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Does Naruto still have Six Paths Sage Mode?
Yeah, I know there are lots of questions about this topic but not quite enough.
Can anyone tell me What happened to Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode?
Does he still have Six Paths Sage Mode?
Somewhere, I don't remember where, I read that they sealed it. Is that true?

He does have sage mode afterwards, because he uses it in the final fight in Boruto: The Movie. Here's what Narutopedia has to say about it:

The one consistent hallmark of Six Paths Sage Mode are Naruto's eyes: his eyes are yellow, his pupils are a cross of vertical fox-slits with horizontal toad-slats, and there is no pigmentation around his eyes that would otherwise signify standard Sage Mode.

The confusion arises from the different types and inconsistencies. There are different modes of sage of six paths: non-cloak, cloak, and ashura kurama mode.
And the way he looks in Shippuden and the Boruto movie are different. For example, in Boruto, he doesn't seem to possess truth seeking balls.

I don't think Naruto still has a Six Paths Sage Mode anymore, I will offer an argument for the same.
Naruto may still have residual chakra and power techniques left from when he was in Six Paths Sage Mode from when he was in the fight with Madara.
I don't think Naruto's eyes are really a hallmark of the Six Paths Sage Mode because he was so twice before in the manga, once when he was in his fight with Pain and another time when he was in his fight with Obito and they figured out only nature-chakra worked on him.
My greatest argument for why he does not still possess it is the absence of "Truth-Seeking Ball"s, regardless of who it was, Obito, Madara, Naruto and the Six Paths Sage himself all had these orbs when they were in the mode. And to be in the Six Paths Sage Mode one would need to have chakra from all the tailed-beasts, what Naruto had in the fight with Madara was given to him by the Jinchuriki's and it wasn't their entire chakra just a part of it, so it enabled him to go into Six Paths Sage Mode for the fight against Madara and Kaguya.

I would agree that Naruto still owns it. These special eyes first appears after naruto got the sage power by the RS. The truth-seeking balls are a combination of all chakra natures, that only persons with the six paths power can create that's true, but they don't have too. Why naruto chooses not to in boruto the movie is not clear but sure he still can.

Naruto doesn't possesses Truth Seeking orbs. So, there's no chance he can have sage of six paths sage mode. Also, Naruto wasn't able to use the six paths sage mode against Toneri while fighting on Moon.

Naruto still has access to the mode. Just like he was able to send chakra to the Shinobi alliance periodically, he can still access their chakra. I dont think he has need of it right now. It's like bringing out a hammer to kill an ant.

Wrong. He still has it because of the eyes.
It is also stated that once a user uses up the truth seeker orbs, they cannot create more, which means he would still have sage of six paths mode just without the truth seeker orbs. Same thing that happened with Madara.


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Language of the elf-like people?
This anime is still fairly new so I may be jumping the gun a bit, but in the episodes so far the people living in the world that the protagonist Toyohisa was transported to don't appear to speak Japanese.
Now my assumption may be off as I am not a fluent speaker, but as a third semester Japanese minor I usually can pick up on some words, phrases and contexts without looking at the subtitles.
When the elves speak there is a clear change in tone, pitch and pronunciation of words.
Are they speaking a different language entirely? Or just some sort of abbreviated form?

It seems to be an artificial language based on Latin, according to the author on Twitter.

I'm trying to find out the answer to this question myself. It's definitely not japanese, or any language that I've heard before. (Although Japanese accent speaking a different language may be throwing me off) I was wondering if they might be speaking Esperanto, it's the largest spoken artificial man-made language.

According to @кяαzєя's link as well as the author's twitter there is some derivative of latin/pig-latin that is very popular in the manga world but I still have no clue the formal title or how it works.

The language is officially called "Orte", based on "Orte Empire".
In the original manga, it appears only in written form with Japanese translation (no transliteration/spoken form). The character looks like a random scribble (and even like this...), but later was thought to be a modified Japanese hiragana & katakana.

Transliteration:
げきぶ
どりふたあず
がくにを
もしわれ
さんどうする
のならゆみ
をとりやを
つがえ
From 佐とさん's Twitter

When Drifters got animated, Kouta Hirano (the author) didn't think about it at all. He mentioned it on the Twitter,

The incoherent character that I wrote randomly on the spot, known as Orte language, was adjusted to be a fictional Latin-based language by the anime staffs. I can only say sorry while dogeza-ing with my head thrusting the ground.

Seiichi Shirato, a setting researcher for Drifters, also mentioned about the difficulty in dialog speech due to Orte language. From his interview,

What's the most memorable impression when doing researches for Drifters?
The problematic one is about the dialog speech. Regarding the Orte language that is spoken by the elfs, there's a conversation to just reverse the Japanese text/dialog. When we tried it, apparently it's still similar to Japanese, thus we created a language based in Europe. There's an idea to modify Latin little by little, but since Scipio (a character in Drifters) speaks Latin, he would find out!

Surprisingly, Orte language seems to have its own language structure. A Japanese blogger tried to analyze the language, though it ended only until episode 3.
Examples:

seda- : stop (verb)
neruc- : kill (verb)
quinacos: what (intransitive)
quinacom: what (transitive)
tu: you (2nd-person pronoun)
hi/hii: he (3rd-person pronoun)

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Strawhat Grand Fleet's status relative to Heart Pirate
At first, the Strawhats make an alliance with Heart Pirate, and then after Dressrosa Arc we are introduced to the Strawhat Grand Fleet. What I want to ask is: does the Strawhat Grand Fleet have equal status as the Heart Pirate, or lower?

Luffy and Law are equals in relationship between Straw Hats and Heart Pirates. The 6 Leaders of Grand Fleet are kind of subordinates to Luffy, though it doesn't amount to much with Luffy's nature. Not sure if this is mentioned officially or not though.

@Arcane So, the Grand Fleet are subordinate Law too?

No. Law is an unrelated to the Grand Alliance. Luffy and Law may agree to something, and the alliance will follow. However, he can't order the alliance anything. This is kinda like Shanks and Whitebeard Alliance. Shanks fights Kaido for WB's sake, but he can't order the 40~ captains of WB's allegiance. They do retreat when he threatens them.

I couldn't resist posting a proper answer if possible :P

Though there are no sources, we can surmise the difference in the nature of relationships between Luffy and Law and Luffy and Straw Hat Grand Alliance.
Straw Hat-Heart Alliance was formed on Punk Hazard by their two captains in order to defeat Kaido, one of the four Yonko of the New World. According to Law, who proposed the alliance, their cooperation would give them a 30% chance to defeat the Yonko.
The Straw Hat Grand Fleet is a fleet formed by seven organizations who vowed to serve under Monkey D. Luffy and the Straw Hats. These seven organizations are represented by

1 Cavendish - Beautiful Pirate (75)
  2 Bartolomeo - Barto Club (56)
  3 Sai - Happo Navy (1000)
  4 Ideo - XXX Gym Martial Arts Alliance (4)
  5 Leo - Tonta Corps (200)
  6 Hajrudin - New Giant Warrior Pirates (5)
  7 Orlumbus - Yonta Maria Grand Fleet (4300)

The key difference to note is the missing objective in the second. Luffy-Law alliance was formed for the purpose of defeating Kaido, one of the Yonko, so they could go closer to the title of Yonko themselves and hence the Pirate King. They are still rivals (Friends/Enemies) but while they are pursuing the same mini objective (defeat the Yonko) they are co-operating with each other. The members of Grand Fleet would support Luffy unconditionally.
Pirate Alliances in One Piece is an interesting read. Some important points

The captains who formed the alliance are theoretically equal in status, and cannot give each other orders. They may have limited control over each other's crews, but the highest authority still lies with the respective captains.
An alliance is usually formed with the purpose of reaching a specific, mutual goal. It may be something that neither crew could accomplish on their own
A common problem with pirate alliances is betrayal; when one captain sees no more use of the other, it results in treason in order to reduce the needs to share glory.

Thus we can surmise Luffy and Law share the status of EQUALS, while those of the grand fleet share the status of SUBORDINATES. Also note that this objective has been extended on request of Momonosuke, since Kaido is holding the Shogun as well, dubbed as Ninja-Pirate-Mink-Samurai Alliance
Extended Question in Comments So, the Grand Fleet are subordinate Law too?
The short answer is No. The Grand fleet is oathsworn to Luffy, but they are in no obligation to follow even when they are in alliance.
However, this often comes out to nothing since Law has the brains and judgement and the leaders of fleet have enough sense to follow those orders. The wikia however also states

In a situation where one of the captains gets captured, the other can take charge of their remaining subordinates.

Thus in adverse scenarios, Luffy's Crew and subordinates may listen to Law because of his status as a captain of an allied crew, but they can have their own judgements.
I made a poor example of Shanks and Whitebeard, but it does help to illustrate my point. They both are Yonko, Whitebeard's Generals know that Shanks is allied to their interests (The battle with Kaido). But they do not follow Shanks after the death of Whitebeard but Marco instead. Also note they DO retreat after Whitebeard's death because what Shanks said made sense. Though he did threaten the consequences.

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How did Log Horizon members find out Tetra's real gender?
Before the raid on Depths of Palm (Gold of the Kunie) in Susukino where Shiroe looks for full party members, Naotsugu and Regan find Tetra. Later on in the raid of Depths of Palm, Tetra joins (or is permitted to join) Log Horizon.
It seems that all members of Log Horizon, except Naotsugu, know that Tetra is actually male. How is that?

By skinship, perhaps. Touching female feels different than touching male.

@AyaseEri Since Tetra spends 90% of time hugging Naotsugu, I wouldn't say, that this is the case.

Most of the times when Tetra hugs Naotsugu, the latter is wearing his armor.

@AyaseEri Log Horizon wiki claims, that Kazukiho disclosed true gender of Tetra during conversation with Shiroe in Depths of Palm raid. So Shiroe maybe revealed that fact to other members of Log Horizon, with exception to Naotsugu.

@AyaseEri Also note Tetra might be a Female Avatar. Just like Akatsuki who had a Male avatar initially until she consumed the cosmetic Potion.

@Ryan It usually is. She's only a feminine man in the mobile game.

Shiroe learned Tetra's secret by intuition, but he left it up to Tetra to tell Naotsugu that he's a dude. I doubt Shiroe kept it a secret from anyone else but Naotsugu since Tetra only said that he wants to tell Naotsugu himself.

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Why isn't Subaru allowed to tell anyone about his "return by death" power?
In Re:Zero, Subaru has the "return by death" power, but when he tries to tell anyone about it he is stopped by what I assume is "The Witch". Why does this happen? Why can't Subaru tell anyone about his power?

