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Why did Kuro not burn out completely during the bath sequence with Irisviel?
In episode 6 of 2wei (not sure where that is in the manga), Irisviel returns to Fuyuki and meets Kuro. She delivers exposition to Miyu, Kuro, and Illya in the Edelfelt mansion's unreasonably large bath. In particular, she informs them that the Holy Grail War is nevermore to be; Kuro does not take this news well, and starts venting mana (or something).
Anyway, despite Illya's (ahem) mana transfers, Kuro seems to be fading away due to a lack of mana... until she has an emotional moment and admits to herself that she wants to live.
What is the mechanistic explanation here for why Kuro didn't continue to deplete her mana supplies until she vanished altogether?

Apparently, the fact that Kuro can continue to exist in the world is a miracle created by her own "wish" stated at that same part:
“I want family. I want friends. I want to live a normal, everyday life. But…more than that…more than anything…I don’t want to disappear! I just…I want to live!”
This happens because she is the grail, so she basically granted her own wish as a holy grail, which allowed her to continue living.
Now, this only means Kuro's "wish" stabilized her corporeal form. She still uses the Archer card like the Servants use the class vessels the Holy Grail initially prepares. She doesn't have a mana source and she isn't human, either. She is a miracle that is still allowed to remain in the world.
This is comparable to at least two cases from the original VN: Saber in UBW Good End, and Rider in HF True end. They all still need the mana to stay, same as Kuro.

you can also add Gilgemesh with Saber and Rider as he lived off the mana of the Orphans Kotomine took in from the great fire (what Shirou discovered in the church near to the end of the Fate Route)

That makes sense, I guess. Does the manga specifically explain it this way, or is this more of a reasoned inference?

If I remember correctly, the manga doesnt explain it explicitly in that moment, but all the reasoning is based on things that were stated in the manga. ie: kuro's origin for instance.

Okay, but this explanation still seems a little weird to me. In Prisma Illya, Kuro isn't really a full-fledged grail, right? Like, the grail is only supposed to be able to grant wishes when you fill it (with the mana of the servants), and that doesn't seem to have happened, so I find it odd that grail-vessel-Kuro is even capable of granting Kuro's wish.


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What's with all the weird writing/symbols in the hot springs in 3rei?
In episode 5 of Prisma Illya 3rei, we find that Gil has somehow pulled an entire hot springs out of the Gate of Babylon. The walls surrounding it have banners with a number of strange symbols and quintessentially-Japanese words on them.
You can see the symbols for yourself below; some of them are very strange, like the biohazard symbol (☣), the radiation symbol (☢), and a pair of clubs (♣) attached end-to-end. The words are "bonsai", "Mt. Fuji" (fuji-san), "sushi", "bushido", "matsuri", "kami", "sumo", "squid" (ika), "tenshukaku", and "heat haze" (kagerou), plus one on the far-right in picture #1 that is cut off.
I have to imagine there is some sort of joke here I'm not getting. What is it?

(The images are spoilered because naked-but-steam-concealed characters.)

The banner looks similar to 武者幟 (warrior flag)
Around AD1600, There are civil war in Japan.
In that time every warrior show that flag to recognize each other.
Wikipedia have some picture of that war.

Or some city selling that flag as goods.

These flags have name of the 将軍 (General) or 紋(the mark of the family).
In that ilier's case, it uses same format, but it doesn't use actual mark or name.
I think it shows "Gil's wrong Japanese stereotype".

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How could Kakashi make a Perfect Susanoo with only two MS when Sasuke needed a Rinnegan?
When Sasuke first activated the Susanoo with 2 MS it didn't really resemble the Complete Susanoo. But when Obito gave Kakashi his eyes he activated Complete Susanoo. Why did it take so long for Sasuke to activate Complete Susanoo.

If you want to make a perfect Susanoo then go ahead. Maybe Sasuke wasn't even planning on making it a perfect Susanoo. Also you don't need the Rinnegan to make any type Susanoo, you just need both Mangekyou Sharingan.

I think my answer here might answer your question. http://anime.stackexchange.com/q/36148/18881

Once a user awakens the Mangekyō in both eyes, or the ability of both of their eyes, they are able to perform Susanoo.

Sasuke could make a "perfect" Susanoo once he got ability of both of his eyes. One probable reason why he didn't use it right away could be the fact that Susanoo does use up a lot of chakra and he might be saving his chakra.

The Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities drain a considerable amount of chakra when performed.

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It probably requires training as well. We know Sasuke's Susanoo changed several times, and sometimes it overwrote the old form which was never seen again. While he probably had the potential to unlock it once he got 2 MS, he probably couldnt go beyond armored without more power and training. Kakashi also admitted that the Mangekyou Sharingan is strengthened by Six paths power (obito being 10 tails jinchuriki), which Sasuke also received (by Hagoromo himself) before using perfect Susanoo

Additionally, Madara was able to produce a Perfect Susanoo without the Rinnegan, in his fight with Hashirama.

Susanoo does have its own development stages but we have to keep in mind that each development stage needs a huge amount of chakra to accomplish. Considering the fact that Kakashi is a really skilled ninja, he could  make a complete Susanoo by copying the way Sasuke was manipulating his chakra; afterall he is a copy-ninja. he had the skills he had the knowledge.Pretty sure he can get it to final form

Reason 1: he probably didn't want to use Perfect Susanoo, he used a full body Susanoo. In Naruto Shippuden, during the 4th Great Ninja War, Sasuke's Susanoo fused with Kurama, when that happened, Sasuke got wings. After he did that, you know that little thing when Sasuke stands on Susanoo up high that covers him? That's Sasuke using Perfect Susanoo.
Reason 2: maybe it's a simple "he didn't want to use Perfect Susanoo", or he didn't know his abilities of his Susanoo.
Reason 3: maybe he couldn't because probably his ability with 2 EMS isn't allowed for Perfect Susanoo, but if he has Rinnegan, he can.

This perfect susanoo is only available to those who perfectly master the mangekyou sharingan. Kakashi had the benefit of mastering one eye while obito mastered the other and when obito died and loaned those eyes, it was as if both obito and kakashi's experience was applied and as suck, they just had to awaken the susanoo in that state, while sasuke had to master not just his abilities but also those of itachi to awaken the susanoo perfect state, essentially having to master two pairs of susanoo. And interesting fact, that s shows that no matter the person, as long as a mangekyou sharingan is implanted, they can attain the eternal mangekyou sharingan as the perfect susanoo would likely blind the user of a regualar mangekyou sharingan instantly unless we speak about the pure sharingan of hagoromo and Indra. Or they may already be blind at that point due to practicing the mangekyou which requires regular use.

Interesting fact, your comment about the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan is wrong. Please do your research.

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How long after the first series does Love Live Sunshine take place?
It is mentioned in the first episodes that sunshine takes place in the fifth year after Love Live inception (or the fifth tournament).
We know that in the year the first series takes place, two editions of Love Live happen (the first when they default due to Honoka's sickness and A-Rise wins, and the other when µ's wins).
So by my estimates, it should happen in the year when Alisa and Yukiho are third-years or have graduated already.
So, how long are the two series apart?


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What is the price does Shinsuke pay for the assistance of the flower god?
The gods in Sengoku Youko are whimsical and often demand a price for their assistance. While the mountain god waived her original price of a soul from the sibling pair (Jinka and Tama). I can't recall what the resolution of Shinsuke's assistance from the flower god (she was a big help for the fight against the cloud god in retrieving the injured). At the end of the series we see the flower god hanging around what is presumably his tombstone.

When Shinsuke goes off to find Yazen, Hanatora (the "flower goddess") claims she has a reservation for his soul, so we can pretty much assume that's what she got out of that deal. I don't think the manga ever tells us exactly how those godly characters take souls, or what they do with the souls they collect, but we know that Hanatora also had a claim on Ashikaga Yoshiteru's soul. In Yoshiteru's case, she only collected her "payment" at the time of his death (and later "forged" the Shogun's soul into the soul-sword she gave Senya). Considering Hanatora is pictured nearby Shinsuke's tombstone, as you mentioned, I'd say it's implied that "taking his soul after he died" was the price she asked of Shinsuke as well.


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Who altered Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground and removed Aura's Statue?
in The World in Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground (.hack) there was a statue of Aura wrapped in chains. in The World:R2 Hulle Granz Cathedral (.hack//G.U) has the same address (Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground) and in it the statue is gone only leaving the chains behind.
in .hack//ROOTS Shino said that the statue was that of a Goddess who left the world which, according to Zefie, is more or less what her mother Aura did. but the statue wasn't Aura herself though as it didn't re-appear when she stopped her Twilight Knights from fighting during their battle against the members of Raven.
i recall reading that the backstory of The World:R2 one of the goddesses who is dead was supposed to represent Aura and CC Corp reclaiming their system from Harald Hoerwick and his work but i know that CC Corp Admins can't get rid of the Lost Grounds or even edit them.
So who was it that removed Aura's Statue in Δ Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground

The creators of R:2 would have been the people to modify the area after the destruction of the original game. IPO I would think it was Piroshi specifically because of something he mentions about graphics the first time you meet him at the area. However... I think there's more to it than that.
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What reason was Madara talking about in Chapter 661 ?
Madara says that there is a reason why Hashirama and Tobirama can't bring out their true strength, what was he talking about ?

IIRC, he thinks that they can't use their full power since they are Edo Tensei-ed. Means that their power is limited by the caster of the Edo Tensei,

To build on Ayase Eri's comment, Orochimaru was said to have taken the 2nd's jutsu to usable scale, but Kabuto sort of perfected it. Thus Madara may be commenting about the level of Kabuto and Orochimaru's difference. Though breaking out of the Edo Tensei NEVER made sense to me :x

He was talking about that they are weak because they have their friends to hold them back. He's saying if they could just remain in solitude then their true potential will reveal itself.


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Who is the most-connected (in the "six degrees" sense) seiyuu?
A lot of you probably know about Kevin Bacon and how he's supposedly the most connected among Hollywood artists.

Who is the most-connected anime voice actor (seiyuu)?

I've seen in some places that either of Yuji Ueda or Megumi Hayashibara could be the Kevin Bacon of seiyuu, but has anybody ever done the graph of the interconnections between voice actors to support this claim?
(I'm only counting voices in the original Japanese, and not dubs.)

