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[ { "body": "\n\nRecap episodes may or may not have an actual purpose. From [this\narticle](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2017-12-08/.125006), which\nI recommend reading, recap episodes may have a purpose for long running\nseries.\n\n> If the show has taken an extended detour into filler sub-plots, for example,\n> a recap episode reminds everyone of where the main story is at. It can also\n> catch newcomers up on the story.\n\nMost of the time, however, they are just an indication of a problem within the\nanime staff. To quote,\n\n> A recap episode, generally, means they finally didn't make it. Some\n> insurmountable challenge has come up, someone has dropped the ball,\n> something just couldn't happen on time.\n\nIn short, _it's just so that they can have something to broadcast, and it was\nnot originally supposed to be aired, had they been on schedule_. From that\nsame article, this has a number of consequences. For one, since TV broadcast\ntime is booked on advanced, there can only be a set number of episodes, _which\ncannot be changed_. Recap episodes would take up a slot of the set number of\nepisodes, and the remaining episodes would have to be compressed in order to\nfinish the story within the number of episodes they were given.\n\nOn the viewers' side, you have to admit, it somewhat annoys you, especially if\nit happens after an episode with a really good cliffhanger.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-04T23:53:55.177", "id": "52802", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-05T08:01:55.320", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-05T08:01:55.320", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52797", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost of the profit comes from merchandise. Blu-rays or DVDs by themselves even\nfor famous titles are sold not very actively, at least this is definitely not\nenough to cover ~100k dollars per episode (which sum nowadays should be even\nhigher).\n\nOther than PVC figures and dakimakura, the popular shows will sell fashion\nitems, action figures and dolls for kids, folders, binders, inspired jewelry,\nand limited edition food packaging. And that's how they make money.\n\nSo if you truly wishes to help them out, you can buy anything from above-\nmentioned (I think they'll receive more if it is bought straight from Japan,\nalthough there may be a need to order via an intermediate company if the shop\ndoesn't ship to your country directly) and get a subscription to anime\nstreaming services such as Crunchyroll.\n\nSimply asking for more won't have any effect. That's what we, fans of Bleach,\nare doing for ages now, even the studio members said they want to produce the\ncontinuation but the high-positioned staff isn't planning it yet.\n\nIt also depends on how occupied a studio is. I have predicted that the S2 of\nRe:Zero will be announced after Goblin Slayer stops airing, this means that\nuntil they release the continuation of Re:Zero there definitely won't be the\nsecond season of Goblin Slayer.\n\nMonitor the popularity of the source of a certain anime. It can often say if\nthere can be any continuation in theory.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-05T00:48:45.407", "id": "52804", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-05T01:02:31.813", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-05T01:02:31.813", "last_editor_user_id": "47135", "owner_user_id": "47135", "parent_id": "52798", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI am not entirely sure that there is much we can do. One of the largest\ndeteriminants is likely continued interest in the series, and if japanese\nviewership dwindles then the show might be canceled irrespective of what the\nwestern fanbase thinks, because japanese television networks need to satisfy\ntheir sponsors.\n\nHowever, there are a few things we can try:\n\n## Buying Original Media\n\nFirst of all, most anime is adapted from a different medium: there are visual\nnovels such as Clannad and Fate/Stay Night, light novels like Slayers or Sword\nArt Online, and perhaps most significantly manga, like Sailor Moon, Dragonball\nz or Chobits. If the source material runs dry, the animated series might go\nalongside it, so you might want to take an interest in it. However, even an\nongoing series might come to an end if the source material runs dry before the\nstart of the next season. This is what happened with the original Fruits\nBasket anime for instance.