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Indra's Mangekyo Sharingan
In the manga, Indra is shown with his Mangekyo Sharingan:

But in the anime, his eyes are like:

Which one is his actual Mangekyo Sharingan? If it is the one in the anime, then he has the same Mangekyo Sharingan as Sasuke. Then is it true that all Uchihas have unique Mangekyo Sharingans?

Well i don't know much of the manga but in picture 2 that is his eternal mangekyo sharingan and in picture one i think it's the sharingan but not sure :/

Could you please provide the manga chapter from which the first picture has been taken from?

@YOURWORSTNIGHTMARE Indra didn't require the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, as he inherited the body and eyes of the Sage. Also, who would he take it from? He battled Asura and Senju for years being able to use Susano'o the entire time. He didn't need EMS.

The anime episode showing Indra having Sasuke's eyes is a filler episode (see the list here). Trust the manga instead, which is canon. There are two reasons why the producers did changed it in the anime:

They got lazy, or they didn't have enough time to think of a unique mangekyo sharingan ability and animate the effects. So they slapped Sasuke's eyes onto Indra and called it a day.
Indra having Sasuke's eyes symbolizes how Sasuke is the reincarnation of Indra. Indra's personality, physical prowess, and intelligence were all passed down to him. So it makes sense that the MS was also passed down too.

Indra did have Sharingan, did you not see the picture on top?

You can find his MS here: http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Mangeky%C5%8D_Sharingan

I think the second reason is accurate. Thanks!

I personally don't like the second reason though, cuz then why does itachi get amaterasu? and what about madara, another indra reincarnate, does he get it?

The second reason doesn't make any sense. Madara was also a reincarnation of Indra. So why does his MS look different?

Dunno. Go for the first reason then.

Yeah, the will definitely be a few differences between the anime itself and the manga, for example, in the anime "one piece" there is a character named "Zoro," but in the manga, his name is "Solo." See the difference. Basically it really is for you to decide.

that would be in the English DUB only. In the Subbed versions, they use the actual names, but due to Japaneese pronunciation, the names sound different. the Main character of One piece, Luffy, for instance, is pronounced Ruffy, Because L sounds are difficult for japaneese speakers to pronounce, or something like that. The dubs took the pronunciation as the name, rather than the actual written name. The Op is talking about FIller episodes, which are a whole other story, better explained by Jerffery Tangs answer.

It's just because it's a filler arc and they didn't want to have to design a new pattern. It makes no sense for his to be the same as Sasuke's. Madara is also Indra's reincarnation, yet his pattern is different. Also, Sasuke doesn't awaken the mangekyou sharingan until after Obito implants Itachi's eyes in him, so Sasuke's sharingan isn't even really his own, and that means the theory that it's because he's Indra's reincarnation doesn't have any credence.

no. It says that all UCHIHA have different Mangekyou Sharingan. But Indra is an Otsutsuki, so that means that it must be different

Indra is technically the first Uchiha.


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Difference between Kumiho(Gumiho) and Kurama
Kumiho and Kurama are two different names identifying the one and only nine tailed fox...
Is there any specific difference like Powers and abilities that relates to the mythology
Some even call it Gumiho
Now I'm confused

Does this have anything to do with Naruto show? And sound more like Mythology.se question.

The Naruto wiki
points the Mount kurama as a possible source of the name Kurama in Naruto series

"Kurama" (九喇嘛) literally means 'nine lama'. Kishimoto was mainly inspired to create Kurama based on the character with the same name from the manga series Yū Yū Hakusho. The name may also reference Mount Kurama (鞍馬山), the sacred mountain said to be the home of the Tengu Sōjōbō who taught people ninjutsu and other Japanese martial arts.

and the name has nothing to do with the nine tail fox or fox spirit other than in the series
Whereas Kumiho(Ghumiho) is said to be the fox spirit in Korean legend
Wikipedia:

A kumiho (gumiho) (Korean pronunciation: [kumiho]; Hangul:  구미호; Hanja: 九尾狐, literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the oral tales and legends of Korea. Deriving from ancient Chinese myths and folklores, a fox that lives a thousand years turns into a kumiho, like its Japanese and Chinese counterparts.It can freely transform, among other things, into a beautiful woman often set out to seduce boys, and eat their liver or heart (depending on the legend). There are numerous tales in which the kumiho appears, several of which can be found in the encyclopedic Compendium of Korean Oral Literature (한국 구비문학 대계).

So if we talk mythology ....there is no connection between Kurama and Kumiho(ghumiho). As kurama is a fictional name for nine-tails in naruto series and has nothing to do with the mythology

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What's the purpose and origin of the titans which arent titan shifters?
As far as I know, the titan shifters inherited their power when Ymir Fritz died and her power was split between her 9 descendants. But what about the mindless titans, those who arent titan shifters and all the time titans, what's their origin and why were they created?

Basically it goes like this

All of the Eldians (Descendants of Ymir) have the possibility to be a titan shifter. But in order to use the non-titan-shifters, Marleyans(Their enemy which defeated them in the past) invented something like a syringe that when injected to an Eldian, turns them into a titan and because they don't have the original titan powers, they cannot control the titan and turn into a mindless titan forced to see people die by their hand and not be able to do any thing.

But if you are asking what the mindless titans are doing outside of the walls

The king of the Eldians and the possessor of the Founder titan power moved his people to an island called the paradise island and created the walls to keep enemies and the ones who wanted to miss-use the titans, away. But Marleyans built a wall of their own around the island and any of the Eldians that was living among the Marleyans and did an unforgivable crime was turned into a mindless titan and was released into the island and outside the original walls.

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What's the difference between streaming anime via Steam and Crunchyroll?
On the Steam anime sale a little while back, I noticed that Steam has added support for steaming anime. One example is Gintama. When this sale was on, there was a large banner saying these streams have something to do with Crunchyroll, whilst not as apparent anymore, you can still see this connection in Steam by visiting the 'Visit the website' button in the store. Which for Gintama, takes us to this Crunchyroll page.
For the complete list of these you can visit the Anime Streaming Videos Steam Store page.
Where the Crunchyroll streams, for me, start at Gintama and ends at Izetta: The Last Witch.
Are these streamed via Crunchyroll?
If so, what advantages and disadvantages do I have for paying and streaming them through Steam, rather than Crunchyroll?

Seems Crunchyroll has partnered up with Steam, but I'm not sure about the difference. At least on Steam's discussion board it's mentioned that it has low bitrate (I don't know Crunchyroll's bitrate though).

Have to admit I'm also puzzled by this development. Steam is charging for stuff that's available for free (with ads) on Crunchyroll. I guess it could be worth it if you want to watch just one show without ads, but they're charging around $8 a series, which is more than you'd pay to just subscribe to Crunchyroll for the month. Doesn't seem worth it to me, unless Steam offers downloading on some platform, which it doesn't seem like they do.

In technical terms, there is little different between the anime on the two source platforms. There are some minor encoding improvements with the steam release, but this is probably not a strict attribute of the content
I imagine it is more likely that Crunchyroll has an older version of their encoder on Steam videos in the internal rush to get the partnership out (Purely a hunch, but as a software developer myself, many companies work in a MVP "Minimal Viable Product" release environment, and do cleanup later).
Therefore, I would assume that their encoding is likely to change, even if they do not update to their site's encoder, they have a team of developers working on their encoders to try to get maximum performance out of their servers (this caused some backlash when Crunchyroll degraded quality substancially  in the past).
For comparisons of image encoding, see this Reddit thread.

There are a few licensing differences between streaming via a Crunchyroll subscription and purchasing a title to stream on Steam.
The most significant of which is that a purchased title will not expire. Often Crunchyroll will expire titles that are underperforming in exchange for newer titles. When you purchase a title on Steam, you do not have to worry about this happening.
Also of course, you do not have to pay recurring payments to keep access to your titles.

Thanks to @Peilonrayz for pointing out that Stream releases are also censored.

I believe the partnership with Steam is mostly a strategic move by Crunchyroll to develop a dual pricing model of their services. This can be seen also with the introduction of their Manga Store, for manga that are unavailable with their subscription.
Partnership with Steam also gives Crunchyroll access to a significant target market. Anime and Gaming overlaps significantly.
I imagine that this is mostly driven by growth goals set by investors and demand from publishers - Similar to the Spotify or Youtube model, streaming does not net much money for a series per view ( Crunchyroll claims counter to this, but has not provided figures to date ) - however, if titles are sold individually they can net much more. For larger series in particular, this is a much more lucrative option.
I imagine that in the future we will see this pricing model develop further.
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TLDR: There is not much difference than the way you would like to pay for the content. This move is more motivated by investors and producers


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What do we know about Yuri Katsuki's college education?
At some point in the period covered in the first episode, between the Grand Prix Final and Yuri's return to Hasetsu, Yuri must have graduated from university.

At the Grand Prix Final, which is in December, Morooka speaks to Yuri and notes that he has not yet graduated.
Afterwards, when Yuri returns home in March of the next year, his mother apologises for not attending his graduation ceremony.1 Mari also notes that Yuri has a college degree, even if it took him an extra year.

Yuri also points out that he has not been back to Hasetsu in five years, and that he spent a period in Detroit:

I'm one of the dime-a-dozen top figure skaters certified by the JSF. I'm 23. My name makes me sound strong, but I finished last at my first Grand Prix Final. I still can't accept what happened! I even moved to a training facility in Detroit and worked hard to make the final.

Can we infer from this anything about where Yuri went to college? Perhaps he went to college in Detroit and graduated from a university there?

Crunchyroll subtitles write the date as "March, One Year Later." However, based on what Yuri said about crashing through the rest of his skating season, it must only be a couple months after the GPF, rather than more than a year. The original text — 翌年3月 — appears to corroborate this.