Great question! AnimeNewsNetwork tends to be the most comprehensive about enumerating all voice actors credited for any given show, so that's probably the place to start if somebody wants to scrape this data.

Took a bit of a look myself and found this site: http://oracleofbacon.org/movielinks.php It goes through IMDB to find connections for you, but you need to enter the names of who you're trying to connect.  So I guess this provides the results if you're willing to put in the searches...

What does "most connected in sixth degrees" supposed to mean?

@絢瀬絵里 Pin photographs of every seiyuu on a large cork-board. Connect two photographs with string if the two seiyuu worked together on at least one project. The "most connected" seiyuu is the one with the most pieces of string coming from them. "Six degrees" refers to the idea that you can get from any photo to any other by following no more than six lengths of string. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_separation

I put my bet on Sugita Tomokazu then. Gintama alone provides him with lots of connections.

This question attracts a lot of speculations and opinions and over no citations as to why and how these voice actors are connected. User polling is an very unreliable benchmark as it skews towards popularity. Popular new seiyuus may not be as connected as others, even retired ones. If there's anyone that's connect it's likely the producers as it's their job to have their fingers in as many pies as they can, if they want to be successful. If you wish to have it reopened, please provide criteria that answerers can make to satisfy whatever condition you are looking for. I.E. Be specific.

A seiyuu can be unpopular in circles and still be well connected, and the vice versa can be true. Popularity is a very poor gauge for networking, sure it opens doors, but not all doors lead to good connections.

@кяαzєя I think this question has a very clear objective answer; the only hurdle is the data crunching. In the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, two actors are connected if they appear in a film together. "Most-connected" I believe refers to the metric used by the Oracle site to determine how good a centre someone is, i.e. the weighted average of the degree of separation of all the people who link to that particular person. OP specifically mentions the graph of interconnections, and is evidentally looking for a data-based answer.

I don't believe that that there is enough information to objectively answer this. The kevin bacon six degree of seperation theory itself is a contested topic based on sensationalism and speculation. Furthermore the career lifespan of a voice actor is much shorter than that of an actual actor. Some fade away while others retire in a span of months to years. Few last the test of time. I believe it to be too broad of a scope to be reasonably covered if it is even provable with objective data.

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I don't know the specific answer for "most connected" seiyuu, but many companies did some ranking for seiyuu.
Oricon (Japanese) has a user-vote based ranking. Most known seiyuu is Nobuyo Oyama (e.g. Doraemon) and Masako Nozawa (e.g. Goku from Dragon Ball).
AppBank (Japanese) also has a ranking based on votes from other seiyuu. Top 3 is Koichi Yamadera, Masako Nozawa and Keiji Fujiwara. I think Yamadera is selected because there are lots of seiyuu worked with him.
I want to put my 2 cents to Koichi Yamadera because he has long career and variety of anime.

Reading from the article source, I'm afraid this doesn't really answer the question. Both rankings are about popularity ranking, but that doesn't say anything about their connection with other seiyuu...

It’s not that Kevin Bacon is the most connected, he’s just the arbitrary starting point that the creators of the concept used to demonstrate their point. Any A list actor that’s been working for more than a few years is only a couple of degrees away from the entire entertainment industry.
The idea of 6 degrees of separation is that everyone is connected to everyone, especially when you are in the same industry/subculture. I myself am 4 degrees away from JRR Tolkien, meaning that everyone reading this is now 5 degrees away at minimum.

By that logic I'm at 1 from JRR Tolkien because I read his books.


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Can Zeno really not die?
We know that Zeno is an immortal. No matter how old he gets or how badly he is injured, he won't die. However, that's only true because of the indestructible body bestowed upon him by one of the dragons.
We also know that the dragons' powers can be passed on. When Kija, Shin-Ah, and Jae-Ha were born, their predecessors weakened and eventually lost their powers along with their lives. When the first Hakuryuu, Seryuu, and Rokuryuu left Hiryu Castle, they left with their tribes and only in those tribes would the next dragons be born.
Did the dragons pass on their genes along with their powers? If Zeno passes on his genes, would his ability also be passed on so he could finally die?

First of all, I would like to mention that the passing on of the dragon's powers isn't such a simple matter in the first place. I might be wrong but judging from the different dragons' back stories, it is pretty much evident that the passing on of the dragons' powers is not supposed to be genetic. A genetic transfer of powers would mean that a dragon would have to marry someone and bear a child which doesn't seem to be the case in any of the dragons' stories.
Take Shin Ah for instance. His back story revealed that he lived and was trained by a previous Seiryuu who wasn't his father. None of the dragons' back stories gives any sort of hints that might suggest that the dragon's powers only appear in his own lineage. So that proves that the powers aren't transferred genetically. It is more like "magical".
It is shown that when a dragon is grows old, the powers are slowly magically transferred to a younger person who then carries on the previous dragon's will. However, there might be other reasons for a dragon to lose their power which are not so clear yet.
Now as for Zeno, from the information that the Manga has revealed so far, Zeno is immortal and it is not possible for him to transfer his powers. In fact, it is not up to a dragon at all to transfer his own power. It is simply not a matter under his own control. None of the dragons can simply decide for themselves to transfer their power to someone and it is definitely not genetic.
So I would say, that Zeno cannot transfer his power to someone else. And since he is immortal and doesn't grow old, his powers don't need to be transferred to anyone else. His body is simply always good enough to wield the power of the dragon.
There might be another bigger reason behind Zeno's immortality than simply being King Hiryuu's shield. I think it is Zeno's responsibility to unite the four dragons. They might sway from their beliefs or true responsibilities. But it might just be that Zeno was the one destined to always bring together the four dragons. He is the only dragon alive who had actually met King Hiryuu. It might be his responsibility to overlook the new King Hiryuu and guide him and the other three dragons.

Dragons powers are passed on through genetic family. The dragon tribes are all one big family descending from the dragons of old.

@Mindwin I don't think so. Shin Ah's predecessor was not his father if I remember correctly.

but they were from the same tribe = extended family.

Yeah that much is true. They are all known to be from the same tribes. So yeah, agreed that genetics have some sort of a role.

Zeno actually may be able to die without having to give up his powers. When he is far away from the Hiryuu castle, his wounds heal slowly, so if he leaves that continent and cuts off his head and gets his heart out of his chest and stabs it (sorry if it sounds too violent), that may or may not kill him.


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Why does Suzuki speak in both English and Japanese?
In Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, one of the "steam smiths" speaks in Japanese with bits and phrases in plain English. His name is Suzuki, and he is one of the steam smiths that fixes damage to the train:

As you can see here in this video, he mixes in regular English words like "captain," and "tank," with the rest of his Japanese dialogue. There are no other characters that do this. Why does he include random English words in his sentences (it seems that the English words may even be voiced by someone else, as they sound incredibly out of place with the Japanese dialogue)?

He's supposed to be a "foreigner". Look at his hair style. Probably got stuck in Japan when the whole zombie stuff happened, so that says something about how many years ago it happened.

In the Kabaneri universe, the steam technology that powers all their steampunk stuff was initially developed outside Japan. The particular system that drives the railforts is named the "McRucky engine", and is of British design. The first major outbreak of kabane was reportedly somewhere in eastern Europe.
It seems plausible that most steamsmiths would be from Europe (perhaps Britain in particular) given that that's where steam technology originated. Suzuki could well be a steamsmith from Europe who ended up in Japan, perhaps fleeing the kabane (Japan, being an island on the periphery of Afro-Eurasia, is about as far as you can get from eastern Europe without hopping over to the Americas). In this case, it would be unsurprising that his speech is 1.) heavily accented; and 2.) has a heavy admixture of English.
(Don't be fooled by his Japanese-seeming name - in the real world around the time of the Industrial Revolution, it was common for Westerners in Japan to take Japanese names. See, for example, Lafcadio Hearn, who was known in Japan as "Koizumi Yakumo".)
It is likely that the manga and/or light novels will have more detail about this, but I have not read any of them. Likewise, if they ever release one of those production-notes compilations, that'd be a good thing to have a look at.

it seems that the English words may even be voiced by someone else, as they sound incredibly out of place with the Japanese dialogue

Suzuki's voice actor, Maxwell Powers, is fluent in both languages. His YouTube channel has some examples of his non-anime voice work. According to his Japanese Wikipedia article, he grew up in the US, so he's clearly a native speaker of English, and his mother is Japanese and he went to college in Japan, so it's no surprise that his Japanese is pretty good too. It's pretty clear to me that he voices all of Suzuki's lines.
(Incidentally, he apparently is emceeing the live event "Koutetsujou no Utage" which is happening as I type.)


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Who the heck is Baba Micchi?
Both cours of Active Raid are now over, and I still don't know who Baba Micchi is!
As you will recall, Baba Micchi is apparently some person who Sena Souichirou knows, and whenever this person's name is mentioned, Sena has a rather visceral reaction.
The final mention of this person was in cour 2, episode 5 at around 17:37 - while Sena is riding around in the Senars Inc. garbage truck hoping to catch some of the petty criminals in action, a group of women mention Baba Micchi, prompting this reaction, followed by an "I knew it!".

But then the show cuts to a different scene, and Baba Micchi is never mentioned again.
Who on earth is Baba Micchi?

An enigma that will continue to haunt Active Raid forever.


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What are the differences between all those different ki blast attacks?
Some ki attacks in the Dragon Ball universe have pretty distinct purposes. Taiyōken blinds, Makankōsappō punctures, Kienzan cuts, etc. But then there is the standard ki blast attack, and every fighter or martial arts school has their own version of it: Piccolo and Gohan use Masenkō, Vegeta uses Gyarikku Hō, and everyone descended from the turtle school uses Kamehameha. Not to mention the many nameless energy blasts used in between.
Is there an in-universe explanation for the differences between these (other than color and shape)?
Also, Vegeta develops new (presumably stronger) attacks to replace his old ones. He moves from Gyarikku Hō to Big Bang Attack to Final Flash. Kamehameha, on the other hand, remains a staple throughout the series.
Is there any logic to this in canon? I suspect not. But if I'm missing something, I'd be interested to know.

