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[ { "body": "\n\nThe trick to this is, that noone in the school knows he is human except\n\n> the headmaster, who dropped his letter of admission in the first episode\n\nand maybe the bus driver, who is revealed to be:\n\n> Nurarihyon the supreme commander of all monsters in the last episode of the\n> 2nd season manga.\n\nadditionaly to the end of Capu 1 (it's their Season)\n\n> he almost dies and Moka Akashiya turns him into a part-vampire to save his\n> life\n\nThe plot device used for this is, that in School no one is allowed to show\ntheir true form, but have to disguise as humans. This allows him to wander\nfreely in this school for monsters.\n\nAt the same time of the revelation on who the Bus Driver is, the true reason\nis also revealed:\n\n> Nurarihyon (aka the Bus Driver, aka the supreme commander of all monsters)\n> wants Tsukune to be the next headmaster of the school of monsters.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-24T06:43:24.677", "id": "4203", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-25T16:07:08.643", "last_edit_date": "2014-04-25T16:07:08.643", "last_editor_user_id": "1751", "owner_user_id": "1751", "parent_id": "4195", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you haven't finished the manga, the text below may be a spoiler.\n\n> Okay, there is a reason - in the last 2-3 chapters of the manga, it was\n> revealed that Tsukune was allowed to become a vampire to fight against\n> Alucard, and I think that it was implied that he was supposed to be a middle\n> man for negotiations between the two in the future in the beginning.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-21T01:26:19.073", "id": "8162", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-21T02:26:36.817", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-21T02:26:36.817", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "4195", "parent_id": "4195", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was revealed that the headmaster purposely drop the school admission letter\nand had planned to turn tsukune into a shinso vampire in the hope that tsukune\ncould defeat Dracula one day, which technically happened even though Dracula\nvoluntary admitted defeat and killed himself\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-09T16:07:45.473", "id": "67616", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-09T16:07:45.473", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71063", "parent_id": "4195", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter watching episode 13, I realize I misunderstood some things.\n\n> So far in the anime (up to episode 12), from these three we've seen (if I\n> didn't miss any) only the Stationary Guard's patch.\n\nThis is most likely wrong, as we'd seen Levi before, and he belongs to the\nScouting Legion. See this image from episode 13: \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SclpQ.jpg)\n\nIn episode 13, we also see the Military Police's patch, although from a\ndistance: \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7xPnt.jpg) \nThe patch is visible on the arms of the guards standing by the cell\n\nThis means we've seen all three patches (Scouting Legion, Military Police and\nStationary Guard), plus the Crossed-Swords patch.\n\nNow, my misunderstanding came from the fact that the characters I mentioned in\nthe question are listed in the [Shingeki no Kyojin\nWiki](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Shingeki_no_Kyojin_Wiki) as\naffiliated either with the Scouting Legion ([Eren\nJaeger](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Eren_Yeager), [Mikasa\nAckerman](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Mikasa_Ackerman), [Armin\nArlert](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Armin_Arlelt) and [Jean\nKirschtein](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Jean_Kirschtein)) or the\nMilitary Police ([Annie\nLeonhardt](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Annie_Leonhardt)). \nHowever, episode 13 also shed some light on this matter, when Jean identified\n[Marco Bodt](http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Marco_Bodt) as \"The 104th\nTraining Corps Leader of Squad 19, Marco Bodt.\" \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ASA4r.jpg)\n\nAlso on episode 13, Levi tells Eren he'll accept his application to the\nScouting Legion: \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RE5U0.jpg) \n**NOTE** : The Scouting Legion is dubbed/subbed as Recon Corps in the anime\n\nThis would mean that the characters mentioned in the question still belonged\nto the Training Corps, and that the affiliation mentioned in their SnK Wiki\npages (which, in addition to the fact that I was under the impression they had\nalready \"graduated\" from the Training Corps, caused my misunderstanding) is,\npresumably, from the manga, which is ahead in the plot.\n\n**Basically,[as JonLin wrote in the comment below the\nquestion](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4196/was-the-scouting-\nlegions-patch-or-the-characters-military-affiliation-\nchanged#comment3437_4196), the Crossed-Swords patch belongs to the Training\nCorps, and no affiliation seems to have been changed.**\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-09T11:19:17.173", "id": "4325", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-09T11:19:17.173", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4196", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to a [Q&A with Nasu\nKinoko](http://completematerial.pbworks.com/w/page/34267021/Frequently%20Asked%20Questions#Misc.)\nin _Fate/complete material III_ , the Aozaki territory that the family are\nadministrators of, while currently unnamed, resides in Japan.\n\nIt's mentions that these lands are the only place where True Magic can be\nactivated and considered the greatest spiritual land in Japan.\n\n_Mahoutsukai no Yoru_ reveals that this land is indeed [Misaki\nTown](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Misaki_Town). It's mentioned in\n_Fate/complete material III_ that the distance between Fuyuki City and Misaki\nTown is equivalent to the distance of Kanto and Kyushu.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-24T19:42:14.417", "id": "4208", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-06T21:03:08.787", "last_edit_date": "2013-09-06T21:03:08.787", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4200", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis character is revealed at the end of episode 12.\n\n> Cain entered the cockpit of the Valvrave Two (which didn't start up until\n> this episode) with an orb that he referred to as **_Prue_**. \n> \n>  \n> \n> The helix in the orb reacted, and at the same time, the display in the\n> cockpit of Valvrave Two showed an image of a man, which matches the shadow\n> in the question. \n> \n>  \n> \n> The girl in Valvrave One refers to him as **_Onii-chan_**.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-28T14:56:04.007", "id": "4254", "last_activity_date": "2015-02-02T16:40:57.033", "last_edit_date": "2015-02-02T16:40:57.033", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1398", "parent_id": "4202", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, it's just a modified [military\nsalute](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salute) and the words themselves have no\nparticular meaning or a translation that would make sense.\n\nWhile a military salute can be used for acknowledgement when receiving orders,\nit is rather uncommon and makes the person doing so look retarded. Another use\nof a modified military salute may also be a [battle\ncry](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_cry). While there exist historic\nvideos from Germany with masses chanting and doing the [Nazi\nsalute](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_salute), flags hanging everywhere\nand despite fascist songs being sung in the\n[Wehrmacht](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht), usage of symbols and\nmemes resembling those that the Nazis used (and not being very original) are\nanything but an accurate take on this topic and rather use of artistic\nlicense. Producers often use their artistic license in that kind to demonize\nthe enemy and depict dictatorships or fanatics.\n\nI can't blame them, it still works very well and I found one of my teachers\nrefusing to believe me when I told her that the\n[Schwabacher](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwabacher) typeface was abolished\nin Germany by the Nazis (thus finally putting an end to the [Antiqua-Fraktur\ndispute](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua%E2%80%93Fraktur_dispute)).\n\nSimilar uses of artistic license in Animes:\n\n * \"Sieg Zeon\" in the Universal Century setting of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise from Sunrise\n * \"Gloria Augusta\" in Last Exile -Fam the Silver Wing-\n * [...]\n\nSo what happend here was that they took some well known phrase and replaced\none half with something random to have something new and unique. The Dorssian\nflag is another example of that.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-23T16:25:15.633", "id": "5561", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-23T16:25:15.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2590", "parent_id": "4207", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nIts quite easy:\n\nBlitz`n`Degen is a short form of Blitz und/and Degen\n\nbolt and sword (like epee)\n\nIt's to make something similar to the nazi \"Blut und Ehre\" (blood and honour),\nwhich is forbidden like the Hitler salute in Germany.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-19T15:34:43.000", "id": "7041", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-19T21:14:24.133", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-19T21:14:24.133", "last_editor_user_id": "3403", "owner_user_id": "3403", "parent_id": "4207", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou can look up in Manga chapter 437, page 12, where Hinata has her own\nCrowning Moment Of Awesome.\n\nYes he did ;)\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-25T10:21:49.017", "id": "4212", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-25T10:24:44.163", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-25T10:24:44.163", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "1751", "parent_id": "4211", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAFAIK, there is (unfortunately) no official concensus on this matter. That\naside, logic and speculation do help fill in some of the blanks.\n\n## Probable Answer(s)\n\n * **They're meant for training/fighting.** \\- According to [WiseGeek](http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-bicep-bands.htm), bicep bands can be worn around the arm of someone doing physical activities to catch and absorb sweat. There has been rumors of how they keep constant pressure on tendons and thus would help keep in intact with the bone, thus preventing serious conditions such as tendonitis. Recent research, as the resource above states, has generally concluded against this, but during the time of Dragonball's production late 80's/early 90's, this would not have been known. Generally bands are not worn on the thigh, as he does, but again, since research had not been conducted, the writer may have just assumed it would have similar effects. \n \nIn addition to the this assumption, we could slightly speculate and say that\nthey are similar technology, but enhanced in a way greater than our own\nworld's limitations, but serve essentially the same purpose.\n\n## Speculative Answer(s)\n\n * **They are a symbol used by Saiyan Warriors** \\- The fan base enjoys looking for symbolism, and this is no exception. Many assume it indicates rank, or family. This assumption doesn't have much foundation though, since few, if any, other Saiyan warriors are shown to use them. \n\nMost likely they're just decoration, designed to enhance his appearance. I\ndoubt Toriyama thought this out very deeply. :)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-25T21:11:28.403", "id": "4219", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-25T21:11:28.403", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1600", "parent_id": "4215", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBefore the royal guard was born, the chimera ants became aware of humans with\n'excessive life force' (a.k.a. _nen_ ) and the queen ordered them to hunt down\nany _nen_ users that were in the area for her consumption. We know that there\nwere hunters in the country at the time, like Ponzu and Pokkle's group etc. We\ncan assume that the queen consumed these hunters and the royal guard inherited\nthe _nen_ abilities.\n\nThe rest of the chimera ants are receiving (as of episode 85) their _nen_\nabilities the regular way - through the \"baptism\" which awakens _nen_ in a\nperson. This is how most humans acquire _nen_ abilities, as was probably the\ncase with Kite.\n\nThe overwhelming strength of the royal guard can be attributed to:\n\n * They are born able to use _nen_ , unlike human most _nen_ users who are \"baptised\". This gives them an advantage because their understanding and ability to use _nen_ is innate, not learned through years of training and study. \n\n * Chimera ants are insects by nature and are usually brutal, savage, and cruel. This leads to more menacing battle auras, which can hinder the fighting ability of a human opponent if the aura is intimidating enough. For example, Pitou's aura was menacing enough to scare away Gon and Killua. \n\n * Chimera ants also have the properties of any animals or humans that were eaten. This means that any member of the royal guard is going to have incredibly fast animal-like reflexes, the intelligence of the best humans, and the strongest muscles between animals/humans.\n\nThe combination of these means that the royal guard is going to be\nsignificantly stronger than most average hunters.\n\nKite was also at a disadvantage because he lost his arm protecting Gon and\nKillua before he fought Pitou.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-28T12:28:09.500", "id": "4252", "last_activity_date": "2016-07-30T12:45:31.637", "last_edit_date": "2016-07-30T12:45:31.637", "last_editor_user_id": "23758", "owner_user_id": "1724", "parent_id": "4220", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nSince Pokkle didn't get eaten before Pitou was born, and since he is mentioned\nas the first \"rare human\" they've encountered, the Queen shouldn't have eaten\nany humans with Nen-abilities before conceiving the Royal Guard. Out of\nPokkle's group, none of the four members were eaten by the Queen and there has\nbeen no mention of other \"rare humans\" before the Royal Guard was conceived.\n\nHow they still managed to be born with such strong Nen-powers is a mystery,\nsince, as they say themselves, the \"rare humans\" are worth 1000 normal ones.\nSo just to achieve the level of a normal Nen-user, the Queen would have to eat\n1000 normal humans, and for the Royal guard to be dozens of times stronger\nthan that, she would have needed to consume close to a hundred thousand humans\nfor each of the Royal Guards.\n\nThe population is certainly big enough to provide that many, but given the\ntime she had to eat that much, and subtract all the food that went to make the\nfoot soldiers, captains and squadron leaders, not to mention the King himself,\nthere is no way she had the soldiers to procure, let alone eat, that vast\namount of humans.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-07T13:27:46.120", "id": "35648", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-07T13:27:46.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27583", "parent_id": "4220", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that the reason why the royal guards were so powerful was because one,\nThe chimera ants evolve at a rapid rate and considering the amount of time for\nthe chimera ants to evolve to the rate of pitou, it should be an easy feat.So,\nin conclusion, pitou is as strong as she/he is because pitou had lots of time\nto evolve and is at near the pinnacle of evolution only underneath the king.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-04-27T00:30:00.263", "id": "46759", "last_activity_date": "2018-04-27T00:30:00.263", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "40369", "parent_id": "4220", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe shortest and most [sensible\nanswer](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NinjaRun) I could find is:\n\n> The standard Ninja Run is this:\n>\n> * Body tilted forward, low to the ground.\n> * One forearm crooked in front of the body, apparently to block attacks\n> (two fingers held in front of the mouth optional but prevalent).\n> * The other arm behind the back, ready to pull out a bladed weapon.\n>\n\nAnother speculative guess would be better aerodynamics. Also they move very\nquickly at times and it is said that [swinging your\narms](http://running.about.com/od/howtorun/tp/runningform.htm) make you tire\nfaster and give you bad form, so it could be to save energy.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-26T03:16:34.413", "id": "4223", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-20T17:34:17.873", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-20T17:34:17.873", "last_editor_user_id": "1528", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 40 }, { "body": "\n\nBased on research... ...Ninjas frequently were portrayed running with [The\nAirplane Arms](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AirplaneArms).\n\n> Ninja are also frequently portrayed running this way (with the arms swept\n> farther back, like the wings on an F-14 Tomcat), though they now tend to\n> prefer the Ninja Run. Samurai also run in a similar manner, usually while\n> keeping one hand grasped onto their katana. **In a more (apparently)\n> realistic series this may have something to do with the runner having a\n> reduced profile and thus being harder to hit with ranged weaponry, but it's\n> generally just the Rule Of Cool.**\n\nEmphasis by me.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-27T01:13:55.053", "id": "4238", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-02T10:27:24.287", "last_edit_date": "2013-10-02T10:27:24.287", "last_editor_user_id": "1725", "owner_user_id": "1725", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 45 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen they keep their arms behind, they are streamlined. They penetrate through\nair faster and air resistance is reduced, and hence it boosts their speed. It\nalso provides easy accessibility to weapons.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-27T20:23:51.737", "id": "5337", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-27T20:59:01.593", "last_edit_date": "2013-09-27T20:59:01.593", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2460", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nThe reason they do that is\n[Aerodynamics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamics).\n\nLess air resistance, faster speed. Used a lot when designing jets, planes,\ncars. You want something to be faster, you either make it more powerful or\nhave the resistance against it cut. Speed was important to ninjas so wearing\ntight clothes and running in an aerodynamic position would make them faster.\nThat is in addition to obvious benefits that people have stated (a hand at the\nready to draw a blade...etc).\n\nEver wonder about the shape of submarines or torpedoes? Its cause its\nhydrodynamic. Faster speed due to less resistance from the water. It works the\nsame for air resistance. NASA used to have a great page on aerodynamics but\nobviously it is no longer available (can't even be crawled due to robots.txt\nfor the site).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-05T22:20:01.620", "id": "5406", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-09T16:05:47.197", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-09T16:05:47.197", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "2504", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nPerhaps it's because the weapons they'd use to handle an ambush are drawn from\ntheir thighs and behind their backs. I'd think it would also give them a\nuniform running profile so that there is no 'best moment' to attack them. If\nyou run with your arms swinging there will be moments when your hands are\ncompletely out of position. Especially if you have, say, a left thigh shuriken\nholster and a right shoulder sword draw then you will constantly be creating a\nmoment where you can easily draw neither weapon due to arm swing. Thirdly it\nallows you to draw and throw weapons hidden in your sleeve without the delay\nof needing to swing your arm back.\n\nI suppose it could also be an artifact of chakra assisted movement. A proper\ncalisthenic running style might conflict with getting the best results from a\nrun that relies more on sticking with chakra and explosively releasing it for\na 'push' rather than the rounder motion of running based off pure athleticism.\nPerhaps it also helps their moment to moment balance by keeping their center\nof gravity near constant rather than allowing it to sway, that would\ntheoretically allow for faster, tighter reactions and evasions.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T18:02:58.397", "id": "5612", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-27T18:02:58.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2624", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nBecause putting your hands behind your back while running makes you go faster.\nBecause it's weighing you down in the back but your weighing yourself down in\nthe front, So it's like your trying to keep your balance but the front has\nmore weight than the back so when your running your also kind of leaning\nforward at the same time which makes you run faster giving you more speed.\nThat's why ninja do this so they have more speed.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-05T00:10:31.080", "id": "5733", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-09T16:02:24.733", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-09T16:02:24.733", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "2671", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, I once saw a bit about this in a Japanese TV show. It comes from the\nway samurai used to run before meeting the English. Samurai ran into battle\nusing only their legs, keeping the upper body stable and in a ready stance.\nThe arms back thing was, I believe, an extension of this having to do with a\nbelief that it cut down on air resistance. (like using the same technique to\nrun through water) But one thing that happened when the English arrived is\nthat each saw how the other ran and, as men will do, competed. The Western\nstyle of running is harder to do with a weapon in hand but is more efficient\nand therefor faster. The eastern style has no swinging of the arms, which\nallows larger weapons (swords) to be carried safely, but also requires the\nshift in weight to occur in the body rather than the arms, making it less\nefficient and slower.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-01T15:45:51.820", "id": "7257", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-01T15:45:51.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3560", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nIt obviously doesn't ACTUALLY make you run faster. If it did, you would see it\nin the Olympics.\n\nAny additional aerodynamics isn't made up for by the loss of swinging momentum\nof the arms and the awkwardness that causes.\n\nThere is a reason people swing their arms when they walk/run, even though it\nuses significantly more energy to do so.\n\nIndeed, I thought perhaps the reason you would see this run is that maybe it\nused less energy and helped for distance, but that is unlikely too, because it\nis probably more work to keep balance overall---and there are people who can\nbasically run so long that what they have to stop for is sleep anyway.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-20T15:48:08.327", "id": "7608", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-20T15:48:08.327", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3821", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nSeveral reasons really that I can think of.\n\n 1. To reduce the profile, leaning forward the way they do and keeping the arms straight makes for a harder target to hit and lower to the ground so its more difficult to see moving from cover to cover, which is a Ninja's main objective; to move stealthily. \n\n1.5 This also gives them the perfect posture to leap forward for whatever\nreason since most attacks from behind are hard to block compared to a forward\nattacks which will have a reasonable amount of time to see and intercept them.\n\n 1. An easier/quicker access to weapons, which are attached to the thighs and back.\n\n 2. Increased aerodynamics. Running at a fast speed like most Ninja do creates a lot of drag, the more aerodynamic the posture the better. I can also think of several balance issues that come from running face first like that, the arms held behind the body fix these balance issues.\n\n 3. Can achieve a faster speed. Technically... With all the weight moving forward like that it acts like a lead weight on the front of a toy racecar. The force above and ahead of the main pivot of the legs increases the speed. Inversely this makes things harder to control, but, given that Ninja are basically Jesus and can walk on water and vertical surfaces like walking on flat ground, it makes sense that they have amazing leg strength/balance and can stop on a dime relatively easily.\n\n 4. Improves correct sneaking posture. Most Ninja are taught to be stealthy, but learning a toe heel posture that emphasizes stealth takes a lot of practice and is hard to maintain. Leaning forward as they do while running forces the body into a toe heel posture.\n\n5.5 This early academy training idea also has a good grounding on why most\nadult Ninja in later chapters use the \"one hand behind and one hand forward\nwith a hand sign\" running style. They've already learned the correct posture\nto run and sneak with, now they can keep a hand forward, ready to cast the\nJutsu they learned during their time as Genin, alongside their proper\nsneak/running posture.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-23T04:24:35.163", "id": "7649", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-23T04:24:35.163", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3850", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nThe reasoning for this is most likely because it looks cool and fits what\nwesterners thinks of when they think of ninjas. There may be some reasoning\nwith weapons but I do not know of any. However it has nothing to do with\naerodynamics, physics or speed.\n\nSprinters use their arms because it makes them faster. Leaning forward while\nrunning does not make one faster it actually slows you down because you are in\nfront of your bodies natural center of balance.\n\nIt also does not aid in long distance running. Humans have evolved for bipedal\nmovement because it is more energy saving and efficient way of moving because\nof the center of gravity and swinging of the arms while walking and running.\nThis is why humans were able to prosper in our early developer because while\nother quadrupedal animals exhausted themselves while fleeing humans where able\nto run longer distance, though at a slower rate than other animals to tire\nthem out.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-19T07:03:23.330", "id": "8773", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-19T07:03:23.330", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4553", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nA mixture of obscuring your profile and having you hands closer to the\nbranches on your side, should you have to pivot/swing away without wasting\nchakra on a shadow clone or substitution jutsu. I think.