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What is Kotomine Kirei's new raison d'être?
In the last episode of Fate/Zero when Gilgamesh asks Kirei that is he satisfied, Kirei makes a remark that although he was handed the solution to his problem he will keep searching.
Kirei then adds the following:
"The formula that yielded this strange, unsettling answer should exist somewhere. As a greater, clearer principle one can understand."
What is the aforementioned dialogue supposed to mean?
You can search for this dialogue in this link

Could you add more context such as in which episode and situation did this conversation take place? I've seen both series but can't recall this exact conversation. I'm thinking this is something to do with Kirei and Kiritsugu's conversation at the end of Fate/Zero?

@Memor-X if I am not wrong there is no detail of how Kirei discovers Angra Mainyu in FZ. Is there any in FSN or HF etc?

What Kirei Kotomine is talking about is allowing Angra Mainyu to be born.
first off, Kirei Kotomine feels nothing out of life and it has been like this since birth. he even tried to start a family to gain a true sense of self but even after fathering Caren Hortensia he remains unchanged. to quote is Personality on the wikia

Unknown to all those around him, Kirei was born defective, possessing a warped mind since birth. He is an evil person, but not a villain. He is deviant, but not inhuman. He is not sane, but neither is he insane. Despite his personal accomplishments, he never felt satisfaction. Despite his best efforts he could not enjoy what other people found happiness in, and instead found himself drawn to negative emotions like the pain of others. He is able to act like a normal person, even bringing pride to his father, but he intrinsically cannot understand others or things they see as "beautiful."

his talks with Gilgamesh in Fate/Zero make him realize he takes "joy" from the misery of others but this questions why someone like him was born.
the scene you link and describe appears to be at the end of the Forth Holy Grail War after the the grail "spilled" dumping the black mud on top him and Gilgamesh.

Kirei: Hahahahaha! This is it?! What the hell does this make me?! What manner of dark evil! What manner of cruelty! This? This is my wish?! This horrible destruction and tragedy?! This is the joy I sought? Could something so twisted… so corrupt… have truly sprung forth from the seed of Father Risei Kotomine?! Hahahahaha… No way! It is impossible! Did my father sire a soulless demon more evil than the Devil himself? Hahahahaha…
Archer: Are you satisfied now? Kirei?
Kirei: No… no, not yet. This isn’t merely enough. Yes, it is true that my life of questions has finally found its answer. However, the problem solving process itself was skipped over and the solution was just simply handed to me. How is it that I’m supposed to accept all this at face value? The formula that yielded this strange, unsettling answer should exist somewhere. As a greater, clearer principle one can understand. No… Not should, it must. I must question… I must search… I must dedicate the remainder of my life... to fully understanding it.
Archer: You know, you never fail to bore me… As you like. Your questions would slay the very gods. I shall watch you seek out your answer.
Kirei1: Hm... Angra Mainyu… I will reach it again. And next time, I will see it to the end. Its birth, the proof of its existence. Hm?

before this Kotomine had been killed but the black mud from the grail which is caused by Angra Mainyu having corrupted the grail (as shown by Kiritsugu's encounter with it in the form or Irisviel and Ilyasviel) was spilled when Kiritsugu ordered Saber to destroy the grail vessel. the black mud washed over Kotomine corpse and Gilgamesh (who is still around because of the Archer Classes Independent Action), the result was Kotomine being resurrected  with a new fake black heart and Gilgamesh was given a real body increasing his A Ranked Independent Action to A+ allowing him to not even need a Master (but hangs around Kotomine for entertainment and a source of prana).
in the Heaven's Feel Route of Fate/Stay Night, near to the end he reveals why he's showed up to  stop Shirou stopping the Greater Grail which also explains why in the previous routes he tried to summon the grail

When Shirou eventually frees Sakura from Angra Mainyu's grip, Kirei suddenly resurfaces to stop Shirou from preventing the dark entity's birth. He bitterly recounts to Shirou how his lifelong inability to find salvation and happiness has led him to question why someone like him was born. In pursuit of the answer to his lifelong question, he explains that he has dedicated his entire existence to bringing about Angra Mainyu's birth even if it causes his own death and the world's destruction. By witnessing the behavior and stability of an entity born of all the world's evil, he is convinced that he will gain a deeper understanding of not only himself but the world that saw fit to give him life.

Source: Kirei Kotomine - Role - Fate/Stay Night - Heaven's Feel (2nd last paragraph)
so his new raison d'être is to allow Angra Mainyu to be born to then understand why himself was born

1: the site says Kiritsugu here but it's a mistake as Kirei sees Kiritsugu and speaks about him in the next couple of lines.


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What does it mean when Pride mentions about Edward turning into a philosopher's stone to infiltrate him?
In episode 61, when the fight goes on between Edward and Pride, Kimblee interferes with the mind of Pride. Edward uses this moment to attack Pride by getting into his mind (or body maybe). However, as this occurs, the dialog of Pride to Edward is this:

he turned himself into a philosopher's stone to infiltrate me?

What does this mean and how it is possible as Edward is not in possession of a philosopher's stone (not sure whether he can do it with a philosopher's stone)?

When Edward is injured after the fight with Kimbley before the mines earlier in the story, he turns himself into a philosopher's stone to seal his wound. Since humans are nothing but energy (philosophers stones consist of human souls), he uses alchemy to turn himself into energy to reach Pride's Soul. That would be my explanation

@Raildex in the episode that you mentioned, Edward didn't turn himself into a philosopher's stone, it was  mere a expression so that he could bear the pain.He used his medical alchemy to seal his wound.

dimwittedanimal provided the best response. When Darius and Heinkel hold Edward still (and remove the pipe in his chest), Edward notes "this'll take a few years off my life": he's aware he's performing medical alchemy and using his soul as a battery/exchange-for-parts to help him repair his body. Medical alchemy seems to violate the laws of thermodynamics less than other forms of alchemy (i.e. mass and souls obey equivalent exchange, but energy is free, except when repairing organs). Seems in human transmutation & medical alchemy, the whole really is greater than the sum of the parts.

You have to remember that philosopher's stones are merely the souls of people.
I haven't watched the episode in a while, but I'm fairly certain Edward explains it as using part of his own soul/life force to generate a philosopher's stone.
Edit: found this on the wiki

Breaking free of his bonds, Edward takes hold of Pride's head and, turning himself once more into a single-souled Philosopher's Stone, forces his way into the Homunculus' psyche.

Edward was one of five that were sacrificed to open the Gate to god. This could mean that they've gained more knowledge since they've sacrificed so many in Amestris to create a philosopher's stone for Father.
The first time he opened the Gate was during Human Transmutation for reviving his mother. Due to what he sacrificed; he gained the ability to perform alchemy without transmutation circles. When he claps his hands together, he forms a circle.
I believe he gained more knowledge/abilities towards alchemy for opening the Gate to God. Also when people have opened the Gate and use alchemy without transmutation circles, they do it without realizing they didn't need a circle until after they performed their alchemy.
This could explain Edward turning into a stone from the new knowledge he gained. Father could turn people into Philosopher's stones by just reaching out towards people, pulling their souls and procure it in his palm.

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Why is creating massive water spouts/flames/rock formations/gusts of wind a sign of mastery?
In Avatar: The Last Airbender, it is established that if you are a master you can generate huge amounts of your chosen element (or manipulate it if we are talking about water/earth benders).
All the past avatars showed their skill by bending large amounts of their native element. I can give one example, Avatar Yangche was seen bending a large enough gust of air to affect the landscape on a massive scale. The water bending avatar was shown with creating a massive wave that he surfed on.
Why is creating these massive effects a sign of mastery? Can't any bender do this? They have the bending ability to do it, so why is doing these things a sign of mastery?

No, masters are different from regular benders. Remember when Katara was teaching Aang waterbending in book 1? She said she was working on a move but she  can’t generate enough force for a water wave (that time when she gets annoyed that Aang learns waterbending in moments whereas it took her years)...so yeah the amount and precision and the way in which you control an element shows your mastery.
Amount: We can clearly  see the amount of fire created by Zuko and Ozai differs. The more skill you have, the more element you can control. Furthermore, when Azula went insane, her fire weakened (as said by Zuko) as her unstable mind declined with her mastery over firebending.
Precision: Master level benders are very precise with control. Take Toph as an example: she can make scluptures using earthbending (making one of a city with the earth king in it) whereas when Aang was new to firrbending he lost control and burnt Katara.
Control: Master level benders need fewer movements to bend. Bumi could bend using only his face.
So the more you master bending, the more of your element you can control.

The episode you seem to be referencing is Book 2 Chapter 1: The Avatar State, when Avatar Roku's spirit gives Aang a crash course in the meaning of the avatar state. We get a quick demonstration of the power of the avatar state when we see it invoked by Avatar Kuruk to bend a gigantic wave, Avatar YangChen to cause a gale force gust, the fire nation avatar before YangChen to cause a volcano to erupt, etc.
Technically, you would be right to say anyone who has mastered bending their native element could create such feats. I don't believe the term bending master has ever been formally defined in the show, though evidently it implies great skill in bending. Whether that implies the ability to bend X massive amount of the element at once or perform an incredibly intricate move is not said and there is no hard cutoff. It evidently is opposite that of a novice, though, who'd be getting a feel for the fundamentals by pushing/pulling their first ripple of water or generating a small puff of flame, so it makes sense a demonstration of how much of an element could be bent at once is a signal of mastery.
The thing is that like the martial arts, the bending is based in proficiency that gets better with experience and time. People continuously get better with practice but those skills do not necessarily scale linearly; e.g. bend rock -> bend bigger rock, Bumi at the ripe age of 112 has the ability to earthbend by tilting his head.
Mastery is more or less just a sign of proficiency or title of respect and there is no upper cap on it. Eventually a waterbender may achieve the skill needed to bend a wave like Kuruk, but the skill being demonstrated in the scene is the ability to tap into, as Roku says, skills, powers and experiences of all past lives of the Avatar. The ability to use skills yet to be learned from scrolls yet to be read in one's current lifetime.
It is nice that the scale of the feats shown to Aang are greater than any single feat by a non-Avatar otherwise, but the true special quirk of the Avatar is not the mastery of one's own bending element. The thing that any random bender cannot do but the Avatar can is bend more than one element. Kuruk is shown bending a massive wave, but could have just as easily bent a gale force wind or a giant fissure because we see previous Avatars doing so.
I've only watched Avatar: The Last Airbender, never Legend of Korra, and am not familiar with most of the comics that exist around the series, perhaps a better answer is given elsewhere.