I did notice the FInal Flash was of low compression high power output (it spread out to half the diameter of the planet), but a Kamehameha is compressed, does not spread out, and acts like a wall, pushing foes back if they are strong enough to resist entering it (Kaio Ken x4 Kamehameha vs Vegeta, Vegeta was forced to ride it into the sky) Other than that, some moves were just developed separately, so they have separate names. This is just a guess though.

And they are tecnics, Kame create the Kamehameha, Mr.Kaio KaioKen, is like martial arts, each one have a different style. Kamehameha dont change because is very important for DB.


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Do Kaname's parents know he isn't really their son?
In Vampire Knight, Yuki's parents had a son that they named Kaname, but that child was sacrificed by his uncle to resurrect the progenitor of the Kurans who was also named Kaname. This progenitor had to revert to the form of an infant and was taken in by Yuki's parents. At any point did they realize that this wasn't really their son?

I do believe so because when Redo came for Yuki the night her mother turned her human Juri said that Redo had already taken their son away from them referring to how he sacrificed Kaname to resurrect Lord Kaname.

I think they did. Just like the person said above, Juri said that her son was already taken away from her. Maybe this was referring to something else but I don't think so.

For this question, I'd like to have the volume number, chapter number, and exact quote of what was said.


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Why is illumi after alluka?
Why is Illumi after Alluka's power? Does it have something much more powerful than just creation n destruction.

Alluka's power can grant any wish.
In return, Alluka will request (After granting said wish) 3 requests, with their difficulties adjusted to how complicated/strong the wish is. (Not sure how to word this)
If three requests are granted, you may wish again. If three requests are denied, people die. The number of people increases as I've said before. The people who die, die by order of closeness to the target. (Minimum 2 people)
Thus, if they were to harness Alluka's power, it would be mindboggingly useful, and would make the Zoldick family as strong as they can only imagine.
But if someone were to abuse it and fail the requests, the results would be devastating for them. (And Illuka believed that Killua wanted to bear the requests of his wish)
Illumi also believed there are rules they are unaware of, and only Killua knows of, and again, he is correct, and this would make anticipating and controlling Alluka much harder. Thus, he intended to destroy her.

I mean to be honest, we can only speculate why he wants her. The most obvious reason is to probably use her powers. Alluka has a pretty deadly and powerful ability so a good reason for him to go after Alluka is just to use her powers. Another reason is just to kill her, they dont really need her for anything and I doubt a Zoldyck would have a problem killing a sibling if they find them worthless. She's kind of in the way of a lot of things. So every Zoldyck wants Killua to become an assassin how're you supposed to influence him if you cant even get near him without getting teleported half way across the continent, I'll tell you how, you cant it's impossible so killing Alluka would be the easiest option. Who knows honestly he's a weird fellow but by the pace that Hunter x Hunter is going we're probably not going to know the answer for another 20 years

Here is ONE of the reason why illumi is after alluka is because... So after Gon's fight with Neferpitou gon reached the limit of his nen, sinced he reached an incredible limit of his nen gon he started to die but slowly, Killus brother/sister has the power to make any request come true so killua requested that gon stop dying (something like that) but illumi wanted to kill alluka so that gon wouldnt be able to get better because the whole zoldyck family except for alluka wanted killua to become an assasin and leave gon behind. so that is basically why Illumi is after alluka


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In what order do you watch the fullmetal alchemist?
When I ask this question I don't mean between fullmetal alchemist and fullmetal brotherhood. I mean witch do you watch as a series.

What do you mean by series? As far as I know there's only FMA and FMA:B and you can't "watch" manga. Have you seen the wiki page?

Both Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood are series in and of themselves. If you're asking what order to watch the episodes in either serirs: in order? Start at episode one, then two and three, and do on until you've seen them all.

Both series are in fact separate entities.
The series named simply Fullmetal Alchemist was created first and went in a very different direction from the source material once the basic premise was established. Brotherhood instead closely adapts the original manga in it's entirety.
Edward and Alphonse lost their respective parts trying to resurrect their mother, Scar and the Homunculi exist and both series start off in Lior but that's where the similarities end. Major details like the origins of the Homunculi and the overarching plot are entirely different.


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Do the people of Kioka follow the Alderan religion?
In Tenkyou no Alderamin, the Katjvarna Empire (where Ikta and friends live) has as its state religion the Alderan religion. In episode 10, we learn that they aren't the only such state - the "home" of the religion is actually a theocracy lying to the north of the Empire (which reminds me quite a bit of the Papal States).
What of the Republic of Kioka, which lies to the east of the Empire? Do they also follow the Alderan religion? We know that they make use of the sprites, but - as demonstrated by the Sinack people - sprite worship does not necessarily imply veneration of Alderamin. (I guess there isn't anything to say that the people of Kioka even worship the sprites - they could just as well see them as friendly little bioweapons.)


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Did Vegeta ever called Goku his earth name "Goku" in Japanese dub?
I recalled that Vegeta once said "Goku" in episode 72 of English dub. Does Vegeta said his earth name "Goku" in Japanese dub too? How many times did Vegeta said "Goku" throughout the series? And when is it?

Get all the episodes with subtitles, extract the subtitle files, do a text file search and you'll get your answer. Like so: http://anime.stackexchange.com/a/22198/191

I don't thnk he ever does, as he rejects Goku's earthling name, which is the reason why enve when they fuse into Vegeto, the name uses Kakaroto's "to" in the name.

1) When fighting against Nappa and Vegeta, Krillin laments on Goku hurrying up to get to the battlefield. Vegeta retorts, "Goku? Is he strong?"
2) When questioning Trunks' claim of being a SSJ, (IIRC) Vegeta's says something along the lines of "the one you call Goku.".
3) A Japanese title, "Koeteyaru... Gokuu wo!! Sentou Minzoku Saiya-jin no Ou". Or "I Will Surpass Him... Him, Gokuu! The King of the Fighting Race, the Saiyans". Or Mr. Simmons' translation, "I Will Overcome Goku!! The King of the Saiyan Warrior Race".


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What chapters of akame ga kill cover the anime?
I watched the whole anime and I'm interested in buying the manga where the anime left off. Thank you in advance.

The anime ended up being original. Episodes 1-18 equal chapters 1-34. Episodes 19-21 cover some stuff (up to chapter 50) and skip many things so start at chapter 35.

@Sanji any reason you removed this as an Answer and put it as a Comment? Comments are for clarification, this should be posted as an Answer.

Because I didn't do any research (I already knew the answer) and it was 1 and a half lines long.

On another note, you're gonna love the Tatsumi X Mine stuff. In the anime it came out of the blue but the manga does a nice job with the buildup.


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How important is transmutation circle pattern?
It is clear, that transmutation circle in FMA plays significant role for transmutation result. I really doubt, that, for example, Isaac McDougal can use Mustang's circle for water transmutations, and vice versa. But during Brotherhood series, there several example of usage of same transmutation circle for different goals.
First example - Alphonse circle. For instance, aside of creating things such as cage for Paninya, in Liore he also manages to fix radio (which is fairly complex device) with same circle.
Another example is Roy Mustang, who was able to use his circle for at least two really different transmutations - his common attack with burning oxygen in air, and dissipating water to hydrogen and oxygen during first encounter with Lust under fifth lab.
So, question is - how important is pattern of circle, and is there any hints, what variety of transmutations are allowed with single circle?

I think it's either an oversight and the patterns were supposed to be different in a lot of cases where they were the same, or they're very basic and the alchemist must hold in mind some pretty cunning way to manipulate that basic transmutation action, like for example "construct" for both radio and cage, and oxygen-related stuff for both burning and water decomposition (something about enticing and stopping oxygen atoms).

it is shown in the series that Transmutation Arrays are significant. when in Lab 5 as he was preparing to create the Philosopher's Stone Ed changed the original array to one he saw in Tuckers Notes which apparently was more efficient.

Note that Al's alchemy tends to always revolve around the displacement of material. Comparatively, Mustang's alchemy revolves around chemistry (igniting materials)
Al may be using the same circle which allows him to use a form of "telepathy" (for lack of a better word) to piece things together.
From many instances of alchemy being used, you can see that the intent of the alchemist changes the effect of the transmutation.

Mustang's glove carries the same symbol, but Mustang has many fire transmutations up his sleeve.
Armstrong's glove is the same (for earth and metal related transmutations)

This is a recurring pattern for many alchemists. Their circle limits their alchemy to a specific realm (fire, earth, destruction, displacement, ...) but they use the same circle to perform many different transmutations within that realm.
Alchemy seems to be a combination of the circle (method of transmutation => Al's circle displaces material) and the alchemist's intent (how to apply that method => Al puzzles the thing together again).

This answer I think is nearly there but I think is missing the knowledge component. One other thing to consider is Elric at one point mentions the building blocks of the human body (100g Carbon, 1g Gold - I don't think he uses those values but you get the point) required to "make" a human body.
It seems, like you say, that the circle locks to the method of transmutation, and then the Alchemist's intent PLUS KNOWLEDGE of the desired outcomes components makes up the rest. Otherwise there'd be no need for the large amount of study that each Alchemist goes through.

@Philbo: Referring to Al's alchemy as "telepathy" was meant to imply that he must therefore know how a radio needs to be put together. Al consciously and expertly fixes the radio, the radio doesn't fix itself just because Al commands it to. Similarly, when Al displaces material in order to stop someone in their tracks, it often manifests as a hand. Al thinks of punching that guy, and his alchemy manifests as a fist that punches that guy. But the question was specifically about the circle, and I infer that the circle only defines the method, not the current goal.


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Was Aqours created to rotate out μ’S?
After watching some live shows of Aqours, it seems to me that LL-Sunshine is doing what boy bands do all the time:

Rotate the aging members out and replace them with younger ones.

I came across this interesting piece of news:

2016/02/29
　“μ’S FINAL LOVE LIVE! ～μ’SIC FOREVER♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪♪”
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TO BE STREAMED LIVE IN THEATERS IN ASIA AND OSEANIA[sic]! – UPDATED!

Were Aqours created to replace the aging μ’S?

