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Why is Big Mom afraid of Shanks?
Why is Big Mom afraid of Shanks? Is it because of his ultimate Haki? Or is it because of the fact that he even survived after clashing with Edward Newgate and getting in a war with Kaido?

Where did you read this? BM is not afraid of Shanks. She does not want to take his forces head on, yes because he is a fellow Yonkou. But it is no where stated that she is afraid of him.

I agree with @Ashray. Two years later a reference is still needed here.

Big Mom is arguably the weakest Yonko, but she makes up for this by forming allies with different nation. Hence, the numbers of her offspring.
Shanks is definitely a force to be feared for good reasons.

He has only 1 ship - As we currently know, Shanks only has a caveat of a crew in 1 single ship and that says a lot. Numbers in the OP world can mean a lot and him being in the New World with just a single ship and exceptional crew members who are known to be great at Haki (Beckman, Lucky Roo and Yasopp).
Former Cabin Boy of the Pirate King, Roger - He was known to be a part of Roger's Crew with Buggy, although this doesn't mean much because of the latter's credibility, being part of the crew might help him develop his Haki.
Haki Strength - Shanks is shown to be a master of 2 types of Haki, Armament and especially Conqueror's Haki, greatly depicted when he boarded Whitebeard's ship. He also used to occasionally fight with Mihawk, the World's Greatest Swordsman before his arm got severed.

Just these three alone would make you fear the red-haired Pirate. Also, he interrupted Kaido's attempt to attack Whitebeard during the Battle of Marineford and stopped said battle by just announcing the war is over which prompted Sengoku to do it which proves that Shanks is definitely someone you don't mess with.
If he can stop Kaido, the World Government/Marines, and make Blackbeard shiver then this just proves my point.
TL;DR Big Mom is afraid of Shanks because he's just too powerful for her.

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“Kaido's attempt to attack Whitebeard during the Battle of Marineford“ ?? Kaido was not even there at that time. Shanks interrupted Kizaru's attack, not Kaido's. Plus it was on Koby, not on Whitebeard. At the time of his appearance, Whitebeard was already dead. So I'm not quite sure what you mean here.

I don't think Big Mom is afraid of Shanks. She was just being very cautious about him, and any other Yonko. She had a plan to take him down and any other Yonko by getting Lola married a giant Elbaf prince but failed to do so because Lola ran away from her.

She want the giant army, Germa 66 technologies, and all her alliance not because she's afraid with Shanks or any other yonko. But because she want a certain victory against them. She's not Luffy who would run against stronger opponent without thinking ahead...

I wonder if the last panel actually says "I would have been Pirate KING!". Cuz BM is female.

Rather than the weakest Yonko, I would say that Big Mom is arguably the strongest. Indeed, she has never been defeated. Whitebeard was taken down by characters who wouldn't make Big Mom blink. Even if Kaido and Whitebeard are physically stronger, which I actually doubt, she has invulnerability far eclipsing Whitebeard and certainly Shanks. That doesn't even touch her Devil Fruit power and the god-like life-force she was born with. Or her Haki, which enabled her to demolish Gear Four Luffy in ONE BLOW.

Definitely agree with ya, her weakness is pretty much food. Which makes Sanji her natural enemy lol.

I think Luffy is the weakest yonko even tho he doesn't realize he's a yonko but he will be able to defeat all of them because he is MC so there's that but the only reason Luffy became pirate was because of shanks so shanks also has plot armour because he's like a father to Luffy so that proves he is shanks is stronger than all the yonko but only we viewers know that and so does Oda-chan so Oda-chan makes everyone scared of shanks

In my opinion, I feel Shanks is the strongest Youkou so far at least, I feel like his Haki and swordsmanship is great enough to rival Mihawk and maybe be stronger.
I also feel like this because if you read the manga or watched the show, you'll know that one time Shanks was walking on the deck of Whitebeard's ship, and his Haki was so powerful he was not only knocking out people with it, but he was splitting the wood with the sheer force! He also clashed with Whitebeard - one-armed, mind you - sure they didn't actually fight, but still impressive.
Shanks also basically stopped the war by just saying "If you want to fight me, fight me and my crew", and just like that, the war was stopped, showing just how intimidated people are by him.
If that's not enough, he went through a whole war with Kaido and came out without a scratch or bruise -- this is the same person who one-shotted Luffy with his club.

Big mom could be the weakest Yonko because her power really revolves around fear. It has been shown that if you fear Big Mom, she can take your soul or life. But if you don’t fear her you can probably win against her. Since you aren’t effected by her power at all. There is still a chance that she can win by using haki and her size to her advantage.
So if other Yonko don’t fear her they could most definitely win if their skilled enough and can put match her in haki. And be able to cut her think skin.

Hi. As much as possible, please try to cite sources to further strengthen your answer. Thanks!

The mystery surrounding Shanks' powers and capabilities is suffocating in a sense. Compared to Big M, I think Shanks would win. First of all, the Yonkou rarely attack each other which makes a head to head comparison quite difficult. It is, however, important to note that Shanks' straw hat is basically the star of the show. Power recognizes power. The hat belonged to someone else before Shanks, guess who? This cannot be used as concrete evidence but it definitely means something. Also, Shanks could hold his own against Mihawk, White Beard and Kaido's forces despite not having a devil fruit ability. Even Black Beard needs time to gather enough strength to challenge him and that speaks volumes. In conclusion, the other Yonkou might be extremely powerful but everyone in the OP world, from the government to the navy and the Yonkou themselves, recognizes that Shanks is in a league of his own. Remember, this is just a biased opinion so do not treat it like concrete fact from statements in OP.

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Why does Sato not lose his memory in season 2's last episode?
In the beginning, Sato mentioned if The Head of an Ajin was severed from the body and a new one was allowed to grow, a New Person would be born. So why does Sato remember everything he did, also mentioning about phase 2 of the game?

The "New Person" you are referring to is more of an existential idea than a practical issue of memory. Sato threatens that he will cut off the main characters head and show him his body as the body regenerates a new head.  When this happens, the stream of consciousness splits in two.
The original head will be alive and witness the existence of the new head.
The new head will witness the old head die
The new head will remember seeing the old head but not watching the new head form.
The old head will have a stream of consciousness in which it lived, generated new memories after the branching, and then died without that stream of consciousness going somewhere else. Clearly the old head actually permanently died.  The fact that the new head has most of the old head's memories is largely irrelevant.  The old head died which is the head Sato is talking to and a new head/Person took its place.
Practically, the new person would pretty much be the same person but this is an existentially terrifying idea.

The irony here, of course, is that this happens to Sato at the end giving the viewer a level of satisfaction watching the villain... in some way... dying.

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Why are there unreleased soundtracks?
I'm quite familiar with the soundtracks of many anime, yet, especially for bigger anime, like Naruto, I notice that there are many soundtracks that are never officially released.
I can understand it if that soundtrack was very similar to another that was released, meaning it doesn't need any attention of its own, but there are plenty of amazing soundtracks that remain unreleased.
Why do they do this, especially after composers put so much hard work into them?

To answer this you have to understand how the anime market works.
Naruto and many long running series sell terribly on DVD, and for a lot of things the production company never even bothers to make Blurays. These shows are marketed to teenagers, and teenagers aren't spending $80 for three or four episodes of Naruto. The series is made to drive sales of the manga, and the action figures, and the fighting games.
It's not about the popularity of the series, but the collector's market. The people who spend money on this stuff in Japan are largely not into Naruto. For example:
Boruto is averaging 745 copies sold for each volume.
Last year's big hit Yuri on Ice is selling an average of 69,520 copies.
So no Japanese record label is likely to go all out and publish the complete Naruto soundtrack. They'd never earn what it costs to press the CDs.
So why don't the American distributors who sell Naruto put out the soundtrack?
Well, that's a separate license, and few are willing to pay. Since the days of Geneon going out of business, the anime soundtracks you CAN buy outside Japan are usually just imports.

Why marvelous works such as "Ryuusei no Rockman" and "Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne" get no soundtrack release ?
Publishing costs I suppose...
Someone has to pay that bill.
Then again, you'd wish that the composers themselves could pick up the slack.
If Hirasawa Susumu (Berserk, MilleniumActress) and Blake Neely (The Case against Eight, The Mentalist) can do it, surely others could too...

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Is mastered Ultra Instinct the same as Super Saiyan Silver?
V Jump magazine has released a picture of Goku with silver hair and a lot of people in the web is talking about "Super Saiyan Silver" and that it has to be mastered Ultra Instinct.
Is there any official confirmation or refutation that mastered Ultra Instinct is Super Saiyan Silver?

The answer to your question would be "yes" and "no"! The transformation is called Mastered Ultra Instinct and not Super Saiyan Silver, while the color of Goku's hair is Silver (can be compared to the Super Saiyan God transformation).
Akira Toriyama's original designs for the same have also been released. Also, the designs of new figurines of this Mastered Ultra Instinct transformation have been released. Scans also indicate that Mastered Ultra Instinct Goku is also going to be included in the new DLC for Xenoverse 2.

There is actually a simple reason why Mastered Ultra Instinct cannot be "Super Saiyan Silver": Ultra Instinct is not restricted to Saiyans. Theoretically, any of the Z Fighters could learn it.

No, it is not Super Saiyan Silver, because Ultra Instinct can be used by anyone. Whis also said Gods of Destruction were striving to reach this state which is currently the most difficult thing to do.

We havent seen the next episodes, but Jiren's last aura in the preview looks a lot like Ultra Instinct. So I would place my bet Goku's Ultra Instinct form as he currently looks can be achieved by anyone and not only saiyans


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Are the new fighters' names a pun on something?
In Dragon Ball series, most names are puns on something. Saiyans are named after vegetables, Gods of destruction are named after alcohol beverages, Bulma and Bura are names of girl clothes, etc.
Now it's been revealed in a Jump magazine (Japanese magazine) that the last 2 members of Universe 6 are

 Namekians, and their names are サオネル (Saoneru) and ピリナ (Pirina)

Are these names a pun on something?

Do you have the kanji for those (if there is kanji)? I literally can't find Saoneuru in English anywhere on Google, and Purina is a cat food brand. Additionally, can you say what magazine it's from?

