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In the manga, what evidence did readers have about the identity of Miyu's brother?
Spoilers up to but not including the flashback arc in 3rei:

 In the Prisma Illya anime, the fact that Miyu's brother is (Miyuverse) Shirou becomes obvious fairly early on. The scene early on in the first season ("1in"?) where Miyu mentions that Illyaverse Shirou reminds her of her brother already points strongly in that direction, as do the short still-frames of him we see in Miyu's memories during 2wei Herz.

 Early in 3rei, Illya and Gil meet Miyu's brother, and though we don't get a clear visual on him, we hear Sugiyama Noriaki speak - that settles it for anyone who had any doubt.

 However, I have heard that manga-readers weren't 100% sure about the identity of Miyu's brother until he shows up to fight the Ainsworths and utters "Trace On". I can see how this could be the case - if his appearance was better-concealed in the manga, that plus the fact that the manga is not voiced could have kept readers guessing for a while.

So - what evidence did manga-readers have about the identity of Miyu's brother prior to the definitive reveal?

This is a bit opinionated imo. Some readers are denser than others. One of the biggest hints was when Miyu first meet Illya's big brother,  almost mistaking him for her own by calling im onii-chan. Until the big reveal in Drei, no one can be certain of the identity until it is explicitly revealed. Hints are dropped, some more blatant than others. Sometimes in manga these hint are red herring, other times they are not. You can't be sure stuff like this.  Especially with Fate stuff.

@кяαzєя That's fair - what is or isn't obvious is a personal question. I guess my question is really more along the lines of "what evidence pointed towards the identity of Miyu's brother in the manga?".


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What is the name of the song that plays at 5:28 in Noragami Aragoto episode 8?
What is the name of the song that plays at 5:28 in Noragami Aragoto episode 8? I'd like to know the name of the song and where to find it.

Assuming you're talking about the piece that plays right when Manabu shows up, this is "M03" from the Noragami Aragoto OST (disc 2, track 10; only found on the second version, not the first version). Here is a 15-second extract from the beginning of the piece.

I was looking for the exact same one. Its called Shadow dancing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AozK3__EX7I&list=PLsD0kaxrSDX5yhnS1PlMP7Hn3Wk_QbPTw&index=16

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Canaria's song in Qualidea Code?
What is the song that Canaria sings in the Qualidea Code anime? It is also called as the song of healing.

It is titled "TIME TO GO", and is track #21 on the first volume of the OST.

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Does Kyouya get his Cursed Sword Gram back?
In episode 5, Kyouya becomes shocked and runs away after finding out that Kazuma has sold his sword to the shop. He also says that he will buy him the best sword in the shop in exchange. He should be able to buy his sword back from the shop if he could afford the best sword. But at the end of episode 10, there are 2 scenes of Kyouya doing the rough work like he was starting from zero. And most importantly, it doesn't seems like he got his sword back since he usually keeps the sword on his waist.

I don't think continuity is the strongest feature of this particular title, so it might just not have any explanation

He does eventually get his sword back. Just under 12 minutes into the OVA for season two, Kyouya appears briefly with the sword on his waist.


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Does Keima's mother know Elsie and/or Haqua's real identity?
In TWGOK II episode 8, Haqua shows up claiming to be Katsuragi Keima's father's illegitimate daughter, just like when Elsie shows up in their house. His mother immediately leaves the house on her motorbike without listening to Haqua when she says that was only a joke.
After the ending song, Keima's mother is shown shouting in the phone to supposedly her husband, asking how many illegitimate child her husband has fathered and threatens to divorce him. But later she says that she was only joking, in a tone that suggests that she knows of Haqua's identity.
Does this means that she actually knows Elsie and/or Haqua's true identity?

I'm not aware of any further canon details or Word of God explanations, though I won't guarantee the latter doesn't exist.
There would be a difference between "knows her true identity, ie that she is a spiritual being from Hell", and "knows that she's not really her husband's daughter (but otherwise just assumes she's a human girl with feelings for her son)".
She probably just goes along with it in the end because she's ecstatic that her introverted NEET son is suddenly bringing (real) girls home with him, and she wants to give him some privacy and a chance to break out of his shell so he can establish real relationships with real people.  She is shown at various points worrying about Keima's future, and that he would come home married to a cardboard cutout one day and just go crazy-hobo mode.  As such it's consistent for her to jump at any chance to get Keima interacting regularly with a girl his age.


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In Fairy Tail, are Ishigar and Alakitasia the only two continents?
I know that Ishigar is the western continent, and Alakitasia is the eastern continent. Does that leave room for a Northern and Southern continent that we haven't heard about or are those two the only ones?

As far as I remember there are currently only two continents defined, Ishgar and Alakitasia. In chapter 439 page 14 there is a map showing the original purpose of the Alvarez empire, which is inhabiting Alakitasia, is to invade Ishgar from over the sea. In this map it shows more land that has not been mentioned before, to the north/north-east of Ishgar and east of Alakitasia, which could be another continent. So yes, this does leave land for possibly another cotenant.
Here is the map that I mention above:


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Help identifying a song at the beginning of episode 1 of Your Lie in April
What is the song that plays at the very beginning (before the OP) of the first episode in Your Lie in April? It's played in other episodes too and I can't find anything about it when I look it up.

This is track #1 from disc #1 of the OST, titled "Kimi wa Wasurerareru no" (translates as "Could you forget?", which Kaori says to Kousei multiple times over the course of the show). Here is a 20-second extract from the beginning of the piece: https://clyp.it/2mfjovz4.


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What does the Valis symbol in Danmachi look like?
In the Danmachi wiki the Valis symbol was described as a "V" with two lines through it. What does this look like?

Well, I would assume. Like a V with 2 lines through it.

It looks exactly like how it is described. Similar to the Yen symbol ¥.


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Why is it that many yokai wear masks?
While not all yokai wear masks, many do, such as the 3 yokai serving as Natori Shuuichi's shiki. Many of the other yokai that meet Natsume also wear masks.
In the story where Natsume was taken by some yokai to be presented to their boss, after he broke out of his confinement, he wore a mask to disguise himself. He also wore a mask for the same purpose when he joined the festival to take a magical kimono that enables the wearer yokai to be seen by humans. Thus it can be concluded that when a human wears a mask, it is to prevent yokai from learning that they are human.
Yet, why do yokai wear masks? What is the mythological background behind yokai wearing masks?

I don't think that has anything to do with actual mythology. It's simply a stylistic choice by Yuki Midorikaw more than anything else to depict youkai in that manner. In ancient times, masks were used to portray creatures and characters during plays and rituals.
It seems that that carried over into manga and anime to represent youkai when in human form, much like the common depiction of a ghost wearing a triangle-shaped bandage on the head.


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OVA #6: Name of song at 0:18?
So I heard this song many times but I have no clue what its name is. It's in OVA 5 (when Sonic was training) and OVA 6 (S class hero murder, at 0:18). It's the trumpet soundtrack.
I really want to find the music sheet for that, because I play trumpet.
Thank you so muuuuch  (´▽`)/

This is track #42 "Yuuhi ni Mukatte" from the One Punch Man soundtrack. Here is a 20-second extract from the beginning of the piece: https://clyp.it/m3qa2cee.
I don't know where you'd find sheet music for it. It is rare for anime soundtracks to have accompanying sheet music (though it does happen, e.g. Symphogear, K-ON!). Your best bet is likely to hope that an enterprising fan has transcribed the piece.


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When and by whom was Deadman Wonderland created?
There's a couple of contradictions.
I'm reading that Tamaki created it after he lost his games in the Earthquake.  And he created Carnival Corpse for fun.
I'm also reading that Hagire Rinichiro created it after the earthquake and after taking over the old man's body.  That old man was supposed to be the previous winner of Carnival Corpse but how is that possible if Carnival Corpse was only created after Hagire took over the old man's body?
Then there's the question of when he took over Toto's body.  In the later chapters (50+) it shows Toto with his original personality and his original clothes (with the vest and pants instead of the gown he wears now) asking why he's not fighting the Wretched Egg and Hagire telling him he's going to take over his body.
But the first time we see Toto during Ganta's time in DW, he seems to have switched over his clothes and personality (wearing the gown) already.  We also see old man Hagire talking with Shiro.

I might be wrong, but it seems there are 2 unrelated questions asked here: "Who & when was Deadman Wonderland created?" (the title), and "When did Hagire take over Toto's body?" (the question body). If they're related, could you explain the relation with the original question? Otherwise, please post it as separate question.

@AkiTanaka If Hagire created Deadman Wonderland, at what point did he take over the old man's body and subsequently Toto's body? There's a contradiction because the old man and Toto were supposed to be Carnival Corpse (the game inside DW) winners.  One of the flashbacks show Hagire as the old man saying he wants to create Deadman Wonderland.  So which came first? And the migration from Old Man to Toto is a mystery because it might explain the previous question.  During the migration, is his consciousness in both bodies for a period of time (ie in Hagire Original and Old man, Old man and Toto)?


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Why does the old man in episode 2 describe Oubu as "a part" of the thing that razed Ueno?
In episode 2, when Oubu ascends to the surface, an old man describes it as "a part" of the thing that razed Ueno.

In what sense is Oubu "a part"? Oubu at this time does look slightly different than it did during the incident in Ueno (probably just because Oubu changes shape a bit depending on how powered-up/powered-down it is). Now:

And then:

But Oubu (unlike Entei) was no more or less "complete" now than in the past, so I'm not sure what the old man means. (Maybe he's just senile?)

I believe that the japanese original does not convey the meaning of "thing" as a single object.

Worth noticing the similarities between that old man and the drunk guy in the park in ep 24


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Why did Zordan Stark (captain of U-2501) decide to sink Takao in chapter 37?
In depth 37 (chapter 37), Zordan Stark and U-2501 plans to sink Takao. However, I am not clear on what the purpose of this act was.
Can anyone explain clearly to me? It would be great if you have any evidence (from the manga).


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Do all of Grisaia's Mihama girls suffer from PTSD?
The cast of heroines of the Grisaia no Kajitsu visual novel / anime series are some of the most deranged of the last decade.
Do all of them suffer from some sort of PTSD?
They surely have reasons to:
Amane:

 Surviving the bus crash, starvation, the death of classmates, the cannibal circle and the guilty for her best friend's sacrifice. Not to mention crawling for weeks eating bugs and leeches before reaching civilization.

Makina:

 Tied up in front of her dead father's decomposing body for days.