Okay, so Eri is going to try and answering this.
You do remember that by the end of Love Live anime, μ's disbanded, right? It was because us, the third years graduated from Ootonokizaka. μ's is a 'school idol' idol group. So it would not make sense if the members are not school idol. But if μ's was to keep going, then it would have to recruit new members to replace us the third years. Like Honoka said, and what we all agreed, it would not be μ's if it was not us nine. Therefore, the only option was to disband.
As for Aquors, they are like our sister group. Aquors is like what NMB48 is to AKB48. Although the relationship between μ's and Aquors is not that close since they are they were founded after μ's disbanded. They are a whole different group compared to ours. They are not replacement for μ's. μ's is irreplaceable and will always lives on in our hearts and our fans' hearts.
It's true that they did take some inspiration from μ's, and I can say that we are happy that they did. But, while they too are school idols, they have their own style, and their own music. They worked hard for the sake of their own fans.
Therefore please do support them as well.

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Why would Mori Summer use the same incantation as Tyrant Eye?
In episode 4 of Chuunibyou demo koi ga shitai, when Mori Summer was fighting Mjolnir Hammer for the possession of Mabinogion, Mori Summer used the incantation,

Reality, be rent! （はぜろレアル！）
  Synapse, break! （はじけろシナプス！）
  Vanishment, this world! （バニシュメントティスワルド！）

This is the same incantation as what Tyrant Eye uses to transform (henshin). Mjolnir Hammer and Dark Flame Master also uses the same incantation. If I remember correctly, Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII also uses the same incantation. This is understandable since Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII was friends with Dark Flame Master and went to the same school if I remember correctly. Tyrant Eye came into existence due to Dark Flame Master. Mjolnir Hammer is servant to Tyrant Eye. So them sharing the same incantation is perfectly understandable.
However, Mori Summer who went to a different school and has no connection whatsoever with them, except Mjolnir Hammer, was using the same incantation. Why is that? Is there an in universe explanation why Mori Summer is using the same henshin incantation despite coming from a different branch of chuunibyou-ism?

But Nibutani is Mori Summer. She wouldn't need to learn incantation from Tyrant Eye seing that she was able to write the Mabinogion.

I don't think so considering before she challenged Mjolnir Hammer, she made a magic circle and tried cursing her without Dark Flame Master telling her to. So I think she is still very fluent in chuunibyou-ism.

Also, they are 10th grade and chuunibyou is 8th grade syndrome, so it was not several years. Assuming that Nibutani graduated by the end of her 8th grade, then it was only a year and some months, 1 or 3 at most considering that it was early whwn students are trying to decide which club to join.

It's actually not hard to miss the conection, since, uf you got to know Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII, you get to see the episode that shows she already knew Mori Summer.

TL;DR: Rikka probably taught Nibutani the incantation before she headed off to battle Dekomori. The incantation probably does not come from Shichimiya, since Shichimiya uses a different incantation in her battles against Rikka in season 2. Moreover, Nibutani most likely never did battle as Mori Summer before, so it makes sense for Rikka to have taught her the incantation to start her battle with Dekomori.

Firstly, I dispute this piece of evidence:

If I remember correctly, Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII also uses the same incantation. This is understandable since Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII was friends with Dark Flame Master and went to the same school if I remember correctly. Tyrant Eye came into existence due to Dark Flame Master.

The first time we see Shichimiya battle is in season 2 episode 3 Tsuigeki no… Maou Mahou Shoujo ("Magical Devil Girl… in Pursuit"), when she challenges Rikka at the latter's school. The incantation Shichimiya uses at that time is different from Rikka's. The subtitles I've seen is translated as

"Sing, cherubim! Descend, seraphim! Physical linkage!"

Perhaps someone knowledgeable in Japanese can identify the precise incantation; however, it is doubtless a different one from Rikka's, especially as the scene cuts between Rikka and Shichimiya as they each deliver the corresponding lines of their incantations.
The same thing happens the second time Shichimiya and Rikka battle, this time in episode 9 Namiuchigiwa no… Kyuukyoku Ougi (Rizouto Rasuto Rizouto) ("Ultimate Mystery… on the Shore (Resort Last Resort)"), when Shichimiya confronts Rikka at the beach about the latter's resolve.
However, in the movie Take on Me, when Shichimiya and Rikka are about to battle at Aomori, Shichimiya responds to "Reality, be rent!" with "Synapse, break!" and both chant "Vanishment, this world!" together, before their battle is stalled by Kumin. But this instance can be chalked down to the director's creative decision; I would say that it's clear from the instances in season 2 that Shichimiya usually uses a chant different from Rikka's when going into battle.
Moreover, while it is true that Yuuta received his name "Dark Flame Master" and his attack "Be engulfed in the flames of darkness and disappear!" from Shichimiya, as he reveals in episode 3, he does not mention anything about the incantation. In fact, I think the only instance when Yuuta prepares an incantation of any sort is when he shows Rikka the Unseen Horizon right at the end of season 1. In that instance, he used Rikka's incantation, but I would hesitate to say that that shows that he was familiar with Rikka's incantation before meeting her and getting to know her at the new school. So, while it is true that the Tyrant's Eye came into existence due to the Dark Flame Master, who in turn came into existence due to Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII, I don't think this provides any link between Rikka's incantation and Shichimiya's incantation.

How then does one explain Nibutani's use of the same incantation as used by Rikka and Dekomori in her fight with the latter? My reading of that episode is as follows.
Recall that Rikka was present when Yuuta was about to offer his advice to Nibutani about how she can get Dekomori to hand over the Mabinogion. The scene cuts away at this point, but it is reasonable to assume that Rikka was present during Yuuta's suggestion to try and defeat Dekomori in battle. I surmise that Rikka might have stepped in at some point and taught Nibutani the incantation that she and Dekomori use to enter battle.
After all, Nibutani has possibly never done battle before during her phase as Mori Summer. In season 2 episode 3, when Rikka is practicing her attacks against Kumin—who is playing the role of a provisional magical girl—ostensibly to defeat Shichimiya the next time they battle, Nibutani interrupts them and points out that Kumin is more of a sentou shoujo ("Battle Girl") than a mahou shoujo ("Magical Girl"), and she goes on to add:

In the first place, magic is supposed to make people happy. The spirits who manipulate magic were always thoroughly pure of heart. They never resorted to brute force…

Her explanation is dropped midway, but her non-violent approach as Mori Summer is clear, not only from the above explanation, but also from her general demeanour and actions as Mori Summer: having priestess-like accessories, singing choir songs, talking to the birds, communing with Nature, etc. All of these point far away from a battle-oriented chuuni persona.
So, my guess is that when Yuuta guided Nibutani to face Dekomori in battle, Rikka offered Nibutani her incantation to kick things off.

Episode 4 of the second season shows that Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII was a friend and studied in the same middle school as Mori Summer after she transferred, and they spent a lot of time together.
So, the spell thus shared by the Dark Flame Master and Sophia Ring SP Saturn VII was possibly shared with Mori Summer in this period.


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What are those devices in Ghost in the Shell they use to arrest suspects?
What are those devices in Ghost in the Shell they use to arrest suspects? It seemingly causes them to be paralyzed from the neck down.
I think I saw in mentioned in the manga, but not the anime.

This is what characters refer to a ghost key. You see it appears toward the end of chapter 3 in the original manga.

It is in chapter three of the manga:

Apparently in the manga, it renders them unconcious, but their bodies can still be moved, but in the anime, they become temporarily quadriplegic.

Similar device is in Innocence, although it appears to have a pistol grip interface, a la certain scene involving Batou in a convenience store.

Couldn't find a wiki entry or anything like that, but from what I've seen (and I've seen all of GITS a few times) it's a special device to paralyze people or any other thing that has this port.
I don't remember any explanation about how it works, it just does. Section 9 uses it often enough throughout the years to assume it's reliable.

An image of the neck port and a connection wire. Didn't find a paralyzing plug pic, so if somebody does, please edit it in.


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When and who gives Izayoi the sun authority of Leo?
As one can see from http://mondaiji.wikia.com/wiki/Sakamaki_Izayoi , he has gained

Sun Authority: Leo: A Sun Authority stated to be the power of the Fifth Western Zodiac, Leo. Leo's power is based on the myth of the Nemean Lion, a beast who was completely impenetrable to blades. This protection was grated to Izayoi and blessed him with the same defense against blades, thus making it possible for Izayoi to safely catch the Spear of Indra and throw it back. In Last Embryo 1, the Minotaur attacked Izayoi with Proto Keravnos but he was completely unharmed despite that a single strike from Proto Keravnos can surpass the concept of "slash". However, this Sun Authority is not effective against Gifts which could break the Gifts of stars or slay the Celestial Spirits, as seen in volume 12 when Laius successfully slashed Izayoi by his Harpe, though Izayoi weakened his attack and only received a small injury.

Who gave him the sun authority and when did it happen?


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Where do I read Hunter x Hunter?
I've seen people saying that the Hunter x Hunter episode 148 corresponds with chapter 388, but on every site I've checked they only had up to chapter 360. With this in mind, Where do I go to read past this point, or did the anime actually surpass the manga?

I would recommend going to BN.com, Amazon.com, RightStuf.com and buying the manga.
Reading manga online while convenient and free for you supports neither the Mangaka or the Manga/Anime industry here in the USA, or your respective country

should point out that there are some places where you can legally read manga online but generally there is some catches like with crunchyroll you need a subscription or the free-trial which counts as reading manga for free (in a limited sense)

This is true, but knowing which site is truly legal, and which sites are just saying they are legal.......And hey, a monthly membership to something still equates to spending quite less on an individual manga.  One can even go to libraries as some are starting to host manga sections.  I just tend to err on the side of caution when recommending where to find anime/manga, as this industry is niche enough that it needs all the financial support it can get.


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Where is Enel going after fight with Luffy?
Now Enel have the strong weapon. But when he face luffy, he lose. And then he go.
In my opinion i think enel going back to one piece story and then will be the man whose destroy a New World.
According you, where is enel? When he back?

"Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise."

@Bálint  This is should be closed as a duplicate not as opinion based.  Opinion based is "we can't answer that factually" when the truth is we already have the answer on this site in detail.

http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/6883/what-happen-after-enel-finished-his-business-in-moon

http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/6882/how-can-enel-reach-the-moon

http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/21849/what-is-fairy-vearth

Longing for the endless Vearth he went to the moon :3

seriously he go to the moon? wkwkwkkw
how he still alive?

Yeah he did  you should check out this wiki http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Enel's_Great_Space_Operations .. He didn't have to breath in the outer space it think.

