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Who's the old man in the sky in Cromartie High School?
In Cromartie High School, an old man occasionally appears in the sky:

No one ever comments on this, so presumably it's only we viewers who see it.
Who is he, or what is it a reference to?
Edited to add:  I found one of the scenes on YouTube here.

Could you provide some episode numbers and timestamps?

@AkiTanaka I suppose I can later, but having recently binged the series, my feeling is that he appears in at least half of the episodes, always in a way similar to the above screenshot.

Does he say something? Then maybe he appears in the credits. This kind of old man in the sky is usually a deceased relative or neighbor looking down from heaven. But this anime is a nonsense comedy, so it's definitely not playing a normal script.

@Ocean No, he never speaks, or even moves, that I can recall.

@Sean Do you have a video clip of his appearance with Japanese audio? It has to be some kind of joke, but with only the screenshot I can't tell what they were going for.

@Ocean I added a link to a YouTube video in which I was able to find one of the scenes where the old man appears.

Based on the video that old man is one of the weird characters that happen to appear around the school. It's most likely a reference to other anime that show deceased characters in the sky like that. There might even be a specific character this is referencing, but I can't think of any that looks like that.

@Ocean With no better alternative explanations available, I'll accept your answer if you provide an official one.

A character in the sky that appears to be half transparent and isn't visible to other characters usually indicates someone recently deceased that has a relationship to someone that is still alive. The implication is that this character is now watching from heaven.
Sakigake!! Cromartie Koukou is a gag anime that has many weird characters appear that everyone thinks of as totally normal. The video provided has two characters talking about how all the schools are normal while being oblivious to the fact that their school is not. To have this joke work all the weird characters appear in the background being noticed and accepted as normal.
The old man in the sky appears as one of the weird characters in this part of the anime.
I'm guessing that he appeared earlier with the joke being that he is completely unrelated to anyone.


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What gender is Osana Najimi? Are they genderfluid?
What gender does Osana Najimi specifically fit in? I know that Osana fits somewhere in the non-binary spectrum since there's a word for everything nowadays, but the question is where?

Hideyoshi (baka to test) ?

AFAIK it is even unknown whether Najimi is biologically male or female.

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Why does a crescent moon appear on Chibi-Usa's forehead?
In Episode 60 "Angel or Devil? The Mysterious Girl from the Sky" and episode 64 "In Search of the Silver Crystal: Chibi-Usa's Secret", I noticed a crescent moon appears on Chibi-Usa's forehead when she gets upset (i.e. Usagi giving her a spanking (episode 60) or her fear of thunder and lightning (episode 64)), followed by a streak of yellow light into the sky. Does anyone know why this happens?

these are the Planetary Symbols which as the crystal wiki indicates

would appear on their forehead when they awakened to their true destiny as Sailor Senshi, or when they performed feats of great power.

in the original anime when the Sailor Senshi were attacked their symbols would appear which helped Luna identify that they were the reincarnation of that Guardian, this would be the "awakened to their true destiny", eg. when Garoben tried to force Ami to watch the brainwashing

in the original anime you'd see Usagi's when she transforms just before her tiara manifests. while the rest of the Senshi don't show that in the original, in Crystal they do the same as Usagi
Chibi-Usa's case would all under "feats of great power" given how when she unleashes her power during the Black Moon Arc it is generally picked up as being a huge power spike that draws everyone's attention and/or protects Chibi-Usa when she's in danger. one could see the Senshi's Transformation as being a sort of regulatory system as when Usagi is able to transform properly she stops having these outbursts of power.
for the instances when Usagi had her Symbol on her forehead while in her Princess Serenity form, as the wiki also notes

Sailor Moon's planetary symbol, the golden crescent moon, was worn by all members of the Moon Kingdom

which would be the same for Chibi-Usa however different adaptations vary if she has one as in the Manga she can be seen with it while in the original anime she is shown without it. the Black Moon Clan could be seen as a sort of dark counterpart of the Senshi (or at the very least, Neo-Queen Serenity) and thus explain their up-side down Black Crescent Moon.

In the 90s anime, Chibi-usa sometimes manifests the crescent moon on her forehead as evidence of being part of the Moon Kingdom royal family, such as in the scenes you mention during Season 2 and when she transforms into Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity during Season 4. Queen Serenity and Princess Serenity already both displayed the crescent moon on their foreheads during Season 1, and Usagi regularly displays it every time she is in her Eternal Sailor Moon form (instead of a tiara) and her Princess Serenity form during Season 5 (including when winged Princess Serenity is naked in episode 200, indicating that the forehead crescent moon is an integral part of Princess Serenity).
Chibi-usa's forehead moon has the ability to shine a yellow light, which could possibly alert Sailor Pluto to her and connect her to Crystal Tokyo to some degree, but which mainly results in giving away her location to her enemies. As a young child, she does not seem to be very street smart about keeping it secret through suppression, and it does not seem particularly useful given that she already has Luna-P for communication and a space-time key for transportation. Seeing as she does not transform into sailor soldier form in Season 2, plotwise, there is no need for it to shine in order to help Luna or anyone else realize that she could be sailor soldier material (you could interpret the function of its appearance as primarily on the meta level, to alert young viewers of the anime that Chibi-usa is part of the royal family [in case they couldn't figure that out easily enough from her flashbacks]).
The catalyst of Sailor Moon's original transformation sequence (Moon Prism Power, Make Up) in Season 1 is clearly the brooch and she does not manifest a moon on her forehead underneath her tiara, but her forehead moon does appear in most of her subsequent transformation sequences (in Moon Crystal Power Make Up; Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up; & Moon Eternal, Make Up... but not in Crisis, Make Up). Sailor Chibi-Moon's original transformation in Season 3 involves her forehead moon shining, seeming to be the catalyst for her tiara to appear. It is unclear whether or not Super Sailor Moon & Super Sailor Chibi-Moon's joint transformation in Season 4 (Moon Crisis, Make Up) briefly includes forehead moons or not before the tiara expands across their foreheads, but it seems to not be present in Super Sailor Chibi-Moon's solo transformation (Moon Crisis, Make-Up). However, Eternal Sailor Moon's shining forehead moon is the primary element of her entire transformation in Season 5 (Moon Eternal, Make Up), indicating that it serves a useful purpose.
Other characters who have a moon on their forehead include Luna, Artemis, and Diana, as markers that they are advisors to the Moon Kingdom royal family, and the upside down moon on the foreheads of the Black Moon clan, as markers that they are members of the clan, which promptly disappear if they reject/leave the clan. Chibi-usa's forehead moon switches to upside down when she joins the Black Moon Clan as Black Lady, and reverts back to right-side-up after she leaves it.

I'm not certain, but it's likely intended to foreshadow Chibi-Usa's transformation into Black Lady in Episode 85. Said transformation is also caused by Chibi-Usa getting upset, due to falsely believing that her parents no longer love her, and Black Lady also has a crescent mark on her forehead:

I'm not sure what the significance of the yellow streak of light could be.

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Why is Steven representing Hoenn at the Masters 8 tournament and not Wallace?
When I heard about the Masters 8 in the Pokémon anime, I was expecting all the champions from the known regions to go to Galar and have a battle with each other, with Alain/Alan being the only one to not be a champion and instead a Kalos league winner.
However, I was quite surprised at how the champion of Hoenn is Steven and not Wallace. As much as I am a big fan of Steven, and I know that he appeared as Champion in the XYZ and Mega Evolution specials, I thought Wallace was the champion of Hoenn. But in the games, the title of champion (for Hoenn specifically) has been tossed around between Steven and Wallace, in the games and some other media of Pokémon.
Did Steven take the title of champion from Wallace? Can former champions still retain their champion titles? Or are they doing this because they have to continue with the X and Y timeline events and make him Champion?

Steven is the current reigning champion of Hoenn in the anime, because there has been no news of him being dethroned by anyone. The previous champion was Wallace (confirmed in Sinnoh during the Wallace Cup arc) but in Kalos, the Hoenn champion was mentioned to be Steven, so it is plausible that Steven defeated him or Wallace stepped down. Champions in the anime can be replaced (Iris replaced Alder, for instance, and Steven replaced Wallace) by trainers who have defeated the Elite Four and then defeated the current champion (with reference to Sinnoh, this system was brought up by Lucian). Trainers must earn the right to challenge the Elite Four by winning the League Conference of their respective region (eg. Lily of the Valley Island Conference for Sinnoh, Vertress Conference for Unova), at least this is how it works in Sinnoh and presumable all other regions with League Conferences so including Hoenn. The games are separate from the anime so I am not sure why you are confused between Wallace and Steven being the champion since it seems pretty clear that the latter is the most recent champion of Hoenn. I hope this helps?


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Who is/was the head of Mithril?
As far as I remember,

 one man was at the head of both Mithril and Amalgam.

But I do not quite understand why.


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Could Dracule Mihawk mistake a small child for an animal?
I've been wondering about the extent of Mihawk's observational haki. Do you think he would ever observe a weak human child and think it's a small mammal? He doesn't seem to interested in weaklings.

Since Observation Haki can also read minds, I doubt Mihawk could confuse anyone sentient, as weak, frail and small as they could be, with an actual animal.


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Why does Okabe assume that Mayuri's death won't occur in the beta world line?
There's a question about whether Mayuri can be saved in the alpha world line, but because her death is so impossible to avoid there, it may also be impossible to avoid in the beta world line. How can Okabe know for sure that Mayuri won't just die a couple of days later than in the alpha line?


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Why does Roma look younger than she actually is?
In the Tokyo Ghoul manga, Roma is said to be in her early 50s but she looks like a teenager.
How can she look so young even though she's already a bit older?


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Where does Roronoa Zoro gets his superhuman strength from?
So, from the Monster Trio, Luffy ate the Gomu Gomu no Mi Devil Fruit, and Sanji got genetic enhancements. What about Roronoa Zoro?  He can cut metal before having Armament Haki.
Where does Roronoa Zoro gets his superhuman strength from?

In One Piece, humans may have or achieve superhuman strength. Whitebeard (presumably) has it, Oden has it, Garp, Aokiji and Kobi have it by their own admission of doing a special training where they punch warships without Haki or Devil Fruits...

