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Why did Marleyans wait 4 years?
After the last attempt to get the Origin titan, in the battle of Shiganshina, why did Marleyans wait for 4 years to try again after their defeat?

The short answer is that the nation of Marley had suffered great losses in the battles leading up to, and including, the Battle of the Shiganshina District.
In the fourth story arc of Attack on Titan manga, Chapter 33,

Annie Leonheart, the Female Titan, is forced to crystallize herself prior to being captured by the Eldians on Paradis Island. In this way, she prevents herself from being consumed by the Eldians but she also can not help the Marleyans in their military operations either.

Then, in the Battle of Shiganshina District, we see

Levi Ackerman take on the Beast Titan, rendering both him and the Beast Titan incapable of further combat as both were considered to be at their limits.

Of course, elsewhere during the battle

Eren and his teammates take on both Reiner and Bertolt incapacitating both with new technology (thunder spears) and excellent military tactics.

This left the Beast Titan with two choices:

Save Reiner, the Armored Titan, or save Bertolt, the Colossus Titan. He chose to save Reiner and left Bertolt to the Eldians on Paradis Island. Armin, at risk of dying, was injected and chosen to consume Bertolt. And now, on behalf of the Eldians on Paradis Island, Armin is now in possession of the Colossus Titan.

So let's recap the events up until now:

The Marleyans were never able to recover the Founding Titan. They also lost the Attack Titan many years before Eren was born. Eren then became in possession of both the Attack and Founding Titan. Armin took possession of the Colossus Titan and the Eldians on Paradis Island are in possession of the Female Titan who, in crystallized form, is incapable of performing any further military operations of behalf of the Nation of Marley. That means that, of the 9 titans, four of the titan-shifting powers remain in the hands of the Eldians on Paradis Island. Not only was the military operation to recover the Founding Titan a total failure, but the Marleyans also managed to lose two of their titan-shifters in the process. To be fair, they actually lost THREE of their titan-shifters but Ymir willingly gave her titan-shifting form back to the nation of Marley so that brought their losses back to two.

Up until that point, the only reason the nation of Marley

wanted the Founding Titan was to take possession of the natural resources found on Paradis Island without suffering casualties as a result of the mindless titans roaming the land.

However, four years after the Battle of Shiganshina District,

Marley's battle against the Mid-East Allies proved that their military power was weakening; human technology rendered the power of the titan-shifters almost obsolete. Thus, they decided to continue operations against Paradis Island at great risk to themselves in order to bring all titan-shifters, including the Founding Titan, within their power. Of course, realizing that technology would soon make their titan-shifters obsolete, the Marleyans are only pursuing this plan to buy them more time; the titan-shifters will give them enough time to improve or advance their own military technology.

So the long answer is

the Marleyans had no intentions of returning to Shiganshina. They did attempt some naval operations but the ships they always sent never came back and so, they essentially gave up plans for Paradis Island. Then, four years later, the battle against the Mid-East Allies gave them greater motivation to go back and retrieve the remaining titan-shifters.


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Are anime characters drawn separately?
Are anime characters drawn separately or together?
For example, Boy A is near but Boy B is far, and both are dancing. Is Boy B only drawn for his movements same as Boy A, and with the use of software, they will overlap a character depending on who is near or far. More like a cel animation but with layers using the software.
And does this apply to every anime series and anime character movement like when Boy A and Boy B are fighting and both have interaction with their sword, are they drawn separately or together?
More like this, are both drawn together or separately but with the use of software, the girl's hand overlaps the boy's body:

I am talking about hand-drawn animes on paper, not hand-drawn animes with a drawing tablet.

I believe 99% that it's drawn separately (as in, separate layer). That also explains why sometimes the production quality can be different even on the same scene. Also, probably related answer

This is actually two, or even three, questions in one.
Movements in anime start and end with keyframes, everything else are inbetweeners.
How both keyframes and inbetweeners are drawn up is not just a matter of preference (which may impact how the final drawing comes to be), but also one of efficieny.
In your example, drawing the persons separately will allow much easier change in composition even though there is nothing against drawing the frame 'as-is' right off the bat.
For example, if the director decides that the girl needs to be a tad more to the left, of that her hand needs to be higher, it's much easier to just move the girl or reposition the hand than to draw everything from scratch (including the boy, the background, etc).
Distance as such as little to do with anything and is only used to create a sense of depth. Clouds, traffic, etc moving at different speeds to create a parallax-like effect.
Ultimately, regardless of whether or not layers are used and regardless of overlap, all characters, every single stroke even, are drawn separately.

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Which was the first anime to feature a transformable robot?
Even if Transformers count as anime (it was made by Americans and Japanese concept: Americans/Japanese, Americans producers, Japanese animation mainly so I guess it's debatable) there were shows with transformable robots before that (ie: Genesis Climber MOSPEADA).
Then, which was the first anime to feature transformable robots or at least one transformable robot?

What is your scope of "transformation"?  If it's unrestricted, one could argue that Astro Boy would be the first anime to feature those.

I havent seen Astro Boy, in which way does it transform? or what does it transform into?

It wouldn't hurt to specify whether you mean Full body transformation, aka transformer: robot > car. Or partional transformations, such as feet into rockets, or arms into weapons.

I havent seen partial transformations or I dont remember them. I guess I was thinking in full transformations

As Makoto already mentions in the comments, depending on what you count as transformable the answers might differ a bit.
But with the current scope the first anime to feature transformable robots would be Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) in 1963, shortly followed by Tetsujin 28 in the same year.
However, the first Japanese comic to feature this came out in the year 1934  strip was called Tanku Tankuro, which also is the name of the main character.
There is a very interesting topic about it over at the superherohype forums Which has some more in depth insight on transforming robots in Japan.

I'm going to accept it, but for reading the link you've posted, the first anime to feature transformable robots to me looks to be Ambassador Magma from 1965. I havent seen Astroboy so I cant comment much, but in that link it says it featured combiners (kinda like Voltron) . Anyway, the answer is about there.

@Pablo ambassador magma's animation is from 1993. The ambassador magma you are referring to is likely the manga, as this was released in 1965. But if we count manga's/ comics as well, there are, as previously mentioned, even earlier releases ;)

ohh I see. Then I guess, the one from 1975?

1934, Tanku Tankuro, Similar to Transformers, Tanku Tankuro turns himself into a vehicle.

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How did Zeff really lose his leg?
The anime and manga versions of One Piece usually tell the same story. (e.g. like when Dragon saved Sabo is almost obvious in anime than in manga). However, there are 2 versions of how Zeff lost his leg in the past:

In manga chapter 58, Zeff ate his own leg to survive.

What happened.. to your leg...? Did you...  did you eat your own leg!?
Yes.

In anime episode 26, at around 18:00-20:00, there's a flashback showing Zeff's foot got stuck in an anchor when saving Sanji underwater. And he never said he ate his own leg.

How did Zeff really lose his leg?

It depends on what you mean by "really lose his leg".
As you mentioned, in the Manga:

He actually loses his leg on the tall, rocky island they wash up on. After giving Sanji all his food and lying to the boy that the larger bag that he kept himself were his rations (knowing that the boy would never accept it if he found out that he had no food with him at all, only treasure), he smashed his leg off with a large rock and ate it to stay alive.Source

Whereas, in the Anime:

Zeff's leg caught on debris during the rescue, and he had to cut it off in order to get Sanji and save them both. He does this by wrapping a chain around the trapped leg and letting the force of the ships sever it.Source

Since the Anime is adapted from the Manga and not the other way around, if one of the two versions had to be chosen as the official one, it would have to be the Manga one. Eiichiro Oda meant for Zeff to lose his leg as means of satisfying his hunger, indicating the severity of Sanji and Zeff's predicament while they were stranded on the island.
As mentioned in the article on Zeff:

The change was due to censorship, as it was considered too much of a shock for young children.

It is specifically addressed by Oda in SBS Volume 15:

D: When I watched the One Piece anime, at the same part of Volume 7, Chapter 57, "Dreams Have a Reason" it says the reason Zeff lost his leg got torn off in the shipwreck... did they change that in consideration of the young children watching the show?
O: Yes. Hearing "eat your own leg" in that episode would be too much of a shock for young children. When you consider that a medium such as television has tens of millions of viewers, to neglect such a consideration would be a terrible mistake. It's amazing that all those animators can continue to create such wonderful shows while still thinking about these things all the time!! If you can feel the love when you watch the show, everyone please send fan letters to Toei Animation. It'll cheer everyone up there.

Due to censorship huh.. Oda should have realized that all kids that he mentioned before are now grown-up adults. But damn, why wouldn't he also censor that hole in ace's chest.

@choz I believe that the scene wouldn't have had any impact if they did. Not to mention, 4 Kids does censor all such stuff. If I'm not mistaken, 4 Kids never even directly showed anyone's death. (Whitebeard, Ace, etc).

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Does Black Butler have other OVAs or seasons?
I have watched a lot of Black Butler. Other than seasons 1, 2, and 3 ---I'm not sure if there's a season 3--- and Book of Murder and Book of Circus, I can't find anything else.
Am I missing something?

What you have listed are the only animations with:

Season 1 containing 24 episodes and 1 OVA
Season 2 containing 12 episodes and 6 OVA's
Book of Circus containing 10 episodes
Book of Murder as 2 OVA's.

Ref: List of Black Butler Episodes.

In Black Butler, there is season one & season two. There are also Book of Murder, Book of Circus, and Book of Atlantis.

Additional note: Book of Atlantis is an anime movie, not TV series.


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What is the relation between Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate 0?
Is Steins;Gate 0 a sequel to Steins;Gate? If not, what is common between the two and where do they deviate?

Steins;Gate
Steins;Gate 0

As mentioned by one of the official translators that has worked on most of the Sci-fi Adventure series:Source

Steins;Gate Zero will not be a direct sequel, no. Remember when Okabe stabbed Kurisu and lost his resolve? Only to be revitalized once he received the Operation Skuld D-Mail from his future self? The Okabe in Epigraph and Zero is the Okabe that did not try again after killing Kurisu, the Okabe that gave up and resigned himself to misery.