The first name sounds sort of like sayonara (good-bye), but the actual pun is probably a better joke.

@Pablo Can you provide the characters as they were written in your question, so anyone trying to answer it doesn't need to sort through your comments to figure out how it was actually written?

@kuwaly It's from Jump Magazine (Japanese). There's a blog which shows the page from the magazine on http://ovicio.com.br/dragon-ball-super-revelados-os-dois-ultimos-lutadores-do-universo-6/

Can you link twitter here? Pics and names in katakana https://t.co/znLP3bBJOy

According the Dragon Ball Wiki, Saoneru is a pun for snail, and Pirina is a pun on pilina (a type of mollusk).

According to the wiki page, they are named after mollusks.
Saonel's name could reference snail, while pirina's name come from pilina


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Where did the God Tree come from?
Ever since I finished Naruto Shippuden, something has always bugged me. I understand Kaguya supposedly came from a dimension of Otsutsuki warriors, but I can't just believe that the seed for the God Tree came from a random meteorite. It had to have been created by someone or something.
Is it possible to find out who created it or if it was created in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations?

Thanks Aki Tanaka, I don't a lot of time to fix the gramatical and capital errors.

If we're talking about "who created [thing]?" we are always gonna reach a point where you need to stop, no? Otherwise, you can always go up a level — "ok, then who created that/them?"

@JNat as much as I agree with you, it still would be interesting to go up a few levels.

From Kaguya's anime backstory, we came to know that a meteorite holding the seed crashed on Earth then Kaguya appeared for then unexplained reasons.
Considering that the Boruto anime series tells us that Kaguya was sent to Earth by her clan to wait for the harvest. It could mean that either Kaguya planted the seed herself or that the seed came from a meteorite and her clan found out about it then sent her to monitor the tree.

So from what I read, the God Tree landed on Earth from a meteorite several millennia ago. Basically landed before man kind. It also said that people were praising it like a sacred pillar from the gods but in reality it was slowly killing the earth by draining the natural chakra in the soil, rocks, water, and air. It also said that every thousand years, the God Tree produced a 'Chakra Fruit' which humans were suppose to stay away from. Members of the Otsutsuki clan searched through dimensions in search of the God Tree so they could eat the chakra fruit and obtain powerful chakra for themselves. It also said that once Kaguya Otsutsuki ate the God Tree's chakra fruit, she enslaved part of the humans population with the Infinite Tsukuyomi and bound those affected by the God Tree with it's life transforming them into White Zetsu. When Kaguya had her two sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, they were born with their own chakra, so she merged herself with the God Tree to take back their chakra and becoming the Ten-Tails itself.
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As of 2016, which has been the last Type-Moon work that's contained explicit content?
A recent question made me realize something. Type-Moon's early works like Tsukihime and Fate/Stay Night had explicit scenes in them. However, some of their recent works such as Fate/Extra, Mahoutsukai no Yoru and the many re-releases of Fate/Stay Night have actually had none of this.
So I have been wondering: As of 2016, what was the last work Type-Moon released that contained explicit content? Have there been any social factors which may have forced Type-Moon to cease adding explicit content in their works?
Kinoko Nasu first started Type-Moon as a doujin group, so I also include any Type-Moon released doujinshi they may have released (if there are any) which contained explicit content.
By explicit content, I mean graphic or deeply detailed sexual content which would be restricted to adults only. I don't count stuff like in Fate/Extra, such as

 In the nurse's office when Hakuno Kishinami's Servant is being recharged by Rin/Rani, there is an implication they may be having sex. (Though I only saw Rin and Saber's scene. Not sure about Archer or Caster, but I assume it's more or less the same.)

Or in the Strawberry Panic Light Novel (which isn't Type-Moon), where

 Yaya dreams she's having sex with Hikari and some of the language in that (when Hikari climaxes) I would have thought would only appear in 18/21+ adult content.

Neither of these was restricted to adults only (can't remember Fate/Extra's rating, but Strawberry Panic was marketed towards teens as per the rating on the back of the book).

Note: this answer assumes that "graphic or deeply detailed sexual content which would be restricted to adults only" means R-18/CERO Z in Japan.

Games
Surprisingly, Japanese Wikipedia mentioned this,

2005年10月28日発売の『Fate/hollow ataraxia』以降アダルトゲームの新規発表は行われていない。
Since the release of Fate/hollow ataraxia on 28 Oct 2005, there's no announcement on new adult games.

So, at least that's the answer to the last game containing explicit content: Fate/hollow ataraxia (the original PC version, not the PS Vita one).
After that, they started releasing console games only (except Mahoutsukai no Yoru for PC as mentioned on the question) with Fate/EXTRA CCC having the highest rating of CERO D (R-17, no international release).
Anime, Movie & OVA
Since almost all of them were broadcasted on the TV, then they could be considered as 一般向けアニメ (ippan muke anime, anime for the general public) even though they might include heavy ecchi scenes (e.g. Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya ).
This is also true for movies such as Kara no Kyoukai, Fate/stay night UBW, and also Carnival Phantasm OVA.
Manga & Light Novel
Some manga were published by Kadokawa, and as far as I know, Kadokawa doesn't publish adult manga (aka. hentai) although, again, they might include heavy ecchi scenes.
I can't comment on books under Type-Moon label itself though.
Music & Drama CDs
I believe all music CDs are clean, but I can't comment on drama CDs.

As a matter of fact, only Fate/stay night and Fate/hollow ataraxia games require age checking on the official Type-Moon website.
Note: Regarding "Kinoko Nasu first started Type-Moon as a doujin group, so I also include any Type-Moon released doujinshi they may have released (if there are any) which contained explicit content.", Type-Moon stopped being a doujin circle and instead became a game company in 2003. As a doujin circle, they only released Tsukihime and its extra contents. Fate/stay night was the first work as a game company.

The most recent explicit Type-Moon content I'm aware of is the scene from 10:00 to 11:20 in the Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! OVA (the hot springs episode).
I don't know if this would be considered explicit by the definition you gave, but it's explicit enough that I'm not willing to post a link or screenshot, or describe the scene in detail.


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What was the music playing at background at 13:58 in episode 2 of Your lie in April?
What was the music playing in the background at 13:58 in episode 2 of Your lie in April?

It's an original song made for this anime called "Kimi wa Haru no Naka ni Iru" (You Exist in Spring).
Link to song

Damn, listening to this song made me overcome with all the feels again -_-


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Can Shizuku's vacuum cleaner suck nuclear weapons?
Can Shizuku, who is the 8th member of the Phantom Troupe use her Nen ability to absorb a detonated or/and a non-detonated nuclear weapon?
Can it suck the radiation caused by such weapons?

According to Hunter X Hunter Wiki, Shizuku's vacuum (Blinky) can inhale nuclear weapon because it is not a living object, but if it is a conjured object Blinky can't inhale it.

The wiki is not canon but you are right.  These are the only known restrictions so far stated to her power.


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Why are reading fairy tales so lewd?
In Chapter 2, when Eto is wondering what she could do for Iono-sama (seeing how everyone has unique skills that served her and she didn't have anything), Iono-sama suggests reading fairy tales to her at night, which prompts Arge to call Iono-sama a Horny Queen.
Now at first I would have thought it was the suggestion of Eto being with Iono-sama at night which the explicit nature of the suggestion, but Eto asks Arge if "fairy tales" has that sort of meaning.

Later when Eto and Aida are talking, Aida mentions reading fairy tales to Iono-sama and Eto gets all flustered and says she looked it up suggesting that it's not the fact that it's at night but that Eto would be reading fairy tales which makes it lewd.

After reading the liner notes of Maria Watches Over Us some time ago, I know that some humor in Japanese language comes from puns on how words look very similar but have vastly different meanings only because of one character of the placing of a space.
So I am wondering, why is fairy tales so lewd? Is this some sorta of Japanese language pun?

Could be a refference to erotic fairytails such as the little mermaid or the often implicit symbolism of erotics in fairly common fairytails

The original dialog use お伽話 (otogibanashi), commonly translated as "fairy-tale".

The Japanese-English online dictionary, Jisho only states 1 meaning which is the most common usage:

fairy-tale; nursery-tale

However, when referring to the Japanese-Japanese online dictionary, Kotobank, it states 2 meanings:

A story (legend, folklore, etc.) for children to listen to. "Momotaro", "Kachi-kachi Yama"-type. Alternatively, as a trope, a fantastical story that ignores realism.
A story which takes place while doing otogi.

In fact, when Aida told Eto about "doing otogibanashi at night", Eto was surprised, realizing it's about togi. (The translation is wrong, Eto didn't shout otogibanashi, only togi)

Now, what is (o)togi? Otogi is basically o (honorific prefix) + togi. Jisho states:

Otogi: attending (upon); keeping another company
Togi: nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

While Kotobank states:

Otogi

Accompanying other to kill time during the night. Alternatively, the person who does that.
Attending someone's bedroom. Alternatively, the person who does that. Concubine; mistress.
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Togi

Become a chat partner, humoring and entertaining them. Alternatively, the person who does that. Otogi.
Attending someone's bedroom. Alternatively, the person who does that.
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So, yes, it means Iono-sama invites Eto to accompany her at night, possibly also in her bedroom as a concubine, which is Iono-sama's objective from the beginning. Considering the nature of Iono-sama, it's not really surprising if it has something to do with lewd things...

the Otogi second definition would also be of note considering that for the plot wikipedia says "The series is about Iono, the queen of a small European kingdom with a fetish for black-haired women, who comes to Japan to recruit "sobame" (側女), which can mean both "lady-in-waiting" and "concubine" in Japanese."


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What is the difference between Haki and Conquerors haki?
I was watching One Piece and come up with some words like Haki and Conquerors Haki, but I failed to understand what is the difference between them, and if there are other kinds of Haki, what are they?

The Conqueror's Haki is a subcategory of Haki.

Broadly speaking, there are two types of Haki available to everyone, given the proper training; however, there is a third type that only a certain group of "chosen ones" are said to possess.

Observation Haki

Kenbunshoku Haki, also known as Mantra on Skypiea, is a form of Haki that allows the user to sense the presence of others, even if they are concealed from view or too far to see naturally.

