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Why didn't Naruto's arm grow by itself like Madara or Kaguya?
Naruto recovered from a pretty big hole in his shoulder while fighting with Sasuke. Madara was cut in half and could still fly, and Naruto flies, so it would stand to reason that he can recover at least somewhat like Madara. Not to mention how he kind of copied Kakashi's eye, saved Guy-sensei, and tried to save Obito even just before he died.
If Naruto has mastered Senjutsu like Madara and Kaguya, and he has aptitude for recovery, why didn't his arm grow by itself?

Naruto lost his Sage of Six Paths (SOSP) power after his fight with Sasuke. It was mainly due to the fact that he lost the chakras of all the bijuus (tailed beasts) that he had. So, as a result of losing the power of SOSP, he also lost the ability to heal.
Naruto actually 'lost' his SOSP after using a tremendous amount of chakra to seal away kaguya. So after the fight with Sasuke, he must almost have depleted it.
Coming back to the point, while fighting Madara Uchiha and Kaguya, he still had his powers and abilities (levitation, the truth orbs, healing, etc.) It was when he actually sealed Kaguya with the help of Sasuke, did he use up his SOSP powers/chakra. So, he lost the truth orbs, the SOSP cloak, ability to heal, etc.
Now, why did Sasuke not lose his rinnegan? That was because, Indra's chakra is needed to only awaken the rinnegan, and not to maintain it.
So, the reason why Naruto could not heal his own arm was because he lost his
powers when he sealed Kaguya, but could use levitation , etc. before sealing Kaguya, that is, while facing her and Madara.

Well I didn't see him making truth seeking orbs later, but I did see him flying on the moon. If that is the case how did he use the tailed beasts while fighting kaguya or Madara? The beasts where supposedly absorbed. Also his eyes weren't different than the sixth path sage mode in the movie, suggesting he had it.

He could have healed himself and Sasuke first and then free the people :(

Wait I take that back. He still has Six Paths Sage Mode! Check here -
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Six_Paths_Sage_Mode

i totally agree with what you said , this is also the main reason as to why i think sasuke is stronger than naruto now .

The healing ability dosen't come from the Six Paths Sage Mode, but from the yang seal on Naruto's hand.  Once Kaguya was sealed, the mark went away, and so did his ability to heal things.  You'll notice that, when healing Guy, a seal looking like the sun mark is left over Guy's eighth chakra gate.

This is the correct answer!

Naruto still has Sage of Six Paths power. Check this post out for more info.
The problem, however, is that in Boruto: Naruto the Movie, even though he can still fly and turn into Ashura Kurama Chakra mode, he doesn't have his truth seeking orbs anymore.
Therefore, it's possible that even though he still has Sage of Six Paths mode, he's lost some of his abilities, maybe even the power to regenerate himself and other people.

My theory is that probably Naruto's arm didn't grow because of the extraordinary pressure created by the attack of Sasuke and Naruto.
There are certainly cases in which arms can be healed by healing jutsu, but what if all the cell and even every single particle in the arm side was destroyed? Then, the resurrecting of the arm would be impossible because no matter what, there is not a single jutsu in the world which can recreate cells.
Although this is just a theory, I believe this is what happened.

As I remember, there were marks, that were given to both of them, which disappeared after they sealed Kaguya. While some say that the marks awakened their abilities, but they might also be explained in another way.
There is no indication that I remember, that Asura got a mark when he got the SOSP power mode, therefore the marks could only be the sealing jutsu. So they both got power upgrade and sealing jutsu powered by the SOSP. Then even after they used it, Naruto still had the same abilities as before, same cloak, he could still levitate, he could levitate all 6 clones of Kurama and still had 3 more orbs (wonder why he didn't make more, they seem to be using them up). On top of all that, he didn't really seem to gather any/much natural energy, until he made those 2 crazy Rasenshuriken.
To be precise, he never really displayed the need for healing like Obito, Madara, and Kaguya did, because he didn't get hurt, until the end fight. He did seem to display slight decrease in power/compensated by alternative power and skill in the following 2 movies, e.g. super punch, ability to separate from Kurama, a beast size Rasengan, still levitating on the moon, healing quite fast from a sword wound in a minute or so in the manga.
So all in all, it is the extreme level of healing and the truth seeking orbs that are really missing later, maybe as existing answers pointed out by not having all the bijuus like Obito, Kaguya and Madara, actually that is when they were making them. Although Obito made a staff even after being exhausted to deflect Madaras orbs.
But then Naruto get Kurama times 2, so I think that is compensated. Still, he should have been able to make orbs after that. Regarding the arm, maybe he didn't have the energy to heal it at the time since Kurama went to sleep, although even later as an Uzumaki he should still display some amazing healing ability like Karin and his mother.

Naruto still has his Sage of Six Path ability as shown by his eyes with vertical and horizontal marks without the coloring around the eyes. This indicates Naruto still has his six path ability in Boruto. He didn't use Create Life to heal his arm probably because of plot holes.
And also if the author actually did it, it would look way over powered having literal jesus in the story. But the fact is that Naruto does still has the six path ability just like how Sasuke still has Tomoes in his Rinnegan.

I think it’s because Madara had both naruto and sasuke’s power while naruto and sasuke only had a part of it each, also he healed kakashi’s eye, guy, and tried to heal photo with the arm that he lost in the fight which could mean that the healing ability was only in the arm that he lost.


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What is the song that plays at the end of episode 260 when Zoro senses Ship Slasher T-Bone?
What is the song that plays at the end of episode 260 of One Piece when Zoro senses Ship Slasher T-Bone? It plays towards the end of the episode.

Hi @robertbane95, would it be possible to provide a clip?

Don't know how. Just google the episode you'll find it.

There was no song played tho, only a dark kind of music. I have no idea what song are you talking about.

You can listen here: OnePieceTrackList
The track is named "Suspicious Saga", track 35 from "The Cursed Holy Sword" album.

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How strong is Natsume Takashi?
It is said that Natsume Takashi is strong by many youkai in instances, but Matoba and Natori also seem strong, so is he the strongest?

i wouldn't think Takashui isn't stronger than Matoba because Takashui generally requires Madara's assistance with Youkai Matoba can stand against himself but Takashi's Grandmother Reiko would be stronger than Takashi since she's fought and defeated most (if not all) of the Youkai in the Book of Friends by herself

I think Takashi is strong.  Maybe not the strongest, but certainly very strong.
There are several hints, when he does resort to violence or manages to break seals.  He may be as powerful as Reiko was.  However, due to his nature he tends to avoid conflict and never sees himself as being formidable.  As such, we never see the full extent of his potential.

I don't think he's strong, but rather that these creatures are all mostly weak, and have not much power over humans in the first place. Takashi doesn't seem like a particularly strong guy to me. As long as we're sharing opinions here :p

I believe Natsume Takashi is not the strongest spiritually as there are people like Matoba and his grandma. But when it comes down to battling with other exorcists or handling yokai business, he is the strongest. Because there are many yokai and gods which he made friends with, that will come to his aid. Monsters like Madara, Hinoe and that huge cow like yoki (forget his name) are high class.Not to mention he as a book of friend, which he can summon yokai to assist him. So when its comes to pure power or throwing hands with someone, he is unstoppable. He got too many powerfully allies to call help upon if he wants and nobody would survive if all strong yokai gang up, not even Motaba will stand a chance.

I would say that Takashi is stronger than Natori, remember when they both went to get a hidden treasure at the end of Natsume yuujinchou roku, Natori was only able to see blurry spots where there were two dragons, while Natsume was able to see them at 90%.  Also, when Takashi hits a yokai at the first exorcist meeting, everyone was shocked, since they have to be very strong to be able to interact with yokai like that.  Also, I think Natsume should be able to see the dark red embroidered kimono on the tree, making him just as powerful as Matoba is.

I think spiritually Natsume Takashi is strong. As already mentioned, due to his nature he usually avoids conflicts. He also isn't really physically fit and doesn't know much about yokai, exorcists and exorcism techniques. Though if he did seriously decide to go against either exorcists or yokai I think he would be a strong rival.
Explanation with reference ahead:

It's already known that Matoba Seiji is stronger than Natori Shuuichi as shown in the flashback. At their first exorcist meeting, Shuuichi saw a dark red coloured kimono hung from a tree. The colour one saw symbolized the extent of their powers, truly powerful ones even saw patterns, which meant Shuuichi was above average. But it is said that Seiji was an exceptional exorcist.

Also! In the "white mist village" arc, in Vol.25 I think, Natsume could clearly see the talisman floating in the sky but Matoba Seiji could only see it when he strained his eyes (to what extent we'd never know) and Natori Shuuichi wasn't able to see it at all. This perfectly compares their "spiritual" power I think.

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Does Sentai Filmworks' tend to offer lower quality of anime DVDs in America? If so, why?
Recently, Sentai Filmworks had a sale, and I thought of buying The Garden of Words and Children who Chase Lost Voices on DVD/Blu-Ray. I did some research, and from what I gathered, Sentai Filmworks tend to offer lower quality anime translations (e.g. video quality) at a cheaper price. Given that these are Makoto Shinkai Films, I would expect the quality to remain the same, but does anyone have any way of verifying this claim?
It's my first time directly buying a DVD from an anime distributor, so I'm not sure if Sentai Filmworks is reputable in terms of their video quality when porting over anime from Japan.

What problems are you concerned about in terms of the translation? Things like a literal translation versus a more accessible translation? Or things like typos and other outright errors?

Sorry, when I meant translation, I was referring to the video quality and not necessarily the translation of the script. I heard that at times with porting over anime, there are some issues with the quality of the video.

You might want to look for specific reviews of the movies you're interested. They often mention the quality of the video, especially if there are any problems. I wouldn't expect any problems though, the only way to save money by intentionally lowering the quality when authoring a DVD or BluRay is to turn up the compression so it fits on fewer discs, but that shouldn't be an issue for movies that will fit on a single disc regardless.

