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Did Gohan ask Piccolo to do fusion?
In Dragon Ball Super episode 88, around 20:15 mark, Gohan said something to Piccolo about the idea to become more powerful.
In one subtitle, I've read Gohan asked Piccolo to do some attack or technique together. But in other translation, Gohan asked Piccolo to do a combined technique or a fusion together.
It's also raising speculation among fans too (YouTube video about Gohan's fusion with Piccolo)
Which one is true?

Was the translation official?  That is, was it done by a licensed distributor and not a fansub?

fansub, meaning it could be inaccurate, but it could be accurate too. Since I've seen another one which doesnt say exactly the same, I would bet it's inaccurate, but it comes from a very popular anime webpage.

I would never place any faith in any translation that a fansub has.  Nothing's official until the anime actually has an official translation.

Anyway, any japanese can give a real answer to this. No need to wait for an official translation

I understand half ot the question. A part says if they dont want to do a combination attack or technique together. And the first half it's the one which talks about doing another thing together, but I can't understand what

In another subtitled version says "why dont we create a double team maneuver or a combination together". My bet is the first subtitles extrapolated "combination" to "fusion" , when Gohan originally meant combination attack and not fusion, but not sure

@AkiTanaka please, post your comment as answer so I can vote it up and approve it.

it's raising speculations among fans too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TvIKITZevA

After researching some more, seems I was wrong. I've posted an answer which should be (more) correct. Meanwhile, you may clean-up some of your comments by removing them.

Gohan said

あっ、だったら、合体技とか、コンビネーションとか、作りませんか？

which can be translated to

Oh, then why don't we create a double-team maneuvers or a combination?
(From unknown English fansub)

In general, 合体技 (gattai waza) means "combination technique by two or more people". Fusion is one of them, and is probably the source of confusion since in Japanese, ○○と合体する (○○ to gattai suru) means "to fuse with someone" (example: Gotenks). However, it doesn't mean specifically "fusion". Other examples are Purple Comet Crush and Purple Comet Hurricane by Burter and Jeice.
Combination attack, according to Wikia, means "techniques which combine the different basic-types to continuously attack an opponent to leave no room for counterattacks". Example is Kibito Kai's Crazy Combination.


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Why is "Sousei no Onmyouji" translated to "Twin Star Exorcists"?
How exactly does Sousei no Onmyouji translate to Twin Star Exorcists?
I tried Google Translate, but that didn't give me any satisfactory results. So what do Sousei and Onmyouji literally mean?

This is a bizarre question. "Twin Star Exorcists" is a literal translation of "Sousei no Onmyouji" (with some allowance for the fact that there is no direct English equivalent to onmyouji).

Here is an interlinear gloss for the title:

双    星    の  陰陽師
sō    sei   no  onmyōji
twin star ɢᴇɴ onmyōji
"Twin Star Exorcists"

Allowing some freedom in translating onmyōji (which has no direct English equivalent) as "exorcist" ― which is a reasonable choice, given that driving out evil spirits is basically what they do in the show ― this is an otherwise-literal translation and not really a question of much interest.
Do not expect Google Translate to be of any use when translating English ↔ Japanese.

As per this sousei means twin and Onmyouji is a practioner who practices Onmyōdō also known as exorcist.
Onmyouji word is used in many animes e.g D grey man, Nura: Rise of youkai clan.
If we look at the wiki page , then Sousei no Onmyouji is written in japanese as 双星の陰陽師, which translates in to Twin stars Yin Yang teacher

Ok but where does Star come from then ?

@Nightshade It seems to be a pun. The word sousei is usually written with the second character 生, which means "birth" or "life", but here it's written with 星, the character for star, which can also be pronounced as sei.

@Torisuda Oh that makes much more sense now. If only I could read Japanese :( Also why does sousei not show up as twin in Google translate ? Is it an uncommon word ?

@Nightshade I can't either. Real fluency is hard, but I spent several years just learning little random tidbits, which is usually good enough for stuff like this. And yes, sousei did seem to be uncommon in my searches. The usual word for twin is futago.

@Torisuda Cool thanks. Also one doubt, since you know a bit of Japanese. What exactly does no stand for ? At first I thought it meant 'on' (Shingeki no Kyojin-Attack on Titan) But then Kyoukai no Kanata was translated as Beyond the Boundary.

check this grammer for no and also a discussion

@Nightshade actually it's not a pun, but it's literally "twin stars". The sousei mentioned in this post is actually for "twin births".

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What does Shoko say to Yuzuru in chapter 12?
In chapter 12 of A Silent Voice, collected in volume 2, Shoko has a fight with her sister Yuzuru, angry with her for getting Shoya in trouble when he helped her. Yuzuru's lines are spoken, but Shoko signs with no translation given. The chapter features four panels of Shoko signing across two pages; her words in the last are harsh enough that Yuzuru breaks down crying and runs away.

(I recognize that it may not be possible to recognize full sentences from a single manga panel each.)

While it really isn't vital to the story that it is translated, all bar the last are guessable to what Shoko was saying. Although I am curious what was said in the last one (because there was no reply).

It would be Japanese Sign Language, which is distinct from ASL, BSL and other English world sign languages. This time & last time I googled there are no known English JSL resources on the web. If you post the images I might be able to guess if there is context and if the sign is iconic (i.e. looks like what it means), but few signs are iconic, (i.e. usually they are abstract and can't be guessed by looking at them any more than you could guess "Zou" from hearing it.

@MatthewMartin ask and the internet delivers. Fair use: the image is just the necessary section of the work, and is of low-resolution. Required to illustrate the answer

Panel 3 (Not sure about this one)
Sign: Me (eye) - you - heart
Meaning: What's with that look? What are you thinking?
Or,
Sign: You - money - receive
Meaning: Did you receive money?
Panel 4
Sign: He - sorry
Meaning: Apologize to him (Shoya)
Panel 5
Sign: Can't be helped - together -
 apologize
Meaning: Can't be helped, let's go apologize together
Panel 7

 Sign: I - leave it alone - you
 Meaning: I don't need you, do what you want!

References: item777's blog (Japanese), los-endos' blog (Japanese).

@ShayGuy You could mark this as accepted answer i guess

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Why does everyone laugh at Mina when she talks during the "buying toilet paper" scene?
In episode 4 of High School Fleet, the girls are running out of toilet paper and decide to go buy some but they don't have enough money so they ask the crew member to donate some of their money. Some girls don't have money, one of them wants to use a check and one other even wants to donate a Zimbabwean currency. But when Mina (she's German) says she only has Euros, all the other girls start laughing. (around 5:30 mark)
Why does everyone laugh at Mina?

It's not "Euro" that the girls were surprised about, but how Mina referred to herself.
Here's the script in Japanese:

わしはユーロしかない。
「わし」？
なんかわしの顔についてるか？
「わぁ～し」？あははは！
（皆笑っている）

Here's the literal translation:

I only have Euros.
"I"?
Is there something on my face?
"My"..? Hahaha!
(Everyone is laughing)

Here, Mina used わし (washi), which is the first-person pronoun used commonly for elderly, especially from Edo period.

Usage notes
The term is generally only used by the elderly, and its use is often considered stereotypical of them. As such, it is frequently used in TV shows and comics to emphasize the age of characters.
More commonly spelled 私, or in kana to make the reading explicit.

In anime/manga culture, if spoken by young girls, she can be considered as ロリババア (loli baba, old loli): girls who look young but act old. (But since this is a one-off joke from her, Mina is not)

To be fair, accurately conveying the gist of Japanese pronoun usage in English is very difficult without just adding translator's notes like "[Note: Mina said washi, which is an unusual first-person pronoun]", so I don't know that I'd go so far as to call it an error.

@senshin I can see that, I also had a difficulty when finding the replacement for the English pronoun. Had it been second person, I could use "thou" or "thee", but there's no a good one for archaic first person.

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How can I know if an anime is episodic or has a continuous plot?
I keep searching for a website or forum that can classify an anime as episodic without reading reviews or plots (because I really hate spoilers), but I couldn't find any.
Is there a way to know if a series is episodic in nature much like Samurai Champloo or Gintama where each episode has a stand-alone story or if it has a continuous plot across all episodes like Bleach or Naruto?

Anime-Planet has an episodic tag which gives you what you want. AniList and AniDB also have their own episodic tag. ANN, MAL and Kitsu don't seem to provide this feature as far as I know.

Just write the name of anime plus 'serial'
For example naruto serial. If it continuous they will say somewhere in your searches 'serial TV show'
Or try bleach serial. They say 'serial TV show 2004-2012'
So you know it is serial/continuous
If it is episodic like gintama they won't say. Although that doesn't mean it is not serial (sorry)

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How old can fairies become?
In question 122 of Mugimeshi-san's question corner, somebody asked whether the fairy king's lifespan is longer than the rest of the fairies. Which gets answered with "It might be the longest out of all the different species."

But how old can these fairies become?

As of now, there's no official answer, but at least older than 4200 years.
Summarizing from the Wikia about Fairy Clan:

Longevity: The average lifespan of a Fairy is between 1000 to 1500 years. They do not appear to physically age and they never suffer from illness.

Now, comparing the known fairies' age:

Invisible: ?
Cisca: ?
Dahlia: ? (former, 2nd king/queen)
Melik: ?
Elaine: ±1000
Ende: 1000+
Puora: 1000+
Helbram: ±1300 (deceased)
King: 1300+ (current king)
Gloxinia: ±1400 (former, 1st king)
Gerheade: ±4200

Although most of them are mentioned in between 1000-1500 range, Gerheade is an exception, and she's not even a king.
Thus, assuming there's nothing that prevents their natural aging (e.g. Elaine, Helbram), and since they don't suffer any illness, fairy king should even be possible to live more than 5000 years.

is Gloxinia ~1400 because he was sealed with the rest of Commandments?


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Is Eren's Titan in "rage/flame" mode stronger?
In episode 25, when Eren is fighting Annie, he is seen in what is called "rage/flame" mode (this name is given by fans I believe, though not sure).

Is he supposed to be stronger when he's like that?

From the ShingekiNoKyojin subreddit, fans have referred to this as "berserk" mode. What is important for any anime-only watcher of the series to know is that berserk mode, or flame mode, isn't present in the Shingeki no Kyojin manga.
This means that berserk mode has no relevance to events further down in the story for the manga. This may change in the anime, and berserk mode may be an important plot point, but I think it's far more likely that Eren will not enter berserk mode again in the series. I think it was just the animators adding a little bit of filler to the Annie fight.
To answer your question, is flame mode stronger? Yeah probably a little. If anything it was a visual notifier to the audience that Eren had a second wind and increased motivation to take Annie out, thus making him "stronger" in a sense.

I personally believe that the berserker mode is just Eren tapping into the founding titans abilities, resulting in the whole flame thing, so yes it would be stronger.