I am unfamiliar with how athletic clubs function, how serious competitive athletes who are studying at university manage their time, and how Japanese universities count credits, but here is an educated guess.
It appears that Yuuri was officially affiliated with a Japanese university, although I have no idea whether he put his studies on hold entirely while in Detroit or if he took classes while in Detroit and had his credits transferred. We also do not know when exactly Yuuri moved to Detroit.
In episode 1, Yuuri shows us his JSF page. One entry on the list of biographical is marked with 所属 and thus appears to give Yuuri's affiliation, which is with “紀伊学院大学," which is presumably the name of a fictional university in Japan. (大学 means university, and a search for "紀伊学院大学" does not give results for any educational institution.) In contrast, at the Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship in ep. 5 (past the 15:00 mark, before Yuuri's free skate), Yuuri's affiliation is noted to be "Ice Castle Hasetsu." From this, it is reasonable to infer that Yuuri attended 紀伊学院大学 in some capacity: I would think that someone affiliated with a university's skating club would be affiliated with the university itself, and that Yuuri's affiliation changes to Ice Castle Hasetsu after graduation suggests that his affiliation was tied to his enrolment.
Note also that Yuuri did not participate in any competitions after he crashed through Japanese Nationals at the beginning of the series and that Yuuri must have graduated at some point between December and March. Yuuri must have recently graduated when he returns home:

If he was thinking of taking a break and had no obligations, perhaps he would have returned sooner. (Yuuri notes in ep. 4 that he had not spoken to Celestino since after the GPF, and he is out-of-shape by the time Victor arrives.) That said, Yuuri could have simply avoided going home for a period.
A March graduation fits in with the Japanese academic calendar, which begins in April and ends in March. Mari's comment that Yuuri had to take an extra year also fits in with that, although it is not necessarily impossible to reconcile a March graduation with taking an extra year at an American university.


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Which was the name of this Rurouni Kenshin song?
I remember the song in the begining of this video was from Rurouni Kenshin. But I can't remember its name. Which is the name of that song?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsOJJlLd8YY

The song in your video is the third ending in the series named 'Heart of Sword'.
You can find it here


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What does Shu's void tell us about his personality?
In Guilty Crown, Shu finally uses his own void in the end (last episode, if not mistaken). A void is basically a physical manifestation of a person's heart. So what does Shu's void (I'm not mentioning what his void is, for the fear of spoiling it for someone), really tell us about his character and personality ? Also Inori's void being the huge 'Singer's Sword', would reflect  a bold and aggressive personality, whereas she is the exact opposite of that. So how exactly do the voids reflect the person's character and nature(if they do, at all..) ?
Sorry about multiple questions, but I feel they are too closely interrelated to be asked separately.

Ideally should have the answer here... https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/14243/what-is-exactly-a-void But only houses an incomplete answer

@Arcane Yes I saw that but I felt it didn't really answer my question completely... For instance what does Inori's void tell us? I mean what can we infer from it about her nature and character. And what about Shu's void. I just want to know with respect to both of them.

To me, Shu's void isn't actually representative of individual strength at all or wanting to take on others burdens although I will admit that he does try to do this a lot.
I think Shu's void is actually more indicative of his character being highly dependent on others to provide him with some initiative or resolution to act. If we take multiple examples from the series and the way that it was structured in that each new trial practically requires a new void to be used or a combination of pre-existing voids. I'd also like to extend this to Shu's character being on to find some compromise or mediate (to some degree) between others as his void activation relies on some form of acceptance of the other party. The void must generally willingly be given by the owner to be used (tbh, this was my interpretation and I do know that in a few instances there was forced use but thats a different discussion).
Tldr: Shu's void indicates he can be described as cooperative and submissive at least in line with my previous point. As the series goes on he loses this submissiveness and becomes willful if not arrogant but eventually humbled by the events. I think the final episodes really stress he needs others and he settles down to an almost meek attitude about his relationships with others.
On a deeper level I'd say that as Shu is the main character and given the way his void works with others is that the message of co-dependency of all members of society for the achievement of a specific goal. Furthermore given that his Void is the 'Power of the King' there can be two further interpretations:

the power of the king is a absolute power that can manipulate, order, influence and control others.
the power of the king by itself is useless as it is dependent on the acceptance of it by its subjects, and through that acceptance, conformity with the kings demands.

Sadly I can't say much for Inori except that I do think she is quite bold in that her ambitions and willingness to be party to certain things for the sake of a goal is a standout feature of hers. She's willing to take on a fair bit of burden.
Take my answer for what you will, it's also quite likely i'm completely wrong :P

Finally someone answers my question properly with some deep understanding. Thanks. Actually the two points you have made separately make a lot of sense.

I do think that the stuff I mentioned is the point of the 2nd half, just wish they did it better since the first 12 episodes were well executed :p

Also Inori's void being the huge 'Singer's Sword', would reflect a bold and aggressive personality, whereas she is the exact opposite of that.

No, she's actually not far from that at all.

 I mean, she did transform into a half-monster thing in one of the episodes and destroyed "Endlave" robots by herself.

Probably portrays the simple and minimalistic outward appearance while still being dangerous and sharp when used as a weapon. The name "Singer's Sword" is probably just there because she sings (EGOIST is still quite popular to this day).
Now Shu.

 I believe Shu's void (shoe lol) 'transfer' the void of others to make his own set of some kind of arsenal where he can just use whatever he wants at any given time, which can be seen in the last episode where he uses different voids without having to extract them every time. We could conclude this as follows: Void Extraction > Void Storage (and when he desired so) > Void Usage. I believe he can only use one at a time too.

Of what this portrays also was explained in the anime I believe.

 He takes in the emotions of his friends (and foes), all of them, he wants to shoulder them all. Along those lines.

Could you also provide some adjectives that can be used for Shu and Inori, based on their voids ?

So I like to think his void is one that not only takes in other's burdens (voids) but also enhances them. If you look, every void he uses from that point on seems to be stronger and enhanced (look at the blue and black designs).


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What is Christmas present Tohru gives Miss Kobayashi in episode 10?
At time mark 20:11 of ep.10 in Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid, Tohru gives to her a Christmas present to help with back pain. She opens the present, which is apparently some sort of living creature from Tohru's world which must be ground up before use.  However, the anime on both Crunchyroll and Funimation censor it with a heavily pixelated effect.

What is it? My research shows this is an anime original episode, so I guess the manga would be no help. I've checked other forums where this question has been asked, but I did not find an answer.

This is just how anime shows "a very disgusting thing vaguely shaped and colored like this".  It's not a new thing, off the top of my head I can remember one other instance for which we have a question here: Why are there censored/retracted art when there is no problem and here's the video of that fragment. Also see this question and its answer: Why do they censor vomiting in anime?

Okay, thank you. So the version as seen in Japan had the same pixelation as the image from Crunchyroll and Funimation?  I guess this is like a trope understood by Japanese folks then.  In US productions they would find another way of representing the disgustingness.  Either that, or intentionally gross out viewers. I had just assumed this particular image was something acceptable within Japanese mores that a Western audience would reject within a child-friendly series.

@RichF You see this a few times in Miss Kobayashi. I think it's also used as shortcut to show something weird and alien from the other world without having to come up something that's convincingly weird and alien looking. Also this isn't meant to be a child-friendly series. It aired at midnight and Japan, and much of it's content (eg. drunkeness, Lucoa) wouldn't be considered acceptable for children in Japan or the West.

@RossRidge Oh, the other instances must not have registered. // With Japanese mores its hard for me to tell what is considered child-friendly. In One Piece, the hero Sanji incessantly smokes, something that an American cartoon would reserve for bad, shifty characters, if at all. And in early Dragonball episodes, Bulma literally shoots Goku in the head several times.  Not to mention Goku removing her panties while she slept. // It happens so often, I had assumed adults drinking heavily was considered normative, like smoking. Lucoa seemed like a sight-gag figure, not actual fan-servicy.

@RichF you can usually look up every anime or manga's age rating on database sites, like here it says PG-13 (although that's the common rating title given by Motion Picture Association of America, but it could be frivolously translated from another country's similar rating for 13+, not sure what their source there is)

@RichF Lucoa gets covered up an dragged off a couple times during the series because of what she's wearing in public is deemed unacceptable. While that's done as a gag, it also demonstrates that the show knows they've crossed a line.


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Whose mask is this?
This phone charm was part of a lootanime crate. Whose mask is it?

Reppin' A&M in the background there

It looks similar to the masks the Anbu Black Ops in Naruto use. though i don't know if a mask like that actually appears in the series

Nerdspan says:

This month’s phone charm accessorizes well with the shirt and the watch, as like both of those wearable items, the color scheme is also white, red, and black. On the reverse side of the Loot Anime poster, we learn that this is in the shape of a “broken kitsune mask” that belongs to the Loot Anime mascot, Yume.


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Does the anti-Titan artillery exists in the anime?
Reading conversations about Attack on Titan I've heard about the anti-Titan artillery, which supposedly is a very powerful weapon against Titan more than the regular cannons. I dont remember seeing it in season 1 and season 2. Have they appeared in the anime? If so, which episode? or this only exist in the manga?

The title of your question is really a spoiler for anyone who hasn't read the manga. Just the phrase "anti-Titan artillery" is too revealing in an of itself. I suggest changing it.

As far as I remember

The anti-titan artillery is developed by other nations (other than Eldians and Marleys) to counter Marleys titans. since we are not introduced to Marleys and the world beyond the walls in the anime, I'd say it's too soon to say there is no anti-titan artillery in the anime.

This was revealed in the manga chapter 91. Season 1 of the anime finished at manga chapter 34. Season 1 had 25 episodes. Season 2 of the anime is said to have only 12 episodes, which means that, probably, season 2 will reach chapter 51 (if the second season follows the same manga-to-anime ratio as the first season).
Never the less, we can say with certainty that the anti-titan artillery will not be revealed in season 2 of the anime.
It is important to keep in mind that when anti-titan artillery was revealed in the manga, it was a huge information, thus it is highly recommended to not engage in Attack On Titan manga discussions when you are not caught up with the manga.


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What do I have to read/watch to understand the story of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes manga?
Is the new Super Dragon Ball Heroes manga understandable by its own, or do you have to read and/or watch Dragon Ball Super and/or the previous Dragon Ball Heroes manga to understand its story?

I say read Dragon ball heroes because it is not in line with the actual dragon ball it is a different story but with the same characters it is a multiverse story


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What are the stats in DanMachi?
The following is a screenshot of Ais Wallenstein's stats taken from DanMachi Gaiden Sword Oratoria Ep. 2.

