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How can Boruto handle a Chōōdama Rasengan?
We see that at the end of Boruto:Naruto the Movie,

 Boruto defeats the enemy by hitting him with what it seems a Chōōdama Rasengan (IMHO it looks larger than a Chōōdama Rasengan). I think Naruto infused some of his chakra in Boruto's jutsu to make it that big.

We see it took time for Jiraiya and Naruto to master the Rasengan, and Naruto was actually the only one to take it to the next level by adding his wind chakra (at the time).
So how can Boruto handle this large amount of chakra? Yes everyone says that Boruto can easily beat Naruto if you compare them at the same genin stage of their lives, but that doesn't mean Boruto is trained to manipulate such an insane amount of chakra. How was he able to pull it off?

The only strain Rasengan users show is from the chakra required to create it - It requires a LOT of chakra to create. Manipulating the chakra, while difficult to master, doesn't seem very draining. Even genin Naruto was able to spend entire days practicing the chakra manipulation part. Since we've seen Boruto make his own Rasengan, we know he understands the chakra manipulation part, so he can obviously handle using/attacking with it. He doesn't however have the completely bonkers reserve of Chakra that Naruto has, so he can't make the Giant Rasengan himself.
There's no reason to assume that the mechanics of the Rasengan change as it gets larger, so Boruto's own ability to manipulate chakra flow should be similarly applicable across all sizes of Rasengan.
I'd even wager that the manipulation part isn't particularly important, since we see Naruto give his friends Rasengans of their own to use during the Fourth Shinobi War, implying that it may be a completely self-sustaining jutsu so long as there is a chakra supply.

But shouldn't become a bit more difficult to manipulate this chakra as its "mass" -to give it a measurement unit- increases? Take bread dough for example, the larger it is the more difficult is to work with it.

He's not "manipulating" the bread though. He's already combined all the "ingredients" into his "dough", all his father did was add an insanely large amount of dough to his dough. Everything is done, he just needs to put it in the oven ((throw it in the bad guy's face))

Let me quote these lines from wikia:

The Rasengan does not require hand seals to perform. Once it is
  formed, it also does not require any additional chakra to sustain it

Although it doesn't require any additional chakra to sustain it (so I guess once it is formed it can be used by another person, too), but that doesn't also mean that it will not be difficult; it will be difficult to handle that chakra and to perfectly balance it.
In case of Boruto's Rasengan:

Though Boruto's Rasengan is initially much smaller, he subconsciously
  applies wind-natured chakra to it, enabling him to hurl the
  Rasengan across distances. While it loses its physical form shortly
  after bring thrown, the wind and force continue on-course unseen,
  tricking the opponent to let their guard down as sufficient damage is
  inflicted when it makes contact.

At first, Boruto really tried hard to achieve this stage so there is no doubt that he won't be able to handle Rasengan. But there is one more point to note: Boruto subconsciously applies wind-natured chakra to his Rasengan which perfectly defines that he was able to create Rasengan with that much power.
At the end of the movie:

Naruto is impressed that Boruto was able to learn the Rasengan and,
  still unable to move, adds his own chakra to Boruto's Rasengan, making
  it gigantic.

So Naruto simply added his own chakra to make that Rasengan much bigger. Since Boruto also learns how to perform Rasengan while training from Konohamaru Sarutobi after extensive practice then that's why he was able to handle Bigger Rasengan. (Note: that it was his own Rasengan but in bigger size than the usual one.)
Also in Boruto Uzumaki's wikia page, there is nothing mentioned about Choodama Rasengan (also in movie) in the Jutsu section, so according to the given information, we must accept the fact that it was not a Choodama Rasengan.

fyi Chōōdama Rasengan just stands for big ball rasengan, the question you linked has nothing to do with my question, since we're talking about different parts of the movie.

@JustDoIt I guess you are right. I might have accidently added that. I just edited it. But one thing you must note that in Boruto Uzumaki Wiki profile - where in jutsu section there is nothing mentioned about Choodama Rasengan(also in movie), so according to given information we must accept the fact that it was not a Choodama Rasengan

You can then edit what you've said in that comment, that applies more to the question than pointing out another scene that wasn't being discussed. I like your last comment much more than the paragraph that was edited out @LightYagami

the main issue with the giant rasengan is the chakra required to make it, not the ability to handle it. Jiriya only uses larger rasengans in Sage mode, where he can use Nature chakra instead of his own. Narutos first large rasengan against the Fake Itachi drained him heavily chakra wise, but in the end, he thrusted it himself similar to a regular rasengan.  It was exactly like when he gave the Giant rasengans to his friends in the War just before they defeated Juubi Obito, they cant use rasengan, but controling a hunk of chakra that is stable is probably not difficult.


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LN Alicization - no appearance of Murderer/Assassin Tribe in battle?
The Murderer's Tribe doesn't appear in the battle / make a contribution. They are non-existent in the diagrams displaying how both sides are positioned as well.
Is this something the author missed or did I miss something along the way?
It seems strange as each tribe is meant to contribute to the war effort in some way.

I've finished LN Vol. 17 and just noticed it. Judging from the plot, I don't find it likely they'll have a chance to appear later on either

Yeah they're strangely absent. You didn't miss anything. They don't appear in Vol. 18 either...

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What is the relevancy between the common theme of Knight’s & Magic, In Another World With My Smartphone, and KonoSuba?
These three anime:

Knight's & Magic
In Another World With My Smartphone
KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World.

and perhaps others anime as well begin with the common theme of a guy dying and get born on another world. That made me wonder what made this theme be present in so many anime.
I am specially focused on the death of the characters since that is, in my opinion, a different element of other isekai anime such as Sword art online. In Sword art Online the characters are truly imprisoned in a different world. In this three anime the characters die and continue their lives (are ressurected into) in a different world.
Is this kind of story present in some Japanese book? Is it just because this kind of narrative was well received? Are they anyhow related?
If possible it would be great if someone could find the first anime where this narrative was present.

Slightly related for answering the reason: Why all the “Re” in titles?

@AkiTanaka The Trapped in another world point covers it up pretty well. Although I would say there's this element of dying before being trapped which makes it somewhat different of SAO for instance

The term of art for this genre is isekai (異世界, lit. "different world"), FYI.

Attempting to find the first isekai is hard, you could argue about Alice in Wonderland in the literature side. The Tale of Urashima Tarou has certain aspects that could be considered isekai as well. On manga/anime, the oldest manga I found is a '76 shoujo manga about a girl sent to Ancient Egypt, Ouke no Monshou, and an '85 OVA, Genmu Senki Leda. The current trend started with the success of a bunch of isekai stories on "Syosetsuka ni Narou," I believe the most prominent being Mushoku Tensei.

@AkiTanaka that'd be isekai tensei (literally reincarnation isekai).

In fact the genre is so popular, Kodansha Bans Isekai and Teen Heroes in Light Novel Contest

I'm not sure it matters much to the storyline whether the protagonist died and got reincarnated, was transferred live, or got stuck in a videogame.  The only difference I can think of is that if the protagonist had died, it is very unlikely he would have a goal of returning to his old life. Otherwise it is just an initial story mechanic, and the plot can go anywhere from there.

Thanks to paulnamida's comment, this is a sub-genre of 異世界 (isekai, "different world") called 異世界転生 (isekai tensei, reincarnation on different world).
Nicopedia (Japanese) has an exclusive entry for this genre.

According to them, the definition is

元の世界の住人が死んで異世界で生まれ変わり、新しく人生をやり直すというもの。
Inhabitants of the original world die, reincarnated in a different world, and start a new life.

It has existed at least since 1988 in Japan with New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine, a 3-episode OVA of Aura Battler Dunbine.

古くから存在するジャンルで、日本のアニメでも80年代後半で既に近い特徴を持った『New Story of Aura Battler DUNBINE』が登場している [...]
In the genre that has existed for a long time, in the second half of the 1980s there was a Japanese anime New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine which has similar characteristics [...].

The cause of death can be anything, but a prominent one is caused by a truck, in which it's called "truck reincarnation".

転生なので異世界に行くには一度死ぬ必要があるが死因は様々で、トラックに轢かれて死ぬ、事件に巻き込まれて死ぬなど様々である。特にトラックに轢かれて転生する場合は「トラック転生」と呼ばれている。
Since it's necessary to die once to have transported into another world because it's a reincarnation, there are many causes of death, like running over by a truck, getting into an accident, etc. Especially, for reincarnation after running over by a truck, it's called "truck reincarnation".

Some prominent works in this genre:

アルバート家の令嬢は没落をご所望です (The Daughter of the Albert House Wishes for Ruin)
異世界はスマートフォンとともに。 (In Another World With My Smartphone)
賢者の孫 (Kenja no Mago)
公爵令嬢の嗜み (Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter)
この素晴らしい世界に祝福を！ (KonoSuba)
転生したら剣でした (I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated)
転生したらスライムだった件 (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
ナイツ&マジック (Knight's & Magic)
本好きの下剋上 〜司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません〜 (Ascendance of a Bookworm)
無職転生 ~異世界行ったら本気だす~ (Mushoku Tensei)
幼女戦記 (Saga of Tanya the Evil)

As for the reason why there are many works with this genre recently, Kevin fu's answer to a similar question would also apply here:

But the reason on why there's an influx of it being used is the fact that it currently sells when used in a light novel, manga, or anime title.

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What is the target demographic of cooking anime?
I have a hard time understanding who exactly cooking anime appeal to and how cooking became a genre.
Here's a list of cooking anime:
1987, Mister Ajikko
1997, Chuuka Ichiban
2004, Yakitate!! Japan
2008, Seiyou Kottou Yougashiten: Antique
2009, Cookin' Idol Ai! Mai! Main!
2009, Yume-iro Pâtissière
2015, Shokugeki no Souma
2016, Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara
2017, Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara
2017, Isekai Shokudou
2017, Emiya-san Chi no Kyou no Gohan
2018, Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara - Tootsuki Ressha-hen
2018, Isekai Izakaya: Koto Aitheria no Izakaya Nobu
2019, Shokugeki no Souma: Shin no Sara
2019, Shin Chuuka Ichiban!
2020, Shokugeki no Souma: Gou no Sara
2021, Shin Chuuka Ichiban!
2021, Isekai Shokudou 2
Shokugeki no Souma alone has already six seasons and they even resurrected the 1997 anime Cuuka Ichiban to get another two seasons in 2019 and 2021.