Steins;Gate 0, in spite of being marketed as the "true sequel" to Steins;Gate, does not take place after the ending of Steins;Gate. Even though it is canonical, it "takes place" just before the ending of Steins;Gate. Although, because it is about time travelling, all events in the narrative are relative, making the concepts of "before" and "after" somewhat meaningless. The events fit in a logical sequence before the "ending" of Steins;Gate, but in a casual sense rather than temporal.

The story between the two is exactly the same upto (and including) Episode 22. It diverges in Episode 23 with the original story being covered in Episode 23: Open the Steins Gate, and the alternate version, a Steins;Gate 0 OVA, being covered in Episode 23(β) Open the Missing Link. As mentioned on the Wikia:

 In this story, after killing Makise Kurisu, Okabe Rintarou gives up and accepts her funeral fate.
The main difference between this and the original episode 23 is that this Okabe      does not receive the Video-Mail from himself. He will go on to eventually create Operation Skuld and the Video-Mail, helping S;G Okabe thwart world line convergence and successfully avert both Kurisu's death and WWIII in order to enter the Steins;Gate world line of 1.048596% divergence.

TL;DR: In concise, as put on Reddit:

It follows the world where Okabe tried to save Kurisu, but stabbed her instead. It is the worldline in which Okabe doesn't get the "deceive yourself" message from himself, but it is most likely the one that sends that message.


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Where did the anime trope of "clothing damage"/"clothes being torn" originate?
I noticed that commonly now in anime that mostly female characters' clothes are being torn especially in fight scenes.
I googled and found this to be called Clothing Damage, and here are a list of examples from anime and manga from which I remember in High School DxD where the main protagonist Issei uses a technique called Dress Break to make his female enemies lose the will to fight. Also found in Dog Days and Freezing.
Even JRPG games such as Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! and its sequel, Doki Doki Majo Shinpan! 2 Duo has this.
Who started this trope? Is it somewhat related to the origin of the tentacles trope in anime?

He didn't start it, but Ken Akamatsu took this to new levels in Love Hina and Negima. Love Hina is the first place I remember seeing attacks that tear off girls' clothes being used as a semi-serious battle technique.

It helps further the plot.

The most likely culprit is Go Nagai, the father of Ecchi fan service. You can probably trace it down to as early as "Shameless School", which often had female characters "losing" their clothes:

But the actual tearing off of clothes may have first been in Mazinger Z's manga (circa 1972), linked from the very article in the question:

It happens to Sayaka Yumi in the original manga sometimes (too many times for her liking). Given that it was created by Go Nagai, the man who introduced Fanservice in anime, it is not surprising.
In one chapter, several female robots with blades replacing her arms sliced her dress to ribbons, without actually cutting her flesh or underwear.
Great Mazinger: Jun Hono suffered from this more often than Sayaka (much to her disliking).
It also happens to Boss in Mazinkaiser, when the Gamia Q sisters attempt to assassinate him, thinking he's Kouji. His school uniform and his boxers are torn to ribbons by their hair.

Doesn't end there, by Cutie Honey, he's gotten quite good at it:


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What's the song used when previewing the next episode of Fairy Tail?
At the end of each episode, there is a preview of the next episode. It also plays in the very beginning of episode 15 of the new Fairy Tail 2014, I think that makes it episode 190 in the total running.
What is the song that plays when they preview the next episode?

The track that you're referring to is a bit unclear.
The pre-2014 preview music is different from the 2014+ preview music, and the music at the very beginning of 2014 episode 15 (the track before the theme song itself) is different from those two.
However, I notice that the track that plays immediately after the theme song in 2014 episode 15 is the same one as the one that plays during the 2014+ previews.
If this is the track that you are referring to, then the name of the song is
"Fairy Tail Main Theme 2014 (FAIRY TAIL メインテーマ 2014)"
(The Katakana as Romaji is "mein teimu" i.e. "main theme").
It is track 1 on disk 1 of the album "Fairy Tail Sound Collection" by Yasuharu Takanashi (the fifth original soundtrack for Fairy Tail if you don't count the movie soundtrack).
I believe that I have supplied enough information for you to look up the track. I am hesitant to link to a Youtube video because I have noticed that Fairy Tail OST videos get taken down due to copyright violations very quickly and frequently so I don't want to provide an invalid link.

This was indeed the track I was looking for, and for now I found a YouTube video that works (even though a lot of then have indeed been taken down) Thank you


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Does the Vampire Knight manga have additional story that the anime doesn't?
I've watched the Vampire Knight anime. I really like the story so far but find it frustrating that the anime doesn't finish off the story. I'm trying to figure out if it is worth reading the manga.
Does the manga contain more story than the anime? Does it finish the story off?

If the answer contains spoilers, users can use the spoiler tag >! to hide the unless you hover over it

I know that but I would prefer it if they wasn't included at all so that they are not accidentally seen.

Does the manga contain more story than the anime?

To be exact, the anime deviated from the manga slightly near to the end as instead of Zero and Yuki being on a roof, Zero is standing on a platform made entirely of the thorn vines from Bloody Rose. Also, Kaname killed all the Vampire Senate, not just Ichijo and the guards at the very end. After that, there is a time skip until Cross Academy is rebuilt and running again and Kaname is now living with Yuki.
Pretty much from the small discrepancies at the end of the anime, you can start reading from Chapter 49 (Volume 11 - 49th Night) and not really miss out, though I would just start reading from chapter 1 again to read the Bonus/Extra stories that most volumes came with (I don't know how much they add, but I seem to recall a small story of Kaien caring for little Yuki)
Since the series continues on after Yuki leaves Cross Academy with Kaname, there is more information as we learn more about Purebloods and what happened between Kaname's Parents and Rido, particularly why in the anime Juri says that Rido "already killed one of her children" when Kaname never mentions another sibling apart from Yuki.
We also learn more about the Vampire Hunters and why their weapons are so effective against Vampires, and finally learn that Kaname's real end goal is for his past actions (killing Shizuka Hio, wiping out the senate, making Zero what he is)

Does it finish the story off?

Yes, and according to this answer, the manga finished in 2013 in Japan with the English translation done the next year. It's probably safe to assume that after volume 19 (Chapter 93), that's it.
Of course, whether or not you accept that it's the end is another matter. Since there have been no new releases afterward, there doesn't seem to be any plans to continue after Chapter 93. There's probably fan fiction and doujinshi floating around, but these wouldn't be considered as canon (e.g. Yuki making Sayori a vampire and becoming a couple forever)

You watch the anime 3 times but try to figuere out if the manga is worth it? If you like it its always worth to check out the other.
As far as i remeber it has an open end but finishes the story.

I'm worried that I will read the manga and it will be exactly the same and then I will just feel like I could have just watched the anime again. :(

reading a manga is ALWAYS another experience and its almost never the exact same story


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Why didn't Suzuha mention the destruction of Nakabachi's paper in Episode 23 (β)?
In the original Steins;Gate episode 23 (after the events of Steins;Gate 0), it is understandable that Suzuha didn't mention the destruction of Nakabachi's paper because she already knows that Okabe must fail the first attempt to save Kurisu. After that, she mentions about it in the second attempt.
However, in Episode 23 (β), no second attempt is planned, therefore she should mention it from the beginning, right?
Why didn't Suzuha mention the destruction of Nakabachi's paper (stolen from Kurisu) in Episode 23 (β)?

Since episode 23β is a prequel, Suzuha knows nothing of the plan. So either she simply doesn't know to bring it up, or she doesn't even know that Nakabachi's paper is the cause of World War 3.
Suzuha's quest to go back in time and make Okabe save Kurisu is almost identical to Okabe's trip to save Kurisu.
The events likely plays out as follows. Disclaimer, some of this is speculation:
In an attempt to stop World War 3, Suzuha goes back in time to make Okabe save Kurisu. This is episode 23β. The attempt fails and the events of Steins;Gate 0 begin.

 Over the next 15 years, Okabe learns the situation and develops the plan to save Kurisu and save World War 3.

 The plan has (at least) two parts:

  1. Okabe sends the video D-mail to himself from 2025 to 2010.
  2. Okabe communicates with Suzuha so that she will tell the 2010 Okabe about Nakabachi's paper, and view the video D-mail.

However, there is one important thing: The past must not be changed.
Okabe is told to trick himself into thinking Kurisu is dead so that it doesn't change the events in the original Steins;Gate prior to episode 23.

 Likewise, when Suzuha travels to 2010 after the events of Steins;Gate 0, she must not change the past where Okabe fails once. So in episode 23, she behaves identically to herself in 23β so that Okabe fails once - thus ensuring that the events in Steins;Gate 0 do not change. This is part of the plan.

 Only afterwards does she make her move which triggers Okabe to try again and enter the Steins;Gate world line.


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Are there any differences between normal anime compared to Netflix original series's anime?
Recently, more and more Netflix original series (anime) pop up in my feed and so far, all of them are of extremely high quality. This goes in audio, visuals and usually story as well. Most of them are fairly unique compared to the mainstream ones.
So what I am curious about is if these are different from normal series. Like, do they have limitations for publication? For example, most series in Japan are for Japan only and are only able to leave the country through shipping DVDs or illegal streaming services. Is a Netflix original basically the same without any limits for publication?
What about production costs? Are those covered by Netflix and is the cast for example appointed by Netflix or does Netflix maybe have their own teams behind the shows?
Normally I wouldn't be bothered by this, but I have noticed a significant difference in quality from the big hits in Japan and Netflix original series. For example, most shows tend to forget about background characters, surround audio etc. In Netflix originals, I have yet to encounter these minor quality flaws. So what is it that makes the major difference between them?
I do am aware that legally the Netflix originals can only be found on Netflix. Does this mean that Netflix might be a new competitor in the anime industry?

Related: What makes Little Witch Academia a Netflix original series?

According to that answer Netflix simply has some distribution rights, meaning that "netflix original" is kind off a miss use of words if I am not mistaken, since the product has nothing to do with them.

There's also another question on our sister site SciFi.SE which provides an alternative answer: Why does it say on Netflix that “Star Trek: Discovery” is a Netflix original series?, and it seems one of the conclusion is: "Netflix also uses that label for anything they have exclusive distribution rights for in your area."