He is allowed, he just can't bear the suffering it brings as soon as he tries :)

well thats what i mean, why does the witch try to stop him?

Anime still hasn't revealed that, but you may try your luck reading manga.

Apparently, this was not covered yet even in novel. But it seems, that witch doesn't want anyone to know about this ability of Subaru. When Subaru was able to Emilia about this, witch directly destroyed Emilia's heart.

My guess it ia because Subaru will be the recipient, and not Emilia

The witch seems to have given him his Return by Death power and stops him when he tries to reveal it. The witch's motivations for giving him the power or keeping it secret have not been revealed yet. It seems pretty clear that there's no way for Subaru to overcome the witch and reveal the power -- when he tried to overpower the witch and reveal his ability to Emilia, the witch killed Emilia.

The biggest key lies in the role of the witch - the witch of Envy. She is altogether not at all keen on him sharing just about anything with others, but most especially anything he shares with her.


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What do the half ghouls in CCG eat?
How does CCG keep ghouls alive for so long in their prisons when they can only eat humans? The same goes for half ghouls in CCG. What do they eat?

It's not really clear, what ghouls in Cochlea eat, but they are given something, that is referenced as "stew". It's origin is unknown. Quinx are not considered as half ghouls, they can consume normal food. Regarding actual half ghouls of CCG, I suppose, if CCG managed to hide fact, that a lots of CCG high-rankers are ghouls, from publicity and even from most of CCG employees, they can easily get some human meat, while hiding this as well. But it is not really clear for now.

@lentinant and you decided to make this a simple comment instead of a fleshed out answer why?

@Ryan my comment does not provide proper info and references to be considered as answer.

Quinx squad keeps their RC level low enough they can eat regular human food. (Post time skip Urie is seen eating at some fancy dinner with I believe Matsuri Washuu if I didn't get the name wrong.) Additionally in very early chapters of :re Sasaki cooks food for Mutsuki. During Kaneki's flashback of his imprisonment after the events of V14 it's shown that some sort of slop is pushed through his door which he doesn't eat. Otherwise perhaps quinx are given RC repressants as well which could help with hunger. Kaneki notes in chapter 99 that he was using RC suppressants in his time with the CCG (albeit noting it had an effect on his hair color).
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Are all (or most) of the clips in the DBZ opening theme song from the series episodes?
Link to the opening theme song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4vjJrGeh1c
I can recognize a few clips as being part of the series (e.g. Nappa tearing through the planes).
But the rest I cannot recollect being anywhere in the episodes. Do they appear in any part of any episode? If yes, is there a list connecting them?

Most of those clips are from the movies.
10s-21s;30s-36s : The Tree of Might
21s-30s;36s-38s;41s-45s : The World's Strongest
38s-41s : Dead Zone

Well I watched all three. Didn't know some of the clips were sped up. And they've already done Goku vs lookalike Goku!!. Thanks.


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How closely related do two Uchihas have to be in order for one to obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan?
When a user of the Mangekyō Sharingan wants the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, do they have to take the eyes of their sibling, or could they obtain the EMS by taking the Sharingan eyes of any Uchiha?

While researching, I found this:

Their vision can be restored by receiving the transplanted Mangekyō of
  an Uchiha with strong blood ties — ideally a sibling — thus awakening
  so-called Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

So my question is: what is considered "strong blood ties"? Father, aunt, 2nd cousin twice removed?
Is there any other source that explains this in greater detail?

Well, since it says "strong blood ties" I guess they do have to be closely related or else it won't work?

@Ms.Steel Yeah, so I'm asking what exactly does that mean? Let's say that Itachi had access to his father's eyes. If he transplanted those, would he obtain the EMS? I would consider a father to be a "strong blood tie", but they never mention anything like that in the show. All they mention is taking the eyes of their siblings.

Itachi will only activate the EMS if his father already had the MS, if he didn't then... to bad for him I guess.

@Ms.Steel, that's not true. Itachi was "attempting" to take Sasuke's eyes to obtain the EMS, and Sasuke did not have the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Then I have no idea, that was just my theory...

i thought the sharingan was activated or evolve when the uchiha felt a deep emotional trauma or something, so unless it a blood tie, one person doesnt feel that same intensity of emotional trauma. Could that be one of the reason ?

@HunterTurner Itachi lied about that. His goal wasn't to obtain an EMS for himself. His goal was to make Sasuke stronger. So your point is invalid.

I always thought that to get the EMS, you needed to have awakened the MS and get someone's Sharingan who had already awakened the MS too or else it won't work... That's my theory at least, but who knows maybe that's how it works?

@AyaseEri, he was hiding his true motives by pretending to go after Sasuke's eyes, but I believe that what he told Sasuke about the MS was true. For example, let's say you can only obtain the EMS from another "strong blood tie" MS. If Sasuke knew that before facing Itachi, then he would have know that Itachi was lying. Is it mentioned anywhere else that the eyes needed for the EMS have to be from a strong blood tie MS?

@Ms.Steel, do you have a source that you can point us to?

Maybe I should create another question asking if the EMS requires another MS, because that's what this conversation is leaning towards.

Like I said, it's just my theory.

The answer to this question is that there is not enough evidence to answer this question correctly without any speculation.
Throughout the series, Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Sasuke are the only ones to obtain Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan. Both obtained it by transplanting their brothers' eyes and both of their brothers have obtained Mangekyou Sharingan before the transplatation happened. Thus, we can't say for sure whether transplanting other close relatives eyes would work or not.
Genetically speaking, a child is genetically 50% of his mother and 50% of his father. Him and his sibling can be more similar in case of a identical twin. But most of the time, they would be genetically more distant. A child would most likely have a different sets of chromosome compared to his sibling. Because of this, the genetic similarity between siblings vary.
If we are to take Madara and Sasuke's case as the base for our hypothesis, then transplantation between a child and his parents should work. Transplanting from grandparents should also work since they are 25% genetically similar. Transplanting from Aunt or Uncle might work, depending on how similar they are to the recipient genetically. The further away they are genetically, the less chance for it to work. That is if we take that Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan requires Mangekyou Sharingan from a close relative.

One question I do have. When Itachi "gave" Sasuke the Mangekyō Sharingan, did he lose it himself? If so, then saying "both of their brothers has obtained Mangekyou Sharingan before the transplatation happened" would not be true, because it would have been already transferred to Sasuke and Itachi would not have the MS. It's hard to say if this happened or not, because he died right after.

Sasuke's eye transplantation happened after his fight against Danzo, which is quite some time after Itachi's death. Transplantation means he takes Itachi's eyes and put it into his own eye socket. This is more evident in Madara's case where his brother was shown dead with cloth covering his eyes, suggesting that his eyes was taken.

I felt as if this question was turning into a different one (partly my fault), so I created this new question talking about if a normal Sharingan can be used for EMS.


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How did Shanks manage to stop Kaido?
I know it sounds funny, but how on earth Shanks stopped Kaido to enter and follow Whitebeard on Marineford war?

It's unknown in the manga and anime still, but Shanks should have equal strength as a Yonko to escape and follow Whitebeard

@AnimatedLime I'm sure that once WCI closes and the rest of the crew goes to Wano they are gonna elaborate. Then elude to a showdown between Luffy and Shanks post-wano arc. But that's considering that Luffy faces Shanks before Blackbeard. Just my .02

All we really know about Shanks and Kaido's skirmish is in these 2 Panels.

Anything said other than the information is merely speculation. However it is not completely unfounded.
Looking at the second panel, Shanks appears at Marineford just a day after his skirmish, with his crew and ship showing no signs of damage or a fight. Considering, what happened to Marineford when Yonko Whitebeard fought we can safely assume that whatever fight, if it took place was likely very minor. More plausible is, Shanks simply being there "stopped" Kaido. Consider the following scenario.
The fight between Whitebeard and World Government threatened to disrupt the balance between the Yonko. Kaido tried to use this opportunately to preemptively strike at his enemy while he is distracted. Neither Whitebeard nor WG can afford war on two fronts. Whitebeard couldn't waste time and resources to thwart Kaido while WG didn't engage Rayleigh (Kizaru said something like do you want to fight 2 legends iirc)
Thus Shanks being a fellow Yonko just simply appeared there and stopped Kaido. Kaido doesn't want to fight other Yonko's head on either. The balance exists because they are all evenly matched. Thus the scuffle between Shanks and Kaido was likely very minor. Seeing that Kaido will not allow him to attack Whitebeard, Kaido retreated while Shanks followed Whitebeard to Marineford.
An interesting parallel to real world, Is Indo-Pak war in 1971. From WIkipedia: Task Force 74

The US Task Force 74 was a US Navy task force of the United States Seventh Fleet that was deployed to the Bay of Bengal by Nixon administration in December 1971, at the height of the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. Led by the Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, the deployment of the task force was seen as a show of force by USA in support of the beleaguered West Pakistani forces. [..]
  To counter this, On 6 and 13 December 1971, the Soviet Navy dispatched two groups of cruisers and destroyers and a submarine armed with nuclear missiles from Vladivostok; they trailed US Task Force 74 into the Indian Ocean from 18 December 1971 until 7 January 1972. The Soviets also had a nuclear submarine to help ward off the threat posed by USS Enterprise task force in the Indian Ocean

Thus without fighting, both US and USSR effectively negated each other's influence on the war. For a more detailed account: 1971 War: How Russia sank Nixon’s gunboat diplomacy

Your hypothesis is good and plausible, but do you have any source to back up your claim? If not, please specify that you are making assumptions.

@solalito I thought the language implied it clearly that I am trying to logically deduce the nature of fight between the 2 yonkos. AnimatedLine's comment on the question makes it quite clear that we have no concrete information on it. Anyways, edited the answer to make it more explicit and added the relevant Manga panels.

this is my own opinion based on my own search and theories :
shanks is based on chancai a.k.a red boy from the novel "journey to the west".the name itself shanks reflect a combination between chancai and "truks" from dragon ball  z.
in the same novel a character known as "demon lord" heavily influenced the making of kaido's character along side with the Mongolian emperor kaidu, and he is chancai's father.
so how did shanks stop kaido? he probably cut a deal with his old man :)

Are you saying Shanks is Kaido's son?

