies for when they try to throw in some english. They didn't plan on messing up some of the translations. It just happened. It's the same way for when Americans try to speak Japanese and aren't fluent. We sound funny and make simple mistakes. They say english is the hardest language to learn. Its definitely one of them.


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Why does no one notice the 2nd generation Digi-destined in Digimon Tri?
In the beginning of episode 1 of Digimon Tri, we see glimpses of the second generation Digi-destined (Davis, Yolei, Cody, and Ken; sorry I only know their English dubbed names) being destroyed by what looks like Alphamon.
Several (in universe) days have past since this event, so why has nobody inquired about what happened to them? I would imagine that they would be missing and somebody would notice.
Are the 2nd gen Digi-destined even alive after their defeat?

Disclaimer: This Q&A is about an ongoing series as of the time of the posting, and future episodes may reveal more on the subject or change the perceptions shown here.

Around a decade has passed since the defeat of MaloMyotismon and the restauration of the digi-world. The show did not yet disclose what happened to the 2nd generation digi-destined. It might be that they lost contact with the 1st gen, moved away, or any other explanation.
In our real world a decade is time enough to make even closest friends drift apart, more so when they are children, bound to move along with their parents when these parents change jobs or get transferred.
But I would hold my hat on that issue. It is very unlikely that Koushiro "Izzy" Izumi would allow digi-destined to not stay in touch. They even have a social network of sorts "Digi-destined of the World", that they use to warn the other digi-destined of the infected digimon returning to Earth.
So, their apparent disappeareance is more likely to be a plot device, to be revealed in future episodes. It is not like they don't care or are not in touch, it just wasn't shown on screen yet.

If someone can get a screen shot of they using that social network, please edit the A to add it. I can't get one because of Crunchyroll DRM.

I have been wondering this myself, and don't have an answer, but I wanted to point out an inaccuracy in the answer already provided. In the Digimon Adventure universe, it has only been three years since the Digi-Destined defeated MaloMyotismon, not ten. And it's been six years since the first generation Digi-destined defeated Apocalymon.

@Hawkcam if you have a source pinpointing the timing, feel free to edit this to correct this "inaccuracy"

During the first Tri movie, it's mentioned that it had been a year since the close of the digital gate, and that it had not opened since. If anyone remembers during Adventure 02, the premise was that the loss of the Destiny stones caused the digital world to merge, but BlackWarGreymon sealed the gate.
It's at this point that time becomes alternate for Digimon Tri. Rather than the dark spires reappearing, Himekawa is trying to get her digipartner back, much the same way that Oikawa had lost his partner. She sent Ken, Youli, Davis, and Cody back to the digital world, but they lost to Alphamon. As in dead, both they and their digital partners.
This is why Himekawa is aware that these kids are 'offline' as shown in the computer screen. She purposefully infected Meicoomon with the dark power that Ken as the Digital Emperor had used in the form of control bands. The assumption is that she figured if she corrupted the digital world, it would force a reset to create homeostasis between the digital and real world. But she also has to deal with the original DigiDestined.
The other possibility is that Himekawa intended to get her partner back by recreating a digital partner, but instead got Meicoomon who wasn't a perfect digital creation, hence the infection, figured out that she would have to force a reboot and began eliminating the DigiDestined, starting with Ken, Davis, Youli, and Cody, and it was in fact Meicoomon who killed the kids.


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Why haven't the 2nd generation Digi-destined (excluding Hikari and Takeru) aged?
In the beginning of episode 1 of Digimon Tri, we see glimpses of the second generation Digi-destined (excluding Hikari and Takeru).
From the vague scenes, it appears that they have not aged much, if at all (especially considering that Hikari and Takeru, who are more or less the same age, have aged rather noticeably). Why is this the case?

Great question. I'm not sure, but I can pose a few plausible theories:

the supposed battle between Alphamon and the four Digimon 02 cast happened a while before the story of Digimon Tri and the original Digidestined all moved on
the producers don't want to spoil what they look like at an older age, so they used such footage
it's just a bunch of silhouettes, so we can't be sure if they aged or not

If you've watched the second and third movie, you'd know that the disguised version of Ichijouji Ken by Gennai looks taller and more grown up. Of course, I know that you asked this question before even the second movie was released. But hopefully, the next few movies will answer instead of create more questions.

If it's a great question you should upvote it. It helps it's visibility.


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How much time did it take Yuu Otosaka to fulfill his promise to Tomori?
I just finished watching Charlotte and I'm curious as to whether it is mentioned anywhere how much time it took him to fulfill his promise?

Judging by the fact that he was high school first year at the beginning of his journey and Tomori still wearing school uniform in the last episode, it tool him 1-2 years max.

@AstralSea Oh yeah. I only noticed Ayumi's uniform, and hence was afraid that the time period could have been as long as 3 years. Thankfully, it isn't :D. Was the exact duration mentioned anywhere?

No, it was not, re-watched the episode and did not hear anything about it.

I see. Thanks ;_;. If I'm not wrong, Charlotte isn't even adapted from any manga/novel, right?

Charlotte is Anime original, there is a manga adapation being made and an OVA coming out in March. However, there's currently not an answer to your question. We know they lose powers at age 20, and we know that he left soon after his 16th birthday so there was plenty of time that could have passed but as @AstralSea said the upper limit is their graduation date.

They lose powers when they turn 20.

One year iirc. I don't recall the proof, but it is around a year.

He lost his powers after using them multiple times per rotation. So, keeping in mind he made travel back-and-forth multiple times, and to keep increasing his profits, it might have taken more than 2 years without the powers if we take into account the time he spent traveling. But based on his promise, it only took him around 2 years to increase profits and start the school.

Two years. He was 16 when he left and he had time until before he was 18, because he would lose the powers then.

If he was 16 when he left, and he got back before he turned 16, wouldn't it have taken him less than two years? Specifically, it could have taken him any amount of time between one day and 1.99 years.