Thanks! That pretty much answers my question. Since the answer hasn't been provided on here yet I can't mark it as a duplicate. Since you found the answer, feel free to answer the question so that I can upvote it and accept it as the answer :-)

Related: How much did Netflix contribute, as part of the production committee, for Devilman Crybaby?

@RaviBechoe I'm not sure how my answer here is supposed to differ significantly from Harabeck's answer on the Science Fiction & Fantasy site but neither seems to answer your question, as they don't address the difference in quality you perceive between "Netflix original" series versus "normal" series.

@RossRidge yes your conclusion and the accepted answer on that question answer my question. Netflix isn't involved with the content of the product, they simply buy distribution rights and invest in production. The quality difference is in most likely the budget with which netflix might've helped. I was under the impression that Netflix did a lot more than simply buying rights and investing. This simply means that the studios behind those series produce high quality material which isn't related to Netflix (if I am not mistaken).

There are two differences.

Netflix Original Series are either produced, co-produced or hosted exclusively on Netflix, and when in relation to anime it will almost always be referring to "hosted exclusively". Other anime would be hosted by one or many of any range of other platforms/mediums. Some may go straight to TV, some get bought by multiple platforms, ect... it depends on the series and Netflix Original Series just happen to be hosted by Netflix. - stack reference, wiki reference
Netflix Original Series can be planned and made for Netflix, or the rights can be bought by Netflix after production. Either way, Netflix would be creating/purchasing shows that they believe are marketable to their customer base and this would result in a slight variation in popular themes than other airing anime. Currently, the top countries for Netflix usage are Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, America and Canada (reference) so the shows picked up by Netflix are more likely to have jokes/references/themes/styles that are deemed as popular in these countries. An example of something that would be less likely to pop up a Netflix Original is an anime show featuring lots of Dajare (Japanese Puns) since wordplay in Japanese is structured around the language and difficult to translate for the same popular impact it would have locally. Keep in mind this is not a strict rule for what Netflix can pick up, just a general difference noticed when looking at the platforms shows as a whole.


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Did Amon die in Root A?
In Tokyo Ghoul: Root A, they showed Amon collapse and then Kaneki left him. Later when Akira reached him, she started crying. However, they never confirmed whether or not he's really dead and they don't show him after he collapses.
Did Amon die in Root A?

As for whether or not Amon died in Tokyo Ghoul: Root A is unclear as the events you describe is all we get with regards to Amon's injury.
However, in Tokyo Ghoul:re manga:

 Amon is reported "killed in action" however his body is never recovered. Later it is discovered that Amon was captured by Aogiri and is experimented on by Dr.Kanou. He is given the name "Owl 27" as he inherits Owl's kagune, with a kakugen in his right eye. Just like Kaneki, Amon is now a half-ghoul and is in fact not dead. Source

Thanks for answering my question! Your answer has been very helpful.

I'm sure he's still alive.
I know this isn't much, but in the new episode of Tokyo Ghoul:re, a tall man with black hair similar to Amon and wearing a cloak is seen as he saved Saiko. I'm really positive that this is Amon. Who else would it be and why would they cover him up so much.

He is dead.
It's said in episode 10, he died on action for unknown reasons during the battle. He got stabbed and died that day.

He was marked Killed in action, but his body was not recovered, just the arm Kaneki severed during their fight. His body which was close to the arm vanished, but he was alive before he fell unconscious, and thus it was never actually confirmed if he died or not.


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What are the poltergeists whispering in Episode 11?
In episode 11 of Pop Team Epic, we see Popuko and Pipi parody The Shining by haunting a winter cabin as poltergeists.
Throughout the segment there are audible whispers that sound like Japanese spoken backwards. These whispers are present in both the first and second broadcast, but neither one was subtitled.
What are the ghosts whispering during The Shining parody?

Here (1, 2) are the YouTube videos by 333ユグ playing the scenes for Part A in reversed.
Here are the reversed conversations for both Part A & B (source: Mr_BlueSky's Hatena Blog (Japanese)):

When passing the window:

「さっ、さむ、さむ…」
  "Co, cold, cold..."

[BBゴローがうるさい為聞き取り不可]
  (Because Blackboard Goro is too noisy, it's impossible to be comprehended)

When peeping the girl doing makeup

「ちょ、見えない！ちょ、じゃっ、ちゃっ、ちょっ、どーいて！」
  "Wait, can't see! Wait, jya, cha, wait, out of my way!"

[BBゴローがうるさい為聞き取り不可]
  (Because Blackboard Goro is too noisy, it's impossible to be comprehended)

On the hallway

「どうする？どっちが声かける？いっちゃう*？」
  「え、いや、どうする？」
  「え、ど、ちょ、ちょ二人…」
"What will we do? Who will call out? Should we go*?"
  "Eh, no, what will we do?"
  "Eh, what, wait, wait both of you..."
*いっちゃう, which is an inflected form of いく, has several meanings. In general case, it means "to go", but it can also mean "to die".

「メガネ新しくした？」
  「え？へへへへへー分かっちゃったー？」
"New eyeglasses?"
  "Eh? Hehehehehe... you realized?"

When appearing in front of the car

「それギアバック*に入ってんでー」
  "Put that to the "gear back*."
*It's "back gear", in reversed reading, while the whole conversation is also in reversed.

「今日は青汁にする？」
  "Today is aojiru?"

While showing the photograph

「仲間って…いいよね」
  「そうだね」
  「野球チーム…作りたいね」
  「あと…三人だね」
"Having friends are... good"
  "Looks like it"
  "I want to create... a baseball team..."
  "Need... 3 more people"

「あのー…人間ドックとか行ってますか？」
  「あのぜ～んぜん行ってない」
  「え？でもめっちゃ痩せてる…」
  「あー…だけどー」
  「どこも悪くない？」
  「いやそこまでぇ…」
  「ハハハッ」
"Umm... have you been to ningen DOKKU?"
  "Well, I have never been there"
  "Eh? But you're so slim"
  "Ah... well..."
  "Anywhere is okay?"
  "Well, that's a bit..."
  "Ha ha ha"

I admit it's hard to understand the conversation on Part B because I don't have enough context to translate them.


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What is the meaning of the text on the hunter license?
We know that these symbols have a meaning. Doing the equivalence, we obtain some words in the Japanese language.
What does it mean in English?

It should be something like this in Japanese:

ハンターライセンス
ハンターライセンスカードについて
本カードは 本人以外使用不可能でず
紛失視された際 ライセンスが剥奪される
事はありませんが カードの再発行はどきません

Which would roughly mean

Hunter License
About the Hunter License Card
This card cannot be used by anyone other than the proprietor
In case of loss, the license is revoked

I have some trouble with the last line but it's something about the card not being reissueable.

Well, that is not very consistent to the manga. In fact, you can sell your license if you want (thus the new owner can use it). And about the last line, that is right: you can not obtain a second license, but you still will be a Hunter. Thank you.

According to the wiki "Only the original recipient of the license has access to the privileges of a Hunter, meaning someone who buys or steals a license will not receive any special benefits." the source being Volume 4, chapter 35. I guess buying a Hunter License is more for collection value

This post is old but for thoses who keep searching here is the full signification :

Hunter License
About the Hunter License Card :
Only the original license recipient has access to Hunter privileges
(This card can only be used by the person)
The license is deleted in case of loss
No matter what happens, the card will not be reissued (Nothing
happened, but the card is not reissued)


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Did Elsie catch the runaway spirit (kaketama) that was in Nagase Jun?
In The World God Only Knows 2 (Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai II) episode 11 around 23:00, we can see kaketama of Nagase running away. After that, there is no information about that kaketama. It also doesn't show if Elsie catching the kaketama.
What happened to that kaketama? Did Elsie catch it?

Not sure if it's ever shown in anime but in manga we see Elsie caught it.
From manga, The World God Only Knows, chapter 42 "A Demon That's Tiny = The Little Devil", page 15.

i think i should start reading the manga

yes you should :D


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What song is playing when Kakashi explains the terms of the bell test in episode 2?
I have heard it in numerous episodes, including Naruto Shippuden episode 2 when Kakashi explains the terms of the bell test, and in one of the filler episodes in the war arc where Kakashi and Gai fight 2 of the swordsmen of the mist
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJsqHazKzmc

This is the very first track of the Shippuden OST. The title of the track is Shippuden, found on OST 1

thanks. I cannot believe that the song i had been looking for all this time was literally the very first track of shippuden. now i feel dumb

@rishthefish I’m glad I could help :)


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Why are next episode previews suddenly moved from TV to online?
At the end of the 19th episode of Kill la Kill, it is announced that further episode previews will be moved to online.

Hello, everyone! I have sad news for you today! This will be the final preview for the television broadcast of this show! From now on, please tune in to the web previews!

It appears that the main part's duration isn't increased all that much for the 20th episode, so the only reason I think this has is to attract viewers to the official website of the anime and, possibly, hook them on some other anime from the same TV channel or production studio.
Why did this happen?

Production sometimes do this with tight deadlines. Sometimes not enough of the next episode is finished (not enough ppl to finih the labor) and this gives them a bit more time to polish things up.

If it's just moved from TV to a website, it's still going to be animated, so…

Maybe to add more running time for the actual series. They only have so many minutes.

@noko if only it was for that. Instead the message about moving preview to online took about the same time as the actual preview usually does.

@user1306322 Not for that one episode but for the later ones.

@noko previews resumed in the later episodes!

So whoever was meant to make the preview for that one was late on that deadline.  They then put it online when it was completed...done.

To promote the incoming anime.
Apparently, Animeism (a late-night Japanese anime programming block on MBS) -- and to the extent of anime produced by MBS -- has a routine of cutting entirely/shortening next episode's previews by 15 seconds to promote incoming anime when it's nearing the end.
In this case, since Kill la Kill's next episode's previews were 15 seconds long, they were entirely cut and replaced by PVs for Riddle Story of the Devil since episode 19 out of 24 (refer to the Wikipedia's list on block B2). Also, since they had worked on next episode's previews, they would be wasted if they hadn't shown them somewhere (e.g. official site).
Another example is Hozuki's Coolheadedness which had 30-seconds next episode's previews. In that case, they're shortened to 15 seconds then continue with Knights of Sidonia's 15-seconds PV.
Lastly, even for non-Animeism anime, but produced by MBS like Magi, it's also affected. Their 15-seconds next episode's previews got entirely cut to show 15-seconds PV for Haikyu!!

previews resumed in the later episodes!

