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Did Jiraiya meet Naruto by chance?
According to the Naruto Wiki page on Jiraiya, he

"left Konoha so he could follow Orochimaru's movements, as well as those of "Akatsuki", an organization which Orochimaru had eventually joined."

Orochimaru was at Konoha during the Chuunin Exam Arc, making his first appearance (as far as I remember) during the second phase (in the Forest of Death).
Jiraiya made his first appearance between the preliminaries and the finals (in chapter 90).
There is a fairly short period of time between these two appearances.

We quickly see that Jiraiya knows who Naruto is, as he is trying to control his chakra to walk on water (in chapter 91). He first notices something when he sees Naruto trying to walk on water:

We then have a full confirmation that he knows who he is:

In this chapter he also notices that there is some weird overlaying of seals, which he deduces was Orochimaru's work.

Now, my question is:
Did Naruto and Jiraiya meet by chance, as Jiraiya was tracking down Orochimaru's movements? (in which case Jiraiya only knew who Naruto was after seeing the seal in his stomach)
Or did he know who Naruto was before having seen him trying to walk on water, and tracked him down? (possibly to protect him from Orochimaru, and in which case he would've been watching over Naruto since his parents died)

you are ill informed dude

@debal As you may know, people don't have to accept answers. See this post. And I don't think the answers are "good enough", so accepting one answer here could prevent other users from providing a better answer. Nothing personal, I just don't feel like the question has been answered. :)

@Sandy please refer to my answer.

It probably depends on how far you are with the series:

Jiraya knew who Naruto was from the beginning, Minato talked with Jiraya and made him his godfather, he also told Jiraya they are going to name him Naruto. So he knew about Naruto and watched over him from birth and started training him later on.

They didn't meet by chance, he already knew about Naruto and the seal, he knew about the 4th's seal, that's how he knew it had been tampered with by Orochimaru.
I think this is the case, Jiraya said he was getting research for his book, but I think Jiraya, being his godfather, tracked him down to begin his training.

I know that he knew who Naruto was, my doubt is whether he knew that that boy was Naruto or if he just knew once he saw the seal (shown in the manga above).

As he was really close to Minato he probably recognized the seal that was the speciality to the family of Naruto's mother( forgot her name ). He probably recognized him that way, He might have been able to recognize him as he did see Naruto at birth ( and if you are further on in the series) you would notice his face from then and now don't differ that much

@Dimitrimx her names kushina btw

Something that most of the answers have missed is Jiriya was the keeper of the key to the seal that was used to seal the nine tailed fox. So he has to know about Naruto being the Jinchuriki.
Next point is, the name "Naruto" is actually the name of the character that Jiraya created in his first book. In later episodes it is shown that Minato decided that he too would name his child as Naruto, and Jiraya comments that, that makes him the godfather to the child.
Now, had Jiraya known Naruto by name and face is just speculation, as no substantial information has been provided in this matter, but he is sure to have recognised who this "Naruto" is once Naruto mentions his name to him. Furthermore, once he sees the seal on Naruto's stomach (the key of which lock lies with him) there shouldn't be any more doubts for him.

Jiraiya knew Naruto's parents, well actually he knew the whole backstory. So, he would have definitely known that Naruto is the 'nine tails' from start. He didn't come forward because Naruto was not ready. As we see, the first time they meet, Jiraiya was acting like he didn't care about Naruto, but right after commits to train him.

Jiraiya should have already known who Naruto was because he knew Minato (4th hokage). Naruto and his dad Minato look so much alike, as Jiraiya said himself in one of the episodes, so he probably was acting as if he didn't know Naruto.  Plus, Minato asked Jiraiya if he could name his son Naruto after the character in the book Jiraiya wrote ("tales of a gutsy ninja").


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What caused the shift in the world after the climax of the show?
At the end of the show, it was implied that…

 …the world was pretty much destroyed and recreated, with only a few select people remembering the changes and what happened. The currency of Japan also shifted from the Japanese Yen to the US Dollar.

What could possibly cause the shift in currency? Was anything revealed about the motives of Masakaki and/or the Midas bank?
It seems doubtful that the two had the best interests of the human economy in mind...
Was there some higher power (or deeper conspiracy) at play masterminding almost everything surrounding the Financial Districts, and simply playing along with the decisions made by the Entres?

What could possibly cause the shift in currency?
During Kimimaro and Mikuni duel Takedasaki spreads rumors to cause the Japanese Yen to become useless thus is's exchange rate with Midas money shrink, this causes the Midas money to appear in Japan to everyone, even some of the bills are half Midas. This was done to weaken Mikuni in his Deals.
The Bank of Midas closes as Japan's Yen has no worth so it can't continue trading, C passes though Japan as it has no worth and allowing Kimimaro to deal the final punch to win the Deal and reverse the Printing Press, returning all the Midas Money back to the bank and getting Japan and it's people's future back.
Japan's economy is rebuilt as since the Yen is useless it adopts the US Dollar, it's believed that also reality has shifted like always to make it so that everything that transpired (C, the falling value of the Yen, discovery of the Midas Money in the Yen) never occurred, this is different from Singapore as it just went bankrupt because it had no mney left while Japan had money, it just was useless. This occurs while Kimimaro is speaking to Midas himself.

Was anything revealed about the motives of Masakaki and/or the Midas bank?
The Masakaki's motives are the protection of their financial districts which is why the Japanese one gets annoyed when the US is able to push C back to Japan.
When Kimimaro wakes up in reality he notices the changes, include where he and Hanabi are total strangers now. The Japanese Masakaki appears apologizing about Hanabi and presents him with a card from the Bank of Midas telling him that the Financial District will always exist, as long as there are futures left to take and if he wants to use the card he can revive the Japanese Final District by calling for Masakaki.
Midas on the other hand, he seems to just put the financial districts out there, allowing people to use them however they see fit well making sure they knew the price was to gain all this money which can be used for anything
As for your question about some grand mastermind, unless there was some group behind C actually occurring there is none, The Starling Guild know about the first instance of C and the effects the Bank of Midas had on reality and was trying to mitigate the damage done, in a sense they were masterminding mostly every Deal to reduce damage, however when C started Mikuni got to rash and was about to do the exact opposite of what he had started the Starling Guild to do.
As for C itself, it seems to be a financial collapse which can ripple though global markets, it's more something that ca occur in reality normally but it's effects are more devastating because C originates and affects the financial districts which in turn affect reality

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In Mobile suit Gundam ZZ, how was Judau able to control the separated parts of his Gundam?
I believe it was episode 47 when Judau battles Hammon Karn's Qubeley. Hammon manages to get hold of the Gundam Double Zeta. In order to break free, Judau separates his Gundam (it has three components, each with its own cockpit). Then there is some nonsense about the two leaving their mobile suits, Hammon with a gun and Judau with some metal rod. When Judau returns to his Gundam, he is able to use his Newtype powers to take control of the parts of his Gundam and reassemble them.
Now, in other instances where Newtype powers resonate with the pilot's mobile suit and result in some kind of physical action, it is attributed to the Psycommu. However, this is introduced to Federation and Aeug suits until the 2nd Neo Zeon War (this was the first) and double Zeta Gundam definitely did not have a Psycommu system.
There are two other instances I found where similar occurrences happened. One was when Amuro prevented Axis from crashing into Earth in what was to become known as the Axis shock. The other was when Banagher was able to link the Garencieres with the Nahel Argama. However, these two instances involve Gundams with Psycommu systems installed.
What explanation for Judau's abilities are there? Does this supersede the realm of science fiction? Would this be a deus ex machina?
Edit: I believe my initial assumptions when asking my questions were a bit incorrect. The Psycommu system was around since the 1 year war, present in several mobile armors including but not limited to Lalah's Elmeth and Char's Zeong. In Char's Deleted Affair, it is incorporated greatly into the mobile suit designs on Axis and eventually led to the creation of the Qubeley. The Psycho frame on the other hand wasn't introduced until the 2nd Neo Zeon War. I had the two systems confused. It was the Psycho frame which allowed the Axis shock to occur and allowed Banagher to get the Garencieres into space. However, the question still stands, How did Judau manage to reassemble his Gundam which lacked the psycho frame and psycommu?

As far as I researched it was a combination of plew's spirit and Psycho Frame of Qubeley, but still no clear data can be found on this, but as a reference we can see in the final episode of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Kamille fights with spirits of his friends to destroy Paptimus Scirocco's mobile suit.

That actually seems like a reasonable explanation. I remember towards the end of Char's Counter Attack,Chan Agi tries to bring a tiny piece of Psycho frame to Amuro, indicating the mere proximity of the technology is enough to enhance Newtype abilities.

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Why did the shinobi become weaker with every generation?
I've noticed that the most powerful Ninja seemed to be from older generations.
First came Rikudo Senin, then Hashirama and Madara, then successive Hokages.
But shouldn't skills and techniques improve over time?
I mean to say shouldn't there be at least one person more powerful than Rikudo Senin in the current generation?

One reason that can explain this is the need for 'power' or 'skills' decreased over time. Whenever there was raging destruction and war, powerful shinobi emerged to sustain the survival of their respective clans. After Hashirama and Madara established the leaf village, peace and prosperity spread everywhere, as more peaceful villages emerged. This was explained in one of the recent manga chapters : people took the truce between the most powerful clans as an example and decided to take a break from war. With no raging battles or major wars, the need for highly skilled shinobi declined and people started exploring other professions.
My guess is that Rikudo Senin was born with certain special skills and trained unimaginably hard in his generation to overcome the terror of the ten tails.
This also explains why Naruto and Sasuke have trained so extensively on the way to become the most powerful of their generation. The experiments of Orichimaru in reviving the dead, the Akatsuki's goals and conflicting views of Naruto and Sasuke were indicators of a potential major war coming up!


