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What's the significance of the grandfather clock in Elfen Lied?
In the anime Elfen Lied, Kouta and Yuuka own a grandfather clock that, if I recall correctly, has been broken for quite some time prior to the start of the series. At the very end of the final episode, Kouta and Yuuka sit down (with Nana and Mayu, I believe) to start their new life... only for the grandfather clock to mysteriously start chiming, apropos of nothing, just as

 a figure implied to be Lucy approaches the front door.

I never understood what the deal was with the grandfather clock, and why it suddenly began working again at the end. I'm guessing that it must be symbolic of something, but I can't think what it might be symbolizing. If it's meant to symbolize Kouta moving on with his life, then

 Lucy apparently showing up again rather ruins that.

What is the significance of the grandfather clock in Elfen Lied?

My personal interperation of the clock was always that it symbolizes the start of a normal live for Kouta and company. Which in place would fit really well with the ending of the rhyme elfenlied which insinuates the 'elf' observing, hitting it's head on a stone with Cuckoo sounds.

"What are those bright windows?
  There must be a wedding inside;
  The little people are sitting at the feast,
  And make merry in the hall.
  So I'll just take a peep inside!"
  — Fie! he hits his head on hard stone!
  Well, elf, had enough, have you?
  Cuckoo! Cuckoo!

Some people however, also suggest that it might be Nyu, as opposed to Lucy. With the clock chiming in the start or maybe even birth of Nyu, into the world of normal humans.
Personally I think this was left open in a way it could be interpreted both in a positive and a negative ending. This both to drive people to read the manga which has a slightly different story and to stay in line with the rhyme, as this can be interpreted in both a negative and a positive tone.

So I stumbled onto a scene in the show that's seems like a easter egg and might debunk the ending which is left vague with mystery. So through out the whole show the grandfather clock is under the presumed assumption that it's broken at exactly 2:59:59. It's up for debate if it's pm or am but if trend holds up its a paradoxical concept which I'll elaborate it all up when I near the end of this but anyone bare with me. So if the grandfather clock was broken 1 second before the witching hour would seem symbolic already. But I'll debate that the clocks working perfectly fine and was never broken what so ever. Through the 13 episodes their's 1 scene where Kota is inside his house and you get a quick glimpse of the grandfather clock behind him showing the time of 1:29:23 (pm). Some will say it was a slip up. But if you per say "reverse engineer" the time using gematria you'll find many hidden meanings behind the time the grandfather clock says. But out of all results one stood out to me after hours of finding hundreds of results varying from Lucy's bday and the date all the events supposedly took place which none are given which gives more of a mysterious vibe to elfen lied. But the one result I saw was a single "Liebe Cicada" inside the time of 1:29:23. So this is where symbolism comes in. Kotas internal cicadian clock was broken from a traumatic loss of someone close to him, which when a cicadian clock is broken all times stops due to the insurmountable pain to that specific individual. Which the show is giving us the viewers the perception of kotas reality which has stopped to Kota and only Kota. "Kaede" using gematria you'll get the results of "starseed Lyran-Queen" which goes into plaidien fringe theory but I'll admit I'll keep an open mind knowing this show inspired stranger things. Keep an open mind. So if I'd go further in the theory basing my analysis off of the hidden number 1:29:23pm from the perfectly working clock Some will debate....well what about nyuu working on the clock. What if their just fitments of kotas imagination for coping mechanism of his deceased lover. When we find the date of events in the clocks hidden message you'll find a date in 1993. You look into the surrounding areas supposedly their were alien sightings or "paranormal encounters" but that parts only within speculation if this show was based off true events like stranger things as Eleven and Penny L A Shepard.  But thankfully elfen lied isn't as the time on the perfectly working clock was a coincidence probably. But knowing we will get all these results from the clocks hidden message of the time 1:29:23 shows something is more behind it than meets the eye of this "broken" grandfather clock. The individual who Kota lossed to break his cicadian clock to give the viewers interpretation the clock is broken is the same grave at the end of the Manga before....the twins. Or if we want to go by symbolism based on the name Kaede. 2 more plaidiens showed up to the grave. (Supposedly they exist on a frequent beyond ultraviolet as our eyes only see up to like 135 140hz or something in that range but also commonly their's reports of people with autism could see these "invisible entities". Hence the vectors.....(hmmmm I didn't think about that last part until now for the vectors being invisible beyond ultraviolet, I knew of plaidiens) but yaa anyone else reading this re watch the show play close attention for the grandfather clock showing 1:29:23 and see what you can figure out. Google says this fictional situation of elfen lied happened in 1994 without a birthday of lucy but I got a resul of 1993 April (I won't mention the date) of a event that had to do with paranormal alien encounters in Japan.....so based on that one scene where the clock isn't broken. It's Kota cicadian clock that is broken to make time seem like it stopped when that one scene shows the clocks working perfectly fine. Not based on true events....the liebe cicada kinda unfolded many questions about the grandfather clock showing 1:29:23. Maybe other people might get more answers and information from that specific time given to the audience to question. For the opening statement of the paradoxical concepts is with how they show the music box stops and grandfather clock starts moving and ticks to 3....pm after a late lunch when Kota got a knock on the door by a silhouette of Kaede/Lucy who is symbolic to plaidien "starseed Lyran-Queen". Which in theory they are Invisible beyond ultraviolet spectrum. Hence Imaginary friend label on him due to his cicadian clock is broken which depicts the broken grandfather clock but when you see the hidden message in the grandfather clock and find the liebe cicada you'll realize the grandfather clock isn't broken. Just like the grandfather clock and the music box....paradoxical concept. Sorry about the reiterating but my mind was blown last month after I found all this out. But don't take my word re watch it, find that time and see what anyone else will find in the numbers.....1:29:23. It was never broken....mind blown. Obviously the artists of the show could say it's a rushed move and no thought put in....except the liebe cicada resembling Kota kinda throws a wrench into the denial of this theory. I still got proof of work for the number results posted on other sites. Anyone else Wana see if I just blew the theory of nyuu fixing the (not) broken grandfather clock outa the water? Lol after almost 20 years we might have a breakthrough for our cliff hanger.

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Good observation about the witch hour, I didn't know of this term. Did you mean circadian clock? What is Liebe Cicada? I couldn't find in on google. And are Starseed and Lyran Queen popularized or originated from Star Trek? It'd helpful to link to, say, a Star Trek wiki for those not familiar with the franchise (not all anime fans are Americans or have heard of this world famous series). Likewise for Pleiadians (or Nordic aliens). Please try to edit the post correcting spelling mistakes and split it into readable paragraphs (I think there's something good here). Otherwise, I'll have to do it.

As Gao asked, please break this up into paragraphs. This looks promising but it's insanely hard to read.

Gotcha I'll work on a rough draft and Include the math behind it over the next week give or take. Apologies for not breaking it up into paragraphs.

In the final episode, after the clock scene, the dog starts making noise and then Kouta goes outside and sees a figure in the entrance of the house (that must be Lucy). So, it might be Lucy who used her invincible vectors to fix the clock from a distance and that shows us that her power somehow got enhanced (got longer vectors etc.).
Also, keep in mind that the only person who ever played with the clock in the anime was Nyu (the second personality of Lucy). So, the clock is related to Nyu.
And I conclude that by fixing the clock, it's the creator's way to make it clear to us that Lucy was alive and returned to the house of Kouta.


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Can you get rich off of the Death note?
If you write instructions to take out a big loan, convert it into cash (or a nontraceable valuable), take out all your other cash and then drop it off a predetermined location and then die somewhere else by 'insert random cause here' could you become extremely rich off of dying criminals?  (Or anyone if you are without scruples.)

As always, one with a Death Note can do anything that doesn't infringe the Rules of the Death Note.

I feel like people would get suspicious though, if you suddenly came into very large amounts of money from strange sources.

Agreed, you'd have to cover your tracks carefully, similar to mobsters who launder money.  Especially if Kira related criminals were giving to the same person, pretty much points the finger.

The answer is yes.
Based on the experiments Light did with criminals, as long as what is written in the death note is humanly possible it will happen. Like the criminals who wrote suicide notes and drew figures on the wall before they died. But if it is not possible they simply die of heart attacks, like the guy who was supposed to die in Paris but it was impossible for him to escape from prison and flee to Paris and then die there in the limited time that was written for him.
If you carefully plan the robbery and the timing and placing is not impossible for the victim to arrive at, it will happen.

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Why are Professors named after trees?
We have Professors Oak, Elm, Birch, Sycamore, etc,  in the games.
We also have Professor Ivy, etc.---in the anime.

This could apply to movies as well

Not sure so not going to post this as an answer, but probably just for fun.  Kinda like how many related Dragonball characters share a naming scheme (Saiyans are named after vegetables, Ginyu Force members after dairy products, etc.).

Might be worth to note that note that not all professors follow this pattern. Manga exclusives, anime exclusives and games outside of the main series don't always follow this pattern

The various professors have plant names in Japanese too. Oak is Ōkido = "orchid"; Elm is Utsugi = this; Birch is Odamaki = "Aquilegia"; Sycamore is ~Platane = "Platanus". Of course, that just makes the question "why are they named after plants in Japanese", and I don't specifically know why. But idiosyncratic naming schemes like this are hardly uncommon or unusual.

There's no real reason to why they're all named like this, but rather they primarily do it to just follow a fun naming scheme. Naming schemes are common in a lot of media. The most common use of this is the use of the 7 Deadly Sins as names, found in several pieces of entertainment. You never know though, Game Freak might run out of trees eventually!

This is an interesting angle.  Are you certain that it was Game Freak that came up with that naming convention to begin with?

Personally, I feel that that it is primarily used just to make it easier to come up with names after the fact. I mean trees are a good metaphor as well, having experience that can be passed down, in a metaphorical sense of course.

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What does this restaurant sign in episode 5 say?
In episode 5 of Michiko & Hatchin, Michiko and Hatchin go to what looks like a restaurant so that Michiko can ask about Satoshi's current whereabouts. This sign appears on the exterior wall of it.