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-05-21T06:35:10.080", "id": "68003", "last_activity_date": "2023-05-31T15:27:01.810", "last_edit_date": "2023-05-31T15:27:01.810", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "72148", "parent_id": "4221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost likely, it's purposely because the entire academy was run by mages, and\nthey would know about most if not all of these cases. There also is the fact\nthat a 10 year old genius mage was given that class specifically.\n\nIt will, though, remain in the realm of speculation as no such thing has been\nmentioned in the manga series.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-19T17:01:18.047", "id": "5242", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-19T18:09:58.640", "last_edit_date": "2013-09-19T18:09:58.640", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2406", "parent_id": "4222", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause it is extremely niche market. Anime in Japan is not that popular as\nyou might think. Most anime airs way into night, mostly around midnight. That\nis why, even if anime is accepted much more in Japan, the number of people who\nwatch late-night shows and are actually willing to pay is quite low.\n\nJust look at top sales of anime: Bakemonogatari is leading with number around\n70k of sold discs, and even 10k sold discs is considered huge success. So\nthose few fans are willing to pay those ridiculous prices, yet if they halved\nthe prices it most probably would't sell twice that much.\n\nAnd let us not forget anime airs normally on TV in Japan. For most people, it\nis enough to watch it or record it from there. And BD/DVD doesn't provide\nenough added value to actually buy it, no matter the price.\n\nSources are problematic, because most of them are in japanese, so you need to\ndepend on 2nd hand translations. Some sourcesSome sources: [It's Blu-ray Sales\nThat Matter](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=296000&show=0)\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-26T15:42:31.910", "id": "4231", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-27T06:51:55.990", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-27T06:51:55.990", "last_editor_user_id": "115", "owner_user_id": "115", "parent_id": "4224", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom what I could gather from [this ANN\narticle](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-07) (from the \"The\nHigh Prices... Explained!\" part), the high price is due to rental pricing.\nBasically the home video industry was originally \"set-up\" so that only a few\nthousand sales were made for niche releases, and these were made to video\nrental shops. The prices were around $89.95 (in America, which also used this\nmodel), but it worked well because with just a few thousand sales one could\nmake over a million dollars in revenue, and the video shops also benefited\nbecause they had a semi-exclusive item (since it was too expensive for\n\"normal\" people to buy).\n\n> Initially, video industry people didn't think there was much of a market in\n> selling to collectors.\n>\n> But the fans proved them wrong. Otaku of all kinds (not just anime fans)\n> started buying the videotapes and laserdiscs, and they bought them at those\n> high prices that were intended just for video stores. **There was no reason\n> to lower it.** In fact, there were a few experiments to drop the price to a\n> more affordable amount, but that usually resulted in a slight increase in\n> sales -- not enough to make up for the drop in revenue.\n\n(emphasis by me)\n\nThe article goes on to say that since we are talking about a specialty market\n(since only the hardcore fans really want to own the products), and not a\nmass-market, the prices stayed astronomically high.\n\nBasically, a few thousand fans buying a certain anime are enough to nearly\nsupport the whole budget of a show, and disc sales are basically the only way\nin which a show can make profit. \nFor these reasons, even as the rest of the home video industry lowered their\nprices, the anime industry stayed at the same high prices (they basically had\nno reasons no lower them).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-28T16:36:54.240", "id": "4256", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-28T16:36:54.240", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4224", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Does it move and think like a separate entity?\n\nYes, the clones are completely independent, apart from the fact that Naruto\ncan undo any clone he wishes to.\n\nThis can be seen when they collaborate and the fact that they need to\ncommunicate in order to do so. Note that when Naruto creates them, they know\nwhat he knows so he can _think_ of a plan, create the clones, and everybody\nknows their role in the plan without a need to discuss it—they are still\nindependent.\n\n> Can it think to try to kill the original?\n\nPossibly. But seeing as they have a short life and have just been cloned,\nNaruto would have had to be thinking about that kind of thing himself already\nin order for a clone to really do that. And of course, since Naruto can undo a\nclone at will, it would mean that as soon as he senses a threat from a clone\nhe can undo it.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-26T09:17:40.843", "id": "4230", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-26T14:56:53.270", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-26T14:56:53.270", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "1649", "parent_id": "4229", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe those are called bindi. They signify the third eye or the chakra of\nwisdom.\n\nAccording to wiki: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_%28decoration%29>,\npeople wear it as a fashion statement nowadays...\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T03:49:12.323", "id": "4518", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T03:49:12.323", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "4232", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis image is from the third game in the In'youchuu eroge series, [In'youchuu\nEtsu ~Kairaku Henka Taimaroku~](http://vndb.org/v2868). It does have an [OVA\nadaptation](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7836),\nbut I've linked to the first OVA in the series rather than this one as the\nimage for this one is not work-safe. If you do intend to search for\ninformation regarding this, keep in mind that this series is literally\npornography and that most of the content related to it would not be\nappropriate to post here.\n\nVNDB has the following description of the game:\n\n> One day, Yamato, Mikoto and Takeru visit a village in the mountain for the\n> training to be monster hunters. They have various hard trainings and finally\n> become the monster hunters. But there is something wrong with Yamato's\n> body.... His body gradually changes into a monster.... What is happening to\n> his body? Who can stop it? To save Yamato, Mikoto and Takeru make every\n> effort. What is a secret of Yamato's body? What will happen to Mikoto and\n> Takeru?\n\nThe characters in the image are Yamato and Mikoto. Yamato's body has a sealed\ndemon inside him, which is released at this particular moment in the story.\nThis image is an image of Yamato from the OVA:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-26T21:13:06.650", "id": "4237", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-30T00:14:58.860", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-30T00:14:58.860", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4236", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [the list of Lucky Star trivia on\nANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7222&page=22),\nit could be based off of Usada Hikaru (also known as Rabi-en-Rose) from Di Gi\nCharat. It's hard to find pictures of her non-transformed self, but I managed\nthis one:\n\n\n\nAs you can see, the hair color and eye color match and she also wears glasses.\nBut that's pretty generic, so here are the further similarities.\n\nWhen Usada transforms into Rabi en Rose (her magical girl identity), she has\nbunny ears. The girl in Lucky Star has a bunny hairpin.\n\nAlso, the original Di Gi Charat series is set in a store called Gamers. Guess\nwhere that Lucky Star scene takes place? A Gamers store.\n\n\n\nIt's a little \"censored\", but you can tell that it's supposed to be Gamers.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-27T03:39:44.487", "id": "4240", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-27T03:39:44.487", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "4239", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, they are the Miyakawa sisters Hikage and Hinata (left to right,\nrespectively). They are the main characters of the Lucky Star spinoff manga\n(and anime) _[Miyakawa-ke no\nKuufuku](http://myanimelist.net/manga/40019/Miyakawa-ke_no_Kuufuku)_ (The\nHunger of the Miyakawa Family).\n\nThey make cameos in episode 12, 16, and 24.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-27T04:16:39.473", "id": "4241", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-20T22:48:57.353", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-20T22:48:57.353", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4239", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nThe characters are [Hinata\nMiyakawa](http://luckystar.wikia.com/wiki/Hinata_Miyakawa)(at the cashier) and\n[Hikage Miyakawa](http://luckystar.wikia.com/wiki/Hikage_Miyakawa) from\n[Miyakawa-ke no Kufuku](http://luckystar.wikia.com/wiki/Miyakawa-ke_no_Kufuku)\n\\- also known in english as \"The Hunger of the Miyakawa Family\".\n\nHinata works in Gamers part-time to fund her doujinshi buying habits.\n\n\n\nIn addition to their cameos in episodes 12, 16, and 24 in Lucky Star as\nmentioned in a previous answer, There are corresponding cameos of Konata and\nKagami in Miyakawa-ke no Kufuku, at episode 5 and 7.\n\nThere's never any signal from the shows that the girls know each other and it\nappears to be purely coincidental that they bump into each other on occasion.\nThe do live in the same area which would account for this.\n\n\n\nAs well as the Konata & Kagami, the shopkeeper of Gamers and Akira Kogami also\ncameo in Miyakawa-ke.\n\nSummary from [ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-12-31/lucky-star-\nspinoff-manga-miyakawa-ke-no-kufuku-gets-anime):\n\n> The manga is based on the Lucky Star Moe Drill game series and centers\n> around big sister Hinata Miyakawa and little sister Hikage Miyakawa's\n> impoverished daily life at home (due to Hinata's wasteful habits) and\n> Hikage's life at elementary school.\n\nThe show started to air in April 29, 2013, 5 years after the first episode of\nLucky Star was aired on April 8, 2007.\n\nThe original manga of Miyakawa-ke was first published in 2009, (while Lucky\nstar continues publication slowly but surely) so it's unknown as to whether\nthese characters were meant to have such significance, or whether they were\nonly chosen afterwards for the spin-off.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-27T07:28:06.677", "id": "4242", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-20T20:11:22.590", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-20T20:11:22.590", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4239", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere's actually a fencing style based entirely on the drawing of the sword\ncalled [Iaijutsu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaijutsu). For a reference, the\n[Ukyo Tachibana character from the game, \"Samurai\nShodown\"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSzEACull7A) uses this technique,\ndrawing the sword as a form of attack and re-sheathing the blade all in one\nmove. There is also [Iaido](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iaid%C5%8D), \"a\nmodern Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements\nof drawing the sword from its scabbard or saya, striking or cutting an\nopponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the\nscabbard.\" Though in practice, the Iaido isn't a super fast movement. But\nagain, the emphasis is on the sheathed sword being a starting point, so in\norder to perform another move, the sword has to be re-sheathed.\n\nThe Iaijutsu article mentions that there is two postures for executing the\ntechnique, the standing position or the kneeling position, but both involve\nthe sword being sheathed and using the drawing of the sword as a strike.\nObviously, there's no real world instance of someone doing this as fast as\nFlora, but the technique is that the starting point of the strike is from a\nsheathed sword.\n\nOther well known users of this technique (though not necessarily the only\ntechnique that is used):\n\n * [Goemon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goemon_Ishikawa_XIII) (Lupin III)\n * [Himura Kenshin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himura_Kenshin) (Rurouni Kenshin)\n * [Ginkaku Uneri](http://katanagatari.wikia.com/wiki/Ginkaku_Uneri) (Katanagatari)\n * Honoka (The Third)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-27T08:36:35.237", "id": "4244", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-27T10:30:00.840", "last_edit_date": "2013-06-27T10:30:00.840", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4243", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAll four Hokage had been sealed with the [Shiki\nFuujin](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Demon_Consuming_Seal):\n\n * As you said, the **First and Second Hokage had been sealed by the Third** , in his fight against Orochimaru. \n * On that same fight, **the Third sealed himself** , along with the First and Second. \n * **The Fourth sealed himself** when he sealed the Kyuubi inside Naruto.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rCr3w.jpg)\n\nThose whose souls were sealed by the Shiki Fuujin cannot be summoned or\nreincarnated. \nHowever, as we discovered in chapter 618, [**the seal can be\nbroken**](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Demon_Consuming_Seal:_Release) by\nsummoning the Shinigami while using a [Shinigami\nmask](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shinigami_Mask) that was stored in the\n[Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage\nTemple](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uzumaki_Clan%27s_Mask_Storage_Temple).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/UvPvN.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-27T16:29:14.210", "id": "4246", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-27T16:29:14.210", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4245", "post_type": "answer", "score": 20 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSome proof that he **can** control the magnitude of vectors:\n\n * He can propel himself by changing the vectors around his feet. Seeing as it initially has no speed, and suddenly it has, it means that the direction _and_ magnitude was changed.\n * When he was first challenged by Touma, he kicked a stone as a warning shot, the stone flew so quickly, it made a nearby tower explode. Again, since the stone was at 0 speed, and went to supersonic speed (because that's what it takes to make an explosion like that), the magnitude was changed.\n\nI'm sure that there could be more examples which I can't remember off the top\nof my head.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-28T09:47:43.850", "id": "4250", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-28T09:47:43.850", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4248", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nAccelerator's ability can be broken down into two parts: Redirection and\nVector control.\n\nRedirection is his defensive, passive posture which reflects any vector\napproaching his body.\n\nVector control is his active ability where he can choose to manipulate\nspecific vectors by both magnitude and direction. This ability requires\nAccelerator to constantly be computing the combination of vectors he plans to\nuse.\n\nIn the sisters arc, Accelerator demonstrated a few different types of vector\ncontrol.\n\n 1. Vector Shooting \n 2. Wind Control\n 3. Plasma Storm\n 4. Earth Stomp\n\nVector shooting was when he kicked the rock at Touma. He was able to increase\nthe speed of the rock and make it substantially faster than normal.\n\nNear the end of the fight, he was also able to create this huge plasma field.\nThis required him to gather wind in a specific location, and then further\ncompressing the wind (wind control and plasma storm).\n\nThere was also Earth Stomp where Accelerator simply just stomps on the ground\nand controls the vectors to create a small rock attack upon the enemy. Along\nwith that, Accelerator uses the Earth to propel himself forward in other\nsituations.\n\nAs the story progresses, Accelerator has a new arsenal of moves that require\nthe manipulation of magnitude, however those were not covered in the Anime\nyet. As of the sisters arc in both Index and Railgun, these are the different\ntypes of vector control that have been displayed.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-16T19:03:01.247", "id": "4837", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-16T19:03:01.247", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4248", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI take the position that Accelerator **cannot** control the magnitude of\nvectors.\n\n## Indirect textual evidence\n\n * The Japanese for Accelerator's \"vector manipulation\" ability is: 向き【ベクトル】変換. The two fundamental properties of a vector are magnitude (大きさ) and direction (向き). If we ignore the furigana on 向き, Accelerator's ability translates as \"direction changing\" or \"direction transformation\". (Also, 向き isn't a synonym for vector in any standard usage, so there's clearly an emphasis on the \"direction\" aspect here.)\n\n * Consider the following quote from volume 15, with all furigana preserved:\n\n> 一方通行【アクセラレータ】は何らかのベクトルを拾い、その向きを変換し、一点に集中して垣根​帝督【ていとく】を攻撃【こうげき】している。\n\nRoughly translated, this comes out to:\n\n> Accelerator brought together some manner of vectors (ベクトル), altered their\n> direction (向き), brought them to a point, and attacked Kakine Teitoku.\n\nWe see here that there is an explicit reference to modifying the _direction_\nof vectors, and no reference to modifying the _magnitude_ of vectors. This\ndoesn't prove anything directly, but its absence is reasonably informative.\n\n * A cursory search across all 22 volumes of the initial light novel series (i.e. before New Testament) plus the two associated side story volumes reveals no cases in which 大きさ was mentioned within a few lines of ベクトル. (I might've missed something, though; this isn't all that great evidence. I'm just pointing out that there seem to be no references to the matter of magnitude either way.)\n\n## Physical arguments\n\nDirect physical evidence that Accelerator cannot control vector magnitudes\ncannot exist (you can't prove a negative). It is easy, however, to demonstrate\na reasonably plausible physical mechanism by means of which Accelerator could\ndo everything he does without needing to control the magnitude of vectors (as\nI will do below). By the principle of parsimony, it follows that we need not\nassume that Accelerator is able to control vector magnitudes.\n\nWe begin by looking at energetic considerations. Consider a 1 kg lump of iron\nthat is at room temperature. Roughly speaking, the total thermal energy of\nthat lump is on the order of 1e5 ~ 1e6 joules. This is sufficient energy to\npropel a 50 kg human at a velocity of ~100 mi/hr, or a 50 g stone at ~3000\nmi/hr (~Mach 4). If Accelerator is in contact with the earth, he has access to\nan energy reservoir roughly 1e24 times larger. Conclusion: Accelerator has\naccess to enough energy to do pretty much anything, _if_ he has a way to\nharness some or all of the thermal energy of objects he is in contact with.\n\nThe question remains: _can_ Accelerator harness thermal energy? I claim the\nanswer is yes.\n\nLet us assume for the sake of argument that the only thing Accelerator can do\nis take a moving particle and alter its direction of motion (we're going to\nhandwave our way past things like wavefunctions, Heisenberg uncertainty, and\n[in particular] conservation of momentum, because obviously Accelerator\ncouldn't exist in the real world, so some physical laws have to give). Using\nthis framework, let's see how Accelerator can do some things.\n\n 1. Accelerator wants to launch a stone at supersonic speeds. To do so, he directs the momentum vectors of a suitably-sized portion of the earth in the direction he wants the rock to move. This portion of the earth mostly-elastically collides with the stone and transfers its momentum to the stone, launching the stone at high speed. The aforementioned portion of earth gets slightly colder, but the earth is a huge heat reservoir, so it doesn't really make a difference.\n 2. Accelerator wants to launch himself at Touma. He uses his ability to direct the momentum vectors of a suitably-sized portion of the earth in the direction he wants. Elastic collisions happen, and he goes flying at Touma. If the momentum of the portion of the earth he's manipulating isn't large enough to get him moving fast enough after an elastic collision, he can augment the momentum of that portion by having the _surrounding_ portions of the earth elastically transfer momentum into that portion, repeating as necessary to get the part that will collide with him moving fast enough. Elastic collisions in solids happen pretty quickly, so this should give him good reaction time. \n\nIn general, I don't think it's possible to formulate a valid argument of the\nform \"Accelerator is capable of doing X, therefore he must be able to\nmanipulate vector magnitudes\". As long as Accelerator has access to warm\nmatter (which he does unless you stick him in a vacuum), he has access to\nparticles in motion, with their associated momentum vectors, which can be\nmanipulated to do just about anything.\n\n## Closing note\n\nTake all of this with a grain of salt - as the perennial \"can Flash beat\nAccelerator\" debates (and their ilk) demonstrate, Accelerator's abilities are\nnot well-defined in a physical sense. Vectors don't physically exist - they're\nmerely a useful mathematical abstraction we use to describe certain features\nof the universe. Trying too hard to justify Accelerator's abilities in terms\nof physical principles is a recipe for failure. In the end, Accelerator's\nvector manipulation does whatever Kamachi wants it to do.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-16T19:42:40.170", "id": "4838", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-24T02:27:53.240", "last_edit_date": "2014-05-24T02:27:53.240", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "4248", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOoops.. Sorry my bad. I was too lazy to read the whole\n[page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobato.#Characters) when it already\ncontained the answer.. :P\n\n> At the conclusion of the anime, it is revealed that Kobato died in the\n> distant past. She exists in a liminal state where she neither dead nor\n> alive. In the end, when she finally fulfills her task to fill the flask, she\n> is reborn without any memories of her past life until she meets Fujimoto\n> again few years later. In the manga, it is revealed that Kobato had died due\n> to the war caused by Ioryogi and the gods. The angel that Ioryogi had fallen\n> in love with felt pity for the girl who died before her time was up and\n> transferred her soul into Kobato, being able to since they both have the\n> same soul but belong to different worlds. The time limit Kobato has is the\n> time before the angel disappears.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-30T23:44:23.573", "id": "4265", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-30T23:44:23.573", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "88", "parent_id": "4249", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe story of the origin of the particular scar (left eye) is told in Chapter\n434 / Episode 316. It's given to him by Blackbeard while still on Whitebeard's\nship, as part of their crew. By the time Ace and Luffy have grown up, Shanks\nis one of the Emperors.\n\n> The conversation hits a more serious note as Shanks points to his scarred\n> left eye. One of Whitebeard's crew gave it to him, Marshall D. Teach. Shanks\n> has known what Teach has been up to all these years and tries to warn\n> Whitebeard of what may happen if Ace and Teach meet, he begs Whitebeard to\n> stop the search. When Whitebeard outright refuses and states he will teach\n> Teach about morals, Shanks reacts by drawing his sword, stating the\n> rampaging era will not be stopped. Whitebeard and Shanks clash weapons,\n> splitting the skies to the shock of both captains' crew members.\n\nSource: <http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_434>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-28T13:13:17.070", "id": "4253", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-28T13:13:17.070", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1960", "parent_id": "4251", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\n> Does he get his scar when Blackbeard was still part of Whitebeard's crew?\n\nPresumably yes, as long as most of Blackbeard's activities happened as he\nposed as just another crew member of the Whitebeard pirates which Shanks\ndeduced was his cover to how threatening he really is.\n\nBut to clarify more of your suspicions, this does mean that it took Shanks (at\nleast) 10 whole years before he told Whitebeard this guy is sinister and\nstrong.\n\nThe timeline is Shanks & crew docking at Luffy's village in Luffy's flashback\nfrom [Episode of Luffy: Adventure on Hand\nIsland](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_of_Luffy). There was episode 4\nof _One Piece_ that shows Luffy's past, but this flashback includes when/how\nhe gets his scar & follows closer to Chapter 1: Romance Dawn.\n\nLuffy is 19 in the New World (has flashback) -> 12 years earlier caption ->\nLuffy is 7 & Shanks has a scar.\n\nThe [meeting](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_316) with Whitebeard\nhappens while the Strawhat Crew is in Water 7 when Luffy is age 17. Shanks\nonly met with Whitebeard once he knew Ace was hunting him down, not just to\ntell him about the scar which might explain his wait.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-21T07:02:39.550", "id": "5266", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-06T11:56:16.607", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-06T11:56:16.607", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2364", "parent_id": "4251", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nShanks got his scar from Blackbeard the time he was with the Roger Pirates or\nbefore he created his own crew. At the meeting (ep.434) with Whitebeard,\nShanks said they have been fighting since then, means that Shanks got his scar\nbefore he became the captain of Red Hair Pirates. Because, if you notice the\nflag of the Red Hair Pirates in chapter 1 or episode 1, the flag has a scar\nalready.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-15T04:35:22.543", "id": "15092", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-20T16:00:49.373", "last_edit_date": "2015-10-20T16:00:49.373", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "9175", "parent_id": "4251", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nPerhaps. Before Whitebeard announced One Piece was real, he had a flashback of\nwhen Roger was still alive. In that flashback, he commented on how there was a\nmember of his crew named \"Marshall D. Teach”, showing how Teach had joined\nbefore Shanks had his scars. Coincidentally, at Roger's execution, Shanks had\nhis straw hat pulled down over his eyes, not giving any indication of having\nor not having the scar at that time.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-27T09:37:52.763", "id": "17098", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-27T09:37:52.763", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "10873", "parent_id": "4251", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nShanks might have got that scar when he was with Roger Pirates. Red hair\npirate's flag had the scar mark, so he must have got the scar before becoming\na captain. Or it can be a mistake by anime artists like they did in episode\n461 where he had both his hands intact.