I think since One Piece is an anime originally designed for kids, Oda wanted to use Zoro as an example of "Training makes perfect" as it depicts him training with heavy weights in so many scenes during the anime, so it encourages the younger generation to work towards their goals. I don't really think it's anything more than that.


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What was the first Hokage's disease?
Hashirama Senju, a reincarnation of one of the sage of six paths son (Asura) and the only kage who Madara didn't ignore is one of the most overpowered characters in Naruto. Being so powerful (the authors had to make it so that) he had to die of a disease (as anyone who could beat him would have to be stronger than Madara). This is not just a theory as it is confirmed further by one of the data books, can someone help me find where exactly that is stated and what exactly was his disease?

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All possible fusions/absorbtions and their multipliers
Potara fusion, fusion dance etc. The dragon ball universe knows many fusion types from which some are considered an absorbtion such as Buu and Cell consuming some to become stronger. Information on those do count as well for the answer I am seeking as it is mainly about the power multiplier and not the 2 minds controlling 1 body thing. I want to know all the fusions (or absorbtions) to have a nice list from strongest to weakest based on the multiplier.
So what I would like to know is which fusions are available and what their power multiplier is. For example I know that Namekian fusion is x7 (based on Piccolo x Nail) and Potara fusion about A x B.

The power multiplier is what the directors decide it will be, i mean how you came to the conclusion that namekian fusion is x10 and potara x400?

The namekian fusion multiplier is based on the Piccolo and Nail fusion with their power levels before and after the fusion. As for Potara, I stand corrected. I did some reading up on the multiplier to find credible sources but the best I found was a manga chapter where it said that the power level was Goku x Vegeta, making it a not definite multiplier but a variable one of user A x user B = final power. The x400 was based on Goku and Vegeta in base form and their power as Vegito (compared to other users with known levels).

but those are all rough estimation... i mean the multiplier could be the same on all fusions but the jump between a power of 42,000 x 10 and 10,000,000 x 10 is quite large. This stuff was never exactly explained/show in the manga, besides some lose description. For example if we take gotenks, by some raw estimation the power level of goten/gohan was around 7,000,000 multiplied by 10x they power would have been 70,000,000 which seems right. With a multiplyer of x100 that makes it 700,000,000 which does not look correct at all. But in the end its dragonball, power scaling was never consistent

I definitely agree on the scaling of power levels being ridiculous, but any charts I find and any calculation I try to do I end up with ridiculous numbers. But yes I do guess that giving the multipliers as well is close to impossible. Thanks for your opinions though!

 I am not going to state any actual multipliers, but I think I can try to create a list of different kinds of fusions and why one form of fusion is stronger than the other. I'm going to take into consideration, the Namekian fusion, The fusions when Cell/Buu absorb another character, the fusion dance and obviously the potara fusion. In terms of power, I believe the correct order would be The Potara fusion: The potara earrings are worn by the Supreme Kais, the supreme ruler of the universe and its something which is not possessed by any mortal. It was stated by the Elder Kai himself that the Potara fusion was stronger than the fusion dance. As for the kind of fusion where a character is absorbed, the potara fusion is still superior to the same. This can be explained by going back to the Buu Saga in Dragon Ball Z. Ultimate Gohan was the strongest unfused character than and a lot stronger than Super Buu. Super Buu was a lot stronger than SSJ3 Goku. The SSJ3 transformation is undoubtadly a lot superior to the SSJ2 transformation and Vegeta in his SSJ2 state(Without majin) was slightly weaker than Goku. With the potara fusion, Base Vegito was able to fight Super Buu with ultimate Gohan like it was nothing. Even the recent Dragon Ball Super episodes where Kefla reached new heights managing to rival the power of SSJB + Kaioken Goku and possibly even surpassing it, indicate how powerful the potara fusion is. The Fusion Dance: It has already been confirmed that the Potara fusion is superior to the fusion dance, however, I believe the fusion dance is superior to the kind of fusion where a character is absorbed. Since Gogeta is not considered canon, I'm only going to use Gotenks to prove my point here. Firstly, we know for a fact that Base Goten and Trunks were no where as strong as Base Goku, Vegeta or yet alone Gohan(Who was rusty at that point in time). Fat Majin Buu was considered to be one of the strongest characters at that point in time and the only character who was capable of defeating it was SSJ3 Goku which is a 400 times base multiplier. Once Evil Buu absorbed the fat majin Buu, he was a lot superior to SSJ3 Goku. We've seen android 18 being able to fight trunks and goten together while they were using SSJ during the tournament.  Even after training in the HTC, it's obvious that base trunks and goten were no where close to base goku, gohan or vegeta in power. However, Base Gotenks was a lot stronger than Base Goku such that SSJ3 Gotenks was equal to super Buu in strength. We haven't seen such a massive power increase by just absorption. If you go back to the cell saga, Cell absorbed Android 17 and 18 and let's say the two of them were as strong as Super Namekian Picollo(After he fused with Kami). However, Goku in his Mastered SSJ state, just a (50 times multiplier) was able to put up a decent fight against cell.Absorbtion based fusion / Namekian Fusion: Based on power levels from the earlier seasons,
we know for a fact that the namekian fusion is (Namek A+Namek B)*7.09.
The absorbtion based fusion seems to be of this nature with a very low multiplier, or probably only of an (A+B) nature. My proof for the latter would again be based on the the fight between Buuhan(Super Buu+Ultimate Gohan) and Vegito. Super Buu was a lot stronger than 400 time's Goku's base strength. And Ultimate Gohan was a lot superior to Super Buu's strength. Even if the potara fusion is an incredibly high multiplier,
 compared to the absorption based fusion, there is no way possible for Base Vegito's power to be comparable to Buuhan's if there was a higher multiplier incase of the absorption based fusion. We know after Kibito and Shin fused, (Just before Goku went back to earth to assist Gohan fight Super Buu), the old Kai stated that Kibito was still a lot weaker than Buutenks. So the potara fusion multiplier is not astronomically high which would only imply that the absorption based fusion has a low multiplier which is why Buuhan was completely dominated by Vegito. With regard to whether the Absorption based fusion or the Namekian based fusion being stronger, we can't really say with a certainty. This is because, we would be comparing Picollo to the likes of Buu and Cell(Who were technically the strongest characters in their respective arcs, until they were surpassed by the Saiyans). Also the characters who were absorbed were a lot stronger than the characters picollo fused with, so I don't think there is sufficient information to distinguish the two

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What does Major Kusanagi whisper to Batou at the end of episode 25 of GITS SAC?
What is Motoko whispering to Batou in the end of the first series?

(Spoiler ahead)

 This is the scene where Motoko and Batou are ambushed by the Section 9 extermination squad. Motoko is the prime target and is ordered to be eliminated. Sniper on a helicopter shoots Motoko in the head, but before that Batou notices the red laser sight dot and alerts Motoko, to which she silently responds with the phrase in question. Since she's very calm about all this, I suppose it's something along the lines of "Survive".

She said 「な・あ・に」 (na-a-ni, "What").
In Japan, there's a TV program on BS2 channel called BSアニメ夜話 (BS Anime Night Talks), and on 26 February 2009, it's talking about Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
Regarding that scene, the original storyboard revealed that she was supposed to say "na-a-ni". With cold expression, Major Kusanagi didn't convey anything to Batou even in that situation. Toshio Okada (anime producer & co-founder and former president of Gainax) responded with「ドSねーちゃんですね」("She is a very sadistic girl, eh.")

Fun fact: before this information was revealed, many Japanese fans theorized that she was actually saying 「と・け・い」 (to-ke-i, "(Wrist)watch") because

 she tried to tell Batou that she wasn't wearing a watch, which means that she was not the real Major Kusanagi, only a body double of her.

The fan theory was also strengthened by the close-up of her wrist after that scene (spoiler image below)

Source:

jademetal's blog post (Japanese)
Yahoo! Chiebukuro (Japanese)

Oh yea, I definitely noticed the watch, but didn't think she would mention it, as theorized.


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Kazusa true ending. Explanation of Setsuna's epilogue
In the visual novel White Album 2 in Coda if you choose Kazusa then Haruki breaks up with her fiancee Setsuna.
While Kazusa seems quite elated with his choice (she says that having Haruki return to her side is the best thing that could happen to her and that she's never known such happiness), Setsuna didn't take it so well (She asks Kazusa why must she steal Haruki, hogging all the happiness. Setuna thinking she hates Kazusa and that she's her enemy makes it look she feels resentment).
My question is about Setsuna. She didn't take the breakup too well (She tried to commit suicide. Luckly the hit from that car didn't do anything to her).
2 years afterwards in Kazusa's true ending we see an epilogue where Setsuna is depressed and she's playing Haruki's guitar.
Can someone explain why she's playing Haruki's guitar? Why would she learn how to play that instrument when Haruki had been so cruel to her?