What is written on this sign? I think it's supposed to contain Latin characters — I can see an A and an R, maybe an S — but the whole of it is so distorted that I can't make sense of it at all. It's also possible that this is something in Portuguese (keeping with the rest of the setting), which isn't a language I know either.

Note that in the shot where you see the older brother guy with the pot the letters T and A are visible. Part of the third is visible, one can assume it to be a R or maybe P as the character is capitalized and straight. Last three characters seem to be RAY. One assumes all the characters are capital letters.


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What role is Hikari playing?
In the latest installment of Digimon Adventures Tri., we witness

 Taichi becoming buried in a seismic fissure caused by the fights, and Hikari reacting to her brother's apparent death.

But this particular instance is strange, because we notice something...unusual about Hikari.  From the looks of it, she's covered in DigiCode.

This feels a little familiar, because a long time ago in Digimon Adventure 02, something somewhat similar happened.

The above is taken from Digimon Adventure 02, episode 13.
Maybe I'm getting my memories mixed up here since I last saw that show something on the order of 17 years ago, so I don't know if this is entirely similar, but it feels incredibly familiar.
...But given all of this, and given the fact that

 ...thanks to that DigiCode coming from her, TailmonOphanimon Fall Down Mode and Meicoomon have fused into some... thing, which seems to play right into the hands of the over bad-guys...

...what role specifically is Hikari playing in all of this?  Is it possible that this could've been forseen by Ygdrasil or Homeostasis, and was Hikari preconditioned for something like this to happen?
Or...am I overthinking this and

 was it just a reaction to her witnessing her brother's death?

That moment when you realize your childhood was 17 years ago... ._.


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Did they ever show in the manga or anime the reattaching of Naruto's arm?
I realized as I was finishing up the anime that they never showed the actual reattaching of Naruto's arm unless I missed it somehow. Or did they skip all that?

Even I don't remember such a scene.

They inferred the part where they grew him a new arm. Naruto states that he got a new arm, from the 1st hokage's cells But no they do not show it in the anime. I also do not believe they showed it in the manga. He was in the hospital, then an episode or two later he is showed talking with Sasuke, where Sasuke deigns not to get a new arm.


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What's the term for the bullied kid who delivers bread and sandwiches to the bullies?
I think it's a designated term for this kind of character. Usually they use their own money to purchase foods during lunch in a school setting for the bullies.

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Bread Shuttles. Korean. Not Japanese.

빵셔틀
[ppang-syeoteul]
Term literally meaning ‘bread shuttle.’ Usually used at school, where one student is picked on and/or bullied to do the errands for people who are in a stronger position than they are.

https://www.koreabang.com/glossary

There's an example of this in Sumire 16-sai!!, chapter 1:

The word is パシリ (translates to "gofer" in English):

Person who is made to do things or go get things for someone else; person who runs errands; gofer (see also 使いっ走り)

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Effects of writing the name of a person who has an identical twin with the same name in the death note
I'd like to know what would happen in a situation like I'm describing.
If I renember correctly it was needed to both write correctly the name of the person to die and have his image on head.
But if that person has an identical twin with the same name I think those rules wouldn't be enough to determine which of them would die, although maybe with image it also meant the intent of killing that particular person I find that far fetched.
Maybe there are some other rules that would apply and would determine which of them dies, I don't renember all of them.
What would happen in that situation?

A situation involving twins was briefly discussed in this answer. Even with identical twins, they will have differences

when you have the face in mind it means you have the person in mind. the note does not search for a face and a name it searches for a person to kill. identical twins are two different people.

It would probably depend on two things. One of which is the fact that you would only be thinking of one face, not both. The way it works is if you thought of the first twins face, but wrote the name and though of the name belonging to the second, nothing would happen. Even if they had perfectly identical faces, you wouldn't be thinking of both, just one. Identical twins are two separate people, and as such, the death note would still treat it like such.
This idea is based on my personal though about the subject that I've actually thought about for at least a year.


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How old was Natsu when he was sent forward in time?
I know Natsu was 7 (or so speculated) when the dragons left. I know he was sent forward in time when that happened. However why doesn't Natsu remember what the world was like 400 years ago? I mean I think he would notice a difference... even if he was only 7. Was his memory altered or something?

Natsu also spent probably years in the forest, and they all had fuzzy memories of the past, or even memory magic cast on them (Sting and Rogue at minimum). its not surprising they wouldn't know much about the world.

I don't think there was much of a difference between the world where Natsu went to sleep, and where he woke up.
For the most part, he spent his time with Igneel in the woods - as I assume a dragon wouldn't be welcome in towns.
I think Natsu grew up in the wilderness, went to sleep in the wilderness, and awoke in the wilderness 400 years later, not noticing a change because the wilderness couldn't have been different.

Natsu was just an Kid when he joined fairy tail but it never mentioned his age at all so natsu age is an unknown


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How long can a manga (or other work) can go hiatus
Sometimes a manga went hiatus for quite long time, for example HxH was on hiatus from 2014 to 2016

Source https://hiatus-hiatus.github.io/
If there are no health issue or any major problem, since it can't be helped if that was the case, how long can a manga or any other work go on hiatus? What if the mangaka didn't show any interest on continuing their work? Would they, the publisher, dropped it even if it was popular?

Things to consider here: as much as I know about the manga industry and japanese work culture in general, it seems like it's a pretty personal thing between the author and the important people in charge of these decisions. So they might have a huge fan among the key decisionmakers and they refuse to drop a manga despite long hiatuses. Also, it might be that it's not in the best interests of a big name regular journal to drop a successful author who may sometimes take unprecedented breaks. Where's he gonna go when/if he makes more chapters? To another publisher? Could not be a possibility.

At least longer than 5 years? ‘Black Lagoon’ manga may return after 6-year hiatus, though the author has released some in 2013 sparingly. Also, a list of Best Hiatus manga (note the difference between 'hiatus' and 'cancelled')

@AkiTanaka why vagabond marked hiatus on that site ? i thought it's already ended in 2015...

@Gagantous Wikipedia (and its Japanese counterpart) hasn't mentioned the end date which is usually shown when the series ends. Also, MangaUpdates mentions "37 Volumes (Hiatus)".

well... X (CLAMP) has been on hiatus since 2003...

@paulnamida for real ?

@Gagantous for real. And it's not the only series CLAMP has had on hiatus for a long while, but it certainly is the longest... and there's no plan to resume it anytime soon... if ever

@paulnamida so are they have other  manga that still ongoing ?

Yeah, they are currently doing a sequel of sorts for Card Captor Sakura


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Did Goku use the Kaio-ken to stop Gohan in a what if scenario?
I don't know which video game depicted this but I think it's the one where Janemba possessed Super Saiyan 2 Teen Gohan. I don't know if this is true, but to subdue or possibly knock out Gohan, Goku used the Kaio-Ken to attack. I checked the Dragonball wiki but I think it was edited out by someone


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Can we share our devil fruit to someone else?
For example, i have gomu gomu no mi. I already know that this is a devil fruit that whoever eat this fruit will gain a new power. I want someone of my crew/friend gain this ability too so i cut the fruit in half and at the same time we ate the fruit. Is this possible ? Did the author ever mention about this somewhere before ?

you can't https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/931/2869

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Are there male mangaka who do shoujo manga?
Even if a shoujo manga is made commonly by female mangaka are there male mangakas who do shoujo mangas?

Wedding Peach mangaka is male although the artist is female

if you don't want to wait for the answer, you can find out yourself by going through a list of shoujo manga titles and checking out each author's profile to see if they're male https://myanimelist.net/manga/genre/25/Shoujo

Just browse a bit, even Osamu Tezuka made quite a lot shoujo manga (13 based on manga update), although most of his work are shounen

the first part of this answer can answer your question. In short, yes there are male manga who make shoujo manga

The answer is trivially yes. I offer as evidence Himitsu no Akko-chan (quite a seminal work in its genre), which is written by AKATSUKA Fujio, who is by all appearances a man.
People of all genders write all kinds of things. This should hardly come as a surprise.


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Who of Aizen's Arrancar were Vasto Lorde?
When Harribel is killed, during her flashback Apacci comments saying that Harribel was a Vasto Lorde.
So I am wondering who of Aizen's Arrancar were Vasto Lorde

It was implied that top 4 of the Espada were all Vasto Lorde level as they were far superior combatwise than a Soul Society Captain. However, out of the four, only Tier Harribel was confirmed as a Vasto Lorde.

There's an official side story thingie that shows how Ulquiorra becomes a Vasto Lorde.

I don't think that Stark and Barragan were just Adjuchas.
And we still don't know if Grimmjow was able to become a Vasto Lorde after eating his companions.

Barragan looks like a Vasto Lorde to me. When Aizen went to subdue the so called "Lord of Hueco Mundo", it was shown that Barragan was as humano-like as he can be, considering that his power is that of "time", which is different than Grimmjow. Grimmjow was shown as a panther.


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In Noragami, why does Nora attack Yukine?
Nora attacked him several times with Ayakashi, seeming with intent to kill. However, we find out later that if Nora really wants to kill Yukine, she just needs to rekindle his curiosity about his former life. That makes all her attacks seem kind of pointless.

killing yukine doesn't fulfill the requirement to be Yato's shinki again. It will just make it worse. So Nora wants to get rid of yukine but is such a way that she can be Yato's shinki again.

Please consider submitting your comment as an answer while citing prober sources to back it up.

In reality, Nora wanted to infuse fear in Yukine's mind, as she was trying to remove all Yato's connections which connect Yato to goodwill.
Basically, she wanted to break Yato's connection with Yukine, him being Yato's (Yaboku's) exemplar. She was continuously trying to make Yukine leave Yato (in fear), so that she can awoke the previous Yato, whose intention was to kill.
As that would have left Yato in enraged and mentally weak state (easy to control) that the death of Yukine (which could have resulted in fall of Yato).