Demographics are things like age groups, professions, income brackets, country/state, region (urban/rural) and so on.
To give an example, are cooking anime for 20-30 year old single men living in an apartment in a big city or are they for 30-50 year old married women with children living in the countryside?
Who are these people that enjoy watching anime about cooking various dishes?

Is TQQ (kinda) a cooking anime?

This depends on what you mean by "demographic". In general, the demographic is "anime watchers who like to cook or watch content related to cooking." There are dozens of YouTube channels that are exclusively videos of people cooking, or cooking competitions, and have millions upon millions of viewers. Shows like Iron Chef, Kitchen Nightmares, The Great British Baking show are incredibly popular. There is, of course, going to be a large subset of people who like those channels and shows and are also anime fans. Cooking is an almost universally shared experience; most people have done it. Japan, especially, has a very deep culinary culture with more Michelin starred restaurants than any other country.

I mean demographics like age groups, professions, hobbies, income brackets, country/state, region (urban/rural) and so on. Saying that the watchers of cooking anime are anime fans that like cooking shows is a bit  tautological and I already know that cooking shows are popular. But I cook and I play sports, yet I do not enjoy watching sports or cooking shows. So I am wondering about the demographic.

@Ocean I think only if there's a survey or study about it. Anecdotally, 20 years ago when I was a middle schooler, I enjoyed watching Cooking Master Boy on TV (AXN Asia), and that's the only cooking anime that I've watched. Fast forward to now, I don't watch/read cooking anime/manga anymore, whether realistic or fantasy cooking. I don't cook and I still can't though.

@Ocean I think you may want to edit your question, in that case, to make it more clear as to what you are asking and provide the specifics you provide in your comment.

There is no definitive answer to this question as different cooking anime target different demographics. Some cooking anime, such as Cooking Master Boy, target a younger demographic, while others, such as Yakitate!! Japan, target a more adult demographic. In general, however, most cooking anime target a demographic that enjoys watching people cook and learn about different cuisines.

Yakitate Japan is actually for boys aged 9 to 16 and not for adults. It was released in the same magazine as Chuuka Ichiban and is for the same target audience. Yakitate Japan uses the Ganbatte formulae and the cooking is just the theme of that type of story. It plays out like other Ganbatte types of anime, like Kaleido Star or Dragon Ball.

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Is the character Etna from Disgaea based on an obscure Manga?
The following picture is from a chapter of the magazine released in October of 2002. It's the title page and I've added a picture of the castle the story takes place in from a later page.

Supposedly Disgaea is from 2003-01-30, otherwise I'd have suspected the manga to be a parody. And for comparison, a picture of the castle in Disgaea and Etna:

NSFW warning: the referred manga is from an adult manga/hentai magazine.

If I might ask,  from which magazine did you find the manga?

The magazine is called Comic LO.

@AkiTanaka Can we say the NSFW at the start please?


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How long does it generally take to release a soundtrack?
Essentially, I want to know how long it normally takes for soundtracks to be released after an anime's release. Are the soundtracks always released?
The main reason I ask is because I want to know when we can expect
K: Return of Kings' soundtrack to release. It came out in 2015, and I still haven't heard any news about its soundtrack.

This doesn't answer your broader question, but the K: Return of Kings soundtrack is scheduled for release on April 27, 2016.

Are the soundtracks always released?

Not always, but I'd guesstimate that 80-90% of anime have soundtracks released at some point. Those that don't are mostly shows targeted at children, who are probably not likely to buy soundtracks.

Essentially, I want to know how long it normally takes for soundtracks to be released after an anime's release.

This can range anywhere from "before the show is even done airing" (e.g. Shokugeki no Soma's first soundtrack album) to "not until season 2" (e.g. Nisekoi's first soundtrack album) to "yeah, we were going to release it soon, but lolno too bad" (e.g. Tokyo Ghoul - granted, they did put out an actual album half a year later).

Some examples:

Absolute Duo took about a little less than 6 months
Fairy Tail Original Sound Collection 2 came in about 4 months after


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Leveling in Elder Tale
First of all, I'd like to say, that I did not see Log Horizon 2nd season, so if answer should contain any spoilers, just direct me to watch Log Horizon 2.
Shiroe explained, that new datadisk was released pretty much the same time as the Apocalypse happened. That datadisk, apart from others, increased level cap to 100. There also were guilds, which were buying EXP pots from such bad guilds as Hamelin in order to progress faster. But, in the whole season 1, I did not notice anyone having level higher than 90. Is getting EXP such slow (past 90) in Elder Tale, or am I missing something? I did not even see anyone's EXP bar, but leveling is definitely possible, since Minori's team managed to get few levels in main class.

People definitely leveled past 90 even in season one (though nobody hit 100). If I can dredge up some screenshots, I'll post an answer.

@senshin That would be great!

You know, I might be wrong about that. The only high-level player whose stats screen we see towards the end of season 1 is Shiroe (in the episode where he makes Rundel into an adventurer), and he's still level 90 at that point. But in season 2, you do see people with levels above 90. Leveling past 90 is possible; it's just slow.

When Elder Tales was first released, the maximum attainable level was 40. It wwas gradually increased throughout the expansion packs. Before the Catastrophe, the maximum attainable level was 90.
According to the Wiki,

With the release of the Homesteading the Noosphere expansion pack, the maximum level cap rose to 100. However, this change probably only applies to the Yamato server, as the other servers were not yet implemented with the expansion pack when the Catastrophe struck.

It is unclear to exactly how many servers was this expansion pack applied which implies that not all the players trapped inside the game have the ability to grow their levels beyond 90. But the expansion pack does apply to the Yamato server. Meaning the players in Log Horizon can definitely level up beyond 90. It can be concluded that leveling up beyond 90 is just very very slow and requires a lot of EXP points.
Moreover, it kind makes sense too that we don't see any characters above level 90 since none of them are actually seen grinding for high level monsters. Shiroe's gang was at doing that at least before Shiroe started working for the Round Table Conference. But they had no time for that after Shiroe tried to bring everyone together. They have become more "politics oriented". Trying to set up proper living system in Akihabara, the round table conference and all. None of them is really going all out for EXP. So it seems only logical that none of them were able to accumulate enough EXP points yet.
Here's a link to the level system resource from the Wiki.


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Are both Natsu and Igneel known as "The Salamander"?
In the anime, Fairy Tail, I know Natsu is well known all around as the Fairy Tail guild's Salamander. However, I've also heard Natsu and Happy refer to Igneel as "The Salamander", specifically in the first episode. Is this a nickname for both of them?

Calling a Dragon as a Salamander? Highly unlikely. The salamander title was given to Natsu, exclusively. Also the wikia doesn't point out Igneel having that name.

In the first episode though, Natsu and Happy keep saying they're looking for a Salamander. :P

The first episode was about Natsu and Happy arriving at the town of Harujion to find someone called the Salamander (whom they thought to be Igneel). Natsu even states that the townsfolk must have meant Igneel and not Salamander. The mage's name was Salamander and it was not directly stated that it was Igneel's name

Though IG_42's answer is essentially correct, it is complete.
From memory the conversation went something like this. Very simplistically. [Please edit if somebody has the subs handy :)]

Lucy: I am a mage, looking to join a guild
  Natsu: I am looking for Salamander, Though he turned out to be human I am looking for a dragon
  Lucy: (All surprised)
  Happy: Salamanders are fire lizard so we thought it might be Igneel

Natsu and Happy are very simple minded. It never occured to Natsu that someone else might be using his moniker to fake people. They heard rumours of Salamander and thought it might relate to Igneel.

Real world salamanders have been associated with fire in mythology for centuries.
Their tendency to live in old logs sometimes used for firewood led to the belief that salamanders were immune to fire or even born from fire.
Leonardo Da Vinci notably wrote that salamanders only fed on fire.

You need to explain whether the name refers to both Igneel and Natsu. Explaining real word salamanders doesn't answer the question.


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Todo and Solomon motives in Witch Hunter Robin
I just completed the show, and I loved it. There are only two questions in my head. And I think there are no definitive answers to them, they can be mere speculation, but still I would like to read those. I searched a lot but couldn't find answer anywhere so I came here.
First, why was Todo so hell bound interested in creating a witch that can restore witches race? He was human and as much as it is shown, he wasn't madly in love with Maria (she was just a test subject for him, said by Father Juliano).
Second, why was Solomon so afraid of witches? Because witches were more powerful? Fine but if they despised witches so much, then why were they having conflicts with Zaizen? Zaizen wanted to eradicate witches completely, and so did Solomon. Just their means were different. And even the means could be justified because they hated witches, so creating Orbo was legal from their point of view.

Welcome to [anime.SE]. It seems you have 2 different questions that are unrelated to each other. It'd be better if you can post each as a standalone question so that the answers can be focused to each question. Meanwhile, take a [tour] to understand how this Q&A site works.

I removed the last doubt I had regarding Zaizen because that was indeed unrelated. But these two questions now seems to be related, as Todo worked for Solomon, and Todo wanted to restore witches race while Solomon wanted to destroy witches race. But why?


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Do the Quincy know of the consequences of their power?
We know that when a Quincy kills a Hollow, they destroy its soul and cause an imbalance that could destroy Soul Society and the material world if done enough.
Are the Quincy aware of this fact? If so, why do they persist in killing Hollows?

Something to do with Pride as i recall. Who would want to let such monsters run around and kill when they could do something about it. Uryu was well aware of it however, and even sided with the shinigami until his grandfather was killed thanks to Miyuri. THen he just hated both sides.

IIRC before the genocide, the Shinigami informed the Quincy that their power caused such problem. The Quincy was either ignored it or disbelief it. There was also the problem of, "the Shinigami didn't come quick enough so we decided to kill the Hollow ourself to prevent casualties."
@Ryan when was it mentioned that Uryu sided with the Shinigami before his granpa got killed? IIRC he was indifferent towards the Shinigami before that accident.

@AyaseEri Ichigo found out about what happened to the quincy, and then went directly to confront uryu about it. Uryu indeed does not care about shinigami, even viewing them as unnecessary, but regarding the incident 200 years earlier, he said "As for the story of their fall, I fell the shinigami were probably right, until my sensei died right before my eyes"(in the translation i found, chapter 46, pg 10). After that, he hated the shinigami for wronging him and his grandfather, though he never expressed sympathy for the past Quincy either.

