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Symbolic meaning red apples
I noticed that red apples seem to have symbolic meaning in Anime and I wonder if it is in line with western interpretations.
Erased:
After waking up in the hospital, Satoru's nemesis Yashiro sits besides his bed and peels a red apple.
AnoHana: When Jinta's mother explains the concept of reincarnation to Menma, she peels a red apple.
Death Note: Well... Ryuks favorite food and he's a Shinigami, a death god...
So yea, common theme, must have to do with death.
From what I gather, a typical western interpretation, among others (e.g. sin) is rebirth, which does fit the bill regarding the first two examples and to some extend also the third.
So my question: Is it what it seems or is there yet another meaning attached in eastern symbolic that I don't know of?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_(symbolism)
"Though the forbidden fruit in the Book of Genesis is not identified, popular Christian tradition holds that Adam and Eve ate an apple from the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden."
This would be the best guess.

Thanks. I am aware of the christian interpretation of the apple, growing up in a Christian tainted country. I am boiling down to what's beyond that, given Japan and hence the writers background is not.

Kind of related, perhaps: Is the amount of Christianity portrayed in anime representative of Japan?

@sbcordt May be the European meaning; don’t forget how much the cultures are internationalized nowadays.

Yea indeed I didn't mean to undermine the current state cultural exchange on a global scale, I was just, well not assumingor expecting, but rather also considering the idea that besides a typical western interpretation, there's maybe a more eastern meaning behind the apple

All of these references point to similar ideas. Erased, Anohana and Death Note all have similar plot lines dealing with death:
Erased

29 year old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings in his 5th grade year.

Anohana

Five childhood companions reunite when the ghost of their dead friends appears, and demands they grant her final wish.

Death Note

An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

Apples represent a few things in myth and fiction, one being death and the other being rebirth--usually in the form of having your eyes opened (revealed knowledge). A common one is from Genesis 3:5:

"For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

The use of the apple also shows up in Disney films, one being Snow White, where Snow White eats a poisoned apple. This type of common theme is called an "archetype," or the perfect representation selected across time to convey an idea. These types of ideas can be rooted in human biology and passed down through our genes, the apple specifically is one of those ideas. Human vision is precisely evolved to detect danger(blood), ripe fruit as well as human sexuality (blood in the blushing of cheeks and red lips--also why sports cars are red, they're more sexually appealing that way).
A BIT OF PRE-HISTORY LESSON
The specific correlation here is that humans evolved to detect danger through acute color vision to see blood and death (red, like apples). Simultaneously the acute vision lead to the ability to see time and look into the future where you could possibly die. So humans started to store up food and gather resources. Women couldn't always take care of themselves in history due to child birth, so men did all of the hunter gather stuff. So what happens is that men gained selection pressure through resources over women (best hunter got the best women, survival). Simultaneously women had less danger to contend with and evolved to convey sexuality (ripeness) through their skin, lips and cheeks. This would appeal to hunter gatherers and the best hunters would flock to the most sexually ripe women. Men also achieved this feat, in that sexuality (ripeness) is correlated with fitness (ability to hunt).
Now when it comes to reproduction, the main function is to pass on your genetics. So whomever holds genetic selection power can pass on their genetics more easily. So if you were less visually appealing it usually correlated to your ability to either provide (men) or reproduce (women).
This gave women sexual selection power over men in that they can decline men the ability to pass on genes, e.g. death because their looks correlated to their ability to gather resources. Which is important for childbirth and care. This made men subconscious of their looks and abilities. Hence why in Genesis Eve gives Adam the apple, she judged him and made him aware and self-conscious.
This play between men and women was in essence what caused the awakening of consciousness, ability to see death and the future as well as to see ripe fruit. Hence the correlation between the different stories with women, apples and death.
UTILIZATION OF ARCHETYPES
So when this sort of archetype is utilized in media in this manner it's usually subconsciously being used to convey an idea that your physiology may understand, but consciously you don't. That's why these shows are so captivating, they have ideas rooted in their substructure that appeal to you at your core and represent ideas spanning the entirety of human evolution/existence.

I don't have a copy on hand to check, but according to the Death Note Wiki:
"in Death Note 13: How to Read, Tsugumi Ohba states that there was no underlying reason for his choice of apples. He is quoted as saying that he liked the way the red apples contrast with Ryuk's dark appearance."
So so much for that idea. Doesn't surprise anyone.
A lot of the time authors of popular fiction put something in their book because they thought it sounded or looked good or it was something that reminded them of a friend or family member and the moment the reviewers, critics and teachers get hold of it it becomes some awesome symbol of death or evil or whatever.
But even though the apple symbolism turns out to be readers' bias rather that author intent, Death Note stil has tons of symbolism to discuss, most notably the ubiquitous doves and crows ...

Forbidden fruit - Death Note makes many references to Christianity. The apple is popularly thought to be the forbidden fruit in Genesis, which the snake told Eve would make her smarter, open her eyes, and elevate her to the status of God. ... Eating the apple was the Original sin and the first symbol of temptation.
Here is an answer to a similar question.
Many anime use this symbolic meaning of apples.
Hopefully that answers your question :)

"Death Note makes many references to Christianity" - I did notice that too but could you elaborate on this a bit more? Very interesting topic. In general, being kinda new to Anime and (contemporary) Japanese art I try to make sense of many visual queues. Often I have the feeling: "This means sth." without being able to point a finger at it.

If you watch some of the less mainstream anime like Tears to Tiara, Makai Ouji (Devils and Realist), Ao no Exorcist (Blue Exorcist), Hataraku Maho sama (The devil is a part-timer), etc. you'll find all sorts of re-interpretations of christian symbology.

I’m disappointed to see that the bulk of this answer has been plagiarized from Quora. It is generally ok to include other people’s work in your answer, but only if it is properly attributed!

@Laurel As far as stories go, i couldn't have re-phrased anything. You can't change a story from a book. I was simply answering a question regardless of plagiarism.

“[M]ake sure you do all of the following: Provide a link to the original page or answer; Quote only the relevant portion; Provide the name of the original author” — The Help Center. It’s really that simple.

Hi, just in case it might come helpful, you can also quote the text by using > markdown, like > this is a quote.


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Ahiru no Sora - Does Sora not get along with his dad?
In episode 34 he says to his dad he no longer expects an allowance after one last thing. And even in the flashbacks it's always been Sora and his mum, did something happen between him and his dad?

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How could Mr.0 not recognize Sanji?
When Sanji finds out Mr.3's hut in Little Garden, he answers a call by Mr.0, who mistakes him for Mr.3 himself.
We know that den den mushis look like whoever's speaking at the other side of the line, so Mr.0 (who should know who his subordinates are) should have recognized that it was not Mr.3
Is it maybe a special den den mushi that does not show the likeness of the individual, for the sake of not letting anyone know who Mr.0 is, or is there a different explanation?

You're thinking on the right track except for the fact that den-den mushis do not imitate those speaking. Den-den mushis do not "take the shape" of their owners. They are customized by the owners to show ownership. Trafalgar's den-den mushi looked like him, so did Doflamingo's. Thats why Mr. 0 could not recognize that it was Sanji on the other side of the line instead of Mr. 3. Also because of plot.
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A small caveat. While it is true, that they don't take on the exact shape, they do mimic distinctive facial traits and even injuries (for example Zoro's scar).

When Doflamingo and Law are speaking over den-den mushi after Punk Hazard (chapter 697), the Law-looking den-den mushi's eye change to look like Caesar's eye when he is screaming.

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Who was hunting who in the 4th Phase of the 287th Hunter Exam?
In the 4th phase of hunter exams, applicants have to hunt each other, we know some huntings of the applicants:

? -> kurapika (#404) -> Tonpa (#16) -> Leorio (#403) -> Ponzu (#246)
-> Bourbon (#103) -> ?
Gon (#405) -> Hisoka (#44) -> Geretta (#384) -> Gon (#405)
? -> Imori (#198) -> Killua (#99) -> Umori (#199) -> ?
? -> Hanzo (#294) -> Amori (#197) -> ?
? -> Siper (#80) -> Illumi (#301) -> Goz (#371) -> ?
? -> Pokkle (#53) -> Kyu (#105) -> ?
? -> Sommy (#118) -> Bodoro (#191) -> Ryu (#34) -> ?

But there are some others that I couldn't find. Does anyone know who are the missing huntings that are represented with an interrogation mark?

The info in Hunterpedia is pretty much the same what you shared, so probably this has never been revealed in the Manga or Anime.


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Where was Kurapika while Gon was dying?
Title says it all. Kurapika was completely absent while Gon was almost dead. In the anime, it showed one flashback to Kurapika sitting on a chair, but thats all. Was this explained at all?

Kurapika was throwing a funeral for his dead family/clan members of the eyes he recovered and who knows what kind of stuff he went through to get them.
Also the condition Gon put himself in could make him even more depressed as Gon much sacrificed his life to get revenge especially when Gon was trying to stop Kurapika from being a killer that someone as pure hearted as Gon can even become a monster. Killua was upset since he couldn't fight Neferpitou with him side by side. Now imagine Kurapika who had no clue about the Ant's existance and what those two were going through and him being with them could of possibly prevented all the events till now from happening.
Also Gon partially got the idea of making a severe vow from Kurapika.
Basically a friend he made after being alone for so long went down the same path as him.


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Who attacked Gowther when he was brainwashing Dreyfus?
season 1 episode 18.
I never did understand who attacked or was in Gowther nightmare teller where he was brainwashing Dreyfus and why did "they" attacked or showed up on Gowther brainwashing skill

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was Fraudrin because he was inside of Dreyfus' mind/body and so he attacked Gowther while he was using nightmare teller. At least that's my theory.


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Can Naruto SO6P heal Gai completely?
We saw Naruto in form of having sage of the six path powers and mentioned he could do almost everything.
He did save Gai's from near death,
He heal Kakashi's eye
He slowed the process of Obito gettin rot.
With these facts, I believe SO6P Naruto could heal him, but I'm still not sure.