Armament Haki

Busoshoku Haki is a form of Haki that allows the user to use their spirit to create, in essence, an invisible armor around themselves. Notably, this form of Haki can be used to injure Logia Devil Fruit users.

Conqueror's Haki

Haoshoku Haki is a rare form of Haki that cannot be attained through training. Only one in several million people have this ability. This type of Haki allows the user to exert their willpower over others.

Wait. Rayleigh everyone has the power but not everyone can harness it.


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What arc/episode is this from where Shinpachi is apologizing with Okita and Kagura?

I recently watched episode 252 of Gintama and in the "sorry montage" (around 15:06) the first scene was this clip with Shinpachi apologizing with Okita and Kagura.
Could anyone tell me which arc or episode this was from? I can't seem to remember and it's driving me crazy.

While reverse searching the image, somehow I found a single site with the exact scene (but Chinese subtitle) on Baidu.
I can't read Chinese, but with the help of Google Translate, it seems all of them answering with episode 20*, "Watch Out For Conveyor Belts!"
*according to Wikipedia: Gintama (season 1), episode 20.


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Can an anime be in English only?
I was wondering if it's legally possible for an anime to be spoken in the English language only. Sure a Japanese dub can be optional, but in terms of main dubbing, can anime have English as the main dub?
I know such anime may not even exist, but I'm wondering if there's any law or regulation preventing anime from being dubbed in English only. And when I say anime, I mean actual made-in-Japan anime, not anime-styled cartoons produced anywhere else.

I don't think there's any law, but I'd imagine it would be met as wildly confusing and possibly offensive. After all, most anime series come out of manga, which has text bubbles written in Japanese. Maybe if it was an original work, not based on any manga. That would avoid the potential disrespectful perception. But in any case, anything is possible, you just have to think of the implications in public opinion.

Can I ask why you think it's even possible that there would be a law that would prevent the creation of a Japanese anime whose audio is in English? Japan is a modern first-world country with at least some semblance of freedom of expression. A law that would prevent the creation of animations with English audio seems like the sort of thing that would be very much beyond the pale.

It would also be just a very weird law to have. What would be the point of legally banning making something in a foreign language?

There is absolutely no law that specifies that an anime can only be in English.
I will state that this is incredibly rare, given that most anime are actually made in Japan for a Japanese audience (hence why they're in Japanese), but given that the Afro Samurai anime was released in English-only, and it and its original manga source work was originally made in Japan, this only goes to demonstrate that there can be no law against this.

There's also the Blade Runner anime where they have English as the main dub.

Don't forget Avatar: The Last Airbender . It is one of the few (the only? ) American show to truly capture what makes good anime.

@pojo-guy: The Last Airbender is 100% American though. It wasn't made in Japan.  It just borrows themes from Japanese anime.

More to the point, unlike other US based attempts at anime, it captured the essence of what makes anime stand out from american animations. The Asian themes help, but Japanese anime are not Asia centric. Eurpo-centric themes abound. Take SnK, where the names are all German and  Mikasa's claim to fame is that she is (possibly) the last asian in the world.

Afro Samurai, Akira, Blade Runner Black Out 2022, and Space Dandy are all examples of anime that were produced and dubbed in English during their production overseas. Some of these titles listed have Japanese Dialogues, but all of these were released with English Dialogue as a priority for those areas that will receive them.


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Why didn't Netero call the more powerful adventurers for help in Chimera Ant arc?
In the Chimera Ant arc of Hunter x Hunter,

 Netero and the Chimera King Meruem have a showdown, which leads to Netero's death, and later on, Meruem. The fight was pretty one-sided, considering the final state of Meruem compared to Netero, but it was to expect considering the former events.

We learn later that there are powerful adventurers out there (the Zodiacs), that have a seemingly tremendous amount of power.
My question is: why didn't Netero call them for help? He knew the enemy had a tremendous power, and he may have avoided what happened to him if he was helped during the mission (not even the showdown). So why did he call only those who are part of the mission in the Chimera Ant Arc? This could have been way less dangerous for them to have more firepower and capabilities.

I don't believe this question was directly answered in the anime.  (I don't know if the manga provided an answer or not.)  So I'll describe my understanding from context.  The extent of the problem was not understood immediately.  I believe Kite was the best hunter to face the ants originally.  The other hunters tended to be new, such as Gon, Killua, and Pokkle. That ... didn't go well (for the hunters).

 Kite and Pokkle were killed. Nen information was gathered from Pokkle's brain, and Kite's reanimated body was used for training of the ants.

After that, new hunters were kept away, and more experienced hunters were sent to gather information and make a plan. They seemed to have been led by Morel and his crew, Knov, Knuckle, and Shoot. Gon and Killua were not allowed to reenter until they could prove themselves to Knuckle and Shoot.  I think they were given a month. In the end, those four and Palm were allowed entry.
A plan was accepted and modified by the Hunter Organization, and we saw what part the aforementioned folks did within the ant-claimed territory. We didn't see the whole plan, though. Not even Morel knew the full extent of the plan.

 Netero prepared himself with a poisoned nuclear device ("rose") implanted within his body, and he hired Zeno Zoldyk to make a grand entrance with him at the ant King's castle. Netero probably knew he would have to use the rose, although I'm sure he hoped he could beat the King without it. Netero intentionally gave up his honor in his fight. The only honorable thing he did was tell Mereum his name. Mereum made multiple attempts to discuss co-existence with Netero, and in their fight he only acted defensively. Netero ignored that for fear of losing his resolve to win at all costs.

I don't believe members of the Zodiac would have been helpful. They were indeed powerful, but their talents did not fit the plan. Ging may well have been rejected from consideration outright, being thought a loose cannon. He could not be depended on to follow the plan as events on the ground evolved, especially if a peaceful resolution should present itself.

I disagree with RichF's answer.

Meruem made multiple attempts to discuss co-existence with Netero, and in their fight he only acted defensively.

Netero is not the boss of the world, politics in Hunter x Hunter is very strong in the plot. I don't think Netero could agree with Meruem and then report to the world governments like "Meruem is a good guy. I made a contract with him, but 99% of the human population will die, only the 1% whose Meruem value will be saved."
Netero did not have an option. Don't get me wrong, I love Meruem a lot. I don't even blame the ants at all, but I hate when fans have a misconception and say things like "Netero is evil, he did not want to listen to Meruem". No one was wrong, there was a conflict of ideologies and even if ants and humans could cooexist, it would not be 100% sure.

Netero intentionally gave up his honor in his fight.

People think like that because of the tone the author decides for Netero's death. But Netero fought Meruem alone, respected and thought he lived only for that moment, and in the end gave up his life for humanity.
People need to realize that you can't decide which one is wrong or right because of sentiments, there was a real implication for the outcome of the battle. And humanity is not only about flowers and love, but there is also nihilism, war, weapons, poverty.
The whole point of the arc was about surviving. And in the end, humanity survived even if it cost their own humanity.

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Why does the Den Den Mushi look so much like their owner?
Seriously, they just look like their owner. For example, Robin talked to Zoro through one in Dressrosa, and even the snail had a scar on its left eye. That is just weird. We even saw Kaidou talk to Scratchmen Apoo, and we know because the snail had braces. Trafalgar Law contacted Donflamingo through one as well, and this one had a hat just like his. Let's not forget Doflamingo himself had one for himself in Vergo's pocket, which was also wearing pink sunglasses.
A long time I came to the hypothesis (because I read the manga only) that with the Den Den Mushi you don't hear the actual guy's voice, but rather, the snail can imitate it perfectly to you with his facial expressions so that it is like an actor, with face and voice. Am I right?
Now I am starting to think my hypothesis was wrong because of this similarity thing.

I think it is just to show who is in other side, talking

@mirroroftruth Obviously but this is just irrational. Even in One Piece, Oda, always tries to make things look logical. Braces? And a scar on the left eye? Like what is the reason for that?

If you watch the anime, you will know that they only change appearances when "online". That is, if I talk to Zoro for example, the Den Den Mushi will look exactly like he does while talking; copying his facial expressions as well.
From this link:

Literal Meaning:
  Electric Transmission Bug

They are used for radio communication

They have the ability to communicate with each other telepathically through radio waves. The people of the One Piece world take advantage of this ability by attaching buttons and receivers to them. According to Franky, this process is quite simple

This is how they work

Den Den Mushi will mimic the person's speech and display their emotions as well as take on the distinctive physical traits of the person on the other end. For example, when someone screams, the snail will scream as well. They also seem to be able to change their eye color and even if they lost some teeth (ex. Caesar talking over Law's Den Den Mushi) whenever someone is talking through.

You can read the wiki yourself, there doesn't seem to be a logical explanation on how they transform so much. I tried looking through the SBS but couldn't find anything useful. So right now it will have to stay a mystery.

According to Fandom Wiki (Nov 2017),

When a person calls or speaks through a Den Den Mushi, the Den Den Mushi will mimic the person's speech and display their emotions as well as take on the distinctive physical traits of the person on the other end.

In other words, they don't take the appearance of their owner but rather the one that is calling, and then return to normal once the call has been terminated. Think of it like adding a picture to your contacts to know who is calling.
It calls for some suspension of disbelief, it's a manga after all. The information I literally copy-pasted from the wiki reference One Piece Blue: Grand Data File, classification of Den Den Mushi, One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 75 Chapter 746 (p. 14), and many more. I do not think there was any extensive explanation of the workings of Den Den Mushi in the manga, but I could be wrong.

But I want to know, if that is the case how can that get to have braces and eye scars? Not to mention accessories such as sun glasses or hats. I remember very well that we have seen sleeping deden mushi that still look the their owner,

The owners of the Den Den Mushi decorate and dress them according to their owner's personality. This is a way of conveying to whom that snail belongs. For example : the Navy Den Den Mushi's shells are painted blue and white, the official colours of the Navy.