Nora wanted to bring out Yato's dark side. She despised the fact that Yato found someone better than her. Not to forget there was Rabo-sama who was secretly controlling Yato


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Does Kale have 2 or 3 transformations already?
The Dragon Ball Wikia (which isnt an official Dragon Ball Source) claims Kale have 3 transformations,
1 Berserker Super Saiyan
2 Super Saiyan Perfect Energy Control (this name isnt even mentioned in the series)
3 True Legendary Super Saiyan
Now the supposed transformations 2 and 3 look very similar, personally I cant really tell if they are different transformations. The Dragon Ball Wikia claims they are slightly different in color at least (green vs yellowish brownish green) This difference could even be simply a different animator. My question therefore is, does Kale have 2 or 3 transformations already? Can you tell differences between the supposed transformations 2 and 3?

Kale has 2 transformations.
The first would be Super Saiyan Green: This is a variation of the regular SSJ transformation where there is a tinge of Green in Kale's hair. In terms of power, it pretty much is identical to the SSJ transformation because in the earlier stage of the battle, SSJ2 Caulfifla did appear to be stronger and Kale was also intimidated by the SSJ3 transformation.
The second transformation would be The Legendary Super Saiyan transformation: The reason I'm not mentioning the Berserker state is because, it is an uncontrolled version of the fully mastered Legendary Super Saiayan. The Bereseker state only resulted in a tremendous power increase but Kale was not able to control it and once she did it evolved into this transformation. This transformation is significantly stronger than an SSJ2 regular transformation. This is because we see her going toe to toe with SSJG Goku and SSJ2 Caulifla on ther hand was completely outclassed by SSJG Goku.
Note: The names aren't officially confirmed apart from Super Saiyan Berserker which seemed to be an uncontrolled state of LSSJ. Since Broly isn't Cannon, we can not conclude with certainty. However, the 2 kinds of transformations and the information mentioned above with regard to the power and kind of transformation and the number of transformations Kale has is indeed accurate.


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Can Kale control her full power when she isnt in berserker mode?
Kale in berserker mode was able to take a kamehameha wave from Goku undamaged or almost undamaged. Now most fans didnt like the idea of Kale being as strong as a super saiyan blue and started to argue Kale wasnt as strong or stronger than a super saiyan blue because Goku said "I'm going to use a little more power", what they say it means Goku wasnt using his full power in super saiyan blue. I dont buy this idea for 3 reasons:

If Goku really said "I'm going to use a little more power" (some subtitles translates it as "I'm going to use more power" without the "little", if Goku really said so, he could be refering to him not using kaioken on top of blue. By using Super Saiyan Blue in full power, Goku is still using 5% or 10% of his power (he can use super saiyan blue kaioken x10 or x20 where he increases 10 times or 20 times his power from Blue)
Vegeta mentioned Kale is "a monster". Why would he call a monster someone who isnt as strong or stronger than him.
Jiren didnt bother to fight Goku or Vegeta super saiyan blue, but he bothered to take Kale as a challenge, this actually is a hint than Kale showed more power than Goku and Vegeta at the time, who already fought in Super Saiyan Blue. And by the way, Hit was also around and Jiren didnt bother to fight him, and we know Hit's power is around a Super Saiyan Blue.

Having said all that, later Kale in her controlled stated wasnt able to hurt Goku in super saiyan god, though she could handle an energy blast from Goku in super saiyan god (something Caulifla in SSJ2 couldnt do) . This to me shows Kale's power in her controlled stated is close to a super saiyan god, or at least stronger than a SSJ2, but not equal or stronger than super saiyan god.
Then my question is, are there reasons or arguments to believe Kale can use her full power when she isnt in berserker mode?

Latest episode, when Kale is berserk again and holding hands with Caulifla, and Caulifla's words bring her back to sanity, I believe someone from U7 makes mention of her "being able to control her power". I'll look it up when I get home. If that's the case, would it count as proof? Currently the sideline characters have been less than perfect in their estimations of people's strength.

 You made a lot of incorrect assumpitons
Firstly, You need to note that All of Goku's fights until his fight with Jiren was him just goofing off. He was not fighting anyone seriously. Also you are right about him holding back and he did hold back a significant amount when he hit Kale with the Kamehameha. If goku had gone all power, then he would've used Kaioken which he didn't.Secondly, a monster doesn't imply the other person is stronger. You might perhaps me referring to this based on Freiza's reference to Jiren as a monster. It was just because of her rather vicious nature and aggressive behavior firing ki blasts all around had Vegeta refer to her as a monster. Not because she was stronger than him Jiren didn't fight Kale as a challenge. He did it to just stop the rampage she was on and you see her disturbing the entire tournament and she even knocked one of his teamate out. This is also seen when Universe 2 fire the hearts. Jiren was about to fire a beam attack at Ribrianne but Vegeta did it right before. Does this mean Jiren was interested in fighting Ribrianne? The only fighter Jiren has been interested to fight is Goku because we see him looking at him interested and approaches him for battle. Even hit attacked him and he responded.Finally, Kale's controlled state is just as strong as she was in her Berserker state. Possibly even stronger because she gets to control her power this time. Also, Goku was fighting very seriously when she fought with Kale the second time around, which is why we see Kale trying a little harder. She wasn't injured after deflecting that Ki blastKale LSSJ mastered is just as strong as her using her berserker mode and it's very obvious she's stronger than SSJG and this is why. We see Jiren blocking punches from SSJG goku with a single finger and he had to try a little to block attacks from SSJB Goku. This indicates SSJB is significantly stronger than SSJG. Kefla in her base form was completely dominating SSJG Goku. SSJ2 is nothing compared to SSJ3 and SSJG is a much higher multiplier than SSJ3. Hence Caulifla's power isn't that high. Kale, on the other hand, must be exponentially stronger than SSJG Goku if base kefla is capable of fighting so easily with SSJG Goku. Also based on the title, SSJB Goku is not strong enough to beat Kefla. I think with that we can establish the fact that Kale LSSJ Is > SSJ Goku Also, it has to be noted, that goku was just fooling around against Berserker Kale. Unlike his current fight with Kale and Caulifla where he has been very serious.


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What is Natsu's Birthday?
I did some digging and found that Natsu, or atleast the Natsu we know, is around 20 years old but I want to know his birthday which I can not yet find an answer for.

It is revealed in the series that he is a lot older then that but just doesn’t know t

I believe that Natsu is a year older than Lucy. The year they came from was 377 to be exact, if you then add the year 777 it's exactly four hundred years so Natsu would have been 11 years old as Lucy was 10.
So if Lucy was born 767 that means Natsu was born 366, as to the exact day it's unknown but because his parents named him "Natsu" (summer), as the first day of summer is around the middle of June and not July we could say Natsu's birthday is June 20th 366.
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The Author hasn't provided an official birthday yet. All we know is that he was born some time in the X300 century.

His birthday is July 7th concluding to Hiro Mashima. The year has not been specifically been said yet, but it is some time in when dragons disappeared. Since Natsu was trained by Igneel, he must have been born before this date, presumably several years before to allow time for training and such. So around X777.


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How can Doru Doru work against seastone
We have twice seen Mr.3 open seastone cage/cuffs with his wax powers, once in Alabasta and once in the war of the summit. How can his wax key not melt once inside the keyhole?

My guess is that it is something tied to the fact that seastone would prevent him from manifesting wax, but once it is already manifest it is probably separate from his power and thus not affected by the seastone.

@Cyberson - I don't think that's the case because we know that, for example, if a person is turned into a doll by Sugar, then once she touches seastone he will get back to normal. That never happened, but that is the hypothesis anyway.

@TGamer no, cyberson is right, power like Mr. 3 are not affected by seastone after manifestation. seastone has effect on devil fruit user only which makes them powerless and weak

As stated in seastome wikia

Seastone only works upon direct and constant contact.

Which means it works only on devil fruit user not on the power or material they produce using power.

It has been shown that although a Devil Fruit user loses his/her powers when in contact with the Seastone, said powers can still be used on and affect the Seastone. Example is when Mr. 3's candle wax key could open Seastone cuffs and cell doors, though this may be because the locks themselves are not made of Seastone or because the wax has no Devil Fruit powers inside it, as shown when he unlocked Ace's Seastone handcuffs. Another example is when Shiki levitated battleships in Marineford, despite the hulls being lined with Seastone. Trafalgar Law was also able to switch Seastone chains with regular ones, using his abilities.

Another example is Aokiji Kuzan's ice formation power, which he uses it to make ice road on the sea to travel in his bicycle. Here the ice doesn't melt just because it came in contact with the sea.
And this is just the guess but seastone might melt if comes in contact with Akainu's lava where the temperature of lava is greater than melting point of seastone.

Why then, was Doflamingo unable to slash the factory with his birdcage?

coz seastone is hard as diamond, and if zoro was not able to cut seastone then that doflamingo's bird cage is nothing special :D

Okay, but Franky exclaimed how it is the cage is powerless against the factory simply because it is made by an ability

cutting and using devil fruit on seastone are different thing, AFAIK law was only the one who cut the seastone(did he really or not discussion is still going on) for complete answer on birdcage and seastone, you will need to ask another question

If the seastone in the factory really affected  Doffys string/cage wouldn't the string that came in contact with the factory disappear?

@Gravinco no, as explained in my answer, it works only on devil fruit user not on the power or material they produce using power

@mirroroftruth That's what I'm saying... IF the factory (read seastone) would have had an effect on the strings, the strings should disappear but they didn't so... no effect on the material

@Gravinco yes that's right. no effect on material only on devil fruit user

oda stated that devil fruit can't be affected after activating it, we can see it clearly when MR3 in marineford made a key to rescue ace, after the key was formed they could open, and also happened with aokiji when he did the ace age, so that means the seastones won't affecte on the devil fruit abbility after it activated


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Why did Saruhiko Fushimi cross over to the side of the Blues?
During season 1, Yata and Fushimi have mini confrontations. I learned later in the season that they only hate each other because Fushimi joined Homra's most hated clan, Septer 4. Why does he do this?

I am not sure if this can help you, but I can at least give you my opinion from what I read in K -Lost Small World-. This may be a long explanation so if you go to the bottom, you can see my short-term answers.

 Before Fushimi and Yata, joined HOMRA, it was their own small world; both were really close and happy. Until they joined HOMRA. Yata started to have his own world with other people, that it had lesser and lesser time with Fushimi. Lesser and lesser until Yata wasn't Fushimi's light anymore. One time, the blue king asked for a meeting with them; and one of the representatives was Fushimi which Munakata took notice of. Though Munakata did show that he wants Fushimi to work for him, Fushimi didn't agree just yet, though he did ask if it is possible to change clans.

