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How did Subaru lose the ability to enter the trials?
After he failed or passed the second one, he could not enter anymore. How did this happen? And, is there a way to get back the ability?

I will grant you the right to face the trial of the Sanctuary.

While placing her hand over his chest, Echidna said this to Subaru at their very first meeting, just before sending him back (Episode 3, first half of second season). This was the reason Subaru was able to enter the trial of the Sanctuary in the first place, despite not being a half demon (a qualification needed to enter the trial).
In the last episode of the first half of the 2nd season, Echidna took this ability away from him after Subaru refused to form a contract with her, again by briefly placing her hand near his chest.
Unless Echidna decides to give this ability back to Subaru, there's no way for him to enter the trial again.
TL;DR: Echidna giveth, and Echidna taketh away.


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Is the databook consistent with the series about Sasuke and Kakashi being faster than Naruto?
According to the official databook 1,2,3, Sasuke and Kakashi are faster than Naruto. According to the last one, Naruto speed is a 3,5 out of 5, (like a 7 out of 10) and Sasuke and Kakashi are a 4,5 out of 5 (like a 9 out of 10) . But in internet, I see a lot of discussions stating Naruto is faster than Sasuke, and putting as example that once or twice Naruto dodged a light speed attack. I wonder if there is an explanation for this? Perhaps the last databook doesnt cover those events? Perhaps it is inconsistent with the series? Perhaps it's indeed true that Sasuke is faster than Naruto?
Is the databook consistent with the series about Sasuke and Kakashi being faster than Naruto?

Not an answer, but the data books seem to contain a few things that lack quality explanations (as also seen with Moegi  supposedly being able to use Wood Style)

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What platforms have all of naruto dubbed
I see that people are saying that all of naruto have been dubbed but on which platform because on Hulu it’s only season 3

Does this answer your question? Where can I find an English dub of Naruto Shippuden episodes 78-140?

Related for Hulu: Why did they stop giving dubbed Shippūden episodes on Hulu?

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Eren's plan in Attack on Titan
After watching Attack on Titan I can't find a reason strong enough ( probably cuz I'm dumb ) that made eren desperate to do the rumbling . In fact I find Zeke's plan more sensible . Can anyone explain to me the motivation behind Eren's drastic step ?

Quite simply, Eren and Zeke had reverse plans, if you will: Zeke wanted all the Eldians (Titan folk) dead, and Eren wanted the entire world (non-Titan folk) dead. In short, Zeke is thinking for the rest of the world, while Eren is thinking only of his home.

The way I see it, Eren was forced to make a choice: It was a choice between carrying out genocide against your friends and all the people against Paradis just to atone for the sins of their ancestors and to appease the world or to save Paradis from everyone else.
The world went through all means to make them suffer for all the years they've lived. In Chapter 100, Willy even encouraged every country to fight against the Eldians on Paradis. Eldians in Marley live in internment zones and were discriminated. Let's think about it for a second: was it fair? They were trying to force the descendants of a race to atone for the sins of their ancestors. The descendants who currently live in Paradis and Marley have done them no wrong. In fact, it was them who kept antagonizing the Eldians (e.g. exiling Eldians as titans, sending Titan shifters to recover the Founder which led to the Wall breach, discriminating Eldians in Marley). Naturally, just as how the rest of the world treats them as the enemy, it's inevitable that some of the Eldians would, given the actions done against them, also treat them as the enemy. It's fair to punish those who've done you wrong but is it fair to punish their descendants as well?
The threat of the titans cannot be denied, yes. They could have tried resolving it peacefully but did they give a chance? No. Even Willy wanted the Eldians in Paradis dead. So, Eren did not make the choice. Rather, he was forced to make the choice because the world chose to see them as an enemy. Personally, I think Eren's response was only natural. They were attacked, they responded in kind.
It's easy to say that what Eren's decision would 'carry on the cycle of hatred' etc. But, when trying to understand a character, I try putting myself in their shoes. If I was Eren, would I choose the world over my family and friends? Would I choose to save strangers who condemn me over people I know who were always with me? Would I really sacrifice myself for the people who tormented me, who brought hell unto my life for a sin I did not even do?

It's all revealed in the last two chapters of the manga. By looking at your question it seems you haven't read that yet and since anime is yet to cover it in next year, here's few things he mentioned why he did it.
Heavy spoilers ahead, only read next lines if you are okay with it cause its gonna spoil the whole story for you.

 Last chance to go back, next sections will have the answer with heavy spoilers!

 1. To end the war and hatred.
 In the final chapter, Armin and Eren have conversation, in which Armin asked Eren, why did you pushed us away and made us hero?

 And that's not the whole truth.

 2. Eren asked Armin and Mikasa to kill him in the end!
 So that they can live a happy life later when all of this is over.
And so did they. Here Mikasa can be seen going for the Eren's head (Chapter 138)

And the final goodbye! (from chapter 139)

 3. He wanted to make the world titan free and free the Ymir as well.
 So that no one will be able to use the titan powers again against the humanity.
 When Eren gets killed all the titan power fades away! All the existing titan vanished into thin air by doing this he frees Ymir as well.

I spoiled myself but kinda glad I did. Lol. I haven't watched since s1 and haven't read the manga since 2015. So like Code Geass sort of?

It's because he saw that the entire world hated him and his kind that the only solution he could arrive at was to kill the entire world. This is pretty much what convinced him that the entire world was his enemy.
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-Eren-turn-evil#:~:text=It's%20because%20he%20saw%20that,entire%20world%20was%20his%20enemy.

But killing the rest of the world is not a solution. . Even if they are respected , it will be because of fear … deep down people will still hate them .. someday someone will form a group of marley restorationists .So see it will only carry forward the cycle of hatred and vengenance . Eradicating eldians will free them and the world from the curse of titans

Frankly, killing the rest of the world was the natural progression and evolution of the terrifying ideology Eren Yeager has held since the beginning of the series. As to what that ideology is, here's a quote from memory:

I'll kill every last one!

Additionally, whether rooted in reality or not, Eren sees the problem as a binary dilemma: it's either us (Paradis) or them (the world).
It's completely within character that Eren would not go along with Zeke's plan. He only pretended to in order to get the power he needed for his own plan. This mirrors how Zeke went along with everything Marley told him to. This shows Eren has gained the maturity to scheme (as opposed to the usual emotional and murderous outbursts we see from him earlier in the series). In Episode 78 - The Two Brothers, Eren finally displays his disgust:

Did you seriously believe I'd euthanize the Eldian people? What kind of person do you take me for?! I would never go along with that repulsive plan! Sorry, Brother. I've been against you from the start.

Reproductive Rights
I have to stop here for a moment. Because you wrote "In fact I find Zeke's plan more sensible", it seems what may be lacking in this discussion is a general understanding of eugenics and reproductive rights. Most people find eugenics (including forced sterilization) appalling. And most people would agree reproductive rights are good. Some historical and legal context will undoubtedly be helpful in understanding why Eren finds Zeke's plan completely disgusting.
Eugenics programs have historically existed. You'll doubtlessly be familiar with the atrocities of the Nazis, but such eugenics programs that included forced sterilization have also existed in the United States. As one would expect from America, these programs were racist, particularly targeting African Americans. See this article: https://ihpi.umich.edu/news/forced-sterilization-policies-us-targeted-minorities-and-those-disabilities-and-lasted-21st
Regarding reproductive rights, here is an excerpt from Article 16 of the UN's Universal Declaration of Human Rights:

Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality
or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family.

Also see this article: https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/shalev.htm
All this to say, a belief in reproductive rights is very much a thing, and eugenics and forced sterilization are weapons of oppression. Zeke's conclusions are not normal, and took some special circumstances for him to reach. And it is certainly not at all unusual that Eren would look at the same sterilization plan with disgust.
Back to Eren and Zeke
So where's the difference here? Zeke led a life where his father tried to turn him into leader of the Eldian Restoration Movement. He ended up hating his father. And in general, he hated that Eldians would choose to have children when those children were just going to be miserable. Thus, this is the problem he sought to solve, and hence the euthanization plan. Eren didn't go through this. Eren had a loving mother and a somewhat normal childhood, for a while. At no point during the story does he reach a critical juncture where he would blame the Eldians of Paradis for anything, let alone everything. If he were to go along with Zeke's plan, it would be out of cold logic--which is not something Eren is very likely to do. Eren is on the side of Paradis, not the rest of the world, so why would he choose to take away the people of Paradis's freedom? Why would he make them die off for the sake of the rest of the world?
Eren's ideology is dominated by "freedom" and the "struggle to live". And he is willing to kill anyone who gets in the way of that, as that is part of the "struggle to live". We can see this ideology prominently in the flashbacks regarding when he met Mikasa, when he tells Mikasa to fight against the bandits who kidnapped her.
Going back to the conversation in episode 78, Zeke tells Eren about the cycle of hatred, and how the world will be a living hell as long as Eldians exist, and then asks why Eren won't end it. Eren's response:

Because I have a right to live in the world I was born to.

Eren Sees the World as his Enemy
Eren decides not to go along with the euthanization plan because he is fully on the side of Paradis Island, where his friends and family live. He decides to kill the rest of the world because he sees them as his enemies. He chooses such a dire tactic because he sees the problem as a binary dilemma: it is either us (Paradis Island) or them (the rest of the world).
Due to his mother's death by a titan, Eren starts in a place where he wants to kill every last titan. However, his world view is shaken up by many revelations that we the audience get to go through with him. Namely:

Titans are Eldians forced to undergo transformation.
The people behind the walls are not alone in the world.
The titan attack that killed his mother was orchestrated by a foreign nation.

In Episode 59 - The Other Side of the Wall, we already see that Eren views the rest of the world as his enemy (emphasis mine):

Yeah, the sea. It's so damn big. Just across that sea, freedom's waiting. That's what I always believed, at least. But I was wrong. I know what's waiting across the sea now. It's our enemies. Hey, if we did cross the sea and killed our enemies, would we finally be free?

In the same episode, we also see Eren no longer views the titans as the enemy. When they come across one, he says:

It was shipped to Paradis. Which means its a fellow patriot.