You should ask about this on Reddit's anime-related subreddits. Perhaps there's one for Makoto Shinkai's works specifically. They'd know about these things.

For various reasons, anime pirates tend to be the most knowledgable figures outside the anime industry when it comes to questions of video quality. I will try to dredge up some particular sources later, but in brief: Sentai releases are generally known to have poor video quality and typesetting. I don't know if that holds true for the specific ones you're interested in.

@RossRidge Supposedly, there is somewhat widespread incompetence in the anime localization industry when it comes to video encoding, leading to noticeable variation in video quality among different releases of the same content. One concrete example I'm aware of is that the Italian release of Madoka was reportedly encoded from the masters with markedly higher quality than the Japanese releases themselves.

Seems Sentai Filmworks "acknowledged" the issue on their official Facebook page: "An English audio track takes up a lot of space on a Blu-ray disk, [...] degradation of quality." (I only omitted the text to show the relation, not to misguide the reader. Read the source for their factual news). However, it seems it depends on the series itself.


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Where can I find the manga for Guilty Crown?
I watched Guilty Crown over 3 months ago and I still can't get over it, so I decided to read the manga.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find it online. Even when I did, there were only like 1 or 2 chapters.
Is there even a complete manga for Guilty Crown? If there is, where I can find it? I don't mind if it's in Japanese.

Seems the manga is not yet licensed by any English-speaking company, but I'm not really sure. Even so, the Japanese manga (7 volumes) only covers the first 12-episode of the anime.

Guilty Crown is an original Anime. The Manga and LN are adaptations of that. My personal experience suggests that mostly Anime is more popular as compared to the manga (Anime used to boost Manga sales). So once Anime adaptation, partially finished, is over; people switch to manga. In this case, Guilty Crown had a proper ending, and as such I doubt translations would be a priority. I would suggest rewatching or picking up similar series rather than waiting for Guilty Crown Manga to be translated


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Was Ben Beckman based on the real-world pirate Henry Avery?
I was talking to my friend about how Oda likes to name and base pirates in One Piece after real-world pirates. I have always thought that Gold Roger was based on the real-world pirate Oliver Levasseur, but my friend thought that he was based on the pirate who was considered the pirate king in the real-world, Henry Avery.
I decided to research a bit about Avery after this and I found out that his crew used to refer to him as Long Ben or Benjamin Bridgeman which is extremely similar to Ben Beckman of the red-haired pirates.
Is it just a coincidence or am I on to something?

This is just speculation and a case can be made for different sources that Oda uses. He hasn't answered as such in SBS to conclusively prove who is Ben Beckman inspired from. Some people for example speculate he is based on Johann Beckman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Beckmann] because he has the highest IQ in East Blue (atleast) For more canon information, I'd suggest you read Oda's SBS

@Arcane just because the author does not state his sources does not mean the question is subjective. It just means that the objective information required to answer it is hard to acquire. We don't peg the quality of the question on the ease of answerability. This question can have an objective answer.

From review: I am voting to leave this question open.

He is, it was revealed in some SBS can't remember which though


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Is Kakashi in love with Kahyo from "Kakashi Hiden"?
Kakashi Hiden falls under the category of c-canon (continuity canon) because while it was written by a different writer, Kishimoto supervised and approved the novel. Kakashi Hiden occurred before Kakashi took office as the sixth Hokage. Kahyo is supposed to be executed but Kakashi reduced her punishment to life imprisonment and made her the new warden of the Blood Prison.
In the epilogue of the novel, Kakashi received a letter from Kahyo and Naruto is spreading rumors about Kakashi and Kahyo's relationship, which Kakashi denies. The last statement of the novel says, "Springtime is around the corner", which is, in Japan, a metaphor usually used to refer to a blossoming romance, but others interpret the last statement as a reference to "change" or think it refers to the actual spring season.
In chapter 700 of the manga, after Kakashi has stepped down and Naruto has become the seventh Hokage, everybody is shown alongside their partners (except for Rock Lee who is shown training with a kid, and Ten Ten who is at a shop). But Guy and Kakashi are not shown with their "partners". It isn't even clear if they do have partners. Kakashi also says that he is going on a tour or something.
So, is Kakashi in love with Kahyo from Kakashi Hiden? Did he end up with her and settle down with her? If he did, how does it work when Kahyo is serving her life imprisonment as a warden at the Blood Prison? and why aren't they shown together like the other couples in Chapter 700?

As said in the Kakashi Hiden novel, Naruto spreads rumors about Kakashi falling in love with Kahyo.
But this is inaccurate because Kakashi once denies it and could not have a relationship with her. This is because if he had a relationship with her, he would be sent to the Blood Prison along with being removed from his position as Hokage. This is because she is serving a life sentence in the Blood Prison.

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What's the song in Bleach episode 119 from 17:15?
In episode 119 of Bleach, what's the song from 17:15?

It's "Torn apart", the 20th track of Bleach Original Soundtrack 2 album by Shiro Sagisu.


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Could you trick a user of a Death Note into misspelling the names of the Kira task force four times?
If you have access to a Death Note, know the rule that four unintentional misspellings result in immunity to the Death Note, and are hunting someone with a Death Note, couldn't you trick someone you gave the Death Note to misspell the names of everyone in your task force four times?
I know nobody got a chance to do this in the anime, and probably not the manga either, but this still seems the obvious method of setting up a Kira task force: make the members immune to the Death Note without telling anyone, putting Kira in the dark in a way that gives you a significant advantage.

Yes, you could, and having people be mistaken about the names and faces of investigators was one of L's main strategies.

It depends. Rule XXXV explicitly says "the owner" and after Light still was the owner, they could not just hand it to anyone. Rule IX however does not specify that fact. Maybe IX was simplified and it has to be the owner, maybe XXXV is wrong.
The next problem is that the person has to really try to write the names. Who knows what happens if one is to copy a name four times and has the wrong spelling. Maybe the tricked one die, maybe the tricker.

So as long as rule IX applies and not XXXV, L could have handed the DN to a criminal who is on death row and told him "This is my name. Write it with a misspelling in the first name so that we see if you cheat. Try to kill me and we shoot you, write my name with a misspelling four times and you will die on a heard attack but I promis your family will be cared of." The outcome of the trick is quite unclear but this way will work. :D:D:D Except af far as I remember L does not know his name himself

In the anime, the task force did not know about this rule. They only knew what was written on the notebook's inside cover. The additional information that Light pried out of Ryuk or discovered through experimentation are known only to him, not the taskforce. He would not reveal to them the things he learned, for obvious reasons (he doesn't actually want to make them immune to the Death Note, and also doesn't want to make himself look suspicious). Since the taskforce members didn't use the Death Note to kill people, they would not have discovered this rule. L, who was the only one willing to experiment with the Death Note, died before he got the chance. (I don't remember if this was true for the manga, so not speaking for that.)
Also, keep in mind that the rule you are referring to (rule XXXV) gives a person definite immunity to the particular Death Note where their name was misspelled. They might still be vulnerable to all other Death Notes out there, it's really not that clear.


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What's the song in episode 479 when Naruto and Iruka are at the swing and a flashback plays?
In episode 479 of Naruto Shippuden from 15:00 to 16:10, there's a song playing when Naruto and Iruka are at the swing and a flashback plays.
What's that song?

It's the song that played when Minato saved Kushina. When Cloud ninja had kidnapped Kushina, Minato found her by the strands of hair she left on the trail. This is the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xR5FuBin_g&list=PLF7A13C44809B5893&index=100

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What exactly is the watch suppose to be keeping track of in episode 10?
In episode 10, "Ganymede Elegy", the watch has a dial that has numerals 1 - 15 on it (it figures prominently in the story's plot).

It takes 7.15 Earth days (around 172 Earth hours) for Ganymede to orbit Jupiter and the orbit is synchronous. Even if you artificially give Ganymede a 15 or 30 hour day, the numbers don't add up to a complete planetary rotation.
So, what exactly is the watch suppose to be keeping track of?

"Jet's pocket watch goes up to 15 "hours", suggesting a different time scale on Ganymede." also https://www.reddit.com/r/cowboybebop/comments/1lslvc/cowboy_bebop_rewatch_and_discussion_session_10/cc34oiq/


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Sending a wrong person due to name mistake to Hell
I know how the Hell Link works: you submit the name of the person and when you're ready, you pull the thread in exchange for your soul to Hell.
But here's a twisting question. Let's say you hated this person with someone else's name for something he/she had done to you. Then you would type down this name and send that person to Hell. However, this person is still there and somehow, someone else was sent to Hell due to unreasonable hatred even if you haven't met that person before.
Is it possible that those whose identities were stolen by someone else could be sent to Hell even if it's unreasonable hate?


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Why didn't Sasuke put Naruto or his Kurama in genjutsu during Naruto vs Sasuke?
It only makes sense, he could have won easily that way if Obito can put a Jinchuriki (Yagura) under a Genjutsu, then why can't Sasuke? His eyes clearly surpass Obito's.
Why didn't Sasuke put Naruto or his Kurama in genjutsu during their battle?

Sasuke WANTED to fight Naruto. Putting Naruto under a Genjutsu wasn't going to make Naruto fight.

from what I saw, he only wanted to sever the bond between him and Naruto by killing him, he could have done that by putting him under a genjutsu very easily..

but I guess genjutsu from Indra reincarnated doesn't work on Ashura reincarnates so maybe thats the reason and maybe Sasuke knew that, or Yagura could be put under a genjutsu as he wasn't friends with 3 tails and only stole his chakra like Naruto first did to Kurama..

if there is another Chakra inside a person that will automatically disturb genjutsu. Naruto & Kurama already works together. and Obito use Kotoamatsukami on both Yagura & 3 tails.

where did you get the idea of Obito using Kotoamatsukami  ?