I don't read the manga, so everything I say is anime based.
There's actually conflicting info in regard to how they work. If you recall, they don't have just one snail and it changes facial expressions and clothes hidden in its shell or something. If you recall, Doflamingo had like 50 snails and they all looked like someone else as in they are linked specifically to the other person and only them which is why they look like them. He isn't the only person with multiple snails.
What I wanted to know is if they dress their snails like freakin barbie dolls or do the snails somehow transform. What was contradicting was how the navy was able to listen in. That would mean they must be linked to specific snails and know who they belong to.
They have snail numbers so you can call someone else's snail specifically which as I said, contradicts the previous statement. Also if you recall the start of Punk Hazard, they got a call from a random person on the island, also how do Big Mom's tracker snails work where they call the ship upon entering their space?
I really don't know what to think. It's all confusing and changes at any given time. Another strange thing is why did they become straight snails when they used to be round ones. They used to be in their shells and now their in bamboo shoots or something. I think it was Dressrosa where it first happened.
IMO, it's one of those things, don't worry how you got there just enjoy the ride.


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Is there a specific arc for Sinon in the anime?
I'm rewatching the whole SAO series and I go to the manga whenever I want to clear things up for the show but I thought about something.
In the Aincrad novels, there are specific chronological Arcs for:

Silica, Lizbeth, Yui, Sachi

But in the second season, we see Sinon, a "main?" character. But isn't there a specific Arc for her? or some more backstory than what we see in the Anime?

 The fact that she gets scared of guns but in-game she isn't, and her past at the bank.

I couldn't find any Arcs for the characters of the second season so if there are where can I find them or what are they called?

The whole Phantom Bullet arc is Sinon's arc, in the same way the Fairy Dance is mostly Leafa's arc, for the most part. Neither character has another side-story outside of these arcs, seeing as most of their past is expanded within them.
In the Light Novels, this is Volumes 5 and 6. Most of what you want to know about Shino/Sinon will be in those two volumes.

Thanks for the explanation and pointing out where i could find it in the light novels!

One could say that the two Phantom Bullet novels are her arc.
Except for Sachi whose story is shortly summarized, the other characters you named don't appear at all in the original story in the first light novel. They first appear in those character specific stories in the second light novel, which were then integrated with the first novel into the first anime season.
There isn't another Sinon specific story and the anime adapts basically the whole backstory of her from the novels.

Thanks for the clarification on this, i knew some character specific stories werent in the novel but still thanks for the explanation. i accepted the other answer becouse he pointed out in wich exactly it is readdable


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What is the distribution of nen type users?
There are 6 types of nen:

Conjuration
Emitter
Enhancement
Manipulation
Transmutation
Specialization

I'm not sure if all types occur equally, or if all types except specialist occur equally and specialist is less common, or if all of them occur at different rates.
I have attempted to research this question for an RPG I intend to run, however I have not found any information on this topic.
What is the distribution of nen type users? Information from any official source is welcome including all of the anime & manga.

I mean in the world are there more (enhances,Transmuters,Conjurers,...)

Hunter x Hunter RPG. Is it like a D&D rpg?.... I.... I want that... gimme

No, this is like DNA, you only know that specialists are the rarest and least common,as they explain in the episode "Desire x and x Promise". But the other categories are random. It is assumed that the enhancers are the most common, but there is nothing that says this with real certainty.

It has not been stated in the anime or manga, but something that might help has been stated in the manga. The difference in aura type according to personality:

Reinforcement: pure and simple
Transformation: liars and unstable
Conjuration: nervous
Emission: impatient, emotionally disturbed
manipulation: reasoners, advance at their own pace
specialization: individualistic and charismatic

This was stated in the anime by Hisoka


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Did Karin even have any "romantic" relationship with Sasuke?
For now, we know that Sarada is Sakura's daughter and Sasuke is the father. Leaving Karen as the deliverer. Sasuke at the beginning showed caring to Sakura for a long time.
Also since their married now, can we say that Sasuke even liked Karen? As many times as he had bitten her... I'd say if they even had a relationship that it wouldn't have been as strong as what he had with Sakura.

When Karin was introduced, she was shown to have feelings for SasukeIt is confirmed in Karin's memory that she began to have feelings for Sasuke after he saved her during the second phase of the Chūnin Exam.Tobi pointed out Karin to be Sasuke's "favourite".Suigetsu pointed out Karin to be the girl Sasuke was "About to hook up with".Kabuto pointed out Karin to be the girl Sasuke "knows quite well".Karin blushed before being able to take a look at Sasuke after he saved her, which implies that was the first moment she started to like him.The latter has saved one another numerous timesKarin is one of the people that Sasuke has apologized toOrochimaru stated that Sasuke is "Karin's soft spot".Karin stated that she "doesn't like anyone biting her, with the exception of Sasuke".Karin stated that she only wanted Sasuke's happiness as well as forming a friendly relationship with Sakura and also delivering their child, Sarada.Whether she still has romantic feelings for Sasuke is not confirmed, but the following lines she had stated "connections come in all forms" suggests that she still holds him in endearment, even if it's not romantic in nature.

It seems you took quite a large portion from http://narutocouple.wikia.com/wiki/SasuKarin without proper attribution. Please don't forget to put a quote block and give attribution. Otherwise, your answer can be considered as a plagiarism and might be deleted.

Of course Sasuke and Karin never had a romantic relationship. Sakura is the only girl Sasuke has ever been and will ever be romantically involved with.
Sakura is the one Sasuke chose to both marry and have a child with. That simple fact speaks for itself.
Also, since Sarada's parentage already is a canonically established fact that will never be changed, the "for now" is unneeded when talking about it.


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How many chapters does "Shokugeki no Soma" season 3 cover?
Shokugeki no Soma season 3 just ended. How many chapters from the manga does this season cover?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, the 3rd season has 2 cours which cover chapter 120-217(?).
The first cour (The Third Plate) covers chapter 120-166:

Chapter 120-121
Chapter 122-125
Chapter 125-127
Chapter 128-130
Chapter 131-134
Chapter 135-138
Chapter 139-142
Chapter 143-148
Chapter 148-149, 151-155
Chapter 155-159
Chapter 160-163
Chapter 164-166, 149-151

The second cour (The Third Plate: Toutsuki Train) covers chapter 167-217(?):

Chapter 167-171
Chapter 171-175
Chapter 176-179
Chapter 179-183
Chapter 184-187
Chapter 188-192
Chapter 192-194, 199-200
Chapter 201-205
Chapter 194-199, 205
Chapter 206-209
Chapter 210-211, 215-217
Chapter ?


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What happens to Iskahn and Sheyta?
In Chapter 21 of Alicization,

 when Sheyta's sword breaks, it appears they are doomed as the red army closes in.

However,

 Leafa comes to save them with the orcs. When she kills everyone and collapses from exhaustion, no other mention of Iskahn (and Sheyta) that I know of appears in the rest of Volume 17 and Volume 18.

What happens to them?

They appear in

 Moon Cradle, the sun-arc after Alicization.

I haven't read the arc personally but from looking at illustrations,

 they help out zkititi within the story. Also, they have a baby.


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What are these A2 and A3 stickers?
I just read the manga travel by Yuichi Yokoyama.
What is the meaning of the A2 and A3 stickers seen on packages and documents carried by strangers when the 3 main characters walk inside the train? A3 is on small tubes, and A2 is on a folder and an A4-sized box, so I guess it is not ISO 216 (paper size) though.
This manga contains zero dialogs and nearly zero text of any kind, except for A3 and A2, which are shown prominently.
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Left: A3 stickers on page 30 | Right: A2 sticker on page 31

I'm not really sure what you are talking about, since I cannot spot anything in that image, but since you are talking about documents it might simply be their size as explained here.

Sorry I don't have any image of the page showing B2 and A2. B2 is on small tubes, and A2 is on a folder and a A4-sized box, so I guess it is not ISO 216 though...

I just finished readin... err, viewing the scenes in this manga. However, I replaced B2 with A3 because that's what I found instead.

While it's true that this manga lacks any dialogs, there are actually 2 pages at the end (pg. 196-197) that describe the whole scenes from the beginning until the end.
For page 30-31,

30-31 鞄の中にファクシミリ用感熱紙、コピー用紙、ファイルブックなどの文具又は書類が覗いている。
30-31 Thermal papers for facsimile, copy paper, filing book and other stationaries or documents are peeking through the bag.

Researching those things returned these images:

Thermal papers for facsimile by Fujifilm | Copy papers by Super Echo
Thus, I believe spiel's comment was actually right: they are standard paper size labels. The A3 thermal papers are rolled into a cylinder, and the A2 copy papers are showing their shorter side. (Which means that the filing book is also A2-size, which also exists)


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Can all types of devil fruit be awakened?
Can all types of devil fruit like Paramecia Type, Zoan type, and Logia be used in the awakening mode that Doflamingo mentioned and used against Luffy?
For e.g. let's take an Ancient Zoan type DF user like captain X-Drake, can he achieve an awakening stage for his type of DF?

FYI, X-Drake has an Ancient Zoan fruit rather than a Mythical Zoan DF... We only know of (to my knowledge) two canon Mythical Zoan Fruits: Hito HIto no mi model Daibutsu (Buddha statue) and Marco's Pheonix.

At this point it is still unknown if all DFs will be able to unlock an awakened state. Right now we only know of Donquixote Doflamingo (Paramecia) and the Impel Down guards (Zoan). There is one more but this might still be manga-only (I haven't watched the anime in a while) so I put it at the bottom of my answer and marked it as a spoiler.
I would assume that an awakened ancient zoan DF user, like Drake-X, would still enjoy the same benefits as an awakened regular zoan DF. These benefits are increased strength and durability which also leads to a higher recovery rate. This information can also be found on the wiki, please keep in mind that this article contains spoilers so thread carefully.
There haven't been any logia devil fruits shown to have an awakened state yet.

 Charlotte Katakuri has an awakened devil fruit as well but this is a paramecia DF that acts like a logia DF. The benefit he got from awakening his DF power is the same as Doffy's i.e. turning his environment into the element he can control.

I don't recall where  increased healing was mentioned if you can provide a source plz

@HummingDev I have added a link to the wiki, apparently it's not really increased healing but rather a higher recovery rate due to increased durability.

@HummingDev Chp 544 Crocodile says that their "powers of recovery" are enhanced which people are taking to mean healing.