They were acutely aware of this fact.  From the Bleach Wiki, emphasis mine:

Since the origin of the Quincy, many years passed within Soul Society trying to appeal to the Quincy that the handling of Hollows should be left to the Shinigami. The Quincy refused to accept the situation. As time went on, the number of Quincy increased and the cycle of souls became more unstable, forcing the Shinigami to reluctantly wipe out the Quincy in order to maintain the balance of the world.

From this, I gather:

The Quincy may not have originally been aware of what their powers were doing.
They learned the true consequences after the Soul Reapers attempted some kind of negotiations with them to get them to leave Hollows to them.
They disregarded the consequences and continued to use their powers against Hollows, due to (often) slow responses from Soul Reapers.


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Are there any anime/manga that have caused outrage to the point of them being banned in any culture?
I want to know if there is any city/country or culture that has banned any manga/anime because it opposes their beliefs?
I have read articles that say Pokemon  is against Christianity; however, are there any more?

I know of Christianity and Pokémon. I don't; what's that referring to? Maybe you should give a bit more context on that?

banned in china

I assume literally everything is banned in North Korea.

Ha ha ha ha ha OH YES.
China: Death Note, Code Geass (temporarily), Blood-C, Psycho-Pass, Attack on Titan, Deadman Wonderland and more and anything with yaoi content
France: Temporarily banned Kinnikuman for having a heroic character that wore a swastika
Iran: Basically everything is banned unless the Ministry of Islamic Culture approves it (unlikely to happen with anime/manga)
Japan has even banned a few: "Barefoot Gen" and "Midori (Shoujo Tsubaki)"
New Zealand: Highschool DxD and Puni Puni Poemy were banned for 'objectionable material' (To be fair, they also banned Power Rangers, because parents complained that their kids got hurt trying to imitate the show)
Singapore: Anything with yaoi content
And that's just a sampling....

It'd be nice if you provided some of the sources to this.  Yes, I know too that there were a lot of these that were banned, but having the ability to objectively prove it would go a long way to improving this answer.

"Japan" has never banned "Barefoot Gen", as far as I'm aware. Some schools did, but this is a completely different issue. Schools ban books all the time (not that this is a good thing, but I don't think it's really noteworthy).

I'm curious if the places that banned anything Yaoi also banned anything Yuri

Could I get a source for both the Iran and Singapore answers that you have given. It would help me a lot.

@HarshMahaseth Iran was based around a google search about the "Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance." Singapore's ban is based on Section 377A of the Singapore Penal Code which is a blanket ban on male homosexuality in the country.

First of all, I like to state I find your claim I know of Christianity and Pokémon.  fairly weird. All though I know in some streams of Christianity it is frowned upon (speaking as somebody with a religious up-bring) it never has been out righteously banned for religious reasons, and most likely not by a country/culture as a whole.
Most series don't get banned for opposing religious beliefs. They don't even get aired at all! An example of this would be Iran.
Iran first gives a thorough screening to everything that is aired on television by the Ministry of Islamic Culture. All though they do not allow most anime content, it is not a ban (the act of prohibiting by law), but censorship (the practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts), which sometimes is the series as a whole.

Any form of media in Iran needs the permission of the Ministry of Islamic Culture for distribution, which sets an arbitrary array of rules subject to change at any time by the government. These rules include any form of pornography or sexual imagery (particularly centered on the display of the female form, which in the Islam religion, is taboo), political material not in agreement with the government's goals, and any form of communication criticizing Islam. These restrictions are often circumvented by physical and internet piracy, use of satellite dishes and illegal used book markets. Source - TvTropes

All though there are plenty of censors due to religious reasons. I were unable to find any that out righteously banned a series due to religions reasons.

When La Pucelle Tactics was localized to the US from Japan anything that references Christianity was removed such as Croix's gun and the spell animations and hell being renamed to The Dark World with the reasons for the change being stated here as being religious transgressions. but this is more censorship than banning (though the quote does seem to imply that the game would have been banned if they didn't make the changes)

@Memor-X It's not censorship if a company chooses to edit their own work voluntarily. If they fear protests or boycotts and make changes to the game to avoid them that's their choice. There's nothing illegal about putting Hell or crosses in a video games, plenty of games have them, so there was nothing stopping them from releasing the game unchanged. It wouldn't have even changed its ESRB rating, which is only concerned about language, violence and nudity.


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Why wasn't Naruto able to defeat the Deva path with a single punch?
In battle against Pain, we have seen Naruto defeating certain Pain paths with a single punch using Sage Mode. Later when he was the Kyuubi overtakes him, he hit several punches and kicks on the Deva path but couldn't defeat him. Why?

A lot of the anime's 9 tails vs Pain fight was filler. For instance, Naruto goes 6 tails and destroys Hashirama's necklace immediately after transforming in the manga. I bet almost all those hits were just filler added in the anime to pad time in the fight.

Right from the start we can see that Yahiko was the main Pain used by Nagato.
This is shown when he destroys the village with a single attack, the ringed black orb jutsu... It draws all other Pain's power making them all faint.
Now, why didn't he just die with one punch? Other than it being a possibility of fillers, as mentioned by someone else... Since all other pains have been destroyed, this would allow Nagato to put all his remaining power within that single Pain, Naruto at that point wouldn't be able to kill Nagato with a single blow.


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Why is Zen Oh Sama destroying universes?
Why are the Zen-Ohs going to destroy the universes that lose in the tournament of Power ? It seems rather brutal and pointless, and make the Zen-Ohs look evil just for the sake of being evil.

By now the anime has provided a clear answer (though if you're only following the broadcast of the dub you're not quite to it yet):

 The whole tournament and super dragonball wish was a secret test of character.  Wishing back all of the universes was essentially the only correct and allowed wish.  If a selfish wish had been made, they were going to take it as proof that those Universes are, in fact, not worth keeping, and all of them would be destroyed.  But wishing them back would be a testament to the caliber of the denizens of these universes, such that they would be returned and spared.

Oddly, this seems to be a little different in the manga:

 None of the "secret test of character" stuff gets brought up at all.  Seventeen says he wants to wish all the universes back if the super dragonballs can do so, and the Grand Minister confirms that they can. So they're wished back and that's pretty much the end of it. All that's said is that the wish elevated Universe 7's rank by one position.  Which does at least say that such a wish was (highly?) valued, but not nearly at the level it seems to have been in the anime.

It's being stated that the Zeno samas want to destroy the universes which have low average mortal level and the 8 participating universes have the lower mortal levels . Why they want to do destroy such universes with low mortal level, it remained unexplained.
May be they'll give a twist to this idea somehow in the future and the universes will be resurrected, falsely destroyed or something, but for now it's being stated in a japanese magazine than (spoilers)

 universe 9 will be the first one to be destroyed

isn't low mortal reason itself the why?

yes, that's the reason, but why that reason? He doesnt like people with low mortal level? People with mortal level are bad in some way or something?

@Pablo I think the key to figuring out the why? is to first answer the question, why now? IMO, the triggering event was without doubt due to Future-Zen-Oh telling Zen-Oh about the whole Zamasu debacle.


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What happened to the tailed beasts?
This is another one of the questions that kishimoto sensei never actually addressed after the end of the series. It could be natural that they were left alone in forests , but is there any concrete evidence suggesting the same .
What happened to the bijuu's? Are they left alone in the forest or was there equal distribution amongst villages to leverage equal power? If yes , do we know about the existences of jinchuriki's post-naruto other than killer bee and naruto ?

To clear it up, their chakra was what was left in Naruto. Their physical form is elsewhere and currently unknown but if necessary, Naruto can contact them. "do we know about the existences of jinchuriki's post-naruto other than killer bee and naruto ?" We know that jinchurikis are split from the ten tails (a manifestation of a chakra fruit tree) and we know there are other chakra fruits (Momoshiki had a bunch), so other jinchuriki could exist but no other jinchurikis have been confirmed - most tailed beasts are probably free in another unkown (unrevealed) dimension

I doubt there could be any other Jinchuuriki outside earth @JohnD because firstly, The only reason the God tree became the ten tails was because Kaguya became jealous and wanted to retrieve her chakra from her sons. The chakra of the God tree is usually eaten and it is a pretty rare instance of the God tree taking on a humanoid form (much less being split by another otsutsuki into lesser forms)

In Boruto Episode 55, Urashiki spoke to Momoshiki Otsutsuki about the existence of 9 massive entities of Chakra in the form of tailed beasts. However, the only tailed beasts whose locations he explicitly mentioned were the Hachibi and Kyuubi. Urashiki was the  member that the Main Branch of the Otsutsuki Clan, who was tasked with searching for the Chakra fruit that Kaguya was originally tasked with, and with his Byakugan senses he was only able to detect the Eight and Nine tails.
My Hypothesis is that; if the tailed beasts were somewhere in the open forest, then Urashiki would most definitely have mentioned them and then started with the  lesser beasts which would be easier to acquire, but rather he does not mention them at all. This could Imply that the Tailed beasts are somewhere where even Urashiki could not find. I would guess that they were hidden somewhere where No one would try to Harm or take advantage of their Chakra.

they are alive and are in the forest, since no one will want to capture tailed beasts for wars after fighting as one during fourth war. naruto wouldn't let them be captured since he promsied to set the tailed beast free

Do you have any source or is that plain speculation

its a plain talk try reasoning it yourself, since naruto promised the tailed beast that he would set them free, do you think he will just stay put to allow someone recapture them

it's not about recapturing them , its about the tailed beasts themselves being accustomed to things too . Like shukaku may have liked staying within gaara itself .


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Why did Aizen kidnap Orihime in Bleach?
I remember that Aizen kidnapped Orihime but I don't remember if it was explained well why this happened. I have several hypothesis but not sure if they are true:

Was it that the Hogyoku didn't work until Orihime cured it some how? Was there such a scene in Bleach that gives evidence to this? Why wouldn't the Hohyoku work? Wasn't Aizen already giving more power to his hollows even before Orihime?
Is that why Aizen needed her or was it something else? To Maybe torture her to distract the Shinigami and Ichigo? But it seems that at this point he didn't really thought Ichigo mattered so it doesn't seem convincing.
Or did he use her to heal his Espadas?
Or did he do that to lure the Shinigami and trap them to Hueco Mundo?

Is there maybe another reason? Or are there multiple reasons combined? Aizen was smart so I am sure he had a reason to kidnap Orihime.

Probably a Lure, but at teh same time, Aizen was so strong he probably also did it as an experament and for a bit of fun. Who knows what would have happened if All captains and ichigo were in Karakura town when he invaided, especially if he brought 2-3 more Espada with him.