In the manga that I read, it was only until chapter 11, but feel free to check if it's been updated. The chapters 12 to 17 are just story strips. It ended with Munakata telling the green king to pull back from attacking Fushimi.
So I have a few answers:

He betrayed HOMRA to get Yata's attention. (Cause of Yata)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because Munakata gave him a choice. (Cause of Munakata)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because he knows he can be of use to the society and doesn't want to end up like his father. (Cause of Nikki)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because he thinks that he belongs there, and is not fit to be called a Red Clansman. (Cause of Mikoto)

This is my opinion:
He did it for him, SCEPTER 4's, HOMRA's, and for other people's own good. If he stayed in HOMRA, nothing will progress for him. Yes, he is a skilled fighter. But if his brain is put to waste I think he can feel himself becoming like Nikki. So that helps himself, SCEPTER 4, and other people. Now, what about HOMRA? What I like about him going to another group was that he could be a bridge that can lead HOMRA and SCEPTER 4 to an alliance.

The reason that Fushimi joined The Blues is because Munakata gave him an option to join. Fushimi also crossed over because he was not fond of being called a Red Clansman. This all true so please do not call it a lie.


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Can the same potara earrings be used to fuse other warriors after a fused warrior defused?
In the battle of Vegito vs merged Zamasu we saw Vegito fused lasted very little because Vegito was so powerful that the power of the earrings were consumed to keep Vegito together. If Goku and Vegeta would use the earrings in the tournament of power to fuse and become Vegito, and after a very short time they defused again, could those potara earrings be used to fuse other warriors, like for example 17 and 18?

Yes.

This image is right after Goku and Vegeta defuse vs Merged Zamasu. We see the Potara earring on Vegeta's right ear and Goku obviously has it on his left ear. Also, even during the fight between Vegito and Buuhan (Super Buu with ultimate Gohan absorbed), there is a scene where Goku and Vegeta defuse inside him and Vegeta breaks the Potara earring. So Goku and Vegeta could give the Potara earrings to say someone like Android 17 and 18 right after and have them fuse if they wanted to.
It has never been mentioned that the Potara earrings require a time limit to be used, like the fusion dance. If the time limit were to apply, it would be on the warriors themselves and not the Potara earrings as the earrings themselves don't provide any additional energy to the warriors and it only acts as some form of a multiplier which fuses the energy between the two warriors.

Could they refuse after the fusion ends is a question you should be asking akria toriyama not the internet since it wasn't explained i am gonna go with yes they could refuse however they were so exausted that they couldn't move so refusing with the potara to become vegetto would not have been any good the only way that they could have killed merged zamasu was if goku had tapped into autonomous ultra instinct or if vegetto had used a kaioken times twenty while a super saiyan blue and obliterated zamasu if they had refused while exausted most likely vegetto would be pushed to the limit and tap into autonomous ultra instinct where he would have to kill zamasu so nothing remains or else he would have done that universe bullshit where even a fully powered mastered autonomous ultra instinct vegetto could not destroy infinite zamasu without taking himself and the universe along with him


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What does G.U stand for?
in .hack//ROOTS and .hack//G.U, the guild Raven is actually the CC Copr Organization "Project G.U" who's focus is on AI, partially the AIDA, the Morgana Mode Gone Epitaphs and Aura.
But what does the G.U stand for anyway? i am well aware that in Terminal Disk each "episode" is named using the letters G and U like Graceless Unison and Guide to an Uprising but it it was never stated which one of those (if any) was the G.U used by CC Corp. the only 2 letter Acronym they explain is RA which is Rebirth Aura.
So what does G.U stand for in Project G.U?

From Wikipedia: .hack//G.U.

Matsuyama has stated that the acronym "G.U." has twelve meanings related to the plot of the games but the central theme is "growing up" in many respects.


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Why not just puke up the crystal?
In the first episode, right after all the members of the game are told to swallow their crystal, it's explained that it's really a long-release poison.
Why didn't the members immediately initiate their gag reflex to throw the crystals up?
I mean, by that point in the anime, there's no way to know if the announcer would or could follow through with his promise of an antidote.

They are warriors that have been in this game before. except a few new comers. they know how this woks and they don't want to risk their crystal getting stolen. and maybe if they do that they'll lose. nothing has been said about it but maybe they think it was implied?!!

How had anyone but the previous winner been in the game before?  I thought the point was to kill their opponents.

I don't know but they mentioned ox and monkey being in the game before I think dog was too


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What's the story behind the intro of GITS:SAC soundtrack 08 - Velveteen borrowing a sample from Blade Runner (1982)?
I just rewatched the original Blade Runner and noticed that in one of the scenes where the police sirens are heard (starts roughly at 01:26:30) is the exact same sound as the sirens from the track 08 - Velveteen of GITS:SAC soundtrack.
It's pretty much common knowledge that Ghost in the Shell universe and aesthetic was inspired in a large part by the previous works in sci-fi genre, Blade Runner especially. Is there any trivia about this specific sample being included into the track? As far as I know, clearing legal right for using audio clips from copyrighted works (like songs and movies) takes a lot of work. Was there any notable publicity about this?
Here's a video of the moment in the movie matched up with the track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58pBi1PfoEA

Without knowing if the sample is originated from Blade Runner, what if both Blade Runner and GitS use the same sample from somewhere? (can't watch the YouTube video at the moment)

didn't think of that :p


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What is the scene where Reiner and Bertholdt climb the stairs endlessly refer to?
In the Junior High spinoff episode 8, there are scenes where Reiner and Bertholdt climb the school stairs endlessly. Bertholdt keeps trying to suggest to Reiner that something is wrong but Reiner dismisses it each time with the same phrase: "you're imagining things".
There was nothing similar in the anime as far as I could tell. What is this a reference to?

Up until now, I didn't really pay heed to this spin-off series. But now that I did, there surely is interesting stuff they've put in there...

There's only one scene in the anime that matches your description. In Season 2 Episode 5

 Reiner and Bertolt stand on a stair, trying to fight off a Titan.

  Also, take a look at this:

  It's the same cannon with the spider web on it!


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What did Oshino Ougi signify?
I didn't understand what the reveal of Ougi's true nature meant. There were many words, but I only got the sense that she's a (apparition) manifestation of some part of Araragi which he rejected sometime early in the series. I understood that at the end Meme decided to "officially recognize" her existence, but that's not important here.
What exactly does Ougi represent?

Ougi is Araragi's youthful foolishness manifested as persistent self-doubt and lack of love for himself.
This idea is transient throughout the occurrences of Ougi. She initially spawned after the events of Shinobu Time. That's when Araragi registers the idea that he could criticise himself just like how the Darkness criticises the world as the "principles of the universe". After her creation, Ougi spars with Araragi, nudging out fears and doubts he has had about his decisions and actions. He wants to make himself feel guilty for the events of the series because he chose to save Kiss-shot, Senjou, etc. This was the main theme for the Sodachi arc, in which Ougi was actually right, that he knew the reason for Sodachi's suffering all along but hadn't acted. Of course, this isn't always the case. Why was this important in the entire series? Because Ougi had the ability to undo what she thought were the mistakes that Araragi had made, even when the mistakes were natural to make; Gaen's gang knew this. There are some plotholes though, but those will be up to your interpretation of the story.
Secondly, Ougi being his lack of love for himself an important developmental point in Owarimonogatari 2. In Bakemonogatari, his lack of love for himself allowed him to be so selfless in saving the 5 girls that it caught even Meme off-guard, which is a reason why Meme left, sensing that an abberation like Ougi might appear. Throught the series, Araragi gets beaten and cut up in many ways to save others. In Owari 2, Araragi also foreshadows his inability to love himself in Hitagi Rendezvous even when he was able to love Senjou.
His development was in the subsequent arc where he saved Ougi from the darkness. Choosing to sever his arm to save Ougi was the ultimate act of loving himself, to finally hurt for no one but himself. This was when Meme finally comes back, to signify that this huge Arc that started with Bakemono has come to an end.
Ougi also tries to sabotage the relationships between Araragi and the girls. I'm not sure whether this has been explained so I will only speculate that I feel this is because Ougi reflects Araragi's childish mantra that "friends decrease my power as a human". Another hint that Ougi is Araragi's childish foolishness.
Ougi Dark is really similar to Suruga Devil and Tsubasa Tiger. They are stories about growing up by recognizing a part of themselves. Araragi recognises that he is someone who can criticise himself and hate himself, Kanbaru sees the fears she has harboured reflected within Numachi and Hanekawa embraces her imperfections (jealousy in this arc). Accepting this as a natural part of growing up brought the stories to their conclusions.

I gotta say it's confusing that you refer to Ougi as "he" when he's been wearing female uniform and designed to look like a girl, and everyone's been calling him "her" so far. Canon is canon, but it doesn't make it easy to read your answer.

Ah when I say "he" I actually refer to Araragi himself.

As Gaen explains, Araragi has feelings of guilt surrounding each of the individual relationships he's built up; Ougi attempting to tear said relationships apart is no more than the same behavior of "correcting mistakes". He doubts that he's worthy of them.

Ougi is actually manifestation Araragi's self-doubt. She, or he, is one part of Araragi where she always tries to reveal hidden/missing parts of Araragi's history. In one episode she claims to punishing liars which is essentially Araragi.
Another proof I can gave is her own catchphrase which I love. "I don't know anything, Araragi-senpai. It's you who knows."


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What anime's/manga's character that araragi parodying?
What character did Araragi parodying at this scene ? is this a mascot of japan or something ? or maybe a character from anime/manga ?