Michiru:

 Best friend committed suicide in front of her.

Sachi:

 Getting her parents killed by a runaway truck because she was a bad girl.

Yumiko:

 Rejected by family. Watching her mother mentally decay in front of her. Being treated as less than a person by her father.

Bonus: Chizuru:

 The kidnapping?

The only one we know for sure is Sachi Komine.`

Witnessing this event gave Sachi a serious case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She blame herself and believes that she needs to be a good girl to make up for her sins.`

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Sachi_Komine
It is shown that the other girls have or had a kind or another of mental wound.
Yumiko Sakaki

His son had died, and Yumiko was being spoon fed false kindness to shape her into the next head of the company, Michiaki’s own puppet. This shook Yumiko’s foundation to the core and she was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Yumiko_Sakaki
Amane Suou

The incident leaves Amane with a strong case of survivor's guilt, which is only compounded by media speculation that she survived by engaging in cannibalism. Years later, when Yuuji arrives at Mihama, she recognizes him as Kazuki's brother, and attempts to "atone for her crimes" by helping him in any way she can.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Amane_Suou
Michiru Matsushima

After that incident, Michiru gets sent to a mental ward and there she is prescribed a medication to suppress the "other Michiru." A little while later she got released from the mental hospital and enrolls in to Mihama academy as the third student after its establishment.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Michiru_Matsushima
Makina Irisu

Makina used to be the successor of Irisu family but her inheritance was transferred to her younger sister, Sarina Irisu , after she suffered a mental shock in an incident.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Makina_Irisu
As for Chizuru Tachibana , I didn't find in the wiki or in the anime anything that would indicate the fact that she would have some kind of mental scar.


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What was the token Kurumi was given before her duel supposed to mean?
During the tournament, when it is her turn to fight against the scythe demon, he gives Kurumi a yellow round token she immediately links to Basara, and begins to worry about him, to the point her fighting skill is impaired and she loses the duel.
What is that token supposed to mean?

I remember it was something with spell on it to distract her from the fight, but couldn't get a good proofs/ links about it. Though i believe there was this scene right after that fight that they(her team) reacted like so that is why she lost reaction, like the enemy is playing dirty or something.


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Was Code Geass first a light novel, manga, or anime?
There are manga, light novel, and anime versions of Code Geass. Which came first?

It was original, the anime came first then various adaptations. You could confirm this in MyAnimeList. Under "Background":

Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch is an original anime series by Sunrise animation studio with original character designs by the all-female Japanese manga artist group Clamp.

(Emphasis added)
Just don't be surprised that some good shows are anime-original like Psycho Pass, Madoka, etc.

Another way to know it's anime original is that the wikipedia page calls Code Geass an anime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Geass
Cf another 'anime' like Death Note: The wikipedia page calls Death Note a manga. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note
Of course it's just heuristic. The sure fire way is to scroll down the page and check the release/publication date.


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Is there any canonical evidence that "The Lost Village" is parody?
The Lost Village (aka Mayoiga, 迷家-マヨイガ) is one of the most talked-about series of the spring 2016 series; more than one critic has called it "the comedy of the season" with the claim that the series is simply so absurd, so over-the-top that it has to be a deliberate parody of its genre.  See, for instance, this AniWords column at Crunchyroll or this review of episode 6 at ANN.
My question is whether there's any objective evidence that the material is supposed to be parodic — if there are interviews with the director, production company materials, or anything of that sort that specifically call out the comedy aspects of the series, or whether there's some chance that all involved with the production are playing it straight and would be shocked to discover that a large portion of their viewership is laughing at the show.

I can't say if it's a parody or not, but based on my experience while watching it, it's like combination of Higurashi (cursed village) + Dangan Ronpa (extreme characteristic)... and while I expected the genre to be physiological horror based on the trailer, I laughed more than when I watched Higurashi or Dangan Ronpa because of its absurdity.


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Why did Sting and Rogue kill their father dragons?
Why did Sting and Rogue kill their father dragons? Is it to become third-generation dragon slayers, or what?

MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT
I apologize for not able to give any specific details or chapters of where it's from, but in the manga of Fairy Tails, when Natsu's team first faced off Sting and Rogue, they were informed that Sting and Rogue killed their dragons to become a proper Dragon Slayer. Later on when it's the crisis of magic disappearing (with all the giant faces), 5 Dragons showed up and saved the day. It was then that

 Shadow dragon and the white dragon told everyone that they encouraged Sting and Rogue to kill themselves because 1. they were sick anyway, 2. to hide their existence from Acnologia (the Dragon Slayer who became a Dragon himself), 3. hopefully they would become stronger and more confident from killing them.

Chapter 413 shows the dragon destroying the faces and if you read from around there you should be able to find what you're looking for. The information I have given might be a bit off but hope it helps.

You missed one very important issue  on this topic.  They Remembered killing their dragons, but recall what those 5 dragons said when sting and rogue brought it up to them regarding that memory

@Ryan Sorry about that and thanks for adding it on. much appreciated.

Originally born four hundred years ago, Sting, an orphan, was raised by the Dragon Weisslogia, who taught him Light Dragon Slayer Magic; Sting subsequently became a host for his foster father's weakened soul, which allowed his Dragonification process to be halted due to the presence of new antibodies in his body. To ensure that Sting did not remember any of what had happened, Weisslogia implanted the memory that Sting had been forced to kill him and the results he would have actually achieved had such a thing been done.

In many martial arts, Asian culture films, anime and stories, you see the student always trying to beat their master, proof they have surpassed the teacher. In this case they go one step further. It's a tradition of sorts and usually the troubled or evil will go that extra step.  Always tradition in these stories or a variation of tradition.

aaron stewart's answer is more to the point as per the manga,
according to the manga , all the dragon slayers are orphans and came back from past i,e; around 400 years with the help of lucy's mother who then opened the eclipse gate , that's how they come to the present and when they do i.e, the day all the dragons disappear and during the tartaros arc it's mentioned that the dragons hid them under the slayers so they could stop dragonification(sort of) and become something like acnologia .here both of them killing their dragons is just a memory implant maybe...


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Was Akame ga Kill Zero stopped?
I am not able to find any manga chapter of Akame ga Kill Zero after chapter 16. Even in the wikia page, all chapters after chapter 17 don't have any description. Did they stop the series?

Did they stop the series?

No. The latest volume (#4) contains chapters 21-25, and publication is ongoing in Monthly Big Gangan.
If the wikia stops at chapter 17, I'm guessing that's because the scanlators, whoever they are, stalled or dropped the series. It is, in general, unwise to count on wikias being up-to-date. They are, after all, written by random schmoes on the internet.


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What is this anime about a guy with white hair and an infected(?) eye, who often cracks his index finger?
Okay, so my friend who I had a falling out with used to watch this anime on her laptop. I'd like to watch it but I don't know the title of the series and I can't ask her for obvious reasons. Here are what I remember:

It's not too old... 2013-2015, maybe
Main character is a guy with white hair and an infected (?) eye, but his eye can actually become a normal eye. He is a cannibal, if I remember correctly
He, along with many other characters, have four red tails coming out of his back, some others have wings. Everyone with tails or wings are cannibals, if I'm not mistaken. All of the cannibals have infected eyes which they can 'turn off' and are stronger than other humans
The art style is pretty good, as in not everyone has oversized eyes
Not too sure about the genre. It's something between horror and science fiction
Hair and eye colors aren't too realistic
I actually remember a scene where he was a fighting a big blonde man in a white suit who is trying to eat him or something like that. He ended up forcing the man to count and then eating him instead
I just remembered, the main character often cracked his index finger. He did this over and over again

I'm sorry if this is too vague, please bear in mind that I only saw two or three episodes in passing. I'd really like to know the name of this anime.

I think that if they do remove all identification requests except for a few, this should be one of the few. There is no way physically possible that it is not Tokyo Ghoul, which is proof its a good question.

You should make up with your friend (friendship should triumph over quarrels). Then you can enjoy the rest of Tokyo Ghoul together again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhbS4-W-hpg

yeah its tokyo ghoul awesome anime, with an anti hero


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What volumes of the Campione LN correspond to the anime?
I am just curious about which volumes the anime occurs in...
My guess is up to vol 5. or something
I want to start reading the LN series already but my problem is I don't know where to start... Yes, I know that I should start from the first volume up to the last but I get bored when I do that. I am not really sure about my guess, so please, help me...

I know you're not here given that you've been away for 8 months but still:
The anime is such a mess...
Episode 1: volume 3
Episode 12: Original
The rest: It goes from volume 1 to volume 6 chapter 5
Notes: The Athena and Voban arcs are almost faithful to to the light novel. Perseus is semi-faithful. Ena has lots and lots of original content.
I read the light novels and saw the anime


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Does the technique Kyoka Suigetsu make Rikuo intangible or just create illusions of him?
In the anime Nurarihyon no Mago, when Rikuo uses Kyoka Suigetsu, enemy attacks appear to pass through him as if he were an intangible ghost. Is the technique creating illusions or actually making him "untouchable"? It is stated that he can "distort opponent's perceptions" with the technique, but it is also said that he can "distort his presence, even when he is still there". So: are enemy attacks passing through illusions, passing through him, or a combination of both these things?

Dang, I thought you refer to Aizen's Kyouka Suigetsu.

The ability is named moon mirror because as it was explained "nurarihyon is the reflection of the moon" a distortion, and I would say that it means he can first , slow enemy's perception of him to move faster like an after image technique or second, his body ripples like water to allow him to move around attacks. His only weakness like this is cutting the fear which means his aura is masking himself but those two options are viable. I believe it is a bit of both because he can slow perception to allow him time to move but the ripple allows him invulnerability against weaker attacks because water can only ripple so much.


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Is Kirby a baby in the original "Kirby: Right Back At Ya!"?
In the dub version of Kirby: Right Back At Ya!, Kirby is depicted as a baby, who can only communicate by babbling.  Is this true of the original Japanese version as well, or is it a product of the translation?

I suspect that not even 4kids would completely erase actual dialogue and replace it with babbling, but I have nothing to back that up.

Is it stated by a character that Kirby is a baby, or are you inferring that from the babbling? From what I recall, Meta-knight referred to Kirby as a star warrior, which doesn't sound like something a baby could be.

The babbling is present in both the English and original Japanese versions.  From skimming the first three episodes, Kirby's dialogue seems roughly the same. Other than the babbling, Kirby is able to repeat some words that others say to him. In the first episode, he is able to repeat the names of Tiff/Fūmu and Tuff/Bun in both the English and Japanese versions. In the third episode, however, Kirby repeats "sword beam" in the Japanese version only. The babbling is most likely not a product of the translation.