The answer lies in Ichigo's existence. At the end of the battle between Aizen and Ichigo, Ichigo noted that Aizen's sword is filled with loneliness. Before Ichigo, there was no one of the same level of spiritual pressure as Aizen. This is proved in the conversation between Ichigo and his father, Kurosaki Isshin, on episode 301 of the anime.

 Isshin: Let's go (after Aizen)

 Ichigo: Don't you feel it? There's no way we can fight such monstrous spiritual pressure.

 Isshin: As I thought, you really can comprehend his powers.

That wasn't the exact words but is pretty much what they said in that episode. And previously during the battle between Aizen vs Isshin, Yoruichi, and Urahara, Ishin said that when he slashed Aizen, he didn't feel anything. Aizen felt so empty. This is because Aizen's power is far above Isshin, that Isshin can no longer comprehend (Isshin also mentioned this to Urahara after he unleashed Getsuga Tensho towards Aizen). This is later proven by Aizen when he made a normal human vanish just by being near him without the man actually understand that going closer to Aizen will kill him.
Why Aizen kidnap Orihime? The main reason is once again, Ichigo. Deep down, Aizen believed that Ichigo can reach his level. And to encourage Ichigo's growth, Aizen kidnapped Orihime so that Ichigo would feel the urgency of getting stronger.
The other, less significant (from Aizen's point of view) reason is Orihime's ability, Shunshun Rikka, which can negates reality. Aizen was curious about it when he saw Orihime used it to restore wounds.
As for Ichigo saying Aizen's sword is filled with loneliness, it was mentioned in episode 310 at 8:30-10:30 of the anime.
As for Yamamoto, he certainly was regarded as the most powerful Shinigami, but Aizen doesn't seems like seeing him as his equal. This is my own guess though.

Interesting. So, the part that confuses me a bit is, did Yamamoto have the same level of spiritual pressure as Aizen or was Aizen stronger? If Aizen was stronger, why did he even go through the bother to steal rijun jaaka?

Ichigo noticed the loneliness in Aizen zanpakto? When is this discussed in the anime? Was that in the very end battle when Aizen is sealed? I very curious!

He didn't steal it, he sealed it in Wonderweiss. I edited the answer to include your questions.

I wonder why Aizen never saw Yamamoto as his equal, that always seemed rather mysterious to me. Do you have any guesses?

He kidnapped Orihime so he can wake up the hogyoko since Urahara sealed it. They said that the hogyoko will take a long time to wake up but with Orihime it took less time.

You're going to want to provide a source for this.

Aizen understands her power and how it can basically reject reality / events that happened. He sees her healing ability as borderline God-like powers. Of course he values this and wants it to use as he desires. I think the best explanation of this is in chapter 240 page 7. I don't actually think he really ends up exploiting her abilities past what is in that chapter (healing Grimmjow).
Kidnapping her also has the added benefit of luring out Kurosaki and his crew. By luring them to Hueco Mundo, Aizen and his men get to fight on their own turf.

That chapter doesn't really explain why he wanted her kidnapped, though.  While I think you're on to something with the luring part, some more convincing information should be provided.

I think its just a plot trick. Aizen has a big plan with a good story but the truth is that Ichigo had nothing to do with that. Author, instead of trying something believable, just pulled that cheap card of kidnapping Orihime so that Ichigo, the guy that has nothing to do there, does all the job and kills the main guy, again, who has nothing to do with him.
I remember that even there is a part where Aizen says that kidnapped Orihime because he was just curious of her mysterious power, but just that.
About the story of the above guy... Its an anime written for 15 year old kids, like Naruto, Dragon Ball, One Piece, etc, and like them, its full of plot holes. This is just another one.

how is this specific one (kidnapping orihime) a loop hole?


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Is Gelel Stone related to Kaguya?
1. Color consitency
The Gelel Life Energy has the same colour with pure Kaguya 10 Tail chakra as seen in Ninja Storm 4 used by Obito, Kakashi, and Princess Kaguya herself. Tenseigan Mode Chakra Color is also related to Princess's chakra color and Kishimoto is very consistent with colours.
2. Hidden pattern
The Galel Stone pattern resembles 10 Tails of Princess Kaguya 10 Tail Rabbit form.

filler is not canon period :x

But its THE movie not filler. Stuff in movie is still logical not fantasy and behaves according to the shinobi universe

stuff  not showing in the manga is not canon . . . i think :v

well fine.. but it still behaves on Naruto Universe unlike normal filler which my be 100% different than real anime

even the boruto the movie is used as the beginning of boruto manga.

Yes, it doesn't count

This movie is not canon. Please consider The Last & Boruto as the only canon movies.


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How come Yuki Onna turn into a kid?

Lord Second Era
As seen in Episode Number 8, during Gyuki's flashback, Yuki Onna can be seen as a woman with both adult facial feature and height.

Lord Third Era (Now, Episode 1-...)
Now, Yuki Onna is as tall as human form of Sandaime and has kid-like facial feature, which is kawai :D.

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
NOTE: I am asking HOW not WHY

Although unrelated, the reason why she did this might be something like this:

Those are two different Yuki Onna. The one that appears in the first picture is the mother of the one that appears in the second one. If you read the manga, it is explained in further depth there. (Sorry I forgot their names since it was a long time since I read the manga.)

Naruhodo ne! I wonder who her father is..

An old acquittance of the older Yuki Onna commented when he saw the current Yuki Onna, "Are you her daughter? No, you're her granddaughter." I forgot which episode though.

Also, the wikia entry mentioned that Tsurara (current Yuki Onna) is Setsura's (the previous Yuki Onna) daughter.


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What will happen human with Shinigami powers died while they are in human form?
As a human, death is inevitable, even for healthiest person in the world (ageing cannot be stopped). When a normal human die, their soul chain is cut. However, things are different those with unactivated shinigami power who obtain shinigami power while they are still alive through unnatural means, like Ichigo. The question that many of us has been wondering is that what would happen if human with in-born Shinigami power (activated), die while they are in human form.

With Ginjo showing up again in the manga, I'll vote re-open after Kubo-sensei explains why he can be there despite being implied as dead when Ichigo asked Gotei 13 for his body at the end of Fullbringer arc.

Thank you.. You are my saviour.. You are reviewing to old unwanted post.. i will vote you as a mod if i can. <3

If we go with other people who died in Bleach, the moment they died, their soul came out of their body. Unlike people who only half-dead, like Inoue when she was assaulted by his brother who has turned into a hollow, a dead people have his chain of fate separated from his body, which means he won't be able to return to his body. His body would still have the chain and if let on his own, the chain would start to erode until when it eroded completely, he turned into a hollow.
Shinigami is a soul, as can be seen during the flashback of Rukia and Renji's past. Both was resident of Rukongai, the residential district. And it was shown during Chad's awakening that a soul that is sent to Soul Society is sent to the Rukongai area. This suggests that Rukia and Renji was a human too before they starts entering the Shinigami academy and turned into one.
Now, since Ichigo is already a Shinigami, and a Shinigami is a soul, then if he died he would just simply turned into a Shinigami, except that he won't be able to return to his body. He can of course enter a gigai shaped just like his body.

will he lose his memory?

No. The kid that Chad saved didn't lost his memory.

can you explain more on when ichigo get first get his hollow stuff in urahara base?


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How does Getsuga mode works?
It is said that in order to release Final Getsuga Tenshou, Ichigo has to be Getsuga himself. But, what does it mean? How this Getsuga mode worked? Is it only Zangetsu exclusive? Is it cancelable and be reused?

from what i have read Ichigo lost his powers because he used Final Getsuga Tenshou (before the Fullbringer Arc), i wouldn't really say that's reusable unless being a Fullbringer eliminates that drawback

Edited to make less 'what if'

To understand how Final Getsuga Tenshou (FGT) works, we need first to understand what happened with Ichigo when he wanted to learn it.
Ichigo and Isshin was in the Dangai (Precipice World) a tunnel that connects Living World and Soul Society. Isshin stopped Ichigo and noted that the train was not there and that while it usually is a bad thing, it was a good thing for them since because the flow of time is different in the Dangai than that in Real World or Soul Society, it is a good time for him to teach Ichigo the FGT. Isshin then told Ichigo that he can only attain the technique by asking his Zanpakutou to teach it to him. He then told Ichigo to sit crossing his legs and start communicating with his Zanpakutou, which is similar to what meditation is.
What happened with Ichigo when he entered his inner world is that he found that all the tall buildings are under water. He was surprised but then Tensa Zangetsu shows up and tell him that he can breathe just fine even under water since its just his inner world. Ichigo asked Tensa Zangetsu to teach him, but Tensa Zangetsu refused. Hollow Ichigo shows up and then fused with Tensa Zangetsu and then fight Ichigo, claiming that if he persist on trying to learn the technique, Hollow Tensa Zangetsu will kill him. They fought, but Ichigo keeps getting beaten.
Then Ichigo realized that there is something wrong with the fight. Hollow Tensa Zangetsu could have killed him from the first strike, yet he didn't do it. He then understands how he can learn the technique, that is by accepting Hollow Tensa Zangetsu's blade. Thus he let the blade pierce him. Hollow Tensa Zangetsu then told him that that is the right answer for Hollow Tensa Zangetsu is Ichigo himself. Ichigo then proceeds to fight Aizen using his newfound power.
Now what does all this means? This means that to learn (to use) Final Getsuga Tenshou, Ichigo needs to understand himself and accept it as is. That's why it was said that to use Final Getsuga Tenshou, he needs to be Getsuga itself.
How does it works? If we see how he attained it, he probably need to enter a special state of mind, which he can reach by meditation. In Zen teachings, there are some special states of mind, namely, Shoshin, Fudoushin, Mushin, and Zanshin. Mushin in sports is often called as "Zone". If you watched Kuroko no Basuke (The Basketball that Kuroko Plays) you will see that when in the "Zone", all abilities goes up drastically, which in Ichigo's case would be his reiatsu goes up so high that even Aizen no longer able to comprehend it.
Is it Zangetsu exclusive? Maybe. That question cannot be answered with exact answer. The only thing that we know is that Isshin knows about the technique, and quite possibly has used it before, and that Ichigo was able to learn it as well. If we go by how Ichigo attained it, then it is very possible that others might be able to learn similar technique although it won't be called Final Getsuga Tenshou since they only ones who has been shown to be able to use Getsuga Tenshou are Isshin and Ichigo.
Is it cancel-able and reusable? If we go by what Kise Ryouta did during the match between Kaijo and Seirin in the semi-final of the Winter Competition, then yes, it can be canceled, assuming that FGT works by entering a "Zone", and that it works the same way in Bleach universe. What we know for sure is that Isshin/Tensa Zangetsu (I forgot which one) said that once he used the technique he will lost all his powers. He will turn into a normal person. This means that it is not reusable.