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Why did mama (Isabella) tell Phil "they escaped safely"?
In episode 12 of The Promised Neverland. Isabella tells Phil, the smartest among the 4 year olds, that the other kids escaped safely and he did not need to worry. Did she know that Phil knows everything about the farm?
And if she did, did she suspect everyone below 4 years old?

She did suspect Phil but then after looking for the situation she concluded that
the younger kids didn't know anything. (chapter 35).
So why did she tell Phil everyone has escaped safely? That's because she already admitted her defeat (chapter 37), and with that, she had nothing to lose anymore.

 But ultimately, it's because from the bottom of her heart, she actually loves them and didn't want Phil to worry about them

Once Isabella understood Ray and Emma's whole plan, she was able to guess that Phil was sent to distract her. Hence why she was fully honest with him : she knew he was aware of the plantation's secret and she had no more reasons to stay deceitful.
Since Phil was just leading around the other younger children to deceive Isabella, she has no reason, on the other hand, to believe they are also aware of the plantation's true nature.

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How are transmutation circles built?
I've seen Is each transmutation circle unique? (SciFi.SE) where the flame alchemy circle is explained.
Is there any rule to build the transmutation circles? Are there other symbols? What do squares, pentagons, pentagrams, hexagons, hexagrams, etc. mean?

Related (though not an answer): https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/36805/how-important-is-transmutation-circle-pattern

Almost every symbol, transmutation circle, and array in FmA;B have meanings behind them, even the ones who only appear on screen for a few seconds, like Riza's tattoo (here's a link to a really good analysis of it and here's a video where I talk a bit more about it). All the gates shown also have personal meanings to the characters (I also talk about that a bit in the video). Most of the symbols are based on basic alchemy and I found out a lot of things by simply googeling "alchemy symbols"; so yes, I would say that it is totally possible to make your own circles by combining the diffrent symbols.

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What will happen to some specific anime if the studio who made those animes has gone bankrupt?
Crunchyroll and Funimation, websites that provide legal streaming for anime series, had licensed some anime like The World God Only Knows, Hayate no Gotoku, Gansta, Deadman Wonderland, and Ergo Proxy. All of those anime were made by ManGlobe Studio.
Unfortunately, the production house that created these anime, ManGlobe, has gone bankrupt.
What will happen to the anime series that had been licensed on streaming site like Crunchyroll and Funimation in other regions? Will they be removed?
Or do they have to obey the agreement/contract which has been previously agreed upon by both sides?

TL;DR: the anime studio doesn't own the complete rights to the anime, so in most cases there will be no problem in the case the studio goes under.

Long version:
The owner of the rights to an anime in modern times is almost always a 制作委員会, which I usually translate as "production partnership".
This is a partnership that is set up in order to fund the anime, while splitting the risk with other sponsors. This includes companies like the publisher of the original work, the music company, figure companies, advertising companies, TV stations, etc. This may or may not include the anime production studio itself. Either way, in the case the studio ceases to exist, this would not affect any agreement with foreign publishers, as the rights are still being managed by the production partnership.
It should be noted that just because a company goes bankrupt doesn't necessarily mean it loses all capability to create anime (depending on the type of bankruptcy). There have been several cases like this, for example Tatsunoko Production. Mangrove, whose anime you have mentioned, has ceased to exist as of 2016, but there has been no removal of the anime (and Mangrove has never opted into the partnership, so they never had any rights to the anime itself anyway). It does seem that Mangrove's bankruptcy affected Gangsta's BD release, but I would assume that had more to do with the common practice for anime studios to brush up and fix TV anime for the disk releases.
There have been cases where studios go bankrupt and production partnerships enlisted a different studio to produce the sequel. Strike Witches and Saki are examples of this (in the case of Saki, Studio Gokumi is a studio founded by former Gonzo employees).
Sources (all in Japanese):

Structure of production partnerships

Naver
Wiki
Netolabo

Anime (includes production studio and production partnership participants)

Hayate no Gotoku
series
Saki
Strike Witches

Studios

Studio Gokumi
Mangrove
Gonzo

Bankruptcy-related (I can't find the official statements, if there were any made public)

Mangrove
article
List of anime studios that went bankrupt

It's so Sad to hear that the bankruptcy of anime studios who contributed probably the most in anime induatry not affected other media partner...what a cruel/harsh bussiness. I know that who made the anime studio gone bankrupt because "our" own action... but damn ... that sounds complicated

In US law, apparently there isn't a supreme court ruling yet. Generally, the legal opinions I've read (not being a corporate lawyer myself) seem to state that it is up to the trustee appointed to handle things. If they decide the existing licence agreement adds value, they can decide to take up the agreement, otherwise they may decide not to, and sell the license at auction or offer it to another company. If a trustee is not appointed (Debtor in Possession) the agreement remains, with some provisos. This is based on US bancruptcy law (section 11) which says sometion along the lines of:  the trustee, subject to the court’s approval, may assume or reject any executory contract or unexpired lease of the debtor. It includes pretty much all intellectual property licences, with the exception of Trademarks which are handled differently.  The person/company who had the license can file suit for damages if they lose it. This seems to be somewhat similar to Swiss and German law too. Wasn't able to find a translation I could read on Japanese law. I would assume that would be more pertinent. As there has been no announcements that Crunchyroll is removing them, there hopefully isn't going to be an issue.
References:

11 U.S.C. § 362.
11 U.S.C. § 365.
Marcelo Halpern, Bankruptcy Issues in Intellectual Property Licensing, in 2 Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2012, at 245, 271 (Practising Law Inst. 2012); Riback, supra note 12, at 641.
Vern Countryman, Executory Contracts in Bankruptcy Law: Part I, 57 Minn. L. Rev. 439, 460 (1973).
Stuart M. Riback, Intellectual Property Licenses: The Impact of Bankruptcy, in Understanding the Intellectual Property License 2006, at 607, 617 (Practising Law Inst. 2006).
Stuart S. Moskowitz; Intellectual Property Licenses in Bankruptcy: New "Veto Power" for Licensees Under Section 365(n); The Business Lawyer
Vol. 44, No. 3 (May 1989), pp. 771-790
Peter N. Brown, Morse, Barnes-Brown, Pendleton PC, Licensing Intellectual Property from and to Distressed Companies (2005), www.mbbp.com/resources/iptech/pdfs/ip_distressed.pdf.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/intellectual_property_law/publications/landslide/2013-14/september-october-2013/intellectual-property-licenses-bankruptcy
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/licensing-syndication/677428/treatment-of-ip-licenses-in-bankruptcy

Note: I put in the first few references on my list somewhat under protest, as I don't think they add value. As I said before, I'd be more interested in the Japanese law.  Also, I collated the answer from skimming through about 50 different legal opinions a while back, for a piece of fiction was editing. I'm not typing all of that into this

It's generally considered good practice to include sourcing in your answer, as described in the [help] in regards to writing good answers. Feel free to add additional sources and difference in your post by using the [edit] functionality.


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Where Can I Legally Find Sword Art Online Alicization English Dubbed For Free
I was just wondering where I can find Sword Art Online Alicization in English dubbed for free legally.
I tried searching on Google; I found an article that said to look on Aniplex. All I found on Aniplex's website was a picture of the SAO Season 3 cover, and when I clicked on that it brought me to a website that had a option to buy the season.
If anyone has a link to a website where I can watch SAO Season 3 English dubbed for free, or can tell me there is no such website, I would greatly appreciate it.

The English Dub is licensed by Funimation and currently can only be legally streamed through their own video platform, in regions where it is licensed to be streamed. You may be able to watch the full season through the two-week trial period.
Previous seasons' dub tracks have been added to Crunchyroll, so it's possible that the Alicization seasons could also be added in the future, and could be streamed there for free. (The ads inserted are what fund the ability for you to watch it free.) Currently, however, Crunchyroll only offers the subtitled version.


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Do airbenders rely on an external source to bend or is it all internal
What I mean by this is: take waterbenders for example--they need water to bend. This is an external source for their bending. An example of an internal source would be firebending, since it comes from their chi. So do airbenders rely on an external source because there is air in the world, or does it come from inside them like firebending?

I don't know the answer, but now I want to put an airbender in space and find out.

Good question. I recall there being conflicting statements in the series, where early on it's mentioned that firebending is unique, as they are the only ones who can 'generate' their element. But I also recall Iroh talking about how firebenders draw the power of fire from the sun.

Now i want to put an airbender in the ocean and see what happens.

The way you define the difference between an external and an internal source, air benders usually rely on an external source (I'd call it bending material) - air - but true flight/levitation and some spirit-related abilities like spirit projection (that may or may not be counted as air bending techniques) do not since they rely on the spiritual energy of the bender and do not manipulate air but only the bender themself.
But this relates to what I would call bending material and you asked for the source. Unfortunately, we have very little lore regarding the source of air bending. We know water bending relies on the moon and the ocean and fire bending relies on the sun at least to some degree. avatar.fantom.com names "air" as the source of air bending, and "earth" as the source of earth bending. However, this is not backed by any reference or lore and it is unlikely that it is the (whole) truth since we have no confirmed lore to support this and the wiki only mentions "sun" as the source of fire bending but we know that a powerful comet can also fuel or enhance fire bending. It is unlikely that only water bending is rooted in the spirits - especially since air bending has a way deeper connection to the spirit in the first place.
So all in all, all bending styles have an external source to some degree even when we know close to nothing about the sources of air and earth bending and all bending styles require bending material for most of their techniques with the distinctiveness that fire bending is the only bending style that usually needs nothing but the benders own chi as bending material.