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Where is Claire's, Luca's, Cloche's, Frelia's and Mir's Install Ports?
I know that Aurica's is behind her neck, Misha's in just above her breasts and Shurelia's is above her butt (her words)
Despite Duelithnode Crystals being used for Installing than Gathnode Crystals in Metafalse Luca and Cloche would still have an Install Port for Life Extending Agents, likewise with Claire being a 3rd Generation Reyvateil. and since Shurelia has one i would assume Frelia and Mir have one aswell
So i am wondering where Claire's, Luca's, Cloche's, Frelia's and Mir's Install Ports are?

Cloche has it on her armpits, and Luca has it on the higher part of her back, as shown in AT2 itself.
Mir has it above her navel, and Frelia has it in the same place as Shurelia. Claire's however, is unknown, and when someone asked her in the Toukousphere, she threatened to blast them with her song magic.


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Why would Luffy chant "Gomu Gomu No" every time he is attacking? Is it mandatory to chant the corresponding fruit name for every devil's fruit user?
From the first episode of One Piece Luffy chants "Gomu Gomu No" to start his attack, it is also seen in other devils fruit users too. Is there any particular reason for it?

have you seen despicable me 2? this is addressed by lucy there.

All fruit users in One Piece can use their fruit's powers freely. The reason for Luffy and every other to put a name to all actions and shout it in battle is only a trope of the shonen-style anime.
This fact can be checked by seeing Luffy "losing" his head when he ate the fruit, or any Logia user making his body ethereal without saying a word. Or moments when characters "invoke" the name after doing the action itself.


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Is there a "snot-nosed kid" trope?
I can think of several anime series with recurring characters who I would classify as "snot-nosed kids".  Two sympathetic, recurring, characters are Udon from Naruto and Komugi from Hunter x Hunter.  Is there an actual trope for this character trait, and if so, what is it meant to imply?  To me (American), the trait merely means someone I don't really want to look at.
Surely there is more than that, though.  Sort of like a bloody nose often means the character is somehow sexually embarrassed.

Not exactly the same, but there is a Snot Bubble trope.


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Why is Hiiro a Nora?
We know that she has spent a lot of time with Yato (because they've shown to be together since childhood and Hiiro was his first Regalia) and also really cares about him. Yato himself says:

This means that Hiiro does care about Yato and has never done anything which she thought wasn't for the good of Yato. Just before this scene, we also see Hiiro saying that she wouldn't mind dying in the underworld as long as Yato was with her.
So why is it that she is a Nora? Why did she allow other Gods to name her?

She's first named by his father (the "sorcerer" is mentioned as her true master in the wiki so I suppose that means he named her first) as Mizuchi and then his father let Yato name her as Hiiro.
I think she never tainted Yato  because she cares for Yato so much that she never did anything a regalia shouldn't do to taint their master.
I haven't read that far in the manga so I can only suspect that the sorcerer allows her to be named by others for some sinister plan against the heavens.
http://noragami.wikia.com/wiki/Nora

I think your explanation is a worded a bit wrong. Hiiro thinks she does everything for Yato's own good and so she never feels guilty about anything, thus never tainted him.
Addtionally, she may also think that being a Nora is ok, but then again, that is not a definite answer.

So, to start...let's look at what the title 'Nora' actually means. In context, a 'Nora' is a 'stray' shinki (Regalia). They are compared to stray cats who wander around and beg attention and affection from anyone who will give it. (This also gives you a hint as to what the title of the series means... Noragami...a compound of Nora Kami...Stray god. Yato, the stray god who wanders around and begs attention and remembrance from anyone who will give it).
In short, a Nora is a term for any Shinki with more than one name, used interchangeably with the title 'Stray.' This is seen as a bad thing, first because the 'name' of a thing is sacred and important in that universe, and we later learn that

 Strays are feared due to the fact that they own more than one name. A Stray cannot be bound using any technique that link to their names easily; unless all names of a Stray is known, other shinki cannot use Restraint or any other binding techniques. Strays can also change hands from one god to another should their names be called, literally betraying the master they were serving at that time. This makes them dangerous, uncontrollable, and unreliable.

As for Hiiro/Nora herself, In Chapter 47...

 Sakura sees that Hiiro also has the name 'Mizuchi' on her back, in addition to the name Hiiro that Yato gave her. Later we see 'Father' use that name to turn her into a weapon to break Sakura's name and turn her into a Phantom.

This shows us that even when she was only working with Yato, she was already technically a Nora. As for why she has so many masters, that's because 'Father' commanded her to do so. She claims she's been working with other gods simply because Yato hasn't called her in so long...but there might be more to it.
At this point, we are going to stray a bit into speculation as to why he would want that...but it's actually pretty clear once you think about it. The reason that gods will contract with a Stray is that it allows them to wield a 'disposable' regalia for dirty business that they don't want to involve their own Shinki in. This means that Nora is witness to all of that dirty business that gods are getting up to that they don't want their own Shinki exposed to, or that may count as a Sin for their Shinki (I'll get to that in a second). And since her ultimate loyalty is to 'Father,' that means that he is also privy to a lot of the stuff gods are up to that they don't want others to know about. In short, Nora is a spy for him...and no one suspects it because everyone assumes she has no true master.
Now, as for the 'never blighted' thing...from conversation with Kazuma and direct evidence from Yukine, we can see that 'sinning' is a subjective thing for a Shinki.
From Kazuma

 We learn that he suppresses his emotions and blocks out any sense of guilt when he is doing 'what must be done.' And thus if you believe you are doing the right thing, it doesn't count as a sin. He bluntly says as much in Chapter 52. As a result, he's done stuff that could be considered 'wrong' but didn't blight Bishamonten. For example, when Tsuguha turns into an Ayakashi, he kills her with a boundary line and doesn't sting Bishamonten.

With Yukine

 When Hiyori was going nuts and turning into an Ayakashi, he believed it was wrong to hurt her...and so hitting her with a Boundary line caused him to sting Yato.

Both of them did basically the same thing...but it counted as a sin for Yukine because he felt guilt over it and thought it was wrong...while Kazuma did not.