At some point in season 4, we get a flashback showing Eren and the other scouts visiting the outside world and going to an international conference. There, Eren witnesses that there is not a shred of sympathy for the "devils" of Paradis, thus cementing his view that the whole world is his enemy. Even the allies they have are only using Paradis in order to get revenge on Marley. Many of them have no love for Eldians, and some of the volunteers were even in on Zeke's euthanasia plan.
Eren is a soldier, and fighting is all he's known. He has no faith in politics or diplomacy. The world is a threat to his people, so he seeks to eliminate that threat, all on his own volition and all with his own power. As he tells Reiner, the two of them are the same--they are both willing to commit indiscriminate mass murder for the sake of their friends, family, and country. It is not terribly surprising Eren has progressed to this point. Eren started out saying he was going to kill all the titans, but we learned the titans were people--victims. And now, the target of Eren's "kill them all" has merely changed along with his understanding of the world.

he wanted to destroy (rumble) the world, and have his friends (specifically Armin or Mikasa) kill him to prove that the people of paradise island aren't these so-called "devils" and also so his friends and his people don't get killed by Marley, also he wanted to get rid of titan power;(that's why he said  'he didn't want anyone to take his titan') and he wanted  a new world  without fighting nor titans
so, basically, he wanted to "kill all titans" especially 'the titan shifter power'
I don't know

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Why do Sanji and Smoker still need nicotine when not in their own bodies?
During the Punk Hazard arc, Trafalgar Law swaps Sanji into Nami's body and Smoker into Tashigi's. In spite of them being in bodies not addicted to nicotine, it seems they both still need to smoke. Nami (in Franky's body) even offers Sanji a pack of cigarettes saying something to the effect, "You need them, right?"
When Trafalgar Law swaps everyone, the image shown is some weird heart thing, not swapping their brains. I assume this is some kind of representation of a soul, but if they still need nicotine, maybe I'm wrong. So, what exactly does Law swap? And why do Sanji and Smoker still need to smoke?

If you ask any smoker, he will tell you that most of the addiction comes from the brain as it gives the neuro-signals for pleasure when smoking. Most smokers can't quit not because the body demands nicotine, but because of the apparent relaxating effect that is produced by smoking and the habbit that results from it.
Smoking is a recreational drug in public view and tends to work as such.
Edit: And now on how Law's power work. The swap technique that Law uses looks like he is swaping the "hearts" of people, but because they retain their original thoughts, memories and even habbits (like smoking) makes me believe that it's actually their consciousness that is being transfered since all these reside in the brain and not the heart.
Hope this answers your question.

You seem to be silently inferring that Law did swap their brains, which is one of the points I am struggling with. Why? Is there evidence in the manga or anime to think so? Is there some line of reasoning? If so, please include this in the answer.

It could be as simple as the question answers itself: that because they still need to smoke, it must mean Law swapped their brains and not their souls. But I'd still argue that you should include that in your answer.

Obviously, I'd prefer a more in-depth analysis on how Law's powers work, what he's able to control with them, etc., and maybe something about whether souls exist in the One Piece world, but I don't want to force anyone to do an excessive amount of research that they don't want to do. And I do appreciate that you did the real-world analysis of smoking and nicotine.

Well, I think nobody knows how Law's power work up to this point. Maybe Oda will give a better explanation in the future. But I will add my opinion on how it works in the answer.

"Most smokers can't quit not because the body demands nicotine". This seems to assume that the brain is not part of the body. Addiction from tobacco is both physiological (nicotine lowers the threshold for dopamine release, resulting in stress and anxiety due to the lack of dopamine during withdrawal) and psychological (the habit of taking a cigaret after a meal is hard to quit,...).

@Taladris You are absolutely right. I was trying to explain it in layman's terms (the body meaning the physiology need for smoking and the habbit - the psychological need).

It is actually the opposite. Nicotine has significant boosts to alertness, responsiveness, learning... raising levels of dopamine and other hormones. but for only a very short time, after which your body drops below baseline of those traits and levels. This is what causes the addiction.  It is not relaxing at all.

Simple Answer: Law's DF is wired (even kadio annoyed by that), and even a mystery to that point.
It was stated, one of the most usable, power devil fruit in the world.
So, How law can change someone's mind(brain) to another person by swiping their hearts! It ven does seems, it's only the conscious state. And sub part reamins in the brain of that body. (ref: Franky in Chopper's body)
A Heart never can have a mind!
This is a unanswered mystery yet. We've to wait until the real information. Until, you can check some fan theories, analysis on that. Maybe will help to understand better.

I don't think this question can be fully answered, so I'll just list out some possibilities, as well as some evidence for and against.
First Possibility: Law actually swapped not only their brains, but a lot of their internals as well. Sanji in Nami's body claims to be the best swimmer on the crew and thus he has to be the one to rescue the samurai's torso from the sea. But why does Sanji still have his abilities while in Nami's body? It might make sense if Law swapped the internals of the bodies, including muscles.
Where this theory seems to fail: Franky and Chopper's bodies seem to work as normal. Also, when Sanji and Nami swap back, Sanji feels the pain his body went through under Nami after she punches him, saying "My body hurts from a whole lot more than one punch." If the injuries were only skin deep, he likely wouldn't collapse from the pain here.
Second Possibility: Law actually did swap their souls. And somehow, in the world of One Piece, skills and memory are stored in the soul, thus why Sanji still has fighting potential while in Nami's body. And maybe the soul really is stored in the physical heart (Who's to say in a fictional world? Whether it was the actual heart is not important, however, and as previously stated, the physical representation of the swap did not look like a real heart.). And what else is stored in the soul? The urge to smoke, apparently.
Where this theory is weak: If the characters still have access to the actual brain of the body they're in, and thus the memories and knowledge, this would be odd, as they don't appear to have much idea of how to use their abilities. Nami in Franky's body seems particularly inept.
Third Possibility: Law swapped their brains. It is very plausible that the urge to smoke would carry over, then, along with all their memories. Though as to why Sanji retains some physical prowess, there would seem to be no good answer.
The second and third possibilities likely are more credible, as Sanji does struggle a bit in Nami's body, saying at times he can't keep up,etc. But at the same time, he's clearly got too much physical prowess while in Nami's body, so something is definitely off. It could possibly be a combination of the second and third as well.


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Attack Titan holders
If Eren was the one who instigated Grisha to retake the Founding Titan then why was he shocked to learn that his father slaughtered the Reiss family in season 3 ?
Moreover  Eren didn't have the abilities of Attack Titan  when Grisha did this . So does the Attack Titan have the ability to peek into future and past memories of other Attack Titan holders even when it isn't possessed by its destined holder ( here Eren ) ?

I am not completely sure, as I have not read the manga but from watching the anime, people who have the titan power inherit the memories of their predecessors. I think they only have the memories of their immediate predecessor, as they never showed Eren to look back past Grisha's memories. When Grisha had slaughtered the Reiss family, Eren was not born. However, he inherited all of Grisha's memories because Eren got the Attack Titan from Grisha. When Eren was having flashbacks of Grisha's memories, he had no clue about why Grisha was doing this. He had not been to the basement under their house with all the information yet. So to him, he saw his father murdering a whole family with unclear intent.

The Attack titan makes it so that the owner can see thru the future owner's eyes, not teleport there.
I think that in s3, when Eren saw Grisha's memories he only saw the part when he killed the Reiss family, not the part where he moarned their death and regretted everything. Plus, I'm pretty sure Eren's flashbacks are limited, so he cannot see everything because he does not have royal blood


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Can the demons harm the Ratri Clan?
I was trying to answer Why did Sonju help the kids escape?, when it occurred to me that I can't actually recall the details of the Promise between the demons and humans and the inner workings of how it works for the demons. I think it's binding on the demons' side, as I recall them saying something like "only the humans can break it". I don't actually own the manga, but this question is probably just a quick look-up for anyone who has access to it.
Could the demons harm or eat Ratri clan members under any circumstances?

is this a spoiler?


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What happened to Black Clover? Was the anime canceled?
A few days ago (March 30, 2021), what seems to be the "last" episode of Black Clover aired. MyAnimeList now shows it as Finished Airing. However, it is clear the story is not over. Black Clover has been airing every week for over three years. Why did it stop now? Was the anime canceled? Is it changing into the standard "release by season" with gaps of several months (like Boku no Hero Academia for example)? Is there any official declaration about it?
(please don't give spoilers from the manga)

Black Clover is trying to avoid having a lot of fillers by giving the anime a break. During the past few months, the anime sped up the storyline which led to it coming close to the manga's ongoing story. Once an anime finishes its manga's ongoing story, it most of the times runs out of source material for newer content. So them deciding to stop the anime was a good choice. All of this is in the black clovers comic book. They are making a currently a black clover movie that continues the series, so that the author of black clover can have some time to write the manga.


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What is the proportion of Black Clover manga covered by the anime until episode 170?
As of today, the Black Clover manga is listed as "Publishing" in MyAnimeList, while the anime has "Finished Airing" at episode 170.
As of today, how many chapters does the manga have? Episode 170 corresponds to which chapter?
(please don't give spoilers from the manga - I just want to know how much extra story there is in the manga, proportionally)

Well in manga (MangaFox) which I have been reading is of  Spade Kingdom Raid Arc
Chapter 272
Edit: Since yuo asked about other Arcs I will list them out below:

Magic Knights Entrance Arc - 10 chaps
Dungeon Exploration Arc - 11 chaps
Royal Capital Arc - 16 chaps
Eye of the Midnight Sun Arc - 19 chaps
Seabed Temple Arc - 17 chaps
Witches' Forest Arc - 28 chaps
Royal Knights Arc - 45 chaps
Elf Reincarnation Arc - 81 chaps
Heart Kingdom Joint Struggle Arc - 32 chaps
Spade Kingdom Raid Arc - Still Ongoing ( I just mentioned till the latest one and not determining it as the final chapter in this Arc)

Hello, thank you. And how many chapters are there in total?

There are around 290 chapters in this arc and there might be another arc starting soon I guess

I am confused, is it 290 chapters in total or just in the latest arc?

Not in total sorry I should have said it only in the latest Arc

Thanks. In your answer, you say chapter 272, is it 272 from the latest arc or 272 in total?