Airbenders bend air. It's all around them, so their bending looks almost as if they produce it, like firebending. If a waterbender is in the ocean all they need to do is "push" the water. Airbenders are the same. They rely on the air around them to bend their respective element.


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How did the people of Marley steal 7 of the 9 original titans?
The story of Attack on Titan says the Eldian Empire grew unstable due to internal conflicts between the families with the power of the Titans, and collapsed during the Great Titan War a century ago, and that Eldia lost 7 of the 9 Titans to the nation of Marley.
How did the people of Marley steal 7 of the 9 original titans?

To be honest, it's still unknown in the manga. It can either be because some titian shifters could have joind with Marley,  or Marley was able to weaken some of the titan shifters and used Yrmi's people that joind Marley to take over the powers. People are still waiting for that answer in the manga

Actually, it was 8
not 7.
As simple as I can say
when king fritz decided to go and live on the paradise island. He only took the founding titan with him. And the other 8 titans remained on the mainland.

7 of them in the hand of Marley and the other one (Warhammer titan) in the Tybur family.

There is no official answer in the manga, but I can speculate that they pulled a Riener and simply bit the nape of the Titan, taking their powers (and life). They might have waited 13 years, or just killed them outright to separate the powers. There could have been constant attacks and threats to the titan shifters, so this also might explain the reason the Ackerman family came to be. We know one thing though, King Riess said he was horrified at the atrocities of his ancestors (or something along those lines). There was probably a ton of backstabbing that, over time, enabled Marley to eventually acquire seven out of the nine titans.


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If demi-humans age by leveling up, then can they die of old age?
If demi-humans grow older by acquiring more levels or becoming stronger, then could higher level demi-humans die from old age? Or is there an internal aging system that does not affect physical appearances?

Demi humans only use the level to age method until they become adults then it's just normal age growth.

'One-line' answers are discouraged. Please elaborate on your answer and include sources and evidences to support your claims.

Assuming you are correct (although supporting evidence would be required), theoretically someone could live forever if they never level up to the point of becoming an adult. That doesn't seem quite plausible.

Basically, they will level up naturally through just living, levelling up by acquiring exp simply makes this process faster. By the time they are adults (wether through age or level-up), the only way to gain levels is through EXP farming, but it doesn't affect maturity.


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Why does Jojo's Bizarre Adventure have so many English references?
In the sub-titled version of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, there are many points in the story where one of the character's repeatedly uses an English phrase.
Examples include Mr. JoeStar saying "Holy Shit" or the Genie stand saying "Hail 2 U". Many of these phrases are not even normal English saying like "Hail 2 U". Why is it that these English phrases are included, and why are they often strange to a native English speaker?

I reckon this is primarily because JoJo starts based in 1880s Britain and they wanted to keep referencing this aspect of JoJo's heritage. Even down the generation line when they are based in America, Jojo still has a very english-based family tree.
As for why some of them are not common in actual English conversation, It's more than likely problems with translating from English to Japanese and back again.

Agreed, that makes sense. I actually quite like the oddity of their translations it makes it more bizarre ^_^

Yeah I think it's nice in a weird sort of way

Araki is a huge Anglophile too. He loves western culture, and especially its music.


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What does Yoshimura mean by "sugar" in chapter 92?
On chapter 92, there's a conversation between Yoshimura and Roma inside Anteiku that goes like this:

Yoshimura: What do you have to be careful about in both "the coffee you served to ghouls" and 'prostitutes on street corner'?
  Roma: ??
  Yoshimura: "Sugar"
  Roma: ...... what? (confused)

This joke went right over my head when I read this chapter. If someone could explain it to me that would be great.

I want to take a guess as to a prostitute named “Sugar” but I’m not entirely sure if that’s actually the joke

@AnimNations Is there a character in Tokyo Ghoul named "Satou"? Since that's the Japanese word for "sugar", but can also be used as a name.

As stated on Wikia, the original joke is about "serving coffee for ghouls" and "man on a (baseball) base". The original script goes like this:

「"喰種"へ淹れるコーヒー」とかけて「鈍足な出塁者」ととく――「トウルイは控えるように」。
Source (Japanese)

Rough translation:

"Serving coffee for ghouls" and "slow-footed man on a (baseball) base"... is "to refrain from tourui".

Here, tourui is either 糖類 (saccharides; sweeteners) or 盗塁 (base stealing; steal; stolen base), which basically means:

Not consuming sugar on coffee for ghouls
Resist stealing a base for slow-footed man

Since this Japanese wordplay is almost impossible to be translated properly (and the joke itself is quite technical), I believe the translator changed it so that joke can be understood easier while trying to preserve the nuance for "sweetener/sugar" and "serving coffee for ghouls".

... as for the meaning of "sugar" in the translated version, it probably means:

Sugar, a prostitute that appears on The Crimson Petal and the White (or alternatively, a general/famous codename used by a prostitute)
Sugar baby (Wikipedia)
Brown sugar, or heroin

I believe the sugar is a reference to cocaine. If you look at pictures of crack cocaine, it kind of looks like an off color sugar


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What is the name of the violin song during the first and last episode?
just finished bursting into tears, along with finishing the anime.
There's this one song that destroys my heart every time it plays, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
It plays in the very first few seconds of the 1st episode.
And a few times with violin in the last episode.
First episode: 00:00- approx. 01:00

I'm pretty sure that is "Yasashisa no Ashioto", the 28th track from the "Toradora Original Soundtrack".


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Why didn't Komatsu's Appetite Demon fully manifest after eating Acacia's Full Course?
While Komatsu isn't shown eating God, he has to have eaten it at some point.
According to Toriko lore, eating Acacia's Full Course causes the appetite demon to manifest (see chapter 387). This is how Neo and Toriko's Red Demon manifested. Komatsu has also eaten the full course, since he shares with Toriko, so his appetite demon should physically appear in the world. However, this does not happen.


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Why not consider possibility of 3rd Kira when Misa and Light in prison?
When L captures Misa and Light puts himself in prison and gives up the death note, L and the task force suspect that both of them have 'Kira powers'. Murders stop, which makes them believe Misa and Light were the only ones with Kira powers.
When murders return there could be three reasons:

Light and/or Misa were not Kira
Powers were transfered
There are more than 2 kiras.

However, they don't consider the third option.
I can see there's a leap between thinking of a single Kira and multiple Kiras. However, given they were already working with the hypothesis of 2 Kiras, why not consider the option of a 3rd Kira (without any power transfer)? This wouldn't discard Light and Misa of still having powers and thus keeping them in custody.

It was impossible for L to consider a 3rd Kira especially after he locked up 2 possible Kiras and the killing spree stopped. Simply because that would imply that he would never be able to solve this case and end Kira's rampage. This might not be the whole reason and it might not be 100% canon but it is hinted at several times. (Misas fake reply to the faked reply to her call for Kira, Ls own thoughts and comments regarding the way the "power" might be obtained, ...)

While it was never explicitly stated (to my knowledge) why they discounted the possibility of a 3rd Kira, I can come up with some educated guesses.
First, there was no evidence of a 3rd person acting as Kira while the first two were active.
Remember that the investigation started by looking into a single Kira.  The second Kira was discovered when Misa sent the video broadcasts as a way to contact the first Kira.  It was also further cemented that the second Kira was different from the first in the way they acted.  The second acted more recklessly (with less well thought out and deliberate actions), killed people that the original Kira would not have and was also shown to be able to kill without a name.  The only way they found out there was a second Kira is because the evidence showed there were two people independently acting as Kira at the same time.
The "3rd Kira" (Higuchi) acted in the same way as the first Kira.  This was intentional.  Light wanted to use this to alleviate suspicion that he was Kira.  By having Higuchi act the same way, there was no reason to believe that he wasn't the original Kira.  Meaning that when Higuchi was caught, Light should be (theoretically) cleared.
Second, L already had a plethora of evidence that implicated Light as Kira.  As far as L was concerned, Light was Kira.  He just needed a few more details (how Light was killing people, for instance) before he could arrest Light.
Then Light comes up with the prison scheme.  L is immediately suspicious.  Light was trying hard, almost too hard, to prove his innocence.  And L obviously couldn't take any evidence Light offered at face value.  So even while Light was in prison, L was working on the assumption that Light was Kira.  And when Light's personality underwent a drastic change when he gave up the notebook, it threw a wrench in L's theory.  Light when from a calm denial of being Kira to having a fanatical, emotional denial.  This evidence contradicted the Light-is-Kira theory.
L is now stuck between a rock and a hard place.  On the one hand, everything points to Light being Kira.  On the other, Light's behavior along with the continued killings seemed to exonerate Light.  And since the behavior change coincided nicely with the killings resuming, the idea of the power transfer was born.  And given that theory, why investigate a 3rd Kira that may not exist (and of which there was little if any evidence of)?
Third, let's play devil's advocate and assume L considered that there was a third Kira.  How did this person get in contact with the first two Kiras?  As far as the task force knew, there would be no special way for one Kira to find another (as evidenced by the second Kira needing to send the broadcasts to locate the original).  Also, how did they communicate and coordinate with Light and Misa?  Light and Misa had been under surveillance for quite a while.  Surely something would have come up that would have raised a few eyebrows, especially given the nature of Misa's messages when trying to find Light?  Additionally, if there was a third Kira, why did he show up now?  Why would he just resume what Kira was doing without making any changes?  (Remember that the connection between Kira (Higuchi) and the Yotsuba group hadn't been discovered yet.)  Every person is different (especially in their values, thinking and reasoning), so there should be at least some subtle differences between two Kiras.  And none of that showed up (yet).
Given all of this, there was no reason to assume a third Kira existed.  Investigating every anomaly by assuming it was a separate person would have led L on a hundred wild goose chases.  L was the best detective in the world.  His experience and knowledge would tell him that something else was going on.  Given that he knew Light and how smart Light was, he could very easily presume that every inconsistency could be Light's doing.  And until proven otherwise, that's what L did.  You don't throw out everything you know to be true because the accused offers an (unverified) piece of evidence of their innocence.  And given the mystic powers of Kira, anything was possible, and equally difficult to verify as being impossible.