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Who is the fourth person on Minoru's team?
In the second round of the tournament, the students are split into groups of four. However, one group is made up of Minoru, Sue, and Mezo.
So who's the fourth person on their team, or why don't they have a fourth person?

You are mistaken about your initial information: the students were not split into groups of four but into groups of two to four (see screnshot below). That means each team could have either 2, 3 or 4 members.
So Minaro's team could have (and actually did have) 3 members.

Thanks, I hadn't realized that since Midoria seemed like he needed to get four people on his team but I guess that was just preference


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What would have happened to Gon, Killua, and Kurapika if they had lost the coin game against Gotoh?
What would have happened to Gon, Killua, and Kurapika if they had lost the coin game against Gotoh? Would Gotoh really have killed them, or was he bluffing all along?

First of all, this is speculation, since you asked about 'what if'.
I believe to answer your question, we first need to understand Gotoh's personality. From what the story depicted, we can fairly well assume that Gotoh cared deeply for Killua. With that in mind, we can say that regardless of the outcome of the game, Killua would not have been killed.
As for Gon, Kurapika and Leorio, I believe he wanted to test them, probably by seeing how they would react to the different situations he created during the game. The reason for that would be because the Zoldyck are assassins, which meant that they for sure are hated by a lot of people (e.g. victims of the family's assassinations) and any strangers posed a threat, Gon & Co were no exception. The fact that they passed the Testing Gate and Canary was proof that they were no ordinary people and carried the potential of harming the Zoldyck.
During the game itself, he tried to see how far Gon & Co would go for Killua, as far as doing something that would not benefit them in any way; saying that he would kill Canary, a member of Zoldyck's household, if they lose (in the event Gon wanted to harm the Zoldyck and lost, resulting in Canary getting killed, it would be in Gon & Co's advantage to have less people to fight against, and thus would likely not take the game as seriously, but this is straying a bit too far).
At that point, if Gon really lost, it can be hard to say what would have happened, but I would tend to believe that following Gon's reaction, Gotoh determined then that they meant no harm to Killua. Should Gon have lost, Gotoh could possibly have instead refused them meeting with Killua assuming that Gon was not strong enough to protect Killua if needed.
Conversely, I believe that if the way Gon reacted during the game was different, hinting that Gon couldn't be trusted, only then, would Gotoh attempt to kill the three of them.

This puts the phone conversation in better context too. Gotoh basically told Gon "I can't trust you based on a phone conversation. But if you demonstrate enough strength to pose a benefit or threat to Killua family, I will check if I can trust you"

Gotoh would have killed them. He's a butler charged with ensuring a clan of assassin's aren't annoyed by petty visitors and don't have to kill anyone unless they're paid to do so.
... and the series would have been much shorter

Gotoh never had the intention to kill them. He had spares in his hand and was just toying with their emotions. Gotoh would never harm killua's friend over a game of heads or tails. Killua would go godspeed in a instant.


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Sibling relationship in Big Mom family
We see a lot of the girls trying to impress Katakuri and they get embarrassed when he looks at them and their hearts will race if they think he is going to praise them.
I don't think this is normal if they look at him only as a brother. Maybe I'm wrong to think that way (I'm an only child, not much experience with siblings) but was there ever any indication that a romantic relationship is possible between siblings in the Big Mom family?
Was there ever any indication of siblings getting married in the Big Mom family?

Don't forget that most of them have different father, so they probably just half siblings

@Darjeeling That is what makes the relationship more likely

Nah nah, it was just they admired him so much. Say if yo a guy, and like your hero (also a guy) tells you "good job". It is like that.

There was no mention about a romantic relationship or a marriage between siblings of the Big Mom Family.
We can't tell yet why his (female) siblings are behaving like that. Maybe it's because of Katakuri's past (which is unknown except for last chapter), or maybe because he's considered the strongest member of the BM Crew/Family.

We see a lot of the girls trying to impress Katakuri and they get
  embarrassed when he looks at them and their hearts will race if they
  think he is going to praise them.

I think you're talking especially about Flambe. When she was first introduced, I thought she was representing the one-piece-community. I've read many posts about Katakuri and how cool, awesome, badass [...] he is.
Just like Bartolomeo representing all strawhat fans.

At this moment, there are none sibling relationship between Big Mom Pirates' crew. However, we know that marriage for big mom only mean the expansion of their crew, for example, Pudding have to get married with Sanji because Big Mom want Germa66 technology, and Chiffon got married with Bege so they would join them. Considering this, even if they like each other, it's quite unlikely for her children to have some serious relationship among them unless it increase crew strength in some way.
In Wiki there's a list of Charlotte family member, and there's only two known in-laws so far: Capone Bege and Aladine. Both are not Big Mom's children


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Why weren't Kise and Midorima able to get in the Zone?
According to the anime,

The Zone, in this state of extreme focus, all unnecessary thoughts disappear and the athlete becomes absorbed in his play. Only those who have practiced and practiced, earn the right to stand before the door and it'll open up.

Since it's shown that Kise and Midorima have practiced more than Aomine and were the members of Generations of Miracles, they were still not able to get in the Zone.
Why?

Midorima did not got his zone because he would become overpowered and no one in the world can stop his shoots. He would probably the best and the strongest player in the entire series.

This isn't a reason, so in order to make protagonist stronger than him, mangaka didn't gave him the ability of zone XD

Kise

 has already been shown to enter the Zone in the fight against
 Jabberwock. (Read: Kuroko no Basuke: Last Game)

During his state, he can freely copy all moves including moves that he wasn't capable of using, which were moves by Generation of Miracles-tier.

 He used the Zone in conjunction with his Perfect Copy Ability amping
 up all the skills he currently has.

It is stated in the manga that those who have a passion for the game can enter the Zone. This is shown that even though it appears that Murasakibara had shown a dislike for basketball, that he also, indeed loves to play basketball too. This is one of the pre-requisite to enter the zone.
Knowing Midorima, he can't enter the Zone as he is as of now. He thinks of basketball as nothing more than just a game that he's good at. There's a probability that he can enter the Zone considering he is already is a GoM. All he has to do is to have strong passion/love for Basketball.

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Why did people follow Orochimaru?
Orochimaru is a twisted man who only thinks of himself, kills anyone on the whim and uses everyone.
Why then people (like Kimimaro) follow him and are ready to give their lives for him?

from my understanding the Sound Ninja pledge their loyalty to him for the power the receive whether that is greater power to achieve their (ie. Sasuke wanting to kill Itachi) or giving them purpose (i think this was the case with Kimimaro. think about Haku and Zabuza)

On second thought, I think all followers of Orochimaru are in it for their own gain with the exception of the few he has manipulated ...

While this might be the answer, could you expand this answer more, probably by providing some of the examples?

There are many reasons for why people follow Orochimaru, but I think they follow him for the following reasons:

He is the founder of Otokagure (Hidden PERSONAL village Orochimaru used to experiment ninjas he collected)
He is really powerful and one of the Legendary Sannin
He might of convinced his followers to join him for more power as he did with Sasuke when he was a little kid.

There are several reasons why Orochimaru has followers despite his character:

He is one of the 3 Sannin, so some follow him to gain his mentorship.
Saving people by giving them what they really want.
By manipulating them.

Most of the reason revolves around those two basic concepts, but in the end both Orochimaru and those followers require each other for their own personal benefits.
Orochimaru being stronger, his followers have no other choice but to follow him, learn things until they become stronger than him.
If there had been someone else other than Orochimaru in his place, maybe those followers might have had different endings or goals. In the end it's the cause and effect of their own personal ambitions.


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Did all events in 13 episodes of Mekakucity Actors happen in just 1 day?
I heard some rumors saying that all events in Mekakucity Actors (all 13 episodes) happened in just one day (in Mekakucity Actors universe).
Is it true?

Yes all the events took place in 1 day. There is no day night switch during the episodes after the moment he spills his drink on his keyboard. It is the 14th august. He then wants to order a new one, but due to the festival going on all shops are only available to deliver at the 17th as earliest date. However one shop is open despite the festival. He thinks he is unable to survive 3 days without his computer so he decides to go outside on the 14th of august. After this choice all the other events happen. Due to the flashbacks it looks like it all happened over a span of time, but in reality it was only 1 day.
Below I have linked the sources I used, along with my memory of the anime. I watched it when it aired so the only part I was confused about was when he spilled the drink and the time between him going to get outside. Hence the second source.
Source 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagerou_Project
Source 2: http://kagerouproject.wikia.com/wiki/Mekakucity_Actors_-_Episode_01


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Are the OVA of "Baka and Test" more closely related to the manga/light novels than the anime's first season?
During the rounds where Aki and Yūji face off against Kyōji and Yūka, Yūji reveals a photo album of Kyōji cross-dressing which came from when he lost to Class F in the first season and was forced to obey Yūji and cross-dressed for a day.
The difference between the anime and the manga/light novels is that photos of Kyōji cross-dressing were taken in private by Kōta which Yūka found the dumped him. In the anime, she sees him cross-dressing when Class C (along with Classes D and E) ganged up on Class A in Mock Wars to tire them out before the real War between Class A and F.
However, in the OVA it explains how Kōta took the photos and afterward Yūka is looking through them, burns the album and dumps Kyōji almost as if she never saw him cross-dressing during the Mock Wars.
I am wondering, does the OVA of Baka and Test more closely adapt to the manga/light novels than the first season of the anime did?

Yes
The OVA, titled Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu: Matsuri (Matsuri = festival), is based on the school festival episode in the 2nd volume of the original source, which is the light novel. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

OVA
[...] 原作2巻を元にした学園祭のエピソード。 [...]

Additional info: Japanese Wikipedia also mentions that the story development between the original source and anime's 1st season is different, and even included a lot of anime original story. The 2nd season continues the 1st season's setting while also adapting the original source more faithfully.

特徴

第1期は原作とは異なるストーリー展開、及びアニメオリジナルの展開が多い。第2期は第1期の設定を引き継ぎつつも、原作を忠実に再現している。 [...]