He could not fully heal Guy. Naruto even said this himself once he was talking to Kakashi. He said that Guy was too far gone to be healed fully. To support this, he couldn't fully heal Obito either. He just delayed his death.

From what i observed it seems that all Naruto did is just preventing his death, after doing that however Guy couldn't completely recover from all the damage he received by using the 8th gate (as shown in Boruto).

Hi @JangoHypno, welcome to Anime & Manga. If I'm reading this correctly, it seems to only tangentially answer the question whether Naruto can heal Gai completely by saying he doesn't. Perhaps you can [edit] your answer to add further justification for why Naruto possibly couldn't have healed Gai completely. (Also, do take our [tour]!)


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What happend to Zuko's Mother (Avatar the last airbender)
So when I watched The Legend of Kora the grandaughter of Aang asked Katara what happened to the mother of Zuko wich Katara didn't get the answer because she was interrupted. I still don't know if Zuko's mother chose to go away, got killed, or maybe got forced away. I only saw the series I don't know if they explain in the manga.

It's technically not a manga because manga refers to comics made in Japan.

Cross-site duplicate on scifi.se: https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/46890/what-happened-to-zukos-mother

This was answered in the Avatar comics, as you suspect. In particular, it was the second graphic novel released, The Search. The title refers to Zuko's search for his mother.
In the comic, everything about Fire Lord Azulon's death is revealed, as well as what happened to Zuko's mother, Ursa. I'll summarize here based on the wikipedia article and my own hazy memory. Ursa provided Ozai with a poison to kill Azulon, and after that succeeded, she was effectively banished by Ozai as a precaution. During her exile, Ursa got a spirit to change her face and erase her memories, married her childhood sweetheart whom she was engaged to before Ozai showed up, and had a daughter. During the course of the story, Zuko eventually finds his mother and her memories are restored.


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What is the point of Chaos;Head if it’s not in the same worldline as the other Science Adventure entries?
I noticed that Chaos;Head’s divergence ratio is different than the one of Steins;Gate and Robotics;Notes. What was the point of that series to begin with since nothing basically happened?

Because the point of Science Adventure series is not really about divergence ratio or the same worldline, but just due to the official genre/theme.
Back in 2008, when Chaos;Head was first released, the genre was officially given as "Delusional Science Adventure" (妄想科学ADV). At that time, there was no plan of making this into a series.
It was not until 2009 when Steins;Gate was released with the genre as "Supposition Science Adventure" (想定科学ADV), making it a series and also the 2nd entry.
This is then followed by:

Robotics;Note: Expansive Science Adventure (拡張科学ADV)
Chaos;Child: Delusional Science Adventure (the same as Chaos;Head)
Occultic;Nine: Paranormal Science Adventure (超常科学ADV)
Anonymous;Code: Supposition Science Adventure (the same as Steins;Gate)

The series emphasizes real scientific elements heavily while still allowing them to mix with fictional elements. This includes, but not strictly limited to, time travel and divergence ratio.

Main reference: Japanese Wikipedia on Science Adventure Series


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what is the song that plays 18 minutes into episode 354 of Naruto Shippuden?
Naruto Shippuden
Episode 354
timestamp: 18:00/23:10
What is the music that plays in the background?

I believe this is Naruto Shippuuden Soundtrack II, track 25, "Shirobae" (translated title: "The Rain Stops").
It sounds like a slower, calmer, guitar version of "Guren", the theme that appeared a lot in many of the Yuukimaru scenes back during that Three-Tails filler arc.


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How germa66 travelled from north blue to south blue
I was watching whole cake island arc in anime and it showed Germa 66 snail like ship climbing over red line.
But as far as I know, only way to cross grand line is through reverse mountain which has sea water flowing
Am I missing something here ?

The grand line is indeed what splits the world in half along the horizontal axis but ultimately it's only a body of water, surrounded by more water. You theoretically could sail North/South across the grand line without incident but that would entail sailing across the calm belts where no winds blow and gigantic neptunians tear ships apart. The thing is, the calm belts have already been conquered, the marines learned to embed seastones in the hulls of their ships to ward off neptunians and propel ships without the use of wind which allows them to cross the calm belts at will.  Its hard to imagine the obscenely rich and technologically advanced Germa66 who can cross the red line in mecha boats don't also have access to seastone to cross the calm belts.

If you check out this map. you will see that one can go over the Redline/ Grand Line/ through Reverse Mountain from one sea to another.

You cannot use reverse mountain to traverse between the 4 seas, if you recall the events from volume 12 when the straw hats enter the grand line those channels that seem to crisscross reverse mountain are actually wicked fast currents that run up the mountain and converge at the top before launching ships into the grand line. You would need a ship capable of going against dangerously powerful currents to enter one of the four seas.

Well of course but we were talking about Germa66, not some village townfolks who want to get to South Blue. That is why I put that option there. Anyway, Germa most likely climbed the Red Line to get to all 4 seas. I bet there are some kind of transporters for ordinary people that dont want to get in the GL and only to one of the Blues.

I understand we're talking about Germa66 but that map is misleading in that it appears that there's some sort of 4 way canal between the blues at reverse mountain which is not the case. I don't doubt the Germa66 couldn't spend a few weeks climbing along the red line to get over the grand line and calm belts but it has never been established how the did it. Lastly, there's no indication of people crossing between the blues at all, Sanji was born in North Blue and ended up in the East but he's a Vinsmoke, otherwise I don't think any non-marine/world class pirates have been between blues


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Did Dragon Ball Heroes introduce a new super saiyan transformation?
Episode 26 of Super Dragon Ball Heroes showed this state of Goku and Vegeta

It looks like Super Saiyan 4 but with red / grey aura. Is this supposed to be a new transformation? Or is it just a power up, a technique or a state?

That's Super Saiyan 4 because it has red fur. The gray is possibly the transformation/fight (whatever they're doing).


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How long was Sasuke actually in Squad 7?
In Episode 3 - "Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?". after being rejected to come with her for Lunch, Sakura is talking to herself how they would be together as a squad for a long time so there's plenty of time to get to know Sasuke. Obviously this isn't the case as a bit after the Chunin Exams Sasuke left and joined Orochimaru.
I am curious though how long Sasuke was actually in the squad, just to see how woefully optimistic Sakura was.

This is what I managed to find, looking at the anime and manga and doing a little research on the internet. It is known that the day of the Ninja Graduation Ceremony is around January 22 (Naruto was still 12 years old), since the story began on January 18 and January 23 is Kiba's birthday (who graduated from 12 years), and because the registration was around 2 days after the start of Naruto's story.
Then we have the day when the fights with the Sound Four and the fight in the Valley of the End occurred, which is the official day of the end of team 7. That day is no later than September 22, it is between the 2 and September 22, on those dates all the events are fulfilled, including that Tsunade must be older than 50 years, that Shikamaru is 12 years old when he becomes Chunnin, among others. Let's meet the following.
-22 January - Team 7 formation
-22 September - Fight in the valley of the end
So Sasuke was about 8 months on the team. This is the closest answer.
Sources: Manga, Anime, Databook 1 and 2, Internet.


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Why did Mido rule out Masahiko Kida as the Yotsuba Kira purely based on him providing the account for funds used to commision Eraldo Coil?
I rewatched the yotsuba arc and never really understood the logic.
Kira would want L's name and face, so why would Masahiko Kida be proven to not be Kira if he set up the account of funds for Eraldo Coil with the purpose of finding out L's identity?


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Is Psykos-Orochi fusion god level threat?
In the last chapters of the manga,

 The fusion of Psykos and Orochi with god given extra powers was able to create Earth-scale Tsunamis and energy attacks . Other monster-alien we've seen to do something in planetary scale was Boros, who was god level threat

Does this make her/him a god level threat by default?

Unknown (but probably not)
No one who we can trust to provide ratings has provided a ranking for the fusion.  Nor has there been any omniscient-narrator provided rankings, such as a text box which simply asserts their threat level without being dialogue.
There are two things that might weigh against being a God level threat:

Not quite world-affecting.  While it can impact a geographically large area, it still seems limited to at most continental level impacts, and most of that just seems to be exploiting the physics of wave propagation, and is largely minor over most of that area.  She hasn't done or affected much more than what we'd expect of a strong earthquake.
Tatsumaki can handle it thus far.  Blast is the God-level threat insurance plan, while Tatsumaki is the everything-else insurance plan.  Tatsumaki has thus far shown no signs of feeling overwhelmed or out of her league, even when she's out of the sight of others and no longer in need of maintaining her image.  And Fubuki continues to undergo a mental breakdown over the absurd level of power, without really fearing for her sister's well-being. Tatsumaki is also able to neutralize the tsunami by simply carving out a massive trench ahead of it. And then hurling what she carved out at Psykos-Orochi in a massive barrage, all while showing no signs of exertion or stress whatsoever.

So Psykos-Orochi doesn't seem to be generating any threat more extensive or powerful than Tatsumaki herself can generate (with apparent ease).  So unless we accept that Tatsumaki is herself at God-level, even given that she respects Blast and seems to acknowledge him as the greater power, it seems safe to reject the idea of Psykos-Orochi being a God-level threat.
The main reason for thinking she might be one seems to be that the power range on Dragon level threats would appear to be gargantuan otherwise.  But as we've already seen it acknowledged that the threat rankings are a flawed system, and in fact has undergone revisions before to account for the emergence of even more powerful monsters, this may simply be a deficiency and shortsightedness of the system.  And, indeed, the scale difference between "city-wide threat" for Dragon (such as the meteor) versus even just a country-sized  effect is itself gargantuan.  The City of Los Angeles is about 501 square miles, whereas the area of, say, France is just short of 250,000 square miles.  That's about 500 times larger by area.  And LA is a very large city: Paris, France is only a hair under 41 square miles, less than a tenth the size of LA and less than 1/5000-th the size of France.
As such the apparent power range on Dragon threats may be an example of the "Writers have no sense of scale" trope in action, resulting from a failure to grasp just how large the scale differences between city/country/continent/world are.  Alternatively, it may be an intentionally logarithmic scale, like the Kardashev scale for galactic civilizations: Type 1 is "society uses an amount of energy equal to the solar energy incident upon Earth" which is already about 10000 times what our modern day society uses, while Type 2 is "uses an amount of energy equal to the sun's entire output" and is many orders of magnitude larger, and Type 3 is many orders of magnitude beyond that.  Thus the massive range in power for Dragon level threats may be an intentional design feature, reflecting how the next meaningful scale beyond it is massively larger.