From top to bottom we get
Ais Wallenstein
Lv 5
Str 549 -> 555
Vit 540 -> 547
Dex 823 -> 825
Agi 821 -> 822
But what is the last stat (the one with the value of 899)? What stat is that?
While at it, what does flipped V and that rotated Omega sign means? Considering that the same symbol is used in her name, the flipped V must be A, which I believe is her stat's rank. But what about the other one?

The last two letters of the last stat looks like 'ag', as they start with the same letters as 'agi'.
Knowing the other letters on the paper are: A, D, E, G, I, L, N, R, S, T, V, W, and X. (You say what the letter is called in the question.)
Without knowing the Anime we know that it can then be one of; Bag, Cag, Fag, Hag, Jag, Kag, Mag, Oag, Pag, Qag, Uag, Yag, or Zag.
However looking online, it seems the last stat type is 'magic' and so it's probably 'mag'.

The two symbols next to the ranks if using the same letter system would be a D for; Str, and Vit, as they're between 500-599, and a A for; Dex, Agi, and Mag, as they're between 800-899. Which seems to correlate with the earlier link.

The letters are obviously English using a made up script, so a simple substitution can help us figure it out.
You can tell that the second and third letters are the same as the first and second letters of AGI (for agility), leaving us with _AG, eliminating all the already existing letters leaves us with BCFHJKMOPQUVYZ - trying each of these.
The only thing that makes sense is MAG, for magic.


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What is the complete story of King Artoria in Fate?
The story of King Artoria differs from the real world story of King Arthur, although even the latter have a lot of variations. In the Fate series, there are bits and pieces of Artoria's life being revealed in each iteration of the game. But is there a complete story of the King Arthur story in Fate from beginning to end? Is her story even interconnected in each of the Fate works?

I have decided to edit this question to remove the huge quote text from the Wikia and sum it up in my own words. you can read up on the original from of this answer here

Artoria (or Arturia as the common mis-translation) was born during the war-torn Dark Ages after Britannia lost it's protection from the Roman Empire. During this time Uther Pendragon was the King of Britain and he had already fathered a daughter (Morgan le Fay) with the wife of the wife of the Duke of Cornwall, Igraine.
Merlin, an Human/Incubus Hyrbid and a powerful Magus, had prophesied that their next child would be Uther's successor as king and Uther believed this. However when Arturia was born Uther despaired as she was born a girl, not a boy. in those times a King could not make a child that was not male his successor even if she was fated to one day become a king. Merlin was delighted because the sex of the child had never mattered and he was confident that if Arturia was separated from the castle until the day of prophecy it would be proof that she would become king.
At the age of five, Arturia was entrusted to one of the king's vassals, Sir Ector, who while he did not believe in the prophecy he did feel the same air from the young Arturia as he did his king. Arturia was then adopted and raised with Ector's own son Kay training them both as simple knight apprentices.
Kay could tell that Arturia would grow up to be a beauty woman but his father told him to guide her like she was his brother and decided to treat her in that manner, though he did not believe it would be kept secret. Initially Arturia was raised under the belief that she and Kay were related by blood, but she was later told the truth while growing up. Despite this their relationship did not diminish from the truth, and they still felt they were true siblings.
Arturia acted as Kay's squire and received training from him while also doing other chores such as pulling along his horse. During their sparring Arturia was the greater in terms of swordsmanship however Kay would use "warped reasoning just on the verge of being correct" to make her feel like she had lost despite winning, reasoning like

"You lose since you threw away your sheath!"
"I'm still alive so don't act like you won!"

During one rainy day while Artoria was sick, Kay's mother had to leave so only he was available to tend to her. Telling Arturia "it would be troublesome for me if you were to die now", he promised to do anything she requested in exchange for getting well quickly. Being very persistent in having her request something Arturia said she wanted to "dream of a lion running across plains." To fulfill this Kay carved a wooden lion. The carving was poor as Kay was hoping to make an old, dying lion unable to hurt a mouse so as to not have it harm her in her dreams and Arturia compared it to a cross between a dog and a cat, but she appreciated it and was able to see the dream.
While being raised by Ector Merlin also visited teaching Arturia and acting as a sort of foster father figure to her. he also also revealed Arturia's gender to Kay making him swear to secrecy.
When Arturia was 15 the day of prophecy arrived and Merlin prepared Caliburn for the selection of the next king. when the Knights and Lords gathered for the selection of the next king they expected the selection  to be through jousting to select the most superior one to become a king, but they were presented with Caliburn stuck in a stone with the inscription on the hilt reading

Whosoe'er pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise king born of England.

While many knights grabbed the sword trying to follow the command, none were able to pull it out. With no successful attempts they began the expected jousting to make the selection. at this time Arturia was still an apprentice and thus not qualified to joust. she neared the now deserted stone and reached out for the sword without hesitation.
Before grabbing it, Merlin appeared before her to tell her to think things over before taking it. He told her she would no longer be human upon taking the sword, but she had been prepared for the fact that "becoming a king means no longer being human" ever since she was born knowing that a king is someone who kills everyone to protect everyone, having thought about it every night and shuddered until morning came with not a day passing where she did not fear that fact. to Merlin her response was a nod saying that the fear she has felt would end then
Arturia pulled the sword out effortlessly as per her fate and in that instant She became something not human. to everyone else there so long as she acted like a good king no would care for her appearance of gender. Taking the sword also had an effect on her body stopping her from aging as such from then on the King would have a body of a 15 year old.
After that Arturia, Merlin and Kay went through various adventures while training eventually calling herself the rightful King of the country while reclaiming the country and the 3 of them formed the original Round Table but later was joined bu Bedivere and Gawain who along with Kay becomes the most senior knights.
At some point during their adventures Arturia came to care for a lion cub for a month. While she claims that it wasn't because she liked them (most probably due to the carved lion she was given by her beloved brother) she formed a bond with the young cub who had become attached to her. the lion cub was very energetic, often biting or scratching, but experiencing the happiness she felt from this she wished to be able to stay with the sub until the end. while it's not documented on when this occurred given the images we have seen of Arturia as King and in battle where she wears the same blue attire under her armor i suspect it was during this adventures due to what she is wearing in a flashback image in the Visual Novel
Morgan le Fay, who was born as the proper, recognized daughter of King Uther and Arturia's older sister of the same status, in her eyes believed Arturia received the love and hopes of their father that should have been hers, became witch queen who craved for vengeance. during their adventures Morgan executed a trap which saw Arturia loose Caliburn to which afterwords Arturia goes to Vivian, the Lady of the Lake (and Morgan's polar opposite).
After the final battle against her uncle Vortigern, Arturia claimed her kingdom Camelot and spent ten years in peace. during this time Arturia had to deal with the problem of being able to produce an heir. to "help" Merlin used his magecraft to make Arturia into a pseudo-male capable of producing sperm for an unknown duration of time. during this time however Morgan le Fay got her sister drunk used her magic to enchant her sister to take some of Arturia's sperm. using her own ovaries Morgan developed the sperm and have birth to a homunculus clone of her sister. this was Mordred.
Arturia met the daughter of King Leodegrance, Guinevere, and the 2 wedded to make an outward appearance of a "kingdom" in Britain. They even held a grand wedding ceremony that lasted close to seven days and was celebrated throughout the land. However it was marriage out of necessity rather than love, where Arturia, the "husband" was not a man and the marriage would never be consummated.
During this time Mordred was raised by Morgan to believe it was her right defeat the King and inherit the throne. Through her mother's recommendations and a presentation of her own swordsmanship, was able to be counted as one of the Knights of the Round Table. despite her mother's obsessive hatred for Arturia Mordred never hated Arturia yet idealized her as the perfect king. she later learned of her heritage of being Arturia's "son" and was happy in learning that she shared the same blood as the king she idolized, however Mordred also felt ashamed of her twisted birth.
As Arturia continued to be king she kept to the oath that a king is not human and that one cannot protect the people with human emotions. never narrowing her eyes in grief while on the throne and settling every problem while working hard in government affairs, Arturia managed to balance the country without any deviations, and punished people without a single mistake. this however lead one of her Knight, Sir Tristan to leave Camelot saying

The King does not understand how others feel

hearing this Lancelot wished to lessen the burden for his King, a wish that Guinevere also held. While they conversed with each other they came to recognize each other as friends and rely on one another and it was then that Lancelot began to fall for Guinevere. it was though Guinevere that he learned of Arturia being a woman and the true meaning to Guinevere's marriage to her.
At some point in time Mordred approached Arturia about her identity and her "son" but rather getting the acceptance she had hoped for Arturia rejected her stating that while Mordren was her child born from her and Morgan's plotting she could not recognize Mordred as her "son" or give her the Throne. Mordred believed this however was because Arturia hated Morgan and no matter what she did, the moment she was born from Morgan she was a dirtied child and the shame of her birth began to become hatred.
Lancelot and Guinevere began to have an affair and this was discovered by Agravain, one of Arturia's Knights and an assassin hired by Morgan who he hated. Agravain was loyal to the King however he hated women due to Morgan and when he uncovered the affair he also learned of Arturia's true gender. he tried to threaten Guinevere with the fact of her affair but failed. before his death and seeing Mordred's growing hatred (while probably not knowing Mordred was a woman as well) he revealed the affair to her who used it to sow mistrust in the Knights of the Round Table and destroying the prestige of the King in the eyes of the people.
When Arturia learned of the affair she did not blame anyone but rather understood knowing Guinevere's and Lancelot's sacafrice. however still acting in the capacity of a king and this times adultery was a serious crime, Arturia discarded her emotions and had Guinevere executed. Lancelot tried to stop to save her, killing several of his fellow knights including Gawain's brothers, Gareth and Gaheris but ultimately failed and fled back to his homeland of France.
When Arturia left for the Rome expedition Mordred became the leader of the rebellion representing the national discontent towards the King. when Arturia returned Mordred raged and proclaiming her hatred of the king and that only she was fit for the throne. the truth was that she only wanted to be accepted by Arturia as her "son". this sparked the civil war that would later claim their lives.
shortly before the final battle of Camlann Avalon, the sheath to Excalibur that gave Arturia immortality, was stolen due to the machinations of Morgan le Fay. Lancelot, even after being excommunicated, wanted to participate in the Battle of Camlann to serve his King but Gawain hostilely rejected him due to his hatred.
Merlin left Arturia before the final battle because of his own love affair problems claiming that an evil witch (Morgan?) tried to murder him so he fled to the Reverse Side of the World and thus the land of Avalon where he thought the witch wouldn't reach him, however the gate he encountered was a trap which created a sealing "tower" called the Garden of Avalon and having transcended death, is trapped for all eternity and thus can never enter the Throne of Heroes.
During their final battle Mordred hated the "Son of Morgan" but Arturia replied

Not once did I despise you. There was only one reason I would not give you the throne. You didn't have the capacity of a King.