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At what point did Aizen switch with Momo?
During the battle of Aizen VS Shunsui, Soi-fon and Toshiro, at the end when Toshiro impales Aizen on his sword the barrier that was protecting Izuru and the injured Soul Reapers came down and Momo started to walk off in like a trance.
at that time Ichigo yells out what everyone was doing revealing that the entire time Aizen had activated Kyoka Suigetsu and Toshiro had just impaled Momo while the Momo that was with Izuru was in fact Aizen.
But when did Aizen switch with Momo? because

the answer to This question says that Kyoka Suigetsu was activated from the start
Ichigo wasn't under the hypnosis of Kyoka Suigetsu which is why he could see that they had just stabbed Momo
Momo had been in the barrier getting treated by Izuru
There didn't seem to be any signs that Aizen had broke though the barrier to switch places with her
When the Garganta opened and Ichigo returned he didn't hesitate to attack Aizen (though he did hesitate to use his Hollowfication but that was a different matter)

So do we know or can work out when Aizen switched with Momo to escape being stabbed by Toshiro?

I think even for Ichigo it was difficult to tell when Aizen switched with Momo, because he wasn't under hypnosis, so it's mystery that why he yelled at the end only that everyone was attacking to Momo

I don't think we can deduce that. What was shown to us prior to Kurosaki Ichigo showing up is based on the Captains' point of view, which is already affected by Kyouka Suigetsu.


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Why Clementine was helping Kajit
In both anime and manga, Clementine (the crazy girl) helped Kajit (the priest) by bringing corpses and also bringing Enfrea (The boy) and even the item that she used Enfrea for   (I forgot the name of it).
Why did she do that?
I mean whatever she needed, she could just steal Enfrea and use that item on him if she liked.


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What is the music that plays in Bleach Episode 280 at 4:15 until 4:50?
I've been trying to find this soundtrack for the past 2 days and haven't been able to find it anywhere.

This song is not present in any Bleach OST, as it has never been officialy released. You can find it here as a fan remake close to the original.


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Why golems and avatara in Mausoleum didn't attack lord Momon?
In chapter 12 lord Ains (Momon) tells Albedo to

hand over her ring to Pandora's actor because the golems and avatara will automatically attack anyone wearing the ring.

I don't understand why they didn't attack lord Ains himself and how can this improve security.

Ainz also took out his ring, the security measure is that he's the only one that knows about it, and since you need the rings to access the Mausoleum, if anyone were to steal a ring and get that deep he/she would just go inside while still wearing it

@paulnamida Please post as an answer instead


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How did Kirito regrow his hand in episode 10?
In episode 10 of Sword Art Online, Kirito was attacked by Kuradeel. Kirito's hand was cut off by Kuradeel while saving Asuna.
Later in this episode, Kirito was shown to have both of his hands undamaged.
How could have Kirito regrown his severed hand?

The explanation you are looking for can be found at the very end of Chapter 15 of the LN, after Kuradeel was killed by Kirito:

I pulled Asuna in closer with the left arm that had the body part loss status imposed on it for three minutes.

This explains why he has his missing hand back later in the episode, probably even before reentering the town.

Sword Art Online is a video game. Because it is a video game, there are areas you can regain lost health. Traditionally, entering an Inn or Home automatically heals all damage and status effects, and "maiming" is a status effect.
If Kayaba Akihiko was feeling generous, he could have made it so entering any town instantly heals you too.


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How many 104th corps cadets joined the scout regiment?
Most of the 104th cadet corps walked out when they were given choice to join the scouts. But how many of them actually joined the scout regiment?. Plus how many of them are still alive.

The following are the top ten of the 104th training regiment, southern division:

Mikasa Ackerman
Reiner Braun
Bertolt Hoover
Annie Leonhart
Eren Yeager
Jean Kirstein
Marco Bott
Connie Springer
Sasha Blouse
Krista Lenz

Of these top ten, 8 of them went to join the survey corps.

  The only ones that did not were Annie Leonhart, who joined the Military Police, and Marco Bott who died before he chose his division.

The rest of the known members are:

Armin Arlert - Survey Corps
Ymir  - Survey Corps
Thomas Wagner - No division chosen (deceased)
Hannah Diamant - No division chosen (deceased)
Franz Kefka - No division chosen (deceased)
Samuel Linke-Jackson - No division chosen (deceased)
Nac Tias - No division chosen (deceased)
Mylius Zeramuski - No division chosen (deceased)
Mina Carolina - No division chosen (deceased)
Daz - Unknown division
Tom - No division chosen (deceased)
Floch  - Survey Corps
Gordon - Survey Corps (deceased)
Sandra - Survey Corps (deceased)

The following three were in the 104th training regiment, but in another division, hence why two of them were able to join Military Police:

Marlowe Freudenberg - Survey Corps (deceased)
Hitch Dreyse -  Military Police
Boris Feulner  Military Police

From these numbers we see that the answer to your question is: 14 members of the 104th training corps joined the Survey Corps.
However, in the anime I count 18 bodies at the "true salute" scene in episode 16:


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Why do protagonist usually mispronounce or forget the name of opponent or others?
As we have seen in the popular series like Naruto and One piece where protagonist can't remember the name of opponent and even if they do, they mispronounce it.
So I searched for the tropes and got to know about Malicious Misnaming.

A person dislikes another person and repeatedly, intentionally calls them a name to rile them up, specifically a mutation of their own name.

This definition might hold true for some part, where protagonist intentionally use it. Which doesn't for the series like mentioned above. They do actually forget or mispronounce the name unintentionally.
Not only protagonist but other character do show these characteristics, like in Gintama where most of the time they are for gags(gags jya nai katsura da).
So I want know about the tropes if there is any one. And why they have these characteristics. Are they only for the gags or for the other reason. Like protagonist remember opponent's name when protagonist finally accept as real opponent.

Related?

It seems you were just one link away from a better TV Tropes entry for what you're talking about: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AccidentalMisnaming

You only have a limited amount of mental capacity for stuff, right? So what do you do when you've got too much to remember? You forget the stuff that's less important.
The joke in having a character regularly forget another character's name is usually a sign that they don't consider that character important enough to remember. It's also a huge sign of disrespect, even moreso when it happens enough to become a running joke. And then, when they do remember, it's a sign that they finally consider that character important enough to make the effort.

I wish you add about the tropes also


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Where did Chat and Max end up?
At the end when the core of Seyfert's ring is destroyed the platform that Reid, Farah, Meredy and Keele were on split into 2.
Now given what Keele said about how Inferia and Celestia would drift apart with the ring's destruction and we see Reid and Farah end up on Inferia and after the first credits we see them with Chat saying how they were off to see their friends i assumed that Meredy and Keele ended up on Celestia.
However i didn't see where Chat and Max ended up. yes Chat was shown on Inferia before picking up Ried and Farah but her ship was further upgraded to make the trip between the 2 planets so it doesn't exactly confirm where she ended up.
So where did Chat and Max end up after Seyfert's Ring was destroyed?

At the end of the story, Chat, along with Reid Hershel and Farah Oersted, prepare to travel to Celestia to visit Keele Zeibel and Meredy.

Taken from Aselia Wikia
So, it seems to me, that Chat ended up on Celestia, even if it was only for a temporary visit.

But after his perceived victory against Balir, Max asserts himself as the de facto ruler of Celestia

Taken from Aselia Wikia
Which makes me think, that he would also end up in Celestia. Especially, since it seems his wife wanted to join him again:

At Jini, the artist tells Reid that she completed her sketchbook and that she can finally offer it to the sea to the childhood friend of her memories. By doing so, she says she can now return to her husband to resume their lives together, revealing herself to be Max's wife, Lesitia.

Also taken from Aselia Wikia


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How does sailing all around the Orbus Barrier work?
At the end of the game we see a clear image that both Inferia and Celestia are spherical worlds.
before Seyfert's Ring was destroyed it, Seyfert's Observatory and Aifread's dock were sitting on the Orbus Barrier. from Aifread's dock you could sail on either side of the Orbus Barrier such as if you entered the dock from Inferia and went onto the barrier (or entered from Celestia and rotated 180 degrees), the Observatory would be upside down.
yet you can loop around if you go in one direction. if it was like the water barrier that surrounds Ephinea (Tales of Graces) it would make sense since it's spherical around the planet. but both Inferia and Celestia are spherical and Seyfert's Ring sits between the 2 worlds on the Orbus Barrier.
So how does sailing all around the Orbus Barrier work? how does the Van Eltia not fall off an edge of the Orbus Barrier?

So, you mean, it is possible to start at Aifread's Relay Point and keep going into one direction and end up at the Relay Point again?

I would imagine the barrier had two spherical parts encasing each world, making something like an hourglass.


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Do people in Japan really shower all the time after a rainstorm, or is that just an anime thing?
I just watched the latest Net-juu no Susume and there's the stereotypical caught-in-the-rain scene, and then usually accompanying shower scene.  Since this anime makes a point to be more similar to the real world than others, it made me wonder if this sort of thing actually happens in Japan.  I recognized the trope from anime, but in researching this question, it seems that it's also common in other mediums.
Is the rain that cold over there?  Do people usually take showers at other people's houses after a downpour takes them by surprise?

I often take showers after being caught by heavy rainfall. Nice way to warm up, and when rain dries in the hair, it will feel awkward. (note I am not from japan)

I would too, if I was at my house.  However, at a stranger's house or a friends house, that never comes to the table as an option.

Personally I would offer it to friends or family. To a stranger, probably not more than a towel to dry off with.

are you talking about ofuro

Regardless of whether the rain was cold or not, taking a shower after a downpour has a health related reason. The rain is not a very clean source of water with the factories and other pollutants in the air. Taking shower was meant to wash away the dirts.
As to offering shower to non-household members, it is a show of hospitality. As Dimitri MX and you said in the comment, it would differ from one people to another. Some would offer shower, while others might offer just some towel.
As a comparison, in Indonesia (another Asian country), we were taught to have shower, or at least wash our head after we got wet by rainwater. The believe was that if you let it be, you will get headache after some time.


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Were there any Death Note Rules not shown mid episode of the anime?
In the anime when there is a break in the episode we have scenes that look similar to the "How to Use" pages of the manga. except they aren't titled like "How to Use XVI".
I am wondering, are there any rules that were in the "How to Use" Pages that were not shown in the middle of the episodes? if so which ones?