@PedroA There is 290 in total in the latest arc and one of the chapter no.272 is from the latest arc and I was mentioning chapter 272 since you asked the follow up question as " Episode 170 corresponds to which chapter?" that's why :)

Awesome!! And what other arcs existed before this one? How many chapters were there in them?

Let us continue this discussion in chat.


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Do other users of One for All live inside Midoriya somehow or are they just memories?
Midoriya is frequently seeing or feeling former users of One for All since season 1 of the anime when he was able to break Hitoshi mind control. Now in season 5 the first owner is telling Midoriya he can't show him more of his past because he only can handle 20% of One for All. What are these feelings/ images supposedly?
Do other users of One for All live inside Midoriya somehow or are they just memories?

Until we get a more complex explanation from All Might or someone, we can only speculate, but my personal opinion is that they are representation of the experience and consciousness of the other users that has accumulated in One for All. I think at the meeting between the past users, someone explains how that is happening.

@RigaCrypto does All Might knows the reason? If so, why haven't he explained anything to Deku yet? From the episodes we saw, Deku did had a discussion with All Might, but he didn't had any explanation. He also told that the vision which Deku is seeing is very much different to what All Might saw in the past.

@FumikageTokoyami Maybe not All Might, maybe Deku will get a better explanation further into the story after immersing himself into his subconcious meetings with the past users and thus discovering new how OFA works. As i said, at this point there is only speculation.

To be honest they have they're memories shared inside One for All where from the first user till the one who used it last will be seen in those memories of the current user.

That power itself spreads to generation to generation which makes it powerful and help the user experience the power where they share the same goal.

The power can be used to it's full potential once the user has enough emotional attachment to it.

The power if at some point falls under the hands of All for One it will become a catastrophe and he might even have tears based on the emotions of all previous users combined.

As soon as All Might dies he might even have his memories passed to midoriya.

In Deku's meeting with the past users and regarding their conversations, I say it is not only the memories that are preserved in OFA. Deku casually discusses with past users and they give him advice and personal opinions, not only memories and glimpses into their past selves.

If you think back to the sports festival Midoriya sees all the people who at 1 point had the quirk one for all including All Might himself but All Might was not only still around he was watching the festival so my theory is that all former users are with Midoriya in spirit

From what it looks like is that "One For All" is showing Midoriya the memories of each previous owner or clues that might help him. I believe that they are just memories not actually other people living inside him because if you look back at it all Might had a similar vision to him, but not to the same extent as Midoriya and the original owner never talked to all might he only talked to Midoriya.


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Can Luffy's cut wounds seal like rubber?
Since Luffy's body is made of rubber, can small cut wounds/gashes seal like rubber in the real world would normally do? Or do they heal like normal skin?

SPOILER ALERT!
Not actually rubber. Luffy's devil fruit is not really the Gum-Gum Fruit, but

 the Hito-Hito (i.e. Human-Human) fruit model Nika, which gives him the ability to manipulate his body however he can imagine, and upon awakening, also the surroundings.

So, this question is no longer valid.

As terrible of an idea it would be for him to heal like rubber since it doesn't heal at all, Luffy heals like a human. Remember, Luffy is like rubber, He isn't rubber though. He's still skin and bones. If he was like rubber, Luffy would not sink in water. But he still has the density of a human. Or maybe it's the fact that he turns completely human when touched by rubber.

Luffy  doesn't have the ability to heal himself immediately, we can see him wrapped up in bandages pretty much after every hard fight he gets into. So he can only heal like a normal person

I think he could with the help from:

 Mansherry, who ate the Chiyu Chiyu no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that gives her the ability to instantly heal any living being's injury.


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Hunter x Hunter Song?
I really like the music in Hunter X Hunter and have found all but ONE song.  If someone could help me find this one it would be greatly appreciated!!  Here is an example of what the song is; in episode 86 at 12:08 https://www.crunchyroll.com/hunter-x-hunter/episode-86-promise-x-and-x-reunion-623015
Thanks!

The track is called Bisky's theme. It is an unreleased track btu you can find it on youtube.
https://youtu.be/pMDtI7oi8Mo


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Why does Boruto's Karma resonate with Kawaki's
Whenever Kawaki activates his Karma, it inevitably triggers Boruto's Karma to activate. Why is this?

Probably because of the conflict Momoshiki has with Isshiki.

Since Boruto doesn't yet have the ability to activate Karma at will so, he can't control its activation or deactivation. The only way for Boruto to activate Karma is with resonance, for now that is and he needs to be close to Kawaki as well.
The resonance is not only limited to Kawaki's karma,

 we can see that when Jigen comes to the leaf to take Kawaki back, but this time Boruto's karma resonates with Jigen's from further away.

Your response does not directly answer the question. Also, Jigen and kawaki share Kama from the same Otsutsuki, and thats why when Jigen used Kawaki to teleport to Konoha, it forcefully activated Kawaki's Kama which in turn activated Borutos


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If Logia devil fruit can produce an infinite amount of their element, how fast is it generated?
So, obviously, having an infinite amount of whatever element you gained off of the logia devil fruit you ate would be powerful. Being able to freeze anything with your ice powers or crush your opponents with sheer force from magma instantly would grant you the win against any normal citizen. However, I don't quite know how fast they could produce their element. I suspect that it is based on mastery, because of how Luffy couldn't control his body when he first gained his powers, but if so, how does mastery effect the creation? Like, does that mean if you had 10 years of devil fruit training you would be able to produce it instantly?

we don't know thats why nobody is answering :/ thats why people don't answer some questions

First of all the Gum Gum Fruit that Luffy ate is not a Logia, its a Paramecia type. Logia fruit cannot make infinite amount of element and it is directly proportional to the eaters energy level.
A Logia fruit eater can produce element instantly even on their first try.

 We can see that when Sabo eat the Flare-Flare fruit in Dressrosa arc.


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How do you "climb" or "move around" the Tower?
In the manga and anime series, there isn't really much that shows the climbing of the tower, since in the first episode, Bam (and after him, Rachael) are both teleported onto the second floor by Haedon, while Yuri and Evan take some sort of "stair" that look like interdimensional travel. What's going on?
Is a floor some sort of separate pocket universe world?
There's also mention of an "inner", "outer" and "middle" tower, which do not have any sort of visible structure (we jump between scenes).


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Is there a name to describe the shonen trope of "secret power systems"?
In some shonen anime, there is this trope of a hidden power system that is sometimes foreshadowed throughout the series, and eventually learned by the protagonist(s). Typically, it's a power used by essentially all characters past a certain power-level threshold, and is vital for the protagonist(s) to learn to continue fighting tougher opponents.
Specifically, however, these powers are capable of being learned by any person and have very consistent rules for all users. But, at the same time, are typically unknown to the public due to secrecy by users, an extreme difficulty curve, etc.
Usually they are used alongside the unique, natural talents/powers the protagonists were born with/trained up until that point in the story.
The most obvious example is Haki from One Piece. The second most obvious would probably be Nen from Hunter X Hunter. A smaller example would be the "Incarnate System" from Accel World.
Is there a name to describe this trope of these hidden/revised power systems?

I wouldn't say it's something common that have a name for it, in DBZ for example they call it Ki (or energy in the dub) which is Japanese name for energy, the same could be on One Piece that they just called it Haki, it's all based on Japanese mythological,


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Is Vegeta now able to turn into God of Destruction mode just like Toppo, or he can just use hakai?
In the Dragon Ball Super anime series, when Toppo used hakai he had to turn into God of Destruction mode. Now that Vegeta has been taught hakai, does this mean Vegeta now  is able to turn into God of Destruction mode just like Toppo, or he just can use hakai?

They are separate things.
Toppo was able to use the God of Destruction Mode due to being the candidate to be the next God of Destruction.
But you don’t need to be a candidate to use Hakai, as demonstrated by Goku against Zamasu:

After achieving Perfected Super Saiyan Blue, Goku is able to perform the Hakai to a limited degree, however, it's much slower than Beerus', destroying Fused Zamasu progressively and requiring concentration throughout - thus Fused Zamasu takes advantage of the weakness by using Future Mai as a human shield, stopping the technique.

But yes, Vegeta can use the transformation, as demonstrated at the end of Dragon Ball Super #74:


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When did the trend of powerful slimes come about in Anime?
Slimes are commonly known as the weakest creatures, but more and more I'm seeing powerful slimes show up in anime. When did powerful slimes become a thing? Or have they always been a thing and I just haven't seen them around before?
Earliest example I can think of:

Overlord - Solution Epsilon. Anime 2015, novels started in 2010.
Konosuba - Season two finale, Hans. Anime started 2016, Novels
in 2013.
Reincarnated as a Slime - Anime 2018, Novels in 2013.

I'm sure there's plenty others as well.

Not related to anime, but in video games, "slime" in general is usually just a kind of a monster race/type, and it also has "level" progression. Dragon Quest's slimes might be a good demonstration of this.

I was thinking of DQ's slime mob as an early example of this.  Don't have time to pull references together just yet, but if you wanted to do some research, then you might want to look there as a start.

AFAIK DQ popularized the hegemonic idea of the slime as a weak or "starting" creature in Japan, and I'd bet that the "powerful smile" archetype is a symptom of the general popularity of cliche subversion (to the point of being a cliche itself!) in recent popular media. I'd say that the examples given in the OP are at least partially subversive of the classical fantasy Light Novel tropes.

You'd have to dive pretty deeply into the history of this to reach a conclusion. For example there's a 1991 SNES game called Jelly Boy with an unreleased sequel about group of kids that turned into a slimes and got transported to some strange world. The roots of this are definitely Japanese games and not anime, which I do not know as much as I know about anime.

Well, your listed examples are all from worlds with RPG Mechanics, and most of them are central to the plot, so they are usually literally high-level.
They also all have humanoid forms, which is a measure of power, instead of them just being blobs.
While slimes are treated as weak in the Dragon Quest games, in tabletop RPGs, they usually have some liquid durability and acidic powers that make them formidable.
And monsters need monstrous traits like that, so, when reasoning it out, a durable, sentient, blob of acid is very dangerous.
Then there's the ability of sapients to learn magic... And gain levels, etc...