In their battle Mordred was fatally wounded by Rhongomyniad but because of a curse on her, after death still swung her sword and fatally wounded Arturia.
Arturia's dying body was escorted to a holy isle by Sir Bedivere where she ordered a grieving knight to dispose of Excalibur by throwing it back to the Lady of the Lake, an order he failed twice beliving that the moment Excalibur was returned to Vivian Arturia would die.
In Bedivere's absence, she reflected on her personal failures, regretting her life as king. Before her last breath, she appealed to the world; in exchange for services as a Heroic Spirit, she asked to be given an opportunity seek the Holy Grail to save her country.

i emphasize the last bit as after this is when Arturia made her contract with the world and started to be summoned to the Holy Grail Wars. unlike the other Heroic Spirits who are effectively clones of their real selves in the Throne of Heroes, Arturia never made it there which is why she can retain her memories of previous times she has been summoned.
after the events of Fate/Stay Night, depending on the route Arturia' fate different. i summarize it in this answer but to sum that up

 - In Fate we see Arturia accept things when Sir Bedivere returns for the final time
  - In -Last Episode- because Arturia terminated her contract with the World by destroying the Holy Grail by her own will she goes to Avalon in the Reverse Side of the World, waiting for Shirou who eventually reunites with her as apart of a miracle Merlin talks about

 - In Unlimited Blade Works:
   - In the Good End she remains with Rin as her Servant
   - In the True Ending Arturia fades away however we don't know if her contract was terminated or not and if it was if she ended up in Avalon aswell

 - in Heaven's Feel, regardless of the ending Arturia is corrupted by Angra Mainyu and is killed by Shirou close to the final battle. we don't know of her fate after this

 - in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia she is summoned for Angra Mainyu false Holy Grail War. because Angra Mainyu was trying to recreate the 3rd war Arturia is summoned as if she was summoned by the Edelfelt sisters who used their sorcery trait to summon 2 Sabers (2 sides of the same Hero) Arturia is summoned with the ability to swap with her Alter personality (the Arturia corrupted by Angra Mainyu)

Also while we do not know when about in Arturia's own timeline this occured

in Fate/Labyrinth she is summoned as Norma Goodfellow's/Manaka Sajyou's Servant during the Subcategory Holy Grail in Caubac Alcatraz's labyrinth. she forms a party with 3 other Servants, Archer (Robin Hood from Fate/Extra), Caster (Medea from Fate/Stay Night) and Assassin (Hassan-i-Sabbah from Fate/Stay Night). because of a fading contract with Norma/Manaka and the uses of her Nobel Phantasm during one battle Arturia fades away but not before saying her goodbyes to the other 3 Servants and entrusting them to give Norma/Manaka a Mystic Code she found

i would also add that at some point Arturia's Bloodline survived somehow as in other Type-Moon Works Lord El-Melloi II (Waver Velvet's name after the 4th Holy Grail War) meets with Gray who becomes his assistant. aside from her appearance being like that of Arturia which bring up unpleasant memories of the 4th Holy Grail War for Lord El-Melloi II Gray also can wield Rhongomyniad.
while not something special in itself Rhongomyniad is passed down through the generations with it's mystery preserved similar manner to the Tradition Carrier trait held by the Fraga family (Bazett Fraga McRemitz) which is passed down to a single successor from generation to generation through a pathogen in the Fraga bloodline. (similar manner as it's not know if there is a pathogen in Arturia's bloodline like that of the Fraga).
currently all we know is that Gray was born in a cemetery. we don't know from who she descends from or if the bloodline tied to Rhongomyniad starts from Arturia or from Uther (in which the bloodline could continue with Morgan who in the Nasuverse (according to the wikia) is Uther's daughter not the Duke of Cornwall unlike in other Arthurian Legends)

Sources (all the Type-Moon Wikia)

Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
Guinevere
Berserker (Fate/Zero)
Archer (Fate/Grand Order - Tristan)
Avalon
Kay
Caster (Fate/Grand Order - Merlin)
Morgan le Fay
Rhongomyniad
Gray
Vortigern
Agravain
Fragarach
Saber of Red
List of minor character - Vivian

When Morgan le Fay "enchanted by her sister" i still believe that she used the magic of alcohol and got Arturia drunk, probably because she has a huge crush on her sister

The Garden of Avalon novel retells the events of Arthurian legend through various characters. Also try not to quote entire chunks of the wiki. It's a tertiary source that doesn't reference the origin of the source material it summarize about the character's backstory.


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What was it that Yevon did to the Al Bhed?
In Final Fantasy X, after being transported to Bikinel Desert by Sin and reunited, Rikku goes to tell the party where they are

Rikku: i know where we are, but you have to keep it a secret, especially from Yevonites
Wakka: What are you accusing Yevon of this time?
Rikku: Yevon did something really terrible to us before

however all Rikku says at Home is that Sin destroyed the island they came from and it was her father Cid who gathered the separated Al Bhed to build Home. i don't recall Rikku explaining what Yevon did to the Al Bhed, is it stated anywhere what Yevon did?

Well, Yevon created Sin, so there's always that. I don't expect that's what she meant, though.

I think she just wanted to keep it a secret because Al-Bhed use machina which is strictly forbidden by Yevon.

@Alchemist the way Rikku looks when she says Yevon did something terrible to them in the past it seems to indicate they did something worse then that usual hypocritical racism that the Al Bhed suffer already.

While exactly what Yevon did to the Al Bhed was never revealed in Final Fantasy X, this information was eventually revealed in Final Fantasy X-2.5.

Final Fantasy X-2.5 is a novel sequel to Final Fantasy X-2 written by Kazushige Nojima who had written the scenario for Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. It was released on December 26th, 2013 to commemorate the release of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster.

Yevon essentially blamed the Al Bhed for Sin's appearance, performed a mass execution, followed by outcasting them.

Final Fantasy X-2.5 ~Eien no Daishō~
The origins of the Al Bhed are revealed in the sequel novel to Final Fantasy X-2. There was once a mechanic called Alb who created a race called Bedohls, humans who could not use magic but excelled at wielding machina, and used them to combat a Zanarkandian mage. Their weapons were so powerful they were kept under surveillance at all times. It's speculated that their power might have been the catalyst for the Machina War. After the Yevon religion was established, the Bedohls were blamed for the emergence of Sin and executed in numbers, thereby casting them out of society. The surviving Bedohls were later renamed the Al Bhed, a corrupted mesh of their original name and their creator's name.


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Why the Colossus Titan and the armored Titan werent worried about being attacked by mindless Titan the first time they attacked?
In Attack on Titan season 2 episode 9 (spoilers)

 After capturing Eren and Ymir, Bertolt and Reiner are worried than if they try to escape from the woods they were resting in Titan form, mindless Titans would attack them and kill them. Why werent they worried about this the first time they breached wall Maria and all the mindless titan come inside the walls?

They were always cautious about the surroundings. However, the situation is different in season 2.

 As the Colossal Titan, mindless titans are not a problem due to the Colossal's size. However while Berthold and Reiner captured Ymir and Eren, they had to run fast, which means they could not rely on the Colossal Titan. This means that both Berthold and Reiner had to rely on Reiner's Armored Titan to quickly escape the walls. Keep in mind that both of them are trying to run fast because the Survey Corps are after them.

In the first episode,

 Reiner only transforms to create a hole in wall Maria, so it is assumed that as soon as the wall was breached, he transformed back into a human.

Arguably, the Colossal Titan would also be visible from a very long distance due to its size, thus not being helpful when trying to stay out of sight. Also, you put the wrong name in your second spoiler, if I'm not mistaken :)

That is true. I am not sure what name is wrong? The Colossal Titan broke the outer gate of the Shiganshina district, whereas the Armored Titan broke the gate of wall Maria. Here's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyaTHTQMCWA

My bad, I thought you were referring to the initial attack by the Colossal Titan. I did not remember the Armored Titan appearing in the first episode, I thought this was considerably later (I also considered the first wall to be considered part of Wall Maria itself, though that is apparently not the case?)

They were worried, I guess. In Chapter 96 (don't continue to read if you avoid spoiler)

 It was showed that Bertholdt's face was kinda shock when he saw Dina Yeager's titan. Reiner seemed worried either. But somehow Dina didn't get any closer to him (or she did? I don't know, the drawing looked ambiguous) and went straight pass to the the wall. Then Reiner quickly rescued Bertholdt and climbed up the wall while some mindless titans desperately trying to reach them from the ground.


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Did Trunks turned Super Saiyan Rage in any chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga?
I readed some of the chapters of the Dragon Ball Super manga, not all of them. In the ones I've seen, Trunks never turned into Super Saiyan Rage. But now in chapter 23,

 Zamasu says to Goku that even Trunks could be stronger than him

Even if this is accurate or not, Trunks would have to be very strong to raise such doubt. This doesnt make sense if he only can transforms in Super Saiyan 2, because that transformation is 3 stages below Super Saiyan Blue (behind SSJ3, Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue), and in other hand Super Saiyan Rage is more or less in the level of Super Saiyan Blue, it can be in the same level, slightly weaker or stronger (personally I think it's a stronger transformation, but there is no official info on this yet) So my question is, did Trunks turned into Super Saiyan Rage in any chapter of the Dragon Ball Super manga?