This answer could use more detail... but is correct.


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Name or link to the instrumental that plays at 11:47 - 14:58 in Tokyo Ghoul season 2 episode 11?
Beautiful melody that starts of soft then raises in intensity and balances out. Perfect fit for the scenes

Did you not find it in the soundtrack?

It is titled 'Licht und Schatten' by Yutaka Yamada (Disc 1, Track #25).


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Why didn't Ranma just tell Akane that P-chan is Ryoga?
I just finished the first season of the anime and this question has been bugging me. There's no obvious incentive for him not to tell Akane, and Ryoga doesn't have any dirt on Ranma to use as collateral as far as I can remember. So why didn't he spill it?

Ranma is too serious about Honour.

Here is my thought. Because Ryouga will be hurt, if Ranma spills it. I don't think Akane will hate Ryouga even if she knows that he's P chan, from her personality, she may be angry for a few days but that's it. But to Ryouga, he kept thinking that if Akane finds out that he's P chan, she will hate him. It can be seen in a few occasion where Ranma threatens him that he will spill it out.
But after all,  Ranma is Ryouga's friend. He wouldn't do this if he knows that it's gonna hate Ryouga.


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Why is the title written differently in kana and romaji?
Watching the anime titled Ao Haru Ride (AniDB link), I noticed that the title screen displays the title in kana but it is given as アオハライド or Ao Ha Raido, Ao Ha Ride; entirely missing a kana ル for ru
I noticed that this is already present in what seems to be the Japanese manga cover I found on Google images:

The title in kana reads Ao Ha Raido while the title in romaji reads Ao Haru Ride. Why this discrepancy?

From Tae Kim's guide to learning Japanese,

There is one major driving factor behind the majority of slang in Japanese. The primary goal of most slang is to make things easier to say. In other words, the goal is to reduce or simplify the movement of your mouth. There are two primary ways in which this is accomplished, 1) By making things shorter or, 2) By slurring the sounds together.

This would imply that the author felt that saying 「アオハルライド」is either harder or more annoying (or both) to say in conversation than 「アオハライド」.
You can try it yourself: saying ao haru raido forces you to pause between haru and raido, whereas one can say ao ha raido in one go.
Update 2019:
There's an explanation given in the first volume of the manga. Here's an excerpt from the official translation:

Right away people sent letters and tweets, asking about the Japanese title Aoharaido. So I'd like to be able to answer.

Aoharaido  = youth + ride

The Japanese kanji for "youth" can also be read as aoharu, and I imagine that the characters are on a ride through their youth, giving it all they can. Compared to aoharuraido, when you say it out loud, aoharaido is easier to say and more impactful, so that became the title of the series.

Interesting. However, it does make me wonder why the author didn’t use the shortened version in romaji, too.

well, they had to print the full title somewhere, right?

Which assumes that the full title includes the full word Haru … However, having shortened or slang titles wouldn’t be new to the best of my knowledge …

Short Title : アオハライド
Long and full title : “Ao —- Haru —- Ride”.
These were printed on the cover of the Manga . Factual, objective.
Short one-word  name is useful for quick reference. “アオハライド” is “Aoharaido” . So that is what the publisher wants you to use as a short name. Why they removed the ru(ル) can be debatable, unless mentioned by the author or publisher, the rationale remains subjective.
But in the end, “Aoharaido”  is the finalized short word suggested for the short name. The string of English alphabet  “a.o.h.a.r.a.i.d.o” , strictly speaking, has no English meaning. It is typical for Japanese to write a foreign (non-Japanese ) word  in Katakana .“Aoharaido” ,hopefully, is adopted by fans to mean the manga “Ao Haru Ride” .
“アオハライド”  has no spaces . It was not printed as    “アオ   ハ   ライド” , which has no relevant meaning . So we should just stick to  “aoharaido”
“Ao Haru Ride” is the long title . It is meant to be a sensible sentence with some meaning . So the alphanumeric English name they might wish you to use is “Ao Haru Ride” . If you say it out in Japanese, it would be  “あおはるライド” .
“Ride” is an English word. (As in the “ride” in “riding a horse”) . So the use of katakana  would be the normal and expected. あお はる ,write them individually in kanji is 青春 。”青春” is “せいしゅん” 、meaning youth !
So  “Ao Haru Ride” , is “青 春 ライド”  or ... “Youth Ride”. Very appropriate for a youthful manga.


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Sasuke's clan dream
In volume 1 chapter 3: Hatake Kakashi, Kakashi asks Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura what they like, dislike, what their dreams for the future are, and stuff like that. First it was Naruto, he talked about how he likes ramen, dislikes waiting for ramen to cook, and how he dreams to surpass all the previous Hokages, and even become one himself. Then there was Sasuke. He said he had a dream, or to better put it, an ambition. The resurrection of his clan. And to kill a "certain man",

 which was Itachi, his older brother. But eventually he did kill him, and than he changed his goal... again.

My question is if restoring his clan is still his dream, or has he just forgotten all about it.
He only has one daughter with Sakura, and it seems that he is not planning on having anymore children since he is mostly out of the village on missions. So, did he forget about that dream or just realized that restoring a whole clan was almost impossible? Or did he just say that because he wanted revenge?

I think restoring his clan is still ongoing, or at least he's still have a daughter that have a Sharingan. So his grandchild also should have a Sharingan.

i think, for restoring his clan only, he has gone out of the village. ;) if u know what i mean.

I say Sasuke's dream was his wish as a child. He wanted to have the atmosphere of his family and his clan around him again, but, like most of us, as he grew up he was struck by the reality and had adjust to certain situations. He also realized his wish is not possible, or at least he can find that happiness when he achieved his other goals.
At the end, he even wanted to become Hokage which means protecting the peace in the village has become his number one priority. Given the history of the powerful Uchiha clan, the misfortunes that they had regarding their eyes, and the misfortunes they brought to the village (Madara & Obito), I think Sasuke decided not to follow that dream. Even if his family ended up with Sharingan, they will be shinobi of Konoha, the title that Itachi was so proud of having.


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Which owl is the source of Arima's quinque?
Considering the confusion between the 2 owls (Yoshimura vs Eto) do we know which one Arima took this quinque from? Has he fought both? I'm not sure if a Tokyo Ghoul: re tag is worthwhile.

If not the fact, that quinque should be done with stile alive ghoul, I would suppose, that this is leftovers from Eto's kagune, which was left after battle with Kaneki during Tsukiyama operation. No better assumptions, since there were no other ghouls of SSS rate other than Eto.

@lentinant First off, the Ghoul can be dead, the Kagune Sac itself is all that is important, like most human organs, its still good after death, though how long is uncertain since its not human. Second, It cant be from Kaneki's fight against Eto, She did not leave any Kagune Sacs, just RC Cells. Third, Yoshimura is also SSS, and classified as OWL, Eto is One eyed Owl. Fourth, He did fight and win against at least one of them a long time ago, I believe Yoshimura references this when he fights Kurowa and Shinohara.

@Ryan Yoshimura references, that he lost arm to Arima, not Kakuho. Still, all "material" from Yoshimura still belongs to Aogiri, at least at the moment, when Arima faces Kaneki.

@Ryan, well, this Quinque may be done with part of actually Eto's kakuho. Kaneki was given part of Rize kakuho, and this part still works as fully functional kakuho. This means, that it is possible to take part of kakuho from ghoul without killing him (especially when we are talking about Eto, who has high regenerative abilities). Eto was imprisoned for long time in Cochlea, so it was possible for her to have operation meanwhile. Also, I can't believe she lost so easily to Fuwa, which makes me think she was weakened. But this is also completely my imagination without any proofs.

@lentinant Dont forget Ghouls can have more than one Kakuho. Jason had at least 2, Kaneki Ate one, but he had another which he used on Juzo before being killed.  Yoshimura and Eto have 6-8 according to the Wiki, and Shinohara noted Centipede had several. They of course regenerate as well, which is how they are farmed. I also highly doubt ghouls in Cochila are fed until they are full. Eto was likely Very hungry and weak when she fought Furuta.

The Quinque you showed was taken from the body of Yoshimura.
Source : http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Owl_(Quinque)

Oddly enough, the wiki references the page in the question as evidence that it was Yoshimura. This is despite the fact that its confirmed he fought both Owls and it still could have been from either, with him not telling the whole truth so as to not yet reveal his plan. This is the best answer, if only because we have no clear explanation, just puzzle pieces that seem to match Yoshimura a bit better than Eto.


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How can Racer travel great distance in short amount of time?
Sawyer, aka Racer of the Oracion Seis is shown to be very fast in melee combat and seems to almost teleport.
However, later his power is explained to be

 Slowing Magic: a time-affecting Magic, changing the way its targets perceive time, and thus making it appear for them that Sawyer is moving around at unholy speed, allowing him to attack freely before they get a chance to counter. Thus objects originating from outside his range keep their original speed.

How does he then travel great distances in short amount of time, the most prominent example being,

Brain ordering him to retrieve a casket which contains Jellal's body.

How does he travel such great distances?

There's no evidence that might suggest he travels at amazing speed. As you said he just tricks people, that's his power.
However, it is also mentioned he always wanted to be the fastest and trained for that purpose so it would make sense for him to be fast.
We know he's asked to retrieve Jellal but we don't know if he's super fast doing it. The dude might just be the fastest one in Oration Six so that's why he's asked.

So, he's more or less using star-trek warping, not really moving fast himself, but warping the space around him and moving thru it :P (I had to try and bring startrek to a fairytail fight)


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Time period between the use of dragon balls during Namek Saga
Remember when Vegeta came to the Earth for the first time. At that time the dragon balls were used to bring Goku back to life. During the battle Piccolo died and later Bulma and the rest go the planet Namek to use their dragon balls. Later when Piccolo was revived using Namekian dragon balls and they became useless due to the death of Guru, the dragon balls of Earth were used to revive the Namekians.
So, how much time in the Earth days (or months) passed between the revival of Goku and the revival of Namekians?

According to the Dragon Ball's timeline's wikia page:

November 2nd, Age 762: Goku is revived on November 2nd, Age 762 by the Earth Dragon Balls
Age 762, December 24: Every one killed by Frieza on planet Namek is revived by the Earth Dragon Balls

So (much) less than one year has passed between these two uses of Dragon Balls. I don't know if there is a canon explanation for this, but maybe the death and resurrection of Piccolo and Kami reset the Dragon Balls. This is the only explanation I could think off.