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Doesn't letting the non-existent students do exams acknowledge their existence?
This contains spoilers for Another, which is somewhat new (the anime is from 2012).
Another is an anime series about a cursed classroom. The students (and teachers) have designed a countermeasure to avoid the curse from triggering each year, which consists on completely ignoring a student (treating them as non-existent). By doing this, the number of students in the classroom is technically decreased by one, which makes up for the extra dead student that got mixed in the class.
Misaki is the chosen student to be ignored by the classroom this year. After a mess up, Sakakibara is also ignored.
However, if I'm not mistaken, during exam periods, both students (Misaki and Sakakibara) have exam papers. Why? Doesn't giving them exam papers pretty much acknowledge that they exist? Doesn't that break the entire countermeasure? (from the point of view of the classroom)
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For clarification: the countermeasure involves people directly related to the class. This means, students that belong to this classroom and teachers that teach this class. External students and teachers from other classrooms are not involved with the curse, so they may interact with the non-existent students just fine.
The librarian, and students from the art club etc, have no problem interacting with the non-existent students.
The external students/teachers are not very well aware of the curse though. The cursed classroom tries not to talk about it with others.

... Presumably the teacher isn't ignoring them.  I mean, bullying is one thing, but there'd be a lot more questions asked if somebody didn't have an entry in the school roster, never took home a report card, etc.  And are they only ignored in the classroom itself, or completely (outside of school)?

@Clockwork-Muse: The countermeasure involves anyone directly involved with the classroom (both students and teachers have to ignore the kids). People from other classrooms (students and teachers) may interact with them just fine. Also, the non-existant students do have entries in the roster, but they have a red line crossing their entries, somewhat indicating that they no longer belong to the course.

I was thinking about this as well. Thinking of ignoring someone is somehow having to acknowledge their existence to be ignored. Like in the saying "expect the unexpected", doesn't that make the unexpected the expected? Well, this maybe a plot hole or something. :D

@xjshiya: Well, for that case, I suppose that the students can think whatever they wish, as long as their actual actions ignore the non-existent students. The odd thing is this, about the teacher giving them exam papers. Shouldn't he just not give them anything? :/

Yeah that's probably it. :)

I doubt there is an answer to this question. You could call it a plot hole I guess, but I find it unlikely that there is any official reason/explanation for such an oversight.

@Omega well we do know for a fact, that the students really notice misaki (and later sakakibara) but they choose to ignore them. (see their reactions when sakakibara asks about misaki) these two are even going on the class-trip. so it might very well be the case, that only the actions of the students decide the triggering of the curse

@Vogel612: The class trip was after everyone gave up ignoring them, I think (because they realized that the deaths were continuing anyway, so they decided to do a class trip to the shrine and pray there). Also, if the curse is only related to the students' actions, why would the professor cross out Sakakibara's entry in the roster?

I believe i can answer but as i have not found it and can not remember well, can you tell me in which episode the exam paper scene you mentioned occurred?

There’s a very possible explanation for how the ignored pupil get their exam papers. The teachers could just print out five or so spare exam papers ‘in case they get lost’. Giving it out to the ignored pupil could be avoided by just leaving the spares on the teacher’s desk and making the ignored pupil get it themself. Along the same lines, the teacher can ask for the collected papers to be put on their desk and the ignored pupil just puts their paper on the same stack before the teacher takes them away.
The main difficulty remains how the teacher is able to mark the entire exam without unignoring the ignored pupil. But maybe this can be explained by assuming that the teacher just marks them one by one by one and does not count the number of papers they marked. So they accidentally mark one exam too much unknowingly. Or marking is done by other teachers not directly associated with the class. The latter could fail if that is not a common concept though, because it would include the other teacher realising there is one extraneous sheet in there. Unless they don’t know the actual number of pupils in 3-3.

That's why success rate of this countermeasure was only 50%. "Sometimes it worked and sometimes it was completely failed. Sometimes there were obvious reasons and sometimes reasons were completely unknown." These similar lines were spoken by chibiki.
Although they were ignoring the non-existent, yet somehow they were being acknowledged at some moments.


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What's the deal with Orochimaru and seals?
During the chunin exams, when Orochimaru attacked Konoha, the Third Hokage managed to seal the hands of Orochimaru, rendering him incapable of using any jutsus.
But later in the series we see that Orochimaru did use jutsus. For eg, during the battle with Naruto he uses the Kawarimi no Jutsu.
Though it has not been depicted that he uses hand seals to perform Kawarimi no Jutsu, but I presume that a jutsu of that level needs a hand seal to be pulled off.
So, Orochimaru had never lost his jutsus.
Next, Sasuke managed to absorb Orochimaru into his body which was sealed off by Itachi using the sealing powers of Sword of Totsuka. How then is it possible for Orochimaru to be present in someone else's body and "pop out at will".
So how is it that no sealing techniques work upon Orochimaru?
How Orochimaru resurrected the 4 Hokages.

Harikrishnan T's answer covers most of it. I'll answer the part of how could he use Jutsu.
Hand seals are a form of technique to focus one's chakra, in order to perform a specific jutsu. As you progress is proficiency and power, you can focus your chakra more and more innately, without the need for hand seals.
The example for this is that Zabuza required more than 40 hand seals to perform the Water Dragon Bullet, while the Second only required one.

That's why Orochimaru was able to use the most basic technique without the use of his hands (such as the Replacement Jutsu). As for the rest, I recall Kabuto doing the hand seals for him whenever he required a more advanced jutsu (such as the Summoning Jutsu).

There was only a part of Orochimaru that was in Sasuke's body. I believe that the curse mark transfers a part of his chakra and thus a part of himself into the body of the target.
It was the part of Orochimaru that was inside Sasuke that was sealed away by Itachi using the sealing powers of Sword of Totsuka. But a part of him still lived inside the others who carried the curse mark and his chakra was there with Kabuto, who absorbed Orochimaru after Sasuke killed his main body.
Remember that Orochimaru was very weak when Sasuke revived him that he had to absorb his chakra from Kabuto to become somewhat normal again.

And it is not true that Orochimaru couldn't be sealed.The 3rd Hokage couldn't seal him just because he was too weak by then to pull Orochimaru with him. And it is not that Orochimaru can pop-out at will from anyone's body. Sasuke resurrected him. He didn't pop-out at will.

This still doesn't explain how Orochimaru was unable to use jutsus in the original naruto series after his hands got sealed, and use jutsus in the Shippuden series. Remember he uses the Sanjū Rashōmon(Triple Rashōmon) during his battle with Naruto

His hands got sealed by the 3rd  right? So he might have used another body to continue using seals.

Its confusing, a part of his soul is sealed, but he can utilise it like nothing ever happened?

Where is it told that a part of his soul is sealed by the 3rd? 3rd failed to seal his soul.

Wasn't the hands, that was sealed, a part of his soul?? That was the part that was severed by the death reaper just before sealing them off

@debal: Soul and body are different. Soul is a kind spiritual energy. It has nothing to do with physical body. Remember the Human Path of the sage of six paths/pain. It just absorbs the soul, but the body is not damaged at all.

So what was it that the death reaper cut off? The death reaper does not seal the physical body, but rather the spiritual body. And that is what the death reaper cut off and sealed in him.

To clarify that, i do believe death reaper seals the physical body also. Because, one needs the physical dead body of a person to perform Edo Tendsei. But Orochimar ressurected the Hokages by just breaking the reapers stomach. Doesn't that mean the seal takes in the physical body as well? It is said nowhere that the death reaper don't take the physical body. I Orochimaru's case the death reaper maynot have been able to touch his soul but succeeded in making physical damage.
PS: the comments are getting long enough, i think it would be better to take this to a chat if we need to discuss further

No he did not. Orochimaru used the bodies of the white zetsus to ressurect the 4 hokages

Edo tensei needs the deadbody as well as another body which is converted into the resurrected person. Orochimaru used the white zetsus as the bodies to transfer their souls into, not instead of dead bodies of Hokages. Using bodies of white zetsus alone, one can only resurrect white zetsu's not the hokages.

@HarikrishnanT: You only need one victim, one soul, and some DNA to activate Edo Tensei, you don't need  the whole body. For example, By the time he was resurrected, Madara's body (heck, Hashirama's body!) would turn into bones, Possibly dust.

Remember how Kabuto resurrected Danzo's body gaurd(I forgot his name). He was killed and his partners body was used to resurrect him.

@HarikrishnanT please refer to the manga chapter 618, and you'll see that Orochimaru mentions that he indeed has the DNA of the 4 hokages. So your assumption about the Death reaper seal sealing only physical body is wrong. It indeed seals spiritual body. I have included a snapshot of the mange in my edit.

Orochimaru had dedicated himself to the path of Kinjutsu. This means that he is using mostly forbidden jutsu. Because of his endless experimentation on himself to become even more powerful, he moved to a place above natural law.
He's living on a different set of rules than the rest of the ninja world, and so is his village (if there is anything left of it).
He sought immortality so that he could master every jutsu, even the science of creating jutsu.
As for being in different bodies and popping out of them, here is what I've observed from the manga: he infects a person with himself. Look at Kabuto. That was a serious infection. The curse mark is another example. The curse mark is purely a technique developed by Orochimaru, and infects people with his power. Although the level and type of infection in Kabuto vs. Sasuke is inherently different.
He is "above" being sealed because he warped himself into a viral entity, or a "demon" as the 3rd Hokage called him. Even the Nine-Tailed Fox could be sealed because he is a natural force of nature. There is nothing natural about Orochimaru!

I don't know how accurate this answer is. All of Orochimaru's techniques are well explained, there's nothing unnatural about him. Relatively to the Uchiha, he's actually pretty weak. Also, this answer doesn't seem to answer the question at all. It's all praise for Orochimaru, but there's nothing here that explains how he could perform techniques even though his hands are cursed.

i agree with @MadaraUchiha. In the Sanin Showdown, kabuto had to perform the jutsus for orochimaru, but later in the shippuden series, Orochimaru could himself perform the actions.


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Is Brook able to drown?
It is known that the Yomi Yomi no Mi fruit will only revive its user once, and also that Devil Fruit users can't swim, so I was wondering... What would happen if Brook falls into the ocean? I mean, even if he's alive, as a skeleton he has no lungs, so he should just be unable to go back to the surface, shouldn't he?