 And, in Nora's case...we see her commit several attempted murders, participate in countless actual murders, participate in blackmail, and intentionally trigger the insanity/death of several Shinki. All things that are (objectively) sins...but despite being named by Yato, she never stung him with these actions. She can kill innocent people without a problem...while Yukine couldn't even injure a single proto-ayakashi without stinging his owner.

So, the fact that Nora has never stung Yato may not mean she actually cares for him so deeply that she would never do anything wrong that would sting him. Instead, it is more likely the she is a full-blown sociopath who never feels guilt over her actions...and since 'sin' in the Noragami universe is dependent on guilt and feeling like you are doing something wrong...a sociopath with no conscience could do whatever they want and never sting their patron god. And, again...this fuels the fact that Nora could be used by any god to do anything they felt they needed to do...because she never feels guilty about it. If a god felt they needed to kill a few innocents, their own Shinki might feel guilty about doing so...and thus sting them. But with Nora in hand, you don't have that risk.
So, TL;DR: Nora is a Stray because Father commanded her to be one. Nora may or may not actually care so much about Yato, but simply never feels guilt, and thus never stings anyone. Her personality is pretty much textbook sociopathy.

I have a theory as to why Father was able to name her Nora: because he killed her.
Think of it this way: Usually, Regalia are souls of humans. The only stray we know (that I remember) is Nora. What if Nora was a god? And Father killed her to take control of her like she was interfering and so he got rid of her and turned her into a slave? That would explain why she has no free will like some Regalia do. She's jealous of Yukine because something deep inside her wants to protect Yato from Father and from danger.
This is a weird theory but I bet later in the manga we'll finally get her backstory and discover more about her. Possibly that she is actually Father's daughter and he killed her so he could keep control of her.


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Were any of Houkago Tea Time's songs described or referred to in the manga?
The K-On!! anime features a large number of songs performed by Houkago Tea Time. In addition to staples like "Gohan wa Okazu"  and "Fuwa Fuwa Time", there are a number of other ones that I don't believe ever got playtime in the anime, like "Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss", to say nothing of the OP/ED themes and their B-sides, plus a ton of character songs (and not just for the main five, but also for Ui, Jun, and Nodoka).
Now, I haven't read the manga, but it's clearly inconceivable that all these dozens of songs could have been described in any substantial way in a mere four volumes of manga. In fact, I have to wonder if any of these songs were even noted as existing in the manga.
Do any of the songs in the anime originate in any way from the manga (even if only by virtue of a shared title or a lyrical excerpt)? If so, which ones?
(Ignore "Tsubasa wo Kudasai", which is a cover of a very old song.)

Interesting, didn't realize "Tsubasa wo Kudasai" was a cover. As far as I know it wasn't mentioned at all in the manga, though.

BTW, I think "Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss" was the song they were playing in Episode 8 of Series I when Yui forgot the lyrics and Mio had to cover for her.

This is all based on memory as I don't have the manga volumes to hand at the moment, but several of the songs were mentioned by title in the manga, and a few of them had lyrics shown that were used in the anime versions.
"Fuwa Fuwa Time" was in the manga, and we even see its lyrics in one scene when Mio hands her draft of the song to the others for feedback. If I remember correctly, "Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss" and "Fudepen Ballpen" are mentioned on the set list before one of the concerts. I believe that "Curry Nochi Rice" was also mentioned late in the manga, and I'm fairly sure the storyline where Yui first writes "Gohan wa Okazu", then writes "U&I" for Ui after Ui falls ill happened in the manga the same way it happened in the anime. I believe we did also see the lyrics for "U&I" when Ui finds Yui asleep at her desk after working on the song all night and looks over what Yui wrote.
The opening and ending themes were never mentioned or hinted at in the manga, and several of the other songs--e.g. "Pure Pure Heart", "Tenshi ni Nareta yo!"--were associated with anime-only plots. But a surprising number of the songs in the anime were actually mentioned by title in the manga.

Edit: I bought the digital editions and hunted down photographic evidence of my earlier claims.
In Volume 1, we see Ritsu and Sawako react with horror as they read Mio's draft of "Fuwa Fuwa Time".

In the background of the third and fourth panels on the left, we can see the first few stanzas of the song translated into English.
In Volume 2, Mio hands Ritsu a set list with four songs on it: "Fuwa Fuwa Time", "Curry Nochi Rice", "Watashi no Koi wa Hotchkiss", and "Fudepen Ballpen":

And in Volume 4, we see Yui write "Gohan wa Okazu":

Then later "U&I":

In Volume 4, we also get a few lines from a song that Mio was working on, which provokes the usual revulsion in Ritsu and Azusa:

At the end of the chapter, Ritsu declares that they'll develop a song around these lyrics in addition to "U&I" to spare Mio's feelings. However, I don't think there was any song in the anime based around these lyrics.

Of all the songs released, Fuwa Fuwa Time, Gohan was Okazu and U&I are the only pieces that appeared in the manga.  This can be verified by noticing that they are only songs whose lyrics are officially attributed to the original author.   You can look at the Note 28 of the relevant article in the Japanese Wikipedia to see this.  Note that even for these songs, only some part of the songs appeared in the books; they were significantly augmented by a professional lyricist.
As is noted by another answer, there were other songs whose titles appeared in the books.


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Why aren't people leaving Hellsalem's Lot?
Hellsalem's Lot seems to be a dangerous place, considering how much destruction is shown. It looks like hundreds of people die every month, so why are they staying there? I guess it's possible to leave the city, considering Leos family was there and left.


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Can SpaceTime Jutsu users do time travel?
We know that Obito's Kamui, Tobirama/Minato's Flying Thundergod are SpaceTime jutsus. They are using the fourth dimension to go to any/marked places at will. As per physics & Theory of relativity, if you have mastered the fourth dimension you can do both Space AND Time travel. Why can't they do time travel when they can do space travel ?

