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If Nagato has both of Madara's Rinnegan, how did Madara still have one Sharingan when he met Obito for the first time?
I agree with the fact that even after using the Izanagi Madara's other eye got revived after activating the Rinnegan. But when he met Obito for the first time, he had one Sharingan on the left eye. How can this be? He implanted both of his eyes onto Nagato, so where did that Sharingan come from?
Though only one eye of Nagato is always exposed I noticed he actually has Rinnegan on both eyes.

madara stole sharingan from other uchihas as did tobi or obito

I'm confused, I thought Madara told Obito to implant his Rinnegan (both of them) into Nagato's eyes after his death. I'm not sure if Madara did it himself, but if that's the case, it could be he implanted later a Sharingan eye (it could be two) on him if he possessed them (which is possible that he possessed other Sharingans, like the case of when Obito used Izanagi on his left eye against Konan, it wasn't his). But I insist on my first opinion and let me tell you why.
In the fourth Shinobi War, when Edo Tensei Madara used Rinne Tensei on Obito to revive himself (Rinne Tensei is a Rinnegan technique that allows the user of the Rinnegan to revive another one in exchange for his life, this is the technique that Madara wanted to be revived with in the first place, Madara said it to Obito before he died, said it again when he was revived with the Edo Tensei that he should be revived with the Rinne Tensei, and even Obito said it to Konan while battling her that Nagato's body was ment later to revive him in case he died) so when he did the technique, Madara was revived (came back to life literaly) and his eyes started to somehow vanish until they are gone, which makes sense, he was revived means that he will come back as he was like when he died, and he died with no eyes so he was revived with no eyes and started to get the originals back (because the ones that vanished were fake, an Edo Tensei Rinnegan, when he got his original right Rinnegan, a Bijuu monster said that this is an original Rinnegan and not a fake one like he had before).
Returning to my first point, I think it's obvious that Madara died with no eyes at all, and therefor Obito is the one who implanted the Rinnegan (both of them) in Nagato's body. Your answer isn't here yet, this is just for clarifying things, your real answer is that you are mistaken in the timeline because when Nagato had the Rinnegan, Madara was already dead and Obito already did the job.

Obviously that Sharingan that Madara have when he save obito, do not belong to him. Maybe when Madara activated the rinnengan, he infiltrated the leaf village and killed some uchiha to steal a sharingan. After returning to his den, he takes off both rinnegan and gives them to black or white zetsu to be implanted in nagato and Madara implanted himself that Sharingan. Zetsu can penetrate any wall so is easy to Zetsu to infiltrate in any where.

I think the Sharingan on Madara could be his original eyes. After all, the Rinnegan eyes are Izuna's, to begin with.
I imagine the blindness could be more prominent in the eye that is more often used, like how Itachi used the Amaterasu with his right eye and that is the one that bleeds.
So in the end, if one of his eyes were still usable somehow, why would he get rid of it? Just preserve it somewhere until you need it as a backup plan.

Madara gave his both Rinnegan eyes to Nagato, and he implanted later a Sharingan eye after it in the left side (not two but just one, he said it to Obito when he met him, and he didn't say where or from who he got it, he even tells Obito to take his right Sharingan eye and transplant it in him if he gonna die due to his try hard to escape because he was badly injured).
You can see all this in episode 344.


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What exactly is Ousama Game in this titular series? How does it work?
I read the manga recently because I was watching the anime and I am a little confused about the game and the virus.
So can anyone please explain the Ousama Game? Not the manga but the game in the manga.

The Wikipedia article on Konpa (which are basically alcohol-fueled "get to know each other" events) describes it. Basically, the rules are:

Everyone gets a piece of paper which either has a number on it, or identifies them as the king.
The King reveals themselves.
The King issues a decree/dare, including some of the numbers (for example "Number 2 has to kiss number 3's index finger").
The people whose numbers match the decree reveal themselves and do the dare.

It's a bit like a semi-anonymous version of Truth or Dare.

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Who are the wall cultists?
In episode 14 of Attack of Titan season 1, there's a man in a white robe whom Eren calls him the wall cultist.
Who is he?

If you continue on in the series, a lot more will be explained regarding the cultists. Explanations will likely contain heavy spoilers.

Asking questions which have a significant impact on the plot will ruin the fun, better not to ask questions (or even search) as they will have heavy spoilers. You can read the manga, which is way ahead of the anime.

finally completed watching attack on Titan now I understand who the wall cultists are satisfied!!!

For the people inside the walls, these very walls constitute a wonder. No one knows where they came from, only that they protect the residents from a mortal thread. And the walls did a pretty good job for about 100 years.
Now, when people cannot understand something, often they tend to interpret it as a result of divine intervention, especially in times were science isn't as advanced as today. Wall cultists are those who think of the walls as holy. In the time shown in the anime, they got increased influence over the population.
Additionally:

 Science wasn't exactly encouraged within the walls.

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Can Brook marry a real woman and have real kids (human kids)?
He can almost do everything: eat, drink, poop (Luffy asked him when they first met), etc. Brook even says by drinking milk, his broken bones heal faster. So it seems food has effect in his body.
So I was just wondering that after a certain age, all the straw hats will retire and have a family. Will Brook also be able to do so? Can Brook marry a real woman and have real kids (human kids)?

By looking at this answer: https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/38568/35035
especially the last part of it, I would say yes.

Insert dirty joke about bones here. Insert lament about not having a normal human body part here. YO HO HO

Brook is limited to soul based activities only. He can't do anything more than that. So no he can't have kids as per what devil fruit power says.

Inappropriate question

I hope someone asks Oda this question in the SBS. I think only Oda can answer this question.

@SushantGurjar Moreover, based on past examples this seems like the kind of question Oda would enjoy answering.

Yes
I could not find any verified references as to which of the two possibilities listed below is correct, but based off the fact that he is non-existent parts can interact with the things around him [relevant AAM question] I am leaning towards the first.
1.
Brook just acts like most people when reproducing and via the Yomi Yomi no Mi fruits powers, somehow it all just works. The sound waves in his chest bounce off something, his urine is aimed by something so it seems probable that if he just went through the motions, (whether or not his wife could feel anything) then his non-existent organs would also operate normally.
2.
This is to cover all bases, and explain why it would be possible, although admittedly not practical if he was unable to become aroused or physically respond down there. Because Brook has other liquids, it is fair to say that he does have sperm and we know that if nothing is happening, eventually Brook would have a wet dream. I would like to refer to this article about frog underpants that was placed on the frog in a very early experiment to learn about the basics of reproduction where they placed specially made underpants on the male frog, placed him with a female, waited for them to mate and then collected the frogs sperm and analysed it. Well in theory, brook could wear a similar apparatus to collect and preserve his own sperm, which could later be used by his wife to produce a child.
Plus there is always adoption

So I was just wondering that after a certain age, all the straw hats will retire and have a family.

I highly doubt that.

Will Brook also be able to do so? Can Brook marry a real woman and have real kids (human kids)?

The other answers indicated that he somehow seems to function just like a normal human being. However, in my opinion, this only serves comedy. None of his "normal human being" traits had any impact on the story. I highly doubt it would be possible for him to father children, because that would mean an impact on story (even if it is just the aftermath of the manga).
... On the other hand I have no doubt that there is fanfiction about him being able to do so.

In short, his organs are fully operative but they don't exist.
Since you need "that organ" in physical form to have kids, then I assume he can't have kids (his genitalia can't be touched). But he can still pee since he doesn't need to touch his genitalia to pee (like he can have a nosebleed without having his blood circulating his body)

you are saying no but the your answer description is inclining toward yes. Sperm is the basic requirement for conception. need more explanation to prove your answer

That means that you believe you can have sex without friction.

No but there is something called wet dream

good luck with the timing


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Where can I read Sergeant Keroro manga online?
I recently started reading Sergeant Keroro manga, but few volumes from 17 to 20 are not available. Is there any other site where I can read the missing volumes?

As usual, take note that we don't support piracy (for OP and for the future answerers)

according to Manga Updates there are 27 volumes in Japan.
however. while licensed in English, Manga Updates lists that Viz Media has dropped the series at Volume 20 but Kadokawa ComicWalker is listed as Ongoing but is only on Volume 17 but the website lists the ebooks up to volume 20.
while the link to Stg. Frog on ComicWalker has a Read Latest button this only shows 8 pages and i don't know what volume it's from however i would suspect this is Volume 20
So at the date this answer was posted (21/10/2017) there is no localized copy of Volumes 21-27.
it should be noted however that ComicWalker and BookWalker (which ComicWalker links to) are English services of Kadokawa Shoten who are the ones who publish Sgt. Frog in Japan as such they would be your best place to find out where and when new volumes come out.
as for reading them online if future volumes come out, both sites seem to only have a preview button while at the bottom of a product page on BookWalker it says

Please check your device (iOS, Android) supports the BookWalker app before purchasing by downloading the app when you will use the app.

as such i don't think there is any website where you can read Sgt. Frog legally


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Why is there less action anime every season?
Why aren't there anime like Ninja Scroll anymore? Anime like Attack on Titan or One Punch Man came out and they were huge hits. But then each season, anime studios do more romance and slice of life animes.  With shows like Bleach, Naruto and One Piece, why are studios so hesitant to make an action anime series?

I'd like you to show that you've done some research by adding to your post the data you're basing your assumptions on. For example, you could add a table of action/non-action anime which started airing in a given year, for the last 5 years. Or for a more granular data visualization, broken down into 4 seasons of each year. That would for sure be interesting and shed some light onto this question. You can use an anime database site like MyAnimeList and browse the anime by seasons tab. Look for the action tag by using text search on the page.

Agree with Hakase, this is opinion-based until we see some proof :)

please note that, anime industries is more targeted to japan audience, not western/international audience.

or maybe you didnt know that every season have a bunch of action genre... i mean if you see the anime news/anime chart regularly, you will know that there are a bunch kind of genre

Related/contradicted by: Why is most anime centered on fighting?