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Is it possible that Kakashi and Obito are brothers?
Is it possible that Kakashi and Obito are brothers? Neither of their mothers are mentioned, and it would explain how Kakashi awakened the Kamui after his eyes were taken.

Just because their moms are not mentioned, does not mean anything. Also Obito's mom has been mentioned, a little, by his grandmother which said she died alongside her husband, Obito's dad, while protecting him. While on the other hand we know nothing whatsoever about Kakashi's mom, so I guess we either have to assume she died while giving birth to him (that or she died with something else), or just left Kakashi and Sakumo, Kakashi's dad. Which I'm pretty sure she wouldn't do.

Also, Kakashi and Obito are really close in age, so it would have been hard for the same woman to give birth to them around the same time.

The only reason Kakashi's Mangekyo awakened was because Obito awakened it when Spoilers:         he saw Rin die.

No, they are not brothers. Obito's sharingan has the ability to use Kamui. Since both Obito and Kakashi share that sharingan, both were able to unlock Kamui.
Obito gives Kakashi his left eye, which has the ability to use long range Kamui. Obito gets to use his right eye, which can only use short range Kamui. That's why Kakashi was able to unlock Kamui. (Specifically the long range variant).
Also, Kakashi is from the Hatake clan, while Obito is from the Uchiha clan.

Are there any references to long range and short range Kamui? Kakashi is able to use Kamui both at long range (Ex: against Deidara) or even short range (Ex: against Pain and Madara). I think Both are capable of using Kamui at both ranges.

@VarunRao Obito is best known for using kamui on his own body. You can read about the variations of kamui here:http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kamui

Wow!! Thanks for the information. I did not know that

Since Kakashi is from Hatake clan and Obito is from Uchiha clan so I don't think they can be brothers.
Also in wiki it states that :

Kakashi teaches the importance of teamwork, a lesson he, like the
  Sharingan, received from his childhood friend, Obito Uchiha.

So its pretty much clear that Obito was Kakashi childhood friend not more than that.

No, they are not brothers. Obito is from the Uchiha clan, while Kakashi is from the Hatake clan.
Furthermore, them being brothers would not explain why Kakashi was able to activate his Sharingan or Mangekyou.
Sharingans work even after having been transplanted, and that is why Kakashi was able to use his — however, it is worth noting that it puts much more strain on him than it would on a "native" Sharingan user. As with any other Mangekyou users, Kakashi's and Obito's Mangekyou were awakened once they experienced great loss of someone close to them (Rin, in their case) — it has nothing to do with them being related by blood.


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Do only Dark Knights acquire vices?
It seems that I only ever hear Ranta talking about getting the vice from a monster's kill. I understand that by getting these he is able to level up special skills related to his demon. Are Dark Knights the only class able to acquire vices?

Short answer: yes.
Slightly longer answer.
In the beginning of the Anime, when the group including Ranta go to get their class specific training, We are greeted with Ranta having a new ability with him. The 'Vice' you mention.
This is because, as we know 'Dark' knights, offer up sacrifices to some form of a 'Dark lord' and have formed a pact.
Just like the Protag (I forget his name) got the ability to see an enemies critical location, and follow a 'stream' of light with his blade, to reach it. Ranta got his own class specific ability.

To answer your question, yes. Ranta is the only one who talks about vices as he is the only dark knight in the party. Vices are exclusive to Dark Knights. I would think of them as class-exclusive perks found in numerous (MMO)RPGs.
I would provide more information but the only relevant information conveyed in the anime is that:

When a dark night kills a foe, they can take a part of the enemy with them, be it a toenail or a heart, then they can use these parts to get new perks, like Demon Companion.

(source: http://hai-to-gensou-no-grimgar.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Knight)


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Was Kazuki Takahashi involved in the modifications made in Yu-Gi-Oh! for reasons of censorship?
Checking some Youtube videos about censorship in Yu-Gi-Oh! (especcially this video), it seems that the motives for censorship are based mainly on:

Sexual content/innuendoes
Violence
Religion references
And others (offensive language, stereotypes, political matters, etc.)

There is a entire list of modified cards, but I'm looking for Kazuki Takahashi's words about this subject that covers censorship in his anime, manga and cards1.

1 The linked sources shows the reasons for censorship (i.e changes made in scenes and artwork card modifcations), but none of them mentions Kazuki Takahashi's opinion.

Meta discussion here and similar but I hope no duplicate question here.

Usually a question is only a duplicate of another question if the other question's answers also answer it. So there's no duplicate here, because your other question asked just about Pokemon. An answer about Pokemon wouldn't also answer this question about Yugioh.

It's just a same question but for a different topic by the same OP.

I don't remember the source, hence the comment. Kazuki Takahashi has refused to censor several cards, one most commonly mentioned being the dark magician girl.

MykAgustin and Torisuda: I understand now, thank you for explain.
Dimitri mx thanks for your comment.


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Cursing the Carriage?
What does Kaoru mean when he says "Cursed the Carriage" in episode 21 season 1? He said it was his private joke, but I think it has more meaning to it. Please answer with least spoilers as possible!

Are you talking about the bit near 21:30? He says "private joke" there (in the dub, blech), but I don't hear anything about "cursing" a carriage.

At what time mark did he say that? Listening to the Japanese raw, there's no "cursing" at the carriage at all?


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What is "The Miracle" that 10,000 fans of KimiUso voted for?
According to the wikia, fans had a chance to vote on if they wanted a miracle to occur. This was during the run of the series. What is this miracle? Information in Japanese can be found on the second link but it is not easily Google Translateable.

Obviously miracle for Miyazono Kaori.

It's not quite that fans voted on whether they wanted a miracle to occur. Rather, fans would tweet with the hashtag #君嘘応援 to power up Mongoose, and if Mongoose reached full power (10,000 tweets), a "miracle" might occur. My read on this is that it was a stupid marketing campaign to get people to hope that Kaori might survive and also tweet about the show a lot in the process. The show's official Twitter account does not mention this campaign even once after its conclusion (here: https://twitter.com/shigatsuhakimi/status/577277221577969664).

@AyaseEri If that had actually worked it would have been blessed af.

I'm not sure if it was confirmation for the live action or what.

There was the KimiUso Staff Talk Event at 2015/05/16 in Tokyo Japan.
"The Miracle” was explained by the staffs of KimiUso in this event.
http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv218533566
We can not watch this live streaming already, but we can read the viewer's blog.
I reprint and translate the important point.
Japanese

宣伝Aさんいわく、「何も考えてなかった」と。

English

PR staff A told us to "I was not thinking about anything".

As it turns out, there was no miracle.
This is the most official conclusion.
We Japanese fans are thinking that the Miracle was the staff A's Uso = Lie :p

This is a very frustrating answer but I'm glad you managed to share your research.


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What does "dog's circle" mean?
I just watched an anime where the phrase dog's circle was used in the English subtitles.  The sentence was, "We are the dog's circle."  Is that a well known Japanese expression?  The anime was episode 6 of Natsume Yujin-Cho 5, where it was used at time mark 20:10.  The episode just went up on Crunchyroll this week.
From context, I'm pretty sure it refers to them being a group of friends or allies around one they protect, but not literally surrounding him/her.  Checking on both Google and Bing, there appears to be no general English usage of this phrase.  Is my interpretation correct, and in Japanese would the phrase be instantly understood?

I'm sure someone can give a better answer than mine, since I have not read or watched the series.
Dog's circle is not a Japanese phrase. Looking at the Japanese wiki article, it mentions an Inu no Kai (犬の会), or Gathering of Dogs.  It says it is a drinking club of youkai that would rush to Natsume like a dog for whatever reason he calls them, therefore the "dog" name.
I am assuming the "gathering" part of the title was translated as "circle", which I don't think is a very good translation.  Circle is used in Japanese to refer to clubs, like an "anime club", but does not translate over well back to English in that same sense.  I think the name should've been capitalized to make it clear it's a proper noun. Still, if they're throwing a term like that around, I would assume it was explained somewhere in the series.

Thank you, Jimmy. During the last few weeks I have watched the series from it's start. I do not think dog's circle had been used before. It is possible, but that it sounded so strange leads me to believe this was the 1st time. There is an ongoing drinking group, part of which was in this scene, but I don't remember them being referred to as a gathering of dogs. But that phrase doesn't sound as odd to me so I might have missed it.

This circle was formed at the end of the 3rd Season, in epi 13.

@кяαzєя thank you.  replying with full answer so I can post picture.

(This "Answer" is actually a reply to @кяαzєя comment to previous answer.  I wanted to post a picture and provide full context for the episode he mentions.)
I re-watched season 3 episode 13 (episode 39 on Crunchyroll, which merges the first 3 seasons into a stream of episodes numbered 1 to 39).  I really appreciate the pointer.  Beginning at time mark 8:29, the group is formed during the following conversation (oY = one-eye yokai, bY = bull yokai, N = Natsume):

oY: So we're all getting together tomorrow for a drinking party.
bY: We will!
oY: So, all of the yokai who know you have gotten together to throw the first annual
oY: "Party for Natsume-sama in the Run-down Old Shrine Near Yatsuhara."
bY: Run-down, run-down.
oY: A party for all those who have to put up with Natsume-sama's whining and meddling, and run to him like dogs if he needs us.
oY: You could call us the "Natsume Dogs"!
?Y: Bark!
N: What kind of name is that?

(General note for those who don't watch the series -- Natsume avoids calling for help even when he needs it.  The only yokai he calls is Madara, his powerful self-appointed bodyguard.  But the others do like him and would help.)
Here is a screen-cap from the end of the episode, at the party showing Natsume and the Natsume Dogs:

Madara, in his small, Nyanko-sensei, cat form is next to Natsume, can barely be seen from his rear, between the text and next to Natsume. I'm pretty sure the sign being held on the left is the same Japanese which @Jimmy told us was Gathering of Dogs.
So, in summary, I believe my question did post the first usage of the phrase dog's circle, although this group was formed episodes previously as the Natsume Dogs.

I personally think a better translation would be "loyal dog troupe".  Not a literal translation, but makes more sense in english.


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How did Menma die in Ano Hana?
How did Menma die in Ano Hana? I do not remember any scene showing how Menma died. In the series, I could not figure it out. The scene described in Menma's death is showing a sandal beside river. If she drowned in the river, then when and how?