Setsuna learns how to play Haruki's guitar because she loves him and can't live without him even though he abandoned her.
To understand this answer better I highly recommend reading these two links about Setsuna and Kazusa.
How much does Setsuna Ogiso love Haruki in White Album 2 anime and visual novel?
Does Touma Kazusa love Haruki in White album 2 anime and visual novel?
The song she plays in her epilogue is quite relevant. It is "Snow Powder". This is a love song for Haruki.
It is a song quite different from her usual love song for him "Todokanai Koi" (which shows her unrequited love for Haruki).
In Snow Powder there's no longer any hope. It is a song where she says she will never forget the first time they kissed, she also says she still loves him, it is mentioned that he was kind to her (in the visual novel she always mentions how kind he is to her and that he's the only one to show such kindness)...
Also notice that the lyrics was changed to adapt to the new situation (the original snow powder song had different lyrics that could be addresses to pretty much anyone).
If you ask me the most relevant part is when she says she will never forget when they first kissed. It was the time she confessed to him and he accepted her.
Haruki had spent more than 2 years being Setsuna's boyfriend. He had told her she was the only girl for him. He had made her so many promises. He had asked her to marry him, and of course she had accepted (when she accepts she already knew he was lying to her and meeting with Kazusa behind her back. Even so she thought "As long as you choose me in the end everything's alright").
After spending 5 years in Europe Kazusa goes back to Japan. She had been thinking about Haruki all this time and suffering without him. She thinks that Setsuna had become her worst possible enemy as she had snatched the man that she loved. Then Haruki, who starts meeting her without telling Setsuna, must make a choice: Be truthful to the girl that had always been loyal to him, making her yet again the happiest girl in the world and the happiest ever since her birth (as she had said she was when he had accepted her feelings in concluding chapter) or destroy her and make her the most miserable girl in the world.
Haruki finally abandons Setsuna and both him and Kazusa decide to completely alienate from her. They go to Europe together and after some time they get married.
Setsuna had always wanted to be the number one girl for Haruki and to hog him completely. She had always been hurt because he paid too much attention to her and she knew Kazusa would steal him (because she had always been deeply in love with him).
This is one of the conversations that take place in concluding chapter. After 3 years fighting for him and crying countless nights because he wouln't accept her feelings he finally accepts. Setsuna thought her deep depression would finally stop. She would be the happiest girl because she had finally won. But this is what happens. She said she had been waiting since her birhday 3 years ago (when Kazusa was still friends with her) to give her body to him. He had told Setsuna he had forgotten about Kazusa. She is now the only girl for him and they can move on, he would stop ignoring her. But suddenly she sees a magazine on the bed. It was an article Haruki had recently written about Kazusa because of his work (he was a journalist and Kazusa a famous pianist). This is what happens:

Setsuna: "I've read this article dozens of times already"
  "I've gone through it countless times. And every single time, I would start with a bitter smile, and then start laughing out loud as it got sillier"
  "And by the time I finished, I would always be drenched in tears."
  "Haruki-kun, have you really forgotten about Kazusa?"
Haruki: "I have... It took me a whole 3 years... And in that time, I made you go through some truly painful experiences, I'm really sorry..."
Setsuna: "What do you mean you forgot?"
  "You're telling me you're different from how you were 3 years ago!?"
  "I'm gonna snap now, ok?" (finally facing me with her red, swollen eyes)
  "I've read this article dozens of times. And everytime I did I laughed and cried..."
  "Both my heart and body ached unbearably... and I'd spend the night alone, sleeplesly."
  "Because... what you're saying hasn't changed at all. It's the same as when you went chasing after Kazusa back then."
  "It's so filled with love. Isn't it overflowing with your feelings for Kazusa!?"
  "This... this article... it's the same as your words back then!"
Setsuna: "Having read such a touching love letter, how do you expect me to accept this...?"
  "LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!LIAR!"
  "When I came out of the bathroom just now... your face looked like that of a child who was caught red-handed doing something aweful"
  "Even after all these years..."

As you know after that Setsuna finally calms down and a few days later she is sleeping with him and telling him she's never been so happy in her entire life because he finally accepted her feelings.
The next 2 years are super happy for Setsuna. After that he asks her for marriage but instead he chooses Kazusa.
Kazusa says:

I have become the happiest girl in the world;
    It is the best thing that ever happened in my life. Truly

She also says she is the most fortunate girl in the world now and that returning to his warm embrace is the best thing that has happened to her.
At the same time she also says that even though it was at the expense of causing  her friend to become the "most miserable girl in the world" (obviously Setsuna) she still feels tremendous happiness.
Personally I really enjoyed Kazusa's true ending. Kazusa showing Setsuna she wants Haruki more than anything else (by wanting to cripple her own hands, therefore ending her career) really surprised me. It also surprised me the game tells us that only with Haruki can Kazusa reach her full potential as a pianist (luckily her hands are fine), so she'll be a big shot. If something I didn't like that Haruki left his friends behind and Kazusa did the same with her mother (She decides to live in Japan because of her leukimia).
I didn't like Kazusa's normal ending though (in contrast with her true ending which I explained before). Haruki sleeping countless times with Kazusa yet being unable to break up with Setsuna was quite frustrating. As you know in the end Kazusa faces reality and gives him to Setsuna because he would be hurt in the future otherwise and she doesn't have the abilities to cure heart wounds (and Haruki's indeciveness sure make it seem he would be hurt if he abandons Setsuna. As a matter of fact he's already suffering from all the horrible things he's done).

Kazusa: Only she can heal you, I cannot.

Considering she leaves Japan and that her mother (who should die soon) lives in Japan and the fact that she says in Coda she can't fall in love with someone other than Haruki it's not the best ending for her.
Setsuna forgiving Haruki so easily for what he did to her is what she always does ( no matter what he does to her marrying Setsuna is always available to him).  Not that it helps much though as if it wasn't for her this would also be an ending with Kazusa. She played victim hoping Haruki wouldn't break up with her and it paid off. Not that I'm against it, love is love and not being able to give up on him (like when she says in the VN: "I will never give up on him") is nice.

She plays the guitar because she can't move on, she needs Haruki.
She plays Snow powder to him because she still loves him. As Master said the lyrics of Snow Powder was changed for this epilogue. The part that gets repeated (the chorus of the song) is "I will never forget the lips I first kissed" and "I still love you".
In introductory chapter Setsuna had emphasized that kiss, it held trememdous importance. When she confessed to him she told him she was gonna kiss him but that he could avoid her. Instead he chose to reciprocate those feelings. It was the time everything started and Setsuna would always be bound to him ever since.
Regarding the guitar, she needs his guitar because A) As shown in closing chapter without Haruki's guitar she can't sing and B) She needs Haruki.
Through the guitar, Haruki had empowered Setsuna. Without him, she could not sing. Without his presence, she couldn’t be true to herself. She had loved him, and he too, to her, at a point, somewhat. After he had departed she had stolen his guitar. She had taught herself to play the guitar — she had emulated the role that he had carried out prior. She declares blatantly, not only through the lines ‘I still love you’, that her love for him is amaranthine — but through her playing of the guitar. She had taught herself the item which made Haruki, Haruki. She made her own Haruki. And as a result, her love for him never did fade. Never did diminish.
Both girls (Setsuna and Kazusa) wanted to marry just one person, and that person is Haruki. That is the drama of White Album 2. At least one girl is bound to get the short end of the stick (There are 3 side-heroines and one ending for each of them so Haruki can reject both of them. Funny that if he chooses another girl Kazusa and Setsuna still don't reconcile, so they're not friends).


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What was the present that Shouko gave to Ishida? What did Shouko say after that?
What was the gift that Shouko gave to Ishida? Based on the manga, it’s for decorating plants, but what exactly is it called?
Could it be a marker for flowerbeds or something? Is it something entirely unknown except to the author?
N.B : Does anyone know what did shouko said in panel 2 ?

Putting my whole answer in spoiler as their purpose is explained in chapter 61.

 Those are indeed flower pot decorations. They don't have any specific name, they're usually called plant pot sticks, flower pot sticks, simply pot sticks or something along these lines depending on the website.

oh so it has variants name for that

They are Garden Gnomes, just on a stick lol. In Japan they like to make everything all cartoony and cute so they aren't gnomes in Shouko's case, but that's what they are. Here are some pics:

It means  : Good Luck. (and yeah they are decorations on a stick). And she told she loved him, but love and moon is very close of a word in Japan, and since she has a talking disability (because she can't hear herself that well at all) He got confused and tough she said she loved the moon instead of him. And they did bring luck, since he did not die when he fell off that balcony.


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What's the meaning of the crayon painting that appear in End Of Evangelion?
What's the meaning of the crayon painting picture just after Shinji choke Asuka ? The picture below is some of the crayon-painting in The End Of Evangelion:
Unknown Guy

A boy inside a house?

Wth is that ?

Boy and woman ?

A bucket of fish

Dog Corpse

A Murder Case

the last time i recall this was in the original series and the reason i read was that the studio ran out of money. but i don't think it's the case here

I think the general consensus is that it's up to your own interpretation. They are a mix of actual children's drawings and some that were made to look like children's drawings but were actually created by the staff (e.g. the gutted dog and the bucket of fish).
There is commentary that's part of the "Eva Tomo no Kai" (Eva Fan Club) newsletters that supposedly mention that these drawings were created by children who went through abuse/traumatic experiences and were drawn as part of some sort of therapy. I can't provide the actual source or the scan, though, so take that tidbit with a grain of salt. UPDATE: Twitter user verified that this is a false rumor
So it's possible that the sequence alludes to that of a child (or children, as in the Evangelion pilots) who went through traumatic experiences (piloting, fighting, general psychological struggles from the events of the series) and attempting to cope with them. Sort of like the idea behind the therapy children's drawings.

Related to this question What is the difference between the ending in the anime and in The End of Evangelion?
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Update: It looks like this person on twitter has roughly gone through the 14 volumes of the Eva Newsletter and couldn't find the source about the drawings created by children who went through traumatic experiences. So that tidbit is a false rumor: https://twitter.com/htGOIW/status/1453247436634349578

As an art therapist and psychologist-in-training, I can tell you, that yes, the pictures that were actually drawn by children (the "real" pictures) could likely be a part of art therapy and reveal psychologically-damaging/traumatizing people or events. However, these drawings would usually be kept confidential when drawn within therapy sessions, so it is irregular that they would just be picked up by Anno and added into the movie out of the blue. . .

Agreed. It's more likely that Eva's staff looked for children's drawings that were similar to or looked like they could have been used in art therapy, but the story changed in the telling.

I personally think that the unknown guy is actually Asuka crying in one specific frame, The angle of the nose makes me think about how closely related the two pictures are. The boy inside the house I think is Asuka's mother after Asuka comes in and sees her hanged, I think that all of these pictures relate to Asuka's past, or things she sees in her everyday life. The boy and woman looks like the Geofront and the spear of longinus.


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Is "Devilman: Crybaby" related to the 90's or the older Devilman series?
I looked at MyAnimeList, there is a classic series, it's Devilman, had an anime adaptation in January 5th, 2018. I am interested to watching this series. Quick search for these series, it has a lot of adaptations since 1970's.
Do I have to watch all of those serieses before started to watch Devilman: Crybaby? Are these series unrelated to the past series?
Note: I have never watched or tried to watch this series, so I have no idea about this franchise.