I think you can go through the manga to make sure all the rules are covered in the anime. But if you are interested in only knowing the rules, here is a link to it. I think the page also has a fake rules page. Maybe you check that out also. Kudos


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In Toriko, what animal's skin does Atom show Terry, Kiss and Quinn?
In chapter 319 page 3, "Kaka" (Atom in disguise) shows Terry, Kiss, and Quinn a piece of skin or fur of an animal that makes the three scared. What is this skin?

Unknown creature's skin: ATOM possesses a mysterious piece of skin that appears to have belonged to a creature of tremendous power and vicious bloodthirsty ferocity. Just showing this little piece of skin could invoke paralyzing fear in the hearts of Terry, Kiss, and Quinn.

Taken from Toriko Wikia.
So, it seems never to be resolved from what kind of creature this skin was.


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What sources are Nico's cool lines taken from?
In episode 5 of Nanbaka, we learn that Nico has a list of cool lines he wants to get to say at some point in his life.

Crunchyroll translates these as:

This hand of mine is burning red!!
Say your prayers, evildoers
I won't condone bad guys
You're not weak, I'm just too strong
Ora, ora, ora, oraa!!
The heavens call, the earth cries out, the crowd roars; they are calling me to defeat evil!
Balse!

#1 is from G Gundam (Domon Kasshu's God Finger); #5 is, of course, from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure; #6 is apparently the catchphrase of the title character of Kamen Rider Stronger; and #7 is from Castle in the Sky (or Re:Zero, whichever).
What about #2, #3, and #4? Are they "from" anything in particular, or are they just cool-sounding things Nico wants to say?

Glad to see newer shows keeping alive the memory of G Gundam, my favorite of all the Gundam shows.


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Why is King Kai still dead?
Near the end of the Cell Saga, Cell inflates its body in preparation to destroy the earth, but Goku thwarted its plans by teleporting it to King Kai's planet. As a result, King Kai and Goku were both killed by Cell's explosion. After Cell was finally defeated, however, they used the Dragon Balls to revive everyone killed by Cell. Goku wouldn't be revived since he was already brought back once, but shouldn't King Kai, Gregory, and Bubbles have been revived? Cell was the direct cause of their deaths.

because who was it that moved the bomb called Cell to King Kai's Planet?

@Memor-X So what you're saying is that Goku is more responsible for King Kai's death because Cell had no intent to kill King Kai, but Goku was fully aware what would happen if he teleported Cell to King Kai's planet. Therefore, Shenron considers it to be Goku who killed King Kai. Would you like to write an answer about that?

i would but i don't have the confidence i can form a good enough answer unless i re-watch the episode to confirm some stuff. watching Team Four Star's Abridge version New Shenron would have had 3 wishes like Porunga but it was nerfed to 2 to remove the "only 1 resurrection" catch which Shenron had and i know Goku said to the others that he didn't want to bring him back citing all the previous threats to earth came because of him. just need to check the first wish to confirm what another factors could've stopped Goku being resurrected in the first wish

The exact wish (at least in the english dub) was

Please revive all those on Earth who were killed by Cell.

That doesn't include the others who died on King Kai's planet.

The wording in the English dub of Kai spoken by Yamcha was "For our first wish, we want you to bring back everyone who was killed by Cell." I'm assuming your wording comes from the original series. In this case, further investigation into the Japanese versions and the manga would improve this answer.

Also in Kai, Piccolo expresses disappointment afterwards that Goku wasn't revived (evidently he was holding onto a faint hope that the new Shenron would be able to revive him). According to the wording of the wish you've given, Piccolo would have no reason to believe Goku would be revived since he was neither killed by Cell on earth, nor is he currently on earth. Of course, it's possible Piccolo wasn't aware Yamcha made the "wrong wish".

When Goku was talking to them he explained that King Kai could have been brought back to life by the wish but refused so he could stay with Goku and guide him around, but why he needed to be dead for this was never explained. Two fan theories I've read to explain this is that he couldn't enter heaven unless dead and that by being dead he could ignore his duties as North Kai, neither of these make sense to me though as we see a lively South Kai in heaven in the manga and we cannot say what is actually required of him in regards to his Kai duties of which we assumingly see him having resumed back on his planet in Super whilst still dead.
So to get back to your question he chose not to be revived at the time and Goku never attempted to revive him since, due to forgetting and not seeing it as a big deal since he's a god, until King Kai expressed his desire for it.

I've also seen this in forums, but it wasn't sourced. Do you know what volume or manga chapter that was in? The anime episode would also be acceptable (though I'd prefer the manga). The exact quote of what King Kai said would also be good.


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Is Kanji part of their writing system besides their unique alphabets?
In the anime and manga as well, there are kanji and HxH alphabets written down together. It has been used several times throughout the anime (assumed in the manga too). It makes sense that kanji appears in the series because the alphabets are substitutions for Japanese kana, the collective term for hiragana and katakana, which is a part of the Japanese writing system (Source).
But is kanji part of the their writing system besides their unique alphabets, or the purpose is to let the readers understand what it says?

This answer on related(?) question seems to address this question.


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Does Nenene Sumiregawa seem like a Kansai-jin?
In the anime R.O.D the TV, one of the principal characters is Nenene
Sumiregawa, a famous author with an unusual personality for Japan:
quick-tempered, brash, outspoken, defiant.
She lives in Tokyo now, and we learn very little about her past, but I’m
wondering if she’s being portrayed as someone originally from Kansai. It
seems to fit her personality better than the more cultured/repressed
Tokyo style. I would guess it also fits her voice, because her seiyuu,
Satsuki Yukino, hails from Ōtsu, Shiga Prefecture, in the Kansai region.
So, to those who are familiar with the series and who can judge such
things: Does she sound like she speaks Kansai-ben (possibly influenced
by several years in Tokyo)? Does she act like a Kansai-jin? Is she a
character that most Japanese viewers would immediately recognize as
being from Kansai?

A couple obvious signs of Kansai-ben are using han instead of san as an honorific, using wai as a first-person pronoun, and saying ya instead of da (in expressions like da ne). Characters from Kansai don't always use these, but they are the stereotypical features of the dialect, like US Southerners saying "y'all", or New Yorkers saying "fuhgeddaboutit".

@Torisuda Hmm, none of that seems to fit. She always uses san for her editor. She always seems to use atashi or watashi. And to say someone was a woman, she says “onnanohito da yo” (or so my inexperienced ear hears it). Not that I’m great at parsing spoken Japanese, but it sounds like she probably is not speaking Kansai-ben. Doumo.


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Why doesn't Yukio face the same prejudice as Rin do for bring the son of Satan?
I understand that Yukio did not inherit Satan's blue flames or any demon qualities as Rin did, but still Yukio is a legitimate child of Satan. How come nobody else realizes and/or care about this but when it came to Rin they treated him wrongly?

From a very young age, Yukio trained to become an exorcist which could have helped to boost his reputation. This showed to many that he meant no harm to mankind, but instead to aid in defeating Satan. Also, the fact that he did not inherit the blue flames causes people to perceive him as less of a threat as Rin. I agree that the way Rin was treated was unfair, but the people most likely overreacted towards Rin's blue flames and other demon qualities.

Yukio was also tested for demon powers almost daily. That those tests all turned out negative surely helped.


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Where can find the full version of Dragon Ball Super's sixth ending?
I am aware that the name of it is "Chachan Music" but when I look it up I can never find the full version.

If you want the full song legally you can buy the cd here :
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VICL-37235
Or you can buy only this song on Itunes : https://itunes.apple.com/fr/album/chaofan-music-ep/id1173386575


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What is the kaioken-like red aura produces by Chichi when she's mad?
In episode 75 of DBS, Chichi produces a strong red aura when she was angry. Similarly in DBZ, Chichi seems to produce the same red ki when Maron called her an old lady in the Garlic Jr. Saga. It's unlikely to be a kaioken because the dragon ball dedicated wiki doesn't include her in the kaioken users list. What exactly is this red aura? We don't see it on other Z Fighters except for Goku.

Well from my understanding. It comes from dragon ball and it's just a chi-chi trope. Ya know tsundere girl gets all firey when she gets mad? But I don't have any actual proof since I have seen all of the original Dragon Ball.

I think it's a joke that the animators make to show she gets very powerful when she's angry and give her the red color of the kaioken because it's supposed to be powerful, but may be Goku taught her the kaioken, who knows, never stated in the series.

it might have something to do with the powers she demonstrated back in Dragonball. remember when she and Goku first met as children, scared she fired a beam from her forehead and launched a blade from her helmet, both very destructive.

It's just for humor. This is seen in a lot of anime, including one piece, where female character appears to be stronger than the protagonist as well when angry, and proceed to beat them up. Don't think too much into it.

Would you like to furnish some evidence as to your claim? I can similarly claim the opposite and we'd be no closer to an answer.

It is simply used to show that she is angry. Red colour is often associated with anger and showing it as an aura just highlights that she is really very angry.
We can safely rule out that it isn't some sort of hidden power that she has or she would have used it in the face of danger. This can further be supported, if you recall, the scene in Dragon Ball GT when Baby had taken over Goten. He initially thought that Chi-Chi was the strongest on Earth by looking into Goten's memories and emotions. He later realised that Chi-Chi wasn't the strongest but Goten felt that way towards her because she was his mother and he respected her and was afraid of her when she became angry. By this we can safely assume that Human or Super Saiyan you don't want to be around - and especailly be the cause of Chi-Chi's anger. And what better way to illustrate this than a fiery red aura of anger?


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What is the harpsichord music being played at the school?
In episode 5 of Flip Flappers, Papika and Cocona end up in what Yayaka later reveals to be a day-long time loop. (This does not come as a surprise: prior to the announcement, we see Papika and Cocona repeat what is implied to the exact same routine every day, and the doll whose head Cocona moves in the evening always faces its original direction in the morning.)
One of the events of this repeated day is a music lesson: Papika and Cocona sit in a circle with some other students around some candles, and two students are playing a keyboard instrument. In the background, harpsichord music starts playing and runs until the bedroom scene. This occurs in each instance of the routine (music, library, tea, embroidery) that we see prior to Yayaka's confrontation with Cocona.
What is the music being played? (If it is an original composition for the anime, is there a track title that someone can point me to? If it isn't, what is the title and composer of the excerpted piece?)