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-03-22T16:54:30.163", "id": "30743", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-06T11:56:19.967", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-06T11:56:19.967", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "22903", "parent_id": "4251", "post_type": "answer", "score": -5 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's simple. When Roger and Whitebeard clashed for 3 days, you can see young\nBlackbeard with a weapon with three blades, and Shanks' scar also has three\nblade marks, so most probably shanks got that scar as a kid.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-09-06T05:13:15.667", "id": "65559", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-06T11:56:18.663", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-06T11:56:18.663", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "62315", "parent_id": "4251", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n\n\nWell, there's [Tiger & Bunny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_%26_Bunny)\nwhich plastered product placement to the extreme of its real-life sponsors:\n\n> Each of the city's most famous superheroes work for a sponsor company and\n> their uniforms also contain advertising for real-life companies.\n\nThe show features \"sponsored\" super heroes who fight crime, with their\nsponsors plastered all over them like NASCAR, and in some cases, even doing\nin-show commercials for the actual product (e.g. Pepsi). Some of these in-show\nsponsors were actually sponsors of the show. The old Tiger & Bunny website\n(it's since been changed) listed all of their sponsors which had product\nplacement: [via\narchive.org](http://web.archive.org/web/20110902083004/http://www.tigerandbunny.net/link/index.html).\n\n\n\nI don't know if these companies actually went to the producers to pay for\nadvertising spots within the show. It's probably more likely that it was a\ntwo-way street, working much like how anime get made in general, where the\nproducers/studio will look for sponsors with an idea, and a contract and\nagreement is made. So these companies went into it knowing how their product\nwould be placed in the show.\n\nWhen the show was adapted into a manga, all of the product placement was\nremoved (for obvious reasons).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-29T19:24:36.400", "id": "4258", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-29T19:24:36.400", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nYes. Sometimes it's a sort of \"exchange\" of product placement - the anime will\nshow the brand in the show, and the brand will put something about the show on\nits products for a certain timeframe.\n\n# Code Geass: Pizza Hut\n\n\n\n\n# Rebuild of Evangelion\n\n \n\n# Tiger & Bunny: Various\n\n   \n\nI'm sure there are more examples but these are just a few.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-06-29T19:31:36.330", "id": "4259", "last_activity_date": "2013-06-29T19:31:36.330", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "4257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 36 }, { "body": "\n\nIn addition to the other answers...\n\nThe first episode of the new _Ghost in the Shell: ARISE_ series features\nvarious shots of various ads for the Surface tablet and the device itself.\n\n\n\nThe _Evangelion_ Rebuild films have had long lingering shots of a Lawson's\nconvenience store. Also, Misato’s fridge is stocked with Kirin beer.\n\n\n\nIn _Macross Frontier_ movie, Ranka and Alto go into a FamilyMart convenience\nstore as a plot point...\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-09T19:50:33.827", "id": "4330", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-09T19:50:33.827", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nFull Metal Panic has product placements of Budweiser and Heineken.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-30T16:53:58.937", "id": "6645", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-30T18:20:37.617", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-30T18:20:37.617", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "3164", "parent_id": "4257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n\n\nHere. This one's from Nichijou.\n\nAnd yes, it's the real thing as is featured in the credit: (0:59 in [the\nending 2](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pue606bayV4))\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-25T05:05:05.363", "id": "14654", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-12T04:08:45.763", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-12T04:08:45.763", "last_editor_user_id": "19671", "owner_user_id": "8856", "parent_id": "4257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nGreat Teacher Onizuka features a Vaio laptop:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/506rB.jpg)\n\nThere are also Infiniti and Nissan placements in Ghost in the Shell: Arise\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-12T11:26:49.277", "id": "27963", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-12T16:05:23.890", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-12T16:05:23.890", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "19678", "parent_id": "4257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Katsuhiro Otomo-designed\n[Freedom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_Project) OAV series is a\nparticularly fun viewing experience for product placement, since it came into\nbeing as part of a Nissin Cup Noodles promotional campaign. In it, remnants of\nhumanity live in a lunar colony where -- incidentally and inexplicably --\nNissin Cup Noodles are a primary food source.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-12-23T19:17:20.337", "id": "43898", "last_activity_date": "2017-12-23T19:17:20.337", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "37284", "parent_id": "4257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nShould have looked harder before I asked the question.\n\nAccording to [Nausicaa.net's \"Porco Rosso\"\nFAQ](http://www.nausicaa.net/wiki/Porco_Rosso_%28FAQ%29), under the question \"\n_Why did Porco become a pig?_ \"\n\n> Although it was never mentioned in the movie, a press release states that he\n> was **disillusioned with humanity, and cursed himself to be a pig**.\n> Miyazaki stated that \"When a man becomes middle-aged, he becomes a pig\". It\n> seems that Porco is carrying a lot of baggage, and that has something to do\n> with him quitting being a human.\n>\n> The official story goes as follows: Captain Marco Pagot (named after the\n> Italian animator and friend of Miyazaki - they worked together on Sherlock\n> Hound for Italy's RAI TV) was an ace pilot of the Italian Air Force during\n> World War I. He quit the IFA since he saw fascism on the rise, and he wanted\n> to fly following his own will. He became a bounty hunter, assuming the name\n> \"Porco Rosso\". He crossed out his own face as a young man in the picture\n> that Gina had hung on the wall of her restaurant, so that no one would know\n> what he looked like as a human.\n>\n> Miyazaki said that Porco once intended to marry Gina, but then World War I\n> broke out, and Gina was living on an island which was Austrian territory. As\n> a military officer, he could not bring himself to marry an enemy national.\n> Torn between his loyalty to his home country and his love for Gina, he chose\n> his country. But when he witnessed the deaths of his fellow pilots,\n> including that of his best friend (Gina's husband), he started wondering\n> about the meaning of his actions, and the meaning of flying and dying for\n> his country. Unable to resolve the conflicts in his mind, he became a pig.\n\nAdditionally, under the question, \" _Did Porco become a human again?_ \"\n\n> The general consensus is, yes (though whether he stayed human is another\n> matter).\n>\n> In the last shot of the two of them wading towards their planes, Curtis was\n> insisting on seeing Porco's face, implying something had changed about it.\n> The conversation between Porco and Fio at the camp set up the \"kiss the frog\n> prince\" theory, so Fio's kiss (and Gina's love) at the end did turn Porco\n> back into a human. He became a pig because he was disillusioned with\n> humanity, but Fio's innocence made him feel that \"there is still some hope\n> for humans\", as Porco said. This time, he won, and he did not \"make another\n> girl unhappy\". It seems that he finally overcame his self-hatred.\n\nSo I guess the answer's are \" **disillusioned with humanity** \" is what caused\nthe curse, being that he cursed himself and that it's possible that he cured\nit at the end when he regained his faith.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-01T01:31:11.323", "id": "4266", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-01T01:31:11.323", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4263", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere isn't just 1 reason, but could be several:\n\n * **Plot Compression** : this could be either a cause or a consequence. They compress the plot too much and they get forced to \"fill\" the extra seconds of air time.\n * **Partneship** / **Sponsorship** : Some partner or sponsor could ask for extra time of the anime air time (Squarenix in FMA comes to mind) at the end of the episode or after the opening. This could also branch to promotion of other works of the same or different production house or some artist ([as Logan commented](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4264/how-do-anime-productions-arrange-for-artists-to-do-the-end-card-illustrations#comment3537_4264)).\n * **Promotional products** : they could use this time to promote any \"collections\" product for hardcore fans or another version of the same franchise (like the Anime promoting the new Manga or L/N).\n\nAny other reason is a mix of the previous three, but these are the main\npossible causes.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-13T20:16:47.707", "id": "5857", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-19T15:40:41.043", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.117", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2159", "parent_id": "4264", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAlthough I can't find any reliable source, it seems that both are based on\nSaṃsāra :\n\n> The repeating cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth (reincarnation) within\n> Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism, and Yoga.\n\nSource: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara)\n\nThis represents both the Six Paths of Pain (also Rinne is the Japanese Name\nfor Samsāra) and the \"one is all, all is one\"-thing in FMA (as seen in episode\n12 of the 2009-anime).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-01T16:08:01.657", "id": "4270", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-09T16:02:00.377", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-09T16:02:00.377", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "4269", "post_type": "answer", "score": 28 }, { "body": "\n\nNot at all, both are different series in different scenarios. Anything related\nis because of the different meanings of our cultures that come from ancient\nmyths.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-02T04:54:29.403", "id": "6694", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-09T16:05:19.993", "last_edit_date": "2014-01-09T16:05:19.993", "last_editor_user_id": "1527", "owner_user_id": "3190", "parent_id": "4269", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to various Japanese sources,\n\n> Kazuya's parents divorced.\n\n* * *\n\nFrom [Aniota Wiki -spoiler part-\n(Japanese)](https://www49.atwiki.jp/aniwotawiki/pages/27836.html),\n\n> 実は果音とは血の繋がらない義理の兄妹である。 **一也の母(離婚)と果音の父親(死別)が再婚したためであり、再婚したのは10年以上前である**\n> 。前田姓はもともと果音達の姓であり、一也達は再婚してから前田姓を名乗るようになった。果音が義理の妹であることを一也は知っているが、果音には隠している。しかし、わだかまりがあるわけではなく本当の妹のように大切に思っている。また、兄として果音を守ってあげたいとの感情から果音とはすぐに打ち解けいてるが、果音の父親と打ち解けるのは少し時間がかかったようである。\n> _(Emphasis mine)_\n\nRough translation:\n\n> Actually, (Kazuya is) Kanon's stepbrother. **Kazuya's mother (divorced) and\n> Kanon's father (bereavement) remarried more than 10 years ago**. Maeda is\n> Kanon's surname, and Kazuya's family took it as their surname after their\n> remarriage. Kazuya knows that Kanon is his stepsister, but he hides it from\n> her. However, without any ill-feeling, Kazuya cares about her like real\n> sister. Also, even if he shows his feeling and wanting to protect Kanon as\n> her brother immediately, it takes quite a while to show that to Kanon's\n> father. _(Emphasis mine)_\n\n* * *\n\nFrom [comment no. 65 on a Japanese blog](http://yaraon-\nblog.com/archives/48990),\n\n> **一也の両親は離婚**\n> 。ママリンは女手一つで一也を育てる。果音の母親は病死。パパリンはそれもあって娘を溺愛。兄妹二人がであったのが大体10年ほど前（新見さんより前ですね）。現在の両親は職場が同じで、それが縁で再婚。\n> [...] _(Emphasis mine)_\n\nRough translation:\n\n> **Kazuya's parents divorced**. His mother was taking care of him alone.\n> Kanon's mother died. Her father also really cares for her. Kazuya met Kanon\n> around 10 years ago (earlier than Niimi). Their current parents works at the\n> same place and remarried by fate. [...] _(Emphasis mine)_\n\n* * *\n\nAnd last but not least, [post no. 857 on 2channel](http://archive.2ch-\nranking.net/gal/1372231644.html#857),\n\n> 一也の場合はママリンと父が離婚したんだよな。ロクでもない奴だったのか\n\nRough translation\n\n> On Kazuya's case, his mother and father divorced, eh. Worthless guy, wasn't\n> he?\n\n* * *\n\nUnfortunately, I couldn't find where this is explained since I don't touch the\nseries.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-01-30T14:59:31.187", "id": "38689", "last_activity_date": "2017-01-30T14:59:31.187", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "4271", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure where you got the information that the students are in class 2-H.\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sayonara,_Zetsubou-\nSensei_characters#Nozomu_Itoshiki.27s_students) lists Nozomu's class as 2-へ\n(2-He). Here, the number indicates the year, while the character indicates\nwhat class in the year they are in. Since へ is the 6th character in [Iroha\norder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iroha), this would correspond to class\n2-F. Incidentally, 2-ふ would be the 32nd class in year 2, which is far more\nthan most Japanese high schools would have.\n\nThere's nothing really unusual about having 6 or more classes in a given year.\nIt is a bit unusual that they're labeled in Iroha order, which is pretty old\nfashioned. It's more common (in my experience) for classes to be labeled with\nletters in the Roman alphabet or with numbers. I don't think there's any deep\nmeaning to using this though; it just conjures a sort of old-fashioned\nfeeling.\n\nI can't think of any hidden meaning to 2-へ, but I have not read to the end of\nthe manga so there could be something revealed at the end. If there is such a\nmeaning, though, it isn't obvious and it certainly doesn't apply to other\nanime which have this same class name. The name is a pretty normal one, if old\nfashioned.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-02T21:07:33.710", "id": "4277", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-02T21:07:33.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4273", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI touch on this in [my answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/3478/247) to\nyour other question. Eastern and Buddhist myths often use the [cosmic\negg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_egg) to explain creation. In Chinese\nmythology, it is [Pangu](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangu) who hatches from\nthe egg. In Hindu mythology, it is\n[Brahma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahma#Origin). In Buddhism, Buddha\nhimself is depicted as hatching from the egg as seen below.\n\n\n\nThe myth of the [World Tree](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_tree) is\nanother that pervades religion.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-23T04:52:19.720", "id": "4437", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-23T04:52:19.720", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.523", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4274", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nAs with coleopterist's already accepted answer, I don't know the author's\ninspiration for certain, which would be impossible, unless a writing or\ninterview exists in which Ono explicitly describes any inspiration for the\nidea. But the following are suggestive, and I think worth mentioning in\naddition to coleopterist's information regarding Buddhism. Some of these may\nperhaps be what you were reminded of in term of babies growing in eggs (albeit\nnot from trees; on the other hand, [Princess Kaguya of Japanese\nlegend](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter) was said\nto have been born from a bamboo stalk, but not an egg):\n\n> ...consider the following extremely suggestive legend of T’arhae, the fourth\n> king of Silla. The legend as it is recounted in the _Samguk sagi_ (\n> _Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms_ ), the oldest historical\n> chronicle of the Korean kingdoms, is as follows:\n>\n\n>> T’arhae was born in the country of Tap’ana. That country is one thousand ri\nnortheast of Yamato. Of old, the king of that country married the queen of a\ncountry of women. She became pregnant for seven years, and gave birth to a\nlarge egg, at which time the King said:\n\n>>\n\n>> “A human being born from an egg is an inauspicious omen. Throw it away.”\nBut the queen could not bear to simply throw it away, and so she wrapped the\negg in a silk cloth and placed it along with some treasures in a box and set\nit floating upon the sea, where she lost sight of it. ... It thereupon floated\nto the coast of Ajinp’o ... where an old woman picked it up. When she opened\nthe box, there was a small boy inside.61\n\n>\n> Mishina Shōei and others have demonstrated that this legend illustrates a\n> common motif of the nation-founding legends of the Korean kingdoms wherein a\n> child of the sun who is “hatched” from an egg is sent floating on the sea\n> until he reaches a kingdom that has been promised to him. In the Ame no\n> Hiboko/Akaru Hime legend cycle we find at least part of this motif repeated\n> as Akaru Hime, apparently the daughter of the sun god, crosses over to\n> Yamato from Silla after “hatching” from a stone that Ame no Hiboko has\n> metaphorically incubated for an evening.62\n\n\\--Como, Michael I. (2008) _Shotoku: Ethnicity, Ritual, and Violence in the\nJapanese Buddhist Tradition_ , Oxford University Press.\n\nSimilarly, in the 16th century Chinese novel [_Fengshen Bang_ / _Fengshen\nYanyi_ /The Investiture of the Gods/The Creation of the\nGods](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investiture_of_the_Gods),\n\n> Nezha's mother, Lady Yin, gave birth to a ball of flesh after being pregnant\n> with him for three years and six months. Li Jing thought that his wife had\n> given birth to a demon and attacked the ball with his sword.\n\n\\-- <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezha>\n\nThe above descriptions of king or lord thinking a child born from an egg is\ninauspicious or demonic is an interesting contrast to the King of Kou's\nrepeated claim that as a kaikyaku born of a woman and _not_ of ranka, Yōko\nwould bring ruin and even demons to the land. The Kou king's reversal of this\ntrope of suspicion of the egg-born, however... (the following is a spoiler for\nShadow of the Moon, the Sea of Shadow: Ch. 12)\n\n> turns out not to be what he truly believes -- quite the opposite in fact: It\n> eventually emerges that he feared Kei becoming, like En, more prosperous\n> than Kou, due to some imagined connection between taika rulers and\n> prosperity.\n\nLastly, in Chinese Daoist legends of creation, [\"Pan Gu, the first man, is\nsaid to have come forth from chaos (an egg) with two horns, two tusks, and a\nhairy body.\"](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pan-Gu) \n(As a clarification, _he_ \\-- not the egg from which he was born -- had the\nhorns, tusks, and body hair.)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-12-11T22:34:48.420", "id": "50068", "last_activity_date": "2018-12-18T22:49:38.643", "last_edit_date": "2018-12-18T22:49:38.643", "last_editor_user_id": "43864", "owner_user_id": "43864", "parent_id": "4274", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n(I'm Japanese, so please excuse my English.)\n\nFirst a bit of background:\n\n * Season 1: This season was a Sunday morning anime in Japan. Sunday morning anime means children anime. SynergySP is known as an anime studio for children.\n * Season 2: After this season, _Hayate_ moved to the midnight anime for adults in Japan. To produce an anime for adults is the contrary to the SynergySP's corporate philosophy.\n\nAfter that, you can read the _Hayate_ 's author, [Hata's\nthought](http://websunday.net/backstage/hata/391.html):\n\n> TVアニメが始まります。\n>\n> 第三期ではありません。\n>\n> 今回は新アニメ。\n>\n> 新しいハヤテのごとく！です。\n\nTranslation\n\n> The TV anime will start.\n>\n> It is not the 3rd season.\n>\n> It is a new anime.\n>\n> _New Hayate no Gotoku!_\n\nAs for your question:\n\n> I've seen a few shows switch studios once, but switching twice seems\n> extremely rare.\n\nTypically when the timeslot moves from a morning/children anime to the\nmidnight/adults anime, often times you will see a studio switch.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-21T04:06:10.050", "id": "7083", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-15T15:12:41.973", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "3412", "parent_id": "4275", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe image is of Kusaribe Hakaze from the anime [Zetsuen no\nTempest](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_of_Tempest), which aired October\n2012 - March 2013. Here is the plot synopsis from Wikipedia:\n\n> The story revolves around Mahiro Fuwa, a teenager whose sister was\n> mysteriously murdered one year before, and his friend Yoshino Takigawa.\n> Mahiro is contacted by Hakaze Kusaribe, the leader of the Kusaribe clan who\n> was left stranded on an unknown deserted island by her followers, and agrees\n> to help Hakaze in exchange for her help to find out the culprit for the\n> death of his family. Upon learning of his friend's intentions, Yoshino joins\n> him on his quest to stand against the Kusaribe clan who intends to awaken\n> the \"Tree of Exodus\" whose power can bring ruin to the entire world.\n\nThe image occurs in episode 5.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-02T23:10:06.260", "id": "4283", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-02T23:19:41.173", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-02T23:19:41.173", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4282", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere can be different reasons for that, let's try to imagine some of them.\n\n * Lower cost. This is obvious (just compare the prices for black ink cartridges and color cartridges for your printer to see the difference). Also, consider that the lower cost of production causes lower prices for the end product - so the readers will be more eager to buy manga.\n\n * Faster production. Unlike comics in the US, for example, which usually comes out on a monthly basis, a lot of manga comes out weekly. Coloring would take additional time and make it harder to release new chapters in time.\n\n * Manga artists usually don't have a lot of staff to help them, and sometimes even work alone. Thus, they don't have enough time (and, not rarely, enough skill) to color their works well, because:\n\n * Coloring is completely different from line art. Not all people that can draw good line art can color well, and vice versa. If you talk about comics, there are usually at least two artists making them: one artist that draws line art, and another artist that is responsible for coloring (this artist is called a [colorist](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorist)). Believe me, coloring is _hard_. And of course, that person also needs to be paid :P\n * It also somehow raises the interest of manga fans in watching anime (which is in color), but I doubt this is really a valuable reason, so think of it as of an interesting observation.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-03T08:32:36.680", "id": "4286", "last_activity_date": "2020-04-24T08:39:27.750", "last_edit_date": "2020-04-24T08:39:27.750", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "4284", "post_type": "answer", "score": 44 }, { "body": "\n\nMaking manga is a lot of work. It takes several hours to make 1 page of manga\naccording to one of my friends. So just imagine how long would it take to make\nthe entire manga just in black and white. And also, the manga artists have\nlots of manga to make within certain deadlines and they are paid to make manga\nthe best within that deadline. They literally don't have time to color their\nwork.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-07-24T14:48:16.807", "id": "34414", "last_activity_date": "2016-07-24T14:48:16.807", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "25916", "parent_id": "4284", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAs an artist, I can say that coloring with high quality really requires a LOT\nof time and effort even for anime art styles. It is nothing like a coloring\nbook, because you really have to make it perfect or near-perfect for a public\naudience, and you also have to do shading and highlights (for most styles).\nSo, coloring is generally reserved for finer drawings like the the cover\nimage.\n\nAlso, for manga that is to be published in a physical form, it's more\nexpensive to make full-colored pages, so colored pages are usually reserved\nfor art books (which are expensive like $30-$100 range partially for that\nreason), or for a few special pages in the beginning of a manga (rarely).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-07-25T00:21:06.060", "id": "34419", "last_activity_date": "2016-07-25T00:21:06.060", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "26356", "parent_id": "4284", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nBecause traditionally images were drawn \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dJWvm.jpg) \nInk, especially in different colors, were not widely available or affordable. \nAs mentioned before the time needed for coloring was an important factor as\nwell.\n\nWhy are webtoons colored? Because it takes hours instead of weeks or months to\ncolor pictures with photoshop instead of a brush.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-07-25T09:17:13.767", "id": "34423", "last_activity_date": "2016-07-25T09:17:13.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11693", "parent_id": "4284", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Madara tries to control Obito with his will**. He is (or should be) able to\ndo this to anyone who has [Chakra\nReceivers](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra_receiver) on his body, created\nthrough his [\"Will Materialisation\"\ntechnique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Will_Materialisation). We had seen, in\nchapter 605, page 5, that Obito had these, since some emerged from his body\n(along with some branches created through Mokuton) when he awakened the\nMangekyou Sharingan. \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vQBAN.jpg) \nThey were most likely, somehow, \"attached\" to his right side of the body,\nwhich was created by Madara from genetic material from Hashirama's living\nclone, which had a black rod which extended from its navel.