He's just a skeleton obviously, so he's not really breathing, however, when his body gets drowned slowly by the seawater, his strength begins to fade away (Chapter 493, page 7):

And from this scene, I imagine if he falls into the ocean, like all Devil Fruit users, he will be powerless and be unable to resurface unless helped.

I imagine it would work something like this:
As a Devil Fruit user, he'd be rendered weak by the submersion. But we've also seen instances of Devil Fruit users' powers being somewhat nullified by submersion in seawater (specified since I have no idea if it applies to bath water, pool water, etc.). For example, Luffy was unable to stretch himself in the Arlong Park arc, but his head was still brought above water by third parties. Similarly, in the Enies Lobby arc, Chopper's rampage was stopped when Franky threw him into the sea, transforming him back into little Chopper.
My thought was that since Brook can't drown, as he has no lungs, the fact that he was submersed in seawater would nullify his Devil Fruit power and his soul would leave his body at the bottom of the ocean.
Just a thought.

As a skeleton, he has no lungs to drown with. As a Devil Fruit user, he cannot move underwater.
You can make theories about how he works all you want, but as far as we've seen, there is no proof that he can die unless you destroy his skeleton. And even then, we've seen him pull his head back on using his spirit.
It is a known fact that skeletons decompose in salt water, it just takes five or ten years to accomplish. However, we've seen Luffy attack people while his limbs are underwater (Fishman arc) using Haki to protect his stretchy arms, so I'd assume that if Brook ever learned full-body (or full-skeleton?) Haki, he could not only survive the ocean but even walk about underwater unharmed. Swimming I doubt, as he has no flesh to move the water out of his way with. But would he survive? Most certainly.
So to sum it up: Brook COULD survive underwater for five or ten years in paralysis, or indefinitely (or as long as Haki lasts) with full-body Busoshoku Haki.

Michael brought up the topic of Luffy when nullified. He did tell his Devil Fruit being nullified underwater but was used by a "third party", so Devil Fruits can still function but the user is paralyzed I think.
So if Brook goes underwater, he doesn't drown because he's breathing nothing literally, so he won't drown. But let's say maybe he's underwater like Luffy. Just like drowning in a dreamlike situation, but he's unconscious like having a battery used 5x faster so it'll be null. But Brook won't die, he'll get unconscious, like "unconscious mode" underwater, so he'll be unconscious only. Even if he ejects his soul in the body because the body is the source of him.
And by Luffy, as his Devil Fruit abilities are still going to be functioning by other people as a third party, well, I don't know about Brook, but he's still having his abilities, but he's like paralyzed.

Like all Devil Fruit users, Brook won't be able the move if he is fully submerged underwater, that's a fact.
But will he drown? We've seen Jack the Drought Mammoth guy got trapped in the sea floor still alive but unable to swim himself up, waiting for someone to rescue him because he was a fishman-human hybrid. We don't know whether Brook will drown or not because, during Fishman Island, he was wearing an oxygen bubble underwater, meaning he somehow breathed. Otherwise, he wouldn't need it since he was fully submerged in the water anyway (episode 538).
I always theorized that Brook had invisible organs that could not be touched or felt since he eats and poops, and that requires organs to break down his food and give him energy like all living things. If my theory is correct, then Brook will drown underwater.

I think you asked this question because you have seen Brook running on water.
No, Brook isn't actually able to drown as he has eaten a Devil Fruit, namely the Revive-Revive Fruit, but he can't die as he is already dead.
As per Brook's statement, when a person who has eaten this particular fruit has died, his soul would have to descend to Earth and find its body to be revived. But Brook happened to die in the Florian Triangle, which was so engulfed in darkness that Brook's spirit had trouble finding the body. And when he finally found it, Brook had already turned into a skeleton.
But we also see that Brook is able to literally "run" on water. This is because he is a very light-weight person. But of he were to stop running, he would immediately sink.
Had Brook's spirit found its body before he became a skeleton, then Brook wouldn't be so light as he is, thus he wouldn't be able to run on water.
So, if he is dropped into the ocean, he can survive by running on the Ocean's surface. But if he is released under the ocean like from a submarine, then he would lose his strength, but we can't say that he would die cus he is already dead.
It was a Skull Joke

I don't see how any of this answers the question of whether Brook can drown or not. You say that he can, but offer no evidence. How do you know Brook can drown?

He can run on the ocean when he falls down from ABOVE. But he can drown when he is released into the water under the surface. Something like he is seated in the Shark Submersible, the submarine breaks down, he comes into contact with water, loses strength and drowns. Just a thought

That's not the part I'm questioning. The part I'm questioning - and the entire point of the question - is the actual "drown" bit. How do you know that that's what will happen if he's released underwater? Is he, as a skeleton, actually physically capable of drowning?

He's bound to drown cus he is a Devil Fruit eater, as soon as he makes contact with water, he drowns. I mentioned his running on water cus he is so light that he can run on water before he loses his strength.

Also bones are pretty heavy and dense compared to water. He is just bones, even if he was just a dead skeleton he would just drown.

"he is a Devil Fruit eater, as soon as he makes contact with water, he drowns" - is that how it works? I thought Devil Fruit users were merely unable to swim. Note that "dying as soon as you touch water" still doesn't count as drowning. "He is just bones" - in that case, wouldn't that mean he has no respiratory system, and therefore cannot drown?

Basically, this question can be rephrased as "Does Brook need to breathe?" If he does, then he can drown; if he doesn't, then he can't (because lack of air won't kill him). You need to address that in order to answer this.

Drowning is not surviving under water, it's being unable to go up to the surface of the water and continuously going down. Brook is literally BONES, on top of that he is already dead, he is talking bones. Just why does he even need to breathe. He won't die due to suffocation, he's already dead, but he would sink and not rise up until someone helps him

He ACTUALLY has no respiratory system.

"Drowning is [...] being unable to go up to the surface of the water and continuously going down." No, that's sinking. Drowning is when your lungs fill with water and you die from lack of oxygen. If Brook has no lungs, then he can't drown.

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Was Kyon in love with Haruhi?
It was not directly stated in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya that Haruhi has feelings for Kyon but it can be assumed that she had because of her attitude towards him (like trying to fix her hair in pony-tail since Kyon told her before that it suits her, or having Kyon the only person with her when she subconsciously wanted to change the world).
And it wasn't also directly stated that Kyon had feelings for Haruhi. More frequently, Kyon is shown to have feelings for Asahina instead. Though, there are times that it can be seen that Kyon cared for Haruhi.
My question is, was Kyon in love with (or did he developed some affectionate feelings for) Haruhi? If so, is it possible that that feeling was caused by Haruhi's power and not Kyon's real feelings (since Haruhi can just think of having an esper, time traveler and alien would be great, and it will exist)? If he is not really in love with Haruhi or if he is in love with Asahina, then, why isn't he affected of Haruhi's power (assuming that Haruhi thought that having Kyon in love with her would be great)? Or is it that Haruhi didn't think of something like that (this seems to be impossible since she even dragged Kyon when she was about to change the world) or she's not really in love with Kyon (seems not the case as well)? Or Haruhi's power doesn't affect people's feelings? If Kyon is really in love with her (from the bottom of his heart and not from Haruhi's powers), then how can it be? Was Kyon the exception to Haruhi's rule or Kyon can somehow nullify Haruhi's power?

Kyon has a thing for ponytails.

@Krazer After reading the (quite) long question, only to expect the most eloquent answer scrutinizing things like Kyon being an unreliable narrator, various theories on Haruhi being (spoiler) - I instead saw this. Damn, you made my day :D

There are a LOT of theories on this one, and some of them have been discussed in the other answers. However, just to add: Kyon might simply be inexperienced with relationships. He just doesn't want to admit he loves her.

I don't have a complete answer to whether Kyon likes Haruhi or not, but if he does, I don't think it's because of her powers. If it were, why did he stop her from remaking the world into their personal love nest at the end of The Melancholy? My theory is that Haruhi likes Kyon just as he is, and for that reason, her subconscious never lets her powers affect him, since he's one part of the world that she doesn't want to change.

Have you seen The Time Traveller's Wife?

There's not going to be a definitive answer to this question, and that's probably intentional on the part of the franchise creator.  That said, there is one school of thought that says that it is Kyon in fact who subconsciously controls the world, and that Haruhi's powers and the strange visitors and Kyon's involvement with them are all actually to satisfy Kyon's suppressed desire for a more interesting life.
Consider that things generally go Kyon's way and that it is Kyon, not Haruhi, who gets to enjoy the fruits of being surrounded by aliens, time travelers, and espers.  And of course Kyon gets to show affection for, and for the most part have it returned by, all of the female characters, and Koizumi does not compete with him at all in that department.
So ultimately, does the world really exist to satisfy Haruhi, or to satisfy Kyon?  And if everyone is who they are simply because Kyon wills it to be so, can he really love any of them?

Koizumi seems to be suppressing his own personality and creating a fake one to let him fulfill his role in Haruhi's life. Competing with Kyon for the girls' affections would go against that role. That's why he doesn't do it.

I believe that Haruhi and Kyon are interlinked through the universe. The light novels, manga, anime and movie all strongly suggest that one cannot live without the other. In order for any world to exist, they must be together.
I speculate that the feelings he experiences with Mikuru is purely physical. He's a 14-15 year old boy and he's in front of a big-chested, yet timid girl - of course you'd like that. In contrast, Nagato's character is more difficult to read, and I would need to re-read and re-watch the series to get a full grasp on their relationship. However, it should be noted that Yuki only steps out of her role as the passive observer to the active member when Kyon's life, or her interests come into jeopardy. And I believe that Kyon gives Yuki the individualism that she has desired since birth, so in a way, the two compliment one another and serve as mirror images to each others characters.
I could support this by analyzing the relationship between Yuki-Mikuru, seeing that Kyon regards her as a loveable sex object, whereas Yuki regards her simply as an object. Unimportant.
Back to Haruhi, which I believe Kyon has a real, founded and amazing romantic relationship with. Haruhi compliments Kyon perfectly, and vice versa too! Only Haruhi can make Kyon act and change as a character. As much as Kyon complains, it is only through Haruhi that he gains a real experience in his everyday life. For Haruhi, Kyon is the only person who can ground her without ridiculing her, the only one who challenges her authority and the only one who can say 'no' to her and get away with it. And as much as she bickers and bitches at him, she goes through the most change when she finally accepts his advice and at times, his criticism. To be plain, and to reference the series greatest episode The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Chapter VI, they mutually create a closed space in order to explore their true desires for one another.
Kyon, wishing to return to old world, whilst Haruhi wishes to remain in a fantasy; normally, such contrasting views would result in the world's end. However, it is Kyon's realization that he likes Haruhi simply because she is Haruhi, that changes everything. It's his realization that he may like Mikuru because she's hot, and he may like Yuki because she's a bad ass, but he likes Haruhi because she's just... Haruhi. "A teacher would ask, what does this person mean to you?" asks Kyon, and he answers himself saying that he doesn't give a shit about whether she's an a hope for evolution, a time anomaly, or a god. To Kyon, and that matter to Haruhi, she's just herself and in that, in being herself, she's perfect. I think he realizes that Haruhi, in turn, loves him because he's simply himself. Not because he can control her, contain her and appease her like the others, but because he's the only other person who can look at her and go "You're an idiot".