\n\nSecondly, if you can, purchasing Original Video Animation releases might help\nsafeguard against a premature ending at studio whims, since those can allow a\ncompany to operate independently from television stations, and are often used\nas a way to continue producing shows that have stopped broadcast, as noted in\n[The Anime Encyclopedia 3rd Revised Edition: A century of Japanese\nAnimation](https://books.google.com/books?id=E03KBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT187&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi08LyXhoPiAhUgJDQIHcKFAQsQ6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q&f=false)\nby Jonathan Clements and Helan Mcarthy:\n\n> The anime historian Yoshiharu Tokugi suggests a slight semantic distinction\n> between O.A.V. and O.V.A., in the sense that the former is a _new_ work made\n> specifically for video, while the latter may also refer to a continuation on\n> video of a pre-existing TV show or movie franchise--such spin-offs were also\n> known in Japanese in the 1990s as _after-mono_\n\nThis will be easier for people who share Blu Ray Region A with Japan, such as\npeople in North America, since they can purchase blu-ray discs directly from\nJapan through importation services such as\n[jbox](https://www.jbox.com/category/games-computers/anime), although it\nshould be noted that anime is more expensive in Japan due to a different\nretailing structure.\n\n## Take Surveys\n\nAnother is to take customer participation surveys. One of the questions they\noften ask is \"What your favorite series?\". These can be from a checklist, or a\nwrite in option. Writing in the series you want to see most demonstrates\ninterest that directs what the company decides to license next, and it seems\nlikely that feedback regarding which type of shows a distributor would like to\npublish.\n\nSometimes these are available online, such as the [Fall 2012 Funimation\nSurvey](https://www.funimation.com/blog/2012/11/09/please-take-our-\nfall-2012-funimation-survey/). Other times you might find them in a postcard\nbundled with the physical video. Here are a couple of survey cards from A.D.V.\nand Sentai Filmworks.\n\n[](https://postimg.cc/c6RzBKzL)\n\nThe A.D.V. card came packaged with Noir Volume 5: Rage of Angels (I.S.B.N.\n1578132703), and two of the questions on it are \"What are your favorite\nmanga?\" and \"What are your favorite anime?\", and most other such surveys have\nsimilar questions. However, you might not always see such a survey in the\npackage: My copy of _The Disapearance of Haruhi Suzumya_ from Funimation\ndidn't come with one for instance, and even if you do get one the exact\nquestions might vary. The Sentai Filmworks one only asks what you purchased\nfor instance, and sometimes these are offered in the form of checklists that\nlist the shows the company offers.\n\nI suppose the reason they are there is to help distributors decide what to\nlicense next, or relicense, and perhaps if a series is known to be in\nespecially high demand, it might come up during negotiations with the japanese\nanimation studios and manga publishers. When you see such a survey, it will\nusually be like a postcard, with a marked place to put a postage stamp and a\npreprinted mailing address on the other side of it.\n\n## Show ongoing interest\n\nAnother thing you might try is to watching [licensed\nstreams](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/a/923/32564), even if you own\nthe video in other static format. This allows you to be counted as a viewer\nmultiple times, and demonstrates a continuing interest in the series. This\nadds to the number of people who are known to have watched a series from the\nfirst episode in a season through to the last, which may merit creating\nanother season, if possible.\n\nBesides having a pecuniary interest in showing their customers more of what\nthey want, I think much of the unique appeal of this particular profession is\nshowing the public something worth seeing or sending a message. When Miyazaki\nmade his adaptation of Howl's Moving Castle, he did so with the intention of\nsending the public an anti-war message, and naturally trying to send a message\nis something you only do in anticipation of somebody receiving it. The wider\nthe authors perceives the audience they are reaching to be, the more inspired\nthey will be to create works for them.\n\nMoreover, a series that does not fade from memory is one that is more likely\nto get a continuation even after being long dormant. Slayers Try and Slayer\nNext come to mind, and Dragonball Super does too.\n\n## An Aside on Merchandising\n\nMerchandising can also play a rather significant role. In [the Global History\nof Anime Rightstuf](https://www.rightstufanime.com/anime-resources-global-\nhistory-of-anime) notes that in 2006 the market was oversaturated with anime,\nand that while series that had merchandising as an alternative revenue streams\ndid fine, those that relied on video sales suffered as a result. I vaguely\nremember that [Geneon U.S.A. went out of business at around that\ntime.](https://www.ign.com/articles/2007/11/10/the-fall-of-geneon)\n\nIn terms of other merchandising you can purchase, I would probably recommend\nbuying premium merchandising, since that might engender an impression that you\nhave deeper and more sincere appreciation for the subject matter than somebody\nwho buys more cheap stuff on impulse, even if you are spending the same dollar\nvalue. Major majufacturers of figurines such as [Good Smile\nCompany](https://www.goodsmile.info/en/) and\n[kotobukiya](https://www.kotous.com/) make some nice stuff, and [Aniplex\nU.S.A.](https://aniplexusa.com/aniplexplus/) also sells premium goods such as\ncanvas art.