I agree the correlation between Light changing mood and killings restarting is a strong suggestion for transfer. I have two questions: why would there a need for the third Kird to get in contact with the first two? Moreover, even if the Yotsuba connection hadn't been made, wasn't Higuchi much more methodical than Light before going to prison? (similar to Light in the begining though).

@etal Answer to the first question: The third Kira would have had to be in contact with the original Kira (given his (Higuchi) behavior).  It was way too similar to the original Kira to be coincidence.  If he had been working independently, there would have been enough of a difference in how the third Kira operated compared to the original.  That difference didn't exist.  Thus if he really did exist, he would have needed to be receiving orders from the original Kira in order to keep things as consistent as they were.

@etal Answer to the second question: Higuchi was only methodical because of what he was ordered to do.  Light (through Rem) ordered Higuchi to write names of criminals, including when and how to kill, etc.  If he disobeyed, Rem would kill him in order to further Light's plan and to save Misa.  Aside from that, Higuchi was free to do as he wanted.  He (and the Yotsuba group) were very careful so as not to arouse suspicion.  If they were caught, they would all go to jail, lose all their power, etc.  It would be easy to be extremely methodical with a council of people checking each other.

the point of my second question was to say that there was a difference between 1st Kira and '3rd' Kira; which puts into question the 'continuity' hypothesis.

About the 1st question, what behaviour did the 3rd Kira exibit that wouldn't be possible without any contact? I believe being methodical could have been inferred from the news; but there may be other things

@etal I'm not sure Higuchi was really that much more methodical than Light.  Both found non-petty criminals whose names and faces had been released on the news and killed them.  Unless there is something I'm forgetting, from the task force's perspective, they behaved exactly the same.

@etal As far as behavior that couldn't have been inferred from the news, think about what kinds of things Misa got wrong.  She killed some petty criminals which led to the second Kira theory.  As you've pointed out, Higuchi wasn't the love-struck air-head Misa was.  But remember that the police at certain points didn't release information about the deaths of criminals.  After a certain point, Higuchi would have needed information from Light on numbers of people to kill, types of crimes that warranted death, etc.  That wasn't coming from the news.


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Did Zero-Two regain her memories far earlier? [spoiler alert]
I'm doing currently a quick rewatch in order to find out hidden details, symbolism etc..
I noticed a possibility that Zero-Two could regain her memories far earlier than Hiiro. Even before visiting "Garden".
It would be even possible that she regained the memories, but didn't recognize him as him just after first meeting, or could have doubts if he is really he for long time or still could be afraid of rejection for being a demon.
Following this way of thinking, she could even believe that her "old darling" died in a battle long time ago like other yearlings and the person she met recently is only a clone. (Just as former 13th squad or Nana)
Obviously she seems like she does not recognize him during their first meeting (in recent timeline) but it seems like it might happen after about 1st-2nd episode.
Could you please help me find some references to similar investigation?
Or maybe I will try to state my question directly: Did she regain her memories before Hiiro? If yes, when approximately?

Hi, looks like this is a "Is my theory right?" question. Considering this is a Q&A site and extended discussion is discouraged, I'd recommend splitting the post as: a question asking the core issue itself, and a self-answer with your hypothesis (because your hypothesis is one of the answers). That way, future answerers can answer the question independently of your theory, and your theory can still be evaluated accordingly by the community. Thank you.

Thank you @AkiTanaka, I didn't see this guideline before. It helped improve my question significantly (but how to split it wasn't obvious at the first glance)

When Zero Two first met Hiro, she didn't recognize him, and was using him as a fodder to help her find her "real darling", but she didn't know that hiro was her real darling.
Then, later on, during a battle, Zero Two realized that Hiro is her darling. But she doesn't remember the memory when they were little, she just remembered that Hiro is her darling.

What I have found already:
Evidence:

During their childhood escape, Hiro treats Zero Two with candies. He says "Aaa-mu" so that she would open her mouth. Later on, during breakfast in the early episodes, she does exactly the same with Hiro.

She uses the word "darling" and refers to herself as Zero Two instead of her code name, 002, or her special forces name, 9'℩. These were concepts originally brought about to her by Hiro, and  should (especially her nickname) have been removed by the memory erasure.

She seems to believe that Hiro is the only one that can "turn on" the rain. It is because during their childhood trip, he used to be smarter and more diligent and taught her many things.

She promises to take him away from the plantation with her, as he rescued her from the laboratory (perhaps some form of returning the favour).

Counter arguments:

Her way of acting could be some form of "muscle memory" or concepts deeply embedded into her psyche in order to help her psychology console herself during stressful situations.

Her memory erasure was only performed semi-successfully. It may not have affected, for instance, any words that she had learned.


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Log Horizon: do some Landers know that their world used to be just a game where they were NPCs?
Adventurers, for obvious reasons, never tell.
Landers, very conveniently, never ask - or never ask too much.
Not even the ones depicted as knowledge-hungry.
Not even when Adventurers let slip terms such as "NPC", "real life/world", "game", etc.
Yes, Landers can be very curious sometimes, but I don't remember hearing them asking embarassing questions about the Adventurers' world, questions that may lead to the unspokable topic. Not even Regan, Lenessia, or

 Rudy.

Are there, in the Log Horizon franchise, Landers which [discovered | were told | figured out | whatever] about Elder Tale?
Do some of them know the "uncomfortable truth"? I.e. that, in the world where Adventurers come from:

"Adventurers" are not "Adventurers" at all, they don't have special powers, they just played a game in which they killed monsters for fun, sitting on a chair and clicking buttons on a machine
Theldesia is just the fictional setting of that game, where Landers are  fictional, computer-controlled characters.

It would be interesting to see how they reacted to this shocking revelation.
Note 1: I only watched the two seasons of the "Log Horizon" anime.
If the answer would contain spoilers for additional material, please direct me to that additional material (if it is available in English, since I don't speak Japanese).
Note 2: just realize that "Adventures don't treat us like real people" is necessary but not sufficient for what I'm looking for. This because realizing this is not so hard: in fact, before the Catastrophe, Adventurers did not look like real people to the Landers as well (so probably the "Welcome to the village of Arb" joke in season 1 episode 5 could be true also from the Landers' POV). I'm looking for at least a Lander who knows something like "Adventures don't treat us like real people because they used to see us as fictional characters in a game, the so-called heroes were just playing make-believe to escape boredom". This is a completely different animal.
Note 3: The fight between Papus and Elias Hackblade goes near to what I'm looking for, but I still don't think that's what I'm looking for. Papus says to Elias that he (Elias) is fictional, Elias is horrified, but it's not clear if he's horrified by the revelation, by that ugly monster or by the magic the monster he's casting on him. Anyway, Kanami treats Elias as real, but then the scene is cut and we don't know what happens next (at least in the anime).
According to the wiki entry for Papus (beware of spoilers!!!), he has a special power that causes Landers to believe they are fictional. I don't care about what the Genius think about Landers, and I don't care if Landers are fictional or real people. I care if there are Landers who will believe what the Genius say, and if this will bring them to discover that Adventurers were just roleplayers, and how this will change their relationship with Adventurers. (Note that Elias is a perfect example of Lander that did not react or ask questions when Kanami and her friends used words like "NPC", "playing", "game", "real life", etc. No, I don't think he already knows the truth about Elder Tale just because he's on the Elder Tale box).

I've watched the Log Horizon anime twice, but I haven't read the original material.  It's been awhile, though. What I remember is that the Landers (People of the Land) have memory of times before the gamers got trapped in their world, and even before that. In their understanding, there was no pre-conscious "NPC" existence, just a continuum of life.  They knew the Adventurers were different, in that they didn't seem to die permanently. But as far as they realize, they themselves have not changed.
Whether that understanding is an actuality or not in unstated. It could be implanted/programmed memories of the Landers. Another possibility is that the Adventurers had a limited understanding of the "MMO" world, as if they had only been experiencing it in a sort of "slide show" or veiled fashion instead of the full world it had actually been.
::add:: A year after originally answering, it occurs to me that the most likely possibility is that the game itself had been incapable of representing the true agency of the "NPC"s.  The complexity of modeling actual intelligence for these in-game characters was simply beyond what could be programmed.
It is possible that the character whose name you ghosted now realizes that the Adventurers had not thought of his people as "real". I think it likely he has greater insight due to his focus on becoming like them. But I don't remember the anime series explicitly stating that anyone but the Adventurers now realized they had previously existed as part of a game.

Upvoted because I like it (especially the "slide show" metaphor), but not accepted (yet) because first I wait for other possible answers. In the meantime, I added two extra notes to my question to clarify what I'm looking for.

Since a long time passed witout other answers, I mark this as accepted

@TeemPorary Being notified of your acceptance, I reread this page.  This led me to adding a new paragraph which seems a better possibility than those listed before.

It was noted that Shiro was an Arch Mage, and that there were record of his exploits going back 50+ years or something like that. Because the in game days were only minutes instead of 24 hours, the years Shiro played the game translated into 50+ game years of time. There must be some truth to the worlds being separate but connected via the game.

Can't reply to some of the other comments but we can't forget that the translation system could be shielding the Landers from the abnormal phrasing like Game, NPCs, Real Life, Other World, etc.
Translations could be:
Game = before world fraction.
NPC = Landers.
Real Life = past Life.
Etc

Nice theory, I didn't think about it!