She definitely drowned. Doesn't Poppo mention that he saw it happen?

I mean when and how ? How she slipped ?

Have you watched it all? Because there's definitely an explanation you should not have missed.

I have watched all. I have not watched the movie. Is there a scene which show menma's death clearly.

@linux404 No, Menma's death is never directly shown to the viewer in the TV show or the movie (nor in the manga). It is possible (but, in my estimation, very unlikely) that her death is depicted in the light novel or the PSP game.

I think she probably passed out by hitting her head by slipping, and then drowned in the river.

As Senshin already mentions. It is never explicitly stated how Menma died exactly.
However certain events, and symbolisms do hint towards how she most likely did die. The most common one being the slipper next to the river bank, implying that she fell/drowned in the river.
During the anime there were several events hinting to this happening as well.

Poppo mentions that he saw Menma drifting away on the day she died
Jintan almost fell into the river while running to find Menma
Jintan catches Anaru as she almost slipped down this same hill

All these events together make it all the more likely that she tripped and fell down into the river. Whether she had been passed out due to the fall, just couldn't swim, or couldn't beat the river streams, is something we most likely will never know.


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What does "Khorosho" mean?
In episode 10 of Love Live season one, when Yazawa Nico is woken up and everyone sees her facial mask, Ayase Eli comments saying "Khorosho". She says this also when Sonoda Umi is woken up and turns into a "demon". Given the context, I thought "Khorosho" meant something like "scary" or "frightening" but it was weird that NISA didn't change this in the English subtitles.
However, at the end of the episode when all the girls are on the beach holding hands and watching the sunrise, when Nishikino Maki thanks her, Eli says "Khorosho" and also Eli's sister Alisa says "Khorosho" when she's corrected in thinking that a red bean bun was a cream puff in episode 12. In both of these situations, I can't really imagine "Khorosho" meaning "scary".
So what does "Khorosho" mean? And why wouldn't it be translated in the English subtitles?

urban dictionary to the rescue!

@Darjeeling that seems to just reverse what i said. it makes sense in the last 2 situations but not in the first 2

What does “Khorosho” mean?

It's Russian: хорошо.
I don't know Russian, so I can't claim to know how Russian speakers understand the word "khorosho", but I can tell you how Japanese speakers presume Russian speakers understand it. The Japanese understanding of "khorosho" is as an interjection used to express roughly "Wow!" or "Great!" or perhaps "OK." (cf. one, two, three). This appears to differ somewhat from how the word is understood by Russian speakers.
Understood as a fairly generic interjection, one can see why Eli/Alisa might have used it in the various contexts you point out in your question.

And why wouldn't it be translated in the English subtitles?

I imagine it would've gone untranslated because it's a foreign word to Japanese viewers, too.

Aside - for reasons that are not clear to me, "khorosho" appears to be Japan's favorite Russian word. The Japanese destroyer Hibiki was surrendered to the Soviets post-war (and renamed Verniy). Thus, Hibiki in Kantai Collection also frequently says "khorosho", because apparently that's just a thing that [Japanese people think] Russians do.

Khorosho is a Russian word meaning "okay". In certain contexts, it can also mean "fine" or something similar. In a way, it's almost a universal word.
The spelling is: "хорошо". It is pronounced as: "kharasho". (O's in Russian are often pronounced as ah's.)
I'm afraid I can't fully explain why it was used as it was, as I haven't watched the anime. However, it seems senshin provided a wonderful explanation.
A note: I haven't had much interaction with the Russian community lately (read: for almost a decade), but unless my memory's faulty, senshin's theory that "khorosho" is "just a thing that Russians [say]" isn't quite right.

Source: I used to be fluent in Russian. "Used to" being a key word here, but I'll always remember a word that simple.

Ah, sorry - I didn't mean to claim that Russians just go around "khorosho"-ing all the time; rather, I was just noting that this seems to be what Japanese people think Russians stereotypically do. I clarified my answer a bit. (Good answer, by the way!)

Yeah, I understand now. My bad. And just as I said, your statement (the way I previously understood it) might actually be true. At the moment, my interaction in the Russian language only extends to talking to my grandmother—and even then, I usually use my mother tongue. (And thanks!)


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Why don't English translated light novels retain the "backwards" page ordering?
Despite us westerners reading from left-to-right, top-to-bottom from the front to back with the book spine on our left, when manga is translated and localized (officially) it retains the Japanese way of reading, right-to-left from the back forward with the book spine on our right.
From my understanding the Japanese read text from top-down in vertical lines and since this is probably too much for westerners, it's "corrected" in manga. However, while we still read the text left-to-right, the frames/pages of the manga still retain the right-to-left ordering.
With light novels however, this doesn't appear to be the case. With the light novels of Strawberry Panic localized by Seven Seas and Spice and Wolf localized by Yen Press, the books are read from left-to-right with the spine on our left; this includes the order of pages.
Now ignoring the obvious problems of printing the words backwards, why aren't English translated light novels printed with the reverse page ordering? Where we start from the back of the book with the spine on our right?

FWIW Chinese books generally either read from top to bottom, right to left, or left to right, top to bottom. I wouldn't be surprised if this were the case with Japanese as well.

From what I saw so far, it is.

@Jan you mean the reverse page ordering is retained?

@Maroon well the only raw Japanese Novels i have seen were in my primary school like 15-20 years ago and all were (as our sensei said) were top-down, right-to-left. could be my understanding in that regard is outdated

@Memor-X No, I was agreeing with Marrons comment and saying that afaik, that applies to Japanese books, too.

With manga, changing the reading direction would affect the layout and possibly the visual effect, but this is less a problem with text-only content (at least outside of things like poetry that utilizes layout to help achieve effect).

@Maroon Yeah, Japanese can be written t-b/r-l or l-r/t-b. Most formal things (academic writings, literature, fixed-form poetry, etc.) are still written in the traditional t-b/r-l style but most things nowadays are written l-r/t-b.

@j4eo FWIW, every light novel I've read has been formatted "Japanese-style" (t-b/r-l), not "English-style".

Probably due to original limitations with computers/programmers, most stuff on a screen (ie, text in a game, on a website) is done l-r.  Note that in most cases you can't just flip the text around for r-l languages, either, as you should probably be doing page redesign.  On a side note, some manga distributed in the west was flipped, quite a bit by Dark Horse.  The Marvel Star Wars manga actually talks about the process a bit (and some of the problems with doing so, as touched on by senshin).

It makes absolutely no sense for a book consisting of just English text to have its pages ordered such that you read the page on the right followed by the page on the left. So of course people don't publish English translations of light novels that way.
However, it makes some sense for a book consisting of English text superimposed on images to be read right-to-left if that's how it was originally drawn. Why? Because to make it read left-to-right, you have to flip the images, and flipping the images can cause problems.

Does character A mention out loud that character B is standing to the left of character C? Well, the opposite will be true if you flip the images.
Is the manga set in Japan? Are there depictions of roads? If so, guess what? Japan drives on the right now!
Does your swordsman use a peculiar left-handed stance to throw off his opponents? Not anymore - we're in some bizarro world where right-handed stances are apparently peculiar.
Japan is now the land of the setting sun. (Or, we're on anti-Earth, and the sun rises in the West. Your choice.)

And so on and so forth. There are legitimate reasons why you would want to publish English-translated manga right-to-left. Contrariwise, there are not any legitimate reasons to publish English-translated text right-to-left that come to mind.
(Light novels do have pictures in them, but since the pictures are typically on separate textless pages, one can freely include those pages unflipped in a left-to-right English text without doing any harm.)

What? Changing the book from binding side=right to binding side=left does not mean you have to flip the images.

@Hobbes - Sure it does.  Page flow ends with last frame in the bottom outside corner of the page to be turned (when reading).  If you don't flip the images, this is on the wrong side of the page (implying you should read it backwards).  This would be especially bizarre with things like "continued on next page..." arrows that might do things like point at the spine of the book.  Also, note that pages are almost always designed/drawn to have extra space on the spine side, as some of the image is otherwise hidden by the physical book.

@Hobbes Also think about how right-to-left two-page spreads would work in a left-to-right book if you didn't flip them.

@senshin - One more: Is there any text in the image?  It's now backwards!  Although most westerners won't be able to read Japanese characters, Japanese culture is known for its fascination with the English language.

@senshin - presumably two-page spreads would be left untouched.  The dialog might get wonky, but spreads are usually mostly art so this is not likely to be a large concern.

It'd be weird to have the last frame on the inside of the page, but IMO no weirder than having to flip through the book back-to-front. Or having to read the frames right-to-left, for that matter.


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How can regalia control ayakashi?
In Noragami Aragoto episode 02, Bishama's doctor, Kugaha, controls ayakashi. He made it so that the green ayakashi smashes the ground backing him up from Yato's continues attack. Basically, he has ayakashi pets.
There are wolves with masks.

One of them is a green insect-like ayakashi with a mask in the middle of its head.

They appear to be friendly with Kugaha even though ayakashi are kegare (bad) which has to be killed by Gods and Divine Instruments.
How is this possible?

It was explained in later episodes.

 The mask was put on the ayakashi's face so that it can be controlled. There was an occasion where the mask was broken and the controller lost control of the ayakashi.


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Does the name Jiraiya mean something that connects these 2 instances?
While I was playing Tales of Phantasia, in the Future where the vocal impressionists are (nearby to where the Elven Forest is) there is a guy dressed up like a frog. When you talk to him he says (according to the English translation)

Ninja Art!
  Jiraiya!
  Ribbit?

Obviously this made me think of Jiraiya from Naruto and his affinity with frogs and to my understanding Tales of Phantasia predates Naruto.
So does the name Jiraiya mean something that connects what this frog guy says in Tales of Phantasia and Jiraiya in Naruto?

Jiraiya is a common folklore.

This originates from the Japanese folklore 児雷也豪傑物語, The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya

In the legend, Jiraiya is a ninja who uses shapeshifting magic to morph into a gigantic toad. As the heir of a powerful clan in Kyūshū of the same name, Jiraiya fell in love with Tsunade (綱手), a beautiful young maiden who has mastered slug magic. His arch-enemy was his one-time follower Yashagorō (夜叉五郎), later known as Orochimaru (大蛇丸), a master of serpent magic (the kanji 大蛇 literally means "giant snake" or "serpent"). It was first recorded in 1806 - classic tale

Series such as Naruto, and Tales of Phantasia draw inspiration of this story in their elements, and also naming. All though in the Tales series it is more of a hidden reference. In Naruto almost the whole story is played out through the legendary three.