Welcome to [anime.se]. Could you expand the answer by [edit]ing it and explaining the reason? While personal theory is an acceptable answer, it'd be better if it could be backed up by some sources/references to make it more convincing. Meanwhile, consider taking a quick [tour] to understand how this site works, and enjoy~

Eren's Berserk Titan form is an increased amount of rage forming in side him wanting to break out, but can only be accssesed in his tian form because if he was a human the power would kill him. The berserk titan is like super saiyan in some other terms they both require rage and they both increase power and they both create a monster that is all I have time for

This seems like nothing more than personal opinion, and has no foundation with half of the claims you make here. It honestly just feels like Headcanon compared to the other answer.

True but if you  think about it the berserk titan is just a power booster for the attack titan achieved by extreme anger

From what I saw and read, the Attack titan seems to be the strongest titan excluding the Colossal for obvious reasons. So any feat of strength it demonstrates that is greater than the others is to be expected and is normal. Him seeming stronger is more likely him just being serious and reckless in his attacks, combined with him compensating for the damage  its suffered. Annie is also not trying to win but run away, so she is at a distinct disadvantage, meaning we don't have an accurate comparison between normal and berserk mode to say if he was actually stronger or not.


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Why did Wenge get kicked off the Chinese national team?
In Ping Pong: The Animation, Wenge is a Chinese exchange student who came to Japan to work his way back up to the Chinese national team (he hopes to win nationals, etc.).
However, what got him kicked off the Chinese national team to begin with? Is this ever discussed?

Based on almost all of his character introductions in Japanese (e.g. Japanese Wikipedia), Kong Wenge was previously an elite player from Shanghai Junior Youth team, but lost. Another source (Miho Cinema - a Japanese movie review site) even mentioned that he failed to reach the top in China.
According to Quora, this seems to be true even in real-life.

As for professional athletes, a medal brings about reputation and advertising incomes. Competition is their career. So if an athlete doesn't perform well, he/she will be out of the sight of people and has problems earning a living.

[...] in a collectivist culture like China, failure in itself is a terrible punishment- wrought from within, and implicitly from the rest of society. You have failed your parents, your family, your community, your heritage- the money, time, effort and goodwill that has been invested in you. You have let everyone down. Hang your head in shame.

Only in the sense they might be cut from the team, at which point they find themselves without a purpose and largely unemployable in one of the world's most competitive job markets.


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Is any explanation offered for the anime’s ending regarding lost bodily function?
Warning: Major spoilers following.
(Yes, I'm aware the anime is 'old news', but the spoiler warning doesn't hurt.)
It is established in the anime that the heros of the Taisha can 'bloom' to increase their strength, and that

 this 'blooming' causes them to lose a bodily function (one eye's vision, taste, voice, one ear’s hearing) upon returning to the everyday world.

 Similarly, from Tougou's and Yuuna's meeting with the former hero, it is established that this process seems irreversible because they are 'offerings to the divine tree'.

However, during the last episode,

 despite having bloomed multiple times (and in Karin's case, having a part of her body 'chained' each time), the girls regain the bodily functions they have lost — and even those they lost in the former bloomings, i.e. in Tougou's case she can even move her legs again.

Is there any explanation given either in the anime itself (which I must have missed) or in derived works as to how what is put into the second spoiler box is even possible? It seems to contradict everything we learnt about the hero system in the preceeding episodes.

There are many secondary/derived works for YuYuYu (a PS Vita game + multiple LNs/manga); I suspect the answer is probably in there somewhere. I haven't gotten around to most of them yet, though, so I don't have an answer to this question.

This is explained in the bonus chapter 「その後の園子」 (Sono Ato no Sonoko, Sonoko After), published on Dengeki G's magazine ed. 2015/03.
The story talks about the everyday life of Nogi Sonoko and the heroes after the final battle. It also explains the reason why the divine tree decided to "reverse the effect".
Excerpt from the script (possible spoiler for 2nd season, heavily redacted to answer the question only):

 After the party, Sonoko went over to Tougou's house. Yuuna was probably being considerate. Today, she left them alone. The two had a lot to talk about.
 About everything that's happened so far.
 About their dear friend.
 And...
 "Have you heard the reason everyone's getting their offerings back, Sonocchi?"
 The other side of the incident.
 Sonoko smiled.

 [...]

 "The Shinju-sama... came to believe in human courage~"

 [...]

 "However the Shinju-sama came to believe in the courage of mankind. By witnessing Yu~yu's and everyone's hard work, as well as getting plenty of Vertex combat data, the hero system was updated to the next stage."

 [...]

 "Don't think negatively about the situation. The Shinju-sama believed mankind would be able to walk down the harsh path, instead of a gentle one that lead to its demise. That is why it gave back our offerings and allowed for mass-production of the system so that everyone would be able to stand and fight. Everyone will don their own flower~. Isn't that a good thing?"

When they bloom, the girls' bodily functions aren't lost, per se, but are "given" to the divine tree as an offering. At the end of the series, the divine tree elects to return what it took (i don't remember if the reasoning was expressly stated or not, but I like to think that it realized the extreme detrimental effect this was having on the girls).

How do you know this? Is there any evidence for your claim?

Was this not how they explained it in-show? I apologize if I was incorrect, i simply explained it as I remembered it. (The last parenthetical statement is merely my headcanon though.)

If it was explained in show, state so, preferably by whom. This counts as a fact. If it wasn't then it is an opinion and not an answer. I am simply stating your answer is insufficient as one right now.

Sorry about that. I'm going to double-check that episode and edit my answer.

You're so close to the real answer. I wish you can backup this answer by providing any sources/references (the episode you mentioned)...


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What do the names represent in Koe no Katachi soundtrack?
In Disc 1 of Koe no Katachi OST (link to online shop which includes the tracklist), the name of every soundtrack is a 3-letter "word" (except 38. Invention No. 1 C dur), such as "tre", "rev", "lit", etc..
The names seem random to me. What do the names actually represent? The composer won't just put random letters as the names, right?

The 3-letter title was used as an identification code when Ushio (the composer) was composing the music and getting feedback in the movie production. [1]

Although it's a premise of concept-based composition, at first, like my ordinary work, my job was to write a whole song and gave it to them. Since the song would be selected according to the movie scene, I put a 3-letter title as an identification code.

... while it doesn't answer the question at all, that's the very reason why he chose to use it. [1]

Because it's not based on orders, I wanted them to use it without giving any pretext such as "this is the meaning of the song". With that remnant, I also wanted the listener of the soundtrack to have same thought.

However, Ushio explained that it's not random at all. [1]

However, it's not a random 3-letter word. "htb", the 12th song on 1st disc, is another version of "heartbeat" from the 1st song on 2nd disc. The hints are more or less there.

The first and the most important song is "inv". [2]

While Bach's Inventions can be considered as a musical excersise for fingering, at the same time, at that time period, it's also a collection of song to understand the beauty of clavier (i.e. piano) song. After it's understood, it became a base to create such a beautiful clavier song. I thought it's matching with the movie's theme. Therefore, the "Invention" was played along the whole movie. That become the "inv" tracks.
Since "Invention" can be analyzed (separated) into 3-part, I also separated the movie into 3 parts. Each part has its own "Invention". However, "inv" is not a whole "Invention" itself, but it depends on the context of the movie. For example, when somebody said "This scene's "inv" uses only the tone row of "Invention" part 1", I disassembled and rebuilt the song.

(Spoiler ahead: the meaning of the song related to the movie, including the ending)

 After Shouya overcame his guilt in primary school, he created a new way of communication. The story is about "communication practice", so I used musical exercises. The song was based on creating a whole new world when practising the communication. When thinking about it, Bach's Inventions (Inventions and Sinfonias) came to my mind.

 Regarding the ending, when Shouya and Shouko entered the cultural festival, the last-7 measure of "Invention" was played, and that's the first time the whole figure of "Invention" was known. At that time, Shouya's "practice" was over.

The only other title which was explained was "lit" [1]

The last song "lit", which was only played 2 times, means "light". This movie, which is about achieving the light, ended with this song attached.

[1]: Interview after the screening (Japanese)
[2]: Interview on official site (Japanese)

Since I haven't watched the movie nor listened to the OST, I don't have any idea about the rest of the songs. Feel free to post another answer for those who gets Ushio's hint.


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Who/what is Gamers and what is their connection to the Love Live series?
In the first episode of Love Live! School Idol Project season 2, the girls went to what I assume is an arcade where the front sign says Gamers. When watching the ED for episode 2, I noticed this same logo appear in the credits (this is the localized version released by NISA).
I am wondering who/what is Gamers and what is their connection to the Love Live series? Is it just a product placement deal with the anime or has it got something to do with the real life idol group?

Gamers is a hobby shop specializing in anime, manga, games and their related merchandises.

AKIHABARA GAMERS - Image courtesy of Japanese Wikipedia
Apparently, Gamers has appeared many times on Love Live! anime. According to NineColors.com (Japanese), a site that lists real-life places used in the anime:

Season 1, Episode 3 (different font/logo)

Season 1, Episode 6
Season 1, Episode 9 (the first episode with proper font/logo)

Season 1, Episode 13
Season 2, Episode 1
Season 2, Episode 3
Season 2, Episode 13

When comparing to other shops, only Gamers have its original name shown with proper logo while others were changed. This gives a big hint that it's a product placement deal.
However, Gamers itself has done some tie-ups/collaborations with Love Live! series itself. Some examples are bonus merchandise for Love Live! products (anime Blu-Ray, CD singles).
According to オタクの戯言's HatenaBlog (Japanese), there's also a special booth for "μ's Final Love Live!", displaying the outfit used on "SUNNY DAY SONG" performance and other things like visitors' comment, merchandises, all released singles and albums, and posters.

Moving to Love Live! Sunshine!!, there's Gamers Museum, displaying a comment board (separated into text only/with picture), Aquors scene in the anime, introduction to their songs, and casts' signature.

Last but not least are Love Live! Sunshine!! special pages on Gamers (Japanese) and Gamers onlineshop (Japanese) website.


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What Idol Groups in Love Live have real life counterparts?
According to this question, both μ's and Aquors are real life groups.
So, I am wondering what other groups that are mentioned in Love Live! School Idol Project and Love Live! Sunshine!! are also based off real life idol groups.

If I'm not mistaken, ARISE also has a real life group. But they are not active. They formed only for the anime but held no concerts like u's.