Now Canon was made, I was reviewing the pages of the manga and I realized that Canon was just made

No, the Super Saiyan Rage transformation hasn't been seen in the manga yet. In fact, I suspect the manga doesn't plan on introducing SSR at all. What's important to remember here is that the manga version of Trunks is MUCH stronger than in the anime. Specifically, when Trunks and Goku spar in the manga, ssj2 Trunks is apparently as strong as ssj3 Goku.
The relevant manga panel is page 35 of Chapter 15:

I do believe the manga has officially ended this arc by now, and Trunks has not shown anything beyond SSJ2 as I recall. This answer may be worth updating.

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Why did Ika Musume lose her squid powers?
At the end of season one's last episode in Shinryaku! Ika Musume, Ika Musume loses her squid powers, like glowing, tentacle usage, and regeneration, among others. In fact, it seems that the only power she kept was breathing underwater. Why? The anime gave no reason for her powers to go away, nor any reason for them to come back. The trigger was, "someone is in danger", but Takeru threw an inflatable orca at her to no avail, and Sanae managed to glomp Ika without being hurt. Given Ika's notorious selfishness, the best motivator should have been her being in danger, rather than someone else.
Was it ever explained or implied in the manga? Was this anime-only filler? What's the deal with that?

It's because she didn't use it as much as when she was still living on the sea her tentacle withered. So she said...

Unlike the anime, the reason her tentacle grow back was because she was in danger - she saw a killer whale float

But she's always using her tentacles to do things... Still, if that's the explanation they're going for, I guess it made slightly more sense here than elsewhere. It's probably the best answer I'm going to get, at least.

well on land she use her tentacle to work and doing some stuff but on the ocean she also use it to move around, she can't swim using her limb


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What does Rumi say/sing at the end of the OP for Tonari no Seki-Kun?
At the end of the Opening for Tonari no Seki-Kun, Seki holds up a microphone to Rumi, at which point she says to the rhythm of the music something like "Yama tay!". No translation is presented. What did she say?
It is a cute OP.  During it, Seki is developing an animation that includes both Rumi and himself. (IMO this is essentially a very funny yet fitting meta commentary on the series.) You see him with what is probably a character summary of Rumi, and soon after he hands her a notebook.  It has a title in Japanese, but, again, it is not translated.

As she puts down the notebook, you see Seki-kun holding the microphone.

...

Yama Tay!

This is more meta than anything.
What Seki-kun is doing is providing Rumi a script for the Tonari no Seki-kun anime, handing her a mic, and expecting her to read a line.  This is further evidenced by the fact that he has what looks like key animations on his laptop of Rumi, specifically where she's meant to say something.
What she says is やめて (yamete), which is Japanese for "stop it", or "knock it off". This is also a line in the song itself, and is coincidentally sung when Seki is looking for her line.
(As an exercise to the astute watcher, keep a close eye on this reaction after this line is said/sung. You won't be disappointed.)

Even I freaking low that OP, She does say "Yamete" which roughly translates to "Stop", It can also be interpreted as please stop or anything along those lines depending on the tone it is said in.


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Differences between the Ghost in the Shell anime and Live action
I've watched the Ghost in the Shell movie a long time ago. After seeing the live action movie, I dont remember some things or I believed they were different. For example, the relation between Major and the mother. And the end for her and the hacker. Which are the main differences between Ghost in the Shell the anime and the 2017 live action movie?

I'm not gonna go into much details here, for that you can read countless articles on professional outlet sites. In short, everything is very different and heavily modified to make this new movie self-sufficient and everything explainable to a viewer unwilling to draw their own conclusions.
Here's some of the differences I noticed:

Major never had any "memory glitches" in the original movie;
Major was never Mira Killian. This whole memory-manipulation thing is an entirely new twist;
Major's mother was never an important character in the whole GITS franchise, and especially not in the 1995 movie. I don't think she was ever shown, but maybe mentioned once or twice in the tv series;
Major had a defective body since conception and had her brain transformed into a cyberbrain before she was born. This isn't explained in the 1995 movie iirc, but it's explained in the tv series. So there was no accident where her adult body was damaged, like it is explained in the new movie;
Major wasn't a rebellious teen who'd write angsty graffiti in the slums. Watch the Arise series to find out her canonical origin story;
Major's demeanor is originally very calm, rational and witty. The new movie portrays her as immature, unsure, rash and unwise;
Batou's eyes got replaced by electronics much earlier, while he was part of the ranger unit, unlike it is portrayed in the new movie. The rationale for that and his attitude towards this decision was much different;
Kuze character from the new movie is a mix of the Kuze GITS SAC: 2nd Gig series and Puppetmaster character from the movie, and this new Kuze's deal is not political in nature, but rather self-searching like Puppetmaster's.
There was no prior relationship between Major and this new Kuze/Puppetmaster in the original;
Hanka robotics doesn't exist in the original movie; It was Megatech that made Major's body;
There was no main villain character like the CEO of Hanka, Cutter. In the original universe, it's the faceless corporations and countries which cause trouble and global unrest;

Most importantly, the new movie doesn't have the slow pacing of the original and explicitly explains every detail without letting the viewer soak in the information, have a moment to themselves to process and ponder about the potential problems that could arise in a world where computers and people are essentially indistinguishable and have equal rights. There are no open-ended questions or implications thrown at the viewers to consider during the silent cityscape exposition scenes. Basically, food for thought was minimized in favor of action spectacle and the primitive "Who am I?" sort of existential questions.

See this Nerdwriter video for additional dissection of differences.

some bonus thoughts https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/6h3jqg/quote_from_roger_eberts_review_of_spirited_away/

Taking Arise as a canonical background can be iffy at best, and contradicts parts of 2nd Gig.  The entire plot of Arise is memory manipulation (which rather counters your claim this is a new plot direction), and the Major's recounting of her childhood and cyberization is one of the things they specifically point out to the viewer as likely partially or wholly fabricated (note how the photo of her with the doctor and the lady changes when she starts to realize what's going on).  And what do you mean by "no prior relationship"? They clearly had a non-trivial connection in 2nd Gig.


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Who decides the usage of furigana in a manga?
Recently I started to seriously read digital manga in Japanese by utilizing their free-reading (立ち読み: read while standing) feature for some first chapters. Then I realized that some serieses use furigana on all kanji, and the rest only on some difficult/rare kanji.
Furigana on all kanji

Air Gear

Attack on Titan

Furigana on some kanji

Kaiji (furigana on itazura)

Mushishi (furigana on igyou and mushi)

So, who decides the usage of furigana in a manga? Is it the author's preference, or is it decided by the publisher?
Note: in this case, it's about furigana used for standard reading, not on its artistic usage/alternative reading/pun.

Additional case: on one manga that I forgot the title currently, all kanji inside the dialog box has its furigana, but the kanji used on a sign/building doesn't.

Related on Japanese.SE: Why would a light novel have furigana for common kanji?

Ross Ridge's comment is correct:

I believe it's essentially determined by the media the the manga is original published in. Just like how the content of the manga needs to be age appropriate to for the target demographic, so does the use of furigana. Any one not in their teens is going to have difficulty reading manga without it.

Each manga magazine has target audience. It's usually categorized into 6 sections, by ages and gender: 少年 (boys), 少女 (girls), 青年 (youngs), レディース (ladies), 女性 (female), 男性 (male).
Boys and girls are "officially" targeted for elementary school students. Youngs and ladies are for the teen.
For boys or girls category, like Jump, "magazine" or Sunday, they always use furigana. Publisher enforces it and doesn't allow furigana in furigana (example: using kanji 二律背反 as furigana to ジレンマ (dilemma), because the kanji also needs furigana). In your example, Air Gear and Attack on Titan came from "magazine", they always have furigana.
For Youngs category, they use furigana for difficult kanji only or the first time it's used. Kaiji is published in Young Magazine and Mushishi is published in Afternoon and both are ok to not include furigana.


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What or who is "Minami" in "Search for Minami"?
In chapter 63 of Kare Kano, Arima appears on a television show called Search for Minami after he is recognised for his academic and athletic prowess. The beginning of the show is depicted in the manga, and it begins with:

Hello! And welcome to the popular "Search for Minami!" Today, we're visiting Hokuei High school … Hokuei High School is Kanagawa prefecture's top school. Today's "Minami" is going to be out of this world … Well, then, let's bring our guest, Soichiro Arima-kun!

(I removed short exclamations that did not appear to originate from the key show host in this section, such as "I'm excited myself!") What exactly does "Minami" mean in this context? That it is left untranslated suggests that it is supposed to be an important name, but I have trouble finding anything that would fit the context. Is there some sort of cultural knowledge that I am missing here?

The Minami means Minami Asakura in the anime Touch.
When the anime aired, it was very very famous and everyone knew the character.
She is a heroine in the manga and she likes sports.
One daily news show called Super Time started a new corner "Search for Minami!" which finds sports girl every day and interviews them.
It's an 80's show, no one knows that now, but the author of Kare Kano likes these kinds of random jokes.


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What is the recommended order for watching "Barakamon" and "Handa-kun"?
Barakamon was a highly rated Slice of Life Comedic show from Summer 2014 (Which I never got around to picking up). Handa-Kun aired much more recently (Summer 2016), but is described as a prequel to the original.
Is it required that I watch Barakamon before watching Handa-Kun? Are there any references in Handa-Kun that may spoil Barakamon?

TLDR: watch whichever you feel like watching.

You can actually watch it in any order. Having seen both of them, except for the same protagonist they don't have any link between them.
Handa-kun is an anime in which the protagonist is a high school student. This one leans highly towards comedy than a slice of life. But it's definitely fun to watch.
Barakamon is more the typical slice of life anime with bits and pieces of comedy, it has a sense of purpose unlike Handa-kun which is just everyday events. Here Handa-kun is grown-up and is trying to find some inspiration.


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Why doesn't Midoriya get any recommendations despite his good performance in the tournament?
In the manga they mention that they get recommendations based on the students performance in the tournament. Although Midoriya performs really well there and manages to reach the top 8 he doesn't get any recommendation(apart from the single one) why is that so?
He wins the first round without using his quirk and although his quirk harms him, the quirk in itself was exceptional if brought under control. So was curious as to what kept the pro heroes away from him.