\n\n* * *\n\n**The technique of which Hashirama speaks** , and the one Madara tried to make\nObito use was the **[Rinne\nTensei](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Outer_Path:_Samsara_of_Heavenly_Life_Technique)**\n, the same technique Nagato used to revive the people he had killed when he\ninvaded Konoha. \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C2qew.png) \nObito and Madara had planned for this technique to be used to revive Madara,\nas he needed a living body to be the Jinchuuriki of the Juubi. Initially, even\nNagato was supposed to use it to revive Madara, but as he used it in Konoha he\npassed away (the user of the technique loses his life when he performs this\ntechnique). Later, since Obito retrieved the Rinnegan, he was supposed to use\nit to revive Madara. However, since he had told Madara he had no intention of\ndoing so, Madara was forced to control Obito with his will (through the Chakra\nReceivers on his body).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-03T12:34:24.190", "id": "4289", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-03T13:32:12.523", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-03T13:32:12.523", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's the same rod that Madara showed Obito before passing away.\n\nIt acts the same as a Orochimaru's curse mark, depending on the state of the\nperson he/she gets controlled (limited) by the users will.\n\n^^All depends on the state though\n\nThe benefits also works as Orochimaru's curse seal, though unlike turning into\ncurse mark v1-v2 like Sasuke and all others...\n\nThis one contains sage chakra, which Madara said use my will in preforming the\nsix path Justus.\n\nSo you can use all the Justus pain/Nagato used through the chakra/black rod\nwithout the rinnegan.\n\nYahiko's dead body is a fine example of that, he was able to use shrina tensei\ndespite Nagato's real body having the actual rinnegan.\n\nThe eyes on the corpse of pain is a reflection of the users chakra.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-26T03:48:37.520", "id": "14663", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-26T03:48:37.520", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8866", "parent_id": "4285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is just a guess, but just because they have exam papers doesn't mean that\nthe related people gave it to them, nor does it mean that it will get picked\nup by people in the class.\n\nWhat I'm getting at is some other teacher probably handles the curriculum for\nthe ignored student.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T03:42:49.947", "id": "4517", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T03:42:49.947", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "4287", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThat's why success rate of this countermeasure was only 50%. \"Sometimes it\nworked and sometimes it was completely failed. Sometimes there were obvious\nreasons and sometimes reasons were completely unknown.\" These similar lines\nwere spoken by chibiki. Although they were ignoring the non-existent, yet\nsomehow they were being acknowledged at some moments.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-24T06:53:58.510", "id": "35977", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-24T06:53:58.510", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27915", "parent_id": "4287", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThere’s a very possible explanation for how the ignored pupil _get_ their exam\npapers. The teachers could just print out five or so spare exam papers ‘in\ncase they get lost’. Giving it out to the ignored pupil could be avoided by\njust leaving the spares on the teacher’s desk and making the ignored pupil get\nit themself. Along the same lines, the teacher can ask for the collected\npapers to be put on their desk and the ignored pupil just puts their paper on\nthe same stack before the teacher takes them away.\n\nThe main difficulty remains how the teacher is able to _mark_ the entire exam\nwithout unignoring the ignored pupil. But maybe this can be explained by\nassuming that the teacher just marks them one by one by one and does not count\nthe number of papers they marked. So they accidentally mark one exam too much\nunknowingly. Or marking is done by other teachers not directly associated with\nthe class. The latter could fail if that is not a common concept though,\nbecause it would include the other teacher realising there is one extraneous\nsheet in there. Unless they don’t know the _actual_ number of pupils in 3-3.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-24T09:38:19.287", "id": "35982", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-24T09:38:19.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13532", "parent_id": "4287", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's from Episode 13, **\"Tactics without Guard / S / Midterms / Formation /\nAbility\"** , specifically the **Midterms / Formation** portion.\n\nEven more specifically, it's the **'Idiots' / 'Numbnuts' / 'Bonkuras'**\nformation discussed when comparing midterm grades to the others (where their\ncombined scores add up to 103, but Chiyo's and Yomi's are of course much\nhigher).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-09T17:42:30.537", "id": "4329", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-09T23:50:58.250", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-09T23:50:58.250", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "283", "parent_id": "4294", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe icon with a jar is the Weiss capturing device.\n\n* * *\n\n_I don't know what the bear like icon refers to_\n\n* * *\n\nThe cat icon references the design of Kanon's stun gun as it appears in the\nanime. (The stun gun has normal appearance in the manga). The icon matches the\nstun gun on Kanon's right hand in the image below.\n\n\n\nAccording to [KamiNomi\nWiki](http://kaminomi.wikia.com/wiki/Kanon%27s_Stun_Guns):\n\n> The original shape of the stun guns were replaced by kitten-style appearance\n> in the anime as a safety image.\n\n* * *\n\nThe hexagon icon is the Maijima emblem, which is shown most clearly in chapter\n169. For the purpose of comparison:\n\n\n\n* * *\n\nThe last 4 icons are Hellian alphabet. Referring to below chart from [this\nforum posting by\nEyZi](http://forum.redhawkscans.com/showthread.php?1532-Apollo-s-Message-\nDecoded&p=71029&viewfull=1#post71029):\n\n\n\nThe characters are G, O, N, K, in order from left to right, top to bottom.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-05T05:10:28.707", "id": "4301", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-05T05:10:28.707", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1398", "parent_id": "4295", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt was never shown, how he learned to fly, so that's pure speculation. The\nDragonBall-Wiki has a possible explanation:\n\n> Goku likely learned how to fly from Kami during his long training at Kami's\n> Lookout, as he was unable to do so before and demonstrated his abilities to\n> conclude his World Martial Arts Tournament fight with Piccolo.\n\nSource: [Dragonball Wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Flight)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-04T14:09:51.090", "id": "4297", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-04T14:09:51.090", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "4296", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nI think Goku learned to fly at Kaio's planet (at least I think so in the\nanime). When they fought Raditz, he still used the Kintoun Cloud. And he died\nthat fight.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-05T01:13:00.060", "id": "4300", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-05T01:13:00.060", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1725", "parent_id": "4296", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe first time we see Goku fly is in Chapter 193, page 10. Krillin, Master\nRoshi and Tien actually describe it as the Air Dance. Since the first time he\nsaw the Air Dance was at the previous tournament, we can conclude that he\nlearnt in in between the 2nd and 3rd tournament, during his time training with\nKami. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bO2pi.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-27T10:24:03.910", "id": "29349", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-27T10:24:03.910", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18850", "parent_id": "4296", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nGoku learned to fly during the first tournament arc while he was fighting\nJackie Chun.\n\nAlbeit, he flew by rotating his tail like a helicopter, which is a different\ntechnique than normal.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GcdHo.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-27T18:17:41.997", "id": "29352", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-25T19:26:39.460", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-25T19:26:39.460", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "260", "parent_id": "4296", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nKeima is using the liver as a metaphor. In that scene, you can see a diseased\nliver on the screen. That shows that the liver has to be operated on. That\noperation will lead to a change so that she can live. The liver, being an\ninternal organ, is a metaphor for her inside voice. Keima is using it to\nillustrate how though Shiori is quiet on the outside there is a lot more going\non the inside and significant changes could be taking place with out people\nrealizing it. Keima needs to perform an \"operation\" so that Shiori will be\nable to express herself and \"live\".\n\nWhy they chose to use the liver is uncertain and never explained. Please look\nat nhahtdh's comment as it does provide some insight into this.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-13T23:18:12.180", "id": "4371", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-24T22:57:07.933", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-24T22:57:07.933", "last_editor_user_id": "6481", "owner_user_id": "1996", "parent_id": "4298", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause\n\n> Titans are actually humans.\n\nRead the manga for full explanation.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-08T06:58:36.123", "id": "4316", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-08T06:58:36.123", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "115", "parent_id": "4303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n> Humans can turn into Titans after injury. Due to the fact that the Humans\n> are chewed. This leads for the potential of a transformation to occur before\n> he dies.\n\nIn this scenario the above is an explanation for why it could be him, but\nsince it's not directly commented on in the show there is also the potential\nfor a reuse an image they already had.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T03:17:22.500", "id": "4702", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-09T03:17:22.500", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2187", "parent_id": "4303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI personally think that humans can be transformed into titans. I came up with\nthis theory because a titan doesn't need nourishment and it seems all they\nneed to live is sunlight. The idea hit me when I watched an episode where\nsomeone stated that because a titan didn't have a digestive system, they\nsimply regurgitates them (it's really scary) and the victims are all covered\nin this weird looking goo. So maybe the titans do this for reproduction. I\nstill don't know what caused this, but it's just a theory.\n\nAlso when I read about the incident in Ragako, Connie's hometown, the\nbuildings were destroyed, but there's no blood or bodies, the horses are still\nin the stable, and they found a titan that looks like Connie's mom.\n\nWell, that's my theory and my personal opinion. I just discovered this anime\nand started watching it 3 days ago.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-30T07:36:58.900", "id": "8365", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-31T13:40:48.957", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-31T13:40:48.957", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "4327", "parent_id": "4303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nTitans are humans. In the next season there is a former Titan (Ymir) with the\nsame powers (albeit even weaker) as Eren that was created after she ate\nanother person that had been experimented on by Dr. Jaeger and as a result\nregained her most of her sanity.\n\nThere's a one-off OVA episode (Ilse's Journal) where Hanji tries to capture a\nTitan that corners Ilse and bows to her believing she is Ymir, the Cured One.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-12T06:25:00.363", "id": "15038", "last_activity_date": "2014-11-12T06:25:00.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "9139", "parent_id": "4303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nTo update this with the release of recent manga chapters, in **Chapters\n87-89** ,\n\n> it was shown where the mindless titans in Paradis Island came from. They\n> were Eldian rebels caught by the Marleyan government. Through an\n> [injection](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Titan_injection), they are\n> turned to mindless titans. **Why do the giants in Shingeki no Kyojin start\n> to look like the characters that got eaten?** That's purely coincidence and\n> that is not how it was in the manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-05T10:06:16.390", "id": "49515", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-05T10:06:16.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "4303", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_Angel Beats!_ also did something similar, except that the numbers, prefixed\nby the character 'c', appear in the previews for next episode.\n\n\n\nThese are the **cut numbers** found in storyboards, or （絵）コンテ ( _e konte_ ,\nfrom the English word _continuity_ ) in Japanese. According to [Anime\nProduction – Detailed Guide to How Anime is Made and the Talent Behind\nit!](https://washiblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/18/anime-production-detailed-\nguide-to-how-anime-is-made-and-the-talent-behind-it/),\n\n> Cuts refer to a single shot of the camera and an average TV-anime episode\n> will usually contain around 300 cuts.\n\nwhich basically matches the range of numbers that appear in both _Oregairu_\nand _Angel Beats!_.\n\nTo top it off, I was able to find a screenshot (click to enlarge) of a\nselection of _Oregairu_ 's storyboards:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cF20q.jpg)\n\nImage source:\n[http://forum.gamer.com.tw/C.php?bsn=44991&snA=514](http://forum.gamer.com.tw/C.php?bsn=44991&snA=514)\n\n* * *\n\n### Corrections to OP's post\n\n * The circled numbers actually mark the **current** , not the next, episode number. See the [list of titles for all episodes](http://www.anime.marumegane.com/2013/oregairu.html) (scroll down to the middle).\n * The numbers/titles don't always appear at the end. For example, the title of episode 2\n\n> 17 ②きっと、誰しも等し並みに悩みを抱えている。\n\nappears very early, corresponding to the 17th scene (excluding the OP and ED)\nin that episode.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-03T16:13:25.010", "id": "20595", "last_activity_date": "2016-09-19T05:12:19.040", "last_edit_date": "2016-09-19T05:12:19.040", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "8486", "parent_id": "4304", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n\n\nIt's related to the manga [X](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_%28manga%29).\nHere's a pretty helpful review by [an Amazon.com\nuser](http://www.amazon.com/review/R1ZOXPGN4BY619/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=4048531689&nodeID=283155&store=books):\n\n> This is a well-made, high quality hardcover artbook collecting color artwork\n> from the manga (comic) X/1999 (as it is published in the US). X/1999 is a\n> supernatural, apocalyptic story about destiny and choices leading toward the\n> end of the world, written and illustrated by a team of women collectively\n> called CLAMP. The artwork here focuses on the numerous characters. As a\n> loose generalization, the illustrations are either elegant or bloody. The\n> characters themselves have the delicate, slender designs of all CLAMP\n> characters. The female character illustrations shine here: the sword-\n> wielding priestess Arashi, the innocent Yuzuriha Nekoi, and the fire-\n> wielding Karen Kasumi, in particular. Other illustrations, particularly\n> involving lead characters Kamui and Kotori, are scenes of violence or\n> impending violence. X/1999 the comic has scenes of dismemberment; none of\n> these illustrations reach that point, but they are not all sweetness and\n> light. If you have read any comics by CLAMP (such as X/1999 or Rayearth) and\n> think the art looks good in black and white, these full-color illustrations\n> will show you CLAMP can reach an even higher level. One last note: this is a\n> Japanese book, so it opens and reads in the opposite direction (but don't\n> worry, it sits just as nicely on a bookshelf).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-06T19:11:37.387", "id": "4308", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-06T19:11:37.387", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4307", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [this Naruto Wiki\npage](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kurama#Background) (second and third\nparagraphs), **the brothers were swallowed by Kurama _before_ the battle\nbetween Hashirama and Madara took place** (the battle after Madara's desertion\nfrom Konoha, when he used the Sharingan to tame Kurama). \nThis would mean they were swallowed before Kurama was ever sealed inside any\nUzumaki.\n\n \nChapter 529, page 3\n\n> Now, we also know that the Kin/Gin brothers were at the same time as the\n> second Hokage, Tobirama. Given that they were the ones who killed him.\n\nAlthough this is true, _I think_ Tobirama and Hashirama are almost the same\nage, which would mean Kinkaku and Ginkaku's age is somewhere around both Senju\nbrothers.\n\n* * *\n\nFrom what I understand, the timeline would go something like this (not sure\nabout how much time between each \"step\"):\n\n * Founding of Konoha; \n * Founding of Kumo; \n * Kinkaku and Ginkaku get swallowed, when sent to capture Kurama; \n * Madara deserts and attacks Konoha, using Kurama; \n * Hashirama wins the battle, and Uzumaki Mito seals Kuruma inside of her.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-07T19:59:21.450", "id": "4310", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-07T20:10:58.087", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-07T20:10:58.087", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4309", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn [Galactic Patrol\nLensman](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2140)\nthere's a character called Worsel who has wings that wrap around his arms when\nnot in use.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-09T11:39:37.457", "id": "4326", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-09T11:39:37.457", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66", "parent_id": "4311", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs Clockwork-Muse mentions, it's likely this is just an example of the\n[\"Transfer Student Uniforms\"\ntrope](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TransferStudentUniforms).\nThis is a visual reminder of her character being \"different\", the\nstereotypical blonde hair and blue eyes of a foreigner adding to the effect.\n\nIt is not a grade uniform as another member in the club is also in second\ngrade.\n\nShe is not actually a foreigner, having been born in Japan, though she is only\npart-Japanese which is enough for the trope it seems.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-12-01T14:07:36.810", "id": "68474", "last_activity_date": "2023-12-01T14:07:36.810", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4314", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI recently re-watched the episode in question and I noticed that it does not\nshow Guilford actually being consumed by the FLEIJA. Upon close examination\nthe blast actually stops just short of were he would have been floating. This\ncould have easily allowed for a quick ejection or a use of the thrusters,\nattached to the back of the float system, which he could have used to escape.\nAfter that, if Guilfordhad used the thrusters, he would have been caught in\nthe minor vacuum which would most likely have destroyed his Vincent and it\nwould have prevented him from returning.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-02T08:17:04.313", "id": "5681", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-02T08:17:04.313", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1996", "parent_id": "4315", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIf he had been hit by the FLEIJA Guilford and his mech would have been\nannihilated. Since we later see him again, we can only conclude that he must\nhave been close to the explosion but didn't get hit. \nMost likely the communication system of his knightmare frame malfunctioned\nafter being so close to the explosion which is why the video feed to Lelouch's\nmech suddenly stopped. \nPresumably his mech then crashed and caused the injuries which we later see.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-07-22T15:50:12.343", "id": "47994", "last_activity_date": "2018-07-22T15:50:12.343", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41600", "parent_id": "4315", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe most common one I know of and I think you are talking about is the [Body\nFlicker Technique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Flicker_Technique) (also\nknown as Teleportation Jutsu, or _Shunshin no Jutsu_ ).\n\n\n\n> The Body Flicker Technique is a high-speed movement technique, allowing a\n> ninja to move short to long distances at an almost untraceable\n> speed.[*](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Flicker_Technique#cite_note-\n> Chapter_395-1)\n>\n> To an observer, it appears as if the user has teleported. A puff of smoke is\n> **_occasionally_** used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished\n> by using chakra to temporarily vitalise the body and move at extreme speeds.\n> The amount of chakra required depends on the overall distance and elevation\n> between the user and the intended destination.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-08T12:52:17.613", "id": "4319", "last_activity_date": "2018-07-18T06:15:02.627", "last_edit_date": "2018-07-18T06:15:02.627", "last_editor_user_id": "18352", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "4317", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\nIt could also be a shadow clone.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-19T13:28:16.430", "id": "4404", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-19T13:28:16.430", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2047", "parent_id": "4317", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSpecialized or experienced writers, and the original manga writers can all\nwork the manga into a plot for an episode, but why pay them to write a new\nscene where nothing interesting happens.\n\nGenerally 'filler' is made by cheap writers. As mentioned in the comments,\nthere are often conflict because the filler writers are paid less and so put\nless effort into background work. Unlike lead writers, filler writers wont\nalways be provided with reference material for things to include or avoid.\n\nBasically, if it is irrelevant to the season's story line, has no effect on\ncharacter development, you have someone who works for less write it. Although,\nfiller scenes with no dialogue and no interaction, like someone taking an\nuneventful walk down a straight road requires no script at all.\n\nAs for who decides, whoever decides on the main plot will probably view the\nfiller storyboard before it gets scripted.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-13T01:43:49.517", "id": "4367", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-13T01:43:49.517", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1933", "parent_id": "4318", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nAlso, according to the [TV Tropes page on\nfillers](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Filler):\n\n> They are extremely common in Anime, where many shows have 26 or more\n> episodes per season. The producers have to use filler just to meet\n> contractual demands. Filler is usually something entirely original for the\n> anime, but not always; many manga – particularly weekly manga – employ\n> filler just as ruthlessly due to the extreme deadlines. Sometimes entire\n> filler Arcs are created, most often because the series Overtook the Manga.\n\nIt's difficult to find information about who writes the filler arcs, but\nmovies, which are similar in principle to filler arcs in that they don't\ninteract with the main story line, are generally written by the same writer as\nthe show. Bleach's movies, for example, are written by Masashi Sogo, same as\nthe show. Because there are anime writers who are separate from the manga\nwriters, they can add to the story without interfering with the work of the\nmanga writer.\n\nThe fact that fillers are sometimes used to meet contractual demands makes it\nmore likely that fillers will virtually always be written by the writer of the\ncanonical anime, at least in those cases.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-13T03:08:45.507", "id": "4368", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-13T04:24:13.753", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-13T04:24:13.753", "last_editor_user_id": "93", "owner_user_id": "93", "parent_id": "4318", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe image is related to the anime [**Dusk Maiden of\nAmnesia**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dusk_Maiden_of_Amnesia) (or _Tasogare\nOtome x Amnesia_ ), which aired in 2012 and had a manga running from\n2009-2013. The character in it, Kanoe Yuuko, is a ghost haunting an old\nschool, who can only be seen by a few other people, namely Niiya Teiichi and\nKanoe Kirie.\n\nHere's wikipedia's plot summary:\n\n> The story revolves around a first-year middle school student, Teiichi Niiya\n> who had just enrolled at Seikyou Private Academy. When he gets lost in one\n> of the school's old buildings, he meets a girl named Yuko Kanoe who reveals\n> herself as a ghost with no memories. Teiichi then decides to investigate her\n> death by looking through the school's seven mysteries revolving around her.\n> Throughout the story, Teiichi and Yuko discover the truth about these ghost\n> stories and help those who are troubled.\n\nThe image seems to be an edited version of [this\nimage](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DmT3t.jpg), which (as best I can tell) is\nofficial promo art. This image has also been used for a [wall\nscroll](http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=CGD2-31144). A [rotated\nand cropped version](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RRSYs.jpg) was used as the\nalbum cover for the single Choir Jail, the OP of the anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-08T22:36:39.227", "id": "4322", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-08T22:56:00.133", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-08T22:56:00.133", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4321", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBased on what I was able to find, I think they are able to summon different\ntypes of toads based on their _(the animal's)_ skill level or the matter at\nhand that needs attending to.\n\n> The ninja normally signs a blood contract with the animal species, which\n> allows them to summon different size and skill levels of creature. **The\n> ability to summon more advanced animals largely depends upon the amount of\n> chakra the ninja can muster to perform the jutsu.** By signing this\n> contract, the creatures themselves can also reverse summon the contract\n> signer to their location. _([src](http://www.leafninja.com/summonings.php))_\n\nAdditionally, as per the wiki on [Summoning\nTechnique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning_Technique).