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Is Fullmetal Alchemist based on Nazi Germany?
It may be because I'm Jewish (yes, Madara is Jewish), but I couldn't help but noticing the similarities between Fullmetal Alchemist to the German Nazi regime.

German names (Edward, Alphonse, Olivier, Bradley)
A Fuhrer
"Dogs of the Army"
Very militarized
Blond hair and blue eyes
Extermination (Ishvals)
War on multiple fronts
Human experimentation
An obsession with the occult among high ranking officials

Is it just me? Or is there a connection? Is there some written reference to that? Has the mangaka said anything about it?

Have you watched the movie Conqueror of Shamballa? In that movie there are very direct associations with Nazis, in particular with the Thule-Gesellschaft.

@chirale In the movie I think there are actually Nazis, since Edward gets to... well I don't want to say it here, it's a spoiler. :P

Since you've watched it, is your question more about the State Alchemist organization? If it's the case, maybe the title should be ask for similarities between State Alchemists and one specific Nazis military branches (Wehrmacht, SA or SS), or between settings to avoid misunderstanding. Just a suggestion, I'm just trying to guess what you're asking precisely.

@chirale: I'm asking about the show as a whole. Does the show contain or is based of Nazi themes, and if so, are there references for it

Perfect, it's more clear now.

@Stagnetti: What are they then? They sound 20 century's German to me. Also, This is really a comment, not an answer. With a bit more rep, you will be able to post comments.

@MadaraUchiha The names are English. They have a German variant (Eduard, Alfons, Oliver (There's nothing for Bradley)), but except Alphonse, they are derived from other languages (Edward is English, Oliver is French).

You forgot human experimentation and an obsession with the occult amoung high ranking officials.

@kaine Feel free to edit that in! You'll get a couple points from getting an approved edit too ;)

The FMA Wiki states that:

When creating the fictional world of Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa was inspired after reading about Europe during the Industrial Revolution period; she was amazed by how different the people from different countries were, in terms of their culture, architecture and clothes. She was especially interested in England during this period and "added to it her own original flavor to turn it into a fantasy world".

"Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa" — the movie that follows the first anime series — is set in 1923 Germany, and depicts the beginning of the Nazi Party within German politics, being only an extremist group at that point.
Other than that, I know of no such inspirations. But it may well be that Arakawa has said something more concrete about that.

There is a lot of Dutch in there as well though, this makes the "based on different cultures" more plausible than the "it's Nazi Germany".
Edward (or Ed), Roy and Alphonse are typical dutch names.

Riza is equivalent to Lisa, a Dutch name
Breda is a Dutch city
Maes is the medieval Dutch spelling of "Maas" a dutch river witch was a common name at the time.
Winry is equivalent to Wendy, a Dutch name

Van Hohenheim is a mix of Dutch and German. 'Van' means 'of' or 'of the' (depending on the context) with 'von' being its German counterpart, and Hohenheim translates to high-house.

The usual explanation I've heard is that Riza is based off of a Hungarian name (that's a dimunitive of Theresa), and that Van Hohenheim is based off of some mediaeval alchemist. For what it counts, Arakawa stated somewhere that for minor characters, she used a dictionary of European names, but this indeed points more to "based on different European cultures" than "Nazi Germany".

"Von Hohenheim" (correct spelling) is actually the name of a real-life 15th/16th century Swiss alchemist, Paracelsus, aka Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim.

The governmental organization, architecture, and names suggest the setting is German-esque. Likewise, the culture, architecture, minarets and desert suggest that the Ishvalans are an Arab-esque influence.

Can you elaborate on why you think that they are similar?

Yes, it is Germany, "fuhrer" is German... Look at the military trench coats, building styles, names and even loosely geographical location. Look up Hitler's religious view and his theory of the "perfect human".
Xing is China and not Japan... Almost everything Japanese comes from China (even sushi). References here are that the emperor of Xing is looking for an elixir for immortality, so did the real emperor of China, and China also believed in alchemy (Yin Yang, Taoism, etc.). The emperor of China ingested mercury (for those interested in world history) and died.
Ishval are the Arabs. Alchemy was part of Islam too... People in the desert... And there were wars between Europe and the Arab world.
There are many other references.... Notice that many stories are based on real life historical events, places and religion. Nothing is truly original, although very entertaining nonetheless.

"Ishbal are the Arabs" - this isn't necessarily true. If I remember correctly, Arakawa interviewed war veterans and former yakuza, and also was inspired by the treatment of the Ainu and burakumin. If anything, it seems more reasonable to associate Ishbal with victims of Japanese imperialism, and there doesn't seem to be any specific "real world" counterpart to Ishbal.

As for the names - if anything they seem to be random European names (e.g. Arakawa talked somewhere about using a dictionary of European names for minor characters) or English ones (e.g. giving characters surnames linked to military aircraft). While the Germany association seems reasonable for the 2003 anime, it seems you're not talking about that (given the inclusion of Xing).

You are just listing references without explaining much or nothing at all. The first sentence almost reads like usage of gratuitous German is proof for something. Why couldn't it be based on fascist Italy if one replaces "Fuehrer" with "Duce"? "Almost everything Japanese comes from China" could be better phrased without a passive-aggressive ring and disdain. Also using ellipsis is a bad habit, may lead to misinterpretations of your answer and can often be replaced with more appropriate punctuation.

The full info could be found through wikipedia or by going to school, it is impossible to post history long stories in a single post, i state keywords and im off like fairydust. Like i mentioned, those who are interested in history, they have enough information to look it up fully. If fuhrer would have been replaced by duce, it would have been a different story, but it isnt, fuhrer is from the german language. Id want to give you credit for trying but there are almost no similarities to Italy...(ellipsis) at all.

The ishvalans are gypsies.. Obviously.. If FMA is connected to nazi Germany and you knew anything about the extermination of people in nazi germany. It was estimated that 750,000-1,000,000 Romanis(gypsies) were killed during the war. At the start of nazi Germany they were stripped of citizenship and slaughtered.. I mean hell.. They even look like gypsies.. Also if we recall, Ed and Alphonse ran into a few at the little carnival.. Dunno where the hell that guy got the Arab idea from..

"Also if we recall, Ed and Alphonse ran into a few at the little carnival" that is in the Movie Conqueror of Shamballa which that scene is set in our world before the rise of Nazi Germany (as indicated later in how Hitler was arrested during the march). also it should be noted that the movie is not canon since it extends the original 2003 series which deviates from the canon


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Does anyone know the name of the song played in these scenes from Dagashi Kashi?
In this clip from Dagashi Kashi the song starts at 0:15, and in this clip it starts at around 0:58. I tried searching for it but couldn't find it anywhere. Does anyone know the name of the song?
EDIT: Both clips are from season 2. First clip is from episode 12. The scene is at the start of the episode around 0:38. The second clip is from episode 4. And starts around 11:35 in that episode.

Sounds like some OST. You'll probably have to wait until the OST CD comes out. (A cursory search amazon jp only shows S1 material)

Fuyu no Ame is the first song, it is from the second season soundtrack.

Please include relevant sources/references to support your answer.

the source is the second soundtrack and me listening to it, there is as such no official list giving a detailed breakdown of songs featured every episode.

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Why has Sakura Yamauchi never had a pancreas transplant?
Why has Sakura Yamauchi never had a pancreas transplant in the "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas" anime? Why didn't doctors suggest this?

I'm not familiar enough with the series, but as a physician I could help if I knew what was her disease. At least, from what I gather, it's probably pancreas cancer, which can't be cured by a transplant given that it's usually detected in its late stages when it has already spread throughout the body.

I haven't seen the animated film but I assume her condition is the same as the manga which is Pancreatic cancer, it's mentioned on page 20 of chapter 1 on the first page of her "Infirmity Novel" (a journal she's keeping about the progression of her disease). As @paulnamida mentions in a comment and a bit of Googling around a pancreas transplant is occasionally done for people with Type 1 Diabetes but not for Pancreatic cancer. Usually Pancreatic cancer is discovered too late to be treated as it is more difficult than most cancers to detect in its early stages due to its symptoms being mistaken with those of other illnesses more common than cancer. By the time it is detected it has often already started to spread to other parts of the body which makes a transplant of just the pancreas futile. If the cancer had been caught early enough (which the story seems to imply it wasn't) and has yet to spread to other parts of the body then it can be treated by surgically removing part of the pancreas via Whipple Surgery which would not require a transplant to be done anyway.

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Doraemon - Episode where Suneo goes to Holland on Tour
I can't remember the episode, but the storyline went as follows:
Suneo went to Holland on a tour, and boasted to everyone about it. He also unfortunately lost his camera there. Nobita goes to Doraemon and says that he wants a Holland tour too. Doraemon comes up with a gadget that shows them scenes of any place in the world live, and he invites all his friends to his home. As Doraemon shows them the scenes in Holland (Madurodam, canals etc), Suniyo sulks while Nobita is very happy. Soon, they come across a bench with a camcorder on it and they zoom in, and it turns out it's Suneo's camcorder. Suneo leaps at the camcorder, only to punch a hole through Nobita's sliding door and break the gadget, and not get his camcorder back.
A link to the episode if available online would be helpful.

Please note that this site doesn't condone piracy, so we will only mention legal/official sites if they exist. Answers/comments that mention questionable sites will be removed without prompt.

This is episode 778, "The Sight Seeing Window" (かんこうりょこう窓), which was first broadcast on August 24, 1984 in Japan.