This is just a theory since I don't have enough information to make a conclusion, but if it's not simulcasted or otherwise on streaming sites which had more flexibility in time arrangement, then the next preview could be added manually from the official site.

Source:

matome blog (Japanese)
Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese): 1, 2


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Background song that plays on episode 242 of Bleach
I have been trying to find the name of the background score from the Episode 242 of Bleach, "Shinigami and Zanpakuto, Total Sortie" at around 4:41. It really sounds epic.
What song is that?

I found it myself. The name of the song is Turn the tables!!


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Do Japanese manga magazines have ISSNs?
I know Viz's Shonen Jump has an ISSN (1545-7818), but that's from North America.
Do any Japanese manga magazines (e.g. Weekly Shonen Jump, Monthly Shonen Gangan, Dengeki Daioh, Comic Yuri Hime, etc.) have ISSNs?

Related on Writing.SE: What is the difference between ISSN and ISBN?

Have you looked at a cover scan/photo of any of these magazines? Did you see a barcode?

I don't have access to any of these magazines, so I don't know. I was hoping someone here might be able to check.

By all indications, no.
There are a few places I checked. First, while Wikipedia gives the ISSN for magazines such as Shonen Jump but doesn't give it for magazines such as Weekly Shonen Jump or LaLa.
Second, I looked at OCLC WorldCat, which similarly gives the ISSN for Shonen Jump but not Weekly Shonen Jump or LaLa. (Those are just some random popular magazines I picked, I checked for others as well, I just don't want to list them all.)
Lastly, I checked the ISSN International Centre, which has Shonen Jump but can't find Weekly Shonen Jump or LaLa. The reason I didn't mention this first is that a lack of search results is not always the best indicator of something not existing, particularly when there are issues across languages, but I did search in both English and Japanese, so I'm fairly certain this means there just aren't ISSNs for them.
Extrapolating out, it can be assumed that Japanese manga magazines don't have ISSNs. However, they do have 雑誌コード (magazine codes) that are used as identification codes for magazines/journals in Japan. The Wikipedia article is in Japanese but if you translate it, it provides a decent explanation. You can also see the magazine code (09206-06) to the left of the barcode in the magazine below.

kuwaly's answer is correct; in Japan, ISSN is not generally used. They instead use either 雑誌コード (zasshi CODE, magazine/journal code), JAN (Japanese Article Number) code, or 定期刊行物コード (teikikan koubutsu CODE, periodical publication code).

Magazine code is located on the back cover on the bottom left with the format "雑誌 ABBBC-MM/YY" or "雑誌 ABBBC-I":

A: Issuing form code

0, 1: monthly, bi-monthly, quarterly
2, 3: weekly, bi-weekly
(4-9 is omitted skipped since it seems unrelated to Japanese manga magazine)

BBB: Magazine name code
C: Extra info

If A is 0, 1 (monthly):

odd number: regular
even number: extra/special

If A is 2, 3 (weekly):

1-5: issuing week
6-9: extra/special

MM/YY: Month & year, or
I: Issue number

Taking kuwaly's example of 09206-06, it means:

0: Monthly
920: LaLa Special
6: Special
06: Issue number #6

JAN (Japanese Article Number) code is an exclusive code for Japanese publication which is compatible with EAN code. It's always started with 49/45 and is in a format of 13-digit or the shortened 8-digit code.
For the 13-digit code:

Country code (2 digits)
Maker code (5/7 digits)
Product code (5/3 digits)
Check digit (1 digit)

For the shortened 8-digit code:

Country code (2 digits)
Maker code (4 digits)
Product code (1 digit)
Check digit (1 digit)

Taking kuwaly's example of 4910092060607 (13-digit), it means:

49: Japan
1009206: LaLa Special (note the magazine code)
060: Issue number #6
7: Check digit

Periodical publication code is an extension of JAN code, consisted of 18 digits with 5 add-on digits. The format is AAABCCCCCDDEF-GHHHH:

AAA: Periodical publication flag (fixed to 491 for Japanese magazine)
B: Reserved code 1 (for the time being, fixed to 0)
CCCCC: Magazine code
DD: Month/issue number
E: Year (the last digit of the year)
F: Check digit
G: Reserved code 2 (for the time being, fixed to 0)
H: Price (in 1 Yen)

Again, taking kuwaly's example of 4910092060607-00590, it means:

491: Japanese magazine
0: Reserved code 1
09206: LaLa Special
06: Issue number #6
0: Year 2010
7: Check digit
0: Reserved code 2
0590: 590 Yen (before tax)

Regarding ISSN in Japan,

日本では、諸外国と違い逐次刊行物の流通にISSNが用いられることがないため（「雑誌コード」が一般的）、ISSNの付与は出版者の申請があって初めて行われる。
Unlike other countries, ISSN is not used in the distribution of serial publications in Japan ("magazine code" is the common one), granting of ISSN will take place only after the publisher apply for it.

Sources: Japanese Wikipedia

ISSN
Magazine Code
EAN Code


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Why wasn't Killer Bee recognized as the 5th Raikage?
After the Great Fourth Shinobi World War, all the Kages are heavily injured, especially the 4th Raikage who lost his hand (which was answered nicely by Ankit Sharma here).
Now, the 5th Raikage selected was Darui, a shinobi of Kumogakure and the right-hand-man of the 4th Raikage. He may be capable of this position & may have proved his worth in the War.
On the other hand, here is what I think of Killer Bee:

He is also a good & talented Shinobi.
He is the brother of the 4th Raikage.
He is a jinchuriki.
He has a well-controlled of his tailed beast. He even taught it to Naruto.
Even Minato, the 4th Hokage also praised Killer Bee on a fight with the 4th Raikage.
He's the master/sensei of Omoi, Samui, and Darui.
Having a good relationship with all other Kages.
Unique fight style which I absorbed.

Considering this, why wasn't Killer Bee recognized as the 5th Raikage?

why do you think Killer Bee would be better?

@Memor-X he is the brother of 4th raikage,master of  Omoi , Samui , and Darui too  as wells as he is good & talented shinobi who controls the tailed beast.When comes to age wise either talent wise he should be the 5th raikage. Having good relationship with all other kages & lands too especially with naruto. Is there any behind reason for unrecongnize him?

i didn't understand that second last sentence but i've edited in the other info. if there is more you should edit it in because it would make your question less opinion based which doesn't make a good question here

I do not believe Kishimoto wrote anything in regards to transition of the 4th to the 5th Raikage, but the selection of the Raikage is not touched on a whole lot and is unclear to us.

How the Raikage is selected isn't clear; after the Third Raikage died, his son automatically became Fourth Raikage, a decision made many years earlier

It is possible Killer B was nominated for the position, but we may never know. I can say that Killer B has no passion to being a Kage - his passion is music and his goal is to be greatest rapper. If he was nominated, Killer B may have turned it down, like Jiraiya, to pursue his passions

Despite being responsible for the village's protection, B aspires to be the world's greatest rapper.

While there have been, and currently are, Kage who are jinchūriki, this does not automatically make them the next in line a Kage position. It is merely tradition for the next jinchūriki to be a relative of the current Kage.

Because jinchūriki were so important to their village, it was a tradition for a jinchūriki to be a relative of the current Kage, both to strengthen the jinchūriki's loyalties to the village and to display the Kage's might.

Given that Killer B is the (adoptive) brother of the 4th Raikage, he became the jinchūriki for his brother.

According to Motoi, the reason behind him becoming a jinchūriki was for the sake of his brother, even if it meant being shunned by the villagers


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What chapter of Berserk's manga did the anime Berserk (2017) episode 12 end?
I have finished watching Berserk (2017) and would like to continue reading the manga.
On what chapter of Berserk's manga did the anime end?

The anime ends on Chapter 249. You can start reading from chapter 250.

Manga chapter 249, page 21

Anime episode 12, the scene at 23:22

Some of users on Reddit said

Aaaand it's a bad idea. I mean, a really BAD idea. You can't start
reading from where the anime ended, you will be lost. Important plot
points (I'm not talking filler here, I'm talking real important plot
points) were skipped by ANY Berserk anime adaptation. I started
reading from the end of the 1997 anime, you think I would be safe: I
wasn't, cause I lost all the explanations given in Black Swordsman Arc
regarding Apostles and God Hand. Berserk 2016 skips the Demon Baby,
Berserk 2017 skips the Moonlight boy. And if we are talking about
"normal" content that's been skipped...you'll lose the Wyald fight,
Lost Children Arc, and tons of other stuff. READ FROM THE BEGINNING, I
can't stress this enough. - BerserkGallery

That doesn't even matter when the anime won't even tell the same history
as the manga .... and I'm not talking about adaptations, I'm talking
about shit like skipping WHOLE major arcs, or just removing completely
VITAL screens and even characters from history...Dracsxd


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Did Major Gilbert survive?
In the last episode of Violet Evergarden, when introducing herself, Violet paused and had a bit surprised look.
Is it possible that Gilbert is the one she met there in that cottage? Has there been any statement from the author on this?

I'd imagine she would've had a much bigger reaction if it was him.

Note that there will be a second season with an original story. A new information might come after the 2nd season comes.

I do think that Major Gilbert did survive the explosion due to the fact that they never found the body, and the reaction of violet on the very last episode. Though I do agree with some that say, her reaction would have been more dramatic if it really was him at the door, but I also believe that since she had just recently experienced emotions, she had not experienced true joy yet, so her reaction would be most definitely dulled.

In the Light Novel the anime is based on,

 he did survive. He woke up before Violet and told everyone to keep it a secret from Violet so she could grow as a person beyond being a emotionally-stunted loli super soldier while he advanced upwards in the army as part of a spec ops team. He made his grand reappearance on the train to save the day.