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How does Killy's weapon in Blame! universe work?
The Blame Wikia, explained GBE (Gravitational Beam Emitter) as:

The Gravitational Beam Emitter is a powerful gun used by Killy, other special Safeguards, and Silicon Creatures. It has immense destructive capacity, able to blow through multiple walls with a single blow, causing perfectly round holes within them, followed by explosions. The weapon emits so much force, that with a single shot it would stagger it's users backwards due to the incredible gravity of the weapon. It can blow everything it touches into bits.

Is there any scientific explanation about this weapons? Like, how can we use the weapon, etc.

Likely a particle beam based on gravitons... Sounds better than quantum particle beam gun. Nihei has an architect background, he's no theoretical physicist.

how can we used the weapons in a proper way this part makes no sense. try again.

This kind of weapon also appeared in Knights of Sidonia by the same author (Tsutomu Nihei). KoS's Fandom page has slightly more information regarding Gravitational Beam Emitter a.k.a. Graviton Radiation Emitter:

The Graviton Radiation Emitter (sometimes called the Gravitational Beam Emitter) is a futuristic technology conceived by Ochiai, and first used by the chimera Kanata.

The first Graviton Radiation Emitter was grown into the chimera Kanata, installed as his right eye. Grown using Gauna placenta, it is strongly hinted that the structure of the emitter was grown from the second Placental Hoshijiro, and then installed into Kanata.

After the Mizuki's shakedown cruise, construction of the second and third Graviton Radiation Emitters was completed. Made entirely from mechanical parts, they no longer relied on placenta for their construction.

But the two series are, to my knowledge, not related; Tsutomu Nihei probably just recycled the same conceptual weapon.
Since this weapon is so blue-sky theoretical, there's no way there's gonna be a scientific explanation about its workings for the coming centuries or even millennia. There is a related discussion on Physics.SE which you can peruse at your leisure.

I can't find a link right now, but Tsutomu Nihei gave a sort of explanation once that went something like this; The City is incomprehensibly vast, most likely expanding toward the edges of the Solar System. So it's a truly massive object and, as such, should exert a tremendous amount of gravity; far more than what would normally collapse any star into a black hole. In order to retain its structure and not collapse in on itself, there must be technology within it that manipulates space and gravity to offset the implossive force and maintain about 1G throughout every stratum/layer of the sphere.
Here's where the GBE comes in. Nihei suggested that the GBE fires a beam of gravitons in such a way that this retention force is disrupted, thus allowing gravity to behave normally along the path of the beam, which is sufficient to collapse that space/material in upon itself. Combine this intense localized gravitational force with the energy released from matter being almost instantaneously compressed into ~0 volume, and the result is the spectacular destruction we see when Killy fires it.


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What anime are these keychains from?
I really would like to know what this is from if possible? But I might be buying them and I want to know what I'm getting.

where did you get that ?

The blue one is Aki Hasumi from the otoge visual novel for PS Vita called Root∞REXX.
Link to item
The red one is Kiriya Etou from the Kiniro no Corda anime and manga series.
Link to item

Upvoted for providing links to product pages as evidence.


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Who are the Four Generals based on?
In the anime, there are four generals: Lucifer, Alciel, Malacoda, and Adramelech, and they all work under the devil. I'm wondering which group of 4 these demons are based on.
I've mostly thought that the 4 princes: Satan, Lucifer, Belial, and Leviathan can be counted out because Satan is included in, but I'm not 100% sure.
There are also the four horsemen of the apocalypse: Pestilence, Death, Famine, and War.
There are also the 4 demons at the Euphrates, but I don't know too much about them.
I'm not sure about any other groups, but I'm sure they must be based on something, the anime was great with tying in the Christian faith into the mix, so I can only assume that they'd include the four generals as some sort of a reference.

Lucifer is based on the fallen angel Lucifer, who was banished from heaven for revolting against God. (At least in the Hebrew and Christian mythology, but he also appears in other mythologies.
Arsiel is another name for Azazel, at least according to the satanist bible, The Bible of the Adversary.
Malacoda is based on the character of the same name who appears in Dante's Inferno.
Adramelech is a deity mentioned in the Hebrew bible and is considered a demon, like many other pagan deities.
Seeing how the four of them have almost nothing to do with each other it is likely that the author just picked some random demon names from the western culture.


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Are there any reasons why Light killed the FBI agent?
This is a question that comes to my mind every time I watch Death Note or talks to someone else about Death Note and it is bothering me.
In the beginning, Light went out of his way to kill that one FBI agent on the bus and therefore caused L to suspect him and started the whole sequence of events of eventually discovering the existence of the death note. If Light hadn't killed that FBI agent and just kept writing names down in the notebook in his room, nothing would have happened.
Was the killing of the FBI agent something that the creator put in just to progress the story or is there an actual legit reason why Light had to do this?
Please, guys, don't give a theoretical answer like "It was because of Light's personality" or "Light wanted to tell the world to not follow L" or something like that, if it is because of this then the creator just did it to advance the plot.

L felt threatened at the time. the FBI agent cleared his name but he didn't know that and thought of him as a threat. so he killed him and all the others

But the plan he used to kill that FBI agent was clever and smart move. He even waited few days before killing him. According to me it was really a good move as he was able to stop all the FBI agents but then again L was smart too.

It was a move to try and destroy the entire investigation against him as well as prevent crucial facts from being reported.
At this point, L had used some tactics to determine a few things about Kira.  Among them that Kira lived in a certain region of Japan and that he had access to police information.  Given that, the list of suspects was short.  And given how L deduced that Kira was probably a student, given the timings of killings, etc. that list was only going to get shorter.  Light needed to eliminate L and the investigation as soon as possible so he could kill freely.
Light, through Ryuk, found out that someone was following him and investigating him.  But he was unaware who it was.  He then concocted the bus scheme to force his follower to reveal his identity, learning that he was an FBI agent.
Now knowing that the FBI agents were in Japan, Light followed a similar path in logic to what L took, that they must be investigating those close to the Japanese police.  He also correctly assumed that the police did not know about the FBI's investigation.  He then determined that if the Japanese police became aware of the FBI and thus L's investigation into them, it would cause distrust between L and the police.  This would then hopefully remove any local help L would get.  In addition, it could also scare off anyone else from the international community from interfering with Kira.  At any rate, reducing the number of people Light had to contend with increased his chances of coming out of all this alive.
Also, Light knew he would be under greater suspicion after the FBI agent revealed himself.  Those FBI agents were never supposed to reveal themselves as FBI agents at all.  It would be somewhat suspicious, especially to L, that one was forced to do so.  As such, if L were to find out that the FBI agent had to reveal himself to Light who was already a suspect, it would further increase the suspicion of Light as Kira.  Light knew this and thus needed to kill the FBI agent prior to that information being reported.
So by killing the FBI agent Light accomplished a few things.  One he put the police at odds with L.  Second he reduced the number of people investigating.  And third he was able to prevent critical information from getting reported.

Your answer also opens more questions than answers, however everything you said is valid and considering the kind of person that Light was, I can definitely believe this without completely pushing everything onto his "personality". He calculated it through and saw it as a right move that won't give any hints to L and take care of many problems. I will accept this answer as the right answer but I now believe that there is no "legit" reason to dictate why Light had to kill the FBI agent.

To deter any other FBI agents from pursuing him in the future.
Besides, Light had always intended to lure L to him at his own pace, so he could worm his way into the Japanese task force, see L for himself, and somehow find out enough information about him (he says that he was somehow going to make L/Ryuga "trust him") that he could learn his name and kill him.

To deter any other FBI agents from pursuing him? How would any of the FBI agents or L know that it was Light? How would anyone know that a notebook was the reason why people were dying? I can have the entire FBI chasing after me but all I have to do is stay in my room and write names down. How would anyone find me? Its a false illusion that Light was in any real danger prior to killing the FBI agent, only after was L able to track him down. This logic is flawed.


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How does Conan know the names of Vodka and Gin in the anime?
I watched the anime many times but in the first episode of Detective Conan, both Vodka and Gin never mentioned their names. But later as the series continues, it looks like he knows their names even before Haibara appeared in the series.

Conan never learned about their codenames in the anime due to the plot modification, which makes a big plothole.
Detective Conan World's Wiki stated:

The first season of Detective Conan rarely featured the Black Organization because the anime writers wanted to downplay their presence. Two of the episodes at least, were altered heavily in light of this:

Episode 5, The Shinkansen's Bomb Case: The episode replaces the two men who shrunk Conan with lookalikes unrelated to the Black Organization. In the manga version of this case, Conan runs into the real pair and learns their code names (Gin/Vodka in the Japanese Version, Melkior and Kaspar in the English Version). Their replacement creates a continuity error in Episode 54, Game Company Murder Case. Conan recognizes their code names when Tequila speaks to them, yet Conan never learned their code names in the anime version of events.

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As already mentioned, in the manga version, Conan first learned about their codenames in "The Shinkansen's Bomb Case" (vol 4, files 4-6) where he ran into them inside the train.

There, using the microphone bug gadget by Professor Agasa, he eavesdropped on their conversation and learned about Gin and Vodka, their codenames.

Harley Hartwell tells Conan that Gin and Vodka are interested in him in Episode 48: Diplomat Murder Case (Part 2) at least they do in the English dub. It really confused me.
Add that info too?

@LateralTerminal... Heiji never mentions anything about Gin or Vodka in this episode... He didn't even know the truth about Conan's body or the black org until episode 58, so what you said can't happen in episode 48. And even in episode 58 when Conan tells him the truth, he never mentioned the codenames


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What does Senjougahara refer in the first novel?
In the 'Hitagi Crab' story of Monogatari series, Senjougahara says the following:

So you say, Araragi-kun. But I'm afraid I only half trust him. I have been tricked too many times. Five people had said the same thing.
  They'd all been liars. And... That did not seem like the end of it. Even the hospital -- I only go out of inertia. Honestly, I've pretty
  much given up. This world may be bizarre, but it has neither Mugen Mamiya or
  Kudan Kumiko. The best it can manage is Touge Miroku.

Unfortunately, I could not find either description of these characters nor at least where they are from (with exception of Mugen Mamiya) while googling. So, who are they, and why exactly does Senjougahara means by saying that this world does not have them?