Reference:

Reddit - r/Doraemon - Whats this episode?
Pixiv Encyclopedia - 観光旅行まど (Japanese)
Wikipedia - List of Doraemon (1979 TV series) episodes
Simkl - Doraemon Episode 778


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Did the anime cover all the manga up to Season 4 of Shingeki no Kyojn?
I would like to read the manga after Season 3 Part 2 of the anime Shingeki no Kyojn. But I would like to ask if the anime covered the manga chapters before it?
Clarification:
MAIN QUESTION. Did the Anime include all that there is in the manga (at least the chapters up until the last part of Season 3 Part 2 of the anime)?
If not, what are the manga chapters not included so that I could read them before proceeding?

This question is confusing. Could you clarify what you are asking?

No, it does not. The anime is behind the manga by more than 30 chapters.
The last episode of the latest Attack on Titan season adapted Chapter 90 of the manga so Season 4 would, presumably, start from Chapter 91.
It should also be worth noting that Season 4 is the last season for the anime series, given that the manga is already on its final arc.

Personal advice: read the manga from the start.

Why exactly? The anime is pretty faithful except for the first Season 3 arc. I guess you should if you wanna see the gore uncensored.

@Direnta There are differences between the anime and manga, even before Season 3. Whether or not they are minimal is up to the reader/watcher so I won't force anyone. This is just a personal advice, up to the OP whether he/she will take it or not.


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Did Luffy travel the same path that Roger took to get into Raftel?
I've been quite curious as to why some of the islands that Roger has travled into are also voyaged by the Straw Hat Pirates such as Skypiea, Mermaid Island, and Zou.
If I recall correctly, there are routes in Grand Line on which you can set sail by traveling on the path indicated by the log pose( A device that tells you the direction of next island from the current island).

SPOILER ALERT:
Don't read if you aren't up to speed with current episodes.
I can think of two reasons.But before that i would like to mention few points:

One piece is greatly linked with Joyboy, D (the will of D) and of course Laugh Tale.
On Rogers journey he had instances where he was told someone(luffy) would come and change the world. He is the person Joyboy is waiting for. Or something like that.
After conquering the grand line there wasn't much time left for him (he was sick).
He and crew came to know about the void century. But again due to point 3 they couldn't do much about it. And at the time world government had too much power and control over people.

Also, Before I compare their journeys for you. Understand this:

One piece/Laugh tale (and other things like will of D/Joyboy/Void Century/Marines )
are the real deal and the goals of the Straw hat pirates and not retracing the path of Legendary Gol D Roger. Although they do want his title and treasure(We don't know what that is) and nothing else.

Record of the Void Century 800 years ago, in the Wano Country, a clan of master stonemasons known as the Kozuki Family invented indestructible block shaped steles for the purpose of recording important history on them while preventing it from being destroyed. Those steles would become the Poneglyphs.

Poneglyphs lead to a location. It's the path that either was created to stay hidden(from enemies and people) or to preserve something(op). It's obvious but i also say this because ODA said at current level Akainu can get to one piece in a year. But  he doesn't because that's not what marines wan't or they may not like what they will get in the end. (by marines i mean the ones at the top).

Roger in ZOU said to Pedro "My time is limited.Listen,Everyone has their own turn". Most people misinterpret this as his message to Pedro. Noooooo, he just mentioned that it was his(Roger's) turn. Pedro figures out his role on his own in whole cake arc and then realizes what Roger meant. Roger isn't the kind who would tell anyone random what to do. Because he wouldn't like it himself being told what to do. Here,
 a. The scene is after reaching Laugh tale (means he knew everything and acquired everything by the time)   b. and after meeting Oda.
 c. He knew about Joyboy, his promise and that someone will come after 20 years. And change the world
So, What Roger meant was that,he needs to make sure that the man of prophecy (he has learned about via different sources) reaches the Laugh tale.

Last point: Hence, When you see the bigger picture there are 3 characters to evaluate

 1. Joyboy: The mystery man we don't know much about. Who is the origin for most of the mysteries in one piece. Was the one who created path to one piece with help of wano kuri.And apparently Roger admires him, possibly so does luffy.
2.Roger: Who traveled most of his life(13 yrs +1 year apparently before his death) connecting pieces left by Joyboy. Known as pirate king (also thought to be his highest achievement). His, highest achievement is refining the path of grandline and making sure the man of prophecy reaches Laugh tale.
3. Straw hat Monkey D Luffy: The main protagonist of the story that has been changing the world since arc I. And probably will change the fate of the world when he finds one piece.
Now, with considering all the data from above and concluding , Your answer:

Yes luffy and roger are travelling the same paths. And its because of one of the 2 reasons.

After Roger conquered the grand line which took him 13+ years. Sailed again with Oden to provide a path to the man of prophecy (yours luffy) So, that he wouldn't have to invest as much time and effort as roger did.  In order to do this Roger traveled the grand line again in his last year alive. The only things mind blowing here is, Roger didn't knew which path luffy will take, so he travel the whole grand line that took him 13 years in 1 year. I mean he might know the path, and he probably wouldn't face much resistance like the first time but 13-1 ratio is still insane. (You might think he could have just helped in one path that luffy has been taking , but thats not an option here. Roger wouldn't leave his life's work to luck. He would rather die working). So, by this point Roger must have travelled Most of the "major" kingdoms/islands twice.

We have been told that there are multiple paths that you can take on grand line. See fig below.
If you look at this clearly you'll see that there are points that are common will travelling the grand line. Hence, if not any other island, Roger and luffy would have to travel these. So, sabaodi, fishman (and probably punk hazard) are a 100% possiblily. Roger went to wano and zou for/with oden Hence similarities there too. But there will be no explaination to Skypiea other than luck by chance.
Unless for example, lets say there are 4 paths to traverse grand line. One luffy took, one for law probably, one for kid , One for others skiping the details. Roger could have chosen 1/2 islands(so unique that only few{deserving} can find the poneglyph) per route to say things like he said to luffy on the poneglyph in skypia. This would explain the one year too but still some things would be left to luck.

Edit: All in all, it was Rogers role to make it happen.

Simple answer is no, he is isn't travelling the exact same path as Luffy.
We do know that Gol D. Roger travelled the world for ~14 years after he reached the 2nd to last island, Lodestar (end of the Grand Line). We also know that he was ~39 years old when he reached Lodestar Island.
That means he most probably been to every single island in the world over his ~35 years as a pirate, assuming he became one at approximately the same age as Luffy.
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@Ashish Kumar: Your timeline is slightly wrong.
We don't know how long it took Gol D. Roger to get to Lodestar island. The year he did reach it (39 years ago), is the year Shanks was born.
After that it took him 13 years to finally find someone from Wano, Oden (26 years ago). So for 13 years he was just searching for someone who can:

read the Road Poneglyphs
knows where the last poneglyph was (Zou)

After Oden joined Roger Pirates it took them less than a year to travel to:
Skypeia > Water 7 > Tequila Wolf > Sabaody Archipelago > Fish-man Island > Wano > Zou > Some Harbour > Laugh Tale (Chapter 967).
Before reaching Laugh Tale, Roger did not know about:

Void Century
Meaning of the name D
Use for ancient weapons. But Roger wouldn't be able to use them as he was dying and Poseidon (the mermaid princess) wouldn't be born for another 10 years.

After reaching Laugh Tale, Roger disbands his pirate crew and spends the last year of his life with Portgas D. Rouge.
So Luffy is not travelling the same exact path as Roger. But Roger had 13 year of exploring the new world and visited most islands, possibly even all the islands in the world.

Sailed again with Oden to provide a path to the man of prophecy (yours
  luffy) So, that he wouldn't have to invest as much time and effort as
  roger did.

Roger couldn't possibly know about Luffy (or any other Joyboy) before Laugh Tale.

I understand i have a few errors in my timeline. But do explain to me, if Roger couldn't possibly know about Luffy (or any other Joyboy) before Laugh Tale. Then why did he make Oden write that he will guide reader of poneglyph's Journey.

There are a number of translations of Rogers/Oden's writing in Skypeia next to the poneglyph:
https://m.imgur.com/lDtErbK
https://i.sstatic.net/n5qQF.jpg
Basically it means that he was going to follow the poneglyphs to Laugh Tale. Doesn't necessarily mean that it was a message for Luffy, it was also the first poneglyph they found in person (not transcribed). He wanted to leave a message showing his resolve to reach the final island.

The messages from Joyboy are at Laugh Tale and on the poneglyph is in Fish-man island, Roger went there after Skypeia. Joyboy is part of the Void Century and poneglyphs are the only true records of that time (outside the top WG)
Only references we know that Roger was definitely waiting for someone are after he reached Laugh Tale. I think the first one is him discussing it with Whitebeard (576)
Even Oden on the way from Laugh Tale  (968) said that they should open up Wano before Joyboy returns. That was the reason Oden joined Roger's crew, to find the purpose of Wano and Kozuki clan.


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Could the Founding Titan free Annie from her hardened cocoon?
Currently, Annie is in a cocoon of the same material that the walls are made of (although a transparent form of it I guess).
Since the Founding Titan could command Titans to harden, could he also command Titan's like Annie, to "soften"?

This is explained in chapter 124 of the manga, when

 Eren ―having the founding titan powers― lets out a huge roar, which was a command for all hardened titans to break their cocoon and thus Annie breaks out of her cocoon as well.

Another way for the cocoon to break was with the help of

 the Jaw Titan, as it has enough jaw power to smash open the cocoon, just like when Eren defeats the War Hammer Titan this way.


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Music Cowboy bebop
I have a question about a song in one episode of cowboy bebop.
This episode is the number 10 about Jets story.
I would like to know the name of the one which starts approximately at 5:30 when jet is searching his bar’s exgirl.
Thanks you

The song name is 'The Singing Sea'.