To time travel, one needs to be faster than light. While those ninjas use Time-Space Jutsu, none of them are faster than light.
Obito
Of the three, Obito is the slowest as his space-time jutsu (kamui) has some delay, proven by Kakashi's successfully landing attack on him before he managed to disappear.
Senju Tobirama & Namikaze Minato
Both are very fast. Minato can even teleport to one of his marked kunai. I'm not sure if Tobirama can also do that, I don't remember. But the point is, although they are incredibly fast, they are not faster than light. We can safely say this, because if they are faster than light, then Minato wouldn't have his arm ripped by Madara and Tobirama won't be pinned on the ground. They would have been able to avoid Madara's attacks if they are faster than light. Thus, they cannot time travel.
Other possible ways to time travel that I know is by the use of Wormhole, which doesn't exist in Naruto universe.

If you can do space travel, obviously you can do time travel. For example, use Kamui to teleport yourself to somewhere close to a Blackhole. Stay there for few minutes then return back to earth. You would've passed a few years. Gravity plays an important role here, check this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

How exactly you teleport near black hole so that you are not too close to have your body ripped apart while still get the time dilation effect? Also, how are you suppose to stay alive being so near to a Black Hole where a lot of energies are? Don't forget that near a black hole, lots of energy are spinning, creating the accretion disk. I don't think anyone can survive such massive amount of energy

Though the gravitational pull is more near a blackhole, still there could be planets around with their own gravity like Planet earth. Their life span will be very less relatively. He can teleport himself to one of those planets and make a comeback. Narutopedia says, "By absorbing their own body into this distortion, the user can teleport to virtually any location they desire"  (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kamui). I don't think its very difficult to create his own version of spacesuit.

You are forgetting the fact that Kamui has a time delay. The matter around the black hole moves very fast due to the acceleration from the black hole's gravity. Before he can use the jutsu, he'd die from the energies around him. Also, I think you underestimate the amount of energy around the black hole. Obito would need a  space suit that can withstand star-level energy and ultra-massive gravitational pull that'd rip his body to pieces.

I do agree that Kamui has time delay, but the delay happens only while moving In/Out of the dimension. So, that shouldn't be a problem. Let it take even 1 min to enter into the planet from the 4th dimension, that's fine. Second, I am not underestimating the gravitational pull of a black hole. and I am not saying he has to dive inside the black hole or orbit around it. He can move to a planet which has its own gravity and orbiting its own star which is closer to a black hole relative to the earth.

I think we are going off-topic, should we continue this? lol

@KaguyaOtsutsuki Move to Maid-Cafe chat room, then.


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On Lelouch's grudge
As a kid, Lelouch vowed to destroy Britannia or something, but how was he going to do that without the Geass or rich or powerful allies besides Suzaku and the Ashford family? It's not like the Japanese were using or planning to use him or Nunnally as double agents or anything like that, or were they?
Anytime pre-Geass, did he actually stand a chance of exacting his childhood revenge?

When Lelouch made his vow to Suzaku to destroy Britannia this was more of a child venting his frustration at how powerless he was as he was seeing a close friend's homeland be ravaged by the same ideals he thought claimed his mother's life and crippled his sister.
When Lelouch got Geass in his monologue he points out how he was living as a zombie just going though the motions of living but not really living. so between when he made his vow and when he got Geass Lelouch appeared to accept reality that all he could do was look after Nunnally, at least until an opportunity came which would allow him to fight back (which Geass was)
Also i should point out that there was no way the Ashford Family could help him even if he did do something as a child. after Marianne's death the Ashford Family, who were her supports, lost alot of standing.

She is aware of Lelouch's identity as a former prince of Britannia, since her family were close supporters of his mother, Empress Marianne. This relationship however, would lead to the family's nobility status being stripped.
The Ashfords, wanting to restore their former glory, have two options in doing so; either reinstate Lelouch and Nunnally back into the royal family, or to arrange a marriage with a noble. Since the former would get both of them killed, the Ashfords opted for the latter, and arrange several marriage interviews for Milly, with Earl Lloyd Asplund eventually winning out;

Source: Milly Ashford - Character Outline (2nd and 3rd Paragraphs)
The only other thing he could try and do is unify the Resistance Factions but as we could see when he first tried commanding them they weren't fully trusting at first and when things went wrong the second time the group he was commanding abandoned him. really the only reason he gained so much support and fame with the resistance factions was because of his miracles brought on by his Geass
So unless C.C contacted Lelouch much much earlier there was really no way he could put up any sort plan to undermine and destroy Britannia

During the beginning of the series when he was on his way to class and he ended up fighting in the garage is the "start" of the ability to get revenge. If he couldn't get revenge there would be no show, so he gains power more and more as the series progresses onward. The entire plot was based around his revenge so that was also more of a backstory explaining why he hated Britannia thus setting way for his awesome revenge and brilliant use of people's emotions to make the people of Britannia realize they should work together and stop hating their political leaders.

This doesn't really answer OP's question. OP is asking what Lelouch's plan would have been in a hypothetical world where he never ran into C.C. and never got the power to geass in the first place.

The answer would be an opinion then.

There is no real answer since it doesnt exist!
But based on what happened in the story, Lelouch visited a "underground" type club? to play chess, so there is a possibility that he he already had connections in the underground world.
Also by Anime logic the fact that he was so smart, the main character would find a way..
This is more of a discussion of opinions than a direct question..!


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Were the Arbiters previously humans?
First, I was going to ask where the Arbiters originated from? Like where were they chosen from? But then after watching the animé, I learned the following:

Arbiters' 2nd Law : Arbiters have no emotions since they are dummies!
Decim's statement to Chiyuki : If humans stay here for too long, they’ll turn into dummies!

These two things make me think that the Arbiters might be previously humans turned to dummies and then to Arbiters! Is it possible? Is that true? And if not then what about the origin of the Arbiters? How are they made or chosen?

As per the Wikia article on Arbiters:

Their existence remains a mystery. Nona has stated that they are not human, do not experience emotions like humans do, and have never lived or died. They are even made to look like humans but are created for the specific purpose of judging humans.

This makes it evident that the Arbiters were never humans and shall never be.

The only exception to the "feeling emotion" bit is Decim.

                        Decim expressing human emotion

However, Decim appears to be an exception as Nona has implanted human emotions in him which, though at the beginning did not yet seem to appear or were not yet tapped, appear to be surfacing with him as Chiyuki criticizes him for drawing the darkness of human hearts and passing judgement, stating that it is not right for them to be doing that since humans are more simple than the arbiters think.