The trend began when the anime called, “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime” started serialization. This show started in 2018. I don’t know if someone already had an anime that was about powerful slimes before the anime “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime”, but I am sure that they were not as popular as this anime. There are a bunch of anime’s that are about slimes that started after the anime “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime”.
If you want more info, here’s a website that I got all of this info from: https://www.cbr.com/slimes-taking-over-manga-anime/.
I hope this helped

Did you read the full question with my examples? I mentioned reincarnated as a slime and referenced Overlord which came out before that.

Overlord did come before Reincarnated as a slime, but it isn’t about powerful slimes. I was talking about anime’s that are about slimes and if or not they come out before Reincarnated as a slime.


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What's the song that starts playing at 20:20 in the last my hero academia episode ? (S5 E7)
On My Hero Academia season 5 episode 7 from about 20:20, there's an OST playing in the background that I can't seem to track down and I could use some help.
What's that song?

That song is Sakusen Kaishi!(作戦開始!) from Yuki Hayashi(林ゆうき), this song was also used in the movie "My hero academia The Movie Heroes:Rising".
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What is the point of changing the manga's storyline for the adaptation?
As the title states, why do producers/script writers working on an anime adaptation change diverge from the story in the manga?, may it be small or a huge change.From a logical perspective  when adapting an anime, changing the storyline from the source makes no sense at all, since it may have been what made it so popular in the first place. So why do they do it?. Cough cough promised neverland.

Among other reasons:

The story is too long to fit in the number of shows they have
Scenes or other elements are not cinematic.  (This is less a problem than with novels, since manga's a visual medium.  Still the change in media may mean that some scenes don't work.)
Censorship, whether legal or corporate.  Some things may just not be allowed.
Changing or broadening the audience.  A manga can be niche but an anime needs a broad audience for the expense.  Also, whoever's in charge of the adaption may be sure they can bring in new fans with changes, and not alienate the base.


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How do saiyans get the evil saiyan form?
Cumber and Turles in Dragon Ball Heroes are able to get an "evil saiyan" form with a red aura.

What do saiyans have to do to get this form?

The Evil Super Saiyan form is a level of Super Saiyan is a form used by Saiyans who's hearts have been tainted by darkness. Any Saiyan to achieve this form immediantly gains access to its other five levels. The first known Saiyan to achieve this form of Super Saiyan was Turles
The form increases a Saiyan's power by five times as much as the regular Super Saiyan form would. This goes for the other levels of Evil Super Saiyan as well. (For example, if one were to use Evil Super Saiyan 2, it would increase the user's power by fives times that of a regular Super Saiyan 2.)
Credits : https://ultradragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Evil_Super_Saiyan


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How and when was Rika Furude born?
This post is split into two parts. This post contains spoilers. I tried to give a spoiler-free title because I don't want someone getting spoiled. The post discuss the events in the 2nd season of Higurashi. Here the Oyashiro-sama's curse refers to cycle of life and death experienced by everyone in the Hinamizawa village.
Part I of post: Is it possible to avoid "Oyashiro-sama's curse" in any way? (spoilers)

In episode 6, we see that:

 Rika and Hanyuu existing in a in-between dimension where Rika gets to join a new Hinamizawa world with  a different scenario. We come to know that every time Rika dies in a previous world, she is reincarnated to a different world with the help of Hanyuu. So, this is a never ending loop until and unless the fate is changed i.e the culprit (Miyo Takano) is caught and Rika avoids her imminent death. (That happens in the last episode)

So, this is a never ending cycle and it can only be stopped if Rika can change her fate by avoiding her death but when and how did the cycle even started in the first place? I assume Rika was born and when July of 1983 came, she met with her fate and died which cause the triggering of the cycle? But, this leads to another question: how did Rika even born in the first place since she is the midst of the never ending cycle?

'how did Rika even born in the first place since she is the midst of the never ending cycle?' --> What do you mean? If I'm born January 1, 1950 and then get murdered sometime between February 2, 1999 - April 20, 1999 and then go back to December 3, 1998 each time I get murdered during that February 2, 1999 - April 20, 1999 time period, then what's the problem? Seems like the 'reincarnation' is just for December 3, 1998 onwards...


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How is that the "stockpiling power" of One for All hurts Deku, but the "stockpiling kinetic energy" of Fa Jin doesnt?
Deku can now reach "pseudo 100%" of his power by using One for All 45% plus the quirk Fa Jin. How is that the real 100% of power hurts his body, but the pseudo 100% of power of One for All 45%+ Fa Jin doesnt?

Only time will tell since this happend in the most recent manga chapter and we will probably get an explanation.

Simple answer based on real-world science. Kinetic energy cannot destroy things neither can it destroy itself


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Full-metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Why didn't Edward use other better alternative over sacrificing his alchemy to get his brother back?
In the pre-final episode: episode 63 - The Other Side of the Gateway, why didn't Elric use the following options:

Ling gives the philosopher's stone to retrieve his brother. The reason Edward gives is the promise that he and his brother made. But alphonse uses the philosophers stone in the battle against pride and kimblee. This implies desperate times, desperate measures have to be taken. Moreover, the philosophers stone is already made by sacrificing lives and there is no way to change that, so why not just use it?

His father, Van Hohenheim offers his life. The reason Edward gives is that he is not willing to sacrifice a life for another. This seems like a good and right thing to do, but in just a couple of scenes later, Van Hohenheim dies, so why not just use his life to get back Alphonse as he is anyways going to die.

It is just depressing to see Edward sacrificing his alchemy.

Basically because it would be against what the brother's promised one another.
Originally they sought to get the Philosopher's Stone to restore their bodies but after Lab 5 and learning it was made from Human Souls they promised to restore their bodies without taking lives. even if Van Hohenheim was going to die and was offering himself up it was still a life being traded for Al which to them would be no better than sacrificing people to make the Philosopher's Stone and using that to fix themselves

It is just depressing to see Edward sacrificing his alchemy.

on the contrary it showed his growth. at the end Ed accepted his limitations and that he had been relying on something that was never really his (The Truth). when Truth asked if he would be alright without Alchemy, Ed responded that he had his friends implying he would be able to overcome his limitations with the help of his friends


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Which transformation is more powerful, the original white-grey hair ultra instinct, or ultra instinct stacked on top of a super saiyan transformation?
So now Goku is able to stack Ultra Instinct on top of other transformations. In the chapter of the manga before the last he stacked Ultra Instinct on top of super saiyan god. In the last chapter he did it again with another transformation.
Which transformation is supposed to be more powerful, the original white-grey hair ultra instinct, or ultra instinct stacked on top of a super saiyan transformation?

Which transformation is supposed to be more powerful…?

The stacked transformation.
If you put SSJ on UI it's going to be stronger, since we know that SSJ is a 50x multiplier. So, we know that Great Ape is 10 times stronger than base form saiyans, and that Super Saiyan is a 50 times multiplier of base power level. Then, SSJ 2 is a 100 times multiplier (or 2 times stronger than SSJ), and SSJ 3 is 400 times stronger than base (or 8 times SSJ).
However, if UI causes Goku to lose stamina heavily, that means if he stacks a transformation on top, that will be overkill and he would lose his stamina in the snap of a finger.


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Does Homura have to kill her past self when she travels back in time?
When Hom travels back 3 months to try to save Madoka, does she find a past Homura there or her future "mind" incarnates on her past body?
If she finds a past Homura there does she have to kill her past self in order to prevent Madoka and the rest to meet two different Homuras?

Gen Urobuchi didn't think of the mechanics of it too much however we can infer from what he said and what we see is that Homura is reversing time as opposed to traveling back

The weapon that looks like Homura's shield is actually a sand timer. When the flow of the sand is blocked, time is stopped. And when there is no sand on the upper part of the sand timer and then the timer is reverted, one month's worth of time is turned back. But before that stage is reached, only time stopping is possible. This means the special power of Homura is the ability to manipulate one month's time's worth of sand in the sand timer. As for the time passed and then turned back, since it was not the focus in this work, I did not think it through very thoroughly.

Source: Homura Akemi > Powers and Abilities (2nd dot point)
when she reverses time we see she wakes up in the same hospital bed where she woke up in Episode 10 before she became a Magical Girl looking like Moemura again as if she hit rewind on the entire universe, but she retains her powers and memories as we see after making her wish she wake up and find the Sand Timer on her arm
Possibly due to her karmic fate compiling, Madoka starts retaining some memories as well as at start of the series she "dreams" of the previous timeline before waking up


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Why did Ronald Knox from Black Butler say that the passengers of the Campania died from heart failure? Shouldn't it be hemorrhaging?
I was reading chapter 56 of Kuroshitsuji, and Ronald Knox describes the cause of death of the Campania passengers as "heart failure."
Shouldn't it be more accurate to put in blood loss/hemorrhaging?


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One piece chapters of manga
What chapters will cover episodes 1-35 of anime of one piece manga?I want to skip the anime episodes and go straight to episode 36.

If I am not wrong, the episode 35 ends near 77 in manga and you will have to read from 78 if you want to continue.
Source: https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_35


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Why do akamaru gets angry at stuff?
Whenever kiba gets angry about something being said, akamaru (his hound) also gets angry. Do akamaru understand those complex things being said?

Some related questions: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4161/why-cant-inuzuka-clans-dogs-use-human-language?rq=1 .. https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/30821/is-akamaru-a-pet-or-a-comrade?rq=1

Does this answer your question? Why can't Inuzuka clan's dogs use human language?

Akamaru is loyal ninja hound and Kiba is his best friend, both of them often share each others emotions. He can also understand human language that makes him more reliable.
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How could Madara use Kamui as the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki while Obito himself couldn't?
Obito explained that while we was the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he could not use Kamui, his Mangekyo Sharingan's unique ability. He was later able to use it when the Ten-Tails was extracted from him, and while we was trying to take the Tailed Beasts from Madara and while fighting Kaguya Otsutsuki.
The same is explained in the Naruto wiki:

There is really something wrong on how Kamui interacts with Juubi's Jinchuriki body. Way back in Chapter 643, it was noted that by being the ten-tails jinchuriki, Obito can no longer use his Kamui to travel through his pocket dimension nor to become intangible.