I've never seen it nor devilman, but everything I've seen about devilman crybaby says it's a modernized retelling of the devilman manga, so it probably stands on its own.

Your title and question are distinctly different. do you want to know if the series are related, or if there are any of them you need to see before watching Crybaby? This confusion led to two opposite answers that each are at least partially correct

@JesseBarnett i mean, i wabt to know if there are any of devilman series that i need to watch before i started watching crybaby

Yes
Devilman Crybaby roughly follows the plot of the original devilman manga (1972) which started the Devilman Franchise where there are sequels, prequels, remakes, new plot lines, crossovers ect... Essentially a continual flow of new content from the 70's to date, see the above link for details on which series fit where.
EDIT: Just commenting on the other answer saying No. My answer was really intended to respond to the title of those works being related where it seems you are responding specifically to if OP should watch something else first. While I agree Devilman Crybaby stands on its own as a story and there is no content that is necessary to see before or after watching... There are plenty of story connections to be found other works such as the manga titled "Devilman Shin" and "Devilman Lady" which are official sequels, or the prequel "Demon Knight"

Which devilman should i watch first ? Is it devilman original ? Or devilman:seriesz or ddevilman: bla bla bla?

"Devilman Crybaby roughly follows the plot of the original devilman manga" so I recommend you watch Devilman Crybaby first

No
You don't need to watch any of the older series to watch crybaby. Crybaby is the main story from start to finish which follows the main Devilman manga. It has no storyline connections to the other series.

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What is Kaworu implying at the end of RoE: 1.01?
I've rewatched Rebuild of Evangelion: 1.01: You can (not) advance, and something struck me.
At the very end (so spoiler):

Kaworu is on the moon, looking at Shinji, and say "You're the third again, Shinji"

Is the "again" a sign that what happened in NGE/EoE in the same continuity? Or does it link with RoE 3/4 (which I've still to see)?

Given that the showmakers like to leave things to interpretation and follow the "find your own meaning" line of thought, we probably will never know.

Related: Is the Evangelion Remake a remake or a sequel?

It's up to interpretation and there hasn't been, as of yet, any sort of official take on what a lot of the cryptic stuff that Kaworu says. If you'll recall, he also calls Gendo "Father". The line you're referring to is probably more something like:

 "The third again? You never change. I look forward to meeting you Shinji Ikari."

Not that Shinji is the "3rd" again so much as referring to Shinji as "3rd" and saying he's up to something "again".
Lots of ways to interpret this in light of some of the other things:

Kaworu and Shinji may have met a long time ago, and when Kaworu mentions looking forward to meeting him again, it's in reference to a previous meeting which Shinji may not have either been aware of or remember
Similar to #1, it may have been that Kaworu was a silent observer through a lot of the previous chronology before the start of the first film, enough so to have felt that he has personal ties with the family, thus also referring to Gendo as "father"
Going along the veins of #2, there's also an off-hand mention of a "Pact" with Lilith in the 3rd movie, this could all have tied into how Angels in general play a different role in this continuity than in the original TV series. It's possible that Angels have been interacting with humans well before Sachiel's attack in the first film and that Kaworu may be referring to that interaction.
Venturing in to even more speculation, there is the "Sequel" stuff. Some people interpret Kaworu's language and how he's acts as he's met Shinji before
as evidence that Kaworu is either some sort of time traveller, that the new films are a thematic or chronologic sequel of the original TV series (and for some reason, Kaworu alone remembers the events from the TV series), or there was a world "reset" after instrumentality of the TV series (and again, Kaworu is the only one that remembers those events). Can get even wilder with speculation, but you get the idea.

The prevalent theory about the Rebuild movies is that they are, in fact, a sequel to the original. No one is entirely certain how everything connects, but there are a lot of theories out there. Rather than attempt to cover them all myself, I'll provide links to relevant discussions. I encourage anyone who has more links to add them here so we can create a good resource for future reference.

Relevant post on this site. The answer here provides common pieces of evidence, while also bringing up alternative theories (including the idea that these are just nods to the original series and nothing more). Furthermore it's noted that "Kaworu has always been saying weird things."
Check out the first comment on this reddit thread. It provides some relevant quotes from the show's staff. In particular, there is a quote from Anno himself saying that "Eva is a story that repeats," which is one of the more strongest pieces of evidence supporting the sequel theory (that said, Anno, much like Kaworu, is know for saying some pretty weird things).
Comment #4 on this MAL thread offers some additional perspective related to the overall tone of the series. It discusses this difference of tone in context with how Touji's story has a different ending in several iterations of the series, including the manga.
This thread on the EvaGeeks wiki offers some opinions contrary to the sequel theory. However, I personally don't see many strong arguments here - mainly opinions that aren't backed up with an evidence - for example comments like "I think it's just a re-telling with plot twists and new plot holes." While funny, this really doesn't examine evidence in support of either side. That said, it's important to consider both perspectives with something as complex as Evangelion.
Finally, here's a picture commonly referenced in this debate.

Please quote the relevant content or summary of the links here.

I thought I did summarize most of them? Anyways, I'll go back and add some more specific info.

While the evageeks link was amongst the first on the site to address the remake/sequel stuff, there have been supplimental materials that have been released since (and dialog from the film) that provide in-universe explanations for a lot of the imagery, like red oceans,  blood on the moon, outline on the hill, etc, provided in other threads that've been created since

@JonLin I just looked over the site (mostly skimmed though) and couldn't find anything in particular. If you have links can you edit them into the response?

I didn't notice the spherical object in rebuild's second impact when I saw the movie. I'm now curious if where second impact occurred in rebuild was Antartica

I'm quite curious that there now appear to be four Adam-like entities; NGE has always preferred triads or doubles in all of its themes (3 children, adam/lilith/eva, rei/kaworu, shinji/kaworu, etc). Now fours are all the rage (4 children with the addition of Mari, and since Kaworu's one-shot death)

With the release of all 4 Evangelion rebuild movies, it's clear the events of Evangelion have already happened in some form or another and that Kaworu has met Shinji multiple times before. While the most direct evidence comes from the fourth rebuild movie, I've included examples from the first 3 films as well.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
As mentioned in your question, Kaworu already knows Shinju as he awakens on the moon. He comments that it's the Third Child again and that Shinki doesn't change.

[KAWORU] I know. The boy down there has awakened, and is now in the generalization stage, right?
[KIEL] Yes.
[KAWORU] The Dead Sea Scrolls Apocrypha have
been fulfilled up to the Book of Codes.
[KIEL] The time of the pact draws near.
[KAWORU] Number three again? You don't change, do you? I'm looking forward to meeting you, Shinji Ikari.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone transcript via Forever Dreaming

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Kaworu mentions that he will make Shinji happy this time, likely referencing how he failed to make Shinji happy during the events of the original series.

Kaworu: Now, the promised time has come, Shinji Ikari. This time for sure, I'll make you happy, if no one else.
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance transcript via eva-q-script by JackySee

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Ironically, despite having Kaworu in a prominent role, 3.0 doesn't have any lines directly implying the events of Evangelion have occurred before. It does have some scenes where you could infer it as a double meaning.
When Kaworu plays the piano with Shinji, he says it's been a while since he enjoyed himself like this and that he's also a child of fate. Kaworu may be referencing the last time he met Shinji.

Kaworu: It's great to play together.
Shinji: Thank you. It's been a while since I last enjoyed myself like this.
Kaworu: Same here. Let's do this again.
You're welcome anytime... Shinji Ikari.
Shinji: Uh, what's your name?
Kaworu: I'm Kaworu. Kaworu Nagisa. I'm another child like you, burdened by fate.

When Kaworu repairs Shinju's cassette player, he mentions he's been on 'this Earth' for longer than Shinji.

Shinji: You're amazing. It seems like you can do anything.
Kaworu: It's only a matter of technical knowledge. I've been on this Earth
a little longer than you, that's all.
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo transcript via Subs Like Script

Before Kaworu dies, he tells Shinji that when a soul is lost it's aspirations remain in the world and that the two of them will meet again.

Shinji: Kaworu, I... What am I supposed to do now?
Kaworu: Even when a soul is lost, its aspirations and curses
remain in this world. Human will is conveyed as information
throughout the world, and changes it. In time, we rewrite who we are. I'm sorry. This isn't the happiness that you were hoping to find. I'll close the Gates of Guf. You don't have to worry, Shinji.
Shinji: Kaworu... I don't understand anything you're saying, Kaworu!
Kaworu: Shinji, you need to find a place to rest that you can call your own. The ties that bind you will show you the way. Don't look so sad. We'll meet again, Shinji.
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo transcript via Subs Like Script

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Gendoh says he wants the world Shinji refused, a world with no barriers between individuals. Possibly referencing Shinji refusing Instrumentality in The End of Evangelion.

Shinji: Tell me, Father, what do you wish for?
Gendoh: I chose a world that you refused,
a world where there are no AT fields, where humanity shares one heart and mind equally. There are no barriers between individuals, nor disparities of wealth, nor discrimination, nor wars, nor abuse, nor pain, nor sorrow. A world of only pure unsoiled souls. And it is a very restful world where I can be with Yui again.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji remembers meeting Kaworu before.

[Shinji] I now remember. I've been here before many times
and met you.
[Kaworu] Our names are alongside each other in the Book of Life. We'll keep on meeting each other.'
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Kaworu is shown repeatedly waking up on the moon.

[Kaworu] The only thing that can end
my existence is vacuum decay.
That's why I have to
repeatedly play a role
in this predestined circular narrative
for all of eternity.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji tells Rei he won't reset the world implying it would be possible for him to have reset the world before. As this happens, footage of the 4 Rebuild movies plays on a projector screen behind them.

Shinji: I won't rewind time or revert the world. I'm just going to rewrite the world into one that doesn't have Evas. A world where new people can live.
Rei: Birth of a new world. Neon genesis.
Shinji: Yeah
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji's mother Yui is shown sacrificing herself to save Shinji. Shinji says that the god-slaying his father wished for was for his Mother Yui. This follows up The End of Evangelion where it was said Yui would live on forever as an Eva, which have been repeatedly compared to God.