@Arcane he is implying that he is either literally his son or he is metaphorically his son (a mentor).  Sounds like a good theory but it is clearly a fan theory.  I would love to see his evidence though.

yes i'm saying shanks is the biological son of kaido, wanna hear me? :D

i don't know if i'm allowed to post outside links in here otherwise i'm happy to link a full detailed theory on the matter backed up by reference ,u let me know if it's "legal" :)

well..I disagree with the comment. If kaido is shanks father then wont he stop luffy from going against Kaido?

i'll recommend reading the novel journey to the west not only did it happens it also forshadow luffy(wukng) vs shanks(red boy) in which he got owned badly here's my theory on the matter backed up by references picked up from wikipedia that talks about this https://orojackson.com/threads/ultimate-swordsmen-theory-part-ii-volume-2.16587/


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How much of Kimi no Iru Machi is adapted?
I want to know how much of the Kimi no Iru Machi anime is adapted from the manga, and whether or not the anime skipped any content from it.

Are you referring to Tatsunoko OVA, Gonzo TV anime, or both?

@кяαzєя I referred to what I was referring in the second sentence ...and whether or not the anime skipped...

Both are considered 'anime', if you didn't know. One is released directly to home video, while the other is broadcast.

The anime series skipped the Hiroshima part and goes straight to the Tokyo part where Haruto was chasing after the disappearing Eba. It ended with Haruto breaking up with Asuka and going back with Yuzuki. Haruto moved out from his sister's place to live together with Yuzuki.
The OVA animated the Hiroshima part of the story and ended with Yuzuki moving back to Tokyo, thus the OVA should be watched before the serial. Since the OVA is only 2 episodes long it omitted many small detail.
There is also a gap between the OVA and the serial in that it skipped Eba breaking up with Haruto. The serial started with they already breaking up.


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Which episode is this eye in hand from and what is its purpose?
I was listening to some cover of Cruel's Angel Thesis when I stumbled upon this image:

Since every other image used in the video does come from NGE/EoE, I am inclined to think it does come from an episode of Evangelion.
However, I don't recognize the scene, and don't know of any character with such a... scar, nor its use.
Does anyone remember where it appears? What is it and what is its purpose?

It was added when they redid the series the first time. Adam was kept in a brief case in the original series, but in the slightly altered version Gendo has Adam implanted in his hand for some reason.

That is Gendo Ikari's hand with the first angel Adam implanted on it. From the linked article:

Adam is a crucial element in Gendo's own scenario for Third Impact, wherein he intends to use the "forbidden fusion of Adam and Lilith" as a means to achieve reunion with Yui. At an undisclosed point, Gendo has Adam fused into his right palm, and, in the moments before Third Impact, he inserts his hand into Rei. However, rather than carry out his wishes, Rei severs and absorbs Gendo's arm — fusing with Adam, but rejecting Gendo. The "forbidden fusion" is complete when Rei returns to Lilith.

The screenshot is from episode 24.

Could you elaborate a bit on the use Gendo had to implant Adam in his hand? (I presume it's related to EoE, but I don't remeber using that at any moment)

Gendo does something unmentionable to Rei via that hand that holds the embryonic form of Adam, let's just leave it at that.


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Are there more volumes of THE BREAKER?
I recently read the manga THE BREAKER: NEW WAVES. Is there a continuation of this manga? It ended in a rather uncomfortable state (personal view).

have you tried google?

WELl google search didnt show me anything AFTER the new waves volume(there is one before that)

There's no continuation for The Breaker: New Waves for now. The author took a break on this series and started Trinity Wonder, if I remember right.
Hope I answered your question.

Some additional information to Soukatsoui's correct answer.
The Breaker: New Waves went on a hiatus in May 2015 before releasing Part 3 of the Manhwa. The reason is stated as the author will be working on another supposedly "mid-size" comic "Trinity Wonder".
The actual duration of this break hasn't been announced. From initial optimistic estimate of 6-12 months, it looks the break will last for atleast 3 years. So I wouldn't expect any more Breaker chapters before 2018.
TL;DR The Breaker is on an indefinite hiatus pending update from the author about the release of Part 3.
In October 2015, we got a look at the panel, which may be from part 3, so the author may still be working on it on the side.
http://m.blog.naver.com/tdstudio/220481432104
I'd found this Reddit when I was thinking of picking Breaker back up thinking it was finished (https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/4dsrxi/breakers_creators_work_on_a_new_comic_called/)

Panel is most likely from Trinity Wonder, as new manhwa has very similar design to Breaker.

@lentinant I said maybe. Though haven't taken a look at trinity wonder, so can't comment. I was just optimistic I guess :)


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Where is Nagato's body?
When Kabuto asked Tobi for alliance he showed five Akatsuki members' corpses, and one of them is Nagato's. But then Tobi encountered Konan to get information about Nagato's Rinnegan. Why was Tobi looking for Nagato's body when he already has it? Or is there something I'm missing?

The Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation needs only some of the DNA as it says in the wiki:

Before this technique can be performed, the user must first acquire some of the DNA of the person they intend to reincarnate. Kabuto remarks that this basically amounts to grave-robbing, although blood stains or organs salvaged after the target's death also work.

So Kabuto found some DNA or some bloodstains and he was able to bring back Nagato. It's never explained how he brought all of his summonings.
But Tobi wanted his Rinnengan and to have it he needed to find his real body.
A little summary, about what happened and why Tobi wanted to find Nagato's real body.

Tobi feels personally betrayed when he learns that Nagato gave his life to revive the villagers of Konoha, believing the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique should have been reserved exclusively for his Eye of the Moon Plan. He is also confused, believing Nagato to have been very firm in his convictions and thus not likely to give up so willingly. He tracks down Naruto not long after Nagato's death and asks him what he could have said to sway Nagato, but is unmoved by Naruto's claim that Nagato truly did desire peace. With Nagato gone, Tobi is forced to seek out his corpse and take his Rinnegan to fulfil his ultimate plans. When he finds Nagato smiling at him, he interprets it as Nagato continuing to mock him even in death.

this explains everything :)


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Trunks using Mafūba
Trunks used the Mafūba (Evil Containment Wave) to trap the immortal Zamasu.
However, in Dragon Ball we've always heard that Mafūba kills the "user".
Why didn't Trunks die?

According to the wiki, the move requires so much of the user's life force to perform that those who use it are likely to die soon afterward, despite the success of the technique. The drawbacks of the technique can be negated if one posses enough power to use it without dying.

To add, tenshinhan used the move against piccolo so we can assume that now its not so dangerous since everyone has raised their powerlevel way above that level long time ago


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What's the name of the music track that plays at 14:08 in Episode 764 of One Piece?
What's the name of the music track that plays at 14:08 in Episode 764 of One Piece?
Please help me!!:D

Youtube

"Nami's Message ~Luffy's Anger~", track #22 of the album "Strong World".

Truth be told, I wanted to know too, and I finally found it! It's a soundtrack from Strong World, Nami's Message (or something along the lines of that).


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What is the technical term for the "consecutive, discrete zoom-in shots" and what is its origin?
Let me illustrate what I mean with a GIF:

Usually, the scenes between the three or four consecutive shots don't differ much except the zoom-ins (or whatever shots are used).
A variation of this technique was termed the "threepeat tilt up" by a redditor, but is that the correct technical term for this kind of shots? Would the above GIF be called a "fourpeat zoom in"?
Also, was this technique borrowed from the film industry, or was it invented in anime?

I wonder if it's done for dramatic or comedic effect.  I can't think of any anime-unique scenarios in which this is done, but it does have similarities to the zoom effects we've seen in film.

These are consecutive axial cuts.

Axial cuts are used rarely in contemporary cinema, but were fairly
  common in the cinema of the 1910s and 1920s.


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Why is Trunks not as powerful as Gohan when they are both human-Saiyan hybrids?
In the Saiyan Saga (don't recall which episode, but I believe it was when he was with Nappa on another planet), Vegeta mentions that Saiyans who were born from humans and Saiyans are more powerful than pureborn Saiyans. This makes sense when you see moments of Gohan surpassing Goku in power level when he gets angry, such as when he fights with Garlic Jr. or Raditz.
Later, we see him being a teenager and surpassing Goku definitely by becoming SSJ2 first, but we don't see anything of this sort with Trunks. Trunks apparently surpasses Vegeta in a fight with Cell, but then we know Vegeta wasn't using the buff form because it makes you slow. And Gohan surpasses Trunks even more when he's 10 and Trunks is chronologically 19 or more (2 years in the time chamber). Later, Gohan doesn't train and Goku surpasses him, but then again when his hidden power is released he becomes the strongest character for a while again.
Gohan doesn't train much, but if he does he becomes the strongest. Why doesn't Trunks have this "hidden" power, or is able to surpass Vegeta when he gets enraged or after a hard training, as Gohan does with Goku? Trunks is also a descendant of a human and a Saiyan, so shouldn't he be much more powerful than what he is?
Edit: Now things have changed with the new Dragon Ball Super episodes where

 Trunks can surpass Gohan, Vegeta and Goku in power when he gets angry, and it seems to have as much hidden power as Gohan. He also, when enraged, gets a new transformation no other Saiyan has obtained before.

Maybe because Bulma as she was young never really had any good fighting capabilites, but ChiChi on the other hand was kinda athletic and a fighter, whereas Bulma was more of the brain-type.

@damachk interesting. I thought also in the fact that Gohan was exposed to real brutal fighting since very young, with Garlic Jr, Raditz, Nappa, Vegeta, Freezer, etc.

Yes, it could also be that, that he was taught to fight and use Chi at a very young age under Piccolo's mentorship, while afaik Gohan wasn't, but am not sure for Trunks. If you think about it, it could also be the "state of mind", that affects them. Trunks could be more prone to rational thinking, while gohan does his stuff emotionally and by the heart...