Yagura had tamed Isobu when he got trapped in the Genjutsu.

To break out of a genjutsu you can disrupt your chakra flow. Although Sasuke's genjutsu is very strong, Naruto and the kyuubi are fully compatible, so the kyuubi can easily break Naruto out of a genjutsu if Sasuke tries to subjugate him.

If anyone needs evidence as to why this is the case, Look at Sasuke vs Killer Bee. Sasuke basically died if not for Jugo because he thought his Genjutsu would work against Bee and Gyuki

Naruto is a Perfect Jinchuraki, so genjutsu won't work on him,  which  was shown when Sasuke was fighting Killer Bee and even if  he wasn't Sasuke can't decipher between the real Naruto and SC.

Well, maybe Sasuke subconsciously needed to be convinced to cooperate with Naruto.
Perhaps again, it is possible Genjutsu does not work on Sages. But hey, Sasuke put the tailed beasts almost instantaneously under Genjutsu and pressed on with Shibaku Tensei. The tailed beasts should have Sage chakra since they are partitions (in the mathematical sense of the word) of the Juubi.
Kurama noted that the Juubi is almost entirely made of energy like the one Naruto started wielding during his training with Fukusaku at Myobokuzan, the reason why he stood in the way of Fukusaku trying to merge with Naruto since he didn't want Naruto to resort to such power while he was in Naruto.

i don't think tailed beast chakra is sage mode chakra as Naruto's moves in Kurama Chakra Mode didn't effect Obito when he was the ten tail's jinchuuriki..he had to use sage mode to attack Obito..

My last sentence says exactly what you are saying. "since he didn't want naruto to resort to such power while he was in naruto" (of Kyubi). If Kyubi opposed Naruto's resorting to a "sort" of power as per his own terms, then clearly that "sort" of power is power "different" from what he Kurama had to offer.

oh, I thought you said that tailed beasts had sage chakra like the ten tails too..

Naruto is a Perfect Jinchuraki, so genjutsu won't work on him, which was shown when Sasuke was fighting Killer Bee he couldn't use genjutsu cause he also was a perfect jinchuriki. To break out of a genjutsu you can disrupt your chakra flow. Although Sasuke's genjutsu is very strong, Naruto and the Kurama are fully compatible, so the Kurama can easily break Naruto out of a genjutsu if Sasuke tries to subjugate him.
Look, now you can say that how Obito did genjutsu on Yagura...The answer is, he was not a friend with he 3 tails so, the 3 tails didn't help him by giving him his chakra to break the genjutsu...And, also this could happen that as Hagoromo gave both Naruto and Sasuke six paths it is easy for Naruto to break genjutsu with the power of Kurama and Sage mode it is easier and Kurama is also there to break Naruto's genjutsu by using Kurama's chakra, and Naruto already knows that Sharingan's power and how he can avoid it and it is, even more, easier to avoid it with the speed of his...He could also use sage mode to get Nature chakra which also modifies his chakra
Knowing all these, Sasuke didn't try to waste his time and take a risk as he did while with killer bee & were about to die...And, he was also well aware of Naruto's power so he just went to the furthest step he could to finish Naruto as soon as possible...

Because Kishimoto wanted the anime to be 500 episodes long.
Casting genjutsu and killing him just as Cee did it in Raikage vs Sasuke fight, it would have taken at most 10 mins including filler. So not an option for an anime which has half of filler episodes, it would imbalance the ratio :)

Welcome to [anime.se]. It'd be great if you could provide references that Kishimoto did this intentionally to backup your answer. Otherwise, pure speculation or personal theory without any base don't really add any value.


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What's the music playing at the beginning of episode 130?
What's the name of the soundtrack at the beginning of episode 130 at around minute 3:02? It is repeated through the anime, but I don't remember which episode I first heard it in.

The music you are looking for is Pain. It is part of the musics of Bleach that have not been released in any OST.


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Difference between original broadcast and Special Edition (OVA)
There seems to be a difference in narrator for different versions of Code Geass' ending. One is narrated by Kallen, another narrated by C.C.
Which version is narrated by which person, and does it bring a tonal difference to the ending? Also, are there other significant changes between the original broadcast and the Special Edition (OVA) of Code Geass?

If it's about R2 ending, then both Kallen and C.C. did a narration at the end of episode 25; Kallen first, then C.C just before the ending credit... or did I misunderstand your question?

@AkiTanaka In this movie edition, the ending narration is different to the tv version:
https://youtu.be/BJcEVDS8QSY?t=6884
I am wondering if that narration changed the tone of the ending. Basically I hope I can find a translation to that.

Apparently, it's from the Special Edition (OVA). I removed reference to DVD/BD because there are DVD/BD for both the original anime and special edition.


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Dungeon Defense's Korean web novel ending?
Like in title what happened at the end of the story?
I heard that it's different from the light novel, where in the web novel everyone have died, is it true?
(I can't read Korean)

If you were a new user, I'd ask "what have you tried to answer your own question? Have you tried reading the web novel's ending perhaps?" but I know you're not new and I gotta ask what gives man

I dont read korean so i dont know but i heard it different  then light novel.

You should absolutely add that into your question to provide evidence of some research or to explain what limits your ability to find the answer.

its korean, and only Shalvation made it avaliable to english reader so far.. you could ask him regarding the ending, seriously. Also, i'm a bit bugged by the tag - dungeon defence or dungeon defense..?

@BagusTesa I've fixed the tag with [dungeon-defense].


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If Saitama met Tatsumaki, who would win?
Clearly Tatsumaki was stronger than Genos because she threw him to the wall with no struggle. If she wants, she can just send Saitama to the sun and kill him. She can also control meteors.
If Saitama meets Tatsumaki, who would win?

I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's a "who would win" hypothetical type of question. This site is focused on providing definitive answers based on facts, and not speculation. This is also a Questions and Answers site, and not a discussion forum. You could post a discussion on MyAnimeList forums or similar.

@Hakase While the manga and anime cannot answer this question, the webcomic actually can (sort of).

I'm voting to reopen this question, because this question does admit a reasonable answer using canonical sources, as I indicate in my previous comment (and answer).

If you saw onepunch man (one) they fought

In the anime and manga we cannot answer this question, as the two have never actually faced off.  However, a confrontation has occurred in the webcomic*.

You can "watch" the entire (translated) confrontation on YouTube, in fact:
Part 1
Part 2

The basic rundown is as follows:

 Not long after the Garou situation, Tatsumaki aggressively confronts Fubuki when Fubuki tries to obtain further information from the Monster Association's leader (Tatsumaki simply wants her dead).  Saitama intervenes when it gets a bit serious, grabbing Tatsumaki's hand to stop her.  Tatsumaki aggressively tries to blast him away.  It fails and he doesn't let go.  She tries to bend his very energy to take him out.  It fails to do much of anything.  She tries to knock him loose, dragging him halfway across (and along) the countryside with telekinetic flight, but fails.  At one point she opens a large chasm in the earth and lets Saitama fall into it, then reseals it and buries him there.  He effortlessly digs his way up like a land shark.  At another point, she tries to lift Saitama up telekinetically, to hurl him into space, only to find it takes extreme effort to lift him even a foot off the ground.  Saitama enjoys the experience of "flying".  Ultimately Tatsumaki concedes that Saitama is extremely strong, and is aggravated with how he "hides" his true power.  However, she insists that if she were at full power—she has already resumed bleeding heavily from her head from the injuries she suffered during the Garou arc, and is possibly concussed—then she would have "easily" crushed Saitama.  Saitama seems...unconvinced.

*Since some people seem unaware of this, One Punch man originated as a webcomic (chapter links are at the bottom).  It is the fundamental canon of the story, from which the manga and anime are derived.

Is this webcomic you're citing canon or is it fanmade?

@Hakase It is the canon.  It is the original.

What you said about Tatsumaki sending him to the sun in the webcomic it says about how he is to heavy also in the webcomic Tasumaki attacks him constantly while Saitama doesn't fight back and Tatsumaki ends up getting tired from overdoing herself and if Saitama fought back he would win.

This is a pretty easy question, if you're actively looking at what the MC is being portrayed as. He can't lose.
Since the comedy aspect of the series is about OPM being able to use a single punch to defeat all of his opponents, if he uses more than one punch or worse, if he loses, then the series would fall apart. He is a joke character, designed to be as over-powered as possible.
If you start to apply some physics on Tatsumaki's powers then picking someone up and throwing them at a wall is a very easy task, since when you're up in the air, you don't have any footing to exert force onto in order to move in any particular direction. Very much like when you're in a space station. Now with Genos, one can argue he could use his rockets to propel himself, which is true but we can just assume that Tatsumaki's powers are just stronger. Strong enough to hold him in place, or in this case, send him into a certain direction.
Now how will this apply to OPM? Nothing. If he gets thrown into the Sun, he'll just walk back out of it. If he gets held in place, then he'll just, I don't know, blow wind so strong he wipes out half a city or something. Even if he gets consumed by a black hole, he'll just punch his way out of it.
The very fundamentals of the show is that OPM can't lose. He's OPM. If he loses, then they might as well end the series right there.

As I explained in the comment to the question, it wouldn't make much sense to explain the basics of what it means to be the main character and how plot armor works in every "who would win" question for every existing title. I'm not saying this kind of speculation/discussion/theorizing is bad, but it's not a good fit for a questions and answers site. By all means, take this to a forum where such posts are a primary focus.

@Hakase  It has little to do with Saitima just happening to be the MC.  Being unable to lose practically is his thing  So far, it's an unspoken rule of the series that Saitama can't even be challenged let alone lose.  In an Identical manga where Tats was the main character, Saitama should still win.