\n\n> While most summoners have only been shown capable of summoning one type of\n> creature, Nagato (through the Animal Path) was able to summon several\n> different animals and even people, and seemingly did not require a blood\n> offering when performing this technique. Sasuke is able to summon both\n> snakes and hawks, though he has never been seen summoning both species at\n> the same time.\n\nAnother determining factor on which toad is summoned might be moliding chakra\npoorly _(but that was long ago)_ and rather unlikely to happen again.\n\nIn conclusion, a plausible answer would be that they are able to summon any\nanimal of the species they have signed a contract with depending on their\ncurrent need and or the situation, _or_ the amount of chakra they have at the\ntime. For the former, it _would_ most definitely be by choice that Naruto\nwould summon [Gamabunta](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Gamabunta) rather than\n[Gerotora](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Gerotora) in a battle.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-10T12:47:42.940", "id": "4335", "last_activity_date": "2015-09-06T08:15:57.460", "last_edit_date": "2015-09-06T08:15:57.460", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "4324", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's the same as Japanese Television seasons (or sometimes referred to as\n\"cours\"). There are 4 of them each year and each one lasts roughly 13 weeks.\nThe Wikipedia page for [Japanese Television\nDrama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_television_drama) says:\n\n> Japan has four television seasons: Winter (January–March), Spring\n> (April–June), Summer (July–September), and Autumn or Fall\n> (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may\n> still be counted as a series of a specific season.\n\nSo while the seasons themselves have a fixed start and end, the shows\nthemselves can sometimes start in the middle month of a season and thus spill\nover into multiple seasons (given that it's a 13 episode/1 cour show), but it\nis still considered part of the season that it started airing. There's obvious\nadvantages to always starting at the beginning of a season, the main one being\nthat shows lasting 12 or 13 episodes can continue to fill a time-slot\nthroughout the calendar year without having breaks.\n\nFor example, here are the \"Summer 2013\" shows and their air-times:\n\n * 07/01 22:25 (AT-X) - **Recorder to Ransel Mi♪**\n * 07/01 25:00 (Tokyo MX) - **Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou**\n * 07/02 19:30 (AT-X) - **BROTHERS CONFLICT**\n * 07/02 25:35 (TV Tokyo) - **Senyuu. (Season 2)**\n * 07/02 25:40 (TV Tokyo) - **Gifuu Doudou!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji-gatari-**\n * 07/03 21:30 (AT-X) - **Tamayura ～More Aggressive～**\n * 07/03 24:30 (Tokyo MX) - **Free!**\n * 07/04 25:28 (TBS) - **Tokurei Sochi Dantai Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka C3-bu**\n * 07/04 25:35 (MBS) - **Dangan Ronpa no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation**\n * 07/04 25:58 (TBS) - **Rozen Maiden (New Series)**\n * 07/04 26:05 (MBS) - **Ren-Ai Lab -Love Lab-**\n * 07/04 26:35 (MBS) - **Senki Zesshou: Symphogear G**\n * 07/04 26:43 (Nippon TV) - **Kitaku-bu Katsudou Kiroku**\n * 07/04 27:08 (ABC) - **Servant x Service**\n * 07/05 22:30 (AT-X) - **Rou-Kyuu-Bu! SS**\n * 07/06 20:30 (AT-X) - **Kiniro Mosaic**\n * 07/06 20:30 (ABC) - **Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou -il sole penetra le illusioni-**\n * 07/06 23:20 (Nico Nico Douga) - **Fate/Kaleid Liner: Prism-Illya**\n * 07/06 25:00 (Tokyo MX) - **Monogatari Series: Second Season**\n * 07/06 25:00 (Tokyo MX) - **Genshiken Nidaime**\n * 07/06 25:30 (Tokyo MX) - **Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyoubi**\n * 07/06 27:28 (MBS) - **Fantasista Doll**\n * 07/07 20:30 (AT-X) - **High School DxD NEW**\n * 07/07 22:27 (Tokyo MX) - **Teekyuu (Season 2)**\n * 07/07 22:00 (Tokyo MX) - **Uchouten Kazoku**\n * 07/07 22:30 (Tokyo MX) - **Hakkenden -Touhou Hakken Ibun- (Season 2)**\n * 07/07 24:30 (TV Kanagawa) - **Blood Lad**\n * 07/07 25:05 (TV Tokyo) - **Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist**\n * 07/08 25:35 (TV Tokyo) - **Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai -The World God Only Knows- (Season 3)**\n * 07/08 26:05 (TV Tokyo) - **Watashi ga Motenai no wa dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!**\n * 07/11 24:45 (Fuji TV) - **Gin no Saji: Silver Spoon**\n * 07/12 22:00 (BS Animax) - **Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation**\n * 07/12 25:58 (Nippon TV) - **Gatchaman Crowds**\n * 07/13 22:00 (Tokyo MX) - **Futari wa Milky Holmes**\n * 07/13 23:30 (TV Tokyo) - **Kimi no Iru Machi -A town where you live-**\n\nSo, like you said, everything happens around the same time, the first week of\nJuly, then we have a few outliers that start during the second week. It's\nworth noting that **Silver Spoon** is only 11 episodes, and **Hyperdimension\nNeptunia** , **Gatchaman Crowds** , **Futari wa Milky Holmes** , and **Kimi no\nIru Machi** are all 12 episodes, so they'd end right at the end of the season.\n\nThe real outliers from last season, Spring 2013 (though some sites attach\nthese 2 shows to the Summer 2013 season), would be:\n\n * 06/08 23:45 (NHK-BS Premium) - **Kingdom 2**\n * 06/14 17:55 (Disney XD) - **Yuuto-kun ga Iku**\n\nIn some cases, certain channels will start a show in the middle or near the\nend of a season, sometimes because of a timeslot that needs to be filled.\n**Kingdom 2** is a 39 episode historic drama on a pay satellite channel that\ndoesn't have any other anime, and the other is a 5 minute-per-episode young\nchildren's after school show. These are shows that are typically outside of\nthe usual late-night anime demographics.\n\nSee also this question: [What defines one \"season\" of\nanime?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/1971/what-defines-one-\nseason-of-anime/1972#1972)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-09T14:02:17.857", "id": "4328", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-09T14:02:17.857", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.523", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4327", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to imageboards [Zerochan](http://www.zerochan.net/819286) and\n[E-ShuuShuu](http://e-shuushuu.net/image/10662/) the artist is Tinkle\n(possible under the alias of Tinkerbell).\n\nIt was published in \"[Angel\nRing](http://doujinshi.mugimugi.org/book/118835/Angel-Ring/)\" which seems to\nmatch with the text at the bottom of the pages you posted.\n[Toranoana](http://www.toranoana.jp/mailorder/article/04/0000/07/28/040000072843.html)\nstill has the sale page for it up despite it being sold out, and one of the\npages you posted is part of the preview.\n\n*=You can click on either button to view the page. There is no NSFW content on that specific page, but the site does also sell 18+ stuff. Since this page is SFW, it doesn't matter if you say you are over/under 18 on the prompt page.\n\nMy translation, based on the higher quality text that Krazer posted:\n\n> An angel girl. I went for the image of someone wearing a costume for a\n> photographer rather than the image of a real angel. I love her baby doll\n> features and semi-transparent clothes.\n>\n> This is a devil girl. Since she's a bit older than the angel girl, her\n> clothes are also a little more revealing. ...But I guess they're not so\n> different anyway.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-09T20:58:49.497", "id": "4332", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-10T02:25:05.683", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "4331", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThe images depicted are from an art book called \"Angel Ring\" from the doujin\ncircle Tinker Bell & More Prity.\n\nYou can see some of the other pages\n[here](http://animeartbooks.net/artbook/135-angel-ring/).\n\n\n\nI believe the illustrator might have been involved with the [Cafe Little\nWish](http://vndb.org/v2087) visual novel as well.\n\n\n\n~~The one on the Angel one says something along the lines of:~~\n\n~~\"Angel Girl. Rather than of a real angel (this was) created using the image\nof (someone wearing) a costume in photo shop. I love baby doll and sheep\neyes.\" (not sure how to translate 羊透明?)~~\n\n~~While the Devil one says something like:~~\n\n~~\"This one is Devil Girl. Angel Girl's smaller elder sister, whose eyes are a\nbit more (crescent) moon-shaped (月? can't read the character clearly). But\nthat doesn't change anything does it?\"~~\n\nRefer to this answer for the correct translation:\n<https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4332/63>\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-09T21:01:44.390", "id": "4333", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-10T02:37:49.113", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4331", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as the manga is concerned, episode 12 **_is_** also the first time\nKagami has been to Comiket. Or at least a previous visit isn't shown.\n\nKagami has been to the gamers store with Konata several times, so it wouldn't\nbe a surprise if she managed to drag her along to Comiket.\n\nIn volume 1 of the manga, Kagami exclaims \"I've never been to that\". There are\nno Comikets shown between this scene and the one that Kagami arrives at.\n\n\n\nAs a point of note though, new Lucky Star strips were occasionally released at\ncomic conventions around Japan. If you were convinced that Kagami had been\nthere before, perhaps she and Konata appeared at one of the Comikets 'IRL'\nbefore Tsukasa.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-10T22:21:58.630", "id": "4339", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-09T06:57:19.720", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-09T06:57:19.720", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4337", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe flower in question is a [Forget-me-\nnot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forget-me-not).\n\nOne theory is that the [poem of the same name](http://www.mcgonagall-\nonline.org.uk/gems/forget-me-not), by\n[McGonagall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McGonagall)1, is the story\nupon which AnoHana is loosely based2.\n\n> ### McGonagall's Gem, Abridged\n>\n> In the poem, a knight falls into a river after foolishly leaping over a\n> river to fetch his betrothed a flower which she asked for, then realizing he\n> couldn't swim (...while swimming back), finally crying \"Forget me not\",\n> while handing her the flower.\n\nIt would seem Jinta plays the role of the Maiden, and Menma the role of the\nKnight.\n\nThe other theory is that Menma is coming back to remind Jinta et al that she's\nstill there; many of them have become withdrawn, and want to forget about her\ndeath.\n\nPoppo actually puts various flowers into the jar at Menma's death site,\nDaisies being among them. Something tells me he's not in on the whole Forget-\nme-not voodoo.\n\nAnd finally yes, the _Blue Bookmark_ is also a Forget-me-not.\n\n1: He is arguably one of the worst poets in British history, which makes me\nponder why such a gem was chosen for a noitaminA show. 2: There is no official\nword of this, but McGonagall's story seems in-line with the circumstances of\nMenma's death; they're both based on the forget-me-not, and they're both\naccidental drowning while their loved one watched.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-11T12:46:50.073", "id": "4345", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-11T12:46:50.073", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1465", "parent_id": "4344", "post_type": "answer", "score": 21 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Who was the first character to have a snaggletooth?\n\nI don't have any source for when historically in anime/manga this was used.\nBut the earliest that I can think of is Lum from the [Urusei Yatsura\nmanga](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=2419) and\nthat was published in the late 70's. From Chapter 1:\n\n\n\nand also seen, for various circumstances, throughout the run of the manga and\nanime. So it's possible that Rumiko Takahashi may have popularized it. You can\nsee these snaggletooth in a lot of her later work (Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, etc.)\n\nAs for the meaning/purpose, the TV Tropes site has [a page for this under\n\"Cute Little\nFangs\"](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CuteLittleFangs), and this\nexcerpt sums it up pretty well:\n\n> Most often, as suggested by the trope name, the character sports enlarged\n> canine teeth. For maximum cuteness, at least one fang will be visible at all\n> times, even when the character's mouth is closed, and especially if they\n> have a Cat Smile. These indicate, generally, that the character is\n> **mischievous, slightly hostile, or a trickster, but not actually \"bad.\"**\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-11T20:33:52.903", "id": "4349", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-11T20:33:52.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4347", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nThe snaggletooth trope started in the manga [GeGeGe no\nKitarō](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeGeGe_no_Kitar%C5%8D), which was first\npublished in 1960, with the first monster-cat girl Neko Musume, making this 6\nyears older than the magical girl trope and preceding anime by 4 and regular\ncat-girls by at least two decades.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wD1ob.jpg)\n\nIts original purpose was to remind you that Neko Musume had a mouth full of\ndangerous monster-cat fangs that could rip you apart.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-01-18T18:35:26.420", "id": "29076", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-19T04:28:34.540", "last_edit_date": "2016-01-19T04:28:34.540", "last_editor_user_id": "7579", "owner_user_id": "20499", "parent_id": "4347", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey channel airing the show would just shift things forward or backward 5\nminutes.\n\nSo something that normally starts at 12:00 would start at 12:05. The shows in\nthe evening will start at the usual time by, over the course of the day,\nremoving 1 or 2 adverts each advert break. The channels that keep a strict\nschedule just remove most of the adverts during an advert break and play the\nshow then. They do not allocate a 30 minute slot to a short. However, if they\nhave a 15 minute show, they would play that directly before or after the\nshort.\n\nChannels make a lot of money from adverts so they only remove adverts for\nseries they expect to get a high viewing.\n\nAs for what started it, I can not say, but while I can not remember any, I am\nsure I have seen shorts that aren't anime, but the vast majority would\nprobably be anime. I think the main reason we see more shorts is because anime\ncompanies are getting bolder due to more sponsors and producing more franchise\nsuch as games and figurines etc., but I think mostly due to larger viewing\nnumbers. 10 years ago companies might have had a hard time making profit on a\nshort and so channels would not want to air them, but now more money means\nthey can get better music, scripts and animation for shorts (or any other\nthings that make them worth watching) so channels will want to air them.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-12T10:50:42.803", "id": "4356", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-15T13:42:15.507", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-15T13:42:15.507", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "1933", "parent_id": "4350", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nJapanese television is common to have short series. Most drama episodes are\nonly 10 minutes long. It's just something to watch daily in the morning or\nsomething.\n\nFor example, a channel at 9:00 shows a few different series and usually, the\nshort ones are all crammed into one drama viewing period. After all the short\nepisodes are aired, something long like the news comes on.\n\nI think it also helps a lot of people who are on a schedule and don't have\ntime to dedicate half an hour of their day for a show.\n\nA lot of these short anime are also taken from 4-koma manga, so the episode is\nlike getting a comic strip in the newspaper.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-09-16T17:00:47.600", "id": "25918", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-28T16:52:29.210", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-28T16:52:29.210", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "17968", "parent_id": "4350", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSteins;Gate, Chaos;Head, and Robotics;Notes all take place within the same\nuniverse but at different times.\n\nThere are also multiple Steins;Gate references in Chaos;Head, and there are\nmultiple Steins;Gate references in Robotics;Notes.\n\nThese could be just for comedy purposes or they could be hinting at a\nrelationship. Robotics;Notes also takes place in the Steins;Gate Divergence\nRatio 1.048596.\n\nOther than that the Visual Novels of all three were created by 5pd and\nNitroplus.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-12T10:21:51.750", "id": "4355", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-23T14:59:37.117", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-23T14:59:37.117", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "1996", "parent_id": "4354", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 }, { "body": "\n\n_Chaos;Head_ and _Steins;Gate_ exist in the same (\"Science Adventure\")\nuniverse, but on different world lines.\n\n * _Chaos;Head_ happens in [Shibuya](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuya) and the events happen one year before _Steins;Gate_\n * _Steins;Gate_ happens in [Akihabara](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihabara)\n * _Robotic;Notes_ happens in [Tanegashima](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanegashima) Island and the events happen nine years after _Steins;Gate_\n\nThe events of _Chaos;Head_ are consistent with the events of _Steins;Gate_\nwithin the Beta worldline, divergence ratio: 1.130426%. _Steins;Gate_ and\n_Robotics;Note_ exist on the \"Steins;Gate\" worldline, divergence ratio:\n1.048596%. ( _Steins;Gate_ was also originally in the same worldline as\n_Chaos;Head_ , which changed after Okabe sent the first D-Mail and passed to\nanother worldline.)\n\nThere is a mention of \"Knight Hart\" which is the online persona of\n_Chaos;Head_ 's protagonist Nishijou Takumi, in episode 4 of _Steins;Gate_. In\nthe _Steins;Gate_ game, it's [mentioned that this\ncharacter](https://i.stack.imgur.com/BRHYi.jpg) was also looking for the IBN\n5100 (the non-conical 8-bit version of the game gets more in depth into his\nmotvations).\n\nKurisu explained the \"Time Leap Machine\" concept to Okabe using NOZOMI papers\nfrom _Chaos;Head_.\n\nOn big TV outdoors, FES's performance can be seen in the Alpha timeline.\nGiving the right reply to Faris's mail earns the player Ayase's portrait and\nFES's music, sung by Kanako Itou, which include the _Chaos;Head_ OP, \"Find the\nBlue.\"\n\nThere's a Seira-tan cosplay cameo in _Steins;Gate_ as well:\n\n\n\n_Robotics;Note_ connects the two series a bit more by revealing that the\n\"Committee of 300\" are the driving force between the major events of all three\nseries.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1qtPJ.jpg)\n\nNae from _Steins;Gate_ appears as an adult in _Robotics;Note_. Daru and Kurisu\nshow up on the Twipo network in _Robotics;Note_ as \"DaSH\". In the VN game,\nKurisu [uses a\ntripcode](https://web.archive.org/web/20150321204741/http://ibm5100.net/steinswiki/2011/09/09/heroine-\nqgate/). In the anime, Kurisu posts in @channel under the handle\n\"[KURI_KAME](http://steins-\ngate.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_Glossary#Term_2:_KuriGohan_and_Kamehameha)\" in\nepisode 15 (about 2D and 3D limitations).\n\n> Daru writes the program that eradicates Kimijima Kou from Iru-o.\n\nSERN (and their projects) is also mentioned several times in both\n_Steins;Gate_ and _Robotics;Note_\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-23T15:46:15.873", "id": "4932", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-04T16:12:07.790", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-04T16:12:07.790", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4354", "post_type": "answer", "score": 51 }, { "body": "\n\nThe phrase \"Whose eyes are those eyes?\" appears in both Robotics;Notes and\nChaos;Head. In the first episode of Robotics;Notes you can hear Airi say it.\nIt's the same phrase Nishijo Takumi repeats almost every episode in\nChaos;Head, because he feels like someone is observing him. It's also one of\nKishimoto Ayase's songs in Chaos;Head.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-09-14T20:47:27.000", "id": "13982", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-14T21:05:42.607", "last_edit_date": "2014-09-14T21:05:42.607", "last_editor_user_id": "7579", "owner_user_id": "8344", "parent_id": "4354", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm going to assume that you mean a giant robot that transforms into something\nelse, usually a vehicle. If that's the case then you have two candidates\ndepending on how further you want to specify them.\n\n**Brave Raideen** was released in 1975 and it featured a giant robot that\ntransformed into a bird shaped rocket ship.\n\n\n\n\n\n**Getter Robo** was first released in 1974 and it featured three space ships\nthat _combined_ into a three different giant robots.\n\n\n\nAn honorable mention goes to **Ambassador Magma** which was first released in\n1966. The titular character changed into a rocket ship, although there was no\ntransforming mehcanism shown, so I (personally) wouldn't include him.\n\n\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-12T16:21:23.103", "id": "4358", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-12T16:26:57.793", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-12T16:26:57.793", "last_editor_user_id": "66", "owner_user_id": "66", "parent_id": "4357", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe kanji in Mana's name, 未那, can be read \"Mina\" or \"Mana\" depending on how\nyou read the characters (on'yomi vs kun'yomi, or any combination of the two).\n\nThe meaning that makes sense to me is that her name is derived from 末那識\n(manashiki), [Manas-vijnana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manas-vijnana):\n\n> is the seventh of the eight consciousnesses as taught in Yogacara and Zen\n> Buddhism, the higher consciousness or intuitive consciousness that on the\n> one hand localizes **experience through thinking** and on the other hand\n> universalizes experience through intuitive perception of the universal mind\n> of alayavijnana. Manas-vijnana, also known as klista-manas-vijnana or simply\n> manas, is not to be confused with manovijnana which is the sixth\n> consciousness.\n\nTo put it simply, the name is self-referencing. The meaning of the name\nimplies the ironic pun of the action (thinking). Much like an earnest person\nnamed \"Ernest\", which is an\n[aptronym](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym).\n\n**Edit:** It has come to my attention that there's another bit of wordplay\ninvolved.\n\nThe [未](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AA#Japanese) in Mana's name, 未那,\nrefers to things that have yet to happen. The 末那識 uses a different kanji, 末,\nnote that the top and bottom strokes are swapped around. While pronounced the\nsame, their meanings differ significantly.\n\nThe latter kanji, [末](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%9C%AB#Japanese),\nrefers to the end of something, be it the edges or the end result.\n\nThe former is the same character used in the word for future, 未来, while the\nlatter is the same kanji as in 期末, meaning the end of a term or semester.\n\nSo it would seem that Kokuto replaced the latter with the former in Mana's\nname. In other words, replacing a \"conclusion\" with a \"beginning.\" When you\nthink about it, the double-meaning in itself is pretty clever. Now I know how\nShiki (式) felt.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-12T22:57:42.023", "id": "5845", "last_activity_date": "2016-09-14T12:58:06.923", "last_edit_date": "2016-09-14T12:58:06.923", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4359", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs the comments by 曾気青昭雄 and Raxon suggest, this is indeed a bag. This bag was\nfeatured as the point in the Kero-chan check at the end of episode 10 of the\nanime:\n\n\n\nIn this segment, it is explained by that Sakura uses this bag as a case to\ncarry the baton she uses for her cheerleading. The letters \"SAKURA\" are\nembroidered on the bag. It was made by Sakura's father.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-14T23:54:02.710", "id": "4376", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-14T23:54:02.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4360", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nI typically look up this information on [Anime News Network's\nencyclopedia](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/). They tend to\nhave licensing information pretty well covered. They pay attention to the\nannouncements made by the major licensing organizations and typically write\nbrief news pieces for each release, and more data about the licensing is added\nto the encyclopedia entry as it becomes available. I can't comment on their\nreliability in any language other than English, but in English they are\nusually pretty good. I can't comment on how reliable they are for manga.\n\nOther anime indexing services also tend to have information, though it's often\nmore sparse. [MyAnimeList](http://myanimelist.net/) and\n[AniDB](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=main) both sometimes have\nlicensing data. In MAL it's listed with an L in the \"Producers\" section. In\nAniDB, they typically have a link to the website of the licensing company. In\nboth cases, I was able to find some licensed anime which weren't listed as\nsuch, so in my opinion these are less reliable than ANN. These sources\ntypically only list English licenses.\n\nTypically, [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) articles also\ninclude this information when it becomes available, at least for English\nreleases. However, these are maintained by fans, and usually link back to\nvarious news articles anyway from ANN, MAL, etc. so they may not be as\nreliable.\n\nFinally, if there's any doubt as to whether a specific company has licensed a\nparticular anime, you can usually check their website. All licensing companies\nthat I know of have a list at least containing all anime that they have\nreleased, and most also list future releases.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-13T00:57:16.667", "id": "4365", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-13T00:57:16.667", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4364", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nWikipedia has a [list of English licensed\nmanga](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_manga_licensed_in_English). I know\nof no standard list of manga available, but a google search for\nbuying/downloading manga in `google.com` (English), `google.co.uk` or\n`google.ca` will yield English manga sites, and `google.de`, German manga\nsites. If you can get to a manga shop or a comic book shop (less likely, but\nsome comic book shops do stock translated manga), ask them for information on\nnew releases in English (or German if you are in Germany) as they will have\ndetails on new manga and will stock in the native language of course.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-13T01:25:02.580", "id": "4366", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T17:44:51.200", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-04T17:44:51.200", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1933", "parent_id": "4364", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe character who hands the flyer to them is [Rei\nRyghts](http://hyperdimensionneptunia.wikia.com/wiki/Rei_Ryghts) who is voiced\nby seiyuu [Kobayashi Yuu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%AB_Kobayashi).