Plus the genes. We all know that Goku is more powerful than Vegeta. Though children of Goku are stronger than Vegeta's, Vegeta's children like Trunks is smarter than Goku's because in the side of Bulma, they are family of geeks.

well, they quite changed how powerful Trunks is recently in Dragon Ball Super. Now he can surpass Gohan, Vegeta and Goku when he gets angry

When you say Trunks, I'm assuming you are talking about Future Trunks. However, the answer really boils down to training. In the Android Saga, Future Trunks mentions that Androids 18 and 19 are much stronger than the ones in his timeline. Future Trunks never got the training of Goku, everyone was already dead, and training was virtually impossible, though he did get a little in. Potential for great strength, then achieving great strength are two different things. Had Trunks went through gravity training like Gohan and the Saiyans, he WOULD have been MUCH stronger. As it is, present Trunks only does gravity training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and only for a little bit.
Another point to see is that present Trunks (kid version) is stronger than Frieza when Goku first fought him. His Super Saiyan form is already equal to if not stronger than Goku's power against Frieza in that fight, so he IS super strong. Everyone else is just that much stronger. This is the reason he never caught up to Gohan/Goku/Vegeta—they already achieved his strength (much later on), and KEPT GOING. If he had grown up fighting/training only, he would be one of the top fighters.

well, they quite changed how powerful Trunks is recently in Dragon Ball Super. Now he can surpass Gohan, Vegeta and Goku when he gets angry

To Pablo Trunks powers in Super anime are not canon with the manga. In the Manga Gohan is much stronger. The reason Trunks got so powerful in the anime is because Toei needed to milk the series so they had to make Trunks relevant but Toriyama on the otherhand knew Trunks was never meant to be powerful in such a way, the manga there is no Super Saiyan Rage or Spirit Bomb Sword but he did write Gohan being able to fight Kefla who is also stupidly powerful.


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What happened to Yukari Yukino in Kimi no Na wa?
In the film Kimi no Na wa. (Your Name.), a character from Kotonoha no Niwa (The Garden of Words) appeared as Miyamizu Mitsuha's literature teacher, that is, Yukari Yukino:

So the question is, as per the events that happened in Kimi no Na wa:

 A comet fell on Mitsuha's hometown, killing a third of the people.

Did Yukari Yukino die in those events?

I was wondering about the same... I guess she died there. Why? Because in the end of Kimi no wa, it is said that there were some casualties in the event. In the end of Kotonoha no niwa, the guy visits the place in the park where he usually meets Yukino and makes an altar and offers the pair of shoes as gift... and this is done for someone dead... So you can make your own conclusions with this two scenes. Or wach again and again the two films.

That's the problem with Makoto Shinkai works, they're all open-ended..

@Aogiri How exactly is Shinkai-san's works being open-ended a problem? :P.  I for one welcome the addition of titles that don't hand the reader/viewer a concrete resolution on a silver platter.

Problematic for questions like this. We can't have a concrete or official answer, unless the author says so.. All we can do is land on speculations.

I don't believe Yuki-chan sensei (that's her name in the credits, ユキちゃん先生) died in the Itomori Accident. In the universe where Mitsuha had foreseen the disaster, she recruited the help of her friends, Teshigawara and Sayaka, to try to obviate casualties. Sayaka broadcasted to the townspeople to evacuate to Itomori High School, but was shortly stopped by the arriving school staff, which included Yuki-chan sensei.

This means that Yuki-chan sensei was at or near the school, a place of safety, by around 7:42 pm, one hour before Comet Tiamat would strike. There is little sign that she would head to the festival place within one hour, as she was not dressed in yukata (most women were dressed in yukata at the festival). She would most likely stay for after-school duty for the remaining time.
And to refute Anon's comment, in Kotonoha no Niwa, Yukino actually said at the start of September 2013 that she would go back to her hometown in Shikoku in a week. Moreover, she was later seen teaching a class in Shikoku, and even wrote a letter to Takao dated February 3, 2014. She was definitely not dead, and Takao didn't make any altar for Yukino. All these details entail that Kimi no Na wa and Kotonoha no Niwa couldn't possibly be set in the same universe, even though Yukari Yukino appeared in both movies.

Actually if you read Japanese one of the headlines for the "village didn't die" timeline was "0 killed, 109 injured". So nobody died in the timeline where Mitsuha survived.

That is a given. I think as the OP said "A comet fell on Mitsuha's hometown, killing a third of the people" he wants to know what happened to Yukari Yukino in the timeline where Mitsuha died.

Spoiler alert.
If you have seen Garden of Words, in the novel that Makoto wrote after the movie, the two main characters met again after a few years in the same garden. The boy became a pro shoe maker and the teacher came back to Tokyo after a few years teaching, and I can assume that the city she was teaching then is the city in Kiwi no Na wa... So simple logic dictates that she didn't die.

In Kimi no Na wa, Yukino taught at Itomori High School, which I think is somewhere at or around Hida. This is neither Shigoku nor Tokyo (although Taki went to school in Tokyo), so I think you can't really reason she being alive in one film entails she would be alive in another. The times probably don't match either, as she was already seen teaching at Itomori at a date before she left Tokyo for another teaching position in Garden of Words.


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What is the current legal/licensing status of Macross in the USA?
I know of Harmony Gold's claim to own exclusive US distribution rights to all Macross related materials, such as films, toys, and print media.  I also know that Japanese courts nullified the original deal Harmony Gold had with the studio that sold them the original licensing agreement based upon the fact that they in fact did not own what they were selling (it was originally a joint Tatsunoko/Nue production).
I am wanting to know if there is any chance of Macross: Delta or F coming stateside, well, ever.

Regardless of what happened in Japan, if I understand correctly what this link says, Harmony Gold owns the Macross trademark at least for US and it has renewed it until 2023 as indicated near the bottom of this Justia Trademarks page under Trademark Events

2013-09-05 - REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FIRST RENEWAL - 10 YRS)

As of August 2024 Disney+ has the streaming rights to both Macross Frontier and Macross Delta in the US and EU.
Both are available right now to watch with subscription.


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Is One Piece Film Gold canon or not?
In the film:

Tezoro stated that Loffy defeated Doflamingo, and Sabo has the Flair-Flair Fruit's power. That puts the Gold film after their fight with Doflamingo.

Also

After they defeated Doflamingo in the anime, they got separated from each other and Sanji went to his wedding and all that.

So is the film canon? If it is, when does it take place?

As you said, based on the time frame alone the movie cannot be placed anywhere in the manga story line since after Doflamingo was defeated the crew separated once more (the only possibility where this could happen is "far" into the future, after the upcoming reverie/Wano arc).
Also it's worth noting that Oda was only the executive producer on the film (he supervised the art direction), he did not write the story for it.
Generally everything outside the manga is considered non-canon unless Oda specifically declares something as belonging to the main story.

Thank you, is it possible that Oda will open up a time skip for the film or fit it in the timeline in the future? Or should we just leave it at that?@Proxy

i think he will leave it as it is. Even if he would include it in the timeskip it would be hard to place it, as the current arc is standing the SH are going to cause even more "problems" then they did with doflamingo and we would have a reference of that in the movie.  The movies are mostly similar to dragonball movies if you watched them, basically a "different timeline" side story

This wasn't the case with the Z film, that's why I asked

yeah thought you were referring to that, as far as i have understood it the character backstory is really canon but the movie story itself is not

No I meant how the films story fitted to the main timeline @Proxy

the story itself does not fit anywhere, the same case as with the new gold movie

It's turning in to a discussion here :), if you see the z film right after they introduce the character and then continue watching the anime you see that it fits without any confusion (like in gold). I was expecting the same thing from gold but that didn't happen

discussion is nice when its level headed :). Yeah, they have some reference from manga materials (unlike gold) but still i'm not sure where i would fit them. But to be honest i even don't remember everything that happened in the movies 100%, so maybe i'm wrong there and they can really be placed in manga story line. Maybe we will get some information in the future from the manga, but until then i personally don't view them as canon story

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that was cannon, I just say that it was nicely timed and didn't drift from the main time line. if you watch it, it will feel like a part of anime. unlike gold that was confusing

Yeah, it was more in the line with the rest of the story, that is true. Also characters like Shiki were mentioned in the manga before so they had more credibility then Tezoro.

I believe it is not.
Quoting from here:

Oda had occasionally been involved in non-canon material:
Oda wrote the story for One Piece Film: Strong World and executive produced One Piece Film: Z and One Piece Film: Gold.

It is worth noting that Strong World (as I understand it) is therefore the only canon OP movie to date.


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Order to read Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni
I want to know the order in which the Higurashi series need to be read in, the series being the following:

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Watanagashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Tsumihoroboshihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Minagoroshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Onikakushi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Yoigoshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuribayashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni  Utsutsukowashi
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai Meakashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni  Onisarashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni  Tatarigoroshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~ Himatsubushi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~ Hirukowashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Tatarigoroshihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~ Hinageshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kataribanashihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kokoro Iyashi Hen

Possible duplicate of What is the chronological order of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?, altough it might be outdated.

@DJPirtu Not sure if it is an exact duplicate of that question, which asks for the viewing order of the anime, whereas this question asks for the reading order of the manga.

This is for either the manga or the visual novels, so I don't think it's a duplicate. It might be nice if we could have the answers for all media on one question, but since it didn't work out that way, I don't think we should close this.

Basically, when it comes to manga that's the recommended order:

Onikakushi-hen
Watanagashi-hen
Tatarigoroshi-hen
Himatsubushi-hen
Meakashi-hen
Tsumihoroboshi-hen
Minagoroshi-hen
Matsuribayashi-hen

Optional (Extra Stories):

Utsutsukowashi-hen
Yoigoshi-hen
Saikoroshi-hen
Onisarashi-hen
Batsukoishi-hen
Hirukowashi-hen

All of these are different iterations of the same period of time, but they focus on different aspects.
Though personally, I still recommend reading the Visual Novels: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni & Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.


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Did Saitama have some level of superhuman strength before training?
In his encounter with Crablante before he started training, Saitama is hit by him and thrown away like 30 meters or more, and then hit again 2 more times with those gigantic claws Crablante has. If Saitama was a regular human, how could he support this beating and still stand like it was nothing and fight back?

The OP has re-asked this question, which has attracted answers of its own.

Seems like Saitama doesn't really know he has it before then. From what I remember, Genos said when he was train fighting with Saitama that he wanted to show or let know what Saitama's power really is, something like that.

Before training, at the time of fighting with that Crablante, Saitama told that he wants to become a hero who can kill any monster with one punch.
I think there is someone/something which grants power to humans or awakens their power according to wish and righteousness. After fighting with Crablante, we can see Saitama inherited/awakened his power which is shown with his eyes being orange color. After that, he trained a lot and became a super powerful one.

Just saying, the hundred push-ups stuff is what Saitama thinks is the reason for his incredible power. And remember Saitama isn't exactly the smartest person to say the least.
I heard somewhere that the reason Saitama is so strong is due to the fact that he broke his "limiter". Now there isn't much information on this but I imagine that it works like this: every person has a limiter based on who they are. This limiter determines how strong they can get mentally and physically. So in Saitama's case he not only trained really hard but also gave everything and when I say everything I mean EVERYTHING.
Before he became super strong he had no job, no family, no friends, he basically had nothing to live for. As Crablante said "I see that you have lifeless eyes." "From one pair of lifeless eyes to another I will let you live." (Something along those lines, but you get the point.) Back to the limiter. What I am trying to say is that Saitama gave it his all, his desire so strong that he broke the barrier that stops everyone from becoming too strong.
This is my main theory on why Saitama is so strong. Now there's this other theory about him eating all his enemies to become stronger and stuff, but that's a whole other story. (I mean no offence to anyone as this is only opinion on this topic. The people who make One Punch Man probably have this completely different explanation on why Saitama is so powerful.)