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Who are the three illusionists that have deceived Vindice?
After re-reading Katekyou Hitman Reborn! for like the twentieth time, I noticed something that wasn't really explained.
Chapter 264

Who are the three illusionists?
Runner-Ups

Flan
Viper/Mammon
Mukuro
Daemon
Kawahira/CheckerFace
Chrome (Maybe)

I knew about the Wiki post but I felt there was inconsistency and a Wiki post is made mostly on facts but not entirely.

The illusionists that could actually pull it are:

Mukuro
Flan
Daemon
Kawahira
Viper
Tyl Chrome (Probably)

For starters, they didn't count Flan. Flan was unknown generally. He was Mukuro's trump card and that worked on both Vindice and Byakuran.
Next, they said, "in this world". That part is very important. Viper and Daemon are not of that world. Viper was dead and I'm guessing Daemon was dealt with or was never known to Vindice.
So the remaining ones are:

Mukuro
Kawahira
Chrome

First, they must be someone that Vindice knows and recognizes as having illusion abilities, so Flan is eliminated from the beginning because Vindice does not know Flan (even Varia does not know this ability of Flan). Next, why are they so sure that it is "impossible"? Because the people who "could" are all dead or imprisoned - Mukuro, Daemon, and Viper. Therefore, Vindice believes that there is absolutely no possibility of them being deceived by others.

Flan
Mukuro
Viper (released form) (not sure)

You can read more from: Vindice and Illusions

Only three illusionists have the power to fool the Vindice; Flan and Mukuro Rokudo are two of the known three; however Viper, in his released form, has shown that he too is capable of using illusions powerful enough to fool the Vindice, though it was stated that the trick would not work a second time.

I get what you mean. I am assuming that during that chapter they did not include Flan, because when Iris mentioned they were done in by Vongola's illusionists, Vindice should have known Flan was in Vongola but sounded shocked.


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Why didn't Misaki tell the extra person at the start?
Basically Misaki says that she can see the extra person with her left eye and after all these deaths she just realizes that

 Mrs. Mikami is the dead one.

Why didn't she bother to kill her on the spot so that no one else would die. Why did Misaki have to kill her at the last moment after everyone died?

Nobody knew exactly how to stop the Calamity until they found the

 tape which explained that it can only be stopped if the Extra is killed (send back to death).

So there was not really the need for Misaki to tell anyone.
Other than that, she didn't tell anyone because no one talked to her except Kouichi.
And she couldn't tell him since

 Kouichi and Reiko were related (his aunt).

So he would have had doubted Misaki.
Lastly, if she told it from the start, the producers couldn't have made anyone wonder who the Extra is. So it's part of the story.
In addition to this, a comment on Wikia about Class 3-3 might be even better in explaining it:

Before hearing

 Katsumi Matsunaga's tape, about "sending the dead back to death",

she thought knowing was irrelevant.  She knew, but what could anyone do?  She held back until the end of episode 10, "Glass eye", apparently because it would have been rude to tell Kouichi that

 the extra was someone close to him

and Kouichi didn't know of

 her ability to see the color of death

until almost the end of episode 10.  Her statement naming the extra was interrupted by Naoya Teshigawara.  It wasn't until the end of the next episode that she determined to go, by herself,

 and kill the extra.

-- And worth noting that the removal of the extra doesn't immunize the class from death, anymore than no historical calamity immunizes the other classes from ordinary accidental or illness death."

Reiko did meet with Kouichi's friends when she took them to the beach resort, but it's an original anime story (Episode 8, Wikia).


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What's the song playing in episode 15 when Suguha is practicing Kendo?
What is the name of the track playing in episode 15 during the part where Suguha is practicing kendo and Kirito interrupts her from behind?

Is this Love  - it's title

"Is This Love? -Piano Only" as provided in the comments.


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Does the manga continue the story from the anime?
I just finished watching Full Moon wo Sagashite. I wished it got 2nd season, but that's not going to happen. So, I decided to read the manga.
However, does the manga continue the story from the anime's ending? If yes, from which chapter?

Before you read, please note that there are some differences between the manga and anime version.

The short answer is no, and the anime does in fact end (so why would there be a second season?).
The manga and anime are similar, but they diverge and quite significantly at some point so that you might consider them alternate tellings of the same story.
As Aki pointed out, there are a number of differences between the manga and the anime version.
It's been a while since I've seen and read them, but I believe the overall story is more or less the same except for the ending.


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Why does Yui have a tail and shackles?
During the series, I noticed Yui has a tail (which at times I think moves independently of Yui) and she also has a couple of shackles on her arms.
Now if her shackles were related to her life, it kind of makes sense since

 she is mostly paralyzed from the neck down

but that wouldn't explain her tail.
Why does Yui have a tail and shackles?

Using the Angel Beats Wiki heavily, Yui seems to be based off YUI the Japanese singer. This is noted in the wiki in the Trivia section:

Her back story seems to be a reference to Taiyou no Uta, a movie that the singer YUI starred in.
The title of the episode Yui disappeared in is "Goodbye Days" which is also the title of the main song YUI sings in Taiyou no Uta.

Since YUI is a pop rock music artist, Yui may be based off the, punk, rock dress style. This can be seen in various aspects of here cloths:

BDSM fashion, as she wears two halves of a handcuff,
Fishnet like black ribbons,
A chocker,
Black boots, and
Two cross-shaped barrettes.

Since punk rock was a rebellion against the system, and as they had transgressive sexual practices, some people wore more extreme fetish fashion, which Yui also has:

Garters on both legs,
'Demon' wings and tail, and
Cat teeth.

And so I think it's reasonable to assume she's based loosely off the punk rock style, which may be an easter egg about YUI being a rock artist.

An in-story explanation could be she wanted to dress however she wanted. This is as all, bar one, of her regrets are physical, which she couldn't do before she died (Angel Beats Wiki):

 As the series progresses, Otonashi was able to fulfill her regrets. He helps her by doing the German Suplex, playing 5-on-1 soccer game (Maradona) and playing baseball (though she doesn't hit a homerun). After telling Otonashi that her last regret was marriage, Hinata later helps her fulfill her last regret by proposing to her, and giving her a vision of what could have been had they met in the real world.

 Since she had to wear PJes since she was four till she was roughly a teenager, I think it's safe to assume she wanted a different, more expressive, change of cloths.


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Is there any canon source for Sora no Otoshimono?
In the anime, it says that Ikaros Apollon can destroy a country several times throughout the manga. Her shield is strong enough to contain the blast. Hephaestus, her cannon was created to be an anti-weapon and one slight mistake could lead to the destruction of the planet.
Is there any canon source that shows if this is true because the anime sometimes contradicts itself?

The manga, duh.


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Is Naruto homosexual?
I do not watch this anime much, but I always read on sites and blogs that Naruto is gay and passionate about another character, Sasuke.
Is this true?

Fan fiction is a real thing and has its own reality. You'd be best served actually watching for yourself.

OP I give you one warning beware the yaoi/yuri fanfiction almost every popular series has some sort of homo-erotic fanfiction attached to it. Not that it's a bad thing but it can be kind of strange for someone who is new to the hobby

This is a good question.Why does it have so many downvotes?

Naruto isn't homosexual as in preferring the same sex since at the end of the series, Naruto marries Hinata and has 2 children, Boruto and Himawari. Sasuke too gets married to Sakura and has a child named Sarada.
However, like any fandom, there is also those who like/love same-sex shipping. Naruto did, however, help fans along that in the third episode of the anime "Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?" (which adapts the third chapter of the manga), in which Naruto and Sasuke kiss.

Naruto and Sasuke argue, and then continue to glare at each other until a boy sitting in front of them accidentally bumps into Naruto causing him to fall forward and accidentally kiss Sasuke, much to everyone's disgust.

This results in Sakura getting pissed off, commenting on how Naruto just stole Sasuke's first kiss which she wanted.

well other than the fact that he marries hinata, naruto was in love with sakura from the beginning and we know how much he likes his sexy jutsus :).

Naruto is not gay.
You're right when it comes to him being passionate about Sasuke, but that is only because Naruto thinks of Sasuke as his older brother, since he himself has no family and loses someone he could call his family later in the anime. He is passionate about Sasuke because of the bond that he created with him and won't let that bond go no matter what.

Naruto considers Sasuke both his best friend and his rival. It is a difficult relationship and he's been known to obsess over Sasuke during the whole anime.
A very good example of such obsession occurs when Sasuke leaves. Naruto literally abandons everything else (including his love for Sakura) for the next few years to train in order to get him back. The fact that whenever he sees a glimpse of him he shouts his name like a maniac doesn't make his obsession less obvious. Even Sakura (deeply in love with Sasuke) gives up on him before Naruto does.
But that has nothing to do with sexual orientation. It's just obsessing over someone, something that is most certainly not unheard-of in anime, where many things are blown out of proportion. Naruto is straight.

People claim that he isn't gay, but they stick their fingers up each other's butts when they do the "One Thousand Years of Death" and he does his "Sexy Jutsu"!
He isn't openly gay, but there are gay sexual moments!

Naruto married and having two children doesn't mean he is not gay.
In a real life, closed people getting married to protect their sexual identity or some of them thought their sexual can changed to heterosexual way. There is no preference sexual because heterosexual is not a choice just the same as homosexual is not a choice either.


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Are there any differences between the movie adaptation and the novel of The Sky Crawlers?
Wikipedia mentions that the The Sky Crawlers movie is an adaptation of the novel. While the article tells the story in detail (if not overly detail for Wikipedia), the article on the novel doesn't have any summary for each novel.
Does the movie faithfully adapt the novel? Are there any differences between the movie adaptation and the novel?


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Would Pan go Super Saiyan in Dragon Ball Super?
Since now the author at least knows how to draw a female Super Saiyan such as Kale and Caulifla, would Pan go Super Saiyan in Dragon Ball Super?