After the battle with Psykos-Orochi , Tatsumaki looks to me to be a match for Boros. She looked weaker to me before that battle.


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How does Ray manage to grab Conny's bunny plushy and hide it from her?
Re-watching The Promised Neverland anime and re-reading the manga, I still find the first major plot turning event a bit abrupt. Conny is saying goodbye to her friends at the house foyer with Mom behind her, holding her beloved bunny toy. And the next scene is Mom leading her to the gate without the bunny. The assumption is they go out the door straight after waving goodbye. So how did Ray pull it off?

This is an error introduced in the anime. In the manga, Conny is not shown to be holding Little Bunny when she leaves, as seen in the first chapter.

Later on, it is shown in chapter 13 how Ray gets Little Bunny.

This is just my interpretation since there's no dialogue, but it looks like Ray non-verbally offers to hold Little Bunny while he's handing over the suitcase. Since Ray is being so sneaky, Conny just forgets she's no longer holding her toy after the exchange. It's also possible he just asked for it. But given how attached Conny was to the toy, it seems unlikely she would have meant to permanently hand it over into Ray's custody.
Anime Continuity
Since Conny is explicitly shown to have the toy as she's leaving Gracefield, events couldn't have happened as they did in the manga. But since there is likely no actual explanation given in the show, we can only speculate on possibilities.
First off, there's the possibility that Ray somehow acquired a second Little Bunny. I don't think he could sew one himself though (notwithstanding whether Ray can sew, this would require materials, tools, and the time and space to make the duplicate in secret).
I think the more likely possibility hinges on toys being recycled and Ray being Isabella's spy. We know toys are recycled and stored in the secret room, because we see this during the series (see Little Bunny and Grace Field secret room).
Conny would obviously have no further need for the toy where she's going, so it could be that it was Isabella who took it from Conny. She may have even persuaded Conny to give it up before they left. From here, there are two options:

Ray may have then taken it from where Isabella stashed it and placed it where Emma and Norman find it.
Being Isabella's spy, Isabella may have directly given Ray the toy and instructed him to stash it somewhere. He instead places it where Emma and Norman find it.

I don' think toys are recycled. They're kept by Isabella as memento.


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Was the Blood from Gara's Sand Coffin always black?
in Episode 34, "Akamaru Trembles: Gaara's Cruel Strength!", when Gara goes to use his Sand Coffin Justu the blood that explodes out is shown to be black

when i first saw this i figured this is a censored episode as some versions of Naruto censor out the blood (ie. coughing up blood ends up being coughing up saliva). but then in Episode 50, "The Fifth Gate: A Splendid Ninja is Born" when Gara goes to use Sand Coffin on Lee's Arm and Leg, Shikamaru recognises the Jutsu and we see a flash back of Gara using Sand Coffin in the Forest of Death (a repeat of the scene from the 1st screenshot), but when Lee's will make him get up to continue fighting, we see his arm and leg covered in blood

so was blood from Gara's Sand Coffin always black in the anime? as in any version of the anime, subbed, dubbed, 4kids, original japanese version. if it was always meant to be black (and not censored) why is the blood black?

Not an answer, I believe it was always black; although I can't say for certain. The only discussion I've found regarding this is on this IGN discussion board. A user mentioned it was red in the original Japanese release, but no source to back it up.

Regardless, the black blood can be explained by quoting Gaara in the English dubbed episode he initially used the justu - "[...] I crushed him with more force than necessary [...] The corpse's bitter crimson tears flow and mingle in the endless sand'. So the black blood came from the blood and sand being mixed together. While lee's arms and legs were crushed in the same manner, they continued to bleed blood that wasn't mixed with the same

2 theories I can come up with: 1. Naruto is a children show at that time , so showing blood and guts spilling in its actual color could have been traumatizing. So, they made the color black and omitted any bones and guts. (OR) 2. Gaara used so much strength that the sand got infused into the blood making it dirtier.

To clarify, the stuff coming out of Gaara's Sand Burial is not blood, but rather Flesh-Bone-and-Skin puree. This stuff is normally red (yes, it's almost always red) but because "he used more force than necessary" the flesh puree became black. To answer your question, this is intentional, and is not a form of censoring.
Against Rock Lee, because Rock Lee's body was receding from the effects of a few of the 8 gates (I guess) His bones were fractured by his muscles were spared of being liquified (because of the gates). The stuff coming out then was just blood.
In Shippuden, a similar thing happens with Deidara Losing an arm. Because Deidara cannot open the 8 gates, his arm was destroyed. Apparently, Gaara wasn't using a lot of force, because the flesh puree was red at that time.

Yes, the blood was always black, so inside your red blood cells there is oxygen, so when the blood cells die they release oxygen and the oxygen makes that blood a dark red that looks black.

Huh? My blood becomes dark red(==black) when blood cells die??


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Why didn't Weather become a soulless husk after losing his memories like Jotaro?
In part six, Jotaro loses both his memory and stand disc, this causes him to lose consciousness and his body starts to decompose. After gaining his stand disc he comes back to life, but loses all his memories and his will to live. This causes the muscles to decompose which would eventually cause Jotaro his life if it weren't for the return of his memory disc. Weather lost his memories but this didn't happen to him, why?

It is because when Pucci claimed Jotaro's disc, he already had a stand, and by taking his stand along with his memories, there is no way for him to recover said memories, as his stand is also taken away from him, this is also linked with the fact stands are basically the representation on a person's soul, getting your stand revoked is essentially as if somebody tore your soul  away from your body, leaving you a husk. That did not happen to Weather Report, because his stand was not yet awakened, and if you do not have a stand at the time where your disc gets stolen, there is only a memory disc, however your potential to acquire a stand is still there, meaning your soul has still not yet given up, which was the case with Weather, after his memories disc gets stolen, he awakens his own stand, making him capable to live even without his memories.


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What is the best place to read "Apotheosis" with all the chapters in the right order?
I have been re-reading the manga/manhua/manhwa called "Apotheosis", and I have a hard time finding a complete version with all the chapters in the right order. Is there a good place for this?

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

That's fair. Official sites are good if they exist too.


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Was this really the original American/English-language opening/intro to Sailor Moon? If so, why was it so heavily changed?
Original Japanese intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WdSzmL80eE
Swedish intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2tQKejS9Fo
American/English intro (if true): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxjlcUw1Wkw
Having never heard or seen the American/English version, I was shocked and in disbelief when I looked up what appears to be the English/American version of the intro.
Not only does it contain a weird intro part not even seen elsewhere, but it announces main characters which only join very late in the series, right away in the intro for the first episode. If this is true, that is. I looked through numerous videos and couldn't find a different "original" intro in English/for the USA audience.
Why did they so heavily change the already perfect intro sequence and opening theme like that? I'm really dying to know.
The Swedish version (which I grew up with and thus included as a reference) only has very minor changes from the Japanese original. For example, when the three girls fly toward the camera as silhouettes, in the original Japanese version, they never get "light" shone on them, but in the Swedish (and American) ones, they "light up" when they get close to the camera. But that's a very minor detail compared to the entire re-cut American/English one, which also has changed the theme song entirely.
Wasn't the point of importing this very Japanese show to the West to keep the look, sound and atmosphere, rather than changing it all around? I mean, wasn't there already a wealth of American-origin animated shows? Why did they have to change around Sailor Moon like this?
This is neither a rant nor really me being "upset". I'm just baffled by this decision and feel as if I'm missing some major understanding about this world since they changed it like this for the American/English-speaking audience. I'm not sure, but I believe that they didn't touch the show itself. (Perhaps they did, though. I can imagine that certain shots where you see the underpants of the girls when they jump around might have been cut away.)
I'd love to hear if there are any interviews or reliable sources discussing what could've justified this decision to so completely change the opening theme and intro cut. Even if the answer is that it had to attract a very different audience who expects things to be a certain way, it still doesn't explain why they would introduce characters from far into the series right away.
I almost wonder if this can really be the original intro, or if it's consistently mislabeled, and this is for season three or something instead?

I wonder what questions you will have after watching Battle of the Planets.  (-:

I'll preface this answer by admitting that I couldn't find any interviews in which DiC (the company responsible for the original English-language dub) explained why they changed the opening so much. I've nonetheless tried to provide the best explanation possible for why it was done.

Was this really the original American/English-language opening/intro to Sailor Moon?

Sure was, and for those who grew up with it, it's arguably just as iconic as (say) the original English-language Pokémon intro.

Why did they so heavily change the already perfect intro sequence and opening theme like that?

Because that was the done thing. Back in the 90s (and in fact, up until quite recently), it was common practice to "Westernise" imported shows as much as possible, to make them more familiar and relatable to Western audiences. This included replacing the Japanese intros and outros with brand new ones - in English, of course.
According to Wikipedia, the Sailor Moon intro was actually unusual for the time in that it kept the melody of the Japanese intro and just changed the lyrics. Most dubbed anime of the time just threw the intros out entirely and made new ones from scratch (see the Pokémon example above, and also Sonic X, Yu-Gi-Oh, One Piece... basically anything 4Kids got their hands on).