Okay, there are a lot of theories regarding this topic. I guess there truth is, the couple you support, you are determined to find parts in the movie that hints that they like each other. Even if it doesn't generally mean that, you interpret it to be and bend your mind to find reasons.
In the end, it's just an anime however lol, I'm still dying to find out who Kyon ends up with, though we all know it's most probably Haruhi. It's nearly always been the fact that main girl gets main boy and the start of the anime has been quite obvious about that. However, I have to admit as it progressed along, it seemed as Kyon told his point of view in the narration that he favoured Mikuru in a crush-sort of kind of way and Yuki in her own unique way- how she always saved him and was so intelligent, however it seemed the longer the series went, the more annoying and irritating he found Haruhi to be.
Though, in the Disappearance of Haruhi, I think he began to realise/or show the viewers that Haruhi was in fact an important piece of his life and all her annoying crazy ideas actually made the world he live in better. However, this is also the part he actually shows his obvious fondness of Yuki, at the last part when it was snowing and he was determined to save her. For once in the anime, his fondness of Yuki and Haruhi and not just Mikuru was revealed to the audience, though it was not necessarily then he realised it.
All in all, it's quite obvious that Haruhi and Kyon are going to end up together, even though they find each other sometimes unbearable and annoying. To be honest, I always liked Itsuki Koizumi and Haruhi together- I thought he would treat her better than Kyon, the lady's man and playa but however, I can kind of see obviously that even if Koizumi did like Haruhi, it was completely one-sided.
It's sad when your favourite couples don't get together but you just have to get over the fact and anyway, the pairings are usually quite obvious already in the start of the anime or by the main characters. Just remind yourself that it's an anime and have a box of tissues by your side. T_T

Personally, I think that no matter what happens in the future and or who he chooses, Kyon inevitably always stays with Haruhi. Whether it develops romantically or not, that's his choice because out of all the characters, he's the most human with the most free will.
Kyon will most likely have flings in the future but the fact that his fate is forever entwined with Haruhi remains as the ultimate truth. I hate to think it but I believe that Kyon never truly acts on his feelings for Nagato because even though she is constantly changing, she was born an alien with a specific duty. Nagato will never be truly free to persue any form of romantic relationship with Kyon and so she will never choose him over Haruhi.
Now for Mikuru? I also believe that nothing truly serious develops between Kyon and her. Her future self may be in love with him but because she willingly distances herself from him due to the fear of Haruhi's reaction if they had a relationship. Along with Nagato, Mikuru's sole purpose is to observe and aid Haruhi's development. Even though she may fall for Kyon, which is apparent every time she sees the present Kyon by her future self, she maintains the distance and even warns him to keep such distance in the future because she knows that she will only suffer from having to restrain her own desires and feelings towards him. Thus, Kyon is more likely to never end up with any of the two despite his interests.
It's sad to say that Kyon and Haruhi may date other people in the future and experience different things but they'll always be stuck with each other, forever in an unyielding loop of a love/hate relationship.

I remember something Kyon thought of from Endless Eight (in the light novel The Rampage of):
"Sleeping together like this, Haruhi and Asahina-san is a decent competition. Maybe some people would even prefer Haruhi."
"Hmmm...definitely."

Kyon was never in a "Haruhi or Yuki: who do you like more, go!" position at any point during the Dissapearance novel or movie. If you interpret it as such, you're either not paying very close attention, or it's just a mis-interpretation of the character's motivation.
It is cognitively dissonant to even imply that Kyon rejected the alternate world "for Haruhi". If you didn't notice, Haruhi existed in the alternate world, with the exact same personality. The book even clearly states that the only one who changed was Yuki herself.
Kyon's preference of the old world over the new one was purely due to the fact that the old one was more interesting and adventurous because it was supernatural. That, and the fact that he liked the old Yuki better than the completely new one.
That being said, we don't know who Kyon loves, but it's clear that he has strong feelings for all of the three girls, as the books and series go forward.
Take this quote from Charmed at First Sight Lover, for example:
"In the past few months since we met, I've shared many memories with Nagato. Though I've also shared memories with Haruhi, Asahina-san and Koizumi, I found that I've experienced more events with Nagato in particular. In fact, every situation seems to involve her. I might as well mention this, she's probably the only person to cause the bell within me to shake the most vigorously. No matter what happens, Haruhi would always find a way out, Asahina-san only needs to remain as herself, while Koizumi can go to hell for all I care, but..."

I'm not only asking about the movie but the whole anime series and movie in general.

Or you could argue that being God is to Kyon an essential part of who Haruhi is and part of why he's in love with her.

According to haruhi.wikia.com:

Kyon believes Haruhi to be an annoying and reckless girl, although he believes she can be a kind, talented person if she learns to calm down and help others instead of demanding things. Throughout the series, Kyon develops a love/hate relationship with Haruhi; he always complains about Haruhi's unreasonable demands, yet he still helps to accomplish most of them.
Unlike the other three Brigade members, Kyon sees Haruhi more like a human than a mysterious factor, and treats her like one, which leads to several risks of her destroying the world. Despite this he firmly maintains that one of these days she would "have to learn her lesson" and frequently complains about needing to help control closed space (which is why he must submit to Haruhi's demands).
Kyon was the only person to address Haruhi by her first name (without honorifics). Kyon wishes that Haruhi would return to a normal life, and as he says in "Charmed at First Sight LOVER", he wishes she would get a boyfriend so that he would not have to go through so much work.

In regards to his relationships with other people,

Seeing the human version of Yuki in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya leaves a strong effect on him where in fact it was so strong that he believes that Yuki actions to alter the world is because of 'love', and he tries to keep up with her emotional development. He becomes jealous when Nakagawa believes he loves her in "Charmed at First Sight LOVER", and Kyon admits he has feelings for Yuki (romantically, friendship-wise, or familial-wise) in the same chapter.

Regarding Asahina:

Kyon has an interest in Mikuru, which is somewhat flirtatious given that he keeps files of her pictures. In fact, Kyon was attracted to Mikuru more than any other female members of SOS Brigade because of her beauty and timid appearance.
Kyon's defensive actions has let Mikuru to have feelings towards him. He also declares in Charmed at First Sight LOVER that if she ever gets a boyfriend, he'll "stalk him all day". However, at one point Koizumi pointed out that the character of Mikuru may be just an acting to seduce Kyon as her beauty was also an important fact for why she is chosen among the time-travelers because getting close to Kyon can help her investigation on Haruhi (or even convince Kyon to let Haruhi alter the world as what she wants)

To summarize, Kyon doesn't seem to be in love with Haruhi. Instead, he more likely has feelings for Yuki.

If he has stronger feelings for Yuki, then why did he choose Haruhi's world instead of Yuki's in Disapearance? That doesn't make any sense.

I'm not sure exactly what part you're talking about because I haven't seen the film, but here's what the wikia says: "On Christmas Eve, Kyon considers his duty to go back in time and save himself, but concludes that the world can wait and joins Haruhi's hotpot party." If you want more of an explanation, look here: http://haruhi.wikia.com/wiki/The_Disappearance_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_(film).

If you haven't seen the film, then I wouldn't consider you answer as well informed. The film give huge insight in what Kyon thinks and how he feels about both Haruhi and Yuki. And I don't think citing wiki is good practice.

@Euphoric, yeah I agree with you. Kyon still decided to choose Haruhi's world over Yuki's in the Disappearance (though he reasoned that Haruhi's world was more interesting and fun).

In the final novel the Astonishment of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 2:

After being thrown by one of the blue giants (celestial), he entered the time warp into the future and he saw Haruhi's ponytails getting longer since she entered the college and also Kyon saw the future himself at one of the windows of the college.

So yeah they seemed to ended up together (although they actually aren't really together like they dating or something).

Kyon definitely likes Haruhi because in the episode/chapter, the disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is when he went crazy looking for Haruhi. He doesn't even make a moment with Mikuru even a little! Also he even said in one of the chapters, 'Miss Asahina is cute, but Haruhi's much better', so I agree with "Haruhi-Kyon" relationship. And truly, I like 'Koizumi-Asahina' instead.


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What happened to the kidnapped human babies at the end of Shinsekai Yori?
Shinsekai Yori (From the New World) has just concluded with the season finale.
Often is the case for thought-provoking shows, there are unanswered questions that bug me...
As part of Yakomaru's (Squealer) grand plan, he has his followers kidnap human babies with the intention of raising them to be Akkis* (fiends/ogres) so they can be used to wipe out the human race.

The show ends 10 years after the war. What happened to all those kidnapped babies?
As far as I can tell, the Anime doesn't appear to offer any explanation.
Are there any clues to this? Does the novel reveal anything?
*As revealed in the final episode, they wouldn't actually become Akkis. Being raised by the rats, they believe they are rats themselves and thus the Attack Inhibition + Death Feedback will apply to rats instead humans - thus allowing them to freely kill humans.

There's an epilogue in the novel that details the events 10 years later, including the trial and punishment of Squealer.