Basically we cannot answer this, since pan is still a child and so far no child has been show to transform into a ssj. If she will later be a ssj is also purely speculation, because we don't know when super will end and if there will be a shown time skip

It is not an opinion based question. It has a legitimate answer. We do not know yet, but from past history and recent changes (Introduction of female Super Saiyans), it is highly probable that Pan may go Super. There are plenty of acceptable questions where this is the case, i.e. No answer as of this moment but possible to answer in the future.

This answer contains spoilers!

 Kale and Caulifla transforming proves that there can now be female super saiyans from either universes.

 Pan - less than one year old, breaks a robot/machine, flies through the stratosphere and carries 3 little people while flying. My deduction about pan's power:

 * My first thought is comparing her to goten/trunks, as they were able to transform into super saiyans at an early age which could be due to goku + vegeta having higher power levels at that time(just assuming that since it's shown that goku was weaker when he was young - again this could be linked to his father being weak), therefore it could possibly be assumed that she will benefit from this as well since gohan would actually have been the strongest at the time of conception(this is backed up by pans feat of flying and her strength for a baby).
 * My second would be how gohan had so much potential, even surpassed vegata and goku in the past(in the cell and majin boo sagas), constantly getting strong due to his emotions(his potential drawn out through anger as well as his 'Mystic' or 'Ultimate' form), and that may have also passed down to her.
 * My third is how she's always there watching the fighting as a baby, maybe learning from it(with flying maybe she tried to imitate someone).
 * And my last would be the whole beerus situation - pan was exposed to all of that power, whilst not even being born yet(while she was still developing in the womb - it could have affected her own powers).

 So, with this all said i think there is a strong possibility that she could become super saiyan when she grows up. She is still a baby so this is heavily theory-based, so it is not definate and with that said,it is also not solid evidence however, it does make her becoming super saiyan seem more realisic.

She might go Super Saiyan, she might not.
I have read that the only reason she didn't go Super Saiyan during Dragon Ball GT is because Akira Toriyama (the creator of Dragon Ball) did not know how a female Super Saiyan should look like. She has a high power rating, and has Saiyan blood, so she has the potential.
And there are female Super Saiyans already, like Caulifla. So, who knows.

Adding a source where the reason why Pan wasn't Super in the original DBZ will help improve the answer.

Well the only reason she never went Super Saiyan in GT was because Akira Toriyama stated that Pan and Bulla never had the incentive to go Super Saiyan and that at the time he did not know how a female Super Saiyan would look. Since we now have female Super Saiyans, Caulifla and Kale, Toriyama would be able to make Pan a Super Saiyan. Especially since she was exposed to all that power when doing the ritual for Goku to go Super Saiyan God, she could definitely go Super Saiyan.
There was so much power that Videl herself had blonde Super Saiyan-like hair. Videl herself didn't go Super Saiyan but probably from all the energy surrounding her and the energy from Pan inside her she had blonde hair. Since Toriyama now has a way for female Saiyans to go Super Saiyan I believe that both Pan and Bulla will be able to go Super Saiyan. I believe that Bulla has a higher chance since she is coming directly from Vegeta himself and would be half Saiyan and half human like Goten, Trunks, and Gohan. Since Pan is only like a quarter Saiyan it would be harder for her to achieve Super Saiyan. This is all just what I believe and I believe that Pan and Bulla has more than enough potential to go Super Saiyan just like Goku, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten, Gohan, Cabba, Caulifla, and Kale. Even in GT Goku Jr. was able to go Super Saiyan and he was like 1/16 of a Saiyan which is way less than any of the other half-breeds.
It all depends on if Toriyama decides to go past the ending of Z in Super or if he just decides to leave the end of Z the ultimate end to Dragon Ball itself and whatever happens after we'll never know. I'm hoping that they go past the ending of Z especially since the whole purpose of the anime is to sell merchandise like toys and video games. I don't know about toys but I do know that games like Xenoverse 2 and the new Fighterz that is coming out soon is making them a ton of money. And since Bandai Namco themselves said there will be more Xenoverse games we know that those will rake in a ton of money. The series as a whole depends on us as the fans in order to continue the anime and manga. We just need to keep supporting Dragon Ball as much as we can.


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Is there only a single Throne of Heroes in the entire Type-Moon multiverse?
Is it ever specified that whether each alternate timeline has a ToH of its own, or there is only a single ToH in the entire Type-Moon multiverse?

i think it's implied that there's only the one because EMIYA comes from an alternate Timeline when he was summoned. one would then ask what happens in alternate timelines which all created EMIYA but funny thing is that there doesn't seem to be any known timelines where that might be possible. Fate/Apocrypha could be the closest since the Einzberns still continue with the Fuyuki Ritual even after loosing the Greater Grail however without Angra Mainyu corrupting it to then cause the great fire in the 4th war would Shirou still get adopted by Kiritsugu and have the same ideals?

The Throne of Heroes exists outside of the world and the time axis. This interpretation is taken from Fate/complete material III: World material - Records of Heavens Feel - Servant System: Difference between Heroic Spirits and Servants, p.012, you can check a fan-translation from that excerpt here. So there's only ONE Throne of Heroes, which is linked to the Root which is also cut off from the world and the time axis.

There is a single Throne of Heroes for the entire multiverse (Kaleidoscope), which is why you can have different aspects of the same heroic spirit.

Kaleidoscope is Second Magic, which is said to allow movement through parallel worlds. The Throne of Heroes exists outside time and space. See  Fate/complete material III: World material - Records of Heavens Feel - Servant System.

The existence of Kaleidoscope is what makes the Nasuverse a multiverse instead of a single world line system like say, Steins Gate. There is 1 Throne of Heroes for the multiverse.

The answer makes it sound as if Kaleidoscope IS the multiverse, which is wrong per se. The Nasuverse is a multiverse despite the existence of Kaleidoscope, what the 2nd Magic does is make it observable and lets you travel through the parallel worlds. Saying that it's Kaleidoscope what makes it a multiverse is like saying that if microscopes didn't exist cells wouldn't be real.


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Where can I read/buy the 4-koma spin-off manga Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Dya (or Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ja)?
It appears that バカとテストと召喚獣ぢゃ (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Dya / Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu Ja) 4-koma spin-off manga was taken off the market some time ago, and there aren't any possible ways for me currently to be able to read it online.
Are there any possible ways that I can purchase the manga volumes?

i don't see a Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Dya on wikipedia, closet i get is the manga Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Ja. you might also want to indicate what language you're looking for as i see some on bookwalker and the preview look to be in english and i don't think they are Baka to Test to Shōkanjū Ja

It would probably be the same thing - Dya is an alternative (but fairly uncommon) romanisation of one form of Ja.

According to Baka-Updates, it hasn't been licensed in English yet, so there's no way to buy it in English...


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Whose hands are these in Assassination Classroom chapter 179?
In chapter 179 of Assassination Classroom, there are 2 panels showing hands holding each other:

My hunch is that there's no distinctive evidence (unless there is some from the anime or movie or something) as to leave it perhaps to the reader to interpret as they like to avoid backlash. Though I feel there have been a fair amount of hints pointing towards Kayano and Nagisa if I got the names right (Kiss, valentines, the poster in the top left panel is of her). Though there could be evidence against it as well that I am not aware of.
Whose hands are these?

The poster and the scene afterward featuring Kayano strongly implies the female hand is hers.
It would sense that the person she was holding hands with someone that wasn't present at the old classroom building at the time, assuming that all the vignettes were happening more or less in real time.
The most likely conclusion would be that the male hand belongs to Nagisa.
After being questioned by Hara, Kayano didn't deny that they weren't together, and only mentions that he's focusing on his teaching career.
The anime skips this scene so there is no decisive conclusion, only speculation.

Still, Kayano is shown few pages later having sleeves on hands, which partially cover her palms, while there was no sleeves on hand on picture above.

She could easily put them on and take them off, which she does in the following chapter.

I don't think so.
First, we remember that the team was supposed to meet at the station, and the ones holding hands seems to be with them too. And we also must consider that Kayano was already there when the team arrived at the campus.
So, we have Maehara, Isogai, Fuwa, Kataoka, Okajima, Yada, Kimura, Chiba, Hayami, Hara and Mimura.
Then, we could add that, as you can see, both wrists aren't covered by any sleeve; yes, they could have rolled up their sleeves, but it wouldn't make much sense. So, it excludes Kataoka, Chiba, maybe Fuwa (though we can't see where her sleeves reach) and makes even more sure that the feminine hand isn't Kayano's.
Moreover, I'm not sure about Isogai, because, as we can see, his hands are both occupied; but he could have laid the bag or the broom in the station. Yes, it wouldn't make so much sense, but I'm considering every possibility.
In the end, the only possible popular ships it could be are Isogai/Kataoka and Kimura/Yada; although, Isogai has the problem we first said, and Yada canonically likes girls (it's stated that she had a crush on Kataoka), so I personally think it's a ship that we never saw, like, I don't know, Fuwa and Mimura, or Hara and Okajima, or anyone you want.


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What is the song when Sakura sees Naruto's fox form in "Naruto Shippuden" episode 43?
In episode 43 of Naruto Shippuden, there is a song that is not included (I think) in any of the OSTs. When Naruto

 is stabbed by Orochimaru's long sword and

crashes onto rocks, this song plays when Sakura sees Naruto's fox form.

Also, that song or a similar one can be heard in episode 166 when

 Hinata is stabbed by Pain

which makes Naruto rages

I think it can also be heard in episode 258 or 259 when

 Kisame got interrogated and they almost learned who the guy who calls himself "Uchiha Madara" is.

Have you tried listening through the soundtrack? What about music recognition apps?