Simply put, the origin of the Arbiters is unknown. Since they're said to be "created", we  can only assume that some methods/technology is used for creating them, or maybe Oculus has some power to create them:

Oculus is the creator of the system of arbitration. He observes all floors and is in a higher position than Nona. He is the second in line to the position of God.

Note: This is only speculation on my part. There's no mention of it in Death Parade or Death Billiards (Movie), so we can never truly know where they originate from.


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Why are Japanese manga not coloured unlike Korean Manhwa?
In general, most Japanese manga are not colored, except for title page or centre color pages, rarely.
However, most Korean manhwa manage to colour their works while maintaining a good standard of art, also in their weekly deadlines.

related post: why do manwha more oftenly have colored pages then manga & Why are manga black and white? if not duplicate


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Girls und Panzer sensha-do vehicle regulations - mix & match mods?
Like if you have a Churchill I, but slap the track covers on and that's it, without actually getting a later model that already has it on. Or putting the spaced armor on a different model of a Panzer IV. Everything was made/designed before or during 1945 but just never fitted out that way. Would that be allowed?

The tanks must be designed or produced before 1945, you can see more rules here, http://gup.wikia.com/wiki/Sensha-dou#Rules


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What's Up With the Dancing Shadows?
In Howl's Moving Castle, Madame Soloman shows Sophie the "real Howl." When this happens, they're standing on the universe while these little shadows start to sing and dance. What does this have to do with the "real Howl?"


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What is the story behind Nene Sakurada's rabbit coming to life in Crayon Shin Chan?
I'm watching the Funimation dub of Shin Chan, and have come across the various episodes about "Happiness Bunny's Revenge", where Nene / Penny's rabbit doll comes alive whenever the moon is red.
The episodes always give me the creeps and seem really out of place for a children's TV show, as it often depicts the rabbit with glowing red eyes chasing after Nene / Penny or just being unpleasant towards the other characters.
I suspect these are nightmares she's having as a result of feeling bad about hitting the rabbit when she's angry, but some more info about the original Japanese story / stories would be fantastic.

Nene Sakurada and her mother received this mysterious bunny from a sweatshop by a little boy. The story says the bunny comes to life during the red moon night and seeks revenge for the pain and abuse the Sakuradas caused him, this mysterious character has red eyes and a creepy face. In one of the episodes, it had a conversation with Shiro, Shinchan's dog.

Is that the story in the original Japanese anime, or is that the plot from the Funimation dub? Because the episode "Get Your Hands Off My Happy Cake" shows Penny (Nene) buying the bunny from a store and the bunny telling the story of a child with bleeding hands sewing his plastic nose and lamenting how life was unfair


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Is Manaka and Hikari more deeply connected to the Sea God and the Lady Jojoshi?
In episode 26 near the beginning when Manaka is talking about the Sea God and the Lady Jojoshi there is a shot of the Lady Jojoshi walking up to the Sea God with 2 children, one looks like a young Manaka and the other looks like a young Hikari.
Is this an indication that Manaka and Hikari are more deeply connected to the Sea God as the Lady Jojoshi?

Are you talking about descendancy?

@Mindwin that or reincarnation or anything else which explains why a young Manaka and Hikari are seen with the Lady Jojoshi

I think this has to do with Shintoism.


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Is Zodom a Virus?
In Ar Tonelico 2 when Zodom appears in Lekra after EXEC_HIBERNATION was stopped Mir comments how it's cuter than other ones and that she wouldn't have made one so immature.
There are 2 things i can think of that Mir has created in the past, Song Magic and Viruses. so does that mean Zodom is a Virus and the song she sings is her version of EXEC_PAJA? if not then what did Mir create in the past which is like Zodom (only more mature)?

I could'nt find confirmation, so I'll just comment. Mir's Viruses and Zodom are indeed similar, and may be what Mir wanted to mean. And by that logic, the most mature virus Mir seems to have created is/was Ayatane, that was even able to act on his own free will.

ahhh . .i remember playing this game on PS2 . .
are they have the same story line ?
Shurelia is my favorite Revytail :D

They are similar (lifeforms created by taking data or feelings from the Binary Field and giving them form through Flip-Flop Conversion), but Mir is comparing it to the Shadow Mir virus she made and summoned for the final battle in AT1.
And the song Mir used there is EXEC_HARMONIOUS_FUSION/., a variant of her Harmonious song that underwent a Hymmnos Fusion that she made especially for quelling down the negative feelings Zodom was formed from. Plus, it should have been very obvious from the fact its beginning sounds very similar to the Harmonious Misha sang during AT1's final battle.


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Fairy Tail's Aquarius can still materialize?
In the Alvarez empire arc, she is shown to have materialized in spirit form once again to help out Lucy.
But we all know the key that belonged to Lucy is broken.
What does this mean? are there 2 keys?
I'm happy she's back though

Isn't Loke is refuse to back to spirit world rather than came by his own will, but may be not, I can't remember though :p

I think it's will be explain on next chapter, and I think this is spoiler for people who watch anime. I don't watch anime, so I don't know about Fairy Tail's last episode.

@JTR the last anime epoisde I saw on Crunchy roll was the end of the Tartaros arc

@JoeW if so, it is count as spoiler?

But Loki's key was intact, Aquarius' was not.

@JTR To be fair anything from the most recent issue of a manga or episode of an anime is a spoiler for a little while after it is released until people have time to read/watch it.

The answer was revealed in the following issue

 The key to summon Aquarius has been reborn somewhere in the world and the gate was opened by the Celestial King so that Aquarius could deliver a message to Brandish and Lucy


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Why Tachibana Hibiki's moves have no name?
In Symphogear every move except Tachibana Hibiki's have a name and a "poster" animation.
Why only hers do not have names?

I'm pretty sure that it's because she's the only one who doesn't manifest an Armed Gear (except at season-end for Synchrogazer/etc), but I can't find supporting evidence in any of the keywords.