Welcome to A&M, could you expend a bit upon your answer. For example by including the artist, or if it's part of a OST, which OST cd is part of.


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Biju Control by Hashirama and Uchiha
Why are the Uchiha able to control Biju or at least the nine tails?
Why was Hashirama able to do so?

Well its due to the Sharingan, the sharingan is a direct derivative of the rinnegan which the Sage of Six Paths used to CREATE the 9 beasts, this is For most Uchiha
As for Hashirama, he didnt exactly control the 9 tails, he just put a restriction jutsu on it, restricting its movement, he does have a lot of jutsus, he also does have this beast restriction ability similar to Yamato, but to "Control" is a bit of a stretch

Doing separate answer since I also searched more details for this.
Per this link and also it's sources on related chapters/data, both Sharingan and Mokuton(Wood Style) are for controlling Bijus to different purposes.
For example, Madara using Sharingan(more like Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan) is hypnotising and controlling it, while Hashirama approach is sort of sealing(and subducing).
For later arcs, you could see that both Madara and Obito required Hashirama's cell for perfectly controlling all bijus and also ten tails. It can be considered that they are same level of Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki to some extent(mainly Madara, after completing his set of Rinnegan). It's due to their chakra(and bloodline of Uchiha, and that of Indra's) and Hashirama's cell(and bloodline of Senju, and that of Asura's) are merging back to same origin close to Hagoromo.
But it was never stated about Asura being capable of subducing the tailed beasts. So we can assume it's due to learning and skills of Hashirama from Uzumaki clan, per the story. Plus his vast amount of chakra and Yang energy/manipulation would help as well.
So to summarise, before revival of Madara during 4th Ninja World War, Madara's approach with his EMS is hypnotising and using as instrument of destruction, and for Hashirama, it's more into sealing and subducing and not directly using like Madara.
And Hashirama as reincarnation of Asura and his learning from Uzumaki(not depicted how, but it was stated he learnt from them, either the clan or his wife, Mikoto) leads to his sealing and collection of Bijus(most were before his fight with Madara, and nine tails was initially like neutral entity, until Madara got his hands on Kurama. But that would be more fitting for different question).


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Why didn't Nonou recognize Kabuto?
I don't remember the episode, but this happened in a flashback about Kabuto's backstory. Kabuto was on a mission and his 'mother' attacked him and Kabuto attacked her back. Then he realised that it was her and he said 'Mother' but she asked 'Who are you?' and he told her that he was Kabuto. Later Orochimaru tells him that they used gradual brainwashing on her, i.e, they showed her doctored pictures of Kabuto to make her forget how he looks.
But he even called her 'Mother' and told her that he was Kabuto, it's just impossible for her to not have recognized him.
EDIT: Some of you are saying that she was brainwashed so she didn't recognize him. But actually she knew that a person called Kabuto existed, she just didn't know that the Kabuto she saw was the real Kabuto. But since he called her mother and even told her that he was Kabuto she should have figured out it was him.
Even if he looked different, she could have guessed that he was in disguise or something, and he didn't look very different from the pictures they showed Nonou.

You answered the question yourself. Whether you belief it to be possible or not that is the explanation which was given.

Why is it impossible for her to not have recognized him? Brainwashing (in this context, memory/perception alteration) with corruption is a common trope in fiction.

@AkiTanaka It's not exactly brainwashing, it's gradual brainwashing. They just kept showing her fake pictures of Kabuto to make her think Kabuto looked different than he was. But even then she could have guessed that he was in disguise or something. She still knew who the person Kabuto was, she just thought he looked different.


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whats is the song that plays in naruto episode 479 when sasuke talks about naruto when the infinite tsukuyomi?
I can't seem to find that song but it's when the tailed beasts are released and sasuke talks about naruto in episode 479

I had also been searching for this for a long time and finally found it. It's a little fast-forwarded version of "Departure to the Front Lines". Here is a Youtube link for it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISfifczkgM


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Which song plays at 18:00 in episode 4 season 3 of Boku No Hero Academia?
Which song plays when Midoriya decides to fight the muscular man with everything he has got, and says "Stay Back, Kota. And then, when it hits, you run as fast as you can back to camp."
At the time of this scene the song is halfway through though.

I think this is what you are looking for.

The original OST was not released yet, that is some fan made!

I think title of the video was enough to understand that.

So basically the OP asks for the song that plays at 18:00 and you give him a fan made?

Who ever was looking for this song, it has been released :D
It's called. One For all Vs All For One
here is the original track that someone uploaded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gDXwLjHyfo
and there is the info of the tracks on Season 3:
https://bokunoheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/My_Hero_Academia_2018_Original_Soundtrack
I have been looking for that song all along trust me, im so happy that I found it now >D


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How does Vanishing Rasengan work?
Vanishing Rasengan is a miniature Rasengan which was originally developed by Boruto as seen in Boruto: Naruto the Movie. In that movie, when Boruto was trying to learn Rasengan in front of Sasuke, it was observed that his Rasengan usually vanishes into the air but the effect of Rasengan is still there.
How was Boruto able to make the Rasengan vanish? How does Vanishing Rasengan work?

Remember he also used that Rasengan while fighting at last scene where he aimed that Rasengan on the enemy hand (sorry but I don't know the name). So by that I don't think it was his mistake. May be he has some talent but unaware of that.

ya, he did do it agasint that enemy, and the vanishing rasengan acted exactly the same as when it was shown in front of sasuke. Boruto threw it, the visible chakra disappeared, but the force of the rasengan itself continued on in a shock wave like manner until it hit his arm (or the tree when it was with sasuke). The regular rasengan is not throw able for some reason, though rasen shuriken is, though naruto does not do so in his normal mode, indicating it requires something else.

@LightYagami You seem to have answered your own question here http://anime.stackexchange.com/a/30096/22449

As wiki said, Boruto create a miniature of Rasengan then he inject the Rasengan with Wind release nature, so the it can be thrown.

The user creates a miniature Rasengan, to the size of a big grape,
  which is capable of being thrown due to the Wind Release nature
  transformation that is applied. While gliding in the air, the sphere
  disappears and hits the target.

About your question how Boruto was able to vanish the Rasengan, I think because it's so small, slowly vanishing while thrown but still hits the target because his Wind Release nature. But it's only my opinion of course.

The rasengan naturally is a Ball of Brute force, a Torrential Hurricane of chakra compressed to a small sphere that shreds everything it comes into contact with. I would bet that indeed it destabilizes enough that the visual effects disappear, but the raw force does not and continues traveling.

This isn't entirely right. Throughout most of the Anime, wind techniques have been mostly invisible ((Temari's and Baki's (the Sand Ninja's team leader) wind techniques)). Due to Boruto subconsciously applying wind nature to an under-developed Rasengan, it's more likely that while the raw chakra of the Rasengan wasn't stable enough to last the entire distance it was thrown, the wind nature chakra from it would have carried on and done that damage that we saw.  The only notable exception I can think of to invisible wind chakra is the Rasenshurkien.

The vanishing rasengan is small and when it explodes it looks like it's only as big as a regular rasengan.But when Naruto creates a rasengan it explodes to a big hole therefore the regular rasengan is more powerful than the vanishing rasengan

Welcome to [anime.se]! This is Q&A site, please take a [tour] for a while to make yourself familiar with the site. That aside, I'm not sure this post answers the question. It compares about regular and vanishing Rasengan, but no mention about how Boruto made the Rasengan vanish, nor the mechanic about Vanishing Rasengan.

All of that is in fact wrong Borutos vanishing rasengan is not wind style at all. Sasuke states in the canon episode of the Momoshiki fight that Boruto unconsciously adds a lightning nature to his rasengan which is what allows it to move at such speeds and disappear. I assume it disappears because of the speed and lighting's tendency to disappear quickly. Well anyway Borutos rasengan is a lightning style.

Sasuke said that boruto when infusing chakra to make a rasengan adds little amounts of  lightning style unintentionally which creates vanishing rasengan and the techniqur i presume isnt fully developed. The theory of the vanishing rasengan being wind style is wrong because Naruto has already made wind style rasengans which has a different effect

It is because he (unknowingly) puts a small amount of wind chakra in it and it somehow absorbs nature energy. That is how the Vanishing Rasengan works. It is still much of a mystery though.

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Attack On Titan Location
Do you guys know where the AOT location is? I tried using the map from a thread and my best possible solution was Australia or eastern Europe but I can say for sure. note the climate of Australia real doesn't suit the inside of the walls.

Does this answer your question? When and where does Attack on Titan take place?

Basically, it's the real world map but vertically flipped, (south) africa is Marley and Comoros islands is the paradise island.


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Couldn't Hanashiro Anzu save Touno Kaoru pulling him out of the tunnel in "Natsu e no Tunnel, Sayonara no Deguchi"?
Recently, I watched the movie and I would like know if the years of separation couldn't be avoided.
As shown in the experiments they both conducted at the very beginning, time inside the tunnel passes incredibly slower from the perspective of whom is outside. So, if she entered the cave, she would see the protagonist still at the entrance, moving slowly. From his perspective, he would see her appearing to him at the speed of light.

This way, wasn't it perfectly possible to save him, going after him and pull him out of the tunnel? Why didn't she go after him?


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At What Point Does Asuma Sarutobi Find Out About Kurenai?
It's an important plot point that Asuma finally understands what the "King" of the Hidden Leaf is. At this point, he also stops smoking.
At first I thought it had something to do with his fight over Sora, and being forced to reckon with the relationship he had with his own father.
But, later on, we find out Kurenai is pregnant.
Is this the reason Asuma comes to understand what the king represents, and why he decides to quit smoking? Did he know she was pregnant before or after this moment of understanding?