You yourself mentioned the main reason. IF brought under control, his quirk is exceptional. However, we as readers get the extra information that the characters of the manga don't have.

 He inherits the quirk from All Might.

Thus, Midoriya may be capable of big things, but the other pro heroes will consider him a liability in practice, because an injured person removes 2 persons from a fight.
Also note, though he achieved good results, he didn't do anything impressive showcasing his hero talent.

Obstacle Course Race. He won the first round because Bakugou and Todoroki were fighting against each other. 1B wasn't interested in the first place. He didn't use his ability at all! This is mentioned specifically in Manga.

Cavalry Battle. They barely scrape through. Though Midoriya planned well again, from the outside, the MVP for the team was Tokoyami, who defended well and was able to scrape through the qualification in the end.

PvP Tournament. 1st Round. Even after knowing his opponent's weakness, he gave himself away. He lucked out in the end, when Previous One for All users triggered him from the hypnosis. He won since his opponent was weaker when they both didn't use quirks.

PvP Tournament. 2nd Round. Lost to Todoroki. He got his ass kicked tbh. He showcased his will power and helped Todokori assess his powers, but he was literally helpless. From the outside, it showed other Pro Heroes his vulnerabilities rather than his strengths!

Now, it's different. He has formed his own style of battling and is interning with AllMight's former sidekick in the current arc! So look forward to Anime/Manga. Cheers


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Who is "Miyuki-senpai"?
When Mutsumi and Serinuma are at the shrine in episode 12, Mutsumi asks Serinuma what she wished for. She replies that she wished:

for the Lord and Akane to live happily ever after
for Shion to come back to life
for Captain Levi to be more dere
for "Miyuki-senpai" to notice [someone]'s true feelings

The first two are from shows-within-the-show "Kachu Rabu" and "Mirage Saga". The third one is Attack on Titan (which has been referenced weirdly often). What's the fourth one from?

for me, a google search for Miyuki-senpai shows a whole bunch of facebook profiles. the only one that isn't is a wikia like to Miyuki Kazuya from Ace of Diamond. ofcause it could be Miyuki is no one and like the Levi one is just a nudge at something well know or popular with anime/manga culture, in this case "notice me senpai"

Miyuki is from Daiya no A or Ace of Diamond in English.... That "notice me sempai" is tagged on because as an ace catcher, the pitcher (Sawamura) fights kinda for his attention with another pitcher.... There are a lot of Sawamura and Miyuki doujins out there and they are a fan favorite ship.

Miyuki-senpai is from Daiya no Ace. The anime is centered around Sawamura (MC) and Miyuki's relationships as pitcher-catcher (the author said so). Sawamura wants Miyuki to acknowledge him as a capable pitcher, yet his rival on the same team, Furuya, as the ace, made Miyuki pay attention to him more. Sawamura struggled to make the best battery with Miyuki, hence 'notice me senpai'.


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Whose side is Ymir in?
I'm watching Attack on Titan episode 10 season 2. Whose side is Ymir in? First,

 she was along the others fighting mindless Titan. Later, she was captured by Bertolt and Reiner and she was against them. Later, she's cooperating with them and she talks with them about bringing Christa with them. She seems like she is neither on one side nor the other.

Tbh, its not much of a question. If you want spoilers, read the wiki/Manga. The question will eventually be answered in the Anime.
The best answer I can give is She is on her own side. She decided to accept Reiner's proposal which is deemed to be mutually beneficial. Some context below

 Ymir was a mindless Titan who ate Reiner, Bertholt and Annie's companion, who like them had shifter powers. This is also the reason why Titans eat humans. To consume the spinal fluid from a Shifter so they are no longer Titans.  Ymir Henceforth gained the Shifter powers. She is attached to Historia and thus saved her life, however decided to accompany Reiner to gain more knowledge and details.

This is something I dont like about movies/animes, etc. nowadays. If you dont read extra material, such as comics/manga, videogames, etc. you don't understand a lot of things which are going on. And about getting all the answers in the same media, that doesnt always happen

@Pablo Its an anime based on manga. So obviously it would lag behind. The second season is mid way, so you can exoect more answers by season end.


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Who are these people in the Kuzu no Honkai drama CDs?
The first track on the first drama CD for Kuzu no Honkai is titled "Nyan Nyan Prelude". It features characters named "Checo"(?) and "Shuu", the former of whom might or might not literally be a cat.
To summarize: the track begins with them doing lewd things (as is Kuzu no Honkai's wont). Checo says she'll get a job, but Shuu says she can't, because she's a cat. Shuu forgets her birthday, and they get into a fight. They reminisce about the days when their relationship was all sunshine and roses. At the end of the track, they reconcile.
I don't know who these characters are. Nothing in this track (nor the next one, "Nyan Nyan Serenade") has anything to do with any of the characters or events featured in the anime, even though the narrative "feels" like that of Kuzu no Honkai. I'm thoroughly confused. Who are these people, and what does any of this have to do with Kuzu no Honkai?

isn't there any meta info around these drama CDs like a credits image or text file or text on the back of the disc case? And what about database sites like MAL, isn't there an entry for these drama cds to see the cast and who voiced which characters?

@Hakase As far as I'm aware, there are not any useful online databases for anime-related drama CDs (MAL certainly is of no use here). The closest I'm aware of is VGMdb, which will typically not have more than metadata (track names, album info, etc).

I just remembered that some versions have seiyuu's names in the audio file metadata. Check your mp3 tags to see if it contains anything

I have seen neither the Kuzu no Honkai anime nor the drama CD's, so I'm basing this answer on my recollection of the manga. The manga features a bunch of extras involving cats or cat-like people. (The last paragraph in this review verifies my shaky memory of the manga.) None of these have anything to do at all with the main story. MyAnimeList gives the titles as being Nyan Nyan $foo, $foo being a musical form, which roughly matches my memory, so it seems likely the drama CD tracks are related to the extras.
In particular, your description of the drama CD track matches the story in the "Nyan Nyan Prelude" extra, which is after ch. 5 in vol. 1. In the manga extra, there is a human named Shu and a cat (or cat-person, I am unsure) named Chako. They have a physical relationship, but later, tensions between the two emerge. As in the drama CD, Chako speaks of getting a job, but Shu says she cannot since she is a cat, and Shu forgets Chako's birthday. Later, Shu apologises, but Chako is already convinced that:

Because Shu-chan is so forgetful, he's already forgotten about me.


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Why doesn't the navy arrest every pirate entering Grand line
Reverse mountain range is used by most pirates to enter Grand Line. The other routes are Marijoa and Calm belt, these are not easily accessible. Why doesn't the Navy encamp at the entrance (or exit) of the reverse mountain range to capture pirates as they enter Grand Line?

Probably because most pirates that are everything the grand line are fairly powerful and so to keep enough marines there to arrest and fight the plates would significantly weaken their forces elsewhere.

Primary reason is because not all pirates are from the 4 Seas. Many pirates are hail from the Grandline themselves. If they are weak they leave Grandline and make themselves home in other parts of the ocean. A good Example is Arlong who left Grandline to conquer East Blue or Lola who escaped from "New World" into "paradise".
Navy also takes into consideration a variety of factors.

Pirates eliminate each other. Luffy didn't fight marines initially except Captain Morgan and then Smoker. He however eliminated other heavyweights of East Blue. Saved Marine the trouble. Thus stopping new pirates from entering the Grand Line may be proved counterproductive.
Shichibukai. The warlord system has worked well for the World Government. Pirates entering the Grandline are young and immature but only the strongest survive to reach the Redline. Thus The establishment of Marine Triangle near Sabaody Archipelago. They can stop the pirates their as well
Marines True Purpose. The true purpose of Marines isn't controlling the pirates. The pirates are dangerous because they are after the "truth". It is heavily foreshadowed that One Piece would reveal the details of Void Century and how World Government was formed. Hence the best of these are near the New World
Tenryubitto. The protection of "Gods" is also a much more important task. Hence we see Marine captains are of all types some of which routinely oppress citizens, are corrupt and don't care for the average people. Hence, the rise of Piracy and Banditry

The situation however is not completely like that. The marine implements what you've tried to ask. Try to think of the reason why Smoker was deployed at Logue Town. It was because being the last island before entering the grand line pirates would flock there to resupply before entering the grand line. We also see how he captures numerous pirates before they even enter grand line. A Logia powered captain can easily capture pirates worth 100 Million I believe.

I think this is the answer but the "truth" is not the only reason why Marines hate Pirates. White beard existed before the great pirate age and the Marines were after him. Navy had a purpose even before the great pirate age.

@Lordbalmon "Great Pirate Age" began after Gol D Roger died. But Marines and World Government existed beforehand. A clear example of Marine prosecution is Ohara. Civilians and Scientists both were wiped off the map for just discovering the name of the Country which existed before the void century. Many pirates are hunted for crimes (Such as Caribou/Coribou etc.) But as Kidd said, in the new world, any pirate not ready to go for "One Piece" doesn't stand a chance of survival. Marines purpose as the military wing of World Government is protecting the secret of the gods.

Hmmm.. I still think the advent of Marines was for a different reason but you have strong references and good point about Lougetown

Smoker probably too overpowered in Logue Town. The island is located in East Blue where the average bounty is 3million and the highest bounty is 30million (Luffy first bounty).

@Darjeeling Exactly my point. Smoker's appointment is indicative that the Marines have tried to stop the inflow of pirates in Grand Line.