(emphasis my own)
But while Madara was on his goal to retrieve his other Rinnegan which Obito hid, he was able to use Kamui to get to Obito's pocket dimension and take his Rinnegan back. But he did all of this while he was the Jinchuriki of Ten-Tails.
It's shown in this YouTube video that Madara uses Kamui to retrieve his Rinnegan.
To sum it up, Obito, the original owner of the Kamui ability was not able to use the ability while he was Ten-Tails Jinchuriki. However, while Madara was Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, he used Kamui, retrieved his Rinnegan, then came back to the actual world.
Why did this happen? Is it ever explained?

This is a good question. I'll note I was a little confused at how Madara was using Kamui at all, because you didn't mention that Madara took Kakashi's Sharingan. I've forgotten a lot of the specifics of events, I suppose.

Not sure if any answers are authoritative, but same question here, with some references: https://www.quora.com/Why-couldn-t-Obito-use-Kamui-when-he-was-the-Ten-Tails-Jinchuriki-He-still-had-his-Mangekyo-Sharingan and here: https://naruto.fandom.com/f/p/2264620509167758924

This Reddit thread discussed it as well. The users there give some decent plausible answers, it all boils down to "plot armor"

@ShayminGratitude Sorry for the incredibly late response, but yeah, that's why I attached the YouTube video, since I couldn't find the manga chapter & panel where it happens.


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Did Nolan talk about Nika?
I can't remember if there is any previous mention of Nika in one piece before Who's Who mentioned him. I herd talk about Nola depicting Nika but not found any evidence.
Do you guys know?


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Does anyone knows from what bnha volume is this panel?

I really want to read it again but cant find it

Looks like the image is from Chapter 231, around Page 5


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Why was the Otsusuki clan genetically compatible with humans to the point they could have children?
In the Naruto anime, Kagura Otsutsuki who was an alien "celestial being" could have children with Tenji and they had Hagomoro Otsutsuki. Normally 2 different species can't reproduce unless they have common ancestors. Were the humans and the Otsutsuki aliens related and had common ancestors before they met, was it an amazingly coincidence that they had practicaly they same genes or what? Humans can't reproduce with species who have 99% the same genes so they should have >99% identical to humans, is this ever explained why?

do you mean kaguya otsutsuki

tenji is a filler character, as well as that entire arc, it is never canonically specified who the father of hagoromo & hamura are

I’m voting to close this question because Is it ever acceptable to ask about whether an anime event is realistic or plausible?

So...this is set in a world where someone who is adept enough can literally generate fire, water, electricity, earth and wind from their hands by weaving specific seals. I'm gonna have to ask that you just slightly suspend your disbelief on this one.
There's no explanation as to why this is possible, similar to how there's no explanation as to why whole eye transplants have such a high success rate among recipients of the Sharingan or coveted Byakugan (whereas in reality, that just isn't a thing).

"There's no explanation as to why this is possible" -> Well when two shinobi love each other...

@Wondercricket:  "When a feudal lord and an alien love each other very much..."


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In Reincarnated as a Slime, if Rimuru gave a last name would it be beneficial?
Rimuru gave Veldora and himself a last name, but given all his power came from Veldora it wouldn't have had an impact. If he gave last names to others, such as Treyni and the driads, would it have been beneficial to them? Would it create a soul corridor and would it have granted them powers during the Harvest Festival?

From what I read in the wiki, giving a last name establishes their position as equals and not as master and servant. It also gives them freedom to grow and use each others abilities freely.

If he gave last names to others, such as Treyni and the driads, would
it have been beneficial to them? Would it create a soul corridor and
would it have granted them powers during the Harvest Festival?

I think it is beneficial to them as they can now use Rimuru's abilities(depending on the level of their magicules). It will create a soul corridor, Veldora as  an example. During the Harvest Festival, they would receive a powers/skill or upgrade of skill like Veldora's Investigator unique skill to Ultimate Skill.


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Why didn't Ichigo use Hollowfication after his fight with Aizen?
After his fight with Aizen, Ichigo lost all his Shinigami powers, but he did not lose his hollow powers right?
So why did he not use hollowfication in the fights that followed? Like vs ginjo, and the 'book of the end' guy

Well, Ichigo didn't necessarily lose his Shinigami powers it was his spiritual pressure or powers, as stated in the chapter black * cough cough* I mean fullbring arc where he had some spiritual pressure left. Another reason that he didn't use hollowfcation is because white Ichigo and Zangetsu put all their power into Ichigo so he had the full power of hollowfcation just without the mask.

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Double poke catch
If you catch a pokemon and then catch it again, would you be able to use both balls to retrieve the pokemon or just one, and if it's just one, which one would be THE pokeball?
I would prefer only anime and non game sources as games are often different from the show/movie.

What do you mean, "catch it again"? You can't catch a Pokémon that someone else has already caught, and as far as I'm aware, that's exactly the same in the anime.

A Pokémon can only be bound to a single Pokéball at any given time1. In the anime, you cannot catch somebody else's Pokémon using a new Pokéball unless:

The Pokémon was abandoned
The Pokémon was willingly released.

For the first point, it is Ash's Gengar and Charizard. They both had original owners who abandoned them. While little is shown of their time with the original owners, it's safe to assume they lived within a Pokéball. After coming to terms with their abandonment and learning to trust in Ash as a worthy trainer, they allow themselves to be caught in a new Pokéball.
For the second point, it is Ash's Infernape. As a Chimchar, it was originally owned by Paul. After Chimchar didn't live up to Paul's standards, he willing
released in so that he might go with Ash instead. When this happens, the Pokémon glows blue instead of red when coming out of the Pokéball.
After it released, it can be once again captured by a different Pokéball.

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While you prefer anime only, there is a specially designed Pokeball in Pokémon Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness known as the Snag Ball. The Snag Ball was engineered to capture and steal other trainer's Pokémon,

1 I want to say there is an episode where Ash attempts to capture a Pokemon, but the Pokéball fails because it is already owned by another trainer. Although my memory is fuzzy and cannot find such episode.

You can't catch a Pokémon that's already in a Pokéball.
In Two Degrees of Separation! (D&P02), Dawn tries to catch Ash's Pikachu. At first, it looks like it's going to work and Pikachu is engulfed in a red light, but then the light shatters and Pikachu is not caught.

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Did Hinata actually feel this way about Yui?
In Episode 9 of Angel Beats, Hinata confesses his love to Yui, expresses a desire to marry her, and insists that the fact she was a wheelchair user when she was alive doesn't matter to him.

 This confession puts Yui at peace and allows her to move on.

For me, this confession came out of nowhere. I hadn't noticed any hints in previous episodes about Hinata feeling this way, so it came across as though he was just telling Yui what she needed to hear, rather than how he actually felt about her.
Was Hinata truly in love with Yui? If so, were there any hints of this earlier in the series?

It's been a while since I've last seen this series, so forgive me if I make any mistakes.
It may have been  implied earlier on in the series that Hinata had a crush on Yuri, given his overprotectiveness of her, how flirty he acted with her at times (though perhaps that's just how he acted in general), and how dedicated and loyal to her he was; things did change slightly once Yui came into the picture.
Yui, much like Yuri, would eagerly abuse Hinata (poor guy can't catch a break), though she did so with wrestling holds, but he would begin to retaliate and the two got along well. The two would banter and have their spats just as very close friends or siblings, or perhaps even couples, would.
Minor plot spoilers ahead.

 Anyway, most importantly, he tells Otonashi at the
 graduation (before he moves on) that he thinks he's saved
 up a lot of luck, and that he'll use it all to meet with Yui. I
 think that alone is enough to prove his feelings for her.

I sincerely doubt that, though he is kind and selfless, he would have the heart to lie to Yui's face about the one insecurity and dream that must have plagued her mind and heart since she first really took in what being paralyzed as she was meant.
As for earlier hints, well, I think it's just something you'll notice here and there while rewatching, as things happen that just make you think "Oh, he totally likes her."


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Why is Jigen's ten-tails smaller than Earth's one?
I would like to know why Earth's ten-tails is gigantic next to Jigen's one... I mean, look at this sad looking being:

And then when I look at Earth's one, it just doesn't feel right to me:

Is this related to the fact that, according to Kinshiki, the Earth is beyond 10 in the space curvature?

Basically, Jigen is the host of Isshiki Otsutski who was sent to the same planet with Kaguya, to cultivate the Chakra Fruit. The Chakra Fruit grows on the Chakra Tree after one of the two Otsutskis is sacrificed. Now the Ten-Tails on Earth was made when Kaguya had killed Isshiki and was huge due to Isshiki and Kaguya being the strongest pair of Otsutsukis. At the end of Shippudden, Kaguya is sealed, not killed. The Ten-Tails sealed with her. The Ten=Tails Isshiki used to gain power was another Ten-Tails he had made from another sacrifice. Hence the size was smaller, as Kaguya was sealed, and he sacrificed a weaker Otsutsuki. The size of the Ten-Tails depends mostly on the chakra of the sacrificed, the greater the chakra, the larger the beast.


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Do all Gokus have the potential to become Super Saiyan 4 or just Xeno Goku?
In Dragon Ball Heroes, Xeno Goku can turn Super Saiyan 4 and regular Goku can turn super saiyan blue. Could regular Goku or Goku Black turn into Super Saiyan 4 with proper training, or is there some condition that Xeno Goku has that makes him , Xeno Vegeta and Broly being able to turn Super Saiyan 4?

It is possible for other Goku to become super Saiyan 4. According to Fandom Wiki about Super Saiyan 4,

The only way a Saiyan can attain Super Saiyan 4 is if they have a high enough power level and become a Golden Great Ape (or Broly's variant) and regain conscious control over the form. Even after this form is attained, it cannot be accessed at will and requires exposure to Blutz Waves every time the user wishes to transform, however, Goku is apparently a special case, capable of using the form whenever he wishes. In Dragon Ball Heroes Gohan acquired the form without a tail while training and Xeno Trunks was originally going to have acquired the form too showing that even Half-Saiyans born without tails can still acquire Super Saiyan 4.
The form is a combination of the Super Saiyan and Great Ape forms attained through the Golden Great Ape form, it gifts the Saiyan with primal power, though they retain a humanoid appearance. It is possibly the Legendary Super Saiyan that appears once every 1,000 years.