On the other hand, the anime

 left it vague because it's kinda a crap plot motivation. I personally hate motivations that boil down to "I'm doing this assholish thing so you don't have to suffer/worry, never mind that me being an asshole makes you suffer even more".

 The anime staff likely thought that letting him come back would weaken Violet's character arc.

Probably I'd like to bring attention that there will be season 2 with presumably an original story. That's one reason I was unsure to answer it now (in addition to only found the answer from googling without watching/reading it)

@AkiTanaka that's why I explicitly mentioned that it's from the light novel. To give the "statement from the author on this". It keeps this answer relevant even when the anime continues and goes the other way.

Unfortunately, Gilbert was revealed to be alive in the 2020 movie Violet Evergarden: The Movie, the plot of which is largely centered around him being found by Violet and then him not wanting to meet with her.

I would imagine so. Unless she knew someone else who would surprise her and not be dead, then yeah. I feel like she was shocked because she finally found Gilbert and I also believe that Gilbert lived.


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Which volumes are covered by Oregairu season 1 and 2?
According to this news article on ANN, Oregairu is going to get a second anime season.
How many volumes have been covered by the first season? And which volumes will be animated in the second season?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, season 1 covers volume 1-6 + 6.5 + 7.5 and season 2 covers 7-11 + 10.5. Note that the light novel has already passed over volume 12.

Season 1

Episode 1-3: Volume 1
Episode 4-5: Volume 2
Episode 6: Volume 3
Episode 7-8: Volume 4
Episode 9-10: Volume 5
Episode 11-12: Volume 6
Episode 13 (extra): Volume 6.5
OVA: Volume 7.5

Season 2

Episode 1-2: Volume 7
Episode 3-5: Volume 8
Episode 6-10: Volume 9
Episode 10-11: Volume 10
Episode 12-13: Volume 11
OVA: Volume 10.5

Also, consider reading Did OreGairu anime adapt the Light Novel closely? for further information regarding the anime adaptation.

The first season covers the first 6 volumes, and the second season will adapt volumes 7-11.
Source:
https://kyakka.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/oregairu-zoku-episode-12-and-13-synopses/

Season 1 adapts volumes 1-6 while heavily omitting a lot of details, interactions, and important scenes. Volume 6.5, bonus track excluded, is condensed in episode 13. Presumably season 2 will adapt volumes 7-9.
From: https://kyakka.wordpress.com/


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What's the song when Shiro is dying in the main chapel?
In Ninja Resurrection: The Revenge of Jubei (the 1st OVA), there's a song playing near the end when Shiro is dying in the main chapel while being pleasured (reference on YouTube, potentially NSFW).
What's the name of the song?

It's "Banner-Seal of Heterodoxy: The Son of Deus", the 4th track from "Ninja Resurrection (Original Soundtrack)". The preview of the OST can be listened on AllMusic.
According to the OP's comment,

it's the 4th song from the link you mentioned! Banner-Seal of Heterodoxy: The Son of Deus.

Hey bro, it's the 4th song from the link you mentioned!
Banner-Seal of Heterodoxy: The Son of Deus. Thx :)


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Where exactly did they send Rin?
Heavy spoilers warning. This question is based on the VN, it should be applicable to the anime, though I'm not sure.

In Rin's 2nd route, she is sent to another school where

 many students died in a bus crash, and the rest are traumatized as a result. Rin is supposedly sent to help them.

However, as we know,

 the bus crash actually happened to them.

With that in mind, where is Rin actually sent?

 The place she is sent to does not exist, how does Kyousuke create something that should be an entirely different school with different people? Did he at all? What does Rin actually experience there? It breaks her mind as we can see in Refrain, but I don't know what it actually is that she experiences there.

we don't know where she was sent, it is any one of the school near their locality and about Rin, she felt the loneliness, separation from the group, which made Rin to suffer. We know Rin's characteristic and behavior

Kyousuke is akin to the DM in a Dungeons and Dragons session. He can create virtually anything from the "merging of the subconscious of all of his friends". In that particular do-over (Rin route 1), Kyousuke assumes that Riki and Rin have gone through enough (the routes of the other girls) such that they are strong enough to be apart.
Recall that Rin is extremely reliant on others emotionally, and Kyousuke, thinking that he is almost out of power to continue recreating the world (he isn't), creates a separate fictional school and sends Rin there to test her. Unfortunately, Rin isn't as strong as Kyousuke thought she was. Kyousuke set it up such that Rin initially could not even come back on the weekends, but after persuasion through Riki, he allowed it, and even that wasn't enough for Rin to grow independent.
Her extreme shyness and fear of strangers causes her to become alienated in her other school as she cannot even manage to respond to basic greetings. Kyousuke thinks that this will push her to get better, but instead Rin just falls apart. After that, as you know, Riki runs away with Rin, angering Kyousuke who thinks that Rin will never get better as long as she is reliant on Riki. Kyousuke sends the police after them and the trauma of them being forcefully separated breaks Rin completely. Kyousuke sees that he has failed and resets the world once more, becoming mopey Kyousuke.


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How is "One for All" stronger than "All for One"?
For those who don't know a brief description of the 2 major quirks involved in the main story of My Hero Academia are the quirks One for All (All Might, Izuku) and All for One.
First, about One for All,

 All Might explains that One For All is the union of two Quirks: A Quirk that stockpiles power and a Quirk that could be transferred to others. One For All allows the user to access stockpiled power, which grants the user momentary superhuman strength at destructive levels, increased agility, and superhuman speed. Izuku Midoriya is the ninth user of One for All.

Now, about All for One,

 All For One allows the user to steal other people's Quirks and wield these stolen powers as their own. All For One also allows the user to transfer stolen Quirks to other people. The user of All For One can combine several Quirks in order to create devastating techniques which would normally not be possible with the usage of only one Quirk.

In the fight between All Might and All for one,

 we see the combined effects of multiple quirks used together by All for one. Going by the name that is around 10-12 stolen offensive quirks (not to mention numerous defensive ones as well as ones allowing him to live etc.

How is it that the combined physical prowess of 9 individuals (2 of which we know were quirkless) can be stronger than the combination of at least a dozen Strong quirks, maybe more?
Possibly Related: What does it mean that "One for All" allows to stockpile power?
The accepted answer fails to explain how this stockpiling would outgrow All for One unless it's some sort of exponential increase for One for All vs a linear increase for All for One.

May be he inherited the power of a super strong user? I dont think it was never explained anyway.

There's a lot we don't know about that. All Might is the seventh or eight user of One For All. There might have been a super powerful user of that quirk. Or, even your point may be true that power keeps on increasing exponentially. There's too much unknown to answer that.

or a linear increase in One for All vs an asymptotic increase for all for one

Because All for One is adding powers on top of one another, while One for All is multiplicating its strength.
All for One is using the quirks of other users, I think he isn't the kind of person to go and master each and every one of those quirks.
On the other hand, every user of One for All has been training the same quirk again and again, mastering it, and then passing their knowledge to their successors.
I don't think the battle All for One vs One for All was a pure contest of strength, but also of mastery and technique. You can clearly see that when it comes to pure strength, All for One is stronger. But when it comes to ability, All Might was better.
What made All Might victorious was not his strength, but his ability to think ahead, and his near-perfect mastery of One for All.

Do you have a reference for this?

For someone who is well informed about the series, this answer is very conclusive.

There's no reason to assume that the strength of AFO's techniques is a simple function of the number of quirks that he incorporates.
Think of it like a recipe.  Does a dish always get better and better as you add more and more ingredients?  The answer is no.  It only gets better if you add the right combinations of ingredients, and even then, there comes a point where adding more ingredients serves no purpose.  Sometimes adding unneeded ingredients even makes the dish worse.
Meanwhile, OFA does just keep getting stronger.  It doesn't necessarily have to worry about coherently engineering a bunch of different synergies.  Not that it doesn't have other limitations, but apparently they're not severe enough to prevent it from being able to overpower AFO.

Another point is that there are physical limits to how.  An example was how Todoroki's body temperature dropped during his fight with Deku in the tournament.  It is possible that AFO has similar limits.
It need not be a contrived limit either such as some sort of "maximum" number of quirks he can marshal at once.  It could be the case that he just doesn't have the mental capacity to keep track of all of the quirks he can possibly use at once.

I don't think it's clear that All Might didn't have a quirk prior to receiving All For One. He said he didn't have a quirk ... but everything else indicates he did. For instance, when he can't use his quirk, his body shrinks and loses all the mass he has as All Might. This implies that ability is a quirk. I believe All Might actually had a quirk that, just like the original user of All For One was not evident until it was combined with the other quirk.
What isn't clear also is why Deku has not shown a significant mass increase as well, especially when he is using 100% of the power of his quirk. Admittedly in the anime, he is only using about 8% as of season 3's ending. So this may change as he is able to use more of All For One.

It's already clear that all might didn't had a quirk before receiving One for All. Go back to reading manga. The reason why All might was inflating again and again is because he had an injury which makes him lose power when using one for all, thus he can only work 3 hours a day. But when All might transferred his quirk to deku, one for all only left a remnant of it to all might so that he could use it atleast just once more.

Plus, if all might had a quirk, he would have already died in 30 years old because when you already have a quirk, one for all will combine with that quirk in exchange for not being able to use the full potential of one for all and less life force than a normal human. It doesn't mean having a quirk with one for all will make you stronger, it means that it will only combine with it so that the current one for all user can use your quirk, too. So therefore, all might doesn't have a quirk. If so, he would've been ded already.

One for All may be stronger because of the exponential increases, but certain quirk combinations of All for One are just too good to be ignored.
For example, the intelligence quirk of the principle would allow him the intelligence required to use all sorts of quirks to their fullest potential. For example, the intelligence quirk combined with foresight and the create quirk would allow All for One the ability to counter any opponent he fights.
One for All may have more strength, but All for One has almost infinite flexibility with any quirk combinations at his fingertips. He has the power to counter any opponent.
Another quirk combination that could completely shut down any opponent without interacting with them in any way would be Eraser Head's quirk to stop any shenanigans, brainwashing, and confession.