\nApart from being a well-known voice actor, Kobayashi is also known for her\nstrange and disturbing art style, exclusively using black and red and with\nonly a very coarse resemblance of anything real. This has been covered by many\nnews sources even in English, including [Kotaku](http://kotaku.com/tag/yu-\nkobayashi) five times (so far),\n[Crunchyroll](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/04/08-1/voice-\nactress-yu-kobayashi-sketched-alternative-cover-for-sex-pot-revenge-magazine)\n(and [again here](http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/05/29/attack-on-\ntitan-voice-actress-yuu-kobayashi-shares-latest-drawing-masterpiece)), and\ndozens of blogs and lesser known sites. This image is just another example of\nsuch drawings, included as a comedic reference which many viewers would catch\n(at least in Japan).\n\nAs for any in-universe significance, this does not seem to be important _in\nthe anime_. A similar event occurs in the third Neptunia game, but as the\nanime is following an original story line loosely based on the games. The\nscenes after the credits in this show are humorous bloopers or extra scenes\nrelated to that episode but not to the overall story. In both episodes 2 and 3\n(the next one with IF and Compa) neither the flyer nor Rei makes any\nappearance, so it's pretty safe to conclude that this won't be important for\nthe overall plot.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-14T01:58:13.497", "id": "4373", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-29T03:19:28.160", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-29T03:19:28.160", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4372", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nKara no Kyoukai, like other Type-Moon series exist in as part of the same\n[multi-verse](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Nasuverse). While not in the same\nuniverse as Fate or Tsukihime, they exist as an alternate universe, like\nFate/Extra and Fate/kaleid liner. The characters could in theory meet one\nanother... if the circumstances are [deemed\nright](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Ahnenerbe).\n\n[Canaan](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5356/Canaan), however is not part of the\nthis multiverse.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-16T21:37:14.297", "id": "4382", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-16T21:37:14.297", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4380", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nEven if marginally, there is a case to be made that the Fate universe and Kara\nno Kyoukai's are the same. In Fate's Heaven's Feel path, Shiro is restored\nthrough Third Sorcery by binding his soul to a body \"left by a famous puppet\nmaker\" who \"was marked to be sealed [by the Mages Association] and ran away.\"\nThe anime briefly shows Touko leaving the antique store where Rin and Sakura\nbuy Shiro's new body (1:55).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-01T14:13:46.420", "id": "65322", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-06T03:12:10.340", "last_edit_date": "2021-08-06T03:12:10.340", "last_editor_user_id": "61799", "owner_user_id": "61799", "parent_id": "4380", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI think you got the series wrong.\n\nIt isn't Kara no Kyoukai, but the Tsukihime anime that gets that treatment. It\nis a meme among type-moon fans.\n\nThe anime called Shingetsutan Tsukihime was a really bad adaptation of its\nsource material, the type moon visual novel of Tsukihime.\n\nThe fans were unhappy with the adaptation. So they started acting like the\nanime doesn't exist. That's the origin of the meme.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-09T05:14:43.493", "id": "65375", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-09T05:14:43.493", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51711", "parent_id": "4380", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a pretty common trope which, I dare say, predates energy drinks and\nthe like. From [TV\nTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LateForSchool):\n\n> A common device for a series opening or Establishing Character Moment.\n> Things begin in a frantic rush which usually results in taking short cuts,\n> such as eating breakfast on the run. The classic image is of someone running\n> down the street with a slice of toast hanging out of their mouth, dragging\n> their backpack with one hand while trying to put on their jacket or sweater\n> one-handed with the other, bumping into important people in a manner that\n> gets the plot started.\n\n> In manga and anime, this is associated with the shoujo (girl's) genre, where\n> the original intent was to establish the protagonist as cute but clumsy, or\n> give her a minor flaw. Overused to the point of becoming a Discredited\n> Trope; current Japanese \"How to Become a Shoujo Manga-ka\" books specifically\n> advise against using this trope, and more recent manga even lampshade how\n> much of a cliche it is.\n\nThe answer to the question of when this trope exactly started is currently\nunknown. But there's a [tumblr dedicated to\nit](http://fuckyeahanimutoast.tumblr.com/) and the current candidate appears\nto be 1986's [Project A-ko](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_A-ko) which\nis part-parody. It is said to parody Gundam and according to the afore-linked\ntumblr, the first episode of [Mobile Suit\nGundam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Suit_Gundam) includes a scene with\nAmuro Ray chewing on a sandwich in a car:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cs5L3.png)\n\nI expect that earlier instances of this trope very likely exist in manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-19T06:09:04.193", "id": "4401", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-19T06:09:04.193", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4381", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe the one on the far left is [Kariya\nMatou](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Kariya_Matou) from _Fate/Zero_ ,\n\n\n\nthe one next to Chikagi is [Rani\nVIII](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Rani_VIII) from _Fate/Extra_ (it's a bit\nhard to see as reface is mostly obscure, but the clothing and skin color\nmatches),\n\n\n\nand the one in front of Miyako is [Assassin (Li\nShuwen)](http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Assassin_\\(Fate/Extra\\)), also from\n_Fate/Extra_ (the wardrobe practically gives it away).\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-17T22:51:47.557", "id": "4390", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-18T04:35:53.380", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-18T04:35:53.380", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4384", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI attribute this to what would best be called a \"Fleeting moment and feeling\".\nHis desire to see the girl again caused him to envision her being there for a\nmoment which is personified by the passing train (another symbol that life\nmoves on). But when it passes, so does his desire and like the train, he\ndecides to move forward with his life.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-17T21:07:55.527", "id": "4389", "last_activity_date": "2015-07-06T05:09:07.240", "last_edit_date": "2015-07-06T05:09:07.240", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "1668", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 34 }, { "body": "\n\nJust saw this twice and watched the ending carefully and listened to the song,\nsince the last 5 or so minutes of the movie mirrors the lyrics of the song.\n\nBasically here is the lyrics:\n\n> I'm always searching for you, searching for your figure.\n>\n> In the City, at dawn. At Sakuragi-Cho.\n>\n> **Even though I know you can't be there.**\n>\n> If my wish were to come true, I would be at your side.\n>\n> There would be nothing I couldn't do.\n>\n> I would risk everything to embrace you.\n>\n> **I'm always searching for you, always searching for even a fragment of\n> you.**\n>\n> At the shop I'm going to, in the corner of a newspaper.\n>\n> **Even though I know you can't be there.**\n>\n> If miracles do happen, I want to show you right now the new dawn, who I'll\n> be from now on,\n>\n> And the words, \"I love you\" that I never said.\n>\n> I always end up looking somewhere for your smile.\n>\n> **At the railroad crossing, waiting for the express to pass. Even though I\n> know you can't be there.**\n\nSo if you really read it through the lyrics and the fragment of clips and\nimages.\n\nThe boy never saw the girl again but was just seeing a hope that maybe he did\nsee her.\n\nIf you think about it, they never contact each other for a long time, so the\ngirl didn't even know where the boy could be.\n\nSo the boy simply smiled since he didn't see her and finally came to terms\nwith it.\n\nIf he did see her there though, he would do everything and tell her everything\nhe never said or did before when they were still together.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-24T15:59:45.757", "id": "5574", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-24T02:19:30.647", "last_edit_date": "2014-03-24T02:19:30.647", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2602", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\nIn an interview of Makoto Shinkai found\n[here](http://otakuinreview.com/blog/2011/10/19/interview-makoto-\nshinkai.html), he answers a question regarding the plant at the beginning of\nEpisode 2. Personally, I believed that it was a throwback to Voices of a\nDistant Star, but it--in a way--answers your question indirectly. To quote:\n\n> Takaki, the male character, had dreams of this girl he liked who was very\n> far away. In the image they’re both on a distant planet that is far away, so\n> he’s dreaming that he’s with her even though she’s in a far away place.\n\nWhen viewing Makoto Shinkai's works, distance always plays a large factor. He\ntreats it with a vague touch. However, Makoto Shinkai always injects the\nnotion that distance(space) and time are intertwined (VoaDS is a perfect\nexample) and that there are events that span them.\n\nAt the ending of 5 Centimeters per Second, the girl was obviously a vision, as\nthe distance between them cannot be closed physically anymore and the time\nlost cannot be reclaimed. The act of forgetting his lost love is a slow\nprocess for Takaki (the male protagonist), which is what the title is actually\nalluding to. The movie is not only one about distance and time, but of the\nevents and the memories associated with them.\n\n**Now, the way I relate them all together:**\n\nCherry blossoms are almost only beautiful when they are on trees (when the\nrelationship is intact), and are almost equally as beautiful when they're\nfalling (because memories are almost equally as beautiful as the real thing).\nHowever, while memories themselves live on, the reality they used to be\ngradually differ from how the memories are, much like how falling blossoms\nslowly become a fragment of the beauty of where they used to be.\n\nThe title tells us that each time lost is more distance apart physically and\nemotionally, and that at the final moment where the cherry blossom cannot\ncover any distance anymore per unit of time is the moment where the memory is\n--not actually lost--but stays just that: a memory. In a nutshell, the vision\nby the railroad is the final moment of their cherry blossom, Takaki's living\ndream of the girl in the faraway place, before it finally stops moving and\nreminding him of the relationship that once was.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-28T07:18:42.010", "id": "5621", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-28T07:18:42.010", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2627", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 }, { "body": "\n\nThis may be a little late but Akari was at the railway crossing. The manga\nshows a picture of of a girl from behind then a close up of her left hand with\na ring on it. After the trains are gone so is she, Takaki smiles and walks\noff. The next picture is of Akari but the young Akari standing on the other\nside, she smiles and waves good bye to Takaki who is already further down the\nroad.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-19T03:28:00.283", "id": "8131", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-19T03:28:00.283", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4176", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nAs Tohno (male character) contacted Akari through email and mail stuffs, they\nhadn't felt the true meaning of love. So the title \"5 Centimeters Per Second\"\ntells that their love was growing apart with time. So Akari gave up on their\nrelationship and found a new guy. But Tohno's life got ruined by her beauty\nand he still loves her and this kinda relates to the ending song.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-07-05T18:41:40.547", "id": "23038", "last_activity_date": "2015-07-06T05:16:40.597", "last_edit_date": "2015-07-06T05:16:40.597", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "15476", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe ending scene can be taken both ways, maybe she was there, or maybe not.\nFor me, I believe she really was there. This may be subtle, but as they passed\nby each other, both of them (even the girl) seemed to notice each other.\nHowever, when they look back, as the gods of love like to interfere, a train\nappeared.\n\nAs the train is passing by, Akari went ahead. I think it symbolizes that she\nhad already moved on for a long time. However, the main character clearly\nstill had lingering feelings for her, as seen in episode 2 and 3. He did not\nonly look back, but he also waited for the train to pass. He even turned\naround and took his hands out of his pocket. However, when the train passed\nby, the woman was nowhere to be found. He took it as a sign to finally moved\non, and as he was smiling, he turned away. If I remember correctly, he was sad\nin episode 2, and even more depressed in episode 3: he even tried to slept\nwith other woman, and he even quit his job to forget the girl.\n\nWe don't know for sure who first stopped writing letter, but I think it was\nthe boy. This can be seen in the scenes where they exchanged letters, though I\ndon't think it means that the boy stopped liking her — as seen in the ending,\nhe truly loves her. Maybe it was due to some other reason, like change of\naddress, undelivered letter, or something we would never know. But we can see\nthat even though they don't receive letters from each other, they still looked\nat the mailbox - both of them. Even when the girl was walking with another\nguy, she still looked at the mailbox.\n\nAnyways, no matter how anyone views it. The movie was a masterpiece.\n\nBy the way, I remember reading an interview with the writer/director of the\nmovie where he said that the theme for 5cm/sec was \"reality\" - it isn't always\na happy ending in real life, most of the time love fails. (Sorry, but I don't\nhave a source for this).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-07-07T09:42:27.100", "id": "23083", "last_activity_date": "2015-07-07T12:03:33.277", "last_edit_date": "2015-07-07T12:03:33.277", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "14960", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThe song if translated say that he sees a figment of his imagination and This\nis show as he is riding his scooter and he sees Akari. But at the railway he\nsees her for real and I believe that, that is what they promised each other\nall those years ago; they promised each other to see the cherry blossoms fall\nand as it just so happens the cherry blossoms where falling which to takaki\nwas the only way to finally detach.even in the manga he sees a ring which can\nonly be there if she was real. Also after that when the younger version of\nAkari waves back I believe it was what he saw when she wasn't there otherwise\nhe would have ran after her.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-10T03:16:16.807", "id": "29665", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-07T07:39:34.150", "last_edit_date": "2016-04-07T07:39:34.150", "last_editor_user_id": "23285", "owner_user_id": "21020", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe that he really saw Akari because (after checking the movie over 3\ntimes but i might of missed something) he had not seen Akari in years so how\ncould he possibly know what she looked like all that time later without even\nseeing a picture of her. So he must of recognized her as he stopped and turned\naround but since she had gotten over their relationship over time she didn't\nwait to see if it was Tohno so she kept walking. Also they had promised each\nother to see the cherry blossoms fall again and as they walk by each other you\ncan see the blossoms falling so it was a way of concluding their relationship\nand Tohno moving on with his life.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-08-21T17:17:02.597", "id": "35932", "last_activity_date": "2016-08-21T17:17:02.597", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27867", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThis may be too late to change your ending view, but in the manga you can see\nthat in the ending the girl shouts from the other side of the train when\npassing. Also, there is another chapter (volume 2, chapter 11) after that, it\nis Kanae's story part. The anime only ended on volume 2, chapter 10 of the\nmanga.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-12-31T00:46:58.563", "id": "38178", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-31T04:23:20.283", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-31T04:23:20.283", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "30055", "parent_id": "4387", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nLancer always dying is a joke in carnival phantasm, the reason why he dies is\nor who kills him is of little importance. For example, in one of the first\nepisodes of carnival phantasm when the cat characters are talking with the TV\non we hear about a man in blue thighs being killed in a car accident. It is of\ncourse Lancer, and he just died for no reason whatsoever.\n\nFor your case though not a lot of people could have killed him because we can\nsee black keys in his body, the weapon of the church. It means a priest must\nhave killed him.\n\nThe only person I could see doing that would be Kotomine, because we also see\nhim asking Grail-kun to do something because Lancer is completely useless, and\nGrail-kun gives him the \"Servant Strengthening Tool\" (The kitchen knife in the\npicture).\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-18T12:43:49.767", "id": "4394", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-18T16:49:55.940", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-18T16:49:55.940", "last_editor_user_id": "2041", "owner_user_id": "2041", "parent_id": "4391", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe it was done on purpose.\n\nWrath was intended to be a public figure, everyone knows the king. So the king\nhas to get old, or it would raise suspicion. The king can't generate wounds in\na flash of red lightning, or it would raise suspicions.\n\n_How_ they did it, I don't know. But that's _why_ I imagine they did it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-18T16:15:50.563", "id": "4396", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-18T16:15:50.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen Wrath discloses his nature to Mustang, he describes what happened after\nthe incident. First, keep this quote of his in mind:\n\n> The Philosopher's Stone is created from the life force of countless human\n> beings; it contains their souls.\n\nNow, consider that Father was attempting to put all of his wrath within one\nbeing; this would require that he removed not only any wrath from within\nhimself, but also every single wrathful soul that composed him. That means we\nnow have a Philosopher's Stone made from dozens of wrathful souls. What does\nwrath do? It gets revenge.\n\nWrath states,\n\n> Countless souls have battled for dominance within me. And only the most\n> wrathful one survived.\n\nThis means that he had no healing powers because he basically had no souls to\nregenerate from; only one soul remains within his body (his own or someone\nelse's), and it is not enough to both regenerate and sustain him. He is\nbasically a human with homunculus-level skills.\n\nI also agree with Madara's conclusion that Father would want the public figure\nto age and appear human, so he may have been perfectly okay with Wrath being\ncomposed of only one soul. Pride's disguise was already conspicuous enough;\nyou can imagine the uprisings if the military leader was also accused of such\nthings.\n\nWith regard to why he is different from Greeling, his soul was pushed aside\nfrom the infusion, whereas Ling's was strong enough to coexist with Greed's.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-18T18:24:37.737", "id": "4397", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-29T23:50:10.217", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-29T23:50:10.217", "last_editor_user_id": "274", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "4392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nWrath (in Brotherhood) was a human-based Homonculus. He was born a human,\ncalled Fuhrer Candidate No. 12, and implanted with a philosopher's stone\ncreated from wrathful souls while in his prime. His own soul, also a soul of\nwrath, overpowered the souls of the stone and took over, making him Wrath,\nearning him the name King Bradley and the position of Fuhrer of Amestris.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-26T00:14:11.860", "id": "4963", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-26T00:14:11.860", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2286", "parent_id": "4392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nit is because with Wrath, as Bradley states, all the souls basically fought\ndown to the last one remaining. It was this final soul, of which was formed\nthe homunculus \"Wrath\".\n\nHowever, with Greeling:\n\nFirst, the Homunculus \"Greed\", was already a pre-existing entity, which Father\nputs into Ling's body. Secondly, Ling accepts the pre-existing homunculus\n\"Greed\", without fighting down to the last souls, or last few souls. Thereby,\nas someone else had stated, Ling and Greed coexisted together.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-09T02:08:43.240", "id": "5803", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-09T02:08:43.240", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2699", "parent_id": "4392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nMy theory has been that Regeneration costs a soul. Goes to explain why\nHommunculi can be killed when 'killed' enough times, and why the mannequin\nsoldiers don't regenerate.\n\nAs mentioned above, Wrath is the lone surviving soul within him, one soul,\nwhich killed all the others. The other Hommunculi have multiple souls\ncohabiting, which is why they're able to regenerate. The mannequins were\nlikely made from a single philosopher's stone with the souls being split\nevenly between the soldiers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-07-07T11:46:27.603", "id": "41244", "last_activity_date": "2017-07-07T11:46:27.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33483", "parent_id": "4392", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTogame's left eye changes whenever she is scheming or in an ambitious state of\nmind. This first began when she witnessed her father being killed, at the same\ntime that her hair turned white. I do not believe it is explained why this\nchange takes place beyond that witnessing her father's death changed her view\nof the world, but it could be elaborated in the novels.\n\n* * *\n\nIt's also worth mentioning that Togame's name (とがめ) in Japanese is probably a\nreference to this eye, though it can be read in many ways. The particular\nreading here would be 十が眼, which could be interpreted as \"eyeball shaped like\n十 ( _to_ ; the character for the number 10)\". This is fairly unorthodox\nJapanese, but it's clear that this was one of the readings that the author\nintended.\n\nOf course, Togame is the fake name that she made up for herself after her\nfather died, so she wasn't called that until she got her cross-shaped eye.\nBefore that, she was named Yousha (容赦). This is likely a counterpoint to\nanother interpretation of her name, since 容赦 means forgiveness, while 咎め (とがめ)\nmeans blame or rebuke, which is fitting given how that incident changed her\nlife towards seeking revenge.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-18T23:59:06.000", "id": "4399", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-19T00:38:31.057", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-19T00:38:31.057", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4398", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nTogame's name (十が目 = とがめ = togame, or 目が十, \"eyes are ten/cross shaped\") means\n\"cross-shaped (lit. ten-shaped) eye.\"\n\nThough not thoroughly explained, the [Katanagatari\nwiki](http://katanagatari.wikia.com/wiki/Togame) mentions that it's a result\n(along with her hair turning white) of witnessed the death of her father.\n\nIt's been mentioned (by various Japanese BBS sources) that the cross-shaped\neyes were the idea of the original illustrator (of the light novels) and not\nof the author.\n\n> The eye that witnessed the act takes on a snake-like appearance when she is\n> scheming. One of the Maniwani notes that it \"shines with ambition\".\n\nYou could say that the root of ambition that Togame shines with is revenge,\nsince her eyes return to return to normal when she's scheming her ultimate\nrevenge plot.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-19T00:02:44.190", "id": "4400", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-19T03:18:18.283", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-19T03:18:18.283", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4398", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the [Something Awful playthrough\nthread](http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3447397) for\nthe game:\n\n> Because of the intricacies of the Japanese game rating system, blood in this\n> game is colored pink. Rest assured, though, it is human blood you will be\n> looking at, and it doesn't mean our characters are secretly aliens or elves.\n\n[TVTropes](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VisualNovel/DanganRonpa) also\nsays the same thing:\n\n> Many murder scenes are liberally splattered in Pepto-Bismol, thanks to the\n> intricacies of the Japanese game rating system.\n\nSo it seems like making the blood realistic would have given the game a higher\nage rating, possibly restricting some of their target demographic from being\nable to purchase the game. But the pink blood also goes along with the main\nartistic style of Dangan Ronpa.\n\nAccording to\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangan_Ronpa#Development):\n\n> The game uses pop art, a bright and colorful style, as a way to contrast the\n> dark subject matter of murder. Scenario writer Kazutaka Kodaka stated he\n> desired to \"...shake user's heart by showing a devastating accident in not\n> devastating ways. But, by some measure, it might be more shocking than\n> showing a devastating scene.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-19T15:11:57.650", "id": "4406", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-19T15:11:57.650", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "4403", "post_type": "answer", "score": 19 }, { "body": "\n\nTo add to atlantiza's answer, Danganronpa is rated D (17+) by\n[CERO](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Entertainment_Rating_Organization),\nJapan's rating board for console video games. That's the highest rating which\ndoes not carry additional legal restrictions as to where and to whom you can\nsell it. Danganronpa is a console game, and it's very likely that the consoles\nwould not have approved of it had it been rated Z (18+), but including red\nblood would have likely pushed it over this limit. Very few games rated Z ever\nget released, with the exception of a few violent games produced overseas\nwhere the ratings are less strict for violent content (e.g. in the U.S.).