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How can reincarnated souls be summoned using Edo Tensei?
Quoting wikipedia,

Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death. It is also called rebirth or transmigration, and is a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine of cyclic existence.

Then, since Ashura has reincarnated into Naruto, and Indra into Sasuke, how can Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama (their previous reincarnation) be summoned using Edo Tensei?

I think applying out-world understanding of a philosophical concept into the in-world is fundamentally error prone and will mostly lead to contradictions. I think we can safely say in Narutoverse, Reincarnation and Resurrection are two different concepts. Each has its own nuances and conditions which are independent of each other.

@Arcane AFAIK reincarnation in Narutoverse is not different than the reincarnation explained by wikipedia. If Ashura's soul doesn't pass to Madara, and then to Sasuke, then why does Hagoromo call Sasuke and Madara as Ashura's reincarnation? Regarding reincarnation and ressurection, they indeed are different, even in real world. Ressurection ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrection) means something that was dead be brought back to life, while reincarnation is as I quoted in the question.

You've got it wrong. Reincarnation in the Narutoverse means the chakra and will of the deceased is transferred to a new born. Not the soul.

Talking philosophically, soul never dies, and they start new life as explained in Wikipedia, and IIRC word Ashura and Indra were taken from the Hinduism, which mean Wikipedia's definition is correct

@mirroroftruth This is why such assumptions are wrong. Indra and Asura may be from Hunduism, but their usages are completely different. Indra is the king of Heaven and the Devas, while Asuras are mythological beings that compete with the more benevelont Devas. They are further divided into the Adityas and Danavas.... So Indra is a person and Asuras are a race...

As I've mentioned in the comments, there seems to be several fallacies in the base assumptions taken in the question. However, to answer the questions just based on the information in the Narutoverse, we've to see what exactly do Resurrection and Reincarnation means.
The translation of the Resurrection and Reincarnation techniques is quite similar in usage.

The Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation binds the soul of a deceased person to a living vessel, restoring them as they were when they were alive in order to do their summoner's bidding. Naruto Pedia: Edo Tensei

Edo Tensei is a summoning technique that summons a "soul" residing in the pure land. Thus the so called "Resurrection" is a reincarnation of a soul binded to the impure land through its DNA marker and a sacrifice.

Reincarnation is a process through which the chakra and will of a deceased individual are reborn in a new living vessel, referred to as a "reincarnate". Narutopedia:Reincarnation

Hence though the souls, i.e. the actual individuals would go to the pure land in the Narutoverse, their Chakras and Will would be "inherited"  by individuals in the next generation. These individuals would hence be their "reincarnate". In a single generation their can only be one Reincarante of an individual.
It is important to note, through the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation technique, both "reincarnation" and "resurrection" can be found; the sacrificed body is reincarnated into the body of the summoned shinobi, while the reincarnated shinobi is resurrected from the dead.
Tl;Dr In the Narutoverse, both techniques are independent of each other. Through Edo Tensei souls residing in the pure land can be summoned, irrespective of the fact that their reincarnate exists in the current world.

Yea i totally agree, Tebayo!


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Vessel for Susano’o?
During the final battle between Naruto and Sasuke, Kurama says

[Sasuke] might just become the next vessel for Susano'o.

Throughout the series, Masashi has never mentioned a "vessel" for Susano'o.
Was this just a translation error; what did he mean by this?

Can you state the chapter number or episode you're referring to?

Manga chapter 696

Speculation only - apparently the tailed beasts aren't the only spirits capable of inhabiting a host in the narutoverse

I think that is a translation error. The source that I read have Kurama said, "And now with the Gedo Statue gone, he is putting them all into Susano'o".

Maybe it was like, " Sasuke might make his Susano'o the next vessel"(for the Tailed Beasts.)

That's clearly a translation error. from what I read, Kurama says that he's merging the disseminated chakra into one.And since there is no Gedo Statue, he's using the Susano'o as the receiving vessel.


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Highschool DxD Anime to Manga
Where does season 4 of High School DxD start in the reading? I watched seasons 1-3 of the anime, High School DxD. If the light novel has more story or less story in it please let me know.

Just so you know even if there's manga adaption. High School DxD is based on light novel, not manga. So if you want to know how far the original source read the light novel

from my understanding the 4th season is planned to air in japan in 2018. also Highschool DxD is a light novel series with Manga and Anime Adaptations, both the Light Novel and Main Manga are on-going so both would have more content than the current anime

The light novel part is already answered in this question https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/38302/2869

the anime drifted away from the light novel. I'm curious to see how they manage to bring it back


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What does Zeniba represent?
This is how I interpret the story of Spirited Away:

The bathhouse represents the society. People work with each other towards a common goal. Every night, 8 million gods come to the bathhouse and workers serve them, worship them. In a way they deal with them, do business with them. In Asian cultures, fire, air, earth, water, food, etc. are represented as gods, so bathhouse very accurately represents a working society. The 'spell' breaks if they stop working.
Yubaba is the culture. She manages the bathhouse. She is tyrannical and rules over people by taking there real name and giving them a new name.
Chihiro was given a new name by Yubaba, 'Sen', which means 'one thousand', similar to how a person is given a roll number or employee number in an organisation. That number becomes his new identity.
Haku has forgotten his real name. Similar to Islamic terrorism, he's become a slave to the tyrannical culture. He'll do anything the culture tells him to do.
The baby is the belief system of the society. Yubaba is overly protective of him.

One thing I can't understand is, who is Zeniba, Yubaba's twin sister.

Yubaba and Zeniba are two parts of a whole.
Yubaba keeps baby locked in a room, afraid that he might get sick because of germs. Zeniba turned baby into a mouse so that he might have a little freedom.
Zeniba lives in swamp bottom.
There used to be trains running between bathhouse and swamp bottom in old days, but the return trains from swamp bottom have stopped. Now it's a one-way road towards swamp bottom.
The tickets to swamp bottom Kamaji gave to Chihiro had been with him for 40 years.
'Zeni' has two meanings in Japanese, 'money' and 'ancient'. 'ba' means 'old lady'. The meaning of Zeniba which seems to fit the story is 'ancient old lady.
Yubaba wanted to steal a seal from Zeniba, which was supposedly very precious.

So what does Zeniba represent in this story?

Could you give a reference where 'zeni' means 'ancient'? jisho only mentions 'coin', but not 'ancient'.

@Aki Tanaka Post edited to include the reference

You have linked to a Google search there. What exactly are we supposed to infer from it?

@muru it's a reminder for those who have watched the movie.

For me, it was old money vs new money. Yubaba keeps rushing to make money, accepts tourists etc. Money became not the means to an end but the end itself. Her bathhouse is modern corporation, Zeniba's house is old school mom and pop store. Chihiro gets her first job in a large corporation, gets treated as disposable, grows up... But it is no way to live, to truly be adult, that is not the true meaning of adulthood. There has to be more to life than money. And it is Zeniba which shows her true grandmotherly kindness and gives her some peace and respite from the story.
In a way, Zeniba is at peace with nature. She takes what she needs from it, but no more than that. Yubaba uses nature to gain money and she only cleans the river god for gold. And Zeniba doesn't do much, maybe because she is retired; in modern world, people don't search for her, her ways are not wanted anymore. Her entrance in the story can be seen as reaction to Yubaba's actions.
"You and your corporate thinking are not all powerful and all good, Yubaba. I will show you the different way to do things. The old way!" Zeniba says with her actions. And it turns out that there is value in old ways, in traditions long forgotten. That is my interpretation at least. They represent old ways to do business and grow up and new ways to do that and you need to understand both to be a complete person and live in modern society which at the same time has long traditions.
Also, an interesting thought and a way of looking at the story:
Sen didn't search for Zeniba until she has seen naked greed of her coworkers, until she has seen them consumed by it. A lesson can be seen as this: As long as you spend all your time at work, you will not see your parents again. If that is what you truly want, then stop working, visit your grandmother and your parents will return to their senses and see you again.

Nice answer. But kamaji tells chihiro that the return trains from swamp bottom, which used to run before, have stopped. What do you think that means?

People giving up, maybe? If you consider Zeniba old fashioned and Yubaba the modern world/society (constant search for money while at the same time not giving your children what they need, replacing the loving attention, freedom to learn things on their own and teaching with toys and sweets), then once you leave it, there is no need to get back. The world has changed, once you can't deal with it, you permanently retreat to the swamp, to the familiarity,safety and warmth. You stop fighting to better yourself or society, for good or bad. You retire to Zeniba place, because you can't keep up.

jo1storm and what does the seal represent? She'd put a spell on it and said that anyone(haku) who tries to steal  the seal must die. How does boh fit into this picture?

Seal... I'd say it represents honor(s) or values. Maybe even respect. In all her search for money, what Yubaba wanted the most was respect of the others. And that is what her sister owned! You cannot steal respect, you have to earn it. Same goes for honor. Try to steal it and you will die dishonored, branded as a thief and shunned from society. Old money Zeniba has respect, because of the way she gained that money, the honorable way. New money Yubaba doesn't have it. Funny thing is, Zeniba doesn't care much about seal. It is not enough for Yubaba to be rich, she wants to be respected too!

Old money Zeniba has respect, because of the way she gained that money, the honorable way. New money Yubaba doesn't have it but she lives alone. She's seen interacting with just a couple of people.

And she still has respect, despite that. Yubaba has something closer to fear than respect and she wants to have it. Could it be considered "seal of approval"?

what is boh? What does he represent?

A child/new generation that gets pampered with things but whose emotional development stagnates because their parents spoil them and don't take care of their needs. In their search for money, Yubaba/current working adults forgot that the role of parents is to prepare the new generation to be adults, independent individuals. Boh might represent learned helplessness.