Looking at the MAL Lists for 2017 by their definition of action genre:

Winter
49 of 243 anime released were action genre (20.1%).
Spring was 43 of 237 (18.1%).
Summer was 37 of 249 (14.9%).
Fall is 36 of 206 (17.5%).

2016

Winter was 52 of 252 (20.1)%.
Spring was 51 of 235 (21.7%).
Summer was 56 of 241 (23.2%).
Fall was 61 of 278 (21.9%).

2015

Winter was 58 of 227 (25.6%).
Spring was 55 of 222 (24.7%).
Summer was 54 of 249 (21.6%).
Fall was 64 of 265 (24.2%).

Lets jump to 2010

Winter was 42 of 177 (23.7%).
Spring was 37 of 171 (21.6%).
Summer was 41 of 171 (24%).
Fall was 50 of 181 (27.6%).

And another jump to 2005

Winter was 24 of 138 (17.4%).
Spring was 27 of 131 (20.6%).
Summer was 34 of 147 (23.1%).
Fall was 29 of 154 (18.8%).

Final jump to 2000

Winter was 14 of 88 (15.6%).
Spring was 15 of 87 (17.2%).
Summer was 15 of 103 (14.6%).
Fall was 21 of 107 (19.6%).

From looking at these lists - and I'm probably going to look into the time between 2005 and 2015 in more detail when I'm not at work, it seems more like we got an upsurge of about 5-10% in action anime that's either taken a slight blip now, or has trended back towards year 2000 levels.
One of the main things to happen between 2000 and 2005 is the anime releases of both Naruto and Bleach. Their take off and massive surge in popularity both in the east and west could have sparked an anime boom in getting action manga (and just action ideas) to production; however this is just conjecture without sources to back this up.
It would be interesting to know if this was a trend followed when Dragonball  first went to anime too.
Just in general though, we've seen a large increase in the amount of anime being released. When the most popular (and safest bet) action anime stems from the adaptations of shows from Shonen Jump and other shonen manga, who only have space for a certain number of different manga in their magazines, then it would follow that an increase in total manga should see a decrease in the percentage these manga adaptations take up.
If I get time I'll also look into whether I can find any stats on take-up of anime outside of the "teenage boy" demographic, and look to the success of the non-action genre releases (such as the stand out hits that came from the Slice of Life genre).

Pretty old article but useful to you understand it.
http://getnews.jp/archives/36798

"Manga magazines are boring, so they attract no fresh blood.
  Competition    subsequently slackens. New artists are tried
  vigorously, but none are able to be       serialised for long.
As a result experienced authors are called in out of necessity, but
  though their books may sell the magazines themselves become dull –
  this attracts even less new blood, and so the cycle continues.
In the past new artists were a dime a dozen, but now no matter how
  hard you   search they are scarcer and must be nurtured carefully.
  Especially now in the    era of lower birth rates, nobody can fail to
  notice this, the new artists are    gradually decreasing in number.
  Both the mangaka who can sell a million copies  and their fanbases are
  aging…
It’s going to be especially difficult to make a living for the kind of
  authors    who can’t pen ero/parody/bishonen/bishoujo manga (in fact
  it is right now)."

The quote is from The Wolrd God Only Knows's Mangaka, Tamaki Wakaki.
Romance, slice of life, comedy and seinen is easier since they have tons of eroge, light novels, manga to work with, plus as long as the character is cute and is slice of life/comedy/ecchi/romance will be a success since people usually care more about waifus in this genres of animation. Shounen lacks as hell since deppends only on manga, making harder to get any triple-A title to animate.

edit: About "people usually care more about waifus in this genres of animation"
I know was pretty vague but...
http://goboiano.com/heres-money-actually-made-anime/
Main profit for animation studios will rarely be from ads, but from merchandise and barely, from dvd sales.
The main selling point for merchan will always be Cute/erotic wich is mainly great for long-term selling
("rad" image is kinda dead in Japan, Mecha is a good example).
http://www.1999.co.jp/ranking/week/101
Main selling point in DVD's are uncensored releases/moeblob
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2015-05-27/anime-studios-success-calculated-based-on-10-years-of-disc-sales/.88558
To resume, Japanese consumer will always prefer "moe" and "eroi" which is my point "as long as is cute will be a success".
For animation studios is safer to attempt what is mainstream and easier to work with. And "Cute" is the main trend nowadays, plus the issue from above (lack of triple-A shounen).
You can check 5ch most popular boards as well (former 2chan).
And a recommendation that you could check as example would be Mahoujin GuruGuru(2017).
Great animation, but not going well(financial wise) due character design.
Sorry for engrish.

Can you add some details about who this is making these claims and what their authority is to say it? Also, I'm going to have to slap a big "Citation needed" on "people usually care more about waifus in this genres [sic] of animation".

@Torisuda The quote was actually taken from Tamiki Wakaki's (the author of The World God Only Knows) official blog regarding his worry on the profession of being a mangaka. (yes, the article quoted the blog).

@AkiTanaka Ah, interesting. Seems a bit hypocritical for someone whose best known work is firmly in the bishoujo space. I'd still like to see that information edited into the answer.

Sorry for the delay @Torisuda , kinda busy but tried explaining my point as brief as possible

Mahoujin GuruGuru is cute.


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In what chapter the 14th Noah have its first appearance?
I am currently reading D.Gray-man. I have heard about the 14th Noah. I was wondering when he/she will appear. I am at chapter 145, how close am I to the appearance, or does the 14th Noah even appear?

I dropped the series a few years ago (when the chapter releases became highly irregular) so I've only read up to chapter 218. I do know who the 14th is and I have seen his appearance. But I can't really say more than this without revealing any major spoilers.

I found it its chapter 198


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Which movie shows Naruto and Hinata's wedding?
I have completed watching Naruto anime series completely, but Hinata's and Naruto's wedding is not shown properly.
So which movie should I watch to see their wedding?

The Last: Naruto the movie.
At the end of the movie in the credits, you can see the images of the wedding.
You also see the events leading up to the wedding, till the bride and groom come out to the ceremony, in the last few episodes of Naruto Shippuden. Episodes 494 to 500.
However, we cannot see the actual happenings anywhere.

Unfortunately outside of the credits from The Last and the events leading up to them walking out there isn't really anywhere to see the actual events after they walk out. I would second what the person above me said and say watch The Last around 480 then wrap up the series. Makes the wedding feel less sudden as far as how the anime flows.

I watched episodes 479-500, it's about what everyone goes through to get the wedding gifts. It explains everything and leads up to the wedding day, unlike the ending of the movie The Last: Naruto the Movie.
I would recommend to watch the movie before watching those episodes.

um shouldn't it be the other way round?


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What's the music when Frieza powers up from base form to his final form in the dubbed version of "Revival of F"?
I have seen Dragon Ball Z: Revival of F many times and I love the music that plays when Frieza powers up from base form to his "Final" form in the dub.
If anyone could point me to the song used it would be greatly appreciated!

It is part of the Revival of F OST. It is called "Merciless Frieza". Do note that this differs to the DBS version of this sequence. You can listen to it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvoeZ9vO9FY


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Why does Haibara attend school?
After his body shrank, Conan attends school in order to look like a normal child especially in front of Ran and Kogoro, but why does Haibara attend school? Why does not she dedicate her time trying to redevelop the APTX drug and trying to find an antibody to it?

Haibara is still in the form of a child and is not hidden from society, so people know who she is. If she doesn't go to school, people will question what is going on, and she can probably keep better tabs on Conan and make sure he doesn't accidentally reveal his identity.
According to Detective Conan World Wiki,

Because she occasionally works overnight on the antidote for the APTX 4869, she tends to be tired quite frequently, causing Conan to call her an "evil-eyed yawny girl" on one occasion.

So, it is likely that school can also function as a sort of break for her. Also, it's not like she isn't working on it a lot. The files on the drug were all deleted so it is difficult for her to create a permanent antidote and as such, makes progress slow on it.

" it is likely that school can also function as a sort of break for her." yes, she mentions in several occasions that having the life of a child is nice and that she wished if she could just continue to live like this. The idea of spending time as a child, in school, specially with Conan,  does not bother her.


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Is the art made for anime openings made first or are the created vocals done first?
Sometimes the song matches perfectly with the opening like the beginning of Little Witch Academia, so I was wondering if the art for the opening was done then the song was made to match the art, or if the song was created, and the artists made the opening based off the song?

If there's significant synchronization between the animation and the song, like characters signing along, then the song would pretty much have to be written first to get the timing right. However the performance of the song could potentially be done after. If the timing is more basic, like the timing of a transition in the song matching a transition in the animation then it could be that the song was written (or adapted) to fit the animation.

In this particular case, it seems the song was recorded first.
Generally, it differs. Traditionally, voice acting and drawing were independent of each other, both being dependent on the story board.
Then one movie came out which had the voice acting done first and then after that the drawing, so that the animated lips would match the (Japanese) text. This was a huge revolution at the time. I believe that film was Ghost in the Shell, although I cannot find a reference to back up that claim.
Having the drawing matching the voice acting means more work, means more expensive. Additionally, since voice acting needs to be done first, both can't work parallel the whole time, so production time is longer, which also means more expensive. Because not doing production in that strict order is cheaper, you usually see it employed in most anime, except for special occasions like openings, which can be reused multiple times.

IIRC, the first feature to have pre-recorded dialogue was Akira.

Here is some knowledge. Rose Ridge's comment is also an answer.
Artists, Songwritters, Producers, Employees, Voice Actors, Freelancers, Directors all work in groups. Depend on them want to work in specific field or handle multiple tasks.
Mostly creation of idea first, stordboard, song are tributes with arts or finding songwritters for match art or art idea come from a song (depend) , final art. Animatic done then song, after that animatic match with song, then finalize art match sound & timing, published.
Creative industries doesn't have a really logical work flow like finances or others.
All is depend on song or art first. We will never know the production steps of the industry, unless an employee already corporated with them to see their progression via proposals, gantt chart etc. and majority of proposals are private under working purpose. But mostly progression will never write about song first or art first, mostly idea development recorded at first time.
If the art done based off the song, the song can be a background music. If a song done based off the drawing, the pre-production of live boardcasting will not have any storyboard plan at that time but still have art & design for video. All arts no matter song or drawing are arts, need to work together to have a final product.
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What Japanese books/piece of literatures that are shown in Psycho-Pass?
On this scene and other bookshelves of a Psycho-Pass AMV, there are some Japanese books.
What are they?