\n\nMost visual novels are PC games, so they are rated by a different organization\nfrom CERO, namely EOCS. EOCS doesn't have the same restrictions against\ndisplaying red blood, but most of them are guaranteed an 18+ rating anyway for\ninclusion of sexual content. An 18+ rating from CERO has a much bigger impact\nin terms of sales than one from EOCS. It's not uncommon for Japanese console\ngames to not include blood at all to avoid getting higher ratings, but\nDanganronpa obviously didn't have that option so they did the next best thing.\n\nAs for why they kept the blood pink in the anime, it is sort of iconic at this\npoint. The death scenes (so far) have all been very closely following the\nstyle of the game. Changing it would probably turn off fans, and the pink\nblood does fit well with the art style.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-19T18:04:28.810", "id": "4407", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-19T18:04:28.810", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4403", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's done so because when the human mind sees red blood it sets off a red flag\nin they're brain, but if it's a different color you don't get that reaction.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-28T23:54:42.550", "id": "20412", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-28T23:54:42.550", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13476", "parent_id": "4403", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's because of its \"psycho-pop\" art style. They used pink blood for their art\nstyle type, and also censorship probably. Also, they coined the term \"psycho-\npop\".\n\nAlso, fun fact, the blood at one point was planned to be red (it was in\n[_DISTRUST_](http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/DISTRUST), the beta version)\nbut when Monokuma's art design was chosen, everything was changed, even the\nblood.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-21T02:13:50.370", "id": "44328", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-21T03:04:14.020", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-21T03:04:14.020", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "37749", "parent_id": "4403", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nBecause of the intricacies of the Japanese game rating system, blood in this\ngame is colored pink,but the pink blood also goes along with the main artistic\nstyle of Danganronpa.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-10T16:36:23.767", "id": "56781", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-10T16:36:23.767", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51930", "parent_id": "4403", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nI personally think it's for moderation and censorship. The creator of\nDanganronpa said that the game had to go through a bunch of approval before\nthe game could come to the US. Naturally, if the blood was red, the game\nwouldn't have made it through. Also, the ratings. If it were to be red, they\nwould make the game go towards even more mature audiences. In my opinion,\nteenagers seem to play this game, but they aren't as traumatized because the\nblood is pink and they know it isn't real.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-05-07T00:40:00.780", "id": "62697", "last_activity_date": "2021-05-07T00:40:00.780", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "60462", "parent_id": "4403", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat guy is apparently from the Wii game\n[Opoona](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opoona) where you play a character\ncalled \"Opoona\" that's short and has a number of facial expressions (and one\nof them has a ball over their head), though they don't always have such a sour\nlook on their faces.\n\n\n\n\n\nSome ascii art of Opoona with the Yaruo face that Krazer mentioned:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-21T07:52:03.053", "id": "4898", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-21T07:52:03.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4411", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTowards the end of episode 22, the anti-pirate ship, Grand Cross has just\ndefeated the Big Catch and it was implied that it would have went after Marika\nand the Bentenmaru next.\n\nMarika had to make a decision on whether to attempt to rescue the crew of the\nBig Catch, or escape.\n\nIt was that moment when the Parabellum FTL jumps in the battlefield and\nengages the Grand Cross ultimately forcing it retreat.\n\nThis allows Marika the Bentenmaru to rescue the crew of the Big Catch. (which\neventually got destroyed because the fires couldn't be controlled and it\nignited the ammo cache)\n\n* * *\n\nSo you can argue that without the help of Parabellum, the crew of the Big\nCatch would likely have perished. It is also possible Marika and the\nBentenmaru would have perished as well if they decided to stick around to\nrescue the crew of the Big Catch.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-28T23:05:40.180", "id": "4493", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-28T23:05:40.180", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "17", "parent_id": "4412", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou don't need any significant knowledge of the plot of Soul Eater to begin\nreading Soul Eater Not!. It is set in the same world, but Soul Eater Not!\ntakes place chronologically before the beginning of the Soul Eater manga and\nmostly focuses on characters who are not important for the main plot. If\nyou're familiar with the setting of Soul Eater (which should not require more\nthan a few chapters of the original) then you should be able to read it. In\nfact, you could probably read it without any knowledge of the original, as the\nmajor concepts are all reintroduced, but I think it will be more enjoyable for\nthose who at least know the main characters and setting of the original.\n\nOf course, many of the characters from Soul Eater also show up in Not!. There\nmay be foreshadowing of future events or outright spoilers connected to these\ncharacters, but I don't remember anything major getting spoiled, and most of\nthe references are to things which occur fairly early in the manga. If you\nwant to catch all of the references, it would be good to read up to chapter 44\n(last chapter in volume 11), and possibly a bit farther, but strictly speaking\nthat isn't necessary.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-21T00:23:49.673", "id": "4421", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-21T15:56:40.153", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-21T15:56:40.153", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4413", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAnother way of looking at this is that Kami did not understand the full extent\nof his Dragon Balls' power. You see the Dragon Balls getting stronger after\nKami's ones, maybe because they knew how they function properly while Kami was\nstill getting to know his limits. So, maybe Kami could revive people but left\nit to the Dragon Balls as they were harder to get, and were more of a trial\nfor people; or, Kami just believed, \"Shenron can bestow any wish as long as it\ndoes not exceed the power of his creator\" because he did not know how to make\nShenron more powerful. As much as I can remember and can find it was only Kami\nwho said this, so most likely this was only a theory of his.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-20T10:31:15.690", "id": "4415", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-02T09:28:24.453", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-02T09:28:24.453", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "2048", "parent_id": "4414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is theorized that Shenron does have the same power as Kami but the\ndifference is that Shenron exclusively grants wishes, so he is much more\nefficient in that regard when using Kami's power.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-24T01:38:27.333", "id": "4443", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-24T01:38:27.333", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2033", "parent_id": "4414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think there's a reason beyond the \"Cool\" factor.\n\nはがね (Hagane) translates to \"Steel\" or \"Metal\", so I don't see a real reason.\n\n_Fullmetal_ , refers to objects that are completely made of metal, that they\naren't hollow or are composed of other, non-metallic materials.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-20T13:12:55.307", "id": "4417", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-20T13:12:55.307", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4416", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn episode 4, it is revealed that Utsu-tsu has the ability to create copies of\nher body as one of her powers as a Gatchaman. It seems there are other\nmodifications to her body as well, though these have not yet been completely\nexplained. Her copying ability allows her to perform basic functions, but it\nseems that conversing and interacting with others is difficult through the\ncopies. She uses this ability to simultaneously follow Hajime and O.D.\n\nHere's a gif of her making a copy:\n\n\n\nIt's probably worth a mention that the opening theme actually foreshadowed\nthis before the scene in the question:\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-03T22:00:26.237", "id": "4613", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-03T22:00:26.237", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4419", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the movie, as Rin was carrying Shinji out, she told Saber to destroy the\nHoly Grail \"cocoon\" (Shinji was too weak and incompatible to be able to\ncontain the Grail, so this \"cocoon\" is the result of it manifesting).\n\nSaber she was hesitant because Rin was still there, but she knew that if the\ncocoon were to explode the cursed contents would destroy everything it\ntouched. So destroying the cocoon would be natural to her in this situation.\n\nThe movie plays out almost exactly as the [visual novel\nscenario](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5emtlA9Wnc#t=81s), with a few bits\nand pieces cut out for time. E.g., Saber tries to cross the pond of corrupted\nmud to save Rin, but Rin uses a Command Seal to prevent her from doing so\n(because she would be corrupted by the cursed mud if she touched it).\n\n**About the corruption of the Grail:**\n\nThe contents of the Grail was corrupted during the Third Fuyuki Grail War,\nwhich allowed for the summoning of non-Heroic Spirits such as Rider and\nCaster. Any wish made upon this upon the Grail's corrupted contents would come\nwith destruction. The Lesser Grail, the container meant to hold the contents\nof the Holy Grail was destroyed in the previous Grail War (the Fourth, by\nSaber, commanded by Shirou's foster father Kiritsugu using his command seal).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-22T04:36:31.907", "id": "4432", "last_activity_date": "2014-09-11T18:46:14.427", "last_edit_date": "2014-09-11T18:46:14.427", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4422", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt was never fully explained, when and how alchemy was \"invented\", but it's\nknown that Xerxes was one of the first countries to know alchemy. It already\nexisted when the dwarf in the flask was created, as he was created using\nalchemy. The creation of the dwarf in the flask just increased the knowledge\nbecause it knew much about alchemy and helped the alchemists gaining\nknowledge.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-21T13:53:01.077", "id": "4425", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-21T13:53:01.077", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "4424", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nAs [@looper](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/122/looper)\n[says](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4425/274), alchemy did exist before\nthe Dwarf in the Flask was created. In fact, the man who created the Dwarf\nwould later become Van Hohenheim's teacher. I don't believe much of alchemy\nwas ever used in Xerxes in general, but the king was a big supporter of it,\nenough that he would later bet his own life on it and ask for immortality.\n\n\n\nIt's also hinted that alchemy was what created aspects of the universe. In the\nlast few episodes of the series,\n\n> Father absorbs the entity known as \"God\" (the Eye of God behind the gate)\n> and gains the ability to simply create a sun in the palm of his hand, at a\n> whim.\n\nIt is suggested that this very same power was once used, by either [Truth or\nGod](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/87/274), to create the stars and\nplanets in the universe. That would mean that alchemy has always existed, but\nwas just brought to light by the Xerxians, and the word was spread by Father\nand Hohenheim during their travels.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-21T18:01:03.810", "id": "4428", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-21T18:01:03.810", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.523", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "4424", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm certain that the Alchemy used by Xerxes was far more spiritual in nature\nthan Modern Alchemy and Alkahestry. Mostly because the ability to transmute\nwould have made digging the nationwide transmutation circle a much easier task\nthan it was shown in the Xerxes flashback... and probably a lot bloodier too\ngoing by how they used slaves for their experiments. Probably drew power from\nBlood to be honest, since it has the same sympathetic connections that seem to\nconnect Tectonic Movements and the Water Cycle...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-01-11T17:58:23.150", "id": "50387", "last_activity_date": "2019-01-11T17:58:23.150", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24077", "parent_id": "4424", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn Japan, I don't know of any chart which tracks readership, and statistics\nfor that seem hard to gather. The next best thing is sales numbers, which\nrepresent how many volumes were bought, but volumes purchased do not\nnecessarily directly correspond to readership. Comic sales numbers are\nreported on a weekly basis by\n[Oricon](http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/obc/w/2013-07-22/), which is the go-to\nsource for Japanese entertainment media rankings. These are reposted across\nthe internet, including by [Anime News\nNetwork](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-07-18/japanese-comic-\nranking-july-7-13) in English (link to current most recent list). As one would\nexpect, the weekly rankings tend to vary a lot depending on what has been\nrecently released, so they also compile [half-year sales\nstatistics](http://www.oricon.co.jp/entertainment/ranking/2013/bookrank0603/index06.html)\n([English via ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-02/top-\nselling-manga-in-japan-by-series/2013-first-half)) which are probably more\nuseful for determining what's currently popular.\n\nOverseas, even sales statistics aren't going to do a very good job indicating\nwhat's popular because of the levels of manga piracy. They are still available\nfor the US via [NY Times](http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-\nbooks/manga/list.html), but they miss a significant number of viewers who are\nreading pirated manga (e.g. scanalations) and also don't report absolute\nnumbers, only relative positions. Various indexing sites like\n[ANN](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/ratings-\nmanga.php?top50=popular) or\n[MAL](http://myanimelist.net/topmanga.php?type=bypopularity) do have data for\n\"most popular\" manga based on their listings, which likely includes those who\nare obtaining it illegally, but these are all-time rankings. Current rankings\nare probably difficult to compile with the data they have.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-22T00:14:42.267", "id": "4431", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-22T00:14:42.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4429", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAt the time of Fate/Zero, Illya is 8 years old. In Fate/Stay Night, which\ntakes place 10 years after Fate/Zero, she is 18 years old.\n\nIt was mentioned in Fate/Zero, that the preparations for the 4th Holy Grail\nWar started 8 years before, where you can see that Illya is born. The 5th war\nhappens 10 years after the events of Fate/Zero making her 18 years old.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-22T06:00:15.900", "id": "4434", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-22T06:00:15.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "4433", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom Makarov's history based on\n[Wikia](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Makarov_Dreyar):\n\n> The guild was named 'Fairy Tail' as the eternal mystery behind whether\n> fairies had tails or not, or if they even existed, was like an eternal\n> adventure.\n\nSo I guess the guild's (Fairy Tail's) purpose is to have a great adventure as\nif they are solving the mysteries about fairies.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-23T07:09:36.073", "id": "4438", "last_activity_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:14.370", "last_edit_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:14.370", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1677", "parent_id": "4436", "post_type": "answer", "score": 26 }, { "body": "\n\nThe guild's first master Mavis loved the idea of fairies and often wondered if\nthey had tails. This is mentioned in _Fairy Tail Zero_.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-05-14T17:55:53.907", "id": "32115", "last_activity_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:16.010", "last_edit_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:16.010", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "24064", "parent_id": "4436", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nMy personal theory is that it represents Mavis's search for the faeries with\nZera.\n\nIn one scene of _Fairy Tail Zero_ , Zera and Mavis are talking, and Mavis\npoints out that Zera's hair looks like tails. To also explain another idea\nabout the faeries, when Zera \"disappeared\" and they hugged in the pond, it\nlooked like there's a little ball of light -- a fairy. And when Zera\ndisappeared and Mavis was crying, it looked like Zera turned into a group of\nfaeries. When Warrod, Yuri, and Precht heard her voice, it looked like a\nfaerie was flying past them.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-05-23T13:18:33.067", "id": "32289", "last_activity_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:25.963", "last_edit_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:25.963", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "24246", "parent_id": "4436", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nAdding on to what other people that say about \"Fairy Tail\" means \"endless\nadventures and mysteries\", I also believe Mavis also meant the name was based\nof on Zera.\n\nIn _Fairy Tail Zero_ , Mavis started to form a guild at the place (Magnolia)\nwhere Zera's dad and the Red Lizards guild have all been executed. Mavis\nwanted to help the village to fulfill Zera's dream, by starting a new guild\nwith a name related to her. There was a scene where Mavis pointed out about\nZera's hair looking like two tails and that Zera said that fairies would\nalways be in Mavis' heart and where did Zera go? Right back into her heart,\nreferring Zera as the fairy with tails.\n\nNow that you might have thought about it, Zera might actually been the fairy\nMavis has always been looking for.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-05-23T22:40:07.627", "id": "47150", "last_activity_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:22.543", "last_edit_date": "2018-05-24T09:21:22.543", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "40791", "parent_id": "4436", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n3.6 in Japanese measurement is the equivalent of 72/20 in American\nmeasurement. That's considered to be _Excellent_ eyesight.\n\nIt's not that you see 3.6 times further, you are able to _distinguish_ , 3.6\ntimes more detail in the image you get (read, 3.6 times smaller details).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-23T20:41:24.493", "id": "4441", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-23T20:41:24.493", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4440", "post_type": "answer", "score": 25 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe only thing I can think of is the annoying anime series from within the\nseries \"Welcome to the NHK\". Purrurin's theme song was blasting from next door\nin the first episode, antagonizing Sato's mental illness. His next door\nnieghbor, Yamazaki, was obsessed with the main character, and he references\nher several times as proof of his love of anime over real girls.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T15:36:39.223", "id": "4468", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T15:42:23.697", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-26T15:42:23.697", "last_editor_user_id": "2090", "owner_user_id": "2090", "parent_id": "4442", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\nThanks to @Krazer.\n\nThe characters in the scene seem to be Ikkyuu and Shin'emon from [Ikkyū-\nsan](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1461).\n\nThe low-effort scribbles are signifying that they are characters from another\nseries and want to avoid copyright issues, like how many MacDonalds in anime\nare called WacDonalds or similar.\n\nI think it's not parodying a particular scene but instead just making fun of\nShin'emon's cleft chin: \n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-12T10:07:54.317", "id": "8612", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-12T10:07:54.317", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4442", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHis diary allowed him to not just control the dogs but also to **know their\nfuture**. That's why he could be one of the players of the diary game. The\nfollowing is written in the [the\nwiki](http://futurediary.wikia.com/wiki/Karyuudo_Tsukishima#Diary_.26_Abilities):\n\n> His diary is The Breeder Diary, which is mostly used by his daughter Hinata.\n> Despite of this its uses are clear, which involves to predict the movements\n> of his dogs and those of his targets.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-24T09:32:03.490", "id": "4445", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-03T15:02:22.733", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-03T15:02:22.733", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "2064", "parent_id": "4444", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nObito is the Jinchuuriki of the 10 tails. Having the blood of the Uchiha +\nhaving the Rinnegan and the Mangekyo Sharingan + being trained by Madara\nhimself, Obito would have surpassed any living ninja in technique and chakra\ndepth, as well as natural talent. It was even said at one time that he was the\nsame as the \"Sage of the 6 paths\".\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T15:32:51.923", "id": "4467", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T15:32:51.923", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2090", "parent_id": "4446", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nSee chapter 375 of the manga, page 11. Jiraiya states one who posesses the\nRinnegan can use all 6 chakra natures. In addition, controlling the Ten-tails\nis no mean feat, considering it's likely to be at least ten times as difficult\nto control as a normal Tailed Beast, which itself is hardly something a\nskilled shinobi wouldn't think twice about. Also, I'm guessing that\ncontrolling the Tailed Beasts doesn't require chakra manipulation and control,\nbut rather willpower and determination - as demonstrated by Naruto himself.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-10-27T04:22:53.353", "id": "26860", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-27T04:22:53.353", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18714", "parent_id": "4446", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nGenerally, a manga/anime doesn't have to complete the story set out by the\noriginal material it was adapted from. Some examples are _Accel World_ ,\n_Bleach_ , and _Bodacious Space Pirates_.\n\nSome reasons are obvious, like key changes in the plot making it impossible to\nfollow the original plotline set out in the source, while other times it's not\nso obvious such as events involving members of the production team, such as\nwork disagreements, licensing problems, or people getting sick for an extended\nperiod of time.\n\nThis isn't just for adapted works as these problems can affect the source\nmaterial: _Kaze no Stigma_ 's light novel has been left incomplete due to the\n[author dying](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaze_no_stigma#Light_novel).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-12T22:00:15.273", "id": "6865", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-28T18:20:18.580", "last_edit_date": "2018-01-28T18:20:18.580", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "4447", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAs Jon Lin said in the\n[comment](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4447/why-did-the-\nstrawberry-panic-manga-end#comment3769_4447), the serialization got canceled\nafter a long break.\n\nAccording to [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry_Panic!#%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB),\nthe manga was serialized in _Dengeki G's_ magazine since edition 2005/11 and\nit continued until edition 2007/2. On the edition 2007/4, the table of\ncontents listed the series as on break:\n\n> コミック『ストロベリー・パニック』はしばらくの間休載いたします\n>\n> Comic \"Strawberry Panic\" is on break for a while.\n\nHowever, since there's no sign of continuation for a long time, the\nserialization got canceled instead.\n\nAs for the reason behind the break/long hiatus, it's not stated anywhere (it's\na common case). However, I doubt it's \"because Sakurako Kimino was sick\"\nsince:\n\n * The light novel has finished (Sep 2005) before the manga serialization (Nov 2005), and the manga follows the light novel quite faithfully\n * The mangaka is Takuminamuchi, not Sakurako Kimino, and the story material already existed\n * Sakurako Kimino still continued writing: _Baby Princess_ (2007-2012) and _Love Live!_ (2010-)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-01-28T18:16:36.967", "id": "44448", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-28T18:16:36.967", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "4447", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI had [asked a similar question in\nchat](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/10422500#10422500) a\nlittle while ago and did some research myself on the subject.\n\nViz no longer publishes Shonen Jump, as it has gone entirely digital. Viz also\nused to publish [Shojo Beat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shojo_Beat) which\nended its publication run in 2009. Before that, they published _Manga Vizion_\n(1995), a manga anthology that ran for 4 years, _Pulp_ (1997), which was the\nsame thing but aimed at adults and ran for 5 years.\n\nMore general publications like\n_[Animerica](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animerica)_ or _[New Type\nUSA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewType_USA)_ (by A.D. Vision, counterpart\nof the Japanese \"New Type\" magazine) contained news and some serialized manga.