Most of the last episode is the epilogue.

I would think that after the monster rats were defeated, and the ones that helped Squealer were executed, the people could have just gone back for the babies. It didn't take them that long to defeat Squealer and the akki that was Maria and Mamoru's child was from much earlier baby theft. That is what I think happened. A bit anti-climatic though.


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Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime?
Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime? He could be much stronger because it was believed that he already surpassed the previous Kage of Konoha. At that point, he knew all the techniques in Konoha.

There are a couple of possible reasons for this, though as far as I know, it hasn't been explained in the manga.
The first possible reason is that Sasuke hadn't mastered it well enough to bring him back at his full power. As is stated on page 10 of chapter 620, if the summoner doesn't have full mastery of the summoning, the reincarnated individual might not be brought back with the full power they had in life.
Also, according to here:

As a downside, the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical limitations they received during their lifetime.

This could include aging. The First and Second Hokage also seem to appear the same way as they did whenever they were shown in flashbacks.

Sasuke? I think it was Orochimaru who performed the jutsu, since later he mentioned that unlike the Second Hokage, the First Hokage has enough strength to free himself from Orochimaru's control.

@絢瀬絵里 The first hokage even complimented Orochimaru because he was able to stop the second from moving/escaping by just focusing his chakra on the jutsu.

All of the characters have been reanimated in their most iconic form, we've always known Third Hokage as an old man.

Madara is a weird case though. He hadn’t awakened his rinnegan until he was very old, yet when he was resurrected he was young again with his new eyes in tact. His most iconic form is him young with eternal MS not old with rinnegan. Maybe how a person is resurrected is purely based on their summoner’s skill, the more skilled the more powerful the resurrected person is. Lol that makes me think of what would happen if Donzo was brought back by Kabuto, would Donzo have his arm full of eyes back working at full capacity?

Please include relevant sources/references.

As you can see, all the revived character in naruto was revived in the form before they died. The third hokage died at an old age that's why he was not revived at his prime.

so you mean that the first hokage didn't die at old age because he was also revived at his prime age. So what's the possible reason of the death of the first hokage?

Not every revived character was revived in the form before they died... Look at Madara, revived at a much earlier age, plus with abilities he only acquired at a later age. Or Itachi, who was revived without his disease.

@JNat - maybe it depends on the who summoned them back. Whether it's Orochimaru or Kabuto.

@JNat Kabuto has the advanced control over his summons that's why he was able to revived the character at his full power.


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Does the Magical Star Kanon 100% spinoff fit canonically within the main series?
Kanon is featured in a manga and OVA anime spinoff titled Magical Star Kanon 100% in Shogakukan's Weekly Shonen Sunday magazine where she becomes a magical girl.
Is this series considered canon or another continuity (like Neigma?! Neo)?
If it is canon, where does it fit in the timeline of The World God Only Knows?

It's just a spinoff because Kanon is extremely popular in Japan. You can't call it canon (or should I say, kanon), because it is not based off the material from the manga. However, Wakaki has drawn a few bonus chapters based off Magical Star Kanon, but does not hold the premise for the OVA's story.


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Was the apparition Shion saw in his flashbacks Izanagi?
In flashbacks of when a star fell while Shion and his father was camping, in the reflection of his eye there's an apparition like Yin's possessed specter, was this Izanagi or was Shion born as Izanagi?
EDIT: From an answer, it's clear the apparition was not Izanagi. However, I did type the description wrong, as I'm asking about the apparition Shion saw after the star struck him and his father.

Prior to awakening, Izanagi was a gold humanoid specter (we see this at the end of the OVA when Yin talks to izanagi). So as izanagi was not yet awakened, if Shion saw a gold specter, he was seeing Izanagi. But, if he saw himself, he was seeing Shion.
I could not find this scene in the anime, but Izanagi only awakens at the end of the series, so up until then Izanagi would be a gold specter.
EDIT: The scene is at 09:20 in episode 11. That is not Shion or Izanagi; rather, it is Yin's evolved specter. I do not know the relevance of that scene, but Yin may have been Kirsi at that time and not yet a doll, so Shion may have been seeing the future.

the scene i'm talking about is when Suou learns that she's not real and we see for the first time the real memory of the campfire where Shion and his father see the meteor shower and a star falls on them, i think my description is wrong as i ask at the end about Izanagi but i'm actually asking about what the apparition Shion saw after the star hit them

I found the scene, it is yins evloved specter.


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Why is most anime centered on fighting?
Something I have always wondered, why is most anime centered on fighting? DragonBall Z, RWBY, Bleach just to name a few. I've seen some that aren't, but it seems to be few and far between. Is this something that just relates to the Japanese lifestyle?

You're watching the wrong shows then. There are tons of shows which have literally no action or fighting at all in them. Just to look at currently airing things, Golden Time and Non Non Biyori both fit your description.

Most anime are based on manga, which is basically a Japanese version of a comic strip, and I suspect that proportionally far more American comics are centred around a big strong guy beating up bad guys than Japanese ones. Also, RWBY isn't even Japanese, it's an American show done in a Japanese style.

It's not that all anime is focused on fighting, but that your average American is ignorant enough to believe that living in japan makes you a Kung-Fu master out to save the world with your proud and honourable style.
Truth is, we are the brutes who are all about fighting, so those are the anime that are popular here. Whereas in Japan and other places, the more complex and less flashy anime are more popular.
Not that we don't all love some ass kicking, big explosion, breasts flying everywhere superhero action.

From otaku's point of view.
If you know Dragon Ball, I think you can understand this answer easily.
First few parts of Dragon Ball is adventure manga instead of battle (fighting) manga.
It was running in Weekly Shonen Jump.
Jump has a voting system (by postcard) and the ranking is very very important.
If a manga can't get a good result, that manga should be discontinued soon.
In the first part, Dragon Ball is not popular.
Then the author tried to change the style.
For example, adding more gag, introducing more enemies.
Finally, he found that battle manga can get more vote and continued over ten years.
Other than Dragon Ball, many manga has these change.
For example:

YuYu Hakusho: detective manga to battle manga.
Magical Taluluto: Doraemon-style manga to battle manga.
Jungle King Tar-chan: gag manga to battle manga.

The story has the loop:

A new enemy is coming.
Protagonist loses.
Protagonist trains.
Finally, wins.
Go back to 1.

But recently the user of shonen has different interest.
They stop reading at step 2.
Then, recent shonen manga has a different story.

Note: RWBY is not an anime.
It's all based on the demographic you watch. You appear to watch most of the shonen anime, but that's understandable as most of this kind of anime is popular because people like this kind of things. If you don't think action suits you, I'll list a few from their demographics and you can go check them out.

Kodomo: for young children (Doraemon, Pokemon, Inazuma Eleven)
Shojo: for girls aged 8-18 (Sailor Moon, Ouran Highschool Host Club)
Shounen: for boys aged 8-18 (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Attack on Titan, One Piece)
Seinen: for older men over 18 (Tokyo Ghoul, One Punch Man, Parasyte)
Josei: for older women over 18. I don't have any picks apart from Boku no Pico and I seriously don't want you to watch that, so... nah...
Emotional/Romance anime series that will make you cry: Clannad, Clannad: After Story, Erased, Your Lie in April

out of all josei anime out there and you pick Boku no Pico?


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Are Quincy Christian?
A lot of Quincy objects look crosses, and a number of their attacks reference holy things. For example, there is an attack called "Quincy Vollstandig" which, at least according to the translation I was reading, translated to "Complete Holy Form". Are Quincy as a group Christian (or some other religion) or are these names because they sound cool rather than having any particular meaning?

they seem to act anime-typical Christian since they didn't believe in purifying Hollows but rather destroying them, in a lot of supernatual anime i've seen the Christian Church has always been that anything demon or anything like a demon is to be destroyed regardless

Well it is more like the pseudo-christian religion. also as a sidenote, "Vollständig" simply means "complete" in german, there is no particular religious meaning to it.

Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems, and world views that relate humanity to the supernatural, and to spirituality.
While it would a stretch to say combating Hollows might be an extension of Quincy culture, it doesn't hold through with a belief system. Religion by definition requires belief, a viewpoint with intangible evidence. When evidence becomes tangible, it holds at least some quantifiable fact.
For Quincy, harnessing spiritual particles to shoot projectiles of energy and the dangers of Hollows interacting with the real world are both instances of fact.
There has been no mention of religion or specifically Christianity in Bleach, but despite either existing, the Quincy are more of a clan of warriors or hunters. I understand the suggestive designs that seem Religion-based but I believe it's to appeal to an exorcist fanbase as a supernatural character option in this story about ghosts, good or bad, and their governors.
Source(s): Wiki

In chapter 508, at least in the English translation I read, the Vandereich king mentions "the light of God". Is this supposed to be just sort of a generic "we have something standing behind us"?

@kuwaly Basically, yes. The Sankt Zwinger translates to Santa Kennel which can roughly be presumed Saint (Holy) Shelter if you get particular. It just seems like a Quincy meme to be intimidating through divination.

But the story's not over. There's a Soul King. Maybe there's more to Yhwach (the Vandereich king)'s beliefs than seen thus far.

No such thing has been specified by the author. Think of it as a cult or clan if you like, but all we know is that their clothes, weapons and name of attacks are due to the their traditions and history (which we don't completely know about just yet).


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Was Krillin based on the Turkish folk character Keloglan?
I recently learned of a folk storybook character in Turkish culture named Keloglan.  He is a bald child that uses his wits to get out of tough situations:

I was pretty struck by how similar he looked to Krillin in Dragon Ball, and it made me wonder if Krillin was based on this character.  Some reasons behind my suspicion:
1) The names are remarkably similar:  The Turkish pronunciation is keh-lee-o-lan, and the Japanese name seems like a very likely transliteration of this name.
2) Goku was based on a folklore character (the monkey).
3) They look quite similar, and share their primary physical characteristic (baldness).
Is there any information about whether Akira Toriyama used Keloglan as an inspiration for Krillin in the Dragon Ball series?

I think Krillin is supposed to be (based off) a shaolin monk

@krikara I know he was a monk in the series... do you know if there was a particular folklore or real shaolin monk he was based off of?