\n\nYou might also want to take interest in why an artist decided to start a\nseries in the first place and see if there are any goods related to that.\nTouhou isn't quite anime, per se, but it is a closely related niche game\nseries and Zun actually started the series as a way to start making music. It\nisn't unreasonable to suppose that he might value soundtrack sales more than\ngame sales.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-05T00:53:28.213", "id": "52805", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-05T01:00:17.193", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-05T01:00:17.193", "last_editor_user_id": "32564", "owner_user_id": "32564", "parent_id": "52798", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, she is blind. In **Volume 2 Chapter 7** of the light novel, it was\nindirectly stated that she is. To quote,\n\n> Sword Maiden didn’t answer. **With her blind eyes** , she stared at a person\n> who seemed to her a shadow.\n\nAlso, in that same volume at **Chapter 12** , it was revealed how her eyes\nwere blinded.\n\n> She had been shut up in a dark stone chamber, riddled with her own filth and\n> that of her captors, crying piteously… **They had burned both of her eyes\n> with a torch**. That was more than ten years ago now.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-04T23:34:16.190", "id": "52801", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-04T23:34:16.190", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFirst off, just to clear things up, _White Album_ 2 is based on a visual\nnovel, not a manga. Now that I got that out of the way, let me begin.\n\n_White Album 2_ (the visual novel) is followed up by _White Album 2: Closing\nChapter_ in which there are two endings; one in which Haruki decides to be\nwith Setsuna, and the other is to move on from Kazusa. If you chose the\nformer, you will unlock _White Album 2: Coda_ which is pretty much the final\nchapter of the series. In it, you can make Haruki end up with Kazusa or just\nlet him be with Setsuna. After that, nothing much.\n\nHowever, if you choose Kazusa's true ending, you will get the mini-drama CD\nwhich is an audio story which shows Haruki and Kazusa's life married. It's\ngreat and I will recommend it to any Kazusa fans out there.\n\nIf you want to read _Closing Chapter_ , you can find a few Let's Plays on\nYouTube. However, if you want to read _Coda_ , sadly it hasn't been translated\nyet, but YouTuber Pandaum has thankfully made a complete Let's Play of\nKazusa's out of him explaining the events in texts. Hopefully, this helps you\nin understanding the events after the anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-06T07:04:45.580", "id": "52824", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-06T14:57:24.427", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-06T14:57:24.427", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "47153", "parent_id": "52800", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nHe used the tenseigan to move the moon. The tenseigan is formed by a\ncombination of the otsutsuki and hyuga chakra. Toneri was from the otsutsuki\nclan so he got the tenseigan by implanting Hanabi Hyuga's byakugan. In 'Naruto\nLast: The Movie' they said that the tenseigan is strong enough to move the\nmoon.\n\nHe said that Hamura told his descendants to destroy the Earth if the shinobi\nworks fell apart. So my guess is that the tenseigan is a dojustsu made\nespecially to do that. So maybe it's ability is to move the moon.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-16T16:08:25.467", "id": "57577", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-16T16:08:25.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53367", "parent_id": "52823", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe catchphrase comes from character **Akira Yuki from the _Virtua Fighter_\nseries**, and was popularized as a seiyuu meme (basically a meme associated to\na voice actor) **related to famous voice actor Shin-ichiro Miki**.\n\n* * *\n\nAkira is the main character of the Virtua Fighter series, and his catchphrase\nwas used in every game of the series, starting with the first opus in 1993 for\narcade.\n\n> 十年早いんだよ！\n>\n> It's ten years too early! [for you to win against me]\n\n[History of jyuunen hayaindayo!\n(youtube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8sVczYAwXM)\n\nAfter the success of the first game, a Virtua Fighter anime is produced in\n1995, with Shin-ichiro Miki acting the voice of Akira. Since then, Shin-ichiro\nMiki voiced the character in every installment of the series.