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This specific question is addressed in this answer.

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What's with awkwardness/fear with romance?
Why is it that in almost every anime, when there is a male main character, every time a female main character comes on to him, he gets all flustered, scared, or runs away?
Throughout the whole series, we see tons of huge boobs, panty shots, etc. But when a hot girl or mainly the love interest tries to hold hands with the guy or kiss or anything of that nature, he always chickens out or thinks that it's inappropriate, or they are interrupted, or he's too stupid to get the situation. They can fight monsters and demons but when it's about romance, they can't do that? It won't make the character any less noble.
Why is there a need to ALWAYS have other characters interrupt it or make him too dense to understand the female loves him? Why can't anime creators for once let romance start near the beginning and go smoothly instead of towards the end and is super hard to get to? It's been this way since anime first started and it's not funny or entertaining anymore.

While I agree that this is a common occurrence in anime, it's by no means universal. There are many anime shows that portray romance in a mature way. You may just be watching the "wrong" shows.

I'd say it has to do with most real life males in Japan being herbivores themselves, so it's more relatable I guess. But as the other guy said, there's plenty of shows with mature romance portrayals (mostly shojo and josei though), and also harem romcoms with not so wishy washy protags

Anime didn't used to be like that. Just take a look at Orguss (1983). I'll give Love Hina (2000) credit for cementing this trope.

There's nothing complicated about it. It's a trope to pad out the story. In a story like Nisekoi, for instance, the author needs to draw out the romantic tension as long as possible to keep the story going. That's because once those tensions are resolved and the protagonist chooses a partner, the story's probably just going to end. Or at the very least, it won't be too interesting.
So, there are a variety of techniques employed. The protagonist can be clueless or oblivious to love, there can be misunderstandings and miscommunications (see Kimi Ni Todoke for a lot of that), they can just throw in new romantic interests even if they've got no hope of competing (like in Nisekoi), or the characters can be hopelessly shy.
I think the particular trope you're trying to look into might be close to one of these: The will they or won't they trope, the false start or the almost kiss. The false start trope, for instance is characterized by a character being ready to make a love confession, but getting derailed by something.
These can be stalling tactics, as I stated previously.
The will they or won't they page notes:

Actually [setting up the relationship is tricky and risky]. [Writers] are very reluctant to risk losing the valuable source of dramatic tension that is the (seemingly) unrequited relationship. After all, without that lovely source of drama, your audience could [complain]. As such, [many] writers [keep] the romantic tension building throughout the series, only [resolving the romance threads at the end].
Of course, keep this plotline going for too long, and you may encounter complaints [...] In addition, shows can go out of their way to avoid resolving the relationship, making ever-more-desperate narrative leaps.

The false start says:

This can be a highly effective writing technique for a couple of episodes, but the writers typically find that it's impossible to maintain forever. Eventually, the character will tell the object of his affections, and the plot will move on...or the viewers will.

The almost kiss page notes:

But this way, the tension and dreams of shippers remain for the writers to continue to take advantage of.

I tried really hard to find the exact trope on tvtropes.org for you, but I'm not sure if any of those were actually it. You're right though, that these tropes often makes the story really annoying; especially when you've seen them over and over. But as others have said, this is not a problem with anime, but rather a problem with the anime genres you in particular tend to watch. Some anime handle romance tropes very well.

I talked about this a little bit with my friends at school. One of them said to me that showing public affection is considered rude or embarrassing in Japan. So this is the reason why some couples are hesitant to hold hands at first. One example can be found in Clannad: The couple once walks to school alone. One of them suggests, embarrassed, to hold hands. The other person replies "But what if someone sees us?" They are close to finally holding hands but they get interrupted by a friend.
But this is probably only one of many reasons why this happens. A guess of me would be writer laziness. But I wouldn't take my word for it.

It's probably due to their age.
See Why So Many High School Anime in Japan by That Japanese Man Yuta

In Japanese romantic anime, things tend to move very slowly. These characters are so innocent, 'Oh, I don't really know if I like him' or 'I can't tell that I like her' and for that to work, they need to be young enough to be pure then you can have many firsts: first real crush, first confession, first kiss, and first sensei crush.


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What is the piano song played when Suguha is changing and placing the device on her head?
In season 1, episode 18, around 4:40 timestamp, there's a piano song in the background whilst Suguha is changing and placing the device on her head.
What is the title of the song?

That song is the the piano only version of "Is this love?" by Kajiura Yuki.
It's the 18th track on the Sword Art Online Original Soundtrack vol.2 which was bundled with the limited edition SAO vol. 7 DVD and Blu-ray.
Source, you can also listen to the song there.


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Are the rooms in "Aoi Bungaku" and "Mouryou no Hako" related or a real place?
I was watching Aoi Bungaku episode 9 "Run, Melos" plot when I saw this scene which reminded me of an episode of Mouryou no Hako.

Notice that it's the same room and painting on the upper right. They are both in Showa era and the protagonists are look-a-like.
Is this related or a real place?

The painting on the upper-right is just a cover for a fictional magazine, 近代文藝 published by 稀譚舎, from the source novel.
Apparently, the background art and the music that plays during that scene had been reused and recycled. In fact, if you compare the staff/cast behind Mouryou no Hako and Aoi Bungaku (for episode 9–10), you see they have a lot in common:
Staff

Director: Ryosuke Nakamura
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Music: Shusei Murai

Cast

Tatsumi Sekiguchi/Takada (the protagonists): Hidenobu Kiuchi
Yoriko Kusumoto/Melos' Sister: Mikako Takahashi

which explains the protagonists looking and sounding alike, and the recycling of the room design as well as the fictional magazine. However, Run, Melos! has got nothing to do with Mouryou no Hako, so the similarities might only confuse people.


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What makes the hero/commander units better if development takes so long?
In Knight's & Magic (MAL, Wiki), Silhouette Knight (mecha) development takes a long time, which is why Ernesti is making such waves.  However, it seems that commanders have more powerful units.  For example, Knight Commander Morten Fredholm's Haimerwort in episode 5.  The Earlcumber, and the King's unit also come to mind.
What makes these units special and/or more powerful? Could they possibly be using

 custom ether reactors from demon beasts,

rather than the standard, mined, ones?

What I think that they mean is that developing a completely new Silhouette Knight is long. Think about the time taken from the development of the war chariot to the tank (I know it is not the best analogy but it works), but developing small incremental updates is not so hard (think on different variants of the same tank model).
This is where Ernesti is making a revolution, each of his designs is completely new and he is creating a lot of new tech from the ground up.
Now let's tackle the commander units. The base soldier is given a standard SK but commanders are given slightly better units, maybe a hunt provided some better demon beasts so they have some custom ether reactors on hand, so they make a more powerful version of the same unit, and they can carry bigger versions of the same weapons. So basically they are the same unit but slightly better (think a barebones car, and a full-equip one, they are the same, but the full equip one, is more expensive and has better performance than the barebones one)

During the Casadesus Fort incident, the commander mentioned that the Tellestarle had strenght equivalent to his own machine, but they were smaller (Karrdator-sized) which gave them more mobility. So, and this is purely speculation on my part, the commander machines (and the king's by extension) probably have a bigger Ether reactor (made of better materials or whatever) to support a larger frame, but this in turn means you can't mass produce them.
Quoting Skythewood's translation of Vol 2. Ch. 16:

“Hmm, so this is the power of the new model, to think it could match my Hymerwort. Although I want it to be part of my Knights, it is a hindrance right now!!”
The new models that fell into the hands of the opponents were troubling. With the size of a Karrdator and as powerful as the Hymerwort, it was like a bad joke.


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Who is this figure of an orange-haired schoolgirl?
I got her from a mystery bag. Anybody has any idea who this character is?

Anime: Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Character: Erina Nakiri
Here is the anime scene which resembles the figure in the photo.

Erina Nakiri from Food Wars. Figured it out.


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What are the machines used in Japan for hand-drawn animation?
In Japan, there are machines used for hand-drawn animation. Not drawing tablets but, the machines used to scan the drawings, color them, as well as do the effects. Also, the machine that brings everything together in the end. That includes character's, backgrounds, sound and effects. I believe that process is called 3D compositing.
What are the names of any of the machines used in Japan for hand-drawn animation? You don't need to know every machine, just 1 would be fine.

I would imagine they are the same as machines used for non-anime analog animation. Have you tried searching for analog cartoon production machinery?

When you do, make sure to update your question with clarification if that's not what you meant, or if you find what you were looking for, you can post your own answer with the names, descriptions and pictures. It's not bad to answer your own questions here, quite the opposite − you'll also get the reputation from the upvotes.

Ok thanks.i heard of 3d compositind from a youtube channel i saw last year . I think it was called the making Of naruto the movie.I don't know how to use links on this phone but it's a bald light skin male who says hello my name is dave witten berg and i play kakashi.The name might be wrong.

I have studied this kind of course. Tools for animation have many, you asked traditional animation question. There was no machine to work all-in-one. In this kind of animation, you need at least 2 machines to work. At least a computer, and a hand-drawn animation scanner (for paperwork) or a graphic tablet (for digital).
The production steps are:

First, the machine producers need a hand-drawn animation scanner for their cel-work to make it more accurately. For digital artists, they just need a graphics tablet.
After that, into the second machine is a computer having programs such as RETAS' all products, Celsy, western Anime Studio, Pencil 2D, TVPaint, toonboom and others. Don't forget Adobe.
Deep into scanning, cleaning art, or drawing or (you can use a mouse and line/pen tool on your scanned work), coloring, animate, effect, background. All completed by one in this steps.
Or to answer your "3D composition", it means into 3D Software add-on animation, the technique is for video production or 3D artists. 3D animation major work on Mac/OS.
During the second machine working-in-progress, the production has a third machine, that is a sound-recording machine to input sound in.
After complete the above steps, an animation is come out. It can take more than thousands/ten-thousands hours.