As he asks Shikamaru who the "King" is we can conclude that he already knew that Kurenai was pregnant. He wanted Shikamaru to know that so if anything happened to Asuma, Shikamaru would protect the "King" aka Mirai Sarutobi. The "King" as Shikamaru came to realize were the people that he held dear.

I was under the impression Shikamaru did not find out Kurenai was pregnant until Asuma told him with his dying words. I'm thinking it goes something like this: Asuma does not know who the king is. Asuma fights Kazuma and begins to understand who the king is. Asuma stops smoking, possibly to honor his father? Asuma finds out Kurenai is pregnant and finally explains what the king is directly to Shikamaru.


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How Did Naruto Know The Message His Parents Gave Him Before They Died?
From Episode 380,
How did Naruto know Minato's messgae or him?
Naruto said to his father that he already knew the message they gave him while sealing the nine tales in baby Naruto while they both are stabbed by nine tails' nail like a BBQ.
I am very curious.
Thank you for any comment or answer. I will be glad to read it.

While fighting the Nine-Tails for his chakra, Naruto met the sealed remnants of his mother Kushina inside his seal.
She told him the story of what happened during the Nine-Tails attack on Konoha and also what her and Minatos last words to Naruto were.
That should be in Episode 249.


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Why was "Mr. Raindrop" transliterated into hiragana rather than katakana?
Gintama's ending song from Ep.14 to Ep.24 is "Mr. Raindrop" by Amplified. It is the only theme which is in English.

As you can see, the transliteration above the English words is done in hiragana instead of katakana. Since I can't confidently translate hiragana, I wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can you please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.

I have a suspicion that since at the time "MR.RAINDROP" was played in Gintama (July-September 2006), it was broadcasted on weekends' morning/weekdays' evening (i.e. children block), thus they were required to use hiragana instead of katakana for furigana. This is currently only a wild guess though.

@AkiTanaka yes, that may be possible but I don't think Gintama is for so small children who don't even know the full furigana(w.r.t Japan) the appropriate age is ≥14 who are perhaps fluent in Japanese.

I wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can you please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.

It is perfectly normal to write furigana (in hiragana) on top of English words for the audience, who are practically all Japanese, to understand and learn how to pronounce.
In addition, furigana is always added on top of English words at any Japanese karaoke in Japan.
So no, it is not a joke nor a careless mistake, just a very common practice.


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Why did Nagato use 6 paths powers only?
When pain fought with naruto, he used rikudo powers only (Tendo, Ningendo, Chikusodo, Gakido, Shurado, Jigokudo). Why didn't he use another jutsu such as 5 elements perhaps?
Nagato managed to control and mastered 6 chakra of nature when he was 10 years old. (Mentioned by jiraiya when he realized that chikusodo pain using kuchiyose no jutsu only)
5 elements must be powerful, since if he use 5 elements he's rather like kakuzu. And even kakashi was overwhelmed when he fought 3 kakuzu's jutsu: katon, raiton, and fuuton.
So, what's the problem?

In the battle against Hanzo, after Yahiko's suicide, Nagato's inner power awakened, and accidentally summoned Gedo Mazo which instantly impaled its rods inside nagato to get chakra and killed hanzo's men. Then Nagato gets sick, and loose mobility. Then the only long distance power, needed because sickness, is the 6 paths powers.
Source: Nagato

When Nagato saw Yahiko die in front of him, he was outraged and lost all control, tapped into his inner powers and accidently summoned the Gedo statue. He ended up killing majority of Hanzo's and Danzo's subordinates, but hanzo escaped using the teleportation jutsu. But when Nagato summoned the Gedo statue, he ended up having the chakra rods being literally stabbed into his back, due to which he became very sick. Also his legs were burnt while fighting Hanzo and his army(this happened due to paper bombs). This forced him to use the 6 paths of pains for the rest of his lives...


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What is a "wrap around jacket band"?
I have seen this mentioned in some anime reporting. It sounds like an anime forum or a magazine, but strangely I can't find any information on it.

The wrap-around jacket band on the seventh volume of Sui Ishida's Tokyo Ghoul:re manga announced on Thursday that Ishida's original Tokyo Ghoul manga will get a live-action film. (source)

The wrap-around jacket band on the sixth compiled volume of Kohske's Gangsta. manga is announcing on Wednesday that an anime adaptation has been green-lit. (source)

The news broke to fans on the wrap-around jacket band of the most recent tankobon manga volume released today in Japan. (source)

It is an obi, which is also known as

a strip of paper looped around a book or other product.

As Wikipedia continues to mention,

Many books in Japan are supplied with an obi, which is normally added outside any dust jacket. [...]
In English, the term belly-band is sometimes used instead.

The following image is the obi on Tokyo Ghoul:re volume 7.


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Do manga licensees in North America and Europe obtain material by scanning tankobons or purchase raw data directly?
In Asia, it is not unusual for a manga licensee, instead of paying extra fees to obtain raw print material directly from Japan, to scan tankobons and reprint them.
This is cheaper, but as a result, the images will be slightly enlarged/cropped compared to the Japanese original. This is because the scanned data tend to leave out the print bleed, and part of the non-bleed edge gets reprinted as print bleed instead.
Also, when scanning is not done properly, the scanned manga screentones will see some tearing and other undesired extra patterns.
Does this also happen with Western manga licensees and content distributors?

Personally I haven't heard of Tankobon scanning by official licensors, only by scanlators. Do you perhaps have an example of an license holder whom did this in the Asia region?

@Dimitrimx Here is one comparison video for ARIA: https://youtu.be/XoN-YY_rtjc?t=246
Here it specifically shows that the scan is enlarged to make up for the lack of bleed. Later in the video it also shows artifacts caused by enlarging the scan.

I'm not sure if I can fully answer your question, mainly because I am just a consumer and not involved in any way in the industries.  But I do (slightly) recall on eBookJapan (before Yahoo.co.jp bought them out) older manga was (or looked/felt like) scanned, but later on, they would remaster, and sometimes even digitally publish black-and-white version and colored remastered version, and charge differently.
Also, I am not in a market as a consumer of translated tankoubon (i.e. as you say, "Asia region" and western licensors) other than Japanese so I can only answer for digital manga I purchase from the few places I can purchase from direct in Japan (before eBookJapan was owned by Yahoo.co.jp, I was able to pay with non-Japanese credit card, now it is more difficult to buy - mainly I presume due to copyright law only protects Japanese publishers in Japan) but the scanned ones I've seen were only from my curiosities of nostalgias of "oh I want to read this manga again" and did the tachiyomi to see if I really wanted to purchase it, so I have no purchased copies of any tankoubon that looks like it was scanned for a proof.
Again, I do not know if I did answer at least a little, of your question, mainly because I am not in the market for other Asian translations, but as mentioned, due to copyright limitations, if it is scanned, I have second thoughts that they might not be a legitimate publisher, but you can probably go to eBookJapan to see if they have (as in, they are selling) a digital version of the tankoubon you are interested in, and if they sell it, most likely there exists a legitimate digital version from the publisher (I am not here to preach about piracy or how important it is to support manga authors, so leave it up to your discretions on whether you want to pay/support scanned market), and I hope I was able to indirectly answer some parts.

Thanks for the answer, but I am looking for licensee in Western markets. Also I can say that those in Asia markets are legitimate publishers.


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The deal that Lawrence makes with the Milone Trading Company and their whole scheme don't make sense to me
Plot spanning S01E04-S01E06 of "Spice and Wolf" doesn't make much sense to me.
Lawrence and Holo are accosted by a stranger who tells them that Trenni silver coins are going to appreciate. Lawrence and Holo later learn that the opposite is true: the purity is going to reduce and thus causing the coins to eventually depreciate. They go to the Milone Trading Company and devise a plan together. So what exactly is the plan? In the anime, it is only explained that they predict that a lot of people are going to act on the false lead and buy Trenni silver coins, and if they act early, they can defeat the rival Medio Trading Company. But exactly how?
Also, I am not sure how the final profits are calculated. In episode 4, after their meeting with Marlheit, Lawrence says to Holo his cut is 10%, which he expects to be 2000.

トレニー銀貨が三十万、いや、うまくすれば四十万は動くんだぞ。商会の利益が一割として、もし二千枚入れば、俺もついに立派な商店師だ。

In episode 6, when the dust settles Marlheit reminds Lawrence that it is agreed upon by both sides that Lawrence's cut is 5% and gives him 120 silver coins, fees deducted. He says Milone purchased 307,112 silver coins. (回収した銀貨は三十万七千百十二枚) Then he says the king is paying 350,000 in cash (即金にて三十五万枚相当の貨幣で支払って頂けるとのことです). But what is the revenue (pre-costs) in this for Milone? 350,000 - 307,112?
Then he also gives Lawrence 1000 which he explains comes from the rival company.

Marlheit: メディオ商会はよほど特権が欲しかったと見えます。それに価値が下がると分かっている銀貨を集めてもいたのですから。それは負債を抱え込んだのと同じです。確実に儲けが見込める商売がどうしてもやりたかったのでしょう。向こうから即決の値段を提示してきましたよ。
Lawrence: しかし、千枚も
Marlheit: ええ、安いものです。支払いは銀貨で宜しいですか。

This dialogue is not very clear. So, in order to get a special license, the rival Medio company is paying a lot of money to round up coins on the market, and they want the coins owned by Milone, so they paid Milone some money for their coins? And Milone then gives Lawrence his cut? But I thought Milone was selling those coins to the king.

I consider this a mere trifle, so I didn't use the spoiler markup. Meta discussions seem to suggest only major plots should be marked with spoiler.