To answer this we have to first look at the regions. We have the North, South, East and West Blue. The Grand Line, and after that the New World.
The navy has coverage in all of these areas to some extent but they can't be everywhere. Their army is not infinite nor is the bulk of the issue caused by pirates.
If you recall in the Sabody island arc (right after fishman island) not only was there a more heavy appearance of the navy but there also were way stronger members who were in the area.
Why? Because in the new world there is a higher priority due to several things (the tenryubito, the 4 yonkou, etc).
Naturally there need to be marines all over but they can't just set up a tent in one place. They need to be dispersed, but in a way where they have the bulk of their force where they need it most. Which is why the grand line is essentially uncamped.
Lastly, recall that it takes great skill to even cross the red-line most ships either crash into the mountain side or get devoured by sea kings either immediately before or immediately after crossing. I imagine the risk vastly outweighs the reward


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What does "Why didn't she ask EBA" mean in Hyouka?
At the end of the episodes involving the movie, 10-11 iirc, just before the ending credits there is the subtitled text "Why didn't she ask EBA?" which I don't understand.
This wast touched on at this Yahoo Answers link but did not help my understanding.
Is this a joke from the translator? If so, what does it refer to?

Apparently, these are references to mystery novels which I don't suppose either of us were knowledgeable enough about to recognize. Basically, it's an in-joke for literature nerds :p

Each of the Hyouka novels has a Japanese title and an English sub-title (the English sub-titles are present in the Japanese novels - they are not the work of a translator). At the end of each episode of the anime, the sub-title of the novel that the episode was adapted from is displayed; for the movie arc, that's "Why didn't she ask EBA?".
The English sub-titles are mostly references to mystery novels and at the same time thematically relevant.

The first novel, "the niece of time", is a reference to Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time. The arc is about Sekitani Jun, whose niece is Chitanda.
The second novel, "Why didn't she ask EBA?", is a reference to Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?. Indeed, the whole affair would've been resolved quickly if Irisu had had just asked Eba how the film was supposed to end.
The fourth novel, "Little birds can remember", is a reference to Christie's Elephants Can Remember. The thematic relevance of this one is unclear to me.
The fifth novel (not animated), "It walks by past", is a reference to John Dickson Carr's It Walks By Night. I haven't gotten around to reading this volume yet, so I don't know what thematic relevance exists, if any.

Probably because Kurako Eba, Hongou's bestfriend knew everything how Hongou wanted to end the film from the start. But since Irusu interrupted the whole scene making it a "script writing contest" as stated by Houtaru, it became more complicated.

I think, it also can be relate, to the episode, when they're already know the whole story behind Hyouka or sekitani jun incident from their library teacher. Its like there're already person that had close relate to incindent but the whole time they didn't notice that, until Houtaro found out their teacher childhood name.
Its like, why they didn't ask their teacher from the fisrt place? Its similar to Agatha cristie novel "why they didn't ask eva?" Because in that novel, Eva was a big key of the mystery, but novel characters didn't notice it from the first place


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How many attacks can the Eight Trigram justu go up to?
The Eight Trigram justu is a taijustu that uses the Gentle Fist style, which is passed down in main branch of the Hyūga clan. In both the original and Shippuden, Neji uses this ability multiple times through the series.
So far, we have seen 16 Palms, 32 Palms, 64 Palms, and 128 Palm (which is only seen during Neji's fight with Kidomaru.)
In that pattern, the amount of attacks are doubled for each variation. Is Eight Trigram justu limited to 128 attacks? If not, what is the highest number attacks it can go?

It wasn't stated that there was a limit to the amount of attacks he could do, but remember that jutsu is used to close off the chakra flow, and 128 Palms is enough to do that. Any more than that might:

not have any effects, or
the person might die

Even though this is answered, stating some useful information and facts.
The technique of Trigrams is to hit as many chakra points as possible consecutively (in powers of two, basically hit 2 times consecutively and then hit another 2, to make it 4 consecutive and so on). As you have told already, anime has shown up to 128 chakra points, whereas a human in the Naruto series has 361 Chakra points (Source).
Therefore it can go up to 256 palms because, after 256 palms, someone can't hit another 256 palms, making it 512.
And it has been stated multiple times that even hitting up to 64 palms can render an opponent unable to stand, therefore 256 may affect even the vitals of the opponents most likely killing them in turn (Source).
As the technique requires both speed and stamina along with precision, apparently no one throughout the series could reach 256 palms, who had enough speed, stamina, and precision for it. The most gifted Hyuga, Neji achieved the feat of 128 palms, which is the highest in the series, and probably in Hyuga history as well.

So, if I'm not mistaken, it may have been loosely stated that they can go up to the maximum amount of tenketsu in the body. If that's the case, they can go up to 361. But as Neji has only gone up to one hundred twenty eight, I'd say the more strikes there are, the harder it is to pull off, but if you did hit them all, there is only death at the end. With all tenketsu closed, no chakra can flow, and with that, you die.

My theory is that it goes up by multiplying the previous strike by 2.
For example: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128; we can see a 256 palm in the making.


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Hobi-Hobi no mi on Yonka
Do the fruits in one piece have a limit based on the user vs victim strength? Could someone like Sugar just sneak up on Big Mom or Kaido and turn them into a toy?

She did it with a giant, so I don't think there are limits. It probably uses more stamina, when she wants to transform stronger foes though.

If there is such a limit for this fruit it would be fitting if it was inverted, don't you agree?

Probably. No one besides Oda knows but it is likely.
There are limits to be abilities of some devil fruit powers:
Bartholomew can only make a barrier of a certain size; Buggy can't levetate his feet; Even Luffy can only stretch 72 Gomu Gomu's before he starts bleeding and risk ripping according to Oda. (Of course that is due to the first SBS. These, while canon, are more humorous than anything.  Gomu Gomu's is not a specific unit of measure.)
There are, however, no shown limits (so far) to Sugar's ability related to the size or power of the victim.  Sugar used her power on many strong opponents with ease.
There is a running theme in One Piece of weak people being surprising strong in the right battle. Ussop beat Sugar and Perona when either could probably beat Luffy. Mr. 3 was indispesible in beating Magellan and rescueing Ace. Buggy held is own (sort of) against Mihawk.
Sugar, or someone similar, being able to turn a Yonko into a toy is not impossible based on how powers work and would fit well into the themes of the show.
There is, however, a theme of baddies looking beatable and then suddenly becoming far more intimidating. If Sugar touches a Yonko, expect something insane like Blackbeard countering the fruit with a hitherto unknown ability, a small toy Shanks defeating Sugar and her mooks itself, or a toy Big Mom/Kaido being even more baddass and imposing than the real thing.


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Rewrite: Moon and Terra ending
In the anime ending of Rewrite season 2 (Moon and Terra) did the girls summon Kotarou as their familiar knowing who he is/was? They were still childs when he was around them trying to save the earth. When he brought them to the moon, to the Kagari of season 1 did the girls remember their past lives or alternate routes? Can someone explain the ending to me, I'm not sure whether it was a good or bad ending. He completed his initial objective, but was that a good thing in order to fullfil his promise?
It are a lot questions but they are all related to the ending of season 2, hence why I didn't make several threads for this but just one. I am not really into novels or mange (yes it's weird I know) so I'd appreciate it if someone could explain the ending. Up to the point where he thought that he couldn't kill her but chose to go against his own instinct I could follow the storyline, but after that it all felt kinda rushed and I think those only watching the anime might've missed out on a lot important information.

I would argue that the ending is quite ambiguous in relation to most of the questions. Only thing that is sure is that Kotarou's actions ended conflict between Gaia and Guardian and gave future to humankind. Anything else is irrelevant.

It all depends on how you interpret everything that happens in the epilogue. You can interpret it literary, as Kotarou himself being summoned and walking on the moon. Or metaphorically, where Kotarou's essence is summoned and "walking on the moon" is taken as metaphor for his ability to travel in space.

That reminds me, wasn't ending the conflict between the Gaia and Guardian the sole reason he was send to earth after the simulations on the moon? If that were the case then this indeed is a good ending.
I'm not sure whether it is his essence though. Due to rewriting he burned through his lifeforce which him turned into a tree which basically just changed his body, meaning he still is/was alive but just required some source of lifeforce in order to gain a "human"  body again.

Also, there is difference between original Rewrite and Rewrite+. In the original he doesn't seem to remember anything. While in +, he remembers the girls.

In the beginning of + he didn't remember anything either, for all he knew he was just a hunter with some dangerous special powers which he came to understand during the war. Eventually he got in touch with the girls by "coincidence" and at the last episode he finally regained his memories about the girls. In the first season he started to remember a lot eventually. But that was mainly because season 1 were a bunch of simulations for the the actual thing, which was in season 2 ending the conflict so that Kagari could have some "memories to be fond of".

Both Rewrites kinda had the same start and same ending memory wise. It started with him not remembering anything. He was just barely aware of his gift while as the story progressed he was more aware of his situation as well as the girls involved and their roles as well as his, however this was for both Rewrites when the story reached nearly it's climax.

I think that the 2nd season closed off with a good ending. My reasons for it is that Koutarou had the same relationship with the key by the complete end, but they all seemed to be back to how they normally were, school clothes and all the other things. I don't know why but I got the feeling they gasped not just because the two kissed, but because they knew the two of them so it was even more of a surprise.
A bad ending in my eyes would have kept him dressed in his butler suit and not have the scene where they look to be casually chatting while walking on the path of light on their way to the moon.

So the conclusion is that weather you watch or not season 1 both season have same story the only difference is that the season 1 end with negative ending and the season 2 end with positive ending so I recommend to watch directly season 2


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Why did the show pause in episode 1?
In Episode 1 of Konosuba the anime pauses for a moment, just like in a video game. However, this is meant to be an alternate real world.

Why did the show pause like this?

Was it in the middle of the episode? Could have been an advertisement break that you don't see in online episodes.

@Hakase Yes, it was. I wonder if thats possibly what happened then... That would make a lot of sense

Yes, that was in fact the mid-episode advertisement break.

For people watching via an online stream or disk, this made a little less sense as it pauses and then unpauses and it may be a little difficult to understand what happened. However, for viewers watching the broadcast on television it made more sense because this screen was placed just before and after the commercial break. It's merely the art used to transition to commercial.

It was meant to be funny. Not an advertisement. The game is heavily based off RPG Video Games and throwing in a "Pause" was just to add to the humor. This was literally my favorite (and most memorable) addition to the episode.