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Was L suspicious of all Light's girlfriends or only Misa?
In Death Note, Chapter 33 (Vol. 4), Misa Amane is arrested under the suspicion she was the Second Kira. After that, L said that they collected lots of evidences in Misa's room (the cat hair found on the video cassette, make-up powder, clothing fibers etc.), besides the fact the criminal who killed her parents was killed by Kira. Supposedly, the objects L was analysing in Chapter 32 (a hair, crumbs from a snack) were collected from her room.
However, how L became suspicious of Misa before seeing her in Chapter 32, in Light's university? I suppose he discovered the relationship between Light and Misa because Mogi saw when the girl appeared suddenly to Light in Chapter 31, and so L ordered an inspection to her room. So, is there any indication that he was him investigating every one of the Light's "girfriends" (including the "Refined Takada"), or it was just Misa that caught the attention of the detective?

I feel like it could've just been the way Misa acted toward's Light... That and the fact that she was a very popular model talking to a regular student. He could've seen how bubbly her personality is and how much she doesnt fit into Light's "no nonsense" studios type of personality. If you can tell he doesnt really want to be around her then it wouldnt be a far reach to assume that she's around for some other reason.

Maybe, but I think it's possible that L, being L, investigated every one of them
I was a bit suspicious of a plothole because of how fast L's team went from seeing Misa with Light to having the proofs that Misa send the Second Kira videos (hair, the objects etc.).
Well, maybe that is a question that the authors never addressed

first of all there were no girlfriend of Light in whole series, he just pretended Misa Amane and other girl to be his girlfriend. But in actual there is no girlfriend of Light in whole series. and about being suspicious by L, Missa Amane was the only girl who had been suspected as Second Kira upto some extent. L just torture her to get the information about the Shinigami and Deathnote but somehow Missa Amane was fully mentally prepared for that as she had been suggested by Light. So Misa Amane was only girl who had suspected for being Second Kira.

"girlfriends" is a manner of speaking... anyway, the question is not about L being suspicious of the other girls being the Second Kira, just if he investigates them as he did with Misa


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Are Awakened Zoan users able to change form?
We have been introduced to 5 characters (all Impel Down Jailers) with "Awakened" Zoan Devil Fruits. Minotaurus is the most famous of them. A normal Zoan fruit allows the user to transform between Natural (normally human), Animal (based on the devil fruit type), and Hybrid forms.  I can't, however, remember any of the "Mino" guards in any form besides a exageratedly strong version of the Hybrid one.
At the time I thought "Awakened" meant that the fruit was always active so they were stuck as partially animals (as well as give the strengths Crocodile mentioned).  With Doflamingo's Paramecia fruit, however, awakening appears to just unlock new abilities.  This made me doubt my previous understanding.  Wiki doesn't help and I don't have time to rewatch everything.
Do we know whether Awakened Zoan Devil Fruit users retain the ability to transform into multiple forms?
If the answer to this is "Oda hasn't told us yet", that is sufficient.

I don't believe Oda has told us yet, and with how nebulous the definition of what makes for an "awakened" devil fruit user is, without canon stating one way or another there's not really any way we can solidly theorize a yes or no. I would presume that they would retain their ability to transform back and forth because that would make Chopper kind of lame if it didn't (but he'd be a pretty good golfer, because he'd lose all of his points [insert rimshot]), but again, without canon describing it we can't say definitively one way or another.

I think that the "Awakened" Zoan users in Impel Down and Choppers "Monster Point" are the same thing. The first 2 times Chopper used his Monster point (on Drum Island and on Enies Lobby) he had no control over himself, he could not talk or think rationally. He acted on instinct.
Now the Awakened Zoan on ID appeared to have at least rudimentary intelligence and unlike Chopper, did not have undue strain on their bodies.
I think that these differences are from how Chopper achieved his "Awakening". the ID Zoan did it naturally, whereas Chopper does it with his Rumble Ball (By distorting the Devil Fruit wavelength). I think Chopper cheated his way into an awakening when he wasn't physically ready for it and the strain drove him temporarily insane. later when he had boosted himself so that he could use his full 7 points without the rumble ball, his body could now take the strain, but he has still not naturally "Awoken".
I think that if he awakens his devil fruit without using his rumble ball, he will have a more compact version (compared to his current version) of his Monster Point that will be more powerful (because it will not have a distorted wavelength messing with it) and his experience with his incomplete version will let him retain all of his mental abilities


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How did Future Trunks learn the Spirit Bomb Technique?
In episode 66 of Dragon Ball Super, Trunks gathers energy from the life forms and forms a medium-sized Spirit Bomb while fighting Zamazu. I don't recall Future Trunks seen Goku use Spirit Bomb in the anime, I'm not sure though. How did he managed to do it if he didn't taught by anyone or possibly didn't even seen or knew it in the first place? Moreover, he didn't even concerntrate to gather the energy like Goku did everytime.

My answer may be proven wrong once the current arc officially ends but I'd say it's about a 70%chance of me being correct. If the next episode proves me wrong I will promptly delete my answer.

Personally, I think the creators had Super Android 13 movie in mind, where Goku does a spirit bomb in front of Trunks and he absorbed it, Trunks also makes a genki dama and absorbed it, and since Trunks learnt Mafuba by watching, and also probably the Galick-Ho and using God Ki by watching Vegeta. Now people is going to say the movie is not canon, but the fact is the series isnt only taking ideas from the manga. For example, the super saiyan blue kaioken was invented in the series and reused later, not only "filler" and the final kamehameha idea comes from a videogame

The answer is quite simple: This is not the spirit bomb technique.
Trunks' new form that is similar to the SSB is solely responsible for pulling in all of that energy and enabling that new sword technique he used against Zamasu.
Considering that we don't have a definition for this form we also don't know it's limitations.
However, I speculate that the new form is a special form of SSB attained when a half human half saiyan can clad themselves in god ki. Doing so enabled him to pull on the ki of other humans to unite into his blade. Which worked because humans are according to Zamasu "made in the image of gods".
That's only a theory but fact of the matter is that what we saw was not Trunks using the spirit bomb.

In episode 67, when talking about Trunks's sword, you can hear Goku saying "Genki dama" in japanese

In ep 67 Goku says Your sword was like a Spirit Bomb there!. In response Trunks said It's thanks to everyone, everyone's power defeated him. From those statements, it's a 50-50 chance that there was actually some different grade of the spirit bomb that relied only on human will. As we can recall from Goku's battle with Vegeta, Freeza, and Kid Buu. The spirit bomb has the ability to draw on power of every form of energy. Plants, trees, grass, and even moons and stars. But Trunks' only used the remaining humans on earth. I still think my answer is correct.

There is one problem with your question: You think Trunks did a spirit bomb technique. The fact is though that he did NOT do it.
The spirit bomb formed without HIS interference at all.
So what happened? Think about the spirit bomb when Goku uses it. He ASKS all life forms to give him their energy. And they do it. That is  when the spirit bomb forms.
In this case though the people of earth put all their hopes, all their strength into Trunks and wanted to support him in his last fight. So in essence the "spirit bomb" was not formed by Trunks but by the people themselves when they  wanted to support him. As they "just" gave him their energy (out of their own without a need to be asked).
Thus Trunks did nothing and there was no technique invovled. The spirit bomb was just the gathering of all the energy the people gave up themselves to help him.

In episode 67, when talking about Trunks's sword, you can hear Goku saying "Genki dama" in japanese

@pablo as it in essence is one. It is the very same principle. BUT as you can see when Trunks looks up he is surprised and confused until he gets it from his sense of KI what it is. The concentrated energy of the life forms on earth. Which is as I said what Goku always asks for and ppl give him when he forms one. In this case....it was formed on its own (which is contrary to what we know how a spirit bomb does and CAN work....as who forms the ball?! But seems like either the makers forgot about that...or rule of cool was more important than continuity).

Now in the last translation I've been, Goku says to Trunks "your sword acted like a genki dama"


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Why does Moa's 3D/mini form look different from her 2D/full-size form?
In Show By Rock!!, most of the characters look pretty similar between their full-size 2D-animated versions and their miniature 3D-animated versions. However, Moa is weird. In 2D, she looks like this:

And in 3D, she looks like this:

For some reason, she's black-colored in 3D-mode but not in 2D-mode. I get that her animal is a sheep, and that black sheep are a thing, but why is there this disparity between the two depictions of her?

This might be just a speculation.
Moa's myumon form came first. It was part of original Show By Rock mobile game. As you point out, it is based on black-skinned sheep. As the art style is heavily stylized and the sprites are mostly static in game, it doesn't feel wrong.
But then, Show By Rock anime happens and Plasmagica becomes main cast. And for that the characters get standard anime style. But in that style, black skin like that would look jarring and most people would probably dislike it. So the producers decided to just go with plain anime girl with pink hair. But because the 3D is primarilly based on original myumon forms, they had to keep her black skin there.
Actually, all characters loose their animal traits when moving from myumon style to anime style. Cyan, Retoree and Chuchu all have animal-snouted faces as myumons but "human" faces in anime. Same with ShinganCrimsonz.
Also, did you notice producer Maple is NOT an egg in human form? Shocking, right?


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What is written inside the ring Yui and Rena share?
The ring the sisters share is a central motif of the series, and it shows briefly in the closing credits:

I cannot get the whole inscription. What is written in the inside, and in what language?

"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them." lol. though seriously it does kinda look like the inscription for the Ring of Power

@Memor-X seems like latin. Also given that it is a pair of rings, that Alecto is the vengeance aspect of the goddess, it might be "two rings to kick'em arses throughly"

"Per aspera ad astra."
A popular Latin phrase meaning "through hardships to the stars."


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Is there an official English pronunciation of Planetes?
The Japanese title is プラネテス ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ. The second word, ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ, is Greek for "planets" or "wandering stars". The first word is a transcription of the Greek word into Japanese using Katakana. In Romaji it would be "Puranetesu".
The English title is ΠΛΑΝΗΤΕΣ Planetes. How should this be pronounced in English? I've used all the following, but I'm really hoping someone here knows or can find the official pronunciation.