Related, I guess: How did the “silver devaluation” scheme work?

@AkiTanaka Part of my question is a duplicate of that question, but the most highly voted and accepted answer is wrong, at least according to the story's worldview. "the rumors that the amount of silver is going to increase... makes people think that it's profitable to sell their coins now (because they think that after the new coins arrive, the value of the old ones will decrease)." But in S01E02, the person spreading misinformation makes it pretty clear: when purer new coins arrive, people can profit by exchanging old coins for new coins. So the logical move is to buy old coins now.

If the coin gains some value, then, your old coins have more value too. Think on it as a coin exchange, and stocks. If today you got some dollar changing (for example) one euro to one dollar, and tomorrow the euro value are lower, if you change these dollar you got more money. If you apply this to purchases, if the value of the coin are better, you can purchase more items with the same money.

@SakuraKinomoto Right, I totally get that part. That's why the accepted answer in the linked post is wrong. I am just unclear on how exactly Lawrence and his partner cash in on this.

Think of it as follows: If you (as king, money creator) emits one money with "some changes" and ban using old money, only the people who changed the money with the king directly can profit. But, obviously, Lawrence doesn't know the processing costs are too high. The "real profit" for lawrence are really low, but the doesn't know this point.

@SakuraKinomoto But the premise is the coins are going to look exactly the same and it is not possible to ban old coins. I don't think banning old coins is in the cards.

The profit on this case comes from the "face value" of the coin and not the real value or it's content. You got 1000 coins and give it to the king. Then, the king melted these coins, add some other mineral and got 1400 coins. The king gives you these 1400. The king have a "profit" because they inject money on the market, and you got a direct profit because you have more coins. Maybe something like this?


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Does each Region only have 8 gyms in Pokémon?
I remember that at the start of the Pokémon the anime, Professor Oak said that there are a lot of Gyms across the region. You only need 8 to enter the Pokémon league, thus Gary have 10 gym badges.

However, no matter who I ask, no one seems to remember this or heard of this. I watched Pokémon in Chinese sub with Japanese voice. so did I remember wrong or something else happened?

No. The pickle Tickler has essentially lists the gyms from the games, which are correct.
The Pokemon Anime however doesn't follow them. We know this because as you said, gary won 10 badges in the anime. And that is without the Earth Badge.
Hence there were ATLEAST 11 gyms in Kanto region.

Alot of other characters in the anime like rivals have been shown with different badges that ash hasn't had. I this shows there are gym all over the region in the anime but you only need to defeat 8 gym leaders to enter the league.

Ash, misty and brock have also met other non-game gym leaders in the anime like Dorian from the coastline gym in johto. Barry, Morrison and Trip have different badges too.
Also note, Candice says that not many people come north to challenge her. Does that mean only people that beat her go to the Sinnoh League? Ergo, Sinnoh has more Gym options too.
The reason Ash battles only the game Gyms is to reduce confusion and have people look forward to the other Gyms.
Source: Pokemon Badges: Anime Only Gym Badges
Gary's Gym Badges: Some Known ones
Otoshi's Gym Badges: most completely different than normal ones.
Morrison's 8th Badge
Barry's badges:3 Unidentified ones
Trip's Badges: Only the first 2 are from the games

Well done, my mistake

@ThePickleTickler Not a mistake. You just answered the other half of the question. Thats why I dropped in your answer's ref in mine ^^

Additionally, in Kalos I recall Tierno saying one of the gyms was too tough for him (Wulfric's, I think), so he must have found different, easier gyms, too.

No, not all of the Pokemon regions have eight gyms. Most, however, do have eight. The only region that doesn't have eight gyms is Unova, which has 11 gyms.
The specific gyms in each region can be found here. There are six regions: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, and Kalos.

The Kanto region has eight gyms, including Pewter, Cerulean, Vermilion, Celadon, Fuchsia, Saffron, Cinnabar, and Viridian.
The Johto region has eight gyms, including Violet, Azalea, Goldenrod, Ecruteak, Cianwood, Olivine, Mahogany, and Blackthorn.
The Hoenn region has eight gyms, including Rustboro Dewford, Mauville, Lavaridge, Petalburg, Fortree, Mossdeep, and Sootopolis.
The Sinnoh region has eight gyms, including Oreburgh, Eterna, Veilstone, Pastoria, Hearthome, Canalave, Snowpoint, and Sunyshore.
The Unova region has eleven gyms (3 more than all the others), including Striaton, Nacrene, Aspertia, Virbank, Castelia, Nimbasa, Driftveil, Mistralton, Icirrus, Opelucid, and Humilau.
The Kalos region has eight gyms, including Santalune, Cyllage, Shalour, Coumarine, Lumiose, Laverre, Anistar, and Snowbelle.

Isn't it from the games?

Thanks for the answer, it was great, but Arcane had a bit more

From Bulbapedia,
Kanto has at least 15 gyms as Gary who has 10 Badges has only 3 common to Ash (7 different Badges).
Other Badges observed in the anime which do not correspond to known Badges suggest that there are at least 9 Gyms in Hoenn, 11 in Sinnoh, 14 in Unova (4 different from Cameron, 2 different from Trip), and 11 in Kalos (3 different Badges from Sawyer).

There are more than 8 in Kalos too because Sawyer, Alain, Trevor, Tierno, and Ash have different badges, but they also have some in common too.

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How do I read this panel?

I have just started reading one piece and came across this panel. I think I know the order panels should be read and I know to go from top right to bottom left within the panels, but I found the one above a little confusing. What order should I read the bubbles and who is talking in each box?

The right order to read these is as you stated:

Top right,
Bottom right,
Left.

I believe Nami is the one doing all the talking, but I get why you'd be confused: the speech bubble on the left has a really short tail, and Luffy is closer to it than Nami is. However, judging by context (the bottom right and left statements seem to follow logically) plus the fact that Luffy doesn't have his mouth open, I would say it's fairly reasonable to assume that Nami is doing all the talking.


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Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hego-chin"?
Ayaka Ohashi is a Japanese voice actress (seiyu). She has nicknames such as "Hasshī" and "Hego-chin".
The word "Hasshī " is thought to be derived from her family name "Ohashi" .
However, there is no character anywhere in her name that could be the source of the sound "Hego-chin".
These days, she's known as "Hego". "Hego" is probably a shortened version of "Hego-chin".

Why does Ayaka Ohashi have the nickname "Hegochin"?

Her Japanese Wiki page tells us the origin of that nickname:

愛称
愛称の一つである「へごちん」は、2013年にweb番組『五十嵐裕美のチャンネルはオープンソースでっ！』にゲスト出演した際、「頭へ ゴチン」を「頭を ヘゴチン」と読み間違えたことが由来。さらに省略されて「へご」とも呼ばれるようになった。

My translation and my explanation in the parentheses:

Nickname
One of her nicknames "Hego-chin" came from an incident that took place in 2013 when Ohashi made a guest appearance in Igarashi Hiromi (another Japanese voice actress)'s web series Igarashi Hiromi's Channel is Open Source! In the show Ohashi misspoke and mistakenly said "hegochin the head" (which is nonsensical) where she should've said "gochin to the head". She has also been called "Hego", a shorter version of "Hego-chin".

「ゴチン」(gochin) is an onomatopoeic word that describes the sound of a large object hitting someone's head. 「頭へゴチン」means to use something to hit the head in the fashion of "gochin". Here 「へ」is a particle indicating direction. The kana is usually pronounced "he" in words, but as a particle it should be pronounced "e". So the correct reading of that phrase was "atama e gochin", but Ohashi thought 「へゴチン」 was all together a word, so she pronounced it as "hegochin". Another tricky thing that led to her mistake was the hiragana 「へ」 and its katakana 「ヘ」 look alike.

Thanks for the great explanation. It was very difficult to explain "Hegochin" to non-Japanese speakers, but your answer will be helpful.


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Is "high school detective" a real-life thing in Japan?
In the show Detective Conan, the main character starts as a "high school detective" who shrinks down to become a child. In the series, there are mentions of other high school detectives as well, such as  Heiji Hattori.
I can see how the pill explains how the character became a child, but can't understand how it is at all normal he started as a high schooler who was a famous detective. I never saw any explanation for how he became famous for solving crime before he shrunk. It would have made more sense to me if a world famous detective in his 50's became shrunk down as a child, not a world famous high schooler detective, as no high schooler would be allowed to help the police. My question, is "high school detective" a phenomenon/concept that already existed in Japanese culture before the series existed? In other words, are there actually real high school detectives? And would they actually become famous for solving cases?

See this Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Persona5/comments/a5596u/how_can_characters_like_akechi_and_naoto_be/

Short answer: No. It is totally fictional.
Technically, no license is required to become a detective (探偵) in Japan, so it is possible for a teenager to become a detective. I doubt there are actually such young detectives, but even if there were, it is very unlikely that they collaborate with real police or any official governmental body.

For Detective Conan I guess not but what about like Light in DN? Afaik, Light's 'duties' aren't really the same level as Conan's. Is it realistic to think maybe teenagers could come on cases on a temporary or part-time basis ?

@BCLC It should be equally unlikely. Maybe just as unrealistic as a Harvard freshman participating in a major FBI investigation.

sundowner yeah I guess. what about as an asset?

@BCLC what do you mean by 'asset'?

sundowner, you know (gasai), like when eg the CIA temporarily recruit someone on a temporary mission so they can help spy for the CIA. say, the CIA finds out the vice president of a terrorist organisation committed a crime against the org president so they use the VP to get info on the pres or the org.