If memory serves, it was stated (or at least heavily implied) that the increase of One for All is exponential. Whereas All for One is only increasing linearly very fast, but it was most likely overtaken or at least matched in power by the fight against All Might.
It is also likely that All for One is experiencing Logarithmic growth causing his power increase to slow down as he reaches his mental/physical limit for the usage of quirks.


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What's the reason some of the Detective Neuro's manga cover's page are upside down?
I have 12 out of 23 volumes of Majin Tantei Nogami Neuro. It's really weird since the first tenth volume of this manga's cover is upside down like you could see in this site.
What's the reason behind it?

Have a look at this

There's no particular reason other than "because the mangaka wanted it that way".
It's just one of the many omake/additional fun things about the tankobon (according to Japanese Wikipedia):

The characters on the cover page are upside-down on vol. 1-10, as-is on vol. 11-20, and left-turned on vol. 21-22(23)

Some other trivia:

The name of the criminal of that volume

 is hidden in the background of wall-of-text in the table of contents (except vol. 15, 16, and 23), e.g. vol. 11's criminal name. (Source)

The illustration on the middle cover of vol. 10-19

 uses "Hanging Yako" representing "1", e.g. vol. 18. (Source)

The cover pages for vol. 13-20

 are connected: 13-16 and 17-20. (Source)


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Has "High School DxD" Light Novel ended?
Has High School DxD light novel ended?

Officially, High School DxD has ended with volume 25, but it will be followed by a direct sequel titled Shin Highschool DxD (Source: afterword of Volume 25).
So the series has not really ended, as a direct sequel, Shin DxD, will be covering the second half of the Azazel Cup arc. Its Volume 1 will essentially be Volume 26, just with a different label.


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Which one is the original One Punch Man, the webcomic or the manga?
I have been reading One Punch Man manga for a while now, and noticed that there's apparently a webcomic on the internet too. Some people told me that the webcomic is original and the manga is headcanon, is it true?

Firstly, the Manga isn't headcanon (Note:A lot of fan made manga does exist). It is a detailed redrawing of the Webcomic, with extra chapters occasionally drawn in. The Webcomic is way ahead and is more or less the same, word-for-word if compared to the completed chapters of the manga.I personally recommend reading the manga first and then continuing with the webcomic. However, the webcomic tends to deliver its humor a lot better because of the ridiculous art style.

The original One-Punch Man webcomic was created by ONE himself, who also created Mob Psycho 100.
For the original webcomics, ONE did the "drawing" himself, and his drawing skills are more or less close to 10-year old kids. Later on Weekly Young Jump came to realise the potential of the web-novel and officially did the redraw for the series.
Original Saitama:

Original Genos and Saitama, with Bang:

Where did you find the original webcomic? Where can I read/buy it?

Those were pulished on ONE's personal blogs. He removed those after the publication deal.


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What is written on the schoolboy's pink shirt on the ending credit?

On the ending credit, what is written on the guy's pink shirt which he is trying to show so badly?

The shirt says "Shota Moe", "Shota" as in little boy like "Loli" for little girl. As for why, he probably acts as one of the weirdos that the "heroes" are supposed to defeat in a crappy piece of play.

Please correct if wrong but it might be worthwhile to add that Shota Moe means the genre of cute little boys in a borderline pedophilia context. So "weirdo" makes a lot of sense


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Why is Adult Gon Freecss' hair so long? Why is Illumi's hair long?
Around the Chimera Ant arc in Hunter x Hunter, I have seen and understood how Gon would have to train for such a long time frame to have his hair be that long. But, Illumi also has long flowing hair.

Does this mean that Illumi has done something similar? Or maybe has Illumi just had a ton of bloodlust, and his hair went straight up?

It has been a while but I will try to answer with respect to the discussions held during that period.
First I would like to point a golden rule: Correlation doesn't imply causation. If Adult Gon and Illumi both have long hair it is NOT necessary they have it for the same reason.
Example:
Illumi has long hair because his character design was meant to be that way. He was meant to be introduced as a very creepy, gender-fluid character who could easily dominate the "imperturbable" Killua. The hair design gave author to do a lot of things with Illumi.

You've arrived at the reason for Gon's hair being long correctly, I believe. During Gon's transformation into what Killua considers "How he would appear after years, if not decades, of training", we also notice that his hair has grown absurdly long. This implies how much of time he would need to spend training to improve his Nen Ability.
To end with this is an old image with Illumi's character design (Hair). I'm not sure what does the Japanese text says.

Disclaimer:
Please Note, I know this answer is very opinionated without author notes to back it up. It is drawn from discussions during the original manga release which I have not tracked. In this case its the best answer to the question I could think of.
Feel free to suggest ways to improve or any flaws in the train of thought, I might have missed. I also haven't followed HxH in a long time so any new information is very helpful. Cheers!

The Japanese text says ショタイルミ (shota Ilumi), 若イルミ (young Ilumi), 過渡期 (transition period), 今イルミ (present Ilumi).

Illumi's hair is naturally long.
For Gon, he wanted stronger nen power to defeat Pitou, so he put a nen restriction to lose his nen and to gain strength to beat her. His nen made his body grow into an adult, and even his hair grew to that many years also. That's why it's so long like it hasn't been cut for so many years.

So I could be wrong, but I have a bit of a theory as to why Gon's hair had gotten so long in that episode where he transformed. As Gon starts transforming, you'll notice there are a lot of back-and-forth cut shots between Gon, and all of the candles within the hideout.
I think that it could be being used as a metaphor. My thoughts being that the length of Gon's hair represented the amount of time he was being allotted to use the newly borrowed power. His hair flowed around kinda like a flame does off the wick of a candle.
As the fight goes on, you'll notice Gon's hair gets shorter. If I remember correctly, there is a scene in which Gon takes one last look back at Killua before delivering the final death blow to Pitou's corpse. In that scene, you'll see Gon's hair is back down to its normal length.
Just a thought anyways.

A transformed Gon would be around his 30's since decades of training could mean more than one decade, meaning he could have been aged 20+ or 30+ years. But he looked young, so I don't think he was in his 40's, meaning it's simply what Gon would look like in a 20+ time skip without cutting his hair. I assume Gon is 35 years old when he transformed since he was 14-15 by the end of the ark.
Y'all are overthinking it, but the designed could have been given to him because hair symbolizes physical strength and virility; the virtues and properties of a person are said to be concentrated. In some circles, long hair on men is seen as a symbol of power and freedom.
If you ask me, Gon fit all these examples, as when he fought Neferpitou he was concentrated and he was also free as he did not care about his nen or life, only revenging Kite.

For Illumi, I think he just let it long.
In Gon's case, I have a theory for that. When Gon was learning about nen with Killua, their teacher (I forgot his name) said that the nen is an energy that not used just for fighting; the body cells use it to reproduce. It's an energy that can also be used by the body to grow. That's why there's some nen channels that allow just an amount for the person to use, so some energy can be stored for the body to use to stay alive.
So when Gon was fighting Neferpitou, he became angry, making him careless about what would happen for him if he could get revenge from her. He said to Killua to not worry because he didn't care anymore about his life if that meant she's gonna die (that scene with black and white). So he made a deal with himself to use all his nen, breaking those channels, and thus all the body parts and cells got a lot of energy, making them grown so fast. That's what happened to his muscles, they got bigger and bigger, his hair got longer than before.
(PS: I don't read the manga.)

This has nothing to do with what we are saying, but if Gon is a god as an adult, what about Killua? What if there will be a new form of godspeed called deity speed or something?
I do think Gon will learn nen again. All that Nanika did is make him a normal human and any human can learn nen, that's what Wing said. So, all these means is Gon will have to restart his nen training. He'll most likely get back to the level he was because of knowledge of the basics. He can have his father reteach him. Let's not forget Gon's 1 in 100,000,000 talent. Wing said Gon would master ten in a week after all.
Lastly, the reason Gon's hair grows long is because by using all his nen and damaging his body, Gon was able to speed up his growth since aura/nen is life. Increasing his aura so fast and by a huge amount granted him fast growth, which means long hair that hasn't been cut in decades since adult Gon is in his 30s.

Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. I tried to clean up this post, but after reading it once again, looks like there are things unrelated to the question being discussed (e.g. Gon being a god, Gon relearning his nen), leaving only the last paragraph that's really answering the question. Considering that Stack Exchange is a Q&A site and unlike traditional forums, answers should only be used to answer the question, not for replying to other answers or discussing other tangential topics.


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Is this poem about frogs from Non Non Biyori Repeat a common poem/rhyme?
In Non Non Biyori Repeat episode 4, Ren-chan sings this poem/rhyme which goes (translated/subtitled version)

Frogs Frogs
  Frogs are grown-ups, Tadpoles are children
  When they grow hind legs they are moochers
  When they grow front legs they are rebellious

Is this a Japanese nursery rhyme or something the showrunners/mangaka created themselves?

The same lyrics was in Non Non Biyori Chapter 57, so we know for sure it's not something exclusive to the anime. I'm not sure whether it's Japanese nursery rhyme or not, but I doubt so, since I couldn't find the same lyrics posted anywhere before 2015.

Ren-chan's "Frog's Song" is either a parody or otherwise an original song.
As nhahtdh commented, the song lyric couldn't be found outside of Non Non Biyori-related results, making it an original song. The song is also known to the fans as れんちょんのかえるのうた (Ren-chon no kaeru no uta, Ren-chon's "Frog's Song"). It can be listened on Nico Nico Douga, starting at 0:45.

かえる かえる
  かえるはおとな
  おたまはこども
  うしろあしはえたらすねかじり
  まえあしはえたらはんこうき
Frogs Frogs
  Frogs are grown-ups
  Tadpoles are children
  When they grow hind legs they are moochers
  When they grow front legs they are rebellious

On the other hand, there is also a Japanese nursery rhyme called かえるのうた (kaeru no uta, Frog's Song), also known as かえるのがっしょう (kaeru no gasshou, Frog's Choir). The song can be listened on YouTube. However, the melody and the lyric are different.