This seems to be a coincidence.
From http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Krillin:

Like most characters in the series, the name Krillin is a pun. In his case, its Japanese source, Kuririn, is made up of two parts. The first two syllables come from 栗 (kuri), which means "chestnut" in reference to his shaved head (the "chestnut" pun is also carried over to his daughter Marron). The second part of his name comes from 少林 (Shōrin; "Shaolin" in Chinese), as his early character designs were closely modeled on Shaolin monks.

So, the similarity to the name Keloglan looks like a coincidence.
Regarding the baldness, as is pointed out by @krikara, this is probably because he is a Shaolin monk. Note that Krillin can grow his hair, whereas Keloglan cannot.
Even so, Krillin does not have a counterpart in "Journey to the West", so it is possible that Akira Toriyama looked to other folklore for inspiration when creating Krillin.


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Why are Hajime's attack names in French?
In "Gatchaman Crowds", the main protagonist is a 16-year old girl named Hajime Ichinose.
When Hajime fights in Gatchaman mode, she has several attacks:

Blanc et Noir ("Black and White")
Petits Ciseaux ("Little scissors")
Balles Patsels
Wings de l'Avenir ("Wings of the future" - a mix of English and French since the French word for "Wings" is "Ailes")
Grand Ciseaux ("Big scissors")

(The attacks where listed on the Gatchaman Wiki. "Balles Patsels" may be a misspelling - maybe it was "balles pastels", "Pastel-colored balls").
The "scissors" theme is logical, since one of Hajime's favorite spare-time activities is Kirigami.
What's remarkable is the names of the attacks: the other Gatchaman team members have attacks with Japanese or English names, but Hajime's attacks have French names.
So, why do Hajime's attacks have French names? Is this ever explained in the series?

I would guess that it's the "it sounds cool" explanation.

Almost certainly based on the Rule of Cool. Manga and anime frequently contain specialized jargon, names of attacks and locations in foreign languages simply because it sounds 'cool' and different to the Japanese ear: e.g. Spanish (Bleach), German (Neon Genesis Evangelion), English (most of them) or multiple (Full Metal Panic).
In Gatchaman, there may be an additional reason for using French for Ichinose's attacks specifically: to emphasize her femininity and artistic side. French is often associated with delicacy, grace, and the arts (e.g. ballet, couture, visual design, performance art, etc), and so may be a hint towards her "gentler nature" (chauvanism does still appear in anime). Her artistic side is also referenced by attacks related to her crafts hobbies, as you've mentioned.

That's probably the reason. I guess we won't know for sure without the makers of the show telling us more. Voting up.


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Who are the shadows that speak to Grand-Fisher?
In the first season at episode 8, before Grand-Fisher leaves for the world of the living one of the rocks casts a large shadows before 4 other shadows shoot out and take form on rocks around Grand-Fisher, they apparently speak to him as he replies that he'll go and deal with Ichigo himself
I am wondering who these shadows are and if they are related to Aizen or are they a separate faction that don't support Aizen

EDIT: got some screenshots, there are 4 shadows but we only ever see 2 close up

Do you have any pictures of this?

@kuwaly no but i'm sure it's at the start of the episode, i'll jump on youtube tonight to see if i can find the episode there and screen shot it (since i can't access youtube at work)

@kuwaly added photos, also mistook episode, it's episode 8 not 10

It's never specified exactly who they are other than than the fact that they're hollows but based on the fact that they appeared to be more humanoid than most hollows it's safe to assume they were Vasto Lorde (strongest form of natural hollow). They also could be some of the Espada pre-arrancar since Harribel (#3) was revield to have been a Vasto Lorde it would make sense for other high level Espada to Vasto Lorde as well.

I'm pretty sure the Arrancar were created using Aizen's Hogyoku, a long time before the series started.  I think the two that we see there are Aisslinger Wernar and Tier Harribel.  Harribel is the one that looks like Sheik, wrapped up in bandages, though her hollow hole being on the outside of her body rather than in her womb leads me to believe that it was an initial design.


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Ending of Bloody Monday season 3
I started reading this series around 5 years ago. Finally finished it because the last chapter was finally translated, so I might have forgotten some things along the way.
Can someone explain to me the ending? My guess is that it was Maya in disguised delivering the flowers. The delivery lady also states the bouquet was from a "friend". If it is really Maya's gift, that makes me wonder is it actually a gift or perhaps a bomb / something malicious?
What is the intent and purpose of the flowers?

@user1306322 The name of this series is called Bloody Monday Last Season. For some reason, this site doesn't let me use the correct tag.

This is a series and tags usually include all seasons of a series, so you can use this tag.

@user1306322 I don't think we should change the title though. This is a manga and BM:LS is the exact name of it. It doesn't really make sense to call this season 3 when I can put the exact name Last Season in the title, right?

Do whatever you want, man. Season 3 is an alternative title that people recognize, it's descriptive and not as ambiguous as "Last Season". But it's your post and you can title it whatever.

I just came across this question and just finished the manga myself.
Maya was plotting a revenge against Falcon and Otoya by hiding a gun inside the flower basket.
As you recall during the final moments before the Storyteller's death, Maya's background detailing her childhood days training to be an agent took place. She was contemplating about life after that mission - maybe a housewife etc.
However, looking at the happy faces of the 2 girls she was about to shoot, she could not bear to pull the trigger and left it as it is while leaving behind a relieved Kanou, who saw the letter bidding farewell from Maya.
Hope this clarifies. When I first saw Maya during the wedding, I expected the worst but glad to see a happy ending =)


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Is Mei Misaki dead?
I'm on episode 5. So they avoid her to not run into bad luck and stuff... but that means they see her (even though Misaki said they couldn't) so does that mean she's alive? Or is she dead?

Better watch it 'til the end. It'll be boring knowing everything while watching. But since an answer was already posted, meh. Hope you'll enjoy watching with that BIG SPOILER.

BIG SPOILER is a damn understatement... the whole story revolves around this

Can't post this as a comment, since spoilers. Big spoilers.

 No, she is not dead. She's labelled as the classroom's "one that doesn't exist" student in order to make up for the extra, but she isn't the one that's dead. She happens to have the ability to see the one that's dead, and tries to tell Kouichi who it is before being interrupted.

Death is not kind. It's dark, black as far as you can see, and you're all alone.
  - Mei Misaki

Her status is alive, so she isn't dead, but she was labeled by her classmates as "The one who does not exist". So what I'm saying is, she is alive

Can you elaborate on how that particular quote is relevant to determining if she's alive or not?


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In Sword Art Online, was it not possible to force a logout?
Was it not possible for the police to force a logout from the backend? Or at the very least, update the game to where a logout is possible?

I am guessing it wasn't possible otherwise they would have done it sometime in the two years that they where trapped in the game.

Related: https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/23916

No, it was not possible for the police to force a logout from the backend. The players were connected to the game using Nervegear.
Nervegear connected to the player using microwaves, allowing the player to be “attached to the game.” Their mind was the controller. Imagine a corded Xbox controller that self-destructs when unplugged... the internal battery in the gear prevented the player from disconnecting without being killed.
Even if the servers were blown up, the headset would kill the players.
And no, there was no way to update the game to make logging out possible. In Episode 12, "Yui’s Heart", it's revealed that the game is self-contained and would not have allowed an outside update.
If the game had been designed to be accessible from the outside, then an update to allow the players to log out would have been possible, but it was designed so the players could not log out. There was even a spot for the logout on the menu, but it was removed and the players were stuck.

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


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Did Vegeta and Bulma really get married in Dragon Ball?
I know that Bulma keeps calling Vegeta her husband but till now I haven't seen any proof that both of them are married. Vegeta wouldn't usually make time for such things. Are they really married or are they in a relationship?

In the manga or anime, there is no actual mention of an official ceremony where they get married. Also, considering Vegeta's attitude, he would not have the patience to endure such an ceremony.
The first time Bulma mentions Vegeta as her husband is during the World Tournament Saga So, it is hinted that they married somewhere between the Cell Saga and World Tournament Saga.
From Dragon Ball Wiki

After approximately a year since Future Trunks' warning about the Androids, Bulma breaks up with Yamcha and becomes romantically involved with Vegeta, ultimately leading to the conception of Trunks. However, even the birth of their son was not enough to bring the two together, as of that time Vegeta prioritized his rivalry with Goku before anything else, even his relationship with Bulma. Arguments were common between the two, with Bulma often calling Vegeta a "jerk" and Vegeta showing little to no care or emotion for either his son or his future wife; this was demonstrated during an incident in which Bulma's plane is destroyed and their lives are at risk. When Future Trunks saves the two and questions Vegeta as to why he did not try to save them, Vegeta responds that he has "more important things to worry about than that foolish woman and her blasted child." Bulma later humiliates Vegeta in front of everyone when she says that every time he sticks his "Ugly Mug" up to Trunks, it makes Trunks cry, much to Krillin and Gohan's amusement and Vegeta's anger.

It is stringly hinted that the conception of Trunks was due to an one night stand between the two

Vegeta's and Bulma's indifference to each other during the Androids Saga strongly implies that the circumstances surrounding their child's conception was no more than a brief affair; Future Trunks states to Goku that in his timeline, even though Bulma fell in love with Vegeta, they did not stay together very long because their attraction was solely based on passion and loneliness. However, the seven years of peace that came after the conclusion of the Cell Games would suggest that the two settled their differences and began to have a much better relationship than previously, as they were already married by the time the Majin Buu conflict took place.