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What is the music being played when Tatara learns to dance from Kiyoharu?
In episode 2 of Ballroom e Youkoso, when Tatara learns to dance from Kiyoharu, what song is playing? I'm referring to the backward-Jazz-piano music that starts at 1:17 in this YouTube clip.
The only songs I can find from this anime are things like OST/OP/ED, not those transitioning instrumentals used whenever someone dances.

I don't know the answer to your question but you can't find it because Yuuki Ayashi, the composer of the background music, hasn't released an OST yet.
I was searching for background music too... ^^ Not that particular one, but several pieces of music in the score of this anime.
Guess we have to wait a little more before finding it.

(OP) ah, so it's an original. Not something that already existed before this anime.


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Shouldn't Pain's head have melted off during the fight with Naruto as 9-tails?
When Naruto and Pains were fighting, Naruto turned into Naruto's six-tailed version 2 form and he held Pain's head. As we saw with Orochimaru's fight, his snake melted off when he touched Naruto.
Why didn't he at least get a burn?

Because he's pain. That's why he didn't get burned. :)

Although it isn't stated exactly why the 9 tails chakra didn't affect Pain. I have 2 possible reasons.
The first would be because of the Rinnengan. We both Know that all the Deva paths of Pain had been defeated before Naruto entered the tailed beast versions (So Nagato could use the abilities of all the other 6 paths) . Due to that, Nagato was able to focus more on his fight with Naruto and when Naruto held his head, he probably absorbed some of the chakra using the absorption path of the rinnengan.
Another reason could be because of the exact state of the tailed beast chakra. When Naruto was fighting Orochimaru, he was in the 4 tailed chakra cloak but while he was fighting Pain, he started at the 5 tails and past that point, the chakra is cloaked in skeleton and skin. it could be that past the 5 tails, the chakra becomes more coated and the person gets closer to appearing like the actual Jinchuuriki. So Pain Probably didn't get in contact with as much pure chakra as Orochimaru did.
Hope that helped in  a way.

That's probably just because Pain needed to appear stronger than Orochimaru, but we can try to make it work.
First we should note that it wasn't Orochimaru's body that touched Naruto, but his snake. Which we can try to understand as being a product of some jutsu, not just a flesh-and-bone snake. Orochimaru could just be so good at chakra shape transformation that he could give an actual physical appearance to his chakra, and not just a generic shape like in most jutsu, and the plot does give him this level of talent.
Now, with Pain, we know that the Rinnegan has some very strong chakra absortion and manipulation techniques, and the fact that the bodies weren't really alive, but rather being controlled remotely, could reduce the "rotting" and "melting" effect, after all, Naruto is touching dirt, grass and rocks and none of those are melting on contact.

The reason is because orochimaru had infused himself with other's blood, making him basically a patchwork of chakra. When naruto grabbed him he melted the bonds between the chakras. Pain had a chakra that can from several points on his body (the metal rods), and thus by grabbing a part, naruto could not destroy the chakra there, since it was still flowing in.


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Why is it team JNPR if Ren's name is Lie?
In RWBY, all the teams get their names by using the initials of all the team members first names. But on team JNPR, the members are Juan, Nora, Pyrrha, and Lie Ren. So, shouldn't L be the initial for Lie Ren?
Even though everyone calls him Ren, the team name should use his first name for the initial, so why is he the only one whose last name gets used?

I'd guess because he is culturally Chinese.
According to Wikia, Lie Ren is based on Hua Mulan, a historical Chinese person.

Ren alludes to Hua Mulan.

Monty Oum stated that each member of JNPR alludes to someone who crossdressed in their story. Mulan had to disguise herself as a man to sneak into the Chinese army.
Despite Monty stating that real-world countries don't exist in RWBY, Ren is still based on Chinese culture as his clothing is reminiscent of traditional Chinese clothing and his habit of resting a coffee mug on his palm instead of holding it by its handle, a style seen more often in Eastern cultures, as Eastern-style mugs have no handles.

According to Wikipedia on Chinese name, the name order is surname - given name.

Modern Chinese names consist of a surname [...] which comes first [...], followed by a personal name [...].

Also, Wikipedia on Given name states the different order between Western order and Eastern order.

The order given name – family name, commonly known as the Western order, is used throughout most European countries and in countries that have cultures predominantly influenced by Western Europe (North and South America, North, East, Central and West India, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines).
The order family name – given name, commonly known as the Eastern order, is primarily used in East Asia (for example in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysian Chinese, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam), as well as in Southern and North-Eastern parts of India, but also in Hungary. [...].

So, if his name is written in first-last name order, it will be Ren Lie.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple, because a new question will arise:

Why is Yang Xiao Long's initial Y instead of X then?

Logically, I admit it's hard to counter this counter-argument. Its Wikia article also mentions a trivia on her name:

Despite having a Chinese name, Yang's given name and surname are inverted. "Yang" would be the surname and her given name would be "Xiao Long". Furthermore, Chinese surnames are usually only one character. This can be explained by Remnant not following real-world customs.

One can argue that because her family is not fully a Chinese family (hint: her mother), that her name might not be in the Eastern order, but instead follows the Western order.

Whenever teams are formed, the letter of the either first or last name may be used for the team's initials
(emphasis my own)

Names
The first letter of the each team member's name is used to form an acronym that stands for the name of the team. In some cases, the first letter of a member's surname may be used.

Given that information, Ren is not the only character to use their last name has their initial for their teams

Under most circumstances, all letters in a team name consist of their members' first initials. However, there are three cases in which the last initial is the one in the team name: Lie Ren, Sky Lark and May Zedong

Choosing between either their first or last name may be due a few factors - please note this is speculation.

Personal preference. Lie Ren was known simply as Ren, so it would be odd for him to his first name as the initial.

Pronunciation of team names. Based on the Sky Lark wiki, he is apart of Team CRDL, which pronounced "Cardinal". Sky was accordingly named after named the Alauda, a genus of larks, making "Cardinal" a fitting pronunciation.

Sky Lark is named after a genus of larks known as Alauda, also known as Skylarks. This fits the bird theme for Team CRD

Had he chose S for his initial, it wouldn't be as fitting.


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How could Chihiro tell which pigs were her parents?
In the early scene of Spirited Away, Chihiro's parents were turned into pigs.
I don't remember how she knew if the pigs were her parents or not.
How could she tell?

Because Haku told her, but also because she knew what was important.
When Chihiro is faced with the Yubaba's final challenge, she is told she gets one chance to find her parents. Haku has explained the rules of the challenge to her, but also told her that Yubaba doesn't want to let her go - and so presumably has told her that Yubaba is likely to cheat, and not include Chihiro's parents among the pigs she is told to pick from.
When Chihiro tells Yubaba that her parents aren't there, that's the correct answer. This shows that Yubaba did indeed cheat, but also it shows that Chihiro learnt what Yubaba didn't - when Zeniba took away Boh (the baby), Haku told Yubaba "You still haven’t noticed that something precious to you has been replaced." and her first reaction was to look at the pile of gold she had gotten from No Face, before realising that what she thought was Boh was a trick. In comparison, by the end of the film Chihiro has learnt how important her family is, and even in their transformations should would be able to recognise them amongst the other pigs if they were really there.


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In "Unlimited Blade Works", why did the servants choose to fade away rather than staying in the real world?
In the ending of Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Saber and Archer chose to fade away rather than staying in the real world with Rin and Shirou.
This is one of the most confusing things for me to understand. I just can't get a grasp on this and have searched and thought about it for very long.
Why did they choose to fade away?

Because they can't stay in the world without a Master and the Holy Grail.
in the Visual Novel for the Unlimited Blade Works route, in the Good Ending Saber remains in the world through her contract with Rin, however Rin notes that it's a hassle to keep Saber in the world because the Holy Grail is no longer providing support.

It is possible to remain materialized as a normal familiar after the Holy Grail War ends, but it greatly increases the cost without active support from the Grail. Rin Tohsaka, a superior magus, has no issue in providing for Saber's upkeep, Noble Phantasm usage, and Shirou Emiya's Reality Marble at the same time during the Holy Grail War, but in-turn requires the majority of her energy and Shirou's help in keeping Saber materialized after it ends in Unlimited Blade Works.

Source: Servant > Nature > Upkeep (Last Paragraph)
for Archer, because he has the Independent Action Class Skill he can remain without a Master when normally a Masterless Servant fades away too. he became Masterless after Caster was defeated as Caster's Rule Breaker severed the contract between him and Rin (apart of his plan to go after Shirou) and Shirou did not kill him during their fight
Gilgamesh has this same ability but it's on a higher level that Archer's and was also boosted unnaturally by the Black Mud from the Grail thus allowing him to continue to be materialised after the 4th war and into the 5th with Kotomine using the Orphans from the resulting fire from the 4th war as a way to replenish Gilgamesh's energy (Shirou discovers this in the Fate Route)
Also both Saber and Archer felt they were no longer needed and leaving everything to Rin. in Saber's case it was simply not having a role in Shirou's life while Archer it was trusting that Rin would stop Shirou walking down the same path that he walked


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Are there any OVA of Sword Art Online series?
Are there any OVAs of Sword Art Online series which have been released and if they affect the main story or not?

There's only Extra Edition, an Special set after the events of Fairy Dance. The first half is a recap of the first season disguised as an interview. The second half is anime original material, it doesn't affect the main story-line, but it follows ALOs in-game back-story set in Norse Mythology, name-dropping the Aesir. This setting has only been touched upon in the anime and in the LN release during the Caliber arc of the Second Season, but there's a bunch of other short stories that further this setting that have been self-published by Kawahara Reki as his former pen-name Kunori Fumio.