If Saitama was able to even attempt to do his physical training regimen of 100 pushups/100 situps and 10km run, he had to be physically capable to a certain extent to even attempt something as vigorous. So even at that time, he might've been as strong enough to be a high-ranked C-class hero or low-ranked B-class hero perhaps. Also, Crablante is only a Tiger threat-level monster.

100 pushups, 100 sit ups, 10km in a day is completely realistic.  That is the joke.  Admittedly I have never done that (I suck at pushups) but most healthy people should be able to do that (even if it takes them from dawn to dusk). It is no where near a B rank superhero level.

Every day for 3 years consecutively? Even when he felt he broke a bone, he continued. He also didn't use the heater when it was cold or air conditioning when it was hot to make his mind stronger. No every "Healthy" person can do that lol. Plus, most of the C rank hero's are a joke. Mumen rider is C rank 1 and he seems a lot weaker than even the younger saitama. Also, saitama took a good beating during his fight and It wasn't as though he defeated crablante with a single punch.

That is just dedication not a sign that he is strong.

Yeah, of course, he had to have had some capabilities to be able to attempt that regimen for over 3 years, but saying that he “only defeated a tiger-level” before he started training is belittling the hell out of what happened, no way he’s a high C/Low B-class hero.
To beat a tiger-level disaster (in this case Crablante), you have to either have 5 B-class heroes or 1 A-class. So, he would have been in a higher class since then.


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How exactly was Kyousuke able to defeat Kengo's father in a kendo match?
In Little Busters!: Refrain, we saw exactly how Kyousuke was able to get Masato to fight with only one hand and eventually defeat and befriend him. However, when it comes to how Kengo was recruited into the Little Busters, it wasn't played out in as much detail as Masato's. Specifically, I'm referring to this scene:

There's no doubt that Kyousuke had used some dirty tricks on Kengo's father, but I need more explanation on what was Kyousuke holding and what tricks he pulled to overcome my disbelief that a kid could defeat a kendo master in a kendo match, fair or not. Was it ever explained in more details in the visual novel?

I think the hay-man thing is just a Japanese scarecrow and similar ones have appeared in other shows, which is why it looks familiar.

Neither the anime nor the visual novel shows how exactly Kengo's dad was defeated. However, in the visual novel, Kengo's dad wasn't defeated by Kyousuke alone - he was beaten when Masato, Kyousuke and Rin went up against him at the same time.
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Why did Yuuto try to dodge Rokuro's attacks?
In episode 42, Yuuto said that he took the spell power of Kuranashi, the 12 Guardians, and Abe no Seimei. Then why would he try to dodge Rokuro's attacks?
In episode 41, Kuranashi didn't need to dodge the attacks of Tatara.
Then how come when Yuuto combined all that power with the Guardians and Abe no Seimei, he needed to dodge Rokuro's single attacks?

There are two hypothesis for that

He was bluffing. He did not take that much spell power. He would need to spend spell power to block the attacks that did land and/or regenerate wounds. He was saving on power. Not likely.
He wanted Rokuro to keep on fighting in order to enrage him into changing modes. If he just overpowered his attacks and shielded himself, maybe rokuro would stop fighting / enraging to think of a different strategy. No. He wants him to keep on swinging and slowly lose his humanity as his kegare side takes over. Once he realizes that this is not going so smoothly, he traps Benio and starts to kill her.

This is the most likely, as we see later that

 He indeed evolves, and is saved by the timely reappearance of Tsuchimikado Arima.


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Is there a name for this manga-anime mouth expression? (`3`)
Is there a name for this expression?
They do it a lot in YuruYuri, too.

Related question Why do character eyes change into lips when they take their glasses of

The character Kuga from World Trigger would often exhibit the "3-mouth* as well.  At times, it seemed to be his normal, resting, expression.

This is a pout, and is based on the real life expression of the same name.
While it can be used as way of making oneself look more attractive, it's more often used (especially in anime) as a childish way of expressing displeasure or annoyance, in a similar way to the puffed out cheeks expression.
See here and here for additional definitions.
The "3 face pout" is an exaggerated form of a pout, and there are other less extreme cases to be found elsewhere. Some examples of varying intensity are included below.

Additionally, the "3-face" is not limited to only a pout. As a shorthand form of displaying puckered lips, it can also be seen upon characters either awaiting or giving a kiss, or on those whistling.

I'd say it is a duckface, more than a pout...

ヾ( ˙³˙ )ﾉﾞ The so-called "3 face" is really just an emote expression, and doesn't really have an official term, so to speak.
The Japanese refer to it as "口が3" or "the mouth is (a) 3," so you could call it a "3 mouth."
Basically it's an expression that originates from manga expressing puckered lips. How it's used can vary.
A "3 mouth" can be used to indicate dissatisfaction or otherwise, (sharp) displeased emotion.
(๑ •̆ ૩•̆)
The "3 mouth" can also indicate pucking lips such as indicating or preparing recieving a kiss.
(ㅅ ´ ³ ` ) ~♡
Additionally characters some time use the "3 mouth" when whistling or blowing (i.e. exhaling), both activity involve puckering lips.
(;￣з￣) ～♪～♪
It can also be used to indicate a blank, neutral expression in a silly way.
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Why do shinigami bleed?
This is a question about how the spiritual body is "comprised", how and why do shinigami bleed, have internal organs, etc.
It is shown that they do not need food, so why a digestive tract at all?
All things in Soul Society are made of reishi, so are we to believe that reishi is the equivalent of "atoms" or "particles"?
"Spirit particles" is commonly used to describe the energy that a Quincy uses.
So the main question is: in canon, has it been explained why shinigami have a body that is still basically human?

Not sure which episode it has been said, but I am fairly sure they said they are governed by different logics then known in the living world.

they do not need fodd,IIRC if they are hungry they can be shinigami

It's Bleach, don't use your brain. It's easier to enjoy the show if you don't notice all the glaring plot holes and inconsistencies.

I believe you've answered your own question - it's not really blood that's draining from a shinigami, it's the reishi of that person draining away, thus weakening their soul. Ichigo and co (and the viewers) only perceive it as blood because that's something our minds can actually grasp and understand. In more extreme cases, such as Ulquiorra, when critically injured, the person may simply disintegrate directly into particles before one's eyes, due to a sudden uncontrolled collapse of spiritual energy. Nell's wound results in rapid and ongoing "bloodloss" (reishi-loss) in her adult form, forcing her to 'reduce' her 'mass' back to a smaller size, that of a child.

I could believe this if it wasn't repeatedly mentioned that shinigami have "organs" such as when mayuri fights the espada (whatever his name is) and more recently spoiler when fighting a certain creature that controls nerves.

@Denslat, I would say it's the same: whether "blood", "organ", "hand", "arm" (Bleach sure loves it some severed arms!), "face", "leg", "brain", "intestines", whatever, it's all human (corporeal) jargon being used as terms of reference for something that cannot be comprehend in non-physical language.

Yet again I reference Mayuri, that guy would not state "nerves" etc.... at the end of the day "Non physical language" it may be, but what they are and how they work are still exactly the same as a human, they may not be nerves or blood but they still act the exact same way...

"but they still act the exact same way" - I'm not sure they do: humans cannot regrow limbs, revert to childhood forms and back again to adult, be brought back from the 'dead', leap enormous distances, fly, etc. While they may appear to operate like human body parts some of the time, at other times they operate in a completely different manner. So one can't assume shinigami 'bodies' will react the same way as humans' in any given situation

@MeirIllumination The organs indeed do not act the same way, but they are very similar, and because they are also made out of Reshi, they are far more flexible than human organs. That being said, Shinigami may still need nerves to control their muscles, Blood to keep the power flowing, and stomachs to digest food into Reshi. Reshi can also be forcefully compressed into new organs to replace old ones, or create platforms to stand on in air. While made of Reshi, Reshi itself has no purpose without guidance, so i agree they are not necessarily like human organs, but they have human purpose.

Short Version:
Shinigami bleed because they have blood. Thanks to science-minded characters like Captain Mayuri Kurotsuchi and Szayelaporro Grantz and their talk of organs and nerves, we know that a shinigami's body has these components and functions very much like a living human's body. Thus, we can infer they also have blood vessels and blood.
Long Version:
The question of what sort of substance a soul is made up of is one that many philosophers have taken on through the ages. A follow-up question would be how this substance interacts with other substances. Bleach seems to give partial answers to these questions for the universe in which it exists.
So, in Bleach, there are two substances: The substance that makes up a living human body (physical matter), and the substance that makes up a Shinigami and Wholes (Reishi). As it turns out, in the world of Bleach these substances are very similar. Living humans and spirits both have organs and bleed. Though there is some uncertainty with how physical matter and reishi interact, at least when separate in their own worlds (the World of the Living and the Soul Society) they behave in similar manners.
In western culture, we tend to view spirits and the afterlife in a very ethereal way. The substance of the soul and the body are considered to be very different. This is probably why it seems so strange in Bleach that ghosts can bleed. The idea of a more physical afterlife was not unknown in the ancient world, though, and can be seen in the Norse Valhalla, where fallen men eat, drink, and do battle. Also, many Christian denominations believe that Jesus ascended to heaven with his physical body and that there will be a physical resurrection of the body at the end of times.
Also relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcendence_(religion)

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Who is fixing the Going Merry?
Recently got done watching the Skypiea Arc, and it has just been bugging me constantly, but in Episode 167 Usopp goes to the bathroom and sees someone fixing the Going Merry. No where else is this addressed in the Arc (at least anime-wise): was Usopp just seeing things because he was tired or was there really someone fixing their ship for them?
Here is a picture of the scene I am talking about:

This is tied to perhaps one of the best storylines in One Piece

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It was fixed by a Klabautermann.

A Klabautermann is said to be a water spirit (or fairy) that dwells on ships and is basically an incarnation of a ship that has been well cared for. It is a merry and diligent creature that is said to warn sailors when a ship's in danger and help in bigger ways sometimes. They are normally considered to be only a legend among seafarers.