In Naruto, a popular manga and anime television series, Jiraiya appears in the series as a ninja with the ability to summon giant toads. Along with the series' versions of Tsunade and Orochimaru, he is part of a trio of legendary ninja known as the Densetsu no Sannin ("Legendary Three Ninja"). One of the anime's episodes is titled "The Tale of Jiraiya the Gallant."

Jiraiya is also a known element in the series

Gintama: Where Jiraia is the strongest ninja of the Oniwanbanshu
Karasu Tengu Kabuto
and several more


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Is Assassination Classroom the Movie 365 Days a continuation of the manga?
Like I said in the title, is the movie a continuation of the manga from where it ended?

No, it's a recap movie with a little bit of extra content. (Official site in Japanese; ANN article in English.)

Really that's sad.


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Manga volume for end of season 1 of Bleach anime
I am trying to find the manga volume where the 1st season of the Bleach anime left off.

According to Wikipedia and from what I can surmise from the summaries there, the entirety of Season 1 is covered in the first eight volumes, ending at about chapter 70, just a bit before they arrive to Soul Society.
If you want to pick it up from there, Volume 9 would be where you'd want to start from.

@Reecechips:  You're welcome, but you should give this a read, too.


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How many magicians quit after the 7-year time skip?
After the time skip following the Tenrou Island arc, a lot of Fairy Tail members quit.
So, my question is: how many members did Fairy Tail have before the time skip, and how many do they have after the time skip? How many of them quit?

related: http://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2762/how-many-fairy-tail-members-went-missing-from-the-guild-during-the-timeskip

I couldn't find the exact number right before they went to Tenrou Island but we know how many member they have on Battle of Fairy Tail arc. When the battle of Fairy Tail begin there was 83 member battling each other

* Fairy Tail Chapter 108 KA-BO--NK!!
This excluding Makarov, Happy, Laxus, the Thunder God Tribe, the member who were out on mission such as Gildarts, Mest and Mystogan (although Mystogan joined the battle latter) and the member inside the guild that turn into a stone such as Erza, Lucy, Cana, Juvia, Mirajane, Levi, and Visca. So if we count those guys, there was 99 members of Fairy Tail that time (not counting unnamed member who were out on mission and those that joined after Battle of Fairy Tail arc such as Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily).
Based on Fairy Tail timeline, battle of Fairy Tail happened in October 15, X784, and S-Class Mage Promotion Trial happened in December 15, X784. So only two months has passed. In those two months, Laxus was excommunicated from the guild, and Mystogan went back to Edolas, Lissana also back to Fairy Tail while Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily joined Fairy Tail. With that in mind, there was probably around 100 members of Fairy Tail on Tenrou Island arc.
Seven years later, we know Fairy Tail only have 35 members, 20 of which went missing on Tenrou Island. 12 old member who stayed on guild, they were Makao, Wakaba, Bisca, Alzack, Max, Nab, Warren, Laki, Vijeeter, Jet, Droy, and Reedus. Two new member, Romeo and Kinana. And Mest. Excluding Laxus who were still excommunicated from the guild that time. So there was around 60-70 members quit Fairy Tail in 7 years

I don't think there is an exact number, but I know episode 96 would have been the the last episode where you can see other characters that were in Fairy Tail.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/fairy-tail/episode-96-he-who-erases-life-581682
In 13:10 of the link above, I have not seen these characters after the 7 year gap.
Also there are other background characters throughout this episode.

Yes, after the "Tenrou" arc, most of the Fairy Tail members quit the guild, but all the members who had screen time are still in Fairy Tail .
Most of the important characters, or characters who had major or average screen time and were at "Tenrou" island (Natsu, Ersa, Lucy, Gajil, etc.), and even the most minor characters who had less screen time (like Waren, Romeo, Romeo's father, etc.) are still in Fairy Tail.
Even if some characters are missing (I personally didn't notice any), all the important ones are still in Fairy Tail even after "Tenrou" arc. On the plus side, we even get a new character - Kinana.
My answer is based on only the anime, not the manga.

Please check whether I changed the meaning of your answer. If it does change, please edit your post to better explain your ideas.


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Is there a reason for this broken "Fly"?
The picture below is a partial screen cap from time mark 1:44 of episode 24 of Haikyu!!, 2nd Season.

My main question involves Karasuno's team banner, with the calligraphy for Fly.  Several times this season the banner's translation is shown with the word "Fly" broken into two lines.  In each episode, there was obviously room for the "y" to appear on the same line with the rest of the word.

Was splitting it a pure mistake, possibly caused by some production issue?  I can imagine that maybe the translator was rushed and confused, or perhaps somehow could not tell that the entire word "Fly" would have fit on a single line.
Was the split done out of habit?  I've seen that Japanese is sometimes written horizontally and sometimes vertically.  Perhaps the translator just did not realize how odd it would look in English to see a 3-character word split.
Was the split a pure artistic choice?  It seems unlikely, but maybe there is some concept within the Japanese calligraphy that could be expressed in English by splitting the word "Fly".  I can sort of get it -- Fly, by its very nature, is a vertical concept.

Since the same frame contained Aoba Johsai's banner, I might as well ask the opposite question concerning it.  Why did the translators not split the word "Court" from the rest of the slogan so that it would appear below "Rule the"?  This would allow the translation to not overflow the banner, as well as avoid a partial overwrite of a second calligraphic character.
The cinematography of the banners here is interesting. They are intentionally juxtaposed thematically, not as they actually were placed in the stadium. Perhaps the key is not in the individual slogans, but in the viewing them as a set.

The line break in "Fly" is very likely an inadvertent error in subtitling. If I get around to examining the ass, I'll post an answer.

(must..resist..the urge..to pun) // @senshin thank you.  I listed "pure mistake" first because it seemed most likely. OTOH, "Fly" expressed vertically is poetic. // Is the Advanced SubStation Alpha script for the episodes available to ordinary viewers, or do you mean something more general? // Note to self: to become a good editor on SE, learn proctology. // (fails..,..miserably)

This is likely a bug in Crunchyroll's subtitle renderer. Relevant excerpts from the subtitle file for this episode:
[V4+ Styles]
Format: Name, Fontname, Fontsize, PrimaryColour, SecondaryColour, OutlineColour, BackColour, Bold, Italic, Underline, StrikeOut, ScaleX, ScaleY, Spacing, Angle, BorderStyle, Outline, Shadow, Alignment, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Encoding
Style: fly,Open Sans Semibold,58,&H00E3E0E1,&H000000FF,&H002D2625,&H005C574B,1,0,0,0,100,100,0,52,1,0,0,9,667,133,69,0

...

[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.41,0:01:45.66,fly,sign,0000,0000,0000,,Fly

Nothing here indicates that the word "Fly" was supposed to be broken across two lines. If it was, there would be a \N newline in the markup like so: Fl\Ny. (I cannot think of any reason why any reasonable person would want to break it as "Fl" + "y" anyway.)
I do not know what technology Crunchyroll uses to render its subtitles, so I cannot speculate any further as to the exact cause of this issue.

As to how I obtained this file in the first place - I could spin you a narrative about how Crunchyroll clearly uses softsubs (since you can turn them off or change languages without Crunchyroll having to re-load a different version of the video), and so the softsubs must be transmitted to your browser, and from that point it just becomes a trivial matter of intercepting the web request that contains the softsubs and going from there. But really, I sailed the seven seas. (Don't worry, I pay for a Crunchyroll subscription.)

Wow, this has to be one of the most detailed and specific answers ever! Thank you very much.  Your time on the seven seas has proved fruitful.

Please see my extended comment as an answer below.  There is no way to present an analysis of your script values within the restraints of an SE comment.

I just realized you said something else I did not already know.  Crunchyroll adds the subs, not the animation studio.  That makes sense now that I think about it, but until now I for whatever reason just assumed it was the studio. You also mentioned softsubs for language selection.  None show up for Haikyuu, but for Re:Zero there are four (German, English, Italian, and, I think, Arabic).  So how many Crunchyroll does varies, or perhaps certain streaming services worldwide share their sub work.

@RichF It actually varies depending on who's producing the anime. In some cases (I believe Aniplex-produced anime are an example), the anime production company creates subtitles in-house and distributes them to streamers (Crunchyroll, etc) for use. In other cases, the streaming services themselves produce the subtitles. I'm not actually sure which of these is the case for Haikyuu, come to think of it.

(Consider this a comment to the answer by @senshin .  Using answer format so that I can format text normally and show an image.)
Since you (senshin) went to extra effort for your answer, I felt inspired to reply in kind. You state concerning the script excerpt:

Nothing here indicates that the word "Fly" was supposed to be broken across two lines.

I agree, but I think your excerpt reveals the bug. (It is possibly still intentional, but I doubt it.) Let's look at a few of the script parameters, from the [V4+ Styles] section.
MarginL: 667 (left margin)
MarginR: 133 (right margin)
MarginV:  69 (vertical (top) margin)
Alignment: 9 (probably means text is right justified)
(duration = End - Start = 0:01:45.66 - 0:01:43.41 = 2.25 sec)

The [Events] section repeats these values, probably allowing them to work within the primary values assigned by [V4 Styles]. But since these second values are all 0, the base values are not further bounded. (I added duration to make it clear that Start and End were time parameters, not location.)
Assume those are values forming an area in which to place the text, "Fly".  Okay, what are the units, and in what context? Continuing with the assumptions, the units are pixels, with (0,0) being the ULC of the image. I experimented to decide the resolution, at first thinking they might be might be for a 1000-wide image, and scaled to the user's desired resolution. That didn't work; it needed to be smaller.  Since 480p (858x480) is a standard resolution almost anyone can use on their pc or tablet, I tried that.  The numbers line up, and the rendering software would scale as necessary.  This bounding area looks something like:

The key to "Fly" being broken is MarginR.  Note Irfanview's Selection stats at the top of image.
clipEnd   = imageWidth - MarginR = 858 - 133 = 725
clipWidth = clipEnd    - MarginL = 725 - 677 =  48
Irfanview clip = @(MarginL, MarginV) 48 x 132 = @(677, 69) 48 x 132

The only part of "Fly" that fits is "Fl". Hence, "y" must be forced to the next line.  My final assumption is that right-alignment for a forced text break is a norm in Japanese text tools, unlike English where it would be left-aligned.