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Can anyone in Naruto universe use all five chakra natures?
In Naruto, I know Sarutobi Hiruzen can use all the five chakra natures.
Has anyone else ever mastered all five?

Recall Hashirama's ShinsuuSenju which was used by the Zetsu during the Third Great Ninja War,it could use all 5 chakra natures and it was countered by Hiruzen himself.

According to the Nature Transformation wiki, there are only 5 shinobi who are known to have mastered all 5 chakra elements by raw training and without the assistance of special abilities or tools.

Hashirama Senju
Tobirama Senju
Hiruzen Sarutobi
Orochimaru
Mū

this is incorrect madara could also use all 5 chackra elements

@xmastertje My answer says without assistance of special abilities or tools. The characters mentioned in the other answer had something of the sort, such as Kakazu’s 5 hearts, Obito/Madara being the 10-tailed jinchuraki, and Orochimaru being plain our weird. So by “mastered”, it’s technically corrected - just not complete if including other methods

But maybe you could also include a list of peope who mastered the 5 chakra elements with the assistance of special abilities or tools to complete the answer more because they also mastered the 5 chakra elements

According to this website, it say that there are 10 people who can use all 5 nature transformations.
Let me breakdown the list:

Naruto Uzumaki
Sasuke Uchiha
Madara Uchiha
Nagato Uzumaki
Hiruzen Sarutobi
Hashirama Senju
Tobirama Senju
Obito Uchiha
Orochimaru
Kakashi Hatake

Other than the website, there are actually quite more people who can USE all 5 nature transformations.

Mū
Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki
Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki
Hamura Ōtsutsuki
Asura Ōtsutsuki
Kakuzu


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Are there any news about a Chinese anime movie called "Kuiyu Chouyuan" since its trailer?
I have been looking for a Chinese anime called Kuiyu Chouyuan, but couldn't find it. Here are the 2 trailers:

First trailer (reposted in 2017), the same as this video with Chinese title (posted in 2014)
Second trailer (reposted in 2017)

Are there any news about the anime since the trailer was posted? Are there any manga/other adaptation?

Looks like the question is not really about ID request, but more about the progress of the (past, abandoned) anime project which has an answer already: reddit, MAL, Novel Updates. I feel this is on-topic, but this is just my personal view.


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What were the two bottles that Sebastian found before he got stabbed?
At the end of chapter 48 in the Black Butler manga, right after Siemens was brought to the cellar, Sebastian examines the hearth of the room where Siemens stayed.
He finds two vials right before he was “killed” by Earl Grey.

However, in chapter 47, when they framed Woodley for Siemens’ murder, Sebastian only pieces together one vial.

Why? And what was the other vial for?

Hmm... I'm not following the series, but after a quick read from chapter 47-50, there doesn't seem to be any explicit mention about the 2nd vial...


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Do users of One for All lose their original quirks?
Izuku and All Might didn't have quirks when receiving One for All, but at least some of the former users had an original quirk.
Did these users lose their quirks along with One for All when they pass One for All to another user?

It's yet to be revealed to us. The specifics of Nana's death will be closely tied with Shigaraki's developments, while we know even less about the holders before her.

All of the previous owners of One For All have passed their quirks on to the power and its successors which would be highly indicative that the user of One For All retains their original quirk when receiving the power
One For All

 Over time, One For All has amassed the Quirks of all the users. Now, Izuku is starting to manifest some of those Quirks. This first showed itself during the Joint Training Battle with Class 1-B. He starts with Blackwhip, a Quirk that reacted to Izuku's anger and wanting to capture Neito Monoma. Izuku has five other Quirks to discover and become able to use.

 One of the previous holders of One For All explained that seeing the traces is a side effect of the core of One For All itself growing. The original Quirk factors that had belonged to previous bearers of One For All had merged with the core of One For All. This previous holder of One For All explained that the core of One For All was concealed by the trait of One For All that stockpiles power and that the core of One For All is growing.

His question isn't whether they retain the power when receiving OFA. It's more about how the passing on of their non-OFA quirk works. Would it be inevitable, making the predecessor quirkless after the transfer, or is it a voluntary merger of OFA and their quirks. Given the nature of OFA, I'd guess it's the latter. Anyway, I realize we don't have much info on this yet, considering how Izuku is the first person to even see those past images much less their quirks. Good attempt though.

Also, you might want to mark the part about Izuku's new power up in a spoiler tag, since this is a major development in the manga but yet to appear in the anime

@TheGamer007 I tried to add spoiler blocks but it does not appear to be working.

I've made an edit to fix it. I guess the spoiler tags don't work as expected when there's only whitespace in between them, unlike with normal quote tags.

@TheGamer007 Thanks, and the edit has been approved.


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How did Ging know Gon wouldn't die?
In the Election arc, Ging confidently tells Pariston that Gon won't die. Sure, he has trust in Gon's friends, but Gon's condition was like nothing ever seen before. Even if he has good friends, it doesn't mean they can help heal him. I'm not sure why Ging would be so confident in something so baseless.
How would he know this?

Can't remember if there's an explanation in the manga but he's Gon's dad. Not saying it's true for all father-son relationships but in my experience, a father would always believe that his son would make it through whatever happens in life. A father is not the first one who'd say 'I don't think my son's gonna make it', even if the situation seems hopeless.

It runs in the family. When Jing was younger, he did some pretty risky things himself. So it's a gut-feeling for him that Gon won't die.

According to Fandom Wiki about Ging Freecss,

Genius-Level Intellect: Ging is arguably one of the most intelligent characters of the series. He has foreseen most of Gon's choices and actions since leaving home, including his participation in the Hunter Exam, his journey to Greed Island and his meeting with Kite. He also guessed correctly what the process to decide the rules of the election would be and ensured his own would win, outmaneuvering the rest of the Zodiacs. His predictions regarding the election for the new chairman of the Hunter Association were accurate and even Cheadle, despite disliking him and being extremely smart herself, asked him for advice. He manipulated Leorio, a person he knew nothing of, so that he could become a hindrance to Pariston's victory, which he did. Furthermore, when Ging got rid of the Nen users from Muherr's party at the underground level and was going back up to the castle, he pointed out to Pariston that if he wants to see his abilities he has to come at him rather than building up badly designed self-serving scenarios, showing his superiority as a battle analyst even in times of conflict. It can be affirmed that Ging's preeminent mental skills are his deductive intelligence, quickness of mind and versatility. Ging is a polymath since he has extensive knowledge in various fields of academic studies. However, he claims that he studies subjects that interest him only.

Ging is also able to correctly guess someone's natural Nen type the instant after they had used an ability, as he did with Muherr's henchmen, which implies he may have learned or developed his own system to identify different Nen users; though he was unable to identify the guns as not being conjured by the henchmen themselves. Ging's knowledge in Nen also allows him to identify Golem as a symbiotic Nen user upon the first impression.

I am sure he knows the Nen abilities of Gon as well.

Well, it is intuition.  The more powerful/nen expert a person gets, the more intuitive he gets. Experience also counts as one factor.
If you remember the time during Gon returning to Whale Island after the Hunter Exam with Killua, he received Greed Island contents from Mito which was given by Ging.
Now here,

How did Ging know that Gon would attend the Hunter exam?
How did he know if Gon would qualify underground exam and learn nen?
How would he know how the Zodiacs would react in the presidential election (after Netero's death)?

This shows how experienced and intuitive he is. As said by Bisky that Netero regards Ging as one of the 5 best nen users in the world.
Similarly, Ging knew Gon would not die.


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Name of the song in episode 293 of Bleach when Suì-Fēng attacked Aizen
In episode 293 of Bleach, there's a song playing when Suì-Fēng attacked Aizen with Shunpo (clones) and Nigeki Kessatsu (Death in Two Steps).
What is the name of the song?

It is probably Senna by Shiro Sagisu from album Memories of nobody


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What are the hand signs that Naruto does for Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu?
What are the hand signs that Naruto does for Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu?

The hand signs used to evoke the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu aren't different than the standard Shadow Clone Jutsu. The only difference is the amount of chakra consumed during the execution of the jutsu.

The hand signs are given below:

Hope this answers your question.

These aren't the signs for Shadow Clone or Multi-Shadow Close Justu. This is just a screenshot of all the hand signs

Wait, thats what he asked for right?

The question is is referring only to the hand signs used for the specified jutsu.

I don't think this needs to be downvoted, all it really needs is a line or two specifying the specific signals and the order they appear in to fully answer the question. Additional information isn't a bad thing per se.

@Matt i would argue that it should be downvoted as on the surface it isn't clear if these hard signs are for the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu or if as Wondercricket said, these are just a bunch of hand signs


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What would happen if a master won the Holy Grail War but didn't have any wish?
In Fate series, what would happen if a master won the Holy Grail War but did not have any wish for the Holy Grail and did not destroy it? What would happen then?