In Japan, they are generally called as seiyuu unit (Japanese Wikipedia) when a music/acting unit (group) consists of voice actors. For a special case where a group also works as a real-life idol, it is called seiyuu idol unit.
According to the Wikipedia, there are 3 units, but only 2 are seiyuu idol units:

A-RISE (created for Love Live!, no live event/talk)

Kira Tsubasa: Sakuragawa Megu
Toudou Erena: Matsunaga Maho
Yuuki Anju: Ohashi Ayuru

μ's (created in 2010 for Love Live!, 6 live events, 4 live talks, 18 guest appearances)

Kousaka Honoka (Leader/Printemps): Nitta Emi
Ayase Eli (Bi Bi): Nanjo Yoshino
Minami Kotori (Printemps): Uchida Aya
Sonoda Umi (lily white): Mimori Suzuko
Hoshizora Rin (lily white/NikoRinPana): Iida Riho
Nishikino Maki (Bi Bi): Pile
Toujou Nozomi (lily white): Kusuda Aina
Koizumi Hanayo (Printemps/NikoRinPana): Kubo Yurika
Yazawa Nico (Bi Bi/NikoRinPana): Tokui Sora

Aquors (created in 2015 for Love Live! Sunshine!!, 2 live events, 5 live talks, 3 guest appearances):

Takami Chika (Leader/CYaRon!/Gu~RinPa): Inami Anju
Sakurauchi Riko (Guilty Kiss): Aida Rikako
Matsuura Kanan (AZALEA): Suwa Nanaka
Kurosawa Dia (AZALEA/Gu~RinPa): Komiya Arisa
Watanabe You (CYaRon!): Saitou Shuka
Tsushima Yoshiko (Guilty Kiss/Gu~RinPa): Kobayashi Aika
Kunikida Hanamaru (AZALEA): Takatsuki Kanako
Ohara Mari (Guilty Kiss): Suzuki Aina
Kurosawa Ruby (CYaRon!): Furihata Ai

Not sure if Saint Snow is considered as seiyuu unit or not. It's not mentioned on Wikipedia.


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Have the Ghost In The Shell animated movies made any profit?

Ghost in the Shell (1995): budget around $10 million, box office around $2 million (Wikipedia, IMDb)
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004): budget around $20 million, box office around $10 million (Wikipedia, IMDb)

How can a series so good and influential flop financially? Even Rotten Tomatoes gave the original one 95%, and it only gathered 2 million while movies like The Fifth Element at the same time raked in hundreds of millions.
On its weekend, the 2004 one earned less than half a million dollars in the US. The new movie which is not great got 20 million in its first week.
Am I missing something? Something doesn't add up. Do the box office figures include income from Japan? Or DVD sales? Or something else? Surely they wouldn't keep financing something unprofitable.

sorry but you'll have to be more specific about which exact movies you're talking about since there are so many in the GITS franchise

As mentioned above, there are several movies in the GITS franchise, and being more specific would be helpful.

Have the Ghost In The Shell animated movies made any profit?

Not according to box office sales for those movies released in theaters.

"How can a series so good and influential flop financially?"

You are trying to correlate how a movie is received by critics and/or fans with how well it does at the box office. But, unfortunately, there are many factors that affect how well a movie does at the box office; positive reviews don't guarantee financial success. Just to recap, I put the budget and gross for the above mentioned movies based on IMDB, Box Office Mojo, and Wikipedia for regional releases.
Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Budgeted: approx 5.4 million USD
Domestic Gross: $515,905
Foreign (Japan, UK only): $2.3 million USD

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Budgeted: approx 18 million USD
Domestic Gross:  $1,043,896
Foreign Gross: $8,745,755
Worldwide: $9,789,651

Do the box office figures include income from Japan?

In some cases, a movie may be released in different countries during different times. You may be strictly looking at a specific regional release. Your absolute best bet to look at Box Office - Worldwide, where both domestic and foreign gross totals are included. This will give you a better idea of how well the movie financially performed.

Do the box office figures include DVD sales?

No. The box office gross is basically the total of all the ticket sales for that movie.

Or something else? Surely they wouldn't keep financing something unprofitable.

The GITS franchise does exist outside of box office movies. When you consider other sources of revenue such as the manga, direct-to-dvd or blu-ray sales, merchandise sales, international licensing fees, etc. you'll start to see the bigger financial picture. It is not uncommon for manga publishers to use anime to increase revenue for their source material which is almost always the manga. In fact, if an anime release doesn't perform well, but it boosts manga sales, it's not considered a loss at all. It's the cost of doing business. How the anime industry produces profit is very fascinating because sometimes the goal of anime isn't to produce a profit, it's to maintain viewership, or promote source (or branded) material, and sales of merchandise.


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Why didn't the Survey Corps just use the top of the Walls as a way to get to Shiganshina?
The Survey Corps went through the titan territory to get to Shiganshina, not without dead bodies. On the other hand, there's enough space for horses to walk on at the top of the Walls, and the dead body count would reduce.
Why didn't they just use the top of Wall Maria and ride along it to get to Shiganshina? Why did they take the hard way instead of the easy and safe way?

Standard spoiler warnings here. This information covers Episode 8 of Season 2 of Attack on Titan.

Towards the end of Episode 8 in Season 2 of Attack on Titan, we do see Commander Erwin travel across the wall. Shortly after, you see  that they have a rather simple lift system to transport them from the ground to the top of the wall and vice versa. From the series of shots that feature the lift system, only 1-2 horses can ride the lift at a time. But they do appear to have more than one lift as three separate lifts can be seen from one particular shot in the episode. That being said, the lift system looked incredibly inefficient and slow.

Also, more spoilers below from the anime and manga, but the formatting prevented me from listing and hiding the content so please read at your own risk.
So, using the information from Episode 8, and from other places within the anime and manga, let's do a recap of the relevant information:

The walls are circular and never connect to each other in any way, shape, or form. Using the photo attached for visual comparison, you can see that none of the walls connect to each other. Ground transportation usually occurs at doors, or entrances, found at certain points along each wall. If you were to look at this mathematically, consider Wall Maria our very own geometric circle that has two circles inside of it (Wall Rose, Wall Sina). And, being a circle that encloses two other circles, we can agree that the center of Wall Maria will also be the center of Wall Rose and Sina. Therefore, the fastest way to travel within Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina, will be along the radius of the circle (through the entrances of the walls, in this case) and not the circumference (along the wall). I think we can agree there would be some exceptions to this, but for the most part, you would want to travel through the radius of the circle, usually in the direction of a wall entrance, as that would be the fastest way to your destination.
The current lift system, or what little of it that we saw, is incredibly slow and inefficient. The lift system could transfer only 1-2 horses at a time. Because of the inefficiency, the time taken to transport horses via lift would lead to time added to your journey. You would need independent operators, aside  from anyone in the squad, to operate the lifts when you want to get to the top or bottom. You would need lifts on either side of the wall, and to make this most convenient you would need them in several locations along the wall. Since you need operators for the lift, the lifts would have to be located near populated areas, and the distance from a lift to very rural area along the wall may limit your operators which may limit your lifts.

I know it seems safer to travel the walls to get to places, but in most cases our heroes are rushing to a location for damage control, and it seems most logical to take the fastest - not the safest - route in these situations.
If it were me though, I'd travel the wall.
A picture of the lift system implemented by the Survey Corps (Vol. 13, Chapter 51, 8):

The entire wall is not aligned with equipment and they usually don't have enough freedom from combat to take the time to set up, raise and, lower equipment. Not to mention they have no way of telling people on the wall exactly where to bring the equipment when they need to. The flares don't give messages like that.

While the lift system is inefficient and slow, I think humanity can enhance them or create a road to the top, and create supply route above the wall while traveling slowly to Shiganshina.
The Survey Corps did create supply route from Trost to Shiganshina for 4 years after Wall Maria was breached, which took a lot of time and men because the route is unsafe. If they create supply route to the east/west (which is safer since it is far from the breach, and have some supplies from east/west buffer zone that is still safe) and then go above Wall Maria, they can ensure safe supply line and also easier transport since the cannon's railway is there too, which can be used to transport the supply.
This too can be used by small elite squad to escort Eren to Shiganshina safely to seal the breach, so it won't be infinite fight inside the wall.


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What happens to Eureka and Renton at the end of "Eureka seven"?
At the end of Eureka Seven, Eureka and Renton came out of the Command Cluster, then Nirvash and some other Corals moved to another dimension to maintain Limit of Life. But Eureka and Renton no longer returned to their home i.e. Bellforest though their names are mentioned in the Thurston family chart along with Maurice, Maeter, and Linck as a part of Thurston family.
What actually happens to them? Did they abandon them?
Also there is no mention of Maurice, Maeter, and Linck in the sequel Eureka Seven AO.

According to Wikia,

In the original Japanese version, the final scene of the episode revealed a colored picture of Renton and Eureka with Axel and the children, which confirms that they have returned to Bellforest as promised.

which is actually an end card. However, end cards are usually not considered as canon, so just interpret this picture personally.
As for why the children didn't appear in the sequel, most of the staffs who worked on the sequel are different from the original, including Dai Sato (the chief writer for the original). This thus resulting in many plotholes. Some fans, to some extent, also disregard the sequel as canon due to this.


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Why was Shonen Jump called Shonen Jack in Bakuman Anime?
Bakuman was able to get permission to use a number of titles such as One Piece, Naruto, Hunter x Hunter, etc. The creators of the manga also work for Jump. Many of the characters in Bakuman are based on real life mangakas, assistants and editors working in Bakuman.
The number of times it is used is mind boggling and seem odd to me. To be honest while companies pay for product placement, Jump had the perfect opportunity to add its own in an in-house manga/anime?
So, why did Bakuman use Jack instead of Jump, when they could have used it seemingly quite easily?
For example: Gintama has no problem using Jump in its anime.
In the manga translation I read, the magazine was called Shonen Jump, but was changed to Jack in the anime.

possibly because of the usual "don't use actual titles" rule to avoid potential lawsuits, but because it's an anime about making manga, I'd say maybe it means "a big manga journal, like, you know, Shounen Jump, for example, but not just it necessarily"

Bakuman does use actual titles as well as names of their authors. It was serialized in the Shonen Jump itself. Gintama another one of Jump's manga uses the Jump name several time (not as frequently). The Manga uses Shonen Jump (Atlest the translation I read) but the anime uses Jack.

Because the anime was broadcasted on NHK.
NHK, being a public TV channel in Japan, doesn't allow commercial advertising.

Much like the BBC, NHK is funded by a "receiving fee" by every Japanese household, with no commercial advertising and the maintenance of a position of strict political impartiality.
(Emphasis mine)

Their official domestic program standard (Japanese) (or, "standard policy") states this:

Item 12 - Advertising

It's absolutely not allowed to broadcast in purpose of commercial advertising or self-advertisement marketing.
In the middle of the broadcast, when it's planned to include corporate name, personal name, occupation, firm name, or trade (brand) name, regardless if it's an essential component or unavoidable performance, they will be judged impartially and then given the decision on how to handle them.

The staffs, trying to avoid this case as best as they can, replaced some of the names with others:

Shueisha (publisher of Shonen Jump) → Yueisha
Jump (Shueisha's manga magazine brand) → Jack
SHOSETSU SUBARU (Shueisha's monthly light novel magazine) → SHOSETSU PLEIADES
Margaret (Shueisha's manga magazine) → Magnolia
Hashire! Daihatsu Tanto (Japanese-brand car) → Hirameki! Tanto-kun

Source: Japanese Wikipedia, Yahoo! Chiebukuro, ひなぴし - HatenaBlog
P.S. another mind-boggling thing is, One Piece and Naruto were left as is in Bakuman anime.