I listened OSTs and couldnt find it I googled it and I found that some other people asked this question about 1 year ago and those who answered them said that that song isnt in the OST but I will try to find it via listening OST again.

try music recognition apps then

The track that plays in E43 around 03:08 is called "Tragic".
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54U3fnY2uEI

I think it might be Shippuu Kumikyoku (Hurricane Suite). During the scene where Yamato uses Elder Jutsu to suppress the chakra of the nine-tailed fox, that's around 4 min in the video.
You can find it on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5Hp42y7gVA&list=PL4C928EAF7AA5B906&index=28

This is a sort of slow, ominous track that I mainly recognize from the Kisame interrogation scene at turtle island, during the flashback where Kisame meets Madara for the first time.

 Madara: "Then I shall release you from the pain of those falsehoods."
 Kisame: "Who are you?"
 Madara: "First, we'll start with this nation. You have toiled to dispose of your comrades up until now. From now on, work with me as my comrade."

It sounds like Dark Clouds (Shippuuden OST 1 track 20), but with the higher frequency strings instrument removed.
There's an unofficial fan-spliced version of this variant here, titled "Dark Clouds (other Verison)".

It's Despair, the 19th track of Naruto Shippūden: Original Soundtrack (YouTube video)


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In the opening scene, why does Hiratsuka-sensei get held up by some policemen?
I'm talking about this scene where Hiratsuka-sensei gets held up by some policemen.

To the best of knowledge, this scene has not played out in the light novel or the anime.
What is happening in this scene?

Is that the scene from the new OP? There's only 1 question on Yahoo! Chiebukuro that guessed she was speeding (for whatever reason), but if it's from an OP scene, then I think anything can goes...

Maybe it's because of illegal parking at the bridge. If i remember it correctly, Hiratsuka sensei brought Hikigaya there to talk about the service club, i think it's between ep. 6-8, (because Hikigaya and Yukino had an argument/ misunderstanding) there was a sign that says parking is not allowed at the bridge.


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Which episode explains the meaning of the symbols on the palm of the hands?

From opening 16, what do these symbols mean and which episode exactly is it from?

I know that together they make the kanji meaning love.

The symbols can be found on an old man called Bunpuku's both palms. He was the former Jinchūriki of Sunagakure.
Watch Naruto Shippūden episode 392

In his left palm, the kanji [受]{うける} (U-ke-ru) means accept and receive.
  In his right palm, the kanji [心]{こころ} (Ko-ko-ro) means heart and mind.

Together with two palms, it forms the kanji [愛]{いとしい} (I-to-shi) which means love and affection.

On the left hand, it’s a kanji (chinese character) ‘receipt’ ; on the right hand, it’s a reversed kanji ‘heart’.  When you put both hands together, these two kanjis form another kanji ‘Love’.  Indeed, love is the feeling received by the heart.  You got to have the heart in order to feel love.

Remember Gaara's tattoo on his forehead. If both symbols are combined, it forms 愛 (ai) symbol, which means "love".

the kanji on the left doesn't look like 愛 as it's missing some strokes, note the gap. 2) this answer falls short in answering the question entirely by not answering the other symbol means

This seems more like a comment than an answer since you're not answering the question completely.


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What is the anime that is set in the most distant future of today?
A lot of anime set in the distant future doesn't specify the calendar year, so it ends up with something like "Before the..." or "XX years ago".
Some of the future-themed anime such as Gundam and Dragon Ball have their own calendar era which is Universal Century and Age respectively. We can't convert or compare the alternate calendar of the Anime to our real-life Gregorian calendar, so it might be helpful if the Anime has a similar calendar to ours.
According to my research, Legend of the Galactic Heroes is the anime that is set in the most distant future as of today, in AD 2801.

Blame! is set in really distant future. Although, currently existing anime, based on this manga, can be barely called full-fledged adaptation, it is more of proof of concept.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock, a 1978 anime TV series, is set in 2977 AD.  Legend of the Galactic Heroes is actually set in 3596 AD, 2801 AD is a historical date when the "Space Era" replaced the Gregorian calendar. I don't think this question is going to have an easy and definitive answer. It's likely the correct answer is something like an obscure anime set in the year 234,567 AD, a fact which is only revealed by a calendar in the background art of an otherwise unremarkable scene.

I'm sure there are anime set way beyond a mere 2808, and this is becoming more like a list question now with the listing of series that do not occur in the most distant future.

What is interesting about this question? Perhaps there exists some little-known anime that is set in the year 109810712619675824, but, like, so what? (Also - this question is borderline an out-of-universe list question, which I think we're generally not fond of.)

Only using anime that have exact dates mentioned

Story
Anime
Year
Source

12090
Vampire Hunter D
1985
vampirehunterd.fandom.com

11945
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a
2023
Wikipedia

7207
Ergo Proxy
2006

3596
Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel
1988
starting in SE 796/IC 487/AD 3596

3230
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
2017

3118
Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa
1984

2977
Uchuu Kaizoku Captain Harlock
1978

2808
Cyber City Oedo 808
1990

2400
Rakuen Tsuihou: Expelled From Paradise
2014

2307
Kidou Senshi Gundam 00
2007

2264
Lily C.A.T.
1987

2248
Dirty Pair Flash
1994

2225
Mugen no Ryvius
1999

2141
Dirty Pair: The Movie
1987

2137
Darling in the Franxx
2018

2125
Appleseed
1988

2114
Psycho-Pass
2012

2199
BlazBlue: Alter Memory
2013

2140
Ultraviolet: Code 044
2008

2118
Dirty Pair (1987)
1987

2078
Irozuku Sekai no Ashita kara
2018

2075
Planetes
2003

2071
Cowboy Bebop
1998

2065
Freezing
2011

2060
Vexille: 2077 Nihon Sakoku
2007

2059
Gekijouban Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa
2011

2054
Mardock Scramble
2010

2050
Kikou Souseiki Mospeada
1983

2047
Hoshi no Koe
2002

2047
Macross Dynamite 7
1997

2046
Armitage III
1995

2045
Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045
2020

2040
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
1998

2039
Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova
2013

2039
Guilty Crown
2011
"The main story starts 10 years after the Lost Christmas incident on the Christmas eve in 2029. So it's 2039."

2038
Dr. Stone
2019

2036
Dimension W
2015

2035
A.I.C.O. Incarnation
2018

2034
Koukaku Kidoutai: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
2006

2032
Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Q
2012

2031
Blue Gender
1999

All of those dates only have four digits. Vampire Hunter D (1985) takes place in the year 12,090 A.D. The sequel from around 15 years later is set even farther into the future and ends with another time skip of 50 years or so.

Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters is set 20,000 years after the planet was taken over by Godzilla, so at least 22,000 A.D.

Only using anime that have vague dates

Year
Anime
Description
Source

2017
Godzilla
"20,000 years after the planet was taken over by Godzilla, so at least 22,000 A.D."

2017
Houseki no Kuni
"Far, Distant future where the earth is struck by meteorite 6 times, ravaging it in the process."

2012
Aquarion Evol
12,000 years after the first anime
akurasu.net

2004
Top o Nerae! 2
~12,000 years after the first anime
gunbuster.fandom.com

1993
Tsutsu Yume Gunnm
29th century

1985
Megazone 23
"The story takes place in More than 500 years in the future"

The other animes are Excluded

I got 3 records

Top Wo Nerae series; Gunbuster has started in 2019 but in the end, our characters jumped 12000 years later, which is mind-blowing.

Eureka Seven; the plot goes on an unfamiliar planet but the environment can fool anybody. This anime's story goes on 10000 years ahead of our time.

Uchuu Senkan Yamato; this one is relatively close; it starts at 2199. but again there is a mysterious place where time flows 10 times faster than usual.


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Ending of "91 Days"
At the end of 91 Days, Angelo and Nero are walking on the beach and after Angelo walks past him, Nero

 aims his pistol and fires a shot.

We never really see what happens to Angelo, as Nero drives off (with a can of pineapples?) and their footsteps are washed away by the ocean surf.
Did Angelo

 get shot? Or was this another replay of the shot from 9 years ago when Nero's shot missed Angelo when he was a kid running away?

And I probably missed something at some point, but why the pineapples?

Whether Avilio is shot is unclear, and it's only really speculation as to his fate.
There's a seemingly elaborate fan theory analysing the shoe patterns, shoe styles and footsteps made in the sand. This fan theory seems to think that Avilio was not shot. You can read the full post and check the screenshots on the Reddit discussion here.
The 'Pineapples in the backseat' are a little more explainable, however.
In Episode 4, while they're (Nero and Avilio) on the run from the assassin tracking them, they're in a store and Avilio is doing the shopping. Avilio picks up cans of pineapples in a hurry. Nero later comments and jokes about his choice.
The can of pineapple in the backseat of the car is a momento of that moment they shared together (and could be seen as a representation of Nero saving his life)

The footprints that continue are Nero's. The ones that stop are Angelo's. Making it appear that someone either backtracked in their steps or teleported to another location.
Both of which are highly unlikely. Even if Angelo was shot and fell to the left into the surf, it wasn't high enough to pull his body out to sea. Nero didn't drag it out because his stride never changed in the sand. Angelo stops and sidesteps to his left. The waves are already coming up to the pair of prints closest to the ocean, so anything to the left of those would've been washed away.
The only plausible explanation is that Angelo is alive and soaking his feet in the water after an extremely long drive. He and Nero parted ways, as Nero continued walking and drove away. Meanwhile, Angelo continued walking in the surf and exited at another point, where his footprints continued.

I just finished watching 91 Days. The 12th episode is little confusing, although this pineapple can was bought during flee along with some other food, like in the restaurant.
During their sea walk, Avilio said:

Do you know why you are still alive?
  Cause I didn't want to kill you

Then with the same expression of rage, confusion, and happiness on his face, Nero pulled a shot as a reply:

Now you know, why you are still alive?
  Cause I didn't want to, either.

Also, while coming back in the car, the type of happy expression Nero made was of recent meeting with a new friend or of a recent new relationship (just friends in this case).Those who know facial expression reading can easily judge it.
Moreover, the new Don asked Avilio to kill Nero as a favor. So it might be a play between them. As we can see, our new Don's man crossed Nero and stopped. Maybe he would notice Avilio's wound as his failure.
Still, out of 91 only 12 days have been completed. So the anime will likely continue.