Miyazaki lived through the rapid rise and spectacular fall of the Japanese economy over the past few decades.  Yubaba represents the head of a typical greedy Japanese corporation.  The bathhouse, a very traditional Japanese business, represents Japan itself which grew insatiably greedy with the roaring Japanese economy of the late 80s and early 90s, as symbolized by the bathhouse's over the top extravagance.  Yubaba is a strict domineering boss who treats her employees like slaves and sees customers as little more than a source of money.  She is also a workaholic who neglects the relationships with her son and sister.  Zeniba, who lives a train ride away in the countryside, represents the more traditional rural Japan that became forgotten during the economic boom.  Remember that the train used to run both ways, but not anymore.  Zeniba lives a slower life, and does not neglect her family, employees, or customers.  Compare how Yubaba treats her own son, No Face, and Chihiro vs. how Zeniba treats them.  Zeniba was able to recognize No Face's talents where Yubaba only saw fake gold.  Miyzaki himself is known to be quite the workaholic so there might be a tinge of self reflection in his portrayal of Yubaba, and a tinge of how he thinks things should be in his portrayal of Zeniba.   Studio Ghibli as a company has tried to set itself up to be something better than just another greedy corporation, and Yubaba and Zeniba might also represent the dichotomy that arises between Studio Ghibli's desire to rake in massive box office profit  and the desire to do the right thing.

Yubaba and Zeniba represent 2 ways of living. One is the capitalistic way which values materialism. The other is living the 'old way', which value relationships.
The train running one way, signifies the decline of the spirit world for reasons not mentioned.
Although Yubaba is the antagonist, she isnt necessarily an evil being. Her bathhouse plays an important role in cleansing the spirits and giving jobs to anyone who wants one.
Zeniba at one point was the antagonist - at the beginning - handing curses left and right, before her true intentions (good intentions) were revealed.
Miyazaki wanted to show these 2 philosophies best embodied by twin characters who are at odds with one another.


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Why did Caesar let Law in Punk Hazard?
He had some gains from this, as Law used his medical abilities and the power of the devil's fruit to restore the limbs in the inhabitants of the island.
But Law told him to not inform Doflamingo of the fact that he is staying there.
(Later i would see that Doflamingo an Law had been enemies for years)
Didn't this alarm Caesar? What are the reasons that Caesar believed, Law would want to stay in Punk Hazard?
He didn't question Laws agenda or motivations at all?

The reasons Law told Ceasar:

I'm looking into research that the government is carrying out. This facility should contain valuable traces of research that is still going on to this day.

(chapter 666, page 5)
Ceasar's exact reaction was:

I don't see how I can trust you, but I suppose your proposition can't hurt

(chapter 666, page 6)
So Law's story checked out, he didn't seem like a threat, and even though he wasn't trusted, Ceasar thought he would benefit from keeping Law around.

I saw that chapter. But Ceasar and Monet were present in that discussion. They were both Doflamingo's underlings. Didn't they know the past between Law and Doflamingo? Didn't they know Law was wanted by Dofalmingo? Given that Law was a sichibukai, they should know that this sichibukai is wanted by Doflamingo? Also, isn't this move of not reporting to Doflamingo a sort of betrayal or at least taking their own initiative from both Ceasar and Monet?

Doflamingo doesn't share all his information with all of his underlings. If he did, then Corazon would be still alive.

How Corazon would be alive?

(OK, that's really only my speculation, and also totally irrelevant to the question/answer, but I think if Corazon knew about Vergo infiltrating the marines, then either him or Sengoku could've taken care of him before he caused any trouble.)

This is a smart thing to speculate. Seems absolutely probable. But i still cannot come to terms with the fact that Doflamingo's underlings didn't know he had a grudge with Law. This is especially more so, considering Law's popularity as a Sichibukai.

It's not a grudge. It's not personal, it's about getting the Ope-Ope no mi. (And telling that to people just invites more competition.) And not letting him get the fruit wasn't Law's fault, it was Corazon's.


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How did Toru and Koji pass the entrance exam in My Hero Academia?
I have seen some comments and speculations about the robot having an off switch or whatever. But I want to know if there is any source material or comment from the author on how they managed to pass the exam.
I have only seen the actual author's comment on Mineta:

But I was wondering if there are author notes for the other characters.

Related : https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/40612/how-did-mineta-minoru-get-into-ua

Possible duplicate of How did Mineta Minoru get into UA?

@kit That's about Mineta. It does not address the other students who do not aggressively strong quirks.

but even mineta has no strong quirks but his quirk have fullfil a hero capability right? For me it was just like the question~

@kit I understand that, but I already addressed it in my question. I posted a picture of the answer from the "duplicate" question, but I was wondering if there were author notes for the other characters. In tournament arc, Shino is brought up as a character whose heroic, strong quirk failed to pass the standardized test. Yet other characters who share the same problem are in Class A, and it has yet to be addressed. I feel like this is a cop-out for the author to include such an interesting characters when other side characters' existence undermine his literary purpose and character arc.

A partial answer for Toru Hagakure and an unsupported thought for Koji Koda. Bottom line is we don't know, but we can make some pretty good guesses.
As with Mineta's case, it is pretty straightforward to score points. As mentioned in the author notes you've provided,

And remember that the rules of the Entrance Exam was to immobilize or render the villain-bots unable to function anymore, not necessarily destroy them.

IIRC, there was a switch off button on the Villain Bots, which Hagakure used to disable them and hence pass the entrance exam. Will try to find the source.
Also, her quirk is more than transparency/invisibility and is some sort of light manipulation as seen in the Provisional Hero Licences Arc, where she

 blinded a group of participants using the light from Aoyama's Laser.

Now, Koji can talk to animals and order/request them to help. In a city setting, while it may be tough, I think he would communicate with animals such as rats/birds to help him immobilize the Villain Bots. Birds attacking sensors or rats eating through the wires.
Another thing that we may be missing is Rescue Points. Each individual's overall score is unknown, but we do know that everyone but Bakuro (Only Destroyed) and Midoriya (Only Rescue Points) scored a combination of both points. Since both these individuals are shown to be very "nice", I'd assume they got their fair number of rescue points.

Well, most likely they passed from rescue points, apart from Koji. Koji has been shown to have some great physical strength, though not shown abruptly. Not only that, rats are enough to destroy the robots, and the mock city is surely to have some rats around.
Like I said, Hagakure mostly likely passed from rescue points. One, her quirk is useful for stealth missions, and that her quirk not only makes her invisible, but bends light too. Second, You dont need to be physically strong to be a hero, like Mandalay and the other Pussy cats girl.
This is all speculation, because we don't really know how they really got in. But these are the likely reasons.
Other Evidences
"Enhanced Strength: Koji, befitting his bulky stature, possesses a fair amount of physical strength. During the Joint Training Battle, Koji was restrained and hauled away by a Beast-transformed Jurota Shishida, but his struggling made it difficult for Jurota despite the latter's incredibly augmented strength, displaying that Koji is much stronger than he looks."
From https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Koji_Koda
"In addition to the stealth capabilities granted to her by her invisible body, Toru can refract light that passes through her, allowing her to intensify the light into a blinding flash.[3] After her Hero Work-Studies with Yoroi Musha, Toru has further refined this application of her Quirk, achieving the ability to manipulate and redirect light-based attacks, such as Yuga's Navel Laser."
From https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Toru_Hagakure

This is all guesswork, but another thing we could consider is the fact that some of the students could steal some points, such as something like Bakugo blasts one, and Koji, who can control small animals, could have them deactivate the robot in its slowed/weakened state, instead of destroying them with brute force of their quirk or strength.
We can see that some of the characters, while having powerful quirks, aren't as used to using them. Eraser Head did a lot of training with them that first class, so some of the stronger characters might not be as adept to using them, such as Froppy. If they're not as adept in using them, it makes it easier for weaker quirk users to take some points, unless you're Deku, and you take rescue points.
This is all really just me guessing, so don't take it to heart.


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What does the ending of anime 'Air' mean?
I had recently watched Air and I couldn't understand what did the little girl and boy mean to show? I searched about it but couldn't find any answer. What are winged beings and why did people kept them in prison? What do the little boy and girl mean?


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Was Shadorian Civilization technologically advanced?
This question pertains to One Piece.

 I know that Skypians, Birkans, and Shandorians came from the moon. But they should've been technologically advanced right? But Shandorians like Calgara seem to be a small tribe with zero knowledge of poneglyphs etc. Also, they seem to believe in rituals/superstition etc even though they were once an advanced civilization that lived on the moon. Also, they seem way too backward in terms of science and technology. How did that happen?

Also if that's true, then are Poneglyphs a way to find out the story about earth or moon?

Well, we see a lot of post-apocalyptic movies that people lost touch with technology and are now very dumb and superstitious. so the seeing a small tribe with no knowledge might be logical. after all running out of resources on the moon is an apocalypse for people who live there.

But still they should've had the technology to come to earth and also two of three races ended up inhabiting sky, while the other race ended up inhabiting jaya. To do that, one would obviously need some kind of tech right? But Calgara's people were just good warriors, even they didn't know why they had the city of gold or who created that gold etc?

It is possible that only one race had the tech and lent it to others

@posixKing You don't seem to know how knowledge transfer works. I recommend reading Dr. Stone to get an idea why they could have lost technology

As for the Poneglyphs, they preserve the dark history. If the moon races play a role in that, then they will be mentioned. The Poneglyphs don't necessarily tell a chronological story.

The moon has had a significant impact in DB, Na/Boruto; I think it is gonna be a big thing in OP too.

TL;DR Was the ancient Shandorian civilization technologically advanced? Likely although not confirmed.
To understand the ancient Shandorian civilization there's a lot of lore that needs to be understood about the One Piece timeline, the moon peoples, their successors and the void century.
Over the course of the cover story "Enel's Great Space Operations" spanning Ch 428-474 we learn of the ancient moon civilization, the Birkans including their history, impressive technology and the reason they eventually had to leave. To summarize, long ago there was a civilization of winged moon people called the Birkans whose technological feats included sentient robots and ships capable of interplanetary travel. Running out of resources on the moon they used these aforementioned ships to carry them down to the White sea with one particular group making it all the way down to the Blue sea.