\n\nThe catchphrase gained popularity and became an easter egg related to Shin-\nichiro Miki.\n\n* * *\n\nNotably, Shin-ichiro voiced in 1996 Ryuusei Date, the main character of the\ngame _Shin Super Robot Taisen_ (Shin Super Robot Wars). In this game, Ryuusei\nsays the famous sentence. With the success of the Shin Super Robot Taisen\ngame, the catchphrase will gain even more momentum afterwards.\n\nIn the following games of the _Robot Taisen_ series, Ryuusei said the\ncatchphrase again, and, starting with _Super Robot Taisen α_ (2000), Ryuusei\ngot more confident and started adding years to the sentence:\n\n> 百年早いんだよ！\n>\n> It's 100 years too early!\n\nRyuusei didn't stop there, and a 1000 years, then a million years variation\nensued in the following games. Eventually, Ryuusei got back to 10 years in the\nmore recent installments of the _Super Robot Taisen_ games.\n\n* * *\n\nAt this point in time, it is a nod to Shin-ichiro Miki to mention the\ncatchphrase, and it is interesting to note that the seiyuu played a part in\nmost major shounen anime, even though most are also minor roles.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-24T09:01:15.473", "id": "55653", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-24T09:01:15.473", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "6391", "parent_id": "52829", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt actually comes from Fist of the North Star ironically, The fight between\nKaiser and Shachi which released in 1987, Years before Virtua Fighter was even\na thing.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xJHu7.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-31T12:24:46.537", "id": "67418", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-31T12:24:46.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70438", "parent_id": "52829", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nWhile Akira Yuki really popularized the phrase with his iconic line, the idiom\nhas been around for quite a while.\n\nIt may not be the first recorded usage, but it has been recorded to be used in\n1965 the magazine Gendai Rakugo Ron\n([source](http://yorei.seesaa.net/article/2729475.html)).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-31T17:40:53.177", "id": "67420", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-31T17:40:53.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23565", "parent_id": "52829", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe's already at The Dragon threat level as we know in the anime. He fights top\ntank in human form that means he's already on a dragon threat level.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pPYVn.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-06T23:55:33.993", "id": "52841", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-07T02:17:38.197", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-07T02:17:38.197", "last_editor_user_id": "43770", "owner_user_id": "45883", "parent_id": "52837", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nBefore Garou defeated Tank Top Master and even afterwards, the Hero\nAssociation never considered him a real threat, which got Sitch worried, as\nseen in **Chapter 45**. So, no, Garou has no assigned threat level when he\ndefeated Tank Top Master. It was not until **Chapter 83** that _the\nAssociation formally declared him as a Dragon-level threat_.\n\n_There's no way to gauge exactly how strong he was when he defeated Tank Top\nMaster_ but seeing as he defeated several heroes successively in a short span\nof time, I'd say _he has, more or less, similar capabilities as that of higher\nranked S-class heroes_.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-07T02:11:40.053", "id": "52843", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-07T04:57:20.537", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-07T04:57:20.537", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52837", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBang defeated\n\n> [Melzargard](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Melzargard).\n\nChild Emperor defeated\n\n> [Phoenix Man](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix_Man).\n\nOther than that, Saitama defeated\n\n> some of the villains\n> [here](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Dragon).\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-07T00:05:35.230", "id": "52842", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-07T04:55:18.913", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-07T04:55:18.913", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "45883", "parent_id": "52838", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThere are three such unassisted defeats by two heroes in the manga.