かえるのうたが
  きこえてくるよ
  クヮ クヮ クヮ クヮ
  ケケケケ ケケケケ
  クヮクヮクヮ
The frog's song
  We can hear it
  Ribbit ribbit ribbit ribbit
  Ribbit-ribbit-ribbit-ribbit ribbit-ribbit-ribbit-ribbit
  Ribbit ribbit  ribbit

Lastly, there are other songs (collected on Nico Nico Douga) Ren-chan has sung on the anime regarding rabbits, little birds, and dynamites, nekojyarashi (cat toys), paint it black, a fake doctor and a ripped love letter, and a diary. Considering the nonsensical lyric and sometimes heavy topics, all of these don't seem to be taken from existing Japanese nursery rhymes; parodies at best, or else original songs.
Considering all of these, Ren-chan's "Frog's Song" is either a parody of a famous Japanese nursery rhyme with the same name or otherwise just an original song.


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How come Naruto and Rock Lee didn't meet each other up until the Chuunin exams though they are both from Konoha?
Naruto and Rock Lee are both from The Hidden Village of the Leaf.
How come they studied at different academies? How come Naruto didn't meet Rock Lee up until the Chuunin exams?

Rock Lee, Neji and Tenten are older than the Rookie 9. (Team 7,8 and 10 headed by Kakashi, Kurenai and Asuma). Team Guy on the other hand were held back before appearing for their first Chunin Exam, hence they were of different age groups.

It isn't just Naruto and Rock Lee who don't know each other, but other members of Team Guy also don't know the Rookie 9. The only information they have is this time Rookie Genins are participating and one of those teams is headed by Kakashi who they know by reputation. Also the Uchiha name is (in)famous in the village and hence the knowledge about the last survivor.

Naruto is a nobody and a loner shunned by others, hence it isn't surprising not many people associate with him. It is interesting to note that the heirs of clans such as InoShikaCho are not more widely known, probably due to less extent of worldbuilding in Naruto by this point.
One caveat, since Naruto failed three times and Sasuke obviously didn't it is interesting no one older than Naruto remembers him, when even someone like Kiba, who dismisses him, knows him from Academy days.


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Does "group date" mean something else other than "a date with many people"?
In the first episode of Steins;Gate 0, Okarin says something about going on group dates, with Feyris and Rukako yelling at him for doing that.
Is a group date any different from what I think it is, just a date with many people?

When asked by Feyris what Okarin's plan that day, he replied with "gōkon".

Is a group date [...] a date with many people?

If "a date" implies "those who are already in relationships", then possibly this is the source of the misunderstanding.
According to Wikipedia,

Group dating is a modern pattern for dating where a group of single men and a group of single women organise a night out, with the hope of forming romantic partnerships. It is most popular in Japan, where it is known as gōkon. In other cultures, group dating is becoming more popular as a safe alternative to single dating (especially blind dating), also helping to ease tension, because both parties will feel more comfortable having the company of their friends.

Also,

In Japan, a gōkon (合コン) is a group blind date, typically used to form at least some friendships between two groups that are each of a single sex. Generally, a single man and woman who know each other organize the gōkon in advance, each agreeing to bring three or four eligible friends. The venue is usually a restaurant, an izakaya, or anywhere people can eat, drink and make a bit of noise.

Or alternatively, from Jisho

joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

However, the real reason why Feyris and Rukako were yelling and surprised was

 Okarin's 180-degree image change. Compared to his chuunibyou/otaku personality in the original Steins;Gate, he's now living (or looks) like a normal college student (i.e. having a social life, which is something that otaku usually don't care). Just before this, they were also surprised about his choice of school club ―which is tennis club― instead of Feyris' guess of UFO/UMA research club.

A better translation could perhaps be "mixer". At least that's what Black Clover subs used in ep 28.


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What happens to Yugi's other self's deck when he disappears?
In the final chapter of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yugi has to defeat Atem to open the afterlife door, and they fight with their own deck. Short story, Yugi finally defeated his other self.
Since they bring their own deck, what happens to the other Yugi's deck when he disappears?

It was implied that Atem's (Yami Yugi's) deck and the Millenium Puzzle were left inside his tomb in Egypt.
But in the Movie, Yugioh: The Dark Side of the Dimension, it was shown that the Millenium Puzzle got reassembled again, but nothing happened.
In Episode 086 of Yugioh GX! (which is set years after YGO: TDSotD), Pegasus said that the Egyptian God Cards are gone.
Now, how did Kaiba summon Obelisk in YGO: TDSotD? The Power Vision disk didn't utilize actual cards. Instead, it created holograms from his mind.
Yugi uses his own deck.
TL;DR Atem's Deck is in his tomb.

It is implied that when the pharaoh went to the afterlife, he took the god cards with him. This was mentioned during Yu-Gi-Oh! GX by Pegasus and in the Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side Of Dimensions movie by Diva. The god cards were in Atem's deck. And since we didn't see him taking out the god cards and leaving the deck behind to Yugi before he entered the gate to the afterlife, it is strongly implied that he took the entire deck with himself.
Not sure how Yugi found replacements for the cards in Atem's deck, but two options come to mind. Since Solomon Mutou is the owner of a game shop that sells cards, he probably helped Yugi to find the Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl, along with any other cards that the pharaoh had in his deck. It is also possible that Pegasus sends replicas of the cards to Yugi along with some other cards like the different magician girls, as a sign of goodwill and friendship.


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Midoriya's power level against All Might
How much percentage of Full Cowling Midoriya was using when he was fighting against All Might in the practical exam? At the last moment when he grabbed Bakugo and made his escape, I am pretty sure he was using more than 5%.

Midoriya already has all of All Mights power, however he is only able to use 8% of it at the moment otherwise it would destroy his body (shown during the early episodes when his limbs would break using the power because he didn't know how to only use a percentage of it, it was 100% or nothing). That is why Gran torino was teaching him about being an egg in a microwave.

It should be 8%. Because, during the training with Gran Torino, Midoriya was able to improve his power up to 8%. Midoriyai has different percentage level moves, you can get more knowledge about them by referring the Wiki. He can increase the attack power percentage but it will affect his body and do a lot of damage to himself.


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Story-telling technique where the drawing style briefly gets much simpler?
I'm a big fan of web comics, and have a question about a drawing or story-telling technique that I've seen. It seems effective, but I'm not quite sure what it's effective for.
Here's an example, from the most excellent Questionable Content by Jeph Jacques. First, a frame in his usual style:

He's usually quite consistent, but once in a long while there's a frame where he uses a much simpler drawing style:

Another example, from this strip; compare...

... to...

It's an interesting and entertaining motif, but I'm not clear on just what he's communicating with it, and why it feels effective. Is it an ironic aside? Or is it a pause in the action to let the characters (and reader) consider?
And, what is the history of this? Did Jeph make this up, or have previous cartoonists used it as well?
Any ideas?

It's called an Art Shift, traditionally used in western media for homages, parodies, or flashbacks; e.g. Tracer Bullet or when Calvin and Susie play house in Calvin and Hobbes. These art shifts usually last for one or more scenes, often for the duration of a specific subplot. The Japanese use art shifts in a very different way-- single-shot/panel shifts are quite common in anime and manga, and are used for comedic emphasis. Kimi ni Todoke, for example, uses this quite frequently (Kimi ni Todoke vol. 10 / ch. 42 spoilers). It is often used in conjunction with other anime/manga tropes (Cross Popping Veins, Dull Eyes of Unhappiness, Giving Up the Ghost, Nosebleed, Snot Bubble, Sweat Drop, Visible Sigh, Kewpie Doll Surprise, etc.) to convey emotion humorously, or on a specific character to show that they're acting in a way that's different from the rest of the world. It can also be used on a group of characters to show a sudden (and usually temporary) shift in tone.  Shifting into a chibi art style usually implies a comedic or moe tone.
As to your specific examples, the art shift creates an emphasis on joke-- in the first example, how Faye is forced to subvert her usual threats of violence, and in the second example, how Faye completely misssed the point.


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Which chapters from the manga that haven't been made as anime yet in "Detective Conan"?
I watched all episodes of Detective Conan anime, and I want list of manga chapters that haven't been made as anime yet.

According to this list the anime adaptation of chapter 975-980 is scheduled to air in the next four weeks (March 3, March 10, March 17 and March 24), while chapter 984 and above are not scheduled as animation yet.
To go the other way around as of now the following manga chapters have aired as anime:

Everything up to chapter 974
Chapters between ch. 981 and 983

Note: My answer shows the state of releases on Fepruary 28, 2018. I'm also assuming the asker has watched every episode released as of this date, so up to episode 893.


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What is the song that plays in Naruto Shippuden when Deidara fights Gaara?
I've been searching for that song for a really long time but I can't find it. It's kinda sad (?? for me at least) and it has a violin or cello or something like that.

Welcome to [anime.se]. Could you also provide the episode number and the timestamp?

Do you refer to 5:05,9:27 or 12:27 of the fight? Gaara vs Deidara link :  http://bit.ly/2BT6knM

I think the track is actually called "Stalemate"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN5sj6Wpas4

It's called Deidara's theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kd4mOSrTh8
At 0:42, the strings start playing.


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Why is water coming out of the icebreaker?
In episode 9 of Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho (宇宙よりも遠い場所), an icebreaker is shown breaking the ice.
From what I saw, the ship seems to lift itself up over the ice by shooting water out, as seen in these screenshots:

I think the ship is trying to reduce its weight so that it floats and goes above the ice, then it can crush it with its weight. However, in an earlier shot, I saw that the ship is already partially on the ice:

So why does it still need to shoot out water?
Also, I know that the icebreaker in the anime is based on Shirase icebreaker, so I looked up videos on YouTube to see how it breaks ice IRL. As you can see at the beginning of this video, there isn't any water coming out of the ship. It just runs over the ice and the ice just breaks automatically.
Why is there a need for the water anyway? Is this just to make the scene more dramatic?

At the very beginning of that video, it isn't breaking any ice, it's just pushing the small fragments aside as it moves forward. If you watched more of the same video, you will see that it does shoot water.
It is equipped with what is known as a snow-melting water-sprinkler (融雪用散水装置). It is not a device to lift the ship up, but a device to melt snow. It shoots out pumped-up sea water to melt the snow on top of the the ice, reducing friction (and cushioning) between the ice and the ship, making it easier for the ship to break the ice.
Some references I used.
JMSDF Shirase page (JP)
Kamome propeller company, makers of the sprinkling system

Is this device on other icebreakers as well? Or is it only on Shirase?