Unfortunately, There are no solid answers yet, just theories. As it currently stands, it seems unlikely that we will ever find out either, as the Manga is only a few chapters from ending, Though it may make a return to defeat the final villain and we may get to learn something about it then.
Theory 1) Ichigo fused with his zanpaktou sword spirit. This one does not make much sense, since the zanpaktou is already a part of its wielders spirit, but his sword did disappear, so it has some merits.
Theory 2) It was some kind of Shinigami, Quincy, Hollow, or unique technique to the Kurosaki Family (specifically on his fathers side), a lot like what Uryu did when he fought Miyuri, since both lost their powers after the fact. Though there are several big differences depending on where you place it, we only know that Isshin could supposedly do it as well, but cross species abilities are not explored much outside of Vizards/Arrancars.
Theory 3) The most likely theory as it stands, is simply that Kubo wrote himself into a corner. He made Aizen too strong, So he had to come up with a way to make Ichigo Stronger.
Theory 4) This one is the newest, but also spoils a lot from the last Arc in the manga, Some very big plot points are revealed about Ichigo spoiled here:

 Ichigo is in some way partially all 4 of the main races, and as we find out, His quincy part suppressed his Shinigami part, and then somehow used some of its own power and the Hollows power to give him his regular powers that we all knew and loved. Eventually, Ichigo is able to fully access all of his powers, and we see his new regular strength is well beyond Yamamoto's and Aizen's, with his reatsu being visible to the naked eye in just his shikai form. This theory is simply that Ichigo used a technique that forced any limiters to be removed, and accessed his absolute power. Like Uryu again, The removal of the limiters caused damage to his Spiritual power network, and he could no longer produce more Reatsu, so he slowly drained it all away until he was human again.

Lets hope in the next few chapters we find something out, but as it stands, If we don't, we probably never will.

Thank you.. finally! I can properly 'reword my question' to fit 'community guidelines'.. and finally get a proper answer.. is a pain to reword stuff..  Now, fusing with zanpakuto, i think the best theory since there is some of that stuff referenced in OVA.. Blades, the rogue shinigami. Also, he said it himself, he is being the getsuga tenshou himself. However, in the case of Blades.. he cannot cancel it; thats why he stole ichigo power to seperate himself from zanpakuto.. though, im not sure why he wanted to stop the fuse mode..

If so, if ichigo can keep up with aizen 1:1 combat instead of just kaboom his power to 2:1 (since aizen is not dead yet but sealed xD).. he can keep his getsuga mode forevaaa and be an unsealable, immortal creature since that black hollow+shiningami bakudo didnt work for him. Plus, in non canon movie, he can fuse himself to hell guardian and get access to hell chain management.. so perfect being.. he might as well drinks tea together every day with soul king.. sad thats not happening.

His father was not a Kurosaki. He is a Kurosaki due to marriage only. His name before his marriage was Shiba Isshin. He is from the Shiba clan of Soul Society.

@AyaseEri I tried to avoid such a spoiler in the answer by saying it was on his fathers side.

@LordSacha i Suppose i should throw in the fact that OVA's, Fillers, and Movies are usually completely non canon and in actuality are only given the most basic of help from the author if anything. Using them to support Canon material, theories, or ideas is worse than using WIkipedia on a scholarly paper. Those kinds of media are not bound by continuity like the Author is, so they do whatever they want so long as it sounds plausible, even if it contradicts the story thus far.

@Ryan ok fine I'm just commenting.. Hehe


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What kind of institution is Gotei 13? Authority? Justice? Policy maker?
According to Wiki:

According to Yhwach, the original Gotei 13 were "defenders" in name only, comprising nothing less than a brutal mob of killers, but it was for this very reason they were a force to be feared, especially because Yamamoto was a ruthlessly pragmatic leader whom would hold even his subordinates as expendable. It is noted the Gotei 13 underwent dramatic changes after the extermination of the Quincy, mellowing out in the ensuing peace, having now found a sense of justice upon discovering things to protect and treasure.

Does this  mean Gotei 13 is acting as private organisation in Soul Society or is it an authority or law maker than can judge souls. If Gotei 13 is govermental authority, How can they exterminate Quincy if they act on behalf of Soul King? I know Soul King doesn't directly control Soul Society. And I believe what Gotei 13 has done was unjust. Therefore, I conclude that Gotei 13 is not ultimate source of justice. Therefore,  every soul can do whatever it wants in Human World, Soul Society, or Hueco Mundo without disobeying anything since authoritive figure doesnt exist among souls.
I believe the only thing that makes Gotei 13 an authoritative institution is because they have group of Bankai users that are willing to punish other soul on behalf of Yamamoto.

The Gotei 13 is a military organization in the Soul Society, together with the Kidō Corps and Onmitsukidō. They are not a private military organization, which is not loyal to one government, since they are loyal to the Soul Society.
If Gotei 13 is governmental authority, how can they exterminate Quincy if they act on behalf of Soul King? I don't quite understand why acting on behalf of the Soul King should have not made the Quincy extermination possible in the first place. From the wiki:

The Soul King is not involved in governing Soul Society, having given the full control of its government to the Central 46 and thus being uninvolved with the day-to-day affairs of Soul Society.

He is, however, seen as a king since he has probably the most important job of all. To quote again from the wiki:

The Soul King's sole purpose is to regulate the flow of souls into and out of Soul Society and keep the flow stable. Without the Soul King, the balance is lost and everything that is linked to Soul Society or made in it, as well as the Dangai, Hueco Mundo and the Human World will fall apart.

The Gotei 13 was forced to exterminate Quincies since they were making the cycle of souls unstable.
I also believe what Gotei 13 has done was unjust. Therefore, Gotei 13 is not the ultimate source of justice. Yes, it was not morally right. Were they fair? Probably not. But both sides are at fault; the Quincies, for not listening to the Shinigami that they endanger the balance and the cycle of souls and the Shinigami, for only seeing themselves as the ones who should only have the job of handling souls and hollows and not compromising with the Quincies so they can work together.
However, the Shinigami still did their job to maintain the flow of souls with this.
Therefore, every soul can do whatever it wants in Human World, Soul Society, or Hueco Mundo without disobeying anything since authoritative figure doesn't exist among souls. With this, you just denied the existence of the Soul King, the Central 46, the Royal Guard, the Gotei 13 and every other authoritative figure in Bleach. Unless these organizations cease to exist, every actions done by souls against the law would have a consequence.
That the Gotei 13 committed acts which, to you, is unjust does not mean they are not authoritative, or that other branches in the Soul Society government should be branded as the same.

The Gotei 13 was mainly used to keep the control and order in the Soul Society. They are also the first line of defense from any enemies, such as Hollows, Quincies, etc. They maintain the balance between the spirit world and the real world by eliminating Hollows, and guiding lost souls.
The main purpose of the 13 was to provide an authoritative sense. Hope this answers your question.


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The D- OnePiece
What is so important about the characters with the middle initial of D? It seems like they're the center of attention in One Piece and the middle initial of D seems to be of some significance. I don't want to actually know what the D stands for, just why people with the initial is important. And everybody should know that the meaning of something and how it is significant is two different things. Duh.

I don't want to actually know what the D stands for, just why people with the initial is important and what does it mean if you have it. Like are you special, or is it a bad thing to have it.

I read "Is this an indication of something, or do they really all just have middle initials of the letter D? If they are initials, do we know what they stand for?" as referring to whether or not the initial has any significance, although perhaps I'm missing something.

The significance and meaning behind the D are one and the same.

How so? The meaning of something and how it is significant is two different things. And i don't need some vague explanation like "They all cause trouble for the Government" Damn near 95% of the characters do that.

Instead of arguing technicalities, please clarify what exactly it is you want. What significance does the D initial hold and what does the D initial mean are addressed in the dupe question link even if the question doesn't explicitly as for it. If that doesn't answer your question, please explain to us why it does not and what you are looking for.

People with the D are often very influential.
Influential people we know off:

Gol D. Roger (Pirate King)
Portgas D. Ace (First Mate of Whitebeard Pirates)
Marshal D. Teach (Former Pirate, Pirate Hunter, Shichibukai)
Monkey D. Dragon (Leader of the rebels)
Monkey D. Garp (Vice Admiral of the Marines)
Monkey D. Luffy (Pirate, defeated multiple Shichibukai, broke into Enie's Lobby, broke out of Enie's Lobby, defeated CP9)
Trafalgar D. Water Law (Pirate, former member of the Quichotte family)
Portgas D. Rouge (mother of Portgas D. Ace, little is known)
Jaguar D. Saul (former Vice Admiral, helped saving Nico Robin)

So, many people the government hears of, that contain the D, often cause trouble for it.
Like starting a fight between the government and the pirates.
Or letting hundreds of criminal organize themselves.
Or starting an all out war against the government.
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How is it that applicant 44 is able to turn into smoke and do magic if he is just another contestant?
I would like to know why he is able to do pretty much anything. He seems to be almost unkillable, except when Gon surprises him. I am only on episode 4, so try not to spoil anything please :)

If you're just started watching, then keep watching until the end! You definitely will find the answer throughout the series.

You're right to think he is NOT just another participant. He is already at hunter level which co-incidently includes several other participants in this exam as well (Good luck figuring them out!). As Happy Face said, you'd need to see more to understand the actual mechanics between the "magic" Hisoka(the Participant 44) uses.
To give you a bit more info without spoiling anything. I'll block quote the wiki intro about Hisoka on HxH wiki.

Hisoka is portrayed as entirely self-serving, self-absorbed, and selfish; he does whatever he likes as long as it pleases him in some way. His insatiable love for spilling the blood of powerful fighters in combat and his enjoyment of extreme pain while doing so fuels his seemingly sadomasochistic desires. In order for them to grow to their full potential (so as to improve the pleasure of killing them later), Hisoka allows the main protagonists to live in situations wherein he is easily able to kill them. Likewise, he grows excited to meet any new people he deems worthy of fighting or anyone with potential to be a good fighter and entertain him in the future.