It shows at the end he didn't die, it just doesn't show you. There are 2 prints of sets slowly getting washed away where they walked together. Then a single set walking on that gets washed away, where he continues to walk the beach, (also Angelo) never seeing the sea before, hinting at the fact he is still alive.
Throughout the dub, there were drops of hidden stuff that never get addressed and are on the viewer specifically to pick it up. One was when they are at the docks and Angelo says 'You know I had a kid brother like you once (<- ding ding), I should introduce you sometime'

Speculation:
Nero already knows he's dead anyway after driving so far and still having the mafia find them. So, regardless of what he wanted to do, he had to part ways. Angelo was also talking at the fire about after achieving his goal, he still didn't have a reason to live hence why he said 'You know, you don't need a reason to live, you just live.'
Why would he be saying what to do if he intended to kill him?

"It shows at the end he didnt die, it just doesn't show you" - that's not very clear. Does it show that he survived or doesn't it?


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What is the song when Sinbad is attacked by a woman with a baby in her arms on episode 7?
Anyone know the piece from the OST for Magi that played in season 1 episode 7 around 18:03-19:10? It's similar to "Enfin apparu", but with piano and violin.
It first starts when Sinbad is attacked by a woman with a baby in her arms. The OST begins with a violin intro and then going into the violin & piano combination that sounds similar to "Enfin apparu", which starts at 18:38.

I think it is "Sentiment actuel 02".
It's the 17th track from the album "MAGI SOUNDTRACK~Up to the volume on Balbad~"

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Was Griever created by Squall's mind?
Griever is one of the bosses on the final battle sequence of Final Fantasy VIII.
You get the option of naming (or using the default name) Griever mid-game, when Rinoa asks about the lion ring Squall uses.
There is no evidence of Griever existing before he is used by Ultimecia.
Given the mind-games that take place in the story, it is no wonder if Squall's mind could create a GF.
The ingame flavor text for Griever reads:

In Squall's mind, the strongest GF ...
[emphasis mine]

So it seems like a bit of Chunibyo by Squall's part.
The wiki on Griever speculates that this is indeed true:

Griever's true nature is made more explicit in the Japanese version of the game where Ultimecia claims to summon the one entity Squall views as the most powerful whose power would only increase the stronger Squall envisions it. This means that this manifestation of Griever is powerful purely because of his importance as a symbol in Squall's mind, and could even be seen as Squall needing to overcome a part of himself to win the battle.

There we have a hint that Griever did not exist before that final battle. So how did Griever come to be?

"There is no evidence of Griever existing before he is used by Edea." Edea? don't you mean the Ultimecia? the Sorceress who was controlling Edea who you fight before Griever in the final battle?

Yeah, i forgot to correct that. THe question came to mind when I acquire Edea in Record Keeper, so I mistook them.

Most probably, yes.
Here's Ultimecia's original script in Japanese:

アルティミシア
「おまえの思う、最も強い者を召喚してやろう」
「おまえが強く思えば思うほど、」
「それは、おまえを苦しめるだろう」
「ふふっ」

translated to:

Ultimecia
"Let me summon the one you think is the strongest thing."
"The stronger you think it is,"
"the more it will torment you."
"Heh heh."

This is because Squall admired and believed Lion as a powerful creature, as described in Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania File 2: Scenario guide book, page 247:

Image courtesy of Squall_of_Seed

Griever
The legendary lion famous as king of the beasts
A name attached to Lion, an imaginary animal that doesn't exist in this world. Squall, who admires its solitary figure, had his gunblade and accessories etched with lion design, and made it as a foundation in his closed mind.
⇐ The sorceress Ultimecia materialized Griever from images in Squall's mind as a G.F. and used it in the battle.


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What is One Piece doing to keep it one chapter/episode?
Depending on how condensed the plot is in a manga, the number of episodes that come out annually will be affected. For example, Haikyuu!! had 25 episodes per season for the first two seasons, and since it has almost caught up, there will probably be 10-12 episodes per year from now on each covering 4-5 chapters, as 50 episodes got them to about chapter 150, if they want to stay at pace with the manga.
In an action-based manga where a lot of the scenes are fighting scenes, it becomes pretty hard to lengthen a chapter time-wise. What are specific time-filling techniques One Piece using to keep the chapter-to-episode ratio at 1:1?

The DBZ anime actually had a lot of techniques to lengthen fight scenes. Fights in this sort of manga usually have this rhythm where the momentum keeps shifting between one combatant and the other, so it's easy to pad out the scenes where whoever is currently losing is getting beat up. In older shows they would even use recycled animation to do this. The fights in the One Piece manga are pretty sharp but there are still places where you can slip in padding.

For dressrosa arc, there was a lot of 'filler' scenes where they would show people escaping or crying for help, or buildings collapsing...

The One Piece manga and anime aren't in a 1:1 ratio. The distance between them even shifts around. The second arc took place between the 8th and 24th chapters in the manga, while the same in the anime took place between the 4th and 8th episodes.
The main reason why the anime is this slow is the fillers. They help the manga "catch a breath" and sneak in a couple of chapters. (side note: This is still no excuse for fillers in the middle of an arc though).
Oda likes to put in a few filler episodes after every arc or when there's a new movie out.
With these however, there's still a very big chance that the anime will eventually reach the manga. If this happens, there are 4 possibilities:

They stop airing One Piece for a year so the manga catches up.
They start airing the episodes every 2 weeks.
They do what Game of Thrones will do/did and continue with a separate storyline.
They start writing the story for the anime and make the manga based on that.

I mean currently, they are in a 1:1 ratio. In the beginning when the show had a lot to catch up on, it was fine to cover a lot of content.

It's still not in 1:1 currently. It has a slight offset. The current arc starts at 700 in the manga, abd at 646 in the anime.

They just keep doing fillers though. Consitering there is still 30% of One piece Manga that will likely contain some of the best stuff that we have been waiting for years for, they will do filler like they have been doing to keep the show going almost every week so they can animate the jucyness of the manga that is to come.

@Bálint yes, I know the number of episodes to chapters is not 1:1. But the production rate should be there.

Nope, the anime is faster than the manga. They can't do anything about that.

"when" it will eventually catch up, which i don't think it will, they will do filler episodes and will make it a whole arc as a filler, like they've done several times in the past. IMO the manga will never be caught up to

One Piece uses a lot of still shots, pointless camera angles and shots, and a lot of dragging out short scenes to make them longer. A good video to watch would be Why Manga Fans Dislike The Anime | One Piece Discussion | Grand Line Review as it goes into deeper detail as to how One Piece keeps a nearly 1:1 chapter to anime ratio.
As for Bálint's answer that said they use filler to make this happen, that's just not true. One Piece is comprised of only 10% filler compared to Naruto which is in the 40%. The One Piece anime tends to just drag scenes out overall.


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Can Arrancar never fully remove their masks?
On Season 10, when Nnoitra thinks back to when he fought Nel last time (when he broke her mask), he got her to fight by hurting Pesche and Dondochakka. Seeing them, Nel said that Nnoitra had ripped off their masks. However, Pesche and Dondochakka are Fracción and thus Arrancar, so their masks have already been removed.
Can Arrancar not fully removed their masks? If not, then how is Nnoitra ripping off Pesche's and Dondochakka's so bad that it was enough to bait Nel into a fight?

IIRC there was an Arrancar that gets stronger as more of his mask is removed. Perhaps Nnoitr didn't only removed the mask but also wounded their faces.

In Bleach, when a Whole becomes a Hollow their heart leaves their chest (forming a hole) and transforms into their mask. (Chapter 433)
The powers that a hollow develops and very body arise from the mask.
If the mask is removed, it would logically follow that the Arrancar would lose all of their power. We know that removing the mask from a normal hollow forces them to temporarily revert to their form as a Whole (the Ichigo vs Orihime's brother arc).
While we can't be sure this would happen to an Arrancar, the fact is that stripping an Arrancar's mask would strip away their very identity as an person. It's a horribly cruel thing to do, even for someone like Nnoitora or Syazel Aporro.


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How much did the Re:Zero anime adapt the light novel and did it skip any content?
I want to watch the anime, but first I need to read the light novel. Thus, I wanted to know how much the anime adapted the light novel and whether or not the anime skipped any content?

They skipped a particular loop in the anime when Subaru went to the mansion to warn about the incoming witch cultist attack.
In this loop,

 Subaru tries to convince the mansion residence to evacuate. When he tried to convince Beatrice to move out, he failed and learned a slight clue about who Beatrice really is. Then he was killed by the witch cultist later on and restart again.

From what I remember the anime went to part way through volume 10, maybe even less.
In terms of the adaption, from Volume 1 (only one I've read so far) it adapted about 80% of the content.

Think he's died a few more times in the LN.

They haven't really skipped anything. As of October 19, they've adapted up to the start of the 13th Light Novel.


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What are this headwing that appear after Sailor Moon/Sailor Chibi Moon transforming?
At first, neither Sailor Moon nor Sailor Chibi Moon have headwing.

When Sailor Moon first uses the Holy Grail to do the Super transformation, both of them receive headwings, or whatever these thingies are called:

When the Super transformation ends, Sailor Moon loses her headwing. She gets them back each time she uses the Holy Grail or Pegasus' power to Super transform. But for some reason Sailor Chibi Moon can keep them indefinitely, even in her normal transformation.

What are these headwings, do they have any power? Why can Sailor Chibi Moon keep them in her non-Super transform? Does this mean that her normal transform becomes a partial Super transform, and thus is enhanced with some powers?

They are essentially barrettes.

Love the term "headwings". I always thought they were feathers.
Generally, as the Sailor Soldiers power up transformation-wise, their outfits gain more decorative bits. I don't think the hair feathers actually added any powers - unlike Sailor Moon's red bun decorations, which amplified her screaming to a weaponized level.