\n\n> Flashy Flash defeats [Hellfire\n> Flame](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Hellfire_Flame) and [Gale\n> Wind](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Gale_Wind) simultaneously in manga\n> Chapter 96;\n\n\n\n> Child Emperor defeats [Phoenix\n> Man](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Phoenix_Man) in manga Chapter 99.\n\nIf you count fights which involved multiple heroes, but no Saitama, then\nMelzargard, one of Boros's underlings, was defeated with the combined efforts\nof Bang, Metal Bat, Puri Puri Prisoner, and Atomic Samurai.\n\nAnd honorable mentions from the webcomic:\n\n> [Gums](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Gums) and [Fuhrer\n> Ugly](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Fuhrer_Ugly) are both one-shot by\n> Bang in chapter 72 (of the webcomic, of course, not the manga). This occurs\n> during a large multi-person battle once the Monster Association and Garou\n> fights move to the surface. Other heroes were involved in this fight, but\n> given the devastating one-shot nature of the takedowns, you might still\n> count them as unassisted kills. Gums had previously defeated both Pig God\n> and (basically) Genos in one-on-one combat, and Fuhrer Ugly had defeated\n> Sweet Mask. Also in the webcomic and during essentially the same sequence,\n> Tatsumaki effortlessly crushes Gyoro-Gyoro. When she then reveals Gyoro-\n> Gyoro's hidden true identity, Tatsumaki is essentially defeated by a\n> cleverly arranged sneak attack by this hidden identity and other monsters.\n> So it's up to you to decide if this was a solo victory by Tatsumaki against\n> a Dragon class threat or not. That hidden identity is later defeated by\n> Fubuki, though it's a lot more questionable if that counts as unassisted.\n> The other Dragon Class monsters are defeated either by combined efforts in a\n> big battle, or by Saitama or Garou, or technically survived, or some\n> combination thereof.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-10T05:19:20.850", "id": "52891", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-12T09:10:41.790", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-12T09:10:41.790", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "52838", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nJudging by how they said \"Laputa is real\" as soon as they see it, I googled\n'Laputa', and it seems to refer to [Laputa: Castle in the\nSky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky), which is a Studio\nGhibli film. The poster on the Wikipedia page has the main characters who seem\nto match the attire that Sora and Shiro change into.\n\nAs for the partly censored word they say later, when trying to figure out how\nto get up to Avant Heim, I am not sure if it is linked to the movie since I\nhaven't seen it. However, considering they comment that \"the servers here are\nbetter\", it seemed like they were using an abusive/offensive word to see if\nsomething would glitch. MMORPG games usually kick out players who use such\nspeech, and while I can't recall exactly which game / instance this might be\nreferring to, I have heard similar references before.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-07T03:10:05.157", "id": "52845", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-07T03:10:05.157", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "52844", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThe previous answer is possibly correct and it may be likely that it is\nreferencing to the [Studio Ghibli\nfilm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky). I also agree about\n@TheGamer007's theory that they were testing to see if using an offensive word\nwould get them 'kicked'.\n\nHowever, **it would be also possible that it is a direct reference to a much\nearlier literary work** , specifically _Gulliver's Travels_ by Jonathan Swift,\nwritten in 1726. [Laputa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laputa) is a flying\nisland in the story.\n\n[Castle in the Sky's Laputa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_in_the_Sky)\nwas also derived from Jonathan Swift's story so it's possible that it's the\nsame for [Avant Heim](https://no-game-no-life.fandom.com/wiki/Avant_Heim).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-07T05:06:43.427", "id": "52846", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-07T05:06:43.427", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52844", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nLaputa is the floating sky castle in Castle in the Sky\n\n> Balse / Balus is the \"spell of destruction\" the two main characters say to\n> destroy the castle at the end of the film. That's why Sora and Shiro remark\n> that \"it's not falling\" and \"it'll take more than magic words.\"\n\nAlso, their clothes are changing to match that of the protagonists in Castle\nin the Sky.