Long story short he is an anti-hero, who is completely self-centered and a Sociopath. He is one of the best characters in HxH viz. saying something as HxH has great character development!
Edit: Just saw your username "DeadPool" and Hisoka fits the role of Deadpool in HxH universe.

Thx dude it's my fave movie. So funny!


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What is migi's physical composition
I am just wondering, what is migi made of i just was watching parasyte and was wondering.

Digitally-composited pixels, I'd imagine. (Unless you're talking about the manga, in which case I guess it'd be ink and paper.)

The Parasytes are alien organisms, made of alien cells that have similar biochemistry to ours (they feed off of our food - or us).
These cells have several properties (powers if you may):

All of them work as brain cells. The intellect of a parasyte is varied, but directly proportional to its size. It is shown when Migi divides, the divisions are dumber.
All cells can differentiate freely. They can work as muscles, elongate and become hair, stiffen and harden as much as metal, work as sensory organs, etc. This is the source of the morphing power of parasytes.
Generate telepathic/empathic signals. Parasytes can communicate empathically with one another, by sending signals. When previously agreed on, they can coordinate actions to great efficiency.
Information transfer

 Gotou gestalt of parasytes can freely transmit information from one another, including granting control of one's own body to another parasyte. Migi "downloaded" several parasyte-bytes of information while in Gotou's collective, and thinking on that information is one of the reasons he went into final hybernation.

Parasyte cells also have several weaknesses:

Do not reproduce: parasyte cells cannot reproduce (mitosis). This makes the size of parasytes fixed and limited. Any permanent damage permanently reduces the size of the creature, with some side effects, as

 Migi's hibernation after he used part of his cells to heal the chest wound Shinichi receives from the Parasyte that killed his mother.

 Chemical vulnerability: Parasytes do not have the same immunities granted by specialized cells such as lymphocytes and chemicals like antibodies, and their chemistry is rather simplistic. This makes them vulnerable to several chemicals and pollutants.

 This is what caused Gotou's death, infection from a rusted metal object + pollutants.


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If the Tonegawa anime is supposed to be a prequel to Kaiji that is set in the 90s, how come it features modern things?
Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues is supposed to be a prequel to Kaiji series that is set in the 90s. However, the anime features modern things, for example: smartphones, vaping, apps like Yelp.
How come such things exist in the series?

This is also noted on Japanese Wikipedia without any explanation: 時間軸としては『賭博黙示録カイジ』以前（1996年以前）に当たるが、作品内に登場する各種事物は連載中の現在と同じく2010年代のものになっている。 (While the time period is set before Kaiji (before 1996), the work introduced things from the same period of the serialization, which is around year 2010s, the current time period)


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Discrepancy between episodes about pokemon which ingest pokeballs
In Advance Generations episode 075, an old man was trying to catch a wild whiscash and he threw a masterball in which the whiscash ate. However, later on in episode 117, a wild munchlax swallowed May's pokeball and it caught the munchlax.
Is there an explanation for the apparent discrepancy?

There is no official answer (as far as I can tell), so I will offer up a possible explanation from my observations.
From watching clips of the events, I noticed that Munchlax actually doesn't swallow the Poké Ball. It enters its mouth and it continues chewing. This is evident because when Munchlax is captured, the Poké Ball is seen where its head is. Munchlax's chewing may have caused the Poké Ball to activate. Whiscash, on the other hand, really did swallow the Master Ball. Whiscash's digestive tract may have slowed down the Master Ball and prevented it from opening. Usually we see Poké Balls hit something before they open. It also may not have opened because there was not enough room in the digestive tract.

I believe we do see other instances of Pokemon pushing the button on the ball to go inside, so this sounds reasonable.


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Are there two separate Mewtwos?
In the first movie and the anime series, Mewtwo's voice clearly indicates that Mewtwo is male. In the 16th movie, Mewtwo appears to be  female. It was then shown that that Mewtwo can mega evolve into Mewtwo Y. From this, is it possible that there are two Mewtwos, where the male is Mewtwo X and the female is Mewtwo Y? I know that in the game, Mewtwo does not have a gender, but this is from the anime's perspective.

I've noticed that all of your posts have significant grammatical errors. You can check your grammar at this site if English is not your first language or you are unsure of your writing.

VA gender != gender of character. Ash's Pikachu is male but is voiced by a female. On a less-anime example, all characters of south park are voiced by 2 people, both male.

@ThePickleTickler sorry, baout that, i'll make sure i use caps from now on

@ardaozkal i have fixed my question

In Italy Goku (from Dragon Ball) was voiced by a female for quite some series... Does this mean that he is a transgender lesbian female?

Bart Simpson is voiced by a woman, yet in the Simpsons Movie, we can clearly see he's male (or at least has male genitals). Judging the gender of someone by their voice is not accurate.

The evidence overwhelmingly indicates that there are two Mewtwos. Firstly, in
Genesect and the Legend Awakened, Mewtwo didn't give any indication of recognizing Ash, even though it should have known him from the movie Mewtwo Strikes Back. This indicates it was a different Mewtwo. Secondly, it has its own backstory in the special episode Mewtwo: Prologue to Awakening. I haven't seen the special, so I couldn't say for certain whether the events therein completely contradict the idea of there being only one Mewtwo, but what I've read indicates that the second Mewtwo's creators survived, which contradicts the fact that the first Mewtwo killed its creators.
The evidence for either Mewtwo having a gender, however, is nearly nonexistent. You submit the voice actor/actress for each Mewtwo as evidence of its gender, but I would contend that this is very insignificant. Especially for animals (or Pokémon), an actress can play the role of a male character and an actor can play a female character. Shaymin from Giratina and the Sky Warrior is an example to consider. In the English dub of the movie, Shaymin's voice actress used a more masculine voice for when Shaymin turned into its Sky Forme, but used a feminine voice for Shaymin's Land Forme. This demonstrates that the voice acting isn't a good indicator of a Pokémon's gender.
Furthermore, the anime rarely reveals the gender of any Pokémon. For example, just look how few of Ash's Pokémon have confirmed genders. Of his Pokémon from Kanto and Johto, only the genders of Pikachu (male), Bayleef (female), and Butterfree (male) have been confirmed. Notably, his Pokémon from Unova have the highest percentage of confirmed genders. This is because his Snivy knew the move attract, the effectiveness of which depends on the Pokémon being of the opposite gender.
And there you get to my point: The gender of a Pokémon is only revealed in the anime when there is reason to. The gender of Mewtwo really doesn't matter, and there is no reliable information from the anime as a result. If we're just going by the anime, we don't know the gender of either Mewtwo.
Edit: In the Black and White: Adventures in Unova and Beyond episode To Catch a Rotom!, Professor Oak confirms that Rotom is genderless after an attract move by Iris's Emolga fails. The existence of genderless Pokémon in the anime is likely an indicator that the anime follows the games in this matter, and that Mewtwo is also genderless.

I did some research and it appears that there are actually two different Mewtwos, as you suggest. I know this sounds a bit outlandish at first, but it is mentioned and supported in numerous different sources.
From GameFAQs:

In game: genderless
  Real mewtwo from the first movie: male
  New mewtwo from genesect movie: female, apparently

From Pokemon Database:

The original Mewtwo, created by team rocket (First Movie & Mewtwo Returns), was a male.
  This is the moody Mewtwo you know best.
The second Mewtwo appears in Genesect and the Legend Awakened and is female.
There is no real evidence for exactly who created this Mewtwo, but it may have been another team following Giovanni's original plans. It could also have to do with the "multiple parallel universes" mentioned to exist in ORAS.
If this were to be the case, this Mewtwo would have been created at abut the same time in about the same circumstances, but was born a female and may have never met Ash.

In general, it appears that the movies can sometimes operate within different timelines of the regular anime, so these multiple parallel universe theories can exist separately.
From the Bulbapedia entry for Mewtwo, it states that Mewtwo is genderless, but Bulbapedia refers to the games and not the anime/movies.
You can also watch this video, where a semi-popular YouTuber discusses the gender of Mewtwo (and reaches the same conclusion that there are two Mewtwos).

The movies don't confirm the gender of the mewtwo's we see though. Do they? So they could still be gender less. I would not trust the word of fans that say one is male and the other is female just because once has a male voice and one has a female voice. Especially considering that it's officially stated to be gender less. Fair enough if in the story they specifically state their gender. But that hasn't happened as far as I'm aware. Furthermore there are plenty examples of males sounding feminine and females sounding masculine.

Those sources you're using are mostly comments by fans and therefore not authoritative.

doesn't bulbapedia do info on the anime episodes/movies and the anime characters?

@Dragon Yes, it does: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mewtwo_(Best_Wishes_series)

The Mewtwo in the first movie and in Mewtwo Returns is confirmed male - from Giovanni saying "Good Boy" when Mewtwo willingly goes into the trap made by Giovanni. And the more masculine voice just helps validate this, but the fact that Giovanni stated him as a "boy" for me validates he is a male.
As for Mewtwo in the Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened - it is a different Mewtwo. It is voiced by a woman in both Japanese and English dubs, but there is no actual confirmation of its gender by pronouns or etc. We "assume" it is a female but there is no real indication of its gender as there was with the first Mewtwo. Also, this Mewtwo is clearly a different Mewtwo by the choices of voice actors, and also the fact that Ash recognized it as Mewtwo, but the Mewtwo from the Genesect movie didn't recognize Ash. Ash also 'acknowledged' it was a different Mewtwo in the Mewtwo x Genesect Movie. This Mewtwo can also mega evolve to Mega Mewtwo Y at will, which the original Mewtwo from the first movies never could.

This makes the most sense out of all of the answers, IMO. +1 for being clear :)

Yes there are two mewtwos, this was stated by Director Kunihiko Yuyama: "When you think about the Mewtwo from the first movie, Mewtwo Strikes Back, you think about lines like "Who am I?" and how there was this running theme of Mewtwo wondering about itself and how it relates to the world around it."
"The Mewtwo in this film has actually gone out into the world and has expanded its worldview.  And it's started to be concerned about this world and those in it, and when you compare it to the previous Mewtwo, you'll definitely feel like it's gotten past one of its limitations."
"This Mewtwo is not the same Mewtwo from the first movie.  What part will this Mewtwo, who's actually gone out into the world, play in this movie?"
 As you can clearly read it is a separate individual and not the mewtwo we saw first. Here is my source: http://dogasu.bulbagarden.net/movies/bw_genosect_mewtwo/extreme_speed_genosect_awakening_mewtwo_director_yuyama_comment.html


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Why does Yubaba offer a job to Chihiro, rather than just turning her into piglet?
From the beginning of the film, it looks that Yubaba is searching for Chihiro with the clear intention to turn her into animal.
What reasons prevent Yubaba to do so when Chihiro suddenly comes to her office? While being rude, Yubaba still talks to Chihiro and at the end offers to sign the job contract. Looks like Yubaba is restricted by some rules she must follow. Why, and what are these rules?