Bulma and Vegeta are married as on the Wikia for Dragon Ball Z it states she broke up with Yamcha and married Vegeta.
In Dragon Ball Z near the end with the 7-year skip, Vegeta becomes more intimate with Bulma as no problems have surfaced their world.
With the 7-year skip, Vegeta's rivalry with Goku has weakened meaning he has formed a relationship with Bulma.

it is never actually show in anime or mange but she keeps calling him her husband and trunks their bay and also future trunks justified it in his first meeting.
The wiki page show Vegeta as her husband here http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Bulma


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Can Gaara Survive Without Sleep?
So Gaara couldn't sleep, because Shukaku was inside of him, hence his dark circle eyes. There was that guy who went crazy after trying to stay awake for 11 days for his science project. So how could Gaara function properly, let alone fight?
Evidence from Narutopedia

During their first conversation when Gaara was a child, Shukaku warned Gaara that it would take control of his body and start killing people if he ever fell asleep

Please add reference to the guy you said went crazy after staying awake for 11 days. Where did you read that?

ay ay ayase sir

I'm guessing the answer is magic.

yeah, well, i was hoping we wouldnt have to come to that conclusion

Well.. Gaara is a ninja and his sleep deprivation made him psychotic.
He's also a jinchuuriki... He ain't human.

I'm actually pretty sure that gaara did sleep sometimes.
It's explained that when the host of shukaku falls asleep, shukaku slowly, key word slowly, eats away at that individuals personality and psyche. This is part of the reason that gaara is so unstable, because he DOES sleep sometimes, and when he does shukaku starts devouring his mind.

It's explained that when.... If you want to add a reference, this is Chapter 135 pg. 9

I agree with Anakurak's answer, that Gaara does sleep but with a limited amount of time and wake up before Shukaku takes full control of his mind and body.
However, the dark circle is not a result of insomnia, but rather a birthmark he got since he had was a jinchuuriki even when he was still inside his mother's womb.
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Why does Gaara still have dark circles around his eyes?

You're trying to justify Naruto's occurrences with human science. Naruto isn't science fiction, that's the greater point here.
Nevertheless, Gaara's black circles are a major plot hole in Naruto, because he had them since birth, and I'm pretty sure a premature baby didn't have the rational thinking required to deprive itself from sleep in other to preserve his identity from his inner demon. Also, he retain the black circles after losing shukaku, when he can sleep however much he wants.

Naruto isn't science fiction I think there's a typo there... or did I miss something?

Did not write "isn't"?

Perhaps I misinterpret the text "Naruto isn't science fiction" = "Naruto is nonfiction, real-life", but in my mind, "Naruto (and almost all manga/anime) is a fiction, whether it's a sci-fi or not.". I guess just a misunderstanding from my part.

Yeah, Naruto is definitely fiction, is just not part of the specific genre of science fiction, where things have to sort of make sense according to human understanding of science.


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Why were the Chidori and Rasengan ever regarded as powerful jutsu?
The hard part about using the Chidori or Rasengan is making contact. If you make contact, the battle (should) be over.
I don't see how having a Chidori or Rasengan is that much better than just using a kunai. Sure, a Chidori does more damage; but still, if you stab somebody with a kunai, the battle (should) be over.

The point of Rasengan and Chidori is not just to make contact, but POWERFUL contact.
A kunai can never penetrate Gaara's shield or any other strong defences, but Rasengan and Chidori can. Oodama Rasengan and Rasenshiriken are on even greater levels because their damages are astronomical.
In the fight with Kakuzu, before Naruto came, it was incredibly hard for the others to stall out Kakuzu, let alone finish him. But with Rasenshuriken, the destructibility penetrated and annihilated his charkra system in cellular level. I don't think you can do that with a kunai.
The power of the Rasengan and Chidori is not limited to just "making contact". Charkra nature manipulation and shape manipulation comes into great meaning at this point: Sasuke can turn his Chidori into mini needles, arrows, sword (with adjustable length), and stream. Naruto can fuse his Sage charkra style into the Rasenshuriken to make it a flying disk of destruction. This can't be accomplished with a simple kunai.

Waiting "an hour or so" is neither a practical nor feasible option, especially considering the injured has that time to escape or heal or bandage their wounds, or worse yet, claim the upper hand in the battle. It would not be as easy as you claim it to be.
Not to mention that Naruto is full of ridiculously strong characters who can take a lot more abuse than one kunai stab and come out fine. Against enemies with that kind of durability or regenerative ability, the raw power of jutsu like the Rasengan or Chidori is absolutely necessary to secure the fight.
Saying that they're not that much superior to a kunai because you can wait "an hour or so" for the enemy to bleed out is like playing an RPG using only starter gear. It's not practical unless you're fighting the weakest enemies, and you're going to get quickly outclassed and probably killed by the first enemy that decides to wear armor.

Look, first of all, stabbing someone with a kunai does not instantly end a battle. Second of all, those two justus are very complicated and hard to master, even control. By themselves, you can do a lot of damage.
Rasengan is a dense ball of rotating chakra. A little chakra by itself is nothing, but if you harvest enough chakra to make a rasengan, you could so some serious damage. As your saw in Naruto Episode 95 (I think), Kabuto took a lot of damage when Naruto drove a Rasengan into him. See, Kabuto's cells can regenerate instantaneously, so it's pretty hard to do any damage to him.
Now, I understand your view on the chidori. All we really see Sasuke and Kakashi do with it is plunge it into other's bodies. But still, the chidori requires a user to be able to have advanced chakra control. Just like one of the variations of the Rasengan, the Rasenshuriken, the user has to perform a change in chakra to create the chidori. There are many variations of this jutsu that are better than the basic chidori, like the chidori blade. But still, the chidori itself is really strong.
In conclusion, I don't see why a Rasengan vs. Chidori would end a battle. Besides, massive amounts of chakra can be very reactive when making contact with other strong sources of chakra.

I understand that the jutsu would be very difficult to perform, but I'm saying in most cases they don't seem that much superior to just a kunai. Sure a chidori makes a bigger hole and kills within seconds, but that's not really neccesary. If you manange to get a stab with a kunai, all you need to do is sit back for an hour or so while they get weaker and bleed out, and they easily finish them off.

I think you are talking about executing someone. You would need multiple kunai to do that. Or else, your enemy could get treatment and heal is a matter of minutes.

To be honest in early Naruto it (rasengan) seems to be more of a cool trick than anything else. It doesn't do that much more damage than a kunai and takes time AND a shadow clone to make. To its defense it does send the enemy flying and seems to be somewhat of a superpowered punch that can do some series internal damage, but from the complexity of its use and the time required you could throw 10-20 kunai in the time it takes to use it. Even though I do have to admit its a whole lot better when fighting stronger enemies, like in the fight with Kabuto. Against an enemy at that level a kunai wouldn't be able to do enough damage, but most importantly they could dodge or deflect them all.
In conclusion I would say that Rasengan, while a good technique to know for last ditch efforts against a superior enemy, seems to be a waste of chakra for anyone who isn't Naruto.
A side note for chidori, it seems to be a slightly weaker version of Rasengan. We see this when Naruto and Sasuke fight before Sasuke leaves, they both have similar levels of base chakra yet Naruto's attack does a noticeably bigger amount of damage to that water tank. Also from the type of damage dealt it seems fair to say that Rasengan was better at penetration. (as in basically a giant punch)

In response to  the other answers here, the rasengan is no joke. While using the rasengan for the first time Naruto one-shot Kabuto, even when Kabuto had started healing the impact point. Using the rasengan Konohamaru was able to take out the Naraka path of Pain and using a sage mode enhanced version of it Naruto was able to instantly take out the Asura path of Pain. Even after he had dropped out of sage mode, when Naruto managed to hit the Deva path of Pain he defeated him. As for the chidori/raikiri, the first time we see it used it would have killed Zabuza had Haku not intervened by sacrificing his life. When Sasuke used it against Gaara, he was able to break through Gaara's sand, something that was able to repel attacks from Lee, a major hard hitter. When Kakashi threw Sasuke into the water tower the chidori went right through it. When compared to what Naruto did, it doesn't seem all that impressive, but that water tower was made from metal, I would assume steel, which is much harder to pierce than the human body. In part two at the five kage summit he is able to use the chidori to pierce through the fourth Raikage's lightning chakra cloak, though he isn't able to pierce the Raikage's body. In short, the chidori and the rasengan are invaluable assets in a fight, more-so than a simple kunai.

The rasengan is made of such violently rotating chakra that it sends you spinning violently in the opposite direction for a dozen or so meters or until you hit something. The first time we see the rasengan, Jiraya sent two guys spinning in the opposite direction and when they hit a balloon stand they destroyed it. Keep in mind only one of them got hit with the rasengan directly and the other was behind the one who was hit. When Naruto first used it Kabuto had started healing the impact point before he was even hit and it still knocked him out. As for the chidori it is stated to be a jab from a lightning covered hand that is performed at top speed, and considering Sasuke with the stage one curse mark dodged an attack made of sound, it's pretty fast. It's so fast that it gives the person tunnel vision and requires the visual perception of the sharingan to make it safe for the user to use it without being open to counter attack. The chidori/raikiri is aimed usually at the heart, so if you succeed in landing it, it's pretty much game over. Naruto managed to deflect Sasuke's chidori into his lung instead of his heart, and he still would have died if he didn't regenerate the lost organ and tissue. Considering the fact that we never see someone's heart get pushed out when they're hit with chidori, we can assume it's destroyed on impact. So no, I don't think that a kunai is as effective at ending a fight as the rasengan or the chidori.


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Where can I watch Digimon Adventure Tri. in English online?
Does anyone know where I could watch Digimon Adventure Tri. in English? Every version I find is in Japanese.

English as in what? subtitles or dubs (voices)?

dubs not really looking for subtitles!

No such edition exists presently - there were dub screenings but the license for those had lapsed prior - but Shout! Factory has acquired home distribution rights for the media, and plan do to a dual-language release in the future.
In the meantime, the subbed versions available on Crunchyroll are actually quite well done.  They're also available for free, and I'd encourage you to enjoy it while it's still available on the site.


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Can the Nine-Tails now leave Naruto's body at will?
After Naruto and the Nine-Tails became friends, Naruto unlocked the seal.  Does that mean that the Nine-Tails can escape out of Naruto at his will whenever he wants?  If so, why doesn't he do so?  After helping him, couldn't they both go their separate ways?  If he were to leave, would Naruto die?
And while fighting Tobi in tailed beast mode, Naruto's seal was unlocked. Couldn't Tobi have used his Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails and force him out of Naruto, just like he did with Kushina when the seal was weakened during childbirth?