I'm not sure, but if Light were ever likely to help, it would be more because he is a son of police officer. In reality, police inspectors may well use private contacts in their investigation, but it is unlikely to be a formal employment (even temporary). So in case of Conan, the relationship of Megure and Kogoro should be possible to an extent.

Its fictional, Shinichi/Heiji and other high school detectives are murder magnets, and automatically happen to come where cases happen. They solve it and get fame easily. In real life this Dosen't happen!


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Whats the music that plays in Naruto ep. 48 on 16:10?
As said, whats the music that plays on 16:10 in Naruto ep 48, it plays when Gaara gets beaten up, but turns out he was defending himself with a sand shell.

I remember this theme also playing in that one filler episode in Shippuden after the Pain arc where they flash back to Naruto's pre-timeskip days, when he went on a mission with that old eternal genin guy (who makes really good soup) and two other jounin. Anyway, the mission went awry, and the team got chased by enemies. The two jounin stayed back to delay the pursuers, but three of the enemies slipped through and caught up to Naruto and the eternal genin. The eternal genin then did a wavy with his arm and did some kind of willow genjutsu technique. And this theme played when that happened.
This track is an unreleased track. It doesn't show up in Naruto Original Soundtrack I, II, or III.
There are some unofficial, imperfect fan-spliced versions floating around on the interwebs, though. For example, this one, titled "Eerie".


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Do Japanese Student councils have actual power (punishing students, revoking clubs, etc)?
Several anime have an Absurdly Powerful Student Council (warning, TV Tropes link, don't get sucked in).  In the most extreme versions, the student council is trying to take over the world.
Even in less extreme examples, the student council...

Punishes students for breaking rules or dress-code, sometimes outside of school grounds

Closes a school club to hurt the main character, or doesn't allow a club to open even with sufficient student interest

Has exclusive access to special libraries and other assets that would benefit all students

Has lavish "student council only" rooms that are off limits to all other students

Decides which clubs get the most funding (and uses it to make people do favors for them)

Has the keys for every door in the school, including dangerous places like the trash compactor, the furnace, and the roof.

Invites other students to join the council without a vote

Do Japanese student councils do any of this, or have other actual powers an American student council could only dream of?
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In American TV shows about high-schools or universities the villain is usually an adult teacher like Sue Sylvester from Glee or Ben Chang from Community, or a bully like Biff from Back to the Future.  I do not believe I've seen an American TV show or movie where anyone on the student council was the primary antagonist.

TL;DR: No, real-life student councils do not have absolute powers and aren't as powerful as depicted in anime or manga.
Long answer
Japanese school life tends to be much more hierarchical and organized, with students being put in charge of far more of how things operate and thus the concept of student council comes. So first, let's define student council in Japanese schools. According to Wikipedia:

[...] student councils were added to Japanese schools after World War
II. In Japanese schools, students in a class stay together as a
cohesive set in the same homeroom for most of the day. Each class has
one or more elected representatives who reports to student council.
The student council consists of members who are elected by the student
body. The council is often responsible for organizing events such as
the culture festival, sports day, and class field trips. The council
also oversees the school clubs, and has absolute influence on school
and club policies.

Note that it says it can influence school policies and rules but that doesn't mean that they have the absolute power to set and govern school rules. Those are done by schools administrations. To be more precise1:

In anime no one is cooler or more highly revered in high school than the student council. They are are held at a higher prestige, respect, and hold actual authority over other students. While in reality this is just not true at all. The student council does not have authority to make decisions when it comes to school rules or how the school operates. The school administration is held at higher regards than the student council, and age is just as important in regards to authority. One of the pole participants who was part of the student council in high school chimed in on the situation,  “I was a member of the student council, and we didn’t have much actual authority.”

So, despite student council being depicted as the absolute power-wielding entities who can revolutionize the world, in real-life they have, more or less, very little power. But don't get me wrong! They are still very strict and disciplined, and at least hold powers to control club activities/policies and set all sorts of classroom rules. In some schools, they are given the power to set and run events like field day or cultural festival and organize class trips. Please read ref. 3 and ref. 4 for an exhaustive discussion.
References

Japanese Students Reveal Differences Between Anime High school And Real Life
4 ways anime high schools differ to real-life Japanese high schools
What Are Japanese Student Councils REALLY Like? (Here, it points out how Japanese student council works differently from American schools. It also notes that Only Yesterday and His and her Circumstances have depicted student council accurately)
Japanese Student Council: Differences between Anime and Real Life (You can find an exhaustive explanation, discussing every differences by pointing out every depiction shown in anime and differentiating them from real life portrayal).

So more like in The Trotsky than Revolutionary Girl Utena? ... illusions dashed T_T

In other words, the student council in anime are the dreams of every IRL student council.

Our (UK) school was fairly hierarchical; prefects were selected from amongst the sixth formers. They had a special tie, and manned checkpoints around the school before it started and during breaks to prevent students without the right cards from passing. The highest rank of prefects were observators; they wore a gown with yellow stripes, and had special seats during assemblies to observe the other pupils. They were lead by the school captain (with a red stripe on his gown) and the vice captain (with a blue stripe), and had a special room in the school to which the captain kept the keys.

Ain't this a similar case for the Totsuki Elite 10? They had enough power to override Senzaemon himself, AND THEN choose a new director..

@ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ Are you talking about food wars? Yeah, some anime portrays student councils as the ultimate power-wielding entities. I find this trope quite annoying and I wonder quite often: "why student councils should decide new directors and administrators?  Isn't it upto the principal or the government body to decide? Why don't they study just like normal human beings instead of being a supreme leader?"

Kind of a weird question at least as of the current revision because I had the exact same question earlier this year and checked that tvtropes article for the answer and it's exactly there

Note that in Japanese schools, this is an exaggeration of Truth in Television, as the Student Councils actually do have power over the approval and funding of student clubs. School Clubs Are Serious Business is a real thing in Japan, as they're meant to prepare students for the high-pressure work environment into which they'll eventually be dumped, and students are strongly encouraged to join at least one club. And just like in their future jobs, students are expected to show utmost loyalty to their club: once you join, you're there until you graduate. Likewise, in private schools in the United Kingdom, prefect councils often perform the same functions that an honour council fulfills at a university, and any year's prefects are assigned to keep order in the teacher's absence. Are you starting to see the clout Student Council can hold? (More details in the Real Life section below.)


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Is it common to tell people how you spell your name in Japan?
In Death Note when Light introduces himself to Naomi Misora, he gives his full name and tells her how to spell it in Japanese.  When she gives her name, she also tells him how to spell it.
The audience knows he is doing this because

 Light Yagami is Kira and needs to know how to spell her name correctly so he can kill her with the Death Note.

In English names like Steven (Stephen) Jon (John) and Robert (Bob) have multiple spellings.  Sometimes people will say stuff like "I'm Steven with a ph" when introducing themselves, but the only time your spell out your name is when someone needs to look it up in a list or registry like a restaurant reservation.
When introducing yourself in Japan is it normal to also tell people how to spell your name?
P.S. A few characters spelled their name in High-Rise Invasion as well.

@Wondercricket - yes, when someone needs to look it up.  In the anime, it was part of the "Hi, my name is" introduction

I think I see it regularly in situations (in manga) where you introduce yourself to people who might need to write your name (new student in class, new hire at workplace, etc.) given how many different ways there are to write a name. E.G. the common name "Yuki" can be written out: 雪, 幸, 由紀, 由貴, 由岐, 由樹, 友紀, 夕希 and 有希 in kanji. The first means snow, the second lucky, the rest are purely names as far as I can tell and when you introduce yourself you might say "Hi I'm Yuki, written with the character for snow" or "Hi I'm Yuki, written Yu like in reason and Ki the one with the mountain radical"

Adding to Gatchwar's comment, I believe it's also quite common even with informal introduction since they may want to write the name to the address/contact book later and they certainly don't want to write it wrongly.

An additional quirk, "Yagami" is a moderately common Japanese surname but is generally written in kanji as 八神 while Light's surname is written 夜神 the first character meaning "8" is replaced with one meaning "night, god". This might mean he'd often mention how his name is written given its uncommon spelling. Similar in English speaking places where you probably wouldn't spell out your name if it uses the only/obvious spelling ("Hi I'm Max") but might when it doesn't ("Hi I'm Macks spelled with a ck")

Why is that a spoiler?

How is Robert an alternative spelling of Bob?

Telling someone how to spell your name is probably pretty common in Japan, especially if your name has an uncommon spelling. Even just from watching anime, you see it happen pretty often. For instance, new students often write their name on the board (or the teacher does it for them), or during an introduction a character will say, "It's spelled with the Kanji for this and that." This prevalence in media leads me to believe it's a normal thing that happens.
If you know anything about Kanji, you know that you can't really tell how to pronounce a person's name just from reading the Kanji (of which there are thousands in common use, and even more than that not in common use). That's because Kanji have different readings, and there are even special readings for names. The reverse is also true. Just from the pronunciation, you can't necessarily tell how to spell it in Kanji, because multiple Kanji could be used. Unless you're using a pretty common spelling, you'd need to tell everyone that information.
In addition to just telling people, it seems business cards might also serve the purpose of conveying spelling and pronunciation. As per this article on Tofugu, the Japanese sometimes even carry around personal cards:

Business cards in Japan are called meishi 名刺, and are an important part of Japanese culture. Even outside of the business world, Japanese people sometimes have personal meishi made (meishi means "name card" after all).