@senshin Isn't her Armed Gear her fists? The move where she turns on the "turbines" on her arm, extends backwards and thrusts forward was used at least twice in each season. Also the S2CA burst, etc. But you are right, on season finales, their combined moves do have a splash poster.

Hibiki is not having her attacks in a "poster" as (due to S1 events) she was part-Gungnir. Hence, her attacks are by itself is the attack of the gear


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Do all the snacks featured have real world counterparts?
Watching Dagashi Kashi will surely make you want to try some of the snacks that the characters portray to be very yummy. Do all of the snacks featured in this series have real life versions?

All of the products featured in the show are at least representative of real-life product that have existed, in Japan.
The products featured in the titles of the first two episodes are:
Episode 1:

Umaibo
Potato Fry
Coffee Milk Candy
Young Donuts

Episode 2:

Kinako-bou
Namaiki Beer
Flute Ramune
Menko, a game akin to Pogs.

Much of the culture and novelty of Dagashi is rooted in Japanese culture, making it very hard for those out of Japan to appreciate.

What do you mean no-one picked it up? Funimation licensed it, and it's screening on the Australian site AnimeLab.

Okay I rescinded my last sentence in light of what you said.


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Why are the episodes of Ooyasan Wa Shishunki so short?
This anime runs incredibly fast, even for some of the shorter, 4-koma series I've seen. The story progression, if you want to call it that, seems to skip forward drastically off screen. When watching this, it seems like the characters voices have actually been sped up to maybe 1.5x speed. The latest episode, episode 3, was just under 2 minutes long.
From the show's MyAnimeList page I was able to find out that it's aired weekly, on Saturday nights at 22:27 JST. Does the time slot it got have something to do with how short this anime is, or is there some other reason?

Well, the 22:00-22:30 time block on MX consists of "Nijiiro Days" for the first 15 minutes; the associated variety show "club Rainbow" for 12 more minutes; and then this. On SUN, it's 25 minutes of "Kirari Keizai" and then this. But I suspect the causation runs "we're going to produce a 2-minute show" → "let's find a 2-minute slot to put it in" rather than "we can get a 2-minute slot" → "let's make the show 2 minutes long".

Sometimes 4komas are adapted into full-time anime episodes and it doesn't look really good because they have to be diluted with filler content (Looking at you, Azumanga). It may not look good, so some studios apparently choose to ignore this "normal" time format and just do what they think it's best in very short episodes.
Also, short formats are common for anime contests, where the quality matters above episode duration. This way both animation studios and directors can show off their skills in adapting or making an original title into animation.
As for airing time slots, anime is usually not earning any money by itself, but rather by ads shown during and around their airing time. A 3-minute episode doesn't work very well for earning money this way, so TV channels usually give it a slot that doesn't earn them too much money anyways.


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Why didn't the Dragon slayers disappear when the eclipse gate was destroyed?
During the Grand magic games, they were not able to actually defeat all the dragons that came out of Eclipse gate. The dragons as well as future Rouge and Lucy just disappeared and went back to their own timeline when the Eclipse gate was destroyed.
But as Zeref stated, Natsu and the other dragon slayers are from the past and traveled to current timeline using the same Eclipse gate.
So why didn't they disappear as well when the Eclipse gate was destroyed?
Possible plothole??

There is a change in the future line, rogue and lucy is from the future and the others are from the past. When they change the events who made the evil rogue and future lucy they simple dont exist anymore.

@Rezende But the dragons are also from the past just like the dragonslayers.

R.Eyes What Dragons? The ones who pass throw the gate come to the same time line of evil rogue

As I understand, the dragons come from 400 year ago in the past. The timeline where future Rouge comes from does not have dragons since Lucy closes the gate in that timeline that's why he traveled to timeline before Lucy closes the gate(which is the current timeline). check this answer: http://anime.stackexchange.com/a/13898

i dont think so,  the dragons related to the dragon slayers come from 400 years ago but in the evil rogue time line he enter in the gate and travel to this time changing the time and travellying back throw the gate with the rest of the dragons. The dragons who create the dragon slayers have a diferent time line because this

First (and more importantly): According to the Wikia page of the Eclipse Gate (sorry, I couldn't find the actual chapter where the princess actually explains this):

Many years later, after a different Eclipse Gate is constructed, following the conclusion of the fourth day of the X791 Grand Magic Games, Arcadios and Yukino bring Lucy, Natsu and their friends before the gate while attempting to persuade Lucy to help with the Eclipse Project.

So this is not the same Eclipse Gate that was constructed by Zeref and used by Anna and Layla to bring the dragon slayers into the present, therefore destroying it can't have an effect on whether the dragon slayers are present in the current timeline or not.
Second: Evil Rogue and his dragons disappeared, because the gate that he used in the future to come back to the present was destroyed in the present, therefore he won't be able to use it to come back to the present, therefore he wouldn't be able to bring the dragons from the past. This same logic doesn't apply for time travel which brings people to the future: no matter what you do with the time travelling device after they arrived, they will be still there as there is no need for the time travelling device to keep them there.
(Other than this, yes, time travel in most of the stories sucks and is usually full of plot holes. Fairy Tail is no different, there are lots of open questions. With Eclipse destroyed why didn't we go back to the original timeline with 10000 dragons destroying everything? Or why did the city remained destroyed after the dragons disappeared? Well, at least we didn't get a "Back To The Future"-like "timelines slowly change, there's still time to save your parents' marriage" plot hole.)

Agreed. the Gate must exist at both points for the time travel to be possible.  Natsu and the others went from the past to the future, and the gate had already survived the middle part in order for them to do so. Rogue went fom the future to the past, and in his timeline, the gate existed at both points, but by traveling to the past, he created a new future, which once the gate was destroyed rendered his initial trip impossible, so time fixed the impossibility by sending them back to their own time.

The gate was destroyed and got rid of future rogue and future lucy because they came from the future which didnt happen yet. And since it didnt happen they disappeared along with anything They changed like the dragons crossing the gate. It didnt make the dragon slayers disappear bevabecauseuse they crossed the gate a long ass time ago and it didnt have anything to do with future rogue or lucy. So anything before the grand magic games and before that would still be there.