It is explained later in Episode 247 (Chapter 351 of the manga)

 Franky hears by Usopp about what happened to the ship and in particular to the fact on Skypiea you mentioned and explains him about that creature he knows from legends.

For more information about the klabautermann folklore itself you can look at its Wikipedia page.

Sweet thanks, it was bugging me that they didn't say anything right after it happens it's good to know that they talk about it later in the series

You're welcome :) In One Piece it happens quite often to wait loooong time to have an explanation, but eventually answers come :D


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What OST is played in episode 2 when Shinichi catches three rocks?
I have tried downloading all OSTs of Parasyte -the maxim- but couldn't find it. Although I didn't listen to every song really carefully and just quickly "walked" through them, but still I couldn't find it. To be precise, I am asking about what OST is played in this scene.

The song is called "Kill the Puppets" and the excerpt from your youtube link probably starts about a minute and 10 seconds into the song.


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Is it common for seiyū's to also be singers?
While listening to the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Openings I noticed that the first 4 Opening songs (Original Series - StrikerS) were all sung by Nana Mizuki, the seiyū of Fate Testarossa. Looking at her Wikipedia Page I've also noticed that she's also been the seiyū for Hinata Hyuga in the Naruto Movies.
Now the other groups I know of who did Openings/Endings are FLOW, ALI PROJECT, ORANGE RANGE, Kalafina and ClariS, but I do not know if any singer of these groups were also a seiyū for any series (particularly ones their music was in) but I am wondering if it is common for a seiyū to also be a singer?
If so, is it also expected that if a singer sung the Opening/Ending Theme (or Insert Songs) they will also score a character role in the series?

related (or dupe?): http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/9677/is-it-common-for-a-character-to-sing-in-op-ed

Boiling this down, there seem to be 2 questions here: "Is it is common for a seiyū to also be a singer" + "is it expected that if a singer sung the OP/ED or Insert Songs they will also score a character role in the series?" The 1st question is a simple yes/no question where the answer is "Yes, it's common." The 2nd is partly a duplicate of the question Oshino Shinobu links to where the answer is "No," but the 2nd question also asks abou insert songs where the answer is "A seiyuu is first hired to voice a character and as a result might sing insert songs that are 'sung by' the character."

For the first question, the answer is yes. This is especially true with female seiyuu. As you noted, Nana Mizuki is also a singer other than a seiyuu. You can check her discography here. She even went to a duet with T.M. Revolution. Other female seiyuu's that is worth noted:

Itou Kanae (Meat - Haganai)
Albums including Kokoro Keshiki and Miageta Keshiki
Hayami Saori (Shiraishi Urara - Yamada-kun to 7-nin Majo)
Released her first single August 2015
Kitamura Eri (Honoka Sisters - Sidonia no Kishi)
Has lot of singles and album.
Toyosaki Aki (Kanzaki Uiharu - Railgun)
Discography here
Tomatsu Haruka (Yuuki Asuna - SAO)
Discography here
Uchida Maaya (Takanashi Rikka - Chuunibyou)
Discography here
Nitta Emi (Kousaka Honoka - Love Live)
Discography here
PILE (Nishikino Maki - Love Live)
Was already a singer even before debut voicing as Maki.
Uchida Aya (Kotori - Love Live)
Example single is Spicaterrible
Nanjo Yoshino (Ayase Eri - Love Live, fripSide's Nidaime-sama
She was chosen to as fripSide's main vocalist after the first quit the group and go solo. First vocalist was nao who voiced 5pb in Hyperdimension Neptunia. She also released a mini-album and singles in ballad style which is different that her usual trance fripSide singing style.
Hirano Aya
She even own her own band with whom she got caught in a sex scandal.
Hanazawa Kana
Discography here
Sato Satomi
Discography here
Horie Yui
As pointed by Steven, Horie Yui also owned her own singles and albums.

It is more rare for male seiyuus to also be a singer although they do sing as the characters they voiced. Some that I remember are:

Tetsuya Kakihara (Natsu Dragneel - Fairy Tail)
Other than singing as Natsu, also released his own singles.
Ono Daisuke (Sebastian Michaelis - Kuroshitsuji)
Discography here.
Kenichi Suzumura (Zack Fair - Final Fantasy VII)
Discography here.
Morita Masakazu (Kurosaki Ichigo - Bleach)
His songs are mostly Bleach songs, that is he sang as Kurosaki Ichigo. As far as I know, Morita doesn't own his own singles/albums.
Hayami Shou (Aizen Sousuke - Bleach)
Other than singing as Aizen, also released some singles and albums.

For the second question, no. In fact, usually it is not. Only some anime have the singer of OP or ED also fills a role in the anime. Like Kitamura Eri (Honoka Sisters) sings Sidonia no Kishi's ED. But most of the time they don't. This is because a lot of anime still have bands and people who's primary job is singer perform the OP and ED. The anime Black Bullet's OP was performed by fripSide, but Nanjo-sama didn't have any role in the anime, nor Satoshi (fripSide's composer and part of the duo and he is also not a seiyuu).
As an extra, Hyde of L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS also voiced an anime once as himself. But his main profession is a singer and not a seiyuu.

On what basis are you saying that "It is more rare for male seiyuus to also be a singer" than for female seiyuu to be singers? Though there are fewer males than females listed in Hitoshi Doi's seiyuu database, off the top of my head, a good deal of the male seiyuu of whom I'm aware have also sung character image songs, etc. (especially for their work in series that feature bishounen characters) so I would be very hesitant to claim that male seiyuu who sing are "more rare" without some credible citation.

With all those seiyuu listed, I was surprised not to see Hayashibara Megumi in there.

Towards 'names missing from this list', I'll also tack on Horie Yui, who has a big stack of studio albums, two best-of albums, and still voices more than a dozen distinct characters every year.

@seijitsu I mean male seiyuu that sing as themselves and not as the character.

Well they've (people above) answered your questions already but I'm just gonna add:
•Taniyama Kisho of the band Granrodeo. The band performed most of Kuroko no Basuke OP and Taniyama also voices Himuro Tatsuya from the series
• Suzuki Tatsuhisa of OldCodex, the band performed most of the ED of Kuroko no Basuke too while voicing Takao Kazunari. They also performed OPs for Free!! and Tatsuhisa voices Makoto.
•Ono Kensho who voices Kuroko Tetsuya sung 1 or 2 OP for the series too. He has released his own albums too.
•Osaka Ryouta, Shimazaki Nobunaga, Hanae Natsuki, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka,  Aoi Shouta, Sakurai Takahiro and other seiyuu of Diamond no ace did a number of EDs for the series.
•Teru of GLAY, he's not a seiyuu but made a cameo at an episode of Diamond no Ace season 2 and another in  an OVA. Glay performed a lot of EDs for the series.
•Tomatsu Haruka who voices Yuuki Asuka performed a couple of song (OP and ED) for Sword Art Online
•Sakamoto Maaya voices Tomoyo in Tsubasa Chronicle also sings ending song "Loop". She had released several albums and a number of her singles got featured in animes as opening and ending songs weather she got casted or not.
•Morikubo Showtaro who voices a lot of famous characters and a well known Singer, gave life to a game character Mega Man X back in 2000 and sings the the theme song of Rockman X6.
•Even Takeuchi Junko (Naruto's VA) did a cover of one of Naruto Shippuden OP Distance originally by Long Shot Party.
There are still others, but I think this list is enough. The band Flow doesn't have any members who do voice acting. I think so does the Ali Project. As for the others you've mentioned, I am not familiar with them.
As for the seiyuus singing the OPs and Eds, I don't think you have to be part of the cast for a certain anime to sing its OP or Ed or You have to sing its OP or ED to get a role in the show. I'm taking a wild guess that it all depends on the director and the sponsors. You know for marketing purposes. They're the ones who decide who gets casted after all.

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In the male quarters, how exactly does the male crew of the Thousand Sunny sleep?
This question is regarding One Piece.
As I was going through the design of the Thousand Sunny on Wikia, I came across this image of The boys' room, which I've posted below:

As can be seen here, there are six hammocks in the image, verified by this link.

Suspended from the ceiling like wooden hammocks are three
  double-decker bunks, which the men sleep in.

It also adds that

Behind these bunks, at
  the back of the room, are six lockers where the men can store their
  clothes.

Since there are seven male members in the Straw Hat crew, there must be one person who doesn't get to sleep in a hammock and who doesn't have a locker. My question is, who is it?
I came across this and this link which pose a similar question.
The answers which seem to be valid are

Sanji sleeping in the kitchen

I don't think Sanji sleeps in the kitchen, but there is a couch to the right here, does Sanji sleep there?
I think Sanji does have a locker to himself.

Zoro sleeping in the crow's nest

The crow's nest seems to have wooden benches, but I doubt Zoro sleeps there.
I think Zoro has a locker to himself, too.

Brook not sleeping

In an SBS question, Oda has said that Brook sleeps for five hours. This is the link. This link gives their sleep timings. So that eliminates the possibility that Brook doesn't sleep. Maybe he doesn't sleep in this room though?
I can't guess if he has a locker or not.

Chopper sleeping on the bed in the Sick Bay

This seems like the most plausible solution, since Chopper considers the Sick Bay as his personal room, provided the bed isn't reserved for patients.
He might be the one who doesn't have a locker, since he can keep his stuff in the infirmary.

One of them is on night watch, so there are enough hammocks for the rest

This is possible, but is it true? If it is, was there any rare occasion when none of them was on watch? I highly doubt it, but if the answer is yes, how did they sleep then?
Even if they did manage to sleep somehow (one of them on the floor, for example), there are still six lockers though, so who doesn't have a locker to himself?
The following image provides a pretty nice solution, but this is an image from when the Straw Hats were on the Going Merry. Do they use the same solution on the Thousand Sunny too?

A person who has seen the anime or read the manga, or done both, might probably know the answer. Any help is highly appreciated.

I apologize for the lengthy question. I haven't watched or read One Piece. I came across it about a month ago and it drew my attention greatly. My knowledge is mostly limited to the information I gained by reading the Wikipedia and Wikia pages of One Piece.

well we can assume that they sleep like they did on Going Merry, they're luffy's crew after all, the only one who sleep in normal position is the girls

Yes, we can always assume, but I was hoping for some solid facts. If anyone can say with certainty that there's no information about this, then I'll give up. And do you have any idea regarding the locker?

also, when Thousand Sunny was built, Brook haven't join Luffy's crew, Franky probably add one more hammock and locker after that, but I don't remember it ever mention anywhere, it only an extra page after all

That is possible. Thanks! Is there any mention about where Franky sleeps?