Another possibility is that anyone can claim a wish after collecting dragon ball to get back Goku tail, well it is possible without a tail too, but with tail, it is much easier.


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Eureka Seven Ao, Holland's Longboard
I have had a question about this series for a while now. In Eureka Seven Ao, in episode 3 at time 19:27 you can see that the Grand Bleu group is attacking a secret. This secret looks almost identical to Holland's longboard that Eureka and Renton rode on. I was wondering if the secrets have a connection to scub coral or human memories, or if this was just an easter egg. If you can explain this I would appreciate it a lot. Thank you very much.


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What's the strongest Naruto transformation?
I thought the form Naruto used in the 4th shinobi war, with the truth-Seeking Balls was the strongest Naruto transformation, but he didnt use it when fighting Jigen in Boruto, and Sasuke and him were defeated so if it was the strongest form there was no apparent reason not to use it.
What's the strongest Naruto transformation?

Having not watched much of Boruto I can't really answer the question, but a partial answer at least is that Naruto lost the ability to use the truth seeking balls form at the end of Shippuden.

Alert (if you have not read the manga series yet), this includes spoilers.
Naruto's confirmed ultimate form (for now) is Baryon Mode, where both him and Kurama enter in a significant higher level of 'fusion'.
According to ScreenRant blog:

Naruto's new form is officially called Baryon Mode, and according to Kurama, involves smashing Naruto's chakra and the Nine-Tails' chakra together in a manner similar to nuclear fusion, creating an entirely new energy.

Can you provide a link to the ScreenRant article you're referring to?

@F1Krazy I believe it is this: https://screenrant.com/naruto-nine-tails-baryon-mode-transformation-boruto-explained/


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Are the events in "sotsu" happening the first time?
I don't understand,

if Rika travelled back in the time and re-experiencing the events all over again that occurred in the 2006 series
or we are watching the 2006 season again from a different perspective so that we can solve some unsolved mysteries.

Can you please clarify this?

I assume it's the second one. From wiki, it is written that "sotsu" is the sequel of "gou"(which is somewhat a continuation but the story is quite different, so it's part remake part sequel), is told in Satoko's POV. [I have watched upto "Kai"(2nd season), so I am commenting instead of answering. I am not bothering to watch anymore so spoilers doesn't matter].

This is exactly the point of Gou and Sotsu:
It seems like it's a remake. Watch to see if it's really a remake or if it's something else.


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Why did Naruto act like he never heard Hinata's first love confession that happened during Pain's assault?
During Pain's assault to Konoha, Hinata risked her life for Naruto and confessed her love for him. But after that, Naruto behaves as if that situation never happened. Later Hinata is nervous to have to confess to him a second time, and in any situation Hinata was nervous for being around Naruto due to being in love with him, he was completely disconnected from it.
Why did Naruto act like he never heard Hinata's first love confession that happened during Pain's assault?

Because he was in love with Sakura back then. So when Hinata confessed during Pain's assault, he thought she loved him because she's a comrade, a leaf shinobi who doesn't let his/her comrade die. Naruto actually took it as a friend.
Later fighting against Madara & Tobi/Obito, there are flashbacks (when Neji dies) where the dialogue goes "My friends are ready to give up their lives for me" and the flashback of Hinata being stabbed by Pain.


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Did Kakashi know Rin sacrificed herself, or did he think it was all an accident?
This always confused me, and I have not seen this addressed anywhere. We know that after the incident where Rin dies, Kakashi blames himself for her death and goes in a downward spiral.
Later, he meets Obito again in the Fourth Shinobi World War, and Obito reveals the truth to the audience about how Rin died. Namely, that she had the tailed beast sealed into her, and that it was part of the plan to lure the beast back to the village and cause destruction. We find out that she jumped in front of Kakashi's chidori to kill herself in order to save her village.
Kakashi seems visibly shocked at this news. So, am I right to think that until that point, Kakashi did not know the truth about Rin's sacrifice?
On another point, it seems to explain why no one in the village praised Rin as a hero for her sacrifice, right?


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Does the Hale / Snowdon' surname mean anything?
From "Spell of the Unown: Entei", a.k.a "劇場版ポケットモンスター　結晶塔の帝王　ＥＮＴＥＩ Pocket Monsters the Movie - Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei"
Does the Hale / Snowdon' surname mean anything?
Molly's original name was Mii / Me, for the first-person singular pronoun, with her father being Spencer / Sully...
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Is it a reference to the "snowy" / Icy / Crystalline environment that Greenfield turns into? If so, is there a clear reference? Like a character saying that it looks like snow / ice / etc?


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Who are the AI at the end of Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song? (spoiler)
My question is regarding the ending of Vivy-Fluorite Eye's Song. I will put it beneath a spoiler block just in case someone accidentally clicks on this going through the tag.

 At the end of Vivy-Fluorite Eye's Song we watch Matsumoto save Vivy when the final satellite is going to crash into her. We see that the explosion has damaged Matsumoto and the light fades out of Vivy's eyes.    After the ending credits, we see that Matsumoto is waking up Vivy who is now wearing a short haircut and a different outfit. Matsumoto tells her that her name is Vivy and that her missions to make everyone happy through her singing.    Are these two AIs Vivy and Matsumoto as we know them or are they recreations of them based on saved data? My guess are that these are re-creations since their original "bodies" were destroyed. However, there are more questions with that assumption. If they are re-creations based on saved data, how did they re-create Matsumoto? Are we to assume Yui knew of backup that Professor Matsumoto had? Since Matsumoto was created for the Singularity Project, why would there be a backup?  Continuing on the topic of Vivy being a recreation, is it similar to where she had alter ego Diva up front or is this a brand new AI that is being crafted around the Vivy identity?


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Why didn't Rem kill Light?
Light had betrayed Rem; he had caused L and Watari to be the threat to Misa. So why didn't Rem kill him as well?

Rule XXXIV.3 of the Death Note states:

Only a god of death that has passed on their Death Note to a human is able to kill the owner of the Death Note.

Although Rem had earlier passed Gelus' Death Note to a human, "Light has Ryuk and Rem possess each other's Death Notes, so Ryuk is tied to this notebook for the remainder of the series". Thus Rem could not kill Light, because she had not passed on a Death Note to a human.

This is the answer I have pieced together using this Quora answer and the above-linked wiki page, but it doesn't sit well with me. I can't see anything in the rules that states that if gods of death exchange notes, then the notes they have passed on exchange ownership. Rule XL.3 states that a god of death becomes the owner of a death note they pick up, but the surrounding rules' context would seem to indicate that this only happens if a God of Death dies.


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What did White Fang tell Kakashi about Might Guy in episode 421?
In episode 421, White Fang and Kakashi meets Maito Dai and Might Guy. Kakashi kind of despises Might Guy because he didnt get into the Academy. After that, Might Guy smiles, makes a thumb up with his hand, and tells him "thanks for the support!".
Then, I've seen 2 translations for what White Fang said to Kakashi next. In one of them, he tells Kakashi that "at that pace, that kid is going to surpass you". That's the one I liked better because it sounded like with that attitude Might Guy was going to surpass Kakashi. Then, there is another translation (that might be the right one) which said "at the rate that kid is training, that boy is going to be stronger than you". This sounds like a more realistic translation of what he could say, but I really dont know if it's right.
Which is the most accurate translation? What did White Fang actually say to Kakashi about Might Guy? This is the segment I'm talking about, Kakashi and His Father - Konoha's White Fang Meets Might Guy for the First Time

pretty sure it depends on what platform you watch on, but i got "At the rate he's training, that boy is going to surpass you."

The meaning is same.

@Jdeep ye, but he wants to which one is more accurate/official


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When did Luffy from One Piece say this?
“no matter how hard or impossible it is, never lose sight of your goal” it seems to be quoted everywhere but I can’t find the episode or chapter where Luffy actually says this.

There's a possibility that it's a fictitious quote, similar to this another quote by Luffy.

That said, based on Google search, the oldest record was in November 2011. Based on that date, it should be before the Punk Hazard anime arc and manga volume 65.

He never said this, searched everywhere...


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Does Koji Kashin have memories of his original?
Not sure if it's been revealed in the anime already, but we know (spoilers)

 Koji Kashin (果心居士, Kashin Koji) is a clone of Jiraiya that was created by Amado for the purpose of killing Isshiki Ōtsutsuki. Koji Kashin

But how does he know how to perform the same techniques than the original if apparently nobody taught them how to do them?
Does Koji Kashin have memories of his original?

logically I believe he used to have memories of his original because he got all the Jutsu of Jiraiya, maybe he is working like anbu to safe hidden leaf by killing jigen otsuki. the main reason he was hiding his connection with leaf village is to hide his identity inside kara.

along with what @SayedMohdAli said, considering Naruto's shadow clones hold the same chakra/knowledge as the original, it wouldn't be a far stretch to assume that Kashin Koji holds the memories of Jiraiya, as Orochimaru explained that most created clones (like Shin Uchiha for example) are practically eternal shadow clones until they are killed.


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What does CC sealing her code mean?
So I understand that CC sealed her code to prevent Charles from obtaining it from her. It seems like she lost her memories due to that. My question now is: How exactly does this process work? If not for Marianne, was there a way for her to unseal this again? Was she mortal when the code was sealed, or was she still immortal and really confused?


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Why Isshiki Ōtsutsuki can't go back to Konoha when he was sent to another dimension by Boruto?
In episode 215 of Boruto the anime, Boruto and Sasuke use a trick to send Isshiki Ōtsutsuki to another dimension so they can fight freely without having to worry about Konoha. But when Isshiki Ōtsutsuki was using Jigen as his vessel, he was able to teleport Naruto to another dimension, so he has dimensional abilities. Also, he has the skill of storing various objects in a pocket dimension so he can bring them to the current dimension he is whenever he wants and use them.
Then, why  Isshiki Ōtsutsuki can't go back to Konoha when he was sent to another dimension by Boruto, if he can send people and things to other dimensions?

prolly because he knows hed just be followed by naruto and friends so its better to just dewl with them then find kawaki, but this didnt work because of thou great art called plot

He can but going back to konoha won't work for him.
He needs to find Kawaki before his lifespan pass out and only Naruto knows where he is. So it would be better if Ishikki would deal with Naruto and kill him, due to which the big threat for Ishikki's plan would be elimited.