Gendoh: When man created Evangelion, were we trying
to create a clone of God?
Yui: Yes. Humans can only exist on this earth, but the Evangelion can live forever... Even billions of years from now, when the Earth, the Moon,
and the Sun are gone, Eva will exist. It will be lonely, but as long as
one person still lives,
Gendoh: It will be eternal proof that mankind ever existed.
Shinji: Goodbye, Mother.
The End of Evangelion transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji: I see now. This is the reason why... You were inside me all this time, Mother. I finally understand. Father wanted to see Mother go. That's the god-slaying that he wished for.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

The imagery of both scenes mirror each other to hammer this point home further.

The End of Evangelion

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time


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Has the manuscript writer at the start of Volume 7 appeared before?
At the start of the Thirtieth Enigma in Volume 7 of the manga Phantom Tales of the Night, owner talks to a manuscript writer who is said to have been to the inn multiple times before. He looks a bit like Karibara, the guest that fell in love with Owner, but I don't think its the same person.
Is the manuscript writer that owner talks to in Volume 7 someone I should recognize from earlier in the story?


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Why would retrieving the angel from the volcano risk another Second Impact?
In episode 10 of Neon Genesis Evangelion, the Evangelions are sent into a volcano to capture a baby angel. The mission is repeatedly described as having a risk of eradicating humanity if something goes wrong.

Committee member: A-17?! We're going on the offensive?
Gendou: Correct.
Committee member: It's too dangerous. Don't pretend you've forgotten what happened 15 years ago.
Gendou: This is a golden opportunity. We can finally take the fight to them, rather than remain on the defensive.
Kirl: The risk is too great.
Gendou: This is a living Angel specimen. I needn't stress the significance of that.
Kirl: Failure will not be tolerated.
Fuyuzuki: Failure? Failure would mean the extinction of humanity.

...

Ritsuko: You've been afraid of the today's operation?
Misato: Well, yes. if wrongly done, another that..
Ritsuko: Yes. second impact... I don't want that again.

- Transcript from Forever Dreaming and Animanga
Why is this mission considered so much riskier than the other fights against angels? Wouldn't failure mean the extinction of humanity for any angel attacks?


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How did Dizzi get trapped in Kenny's laptop?
In the English dub of Beyblade: Classic, Kenny has a bit-beast named Dizzy trapped inside his laptop. It's implied that it’s Kenny’s fault that Dizzy got trapped.
Is it ever explained how Dizzy got trapped inside Kenny’s laptop?

Kenny said that one day when he plugged his laptop, there was a massive power surge and Dizzi popped up in Kenny's Computer.The reason for the same is clearly mentioned in the Second Episode of Season one, titled, "Day of the Dragoon". After Tyson loses to Kai, Andrew and Kenny go to Tyson's house to check on him.  Here, Kenny tells Tyson who Dizzi was and goes on to mention the above stated reason.

According to the entry about Dizzi on beyblade.org:

Dizzi was accidentally trapped inside Kenny's laptop due to a
  lightning storm that caused her to transfer her body to it.

I have read this answer also on other websites, but I haven't found a reference to the manga or anime. So, I don't know, where it has been explained.


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Why did Rei abandon Gendo for Shinji?
When Gendo tries to merge Adam's Embryo with Rei to start his version of Third Impact, Rei rejects Gendo stating that Shinji needs her from inside EVA Unit 01, and that she is not a puppet of Gendo's any longer. What happened after that is cryptic to me, I'm still trying to piece it together.
Now, Rei knew the reason for her creation, what she was supposed to bring about when all of the Angels were finally defeated, but she outright rejected Gendo, and instead tried to aid Shinji during Third Impact, ultimately denying and overruling her purpose in the grand scheme of things.
What was Rei's reason for abandoning Gendo and aiding Shinji, other than deciding not be a puppet any more? Did Rei abandon Gendo for Shinji, because of Yui's maternal instincts kicking in when Shinji called out for her, seeing that she is a clone of Yui?

It's hard to answer without making it sound like a high school essay, because it's all in how you interpret the show. I take it to be a sign of her growth as a character, and her realisation that (a) she is an individual being and not just a clone puppet who has to follow orders, and (b) she cares for Shinji and he for her in a way that Gendo never does. The problem is that the whole show is designed to be cryptic, so if you don't understand it then you're probably doing something right.

Well, to explain Rei's actions, we would need to take a deeper look in multiple aspects of the series, but I can try to give two main reasons.

She warmed up to Shinji during the run of the main series, while realizing the treatment Gendo gave her wasnt real love (she assumed it was, as she had no real contact with human culture).

After Rei II died in episode 23, it's strongly implied she lost all her memories, but her soul was still the same, thus she subconsciously had affections for Shinji and despised Gendo.
In episode 24, she is seem casting an AT field from her own body, a feat of divine level in the series, which implies she is already finding her true place in the world. And this place bring us to the next point:
What is the Third Impact and Instrumentality (you said you are puzzled out): The process discussed by SEELE, Gendo and Fuyu strongly imply that triggering third is more than destroying the world.
It is revealed that Rei is actually the soul of Lilith, goddess from whom humanity came from, just like Kaworu was the soul of Adam, god from whom angels came from, and she is the key to start Third Impact.
When it happens, the one who triggers it, or is in the core of it all, gets to essentially become the god of Earth. SEELE wanted it to cause Instrumentality (the merging of all humans into one "sea of souls"), Gendo wanted it only to see his wife again.

Said position of godhood is strongly implied to be chosen by
Lilith-Rei, and given how bad things were with Gendo, and how she had no one else, the only person she could trust giving all that power was Shinji.

Ultimately, it wasn't a great idea, because Shinji was very suicidal and completely broken at that moment, having lived the death of all his friends and metaphysical rejection by Asuka, he wished for death and instrumentality upon the world.
After a nice chunk of mind-fuck, he seem to regret his actions and tried to undo it, so people can leave if they want.

Damn. That got deep real quick.


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What's the thing like a giant spiral stone in Evangelion 3.0's scenery?
What is that thing that looks like a giant spiral stone that appears in the scenery of the Evangelion movie, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo?

In the script included with the Japanese Blu-ray release it is identified as the Black Moon of Lilith, an object that transported the angel Lilith to Earth. Originally spherical shaped much like the Earth's moon in the original anime, it appears to look more like a version of the Holy Grail in this retelling (tilt your head to the right to see its proper orientation).

Here is a very good picture explaining it.

You have the Black Moon which is the spherical space vehicle that is meant to crash on a planet and seed life. The Spiral is the actual structure inside the black moon, where the passenger resides dormant.
The Geofront is a very small part of the Black Moon that was used as the Nerv HQ.
I understand that the shaft leading to the Terminal Dogma is inside the Spiral leading to Lilith's Chamber.


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Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand?
When Taki meets Mitsuha by the shrine, just before the meteor strikes the town, Taki tells Mitsuha that they should write each other's names on their hands.
Instead of writing his name, Taki instead writes "I love you" on her hand, leaving Mitsuha with no way to remember his name.
Why didn't Taki write his name on Mitsuha's hand?

This is a good question, but I think the answers would be among the lines of : "the script writer, wanted to trick the audience adding a dash of disappointment; so that there's more "satisfaction" to the ending."

I think it was a sweet gesture that showed a little insight into Taki's character. It shows that he is young, in love, and struggling to find a way to share his feelings with Mitsuha.
At that moment when an opportunity presented itself for him to confess without having to say it out loud (the horror! :D), he foolishly thought it was more important to tell her how he feels than what his name was.
Very frustrating, probably done on purpose by the writer but not completely baseless.

Taki knew that all the things which were happening to him from the past few days, like how his soul went into Mitsuha's body and all other things, would not remain like that for a long time. I think he could understand that after the end of the twilight, they would forget each other, like people forget dreams after waking up. It is obvious that he knew because Mitsuha's grandmother had told him that she also had the same experience when she was young and the same thing had happened to Mitsuha's mother also. But none of them remember much about it.
Based on all these things, according to me, Taki wrote 'I love you' instead of his name because he could feel that this was the last chance for him to convey his feelings. After the twilight ends, nobody knows whether they would meet again or not, whether they would remember each other or forget everything. So Taki thought his feelings were more important than his name at that moment.
There can be other explanations of this questions too, but I have written what I think about this topic.

Taki wrote "I love you" instead of his name because it was what the shrine goddess required, that he has to sacrifice what was most important to him upon going back in time.

I saw a video about it sometime back and it said that since they remember feelings more than facts after they switch back to their own bodies, the best way he could make sure they remembered each other was by expressing a feeling. Since love as a feeling is so strong, they remembered it and kept looking for each other subconsciously even after 5/8 years of being apart.


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Why do Pop Team Epic episodes repeat with different voice actors?
When watching Pop Team Epic on Crunchyroll, each episode plays twice in a row. Both times the episode is nearly identical, only with the main characters voiced by male actors instead of female actors.
Why does each episode of Pop Team Epic play twice? Why re-record the show with different voice actors?

It's proved itself to be very random at doing things. Oh and just for the note, in the second episode, the first part with the rpg and the voice actor was changed from the first to the second time.

According to an interview done to the producer of the anime, there were several reasons:

The animation originally was meant to be broadcasted in web format only, not as a TV series. Then the author asked the producer if it was possible to record two tracks: one with female voice actors and one with males and broadcast the primary track and the auxiliary. This wasn't possible with web streaming.
Then when they considered a TV broadcast for the series, the episodes weren't long enough to allocate one full slot of broadcast, and unlike previous seasons, they didn't have another series to fill the slot.
So instead of broadcasting one episode with dual audio as the author requested, they just paid for the entire slot and broadcast the 2 recordings, with male and female actors. There are differences in both because the director and producer give full freedom to the seiyuus to do whatever they wanted (and they didn't like it), and they even modified some scenes according to the actor used (Ep. 3 Bison reference) or their performance in the recording (the Tomokazu Sugita episode). But these were minimal.