I'm not sure what you mean, there are six hammocks and six male members before Brook join, the number match

@ Oshino Shinobu Sorry, I hadn't given attention to the "one more hammock" part of your comment.

@Peter Raeves Thank you! An extra bed might be the answer to this. I was thinking there might have been a scene in the manga or anime when they are sleeping, but I guess I'm out of luck. By the way, do you mean, 1 person is awake? I haven't said anything about 2 people being awake.

@Matte It was in the link to the SBS. Oda mentioned that there should always be two people awake at the same time. One checking the front of the ship and another checking the back of the ship.

@Peter Raeves Thank you for that piece of info! I'd only glanced at the sleep times and had ignored the rest.

I tried putting all things we know into an answer. I hope it didn't turn out too long.

Has anyone considered that the ship has someone up at all times meaning a look out so there may be a two people that share a bed just at different points of the day.

TL;DR: If a 7th bed was needed Franky would have build one, but it doesn't seem like any of them should sleep on the floor against their will even if they only had 6.
To begin with, the pictures you showed were after Franky had joined. So whether he built a pirate ship for 5 male crew members and added a bed for himself after he joined or he put it there from the beginning considering a new crew member might join, Franky would easily be able to just build a 7th bed if needed. Heck, he could build a pretty sturdy bridge just on the spot in Thriller Bark.
Additionally, Oda confirmed that there should always be two crew members awake at all time. In the SBS of Volume 74, Chapter 737, Oda mentioned the Strawhats' daily schedule. He also said that at all times there should be two crew members awake. One should guard the front of the ship and another should guard the back of the ship.

D: I would like to know the Straw Hats' bed times and wake up times! - Penname fujiyama
O: I see. A very interesting question indeed. These people don't really follow much of a schedule but. In general.
And thus, even during instances where they have to navigate through the seas during nighttime, there will always need to be at least two people awake at all times in order to keep an eye out in both the front and back directions of the ship, hence every member alternates every 2 hours to stay on the lookout. It isn't too uncommon that these people don't get sufficient sleep.

On top of that, from chapter 699 it looks like they have enough beds as it is. Chapter 699 is the only chapter I could find where you could actually see the Stawhats asleep. At that time Sanji and Kinemon couldn't sleep jealous of Momonosuke and Usopp and Chopper couldn't sleep afraid of Doflamingo. Despite the fact that most of them were empty, you can see Luffy and Brook share a bed. Finally you can see Law and Caesar sleep outside. We can also see Franky sleepy, but outside guarding the ship as Oda mentioned. So whether Brook and Luffy always share a bed or it was just a coincidence, it looks like due to their random way of sleeping and with beds and couches all over the place, they don't even need al 6 beds to begin with.
Finally seeing Zoro sleep in a bed, it is safe to assume like you said that they all sleep in their beds as much as possible. Sanji does not sleep in the kitchen, Zoro does not sleep in the crow's nest, Chopper does not sleep in the infirmary bed, which is supposed to remain clean and sterile, and Brook does indeed sleep. Despite them sleeping in their beds mostly, they still don't need all 6 as mentioned earlier where Luffy sleeps in random places most likely and two need to be awake to guard the ship anyway.

Brook was the newest official member of the strawhat crew and therefore the Sunny was not modified yet to showcase his own personal space.
This is mostly in part to the 2Y timeskip that occurred when the crew got back together there hasn't been a real revamp of the Sunny. The crew just bought stuff with them and added it to the ship.
So the person who doesn't have a space is Brook.

Well, Franky build a 6th hammock when he entered the crew, so why do you think he didn't build a 7th when Brook joined? Do you have any proof that Brook doesn't have space?

Thank you :) Franky would have built a seventh bed for Brook, if necessary, it just wasn't shown to the readers perhaps.

It's a working ship, so the crew will be split into watches, e.g. First/morn, afternoon/middle, last dog.
This means that at all times a portion of the crew is awake and on duty, so unless the crew drastically increases in size, six bunks for the men is more than adequate.

This is already explained in detail with official source on the accepted answer. If you could provide better information, feel free to [edit] and improve your answer.


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Difference between Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Stay Night UBW?
I'm quite confused and I'd like to know what's the difference between Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works?

Related: What is the viewing order of fate related works

As mentioned by senshin in his answer to the question What is the viewing order of Fate-related works?

Fate/stay night is a visual novel originally released in 2004. The story has three routes: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel.
The first TV anime series by DEEN in 2006, titled Fate/stay night, mostly adapted the Fate route.

 However, Caster's plan to prematurely summon the Grail was taken from the Unlimited Blade Works route, and Sakura and Rin's fight was taken from the Heaven's Feel route

The movie by DEEN in 2010, titled Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, adapted a highly condensed form of the Unlimited Blade Works route.
The second TV anime series by Ufotable in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015, also titled Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, is another adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route.
There are plans for a movie/series of movies by Ufotable which adapts Heaven's Feel route.


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How are volumes determined in manga?
My question is about how are volumes determined in a manga.
Does it go by major villain in a form of one per volume? Or...
Does it go by story arc, in a way that a new story forms a new arc?
Lastly, are anime story series—arcs, seasons, sagas, etc—determined by the manga volumes?
Please help me understand how this categorization works.

I mean, the answer is basically "volume boundaries go wherever the author and publisher agree they should go". There's not really anything deeper to it than that. Obviously, they're likely to pick narratively-interesting stopping points for the boundaries, just as multi-volume works in any other medium would (Western comic books, serialized fiction, multi-part movies, radio dramas, etc.).

I don't remember if they go through that issue specifically, but reading Bakuman made me understand much about the making of mangas. I'll recommend it to any enthusiast.

There is no fixed rule to decide the boundary of a volume of a Manga. It's upto the mangaka and the publisher to decide where a given volume starts or ends. They're generally published arc-wise to maintain a uniformity throughout the volume.
As per Wikipedia

In Japan, manga are usually serialized in large manga magazines, often containing many stories, each presented in a single episode to be continued in the next issue. If the series is successful, collected chapters may be republished in tankōbon volumes, frequently but not exclusively, paperback books.
After a series has run for a while, publishers often collect the episodes together and print them in dedicated book-sized volumes, called tankōbon.

It is usually each episode, most animes are based off of manga, so you have to do the math if you wanted a 23 episode from season 6 of an anime you would have to count each episode to get to that episode as in the manga.

I'm not really sure I understand the explanation. Did you mean each anime episode is based on each manga chapter? Could you expand/reword on "count each episode to get to that episode ("chapter"?) as in the manga", or is it like season 6 episode 23 is the 153th (5x26+23) chapter from the manga? Even if this might be true, there are many exceptions to this, like manga with a long chapter is broken into multiple episodes, or manga with short chapters are combined into a single episode...


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Why didn't Madara use Izanagi to counter Kaguya?
I know, this would have been a different story, but when Black Zetsu impaled Madara, Madara could have used Izanagi because he still had the Sharingan, as I know he can switch.

First, Madara always believed himself to be completely invincible. When Black Zetsu stabbed him, he could not even realise that he was being betrayed; it was completely out of his expectation. And it only took a very short period of time for Zetsu to gain complete control of his body.
Second, a huge weakness of Izanagi is that, it has be activated first. It is not a reset jutsu. It only can manipulate everything that happens between its activation and Sharingan going blind

Madara could have used Izanagi, he still had the Sharingan, as I know he can switch.

Having the Sharingan alone isn't enough, you need to activate the Izanagi beforehand to perform this jutsu. If you recall from Sasuke against Danzo, Danzo had to activate the jutsu each time he had to use a new eye. That means the jutsu needs to be activated beforehand. As an example when Madara was fighting Hashirama, even then he activated Izanagi at first when Hashirama was about to kill him.


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How did Yuno become alive again?
As we all know, Yuno died and Yuki became god and became frustrated after that.

But at the end of that episode, Yuki's diary changes and says that

Yuno comes to see me

and then someone shouts

yukki!!

and then Two started to re-shape World Two.

My question is that

How did Yuno become alive again?
Is this an indication of a second season?

There is an OVA for the last part of anime

Check this if you have completed OVA also.

In Redial, the Yuno is the Yuno of the third timeline, she inherited the memories of the Yuno from the first timeline. This is explained by Deus that despite the alteration of the third timeline by God Yuki, the persistence of Yuno towards Yuki transcended the timelines.

Combined with the calling of Murmur and that odd feeling she had (love for Yuki), she arrived and freed Murmur, obtaining first timeline's Yuno's memories from Murmur 1.

Thanks for your answer . Unfortunately i missed the OVA :/ but now i have seen it :)


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What is the meaning behind the scene where Saki fights a Tainted Cat?
In Shinsekai Yori episode 10, Saki encounters a Tainted Cat which attacks her in the neck, but fails to damage her due to a necklace she's wearing. While the cat is biting the necklace, she mumbles some words and after that the cat is killed.
The first impression I had was that she was defending herself. So she probably chanted something related to the way the cat was killed. But re-watching the scene, the cat had blood on its mouth despite not being able to damage Saki. What's the meaning behind this scene? What is Saki mumbling? Did SHE kill the cat or was it somebody else (like Shun)?

I think Saki used her skill - restoring object. She was seen training earlier fixing vases and stuff in school. This ability allowed her to fix the broken necklace (for a while), during the attack and heal herself.
I believe that the point was to strengthen the reference that Saki has the same (unique) ability as Tomiko Asahina and is capable restoring own cells and even their telomeres. This is only made clear later by Tomiko Asahina herself, saying that she plans to make Saki her heir, somewhat base on her ability.

but did she kill the cat? her powers included twisting the cat the way it did?

I think Saki did. Shun was quite far away. Most characters had quite some skills by then.


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What happened to the Death Note?
I realize that they (Near and the police) probably hid it somewhere, but after Light dies, would yet another Kira appear? Or would Ryuk take it back? I'm assuming the latter, but when Light dies, Near has the book. Light merely has his scrap paper in his watch. If Near still has it, would it just disappear? Or would Near become the owner?

At the end of the story, Near burned the book in his possession saying it was the worst mass murdering weapon.