Quite simply the Servant will demand their wish to be granted

Although too powerful to be controlled by humans, they are bound by three Command Spells, representing the Masters' "right to rule" over them, with obedience towards the Command Spells being the "absolute condition required for materialization." Due to the prospect of having a wish granted by the Holy Grail, it also serves as an incentive to cooperate with the Master

Source: Servant > Nature (4th Paragraph)
Servants are summoned from the Throne of Heroes with the promise of their own wish being granted and as Rin explains in the Visual Novel to Shirou, it is only the Servants who can use the Holy Grail as such Masters who want their own wish granted need to have 1 Command Spell remaining to force the Servant to grant their wish over the Servants.
Some Servant's wish is granted by being summoned such as Diarmuid Ua Duibhne who wanted to serve a lord again while with some Masters the Wish from the Grail is not their goal such as Waver who wanted to win as proof that his was as good of a Magus as they of the bloodline families while Tohsaka Tokiomi wanted to use the Grail as a means to reach The Root, not to wish for a way there. one can also suspect that the Einzberns wanted the same since that's where they would reclaim the 5th Magic.
however post 3rd Fuyuki War even if a Master or Servant had no wish from the Grail, it would default to Angra Mainyu's as his was already in the process of being granted. wishes made after that point was more Angra Mainyu using the Grail's power to grant the wish itself (ie. how the process of Kiritsugu's wish was described to him in Fate/Zero)
In the event of no Wish by anyone i would suspect the energy would be saved up and anew Holy Grail War would start sooner. this is sorta like what happened between the 4th and 5th wars yet some of that energy was spilled out in the form of the Black Mud but there was still enough to cut the wait time to the next war to less than a decade.
however the chances of no one having a wish is very very very low. Diarmuid was probably a rare case for not having a wish for after the war so there will very likely always be a Servant who would want their wish granted while Masters are actually chosen by the Grail. while the choosing process is not clear we could think that they all have to desire the Grail's use. Shirou being chosen could be explained by his ideal to be a hero


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Why are there only 3 episodes of "World War Blue"?
So I thought that World War Blue was a pretty good idea for a show, but it only has 3 episodes.
Are there any explanations why it only got 3 episodes?

Short fact: the 1st episode was released on Oct 2012, 2nd on Dec 2012, and 3rd on Apr 2013. Speculation: it doesn't look like there was a plan for a 1-cour anime in the first place.

Well that sucks I actually kinda liked the idea


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Where can I watch One Punch Man season 2 legally?
I have checked Hulu, but it does not have episode 1 of One Punch Man season 2.
Where can I watch episode 1 to current legally?

when i google search i get AnimeLab and Netflix, however they are just named One Punch Man so they might have Season 2 on there but also Anime Lab can be geoblocked to those outside of Australia while Netflix is giving me a Site Error which could be it's own geoblocking. Viz Media's site saying you can watch season 2 for free on viz.com but their page on One Punch Man doesn't list any streams even which could be because of geoblocking against Australia though not sure

Wikipedia lists Crunchyroll for Europe and Hulu for the US for the 2nd season of OPM, though...

You can try the sites mentioned by @Memor-X because I read that it's also on AnimeLab. Not sure if I'm allowed to mention this but you can use VPN to get around geoblocked sites.

@W.Are I know some other sites but I can't mention them here

You are in the United States of America (Texas) according to your profile.  Here, One Punch Man is being shown exclusively on Hulu.
https://www.newsweek.com/one-punch-man-season-2-time-how-watch-1388310
Disregarding legal loopholes, that is the only place you can legally watch this show in the United States. I do not know why you were not able to find it.

You can watch it legally at any of these websites: Crunchyroll; Yahoo View; Crackle; Viewster; Tubi TV.
Hope it helps ^^

Welcome to the site!  Unfortunately, though, I think you might be mistaken. At very least, One Punch man is not available at all on Crunchyroll in the USA (where OP is).  I expect it is available there in other countrys.

@kaine It indeed is. I wasn't aware of the current Crunchyroll USA problem.


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How did Kid even know about the detectives gathering at the mansion in episode 219?
In episode 219 of Detective Conan, "The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid", Kid was there in the gathering.
I am curious as to how Kid even knew about the detectives gathering at the mansion.
Like, did he spy on people getting the letters, or did he spy Conan?

Related, but not really answering the question: What happened to Mouri in episode 219?


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Is there a site that shows parts of Beyblade from different views?
Is there a website where it shows images of Beyblade's individual parts/components with different views/angles?

Are you referring to the physical toy, or scenes from the anime or manga?


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Where can I buy a one-shot manga called 'Prisoner' (written in Katakana)?
I have been searching for a one-shot manga called Prisoner since years ago.
The story starts with a salaryman got back home at night and found out his house was really messy. Through the story, the writer leads the readers to believe that the man killed a girl that seemed to be his partner. In the last page, the panel shows a building with only one small window and the bars inside can be seen through it. The ending...

 It makes readers think that the man got in jail for killing the girl. Next, the bars turned out to be mop handles and other cleaning stuff. The plot twist: he is actually a clean freak and never killed the girl. The story is mind-blowing.

I downloaded the manga but can't find where it is sold anywhere. Where can I buy it?

You're trying to find a place to buy it, I assume? An actual physical copy?

@JNat I assume the OP failed to find the site from where they downloaded/read it (possibly taken down if unlicensed). That said, OP: this community doesn't support piracy, so we will only provide legal ways (if exists). Lastly, I assume you're looking for the English translated, not the original language (or Japanese)?

The one-shot is titled プリズナー (purizunaa, Prisoner) by Masakazu Ishiguro.

It was serialized in もっと！ (motto!, More!) vol.7, published in August 2014.

It can be bought on Amazon Japan.

*The magazine is on hiatus since the end of 2014 and there doesn't seem any licensed English translation of it.


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In "Hunter x Hunter" (2011), does Gyro appear and reborn to a chimera ant?
In Hunter x Hunter (2011), does Gyro appear later on the anime as an ant? If so, which character from the ants?


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Why there seems to be so few members of Passione?
With the ending of Vento Aureo, it came to my attention that there were so few members of Passione after the gang and they were Stand Users only. For such a large mafia, there seem to be very few members.
Is there any reason for that?

It's actually shown quite clearly that Passione is a large organization with multiple divisions underneath the Boss.

Even Diavolo alludes to how well connected his men have infiltrated different branches of Italian society.

You have to remember a few things -- it seems that mostly every branch of Passione makes a fortune off whatever division they specialize in, all except for the Hitman Team, which only gets paid for kills.  This is their primary justification for attempting to kidnap Diavolo's daughter Trish, and for wanting to take over Passione themselves.
It is fair to assume that for those who do not question his orders and complete his tasks are rewarded fairly and justly. Pericolo, another Capo, even explains this before he commits suicide.

The reason you may feel Passione is "small" is simply because we don't get introduced to those other members. As the quote goes, "Stand users are drawn to other Stand users", and it is for this reason Bucciarati's team faces off against the Hitman team. Why would other branches want to fight Bucciarati's team in the first place, unless they were also planning on betraying the boss?


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Why could Goten and Gohan not resist the Baby controlling them while Trunks was able to?
In Dragon Ball GT episode 26, it seems like Goten is weakened before being taken over by Baby, but was Trunks not in a similar condition, i.e. weakened? In DBGT episode 24, yet he was able to resist and succeeded to stop Baby from taking over him.
Why couldn't Goten do the same? Gohan, on the other side, wasn't hurt a bit; how could he be taken over so easily?

Trunks has always been stronger than Goten.
When they learned to merge, in the Buu Saga, this was clearly proven, since as Piccolo said, Trunks had to lower their power level, to get equal to Goten, and Goten needed to increase his so that both were in balance and can merge.
So maybe, because of that difference in power, Goten could be controlled, but not Trunks.

What about Gohan then?

After the bu saga, Gohan stopped training because his mother forced him. This clearly made him weaker, in the Golden Freezer movie we could verify it. Probably trunks also surpassed Gohan.
Anyway, Dragon Ball GT is not a canon, it is made by fans, and Toriyama simply gave it the go-ahead.

Hhh.. Besides, as for as the whole DB story is concerned, either you go with GT series or you go with Super; it is sad that both can not be reconciled. ;( I follow GT!

Yes it is xD ..

The reason Baby was able to take over the Saiyans even Vegeta is because when he makes it to earth, we see some people he's already planted his egg inside and when he finally reveals himself, he's grown bigger which just basically means he's more powerful, and with this little bit extra bit of power, he was able to take over Saiyans but after they've been exhausted or damaged.


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Does Dororo meet Hyakkimaru again in the ending?
At the end of the anime, Dororo grows up and becomes a beautiful girl, and she is running to Hyakkimaru, right?
Also, he is standing in a field. Which means, does Dororo and Hyakkimaru meet again?

If I'm not mistaken, Hyakkimaru looked a bit older there, too. This could be an argument for why this scene doesn't simply reflect Dororo's wish to be together with him again, but a fact that's actually going to happen since she wouldn't have known his older appearance if she wouldn't have met him.

Well, I'm no expert, but from what I see, I think they do meet again, however, not in that instance.
Dororo said she'd bring back the money in a few days, the three men didn't seem to be on the bridge but watching Dororo run across it. Hyakkimaru was found at the end, with a smile. I suppose there will be a journey and they meet again at a new age.
The bridge could represent the journey, and the field could represent the gold Dororo is going to get. Hyakkimaru meeting her there. Don't forget the mother of Hyakkimaru stated child who would be by his side forever.
So, if not meeting, then I'm sure they'll meet in the future. Now if it is to be their meeting, then it's foreshadowing that Dororo becomes a woman of course, and all the time she does, she's right there with Hyakkimaru.

I’m sure they did not part. As Biwamaru said, they still have so much greater than what they have experienced TOGETHER ahead of them.
Also, the gold field probably did not only represent Dororo's money but if you remember Mio, the woman whose voice comforted Hyakkimaru, along with the children she fed, she and they wished for their own field, so MAYBE Hyakkimaru and Dororo fulfilled that wish in their absence.

I think they might meet somewhere in the future.
As for the bridge, I think it means the journey ahead of them, while discovering their own paths - with Dororo helping the men out using the money and Hyakkimaru finding a path that doesn't involve murder since he has killed so many to regain his body.
The field probably doesn't represent the gold Dororo used, but rather Hyakkimaru's path - in which he helped people with famine, etc. by using the rice seeds Mio took from the samurai and wanted to plant them with the orphans before they were killed, saying that when it was growing it looked like a sea of gold. Meaning that he has found a way to help without killing and also made Mio's dream come true.

One of my interpretations: the bridge could represent the journey they both take by themselves to improve themselves. And in the end, the other is waiting on the other side of the bridge, which means after the hardship and the journey, they will meet again. A sea of gold represented by the field that the orphans dreamed of that could possibly be a result of them making the dreams come true as a sign of remembrance for the orphans.
Another one is a bit sad: they go on and live their journey, never meeting during their living years, but they go to heaven represented by the field that looked like a sea of gold, and they meet again at the end of the bridge. The reason they're both looking a little grown-up is because that is how they want to be seen.