The interview is in Japanese here: https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1517584766

I'm not entirely sure as to why they've repeated this in further episodes, however it might be due to contact obligations with the voice actors needing them to have a full length run of work or not at all, perhaps cost-wise it was also more effective, etc.
However, the reason they have Male VAs in the first place is due to a gag within the manga where they ask two very famous male VAs to voice them in an anime adaptation

If we got an anime, what would you do?
I'd be dreaming lolololol
My VA would be.... Ebara Masashi-san! I look forward to working with you!
Ah so cool!
How about you Pipimi-chan! How about you!
Ootsuka Houchuu-san! I look forward to working with you!

I have a couple of answers, unfortunately they're all a bit speculative because I have no sources.

It feeds into the main premise of the show, which is surrealist humour. It's not meant to make any kind of sense, and it has a slightly unnerving result because it triggers a deja vu in the watcher.
It lets them try different approaches to the same premise. In the first episode, in addition to the change in voice actors they also subtitled the French segment in the second half. In the second episode, there were different ad libs in the storyboard segment, and the live action section was completely different.
Relatedly, it helps them find the target audience. Given the weirdness of the show, there will definitely be people who watch half an episode, see that it's repeating, and switch off. But the people who keep watching get to join in on the joke, and as a reward they get a few nuggets of new content mixed in with the apparent re-hash. You could compare this to the second season of Haruhi with the "Endless Eight" - eight episodes covering the same nearly-identical time loop, which were directed differently so that they wound up being both repetitive and distinct in a way that really divided the audience.

In episode 12 there are some massive differences between the two, including a different ending. I recommend watching the entire episode from start to finish.

From the other answers seems they changed a technical limit into a story point in the last episode.

The other answers are technically correct. They're female characters, but they asked for male VAs in the manga somewhere. If you watch the two parts they're always slightly different in execution which is like watching a blooper real for the anime.
But to know the real reason, you have to watch both versions of the last episode. I won't spoil it for you here though ;)

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What is the meaning/purpose of the (not) in the titles of Rebuild of Evangelion?
The titles of the first 3 movies of Rebuild of Evangelion are:

You Are (Not) Alone
You Can (Not) Advance
You Can (Not) Redo

I am wondering what is the purpose and/or meaning of the inclusion of (Not) in the titles.

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It's because of the duality of the theme in each of the movies.
In the first movie, one of the main themes is Shinji feeling alone or abandoned. Yet, he's made friends at school and in Misato, yet still feels alone and isolated (mostly because of Eva and his responsibilities). He is alone yet he is not alone.
In the second movie, it's about Shinji being able to move on. He's faced with the conflict with his father, Gendo, and with the conflict with Asuka, and later the conflict involving Rei. When it seems he has the chance to advance or move on, by having a dinner planned with his father, reconciling and getting to know Asuka, or preventing one of his last friends from dying in Rei, his hopes are dashed. An activation accident ends the dinner plans, which through his refusal, ends up with (what he thinks at the time) Asuka getting killed, and finally after saving Rei, he's unwittingly started 3rd impact. So he has advanced, yet he has not.
In the third movie, the theme is him fixing what he's done wrong, or a "Redo". The majority of the movie is to set him up by showing how much wrong he has inflicted on the world, and then giving him a chance to "Redo" it, or reset it. The chance ends up not working, and in the end, he's made everything even worse. So given the chance for him to "Redo", it ends up that he can not.
So ultimately, the titles are just some clever way of expressing this duality of themes in each of the first 3 movies.

As for the You can (not) Redo, I ve saw it more as Shinji wanting to redo his action to fix his mistakes, and ending up repeating the exact same mistakes. You can not Redo the past, but you can redo your mistakes.

1- The braces (...) in English means it's optional, you can read it and consider it, or ignore it. So as @JonLin said, it's a duality.
2- Evangelion story heavily emphasis on viewer's open interpretation. Any/All answer is correct.


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What is the difference between an OVA and an OAV?
I've heard the terms OVA and OAV used interchangeably with one another, but is there a distinct difference between the two?
Do the definitions differ in Japan versus overseas? Where did the two acronyms originate?

OVA and OAV are synonymous. The reason for having two acronyms is historical; currently, both Japan and English-speaking countries use "OVA" as the official designation.
According to the Japanese Wikipedia (rough translation):

In the early days, "OAV" (short for "original animation video") was often used as well, but "AV" and "Adult Video" were easily confused, and could be easily mistaken for "Audio/Visual", so it gradually became less common.

The English Wikipedia sums this up slightly more succinctly:

Original video animation, abbreviated as OVA media (and sometimes as OAV, original animated video, by English-speakers, though it was mistaken for "Original Adult Video"), are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats.

Basically, the media was initially dubbed "OAV" for "original animated video". However, because of the term "adult video" (which implies pornography or mature material), and the ability to be easily confused with the common film/animation term "audio/visual", the last two letters were switched to form OVA (original video animation).

As an aside, the acronym OAD, which stands for either "original animation disc" or "original animation DVD", is also synonymous with OVA/OAV.

A pretty late answer, but I found a comment from Yoshiharu Tokugi (famous for writing Dirty Pair, Macross and Power Rangers) in Johnathan Clement's "Anime: A History".
Tokugi claims there is a slight distinction between the terms:

OVA "is an industrial term, introduced at the production level to differenciate between anime produced for film or television, and those works that are intended to go 'straight to video' "
OAV is a "marketing term, introduced at the level of distribution to make it clear that the object in question was not simply a repurposed work from film or television"

[Quoted from the book, rather than Tokugi directly]
So it seems to be at some stage the terms were used to indicate that a show was not being televised/filmed (OVA) and to indicate a work that was not a recap, enhanced version, etc (OAV). So technically, a work could be both, or neither.
The terms have become homogeneous now though, probably due to the subtleties between the terms and the likeness of the acronyms. So it is safe to assume that an OVA/OAV will refer to a straight-to-video-release.


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Is the Evangelion Remake a remake or a sequel?
OK so the other day I got to a discussion with my mate about the Remake of Evangelion and Evangelion in general. And he seams to be under the impression that the new Evangelion movies are not actually a remake but a sequel.  And he does have good arguments backing it.
The idea being that the "Evengelion 1.0 You are not alone" world is the world that Shinji created at the end of "The End of Evangelion". If you think about it it does fit. One of the biggest hints for this is the same red sea seen with what the "The End of Evangelion" ends and "Evangelion 1.0" begins. More to the point, if you remember the original series, then there the sea was blue and in the remake it's red and if you think about the big differences than it does make seance.
But I just do not know, I kinda am convinced, but at the same time... are they really trolling with us? Kinda hard to believe, I would love to give counter arguments, but can't really think of any, because he is claiming that the world that was created by Shinji was almost identical but with some minor differences.

I don't have time to write a full answer now (so Jon Lin will probably beat me to it), but Rebuild is not a remake, as the story diverges. It may not be a sequel; however, there are many pieces of evidence that point to this conclusion. That said, there is no canon statement on this. Make of that what you will.

First we'd have to figure out the original ending. Evangelion has always defied some conventions in this regard, but on a technicality the movies count as sequels, since they are neither remakes nor prequels.

Related: What is Kaworu implying at the end of RoE: 1.01?

It's interpretation.
There's nothing official whether there is a sequel or not. Aside from Kaworu saying weird stuff about "next time" or "this time" (and a weird translation of Kaworu's voice actor mentioning something about "looping" in an interview), all of the other instances (including the large chalk outline) of possible "time looping" or "rebooting the universe" have been explained in-universe or through story-boards in a way unrelated to any sort of sequel, "time looping" or "rebooting". This is not to say such images aren't meant to make people think that, or at the very least, as a reference or a nod to the original series.

The seas are red as a result of second impact.
The chalk outline is from an accident before second impact.
The blood stain on the moon, also from second impact
Second impact in this universe occurs chronologically as the same Second impact in the original series (Antarctica expedition, Misato's dad dies, releases of Adam(s))
Kaworu saying stuff about "next time" and "this time", unexplained

Kaworu has always been saying weird stuff, even in the original series, or, perhaps he's the time-travelling wizard in this version of Evangelion. It's up to your interpretation, and there's a lot of ways to interpret things, especially since we've been given such all encompassing world changing events like Instrumentality, of which we know next to nothing when it comes to the details or mechanics.

@Blaisorblade third impact hasn't happened yet in Rebuild and the seas are already red

You're right (so I deleted my incorrect comment). Maybe the new second impact is somehow the original third impact, but we don't know...

This is just from what I read but it may be a Sequel as I read that Evangelion is about cycles and that Rebuild takes place after End of Evangelion where Shinji and Asuka somehow reverse everything to a new cycle. From what I read the evidence to support this is that the red sea is actually all the LCL that was seen at the end of End of Evangelion and that there are outlines of where the Mass Produced Eva's fell
/ End of Evangelion with the red LCL Sea and Mass Produced Eva's

/ Evangellion 1.x where we see a red sea and a giant's outline

However, as Eric said there seems to be no canon statement to this, and I read this on the Madman Australia Forums (though I can't remember the exact post).

I’m only on the second movie rn but I think Asuka knows it’s a time loop because even she said something along the lines of “They’re all the same as last time. Nothing’s changed” so I’m saying it’s a sequel

It's clearly a sequel. The red sea, the stain on the moon, and what Kaworu said are not just coincidence.
After End of Evangelion, a second chance was given to Shinji by Lilith and he chose that everyone should keep their separate form, therefore the AT field was given back to every person to keep their souls and bodies apart. The story repeats so that they can prevent what already happened.
This isn't my opinion, it's literally what happened.

With the release of all 4 Evangelion rebuild movies, it's clear the events of Evangelion have already happened in some form or another. Whether or not they happened exactly as depicted in the original series is left ambiguous. While the most direct evidence comes from the fourth rebuild movie, I've included examples from the first 3 films as well.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Kaworu already knows Shinju as he awakens on the moon. He comments that it's the Third Child again and that Shinki doesn't change.