Plane-tess
Planets
Planet E-S

Assuming you follow the Japanese pronunciation, it would be "plah-neh-tess" (IPA: /plænətes/, probably). The other three you suggest would be written differently in Japanese - "pleyn-tess" would be プラインテス puraintesu; "plah-nets" would be プラネッツ puranettsu; "plah-net-ee-ess" would be プラネットイーエス puranettoiiesu or something. I imagine the localizers have to have pronounced it in English at some point in an interview or similar; someone who can track something like that down would probably be able to give a better answer.

Yeah, it would be great if someone on here owned the DVD set. I think it has some English commentaries / interviews. Maybe they actually say the title's name at some point. It's out of print and decently expensive to get now.... You all are probably right that the pronunciation is like "plah-neh-tess" or "pla-ne-tes", in English. I would just like some kind of official source for that.

The name "planet" comes from the Ancient Greek term πλανήτης (planḗtēs), meaning "wanderer." In modern Greek, it's more or less pronounced "planítis. "
Note that the Japanese romanization is "Puranetesu," プラネテス. Planets is romanized "Puranettosu, " プラネットス.
By inference, we can assume that the title is pronounced "PLA-NE-TES. "


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When Tsunade told Naruto to not use the Rasenshuriken, couldn't he have just used a clone?
He used a clone as a distraction against Kakuzu, so couldn't he do that again without using sage mode?

This kills the clone.

doesn't the jutsu just have to hit the enemy, unless you need to push down the rasengan to have any effect, so it also wouldnt really matter if the clone "died" just as long as the rasengan hit? or i could be wrong

In the battle against Kakuzu, its conclusively shown that a Shadow Clone can carry the Rasenshuriken. The clone will dissipate once the shockwave from impact hits it.

Also, those saying clone would dissipate before the attack hits are forgetting something. Naruto throwing the Rasenshuriken wouldn't mean much if just holding it can cause the damage, since he is holding it in his hand till its complete.

The Rasenshuriken was originally told to be off-limits due to the physical damage inflicted by its use.  Because Naruto used it like a traditional Rasengan, which requires that the jutsu make direct contact with the enemy, the damage done to his person couldn't be avoided.
The reason that a clone could not work in this scenario would be due to the fact that clones are dispelled once sufficiently high physical damage is inflicted to it.  It would be my belief that a clone could never sustain its form long enough to sustain a hit with the Rasenshuriken before it - and the jutsu - were dispelled.

In the fight against Kakuzu, Naruto had a clone carry a completed Rasenshuriken to make Kauzu believe it was the real one. The clone would only be dispelled once the attack made contact and it would be too late then.

is simple, (it's my opinion. i am not kishimoto) because the kage-bunshin cannot strong hold the Rasenshuriken, so the kage-bunshin will dissapear.
it also show, on this anime, if naruto use the rasengan he will use the real body not kage-bunshin.

doesn't the jutsu just have to hit the enemy, unless you need to push down the rasengan to have any effect, so it also wouldnt really matter if the clone "died" just as long as the rasengan hit? or i could be wrong

He's saying he wouldn't be able to carry it to the enemy in the first place.

@MichaelMcQuade In the battle against Kakuzu, its conclusively shown that a Shadow Clone can carry the Rasenshuriken. The clone will dissipate once the shockwave from impact hits it


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Why is it that all Kuki family members have X scar on their forehead?
In the original Majikoi, only Kuki Hideo and Kuki Ageha was shown. The other members of the Kuki family wasn't shown. In Majikoi S, the rest of the family was shown. Interestingly it is not only Kuki Hideo and Kuki Ageha that has the X scar on their forehead.
My question is, how come that everyone, including the elderly Kuki Marple, Kuki Abone, and the young Kuki Monshiro has that scar too?

In Majikoi S, Kuki Moshiro's route, it was explained that the scar was carved on the Kuki family member forehead when they were baby. Monshiro was an exception in that hers was carved after she was a little bit older. From the way she said it, this is a family tradition of the Kuki family.


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Why is there no Mardock Scramble full manga online?
Only 6 chapters are available online. Where could I find the rest? Because there's nowhere to be found, and I'm dying to read it.

Only 6 chapters are available online

Assuming your talking about the English version this is incorrect. All 7 volumes (which if we follow the pattern here would be approximately 21 chapters (3 chapters per volume)) are available in english in both physically format and digital.
on the Kodansha International site (which is an American subsidiary of Kodansha) lists Mardock Scramble and where you can get all the volumes digitally and physically. each volume lists the same sites (though the links go to the respective volume) but using Volume 1 as an example you can find each volume:

Digital

Amazon
iTunes
Barnes & Noble
Kobo
Comixology

Physical

Penguin Publishing House

i greatly suspect that the reason why you can only find 6 chapters online is because you are looking for the scanlation which stopped at chapter 6 in 2011, the same year the manga was licensed in English. we won't post links to scalations here on Anime and Manga Stack Exchange nor should you be looking for them when a series has been officially licensed in your language as this is then piracy


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What order should I start watching the Naruto series if I already started on the show
What order should I start watching the Naruto series if I already started on the show. I want to watch everything about it like the fillers and stuff too.

How do I watch a show? Start from Episode 1 and follow the order of release. Fillers still have an episode number! Movies need to be searched when they were released though.

Related: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3127/where-do-the-naruto-movies-fall-in-the-timeline

You have to watch everything from the beginning to understand it. You have to live it from the start to the end. If you just watch some episodes here and there, It's just entertainment.
I recommend watching the episodes including the fillers (If you can and not bored).
Use the following links:
1. Naruto Episodes
2. Naruto Shippuden Episodes
Watch them in an order.

Your question doesn't have a real point. If your watching the show already but want to see everything about it. Then the only answer is obviously to keep watching it.
Watch Naruto to completion. Then watch Naruto Shippuden. They literally run right behind each other.
The movies don't follow any real order watch them as you want.
I'd recommend skipping filler since it's so long but since you want to follow everything. Then go right ahead.
Here is a guide to all the valid Naruto timeline arcs as they exist you can grasp a few more details if there are things you don't understand there. Naruto arc-list
Also before you come in here posting questions about things that happen in the show search the Naruto tag that we have here and see if you questions are answered.

I would recommend not starting from the beginning, personally the first arc was a pain. The Nine-tails arc is where I would start, although I haven't watched Naruto in a while.


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Will they stop treating Sasuke as the main character in Naruto?
So I have been watching Naruto for 1 week and am on ep 60. But what I have noticed is that they show Sasuke as if he is the main charachter a lot of time and sometimes even more than they show Naruto...will this continue? I mean, Naruto is the main character so they should only treat him as the main character. Else the show should have been Named "Nauto and Sasuke".
Will they keep giving this much emphasis on Sasuke, or will this thing slowly fade away. As of now, almost everyone is thinking about him and how great he is and its like nobody cares about Naruto.

they do , they show goes mostly naruto after some time

The main characters of Naruto are Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi, but the protagonist is Naruto. Technically where you are in the anime, Naruto is a nobody. He then later turns into a hero and gets all the attention.

Would you please consider that you have 500+ more episodes to go, so try watching those and you will have a whole other opinion

I think the reason for focusing so much on Sasuke is because he will later effect Narutos life so much so you have to know him enough to understand the relationship.

Author Kishimoto Masashi is clever to introduce Sasuke in his epic manga "Naruto". If you look at any famous books or mangas, there will always we two characters who compete each other.
For example, consider Dragon Ball Z, you have Goku & Vegeta, if you take Bleach there is Ichigo & Uryu, If you see Pokemon there is Ash & Gary etc.
There will always be an eternal rival for every super hero. I'm not talking about super villain.
With these characters, the authors show competency between the main lead & the second lead just as in real life :)
I could go on, but I think I made my point.


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Are the chicks and devils that appear on character's heads an allegory for their state of mind?
In the manga and the anime series, sometimes a devil pops up from Izumi's head, and chickens from Wakana's head.
Izumi's devils seem an obvious allegory for the effects of

 Sexual arousal on his private parts

But I am not sure about Wakana Ui's chickens.
Are those devils and chickens an allegory for their mental state? What is the meaning of Wakana Ui's chickens?


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Why do series like Detective Conan continue to produce filler when they have so much manga content to cover?
I was just wondering why anime series, Conan in particular, continually produce TV Original and, In Conan's case, Remastered episodes, when they have a couple of whole volumes of manga sitting around, waiting to get adapted.
Conan has Volumes 89-90, and most of 91, completed, and yet they churn out TV Original and Remastered episodes frequently.
http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Volume_81-90
In the current season alone they had a string of up to 16 weeks of TV Original and Remastered episodes.
http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/wiki/Season_25

That's like asking why certain series only do 25ep seasons when there are hundreds of manga chapters. Or why most anime are way more fan-servicey than the manga. It's the industry, popular trends, marketing and the money making scheme. But I'll leave that as a comment

Why would Naruto continue with fillers even after using up the manga content that the author has stated is the end.. Oh wait, that is another question. :/

The period between manga and filler is always kept as about one year. For example, vol 99 is in April 2021, and the corresponding fill of vol 98 ended at the beginning of 2022.
The production time of one episode is about three months and some stories need more than one episode, so the period is necessary.
Also, the time flag such as the seasons and festivals of manga is close to real-world time. To make the time of filler also close to the real world. At least one year is necessary.


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Are some "read the manga" endings planned?
Sometimes when watching anime reviews, various reviewers will say a series has a read the manga ending.  From context, it appears to mean the anime is incomplete, there will be no sequel, and if you want to know what happens, you have to literally read the manga.  This is obviously used with a negative connotation.
I'm sure that usually this is not a planned result; due to whatever reason there ends up being no will or resources to do an additional season.  What I am curious about is the alternative case -- is a read the manga ending ever decided up front?  I.e. was the anime series considered by the producers nothing more than a marketing tool to drive manga sales?  Some reviewers give that impression, but I wonder if there are documented cases where it has been literally part of the plan from the beginning.

I am not very sure but the anime Kuusen Madoushi , Machine Doll, Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance,Seiken Tsukai no World Break and others were made with the purpouse to stimulate manga/novel sales. These shows only tell a part of the story never giving it a proper ending indicating a continuation in a second season (which has low chances to be made) or in the respective manga. The absence of a continuation may be caused by an unexpected  bad reception, destroying the planned second season, meaning that read the manga end was not planed. All that I've said is not confirmed so maybe it is not true.