As I haven't read the Japanese edition, and don't have a copy laying around to reference with. I can't say it with 100% certainty. But it seems to be a play of words.
Mugem Mamiya (無限 間宮) Infinite Momentum
Kudan Kumiko (件 久美子) Matter Forever
Touge Miroku (峠 みろく) pass (to) Maitreya
Which would turn the sentence into

This world may be bizarre, but it has neither Infinite momentum or matter(s) forever. The best it can manage is pass (to) Maitreya.

Maitreya being "The Buddha of the Future"

One mention of the prophecy of Maitreya is in the Maitreyavyākaraṇa. It implies that he is a teacher of meditative trance sādhanā and states that gods, men and other beings:Will lose their doubts, and the torrents of their cravings will be cut off: free from all misery they will manage to cross the ocean of becoming; and, as a result of Maitreya's teachings, they will lead a holy life. No longer will they regard anything as their own, they will have no possession, no gold or silver, no home, no relatives! But they will lead the holy life of oneness under Maitreya's guidance. They will have torn the net of the passions, they will manage to enter into trances, and theirs will be an abundance of joy and happiness, for they will lead a holy life under Maitreya's guidance.

Where the (to) pass Maitreya might refer to the Three ages of Budhism, (to) pass the age of Degenerates


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How did Joseph inherit Hamon from Jonathan?
I was watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and on the episode where Jonathan dies, Erina takes a random child.
When Part 2 started, how did Joseph "inherit Hamon from Jonathan" if he isn't directly related to him?

He inherited the Hamon ability from

 His mother, Lisa Lisa. She is an expert in Hamon. Well, since they have another Hamon's user other than Joseph in his family, the percentage Jonathan inherited the Hamon's is quite huge. Also his father, Goerge Joestar II was the son of Erina Joestar. However, George Joestar II did not inherit Jonathan's Hamon ability. Instead, his son, Joseph Joestar, had the ability of Hamon.

But from Wikia, it stated that he got Hamon's ability from

 Jonathan Joestar.

 The young Joseph developed early an ability to use the Ripple inherited from his grandfather, first displaying it when Speedwagon was being kidnapped.

Here is a video on YouTube when he used Hamon for the first time
A user from the JoJo's Wikia page explains that too.

 His father is Jonathan and Erina's son, George II. Lisa Lisa is the one who isn't related. Though I expect having some of Lisa's blood helped with learning it faster.

Joseph is Jonathan's descendant. Erina was already pregnant when they boarded that ship, the random child she saved later married her son and gave birth to Joseph.

George Joestar II was hinted to have hamom by speedwagon himself. He said that George was an ordinary man however he had the makings of a Hamon master which means that if he had been taught then he would've been able to control his hamon at will. Most likely George had the same experience of hamon as his son did before he had gone through hamon training. So basically sub consciously using hamon without realizing it. So he basically inherited from both of his parents.

this doesn't really answer the question, as the question goes under the assumption that Joseph is not blood-related to the Joestar line. OP didn't realize that Erina was pregnant already by the time they took the ship, so he/she believed that she just raised the child she saved and had no true Joestar descendant. Whether George had Hamon is of no consequence to this question.

"George Joestar II was born just months after his father died at the hands of Dio Brando. His mother, Erina, was pregnant at the time of Dio’s assault and raised George primarily by herself. He grew up to marry the child who was saved by Erina at the time. Together, they had a son named Joseph Joestar." Taken from JoJo's bizzare adventure wiki search

But he is. He is his grandson. Jonathan and Erina had George, later he and Lisa Lisa would have Joseph. He is 25% Jonathan. You could find family trees out there that also show more of the joestar family because once dio took Jonathans body it got a bit more complicated. For the hamon explanation i think George had a bit of hamon once said but im not sure but Lisa Lisa was trained by straitzo which means even if he isnt a joestar his mother is a hamon user.


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How do Salamanders keep Aqua warm?
At the end of the first season, when Ai-chan meets Akatsuki, she says that Salamanders work to keep Aqua warm by fighting one another inside the floating building seen in the series.
However, I can't really believe that Salamanders just fight one another all day and night to keep the planet warm. So what is it Salamanders actually do and why does Ai-chan think they fight one another? (because Akari can't have been the one to put that in her head.... right?)

From Wikipedia:

Salamander (火炎之番人 Saramandā)
      A person working at controlling the weather and adding heat to the atmosphere as part of terraforming Aqua. Salamanders live in floating islands tethered at high altitude.

Basically, the Salamanders live up in large floating islands and use some kind of technology to regulate the weather of Aqua. Since Aqua used to be Mars, it's naturally colder than Earth (Manhome), so regulating the weather mostly comes down to adding heat to the planet. Akatsuki, the only Salamander we see in the show, lives up in Ukijima, which floats above Neo-Venezia.
We see the technology used by the Gnomes, who regulate Aqua's gravity, in Volume 2 of the Aria manga, but I'm pretty sure we never actually saw how the Salamanders create heat; we just got a few oblique references to their role when Akari met with Akatsuki.


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Why didn't Sasuke use Amaterasu on Kaguya?
Amaterasu is powerful. Sasuke just had to secretly, when Kaguya was busy with Naruto, cast it on her. She would have burned to hell.
But why didn't Sasuke use Amaterasu on Kaguya?

Amaterasu exists from chakra > she is very well known to absorb chakra?

Given she be the first to wield chakra, Kaguya can absorb any technique; including the Amaterasu

As the first person to ever wield chakra, she can absorb any technique that she encounters

However, towards the beginning of Naruto's and Sasuke's battle with Kaguya, Sasuke did use the Amaterasu on Kaguya to distract her

To create an opening, Naruto convinced Sasuke to attack Kaguya with Amaterasu, which allowed him to get close to her and use his Sexy: Reverse Harem Technique. The technique was successful in distracting Kaguya long enough for Naruto to strike her

You can see this occurrence on Youtube

It's because like the Rinnegan, the dojutsu on her forehead, the Rinne-Sharingan, can absorb all forms of ninjutsu. Even if they used Amaterasu after some distracting attack, since she can activate her Rinne-Sharingan and BYAKUGAN, with nearly 360 degrees of vision, it'd make it pointless. Byakugan is shown to have almost no weak/blind spots, making suprise/diversionary attacks completely useless on Byakugan users, unless they have recently awakened it.


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Who is Kagura from Boruto?
In episode 26 of Boruto, we saw a new character named Kagura. He looks like Yagura so much.

Are they related?

I removed asking for theories because this is a Q&A site, not a discussion forum. We're trying to achieve the most official/objective answer that can be backed up by references.

Kagura karatachi is yagura karatachi's grandson.

Do you have a source for that claim?

It is mentioned in one of the mist village arc episodes

Kagura Karatachi is a shinobi of Kirigakure, who works as an aide to the Sixth Mizukage. He is in line to become one of the seven swordsmen of the mist.

He looks like Yagura so much. Are they related?

Yes, Kagura is Yagura's grandson. Tsurushi Hachiya said so in episode 27 of the Boruto anime as he also mentioned that when Kagura drew his sword he became a different person and killed his classmates which Kagura obviously regrets.


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Has the world in One Piece's world map been fully defined?
From what I understand, Nami became a straw hat pirate to draw a map of the whole world. Doing so forces the implication that the whole world hasn't been traversed yet, in spite of the claims of Gol D. Roger the King of Pirates.
This leads me to believe that there is still a part of the world untraveled by any pirate. Because if there wasn't, then there wouldn't be a driving goal behind her character development.
So, can we really trust the current layout of the One Piece world? Or, has Oda made any announcements or claims that the world of One Piece as we know it is complete in its design?

Gol D. Roger sailed across the world to Raftel but he still had his path to follow when he entered the grand line, like Luffy and the other rookies each had their own path. I think there just isn't 1 complete map for the entire world.

One Piece world I think is more or less explored.
What Nami's dream is not to explore the unknown reaches of the world, but rather to map them.
She wants to draw a map of the world which includes all the 5 oceans, redline and maybe even the sky islands.
The reason why finding the one piece is important for her is because the One Piece is supposed to be in Raftel.
Though Gol D Roger and his crew have visited it, the location of the Raftel is unknown to the world and is not charted yet.
So Nami's dream is to draw a map of the world which has everything including the location of Raftel, Sky islands and all the other places for which proper maps do not exist.


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Were there two Black Neuroi Hives?
At the end of Strike Witches, not only did the Warlock destroy all the Neuroi (including the humanoid one), but after the Warlock's destruction, the Black Neuroi Hive disappeared.
However, at the start of Strike Witches 2 which begins slightly before the final scene of the previous season (where Yoshika receives a second letter from her father), the 504th is sent to a Black Neuroi Hive where a Humanoid Neuroi was waiting in a hope to strike peace with the Neuroi. However, the Humanoid Neuroi was destroyed by an attack from the Green Neuroi Hive and subsequently, the Black Hive is never seen again.
Now the second season affirms the ending of the first season (Gallia being freed, the Warlock turning into a Neuroi and losing control), so I am wondering was there two Black Neuroi Hives and if so, where was the second one?

Yes, there's another Black Neuroi Hive that was destroyed at the beginning of Strike Witches 2.
According to a more general question asking the total number of hives on Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese), which was answered by mr_hungry01:

The new hive that occurred at the beginning of season 2, episode 1 is right above Venezia facing the Adriatic Sea.
At the same time, the destroyed hive was displayed on the screen as if it was on the city facing the sea, but in setting it is said to be "Hive of the South Karlsland". Together with the fact that the 504th use this strategy against Neuroi crossing the Alps mountains until it was destroyed, it seems it's around in the inland north of the Alps mountains.
 (partial answer focusing on the 2nd season only, emphasis mine)

The Wikia also mentions this:

As of 1945, Neuroi hives have been confirmed in the following regions.

[...]
South Karlsland - apparently located near the Rhine river, destroyed by a stronger hive that later established itself in Venezia;
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Which episode has Onizuka getting the kanji wrong?
I saw GTO a while ago, and now I need to find out in which episode of the anime he writes a kanji wrong (辛, spicy, instead of 幸, happiness).
I know that in the manga there is an episode in Lesson 51 / 52 where he writes like "tax sex" instead of "best of Japan" after scoring top grade in the public tests, which should be around episode 15 - 16 in the anime, but the scene got deleted and anyway the setting I remember is quite different.
I think the scene I remember takes place on the school roof, with the boys correcting him. I have nothing more than this, besides a few hypothesis. Can you help me?