Every Shinigami has their own Death Note. There were 4 Death Notes in the human world. 2 of Ryuuk's, 1 of Rem and 1 of Rem's friend who died after saving Misa.
One of Ryuuk's was given to Light at the start of the story.
One from Rem's friend is in Misa's possession.
The other two are in their respective Shinigami's possession.
Later, Rem saved Misa's life by writing Watari and L's name but burned the book so that it won't be used by Light, making the number of Death Note in human world down to 3.
Edit: as mentioned by Arcane in the comment, the book was not burned down in the manga chapter 58. I made mistake here because in the movie it was burned down. Thus there are 4 books by this moment. Will edit the rest of my answer after I finished re-reading the manga.
By the end of the story, Mikami possessed a fake Death Note made by Near and co.
Near possessed the Death Note that used to be Misa's.
L's team (by now Light is L) owns one that used to be Light's.
Ryuuk possessed his own.
Near then burned the two Death Notes after Ryuuk killed Light. Thus no Death Note are in human's possession. This was told in chapter 107 of the manga.

While this is true of whole books, it is unclear if any sheets are left anywhere and they themselves act as Death Notes too.  No doubt though Near would do his best to destroy them all.

Do not forget that in the anime and manga Ryuk's second Death Note (the one Light first picked up) was Sidoh's and it was given back to him by the Task Force. this is how by the end there was only 2 real Death Notes, the one given to Mikami which Near switched with a fake and Ryuk's own one

@AyaseEri Rem didn't burn her Notebook. Rem turned to dust but left the deathnote behind to be picked up by Light. Light's original Deathnote is back with Sidoh, from whom Ryuk stole it.

If you want to know further details concerning how many death notes there were and what exactly became of which ones, you could always just find Vol. 13 and it has a section titled "Change of Ownership" which details each books movements throughout the series on pages 144-147. Including that Rem's notebook was in fact picked up by Light when she died, but was later transferred to Ryuk who gave it to Soichiro during Sayu's kidnapping, before being returned to Light's possession and winding up in the safe until they meet Near with Aizawa carrying it though it is still owned by Light and attached to Ryuk. That book is then burned after Light dies along with Gelus' s book which Near had in his possession during the confrontation. This is to insure that there is no chance for another human to obtain them and start killing with them again. In the anime, Mikami kills himself which does transfer his ownership to Near before he burns it. In the manga, however, Mikami does not die until ten days later in his imprisonment which would mean it had still been Mikami's to own when Near had them both burned. Likewise, Light's notebook was transferred to Aizawa who was carrying the book when Ryuk wrote his name down, only for him to let Near burn it with Mikami's notebook.


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Is there a flaw in the ease of access to One Piece?
One Piece is the ultimate treasure, located in the hardest spot to get to in the world, or is it? Recently, the Straw Hats left Dressrosa and arrived at Zou. Both places are inhabited with some sort of intelligent being (Zou's people may not be humans). If this continues, or even if it doesn't, wouldn't it be really easy for these people to check Raftel for One Piece?
I understand this makes for a better story, but isn't that a serious flaw?

In the One Piece Wikia article on Raftel, it says that:

Gol D. Roger and his crew are the only known people to have reached the island. Roger offered Whitebeard the information on how to get to Raftel, but Whitebeard declined because of his own dreams of achieving a "family" of crew members instead of reaching One Piece. This also indicates that getting to the island is not as simple as sailing to the end of the Grand Line.

It has also become much harder because it seems that trying to get to Raftel has resulted in a stalemate between the Yonkou. If one tries to go there, the others will stop him and together could even decimate the Navy, let alone a pirate crew which tries to reach Raftel without defeating them. We saw what Whitebeard and Shanks did during the War of Marineford, and that's only two of them.

I didn't think about the yonkou stalemate, however your statement about Whitebeard and shanks is wrong - Whitebeard and 37 other crews fought the marines, shanks only came to end the fight.

I know. I'm referring to their strength. Whitebeard's crew was strong enough to take on the Marines, whereas Shanks was intimidating enough to end the war.

Btw, where did you get that "37 other crews" part from? I only remember Whitebeard's Crew, Luffy and his allies (Jinbei, Ivankov and all) fighting in the war..

@AshishGupta He is talking about the other pirate crews from the New World that backed Whitebeard during the war.

@Peter Oh yeah, my bad. Just checked the One Piece wiki again and saw that he was allied with 43 pirate crews. Before I posted that comment, I had checked the wiki and failed to find that part :|


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Why the Sword Ban?
Why did Amanto ban the use of swords at all when they had already defeated the Samurai with swords? What threat do they have even if the Samurais have their swords since they are already stronger than them (Samurais)? If they allow wooden swords which are also destructive when used by the existing Samurais, then how would sword ban do any good? The anime only says 'sword ban' was enforced but no plausible explanation was given as to why.

The Sword Ban was enacted because they feared of the Samurai's ferociousness. During the Amanto War, although the Samurai's main weapon is sword, they managed to deal massive damage, especially the group lead by Sakata "Shiroyasha" Gintoki, Katsura "Runaway" Kotarou, Takasugi Shinsuke, Sakamoto "The Dragon of Katsurahama" Tatsuma. The main reason behind the Sword Ban is to prevent heavy casualties on the Amanto's side.
It also has to do with the way the Samurai wage war. They do a guerrilla warfare, making complete obliteration hard to achieve. The current Jouishishi also performed their terrorism in cities populated with both Earthling and Amanto where the use of heavy artillery is out of option. While guns and artilleries have both range and power, they are less useful than a sword in a close combat, especially when used by skilled fighter.
Thus, we have the sword ban to ensure peace to a certain degree. They even created the bakufu's lapdog, the Shinsengumi and the Mimawarigumi, compromised of former samurais to ensure that the said samurais won't turn into another Joui factions.
Edit: About the Wooden Sword, it was also prohibited. The Cheetah/Leopard/whatever it was amanto in episode 3 of the anime asked Gin who the hell he was for defying the sword ban.
Edit2: Most people in Gintama uses steel swords (see the Shinsengumi, Yagyuu Kyuubei, the Jouishishi, etc). The only one that uses wooden sword in real combat is Gin-chan. Why do Gin-chan uses wooden sword? If you try asking this to him, he'll probably answer with it makes him looking more badass and more recognizable, which is important since he is the main-protagonist. You can see the episodes about Gintaman to confirm this. See the "n" there. It is not a typo. There is the episode where Gin-chan meets the editor or JUMP in a train and then later helps him devoping Gintaman. Besides, he bought the sword from TV shopping anyway.

None of those claims are canonical but your answer seems convincing! But still no answer for the allowance of equally destructive wooden swords? Update the answer and I might just accept it!

Ok, edited. Btw, the part about Shinsenguni and Mimawarigumi being formed as a counter-measure against the Jouishishi and also to give them job so that they won't turn into another Jouishishi is canon. It's in the anime & manga during the Shinsengumi vs Mimawarigumi arc.

About the wooden swords : If even the wooden sword is prohibited and Samurais are using it, why not use actual swords? What's the point of sword ban then? Ik I'm confusing you(unintentionally) but so is your answer about wooden sword dis-allowance and the animé gintama itself!


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Why isn't Daisuke affected by Risa Harada in the first episode?
I watched the pilot episode of D.N. Angel. The first episode explains that Daisuke, when fourteen, learns that whenever he sees the person he loves/likes (in this case Risa Harada) or even just a picture of her, he turns into Dark who was a thief last seen 40 years ago. Why is it that sometimes in the first episode he doesn't turn into Dark even though he sees Risa, especially at school?

Maybe it is because he turns fourteen later on in the episode;  the curse does not pass until the guy is fourteen(yes, one does count the entire day as the day for celebrating birthday, but was born at one particular hour). That's why I think Daisuke didn't turn into Dark.

hmmmm good point


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Is Otohime really the mother of Shirahoshi?
One of the interesting and weird things I saw in One Piece was the mermen and mermaids in the Fishman Island Arc. But one of the biggest confusion I have is the relation between Shirahoshi and Otohime. I don't know how Shirahoshi can be a real daughter of Otohime. Otohime having such a small body and Shirahoshi being huge even in baby stage. Anyone has any ideas?

Cuteness has no logic, it simple exists

She is a mermaid. Who even knows how mermaids reproduce? Maybe they lay eggs?

It's an anime don't expect the laws of physics or biology to make sense here.

I found this in SBS Vol. 10

D: When the Arlong guys and the other Fishmen give birth, do they lay eggs like fish?
O: BZZZT. Fishmen are still mammals, so they give birth the way humans do. There are fishwomen too, of course.

From this we can confirm that Shirahoshi was not born from egg. Fishmen and Fishwomen are mammals.
If Shirahoshi was not born from egg the most logical explanation behind her birth is that she was probably born small and had a massive growth spurt. Growing to a massive growth is not impossible because she has royal blood and her father Neptune is of a giant size merman after all.
So the answer to your question is yes. Otohime is the mother of Shirahoshi even with differences in their size.

What's bothering me is how did giant size Neptune and normal size Otohime made love with each other. It's unimaginable. -_-

Reading your comment makes me think of the meme that would show something like those 2, and then shows a small Hamster eating a banana. I would still say that indeed, it seems strange. Then again, I recall the Angler fish, and remember that nature finds a way.

I don`t remember where I saw this, probably in some SBS or databook, but there are two separate species of fish-human hybrids. One of them is the fishmen/fishwomen, which are the ones that walk on humanoid legs like Arlong. The other species is the merpeople (mermaids and mermen), wich are the ones who need bubbles to move when not in the water, such as Caimie and Shirahoshi.
So Oda said FISHMEN are mammals, but he didn't say anything about merpeople. Meaning Shirahoshi could have been born from an egg, and some real-life fish even fertilize eggs externally so maybe Neptune didn't even need to copulate with Otohime.


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What's the BGM in K-ON?
In the anime series K-ON! there is a BGM used quite frequently but I can't find it anywhere. It appears a lot throughout the anime but not in the movie. Here are some examples:
Season 1

episode 8: 8:17 ~ 8:48
episode 9: 10:47 ~ 11:16

Season 2

episode 1: 14:20 ~ 15:55
episode 2: 13:55 ~ 14:57

These are selected at random and the time might vary a bit depending where you watch it. The hyperlink: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1ew48VGOQPZRzN4Zl8zUmVjYWs/view leads to google drive which has the BGM. The file is an abstract from season 2, episode 1. Please help me find this song.

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sorry about that, try it now

could it be Pinch Daisuki? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybHA2x-TFM

Yes! That's it!

if you want, you can put it in the answers and i can vote it up for reputation

thank you ʞɹɐzǝɹ for taking your time to attempt this question, i appreciate it.

I think the BGM you're looking for is titled Pinch Daisuki, it's on album
K-ON! Original Soundtrack, track #33
youtube link K-ON! - Pinch Daisuki [EXTENDED]