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-04T02:17:40.480", "id": "56708", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-04T02:17:40.480", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51852", "parent_id": "52844", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI just watched this episode of No Life No Game and can absolutely confirm it\nis in reference to Castle in the Sky by Studio Ghibli. It was one of my\nfavorite movies as a kid. The phrase they used was censored because it is a\ndirect word used from the movie to cast the spell of destruction to bring\nLaputa down, \"balse\". The pose and clothing they were in while they said it\nwere pretty much exact to what the characters from Castle in the Sky wore when\nthe spell was cast. With all of that combined it is riding on infringement so\nthats my guess as to why they censored it. This entire episode and the one\nfollowing actually had a TON of references in it to other movies as well. It\nwas quite fun to watch!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-07T04:57:59.853", "id": "62387", "last_activity_date": "2021-04-07T04:57:59.853", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59891", "parent_id": "52844", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThey are correct it’s 100% Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and the censored word is\nBalse. Here’s the clip english subbed and if interested you can see for\nyourself here.\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohsNX936ME8>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-05-02T19:44:44.277", "id": "62661", "last_activity_date": "2021-05-02T19:44:44.277", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "60372", "parent_id": "52844", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMadara implanted the Rinnegan onto Nagato when he was very young. And this was\ndone without Nagato's knowledge. Then the Second Shinobi War started, after a\nwhile.\n\nAfter implanting the eyes, Madara waited for years to find a person who could\nbe used as a tool. This \"tool\" was supposed to guide Nagato to properly use\nthe Rinnegan at the right time, bringing Madara back alive, at his prime\nstate.\n\nSo in order to find a suitable \"tool\", Madara connected himself with the Gedo\nStatue and siphoned it's life essence. He would die the moment he\ndisconnected, as he was far past his natural death.\n\nMadara then died after finding Obito, training him and handing over his name.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-07T09:46:12.147", "id": "52850", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-07T09:46:12.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11083", "parent_id": "52847", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOrience in Final Fantasy Type-0 does not reside on Gran-Pulse from Final\nFantasy XIII.\n\nThe commonalities that are seen between Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy\nXIII is due to both games being apart of the [Fabula Nova\nCrystallis](https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Fabula_Nova_Crystallis:_Final_Fantasy)\nseries. While they share common mythology, they are do not exist within the\nsame universe. This was explained during the Fabula Nova Crystallis'\nannouncement in 2006\n\n> FABULA NOVA CRYSTALLIS, defined in Latin as \"the new tale of the crystal,\"\n> is made up of several different titles based on variations of the FINAL\n> FANTASY XIII universe. However, while each title in the project features\n> different characters, different worlds, and different stories, all are\n> ultimately based on and expand upon a common mythos. \n> [SQUARE ENIX UNVEILS THE NEXT GENERATION OF FINAL\n> FANTASY](http://www.square-enix.com/na/company/press/2006/0508_1/)\n\nAdditional, the Crystals we see in Final Fantasy Type 0 may be considered\nFal'Cie and posses similar roles, they are not quite the same as the Fal'Cie\nwe see in Final Fantasy XIII. In an interviewer with the director1, in regards\nto the mythology, it was stated the Crystals found in Final Fantasy Type 0 are\nmerely equivalent to Fal'Cie.\n\n> In an interview found in Final Fantasy Type-0 Artwork Book: Secret\n> Vermillion History, director Hajime Tabata said the Crystals have a limited\n> Will of their own and, in terms of the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, are\n> equivalent to the fal'Cie of Final Fantasy XIII (and were initially referred\n> to as fal'Cie) \n>\n> [Falcie](https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Fal%27Cie#Final_Fantasy_Type-0)\n\n* * *\n\n1 [Translated version of\ninterview](https://web.archive.org/web/20140227212146/http://type0.haloandwingsstudio.com/tabata/)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-13T17:19:55.837", "id": "52927", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-13T17:19:55.837", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "52859", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMetal Knight and King switched ranks after the meteor event. Metal Knight was\npromoted based on his \"assistance\" in destroying that meteor. Public\nperception, contributions to the association, and a known list of\naccomplishments all factor into ranking decisions in the association. It's not\nsimply a matter of who is more powerful. In this case, Saitama's contribution\nto the meteor event was undervalued, and the contribution of Genos and Metal\nKnight was overvalued (and both were promoted).