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Was the AI in Angel Beats really the programmer?
I was looking up who might be the Programmer in Angel Beats and one name doesn't really appear anywhere...the AI. I've put a case together below and was wondering if I could get your thoughts and if you have anything that would assist or reject the idea the AI is actually the programmer.
Firstly it's important to ask, is the AI an NPC? Well there are differences, clearly the AI can think, understand the fundamentals of the world etc however, it's also in a human body, it has similar traits to NPCs.

We know the programmer went mad and eventually turned into an NPC as confirmed by the AI. If you consider the AI an NPC then it could be him.
The AI knows the programmer's name but said you won't know him, ruling out pretty much everyone she knows. Whilst you might argue he didn't say it's "Me" the AI confirmed he "Didn't know anything" meaning if he said his own name as the programmer he wouldn't recognise it to be himself since he's an AI.
The AI didn't create Angel Player, whilst the programmer might not have either it might suggest the AI was put in the world after it's creation. However the programmer didn't create it either, he amended it when he realised there was a bug in the software which is the only reason he was there to begin with.
The programmer was mad, he made some rules before turning into an NPC which the AI follows, who better than to appoint himself of this role and erase his memory so he can forget his love.

Some people might ask why the AI would be so open to letting someone else take over the world, well regardless of whoever the Programmer is, he clearly didn't specify a command not to allow this.
What do you think? Or have I missed something vital?

Perhaps related: Who is the mysterious Programmer of Angel Beats?

Also, looks like you're asking the community whether to confirm/reject your theory. We have a guideline on How do we respond to "Is my theory right?" questions?. So, you may consider [edit]ing the question to have enough context for the topic to be answerable, then posting the theory as an answer so that it can be evaluated independently from the question by the community. Thanks


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What episodes of Shakugan no Shana S2 correspond to what volumes of the LN?
So, I am at around episode 20 of S1 of Shakugan no Shana.
The plan is to read two of the only 3 volumes TLed, in other words volume 7 and 8 and skip ahead somewhere to S2.
Then the plan is to get anime content for volume 9 and read the manga adaptation of the 10th volume (and the wiki summary for the non-TLed volumes of that).
Which episodes should I skip in S2 and which ones should I watch and what volumes do they correspond with?


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Does Beerus have the "Ultra Ego" ability?
The Dragon Ball Wikia claims (without any  reference) Beerus used "Ultra Ego" when fighting Vegeta
Ultra Ego
However, nothing at that time stated that Beerus was using Ultra Ego, and Vegeta named his transformation later in the manga in the fight with Granola. Also, the only thing that it was stated by that time is that Beerus taught Vegeta the power of destruction.
Now, since in the battle with Granola Vegeta uses the power of destruction and a transformation called Ultra Ego at the same time, they are apparently implying this transformation powers are also part of what Beerus taught Vegeta, but Vegeta's transformation is visually different to that of Beerus and the others gods of destruction, with an aura surrounded by flames and changes in the shape of his face.
Is there any reference / explicit mention in the manga or whatever (source material, writer reference, etc.) that Beerus also uses "Ultra Ego", or is this just an assumption/conclusion made by the Wikia?

It is an assumption, yes, but since Beerus was looking to show Vegeta the power of Ultra Ego, it is extremely probable he was using Ultra Ego at the moment. Beerus may not need to explicitly transform to use it and may have used Ultra Ego in previous chapters ; after all, Angels have been shown to use Ultra Instinct without transforming either.


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Why is that some anime never see light of day?
Some anime pilots get made, but not every pilot does. Why is that?

Possible self-duplicate? Why is that some anime anthology films are cancelled?

The pilot didn't get the reaction they wanted, and they conclude that it won't be a money maker.
It is, after all, a business.


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Where should I start reading My Hero Academia after season 5
My Hero Academia just finished season 5 and I wanted to go on with the story and so I wondered where do I start reading the manga after season 5.

I just checked by myself and it continues with the chapter 258, if others want to know.


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Is it worth it to support "old"/"out of season" anime?
I recently went back through my backlog of anime and watched one show that I ended up falling in love with. It came out in 2007-2008. It's a mediocre/good anime that wasn't popular globally but I regretted not watching it when it aired.
I think the anime staff did put in a lot of effort though and I kinda want to support it even though I'm many years late. I plan to get the Blu-Ray box set and maybe some merchandise. The question is: If I'm this late to support a series, where does my support go to and is it worth it?
P.S. Anime is Zettai Karen Children

All though we can't really answer if it's worth it as this will differ from person to person. You can get some insights regarding where the profits go How much do mangaka's profit from anime/merchandise sales, Is anime profitable & how much does a typical anime cost?

@Dimitrimx thanks for the links. They're very insightful. My question if it's worth it is not really meant for my perspective but for the general purpose of supporting anime/manga in general. I suppose it can be rephrased to is it productive or does anything come out of.

As long as it is officially sold your purchase will "count".
Maybe you are also interested in knowing that second seasons for older anime do happen. Mushishi got one a decade after the first season. Zettai Karen Children (2008) got The Unlimited - Hyoubu Kyousuke (2013).
The actual staff producing anime most of the time gets a fixed fee to make the anime and will not see money from success or debt from failure. The financial risk is spread among a production committee. This system is the reason for anime being an industry with so much output every year.
Wanting to support contractors is somewhat misguided. The one that takes the risk is the one in need of support. It's also the one who profits from your purchase and has the ability to turn that money into more anime.

Thanks, I'm not holding out for a second season for multiple factors: One, I know the statistic is something like 5% of anime get a second season and two, many old anime like ZKC don't fit well into the single cour productions that studios nowadays prefer. I might be wrong; Shaman King is coming back after all. I'm watching the Unlimited and will get the BD.
I understand not supporting the contractors part and from @Dimitrimx the best ways are to support the mangaka, get merch and get the BD in that order. Seems I missed the boat as most of that is out of stock everywhere... :(

The Kiseijuu manga (1989-1995) got an anime adaption in 2014. You never know what is going to happen.


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When did using digital graphics tablets for anime production instead of pencil and paper become widespread?
I know anime studios stopped using cels in the late 90s. But in the beginning after switching to digital, they still used to draw on paper and then scan it into the computer. But nowadays, they mostly use a digital graphics tablet to directly draw into the computer. At what year did drawing digitally into the computer become widespread?

Around the time these things became cheaper than the alternative. Probably around 2007 plus a couple of years for everyone to catch on. Except for Ghibli, of course, they still draw on paper. Wouldn't be surprised if they aren't the only ones..


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What does Hanami mean by the words, "Die and become a sage"?
In Jujutsu Kaisen's episode 18 "Sage" (Transcription: "Kenja"; Japanese: 賢者), Hanami disrupts the Goodwill Event and engages Fushiguro Megumi, Inumaki Toge and Kamo Noritoshi in combat. But, just before that, she elaborates on her outlook by saying the following:

The forest, ocean, and sky… They cry out in pain, saying they can't bear it anymore. They can no longer coexist with humans. They know that some humans are kind to this planet, but how much can that kindness make up for?
All they want is time. If there's enough time, this planet can shine again. A time without humans.
Die, and become a sage.

What exactly does Hanami mean by the last line, "Die, and become a sage"? It is clear that Hanami envisions a future for the planet when there are no more humans, but what does it mean to become a sage by dying? Is something being lost in translation, here?
I notice that the episode is titled "Sage", and that Hanami uses the word "Kenja" in this line. Is there some subtlety in the meaning of the word "Kenja" that is not being conveyed accurately through the English word "sage"? Or, is there some cultural notion of "dying and becoming a sage" that I should be aware of in order to understand the import of this line?

There are Japanese account of master sages who manage to transcend their material form and so cease to become human.  This may contain an allusion:  to be so wise as to die would allow you to transcend.

@Mary that’s an interesting perspective. Would love to see a detailed analysis, if possible :)


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Was the complete Guyver manga ever officially released in English?
I have long been a fan of the Guyver. I watched the older 12-part OVA as a kid and I just recently watched the later 26-part anime on YouTube. I really enjoyed it and it seems to cover more of the story than the older version, but it is still not complete.
I am wondering if there was ever an official release of an English translation of the complete Guyver manga? I looked into the US VIZ comic book version, but that seems to cover a similar range of the story to the 26-part anime (i.e. about a third of the manga), so it is not complete. I have found what seems to be an English version of the complete manga online, but I'm not sure if it is official or a fan translation (I won't link it, just in case).

According to ANN and Anisearch: No.
For me it seems that Viz canceled the series back then and lost the license

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Is Aisaka Taiga from ToraDora tsundere
ToraDora is, and most likely will be my favorite anime for a while, but I also ways am asked by my friends if I consider the character to be a tsundere. I personally don't think so because I feel that Ami, one of the other main characters, is the tsundere of the show. She's all light and fluffy to the other characters of the show until she isn't with them and she becomes all cold and distent.

Sorry, just to make sure, are you sure that's what "tsundere" means?

Genki =/= Tsundere. Plus, Taiga is classic tsundere. The purest form of tsundere.

This is somewhat of an opinionated question.

Whenever someone says tsundere, Taiga comes to mind.

Yes, Taiga is a tsundere. So much, that next to the dictionary definition of the word they printed a picture of her face.
No, this anime doesn't have any other tsunderes.


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Blame movie ending - why doesn't Killy go with Cibo and the others?
From what I understood at the end of the Blame anime movie, Cibo almost succeeded. If it hadn't been for the Safeguard attacking the synthetic terminal, she would have succeeded.
So given this, wouldn't it have been best for Killy to stick with Cibo and for them to try again with another synthetic terminal.
But Killy leaves them and says he's looking for a human with the net terminal gene... I don't get it. Why does he do this? The whole ending felt very strange. They just almost saved the world, but Killy is now acting that it was all a lost cause.