The descendants of the moon people can be identified by the wings on their backs which include the White sea civilizations of Skypiea and Birka (Enel's homeland, not to be confused with the ancient moon civilization), and the Blue sea Shandorian civilization on the island of Jaya. When did the moon people come down to the Blue sea? We do not know exactly but according to the tombstone for the city of Shandora Robin translates in Ch 261

the city of Shandora prospered in the year 402 (~1100 years ago) meaning it was settled by the moon people some time before then and fell ~800 years ago which places its fall around the tail end of the Void Century. In Ch 272 Robin translates some text inside the city of Shandora written in the language of the Poneglyphs,

The text refers to how the city of Shandora fought to protect its Poneglyph against an enemy and as a result, their civilization was destroyed and their history erased. While some people survived and became the Shandians the Shandorian civilization was gone, their golden city fell to ruin and their history and literature was lost in the void.
Speaking of the void and the fall of Shandora, what happened in the Void Century? I have no idea and that's kind of the point, just about nobody knows what happened in the Void Century. What we do know is that it was a period of history that started ~900 years ago and lasted around 100 years. While historical records exist of the time before and after the Void Century, what happened during these hundred years can only be found on the Poneglyphs. Researching the Poneglyphs/Void Century is forbidden by the World Government and punishable by death. In Ch 395, Professor Clover of Ohara reveals a basic overview of what he thinks happened,

We do not know if the great civilization he was referring to was Shandora but we do know the World Government is entirely capable of suppressing all knowledge of a once great civilization and that Shandora fell during this time. Meaning Shandora was once a powerful civilization and may or may not have been technologically advanced but due to being erased from history we CANNOT know if this was the case.
In the main story of One Piece, in the year 1122 (~400 years ago and 400 years after the fall of Shandora) we are introduced to the Shandians through the first hand accounts of Mont Blanc Noland (Ch 287-293). The Shandians are descendants of the Shandorians but are a rather low tech society bearing none of the hallmarks of the ancient Birkan civilization (robots and flying ships). They live in a village quite far away from the ruins of Shandora. In 1127, they are launched along with half of Jaya by the Knock Up Stream into the White sea island of Skypiea.
One thing to note is that while the Shandian's don't seem to have much of the moon people technology, Enel's flying ship he uses to reach the moon is reminiscent of the moon peoples ship and given he's from Birka they may have had the blueprints/knowledge of interplanetary ships inherited from the moon people.

My theory
The Shadorians were a tribal race launched into the very sky by a strange Grand Line current known as the "Knockup Stream." They were soon attacked for their land by the Skypian Warriors. The Shandorians were unprepared as they weren't as technically advanced as the Warriors of Skypiea. But they had more combat experience. Despite the leader of the Shandorians, Kalgara, terrible death at the hands of the Warriors, the war still ended in a tie with all Skypian Warriors dying or being stolen by Eneru/Enel/Kami but the Shandorians never got back Shandora. Fast forwards a few years and the Skypian Warriors are back with a more powerful Leader, ensuing a new war. Then, after centuries of this sky battle, Luffy and Company appear, starting the Skypiean saga we all know and love. Their use of dials wer just stolen equipment from their enemy used in a way only for combat.

I don't think the question is asking about the Shandorians post-knockup stream but rather pre-knockup stream since the Shandorians in Kalgara and Nolan's time 400 years ago were already a very low tech society. I'd want to double check the references but according to the wiki the original prosperous Shandorian society of moon refugees was founded over a millennium ago and fell apart following the events of the void century 8-900 years ago which would explain why the Shandorians we meet lack their historical advanced tech

They didn't even know that the trees were slowly killing them at the time. They thought it was an act of God. They worshipped SNAKES for frick's sake. They sacrificed the "prettiest" women they could find. WHY WOULD THEY BE TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED BEFORE THE KNOCK-UP STREAM? Also, SINCE WHEN WAS THE WIKI A CREDIBLE SOURCE? I depend on theories that make sense or actual confirmation of theories by the creators. The wiki is just a bunch of theory as well except for the parts that were confirmed in the manga/anime. (petition to make anime non-canon and for the real deal to be the mangas. pwease)

The wiki isn't a credible source on its own but it makes reference to the relevant bits in the manga which are credible sources. Like I said, I wanted to double check the manga references but I only half finished my answer (research is time consuming ¯\(ツ)/¯) and then forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder :)


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Why doesn't Lord Death die even though Death the Kid connects all three Lines of Sanzu?
In the second to last episode of the Soul Eater anime, Death the Kid connects all three Lines of Sanzu. According to the lore, the Lines of Sanzu only connect when a person is ready to become the next Grim Reaper.  Since only one Grim Reaper can exist at a time, this usually means the current Reaper drops dead immediately.  There came a crack in Lord Death's mask when Kid did it, but he survived.
Why, then, doesn't Lord Death die? Is it because Kid only unconsciously connected the lines?

Didn't the anime end before the manga? That would mean that the anime created its own ending independently of the manga. I do recall Death dying in the manga too, which means if that stuff is true, its all on the anime ending early, and writing its own semi arbitrary, partially deus ex machina, and generally low quality ending which would basically be filler. We all know filler regularly breaks continuity.


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Hisoka role in Hunter X Hunter
What is Hisoka's character in Hunter x Hunter?
I cannot describe his character from Hunter X Hunter.

"bad guy or good guy" is totally relative to your opinion (or how you see things), anyway, in my perspective, he has an extreme last for power, that's all.

I can't post the link right now, but you would benefit from reading up on orange blue morality (yeah TVTropes is probably best).  Most characters exhibit this to some degree in Hunter x Hunter.  While some moralities here are shades of grey, most don't fit properly with common good/neutral/evil alignments.

By our real-world definition of evil, yeah, he is. But Hunter X Hunter morality is pretty grey, so in-universe he's not really "evil" per say.I wouldn't say he's an anti-hero or even evil, though. He is selfish, a hedonist. He took the hunter exam for his own benefit and entertainment; he spared Gon, multiple times, so he that could grow into a stronger opponent(can be compared to a farmer feeding his cattle); he helped Kurapika so that he could fight Chrollo, and he fought alongside Illumi to protect Gon and/or fight strong opponents along the way. He has also killed a lot of people who weren't challenging enough for him throughout the series. He is a bloodthirsty hedonist who lives almost entirely in the moment and is always looking for stronger opponents to challenge himself. He is selfish, nothing more, nothing less.

In a Dungeons and Dragons alignment matrix, Hisoka might be best defined as "chaotic evil". Gary's characterization of Hisoka as a bloodthirsty hedonist fits well as a description of this alignment.  (Note that one can be evil without being bloodthirsty; but Hisoka is certainly that.)
The chaotic part of his nature is shown in the way he does what he wants when he wants.  He feels no need for subtlety or lies. In his mind, the world must adapt to him, not he to it. He will conform to rules when they serve his purpose.  Otherwise, rules are made to be broken. He has a sense of honor, which is seen in how he joined Gon's team and assisted them in the dodge ball game on Greed Island. He could have betrayed the team at any point, or get tired of it and not care any more. That would have been dishonorable, however.  Plus, he was having fun.
His evil is shown in the manner in which he defeats enemies.  He doesn't incapacitate temporarily, but humiliates them, usually resulting in painful death. He is driven to break them to a point of hopelessness, to see the look of defeat in their eyes, before finally disposing of them.  At the same time, he desires a challenge, which is why he allows Gon and company to continue to train and improve.  They are "unripe fruit", and will not be devoured until succulent.


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Is Jellal really married? Who's his wife?
I'm far back and trying to catch up in the series, but as most people confused who are at the same place as me ( On the beach with Jellal and Erza) who really is Jellal's wife?

Huh? Is Jellal married?

Aki Tanaka He said he was married either to stop Erza from kissing him or he really was married. I have no idea to be honest.

Better put that in the question to add some background (also, from which chapter/episode), and possibly change the title to "Is Jellal really married? Who's the wife?"

My friend, you shouldn't ask for things that will produce spoilers. I know the arc that your're referring to and if you really REALLY want to know then reveal the spoiler below. But I would encourage you to just keep watching.

 Jellal is not married, this is brought to light later. He said that to her to keep his emotions in check so that he could focus on the mission.


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Since Naruto failed the Genin exam so many times, doesn't that mean he's older than Sasuke and Sakura?
Naruto wasn't able to complete the Genin exam for some time. Either he was just a young starter and Sakura & Sasuke started after he failed, or a result that he was quite older. They say he was the same age, but never really told us to which day he started.
Doesn't that mean Naruto is older than Sasuke and Sakura?

Are you talking about the Academy exam? They all failed their Chunin exams the first time.

This is mentioned on tv tropes as an 'Early installment weirdness'
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/EarlyInstallmentWeirdness/Naruto

As per this question and the Naruto wikia, Naruto was 12 at the start of the show. The Naruto wikia also lists Sasuke and Sakura as being 12 at the start, which indicates that they're the same age. It's also corroborated by this, which says it got it from the Official Character Stats Book.
As you point out, it's not really clear how that works out, given that he's stated to have failed the exam to become a genin more than once (I'm assuming that's what you're asking about, rather than the Chunin exam, given context). Possibilities for that include either that he started younger or that it's just a timeline mess that they never bothered to deal with. I'm guessing the latter.

I'd side more on the former as Naruto's been alone the entire time but his dream was to become Hokage so he could have started early without any parental interference. Also if I recall another answer here Kakashi was younger than Naruto getting into the Anbu Black Ops and you'd think he'd need to pass at the Genin exam first

That's possible. I was trying to find if the Academy had some sort of minimum age, but I couldn't find it in my admittedly cursory look.

It's also possible that Naruto entered the exam while the others didn't because they understood they weren't ready yet but Naruto, impatient as he is, couldn't wait and took the exam every chance he got.