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-08T08:47:30.117", "id": "53184", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-08T08:47:30.117", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "52864", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nActually, it was not King himself that was needed. In **Chapter 82** , you'll\nread the following dialogue:\n\n> They say Centichoro cooperates with the Monster Association **so he can get\n> revenge against Blast**...\n\nRemember that it was not King himself that made Centichoro go after him but\nrather, _it was after he mentioned Blast_. King said that he brought Blast\nwith him and after taunting Centichoro that he was too afraid to face Blast,\nCentichoro, presumably angered, went after him, thinking Blast was with him.\n\nTo conclude, _King himself was not specifically needed for the task_. It was\nhis lie that Blast was there that distracted Centichoro since _Centichoro\napparently wants to get revenge upon Blast_. Centichoro probably would not\nhave wanted to miss the chance to get even so after hearing that Blast was\nthere, he charged towards him. Saitama used Centichoro's hatred towards Blast\nagainst him, resulting to his defeat.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-08T16:38:34.033", "id": "52868", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-08T16:38:34.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52866", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMetal Knight calls everything \"weapons testing\". He's not actually trying to\ndefeat anything. As such it's impossible to really tell if any feat we see him\ndisplay is even remotely close to his \"maximum\". This is especially so given\nthat these are always remotely piloted suits, meaning there may be dozens of\nthem, and variations within them, that could in principle be used in concert\n(think Tony Stark and his fleet of suits in Iron Man 3).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-10T04:48:09.323", "id": "52889", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-10T04:48:09.323", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "52867", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is a special combination attack that utilizes both styles, but cannot be\nused by a single person due to the mastery of the styles required, and the\nimmense amount of energy necessary just to provide the minimum necessary from\none of the styles.\n\nThe individual styles appear to be \"equipped\" in a mechanics sense, such that\nthey occupy the same \"slot\" and so cannot be used by the same person at the\nsame time.\n\n> Until Garou comes along, that is, and learns both styles. He eventually\n> combines them together, with one on his right side and the other on his\n> left, to create not only this combination attack style by himself, but\n> subsequently creates his own (arrogantly titled) style. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JVkKw.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-19T17:17:01.327", "id": "53000", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-19T17:28:24.060", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-19T17:28:24.060", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "52872", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThese gloves are called \"finger loop sleeved gloves\" but are sometimes also\nreferred to as \"(long) Fingerless sleeved gloves\".\n\nThey more often than not come with no holes at all, or with only a thumb hole.\nHowever, the one in the picture is not unheard of either\n\nThe image below comes from an [eBay](https://www.ebay.com/itm/Silver-Costume-\nGloves-Latex-Arm-Warmers-Sleeve-Diamond-Ends-with-Finger-\nLoop-M21-/254172866660) search on \"sleeved gloves\", similar results can be\nfound on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.uk/BLACK-FISHNET-FINGER-SLEEVE-\nGLOVES/dp/B072XFMKMX) as well.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-09T08:46:52.793", "id": "52877", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-16T16:21:10.773", "last_edit_date": "2022-12-16T16:21:10.773", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "52876", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMost likely not possible to tell a that point. In OPM, there is really little\ninformation about characters background.\n\nI can only assume that you are referencing Zombieman, S-Class rank 8 hero ?\nThere is no clue of the age of this guy, or even when he become an \"undead\",\nso maybe he doesn't age, who knows ?