Wasn't the point of importing this very Japanese show to the West to keep the look, sound and atmosphere, rather than changing it all around?

Nope. The point of importing it was that it was insanely popular and it was going to make a lot of money. As noted above, keeping the Japanese atmosphere was not only not the point, it was the complete opposite of what actually happened, not just to Sailor Moon but to pretty much every anime that made its way to the US until about the late 2000s.

I'm not sure, but I believe that they didn't touch the show itself.

I'm afraid they did. Changes included:

Giving everyone American names instead of Japanese ones (Usagi Tsukino -> Serena, Ami Mizuno -> Amy Anderson, Mamoru -> Darien, etc.)
Adding "Sailor Says" segments to the end of every episode in which Serena gives the viewer life advice (example)
The removal of any hints of nudity or violence against children (and yes, probably the pantyshots)
Making Uranus and Neptune cousins and removing any romantic subtext between them
Making Zoicite a woman so their love for Kunzite/Malachite wouldn't be gay

And probably a whole load of others. Mind you, Sailor Moon got off pretty lightly compared to Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (from which the fight scenes in the original Power Rangers were taken; they threw literally everything else out and filmed their own plotlines with Western actors), and the three different anime that were torn apart, mashed together, and re-dubbed to create Robotech.

[Why would they] introduce characters from far into the series right away?

I can't answer that, but spoiler openings are ubiquitous in anime. Even the original Japanese intro(s) contained one or two spoilers.

Yes, it is as iconic as the Pokemon intro.  One who grew up with it (such as myself) could identify it within 10 seconds.  This is also why I was (pleasantly?) surprised that they kept the Japanese melody in the dubbing.  To the point of any removals...DiC did a whole number on them.  There are a lot of YouTube videos and other forum discussions poring in detail the multitude of changes that were done to the series by DiC.

"Making Uranus and Neptune cousins and removing any romantic subtext between them" ... well, attempting to remove any romantic subtext.

Uranus and Neptune were not in the original American broadcast. It was cancelled before the end of the second season, and they would not have appeared until the third season.

@seijitsu It was later un-cancelled, and the following seasons were dubbed (by the same company) starting in 1999.

what appears to be the English/American version of the intro.
I almost wonder if this can really be the original intro, or if it's consistently mislabeled, and this is for season three or something instead?

The links you supplied are for the Canadian Sailor Moon opening animation sequence and for the Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon [『美少女戦士セーラームーン』] [far later, the official English translation of the franchise changed to Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon]) Season 1 first opening animation sequence (out of 3 opening animations for that season).

I'd love to hear if there are any interviews or reliable sources discussing what could've justified this decision to so completely change the opening theme and intro cut.

Rather than seek an interview or statement from the companies involved that addresses their thought process on the opening sequence, it may be helpful to consider the historical background of the decision...
Not many anime series had made it to American broadcast television at the time that Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon [『美少女戦士セーラームーン』) was picked up for adaptation into Sailor Moon, which was dubbed and aired in Canada before subsequent export to the United States. Almost all of the anime that had previously aired were heavily edited shounen or children's anime, such as the largely re-written mash-up of the 3 Japanese series Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Choujikuu Yousai Macross [『超時空要塞マクロス』]) + The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross (Choujikuu Kidan Sazan Cross [『超時空騎団サザンクロス』]) + Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (Kikou Souseiki MOSPEADA [『機甲創世記モスピーダ』]) into 1 American series called Robotech, or cutting out content viewed as inappropriate for children in Noozles (originally, Mysterious Koala Blinky [Fushigi na Koala Blinky, 『ふしぎなコアラブリンキー』]). Mighty Morphin Power Rangers had used footage from the live-action sentai (superhero team) TV series Dinosaur Squad Beast-ranger (Kyouryuu Sentai Zyu-ranger,『恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー』) for all scenes in which characters were in battle costume (helmets covering their faces) but replaced the Japanese cast of the characters' un-transformed civilian mode with completely different characters of other ethnicities who lived in a completely different setting. The goal in every case was to make the cost of dubbing and broadcast rights worth it, by appealing enough to what the anticipated American child audience would be interested in and avoiding angering parents who might boycott the product, so as to at least making enough money to break even, but preferably to be able to sell merchandise to profit from it.
In contrast to these, the Canadian Sailor Moon broadcast took three main risks. 1) It did not include any main male characters, so it was not expecting to appeal to boys. (An example of a company attempting to mitigate this risk is the later American broadcast of Card Captors, an adaptation of Cardcaptor Sakura [『カードキャプターさくら』] heavily-edited to make it seem to be a team fighting story focusing a disproportionate amount of screen time on Li Syaoran compared to his smaller-scope role in the original Japanese series.) 2) Furthermore, when Sailor Moon aired in America, it was very different from what American girls or even Japanese girls had been used to seeing: a group of superhero girls who fight as a team against evil forces threatening the Earth. While many people who discovered the mahou shoujo genre (of any female character who has magical powers while living in a non-magical environment) either through or after Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon are unaware of the fact, the Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon manga pioneered sentai-style mahou shoujo (magical girl) within the mahou shoujo genre; before this series, the history of magical girls in manga and anime usually used their powers for nichijou (daily life) matters or for moonlighting as an idol singer rather than for protecting the world against evil powers, and they did not cooperate with a team of comrades (some of the primary examples include Magical Mako-chan [Mahou no Mako-chan,『魔法のマコちゃん』], Witch Meg [Majokko Meg-chan,『魔女っ子メグちゃん』], Witch Sally [Mahoutsukai Sally,『魔法使いサリー』], Magic Angel Creamy Mami [Mahou no Tenshi Creamy Mami,『魔法の天使クリィミーマミ』]), Magical Princess Minky Momo [Mahou no Princess Minky Momo『魔法のプリンセス ミンキー モモ』], Akko-chan's Secret [Himitsu no Akko-chan, 『ひみつのアッコちゃん』], and Legendary Idol Eriko [Idol Densetsu Eriko, 『アイドル伝説えり子』). Even the outlier non-shoujo mahou shoujo series that were targeted at Japanese male viewers rather than at Japanese girls, such as ESPer Mami (『エスパー魔美』) and Cutie Honey (『キューティーハニー』 [though its post-Sailor Moon version, Cutie Honey Flash　[『キューティーハニー フラッシュ』], was an actual shoujo series with a target demographic of young girls]), did not have teams of girls or super-powered villains.
At that time, American animated TV series for girls were usually about a single girl or animal in slice-of-life settings, or, even if she had an ensemble cast like Rainbow Brite or My Little Pony Tales, they did not usually fight battles as a team (though not superhero/sentai in style, notable exception to this are the female groups in Jem and Lady Lovely Locks). 3) As a third risk, the personality of Usagi (in the North American dub, Serena) was also rather different from audience expectations: while Americans had seen cluelessness/laziness/gluttony and perhaps even incompetence in male protagonists, such as in Inspector Gadget or Scooby Doo, this sort of female lead character was not at all common.

Why did they so heavily change the already perfect intro sequence and opening theme like that?
the entire re-cut American/English one, which also has changed the theme song entirely.

First, the opening theme song with its selected corresponding animation uses the same basic music as the original Japanese theme song, a rather unusual move for English dubs in that period. While the English Dragon Ball had done so from the Japanese Dragonball, these were not the majority of cases. For contrast, see the openings of English Noozles vs. Japanese Fushigi na Koala Blinky, English Escaflowne vs Japanese Escaflowne of the Heavens (Tenkuu no Escaflowne, 『天空のエスカフローネ』), and English Cardcaptors vs. Japanese Cardcaptor Sakura.
Second, to call the first Japanese opening "already perfect" is inaccurate...
The first Japanese opening animation only includes Sailor Moon/Usagi, Luna, Sailor Mercury/Ami, Sailor Mars/Rei, Tuxedo Kamen (civilian Mamoru is excluded), Beryl, and generic youma standing behind Beryl (who do not match any of the distinctive youma designs we see in the actual series). This first opening was clearly intended to be the opening animation only until the point in between when Mercury debuted (episode 8) and when Mars appeared (episode 10). The fabric covering both the silhouettes of Mercury and Mars in one shot provide an intentional teaser... but, interestingly, they are also shown walking in full-color within the same opening, and then the series switched to the second opening before the episode in which Mars/Rei first appears.
That first opening animation, which was only used for 20% of the length of the first season, was replaced early on by a minor change version in which the fabric covering Mercury and Mars was lifted: the second opening (another useful example of this intentional replacement of opening animation to the same song was used in Season 5 to create a teaser for the Sailor Starlights; you can see both versions side-by-side here). By excluding Sailor Jupiter/Makoto, Sailor Venus/Minako, and Artemis, this second opening of Season 1 was also clearly designed to be replaced at a later point rather than viewed by the animators as the standard for the season. Also, against the idea of this opening being "already perfect," it utilizes many still pans rather than moving animation, and uses up (arguably, wastes) a lot of its screen time on off-topic content that is not part of the story in any way: either a cartoonish cityscape or amusement park, roses unfurling one after another in 8 different colors, shots of masks unlike the one Tuxedo Kamen actually wears, and a silhouette of Usagi standing next to a fountain under a dirigible airship facing the silhouette of what appears to be a man with hair longer than Mamoru's but shorter than Nephrite's (clearly, whoever he is, he isn't Mamoru/Tuxedo Kamen/Endymion). This second opening animation was used until after Jupiter/Makoto appeared (episode 24 - about halfway through the series).
The third opening (note that the linked YouTube video title mistakenly labels this as the second opening, though it is actually the third) of Season 1 was comprised of completely different animation; included Serenity, Endymion, Jupiter/Makoto, and Venus/Minako; and devoted almost all of its screen time to on-topic content (the off-topic being Tuxedo Kamen riding a flying horse). However, it deleted any inclusion of Luna and Beryl (despite Luna being a major character with more Season 1 appearances than any other character except for Usagi herself!) and still lacked a good number of characters who would have contributed to a more representative opening if they had been included even for half a second: Mamoru, Motoki, Naru, Umino, Haruna-sensei, Artemis, the Shitennou ([Four Heavenly Kings, 四天王]: Jedite, Nephrite, Zoicite, Kunzite), the Saikyou Youma Nananinshu (Seven Strongest Youma, [最強妖魔七人衆]), "dark" Endymion, and Queen Metalia (contrast this with the contemporaneous Magic Knight Rayearth opening sequence, which capably included all main villains and allies). This third opening animation was used until the end of the first season.