Update: I haven't had any luck either with listening to the previews here (at least the openings didn't match) or with running the beginning of the sequence through the Musipedia search engine.

It's Keith Jarret's interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude and Fugue n. 12 in F moll on his album Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Buch II. The piece is not included on the OST.

I listened to both the BWV prelude and fugue, and neither sounds like what appears in that loop sequence. I’ll take a look at the rest of the Well-Tempered Clavier though.


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Do we know if Ginyu is in his real body?
When Ginyu first shows up he appears to be of a similar race to that of Freeza and King Cold but later we learn that he can swap bodies.
Do we know if, when Ginyu first arrived on Namek, was he in his original body? or has he already stolen that body from someone else?

Ginyu's special skill is to steal the powerful body of a warrior so that he can have the power. I'm assuming he rose in rank by repeatedly doing so and getting more powerful and seeing how his subordinates accepted the fact, it was not his first time and they were all perfectly aware what to do

In the anime definitely no proof. In the manga, trivia and interviews with Toriyama however.... that's like pandora's box.

You can't. He could have switched bodies several times before we saw him. Ginyu's Wiki notes

Only a few people have seen Ginyu's true form, and Salza is among them

Which implies the form we saw was not his original.


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What happens to humans inside titans when they die?
In attack on titan, if someone were swallowed by a titan (it doesn't matter if the person if dead or alive) what happens to the body if a titan dies before it pukes them up?

The only way for answers to not be opinion based, would be if this was specifically discussed in the manga, or if the mangaka answered this in a Q&A session and it is documented.....Not having read the manga I cannot flag this as primarily opinion based, so if anyone else has a clue.....

@NZKshatriya: I have a feeling some titans that ate humans were killed at some point, so I think there should be some semblance of an educated guess that one could make. I suspect that the bodies simply dissolve in stomach acid (doesn't that happen to part of Eren's body?) but I don't know for sure right now.

Has an answer here; Can a human survive inside a titan? The question indirectly answers the question. Now, assuming that somehow the human was swallowed wholly by a titan, and the human is in perfect condition, with the standard gear of the scouting legion, then he might be able to survive if someone were to kill the titan immediately after he was swallowed. If it took too long, then he won't survive

In theory, nothing happens. they would starve to death in the titan's stomach or commit suicide. Titans can't digest anything and therefore, don't need an acidic substance in their stomach.


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How long after Shisui's death did the Uchiha massacre take place?
So I've been trying to look up a coherent timeline for Naruto (and create a perpetual motion machine on breaks) and a couple I have come across place Shisui's death at two years before Itachi killed off the clan though I was under the impression that it was a much shorter period.
Is there any official media that clarifies this particular point?

Afaik, the only media about timelines is about the visual novels. Could you point to the sources you've checked about the information mentioned in the question? I'll post my perspective as an answer as well.

Several attempts have been made to create a fully coherent Naruto Timeline. As discussed by me How much time has passed between the final fight and Sasuke Shinden (anime)?; there is an official timelines of all the visual novels. This can be found on wikia and on Reddit: A guide to the Naruto Light Novels, Naruto Gaiden, and The Blank Period
There have been a number of attempts at a coherent fanon timeline, but I haven't found anything that is perfectly accurate or universally accepted. For Example: I used to refer to this for all the events in Naruto world.
Disclaimer: Please give credit to the wikia user ShounenSuki for compiling this. However, this has been inactive for a while and only covers event before the start of the Great Ninja War. It also mentions almost 2 year gap between Shisui's death and Clan Massacre.
The main reason for this is the filler anime episodes that put Itachi's age at thirteen.
The Manga puts Itachi's age at 11 when he joined Anbu. 6 months after Itachi joined Anbu corps he killed Shisui. We also know some time passed after Shisui's death because of the following events.

Sasuke thinking about Itachi's outburst when accused of Shisui's death
He also mastered and showcased his Fire Style Jutsu to his father
Coup d'etat is a complex process and lot of planning would have gone on this, from both sides
We also know Itachi found Tobi, tracked him down and trained with him before eliminating his clan.

Thus 12-18 months is a good estimate to consider the amount of time passed between Shisui's death and Uchiha clan massacre.


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"Preview" images in anime OPs
Some anime OPs have small pieces of future episodes in them. How do they include these?
Do the drawers create these segments before everything else then when they create the actual episodes they simply include them, or do they create every episode in advance and only air them after they're done?

I suspect there is more than one place such images are drawn from. Most anime series come from some source -- manga, visual novel, video game, etc. So if the team building the OP sees something they think will fit well, it is already there, and just needs to be redrawn in anime form.
The YouTube channel Mother's Basement has an ongoing series called What's in an OP (and What's in an ED) where he analyzes the OP or ED of a given series. In his OP analysis of Mob Psycho 100, he mentions several scenes that were from the manga and never even appeared in the anime. The images were just colored a bit with minimal artistic changes.
Other series are anime originals; the anime is the source material.  The team may have the plot written out and story-boarded. A scene from a story board might be redrawn and added to the OP just as if it had come from a manga.
At least recently, some series have their episodes broadcast almost as soon as they are done, or even before.  For example, I read on various boards that episodes of Yuri on Ice were being aired so quickly that what Crunchyroll got was not even the final episode version. So for that series at least, the animators would not have been able to access scenes from future episodes to throw into the OP. (Of course, its OP and ED were such that they did not need those kinds of scenes.)

Another example, IIRC: the first Haruhi Suzumiya OP included a scene from the Disappearance book (which wasn't made into a movie until 4 years later). I believe there's also a scene of her playing the piano, which, honestly, I don't think I remember in the books.


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How do the different media for No. 6 fit in with each other?
During the Fall 2016 season, I chanced upon an off-hand comment somewhere on Reddit about the different adaptations of No. 6. If my memory serves me, the user argued that there was a discrepancy between the anime adaptation of No. 6 and the original light novels in how a certain plot point (possibly a relationship between two characters) was approached.
Furthermore, at some point before that, I saw someone mention in passing that she disliked the anime adaptation but enjoyed the manga and light novel, which suggests to me in retrospect that there are notable differences between the different adaptations of the underlying content.
At the time, I did not pay heed to any of this, since I had no interest in No. 6. Unfortunately, over the last month or two, I have seen a couple stills from the No. 6 manga that piqued my interest. Since I would like to know how to approach to series (via the manga, or via the anime) if I ever get to it, I am now wondering if there are any notable differences between the original light novels, the manga, and the anime, and if so, what the nature of these differences is:

Are there major differences in plot points, similar to how there are differences in plot between the two different anime associated with Fullmetal Alchemist or between the anime and manga for Elfen Lied?
Alternatively, are there obvious discrepancies with framing or focus or tone? (For instance, the Revolutionary Girl Utena manga feels more grounded in reality than the anime, and concepts such as "revolutionizing the world" are more clearly fleshed out there. However the basic structure of the manga matches that of the anime, although the anime has an expanded plot, pairs Juri with Shiori instead of Touga, etc.)

Sorry I didn't saw that. Then all I found was the differences between the novel and anime/manga here : http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/LightNovel/No6
As things like : "Lighter and Softer: The anime has taken out some of the more violent aspects of No. 6, especially character interactions and living conditions within the West Block."


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Where did future Trunks go after the Goku Black Saga?
Where did future Trunks go after the Goku Black Saga?
The planet was destroyed by Zeno-sama.
So where did they head to with the time machine?

They didn't head back anywhere in the time machine. They went to an entirely different timeline one that Black and Zamasu couldn't affect because it was made after Trunks and Black had already begun their battle.
However because of the concept of duality they would go to a timeline where essential clones of themselves existed. However they didn't have a problem with it.
Whis gave a pretty accurate description in the post-battle episode so I recommend watching it for a fully fleshed out description, the manga currently just reached Black's first Super Saiyan Rose transformation.


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Future Lucy's right hand?
In the manga, we see that future Lucy has no longer her right arm, but no context is given about how she lost it.
Does it has anything to do with Natsu of that timeline to be killed by a dragon ? How did she lose her right arm ?

I've searched the web and I can only find other discussions about that she maybe lost her arm, it is never specifically stated that she lost her arm. Seeing as how she didn't tell a lot about the future before dying to protect present lucy, we can only speculate how she lost her arm, I've read those chapters again just to be sure but it is never said. We can only wait for an answer of the mangaka

The only bold statement that I found was made on Pixiv Dictionary (Japanese) that she lost her right arm due to the dragon's attack (bite?). However, there's no reference to it (perhaps only implied from the known scenario). But true, it's never been mentioned anywhere officially.

Didn't read Fairy Tail, but that description of Lucy losing her right arm reminds me of this: http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Lucy_and_Migi.

In the episode where we see Fiore being destroyed and Lucy on the ground, we can clearly see that Lucy lost her right arm as the kingdom was being destroyed right before Natsu came to save her.
I believe it was due to the destruction of the city, something must have crushed her right arm and she had no other choice but to cut it off since she was alone.


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How does wind chakra amplify water style?
So in Naruto, wind chakra is strong against electric and weak against fire as it amplifies the fire.
But at the same time, when naruto does the Toad-water-pistol collaboration ninjutsu with the frogs, his wind style amplifies water style..how is that possible?
Doesn't wind style amplify fire? Then how come its amplifying water too? Wind and water aren't related in the chakra relation circle thing..

Weakness has nothing to do with whether or not two elements amplify each other. It has to do more with the fact that both chakra natures are coming from the same side (either the same person or allies).
Some elements' weaknesses work by the "stronger" element canceling out the "weaker" one (e.g. water canceling out fire). Others work by the "weaker" amplifying the "stronger" one (e.g. lightning amplifying water, wind amplifying fire).
However, if one person (kekkei genkai/two chakra natures) or two allies (cooperation jutsu) are using a technique, the chakra will generally combine to create a stronger technique (because energy will be released even if two elements cancel each other). For example, ice style = water + wind, and vapor style = water + fire. This is similar in that Naruto's wind style is augmenting the impact force of the water via a cooperation jutsu.

oh..so both the chakras combine..