Most anime based on manga are more or less advertisements for the manga, but I don't think that's why they do cop out endings. (Though that is probably why Japanese audiences aren't more bothered by the constant cop out endings of anime--unlike the rest of us, it's well within their power to go read the manga.)

Related question: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/34468/why-dont-anime-shows-finish-the-manga

@ConMan thanks for the link.  I liked your answer, but I guess my question hits at the heart of your assertion, "The hope is always that they will get to keep going and finish the story."  Has a producer or other staff ever admitted publicly that they had no intention to finish the story?

@Karkoh51 Thank you for the info.  Perhaps the fact that I've never heard of the anime you mention is indicative of their lack of popularity.  Or more likely, my own ignorance.  (Hmm, maybe I've heard of World Break, but I have no clue what it is about.)

@Torisuda yeah I've seen videos and pictures of Japanese stores that sell manga.  Those places are huge!

@RichF  Do not worry, it is not your ignorance in the slightest the cause of not knowing about the examples. Those anime are quite generic, obscure, with cliche characters and not that well made so they were forgoten easily( I watched them when I started watching anime because they caught my eye so I did not know what kind of anime they were).

@RichF even if they did, I don't think they will admit it blantantly. If they admit it then it will hurt the sales, so no, they won't admit it.

I don't think industry figures tend to make a secret out of the fact that adapted anime are frequently just for promotional purposes - this isn't a scandalous idea by any means. One interview that discusses this: http://gigazine.net/news/20110203_square_enix_anime_business_forum_2011/. If you think about it, isn't it a little odd that fans over here get so worked up about incompletely-adapted manga? It's not quite a 1-to-1 comparison, but I've never seen a comic book fan complain about their favorite superhero story arc not making it into the movie. (I don't run in those circles much, though.)

@senshin Thanks.  I read the an auto-translation of your linked page.  It was interesting (if a bit awkward in spots), and does state that anime can be an integral part of a manga's promotional toolkit.  I didn't find the kind of key statement I was looking for though.  Something like, "We knew from the start we were only going to make 13 episodes.  Our hope was that this would pique interest, and the audience for the source manga will grow."  Did someone say something like that, and I just lost it with the translation?

@RichF Unfortunately, no - there were no statements to that effect about any particular anime. I do think that would be an interesting thing to find, but I also think it would be a difficult thing to find.


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What happened to Hawky?
We know that Sokka's bird, Hawky, went off on a trip to deliver the letter to Toph's parents and never came back.
What happened to Hawky?
The Wikia states:

Hawky never returned to the group after delivering Toph's letter, and it is assumed that he found a new home at the Beifong Estate

But they are citing the Nickelodeon official site as a source, and the site has since been updated removing any information about this.

Well, we do never see Hawky again, so a few different options lie ahead.
He could have been killed
This is a grisly, yet very plausible, option. We don't know the dangers of the Avatar world. He could have been attacked, or shot down, who knows? Or the Beifongs could have killed him in anger.
He could have taken his time
Team Avatar moves around quite a bit, so Hawky might have had trouble locating the team in their journey through the four nations.
He could have gotten sidetracked.
Hawky is an animal, and at that point in time, it looked spring-summer, which is most animal's breeding seasons. Hawky could have found himself a lady, and forgotten his mission. Not likely, since he's trained, but possible.
He could have found a home
Or, Nickelodeon could be right, and he found home sweet home at the Beifong estate.


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Does Gods using other God's name also happens in real life?
In Noragami, some Gods uses other God's name for their business name. An example of this practice is Bimbo-gami, Kofuku, using Ebisu's name. Is such practice limited to the world within Noragami? Or does it stems from the real world? In other words, does some of the Japanese Gods in the real world also do such practice?


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Why is part of Tokyo sealed off?
In episodes 1 and 2, we're shown that part of Tokyo is sealed off. In episode 2, after Oubu knocks Entei into the air, we get what I presume to be an aerial view of the region (enclosed by a circular wall):

In episode 1, we see Kinoa and Shizuru beat up two people who appear to be guarding an entrance to the region. The character in red at the top of the tower in the top-center is 封, meaning roughly "seal" (as in "isolate").

Shortly after that, a man notifies Reoko that "A Bubuki user has broken through the gate". Upon hearing this, Reoko gets up and leaves the memorial ceremony she's at.
What is actually in the sealed region? I'm pretty sure the "Buranki prison" (i.e. the place where Oubu's skeleton is kept) is in there, but the region seems far larger than it needs to be just to accomodate the "prison". As you'll note if you look closely at the aerial view above, the streets inside the region are laid out in a very "honeycomb"-like manner, while the streets outside the region are gridded, much like real-life Tokyo. What's the deal with that?


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Where did the eighth Buranki fall?
When Kaoruko and Azuma awaken all the Buranki on Treasure Island in episode 1, they cause some of the Buranki to fall to Earth. Eight Buranki fall on Tokyo (according to contemporaneous news reports seen at the beginning of episode 3, and according to Hiiragi later that episode), not counting Oubu.
However, as Oubu falls to Earth (with Kaoruko, Azuma, and their father inside), we get this aerial shot of the Tokyo area:

As you can see, there are some smoke plumes, all located on the west side of the bay. I've marked them with red dots in the image below:

There are only seven plumes, though. Where did the eighth Buranki fall?

The news reports at around 1:00 into episode 3 state that there are reports of Buranki having fallen in Ohta, Toshima, Chiyoda, Shinjuku, and Sumida wards. We also see footage of a destroyed Buranki in Bunkyo ward.
Below, I've superimposed a diagram of the wards of Tokyo over the screenshot in the question (which is thankfully fairly easy to do because of the distinctive shape of Tokyo Bay).

In green, I've outlined Sumida. A Buranki is supposed to have fallen there, but there's no smoke plume. The other wards listed all have smoke plumes in theme, so my best guess is that someone just forgot to draw a plume in Sumida.


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What is the production order of digimon?
What is the production order of the digimon anime? I've seen season 1 with Tai and Augumon and season 2 with Davis and Veemon. But what's the proper order to continue?

just to confirm. you are talking about the release dates of the various series right? do you also include the Movies?

@memor-x yes, and yes. I want to consume it entirely but in proper order.

The Production Release Order is as follows (these are the Japanese Air Dates):

Digimon Adventure - March 7, 1999 to March 26, 2000 [Series]

Digimon Adventure Movie (Part one of Digimon: The Movie) - March 6, 19991 [Movie]
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (Part two of Digimon: The Movie) - March 4, 20001 [Movie]

Digimon Adventure 02 - April 2, 2000, and March 25, 2001 [Series]

Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Jōriku / Chōzetsu Shinka!! Ōgon no Digimental (Part three of Digimon: The Movie) - July 8, 2000 [Movie]
Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grandprix! - July 20, 20002 [OVA]
Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon - March 3, 2001 [Movie]

Digimon Tamers - April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002 [Series]

Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers - July 14, 2001 [Movie]
Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon - March 2, 2002 [Movie]

Digimon Frontier - April 7, 2002 to March 30, 2003 [Series]

Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon - July 20, 2002 [Movie]

Digital Monster X-Evolution - January 3, 2005 [Movie]
Digimon Savers (Digimon Data Squad) - April 2, 2006 to March 25, 2007 [Series]

Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger! - July 8, 2006 2 [OVA]
Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!! -  December 9, 2006 [Movie]

Digimon Xros Wars (Digimon Fusion) - July 6, 2010 to March 21, 2012 [Series]
Digimon Adventure tri. [Movie Series]

Episode 1 - November 21, 2015
Episode 2 - March 12, 2016
Episode 3 - September 24, 2016
Episode 4 - February 25, 2017
Episode 5 - TBA
Episode 6 - TBA

Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters - October 1, 2016 - Ongoing [Series]

Main Source - Digimon on Wikipedia
i would think that Digimon Adventure Tri is expected to be watched together however only half of the series was released before Digimon Universe. plot wise Digimon Universe is set in 2045 while Digimon Adventure Tri is set 3 years after Digimon Adventure 02 which itself is set 3 years after Digimon Adventure. Digimon Adventure was set in 1999 so this means Digimon Adventure Tri is set somewhere in 2005.
this year might be off depending on how much time passed in the previous 2 seasons but even then Digimon Adventure Tri's plot is set a few decades before Digimon Universe

1: these 3 movies were later released in the US as Digimon: The Movie on October 6, 2000
2: this was the first date it aired however as wikipedia says it was later included on a bonus disc in the Digimon THE MOVIES Blu-ray 1999-2006 compilation, released on January 9, 2015

Thanks to Wikipedia, here is the suggested watching order (films in italics, ignoring shorter films and side material like games and manga):

Digimon Adventure (aka Digimon Season 1)

The first series, introducing the original DigiDestined and their partners

Digimon Adventure 02 (aka Digimon Season 2)

A direct sequel to Digimon Adventure

Digimon: The Movie (actually formed from three shorter Digimon Adventure movies)
Digimon Adventure 02: Diaboromon Strikes Back (aka Diaboromon Returns)

Apparently never had a DVD release in the West, so not sure how you watch that officially these days

Digimon Tamers

Set in a world where the original series are just animated TV shows

Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers
Digimon Tamers: Runaway Digimon Express (aka Runaway Locomon)
Digimon Frontier

In which the DigiDestined merge with Digimon spirits rather than having them as separate entities

Digimon Frontier: Revival of the Ancient Digimon (aka Island of Lost Digimon)
Digital Monster X-Evolution

Never released internationally, and not connected with any other series

Digimon Savers (aka Digimon Data Squad)
Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!!

Never released internationally

Digimon Xros Wars (aka Digimon Fusion)
Digimon Adventure tri.

Featuring the return of the original DigiDestined, the season is being released in four parts, with the final part due for release in Japanese in February

Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters

Currently with no official English release

In terms of continuity, having watched the first two seasons of Adventure you can pretty much watch anything - Digimon: The Movie and Digimon Adventure tri. are the only things that follow on directly from the original show, each other show and related movies form separate continuities.
I would also personally suggest that at some point you watch the film Summer Wars, which is essentially Digimon: The Movie taken away from the Digimon universe and made many times better.