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How does Yukihira Soma get into Totsuki Culinary Academy?
On season 1 episode 2, it is quite clear that Nakiri Erina rejects Somas application and says nobody passed the transfer exam.
I'm aware of the single shot which shows the director hanging in the background, but he didn't taste the food nor is it clear that he issued the invitation to Soma.
So how does Soma get invited to Totsuki?

My guess is that he may have seen/heard either directly or from other sources the recipe that soma cooked and Erina tastes it.. also keep in mind he always has eye on soma.. probably he might know soma

Chapter 4 of the manga, when Nakiri is toeing off against Souma after the welcoming ceremonies and we see the headmaster watching them, we get the following flashback page:

It's shown in the anime... After the credits I believe. There is always something after the credits of each episode and I'm not talking about just the preview for the next episode.

In the very same episode (or in the manga, I forget which), it was shown that the director did tasted Soma's cookings. He probably (I 95% believe it was him considering the situations) was the one that overriden Nakiri Erina's decision.

In the anime, afaik, after Erina is fuming about how did Souma get in Totsuki, it is shown that the director was listening outside smiling, indicating he stepped in to make sure Souma got it. Souma, as usual is clueless. Not sure about the Manga though


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Are there races other than human?
In Boku no Hero Academia, there are many people who have a special appearance, different from a human appearance, like Tokoyami for example.
Is this something normal in the world of My Hero Academia where someone can have a different appearance caused by their quirks? Or is it more like in Dragon Ball where there are many races that if someone isn't human, other people see it as okay?

Have you ever heard of/seen other races in the MHA universe? All I've seen are humans, with quirks. A lot of em. So in a world dominated by quirks, it's logical to assume that the quirk factor is the reason.

In DBZ, there is also no other races per se, they are just 'people' with different appearances

They are quirks. Mostly, transformation quirks. They are human. Though there is a real rat (an animal) character I know. The principal. He was a product of experiments. I don't know if there are other kinds like principal.


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What does the sign language near the ending mean?
Close to the ending of Koe no Katachi, Nishimiya Shouko did a motion with one of her hands below the other and her pinkies intertwined. What does this mean?

As in sign language, a screenshot would help your quest for an answer.

From the intertwined pinkies, looks like "promise", though the overall shape looks different.

Before the sign in your picture, which stands for promise (約束) also known as 'pinky promise', Shouko puts two hands together. Which stands for friends (友達).
Which would come down to: "friends promise"
And can be inteprated as "Promise to be friends forever"


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How does Aqua not purify her beloved alcoholic drinks?
It's a recurring issue in that Aqua easily purifies many liquids such as swamp water, tea or hot spring water. However, this is never an issue whenever she imbibes alcohol.
Was it ever explained if she only purifies "water-based" liquids or she does have control over what she purifies and never seems to apply it well except for her beloved alcohol? Word of god from the author or a select passage from the light novel address this would be great.

Might have to do with sake being the number 1 drink of the Japanese gods.

First, Aqua did purify alcohol.
In one of Megumin's spin-off light novel1, Aqua was working as a part-time waitress at the guild's bar. However, once she got scolded and fired by the owner since she purified the alcohol accidentally. That's the reason why she was doing civil engineering work instead in the first episode. (source: [1], [2]:post no. 53 by DPKAszx20, reddit)
This implies that she can't really control her purification power; any liquid that she touches will be purified regardless of her intention. Her character introduction usually mentions this (examples: [3]:Aqua/Power Incontinence, [4], [5])
On the other hand, there's also an important info regarding her purification skill. According to a bonus light-novel for digital publication2, Aqua's natural purification skill power changes depending on her emotion/feeling. When she is in pure emotion, her natural purification power is high, otherwise when she is in "vulgar" mode, its power is low. (source: [1])
However, the mystery of her enjoying alcoholic drinks until drunk is never explained explicitly: was she really enjoying it? did she really drunk? Thus, there are only fan theories:

It is based on her emotion (as mentioned before) (source: [1])
When she's drinking alcoholic drinks, she's exposing her self-desire. This makes her purification power low, and thus she can enjoy it. On the other hand, when she was working as a waitress, she was not engulfed in her self-desire because she didn't want to drink it, and thus she accidentally purified it.
Only liquid that's touched directly gets purified (source: most of her character introductions, [2]: post no. 49 & 50, reddit, reddit, reddit, reddit)
Most of the cases, she touched the liquid with her skin (e.g. Darkness' grape juice). However, it's implied that drinking is safe because the lip is considered as mucous membrane, not skin. The problem is, this also generates more question like how she purified customers' alcoholic drink and Kazuma's tea...
She can't really control it (source: reddit, reddit, reddit)
Which means she was actually drinking plain water, and her being drunk was due to the placebo effect or water intoxication.

Debunked fan theories due to the fact mention here:

She only purifies water-based liquid, and alcohol is not water (source: [2]: post 47 & 48, reddit, reddit, reddit, reddit, reddit, reddit)
Chemically, alcohol is ethanol (C2H6O2), not water (H2O). This means that she probably was drinking pure ethanol instead, which surely made her drunk. (Debunked because she did purify alcohol)
Purification takes some time to work (source: [2]: post 52, reddit, reddit)
Similar to the case when she took a long time to purify a lake, she needed some time to purify her drink. (Debunked because she purified Darkness' grape juice instantly)
Alcohol is considered holy/pure/sacred by many religions (source: reddit, reddit, reddit, reddit)
There are facts about alcohol such as wine is considered sacred. Examples are Jesus turning water into wine, Japanese gods like sake, etc.. (Debunked anyway, since she did purify alcohol)

Finally, the scene where she was drunk and puking rainbow is anime only. It's not mentioned in the light novel, thus might not be considered canon. (source: reddit)
Another thing to ponder: why isn't her bodily fluid got purified? If this is to be considered, then the only theory that works is "Only liquid that's touched directly gets purified".

Sources:

[1]: Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)
[2]: 2channel (Japanese)
[3]: Characters/KonoSuba: Protagonists (Warning, TvTropes)
[4]: NicoNicoPedia (Japanese)
[5]: AniOta Wiki (Japanese)
Reddit Personally, I don't regard reddit discussion highly enough though...:

About Aqua and Alcohol
How does Aqua drink tea/wine/beer if she purifies it when she touches the drinks?
S2E9 gave me a question. Why does aqua purify everything except booze?
If Aqua can purify any liquid into warm water...
[Spoilers] Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 - Episode 9 discussion

1 The spin-off light novels are officially free to read on Sneaker Bunko (Japanese), but I don't have time to find the related passage. It'd be great if someone can confirm this in the comment.
2 Unfortunately, I can't find the origin of the light-novel mentioned there.


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What is the "Twin Ciel" theory?
Given the highly positive response to my last question: Who stole my candy?, there seems to be a lot of speculation around this "Twin Ciel" theory or the idea of there being 2 Ciels.
So with that in mind, I am posting a follow-up question to that to ask for the full explanation of the theory and what this means for the series.
Can anyone shed some light, links, etc?

So the twin Ciel theory has been floating around the fandom for a few years but has recently gained much more evidence in the last few chapters.
"The Double-Ciel Theory: A Kuroshitsuji Mystery" on Blogspot is the most in-depth explanation I could find, though it doesn't contain any recent evidence. To sum up the theory, some believe that Ciel

 is not the actual Ciel Phantomhive, but the younger more sickly twin of the real Ciel who was sacrificed.

In addition to the evidenced in that blog post, the most recent chapters show

 Agni looking at pictures of Ciel's family and saying "It can't be," then running off to protect Soma. He finds Soma with a gun at his head, and the person fires but misses and shoots Soma's hand. Soma then says "Why?" Now flash forward and "twin" Ciel and Sebastian come home to find the scene before them. Soma sees "twin" Ciel and hits him. Ciel also sees a bit of the picture Agni was looking at and says "it can't be," and then asks Sebastian "you wouldn't lie to me would you?" Which brings up the fact that Sebastian has never called "twin" Ciel, "Ciel"; only "young master".

These are by far the most compelling evidence so far the author has pushed towards supporting the twin theory.

Ok, so I will be referring to the boys as the following: Lord Ciel (LC), and
 Young Master (YM, our Ciel).
So let me start from the beginning with all of this until when the fire was happening. After discovering his parents' dead body, YM rushes to find help. He finds Tanaka, and Tanaka seems quite shocked. So in the scene where Tanaka is telling YM to escape, the translation from Japanese to English is "Please escape, Ciel sir it's too risky for you." However, in the Japanese, it reads "Please escape young master! Something has happened to lord Ciel."
So there's that, after YM and LC are taken an auctioned off. Whilst paying for YM and LC, the man says "This is worth more than two people" This could suggest either YM is rare because he's a noble, or both YM and LC are noble so they're worth more than two people together!
If we go ahead to the next visual, we had the prison which would be when they were in Germany and YM was cursed and poisoned. If I remember correctly, he imagines a scene where he is in the cage, holding his brother's (LC) hand, speaking in past tense saying "I still had you." Eventually, we see LC being dragged to the altar for sacrifice, as YM calls out "Ciel" proving the boy who was killed is the real Ciel Phantomhive. YM is still in the cage, watching distressed! After witnessing his brother's death, YM knows he has nothing left. This completes the two terms for summoning a demon; a person willing to give up their soul for a wish (YM) and the price to cross the river (LC), thus Sebastian appears.
The only reason this was successful, was because the cultists weren't prepared to sacrifice their own souls; only the souls of children. As Sebastian states, if you cannot sacrifice your soul, you cannot summon a demon. Sebastian takes LC's soul that was given to him so he could appear. This is why Sebastian gave YM the choice of the contract because Sebastian had already been paid. As expected, YM sacrifices his own soul for power. After all the killing of the children (classic Kuroshitsuji scene), Sebastian asks YM what his name is. YM pauses for a second looking at LC's dead body, with which he replies; Ciel Phantomhive.
The next one isn't easy to explain, but I'm going to try because it really proves my point.

So remember this boy that was addressed as Ciel. Notice the bruise underneath his eye. If you look through the flashbacks, you will notice this is a constant detail for the altar boy, but the boy who made the contract does not have a bruise under his eye and never did have. That is the only reason we know that YM is not Ciel. Once YM tells Sebastian he is Ciel, Sebastian gives a slight laugh while saying "very well", therefore proving he knew YM was lying. Time skip to a bit later, Sebastian calls YM out saying, "You told me not to lie, but you seem to be quite the liar yourself." YM glares at Sebastian saying "Shut up, you have no right to bring that up," so the flashback ends here
So in conclusion,

LC is killed, used as the price to summon a demon
With YM also willing to sacrifice his own soul, a demon appears.
YM is offered a choice because the demon was already paid.