Not only does it contain a weird intro part not even seen elsewhere, but it announces main characters which only join very late in the series, right away in the intro for the first episode.
Wasn't the point of importing this very Japanese show to the West to keep the look, sound and atmosphere, rather than changing it all around? I mean, wasn't there already a wealth of American-origin animated shows? Why did they have to change around Sailor Moon like this?
Even if the answer is that it had to attract a very different audience who expects things to be a certain way, it still doesn't explain why they would introduce characters from far into the series right away.

As explained above, the purpose of the Canadian dub aligned with the purposes of other anime dubs up until and past that time, but because the show aimed to pick up female viewers familiar with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, using the Japanese opening animation that had been only used in the Japanese series' first 9 episodes would have failed to convey that this is a sentai-style team fighting story. It would have been possible for the dub to use the Season 1 third opening toward this end, but the first and second Japanese opening would have obfuscated this point. Unlike the Japanese broadcast, the English dub could not wait until 70% of the way through the season to switch over to an opening sequence that showed all five sailor soldiers, because it had no guarantee of the show not getting cancelled well before then (in the United States, it was not aired in a prime time slot or even at a time of day that most children were available to watch it even if they wanted to). Likely, making three consecutive opening animation sequences to align with the one English song would have cost additional time/money to no clear benefit.
In addition, all-American Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting had a clean and positive image, so the dub changed "sailor soldiers" to "sailor scouts," and the selection of scenes used for the dub's opening sequence included a shot of Naru during the lyrics, "She will never turn her back on a friend," a value that aligns with scouting (which is adventurous but much more about functioning well in daily-life than fighting enemies). If any of the Japanese opening sequences had included Naru, the dub might have utilized those animation cels of Naru, but they did not exist.

I'm not sure, but I believe that they didn't touch the show itself. (Perhaps they did, though. I can imagine that certain shots where you see the underpants of the girls when they jump around might have been cut away.)

While nowhere near the level of cut-and-paste as Robotech's, the Canadian dub did make a good number of edits, which you can read more about on Anime & Manga StackExchange here:

How does the English version of Sailor Moon differ from the
original?
Was Sailor Moon edited in the English version?
How much of the original Sailor Moon anime isn't from the
manga?
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Considering the stance they have on dubbing, Nordic countries are probably the outliers here.
This is the Italian intro for comparison, which is pretty similar in techniques (though I always found it rather tasteful tbh): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZTlN3YkCuc
People 20-30 years ago were far way less used to "diversity" (I can think to how difficult was to understand Dragonball's hell and paradise for me back in the days), and I can see why you'd go at length to try to ameliorate that. And same for censoring.
Sure, kids aren't that stupid not to notice "weird cousins" or even wholly missing episodes.. but what are they gonna do aside of some slight bewilderment? On the other hand, if you can avoid any kind of negative publicity from the various "think to the children" parents associations it's all profit for you.

Wasn't the point of importing this very Japanese show to the West to keep the look, sound and atmosphere, rather than changing it all around?

Mhh absolutely not. Maybe in the modern overcroweded market, when you see anime, it's because of "artistic value" and all. But back then it was just about cheap entertainment.
In fact, most of times localizations weren't even based off the original version, but other translations in turn (I would guess whoever first brought it to the West, or whoever had the most congenial idiom to the publisher).

I mean, wasn't there already a wealth of American-origin animated shows?

Perhaps, at least for boys (most of them were animated in Korea though, funnily enough). But I can't really think to anything else comparable to a shojo, at least until Winx Club.


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Does NGE explain why the third child pilots the second Eva?
Asuka being the second child would seem to suggest she should be piloting the second Eva, Unit 01, instead of the third Eva, Unit 02.
Does the series or for that matter anything else outside the aeries explain the discrepancy in ordering? It’s logical that the first child, Rei pilot the first Eva, Unit 00, but Shinji being the third child and Asuka the second doesn’t make sense to me when they pilot the second and third units (Shinji 01 and Asuka 02) respectively.

Obviously, these are huge spoilers for the original series:
My understanding is that Unit 01 is actually the first EVA unit created.  It was quite literally pulled from Lilith (the angel they have crucified down in the basement -- that's why they only have the top half of her; you can see this in process in some quick scenes flashing back to the original Contact Experiment).  The initial plans and intentions are unclear, like a lot of things in this series, but after Unit-01 absorbed Yui Ikari, Unit-00 and Unit 02 were created in a different manner, from cloned cells from Adam (the First Angel who blew up in Second Impact).  It's probably better to say that Unit-00 was the first EVA unit that was functional, and it's the testbed for the control and containment technology to keep the monsters biddable, like the plate armor and the giant crucifix they jam into the spinal column (termination plug).  Unit 01 was armored and armed after that testing had taken place, and given the designation then; Unit-02 was then built as the "production" model.
As to why Shinji is then the Third Child, and not the first, well, it's certain that he was not known, to the public or to the Human Instrumentality Committee, to be a pilot before Gendo summoned him to Tokyo-3. It seems possible that Gendo did not intend to have Shinji pilot at all, meaning to run the whole system with Rei until the Dummy Plug was operational -- but when the Third Angel was about to attack with Unit-00 and Rei disabled, he grabbed Shinji to pilot, knowing that Unit-01 would sync with him because of the soul inside it. It makes sense that the "public" pilots would have designations given to them first.
Now, extra-textually, you could also consider some symbolic considerations. Rei is first, but she's rei (zero), without a soul of her own, so she pilots Unit 00.  Asuka is all about duality -- everything the current 'tsundere' trope is -- so she is the Second Child and pilots Unit 02.  Shinji -- well, he's the Third, and he pilots Unit 01 -- and when three are really one but still three, Christianity calls that the Trinity, and so Shinji ascends to the Godhead in Third Impact.
(This is extreme armchair symbolism and very basic, so take it with as many grains of salt as you need.)


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How was Orochimaru able to jump bodies?
During the attack on the Leaf Village by the Sand and Sound Ninja, Orochimaru revealed he had learned the Jutsu that allowed him to jump bodies and thus achieve a form of immortality. during their fight Hiruzen Sarutobi used the Reaper Death Seal Jutsu to seal away Orochimaru's arms and thus taking away his Jutsu.
Near to the end of Naruto before the Time Jump to Shippuden, Orochimaru tried waiting for Sasuke to reach him but in the end had to jump to another body but according to this answer

 Orochimaru regained his arms during the 4th Shinobi War, well into Shippuden

so if Orochimari couldn't use Jutsu before the time skip into Shippuden, how was he able to jump bodies?

Despite the Reaper Death Seal immobilizing Orochimaru's arms, he could still perform justu that did not require hand signs.

[...] Though the act undid most of the damage caused by the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, it still left Orochimaru incapable of using techniques requiring hand seals.

Orochimaru was able to jump bodies because the justu required does not require handle signs. How it is performed is not shown until much later in the Shippuden series, which is detailed below with a spoiler

 To perform this technique, Orochimaru reveals his true form: a gigantic white snake composed of smaller white snakes, by abandoning his current host's body. Orochimaru then swallows the new host and takes him or her to a separate, mental plane where he envelops the mind of his victim. The snake body then dies and falls apart, and Orochimaru's soul dominates the body
Living Corpse Reincarnation


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Which Bronze Saint bled the most?
I remember a repeating joke when Saint Seiya was running that they bled too much. During their fights, which of the original main five Bronze Saints (Shiryu, Seya, Ikki, Shun, and Hyoga) had the highest count of bleeding episodes?
For objectivity, each episode where a saint was depicted bleeding counts as 1 point no matter how much or how many times they bled in a single episode.

I believe Shiryu is the one who bled the most

While it's true that seiya fought and got injured so many times. Shiryu is the one who kept bleeding fight after fight almost thru all of his pores. He also gave half of his blood to repair the pegasus and his own cloth

Without effectively counting the occurrences, I believe the easiest answer is Seiya himself as he is the real protagonist of the whole main series and the one that always fights more enemies than the others and defeats the final Boss/God of each series.


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Why did they not have the English voice actors use a Finnish or Finnish-Swedish accent for "Moomin"?
"The Moomins" is a series of books for children made in the 1940s and onward by a Finnish-Swedish female.
In 1990, they released a successful animated TV series called "Moomin" based closely on these characters and the setting, with the production taking place in Japan, giving it a very special "anime"-ish style. The original author closely oversaw this production, unlike past (semi-unlicensed) attempts.
The "Swedish" dub of this series, which I grew up with, is actually in "Finnish-Swedish". That is, it's the Swedish dialect/variation spoken in the Swedish parts of Finland. (Sweden and Finland used to be the same country in the past.) They use a lot of distinct words, phrases, etc., which would not be used in Sweden by Swedes, but are unique to Finnish-Swedish people.
The Moomins live right by the coast, which coincidentally is where most (or nearly all) Finnish-Swedish people live in Finland.
So, given these facts and the author herself being Finnish-Swedish, I find it very strange that the dub to English (and apparently other languages) don't even seem to attempt to preserve this at all. Instead, the English voice actors use very distinct British accents, which sounds utterly absurd to me.
A huge part of the charm of this series is the fact that they speak the way they do. The English dub doesn't sound like they had any understanding at all about the setting or context of these creatures, but simply just pretend as if they are English-speaking hippos in an entirely fictional location.
This series is apparently far more popular than I ever knew before, and that makes me especially sad that all these kids didn't at least get a hint that they are from Finland. It's like having a show about Mexico where the family speaks perfect English instead of at least having a Mexican/Spanish accent. It just seems wrong!
What could explain that they didn't try to have the characters speak in a manner which resembles the original voices? I'm not talking about using bad English; just that it seems like they didn't even listen to the Finnish/Finnish-Swedish original voices before dubbing it.
I guess one might argue that Japanese is the "original" language since it was technically produced in Japan, but as far as I understand it, Japanese was just one of 100 different languages it was dubbed to.
I should probably stop looking up dubs of cartoons from my childhood. It always just depresses me to hear how butchered they sound in English or any other language...