This reminds me of the theory in which the bath house workers are also "hostesses", as were traditional bath house workers at some point in the history of Japan in real life. That would explain it: Chihiro, as a young girl, had the potential to do that kind of work later, unlike her parents. The theory seemed quite well constructed and convincing (on a symbolic level, in the same way the Red Riding Hood is actually about rape) but it's not confirmed as far as I know or I would have made this an answer.

She cannot refuse her as long as chihiro asks. Yubaba also has a rule not to turn down anyone asking for a job and therefore has to give her the job and can't be turned into a piglet as she is under her service.

Yes, Yubaba says something like this after the contract is signed. I thought this is some bitter joke from her side only.

It was two reasons actually: Yubaba's oath and...... Big Baby's tantrum!
In the English dub, Yubaba said: "I cant believe I took that oath. To give a job to anyone who asks. Ridiculous! I hate being so nice all the time."
So yeah she can't turn down a job request but she can intimidate you to change your mind.
Yubaba was having fun intimidating Chihiro. Until Big Baby woke up. She doesn't want to deal with Big Baby's tantrum, so she gave in to Chihiro's incessant request.

One thing I find funny during that scene is, she told Chihiro that she doesn't want her because she's a spoiled cry-baby, with no manners. Hey lady, you just described your son!


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Is Goku the First Super Saiyan?
As stated in the question, is Goku the first Super Saiyan?  If not, who was the first Super Saiyan? Was it:

Goku
Broly
Bardock (according to the Episode of Bardock)
Someone else

Broly and Bardock's super sayian story were Filler as i recall, though the first super sayian is for sure an unnamed sayian who lived a very long time before goku and vegeta were born as it was nothing more than a legend to Vegeta before Goku transformed

I'm not sure who was, but someone had to have beaten Goku to it or the legend wouldn't have existed before Goku did it.

Someone else?

Now this question has a definitive answer. This is new information. The first super saiyan was Yamoshi. Akira Toriyama gave an interview recently and he stated the first super saiyan and the first super saiyan god was a saiyan named Yamoshi.
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Yamoshi

Historically, Probably NO.
Original Super Saiyan was originally thought to be a legend, until Goku first transformed during his fight with Frieza. In a filler scene in episode 66 of DBZ, the first appearance of the Original Super Saiyan was shown, it looks like a Great Ape with yellowish colored fur. Apparently Super Saiyan was not in Great Ape form, unless it's a Golden Great Ape, it was made up by Vegeta's imagination.

Talking about Bardock, he was suspected as the first Super Saiyan, there is no official information to prove he is the first ever Saiyan to transform into a Super Saiyan. At the end of Episode of Bardock, it is revealed that Chilled's knowledge about Super Saiyans was passed to his descendants. It is not confirmed yet that Akira Toriyama wants Bardock to be the first Super Saiyan.
But until now, Bardock was the first Super Saiyan in the series with a known name and appearance.

i would also like to add that with the Super Saiyan God Legend, Vegeta said there was 5 Super Saiyans who pooled their power onto one. if the legend's basis is the same as the legend itself and still true then originally there was 5 super saiyans and possibly that the first Super Saiyan may have been the one who became the Super Saiyan God in a similar fashion that Goku was the first to become Super Saiyan and edned up being the one to become the Super Saiyan God

When Super Sayan was first described in the source material, Vegeta had said that there had once been a super Sayan roughly 1000 years prior to the current timeline.
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan
As far as I know, this Super Sayan from 1000 years ago has yet to be named.
So no, Goku was not the first.

The first super sayian was Bardock father. He was sent back in time from Freza's blast that he sent at planet Vegeta. Where he met Freza's great grandfather  (idk how many greats) and that's where the story of super sayians came from. With all his anger at having his planet destroyed, he became a super sayian.
Source: Bardock
My explanation isn't explained well enough, my bad guys.

Please state your source

@solalito It's from a movie, episode of bardock part 2


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Why was Yoshimi killed?
In the second part of the series after the first time skip, Saki learns that she did have a sister called Yoshimi. According to the comments made by her mother, Yoshimi was killed by an Impure Cat.
Yoshimi showed signs of having gained her powers early but didn't seem controlled because of how her name looked in the mirror Saki found. Considering that she didn't look all that much older to Saki,

Was Yoshimi really that much of a threat to have developed her powers so early that she had to die?
Isn't the purpose of the Unified Class to help children and teenagers control their powers?
Why couldn't Yoshimi just be a child prodigy who could one day take Shisei Kaburagi place?

There's an answer in the book. She had an eyesight problem (astigmatism + short-sightedness) that was misinterpreted as a defect of her cantus. Her eyesight problem is the reason her name in the mirror looked the way it did.

I wondered the same thing. Is it possible that perhaps she never graduated elementary?
Saki's mother was very excited when Saki's spirit came to her finally. Throwing herself into her, it could be from feeling another failure for her last chance as a mother.
Or perhaps she moved up quickly but then became stuck in a rut like Shun. Maybe she was a student much like their 5th partner who didn't last long.
Her inability to gain any traction on her powers may have been looked down on. Maybe it depressed her sister and had an opportunity to bring rise to a demon. Perhaps the child seemed too problematic and posed a threat to become the next demon.

Thank you for your answer. Can you please support it by including links to back it up. Please see How to write a good answer for ideas on how to improve your answer.


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What is the source of the Dragon Ball Saiyan bond folklore?
I have been reading a lot of fanfiction and noticed they all nearly use the Saiyan bond, bite marks, and telepathic connection for mates. However I cannot seem to find the source of the information for this.
Is there any reliable info about this?

Could you provide examples/works of the said fanfictions that suggest they all nearly use the sayian bond, bite marks, and telepathic connection for mates.?

According to a writing about Bulma/Vegeta fandom by adimra, all of this concepts were born from fandoms and applied to their fanfictions.
Regarding the Saiyan bond and telepathic connection,

Is there really a bond? Where did it come from?
The bond has become a staple in B/V (ed: Bulma/Vegeta) fanfiction and many believe that it was in fact, invented in fanfiction - but that is only part true. In 1995, a writer going by the pen name 'Katchan,' started her ambitious 50 chapter 'Saiyajin,' it was her "Dragonball withdrawal whim." I believe she was the first to give the bond its name, and it further inspired Nora Jemison's 'The Third Bond.'
Now, were Bulma and Vegeta ever truly bonded in the Anime? Though it was never clearly stated as a bond, Bulma and Vegeta had a deep connection that was the basis for this. When Vegeta sacrificed himself to Buu, Bulma immediately sensed something was wrong, even though she wasn't near him. Fanfiction has further romanticized this by including telepathy or the sharing of memories etc. as part of the bonding process. While that is just an interpretation of what may have happened, it's more based on fact than fanfiction (hurray ^_^).
(Emphasis mine)

Regarding bite mark,

Ok, so what about this biting thing that usually comes with a bond?
Along with the bonding, a bite on the neck is usually involved with Bulma and Vegeta romances. Unlike bonding, the bitemark has no concrete basis on the anime. I believe biting was first used in either 'Saiyajin' or 'The Third Bond' or perhaps both. I believe one rumour was that the reason Bulma wore those scarves in the Buu Saga was to cover up her Saiyan hickey ;p! Over the years though, the bite mark has come to symbolize a number of things like ownership, marriage etc. and I'm sure that B-Chan's 'Lemon Chapters' had a hand in that.
(Emphasis mine)

In conclusion, I believe this is just fans' speculation based from shown evidences on the series.


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In Monster anime, what made Johan so special?
Why was everyone who knew Johan, so convinced that he was a superior figure or someone special, especially from the time that he was a kid?
The show gave a lot of instances where everyone who knew Johan, was rather impressed by him and regarded him as a kind of leader never seen before. In fact, many, like Baby, wanted him to become the next Hitler.
But what was so special about him?  Did the show really give any reasoning behind this?

You might want to split those questions up into different questions.

Please split up your questions. There's simply too much to over in order to answer those 3 questions.


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How is Orochimaru able to use his arms?
How is Orochimaru able to use his arms? Didn't the 3rd hokage cut them out of his spirit?
So even if he did jump between bodies, he shouldn't be able to use his hands because it wasn't his physical body's arms that were cut but spiritual ones.

Orochimaru prior to he 4th Shinbo War

If you are referring to Orochimaru before the war he was unable to use ninjutsu. Hiruzen used the reaper death seal to take the part of Orochimarus soul that contained his arms.

Orochimaru during the 4th Shinobi War: This answer contains spoilers.

 Orochimaru regains the use of his arms after he summons the shinigami ?>! and cuts open its stomach releasing the trapped part of his soul.
 "Orochimaru proceeded to don the mask which invoked the Shinigami to
  possess his body. Orochimaru then proceeded to cut open the
  Shinigami's stomach, a wound reflected on his own body, to release the
  trapped contents inside the Shinigami."
 "With his arms restored as well."
 Also before the Shinigami was able to trap Orochimarus soul he switched places with a white Zetsu allowing him to escape.
 "To escape death, Orochimaru transferred his being in the White Zetsu Suigetsu was holding down"


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Where can I find piano sheet music for Sekaiichi Hatsukoi's OST 1 track 10?
I have looked on Josh's anime sheet music and Musescore; I haven't been able to find the piano sheets for this song.
Here is the song.

There is a transcription of the song that is available for purchase.


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Song Identification Request, Touhou?
Does anyone know the name of this song?  I think the base song is from Touhou?  But I can't remember from which game it is.
I really just need the original song name and I could probably find this particular arrangement, but it'd be great if the circle who made this arrangement was given as well.
Here's the song.

As Gao indicated, the BGM corresponds to （BGM：【DiGiTAL WiNG】Paranoia）as indicated in the video description.
The original song is Koishi Komeiji's Theme - Hartmann's Youkai Girl


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Are Vegito and Gogeta canon?
http://fictionalomniverse.forumotion.com/t845-vegito-vs-gogeta
This post basically stated
Vegito is 100% Canon and that Gogeta is semi-canon?