It's possible we didn't see the future with the 10000 dragons because Fro didn't die. Think of it, if Fro died, that means that Rough will kill Sting. That leads us to the war vs Zeref. Maybe Natsu didn't win since Sting was dead, so Rough probably did some stupid thing (that didn't lead to the manga place).
Because of that, maybe Zeref lost to Acnologia after he defeated Natsu and Acnologia controlled the world, or Natsu defeated Zeref but lost to Acnologia because Sting wasn't there, and Rough probably fought Acnologia and all the other dragon slayer.
Well maybe this thing is my theory but it sounds like something that would happen.

They also would have had to have built the gate 400 years in the past to bring the dragons so the whole idea is full of holes like a lot of Fairy Tail. Although it's a good show they just constantly contradict previously stated facts


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When was the first shadow crocodile created?
In episode 12 of Kagewani, Banba and Kimura both state that disappearances that are recorded as having happened in Yunnan (in modern-day China) are in fact the handiwork of the shadow crocodile, and that one of the warring factions in that region created the first shadow crocodile by the method of gu.
I don't recall them ever mentioning Yunnan before or after that, but the way they state it so matter-of-factly makes me feel like I'm missing out on something. When did these disappearances happen? Is there an allusion to real-world history I'm not getting here?


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Where can I watch the latest Pokemon Season 18 episodes subbed?
Seaon 18 refers to the XY: Kalos Quest. Subtitles should be in English. It can also be English dubbed. I have tried Youtube but most of the episodes are missing.


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Evangelion - What happened to the humans in space/astronauts during the 3rd impact?
Well, title says it all. What happened to all the humans in space (and maybe under the sea) when the 3rd impact happened and Rei became that giant human thing and all the souls of everyone on the surface of the Earth seemed to merge with her?
I couldn't quite recall if I saw any red "links" from space or from anything under the surface of the sea. I'm also pretty sure that it's safe to assume that there are astronauts in the Eva Universe cuz they have big Eva mechs.

I don't think it's as safe as you think to assume there are humans in space.Putting people in space is very expensive and requires a political will that might be lacking in the post-Second Impact world, especially with so many resources apparently going to the Eva program.

So it's then safe to assume that there was no astronauts post-Second Impact?

I don't remember any evidence either way in the series, so there might be. But Second Impact killed two billion people right away and caused climate shifts and rising ocean levels worldwide. In a scenario like that, space travel is the last thing most governments would want to spend money on. So I don't think we can assume there were astronauts.

Quite sure Space Exploration comes second to anti-Angel Weapons Development.....though that being said in Rebuild there is that Moon Base where Kaworu was seen hanging about in the second movie but Rebuild, at the moment, appears to be a different universe


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What's the name of the instrumental music played when Yato releases Hiro in Noragami Aragoto Episode 13?
Could you please name the song? My friend wants that song. Help. Thanks.

Not sure if you're still looking for the answer but that song is called 夜卜譚 ("Yatotan"). It's the 13th song of the Noragami Aragoto soundtrack.


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Could a tailed beast become a Jinchuriki
I know that together all the tailed beast create the ten tails but could a tailed beast be sealed inside another tailed beast. Excluding the ten tails of course.

To make the Ten Tails you atleast need the Tailed Beasts or their chakra. So that means if you take the chakra of the Tailed Beast it will be pretty weak, so it won't be able to become a vessel for the other Tailed Beast. But also Tailed Beast have a massive amount of chakra. Also if humans were trying to make a Tailed Beast a "jinchuriki", they would have to control it first. Which is hard to do. Than put the other Tailed Beast in there. Which they would have to control too.

No.  It's also never been explored in any official capacity, either.
Jinchuriki means "power of human sacrifice".  This implies that only a human can take on the immense energies of a tailed beast.


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Is there something special about Benten?
Near to the end we learn that the reason why Souichirō stopped seeing Akadama-sensei was because whenever Benten was around he could keep his transformation and revert back to being a Tanuki.
In the final episode when the dividing wall between the Tanuki's attending the Trick Miester Election and the Friday Club is knocked down some of the Tanuki instantly transform. but it isn't until Benten turns up that every other Tanuki reverts back to their tanuki form.
Added to the fact that Benten was an ordinary girl from the countryside until Akadama-sensei abducted her and taught her how to fly is Benten really just some ordinary girl?

somewhat related http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/13979/why-is-benten-the-way-she-is


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If Rory's halberd is that heavy, how does Itami pick her up and run?
In episode 8, it is revealed that Rory Mercury's halberd is extremely heavy.
The thief who tries to steal it collapses and is crushed by it. And when Hideyo tries to pick it up, he hurts himself.

But in episodes 6 and 17, Itami picks up Rory along with her halberd and runs with them in his arms.

What gives? Itami is human. He doesn't have superhuman strength like Rory.

I’d consider that halberd more of a GATE version of Thor’s Hammer. If you’re not worthy ... you won’t be picking that thing up. But Itami can carry Rory around while she’s holding it, just like an Iron Man can throw Thor while he’s holding his hammer, but he still remains unable to lift the damn thing himself. So it’s either that or ... yeah, not everybody’s good at thinking about physics.

i guess the weight only affects those that tries to carry it directly but since rory is the one holding it, the weight returns to normal?

Another possibility is Gate's world has a smaller gravitational pull than earth's (9.81ms^-2), thus, the halberd would weigh lesser over there, allowing Itami to carry Rory with the Halberd. Also, during running, the momentum of the Halberd is countered by the resistive forces involved, partial vectors of upthrust are amplified, this would also contribute to helping him lift Rory with the Halberd. Plus, Itami has Ranger and Special Forces Training, so he is stronger than the average person.

@AstralSea I actually don’t think so. If the world beyond the “Gate” had a different gravitational pull, then those ballistic tests and presentations they did in episode 14 would have gone horribly wrong. (Same applies to regular bullets, rockets, tank shells … any kind of ballistics really.) Less gravity would also mean that this world shouldn’t be able to “lock” the same “level of atmosphere.” (If one can call it that …) This would lead to thinner air and less atmospheric pressure, but we’ve seen characters traverse between the worlds without problems.