It says that he failed twice + the last time where he ended up passing after all when he learned the Kage Bunshin.
I read somewhere that we are shown he starts at the same time as the other contemporary genin, and we know he was in the same class as Shikamaru, Choji and Kiba, as they skip class several times, and Sasuke as they start their rivalry early.
I would guess that there are Genin-exams three or four times a year or maybe 3-4 times over a few months, and maybe extraoridinary tests for exemplary students that want to take it (itachi, 4th hokage, kakashi). Then they start their time as Genin at the same time no matter what, so everyone can be assigned to a proper genin-team with the best balance according to strengths and weaknesses. Sasuke being overall exemplary, Sakura super-smart but not very athletic and Naruto being quite athletic but not very school-smart makes for a very balanced team.
As some mentioned, it might change according to peace-time and war-time, or maybe in accordance to how many students there are. When looking at Boruto-classes (yes I read that as well. I have a lot of time.) there one is a repeater as well. 7times I think? and he is clearly older than the others, but probably not more than a year or so since he still seems on the same wavelength as the other kids.

Naruto is actually younger than Sasuke and Sakura, but it is stated more than once that the rookie 9 were all born in the same year.  Shino is the oldest (born January 23). Sakura is the oldest of team 7 (born March 28).
In Shippuuden, Kushina, Naruto's mom, talks to Sasuke's mom, who is holding baby Sasuke, in the street just days before Naruto's birth.
According to the manga canon, Sasuke's birthday is July 23rd and Naruto's birthday is October 10th.
In Naruto, the standard Academy curriculum is 4 years of classes, and students usually enrol around age 7 or 8 and graduate around age 12.  It is not mentioned whether there is some sort of civilian schooling prior to that age.
Genin hopefuls in Naruto could originally enter the Academy as soon as their parents deemed them ready, with some entrants (usually from ninja clans) being as young as 4 or 5, and could choose to take the graduation exam as soon as they had been enrolled a year (like Kakashi, who graduated at age 5).
Since it is not clearly shown/stated it is possible that Naruto enrolled early or that he just took the exams early by his own choice or being pushed by teachers who wanted to get rid of him, as it is also stated in the opening arc that if a student fails the graduation exam 3 times he cannot become a genin.

If you remember, Kakashi finished in a year, so I would guess that you could take the exams at least twice a year and Naruto failed 6 times. It never said how long they were at the academy. So it would make sense that they could be the same age.


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Which are the magic system of YGGDRASIL?
Acording to Magic Caster link from the Overlord wiki:

All tier spells in YGGDRASIL could be categorized in four great systems of magic, each one with some exclusive spells and characteristics; at the same way, magic casters are categorized by the system of magic that they use. Magic role players gain access to this systems through specific job classes like:
  (...)

That means that magic casters are one of the four magic systems in YGGDRASIL. I'm looking for the another three... Which are?
I've seen the first, second and now seeing the third season of the anime, but I don't have any problem if you need to make a spoiler of the novel or manga.

I think you're misinterpreting the quote on the wiki. Since the creation of this question, the wiki quote has actually changed, however.

All tier spells in YGGDRASIL could be categorized into four great systems of magic, each one with some exclusive spells and characteristics. Not only that, but magic casters too are also categorized by the system of magic that they use. (emphasis yours)

I believe this simply means that tier magic is categorized into 4 systems of magic: Arcane, Divine, Spiritual, and Alternative. In the same way, magic casters are categorized by the 4 systems of magic. Arcane Magic Caster, Divine Magic Caster, Spiritual Magic Caster, and Alternative Magic Caster.

Arcane Type Magic Caster: Elementalist, Sorcerer, etc.
Divine Type Magic Caster: Cleric, Hierophant, etc.
Spiritual Type Magic Caster: Talisman User, Shaman, etc.
There are other categories like Blessing type, that belong to the Alternative system:
Blessing Type Magic Caster: Bard, Paladin, Cursed Knight, etc.

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Runecraft and Wild Magic are completely different forms of magic from Tier Magic. Magic casters in the New World are practitioners of Tier Magic.

All tier spells in YGGDRASIL could be categorized into four great systems of magic. (emphasis mine)

Runecraft and Wild Magic were forms of magic that were created LONG before the introduction of Tier Magic. These forms of magic were limited to specific races, and are now very rare in the New World.

But, there are also magical runes. So wouldn't be Magic caster a type of magic, runes another, and then there are another 2 magic types which we still don't know? Or that classification that I'm talking about with 4 magic types doesn't exist (In YGGDRASIL runes doesn't exist)? English isn't my main language so maybe I've just misunderstood it... What do you think?

No, you've misunderstood it. Magical runes, along with wild magic, are completely separate and different from tier magic. All TIER spells in YGGDRASIL could be categorized into four great systems of magic. Tier magic is categorized into the four types, Arcane, Divine, Spiritual, and Alternative. And magic casters are categorized into which of the four types they primarily used. Runecraft and Wild Magic were completely different magical arts that were created a long time ago before tier magic, and there are very very few runecraft and wild magic practitioners left in the New World.

No spoilers, perhaps I even misunderstood the question, but here are the 4 types:

Arcane: these are simply elemental magic like Lightning and such
Divine: these are healing type magic that can be used to heal themselves or their allies
Spiritual: these contain abstract magic
Alternative: as the name implies, these are every other magic

Sorry, but that four types (Arcane, Divine, Spiritual and Alternative (AKA: blessed)) are subcategories of Magic Casters.

Oh ok. I, I read the question again and realized I misunderstood your question. It wasn’t the four categories of magic caster but the four categories which magic caster lies in. Sorry for that


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How much is the casting time of Super Tier Magic and why Ainz used a cash item to speed up Iä Shub-Niggurath spell?
I'm not sure where I have heard that is about a minute of casting time but I'm looking for some evidence to prove that statement.
Where it was said the casting time of super tier magic and how much it is?
Also, in the case isn't much (like a minute).
Spoiler alert Anime 3rd season cap 12:

 Why does Ainz Ooal Gown used a cash item to instantly speed up the casting time of the Iä Shub-Niggurath super tier magic if no one would attack him?
 No one on the new world knows what is super tier magic, nor they have the necessary strength to stop him. So why he sacrificed a cash item that he would never recover just to cast it faster?
If he had fear that the enemy could attack him, he could use his army to buy some (a lot) of time.

PD: I don't mind if you spoil me with anime, manga, web novel, light novel, databook, etc. I just want the answer.

I don't believe it's not mentioned in the LN, aside from the fact that the hourglass item that reduces the cast time to 0 (Overlord Volume 9, Chapter 4, Part 1). This is probably Ainz's flashiest (rather than most "powerful") so being able to activate such a powerful tier spell with all the important factions watching, adding to his "godly" image. While not a spell, but a skill, The Goal of All Life is Death has a 12 second activation time (not a cast time), and a 100 hour cooldown.

@кяαzєя 1) You could post that as an answer (about my second point), try to look cool and powerful may be a reason for Ainz. 2) I didn't understand why you mention about The Goal of All Life is Death...

It's pretty incomplete, but if you want a reference point in the LN, Super Tier spells are explained in volume 3 (chapter 4), right before the initial Fallen Down casting against Shalltear. Super tier magic are like a skill, and did not consume MP. It's the only player ability specifically mentioned with an activation time and cooldown afaik. There's a mention that there's a party wide cooldown for Super Tier spells, although long is not specifically mentioned. An average Player could only use four Super Tier spells per day at level 100. Fallen Down's CD is assumed to be 20 minutes or so.

In the anime, he made it apparent that he was looking for other PCs, so that strikes me as a valid motivation.  He laid out the bait for a little while, and then finished things up quickly to make his impression.


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Is the Dragon Ball Super anime mostly filler?
I know the title might wound weird but were the first two arcs BOG and resurrection F and the episodes between the Champa tournament and Goku black arc filler untill the manga gave enough info to start the main arcs? Sorry if it doesn't make sense.
EDIT:I know that the battle of gods arc was in the manga but the resurrection F arc was just summarized and in the anime Ginyu was somehow added into the story.

No, those arcs were also in the manga. Both the manga and the anime are based in Akira Toriyama main ideas and guidelines, though both the anime and manga have more room for the writers to put their own ideas because there isnt a manga fully made by Akira Toriyama like there was in Dragon Ball Z.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWLOvBIWlA

This is why I avoid using 'filler' to describe episodes of Super since the term doesn't really apply in this context. For lack of a better terminology, I prefer calling the fillerish episodes of Super "slice-of-life-episodes".


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What is this song from Naruto song sung in Korean?
I watched this show and they're singing the Korean version of an OST, and although it's familiar, I can't recognize it. Seems like it's from Naruto though.
Can anyone remember the title of this song?

i think i found it?? it's called Gliding by Buzz and this is the original version of the song.

The song's name is Gliding by Buzz.

i'm a fan of BTS myself and the one I linked in the video isn't their song, but Naruto's opening song. this one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wn85Ge22FQ) is their Run MV.

I think I've got the song.


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Which of Ash's Pokemon faints the most?
In the Pokémon anime, which one of Ash's Pokémon (other than the Pokémon that have been in more than one region with Ash, unless you re-count the number of faints for each region, and not including Raticate or Aipom or any of his unofficial Pokémon) has fainted the most?

Oh i just realized. Do you mean pokemon that have been in one more region than ash or one more region WITH ash?

I'm not going to bother checking every single episode, since I have better things to do with my life.
However, I can say with a 90% certainty that it's Pikachu. Not because it's weak, but because he has stayed with Ash the whole time, much more longer than any other of Ash's pokemon. So he's battled more and likely to have lost more.

I am 100% sure that it is torrterra or torkoal. but I think it is torkoal because when torrterra was a turtwig, he won a lot more times while torkoal barely wins.

What makes you 100% sure of your claim?

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