Both too broad and marginally opinion based as well. I would recommend you to go through here, http://anime.stackexchange.com/help
It would help you ask better questions. Such broad questions are better left to other forums, discussion groups or our Chat. http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/6697

@Arcane: I feel like with a little bit of editing, this question could be made more on-topic...

The short answer:
No, the Nine-Tails could not leave Naruto's body at will.
The longer answer:
Bijuu remain sealed inside of a jinchuuriki until either:

the host loses control of the bijuu inside,
the seal weakens, or
it is forcefully extracted.

In the event that the bijuu is extracted, the original host typically dies.  The Uzumaki clan has had a few temporal survivors of a forceful Bijuu extraction.
The specific example you reference for the Nine-Tails to be taken out of Naruto only really applies to female jinchuuriki; the seal is weakest during childbirth, and given that Tobi had attacked Kushina and Minato while Naruto was being born, extracting the Nine-Tails wasn't a difficult task.
Bear in mind that the seal between Naruto and the Nine-Tails really represented an ideological and metaphysical seal.  The seal prevented the Nine-Tails from fully taking control of Naruto's body and will, and also prevented Naruto from fully influencing the Nine-Tails.  However, after he had befriended Kurama and established mutual respect between them, the seal was no longer necessary.

oh!! So the seal is not for keeping nine tails inside Naruto but its for keeping nine tails from taking over Naruto!! When the seal weakens, nine tail's will can seep through with his chakra and take over Naruto!! To extract nine tails you have to use external methods!! And once nine tails and Naruto were friends, they didnt have to fight for control anymore so they opened the seal!! Am I right??

@MartianCactus:  The seal does very much also exist to keep the Nine-Tails inside of Naruto.  It just works both ways; it keeps the beast inside but also prevented the beast from taking over his will.

so when they werent friends, nine tails wanted Naruto to lose control so that he can escape!!

...or take over his body, that sort of ideal.  It's why the seal is so symbolic throughout the entire series, and the reason that they're able to be equal partners now is such a big deal.

oh!! But this still doesnt explain why when they were frienda and the seal was unlocked, Tobi didnt use sharingan genjutsu to force out the nine tails

and so once they are friends and the seal isnt there, can nine tails escape at will or does it still have to be extracted to get out?

@MartianCactus:  I believe I've already adequately answered your question in the answer.

No I don’t think you’ve adequately answered the question. The bijuu can leave if the seal is weakened. There is no more seal so why wouldn’t it be possible?


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Soundtrack of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden
Where I can find all the soundtracks which are used in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden episodes?

An extensive list of the music used throughout the entire Naruto franchise is available on the Naruto Wiki.  This includes a full list of:

Openings
Endings
Various soundtracks at different points in the series
Movie soundtracks

As a fan of the show, I would strongly encourage you to purchase the media from legal and reputable channels when possible.  As an example, here is an Amazon link which points you at the first soundtrack; from there, you should be able to track down the others.


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Awakening the Rinnegan
To awaken the Rinnegan, can you just get any Uchiha's and Senju's chakra, mix them together and get the Rinnegan? Or do you need Ashura's and Indra's in particular (i.e. their reincarnation's)?
Do you still need to go through some very sad or aggreviating situation to awaken it, or do you automatically get it the moment you mix the two chakras together?

To get the rinnegan you need to have the mixture of the Ashura and Indra chakras. As Uchihas are descendants of some of them and the Senju of the others, the mixture of these also allows obtaining it. The clearest example is Madara who uses the chakra of the first Hokage to obtain it.
You do not need any more requirements, but it is not a trivial process Madara itself took more than 10 years to wake up the rinnengan.
SPOILER ALERT

Sasuke has a special rinnegan is different and more powerful, this rinnegan is called Magatama Rinnegan. He obtained it by receiving the moon crescent, I think dark, side of Hagaromo's (the Sage of Six Paths) chakra.

so any Uchiha who takes a Senju's chakra can have it? So is it like, if you get Ashura and Indra's chakra directly it would be easier rather than their descendent's?

Yes, all Uchiha who take a senju chakra can obtain the rinnegan. We cannot know if using the ashura chakra or indra the process of obtaining the rinnegan it is easier or not, but saskue obtain it more fast than madara but is a diferent form.

then why did Madara take Hashirama's senju chakra to get himself the Rinnegan? Couldn't he take some other weaker Senju down and use his chakra instead?

@MartianCactus Once Indra and Asura's chakra mix, the new chakra is the sage of six paths chakra (AKA rinnegan). Sharingan might be a requirement though, and probably could be the source of Indra's chakra, but only indra's reincarnates ever even tried. Once awakend, it can be transplated to anyone though. Also Gawey, Its not the Supreme rinnegan, its the Rinne Sharingan. Though sasukes is slighly different, and sometimes called the sharrinegan.

@Ryan Yes Sharingan maybe was a requirement for obtain the Rinnegan. Also Saskue don't have Rinne Sharingan this is completly diferents this is the Rinnengan of  Kaguya (輪廻写輪眼, Literally meaning: Saṃsāra Copy Wheel Eye), Sasuke have the Supreme Sharigan (至高の輪廻眼, Shikō no Rinnegan), this Rinnegan have completly diferent patron in the eye, for more reference read the Sasuke Shinden Raikō-hen.

Could it be speculated that yamato if fitted with sharingan could gain the rinnegan

Madara says when the powers of the Uchiha and Senju combine, the Rinnegan is awakened. Thats partly wrong. It's actually when one who possesses the Sharingan and is Indra's reincarnate, takes chakra of the Ashura's reincarnate, Hagoromo's chakra reforms in them. Thus awakens the Rinnegan. I'm assuming if an Ashura reincarnate took chakra from Indra's reincarnate, he'd unlock Rikudou Senjutsu? Not sure. Maybe he'd have a smaller amount of truth-seeking orbs as he only took a portion.

You can only do it by implanting, if an incarnate of indra, the dna of the incarnate of asura. However, if you were an incarnate of asura, then you would have to implant the incarnate of indra's eyes, since you would need at least a mangekyou to evolve into the rinnegan. So if naruto implanted sasuke's right eye during the war, he will achieve rinnegan. The other way is being bestowed by hagoromo himself, which is how sasuke got his rinnegan, if he took naruto's dna, then he would get rinnegan in both eyes.

Shouldn't Asura mixing his chakra with Indra result in Six Paths Senjutsu? Asura and his lineage aren't known for any Visual Prowess at all, so it would make more sense if he got Six Paths power instead of Rinnegan. Not to mention that Asura and Naruto got Six Paths power when receiving chakra from Hagoromo.

It is not true that you can take the chakra of ANY Senju. Only Indra and Ashura reincarnates. If the any Senju rule was real, Obito would have a Rinnegan without means of transplantation. Through the REINCARNATION process, only Uchiha, Uzumaki, and Senju can have Indra or Ashura. Firstly because the Uchiha is descendants of Indra, the Senju is descendants of Ashura, then Hashirama married an Uzumaki and made it possible for Uzumaki's to have a reincarnation in them too.

You will need Uchiha DNA and Senju DNA and it will only work if the user is from the Senju or the Uchiha clan but Nagato Uzumaki had awakened it because Madara gave it to him when he was a child before he died by transplanting his eye to him.


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Does Sasori control Sharingan-wielding puppets?
If you look at Naruto Shippuden Episode 26, in the episode, you can see that one of Sasori's puppets have the Sharingan in its eyes.

Is there any reason for this?  Can one of Sasori's puppets use the Sharingan? Wouldn't a lot of chakra be used up to manage a Sharingan, and could Sasori manage that too?

if he was able to turn a kazekage into his puppet, i dont see how hard it is for him to possess an uchiha puppet

Can a puppet made by Sasori use abilities like Sharingan?  Yes, provided that they were actually Human Puppets.

By removing the internal organs of a foe and preserving the body to prevent decomposition, as well as adding weapons and defences, Sasori can make powerful human puppets. These puppets are different from normal ones, as they retain their use of chakra and any kekkei genkai that the human host once had.

The likely scenario is that the chakra cost isn't incurred by Sasori himself, but rather by the puppet, so the abilities used by the puppet would be limited to the former original person's own chakra strength.  If they were actual members of the Uchiha clan before being transformed instead of shinobi which transplanted the eyes into themselves, then the likely case is that the chakra cost is negligible.
Interestingly enough, a handful of them (according to Narutopedia) are actually former Sharingan users, and are part of his Hundred Puppet Army (likely a part of what you're witnessing), although the fact that they have Sharingan isn't exploited in any media, according to any existing sources.

but isnt chakra the life force ? how can a dead shinobi still have chakra ?

It was never revealed how, but Sasori used a method of preservation that could turn living people into puppets while retaining their chakra and kekkai genkai
ref: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Human_Puppet

So the answer to original question is:
YES. He technicly could. And he potentially has multiple ones. Here's another scene from the fight (yes, it's a different scene, about 5 minutes later. Animation is expensive kids.)

As Bhagyesh mentioned in a comment, only living people have chakra, so in my head-cannon it works like that:
Each human is like a vessel, and chakra is like a fluid. Sasori's technique of creating human puppets allows puppets to retain original "chakra shape". so that when he channels chakra through them, it behaves in the same way it did when they were alive.
This is supported by Chiyo when she said that "3rd had a special body composure which allowed him to turn his chakra into magnetic forces", as well as the fact when 3rd kazekage got resurrected in war arc he was considerably stronger than his puppet form (presumably because of infinite chakra supply).
But. Why "technically" and "potentially?
Well Because his sharingan puppets are shown to be really really weak. And if they actually had sharingans I would imagine them being at least really good at hand to hand, and maybe able to cast some genjutsu at the very least.
So in my opinion, knowing that Sasori is master of deception It's very much possible, that he just painted sharingans onto wooden balls to look like actual sharingans just to make his puppets more terrifying (sharingan being pretty much the most feared kekkei genkai in the world).
So TL;DR He technically could have built Uchiha human puppets and use every single one of their jutsu, and at the same chakra price as OG Uchiha. But he probably didn't. They look and act as if they are just for show, so there is no reason to think that they have anything more behind them.