Something to consider is whether children would even have recognized an accent as being Finnish/Swedish. Maybe it is just my personal bias but as a German I wouldn't even know what such an accent would sound like. Another reason could be the lack of relevance to the plot. From what I remember watching it as child the series is set in the fictional Moominvalley. Does it matter that this place is supposed to be located in Finland? As a final point the usage of specific words in the Swedish dub may simply originate in the availability of the source material in that language.

Possibly related: Why don't anime studios hire native English (or foreign) speakers?


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What's the difference between Digimon Adventure 1999 and Digimon Adventure 2020?
while I was checking out some sites gathering info on another series i saw mentions of a new Digimon series just called Digimon Adventure (2020)

those look like the same characters/Digimon from the 1999 series include Hikari who wasn't added until mid way though. is Digimon Adventure (2020) different to the original 1999 series

Aside from the New Songs in Digimon Adventure [2020] (or also called "REBOOT" ) there are some changes made in the anime.
One Notable Factor was that:
The first three episodes of 2020 was basically a movie
they're basically one long prologue to the new series. The end of episode 3 essentially feels like the true beginning to Adventure 2020.
another one is that introduction

As much as I love 99, I think we can all agree 2020 has it beat, at least in its introduction. 99 throws you into all the characters with no time to breathe, and then becomes and episodic show as it develops its world and characters. An approach that worked, but so far 2020 feels so much more like a properly paced series that will slowly add to the cast, which I think will pay off in dividends.

CHANGES TO THE VILLIANS

Digimon Adventure 2020 series: Has Anything Changed From Past To
Present - The Illuminerdi The foes in the series have had some changes
as well with new Digimon entering the series as the obvious foe but
still, there are wild Digimon that the kids must face that may be evil
or just hungry and animalistic in nature. Whether will see some of the
big villains of the original series is yet to be clear but it will
definitely be completely different from the original series.
The original series also had Black gears that made good Digimon evil
but so far they have yet to make an appearance so whether this will be
part of the show later or the new Digimon has replaced them, has yet
to be confirmed.

Another Notable feature about Reboot(2020) is that it had better animation. We know the fact that it is new hence better animation. (or should I say CGI)

This year, fans of the original DigiDestined were in for a treat as a Digimon Adventure reboot was released. Needless to say, the series already has fans buzzing. While there are some obvious changes to the original, Digimon Adventure 2020 has kept a lot of the elements the fans loved. Here's are 5 things the reboot has changed and 5 things they've kept the same so far.

10. Changed: The Date Of Events

In the original Digimon Adventure, the date was an important detail to the plot. The kids get transported into the Digital World on August 1st, 1999. When the kids return to their world they think they've been gone for months, only to realize it has just been a few minutes.
In the reboot, the year is 2020 and the world has been updated. Everyone has a cellphone, laptops, and the Japanese landscape that is shown is one that matches real life. The date is not mentioned at all. All we know is that Taichi and Koushiro are getting ready for summer camp.
9.Stayed The Same: The Effects Of The Digital World

In both the original Digimon Adventure and the reboot, the first episodes show how closely the Digital World and the real world are linked. In the 1999 series, it starts snowing while the kids are at camp, even though it's summer. The entire real world is experiencing weather phenomenons due to the issues in the Digital World.
8. Changed: The Order Of Events
The 1999 Digimon Adventure picks up the story with the DigiDestined at camp before being transported into the Digital World. In the American version, there isn't much information revealed initially as to why these kids are chosen. However, fans of the series now know that the events that took place in the first Digimon movie are canon, explaining why.
In the reboot, the timeline is given a fix. They combine the first movie, The Digimon Movie, and the second, Our War Game. We see glimpses of the other kids but they are not initially involved. We also get the Omegamon evolution, which occurred in Our War Game. At the end of the third episode, it appears the kids have finally arrived in the Digital World as we know it.
7. Stayed The Same: The Roles Of Takeru And Hikari
Yamato's younger brother, Takeru, was initially shown as the runt of the DigiDestined. Alongside Patamon, he was very naive and was often trying to prove his independence. Patamon was the last Digimon to Digivolve to his Champion form, Angemon. Hikari, who doesn't join the group until later, gained Gatomon as a partner who's Ultimate form, Angewomon, is the counterpart of Angemon. Together they play a pivotal role in defeating the Dark Masters.
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Changed: Introduction Of The Digimon
One of the interesting things about the original Digimon Adventure was that we met all the Digimon companions in their baby forms until they Digivolved into their rookie forms, in which they stay most of the time. This provides a good insight for the DigiDestined and the viewers since any time the Digimon are too exhausted, they can regress to their baby forms.
When Taichi is transported into the Digital World in the reboot, he sees Agumon's baby form, Koromon, as they are falling. By the time they land Koromon has Digivolved into Agumon. Later on, when Taichi has been transported back into the Digital World, Taichi sees Agumon, not Koromon.
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Stayed The Same: The Personalities Of The DigiDestined
Although not all of the main characters have been introduced yet, it's clear that the characters haven't been given a makeover as far as their personalities are concerned. So far, in Digimon Adventure 2020, we have seen Taichi, Yamato, and Koushiro in action.
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Changed: Summer Camp
The fateful trip to summer camp changed everything for the kids in the original anime. The kids were at camp together, and right before a big wave hit to drag them to the Digital World, they all received their DigiVices. The camp was also important because it united Yamato and Takeru who did not live together due to their divorced parents. Hikari was also supposed to attend the camp but did not because she got sick, leading to her being sought out later on as the 8th DigiDestined.
In the reboot, fans were thrown through a loop when the kids arrived at summer camp, and... then they left promptly after. This may have been a small way for the show to tribute the original but it also explains that the reboot is taking a different approach.
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Stayed The Same: The Focus On Taichi And Yamato
It goes without saying that all eight of the DigiDestined played an important role in the original Digimon Adventure. It is clear though that Taichi and Yamato have always had more of a spotlight, especially in regards to their relationship with each other. Early on in the original, Taichi and Yamato were often butting heads as they were both trying to be leaders.
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Changed: The Abilities Of The DigiVices
One of the coolest parts of being a DigiDestined is owning a DigiVice. The DigiVice is the connector between the kids and their Digimon. The original DigiVice would light up when a Digimon was about to Digivolve, it had a small on-screen map, and most importantly, it played a huge role in stopping the world from being destroyed.
In the reboot, the DigiVice appears to have undergone a complete hardware makeover. The DigiVice now seems to light up dramatically, display the crests in full color, pull up maps, and even allow for holographic communication.
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Stayed The Same: The Emphasis On Teamwork
Digimon Adventure may have its stand out characters as mentioned earlier, but one of the reasons it has held its ground for the last 20 years, throughout different adaptations, is because of its emphasis on teamwork. No one character or one Digimon could have saved the world by themselves, a point the original Digimon Adventure made sure to drive home time and time again.
In the new series, the saving of Tokyo could not have been possible without the combined efforts of Taichi, Yamato, and Koushiro as well as their Digimon partners. While it may seem like a small detail, the main story has always been about friendship and working together to overcome obstacles.
here are some of the differences in the anime versions explained by CBR
OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE (2020) SYNOPSIS

In the year 2020, a series of cyber-attacks across Tokyo are the
result of catastrophic events in another world within the internet,
the Digital World, where creatures called Digimon roam. While getting
ready for summer camp, eight children are transported to the Digital
World where they acquire Digivices and Digimon partners while learning
that they have been chosen to stop the unknown threats to their
worlds.

Most effective way would be watching it yourself. Because with all these synopsis and comparisons by others, it will never be same as experiences of your own.
The main difference would be the story and personification of the characters.
On character artwork, it seems like the same cast, but the portrayal and actions of each character is more "adjusted" in 2020 reboot(I can't say if it's better or worse).
The original series is more like testing the water on animation of franchise, while 2020 reboot is trying to rekindle OG fans, and also to younger audience(Last Kizuna, and onward films has serious backlash, but it's off topic).
If you are a fan of OG adventure or 2020 reboot and planning to watch the other one, I can assure you, it will be worthy every second of your time. I will avoid details as it could lead to spoilers.
As for watching order, OG adventure > those movies > Adventure 02, for original series.
And for 2020 reboot, there is only one series so far. And my preference is subbed over dubbed medias, but yours could be different.


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How did Hagakure pass the UA entrance exam?
Since the theme of the entrance exam was to defeat the robots, characters like Shinso,despite having awesome quirks, won't be able to pass. But Hagakure, who was having a quirk good for stealth but absolutely useless for combat (well that might be an exaggeration, but I'm pretty sure she can't fight robots with that it), passed the test. How is this possible, considering we already have a character who couldn't join hero class just because his quirk was non-combat type?

Does this answer your question? How did Toru and Koji pass the entrance exam in My Hero Academia?

The test gave the option of either destroying or disabling the robots. I can't find the original statement, but the general consensus is that Horikoshi at some point said that there was a button to disable the robots. This would allow Hagakure and such to disable the robots by sneaking around them and pushing the button. However, Shinso's quirk only works on human beings, he had neither the combat nor stealth abilities to disable the robots.