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What is the song playing in My Hero Academia season 2 episode 25 at 10:00?
In My Hero Academia season 2 episode 25, there's a song playing at the 10:00 mark.
What is the name of the song? Starting to think it doesn't exist.

The OST is : Tsune ni Top wo Nerau Mono
Check this link at 0:50  : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ls1DUVjRg

The OST is Hard Time
The link is: https://open.spotify.com/track/7Kod41bdquBmoYgl0voVul?si=K0qBC2Y-TomLILHXNa_96Q


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Does Issei Hyodo still have the Divider power after season 2?
In the last part of the second season of Highschool DxD, there is a fight between Issei Hyodo and the White Dragon's host who was using a special skill called Divider that divides his enemies powers to half every time he uses.
Issei managed to get rid of it from the White Dragon as it was a Fragment of Magical Device attached to the White Dragon guy's accessories. Then, after Issei defeats that guy, he gets the Divider Fragment and fuses it with his Dragon Booster on his right arm.
I hoped he would use that dividing power later in the next season, but what happened to it? Where did that power go?

Welcome to Anime & Manga Stack Exchange. I tried to clarify the title based on my understanding of the question body as best as I can, but if it's incorrect, feel free to [edit] and clarify/improve it more. Thanks.

Yes, He still has the divine divider power. Issei took a jewel from vali's sacred gear and therefore he was able to contact with predecessor hosts of white vanishing dragon which lets him to use divine dividing.

Edit: Issei took a jewel from vali's sacred gear and therefore he was able to contact with predecessor hosts of white vanishing dragon which lets him to use divine dividing. I cant remember if he uses it again since i completed this series 2 months ago.

Please include relevant sources and never put the explanation to your answer in a comment. You can always edit your post.


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Do individuals with the power of Titans posses the ability to time travel through the memories of future wielders of Titan powers?
In episode 21 of season 3, Eren Kruger

 who is The Owl (Former Attack Titan), told Grisha to save Mikasa and Armin despite the fact that they were not even born at that time.

How could he

 access the memories of a future Attack Titan?

Is this an ability available to

 all Titan shifters?

If so, then why was Eren Kruger the first to manifest it?

That's a given ability, that Titan shifters possess memories from the future and past wielders of the Titan it currently has. The specifics were never explained in the manga and I'm not sure it will ever be, given how far it is already from that revelation and the fact that it's already in the final arc. But there is no time travel involved, they only see what will happen or was happened in the future and past, respectively.

it was never explicitly stated that they can access the memories of future titan shifters, @W.Are we are only sure about seeing the  memories of previous ones. Except maybe i missed something?

It seems to me that what happened in Eren Kreugers case was as a result of something more complex, otherwise, many other titan shifters would have been known to have used such an ability.

@Rumpelstiltskin Eren Krueger's case is proof that some, if not all, Titan shifters can access memories of future inheritors of Titan shifters. Otherwise, how would he know about Armin and Mikasa? You're right that it's never fully explained and I was wrong with the wordings I used. Whether or not it is unique to the attack titan, we'll never know for now but the attack titan do have access to future memories. To what extent was never specified too.

It's possible that what we see is either some of Eren's own thoughts corrupting the memory he was viewing. In the same way that viewing the memory acted on Eren's body, making him stand in a particular way and repeat the name "Attack Titan".

It's also possible that eventually Attack on Titan will introduce the Wheel of Time concept and reveal these memories to be the distant past from the last time this all happened, rather than the future.

This is the Attack titan special power,
which Eren possesses

welders of Attack titan can see the future and control the past just like what Eren is about to do in season 4.

not all titans posses this ability but it is an unique ability to Eren's titan,So therefore anyone with the Eren's titan power can do it.


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How many percentage of anime viewers are programmers?
Anime tend to become more and more popular in Western countries year by year and were always popular in Japan. While many people watch them, seems like most of the fans are geeks or gamers.
Based on the above, is it true, a huge percentage of programmers like anime?
While there are anime fans everywhere, most fans are from either USA or Japan. To make the question more specific, I am asking about those two countries.

I think this may be the wrong place to ask that question as per the FAQ.

@Cole Busby: I checked the FAQ but it's not clear why my question is not appropriate.

It's subjective; there's no hard facts stating your presumption, nor is it necessarily germane to a discussion about anime/manga in general.

It's possible there was a survey or study somewhere, though I don't know where'd you go looking for something like that. Is this a question specifically for people in the U.S.? Or Japan?

@Jon Lin: I am not asking specifically about USA or Japan, of course any survey is better than no survey at all.

@Luka the question is then too board as an Industry can be different depending on country so good answers would be too long for this format, even focusing it on the west in my opinion is too board, however i don't even know where i would begin to answer this question so i will abstain from placing any votes at this time

@Luka IMHO "Anything not directly related to anime and manga", this is VERY loosely tied to Anime if anything the statistics of a Genre in a given occupational field is more the content of this question which again is off-topic.

This doesn't seem to be related to Anime and or Manga and sounds a bit opinion based.

Think it is a valid question, but to broad. The terms "Like" and "programmer" are way to broad. Besides that there are no factual answers possible to this question. There for even if made more specific answering is highly unlikely.

I'd have to agree with Dimitri mx. Valid question but too broad.

There are no definite answers possible for your question, as there are no known numbers of anime fans within the programming community.
Besides that, it is still very Dependent on how broad you take the term "programmer" and "like". There are plenty of children out there that are able to write a simple script and call them self a programmer. And even without those there are tons of programmers that enjoy watching a anime every once in a while, or some times a cartoon. Which roughly would be just as big as the programmer group that likes to watch a movie, television series and even reading a good book.
We can make a well educated guess, but it would be no more than speculation.
Assuming you are aiming at the above average adult anime watching behavior, so where adult are watching just as much as kids. Which is according to the following source roughly 24 hours a week or 3.4 hours a day.

According to TV ratings company Nielsen, kids in 2012, age 2 to 11, watched an average of 24 hours of TV a week. That’s an average of three and a half hours a day.

Taking a average daily life of showering, eating and minimum healthy sleeping habits and jobs into account. A person would take up about at least 19 hours a day, leaving 5 hours a day. With the average programmers age of about 37 years this time is usually spend with wife/ kids. Leaving about 13% tops of programmers above the age of 20 to even have time enough to above averagely like anime to begin with.


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How does "at all" mean "no hair"?
In Aoishiro, on the 2nd day during Lunch, Momoko is complaining about the lack of animal protein in the meals Yasumi has prepared, who has been trying to keep to vegetarian Buddhist Meals.
Momoko asks Suzuki Yuukai, the monk of the temple, if he would run her out of the temple if she ate meat, he says:

I don't condemn eating meat at all.
  (Literally, "at all" = "no hair")

This is what Yuukai looks like

After reading the liner notes of Maria Watches Over Us, I know that some humor in Japanese language comes from puns on how words look very similar but have vastly different meanings only because of one character of the placing of a space.
I know Yuukai is bald, however, I don't get how not condemning eating meat at all = him having no hair, as at dinner on the second day, he points out that he does eat meat (asking Shouko if his "Iron Body" could come from a vegetarian diet). I played the English fan translated version.
So I am wondering, is this actually some sort of pun only understandable if you know Japanese (i.e. read the original Japanese text)? What exactly does he mean?

Can you identify the place where the conversation takes place in this video (or the next part)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoAthcesNSw

@nhahtdh edited my question with the part 3 video, your link was Part 2 and only had the Day 1 Dinner, the scene i can confirm is Day 2 Lunch, the moment starts at 49:04 though i don't know how to link to that moment, just to the video

@Memor-X See my edit for how to link to a particular time in the video.

I found a walk through of the game in Japanese on YouTube. The link shows the exact scene in the unpatched Japanese version.
The same line in Japanese is

「[肉食]{にくじき}を[咎]{とが}めるつもりは[毛頭]{もうとう}なし」.

The pun is on 毛頭なし, where in this context, it means "not at all". However, if you interpret the idiom 毛頭なし literally, it means "no hair" (毛 = hair, 頭 = head, なし = no).
As reference, here is the entry of 毛頭 on Weblio:

【一】 （ 副 ）
（下に打ち消しを伴って，打ち消しを強調する気持ちを表す）毛の先ほども。少しも。いささかも。 「立候補する気は－ない」 「そんなつもりは－ない」

Well, I would disagree with the phrase itself can also mean "no hair" - you would never use 毛頭 to refer to "hair on the head" (instead, you would say 髪の毛 or just 髪 or something). So this is strictly a pun / play on words, not a "valid" alternative interpretation of 毛頭なし.

I'm pretty sure that just means "as [small/meager/etc] as the tip of a hair" - i.e. it is only figurative, not literal.

@senshin: Think about it again, you are right. I'll edit it.


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Why did Macao ask Fairy Tail not to touch Twilight Ogre when they came to take the money?
In episode 123 of Fairy Tail, the Twilight Ogre guild came to take their money from Fairy Tail. After one of their guys sent Macao flying, he asked Fairy Tail not to touch them.
I found that pretty ridiculous. I mean, for what reason would they prevent them from fighting.
Why did he prevent it? Doesn't this make their guild look even more pathetic?

Fairy Tail needed the money.
For the past seven years, they tried to keep their guild alive as much as possible. They could have picked a fight and might have won this round, but if they had, the guild would have been completely destroyed shortly after by Twilight Ogre.
Master Macao, The Fourth, did not want to risk this as they didn't have much job opportunities as it is, let alone if they had to pay for hospital expenses and repair expenses additionally.
Also, Fairy Tail was indebted to Twilight Ogre and it is not really in the guild's policy to steal money and to repay your debts. That's why the Fourth accepted their faith and punishment, and by doing so, he kept their losses at a minimum while keeping the guild alive as long as possible.