I replaced original image.  It had a sloppy clip rectangle; this one is exact.


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Which episode of Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z characteres started to have auras?
I was trying to make a list of all auras the Z fighters had in Dragon Ball, and knowing which episode characteres started to have auras will save me a lot of time. Which episode of Dragon Ball / Dragon Ball Z characteres started to have auras?

It really depends on how strict of a definition for aura you're going for. What I mean is it would be one of two events:
First, it could be when Master Roshi first performs the kamehameha in the original Dragon Ball series. He has a slight white aura around him. This is the first example of ki in the series so it may be what you mean. See: YouTube video example
Second, a more conventional aura would be when Gohan headbutts Raditz in the beginning of Dragon Ball Z. When he breaks out of the attack ball he gains a read aura and then proceeds to headbutt Raditz. See: YouTube video example

what about the more typical white/transparent aura we see in most good characteres when they power up

Well I think it'd be when Goku first fights Vegeta, so around 1:37 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWYk6kSpHtk


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Death of a character in the Baratie arc
I was watching One Piece when I remembered that there was a guy Sanji saved back in the Baratie arc. Then I looked up his name, and it was Gin.
I remember that when Krieg launched the poison attack, Gin gave his mask to Luffy, essentially sacrificing himself in the process.
They said he took a lethal amount of poison, yet we don't know if he died after the events. We only know that he and his crew (including Pandaman) sailed away on a ship that wasn't the ideal size, and Gin said to Luffy that he's going to meet him again.
Did he die? I'm quite far in the story, and he hasn't returned thus far. Challenging Luffy also wouldn't be a very sane idea if he knew he was going to be dead in couple of hours, and there's virtually no chance they meet again in that time.

@senshin Considering this happens around the 60th episode and that Gin isn't a big character, this is a vers mild spoiler, but yeah, it might be one.

Gin hasn't been mentioned or referenced in the story since he left, so his fate his unknown at the moment, and only speculation can be used.
On the one hand, he did breathe in a supposedly lethal amount of poisonous gases, and may not have much longer left to live, as he noted himself. But on the other hand, several characters in the series have been shown to survive supposedly lethal injuries, albeit sometimes thanks to outside help. Pell survived the explosion from Crocodile's bomb in the Alabasta arc, and Luffy survived Magellan's poisons thanks to Ivankov's treatments and his own willpower.
Until Gin reappears in person, is mentioned by another character, or Oda clarifies the situation in an SBS, Gin's fate will remain ambiguous.

I see this as a commonality between both Toriyama and Oda. Once a side character is used for awhile they slowly just fade away without having anything definitive happen to them.

Schrodinger Gin ~


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Why does Mayoi get embarrassed about this tongue twister?
In Bakemonogatari, Mayoi says a tongue-twister that goes
「生ムミ、生モメ、生ママモ」

("namamumi, namamome, namamamamo") then gets embarrassed because they sound like another word. What's the reference they're making?

Caution: the answer might be NSFW since it contains vulgar words.
Here is the full dialogue by Araragi and Mayoi:

「では、生むみ生もめ生ままもと三回言ってください」
「お前が言えてないじゃん」
「生もめだなんて、いやらしいですっ！」
「言ったのはお前だからな」
「生ままもだなんて、いやらしいですっ！」
「そのいやらしさは、僕にはわからないが……」
Mayoi: So, say "namamumi namamome namamamamo" three times
Araragi: You can't even say it properly1
Mayoi: Namamome is lewd!
Araragi: It's because you who says it
Mayoi: Namamamamo is lewd!
Araragi: I don't understand what's lewd with that, though...
(translated by myself, if there's an official translation of this dialogue, feel free to correct it)

Namamumi doesn't exist in Japanese. The best Kanji representation is 生【なま】無味【むみ】, which means "raw tasteless".
Namamome can be represented by 生【なま】揉め【もめ】, which means "bare (breast) grope".
Namamamamo is... well, that word also doesn't exist in Japanese, and also meaningless. Even Araragi doesn't understand why Mayoi says that it's lewd.

1The original tongue twister is 生【なま】麦【むぎ】生【なま】米【ごめ】生【なま】卵【たまご】 (Namamugi namagome namatamago), which means "raw wheat, raw rice, raw egg". The one that Mayoi says is when all the consonants are changed to "m" (except the "n" in "nama"). This is to simulate the pronunciation by very young child (e.g. toddler) when their ability to speak is not well-developed yet.

To be honest, I'm not surprised it's NSFW (knowing this show). Thanks for the detailed answer!


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Is distorted calligraphy used in the season 1 opening of Ushio to Tora?
The opening sequence of the first season of anime series Ushio to Tora contains a series of images which might be distorted calligraphy, sort of like what Picasso might have done. There are a set of 6 varied-color frames, a short vertically scrolling sequence, and finally the title, which is clearly calligraphic and much less distorted. After that, the credits actually begin, now in a normal Japanese font.  Here some are:
First:

Second:

Seventh:

Title:

You can see them all beginning at time mark 4:30 of episode 1. The Seventh one is partial, a single shot from a short, vertical scrolling sequence.
I don't know if these are distorted calligraphy or not.  But going backwards beginning at the Title plate, there certainly appears to be a commonality of design. If they are calligraphic, are they legible?  If so I imagine they would be concepts such as courage, fate, etc.
If they are not calligraphic, what are they?  Do they symbolize something I should recognize?

I guess you could describe this as calligraphic. I don't know enough to say whether this is what a calligrapher would consider genuine art vs. just being writing with bold and swishy brush strokes.
This writing doesn't "symbolize" anything, though - it's just the lyrics of the first verse of the OP theme as they're being sung.

混ぜんな mazen na
危険な kiken-na
やつらが会いすりゃ yatsura-ga ai-surya
土壇場 dotanba
土壇場 dotanba
じゃないか janai ka
混ぜるな危険のねんごろ mazeru na kiken-no nengoro (written bottom-to-top)

I don't want to venture a translation here, but see e.g. Lyrical Nonsense for one candidate translation.

Thanks! I was not even sure if it was writing. It was so blobby my mind was trying to identify shapes, like one does with clouds. In First I thought I might have identified two elements. The 2nd character from upper left kind of looks like a kid falling backwards, holding a purse with outstretched arms. Then the 2nd character diagonally away from lower right reminded me of a cartoon hedgehog. So if I could "see" those things, I was wondering what else I might be missing. At the same time I suspected it was writing, though.


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How much did the Highschool DxD anime adapt the light novel?
I finished watching season 3 of Highschool DxD and I want to read the LN. I don't know where to start reading. How much did the Highschool DxD anime adapt the light novel, and did the anime adapt the LN well?

At least we can be sure that both didn't cover boobs

Season 1: Volumes 1 and 2
Season 2: Volumes 3 and 4
Season 3 episodes 1-9: Volumes 5,6 and 7
Season 3 episodes 10-12: Original
Ovas and Specials: Half of volume 8 and original
The most likely future:
Season 4: Volumes 9 and 10. The way these 2 volumes work it should be this way
I watched the anime and read the light novels.
About your second question yes, it was very well adapted. Season 3 was a mess though so I'd advise you to read it. Just for Koneko it's worth it. It's nice having her fall for Issei and enter mating season. Koneko in the heat is the best Koneko :)

Anime covered about 7 first volumes.
Based on Manga-Updates


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Does Mr. Braun still have his secret occupation in the beta world line (1%)?
We know that FB is Mr. Braun. Now Okabe is in the Beta worldline, and M4, a.k.a. Moeka, is working part-time for Mr. Braun, a.k.a. FB which is very suspicious...
Technically, they are still operating as Rounders, right? It's just they haven't take any actions against the Future Gadgets Lab yet, apart from retrieving the IBN 5100.
Right guys?

Yes, Yuugo Tennouji (Mr. Braun) still has his secret job in the Beta world line after 1% divergence is obtained.
I base this on the wiki entry, which lists Steins; Gate 0 as its source. Here is what the Wiki says about this:

 When 1% Divergence is obtained, Yuugo is seen running his shop, having apparently never worked for SERN in this world line. But as revealed by Steins;Gate 0, he still works for SERN in the Beta Worldline. Source: Wiki- Yuugo Tennouji

Edit: The anime adaptation of Zero is greenlit, but there is no broadcast date. I haven't read the Visual Novel.
Wiki page for Zero states,

The Steins;Gate 0 (シュタインズ・ゲート ゼロ Shutainzu Gēto Zero?) anime is an adaptation of a spin-off visual novel by the same name that is being marketed as a "true sequel" visual novel, as opposed to being a fan disc. However, though Zero is part of the main canon, it is narratively not taking place after the true ending of the original story but technically before said ending. Zero is a side story that explores events from the Beta Attractor Field's future that contribute in making the end of the original story possible.

The fact that he's working for SERN in beta can also be intuited by the fact that Moeka said to be recruited by Tennouji in 2004 while Okabe is in the alpha timeline, but 2004 is before the two timelines diverged (that happened in 2010.).

As mentioned in @Arcane's answer, yes, he is still a Rounder in the Beta world line.
In the Steins;Gate 0 VN, there are multiple world lines in which Okabe and his friends are attacked by various groups/organizations and he ends up turning to Yuugo Tennouji for help,

blackmailing him into helping by revealing knowledge that he is the leader of the Rounders. Mr. Braun's response confirms that Okabe was correct.

Additionally,

Moeka is still a Rounder too, though, as long as Okabe and his friends stay away from time travel research, the Rounders have no reason to be interested in them.

Since Okabe never switches out of the Beta world line in this VN, it is safe to assume that Mr. Braun retains his secret occupation in all instances of the Beta world line.


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Why are Ainz Ooal Gown troops attacking lizardmen?
Why are Ainz Ooal Gown troops attacking lizardmen in Overlord II (currently ongoing)? Please explain.

They want to subjugate them
Ainz Ooal Gown is trying to expand their power, so gaining the extra land and bringing the lizard-men under control (or annihilating them) beings a small degree of extra security and power to Ainz Ooal Gown. Admittedly it is a huge amount of effort for essentially no reward (the lizard-men are very noticeably inferior). But it is also being used as an experiment/training exercise for Cocytus.