But that leaves one issue, why would YM take the name "Ciel Phantomhive"? Well, it's important to note, YM was the youngest twin, not the heir to the Phantomhive name, LC was. YM was also sick as a child whilst LC was outgoing and healthy, but that alone isn't the reason. LC seemed to get more attention than YM, Lizzy even states "Madam Red loved Ciel the most out of all of us" (the online version isn't translated correctly), which is a major blow to anyone's confidence, so the ideas of why YM took the name "Ciel" are:

YM was the son who would never really get anything
Nobody seems to like him as much as his outgoing healthy brother. Madam Red, Lizzy, Baron Kelvin
So perhaps he takes his brother's name so people will not see him as weak, and respect him more.
Or the guilt he feels that his brother deserved to live, not him. YM feels it would have been better if LC came back instead of him.

There are too many reasons to nail one down right now, we don't have enough information, but YM does seem to have survivor's guilt:

Frustratingly, YM is interrupted before we know who he is speaking of, but it's most likely LC. In chapter 25, in YM's dream, he states he doesn't want the dead (LC) to forgive him. It shows he believes LC's death is on his hands.
That's all I have right now.


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Who stole my candy?
This question may not have a current answer but I want to be sure that I am not missing critical detail.
In chapter 129 of Kuroshitsuji on page 13 there is an eerie message etched into a wall that reads,

Who stole the candy from my tummy?

It is attached below with appropriate spoiler tags for anyone who hasn't read it yet.
Further in the chapter it is foreshadowed that Ciel has had some interaction with the persons who attacked the manor. However I do not recall who this is referencing or what arc.
Does anyone know? Or should I just wait for the future chapters?

For all who posted and drew traffic to this question. The newest chapter just released which is why I accepted an answer. If said answer is proven wrong then I will be back

This is most likely "Ciel's" twin. In the latest chapter, after Agni dies, Soma punches "Ciel". This is not the only evidence, but this most likely proves the Double Ciel Theory is in fact true. I had this idea about how Sebastian addresses "Ciel". I think he had never called "Ciel" Ciel because if he called him that, he would be lying. Or, it could just be a sign of respect but.....Anyway, I really love this series and I wonder what will happen in the following chapters.
                                                   -Screwaloistrancy:)

My theory, The candy is the phantomhive ring, which the real ciel swallowed to protect it when they were abducted. Somewhere in the chapter where sebastian was cut up by grell's death scythe and the cinematic record was shown, in the background one speech bubble says "should i be the one to take the ring out?" So, it means that the 'candy' he was referring to was the ring in which the current ciel took in his tummy

The twin of ciel was stabbed in the "tummy" maybe the candy is the power of sebastian. In the previous chapter soma said to the agressor "do you feel sick again" wich mean that he look exactly the same as ciel. And in the "circus arc-atlantis arc" when they return in the past of ciel and sebastian when ciel say "i'm ciel phantomhive" sebastian answer by something like "i'm the only one who don't lie..." well all of this is just suposition ^^'

To be honest I'm kind of getting a weird vibe that it perhaps could be the girl at the End of the Circus arc in which she see the manor burning down to the ground. It is true that at the end of the manga for that arc it show that the girl has Died and moved on to the next Life. However, we never see her truly Die if you know what I mean, perhaps seeing her old child self is a symbol in which that perhaps should could still be Alive however her old self was long gone and Dead and left to be with the gang.
I know I might be wrong in this but it's just a theory

I'm almost positive it's Ciel's lost twin that has been revived. Maybe it's some inside joke from when they were younger? Sebastian has no idea what it means but Ciel's horror is evident. If his name even is Ciel....
I highly suggest people research the Twin-Ciel theory. It explains a lot in the manga.

it could be lizzy as well, and candy in the tummy some kind of childhood joke between two. She was told to be proficient with swords and soma kinda was familiar with her, and he was the one who happily greeted the stranger who came. Both of them had short stature. and Lizzy's disappearance still must have some special reason

To be completely honest, I think it could be Ciel's dad. Undertaker hinted at him being alive and it would make sense if it is him. He looks like Ciel, and could possibly be linked to the reason Lizzy doesn't want to go home.

I agree with the last theory of be Vincent, Undertaker's crying and telling the Earl is still with us. There is more, Agni and his murderer both were crouched while clashing, the Murderer is clearly taller than Ciel.
So, it's perfectly is plausible is be Vincent.


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Why doesn't Sasuke use Shadow clones?
In one episode, when young Naruto and Sasuke were to fight each other in a duel guided by Iruka Sensei, Sasuke was able to create his shadow clone easily. Also, according to How Itachi was able to use Shadow clone?, Shadow clone Jutsu is not imposed by any bloodline limits.
So why does Sasuke did not use this useful technique in any of his fights? And why neither of Naruto's friends from Team 11 seems to interest in learning this jutsu?
Naruto has showcased in his most fights that Shadow clone jutsu can be very useful. Sure many Ninja must have felt intrigued to learn it?

shadow clone is a forbidden jutsu. no one is allowed to learn it. so no one of the village can learn it. as was said sasuke thinks of this jutsu as symbol of loneliness and weakness. he was never seen creating a shadow clone, it was a regular clone. though he can learn it using the sharingan.

And why neither of Naruto's friends from Team 11 seems to interest in learning this jutsu? Kiba knows the shadow clone jutsu but because of his low chakra pool, he can only make 1

But however, during the first Land of Waves section, Kakashi considers using shadow clones against Zabuza, but realizes Zabuza would just match them with Water Clones. I don't think Kakashi would consider using a jutsu he didn't know. Or maybe he copied it from Naruto. Also, the 3rd Hokage uses Shadow Clones for the Reaper Death Seal on the 1st and 2nd Hokage.

@Henjin Shadow Clone isn't forbidden. Multiple Shadow Clone is.

Can Sasuke use the Shadow Clone Justu? Sure he can! However, he chooses not to because he does not want to associate himself with using Naruto's signature justu, which he sees as Naruto's weakness and coping method to his loneliness.
Shadow Clone Technique

Trivia
Due to Naruto's extensive usage of this technique, Sasuke sees it as a symbolic way for Naruto to avoid loneliness

This is referencing the manga, Chapter 696

In addition, there is a scene in the anime (which I can't vouch for being in the manga or not) during Sasuke's training where Orochimaru has him slay 1,000 un-named ninjas. Sasuke sees himself strong enough to not even need the help of Shadow Clones

I think it is due to the part of shadow clone training that kinda gets forgotten with the knowledge transfer. I'm talking about how not only do you get the knowledge of the clone when it disperses, but you also get the clones fatigue. Sure you can make 9 clones and train for 1 hour then disperse them and get the knowledge benefit of training for 10 hours, but you also get the sudden fatigue of doing 10 hours worth of work in under 1 hour.
Naruto has extremely fast healing and a lot of stamina/chakra due to Kurama and his own natural ability (son of Minato and reincarnation of Ashura), but even he passed out from having too many clones just cutting 1 leaf in their hand then disperse (Shippuden ep. 73).
Due to the fatigue transfer, I think Sasuke may have been worried that it would affect the lifespan of his eyes before he got the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Afterward, I think he just felt he didn't need the technique, plus he associated it with Naruto and his fear of loneliness.
With Kakashi, he just uses so many chakra techniques and would copy techniques on the fly, so it was almost always a better move to keep his chakra pool as large as possible to be able to use whatever technique he would need, and he doesn't have the chakra or stamina of either adult Sasuke or Naruto.

The Shadow Clone technique is useful for distracting opponents, but as a downside it divides chakra amongst the clones.
Naruto is a ninja who attacks without a concrete plan, so the technique helps him in his foolishness.
Sasuke, on the other hand, thinks before fighting, and doesn't have the chakra reserve that Naruto has (provided by Kurama).
So, my guess is more chakra related.

What about other ninjas(Jinchuriki, Kages)? Many characters seem to possess more chakra reserve than Naruto.

As I said , it's for distraction purposes, And you can distract enemies with something else without wasting chakra! The clones disappear after 1 hit, which is a waste , shadows are not suited for fight skills like Taijutsu. And Naruto made good use of them during the war.

"it's for distraction purposes" - shadow clones are also intended for intelligence gathering, since they send learned knowledge and experiences back to the original user when they disperse. Useful for spying. But Naruto also uses that trick to greatly speed up his training with Jiraiya and Yamato.

I disagree on the fact that it's chakra related. Yes Naruto has significantly more chakra due to Kurama, however Kakashi uses Shadow Clones multiple times throughout the series. It's the abundance of chakra that allows Naruto to use Multi-Shadow Clones

Kakashi used them only when needed and There is a difference between clone & shadow clone. These links will explain in depth http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Multiple_Shadow_Clone_Technique | http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Clone_Technique


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What does it mean by 大地を見る in Kotomi's essay?
At the start of Seitokai Yakuindomo OVA episode 19, there is this scene where it shows Kotomi's essay:

In text:

「家族」…。その中でも兄妹とは…禁断の一線を超えさせない理性の言葉。私の家は両親は仕事の事情などで留守に成りがちでよく兄とは二人きりになる。特に休日や平日の夜。まるでどこかのパソコンゲームのようだ。しかも未成年が遊んではいけないような。未成年の男女が二人きり、夜中で未成年が遊んでいけない状況にある。そこで食い止める劣情の防波堤が家族であり、そして兄妹と言うキーワードだと思う。しかしこのキーワード、危険が伴う。肉欲に任せて落ちれば燃え尽きてしまう近親相姦。我も危険なら彼も危険。共に大地を見ることができるのか？

I was able to understand almost everything with jisho.org, except the bold bit. That whole sentences, as far as I know, means something like "Can we see the earth together?" Why "see the earth" all of a sudden? It was talking about the fact that if we don't control our lust, it will become incest, so why "see the earth"?
I tried googling "大地を見る" but nothing related seems to come up. Is there something I don't get?
EDIT: Translation

"Family"... "Brothers and sisters", is a rational word that will not cross the forbidden line. Because of my parents' jobs, my brother and I, just the two of us, always stay at home, especially in holidays and weekdays. It's like in an adult game. Two minors, in the middle of the night, doing adult things. Situations like this often appear. In such situations, the breakwater that holds back the lust is "family" and also the keyword "brothers and sisters". However, this keyword goes hand in hand with danger. If we don't control our lust it can become incest. If I am in danger, he is too. Will we be able to see the earth together?

could you add your translation of the parts you understand? I think the answer would become pretty obvious in context

@Hakase I edited my very rough translation in, is it somehow related to danger?

Perhaps you should ask on [Japanese.SE] instead coz it seems to be nuanced. My guess is it's either "is there a chance for us to be accepted by the population of the world (despite an incestuous relationship)?" or a metaphor for "may we be able to calm down our lust enough to get a grip on the solid ground of decency?" And as always, "serious writings" in anime (especially in comedies like this one) tend to have references to actual serious works. Someone who is familiar with japanese literature might be able to recognize that last sentence from some popular classical poetry.