They weren't saying it was an advertisement. This is the screen they showed when they went to commercial break when the show aired on live TV


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Why are the Gaichuu alcoholic?
I think every Gaichuu named in the Manga wears the name of an alcoholic beverage:

Cabernet -> Wine (Cabernet Sauvignon)
Absinthe -> Strong Liquor
Cider -> Applewine
Daikiri (or Daiquiri) -> Rum-based cocktail

and some more...
Is there an in-canon reason to name the "Heart"-eating bugs after Alcoholic beverages?

I'm not sure an in-universe answer is ever directly stated. If there is one, it would probably be in one of the Doctor Thunderland segments at the end of each volume. I only have volumes 14, 15, and 16 at present, but if I get the chance, I'll review the others.
That being said, I can think of a reason that the Gaichuu would be named after alcoholic beverages. Alcohol is a depressant. This means it slows down your body and brain. The wikipedia page for alcohol lists lethargy as a possible symptom for drinking alcohol. This is similar to a battle with a Gaichuu: A letter bee will fire off fragments of their heart to defeat it. The weariness they experience would be comparable to the effects depressants cause. They would both cause some loss of feeling and thinking. The wikipedia page for depressants lists one of the effects of depressants as being memory impairment, similar to how a bee could lose memories if they fire their shindan too much. Firing too many shindans and drinking too much alcohol can also both cause loss of consciousness.
So, letter bees might have seen the similarity between battling gaichuu and battling alcohol and named the gaichuu accordingly.
I'd like to point out a relevant passage from Dr. Thunderland at the end of volume 16:

To be honest, in the last volume I prudently resolved to stop sulking about my continued failure to appear in this story. But before I knew it I found myself drowning my sorrow in booze from the stress of being prudent. I'd get up in the morning and have breakfast and beer. At noon it was lunch and draft beer. My afternoon snack was a tequila. With dinner I'd have wine and sake. After dinner I'd have shochu and a whiskey nightcap. After using the bathroom I did shots of alcohol hand sanitizer... Incidentally, I lose my memory when I drink too much. I hypothesize that the drinking is causing my brain to shrink. I wonder if it's something like What-chamacallit for Algernon. But they do say, "Ignorance is bliss." Still, my life has been a mess lately. I wonder why. Oh, right, because of the drinking... heh heh heh...

Here, Dr. Thunderland specifically mentions the memory-loss properties of alcohol. And from an out of universe perspective, Dr. Thunderland's article conveys that the author has some kind of interest in alcoholic beverages and drunkenness (the references to different kinds of alcohol are particularly interesting). I admit it might be a little presumptuous for me to assume so since drunken characters are a common gag.


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Is there a succinct list anywhere of all the general genres of anime?
If not can we make one here? It'd help a lot of people who ask "What anime should I watch if I like this?"

going by your last sentence this might be related: Are there any anime suggestion engines?. i would assume they also have lists of genres

True but it's not a break down by genre.

you mean something like this http://www.anime-planet.com/anime/tags?sort=num_likes&order=desc ?

@Darjeeling precisely! I could copy paste all of those into a nice list but it feels kind of wrong for me to take credit for it when I'm not the one who found it

Anime-Planet have this really nice list. The list contain all genre on their database. They have it on alphabetic order or number of likes order. If you want to find popular genre you can sort it by likes count. If you click on the genre you will find all anime with that genre. You can sort it by name or rating.

I usually go here to find new anime to watch, the genres are not sort able but it has a lot of themes to select other than just genre and it helps a lot when you want to find something you like, it also has a button in every anime page to search based on that anime's information.
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/search/genre


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what is the name of this OST of episode 14 of shingeki no kyoujin?
The ost were on Eren's speech during the trial scene when he called them cowards and defended Mikasa. Some said it's " Call your name" but i would have the link of the music as it sounded, if possible, please

The soundtrack's name is "Call your name", like you already mentioned. There is one version with vocals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFoc5XKkIIw) and one without (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsc9Y_lH9CQ).


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What was text in final frame of Magi?
Here is the final frame of episode 25 of Magi: The Kingdom of Magic:

It is the final end card of not just the episode, but the series. It shows after the credits and ending song. The exclamation mark in the text implies to me that it says something like, "Thanks for watching!" or "See you next season!". Since those are guesses, what does it actually say?

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because this is purely a Japanese language question, not related to anime and its content.

@AkiTanaka ??? Did you not see the picture? It is from an anime, and concerning something related to that anime which non-Japanese speakers could not understand.  If I posted a random picture that someone took while on vacation of a Japanese menu and asked what it said, then yeah, that would be off topic. But this is from an anime. My question is primarily about the anime and just happens to involve the Japanese language.  If it were written in Korean or Thai or some in-story code, I'd still ask the same thing. What was the anime staff trying to communicate?

I'm afraid this is an analogy to what SO called a boat-programming problem: just because the Japanese text is from an anime, then it is considered as anime-related question. However, I may be biased because I more-or-less understand Japanese. I'll leave the decision to the community.

As far as I know this meta question is is still the consensus view on Japanese language questions, and the answers disallow this sort of question where a simple direct translation is all that is required and the language is unrelated to any story considerations. As such I agree with @AkiTanaka that this is off-topic.

@AkiTanaka we have had questions asking about what certain text in an anime says like this question and this question but we don't make a habit of being japanese translators. considering that this is an end card i would assume there's no dialog spoken and there's no other visible text so to me it does seem odd for a subtitle so i'm inclined to leave it open though the question could add if this is a subtitle or not and if so if there was english subs though before asking why maybe this is different

@LoganM As it turned out, once I read the answer, I learned the text did not apply to the anime itself.  But without knowing what it said, how could one possibly conclude that? It could have said, "Next season, Sinbad betrays Aladdin!" Just anything the animation studio wanted its viewers to think about going forward.

@Memor-X As you surmised, the end card did not contain any audio or English text. // Are you suggesting I add something to the question? It has already been asked and answered, and it seems silly to me closing it is even being discussed. Those who are voting to close it must realize it will quickly fade into obscurity anyway. I appreciate that they have commented on why they voted to close, but the net effect is nil.

@RichF If the on-screen text happened to say that, it would still be off-topic to simply ask for just a translation of it. Questions about understanding the use of Japanese in anime/manga need to be more than pure translation questions; there must be some story-related context required to answer. There are plenty of translation services available which would be more appropriate. In a case like this even Google Translate does a good job.

@LoganM I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. I don't know how you can look at that picture and conclude the text has no "story-related context", but apparently you can. Cool. (Further points discussed in a post to the Meta thread you referenced.)

You are still misunderstanding what I am saying. I did not say that the text has no story-related context. Rather, I said that it does not require any such context to answer your question as asked. You only need to know the literal meaning of the words on screen. That makes it a pure translation question. There may or may not be more to say about the text beyond its literal translation (in this case there is not) but that is not what you asked about.

A simple test you can use to check this yourself is to ask whether your question would still have any content if the text was written in a language you are fluent in. If the answer is "No", then it is a question for a translator, but not for this site. If, even with that, you do not know if the answer is "No", then it is likely that your question is probably too vague or open-ended. In practice it would be difficult to ask an acceptable question involving Japanese language on this site without at least knowing a bit of Japanese yourself, and that is by design.

It says "Thanks you very much!" or Arigatō gozaimashita


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Is there a Naruto and One Piece crossover manga?
Is there a Naruto or One Piece crossover manga or anime?  Have both of the authors collaborated in anyway?

Kishi and Oda make reference to each others works from time to time.
For example, One Piece made a reference to Naruto in chapter (766):.
Nami's dress with has symbol on it, and how there's a fox eating ramen with a whirlpool on its back.
Kishi also put a One Piece skull and crossbones (along with the straw hat) on the very last page of the last chapter of Naruto.
Although there are no offical crossovers, there are many fanfics about this.

Wow thats a pretty heavy reference!

At this point, there is no "official" collaboration in the anime or outside between these two, but a special collaboration was made by MAG Project (Manga-Anime Guardians Project).

With the purpose of being publicity for anime and manga, “Join Us, Friends” essentially creates a bridge and brings together publishers and anime companies that compete in the marketplace with each other. As a symbol of this, this special illustration crosses over works to bring together popular characters from five series: One Piece, Naruto, Sword Art Online, Detective Conan, and Attack on Titan.

Source: Otakumode

No, I have not come across any.
There is a special episode on Toriko that features Luffy (One Piece), Goku (Dragon Ball) and Toriko, but not Naruto characters.


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Does the Principal ever visit his granddaughter?
In episode 26 of Nichijou, it's revealed that the Principal of the school...

 ...is Mr. Shinonome.

However, the relationship between him and

 his supposed granddaughter Hakase

is never elaborated on in the anime.
In the manga, is it ever stated if he at least visits her?

Answering the question directly, there are no occurrences where the headmaster visits Hakase in any media, but they have met once.
In Nichijou no Shousetsu light novel, there's a chapter called "Nichijou no Mukashibanashi" (Everyday's Folklore) telling the story of Momotaro with Nichijou's characters. Hakase acted as Momotaro, while the headmaster's role was the dog. Here's the relevant script:

さて、さるをお供にしたももたろうが、元気良く鬼が島に歩いて行くと、その途中で、今度は犬が現れました。
  「……!」
  「……!」
  しかも、戦っています。
  しかと、戦っています。
  いぬ役の校長先生が、役をほっぽり出して、しかと戦っています。校長先生、出番ですよー!
  [中略]
  「な、なんでしかと戦っているのー!?」
  このおじさんが校長先生だと知らないももたろうは、あわてるばかり。
  たしかに、街中でいぬとしかが戦っていたら、誰だってびっくりします。

Translation:

And so, the monkey that befriended Momotaro and the vigorous demon are walking toward the island. On the way, this time they see a dog.
  "......!"
  "......!"
  Moreover, he is fighting.
  He is fighting with a deer.
  The headmaster whose role is the dog abandoned his role and is fighting with the deer. Headmaster, it's your turn now~!
  [...]
  "Wh-, why are you fighting with the deer!?"
  Momotaro, who doesn't know that this old man (ojisan) is the headmaster, is only confused.
  Certainly, everyone will be surprised seeing a dog and deer fighting each other in the middle of a road.

P.S. The headmaster's name was only mentioned in the anime.

Source: Yahoo! Chiebukuro