Welcome! you might want to include the piece you are referring to in your actual post, instead of only linking (keeping the link as resource is okay). And your question could use some re-phrasing, if you want us to confirm what the post says (yes/no) then this would not be a really good question. If you want us to answer which of the 2 is cannon, it would be ;)

I think "semi-canon" is a perfect way to describe Gogeta. The method of fusion used to create Gogeta is canon (as seen with Gotenks), so we know he COULD exist canonically.

Vegito is canon because he exists in the Manga (main canon of Dragon Ball). Gogeta doesn't exist in the Manga and only exists in the Anime and Movies which are considered alternate versions of Dragon Ball from the Manga therefore not canon.

Gogeta may not be canon but he can technically. The fusion dance is canon since goten and trunks do it in the majin buu saga and even in dragon ball super. That dance (obviously) fused goten and trunks into gotenks


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Dragon ball super timeline
The dragon ball super anime started last week.
I'm wondering when this takes place.
I know it takes place after the defeat of buu, like a few months or something.
But with the releases of the movies I'm wondering where does those fit in?
Can anybody answer me this?


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Who is the most powerful in Dragon Ball?
Who is supposed to be the highest-power character in the Dragon Ball series? Is it Lord Beerus, Gogeta SS4, or somebody else?

Ok this is an opinionated question. But has been answered appropriately due to the info we currently have.

This question is fine to leave open, it can be answered without speculation.

Right now there is an objetive answer which is Zeno

Gogeta no matter what state would be weaker than vegetto, because the potala gives a much bigger power boost than a normal fusion.

Updated: The strongest character in each Dragon Ball series

The most powerful character in the Dragon Ball universe, currently, is Whis, Beerus' assistant.

This is stated in an interview with Akira Toriyama, the creator of Dragon Ball:

I suppose if Beerus’ strength is a 10, [Super Saiyan] God would be right about 6. [...] Incidentally, I guess Whis would be about a 15.

Damn, you beat me to it be a few seconds. Was about to press 'Post your answer' :p

Btw, Beerus said that Whis was the strongest only in the 7th universe (out of 12). There might be someone even stronger then him out there, that hasn't been revealed yet.

@PeterRaeves Yeah, that's why I was sure to add "currently." I expect more powerful beings to exist and be revealed in the future.

Please tell me if we compare whis with godgeta ss4. Who would be more stronger? Thanks in advance...

@AdityaGupta Whis.

In an interview with Akira Toriyama, he states that Whis is the most powerful character.
To be honest, in my opinion, Goku is the strongest due to the fact that his power has no limits.  He has seven super saiyan forms, and currently, it is SUPER SAIYAN GOD 2 (-sweatdrops- Seriously?). He also has plot shields, and the trope DeathIsCheap.

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What's the name of the song playing in Seto No Hanayome episode 24 at around 15:13?
Here is the scene where the song in question is playing.
The clip is taken at around 15:13 into episode 24, at the scene where Hideyoshi Sarutobi slapped Mikawa Kai to calm him down.
Thank you in advance.

That would be Surechigai, as composed by Takanashi Yasuharu
It was included in the Seto no Hanayome Vol.3 - Bonus BGM OST 2 album as the 8th track.
Several of set-no-hanayome's albums are for sale on amazon So you most likely will be able to find it on there as well.


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Why is Benten the way she is?
I don't really understand her. She's human, but she can fly (I guess Akadama-sensei taught her how to fly when he kidnapped her and raised her as a Tengu) but then, she's kinda left him alone.
And then she joins Friday Fellows, and eats tank hot pot. But she knows who and what this tanuki is. And later, she goes back to Akadama-sensei.
So,

What exactly is her purpose?
What's the reason behind this behavior of hers?
Is she the antagonist or the protagonist in the series?

Just to fill in a bit of details: Benten was kidnapped by Akadama-sensei, and raised by him to be a tengu. That's why she can fly. (How she, starting as a human rather than a tengu, can learn how to fly is not really explained, though).

She's a player.

afaik, it just happened that friday fellows has a custom where the new member must prepare a tanuki for hotpot. it's just her playful and unpredictable nature to do something she wants whenever she wishes. pretty sure she's quite different from japan's version of benten one of the gods of fortune


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Why did Sakata Gintoki need to go to the future?
In Gintama the Movie: Be Forever Yorozuya (Yorozuya yo Eien Nare), why did Gin need to go to the future first?
He was infected by the White Plague during the Joui war, so why did the future Gin call him to the future to kill the plagued future Gin instead of just sending him to the past and preventing the plague from spreading in the first place?

maybe because he need to tell himself (explain) & give a proof what will happen if he late realize the infection what will going if he just sent him to the past without knowing anything..

Maybe because of the potential consequences of changing the past, Gintoki may not have met Shinpachi, Kagura and others at all.
Moreover, if you believe in the "parallel world" interpretation of time traveling, it can be said that the past cannot be changed, but only forked into alternative futures.
Thus maybe going to the future is the best choice here.

@絢瀬絵里 you can watch steins gate to get idea about time travelling paradox and parallel word etc which is mentioned in answer above

Gintoki is a lazy bastard, the only time we see him go out of his comfort zone, is when the people precious to him are threatened. And the level of effort he will put in also seems to be proportional to the amount of threat posed (like when the threat level is low, he will just save their ass while smiling smugly and stuff).
So, to convince Gintoki to put in all of his effort into preventing a future disaster like in the alt world, Gintoki needed to feel the sheer amount of suffering that would be caused if he failed; if he was just told some story, with a few videos; I doubt Gintoki would have risked his own life, as the story is just too damn far fetched.
A foreign virus that supposedly originated in the Joi war and stays dormant for 20 or so years, just to explode into the world, bombing it back to pre Amanto period? Yeah, is a very unconvincing story, unless you experience it, if you ask me.


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How do Raishin's spells for commanding Yaya work?
In Unbreakable Machine Doll, Raishin has certain spells which seem to command Yaya to take certain actions. Assuming I haven't misunderstood the Japanese words, he first calls out an elemental attribute, then a number, then something like an attack style.
I think the elements he's choosing from are just the Fuurinkazan. I might guess that the number affects how strong the attack is, but they also always seem to be significant numbers in Eastern culture and tradition so it could be something different.
I don't really know what all the possible styles are or what they do. It also seems that there are certain special attacks which don't exactly fit this pattern, e.g. the finishing move Yaya uses on Eliza in episode 4.
How exactly do these spells/commands work?
To be clear, I'm looking for a more in-depth explanation of what exactly they do and what all the possible options are.

There are two types of spells:

Tactics (戦術, senjutsu) to control Yaya's magical circuit, "Herculean Strength" (金剛力, kongouriki)
Absolute skills (絶衝, zesshou) based on the tactic

Tactics
The spell is Pattern (magical nature) + Number (magical power) + Formation
There are 4 patterns which are comparable to Fuurinkazan:

吹鳴 (suimei, blowing [a whistle]) / whistle: increase the agility/speed, "as swift as wind"
森閑 (shinkan, stillness): strengthen the defense, "as gentle as forest"
光焔 (kouen, light & flame) / flare: increase the number of attacks/power, "as fierce as fire"
天嶮 (tenken, natural defenses) / stronghold: increase the attack power/durability, "as unshakable as mountain"

(However, according to an interview on Monthly Comic Alive 2012-9 with Reiji Kaito, the author of the series, he mentioned that suimei is for speed, shinkan is preserving magical power with things that aim for counters, kouen is for both speed and attack, and tenken is for defense)
The number represents the power. The higher the number, the more powerful it affects. As for now, it seems the number is always a multiple of 12 with the highest being 48.
The formation is separated into 2 types:

衝 (shou, thrust): Yaya attacks independently
結 (ketsu, bind): Yaya attacks first on a cooperative attack

Some examples:

吹鳴二四衝: 吹鳴 (suimei) + 二四 (ni-jyuu-yon, 24) + 衝 (shou)
光焔十二結: 光焔 (kouen) + 十二 (jyuu-ni, 12) + 結 (ketsu)

Skill
The spell is Pattern (magical nature) + "Absolute" (絶衝, zesshou) + Name
The pattern follows the previously mentioned pattern.
The name is just a proper noun.
The skills from the first 4 volumes corresponding to each pattern are:

天嶮絶衝<破却水月>: 天嶮 (tenken) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + 破却水月 (hakyaku suigetsu, destruction of the moon reflected on the water) / Final Stronghold "Razing Moon Reflection": By striking a blow against an opponent in a hardened state, Yaya can interfere with the opponent's magic and cause it to lose control.
吹鳴絶衝<ひさぎ太刀影【たちかげ】>: 吹鳴 (suimei) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + ひさぎ太刀影 (hisagi tachikage, silhouette of Catalpa long sword): By sending several ten times of the magical power, Yaya jumps to the air in a flash, almost looks like disappearing.
光焔絶衝<乱れ夜桜>: 光焔 (kouen) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + 乱れ夜桜 (midare yozakura, disturbance of cherry trees at evening): By sending out the magical power to the whole body, Yaya does a super rush attack by punching & kicking relentlessly while in that state. Even if each attack may be light, the attack rush can be continued while maintaining the magical power.
森閑絶衝<神機御雷【しんきみかづち】>: 森閑 (shinkan) + 絶衝 (zesshou) + 神機御雷 (shinki mikazuchi, miraculous thunder): Attack the downed opponent by hitting using the fist in the manner of tile splitting. A single blow that has enough power to sink the opponent's body to the ground by as much as 10 meters.

However, the 8th volume introduced 光焔絶衝<月影紅蓮> (kouen zesshou tsukikage guren, moonlight crimson lotus flower) and thus, there's a high possibility that other skills also exist.
(by the way, the previous skill does a reddish, intense rotation kick that can cause burning due to the air friction.)

Note from Nico Nico Pedia: the original source (light novel) itself doesn't explain the detail for both the tactics and skills and thus, it can only be interpreted by the reader/viewer from the given evidence.

References:

Japanese Wikipedia
Nico Nico Pedia (Japanese)
Hissatsu Waza Jiten (Japanese)
Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)
Wikia

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Who is the red woman in .hack//SIGN's opening?
In the opening of .hack//SIGN there is a woman who looks to be wearing a red body suit and a visor, at the end she's seen floating on the opposite side of the screen to where Aura is but she is never seen in .hack//SIGN
I am wondering, is this woman what Morganna Mode Gone would look like if she had a PC Body or is she some other Player/AI

In the .hack//GIFT opening, that woman in red turns into Helba.