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In which countries was Dragonball Z aired (dubbed) before Dragonball?
I know this is true for the United States but my question is mainly if this was a phenomenon in other places as well. Personally, having grown up in Austria \ Germany, I saw Dragonball on TV as a kid long before they finally aired Dragonball Z.
Recently, I've been coming across lots of comments on various web platforms suggesting that "most of the western world" saw Dragonball Z before Dragonball (if they saw the latter at all). Are these people making poor generalizations from the US to the entire western world or was Dragonball skipped in other countries as well?

I'm pretty sure in Poland DB was way earlier than DBZ. This thread is a bit surprise - i would have never guess that in some countries DBZ was aired first :o

in france we had dragonball from 1988 to 1994 and dragon ball z from 1990 to 1996

A simple google search takes us to a result compiled by Derek Padula about the history of Dragon Ball Z in various countries. Countries in North America and others where the Funimation dub was aired first usually had Dragon Ball Z aired first.
http://www.kanzenshuu.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30285
The list of countries is not exhaustive. However, I'd like to point out "Why most of the countries (western world, and to Japan that is nearly the rest of the world) Dragon ball Z aired first.
Anime was an experimental thing in most nations outside of Japan. Dragonball was an exceptional manga and its first Anime adaptation did well in Japan. Dragon Ball creator was not happy with the first adaptation though and had a reboot in form of Z when Goku grew up. This was even more popular.

Kazuhiko Torishima, Akira Toriyama's editor for Dr. Slump and the first half of Dragon Ball, felt that the Dragon Ball anime's ratings were gradually declining because it had the same producer that worked on Dr. Slump. Torishima said this producer had this "cute and funny" image connected to Toriyama's work and was missing the more serious tone in the newer series, and therefore asked the studio to change the producer. Impressed with their work on Saint Seiya, he asked its director Kōzō Morishita and writer Takao Koyama to help "reboot" Dragon Ball, which coincided with Son Goku growing up. The new producer explained that ending the first anime and creating a new one would result in more promotional money, and the result was the start of Dragon Ball Z. Source - Dragon Ball Z (Wikipedia)

Western media channels decided to pick up Dragonball Z as an experimental thing. It started airing in 1996, but halted after some episodes. However, when it began airing on Cartoon Network's Toonami block, it got huge boost in the popularity. Due to the success of the reruns, FUNimation began its in house dub of DBZ.
It is reasonable to assume that, due to the success of DBZ, the media houses decided to cash in on all the positive reviews and started airing Dragon Ball as well. After the success of DBZ in North America other markets also started airing DBZ and then followed by Dragon Ball.

You are assuming that most countries did this. The whole point of my Q is that I do not believe this is true. I know Germany, Austria and Italy and acc. to a commentator also Poland all aired regular Dragonball before Z. In fact the only country I know which aired Z earlier is the US. So you skipped my entire Question and assumed an answer that is the whole crux of the question. And your last paragraph desperately needs a source and as said can't even be true because I know at least half of Europe aired Dragonball before Z.

@TimonG. I say in my first line that a list of countries may not be exhaustive, I just wanted to add my perspective on WHY some countries may have aired the chronologically different seasons first. I think I was pretty clear that this was just an opinion but I mark my assumption clearer now. Partial answers are sometimes posted when the information has some context but is too large to be put in a comment. If you feel this is irrelevant on your thread, I'll delete it. Cheers.

Oh, I definitely agree with your view on the "Why" portion but I kind of knew that already is what I'm saying. I understand the reasons for the US choosing to go with Z first and I understand the reasons behind their dub changes as well, even though I disagree with their choices. My contention was the claim that "most of the western world" did this, which so far I haven't seen any evidence for.
The link you edited into your answer is very useful, thanks a lot! I'll go through that forum post and see if it can answer my Q.

Hmm... I agree it was not an answer at best. If anyone wants to pick up the list of the countries, I think we can manage it (Since DBZ is already aired it should be maintainable). I would also like to add in India atleast DBZ aired first (We had reruns till the Frieza saga atleast 3-4 times), I didn't know about the fact that many european countries did air it before, but I think NA aired Z first.

@Arcane And only till the episode when Goku actually shows up. After which the programming would just switch to something else the next week. I remember that's how I found out about Beast Machine Transformers.


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What chapter is episode 150 of naruto
I want to read the manga of naruto because i want to read more anime than just sit down and watch on my computer so can you help me try to find what chapter is episode 150?

http://www.narutoforums.com/threads/naruto-naruto-shippuden-filler-list.501381/

@AkiTanaka i'm not inclined to VTC as Duplicate because while the linked question lists what arc an episode would belong to it doesn't list what chapters those arcs would be in the manga

@Memor-X just saying, the accepted answer mentions "anime exclusive plots", which implied that they are not covered in the manga.

@AkiTanaka ahhh sorry I must have missed that sorry and episode 150 of both series appears in there. since I'm on my iPad and the app won't give me the duplicate question already selected I'll have to wait until I get back on top a computer to cast my vote

It's a filler! So it's not covered in manga.


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What are the markings used above some song lyrics?
I believe lyrics are shown to both the first opening and ending songs of the tennis anime, Baby Steps. Here is a partial shot from the ending:

You can see that the normal credits are single rows of characters.  However, the lyrics at the bottom include a row of a few mini-characters above the main ones. What do these additional markings (characters?) indicate?  I am not asking for a translation, just what their purpose is.
I vaguely remember seeing them in another series or two, but this is the first time they really caught my curiosity. I'm assuming right now that they are related to the music, perhaps how the song may have modified pronunciation of certain words. It appears too sparse to be some sort of full musical notation. There is only one voice in each song, so it is not the simultaneous words of a second singer.
In the English Wikipedia there is an article called Shakuhachi Musical Notation related to Japanese music. It did not seem to help, though I don't know much about the topic. (I.e. I didn't see any pictures showing the double-row lyric thing.)

The markings above the kanji are furigana, which indicate the pronunciation of the respective characters. I'm not an expert, but I recall seeing this (sometimes for all kanji, sometimes only for some) in karaoke-related videos on YouTube before. (Examples: 北酒場, for some kanji; 長崎の女, where significantly, 女 is read as ひと.) Wikipedia singles karaoke as a notable case in which furigana appears, and it makes sense that furigana may be provided for some songs even when they're not explicitly made for the purpose of karaoke (for instance, for a children's show where viewers might sing along).

Looks like Baby Steps airs during child-friendly hours (around 5-6 pm depending on which station), so it makes sense that it'd have furigana on its lyrics. Log Horizon also aired in a similar time block, and also had furigana on its lyrics.

@senshin I knew I remembered seeing the furigana before, but couldn't remember where.  Thank you for the Log Horizon reference, which uses it during the ED. // Today I noticed Baby Steps also uses it on the episode names, as well as they lyrics. It is amazing that the Japanese learn 3 alphabets (2 native + Roman) plus Kanji.  I'm not sure I would have gotten past 5th grade.

Be careful, though, because there's a trend in manga and anime to use kanji to convey a particular meaning then put incorrect furigana to show what's actually being said. For example, the Japanese title of "Interviews with Monster Girls" is "Demi-chan wa kataritai", but "demi" is written in furigana against the kanji for "Ajin" to show that "Demi" is the new, culturally sensitive version of "Ajin" (i.e. demi-humans).


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Why didn't Lelouch go to his father as soon as he got his Geass?
Is there any reason why Lelouch didn't go to his father to find out the truth about his mother's death as soon as he got Geass?

You can't just walk into the throne room of the Britannian emperor. Bear in mind that Lelouch was no prince anymore in title, he was banished (or something like that, I can't recall the exact term). It's like walking in the room of Queen Elizabeth or the POTUS; it's not something you can physically do. Even with Geass, he'd just be shot down by a sniper or Knightmare.

could malia or sasha obama have walked in the white house when barack obama was president? you may be confusing lelouch with zuko. lelouch was presumed dead.

In Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Lelouch wanted two things: To find out the truth about his mother's murder and the complete destruction of Brittania. Lelouch could have stormed to the throne and tried to take care of his first ambition right away however he knew that would not solve his second problem so he decided to take the long route which was to overthrow Brittanian rule in the areas by taking over a terrorist group and branding them as freedom fighters to gain popularity and support in his quest to disband Brittania and create anew and although it took some time he successfully got what he wanted.


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Is Nel realy an Arrancar?
So when the Ichigo team went to the Hueco Mondo to save Orihime, they befriended Nel and her so called brothers and their pet. Nel introduces her self as an Arrancar and Ichigo says that she has the Arrancar reiatsu, but we don't see her carrying a Zanpakoto, aren't Arrancars hollows that broke their masks and GAINED SHINIGAMI POWERS? so is Nel realy an Arrancar?

yes she is. be aware that if you haven't seen past the rematch with Grimmjow then the explanation of why you haven't seen her Zanpakuto and the dinfinitive evidence that she is an Arrancar would be a major spoiler

I saw until they rescued Orihime and came back @Memor-X

if your talking about the season with Rurichiyo then just to point out they haven't returned. that season is non-canon and the next season after that takes off right after Grimmjow's defeat where they are still in Hueco Mondo. (i actually forgot that other people whats the filler seasons). it's this season i was referring to that has the spoiler evidence about Nel

Quoting Aizen, "since when are you under the impression that she is not ?" -smirk-

oh, OK @Memor-X, so basically they ruined the story for me with this stupid filler >:( I hate fillers. can I ask how many EPs do I have to skip for this filler?

@Henjin this answer is your guide to fillers. the Captain Shuusuke Amagai Arc starts after Ichigo beats Grimmjow so if you skip that arc (which is an entire season) then you'll be back to Hueco Mondo

Yes. Neliel Tu Odelschwanck is an arrancar. She may not have a zanpakto but she has a mask and some what of a regenerative ability with her drool. The only reson she is a child is because Espada 5  split her mask, sealing her powers.

Yes, of course she is. If she isn't, she wouldn't be wearing an arrancar mask on her head and she wouldn't have the ability to absorb Cero in her mouth, which is called "Cero Doble" (which is Spanish for "Double Zero").