Angels and swans and feathered mythology abound in anime as a symbol of transformation, like the ugly duckling turning into a swan. Here, it symbolises an overzealous little dork of a character who, after transforming into Sailor Moon, becomes graceful and elegant.

Do you have a source for your statement? And what about the actual question, i.e. what purpose they serve in-world and how they work?

Maybe the animators just screwed up and were too lazy to add another accessory to the head of chibi moon ... although you also could say it is a way to show the difference within their existence (between both moons that is)

But it doesn't differentiate them much time, because at first neither has the accessory, and eventually they both directly super transform and both have the accessory.

@Oriol true fact there


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Is the priest aware of Poco's true nature?
When Poco visits the shrine, the priest warns Souta of a shapeshifting tanuki. His remark that the tanuki must be lonely is a driving factor for Souta to adopt Poco.
Is the priest aware that Poco is the shapeshifting tanuki?

I believe the priest is aware that Poco is more than he appears.  We will likely find out for sure next week, with the final episode of the season.

BTW, I believe you have misspelled Poco as "Poko", both in your two questions and the tag.  I have suggested correcting the tag in a meta forum post .

@RichF I thought maybe because kana is romanized with a K? Either way, thanks for the input. I sometimes missspell bad.


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Which episodes show the battle between Naruto with Madara and Tobi?
I want to rewatch Naruto's fight with Madara but there are so many episodes and 20% of them are fillers.
Which episodes show the battle between Naruto with Madara and Tobi?

Naruto starts fighting with Madara during episode 392 of Shippuuden.
This battle happens during the Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki arc, which spans over the following episodes:

378 to 388
391 to 393
414 to 421
424 to 427

Of these mentioned episodes, most are canon with the exception of the following, although some of these might still be worth watching as they do contain some canon content. Those are marked as such. (source):

388 Mostly filler
415 Mostly canon ← should watch this one
416 Filler
417 Mostly filler
419 Mostly filler
427 Filler


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From which chapter the manga continues after the end of the anime?
I've already watched the anime and now I want to read the manga from the end of the anime.
Can someone please tell me where in the manga does the anime end?

Actually brothers conflict is based of a novel series,and the manga is written after the animation so it's technically not complete,if you want to read it i suggest you pickup the novel it has 13 volumes in total.


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Where are Yoshida Shouyou's "Other" students currently?
There is a class picture of Yoshida (Teacher), Gintama, Katsura, Takasugi, Sakamoto with "Other" students when they were a child.

How come the "Other" students from the class picture did not appear when they grew up as an adult? (If I am not mistaken)

Because they are side character, I mean totally side character. They might appear as Gintoki team's subordinates.

What I assume is they were probably killed in the war. You can see the picture below where there is an extra member (leftmost guy in the pic) in Gintoki's group that looks like Isao Kondo (Gorilla) but is not.

The identity of this guy is not known till date. So I assume he is one of those students who died in the war.

They most likely gave up on being a samurai and accepted the alien government when the war was lost and their teacher died or they were caught executed by the government for taking part in the war.

Yup. They either died during the war (most likely), or they gave up on their ways and accepted their alien overlords, unlike Gintoki, Katsura, and Takasugi. It's never truly specified in the Anime, but I'm going to assume that that's what happened.


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Has Crocodile already "awakened" his Devil Fruit Power?
Crocodile is the first villain that easily beats Luffy (twice) while Luffy survived due to Robin's interference and luck. However, one of the comments on his devil fruit power struck me.
Chapter 178: Wikia (Anime Episode 110) Emphasis mine

Luffy is astonished at Crocodile's power while Crocodile comments that he does not just possess his devil fruit ability like some people, he mastered it and demonstrates this by creating a hole of quicksand.

Crocodile can absorb moisture and convert anything to sand, i.e. he can permanently convert something to sand. He also completely annihilated the palace garden. He can create large sandstorms which can run for days. He can control sand in the city which can cover it like a fog. These abilities seem to point in a direction outside the limit of Logia powers.
We also know Crocodile knows about awakening. In Chapter 544 Crocodile is the person who tells us about the awakened Zoan type Jailors

Crocodile then reveals that the Jailer Beasts were all "awakened" Zoan Devil Fruit users, saying that their extreme physical endurance and recovery point were their advantages. Crocodile states that the other three would soon awake and that the Boss of Hell would be arriving soon.

So is there some reference about Crocodile and his DF powers? Maybe something Oda has said in SBS, about crocodile, limits of Logia powers or Awakened Devil Fruits.
Other Observation: Akainu and Aokiji may have awakened DF's since they converted Punk Hazard into Freezing side and Burning side permanently. (Also Akainu burning Ace). Enel may have a hand in the island that is permanently spewing lightning etc.

I don't think there was any info on it or will any info ever come but its hard to specify based on what was shown especially for logia(for akainu and aokiji i would definitely say yes though). One of the potential awakened DF users could be chopper, since he can use multiple forms unlike other zoans user.

@Proxy Rumble ball may cause a forced maybe partial(just 1 aspect) "awakening" of Chopper. But Human-Human fruit converting someone cute as Chopper to a Monster is saying something!

True, but after time skip he has no need for the rumble ball to swap between different forms. But than again its hard to be sure cause the awakening could apply to a lot of different stuff, maybe the forms are a nus product of the drugs he has been taking before @

I really like this question and want to know the answer.  At this point, however, any answer would be speculative.  We don't even really know what "awakening" is besides a small set of examples.  As a theory this is brilliant and you make the case for it very well.

From how I see it and how it's described in the series, the awakening is the ability to manipulate the environment e.g. Doflamingo's awakening. Like when Kuzan and Sakasuki went at it on punk hazard and permanently changed the weather.
Another example is when Crocodile turned everything around him into the sand during his second fight with Luffy (Mizu Luffy)(Chp 201). Also, there are the times Crocodile talks about "utilizing your devil fruit better"(Chp 178) or being "a different breed of pirate"(Chp 178) though this may just be Crocodile being cocky. He seems to have a vast knowledge of devil fruit awakenings anyway as he was the one who informed us about the jailer beasts being awakened and even told us the effects had on them.(Chp 544)
Also, once he was defeated, it started to rain again(Chp 210), and though many people say "Oh, Smoker used the dance powder on Crocodiles ship" or "Crocodile used the dance powder another place to keep it from raining", but Smoker specifically said to Hina that he didn't (Chp 212) and that would have to be perfect timing so I think Crocodile is awakened and can keep his devil fruits weakness away.


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Does Jellal love Erza?
Throughout Fairy Tail, we see that Erza loves Jellal and just him. Some examples are her blushing, trying to kiss him, and when she was turned into a little child just before Tartaros she thought her biggest problem was Jellal thinking he likes them more matured.
But does Jellal reciprocate those feelings even though he rejected her?

When she wants to kiss him he rejects her saying he has another girl. She says he's a terrible lier but I think her love is blinding her. She doesn't even consider that a guy and 2 beautiful women living together for 7 years may result in happy nights for him. Now, in one of the last chapters it was disclosed he is no virgin and that Erza is. Sigh, at least he's no lolicon like Zeref banging Mavis

How is this information revealed? It doesn't seem like a topic easy to discuss

Without giving any spoilers I'll just say there is a person that uses a kind of magic that renders the enemy powerless if they had sex.

I knew Mashima likes fanservice but this is getting ridiculous. This is type of ideas that belong to the hentai/eroge genre

@echomateria Who doesn't like including some sort of sex reference in their work?

Yes, due to an event that occurred in the Grand Magic Games arc. I'm not sure exactly which episode but there was a scene in which Erza and Jellal were speaking and he told her that he was married.
Later when speaking to Ultear who revealed that he wasn't, he gave the notion that he lied because he believes happiness isn't for the guilty of heart.
In a later cameo, Erza says to herself that he is a "bad" liar. Indicating that she knows he's hiding his feelings.
From that scene, I am able to infer that they do in fact both love each other. However, due to all the evil things he has done, he feels the need to seek atonement. That is the premises that Crime Sorcière was formed upon.

I think they truly love each other because Erza cries for Jellal, otherwise she does not cry for other guys. I think Jellal loves her too.
When Erza was going to kiss him, he rejected this. He loves her all of his heart. If he wanted, he would kiss her but he didn't do that.
Jellal loves Erza, that's 100% sure.

Of course he does. However, during an episode, they almost kiss, and he says they are married.
Afterwards, he tells Ultear that people breaking the law cannot be in love with innocent people.
Erza knows from the start that he was lying.

Got any proof of this? Answers on SE need to say more than just "Of course!"

Yes, Jellal is in love with Erza. However, being who he is, he believes he is unworthy of her. This can be seen in the GMG arc when Erza and himself are about to kiss but don't. He says later that he couldn't do it as he was punishing himself for his past actions.


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What does Kousei mean by not being able to hear the piano?
In Your Lie in April, what does Kousei mean by not being able to hear the piano?
I play the piano and the more I play, I tend to just look at my hands while it's moving and I can't hear anything except for the noise in the background. It's like the sound is fading away as I play longer. Sometimes I have to focus real hard just to make out the sound of the piano.
Is this what Kousei means?

It's a coping/protection mechanism - when he plays the piano, his negative feelings from his past resurface, and his mind blocks him from hearing sounds that have a negative (as in Psychological Conditioning Principals) association in his mind.
How exactly this manifests for him is made fairly clear in the anime - if you watch the scenes again where he's playing the piano, and freaking out over not being able to hear it, it's illustrated as him drowning in very deep water, with appropriate impact on his hearing.
I'd say that your own personal experience (presuming you have no such negative association with piano), is the idea that you're focusing so intently on your hands, that you've filtered out the audio. It's not dissimilar, but his is triggered by traumatic mental association.