I want to expand on Jesse's answer.
Indeed there was reason to attack them in regards to land, power, and fame among other things that taking over or destroying the Lizardman would bring, but there was one other pretty big thing Ainz wanted to achieve, Though it has not really been shown in the Anime just yet (The major clues should show up in the next few episodes), it was months ago in the manga and years ago in the light/web novels.
All of the followers in Nazarick follow Ainz's orders almost to the letter. Outside of ones like Demiurge and Albedo who are also quite intelligent and in Albedos case, somewhat rebellious due to her love of him, they take his words as absolute truth, and orders are to be absolutely followed. Their loyalty to him is too perfect, so its restricting and requires a lot of orders. The only time they would go against his words is if it was to make him seem more like the awesome and unbeatable leader they view him as.
Cocytus was given orders to subjucate the Lizardmen, while at the same time given numerous restrictions that made it extremely difficult for him to succeed. Cocytus acknowledged that he was unlikely to win, but went ahead anyway and tried before failing. The goal was to help Cocytus realize his shortcomings with completely following Ainz orders every single time, and to help him grow as a commander by realizing why this situation was so difficult and how he could have solved it.
So what his true goal was, was to both help Cocytus learn how to win a difficult battle, and secondly to help the guardians to better interpret and question his orders so that they would follow the intentions rather than the words themselves. Cocytus somewhat learns this by his suggestion to (not yet seen in the anime, but found in manga chapter 22/23)

 To not exterminate the Lizardmen, but instead to subjugate them.

Ainz knows he is not perfect, but the guardians do think he is, to a dangerous level. Though it may be a ploy, Demiurge constantly suggest good ideas that Ainz doesn't seem to think of, and then says that Ainz was implying it or waiting for someone else to come to that conclusion as a test. Regardless, everyone else seems to agree that Ainz thought of these ideas first, not Demiurge due to his praise. He wants to lessen that to some degree so that the Guardians stop saying his decisions are all that matters, and so that they contribute their own thoughts to discussions.
As a shining example, in chapter 27, Ainz has 2 options on how to deal with a specific issue with the Lizardman (see the next spoiler), and with only 2 options, he asks all of the guardians present what to do, and everyone says that they will agree with whatever Ainz decides to do.

 The situation being on weather to test the Resurrection wand on any of the dead leaders of the Lizardman tribe, since Cocytus killed all of them except the White female Cruche in a duel to decide if they would be under Ainz's rule or not.

I have not read the manga.  It appears from what you are saying that the manga maybe given more attention to these details than the anime.  Although, the day after you posted this, Cruchyroll aired episode 4 which brought to light much of what you said here.  +1 Nice post.

Just adding to the excellant answer given by @Jesse since I don't have the reputation here yet to comment.
Ainz said that his greatest power is his ability to control the dead, I think that was in episode 1 of this season.  So, by annihilating the lizardmen he will be able to raise them from the dead to add to his troops, i.e. total subjugation.
This is all part of the plan to increase forces to deal with the pending conflict with the slain Theocracy, this was alluded to in episode one as well. This is ultimately why he is going after the lizardmen.  There are other factors like spreading the name and reputation of Ainz Ooal Gown and the lizardmen villages are relatively close and their numbers and strength expected to be low enough to easily overwhelm.  It didn't quite go as Lord Ainz had planned he said in episode three.

I just pity the lizardmen tribes, sad.

Yeah no doubt.  They really came across well this last episode to - really makes Ainz Ooal Gown the bad guys picking on those poor lizardmen and "plant monster".


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Why is Ahagon embarrased with her name? And how does it match her appearance?
Ahagon doesn't like her given name and introduced herself as Umiko. And Kou said her name matches her appearance.

Why is she embarrassed with her name? And how does it match her appearance? She pretty much always looks like this

I found this on a wiki, though it's unsourced: Umiko hates it when people call her by her last name, "Ahagon" because it sounds like "Ahegao". Funny if it's true.

@Kaithar you can blame this anonymous user with only 1 contribution for that revision...

@AkiTanaka such sad, seemed too good to be true :(

While I had a feeling it was because it sounded like a kaijuu monster, I had no official confirmation until now. If you look at page 111 of the New Game! illustration book Fairies Story, it has an introduction of Umiko's setting, where it specifically states that

she has a complex about her name sounding like a kaijuu.

Note that Ahagon is a relatively rare name that comes from Okinawa. Most people would not be familiar with the name and if they've ever watched something like Ultraman as a kid, they might first think it's a kaijuu name, which is probably why it's become a complex for her.
Explanation about kaijuu
If you look at the list of kaijuu of the Ultraman series, you will see there are 98 monsters that end in "-gon". (Others include "-don", "-ton" "-mon" "-ron", and I believe it stems from how many dinosaurs end in "-don", so these endings give that same feeling of something large and powerful.)　It is a common game to add or change the end of a name to make it sound like a kaijuu. In English, I suppose it would like like adding "-(s)aurus" so the end of names to make them sound dinosaur-like".
As for "matching her appearance", I believe so because it she is Okinawan, and has a deep suntan. Okinawa is a tropical area of Japan, where it is warm most times of the year and with beautiful beaches, therefore it is full of heavily-tanned people. A bit stereotypical, but that's what a person would expect to see from an Okinawan.

Great answer with the official source! Apparently, there's also an interesting writing in Japanese about this ~gon phenomena on Okinawa that claims since Ahagon and Hiyagon sound like a kaijuu, most of the times they are read as Ahane and Hiyane instead.

while this is official, as non Japanese and I never follow something like Ultraman I still don't get it how Ahagon sounds like a Kaijuu name. Mind to explain that bit? Also, is there any explanation of how it match her appearance?

@Darjeeling Updated my answer. Hope this helps.

At the time when this was originally posted in August 2016, her entry on Pixiv's dictionary only mentioned the origin of her surname but not the reason,

沖縄県民特有の苗字で呼ばれることを嫌っている（理由は不明）。
She hates being called by her Okinawans specific surname (unknown reason).

However, thanks to Jimmy's answer referring to the official illustration book released in September 2016, apparently it's because it sounds like a kaijuu (giant monsters genre that is popular in Japan).

As for why it matches her appearance, Okinawa is a prefecture comprises of islands in tropical climate, southernmost of Japan. That should explain her tanned skin due to sunburn.
From the article of NEW GAME! on Japanese Wikipedia,

沖縄県出身で、日焼けした肌の持ち主。
Born in Okinawa, having tanned skin (lit. sunburnt skin)

While this is official, as non Japanese and I never follow something like Ultraman I still don't get it how Ahagon sounds like a Kaijuu name. Mind to explain that bit?

@Darjeeling I'll let Jimmy add that info first on his answer because it deserves a special recognition... otherwise, I'll add a short detail after the bounty.

It might have to do with the fact that she is a military fan. There was apparently a famous Okinawan pacifist, named Shoko Ahagon, who spent his life opposing the military presence on Okinawa. Of course this had mainly to do with human rights abuses by the U.S. occupiers.
It may suit her because she is so serious about getting work done right. Besides his campaign against the military, Shoko Ahagon was a Christian convert who admonished fellow Okinawans to live a respectable lifestyle, emphasizing issues such as temperance, and a proper work ethic. Of course this is all conjecture on my part.

Well, the first reason that came to my mind is that aho means stupid or idiotic in Japanese.  For example, ahoge is hair on dumb characters, and Aho-Girl is a show about a stupid girl.  So she probably hates her name because it sounds like idiot in Japanese.  The Okinawan people have unique names not found in Japan.

Interesting point that may be a clue: 阿波根 in Chinese is translated to Apollo. You know, the sun god. Sun god - sun tan? Also the first NASA space mission burst into flames on the launchpad. Burnt. Like her skin?
I think the name in too many ways refers to her dark skin, as a result of her name sounding like the sun god's name in Chinese. And the mainland Japanese speakers are probably butchering the pronunciation of her name in Okinawan, which has roots in Japanese and Chinese... apparently.

Not really, that's a wrong translation by Google Translate. According to Chinese Wikipedia, "Apollo" is "阿波罗", not "阿波根" (the 3rd character is different). In fact, 阿波根 doesn't mean anything in Chinese (and any other online dictionaries).


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Do real-life schools have maid cafes at their school festivals?
In anime and manga where the setting is a school, there often is a school festival event. In such events, many would feature the students running a maid cafe - for example, Hanasaku Iroha.
Does this also often happen in real life? Do students in Japan also make maid cafes for their school festivals?

Here are some data points, none of which I can verify the veracity of.

According to a user on chiebukuro, some class at his school ran a crossdressing cafe, and some of the boys who would look decent in a maid uniform were put in a maid uniform.
In this chiebukuro question, one user reports that they will be running a maid cafe at their school festival, and another user reports that she and the rest of the girls in her class dressed as maids for her class' cosplay cafe.
This thread (beware: Japanese blogcancer) contains posters reporting that they had run maid cafes at their school festivals; some of those posters report having attended boys' schools.
In this Twitter conversation, the replying user reports having done a crossdressing cafe where all the boys dressed as maids.
Over here, one writer indicates that they have never actually seen a maid cafe being run at a school festival, but would not be surprised to come across one.

My conclusion: school festival maid cafes exist, but they appear to be quite rare. School festival maid cafes clearly show up more often in anime than in real life. (Unsurprisingly - you can dress cute anime girls up in maid outfits and they can't complain; real life people not so much.)
I do not have enough information to address the question of chronology - that is, which came first? Anime school festival maid cafes, or real-life ones? While it is well-established that maid cafes were first observed in real-life Akihabara (c. 2001), I don't know whether they propagated from there to otaku media, and then from otaku media to real high schools, or whether high schoolers replicated Akihabara's maid cafes in real life, and otaku media then picked up on them. My gut-feel is that the former is more likely, but either explanation seems plausible.

Also, some supporting images on Google Image Search (you might be disappointed after seeing them though...)

@AkiTanaka unless all of them are actually males (thus the vast majority of them are traps) it's not so disappointing

sorry, slightly unrelated but what's "Japanese blogcancer"?

@Memor-X Many Japanese blogs, like the one I linked, are filled with obtrusive ads and irrelevant images/links/etc in a way that makes it a chore to even find the actual content one is looking for. Visiting these sites without an adblocker can be an arduous affair (this one, for example, made >1100 HTTP requests, transferred >60 MiB of data, and took >60 seconds to load fully), hence the warning.


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Is the Persona 5 manga considered canon?
Typically anime and manga adaptations of games are not canon, but I was curious as to whether this the case here.
Can anyone shed some light?
PS: Persona 5 is a gorgeous JRPG and I strongly recommend playing it.

Persona 4: The Animation was considered to be a faithful adaptation to the game, so it's possible that P5 manga also faithfully adapts the game (just a thought).