Also, every student got some points for rescuing "citizens" from the robots, not only for destroying/incapacitating them.


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What is the background music when Danzo run away from Sasuke with one hand?
What is the the background music in Naruto: Shippuden season 10 episodes 210 "The Forbidden Visual Jutsu".
When Danzo run away from Sasuke with only one hand and Sasuke follow him?
Music start(9:46 in this Youtube video), End(11:32 in this Youtube video).

This is that slow, gloomy-sounding theme with the guitar intro that often plays in scenes with Sasuke in it.
I believe this theme is an unreleased soundtrack. The song doesn't show up in Naruto Shippuden OST I, II, or III, in any case.
I searched "naruto shippuden sasuke theme unreleased" on YouTube and this unofficial version popped up.


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How come did Nagato's 6 path pains bodies died?
As far as I know, all the bodies of pain are corpses. How come it dies even if it is already dead. Also the chakra rods are not removed after they are killed. Meaning, it can still receive chakra and can fight.

Did you watched the episodes carefully? They explained the mechanism in one of the episodes.

No sir. I think I skipped it. sorry @FumikageTokoyami. Can you tell me what episode it is or can you explain the answer?

Where are you currently?  Which episode are you watching? It could be in one of the episodes during either the "Jiraiya infiltration arc" or the "Pain arc". I can't remember. Also, I'd suggest you to not skip episodes, at least not the episodes which has the main story. You can skip the fillers if you want. See here for more details.

@Vince You can read more here: https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Nagato


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Is Gojou-sensei blind?
So far, all of the time's we've seen Gojo-sensei, his eye's have been covered by some patch/bandage/blindfold. Is it cause he is blind and hence wants to conceal some terrible injury he probably got from a battle? And if so how come he can still fight perfectly.
If not why does he prefer to cover his eyes, even while in battle. Also, how can he still move around perfectly with the blindfold, it most definitely is not completely transparent.

Satoru Gojo is always seen wearing his signature black blindfold and otherwise a pair of dark eyeglasses not because he is blind but because it is a part of who he is; it is distinctive and has become one of his signature character traits.

The writers wished to symbolize the importance of his eyes, which often see more than they see less. In addition, this also serves as a barrier and a way in which Gojo manages to keep himself distanced from others while teaching.

Proof he does see is provide during chapter 0-1 the Cursed Child Arc when he confronts Getou, we see his glasses practically fall off of him in this scene because it’s impossible for him to remain blind. Therefore, his eyeglasses serve as means of defence for retaining his emotions and enable him to find balance with himself.

ah so thats the prequel volume to the current arc in the anime

I dont get the "eyes that see more than they see less" point tho

His eyes often see more due to his years of experience in combat, he is able to read others to the point that he no longer sees them as individual people. This is a problem given his position is a pedestal in the anime, where he must be empathetic towards his pupils. Gojo perceives the infinity instead and how every single person on earth has a rich internal world filled with their own congitions and biases.


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What happened to Hide after he died
I didn't read the tokyo ghoul manga, but I was wondering what happened to Hide after he died. Cause in Tokyo Ghoul re Hide comes back to life, and when I looked it up on google it said Hide let Kaneki eat some of his face to regain his strength at the end of season 2 of Tokyo Ghoul. So did Hide come back to life as a ghoul or did he just never die.

Hide never died. The anime deviated from the manga and the scene where Kaneki was carrying Hide never happened in the manga. My suggestion: if you have time, read the manga (starting from Tokyo Ghoul). I tried watching the anime, too but dropped it while on Tokyo Ghoul: re. It was confusing and the manga cleared up everything.

Already answered in comments by @W. Are

Hide never died. The anime deviated from the manga and the scene where Kaneki was carrying Hide never happened in the manga. My suggestion: if you have time, read the manga (starting from Tokyo Ghoul). I tried watching the anime, too but dropped it while on Tokyo Ghoul: re. It was confusing and the manga cleared up everything.

Yes, he had never died, but lost/damaged his vocal organ since kaneki ate part of his face to regain some strength to fight. This thing doesn't actually affect the anime, so i don't think it's spoiler.

Answered this only, since it still shows 0 answers, though @W. Are already answered in comments, nor i could comment there to ask him post this answer.


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What is the background music being played in Akame Ga Kill Season1 Episode 9 around 7:43 when we are introduced to all the jaegers?
For the life of me I havent been able to find the background music that is played when Wave first meets bols and bols is staring at him and we are slowly introduced to all jaegers. I have gone through all soundtracks for Akame Ga Kill on YouTube and found no results.
Please please help. I would really appreciate it!

disk 2, nr 6 Jaegers (イェーガーズ, Jaegers)
The title is pretty obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMKgVNwzozY

I FOUND IT ! Finally after all this time lol
It’s called ‘impression’. It’s track 2 from the Akami Ga Kill soundtrack. It’s on YouTube


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What substance did artists use to outline the shadow boundaries on anime cels?

The referenced photo clearly shows a special type of colored ink used to outline the shadow boundaries on Asuka. My guess, from observing a cel that I own, is that they outlined the shadows with a thinned out paint, gouache, or maybe a thicker type of colored ink. I would really appreciate it if anyone knows what is used because I'm looking to buy some for myself. Much thanks.


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In Overlord, if Ainz obtained the guild weapon of the 8 Greed Kings, would he be able to control the NPC's?
It's said that the guild base of the 8 Greed Kings is guarded by powerful beings which I'm assuming are NPC's. If Ainz gets the guild weapon, could he obtain the loyalty of those NPC's?
If destroying the guild weapon destroys the guild, what would happen to the NPC's? In Yggdrasil I'm assuming they'd disappear, but in the new world I'm assuming they'd just be without a master and free to do as they wished, right?

We (the community) are not sure if the "powerful beings" are actually NPC's.
As you said, we guess they are, but they could also be many other things. New Worlders, golems, or who knows what. PDL (platinum dragon lord) can use wild magic and has created some pretty impossible things according to Yggdrasil rules, so that leave a lot of unknowns.
You are correct about if the guild weapon is destroyed, it destroys the guild. At least that is what's in the LNs, but we never saw an example of this in Yggdrasil.
My personal guess was that you could destroy the guild, then take it over and create new NPC's. It would be sort of a letdown if you capture a guild and your stuck with someone else's npcs. There is probably a way to delete them and gain your guild's NPC levels back.  Each guild has a set number of NPC levels, so they are very important to use them wisely.
However... the new world isn't Yggdrasil. The magic and mechanics are very similar, but there are some strange differences. A great example of this is Ainz's death knights. If he uses a corpse they last forever, which wasn't possible in the game.  These changes could potentially create unknowns.  Maybe the NPC's will automatically disappear, maybe ainz has to kill them... maybe there isn't a way to get the NPC's levels back.  Maybe it will reprogram them to follow Ainz, or they will become their own beings and be broken from the NPC system of the guild.
There are so many unknowns that it is really hard to say how it might work.  We don't even know if Ainz can create NPC's in the New World. Ainz mentions it requires a dev kit... but would it even work?  Man it's a tough question.
I've been hoping that the author writes about Ainz taking over the 8 greed kings base. I think this could answer a lot of questions we have.

Can ainz take it over?
Can he move it?
Can he create NPC's?
Could he transfer them over to Nazarick?

It endless, but maybe someday we will learn more.

Thanks, I really appreciate your thoughts on this!


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Deku's Physique
Midoriya trained for 10 months to build his body and after his training he was jacked [Lean muscular build] right, so why does he look off model/half of his size/skinny from entrance exam till the end of sports festival?
All other characters are designed well except him In the USJ arc, all the characters look great but Midoriya looks so skinny.
In the Hero Killer arc, he again has the same physique as the one in the Beach scene like literally the same.
Is this just due the Art style changes by the author/artist in both Anime and Manga or are there any reasons for him to be skinny after that beach scene?

I only just started My Hero Academia, so can't really provide a full answer, but remember that All Might said that Deku rushed the training process in order to meet his deadline. As I see it, the art style is a representation of Deku still adapting to his new muscle body and quirk

I believe what all might said was related to how muh % of One for All, Deku could use since it  was never tested until the Zero Point robot scene. As for the muscle he trained for 10 months and he should've been adapted to that build but he went from that build to skinny in entire season 1 as if he never did that 10 month training. All of a sudden in the Hero killer arc in season 2 he has the exact same build he had in  the Season 1 beach scene.

I would like to point out that it's implied that Midoria is not well endowed, athletically speaking.
All Might was able to use One For All at 100% immediately after receiving it, though it was much weaker back then, and Bakugo was able to use One For All at 100% when he got it temporarily against Nine.
I think there are a couple other points that support this idea as well. For example, a combat quirk isn't required to be a formidable fighter, take Sir Nighteye for example. But Midoria never seemed to even consider training that way, even though he must have known it was possible, so he instead focused on the intellectual aspect of hero work, because he knew that he didn't have the physical capacity for combat.
Now, this is an anime, so despite his physical limitations, he's able to continue to train and get stronger regardless, but I'd argue that there's plenty of evidence that he has some sort of physiological disorder that's inhibiting his muscle growth.

Well my guess for why he would look skinny is all because of character and development of that character, What I mean is, Deku or Izuku mydoria was "born" quirkless and in the MHA universe that means your theoretically very weak or frail compared to others with quirks. So in this case the reason he may look small or weak even though he is very built muscle-wise is probably all because of character plot or development.
Hope that answers your question!
(The credibility of this answer is based on watching the anime many times and being very familiar with the way the plot and development work)

I agree he was born quirkless and was initially skinny but he trained his body and was well built and muscular. He is weak when it comes to handling his quirk compared to others.The other characters know the limit they can use. From what i understood he is supposed to be able to use 5% right after the training in the beach, but since he doesn't know how to regulate the power, he could only use either 0 or 100% and as result he wrecks himself. He only learns how to use his quirk when he started to train with Grand Torino and he all of sudden looks muscular exactly like how he was in chapter 2.