In contrast, if the name is spelled in Katakana or Hiragana, you would likely know exactly how to spell/pronounce it just from hearing/reading it. That's because these two sets of symbols are a phonetic syllabary, as compared to the English language which has multiple pronunciations for the same letters.
Additional reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_name#Difficulty_of_reading_names
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/your-name-in-japanese/
https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/jikoshoukai/
https://www.quora.com/Why-in-Japanese-culture-whenever-two-new-people-meet-they-exchange-their-names-spelling-in-written-Is-it-just-a-tradition-or-are-there-a-lot-of-ways-to-write-ones-name-in-Japanese

Wikipedia says "Despite these difficulties, there are enough patterns and recurring names that most native Japanese will be able to read virtually all family names they encounter and the majority of personal names. " It doesn't seem to be sourced, though I did read elsewhere while trying to research this just now the problem is mainly in personal names, so this is probably true. I'm guessing having weird name spellings is more common in anime than in real life as well.

Regarding "weird name", to the extreme in real-life is "kira kira name" which the reading is almost impossible to be guessed if based only on the kanji ^^;


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What song plays when Kaguya asks Lelouch "what are you really after?" at the UFN meeting at Ashford in 22nd episode of season 2, at timemark 16:10?
It plays for some time when Lelouch is trapped inside the geass countermeasure walls, a few moments after Kaguya's image appears on the TV screen inside the dome before Lelouch, and she asks him "What are you really up to, treacherous Emperor Lelouch?" and continues until Xingke offers Lelouch to either break up the empire or limit his votes. It has a sort of quiz timer feeling to it.
I've searched for it for ages on youtube

I found it finally, it's called Birthplace and I found it after a long time of unsuccessful consumption of code geass music. I decided to, perhaps ironically, attempt to look it up by looking at the names at the Code Geass Wiki, in hopes what a theme of the title will match the required song. It's not on youtube, so I could not possibly have known of it's existense before, and I did relatively less research on other sites, the wiki helped here.
The moment I was looking for actually begins at 0:22 second timemark if you listen to the OST, unexpectedly. It's actually the same song that plays before and after the marked scene, when UFN member discuss whether they were right in trapping Lelouch in the walls, and when Lelouch asks Kaguya what is the most important trait for governing the world. It's one of these "composite" Code Geass OSTs


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Where should I start reading the manga of Attack on Titan after season 4 (The Final season Pt.1)?
Since first phase of the Shingeki no kyojin - The Final season ended... I want to read the manga for it ahead, I can't wait for a whole year. Where should I start?

I did a little research and found out that the last episode of the Final season (season 4) of Attack on titan ends on chapter 116 of the manga. the next season (Attack on titan - The Final Season Pt.2) will probably start from chapter 117, so start reading from there.
But, for more convenience and understanding of the proper situation and the story, read chapters 115 and 116 as well, because there are some things, and certain scenes that they didn't include in the final episode, but can be seen in the manga.


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What is the difference in height between Midoriya and Mirio Togata?
According to the My Hero Academia Wikia the difference in height between Midoriya and Mirio is 15 cm. But in this shot from season 4, Midoriya is at least a head shorter.
Are Midoriya and Mirio Togata’s heights in the right proportion? What are their real heights?

The wiki heights are correct, the anime just likes to exaggerate size differences.
Even if it's a pretty big exaggeration in this case.
Here in this picture Midoya is 520 pixels tall, about the first top 145 of those pixels cover the part shown in your screenshot.

Your picture is higher resolution / from closer to the characters, and Midoya is 225 pixels tall there (I cut off the top of his hair), and Mirio is about 230 pixels taller (attempted to compensate for the head slant).
So, let's transform that pixel-information into a centimeter-based height difference in the picture:
166/520*145/225*230 = 47 centimeters (or 28.5% of a Midoya)
To see if this is a one-time occurrence (not all shows are consistent, after all, let's have another quick look at this picture:

Nice upright poses for both Mirio and Nejire, and as an added bonus Nejire is only supposed to be 2cm shorter than Midoya.
Yet, again, there is a huge difference between the two.
Using the same logic (and this Nejire reference picture from the MHA wiki):
164/510*290/1005*290 = 27 centimeters.
So, Nejire in that shot in more on equal footing with Mirio than Midoya in your shot, despite her being 2cm shorter 'officially'.
This can be done for narrative purposes, or to just make the composition of a shot work better.
But the values listed on the wiki are always the reference values worked with, they're just not always strictly adhered to.
TLDR Summary:

No, their proportions in your screenshot are not the right proportion
(but that is a common thing in MHA and animation in general)
These characters are 166cm and 181cm tall respectively, the values you also found on the wiki. They just don't look it in that screenshot.


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Why was season 4 episode 4 of My Hero Academia delayed?
Season 4 episode 4 of My Hero Academia isn’t out, and people on the internet are saying it's been delayed, but no one seems to know the reason why.
Why was season 4 episode 4 of My Hero Academia delayed?

The planned broadcast on 2 November 2019 for season 4 episode 4 of My Hero Academia  was delayed due to the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
2 November 2019 is the final match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup which is hosted in Japan and broadcasted nation-wide.
The official announcement on the Twitter:

[お知らせ]
  今日11月2日(土)のTVアニメ『僕のヒーローアカデミア』第4期の放送は、ラグビーワールドカップ決勝放送のためお休みです。次回4期4話(通算第67話)「抗う運命」は11月9日(土)放送になります。あと1週間、お待ちください!


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Why is one of Todoroki's eyes blue?
Todoroki was burnt when he was a kid, so that explains the scar and what half of his face looks like, but what about the eye? Why is one of his eyes blue and the other grey? Is that a birth condition or is he supposed to be half blind due to the burning or something? (I understand some blind people have white eyes, but maybe the Japanese wanted to represent him being half blind with a blue eye?)


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Why didn’t the heroes try to use Eri to rewind Nighteye to prevent him from dying?
Nighteye was about to die and they had a girl who can rewind someone to their former state, make them younger or repair their injuries.
Why didn’t the heroes try to use Eri to rewind Nighteye to prevent him from dying?

There are multiple reasons behind this:

Quirk. As @Kerkhof & @ConMan said, she can't control her powers and could do more harm then good. We still don't know the extent of her quirk so she could turn in into a baby in 3 seconds if she loses control maybe.

Eri's state. After the fight with Chisaki, she is seen in a deep sleep/"coma" like state and they could do nothing to wake her up so she could'nt help even if she wanted to.

Time. We see in chapter 161 that Night-Eye dies moments after they are all rushed to the nearest hospital so even if Eri was conscious and healthy and even if they were able to find a way to use Eri's powers to help Night-Eye, it would've been a race against time and there were no assurances that they could do it.
Trauma: Everyone in knew how much Eri suffered. And how she blamed herself for everything. Seeing this people decided not to tell Eri about Night-Eye's Death. Because she is too small to understand/process all this. She might have even started hating herself or go berserk.(context: Anime)

As Eraserhead says when he's escorting Deku to Nighteye's room, Eri's Quirk is not under control and is likely to destroy someone rather than heal them, which is why he says "We cannot depend on her Quirk" - specifically, they can't make use of it to save Nighteye.

I believe this is because they put her in quarantine. With the reason being that she can’t control her power, which could result in restoring him to nothing.


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Where can I watch My Hero Academia Season 4 English dub for free?
My Hero Academia Season 4 (English dub and Japanese) used to be free on Funimation, but yesterday I checked and found out that almost all, except a few, can't be watched in ANY language for Season 4. I remember that before Season 4 was free, it was only for premium for a while, so maybe if I wait for some more time, it will become free again? Or is there another site I can use to see the My Hero Academia English dub?

Welcome to Anime & Manga! Take note that this site doesn't condone piracy, so we will only mention legal/official sites if they exist. Answers/comments that mention questionable sites will be removed without prompt.

Hulu is a good one, they offer 7 day free trials and that is enough time to finish season 4 of you watch about 5h a day.

Anime Planet is both legal and free.

I just checked it out, apparently, it doesn't have an English dub :/


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Why do people think people with good knife skills are hiding things?
When I was playing Tales of Graces f, if Pascal and Cheria were in the party, there would be a victory scene where Pascal would comment on Cheria's knife work and questions if she's hiding anything else

Pascal: That's some fancy knife work, what else are you hiding from us?
Cheria: I'm not hiding anything!

At first I passed this off as being some in-game joke with how Cheria obviously had feelings for Asbel but tries to hide it and is being called out by Pascal who can be a bit oblivious (eg. thinking Hubert's confession of his feeling to her was him reminding her about Asbel's and Cheria's future wedding)
However while playing Tales of Zestiria I came across the same sort of victory scene, this time between Edna and Rose which plays out much the same with Edna taking Pascal's place and Rose taking Cheria's. I've only just passed dealing with Cardinal Forton and at this point Rose, aside from being coy when she gets intel from the Scattered Bones, has been fairly upfront especially when it comes to killing people. And in both of these cases Cheria and Rose don't seem like your typical shady thief types (the party keeps pointing out how unlike assassins the Scattered Bones are, particularly Rose)
I am wondering is this actually some sort of joke or word pun that was lost in translation? If so what is the meaning behind it?

At the language level, it means just what it says. They seem to be of the same Tales series, so it may be that  the creator simply used the same phrase. This wiki annotates the Pascal's phrase with 'looking at the breast' (胸の辺りをみながら), which might imply Pascal's suggesting the (large) breast is fake.

Usually, the cliche is that someone who is really good at using a knife while cooking is hiding that he is really a Ninja or something like that.
So noticing someone being good at using a knife in battle and alluding he is hiding something, it's most likely his cooking skills.
Or it could just be a diss. "Usually you are so bad at this, but now you show some skill. What else have you been hiding?"
Here's the Japanese version of the scene for reference.