I'm no expert, but the only one I can be certain of is Sweden's Oden, seemingly to come with a similar water-spraying system. Canadian documents mention a water-wash system as well.


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Where can I buy Kotori Habane figurines?
I have no idea where to find Kotori Habane figurines.
Where can I buy them?

A simple search for 羽々音 小鳥 フィギュア on Google shows that there is no official figurine for this character (or any of the other characters from this game). There are trading cards (used good) and dakimakura (which are all sold out), though.

It is probably worth pointing out that figures are relatively rare merchandise to be produced for an 18+ game, probably because of how quickly the market moves and the amount of investment required to make one. They do exist but much less than for e.g. popular anime. Much more common are things like posters, wall scrolls, dakimakura covers, etc. There are many such items for この大空に、翼をひろげて, and they can be bought (used or sometimes new) from sites like amazon.co.jp, suruga-ya, mandarake, and auctions.yahoo.co.jp.

@LoganM Ok thanks for pointing out that to me.


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What's the song when Mikasa talks to her squad leader while on the mission helping Eren to seal the wall with a rock in episode 12?
On season 1 episode 12, there's a song when Mikasa talks to her squad leader while on a mission helping Eren to seal the wall with a rock, as shown on the following picture.

What's that song?

It’s Vogel im Kafig. It’s on the OST or you can find it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/M2LdF1RlSL0.


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What does Playmaker mean when he says "Arrowheads confirmed!"?
Whenever Playmaker performs a Link Summon in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS, he starts by saying

アローヘッド確認！！！
  Arrowheads confirmed!

What does that mean? I know that some characters in the Yu-Gi-Oh series have their own catchphrases they sometimes say during special kinds of summons, but what is the meaning behind this one specifically? Does it have something to do with confirming summoning conditions? What does the "arrowhead" have to do with this?


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Which music plays in episode 126 on Android 17 vs Toopo?
I was watching episode 126 - "Surpass Even A God! Vegeta's Desperate Blow!!" of Dragon Ball Super on Crunchyroll. I want to know the music that plays when Android 17 is about to fight with Toppo god of destruction after saving Freiza.
Episode time when that music plays: 4:35 to 6:10
Episode link: http://www.crunchyroll.com/dragon-ball-super/episode-126-surpass-even-a-god-vegetas-desperate-blow-760341

The actual soundtrack that plays is - Strongarm Battle, DISC 2, Dragon Ball Super Original Soundtrack Vol.2. You can check that here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhqzFhTyLCg

Thank you I wonder why I couldn't find it

After a bit more search I found it. Its the "Theme of Gohan" by Norihito Sumitomo.
Can't find the original OST but there is a recreation which is quite close to it by a guy named "PokeMixr92"on Youtube.
Here is the link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guuVnTQavSc

It's "Theme of Android 17". Gohan's is very similar, just kinda different.
Here is the song recreated by PokeMirx92 on YouTube

unfortunately its not the one. hear the music in the episode and the one in the link i shared you will see why its not the one you shared


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Does Princess Renner have other hidden personality as depicted in the 2nd season's ending credit?
From the ED song, it seems like the Princess has dark/other personality which we all don't know about.
Is it true? Is there any story of hers to begin with?
The specific scenes from the ending:

It seems Princess Renner does have another personality. You can also confirm from the anime (Season 2 episode 09)

Renner's Personality:

 Renner is known publicly as the Golden Princess for her benevolence and kindness. While Renner is believed to be a saint, in reality, she has a psychopathic personality and doesn't care about the feelings of others. The only exception to this is Climb. When Climb was wounded, she declared that anyone involved would be ruthlessly killed. After being secretly affiliated to Nazarick, she doesn't hesitate to betray her family, her bloodline and her people without a shred of regret. Renner is a human yet inhuman and she's described as a spiritual heteromorph. Her mind comprehended both good and evil; she is the type who was not bound by the petty constraints of morality, but who calmly worked to advance her own agenda.

Renner's relation with Climb:

 Renner treats Climb like a pet dog and loves him greatly, as he is the reason she started to act innocent, kind and caring greatly about the country in front of him after picking him up. When Climb is not around, she reverts back to her psychopathic personality.

Renner's relation with Albedo:

 Aside from secretly being her subordinate, Renner is in a particularly friendly relationship with Albedo, openly talking with each other about the obsessive love they hold for the men they love.

Lastly a dialogue which will sums it all:

 "Yes, it would indeed be difficult to do while putting up a front as Princess. Plus, there is no use if it's done by force. His gaze, I want to chain him up completely and raise him like a dog." - Renner to Marquis Raeven about Climb.

Source: Renner Theiere Chardelon Ryle Vaiself - Overlord Wiki

Good news, update your answer because the episode today showed it off


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Was it ever revealed how Aimer lost her voice?
Aimer is known for singing quite some big anime series, most notably Fate series from Ufotable. And from her Wikipedia page:

At the age of 15, she lost her voice from an unfortunate accident; however, as she recovered, she acquired her distinctive husky voice

I found in her interview that she's still recovering but she decided not to go for surgery because it will change her vocal length and she loves her voice now.
How did she injure her vocal chord?

She sang too much, to the point of abusing and damaging her vocal cords.
Her official profile on Sony Music Entertainment Japan mentioned this

15歳の頃、歌唱による喉の酷使が原因で、突如声が出なくなるアクシデントに見舞われる。
At the age of 15, she underwent a sudden voice loss accident due to overusing her throat from singing.

This was also mentioned in her interview with natalie music (Japanese)

──「15歳のころ、喉に異変をきたし」という記述が公式プロフィールにありますが、[...]
  ── The description "at the age of 15, an accident to the throat happened" is written on the official profile though, [...]
歌の歌いすぎが原因でした。[...]
  The cause was too much singing.

However, more detail was in her interview with BARKS (Japanese) about her 1st album, "Sleepless Nights", especially on the song "夜行列車～nothing to lose～" (Yakou Ressha-, Night Train-)

――で、今回、これまでのシングル曲全曲に加えて、新曲が3曲入っていますけど、「夜行列車～nothing to lose～」は、Aimerさんのアーティストとしての出発点を感じさせる内容になってますよね。これは実話？
  ――Then, this time, in addition to the inclusion of all the singles until now, there were 3 new songs, but the substance in "Yakou Ressha~nothing to lose~" feels like the starting point for Aimer as an artist. Is this a true story?
Aimer：基本的に歌詞は、自分の体験もちりばめながら一つの物語を書くようなイメージで書いています。なので、この曲もそういう感じですね。
  Aimer: Basically, I wrote the lyric that includes my experience, with an image to write a single story. Therefore, this song is also like that.
――“さよなら　夜の教室/ここで私は声を失した”というフレーズがとても印象的でした。
  ―― The phrase "goodbye　night classroom / here I lost my voice" was very impressive.
Aimer：ああ……声が出なくなってしまったというのは実体験なんです。私は常に音楽が流れているような家で育って、物心つく前から歌うのが好きな子供で、気づいたら歌手になりたいと思っていたんですね。で、いつも一人で歌っていたんですけど。15歳の時、朝起きたら突然声が出なくなっていたんです。それで、声帯を診る専門の耳鼻咽喉科に行ったら「とにかくしゃべらないでください」って、沈黙療法というのを勧められて、そこから半年間ずっとしゃべらずにいて……。
  Aimer: Ah... the voice loss was a real experience. Because I was grown up in a family that constantly playing songs, being a kid who likes singing before reaching the age of discretion, and when I realized, I thought I wanted to be a singer. I was always singing alone, though. At the age of 15, when I woke up in the morning, I suddenly lost my voice. After that, when visiting vocal cords specialist in a department of otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat), they said "in any case, please don't speak" and recommending a silent treatment, since then I didn't speak for 6 months at all...


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What is Pluton and its relation with the Void Century?
What exactly is Pluton and regarding that, what is so special about the Void Century?

Wikia has an article about it, and I'm not sure how much you know about Pluton before we can answer it without copypasting the whole Wikia.

Pluton is one of the 3 Ancient Weapons capable of mass destruction. The other 2 are Poseidon (currently Shirahoshi) and the ancient ship, Pluton.
Uranus is not shown yet but if speculations are to be considered, it is said that it is a giant machine that can eradicate a single country.
Void Century as its name implies, a century that is hidden by the World Government to the public. It is a century where the 20 kingdoms fought against the "D" and won. After the War, they've joined together and formed the World Government as their acting police and their descendants are the Celestial Dragons. The only exception was the Nefertari family who refused to join them in Mariejois, the holy land of the Celestial Dragons.
Not much is known what happened during the void century because it is clouded in mystery. Only a few people are known to have knowledge about it, including the Ohara people where Robin came from, and Roger himself.
It is heavily implied that the Void Century, D, and Poneglyphs are heavily connected.

Thanks @Shan Coralde. This makes things pretty clear and now even more interesting.

You're welcome. A simple wiki/google visit would help too.

You confuse Uranus with Pluton. Pluton is the ship which blueprints were destroyed by Franky, Uranus is yet to be unkown.

@xhadon Fixed it.


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Who is Joy Boy?
I just finished the "Fishman Island" arc and there are some unexplained things like, who is Joy Boy? Is Joy Boy the one who wrote all the poneglyph?

Too many questions in just one post. Please consider keeping only the closely related questions in this post, and split up the rest to another post.

Also consider keeping only the questions that actually can be answered, and not only speculated

Speculation in answers is fine as long as canonical sources can be cited to support your answer. Blind speculations without citations are no more than baseless headcanon.

I'll take a chance to salvage this question. However, I don't know if this question can be answered without too much speculation as per previous comments since reading Joy Boy's article on Wikia doesn't look so promising... though maybe there's non-English resource that might explain this.

"Unexplained" in One Piece can be translated as "Not Yet Explained" so, keep watching

Joy Boy was a man from the surface world who made the promise with the people of Fishman Island. He tried to raise the Noah with the help of Poseidon but he broke his promise. On Poneglyph, he wrote an apology to Poseidon. That's the only info available about Joy Boy.