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Steins;Gate, Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes, and Occultic;Nine naming convention with semicolon?
The following anime share the use of the semicolon as part of their names:

Steins;Gate
Chaos;Head
Robotics;Notes
Occultic;Nine

What is the reason for using the semicolon within the titles of these anime?

The best answer that I could make out myself for the use of the semi-colon in the names:

The semicolon in the names are used as a form of "pertaining to," however "not in possession of." Meaning--for example--"Steins" is related to "Gate" however, "Steins" is not in possession of "Gate." (This applies to the other two names as well.) We can see this because "Steins" does not make use of an apostrophe, which denotes possession.

We can see this by also rewording the titles of the anime:

Gate of Steins
Head of Chaos
Notes of Robotics

In this case, we see that "Steins," "Chaos," and "Robotics" all are related to the the preceding words in the reworded titles, just the same as if we made use of the semi-colon instead of, "of," in the original titles.

If lots of people start using a semicolon to connect words because
they think it looks cool, then eventually it will become standard
usage in World English and no one will complain

No need to speculate on "World English"; the series is Japanese, from a country simultaneously using four different official alphabets, and numerous languages in daily life. Japanese publishers feel very comfortable disregarding usual English grammar rules in their naming conventions. Note, even in Japanese, without translation, the series is still named "Steins;Gate". This disregard of usual English usage in titles has been true for many years now in Anime and Manga. It may be amusing to imagine the future response of "Users of Standard English", but totally unnecessary. For many years now, knowing native English speakers have shrugged, saying "It's from Japan!"

This looks like a response to John Evan Garvey's answer rather than an answer in its own right. Please be aware that Stack Exchange is a strict Q&A site, not a discussion forum, so answers should focus solely on answering the question.

Unfortunately, I didn't have reputation points, even to comment, so this is the only way for me to make a response. I mean, certainly in the comments discussions happen, it isn't a "strict Q&A" site, it is, at best, mainly such a site, but not purely, or strictly, such a site.


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In Law vs Doflamingo, why didn't Law use ROOM?
In One Piece, Law's ROOM ability is a very strong technique, and he can use it to slice whatever he wants.
Why didn't he use it when fighting against Doflamingo to slice him to pieces?

Law did use his Ope Ope no Mi. In chapter 729, Law has his room up and tries to slash Doflamingo, but unless he can actually get a hit in, the room isn't going to do him much good.

The second time (chapter 724) that Law used his ability on Doflamingo, he could have tried to get a sneak attack in, but that would have been insane. If he would have slashed at this point, it would probably have been a suicide. He would potentially hit Sanji since he couldn't move anymore, he could end up falling in the ocean and Doflamingo would still have been able to attack Sanji with his whip because the slash wouldn't have stopped him from doing so.

So, Law basically didn't have a good opportunity to set up his room and have time to get a clean slash in with his sword. Also, don't forget that Law's slash would only slice the body, but not actually damage it and since Doflamingo uses strings, he could just get his body part back to re-attach it.

 With the upcoming fight from next week or the week after, he might still end up slicing Doflamingo.

It's been a long time, but did the spoiler part happen, or it's just speculation? Could you update it to reflect the canon, or remove it altogether?

In the manga, particularly chapter 729, Law doesn't use his sword other than to defend against one of Doflamingo's string attacks. It's a quick skirmish.
In the anime, they're using what I call "filler padding" where you expand on canon scenes with non-manga content to elaborate the details. An example of this from episode 656 at about 7m30s shows Law using room & slicing where parts of the gate split easily enough but it was countered by Doflamingo's strings.

Law vs Mingo, why didn't Law use ROOM?

He did in both manga chapter 724 and anime episode 656 on the bridge just briefly.

Why doesn't Law use it (ROOM) when fighting against Doflamingo to slice him to pieces?

Presumably, according to a filler padded scene of combat, Doflamingo can defend against it. Also, it reinforces why Vergo thought Law couldn't cut him in Punk Hazard by believing Law to be too weak to slice through his Haki-coated body. The point is, some people can resist Law's slice to keep him from being overpowered.


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Why didn't Light kill Mello?
In Episode 29, the NPA tries to capture/kill Mello. Soichiro Yagami gets the Shinigami Eyes and tells Light that Mello's real name is Mihael Keehl. So, Mello escapes because Soichiro Yagami couldn't kill him. But didn't Light know Mello's face?
It's mentioned that no matter how exact the drawings are, you can't see the names of the person with the Shinigami Eyes. But Light knew Mello's name was Mihael Keehl, he also knew how he looked like because of that girl who draws Mello's and Near's faces.
Also, one of the first rules of the death note states:

This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.

Light knew how Mello looked like. He also knew his name was Mihael Keehl.
Why didn't Light kill Mello?

Not an answer but, going by Light's personality I doubt he would rely on a drawing of someone to determine what they looked like.

Some rule state that the eye of the shinigami did not work on drawings, no matter how perfect. It could apply a similar rule to the "face in mind".

One could argue a drawing is someone elses representation of their face; not their face.  Since he is looking for sources: the rule is XX part 2:  If the conditions are met, names and life spans can be seen through photos and pictures, no matter how old they are. But this is sometimes influenced by the vividness and size. Also, names and life spans cannot be seen by face drawings, however realistic they may be.

Light did see Mihael's face when his dad Soichiro confronted Mello at the mafia place (episode 29 in the anime). The Japanese task force had cameras on them when they infiltrated  Mello's hideout. Since Light knew his name and saw his face, he could've killed Mello at any given time.
However, this would make Light seem more suspicious as the only person with a death note at the time was his father and the only people who knew how Mello looked like were the people on the mission.
On the other hand, Near said he couldn't contact Mello because he didn't know where he was, so Light could've conceivably made Mello disappear in the same way he did with the Naomi Misora.

No. Light did not see Mello's face - the only person who saw him was Light's father - Light was at his command center and did not see what his father saw. (Anime/Manga difference: in the manga, the Japanese police had cameras, but Mello was able to force the destruction of these cameras before Light's father could see Mello - in the anime, there is no indication that the Japanese police had cameras at all)

In the anime there is evidence there were cameras when the police intervened in the Mafia place. Light tells police at the scene they have to keep searching for Mello because none of the gangsters at the scene looks like the drawing of Mello's face made by the girl. It didn't look like they were sending phone pictures. There must have been cameras, and when the building explodes, we can see Light watching the screens with the transmission interrupted. The only way to justify that Light didn't know Mello's face is because his father takes off his helmet (where the camera most probably was placed) in front of Mello, a strange decision since he didn't need to do that to recognize Mello's face and his name and lifespan. Another explanation can be that Soichiro didn't want his action of killing a criminal through the Death Note recorded in his helmet's camera.


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What's the song thay plays in episode 13 when Eren takes a big rock to the hole in wall?
There's a song in Attack on Titan season 1 episode 13 at about 13:00 when Eren takes a big rock to the hole in the wall.
What's the name of the song, and where can I legally buy or listen to this song?

The song title is "Call Your Name" (track #15) with vocals by mpi & CASG.
You can buy the Audio CD at Amazon and it has the full OST of Attack on Titan.


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Anime where character's hand transforms?
I discovered this animated image: http://gfycat.com/SoftDesertedAyeaye

What anime is this from?
In the animation, the character runs from 2 guys, but gets cornered.  At this time, the hand appears to act on it's own, transforming into tools to subdue the pursuers.
I've tried Google's search by image tool, but no help.  I'm also not sure what "Soft Deserted Ayeaye" would mean, but searching it brings up some creepy animal pictures.

The gfycat Google search result mentions Mardock, presumably as in Mardock Scramble. That may be it, or a comment or something

@ToshinouKyouko I think you might be correct.  This image has a similar looking character.

FYI, the gfycat URLs like "SoftDesertedAyeaye" are randomly generated sequences of words and have nothing to do with the image itself.

I don't understand how people have so much trouble with this stuff.  Reverse image search of the image you provided immediately returns several mentions of a movie Mardock Scramble.  Following up a google of Mardock Scramble leads to info about the anime, and pictures of the character...

@Doc I tried that feature and even mentioned that in my question.  I make no claim to understand how it works, but when I asked this question I did not get any helpful results using reverse image search.

Reverse Image Search.  If you're using chrome, right click the image above and select "Search google for this image".  If you do so, the first several results will be in foreign languages, but will mention "Mardock Scramble" "Movie" "2011".  One of them names the full title: "Mardock Scramble The First Compression".  From there, just refine your search with that name.

Also, as a point, from the .gif you linked, if you hover your mouse over the gif, you'll see below it "Reddit comments: /r/animegifs".  Click the link and the thread it links to is a recommendation to watch the anime >_>

As our discussion in the comments suggest, the anime you are looking for is Mardock Scramble

The story is about a girl named Rune Ballot who was taken in by a man named Shell who later tried to kill her and left her for dead. She is saved and turned into a cyborg. It is up to her to stop Shell and his evil gang.

Ref. Wikipedia

Just in case someone stumbles here following the title, the anime where the character's hand transforms into a girl is called Midori no Hibi.


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What is Abe's first name?
When they first introduced her, they called her Yukiko Abe, but then the next few chapters that I read were translated by a different translator, and they translated her name to "Yukiyo Abe". However, Wikia says that the kanji for her name is 由紀子, which would be read as "Yukiko".
So which is it? Yukiyo or Yukiko?

Her full name is Yukiyo Abe.
Japanese Wikipedia listed her name as

アベ ユキヨ（黒髪ポニーテール）
  Yukiyo Abe (Black Ponytail)

MyAnimeList also confirms the name as

Yukiyo "500 Year Old One" Abe

As for why the translator seemed to confuse "Yukiyo" with "Yukiko", コ (ko) and ヨ (yo) looks similar, having only 1 stroke difference. In addition of that, Yukiko is a more popular name in Japan than Yukiyo. Note however, her name is never written in kanji, thus there is no official kanji representation of her name.