\nWhen A.D.V shut down, the magazine was replaced by _PiQ_ , which was even less\nabout anime/manga and only lasted 4 issues. There's also _Anime Insider_\npublished by Wizard which contained some manga previews but it's mostly a news\nmagazine and _Protoculture Addicts_ published by Protoculture, Inc. which\ncovers anime and manga news and is readily available in Europe. It's now part\nof Anime News Network.\n\nI think the only manga magazine that's still in print today is _Otaku USA_\nwhich claims to publish 32 pages of manga previews. According to [its\nwikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otaku_USA):\n\n> After the shutdown of NewType USA in February 2008, Anime Insider in March\n> 2009, and the discontinuation of Protoculture Addicts since August 2008,\n> Otaku USA is the only remaining anime news magazine published for the North\n> American market.\n\nSince it only contains previews of manga, it's not a viable option if you want\nserialized publications of manga in English.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-25T06:37:21.940", "id": "4451", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-25T06:37:21.940", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4448", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to Maria Ross (episode 9, 3:42), all State Alchemists carry a\nmilitary rank equivalent of Major.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-25T05:14:57.137", "id": "4450", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-25T05:14:57.137", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "4449", "post_type": "answer", "score": 33 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt might be because of Ichigo's burning emotions towards Aizen that he doesn't\nthink that through or maybe the author just decided not to add that in. Or\nmaybe Aizen didn't want to show Ichigo his Shikai because he felt he was\nstrong enough to defeat Ichigo without it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T06:25:44.397", "id": "4790", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-15T04:08:47.177", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-15T04:08:47.177", "last_editor_user_id": "2213", "owner_user_id": "2213", "parent_id": "4454", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nBleach has its share of rather blatant and gaping plot holes, but here are two\nlogical reasons to this question from my perspective:\n\n 1. First Ichigo obliviously plans to finish off Aizen in a one hit kill as he feels that it would be his best chance of winning and goes on with it. He first attempts this in ( ** _Refer chapter 388_** ) when Aizen is busy fighting Shinji and the others Ichigo tears into the world with his thoughts racing to cut him down stating that's the only way to defeat him without seeing Aizen's shikai. The initial attack to his blindspot is blocked with kido as Aizen is well aware of being targeted at the back of the neck and Ichigo reveals that he made a split second bad decision without thinking it through.\n\nIn fact it momentarily appears to have paid off where he manages to land a\nslash through Aizen's neck just as Aizen is escaping from Yamamoto Genryusai's\nlast attack (end of which he lost his arm). **_Refer manga chapter 397_**\nwhere this happens and initially the timing and execution of the attack seems\nexemplary, only being undone by Aizen's new found powers after merging with\nthe hogyoku. It could be summarized that Ichigo relied on his one hit kill\nplan way too much and in the thick of things did not device a plan B in case\nit failed.\n\n 2. As to why Aizen did not attempt to lure Ichigo into illusion with his Kyoka Suigetsu's release can be attributed to various factors, but primarily\n\n * Aizen wanted to be defeated. Aizen's inner (perhaps suicidal) tendency to find a person who could comprehensively defeat him which Ichigo attributes to Aizen's loneliness caused by his incredible power where he was unable to find someone equally powerful as himself. **_Refer manga chapter 422_** where Ichigo discusses with Urahara how he felt Aizen's loneliness on coming to contact with him when Ichigo was fighting on the same level as Aizen.\n\n * Another aspect like mentioned in the previous answer is Aizen's visible arrogant and megalomaniac like tendency shortly displayed after he fuses with the hoguoku. He feels that none of the Shinigami or Vizards are a visible threat and in many cases does not even bother to dodge enemy attacks during the battle like in the instance where he fends off Kisuke and Yoroichi.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-15T19:54:07.877", "id": "4824", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-15T20:33:04.803", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-15T20:33:04.803", "last_editor_user_id": "2148", "owner_user_id": "2148", "parent_id": "4454", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't know how far the anime is yet, so I'll put it into a spoiler.\n\n> The shift between human is triggered by any injury that causes blood loss.\n> The first shift is triggered when Eren gets eaten by one of the titans and\n> hurts his arm. To trigger the next one, he bites himself to protect Mikasa\n> and Armin. Apparently, also the will to accomplish something is needed to\n> become a titan (kill the titans, save his friends)\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T07:52:21.250", "id": "4460", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T07:52:21.250", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "122", "parent_id": "4456", "post_type": "answer", "score": 20 }, { "body": "\n\nRober English when eren has to turn into a titan he has to inflict damage on\nhimself and have a clear goal so i'm guessing that when eren was a child he\nnever had a goal like block the cannon or kill the titans\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-10T08:19:16.390", "id": "6839", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-10T08:19:16.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3281", "parent_id": "4456", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI would imagine in order to transform the first time that you would have to be\nin very clear danager and would subconsciesly desire the change. He didn't\nhave any concept that he could and something like getting cut on a tree would\ncertainly not be dangerous enough to warrent the subconsciese into activating.\n\nI would wager though that once he changed the first time and figure out he\ncould do it it bacame much easier because he knew he could. It would be like\ndiscovering a secret talent that you had (wiggling your ears or something).\nYou technically could always do it but without strong reason (someone telling\nyou to try) you would never knew you could. Once you discovered you could, it\nwould be much easier to access. (sorry if that's a bad example, not a lot of\nparallels to turning into a titan :p )\n\nAnother idea (though less likely imo) is that age has something to do with it.\nMaybe you have to mature to a certain point before it's possible. It just\nhappened that he was finally of age/ ability at that point to turn and, with\nthe obvious situation of being eaten, could at that point turn.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-05T15:50:25.593", "id": "13265", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-05T15:50:25.593", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7787", "parent_id": "4456", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 }, { "body": "\n\nIts triggered by any injury that causes blood loss like Eren biting his finger\nbut Eren must focus on a certain goal in order to trigger his titan form like\nfor example `kill all titans` or it can be `protecting Mikasa and Armin`\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-07T03:35:19.600", "id": "13290", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-07T03:35:19.600", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "7894", "parent_id": "4456", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nHe remembers how because when they explained how he turned into a titan it\nshowed a flashback and his dad said \"let these memories cloud your mind\".\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-19T05:38:48.460", "id": "15174", "last_activity_date": "2014-11-19T12:48:38.493", "last_edit_date": "2014-11-19T12:48:38.493", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "9242", "parent_id": "4456", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe one indicator I know of (from the anime) is that that one city was able to\nuse the bounty from the Nebraska family, which was in the neighborhood of\n$$600,000, to fix their plant, and that was more money than anyone in the city\ncollectively had at their disposal.\n\nJudging from that, the bounty was probably enough to buy multiple cities, and\nwas in all likelihood impossible for the authorities to actually pay\n\nThe bounty was intended to be a larger-than-life number, and it would have\nbeen an impossibly high amount of money in that universe.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T15:27:35.470", "id": "4466", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T16:57:46.330", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-26T16:57:46.330", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "260", "parent_id": "4457", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nWell, in one episode, he buys a bag of donuts, about 10-15 of them, and pays\n$$30. The average donut costs $1.20 (I literally just looked it up on Google\n[[here]](http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_the_average_donut_cost?#slide=1)).\nIf you round it to 10 donuts, it's $12. If you round to 15, it's $18. You can\nsafely say that one double dollar is approximately equal to fifty cents ($$1 =\n$0.50) which, whether on purpose or a total lucky mistake by the author of\nTrigun, makes a lot of sense, in a weird reverse way. So, by this (way too\ncomplicated) logic, he is worth $30,000,000,000.00!\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-04T04:30:14.520", "id": "8458", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-21T06:18:41.003", "last_edit_date": "2014-06-21T06:18:41.003", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "4384", "parent_id": "4457", "post_type": "answer", "score": 18 }, { "body": "\n\nI did the math. According to Google, an average donut is 0.99 dollars. I am\ngoing to use the amount of donuts that another person who answered above that\nVash bought for $$30. He said 10-15 but for some reason he didn't go for the\naverage of 12 so using that you can find out that $1 is worth $$2.50. If you\ndivide our $$60000000000 by 2.50 to get the amount of real world currency, it\nis $25000000000.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-09-02T18:18:46.177", "id": "42132", "last_activity_date": "2017-09-02T21:40:36.797", "last_edit_date": "2017-09-02T21:40:36.797", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "35444", "parent_id": "4457", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOrochimaru had dedicated himself to the path of Kinjutsu. This means that he\nis using mostly forbidden jutsu. Because of his endless experimentation on\nhimself to become even more powerful, he moved to a place above natural law.\n\nHe's living on a different set of rules than the rest of the ninja world, and\nso is his village (if there is anything left of it).\n\nHe sought immortality so that he could master every jutsu, even the science of\ncreating jutsu.\n\nAs for being in different bodies and popping out of them, here is what I've\nobserved from the manga: he infects a person with himself. Look at Kabuto.\nThat was a serious infection. The curse mark is another example. The curse\nmark is purely a technique developed by Orochimaru, and infects people with\nhis power. Although the level and type of infection in Kabuto vs. Sasuke is\ninherently different.\n\nHe is \"above\" being sealed because he warped himself into a viral entity, or a\n\"demon\" as the 3rd Hokage called him. Even the Nine-Tailed Fox could be sealed\nbecause he is a natural force of nature. There is nothing natural about\nOrochimaru!\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T15:19:18.813", "id": "4465", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T17:55:31.337", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-04T17:55:31.337", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "2090", "parent_id": "4458", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThere was only a part of Orochimaru that was in Sasuke's body. I believe that\nthe curse mark transfers a part of his chakra and thus a part of himself into\nthe body of the target.\n\nIt was the part of Orochimaru that was inside Sasuke that was sealed away by\nItachi using the sealing powers of Sword of Totsuka. But a part of him still\nlived inside the others who carried the curse mark and his chakra was there\nwith Kabuto, who absorbed Orochimaru after Sasuke killed his main body.\n\nRemember that Orochimaru was very weak when Sasuke revived him that he had to\nabsorb his chakra from Kabuto to become somewhat normal again.\n\n* * *\n\nAnd it is not true that Orochimaru couldn't be sealed.The 3rd Hokage couldn't\nseal him just because he was too weak by then to pull Orochimaru with him. And\nit is not that Orochimaru can pop-out at will from anyone's body. Sasuke\nresurrected him. He didn't pop-out at will.\n\n", "comment_count": 13, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-02T10:42:36.607", "id": "4595", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-03T20:51:15.297", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-03T20:51:15.297", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2145", "parent_id": "4458", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nHarikrishnan T's answer covers most of it. I'll answer the part of how could\nhe use Jutsu.\n\nHand seals are a form of technique to focus one's chakra, in order to perform\na specific jutsu. As you progress is proficiency and power, you can focus your\nchakra more and more innately, without the need for hand seals.\n\nThe example for this is that Zabuza required more than 40 hand seals to\nperform the Water Dragon Bullet, while the Second only required one.\n\n* * *\n\nThat's why Orochimaru was able to use the most basic technique without the use\nof his hands (such as the Replacement Jutsu). As for the rest, I recall Kabuto\ndoing the hand seals for him whenever he required a more advanced jutsu (such\nas the Summoning Jutsu).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-03T20:54:46.330", "id": "4609", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-03T20:54:46.330", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4458", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe _is_ working on a new manga series (name unknown) which is apparently\nscheduled to begin some time this summer. It was originally set to be released\nin spring. As noted in the article linked below, he has stated that this will\nbe his last series; he plans to retire after it.\n\nSource:\n[Nikkei](http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXBZO52528800X00C13A3HR0A00/?df=2) \nTranslation: [OK](http://otakukokka.com/2013/03/10/new-manga-series-from-ken-\nakamatsu-start-this-summer/)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T18:48:39.883", "id": "4473", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T18:48:39.883", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4464", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nNew Update- Ken Akamatsu's new manga is named [UQ\nHolder.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UQ_Holder!)\n\nSet in the same universe of his previous work Negima! Magister Negi Magi, but\nover 70 years later, it follows the adventures of a young boy who is\ntransformed into a vampire and joins a secret society composed of immortal\nbeings.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-02T15:22:09.390", "id": "9472", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-02T15:22:09.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3343", "parent_id": "4464", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOnly those involved will know if it was ever intended to have a tv release,\nbut I imagine it probably was initially aiming for such.\n\nAfter testing the waters with the OVAs, they presumably didn't move forward\nwith any plans to that extent as the OVAs did very badly and didn't even\nfinish production.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-23T18:50:07.760", "id": "17028", "last_activity_date": "2014-12-23T18:50:07.760", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4469", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe first couple of chapters from the Watamote manga were published at the end\nof 2011. This scene hasn't changed from the anime, so the possible 'moeshit'\nthat she's referring to could be something like\n\n * [The K-On!! Movie](http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/ \"K-On!! Movie\")\n * [Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Season 2](http://milky-holmes.com/)\n * [Mourestsu Pirates](http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/mo-retsu/)\n * [More found here.](http://www.moetron.com/2011/10/02/winter-2011-12-visual-guide-and-anime-listing/)\n\nBut I think it's more of a commentary on how moe-styled anime has become\npopular recently, and not about any shows in particular\n\nAs mentioned by @Jon Lin earlier,\n[AKB0048](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/AKB0048_anime_poster.jpeg)\ncould be what EFB is referring to. Note AKB0048 started airing in April of\n2012. The characters are argueably moe also.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T20:59:38.893", "id": "4475", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T20:59:38.893", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4472", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nIt could be a reference to [ef: A Tale of\nMemories](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2924/ef:_A_Tale_of_Memories.), made\nearlier by the same director. This show is also referenced on [Episode\n6](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mGhPq.png) and the OVA.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-24T08:38:38.413", "id": "20292", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-24T09:39:47.603", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-24T09:39:47.603", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "13394", "parent_id": "4472", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_Steins;Gate_ sort of uses the many-worlds time travel theory referenced by\n[John Titor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor#Time_machine). There are\nmany discrete worldlines, like parallel universes. When Okarin leaps to the\npast, he is moving from one worldline to another; his actions do not affect\nthe future in the worldline he leaped from, only the future of the one he is\ncurrently in. The worldlines exist independently. Kurisu talks about this\nbriefly in episode 22, shortly before Okarin time leaps.\n\nThis is why Okarin and Suzuha can use the\n\n> time machine to travel to the past twice and not run into other time\n> traveling versions of themselves; both times they traveled to the past they\n> landed in a different worldline.\n\nWhen we see the scene from 70 million years ago, we are seeing a version of\nOkarin and Mayuri who have traveled to the show's current worldline from a\nseparate worldline we didn't see.\n\nThey would have had to travel using\n\n> Suzuha's time machine. SERN's experiments and Okarin's nightmarish memory\n> showed that sending physical objects through time turns them into gel. The\n> time machine appears to offer protection against this. \n> \n> It is unclear why they traveled so far back into the past; perhaps the time\n> machine malfunctioned. \n> \n> Mayuri had to explain to Okarin that they were 70 million years in the\n> past. Suzuha also lost her memory when using the damaged time machine. It is\n> unclear why Mayuri retained her memory. Perhaps her reading ability is quite\n> strong; she displayed knowledge of alternate worldlines on multiple\n> occasions.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T23:37:30.650", "id": "4478", "last_activity_date": "2018-04-24T11:02:44.643", "last_edit_date": "2018-04-24T11:02:44.643", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2092", "parent_id": "4474", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\n[James wrote](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4478/2516),\n\n> _Steins;Gate_ sort of uses the many-worlds time travel theory referenced by\n> John Titor. There are many discrete worldlines, like parallel universes.\n> When Okarin leaps to the past, he is moving from one worldline to another;\n> his actions do not affect the future in the worldline he leaped from, only\n> the future of the one he is currently in. The worldlines exist\n> independently. Kurisu talks about this briefly in episode 22, shortly before\n> Okarin time leaps.\n\nbut this is actually completely wrong.\n\nIt is explained in the VN thoroughly that only one world line exists at one\ntime - which would always be the one Okabe is at. The other world lines are\njust possibilities that could exist, but they don't really. In the VN, Kurisu\nargues with Okabe, saying that if this was the case, then Okabe was literally\na God. But frighteningly so, this is exactly the case. Okabe's actions\nreconstruct the one and only world every time. When Kurisu says that infinite\nworld lines exist independently, she says it to make it easier for Okabe to\n\n> sacrifice her.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-04-16T19:22:31.580", "id": "46600", "last_activity_date": "2018-04-24T20:01:19.087", "last_edit_date": "2018-04-24T20:01:19.087", "last_editor_user_id": "40200", "owner_user_id": "40200", "parent_id": "4474", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe incident happened in the beta world line.\n\nIn 2011, just before the Third World War happens, Suzuha and Mayuri leapt into\nthe past to August 21st 2010, to deliver the slap you see in Episode 23. They\nthen tried to return to the future, but with the lack of fuel (the time\nmachine only had the fuel to travel 336 days), the time machine malfunctioned\nand they ended up 70 million years in the past. This is the Mayuri you saw.\n\nIn 2025, after Okabe sent the Nostalgia Drive Mail (ND-Mail) to Episode 23's\nOkabe, he went after Mayuri and Suzuha in a time machine that was equipped to\nfind other time machines by tracking the disruption in space-time continuum\ncaused by Kerr Black Holes. He eventually ended up 70 million years in the\npast and is assumed to have found Mayuri. This is the Okabe you saw.\n\nWhether the Okabe in the future remembers the event or not is uncertain\nthough. None of the material confirmed nor denied it. But it is definitely not\nsymbolic as it has happened.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-05-05T17:34:55.857", "id": "46891", "last_activity_date": "2018-05-05T17:34:55.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13934", "parent_id": "4474", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe show you are looking for is called \"[Cat Shit\nOne](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11444)\"\n\n\n\nIt's based on a manga of the same name (and also called [Apocalypse\nMeow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Meow) in the U.S.). As far as I\nknow, there's only been one episode and it's mostly CG animated. The\nterrorists are all camels.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-26T21:56:48.853", "id": "4477", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-26T21:56:48.853", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4476", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHere are images of the badges that I believe are clearer (taken from\n[blogsuki.com](http://blogsuki.com/archives/2012/10/02/6009/)): \n\nSo, what do we see?\n\n * A rising Sun, a traditional motif for Japan;\n * An 'R';\n * A mask with two colored halves, smiling;\n * A geometric pattern;\n * A yellow-green thing that I do not even know what that is;\n\nApart from the rising Sun, and maybe the 'R' could stand for Ryou, I do not\nreally have an idea of what these symbols would mean.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-28T19:40:27.013", "id": "4491", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-28T19:40:27.013", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1362", "parent_id": "4481", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n(I'm Japanese, so please excuse my English.)\n\nMaid-chan's voice actor is Horie Yui, the same one as the Ryuunosuke.\n\nThis is the last episode's ending credit:\n\n\n\nShe has a radio program called 堀江由衣の天使のたまご (Horie Yui's Angel Egg) where she\ntalks about the \"???\" and how the anime staff asked her to keep it a secret in\nthe the broadcast that aired on 2013/4/7 in Japan.\n\nFrom the [unofficial text transcript](http://sakura-\nnet.net/radio/tentama/tt_549.htm#free) of the broadcast.\n\nI will reprint and translate only conclusion.\n\n### Japanese\n\n> 結論から言いますと、 **私にも、わかりません** 。\n\n### English\n\n> As it turns out, **I even, do not know**.\n\nThis is the official conclusion.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-21T06:18:44.873", "id": "7084", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-13T13:14:49.527", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-13T13:14:49.527", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "3412", "parent_id": "4482", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI would imagine his long hair is probably only to make him look like a\nhikkomori and support his personality traits. Perhaps it was decided that long\nhair and an androgynous figure would lend itself well to a reserved character.\n\nHis maid is suspected to be based on an old classmate, perhaps a first love or\nchildhood friend. So it appears that isn't related.\n\n\n\nPersonally, I wouldn't imagine his fear of women would be a factor in his\nhairstyle choice, There are many other characters in anime that have a fear of\nthe opposite gender, but there's no obvious trend for those characters to have\nhair of the opposite gender's style.\n\nOverall, I think his hair is long for no other reason than the original\nmangaka's design decision.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-05T19:47:17.457", "id": "6765", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-05T19:47:17.457", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4483", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nAkasaka Ryuunosuke's hair might be very long because since he's a hikkikomori;\nhe rarely goes out, so he wouldn't go to a hairstylist or something like that\nfor a pretty long time, but might still go occasionally to keep it neat. His\nbangs are longer than most people would keep their bangs, so that also sort of\nproves my point.\n\nI watched the anime, and I think the mangaka designed him this way to make him\nlook really mysterious. He's always a sort of shadowy character with a\nmysterious past, and he's also the only character which we don't know anything\nabout his family, which makes him more mysterious, unless you count the two\nnew characters in the last episode - Hase Kanna and Himemiya Iori.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-07T01:39:17.263", "id": "31227", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-07T05:05:06.437", "last_edit_date": "2016-04-07T05:05:06.437", "last_editor_user_id": "102", "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "4483", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThey probably just like having long hair. I mean... I'm a guy too and my hair\nis almost as long as his. I don't have long hair because of any fancy reason,\nI have it because I just like having long hair.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-02-19T08:54:51.903", "id": "61962", "last_activity_date": "2021-02-19T08:54:51.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "58946", "parent_id": "4483", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]