@Hakase I was thinking that too, but I thought it was a reference to something that's specific to otaku culture... Can this be migrated there then?

This seems to be a somewhat obscure reference to the original Gundam anime.
Specifically the preview for Episode 5. It goes:

重力に任せて落ちれば燃え尽きてしまう大気圏突入。
その瞬間にシャアはホワイトベースに奇襲を掛けた。
我も危険なら彼も危険、共に大地を見ることができるのか？
機動戦士ガンダム、次回「大気圏突入」。
君は生きのびることができるか！

The title of Episode 5 is literally "Plunging into (the) atmosphere" (officially, its "Reentry to Earth" ). Implying some sort of double entendre, likely implying illicit intercourse.
I can't comment much on the style of writing in particular, but overall such an abstruse wording is not uncommon in literary Japanese. The Japanese people seem to enjoy euphemizing and beating around the bush in their writings. The specific nuances are very difficult to translate.
For an example:

Natsume Soseki once taught his students that the correct Japanese translation for “I love you” is “Tsuki ga tottemo aoi naa” (The moon is so blue tonight); what he meant was that to express within the Japanese cultural framework the same emotion expressed in English by “I love you,” one must choose words like “The moon is so blue tonight.”
(from Sato Kenji’s “More Animated than Life: A Critical Overview of Japanese Animated Films,” Japan Echo, 12/97)


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Did Asako and Souhei end up being together in the end?
I have watched the anime and read the manga, but the ending of the manga didn't explain if Natsume Asako and Sasahara Souhei end up together.
Did I miss something, or is it just not mentioned?

On Natsume's work desk, in the manga series credits, there is a picture of her smiling and hugging a guy with a very similar hair-style to Sasahara's (the picture is actually the same on the back cover of the volume 13, after removing the jacket). This suggests that they indeed did develop a further relationship after high school.
At their friends' wedding, they are always seen with each other, though it is not confirmed if they are a couple. So it's up to you to decide, I guess! Personally, I think that they are too great couple to not be together :)


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What is C.C.'s status after the Zero Requiem?
If Lelouch is still alive after the Zero Requiem (which he probably is because of the appearance of the third season), he probably goes into hiding.

Do people know that C.C. was an accomplice of Lelouch, or is she treated like Lloyd (basically acquired after Lelouch's regime)?
I might've missed something in the anime, but basically, would C.C. need to go into hiding with Lelouch, or can she live as she used to without being sought out?

Actually, C.C. was only known by the main heads of the Black Knights organization, by V.V.'s organization and by the member of the royal family linked to the Geass.
On one hand, the closest person to Zero all knew he was Lelouch Vi Britannia since Schneizel told them. Based on what they knew about Zero, Lelouch and Suzaku and based on Karen's reaction when Lelouch gets killed, I believe everyone that knows C.C. on the Black Knights organization knows Lelouch was not evil.
On the other hand, the Geass organization has been slaughtered by Lelouch and V.V.'s is gone for good. I can assume no one is going to annoy her because, well, they are all dead. Same goes for Lelouch's mother and father.
Conclusion: Since only ancient members of Black Knights organisation know C.C. exists and we are sure that they have no reason to be after her, C.C. is probably wandering and travelling across the world (or maybe just Japan) with Lelouch if he is alive, alone if he is not, without anyone to disturb her.

If Lelouch is still alive after the Zero Requiem (which he probably is because of the appearance of the third season)

We know now that there won't be a third season, the announced new project is a movie which is part of the alternate universe which was created by the trilogy which were released during the past year.
As for Lelouch being alive in that movie, yes that is true. However, we mustn't forget the context of this. Lelouch was officially confirmed dead by the show staff, and that's why the name of the sequel is "Lelouch of the Resurrection", because he will be resurrected from the grave.
So to answer your question about C.C.:

In the original series, she's alive and mourning Lelouch's death, but she comforts herself knowing that Lelouch has died to achieve his goals, the Zero Requiem. This can be seen in the remade epilogue from 2009.
In the new and alternate universe, she's alive and mourning Lelouch's death, BUT it seems she is not willing to accept his fate and will resurrect him. How exactly she will do that will be known once the movie is released in Japanese theaters in February 2019.

In case you're wondering about Lelouch being dead, this has been officially confirmed many times by the show creators, but not many English speaking fans seem to know that because these interviews, the official guidebook, the live commentaries, etc were all in Japanese. There's a post on Reddit which has gathered all the official statements and translated them, all with links, sources, and pictures. That post also shows that the anime itself contradicts code theory, it's impossible for Lelouch to have the code. Going into detail here is too far removed from your question, if you're interested you can read the Reddit post.
I will, however, give 1 example of the official statements where they confirm Lelouch to be dead: the tweets by the show staff.

"Before I started writing the story of a person called Lelouch, I confirmed with Taniguchi-director something. That thing was that the end of Lelouch will be death."
"At least he is aware of his sins and pays for them with his death."
"This man called Lelouch will pay for his sins by his death. The story follows him till he finally make this decision."
"Probably this Lelouch we see in the first episode of the series wouldn't choose death. He would try something to avoid it. He couldn't die, for Nunnally as well. But we see him changed in the last episode."

You can find these tweets on their twitter

My guess is that Lelouch might have been on the cart as well.
I think so because Lelouch had got his father's code since he said he was to give Geass to all people in the world. Since only a person with Code, for example C2, could give Geass, it could mean that Lelouch had to die so he could come back immortal like C2 and give the code to everyone. In that way, the two could live happily ever after.
Moreover, in the last episode, we see C2 a little bit worried for Lelouch saying, 'Lelouch, the price for what you are about to do' [referring to killing himself]. I think she was worried about Lelouch attempting to become immortal.
So Lelouch lives on, though I doubt Suzaku Kururugi knows about this.

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While revising this, who is "Sousuke Kurarugi"? Did you mean Sousuke Sagara & Suzaku Kururugi? (or only either one?)

@AkiTanaka. I meant Suzaku Kururugi only. I have edited


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What is the ID or account card in Quan Zhi Gao Shou?
In almost every episode of Quan Zhi Gao Shou, you see the players inserting what looks like an ID card into a card reader of some kind. However, it appears it's more of an account card than an ID card. As far as I can tell, it's a Smart Card of some kind. I'm guessing it's a physical token used for account security. I know this anime is based on a game, is it related to how the game is actually played?

What is this card?
Is it used for person/player identification, or just account authentication?
Are card readers like this commonplace in Asia and/or China?
Does this card control the account, or do you also have to use the account password?
Are these account cards easily accessible, for example at the Asia-equivalent of Walmart?  In episode 2 or 3, we see the store owner's friend specially request her to provide an account, possibly indicating that they are hard to come by.

The card is supposed to be for authentication purposes, saving data while still being online, as seen when Chen Guo took her card out but didn't log out of the game, so Ye Qiu could use her account to beat that guy at the start of the series.
I don't really remember if it's shown explicitly in the Chinese cartoon, but in the novel, they do go into the fact that players do sometimes forget to log out in-game and only take their card out, and subsequently get their accounts' items robbed. Also, it's explained in the novels that Glory is so widespread that every single net-cafe in China has a card reader on every PC, it's apparently Glory exclusive.

It was common for games in arcades with some sort of progression to have cards to store your progress, like Initial D and Maximum Tune being examples. I also saw some shooter-style arcade games using this principle as well.
The usage in Quan Zhi Gao Shou is possibly a creative growth out of the same concept, but using a smart card to access an MMO is not a real-life thing.
I have seen smart cards used at LAN cafes for loading of credit/long-term memberships. It's also another place the idea may have come from.

As the setting is pro gamers, the card is actually more like an ID card. It can be seen in the first(?) episode where the MC handed his original account over by simply handing his card over with no password or anything like that.
But it's probably an account card associated with the game, as switching accounts seem to work by switching out the card. as seen by how the pro players seem to insert a card to use their alt in some episodes i forgot which tho


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What language is the song "Fallen Heroes" in Akame ga Kill?
So just as the title says, what is the language of the song "Fallen Heroes", also known as "Le chant de Roma"? (YouTube link)
I have done a bit of personal research before posting over here and what I came up with is that it is not any of the following languages: Italian, Greek, Spanish, Lithuanian, Roumanian, English, German, Portuguese, Hindi. I don't feel like it should be Japanese nor Chinese, and if it is Latin, then it's sung pretty badly...
I could not find any lyrics, so if someone knows where to find them it would be helpful. Otherwise, I have posted a link for the song in case any native speakers of languages that I have not mentioned above could check whether it is their own language.
My best hypothesis is that it's Roma, although I do not know the language.

The name "Le chant de Roma" is French, though I can't tell if the lyrics are French. Reddit claims the lyrics are probably foreign-sounding gibberish, which is possible; Aria did this, for example.

It doesn't sound like French off the top of my head, but my spoken French isn't good enough to say definitively. According to the French language Wikipedia page about the Roma, in French Roma seems to be the masculine plural that they use to refer to themselves, so feasibly the title could translate from French into "The Song of Roma". It's not clear whether or not that would make the song actually be in Romani, though.

The vocalist on "Le chant de Roma" is Maïa Barouh. After dredging through her various social media accounts, I found the following exchange on her Facebook page:

Antoine Prt Maïa Barouh, quelle est la langue utilisée dans ce morceau ? :)

Maïa Barouh Du gromeleu :p une langue inventée

"langue inventée" - that is, an invented language. Straight from the horse's mouth.
(Of course, the piece's lyricist certainly would have taken inspiration from various real languages, but I think it's fair to say that the text of "Le chant de Roma" is not, itself, in any real language.)

Looks like that Facebook post is no longer available, now. (At least, it's not opening for me.)


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Has the anime for To Love-Ru caught up with the manga?
I see there are 7 anime series including OVAs and I was wondering if the anime and manga are aligned perfectly.
What I mean is, did the anime end before the manga and do I have to continue with the manga after the series? If I have to continue, which chapter do I start at? And has the manga finished?

Has the manga finished? Did the anime end before the manga?

The manga has finished, but there's no news about the continuation of the anime adaptation for Darkness as of current writing:

To Love-Ru

Manga: 2006 - 2009
Anime: 2008 - 2010 (original & Motto)

To Love-Ru Darkness

Manga: Nov 2010 - Apr 2017
Anime: Oct 2012 - Oct 2015 (original & 2nd)

Do I have to continue with the manga after the series? Which chapter do I start at?

Since the anime had ended before the manga finished, you have to pick up the rest on the manga. Here is the detail for all animated series:

To Love-Ru: Most of the content is an anime original story that does not conform with the manga.
To Love-Ru OVA: Included in the limited edition of manga volume 13-18, the story conforms with the manga.

Chapter 100-102
Chapter 73, 104
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Chapter 93-98
Chapter 141
Chapter 142, 139, 143

Motto To Love-Ru: A reboot of the original anime, the story is now based on the manga more faithfully. Each episode consists of 3 sub-episodes.