Well coming back here after awhile. Does anyone have any confirmation on this?

Granted that the content is not that much different from the game (aside from some dialog and translation).
Unless someone can prove otherwise, I do believe that the manga will be considered cannon but with the game as the original source of the material.


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What's the meaning of "The coffee isn't coffee coffee"?
In Nichijou there is a scene where a random character says,

The coffee isn't very coffee coffee

Is this a pun? What's the meaning of these sentences? Even her friend asks too.

Relevant video on YouTube

which episode is this

@Darjeeling i forgot, but it is on youtube, you could find it in my post

There's no pun. She is using "coffee-coffee" as a made-up adjective to describe that the coffee she is drinking doesn't have properties of coffee, and as you can tell from her friend's response, it's not standard Japanese (she could've just said something like "This doesn't taste like coffee."). The subtitle uses the phrase as-is, but something more English could be something like "This isn't very coffee."
The gag of this skit is that Girl B drinks and agrees with the fictional word, despite no description of what it means. I feel this isn't supposed to be funny, but more closer to something the viewers can agree to, like when eating out with friends and trying to describe what you just ate/drank, but cannot find the right words for it (thus just saying something like "coffee-coffee").

Normally I add -y or -ee sound to a word to make this happen, but it wouldn't work well with Coffee. For instance, these donuts aren't very donut-y

@MichaelMcQuade Yeah, I thought about doing that, but as you said, it doesn't work well with coffee :P

for some reason i found this scene funny, but i didnt understand what's going on this scen...

Jimmy's answer is good, but I want to offer one clarification.
To an English speaker, "coffee-coffee" sounds an awful lot like contrastive focus reduplication. "this is coffee, but it's not COFFEE-coffee" might mean "this beverage has some but not all of the essential properties of coffee". However: Japanese doesn't have contrastive focus reduplication! That's not what's actually being said here.
Reduplication in Japanese is used primarily for mimetics (onomatopoeia, basically). Unlike with English's contrastive focus reduplication, you can't really apply "mimetic reduplication" to arbitrary Japanese nouns, so "kōhī-kōhī" (which is sort of a weird adjective-ified form of "coffee") sounds stranger to the Japanese ear than "COFFEE-coffee" sounds to the English ear. If I were to attempt an analogy, this might be somewhat like forming a strange derived adjective from coffee, as in "this coffee isn't very coffile".

Great clarification. Didn't think of that COFFEE-coffee part.

"this coffee isn't very coffile" did you mean "this coffee isn't very coffee"

@Darjeeling No, I did mean "coffile", as a weird of use of -ile as a marginally-productive adjectivizing suffix, a la "fissile", "prehensile", "labile", etc.

This is what I though when I saw the episode. It's not like something well defined, as the other girl herself asked: "what does it mean to coffee-coffee?"
It's just that it seemed that the first girl had made some nonsensical word to describe the coffee, as the word itself is not even explainable, but when the other girl tasted she simply agreed that it was not coffee-coffee.
I laughed.


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Where did the fanart in episode 5 come from?
In episode 5 there are several pieces of Miss Monochrome cosplay fanart with the main character in swimwear, cat ears, race queen clothes, nurse, doctor, and shrine maiden.

Where did this fanart come from?

There was a contest in Pixiv regarding that episode:

Starting September 9th, TV animation, Miss Monochrome, are looking for fresh new cosplay designs with the main character in clothing such as swimwear, cat ears, race queen clothes, nurse, doctor, shrine maiden, etc.
The winning entry or entries will have their work show up in the 5th episode of the Miss Monochrome animation along with a signed poster.

They gave credit to the winner

And here are the winner (click to get bigger image):

And here are the original fanart post on pixiv:

https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=38685552
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=38774657
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=38735824
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=38822738
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=38818662
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=38833155 (the shrine maiden art apparently been made private by the artist)

Here are all submitted entry and the contest winners from Pixiv

Here's the pixiv post announcing the contest winners: https://www.pixiv.net/info.php?id=1993. The shrine maiden one would be here (https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=38833155) but has apparently been made private by the artist.


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Which track is playing in S2E1 of Ansatsu Kyoushitsu?
In the 1st episode of Ansatsu Kyoushitsu [Assassination Classroom] season 2,
an instrumental track plays in the background from 5:20 to 5:50. If anyone knows its name, please tell me.

This is "Irina no Koigokoro", which is track 5 on the special CD bundled with S2 BD2 (EYXA-10829B). Here is a 15-second extract from the beginning of the track.
Seems like an odd piece to be playing in a sequence where Karma and Manami are talking (not about Irina), but it is what it is.

Seems like it is an unreleased track


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Language in One Piece
I understand that One Piece is anime and not real, but come to think of it, how come everyone speaks the same language. In the Punk Hazard Arc, Kin'emon exclaimed about foreign lands from where the straw hats came. But still, everyone with no exclusions speaks the same. Any indications or anything?

From the evidence that's currently present, it seems like this is a side-effect of the world having a single government.
For instance the phoneglyphs aren't in Japanese, since only Robn can read them. If they were a simple alphabet change, then someone would have figured it out already. This means, that there were different languages back then (at least one).
So, there's a chance the world was as diverse in terms of language as ours, but then the void century ended when the current world government defeated the others. Just think about it, if Japan would take over the whole world, then everyone would speak Japanese here too.
The bigger question is, that why didn't they develop accents. The islands make the people isolated into small groups. This is a perfect enviroment for that to happen. Even half a century should be enough to result in at least some small changes.

This was answered by Oda in SBS Vol. 25:

Reader: I have a serious question for Oda-sensei. How come, in manga, no matter where you go, everyone always speaks the same language?
Oda: Because manga is something where everyone's dreams are depicted.

source: http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_25

Besides this, I remember another statement from Oda where he said the offical language in the series is english (no source, sorry). This is indicated when you see an english name for an attack or a character. (e. g. "Nations Might" is not written in kanji in the manga.)

Well, bit it seems like coincidence how with Balint's answer everything falls into place.

It will be hard if every civilization has its own language, not just in different languages but also in translating the manga and anime dub. They should always put subtitles and have translators in anime and manga like, for example, when Straw Hat crews meet an animal, Chopper starts translating to them what he's saying.


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Potara earrings allowed in universal tournament?
In the most recent episode of dragon ball super (episode 115) we were shown the new fusion; Kefla.
This fusion was achieved by the use of Potara earrings. But from what I remember items and such weren't allowed. Otherwise universe 7 would bring a lot senzu beans for survival. Potara earrings aren't items that belong to the fighters and are therefor external. Isn't the use of this against the universal tournament rules?

Apparently they are allowed in the tournament. Otherwise Zen-Oh sama would have erased Kefla instantly for cheating.
Also, the DBZ wikia states it openly in the rules of the Tournament of Power:

Fighters cannot be killed, use weapons, or use healing items (e.g. Senzu Beans) during the match.

However items that are not dangerous by themselves such as the bottle Master Roshi uses as part of the Evil Containment Wave were permitted by the Zen-Ohs, though it is implied that was because they thought the technique was cool.

Potara Earrings are permitted as well thus Potara fusion is allowed and the items are not dangerous weapons that can directly harm an opponent.

If someone is killed by their own attack being deflected by someone else or by a inherit flaw in a fighting technique, it's not considered a violation of the rules.

I think the best answer to this would be that anything that Zeno finds amusing or entertaining can be considered safe. Even though Roshi used the bottles and Krillin used the sunglasses and the shoe, Zeno was likely entertained by the same and he didn't have any issue with it. It's obvious he's going to be very amused by the fusion so all though they did break a rule, they aren't going to get disqualified.
I'm also certain of the fact that suppose Zeno were to believe that the fighters eating the Sensu bean would probably make them stronger and fight harder, they honestly wouldn't care as long as it entertains them.


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Are these Hebrew inscriptions actually "correct"?
I'm watching episode 15 of Osamu Tezuka's In the Beginning: The Bible Stories out of curiosity. In both this episode and episode 23, we see what appears to be the stone inscriptions of the ten commandments, in something that looks like Hebrew. (Click for bigger image.)

I was wondering if these are actually reasonably "correct" Hebrew inscriptions, given that I've seen placeholder texts in animated books that had nothing to do with the actual in-universe meaning of the books (e.g. RPG-related material in alchemy books in the 2003 FMA).
I would assume that this is correct, but I had extremely little success trying to cross-check with either text in Hebrew here or here, particularly since I don't know Hebrew.
Might anyone know the answer to this?

Note: if this is off-topic; drop me a line and I'll remove the question. I also wasn't sure what the appropriate tag would be.

I think this would be better off on a Hebrew text stack... but I don't know that exists... maybe the http://judaism.stackexchange.com/ ?

Yeah, I was thinking of that but wasn't sure. If someone intiates a close vote, I'll join in, but if not, I'll keep it around for now.

I don't know that this is necessarily a question for [judaism.se] - that would be kind of like going to [christianity.se] with a screenshot of "Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name" and asking if it was a Christian thing. I think Madara knows Hebrew, so if he happens to see this, he could probably venture an answer.

Provisionally tagged with [tag:in-the-beginning] for lack of a better tag.

The left hand picture, is the exact original Hebrew text from the ten commandments in the bible, but only the first two or three words from each commandment. It is very usual to depict only the first few words on Hebrew drawings of the Tablets.
"I am the L-d your G-d
You shall not have another god over me
You shall not carry G-d's name [in vain]
Remember the day of [Shabbath...the rest is off the photo edge]"

The right hand picture is complete gibberish.

They are ask real words (in the top picture, it's kind of hard to read the second one).  I don't really know how to prove it though.  The big, bold words mean vertical, no, no, and trapped in that order going down.  The rest is religious about g-d.  Sorry if that doesn't answer the question fully.

I got the same meanings from Google Translate, which makes me suspect that it's hard to know if it's coherent and related to the decalogue without knowing / looking up additional Hebrew. Thanks though!

From my bay knowledge of Hebrew obtained in the moments that I was actually paying attention/awake in Hebrew school, most of it seems well put together (grammatically).


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What caused Hide's stomach wound?
Like the title says, what caused Hide's stomach wound?

I'm assuming you are talking about the anime version, which is different from the manga version.
Although it was not shown on screen, it is highly suggested that Hideyoshi was caught in the fight between Seidou Takizawa and the ghoul Noro. In fact, we last time we see Hide before he meets Kaneki, he had been noticed by Noro right after he ate Takizawa's arm.