How is making him look skinny when his physically well built, useful for plot and character development . That defeats the purpose of him training to build his body. For plot purpose he is already weak since he can't use his quirk effectively without breaking himself.

Also in Quirk Apprehension test arc which i think is in chapter 5, the characters taller than him look bigger than him in size where as the characters shorter than him look smaller than him in size.

I think I could be that, or it could be the fact that his body was not meant for his power and he also took a lot damage from it and it put a lot of physical strain on his body so he was constantly having to visit recovery girl. And he was born without a power so his body would go through physical changes to be able to handle One for all


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Why is DIO evil/his motives?
I do not understand what DIO actually wants and why he is so evil. He goes through something that isn’t too off what quite a lot of others go through except he becomes some sort of evil supervillain and obsessed with Joestars.
I don’t understand what his motives are and especially in part 3. In part 1 he could be seen as a rival to Joseph but in part 3 he adds nothing on to the story aside from memes. I don’t understand what his motives are or why he is even doing what he is doing does anyone know what his motives are or what he is trying to achieve?

Some men just want to watch [THE WORLD] burn.

@F1Krazy nice one lol but seriously I see a lot of people saying they consider him an amazing villain but how is he so good when he has no layers to him just a striking personality and has no goals or anything?

Dio just wants what is rightfully his. And damn those that happen to stand in his way.
At first, he wants a warm meals, and damn those idiots for thinking they're better than him at chess. They don't deserve their coins if they can be beaten by him.
(Oh, and if his father, Giorno, could die so he would't have to look after him anymore, that would be swell.)
Then, when he gets adopted by George Joestar, he wants the Joestar family fortune. And damn that idiot Jonathan. That bratty upstart, who hasn't had a hardship in his life, doesn't deserve to have that just handed to him.
(Oh, and if George could die to expedite the process, that would be swell.)
An finally, once he becomes DIO, he wants... Well, it doesn't really matter any more. What ever he happens to want, he certainly deserves. He's no lowly human anymore. He's the most powerful being on the planet and what ever he wants (including human life, which he views at the level of cattle at the time) should rightfully be his. Since might makes right. Right? And anyone who got in his way, well they just damned themselves, didn't they?
(And if the pesky JoJo would finally die and stop pestering him with that annoying Hamon of his, that would be swell.)
That would answer the direct question, but I don't think that's quite the answer that would satisfy you.
No, Dio isn't exactly a complicated character. He doesn't have some almost but not quite justifiable reason to do his evil. He barely has a tragic backstory. (Well, it is quite tragic, but it doesn't really factor into his character or motivations.)
But that's not what people adore about him as a villain. Dio is a pure, uncompromising and utterly unredeemable force of nature villain. And his sheer confidence and utter dominant force is what draws readers to him. We know that by all accounts Dio should win.
Not because we want him to (I think that's what you are looking for from him when people said he was "an amazing villain"), but because we know just how powerful an entity he is. The heroes shouldn't stand a chance against him. And damn is he stylish and confident when is tossing the heroes (and random bystanders) around.
Who else, but Dio, would compare human lives to break?
Who else, but Dio, would torment Polnareff by repeatedly carrying him down some stairs?
Who else, but Dio, would command a random store assistant to bring him his severed leg? (And then kill her.)
Who else, but DIO, would think to finish his opponent by dropping a road roller on them?
He may not be the most complex villain there is, but he's far from a boring one.

I always loved DIO precisely for the reasons you described. The only thing is that I never took the time to really spell out - to my inner self and to the rest of the world -  said reasons as clearly as you did. Thank you.

DIO wants to kill the Joestars and control the world (, hence his stand's name,) so he can be on the top and win. He wants revenge. Since Part 1, he tried to destroy the Joestars and take their fortune. But:

 he stole Jonathan's body on the boat that Erina and Jonathan were on and went on to develop a stand in his awakening.

TLDR: DIO wants the world.

That's exactly what part 6 addresses. Dio in part 3 appears to be a cartoonishly evil character who just wants to take over the world. Quite a shallow villain, and that certainly doesn't fit his character from part one. We get glimpses into his psyche in his dialogue with various characters, and all of them seem to indicate some alternative, more important goal, than just "ruling the world," especially when talking to Enya the Hag. Part six ties up that loose end. (I won't elaborate because of spoilers.)


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Is the Super Dragon Ball Heroes special part of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime story?
I'm watching a "Super Dragon Ball Heroes special" and it has the size of a Dragon Ball Super Heroes anime episode, but it has 2 characters that doesnt appear in the anime, a fight between Gogeta and Vegito (I dont think this fit at all in the anime) and a videogame-like format, after one fight a "K.O.!" sign appears. Is the Super Dragon Ball Heroes special part of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime story?

Super Dragon Ball Heroes is an fan-made anime going with great popularity and anything can happen in fan-made animation. Although the release date of Dragon Ball Super 2 is not known yet but if you can read the manga for that if you are excited for that. Current arc if of Goku UI vs Moro is going on in that manga.

hmmm, it's not fan made, it's produced by Toei.

Actually, yeah it's not a completely fan-made, it's like a promotional anime series. It's like a series of how the Dragon Ball GT goes. There will be no connection b/w dragon ball super 2 and the super dragon ball heroes when the new season of that will come. But yeah It's fun watching Super Dragon Ball Heroes though.

Hi, just for your information, you can always [edit] your own post to improve it or fix incorrect info :) I don't think it's fan-made since it's official (probably not canonical, but still licensed).

"K.O.!" sign appears like a video game because it is promotional anime to promote dragon ball heroes game and cards. According to Wikipedia,

Super Dragon Ball Heroes is a Japanese original net animation and promotional anime series for card and video games of the same name. Similar to Dragon Ball GT, it is a manga-inspired installment of the Dragon Ball media franchise, created by Toei Animation instead of franchise creator Akira Toriyama. It premiered on July 1, 2018. Super Dragon Ball Heroes is presented with several alternate scenarios and possible outcomes within the franchise, taking place after the events of Dragon Ball Super.
In May 2018, V Jump announced a promotional anime for Super Dragon Ball Heroes that will adapt the game's Prison Planet arc. A teaser trailer for the first episode was released on June 21, 2018, and shows the new characters Fu and Cumber, the evil Saiyan. The first episode was shown at Aeon Lake Town, a shopping mall in Koshigaya, Saitama, on July 1, 2018, and was uploaded to the game's official website that same day. Likewise, the second episode was shown at Jump Victory Carnival Tokyo Kaijō on July 16, 2018, before being uploaded to the website.


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Black Clover chapter at the end of season 3?
I was watching the third season of Black Clover a few days ago and wanted to ask which chapter the third season ends with.
Thank you in advance.

Season 3 of black clover ended on chapter 253 in manga

This season finished at chapter 253 if I'm not wrong, From chapter 129 of the anime the episodes aren't canon


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Tokyo Ghoul √A Episode 9 - Yoshimura's Monologue
Not an Anime fan but I've found this one because an artist used some quotes from Tokyo Ghoul. I want to find this monologue in Japanese. Can you help me?
This is the monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o1GTVPrexA
This is the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqVe_agO9IE (Scarlxrd - King, Scar 1:52)
This is a related Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/scarlxrd/comments/hawx6n/the_japanese_audio_sample_from_king_scar_tokyo/

Hi, can you clarify by "find this monologue in Japanese"? There's already the monologue in Japanese in the first video, and you know the timestamp of when it's used in the song in the second video. Did you mean to transliterate it?

I've already shared a version with English subtitles. But I want to see original Japanese sentences and not with Latin alphabet if it's possible. I can understand what's he saying because of subtitles. I want to see the original Japanese text.@AkiTanaka

Is the manga source (if available) for the text allowed? Or does it have to be a video of the same scene? Or even if anyone transcribing the monologue directly from the video?

Transcribe would be enough. I just want a text so I can translate, read, practice on it and finally sing along with the song completely :) After that, I'll probably start watching Tokyo Ghould too :)


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Why Vegeta's energy wasnt able to reactivate Goku's Ultra Instinct but Uub's energy was?
In chapter 66 of the Dragon Ball Super manga Vegeta's energy wasnt able to refill Goku of energy to reactivate his Ultra Instinct technique, but after receiving Uub's energy he was able to. Goku hints that it was because Uub's energy feels like the ki of a god, but Vegeta is also supposed to have god ki. Are Vegeta god ki and Uub "energy of a god" supposed to be different? Do they spell differently in the original japanese version?
Why Vegeta's energy wasnt able to reactivate Goku's Ultra Instinct but Uub's energy was?


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Did Vegeta ever talk about the super saiyan 5 in Dragon Ball GT?
In this video Vegeta talks about super saiyan 5 in Spanish Vegeta says

Kakaroto, miserable, you can turn into super saiyan 4 or super saiyan
5, do what you want, I dont intend to stay with my arms folded

Did he say the same in the japanese version, or was this an invention of the spanish or western translations?
Did Vegeta ever talk about the super saiyan 5 in Dragon Ball GT?

The video has been taken down due to copyright claims. Can you find an alternative clip? And am I right in understanding that you're only referring to the Spanish dub?

No, this was just yet another dub choice made by funimation, this line doesn't exist in the Japanese version. Super Saiyan 5 is no more real or canon than "Super Saiyan Infinity". Granted its probably the most well-known fan fiction form stemming from one of the most popular, and in opinion one of the best, pieces of Dragon Ball fanfiction

The question seems to be talking about the Spanish dub. Was Funimation responsible for the Spanish dub?

Oh, I didn't see the Spanish part, because even in the English dub Bulma mentions Super Saiyan 5, which was because of funimation

You meant "dub choice" or "dumb choice"?

Both work @Taladris

Sorry for the short answer, no, Vegeta didn't talk about Super Saiyan 5