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How do half-elves decide if they live a short life like humans or a long one like elves?
In season 2 episode 2 of Saihate no Paladin, Meneldor mentions half elves have to decide if they live a short life like humans or a long one like elves. How do they decide this?


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How to programmatically track English physical manga releases?
I'm looking for a reliable way to track physical manga volume releases programmatically.
I'm currently using Otaku Calendar and their ICS file to do this, but, as I've recently experienced with Ancient Magus Bride, it's not super up-to-date.
Do you know of other sites that are up-to-date and accessible via some API or similar?


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Why are these Clow Cards under the Dark Card?
Aside from the Dream Card, the Silent Card, and the Sleep Card, why are these Clow Cards (in the list below) under the Dark Card?
List:

Change Card
Erase Card
Illusion Card
Time Card

I can definitely see and understand how the Dream Card, the Silent Card, and the Sleep Card are related to the Dark Card, but do the rest have some connection with the Dark Card compared to the Dream, the Silent, and the Sleep Card?
Are there any significant reasons?


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How did people from the Stone Age know the moon was another round object like Earth?
In the Stone Age, people believed the moon and stars were light sources made for us to look at. That changed in the 1600's with the invention of the telescope. But in Dr Stone: New World part 2 episode 10, the inhabitants of Ishigami Village who lived in the Stone Age, knew the moon was another round object like Earth, and they understand when Senku wants to go to the moon.
Was this reality explained to them at any moment during the story?
How did people from the Stone Age know the moon was another round object like Earth?

There are multiple reasons that they would know the moon is round.
The moon, as seen by the naked eye, is obviously round
Even the ancient Greeks knew that the moon was round, well before there were telescopes. Unlike other planetary bodies, which are further away and look like blobs in the sky (if visible at all), we can see the phases of the moon, which look exactly like a round object being lit from different angles:

This is not the only reason to think the moon is round, but it is the most obvious. The invention of better telescopes in the 1600s allowed scientists to see the phases of Venus too and better map out the orbits of the planets, finally disproving (eventually) the geocentric model of the solar system—there was never a question of whether the planets were round or not at this point in history.
The origin of Ishigami Village
A Hundred Nights and a Thousand Skies (e17) explains that:

 The astronauts in the ISS, including Senku's father Byakuya Ishigami, who did not get petrified, founded Ishigami Village (thus its name). Byakuya created 100 tales which were to be passed down generation to generation containing information essential to humanity's survival, with Ruri being the one in the current generation who knows them as priestess.

 Therefore it's possible—likely even—that the information was never forgotten in the first place, being either passed down informally via word of mouth or formally via the tales.


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Why is Reiner Braun so nice and good to the members of the 104th training corps if...?
Why is Reiner Braun so nice and good to the members of the 104th training corps if...

 he's an enemy of humanity? Shouldn't he care less about them and let them die many times if he had the chance to?

This is a good question that Isayama has answered so subtly in his manga.
First and foremost,

 Bertholdt, Reiner and Annie come from a 'ghetto' neighborhood of Marley, where Eldians are put to reside. There is a lot of blatant racism in the nation of Marley, especially towards Eldians. Eldians do not have the same rights as Marleyans, and the operate as a inferior race. However Marleyans know the power of Eldians, thus Marleyans are using the titan powers by guilt-feeding Eldians into joining the army and serving the nation of Marley. The guilt is based on the Marleyan theory that Eldians in the past used their titan powers and committed war crimes towards Marleyans.

Which means that for

 kids raised in these 'ghettos' such as Reiner, or Bertholdt, are brainwashed this idea that only serving the Marleyan army will give Eldians their acknowledgement, and hopefully pay for the crimes that their Eldian ancestors did in the past.

Therefore,

 Reiner and Bertholdt are part of those kids who excel their training in order to have 'the honor' of becoming a titan shifter.

After being assigned a mission to invade

 the walls, Reiner and Bertholdt initially had this idea of wiping out every human inside the walls, kidnapping the Coordinator Titan power, and returning to their homeland.

However,

 after living there for quite a few years, Reiner saw that Eldians within the walls were not evil as they were portrayed by the Marleyan government. On the contrary, Reiner befriended other survey corps members, and a lot of them were depending on him. So he became more sympathetic and understandable towards the people inside the walls.

Which led to Reiner

 facing his ultimate dilemma: is he a "soldier" (aka survey corps), or a "warrior" (aka Marleyan spy)?

And this is the beauty of Isayama's story-telling. We learn both perspectives, and that makes us understand both protagonists and antagonists. To quote Bertrand Russell War does not determine who is right, only who is left
SPOILER ALERT
Additional information showed on manga chapter 93. This is another hint why Reiner behaved in such a way. He has been feeling guilt and his position in this war has not been clear to him. Source: mangastream.com

 because he is not the enemy of humans, he is simply a spy inside the walls gathering information and sabotaging the enemy's strategic resources (the walls) to weaken the enemy and help his own side win. he needed to gain the  trust of the others and make them believe that he is one of them. Like any other infiltrator in the enemy's lands.

Answer in the anime was sort of given today (27/05/2017) in episode 9 of season 2,

 It's more or less what the answer of surveyCorps said, Reiner is sort of crazy and sometimes he forgets he's part of the enemy and he believes he's a soldier just like Eren, Mikasa and the others

There is also the added explanation (in the next episode, I think) of wanting to live a different life in order to forget their past misdeeds (they had emotional issues dealing with their past actions). Avoiding spoilers as much as I can here, sorry for the vague comment.

I think it's because he at first tried to blend in with the 104th Cadet Corps, so he had to be nice or else Reiner would be deemed suspicious. Also, you can search this up and it says that because of him pretending to be a soldier for so long, he develops a split-personality disorder causing him to be confused on whether or not he's a soldier protecting the wall, or a spy that is meant to infiltrate the wall and wipe out humanity.


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How many Pokémon has Misty caught?
What Pokémon did she catch and how many? I tried to search but I couldn’t find it. I found this website while looking for what Pokémon Ash has found, and since I found it I thought that I could find Misty’s Pokémon  as well.

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Misty_(anime) hear you can find her pokemon at the end.

Current Pokemon on her team:
Goldeen (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)
Staryu (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)
Starmie (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)
Horsea (Caught in Kanto.)
Psyduck (Accidentally caught in Kanto.)
Politoed (Evolved from Poliwhirl, which evolved from Poliwag, caught in the Orange Islands.)
Corsola (Caught in Johto.)
Gyarados (Obtained in Cerulean Gym.)
Dewgong (Evolved from Seel, belongs to Cerulean Gym.)
Luvdisc (Obtained in Cerulean.)
Azurill (Hatched from Egg given from Tracey.)
Released Pokemon:
Togetic (Evolved from Togepi, hatched from Egg found in Kanto.)
Source: MAL

I found this article listing Misty's Pokémon:


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In the Johto-based movie Pokémon Heroes, why do Latias/Latios appear?
Upon organizing my Pokemon movies chronologically I became confused as to where this movie lies. There was more evidence such as Misty's and Brock's presence as well as Totodile (Johto water starter) and Xatu/Natu (Pokemon introduced in Gen II as well) and thus I concluded the movie was more 'Johto' in the sense. So then why do Latias and Latios, the Eon duo of the 'Hoenn' region, make an appearnce? This feels like a vital chronological flaw and it's messing with my current knowledge of the Pokémon anime.

Strongly related: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4145/apart-from-togepi-and-ho-oh-what-out-of-season-pokemon-have-there-been

In the Pokemon movie series, there's been always a group of films by the order of the Pokemon anime series, which will go by that - Original Series (Indigo, Orange and Johto League), Advance, Diamond and Pearl and so on by the anime series have a number of films for each season, so the original series goes by 5 seasons, so it has 5 films, and so on. the usual thing of the OLM studio in the last films upon a pokemon season film is to feature pokemon from the Next Gen. (with few exceptions), by this list here:
Original series films
Orange season - "Pokémon: The Movie 2000 - The Power of One", features Lugia which is a 2nd gen legendary pokemon. (while the anime season is still about the 1st gen)
Johto season - "Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias" feature Latios and Latia from the 3rd gen.
Advanced Generation films
"Lucario and the Mystery of Mew" and "Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea" featuring 4th gen pokemon: Lucario and Menaphy
Diamond & Pearl films
"Zoroark—Master of Illusions" - featuring Zoroark and Zorua from the 5th gen.
soucre: Wiki
Ass Turamarth commented this q&a answers much as I did: Apart from Togepi and Ho-oH, What out-of-season pokemon have there been?

And you also might want to see this: When do the Pokemon Movies occur chronologically to the plot?
PS. in the movie you mentioned, there's also a racer with a Wailmer, which is to from the 3rd gen, but it has nothing to do with the answer just a side note.


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What measures do the police take to control villains with all sorts of quirks?
After All For One pretty much blew up an entire district in his battle against All Might, one may question the police's ability to imprison him (he is alive and in some sort of iron maiden). On that note, there are probably other notoriously powerful villains with quirks that would make it easy for them to escape from prison.
What measures do the police take to control villains with all sorts of quirks? Perhaps the iron maidens are capable of disabling them?
Another example is when they find Nomu. They just put some handcuffs on him. Hell, the only reason Nomu didn't escape is because it was in a docile state.

These villains were weakened badly and I'm pretty sure All For One was knocked out. They use highly cautious containment procedures. Nomu is controllable by Shigaraki so with Shigaraki not there, Nomu is useless without orders. All For One was weakened and he decided to let himself be taken away because he gave up. If I had to guess what would have happened to Overhaul if he still had arms is that they would use something where he can't touch anything and he would be fed by someone.

I don't think the Nomu are only controllable by Shigaraki. They seem to be controlled by Kyudai.