[KAWORU] I know. The boy down there has awakened, and is now in the generalization stage, right?
[KIEL] Yes.
[KAWORU] The Dead Sea Scrolls Apocrypha have
been fulfilled up to the Book of Codes.
[KIEL] The time of the pact draws near.
[KAWORU] Number three again? You don't change, do you? I'm looking forward to meeting you, Shinji Ikari.
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone transcript via Forever Dreaming

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Kaworu mentions that he will make Shinji happy this time, likely referencing how he failed to make Shinji happy during the events of the original series.

Kaworu: Now, the promised time has come, Shinji Ikari. This time for sure, I'll make you happy, if no one else.
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance transcript via eva-q-script by JackySee

Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Ironically, despite having Kaworu in a prominent role, 3.0 doesn't have any lines directly implying the events of Evangelion have occurred before. It does have some scenes where you could infer it as a double meaning.
When Kaworu plays the piano with Shinji, he says it's been a while since he enjoyed himself like this and that he's also a child of fate. Kaworu may be referencing the last time he met Shinji.

Kaworu: It's great to play together.
Shinji: Thank you. It's been a while since I last enjoyed myself like this.
Kaworu: Same here. Let's do this again.
You're welcome anytime... Shinji Ikari.
Shinji: Uh, what's your name?
Kaworu: I'm Kaworu. Kaworu Nagisa. I'm another child like you, burdened by fate.

When Kaworu repairs Shinju's cassette player, he mentions he's been on 'this Earth' for longer than Shinji.

Shinji: You're amazing. It seems like you can do anything.
Kaworu: It's only a matter of technical knowledge. I've been on this Earth
a little longer than you, that's all.
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo transcript via Subs Like Script

Before Kaworu dies, he tells Shinji that when a soul is lost it's aspirations remain in the world and that the two of them will meet again.

Shinji: Kaworu, I... What am I supposed to do now?
Kaworu: Even when a soul is lost, its aspirations and curses
remain in this world. Human will is conveyed as information
throughout the world, and changes it. In time, we rewrite who we are. I'm sorry. This isn't the happiness that you were hoping to find. I'll close the Gates of Guf. You don't have to worry, Shinji.
Shinji: Kaworu... I don't understand anything you're saying, Kaworu!
Kaworu: Shinji, you need to find a place to rest that you can call your own. The ties that bind you will show you the way. Don't look so sad. We'll meet again, Shinji.
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo transcript via Subs Like Script

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time
Gendoh says he wants the world Shinji refused, a world with no barriers between individuals. Possibly referencing Shinji refusing Instrumentality in The End of Evangelion.

Shinji: Tell me, Father, what do you wish for?
Gendoh: I chose a world that you refused,
a world where there are no AT fields, where humanity shares one heart and mind equally. There are no barriers between individuals, nor disparities of wealth, nor discrimination, nor wars, nor abuse, nor pain, nor sorrow. A world of only pure unsoiled souls. And it is a very restful world where I can be with Yui again.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji remembers meeting Kaworu before.

[Shinji] I now remember. I've been here before many times
and met you.
[Kaworu] Our names are alongside each other in the Book of Life. We'll keep on meeting each other.'
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Kaworu is shown repeatedly waking up on the moon.

[Kaworu] The only thing that can end
my existence is vacuum decay.
That's why I have to
repeatedly play a role
in this predestined circular narrative
for all of eternity.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji tells Rei he won't reset the world implying it would be possible for him to have reset the world before. As this happens, footage of the 4 Rebuild movies plays on a projector screen behind them.

Shinji: I won't rewind time or revert the world. I'm just going to rewrite the world into one that doesn't have Evas. A world where new people can live.
Rei: Birth of a new world. Neon genesis.
Shinji: Yeah
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji's mother Yui is shown sacrificing herself to save Shinji. Shinji says that the god-slaying his father wished for was for his Mother Yui. This follows up The End of Evangelion where it was said Yui would live on forever as an Eva, which have been repeatedly compared to God.

Gendoh: When man created Evangelion, were we trying
to create a clone of God?
Yui: Yes. Humans can only exist on this earth, but the Evangelion can live forever... Even billions of years from now, when the Earth, the Moon,
and the Sun are gone, Eva will exist. It will be lonely, but as long as
one person still lives,
Gendoh: It will be eternal proof that mankind ever existed.
Shinji: Goodbye, Mother.
The End of Evangelion transcript via Forever Dreaming

Shinji: I see now. This is the reason why... You were inside me all this time, Mother. I finally understand. Father wanted to see Mother go. That's the god-slaying that he wished for.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time transcript via Forever Dreaming

The imagery of both scenes mirror each other to hammer this point home further.

The End of Evangelion

Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time

I've been hanging around the wiki.evageeks.org page, specially pages that talk about the new four 'Adams' seen on the Second Impact flashback, and I'm starting to let go of the idea that it is a sequel.
The chalk outline could be one of the Adams that died during Second Impact; as the Key of Nebuchadnezzar that Kaji gives Gendo in the 2.22 takes the place of the Adam Embryo from the Original Series, and Evangelion 13 (just '13', not 'Unit-13') is called an 'Adams' Survivor' by Mari in one scene in 3.33, implying that it was made from one of the four that appeared on during Second Impact. Same with Unit-01 (as opposed to being grown from Lilith) and Mark.06.
What I'm trying to get to, is that the red seas might have been caused by the Adams during the Rebuilds' Second Impact, and the chalk outline by one of the Adams. The red line on the moon is not explained yet.

I’m very late to this but the answer to the question ultimately is it’s a remake... i read that it’s just a different version of what happens in the show.... think about it in this instance:
The end of evangelion( show) ended with merging with Lilith and giving Shinji the opportunity to choose the way that the world will continue instead of his father because of that conclusion although he decided that he want everyone to die even decided that he wanted things to stay as they were and I just ended up with Asuka and him in the end
With that being said
A sequel would not make sense because if all of this is after Shinji saves the world or whatever you wanna call it in the first place everything literally happens again And they fight damn near the same angels just with a few new people it wouldn’t make sense for it to be a continuation just for them to have to do everything all over again
I also have a understanding that the movies are for those who didn’t watch the series because it came out so long ago (1996 i think) and it’s just a better adaptation of the story

One of the reasons that make audiences believe it is a sequel and not a remake are the giant stains on the moon made by collapsing Lilith/Rei in End of Evangelion and present in the first Rebuild movie.
I think you can find main other arguments in the evageeks's counter-argument page about a "literal" sequel theory.
Personally I believe to be large space to interpretation being many things in NGE really ill-defined and not so clearly explained.


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Where do Naruto's movies fall between episodes (I want to know the certain number of episodes that must be watch before each movie
I would like to know a certain number of episodes before attending each movie. I have seen similar questions, but they do not answer my question.

Naruto Movies:
Movie 1 ("Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow"): after Naruto learns Rasengan.
Movie 2 ("Legend of the Stone of Gelel"): after Tsunade becomes Hokage.
Movie 3 ("Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom"): after Sasuke escaped Konaha.
Naruto Shippuden Movies
Movie 1 ("Naruto Shippuden the Movie"): after Naruto returns to Konaha.
Movie 2 ("Bonds") & 3 ("The Will of Fire"): after Naruto meets Sasuke at Orochimaru's hideout.
Movie 4 ("The Lost Tower"): after Naruto learns Rasenshuriken.
Movie 5 ("Blood Prison"): after Naruto learns Sage mode and defeats Pain.
Movie 6 ("Road to Ninja"): before the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Movie 7 ("The Last"): after the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Boruto Movie(s):
Boruto ("Boruto"): after Naruto becomes Hokage.
Feel free to edit if I made a mistake!

please can you write the full names of the movies

i think there is more movies of naruto like: (Naruto x UT),                                                         (Naruto:naruto: finally a clash!! jounin vs. genin),                                                                         (Naruto: find the crimson four leaf clover),                                                                      (Naruto:the last story-mission: protect the waterfall village),                                   (Naruto: honoo no chuunin shiken! Naruto vs. Konohamaru!!),                                  (Naruto: shippuden-jump super anime tour 2013 special)

@Mikha please do not post illegal links, we do not support piracy on this site


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Is it possible to use Chidori without Sharingan?
I was thinking about Chidori and now I'm interested in it. I stumbled upon this question: can a ninja learn how to use Chidori and use it without Sharingan?

Yes it is, but there is a cost, Tunnel-vision. Kakashi invented the attack and used it without the Sharingan, and were it not for Minato, he would have been killed by one of his opponents. He is running so fast, and is focused so much on his attack, that he is unable to really focus on anything except that right in front of him when attacking. The second Paragraph of the overview on the wiki confirms this

The speed at which the Chidori is performed, despite being one of its greatest assets, also represents one of its biggest drawbacks: users move at their target so fast that its causes a tunnel vision-like effect for them. Because they charge in a straight line it is easy for opponents to attack them, and because of the tunnel vision it is difficult for the user to see these attacks, much less react to them. For this reason, most ninja cannot use the Chidori safely. If the user has a Sharingan, however, these drawbacks are overcome: the Sharingan's heightened visual perception prevents the tunnel vision from occurring and its predictive capabilities make it easy for the user to avoid counterattacks.

Kakashi's page summarizes the event itself

Kakashi tried to eliminate him with his new jutsu, Chidori, but the attack speed left him vulnerable to counter-attack, forcing Minato to step in, save Kakashi, and kill Mahiru himself. Before leaving them, Minato advised Kakashi to not use the Chidori again.
  ...
  After Rin transplanted Obito's Sharingan into him, Kakashi confronted Kakkō. His White Light Chakra Sabre was destroyed during the ensuing fight, but he succeeded in killing Kakkō with Chidori; due to the Sharingan's heightened vision, Kakashi was finally able to handle its speed.

Exactly. In fact, when Sasuke was about to kill Naruto in the final fight with a grey-colored chidori, his sharingan stopped working, giving him tunnel vision. As a result, Naruto could uppercut him without noticing. It's a strong jutsu but really only effective with sharingan.