Chapter 49 | Chapter 87, 88 | Chapter 74, 107
Chapter 146 | Chapter 54 | Chapter 75, 76
Chapter 120 | Chapter 109 | Chapter 106
Chapter 61 | Chapter 105 | Chapter 108
Chapter 81 | Chapter 85 | Chapter 136, 137
Chapter 113, 114 | Chapter 70 | Chapter 80
Chapter 45 | Chapter 123 | Chapter 64, 65
Chapter 115, 156 | Chapter 43, 44, bangai-hen | Chapter 139
Chapter 130 | Chapter 152, 153 | Chapter 154
Chapter 129 | Chapter 147 | Chapter 155
Chapter 157 | Chapter 158 | Chapter 116-118
Chapter 119, 122, 159 | Chapter 160-161 | Chapter 162

To Love-Ru Darkness: Follows the manga faithfully, covers up to chapter 19 + bangai-hen.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2, 3
Chapter 3, 4
Chapter 1, 5, 6
Chapter 7, 8
Chapter 8, 9
Chapter 10, 11
Chapter 12, bangai-hen
Chapter 11, 13
Chapter 14, 15
Chapter 11, 15, 16
Chapter bangai-hen, 17
OVA 1 (Episode 0): Chapter 0 | bangai-hen | bangai-hen
OVA 2: Chapter 19 | bangai-hen | bangai-hen
OVA 3: Chapter 18 | bangai-hen
OVA 4: Chapter bangai-hen | 28 | bangai-hen
OVA 5: Chapter bangai-hen
OVA 6: Chapter bangai-hen

To Love-Ru Darkness 2nd: Covers up to chapter 55

Chapter 26
Chapter 20, 27
Chapter 21, 22
Chapter 23, 24
Chapter 25, bangai-hen
Chapter 29, bangai-hen
Chapter 30
Chapter 31-33
Chapter 33-35
Chapter 36, 37
Chapter 38-40
Chapter 40-43
Chapter 43-45
Chapter 45-47
OVA 7: Chapter bangai-hen | 38
OVA 8: Chapter 48, 49 | 50
OVA 9: Chapter 54 | 55

Source: Japanese Wikipedia


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What is the relationship between Subaru and Rem after he confesses his feeling in episode 25?
After the end of episode 25, Subaru confesses his feeling for

 Emilia.

So, are Subaru and Rem just friends now? Or does Rem or Subaru have any feeling for the other?

Rem confessed her feelings to Subaru, thought I can't remember in which episode. Subaru answers that he does love Emilia and not Rem.

Yes Subaru has always maintained that he loves Emilia , rem is actually the one who falls in love with  Subaru. And would this question count as opinion based?

No, this question is not opinion-based as feelings between the said characters are actually described through the anime. We may also have more details coming from the Light Novel, e.g the original content of re:zero.

On the re:zero wiki description of the episode 18, it is said :

Listening on, Rem listed on the reasons why she loves him. From the way he brushed her hair, held her hand, and walked together, she gently continued the daily things about him that she adored. As Subaru asked why, Rem told him that listening to him say he hated himself made her want to tell him all of the wonderful things she knows about him. Subaru retorted back that his behavior was phony, as he knows himself best. Finally raising her voice, Rem retorted tearfully that if all he understood was himself, then he knows nothing about how she views him. To her, he is a hero who saved her by saying the words that melted her frozen heart and allowed her to move on from her past. With the acknowledgement that someone else believes in him and is willing to support him, Subaru slowly regained his resolve. In the process, Subaru confessed that he loves Emilia, with his goal being able to see her smile. Rem joked that it was cruel of him to ask of this from a girl he just rejected.

So it is clearly stated that Rem loves Subaru and that Subaru rejected Rem as he loves Emilia, but they are still friends.

watched episode 18 again ..

If you consider just the anime then they can be classified as just friends but it's actually more complicated than that.
Minor web novel spoilers ahead:

 In the web novel we see that Subaru holds both Rem as well as Emilia in his heart and as far as how the love interest will be handled I haven't gotten that ahead in the novel yet. In the arc immediately following the end of anime Subaru clearly states that he loves both Emilia as well as Rem in multiple instances.

Obviously Subaru loves Emilia, but that doesn't mean he don't like Rem. In the episode when Subaru comes back to life, before the confession, after he refers to "my beautiful Rem", I understand that Emilia was the first girl he met, but I know based on watching the episode that he loves Emilia a little more than Rem, and if he'd never made that promise to Emilia, he would have probably picked Rem.

Episode 21 kinda hints that there's still feelings between the two when you see their little moment they share at the end of the episode and Subaru asking Rem to stay by his side even though he said he loved Emilia. Not to mention that he tells Crusch that he already has a #1 and #2 in his heart with the second spot obviously being for Rem, showing that he views Rem as more than just a friend to him (in the light novel, Rem fakes her death to trick Subaru into confessing his true feelings for her)
The light novel makes it more obvious that they have feelings for each other and Arc's 4-6 take place after the events of the anime. Subaru actually admits to having feelings for both Emilia and Rem and agrees to make Rem his second wife under the condition that Emilia agrees to it.


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Is blood necessary to perform the summoning jutsu?
I always thought that blood is necessary to perform the summoning jutsu. However, I saw the second Mizukage and Madara performing it while being Edo Tensei, so is it really possible?

No
Summoning Technique

... and seemingly did not require a blood offering when performing this technique.

Technically, yes.
Why do you need blood?
Well this answer states that:

the blood serves as a means of identifying the summoner for the summoned and also acts as a price (sacrifice) for calling them.

So you need a "sacrifice" (in this case blood) to summon.
But, according to the Wikia, Nagato can summon without this sacrifice:

While most summoners have only been shown capable of summoning one type of creature, Nagato (through the Animal Path) was able to summon several different animals and even people, and seemingly did not require a blood offering when performing this technique.

I suppose since the Animal Path was a dead person, then it didn't need blood. Same goes for the Second Mizukage and Madara.

Reanimations can't bleed because

Any damage they receive will regenerate in time and, assuming the damage is not too debilitating, they can continue attacking even before their body recovers.

  - wikia


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How was Obito able to use Kamui immediately after awakening his MS?
In Episode 435 of Naruto Shippuden, Obito awakens his Mangekyo Sharingan and attacks the hidden mist ninja using the MS ability. However, he had no prior knowledge about the MS as Madara never explained it to him at this point.
So, how did Obito know about the Kamui Dimension after he suddenly awakened his MS? Madara never said that it can be a MS ability, nor Zetsu told him anything.
Also, Kakashi figured about the Kamui much later. How did Obito figure out how to use the ability without training?

There is a pattern in Naruto where users sort of subconsciously learn the basics of whatever ability they newly awakened/received. This isn't proven or stated anywhere, but it's just a pattern that I noticed. For example Kakashi and his perfect susanoo.

Didn't he phase through into Madara's cavern when those rocks came down after Kakashi's transplant?

During the fight against the Hidden Mist ninja after Rin's death, he never teleports his entire body to the Kamui dimension. His intangibility ability is probably activated involuntarily (he never got attacked unless he purposely made himself tangible, like the fight against Minato). Kakashi doesn't have intangibility, so he wouldn't know how his MS worked until he figures out how to use Kamui.

I have a theory that when a user awakens a new ability or gains a new ability, they subconsciously learn basic control over it. For example, Kakashi was able to create a perfect susanoo even though he had never had experience using it before. All he had were Obito's eyes.

The plain answer and truth is this: it was nonsense.
Obito should not have a mastery of his MS right when he activated it. Obito was never hailed as a genius or smart, he just had a lot of Hashirama's chakra. The fact that he was able to use his MS ability right away and Kakashi wasn't able to until part two Naruto is utter nonsense, no other explanation.

Please refrain from using any expletives even though it's shortened, such as "bs".


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Which chapters of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei manga are animated?
I'd like to know which chapters are not in anime, so I could read just them in-between watching episodes, so the whole experience would be in manga release order.
I've seen this marvelous Google Spreadsheet for Nisekoi and ideally an answer with something like this would be the best.

According to Japanese Wikipedia,

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (1st season):

Chapter 1, 2, 8
Chapter 3, 4, 8
Chapter 6, 9
Chapter 5, 7
Chapter 45, 42
Chapter 17, 18
Chapter 15, 26
Chapter 14, 19
Chapter 27, 28
Chapter 23, 22, 24
Chapter 53, 33, 29, anime original
Chapter 55, 46

Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (2nd season):

Volume 1 + recap, chapter 10
Chapter 12, 85, 50
Chapter 74, 71, 90
Chapter 100, 22, 100
Chapter 68, 35, 98
Chapter 13, 47, 97
Chapter 54, (end of Volume 5, 9, 10 + anime original), chapter 36
Chapter 107, 94, 65
Chapter 34, 108, anime original
Chapter 106, 113, 111
Anime original, chapter 11
Chapter 99, 78, 51
Chapter 81, 112, 52

Goku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (1st OVA/2.5th season):

Top: Chapter 126, 109, 70
Annotation (Middle): Chapter 138, 150, 69
Bottom: Chapter 149, 130, anime original

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (3rd season):

Chapter 126, 134, 103
Chapter 154, 129, 103
Chapter 163, 96, 104
Chapter 141, 145, 104
Chapter 174, 166, 105
Chapter 128, 157, 105
Chapter 158, 83, 153
Chapter 153, 165, 160
Chapter 124, 172, 169
Chapter 176, 156, 169
Chapter 86, 183, 159
Chapter 170, 178, 183, end of Volume 15
Chapter 187, 179, bangai-hen

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei Bangai-chi (2nd OVA/3.5th season):

Top: Chapter 136, 184, 190
Bottom: Chapter 181, 193, 140

Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (Blu-ray BOX Commemoration):

Top: Anime original, chapter 231
Bottom: End of Volume 24

Recompiling the list to show the corresponding episodes to the manga chapters:

Chapter 1: S1E1
Chapter 2: S1E1
Chapter 3: S1E2
Chapter 4: S1E2
Chapter 5: S1E4
Chapter 6: S1E3
Chapter 7: S1E4
Chapter 8: S1E1, S1E2
Chapter 9: S1E3
Chapter 10: S2E1
Chapter 11: S2E11
Chapter 12: S2E2
Chapter 13: S2E6
Chapter 14: S1S8
Chapter 15: S1E7
Chapter 17: S1E6
Chapter 18: S1E6
Chapter 19: S1S8
Chapter 22: S1E10, S2E4
Chapter 23: S1E10
Chapter 24: S1E10
Chapter 26: S1E7
Chapter 27: S1S9
Chapter 28: S1S9
Chapter 29: S1E11
Chapter 33: S1E11
Chapter 34: S2E9
Chapter 35: S2E5
Chapter 36: S2E7
Chapter 42: S1E5
Chapter 45: S1E5
Chapter 46: S1E12
Chapter 47: S2E6
Chapter 50: S2E2
Chapter 51: S2E12
Chapter 52: S2E13
Chapter 53: S1E11
Chapter 54: S2E7
Chapter 55: S1E12
Chapter 65: S2E8
Chapter 68: S2E5
Chapter 69: O1E2
Chapter 70: O1E1
Chapter 71: S2E3
Chapter 74: S2E3
Chapter 78: S2E12
Chapter 81: S2E13
Chapter 83: S3E7
Chapter 85: S2E2
Chapter 86: S3E11
Chapter 90: S2E3
Chapter 94: S2E8
Chapter 96: S3E3
Chapter 97: S2E6
Chapter 98: S2E5
Chapter 99: S2E12
Chapter 100: S2E4, S2E4
Chapter 103: S3E1, S3E2
Chapter 104: S3E3, S3E4
Chapter 105: S3E5, S3E6
Chapter 106: S2E10
Chapter 107: S2E8
Chapter 108: S2E9
Chapter 109: O1E1
Chapter 111: S2E10
Chapter 112: S2E13
Chapter 113: S2E10
Chapter 124: S3E9
Chapter 126: O1E1, S3E1
Chapter 128: S3E6
Chapter 129: S3E2
Chapter 130: O1E3
Chapter 134: S3E1
Chapter 136: O2E1
Chapter 138: O1E2
Chapter 140: O2E2
Chapter 141: S3E4
Chapter 145: S3E4
Chapter 149: O1E3
Chapter 150: O1E2
Chapter 153: S3E7, S3E8
Chapter 154: S3E2
Chapter 156: S3E10
Chapter 157: S3E6
Chapter 158: S3E7
Chapter 159: S3E11
Chapter 160: S3E8
Chapter 163: S3E3
Chapter 165: S3E8
Chapter 166: S3E5
Chapter 169: S3E9, S3E10
Chapter 170: S3E12
Chapter 172: S3E9
Chapter 174: S3E5
Chapter 176: S3E10
Chapter 178: S3E12
Chapter 179: S3E13
Chapter 181: O2E2
Chapter 183: S3E11, S3E12
Chapter 184: O2E1
Chapter 187: S3E13
Chapter 190: O2E1
Chapter 193: O2E2
Chapter 231: BD-E1
Volume 1: S2E1
End of Volume 5, 9, 10: S2E7
End of Volume 15: S3E12
End of Volume 24: BD-E2
Bangai-hen: S3E12, S3E12

I... personally wouldn't recommend to watch the anime in manga order since it's FUBAR...


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What happen to Nana and Kakeru in The Knight in the Area after the anime ends?
I have watched The Knight in the Area, but I'm curious as to what has happened since the end of the anime until the latest chapter in the manga.
My questions are as follows:

Do Nana and Kakeru ever get together?
Do they win a championship?
Is there a better understanding as to why Suguru can take over Kakeru?
Does Kakeru become the best scorer/forward in the nation?

After the Japanese Olympic team wins the test match against Frankfurt and with Yuusuke's support[1], Kakeru finally confesses to Nana. She then cries in happiness while saying that her feelings were never one-sided. The two finally kiss under the evening sky, where their friendship finally turned to romance even after graduating from Enoshima High. In the epilogue, Kakeru made it into the World Cup final. On the eve of the final, Kakeru was approached by Nana with a ring on her finger, revealing their engagement.

Source: http://areanokishi.wikia.com/wiki/Kakeru_Aizawa/Relationships


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Why doesn't Naruto have/use his Six Paths power?
Sasuke still has his Six Paths power, the Rinnegan. I understand that the other Tailed Beasts are no longer in him... but in the 4th War, even when Madara pulled out the Nine Tails, Obito gave him the One Tail and the Eight Tails chakra; thus, he was able to use his Six Paths power since he already had chakra of all the other tailed beasts.
Why doesn't Naruto have his Six Paths power?

The Rinnegan is not a six-path power, It was awakened before Sasuke ever had six-paths abilities. All the six-path chakra (yin/yang chakra) was returned to the Sage of Six Paths after the sealing of Kaguya.

@Theyna In order to receive the Rinnegan, you have to have the Uchiha and the Senju Chakra and Sasuke did not possess the Senju Chakra. Also when Sasuke was pierced by Madara with his Sword and Naruto was about to die because the 9 Tails was extracted from him.. Hagoromo has appeared and given them the Sage Power and that's when Sasuke got his Rinnegan. (Ep. 421)

@Theyna Recall, Sasuke got his rinnegan and rinnesharingan when hagoromo gave him six paths power, like Soul said. Naruto got the Senjutsu half, gaining truth seeker orbs and the ability to hover. Though in Boruto the movie, Sasuke still has the rinnesharingan, Naruto seems to not have (or at least use) the six paths senjutsu.

@Ryan yes, but the rinnegan cab also be attained without six paths power whereas the truth seeker orbs can only be obtained with six paths chakra

@Theyna Rinnegan can only be obtained by fusing Asura and Indras Chakra, which technically is six paths power.

Naruto did not lose his Six Paths senjutsu because he can still manipulate truth seeking balls, and his eyes also exhibit that he is using it in battle (tailed beast eyes crossed with sage eyes with no eye shadow).
Sasuke awakened the Rinnegan because Kabuto used Hashirama's cells to heal him after Madara impaled Sasuke with a sword. Thus, Asura's chakra mixed with Indra's chakra, becoming Hagoromo's chakra, thus allowing Sasuke to awaken the Rinnegan.
Basically, nothing has changed, except that Naruto and Sasuke can't use the Six Paths Sealing jutsu anymore because it can only be used once per lifetime and the two already used the jutsu to seal kaguya

After Sasuke and Naruto sealed away Kaguya, Naruto lost his Sage Of the Six Paths powers (SOSP). This is most likely because Hagoromo gave Naruto and Sasuke powers to defeat Madara or basically Kaguya. That is most likely the reason Naruto lost his SOSP powers.
Sasuke, on the other hand, cannot use the Sage of Six Paths senjutsu, but he can still use Rinnegan. I would imagine that it has gotten weaker since Sasuke in one of the Boruto manga had to charge up his Rinnegan powers and he no longer has the SOSP senjutsu.

Naruto didn't lose Six Paths Senjutsu, his eyes are evident of that. I'm pretty sure those sun and moon marks were simply there for those "limited-time" jutsu, like Six Paths: Planetary Devastation, and the Creation of all Things technique.

Naruto and Sasuke do not have Six Paths power. They lost this after sealing Kaguya.
The Boruto designs contradict that of Naruto: Shippuuden because Naruto in So6P (Naruto: Shippuuden) is seen having the same pattern that Juubidara, Juubito, and Hagoramo had. But, in the Boruto series, it's KCM, not So6P. In his fight against Momoshiki, it's KCM because you can see the Kurama Chakra Mode from his tongue.
Sasuke, on the other hand, still has the Rinnegan but doesn't have Six Paths power because every other Rinnegan (Hagoromo Rinnegan) user could use the Six Paths abilities. And, with Six Paths powers, they do not run out of chakra, as we see Sasuke could spam Susanoo more than twice after getting it destroyed. Whereas in the Boruto series he got knocked down and couldn't stand up, resulting in him using Amaterasu instead of his Rinnegan genjutsu.

the reason he doesnt use the 6 paths power is not bc he sealed kaguya bc they then used there 6 paths power to stop the infinite sukoyome  its bc when narato and sasuke fight they both lost there arms in the battles they lost the arms with the light and dark marks and hogoromos charka in it and the reason susuke still has his sharirenigan is bc he awakened it bc he had the six paths charka to trigger its awaken and the charka then went into his eye which then let him keep some of his 6 paths chakra.

Naruto has and uses his Six Paths power.
In Boruto, when Naruto & Sasuke fights Momoshiki, he uses his Six Paths power against Momoshiki. Naruto has Kyuubi chakra and Sage Mode chakra mixed together, and when he mixes them, there are no pigments. However, when he uses regular Frog Sage Mode (or whatever it's called), there are pigments under his eyes with Sage Mode, and when Naruto came back from the psyche plane with Hagoromo, he received his chakra and received Six Paths Sage Mode.
In The Last: Naruto the Movie, he also uses Six Paths power and Ashura's Fist.

About Sasuke's Rinnegan, it's because he got Hagoromo's chakra directly, not because of Hashirama's cells.
About the whereabouts of his Truthseeker Orbs, they can only be used once, then they are gone.


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Is Eren Jaeger considered a Rogue Titan or an Attack Titan?
I know that Grisha was the Attack Titan before Eren ate him so that makes Eren the Attack Titan now... right?
I'm just not sure what to call his titan form. I know in the beginning they named him the Rogue Titan, but does it change now that we know he ate the Attack Titan? Most of the fandom calls him the Rogue Titan but I know a few that call Eren's titan form the Attack Titan. So is it just majority rules or whichever one you feel like calling him?
I think of Eren being called the Attack Titan is more of a title than what you should call his form... or is that the same thing?

never heard about Eren being named Rogue Titan on canon content.

While I  haven't heard 'rogue titan' in the canon, I'd assume this name was invented at an earlier stage before the existence of other titan shifters was known, so it appeared that Eren was the only titan acting on the side of humanity, therefore the Rogue Titan. With the knowledge we now have, I'd say that Attack Titan would be the correct naming convention.

Did you mean Attack Titan or Founder Titan? Because the 2 titan powers in him was the Attack Titan and the Founder Titan (also known as The Coordinate).

His correct name is Attack Titan, as it is even implied by manga name

According to Chapter 88, pages 46-47,

we find out that the proper name for the titan form Eren is in possession of is the Attack Titan.

However,

we do know that Eren's father, Grisha Yeager, consumed the Founding Titan thus combining two titan forms into one. Once Grisha reached the 13-year limit, he forced his son to consume him so that his titan-shifting abilities would pass on to his son. That being said, even though Eren is technically in possession of both the Founding Titan and Attack Titan forms, he is still referred to as the Attack Titan.

When he was referred to as the Rogue Titan,

it was not a form they were referring to but rather an alignment. Eren's titan, unlike the other titan-shifters, was aligned with the Eldians on Paradis Island and not with the titan-shifters waging war against them. Think of the temporary name as a way that the Eldians initially distinguished the Attack Titan from the other titan-shifters. Once the Eldians learned the actual name of Eren's titan form, they stopped using Rogue Titan as a descriptor and used Attack Titan instead.

Again, just to be clear, Eren's titan form is called the

Attack Titan.

And Rogue Titan,

was used only as a means to describe Eren's titan when the Eldians did not know the actual name of Eren's titan form.

I would say they call him the attack titan or the coordinate.Realistically speaking all titan shifters shown within the show turn out to have been at risk of getting eaten according to the manga.In the anime when the female titan first got captured it took advantage of that.It roared to attract titans, and used the smoke from them eating her body and the titans dieing to escape.Not to mention when she appeared from the right titans attacked the scouts as well.likely following her until they decided to eat the humans.The same thing happened when erwin leads the titans into the armored titan.