This is from episode 23, "Superstition". The summary from Wikipedia:

Eikichi receives a cursed chain letter, but he dismisses it as superstition. After a series of misfortunes, he begins to believe in the letter and does whatever he can (including suggestions from Kanzaki to write spells all over himself) to dispel the curse.

In Japan, the "cursed chain letter" is infamously known as 不幸の手紙 (fukou no tegami, misfortune letter), usually begins with

これは不幸の手紙です。
  This is a misfortune letter.

However, in this episode, Onizuka instead wrote

これは不辛の手紙です。
  This is a non-spicy letter.

The setting was actually inside the classroom, not on the school roof, and the boys (and girls too) were mocking Onizuka.

You're perfectly right, episode 23 was among my guesses, but my hunch about the roof put me on the wrong track. Thank you!


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How does Conan know that something is cut recently?
In many episodes, Conan sees a tree branch or a rope and after a quick look, he states that it is recently cut which means it is done by the culprit.
How does he know that?

Not sure for the rope part. But a tree(branch) can be identified by it's humidity, color, and decay. Most of which can be seen on first glance

A cut rope or branch (or any piece of wood) will start to discolor almost immediately.  If you know what a fresh cut and non-recent cut look like it is not difficult to spot anything in between.


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Which episode did Rukawa explain why he wanted to join Shohoku?
Anybody remembers in which episode did Rukawa explained the reason that he wanted to join Shohoku was simply because - it's closer to his house!

It was during Shohoku vs Ryonan which happened in Episode 67 during the last 7 minutes


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Who's the other Uchiha Danzo mentions while recruiting Torune into the foundation
Danzo notices young Shino when strolling along with Shino's father and demands that a member of the Aburame clan be donated to the foundation, and he also mentions that an Uchiha member has been confirmed to join the foundation.
Refer to Ep. 317 "Shino vs. Torune!", is he/she in any way be this one mentioned on Who is this other Uchiha member?? The reasoning is because when Shino is young, Naruto and Sasuke are young too... so I'm sure that Sasuke's the only Uchiha alive at that point and the foundation always wished to kill all the Uchiha.
Or is it simply that the timeline is just before Uchiha massacre? and the Uchiha member being mentioned is just an ordinary member not worth mentioning?

Canon
No clue.  The episode Shino vs. Torune! is a filler episode during the 4th Great Ninja War. As such, there is no canonical information who the Uchiha member is.
Non-Canon; Speculation Only
It's possible the Uchiha member Danzō mention was actually Itachi. In the episode, Danzo says to Shino's father

As you know, The Foundation is where ANBU agents are developed

While The Foundation lead by Danzō, it is a subdivision of ANBU

In Konoha, there exists a special branch of the Anbu known as Root. It was created and led by Danzō Shimura

Itachi joined the ANBU at age eleven, and Torune looked roughly the same age when joining The Foundation. Despite Itachi being apart of ANBU, and not The Foundation, Danzō still had influence over ANBU memebers and their missions.

Itachi reported the mission's success to the Third Hokage. The Third, having been unaware of Itachi's assignment from Danzō, regretted to hear the news


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Are One Piece movies necessary to watch to understand what happens in the anime/manga?
I am up-to-date on every One Piece episode, but I have never watched any of the animated movies.
Are they necessary to watch to understand what happens in the anime/manga?

One Piece is mainly manga-based. Now, movies do not actually follow the storyline. However, for entertainment purpose, they are ok. By the way, before a movie release, the anime's storyline suddenly does not follow the main (manga's) storyline for at least 3-4 episodes. Those episodes are actually to connect the next movie with the anime's storyline.
So if you want to follow the main story, you may ignore those movies and filler episodes. But for enjoyment, they are good enough. Some of those movies are actually good too.
The conclusion is, the movies are not necessary to follow the storyline.


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What section of the 2016 Berserk anime is covered by the 3rd movie, The Advent?
I want to know what episodes of the anime that the movie covers. Take
movies 1 and 2 which cover episodes 1-20.
I've heard the third movie covers episodes 21-25 and X episodes of the 2016 anime. And so I want to know what those X episodes are.
I'm not asking for anything plot-wise, I just want to know how much of the 2016 anime it covers.

I've heard the third movie covers episodes 21-25 and X episodes of the 2016 anime.

Actually, no, the third movie doesn't cover any episodes of the 2016 anime.
The 3-part movie covers the whole Golden Age arc (volume 3-14), while the 2016 anime omits the whole Golden Age arc and starts/continues from Conviction arc (volume 14).

The final part of the movie goes beyond episode 25 of the original anime. My question is what is covered there?

The original anime covers the Black Swordsman arc (volume 1-3) until just before the end of Golden Age arc (volume 3-13). As mentioned before, the movie covers until volume 14. Thus, the final part of the movie covers the end of Golden Age arc (volume 14), which is not adapted anywhere else (movie exclusive).

For more information on Berserk adaptation's storyline, you can refer to How much of the Berserk storyline do the anime and OVA cover??

As far as I can remember, the new anime doesn't cover anything the movies covered and vice-versa (unless flashbacks and recap episodes). I think you're thinking of the original show and the movies overlapping.

The final part of the movie goes beyond episode 25 of the original anime. My question is what is covered there.


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Who is the Daily Days' Chief Editor?
In Baccano!, "Daily Days" is both newspapers and an information office. In the anime, its president, chief editor, and chairman stays hidden behind a mount of files.
Who is he?

What do you mean by "Who is he?" ?

i'd like to know his identity and history if possible.

He's the president of the Daily Days. He runs the newspaper and the Information Brokerage. Nothing more, nothing less. He never appears outside of that context not even in the novels.
And the only mentions of people seeing him are a girl on the street calling the cops when she saw him climbing through the window of the News Paper building since he physically can't get around the stacks of papers in his office and has to come and go through the window.
And when he met Keith Gandor for a private interview.
(Rubik sees him in the anime, but that's anime-only).


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What does Gold Lion Shiki say at the beginning of "Strong World: Episode 0"?
At the beginning of the OVA One Piece Film Strong World: Episode 0, Gold Lion Shiki says something to the Straw Hat crews (YouTube reference), which a certain fansubber refused to translate since they considered it as a spoiler to the related movie One Piece Film: Strong World.
What does Gold Lion Shiki say at the beginning of the OVA?

There are no spoilers. Shiki is basically saying Nami cannot save her friends by sacrificing herself.
Also, it was quite easy to find a YouTube video with English subtitle.

According to the French subtitle on the question, it seems it's a spoiler to the Strong World movie, considering this OVA is related to that movie. You might consider updating the answer if you feel like it.


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Why is there so much nudity in anime and manga?
I have been watching anime & reading manga since 2 years ago. There are so many good anime and manga, but I find it somewhat strange that there is so much nudity in Japanese TV shows, anime, and manga. Why is that? Is this a cultural thing?
Even in kids shows, there are some adult scene. Not proper nudity (like adult thing), but like Crayon Shin-Chan. In India, Crayon Shin-Chan is censored by cutting the adult scene, but when I see the actual (without censoring) Crayon Shin-Chan, I find some adult things.

To start, you're not really going to see full-frontal nudity in anime. If you look at this question, you can read about censorship laws in Japan and about how--through self-censorship as much as through legal restrictions--genitalia and public hair aren't generally shown even in pornography.
There's a fairly vague rule called the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths that is used to restrict access to "harmful material" to people under the age of 18. The relevant part is in a change called Bill 156 which was passed in 2010. From the Wikipedia article:

After the original bill's defeat, Tokyo governor Shintarō Ishihara announced his intent to submit a new revision later in the year. This revision, informally referred to as Bill 156, was submitted by the government in November 2010. It removed the controversial "non-existent youth" term but still proposed a number of significant changes to the law:

The Metropolitan government is given the authority to propose controls on internet access for children of different ages, although it is required to consult with the telecommunications industry, parents' representatives and educators.
The definition of harmful material is expanded to include "any manga, animation, or pictures (but not including real life pictures or footage) that features either sexual or pseudo sexual acts that would be illegal in real life, or sexual or pseudo sexual acts between close relatives whose marriage would be illegal, where such depictions and / or presentations unjustifiably glorify or exaggerate the activity."
Any publisher who has more than six works declared harmful under the new criteria in a 12-month period can be referred to the relevant industry self-regulation body. If the publisher breaches the criteria again within the next six months, the Governor can publicly identify the offender and comment on the reasons for declaring their work in breach.
The Metropolitan government is authorized to "encourage the establishment of an environment where child pornography could be eliminated and prevent its creation." The bill specifically mentions "any sexually arousing posing on the behalf of children under the age of 13 wholly or partially naked, or wearing swimwear or only underwear, published in books or featured in film," although as with its other provisions this only applies to drawings and animation, not to photography or film of real children. (Emphasis mine)

However, unlike in a number of other cultures, there is no particular religious or moral opposition to sexuality as a whole. From Wikipedia:

The gods and goddesses of Shinto are not repositories of morality or perfection; instead, they exist within nature and thus, sexuality is an innate part of life itself. Therefore, religious attitudes are no obstacle to the presence of pornographic material in Japan's secular society, nor is pornography blasphemous in any way, not even when it depicts religious persons (mostly shrine maidens) or mythological beings.

Nudity, sexual implications, and similar things tend to be used as fan service in anime. Debbi Gardner cites this as a cultural difference in comparison to places like America. While sexual or at least sexualized content may be considered inappropriate in the US--likely due to the much more puritanical Christian-based morality system--it isn't, at least not to the same degree in Japan.

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There's no nudity, but they display a lot of soft fetishes and sexual remarks.
I believe marketing is the main reason, but also because sexual behavior is highly unacceptable in Japanese culture so they have to rely on animations to experience such thing.
It is amusing, but they are well aware that such degeneracy leads to no good, so they keep it at animations and drawings.