If you think about it logically, many enhanced sensory abilities would counteract tunnel vision and allow you to use Chidori effectively. Byakugan totally eliminates any notion of tunnel vision. That's one of its main purposes. Sensor techniques, including Sage mode sensing, Mind's Eye of the Kaguya, and Mu's technique would provide the same advantage. While Karin was unable to take full advantage of her technique, due to her incompetent taijutsu, someone like Kakashi in possession of the technique would be quite capable of using it in combat to eliminate any possibility of tunnel vision. Mu actively demonstrated his ability to avoid attacks from his blind spot. Naruto's and Kabuto's threat perception both demonstrated this ability against high speed attacks. If they possessed Chidori, they would have no trouble utilizing it. If Ranmaru's Kekkei Genkai were cannon and in the possession of someone like Kakashi, tunnel vision would instantly cease to be an issue.


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How can Temari live with Shikamaru?
Currently, I was watching the "Boruto: Naruto Next generation" series and I saw the scene where Temari and Shikamaru were talking to each other now that they are married. Now, it kind of got me wondering: don't all the village (Hidden Sand, Hidden Leaf, Hidden Mist, etc.) strictly forbid villager from coming out of their village, just so they can keep the village's secret?

Wars change things, ppl, politics, rules, authors, staff, etc.

Temari is Sand Village Ambassador since the events in Part I

When you think about it, the show never addresses "immigration" explicitly. Either you are part of your home village, a defect, an alliance (Senju and Uzumaki), or a rogue ninja. Temari marrying someone from another village and being able to become a permanent resident in Konoha semms to be unprecedented.

after the war the five nation came together and are in peace with each other, they hold regular Kage meetings and exchange information. I don't think they have the old rules now. as we see in the Boruto anime, their world is moving towards science and away from Shinobi. the kids don't even know what Chakra is :|

Adding on to what the other guys said, I think Naruto has a big part in this cultural change. He's a leading figure in the movement for peace. Even the head of the Hyuga clan(who were hell-bent on keeping their clan secrets) welcomed Naruto into the family with open arms.

While the Sand Village and Leaf Village were in different nations, Shinobi are able leave and go to different villages as long as they do not abandon their duties in their previous village. Otherwise, they would be considered Missing-Nin
After the 2nd Great Ninja War, Tsunade retired from the Shinobi life and left Konoha.

Leaving the village does not necessarily automatically make one a missing-nin. Tsunade withdraws from life as a ninja and departs from Konoha following the Second Shinobi World War

Temari and Shikamaru is not the first time we see Shinobi marriages from different villages. Naruto's Mother, Kushina, was originally from Uzushiogakure (Land Hidden in the Whirling Tides)

Kushina Uzumaki was a Konohagakure kunoichi who originated from Uzushiogakure's
  Uzumaki clan
...
Born into the famed Uzumaki clan of Uzushiogakure, Kushina lived most of her youth being caught up in war, making her seek for a daily peace. At a young age she was sent to Konoha and enrolled in the Academy

However Uzushiogakure was also apart of the Land of Fire, they were different villages.
Also, we have see other instances where Shinobi immigrated into other nations. One example is when Jiraiya first used Rasengan against some gansters

The boss use to be a Chūnin from Hidden Village of the Stone

The Hidden Village of the Stone resides in the Land of Earth


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What's the song in Naruto Shippuden 423 at the time 9:20 when Sakura teaches them how to make food pills?
What's the song in Naruto Shippuden 423 at the time 9:20 when Sakura teaches them how to make food pills?

It is an unreleased track called "Minato Saves Kushina". Here it is on Youtube.


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Are manga artists underpaid?
I saw a post of this Japanese schoolteacher who had drawn a scene from Kimi no Na wa on the blackboard. It was pretty awesome. He had some other mind blowing drawings too. But in the comments one person had written: " Why does this guy not write/illustrate a manga?" To this someone had replied saying that: "Manga artists are underpaid in Japan and do not prefer to write mangas as a primary source of income."
Is it true that manga artists are not paid big sums of money in Japan? I thought they get lots of money from the magazines their manga is published in. And also from various other sources such as when we buy merchandise related to that manga or the anime version...

According to this CNN travel article, whose statistics are echoed in an ANN article from 2011, manga is very much a winner-take-all system. In 2009, the top 100-earning mangaka from among all titles that had tankoubon published earned an average of $900,000. The top earner, Eiichiro Oda, made around $15 million.
However, out of 5,300 titles with tankoubon sold in 2009, the earnings for the other 5,200 titles averaged around $35,000. While this isn't nothing, it's hardly an amazing living, especially in Japan where cost of living tends to be higher.
The raw numbers also don't capture the difficulty of a mangaka's lifestyle. To make it at all, you can't just be a good artist. You have to shop your work around relentlessly, trying to catch an editor's interest. Once you actually get your work published, you have to work grueling hours to get finished on time. And no matter how hard you work, you might still get axed; magazines publish tons of series and unceremoniously cancel them after a few chapters, either leaving the stories unfinished or forcing terrible rushed endings. It's not surprising that someone would not pursue such a difficult and unstable career when your best plausible outcome is to earn $35,000 a year.

This image of a typical published mangaka's schedule was floating around the internet sometime back: https://imgur.com/FsceQO2. Grueling hours indeed.

Thanks guys. By the way I'm putting this link here so you guys can see how awesome the artist I'm talking about is... https://sociorocketnewsen.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/screen-shot-2016-09-05-at-11-21-34-am.png


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How did Impel Down's staff not know Buggy was a devil fruit user?
How did the staff of Impel Down not know Buggy had a devil fruit when they put him in ?
Don't they dunk prisoners in boiling water?
Seriously how did Buggy get by these people ? Is Impel Down security that bad ?

There is a lot of questions there, and some led by some misundertandings.

How did the staff of Impel Down not know Buggy had a devil fruit when they put him in ? Seriously how did Buggy get by these people ? Is Impel Down security that bad ?

The reason why Buggy was able to overcome ID's security system remains unknown. Buggy is discovered by Luffy in Chapter 526 and it is just said he managed to hide his power, without further explanations. I don't know for the anime so if someone could check that would be awesome. I believe the scene takes place on episode 420~.
However, it is easy to make some assumptions :
The fact is, Buggy has only a 15 millions berries bounty on his head, which is pretty low. His very low bounty is also the reason why he was sent to the first level of Impel Down, because as he stated himself in chapter 549, every prisoner from level 2 that escaped with him has a higher bounty than him.
His insane luck must not be forgotten either as he shows an incredible ability for deceive others (e.g. Impel Down break led him to become the Shichibukai replacing Teach) without doing even doing it on purpose (even if he often looks stronger than he actually is, not weaker).


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In which episode do they say, that from the outside the Straw Hats don't look like a team?
During the Alabasta Arc, in episode 102, Zoro tells Chopper that

"someone once said, that from the outside, we don't look like a team."

But who originally told this to the Straw Hats and in which episode did this happen?

can you tell us which episode Zoro said that to Chopper?

the comments in this youtube link say episode 102: link

After seeing that clip it makes we wonder again what the other purpose is that emerged for Zorro to be part of the crew. ontopic: I think Zorro was being speaking in general, although knowing Oda, someone might have actually said it though. So I hope someone finds it.

Yes, that "other purpose" would be a another interesting question.

If I remember correctly it was Kuma who said this to zoro. But I ain't to sure.

@Dimitrimx, they meet Kuma after a lot of arcs. (Gecko Moriah)
Because I am reading the manga, I haven't seen anyone said it like that.
I think it's just what most of the people they met until then were thinking, that didn't believe they could actually help each other. For example in the fight of Luffy with Arlong he threw Zoro away like that.. so it makes sense then some to say somethink like that!

I am not really sure but I think that episode in which Zoro makes the statement is non-canon. I tried checking up the manga chapters of the Arabasta arc and was unable to find it. Thus I think it was just one of those cool things that Zoro said that isn't actually official.


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Are the ends of Shingeki no Kyojin season 1 and 2 the same?
So I'm really confused right now. I think maybe I'm subject for the Mandela effect or something, because I could have sworn that season 1 of Attack on Titan ended with the smiling titan eating Hannes and Eren using his founder titan power to control the other titans to eat her.
But now when I've started watching Season 2, that's what ends season 2? I don't understand that at all. I remember that I started reading the manga at chapter 50 and onwards, because that's how far the anime had come. And that was a couple years ago!
I'm talking about this scene right here.
I feel like I clearly remember having seen this, but Season 1 doesn't seem to end this way. So how the hell can I remember it from season 1? I haven't even come that far into Season 2 yet so I can't have mixed it up.

I don't understand you question : are you asking why you mixed up the end of season 1 and the end of season 2, or are you asking if such events happend in season 1?

If this event happened in season 1. I could have sworn having seen this in the anime a couple of years ago.

I always assumed Season 1 ended on manga chapter 50. I mean I remember clearly that Ymir ramping around protecting Historia, and Reiner and Bertholt being found out and Eren and everyone being surrounded. Until Eren uses his titan powers to control the titans, saving everyone. And that's the end of season 1.
Man that's so strange to me :p

As someone who only watched Season 1, I don't know what you're talking about... that said, the answer has made it clear.

Fake memories and/or déja vu, your memory isn't perfect.

Next time you have a question like this, think first about looking on Wikipedia for the list of episodes (that works for every anime). Anyway, here's your answer :
That is not the case.
Here's how the first season ended :

Annie is revealed to be the Titan Female. Eren and Annie fight in the inner walls in their titan forms, causing great destructions. Using the hand-to-hand moves Annie teached him, Eren defeats her. Eren, by compassion, doesn't kill Annie who protects herself in an unbreakable crystal shell.

Then

Erwin attends a government inquiry, where he reveals that he kept his plans secret to prevent leaks. He further explains that despite the deaths and casualties of his plan and how they cannot get any information from Annie now that she is encased, she is proof there are humans that can turn into Titans living within the walls and he plans to find and use them to launch a counterattack against the Titans.

In the end

Erwin's name is cleared, Eren stays with the Survey Corps, Annie is put under the Survey Corps's custody and the rest of the 104th Top Trainees go on their different missions. In the epilogue, a piece of Wall Sina crumbles, revealing the face of a Titan within the wall.

Directly after the epilogue, the first episode of the second season starts.

Thanx! I'm still confused how this happened, I must have read the manga and confused my memory.