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In the first opening of 'Jujutsu Kaisen', what does the water filling the train that Yuji is riding signify?
I'm continuing to try and fully understand the OPs in Jujutsu Kaisen, and right now I'm interested in knowing whether, in the first OP, there is any deeper significance behind Itadori Yuji riding an empty metro train half-asleep while being knee-deep in water.

I suppose the scene is vaguely unsettling simply because of the way the everyday act of riding a metro train is shown to interact with the supernatural — the knee-deep water filling the train, which is empty except for Yuji, who is somewhere between wakefulness and sleep. But, what is the symbolism behind the water filling the train, specifically?
Curiously, near the very end of the OP, one of Ryomen Sukuna's fingers is shown sinking into the water, and a plant is shown to sprout from it as it sinks deeper.

Sukuna's fingers are an integral plot point, that much is fine. But why does a plant grow rapidly from the finger when it enters the water? What is this meant to convey?

This might help.

I think~
Being in the water till knees means he has already drowned in the world of Sorcerers and which is causing him unconsciousness because of Sukuna's fingers or Sukuna himself. And the water will rise more with the uprising number of fingers being in-taken by Itadori.
The only one fish in the water signifies Itadori himself being alone trying to fight for his curse(his grandpa's advice). He is all alone into it coz he is the only one who can vessel Sukuna and control it. And the fish turning into a monster/ trying to attack him by jumping is indicating that how this curse will take his own life and how it is, everyday.
The finger as soon as getting into the water resulting in the leaves formation so rapidly means again Itadori's condition. As the fingers go inside his body, it absorbs it in an instant and tries to take control of it by making him stronger coz of sukuna's power.
Hope I at least kinda satisfied your curiosity.


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Why did they never finish the anime adaptation of "School Live?"
I remember watching the show School Live back in 2018 with my sister on a rainy day, and when we got to the end of the 12 episode core, we thought it was done, and it seemed like it from the way they left it. Around the end of my previous school year (May to June) I read all 12 of the volumes. Here's where I get confused. The anime cuts off with them leaving the school because there had been a fire and all the Zombies get inside until Yuki makes them leave. The way the fire starts is different from the manga too. But the manga continues with them moving around until they get to the college and meet with the "para-military" group consisting of former college students. So on and so forth. The anime never continues to this point, and with many announcements that turn out to be false, at this point I don't know if it'll happen. So, I was wondering why this is. Could someone please explain?

"with many announcements that turn out to be false" were the announcements coming from the official sources, or 3rd-party articles with the usual clickbait headline?

Also related: Why don't anime shows finish the manga?, Why do anime production studios never seem to announce if they plan to cancel a series, often just leaving it in limbo for years?


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Is there a reason why "Excalibur" (Hollow Ataraxia) and "Everything is On Her Hand" (EXTRA) share a motif? Do any other Fate tracks use the motif?
Specifically, this one:

It appears at roughly 1:03 in the Hollow Ataraxia track (immediately following the section that FGO uses as regular Saber Altria's NP BGM), and at 0:33 in the EXTRA track. NUMBER 201 don't normally seem to reuse motifs unless the tracks are related in some way, so I wondered if there's some connection I'm missing? (Even one as small as "the song appeared in promotional material back when they were trying to convince everyone Nero was actually Altria.")


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Why is it the first person who gets a quirk in "Boku no Hero Academia" is a new born?
In the first season of the show, Midoryia explains how the quirks popped up and all, he says that the first one was a child in Qing Qing city, in china. This is where it takes a turn. Everyone so far that you see in the show, or read about in the manga, (for those who aren't explained, it's assumed they manifest at age four). So I was wondering why the first person who manifested their quirk was a newborn. I don't understand.

This might be linked back to the quirk singularity theory.
In the quirk singularity theory, it was explained that, as the generations pass, quirks become stronger and harder to control. This technically also means that, as the generations pass, children have a higher chance of having stronger quirks and also leads to the percentage of quirkless people to lessen, meaning that it is more likely for a child or, in this case, a newborn to have a quirk as compared to people from other generations.
Additionally, it was mentioned that people start to get quirks before/when they turn 4, meaning that, while it is more common for a quirk to appear when someone is 4 years old, it is not impossible for a child to get a quirk before they turn 4: similar to how Present Mic got his quirk when he was born and in turn made the doctor and his parents' ears bleed when he cried.


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Is there any reason behind Todo Aoi and Iori Utahime having similar facial scars?
The third-year student Todo Aoi from Kyoto Jujutsu Tech School has a prominent facial scar on the left side of his face, running vertically over his eye (though it doesn't seem to impair his vision in any way).

The semi-first grade jujutsu sorcerer from the same school, Iori Utahime, who is leading that school's contingent for the Tokyo-Kyoto Sister School Goodwill Event, also has a similar scar running horizontally across the right side of her face.

Is there any reason behind these two characters have these similar scars? Did they perhaps receive this scar under the same (or similar) circumstances?
Alternatively, is it possible that these are not actually scars, but birthmarks of some sort, in which case I would ask whether there is any connection between these two characters other than teacher and student?


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How does Nine from the Boku no Hero Academia movie have All for One's quirk
I was watching the movie Heros Rising and while they were describing how Nine got his quirk it briefly shows "The Doctor". He explains to Nine that he has All for One's quirk, which means he can have nine quirks as well as his own. It's never explained how this works, so I was wondering if anyone caught onto it and look into it more. My only theory is that All for One is just like One for All, where it can be transferred, but that is immediately shut down because the movie has almost connected to the show itself. After all, it would affect the storyline too much. If someone could explain, it would be appreciated.

He gained it through the experiment

he became the test subject of Dr. Daruma Ujiko's experiment, which granted him the Quirk known as All For One, allowing to steal and use up to nine different Quirks.

This is on Wikia,
Nine - My Hero Academia Wikia
The doctor is a mad scientist who experiments on people frequently. Not much is really known other than this and it might be explained more in the future as we know that Shigaraki will inherit All For One's power. And has already started to

Tomura's second Quirk is the original version of All For One used by his master. It allows him to steal other people's Quirks and use them as his own. All For One's first user intended to have Tomura inherit his Quirk

This is both here:
Tomura Shigaraki
And here:
All For One (Quirk)
Perhaps it's given to Nine the same way as a test to see how it could be transferred to Shigaraki. It's complicated but it seems like All for One can definitely be transferred in a way just like One for All just Maybe not by DNA unless it's a different form of DNA such as blood possibly. We don't know what happened during the experiment so I can't say for sure whether blood transfusion was a part of the process or not but it may very well be. Hope this helps.


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Why wasn't Kochikame translated into English? (Official translation and scanlation as well)
The question above says everything. Why wasn't Kochikame translated into English in any form?

Maybe you can include some context.

I can only speculate, but part of it may be cultural, being steeped in Japanese idiosyncrasies might have made it unappealing to foreign companies and another may be how dated it is, its premise of being set at the time of its publication made it hip for its time but is now like watching early Simpsons making Blockbuster jokes and referencing the Waltons. In addition it isn't unique in its absence in the west, a quick scan of the longest running manga will reveal many popular local franchises virtually unheard of abroad. Works like Sazae-san, Dokaben, Cooking Papa, Minami no Teio, etc.


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How did Demegawa and Kira communicate in Death Note?
In the latter part of the Death Note anime, and manga, Kira begins communicating with his followers to give them instructions.
One such instruction is to his "evangelist" Demegawa.

 After Near takes over the investigations Light finds out about the existence of the SPK in America, he sends Demegawa and a mob of Kira worshipers to a building in New Your City to pull Near and the others in front of TV cameras so Misa can kill them with the Death Note.

The instructions were specific enough to get a mob of people to converge on an address at the same time.  I'm guessing Demegawa wouldn't have shown up without some reasonably detailed communication.

Afair, there wasn't any direct communication. ... or maybe it was through takada. hmmmm....


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Does Violet also stubbornly refuse to kill people in the novel [Violet Evergarden]?
In the anime (episode 12) Violet was fighting against the anti-peace rebels on a train but was restrained and almost killed (if not for Dietfried killing these rebels) due to her refusal to kill them.
I’m not sure if I remember it correctly, but the following event that led to the rebels almost achieving their goal of detonating the bridge (which would have killed most passengers on the train) probably wouldn’t have been so close to succeeding if only Violet had killed the rebels right from the beginning of her fight.
While I really liked the story, this single scene has left quite a big shadow. But from what I’ve scraped together on the internet, it seems that in the novel Violet doesn’t have such pacifistic tendencies. While she only fought barehanded in the anime (except in the flashbacks), she’s apparently seen fighting with weapons multiple times in the novel.
Am I right in the conclusion that in the novel Violet is willing to kill people if she needs to (i.e. to prevent other people or herself from getting killed)?
The train scene also seems to be quite different from the anime as Gilbert is supposed to make his entrance there. So, does the scene where Violet refuses to kill her enemies also happen in the novel?


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How did they animate the light in Akira?
Akira is known for pioneering many animation techniques. My questions is pretty specific, though: I'm wondering exactly how they photographed the various glows and lights in the dark and night scenes. I know the bright white lights (e.g. motorcycle headlights) were hand animated using cut-out masks over light tables. But the additive smears (e.g. the motorcycle tail lights) don't seem to use that technique. And even for the light table shots -- how did they combine those with the rest of the frame photographically?  What was the compositing technique for traditional film photographed cel animation?

Related question with answers here: https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/42151/how-this-glow-effect-was-created-in-cel-shaded-anime


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In Monogatari Series, What is the final conclusion of the relationship between Hitagi, Araragi and Suruga?
I've been looking for a right answer to this for some time. It's kind of implied that Hitagi somehow accepts Suruga's statement.
In subsequent arcs it appears that Hitagi wants Araragi and Suruga to get along well for the sake of their relationship.
It seems to me that they got into a kind of relationship with each other, being Hitagi with Suruga and Araragi with Hitagi. I may have misunderstood or mistranslated it, but it seems Hitagi has a romantic relationship with Suruga after Suruga Monkey's arcom.
I would like to know from you if this is true, if someone who knows a lot more could explain their relationship better.