@almost.time I have posted an answer to just explain that my theory is within the realm of possibility as physics is a delicate subject so even a small difference of 1N can lead to a large change in experimental results.

@Mysticial I have edited my answer to give another explanation that does not involve altering the fundamental forces of nature. If possible, please read through it.

To prove my theory of reduced gravitational pull, I will bring in some data and only use 1 simple equation: F=mg
ge=9.81ms^-2
gg=gravitational pull in gate's world
Data:

Average BMI for a 1.9m (Itami's height) tall person is 23, thus the
mass of the person is 83.09kg. Thus, we assume this average person can only lift 90.0kg (above average).
We assume Rory's halberd is 100.0kg, far too heavy for that thief and Hideyo to lift. Rory can lift it as she has Superhuman strength.
We assume Rory weighs about 50.0kg (Average 14 year old)
Itami is a Ranger. Thus, he should be able to lift up to 170.0kg (below average for a ranger). According to this website, a ranger should be able to lift up to 400 pounds/181.437kg.

Weight of (Rory+Halberd)=(100+50)(9.81)
=1471.5N
Weight that Itami can lift=170(9.81)=1667.7N
Therefore, Itami should still be able to lift (Rory+Halberd) even if he was on earth. However, we will assume he barely trained after his Ranger training, so he can only lift 1470N on earth.
Thus, on Gate's world, where the gravitational pull is smaller(gg), which lowers (Rory+Halberd)'s weight from 1471.5N to 1470N so weakened Itami can lift them.
gg=1470/(150)=9.8ms^-2
Now, I will prove that this lowered gravitational pull will bring no effects whatsoever onto firearms and breathing for Earth's people to answer almost.time's queries. This is due to the difference in g being only 0.01ms^-2.
Firstly, the maximum height that a person can go before having to acclimatise is 2,438 meters.

There are no specific factors such as age, sex, or physical condition that correlate with susceptibility to altitude sickness. Some people get it and some people don't, and some people are more susceptible than others. Most people can go up to 8,000 feet (2,438 meters) with minimal effect.

To prove there will be no breathing problems, I will use data from this website for air density at 2000m above sea level.

The pressure at 2000m is 7.95x10^4Nm^-2 when g=9.8. Thus, at gate's sea level, the pressure would be about 7.95x10^4Nm^-2 as well this would mean a person can traverse between the gates without suffering any side effects as air pressure tends to be almost the same for every 1000m or so.

For firearms, they can fire without oxygen but they will most likely leave behind more residue. Furthermore, it you are worried about less air pressure=bigger explosion, do not fret as the projectiles would fly further away than normal due to the lower air density offering
  less air resistance and a smaller gravitational pull retarding the motion of the projectiles so its range actually increased. Thus, the mortars they used in episode 14 would not have cause possible disasters. Furthermore, a bigger explosion would mean more energy is converted to heat and sound energy than kinetic energy. Thus, it would actually mean that the weapons are less effective in Gate's world compared to Earth as the projectiles now fly with less speed than before.

It would seem that reduced gravity is not the only possible explanation in terms of physics for Itami being able to lift (Rory+Halberd) as I read the Fire Dragon chapter in the manga and found another possible explanation in terms of momentum.

In this picture, you see that Rory is carried differently compared to the anime and this is important as she can be considered a plank while Itami's shoulder is the pivot. According to the Principle of Moments, if Rory was exerting an upward force, then she would cause a anti-clockwise moment about Itami's shoulder in comparison to the clockwise moment resulting from the halberd about Itami's shoulder. If she was to exert enough force across her arm to have an anti-clockwise moment equal to the clockwise moment caused by the halberd about the  pivot, then the resultant torque about Itami's shoulder would equal to 0. This means that Itami would not have to bear the weight of the halberd at all. Though he has to bear Rory's weight, the halberd would not impede his motion at all due to all the momentum being countered by Rory and we all know a regular person (using myself as an example, I can lift up to 77.5kg) like Itami can definitely lift Rory.

In canon, it is unexplained. But the explanation by user almost.time is the closest call:

I’d consider that halberd more of a GATE version of Thor’s Hammer. If you’re not worthy ... you won’t be picking that thing up. But Itami can carry Rory around while she’s holding it, just like an Iron Man can throw Thor while he’s holding his hammer, but he still remains unable to lift the damn thing himself.

So probably her halberd is not of a super-heavy material alloy at all, just some tool only the assigned users can wield.
Given that Rory is a immortal demi-goddess, that is entirely plausible.
So, from the halberd's point of view, he is not being carried by Itami at all. He is still in Rory's hands. As an Earth analogy, you cannot feel the Earth spinning around the sun, because you are attached to Earth. So to you (or to the Halberd), the fact that another entity (the sun or Itami) is carrying your bearer (Earth or Rory) is either unknown, unmeasureable or irrelevant.


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Is Deidara a boy or a girl?
In the manga his gender is sometimes confused due to the Japanese language's sparse use of third person pronouns, which forces translators to use their own ideas of Deidara's gender to make sentences flow smoothly. This has caused a lot of confusion, since both "he" and "she" are used to refer to Deidara. However, Deidara speaks of "himself" using male pronouns and has been given a very deep, male voice in the anime.
Someone asked me this and it got me pretty confused. In the Naruto Wiki page it says that Deidara was a boy, but I wasn't sure.
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Deidara

Deidara is a man. He looks like a man, uses pronouns and a way of speaking that is pretty much exclusive to men, and has male voice actors in English and Japanese. While it's not uncommon for women to voice male characters who are young/immature, it is rare for a man to voice a female character.
There is no reason to think Deidara is a girl, and overwhelming evidence to suggest he is a man.

Okay good. I knew he was a guy but when that person asked me that question it just got me all confused. And also it is not rare for a man to voice a female character. I have seen that happen a lot of times, mostly in American cartoons.

just remember when he used C0, he naked and don't have a breast :)