\n\nall we know about him is [here](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Zombieman)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-09T13:38:25.713", "id": "52880", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-09T13:38:25.713", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "45787", "parent_id": "52878", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nConfirmed at 12:10 the classical piece is \"Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo\nCapriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28\" by Alexandre Da Costa\n\nThe song played earlier in the mentioned photo above is \"Bansou Bansou\" by\nAnime de Japan\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-03-16T22:23:07.807", "id": "62223", "last_activity_date": "2021-03-16T22:23:07.807", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57848", "parent_id": "52887", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom an [interview](https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/10/mamoru-\nhosoda-on-mirai-fatherhood-and-the-meaning.html) with Mamoru Hosoda, the\nfilm's director:\n\n> Mirai is not set in Toyoma but rather in **Yokohama** , which is a port city\n> that was one of the first cities to be modernized because of its contact\n> with the West. I chose Yokohama, a city that is constantly changing, because\n> Mirai is a story about how a family can change but always remains itself.\n\nSo, no this location is not fictional.\n\nRegarding the house design or style, as @AkiTanaka mentioned, [these are\ncalled stepped houses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirai_\\(film\\)). The link\nalso mentions that the house is located in **Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama**.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-10T07:26:21.483", "id": "52892", "last_activity_date": "2020-12-28T23:49:18.370", "last_edit_date": "2020-12-28T23:49:18.370", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52888", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe shown image is located around 35°22'25\"N 139°37'24\"E ([Google\nMaps](https://www.google.com/maps/place/35%C2%B022%2725.0%22N+139%C2%B037%2724.0%22E/@35.3738702,139.6233601,238m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d35.3736111!4d139.6233333))\nwhich is in [Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanazawa-\nku,_Yokohama).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ycj8R.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-12-28T15:39:48.523", "id": "61407", "last_activity_date": "2020-12-28T17:20:21.207", "last_edit_date": "2020-12-28T17:20:21.207", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "57917", "parent_id": "52888", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nI can't seem to find any official information as to where the [Eight Trigrams\nSealing Style](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_Trigrams_Sealing_Style)\noriginated or was based on.\n\nHowever, here's a theory.\n\nAs you may know, _Naruto_ has many influences from Buddhism and Hinduism: [the\nMultiple Lotus Nonself Connected\nCannons](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Multiple_Lotus_Nonself_Connected_Cannons),\n[The Six Paths of Pain](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Six_Paths_of_Pain),\n[Formation of Ten Thousand\nSnakes](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Formation_of_Ten_Thousand_Snakes) and\nthe [Chakra](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Chakra), to name a few, were based\non Buddhist and Hinduist beliefs.\n\nWith that, I say that it's possible it might be inspired from the\n[Dharmachakra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmachakra) or the wheel of\nDhamma. A comparison of the seals are shown below: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cJzFK.png)\n\nAccording to Wikipedia, it is connected to the [Four Noble\nTruths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Noble_Truths) and the [Noble\nEightfold Path](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path), both of\nwhich are teachings to help a person escape the painful cycle of rebirth, if I\nunderstand correctly.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-10T10:34:13.423", "id": "52895", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-10T10:34:13.423", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52893", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBoth terms were used by humans to describe the same species. The species\nrefers to themselves as Nobles, and that's the name used for them throughout\nmuch of the series. \"Vampire\" was used for a relatively short time in the\nfirst issues, when the lore was yet being established.\n\nThe humans refer to Nobles as vampires because, as Frankenstein explains,\nNobles can, and maybe did, consume human flesh and blood. In the series'\nuniverse the term \"vampire\" likely originated from Nobles, as well as the term\n\"Noble\" and \"nobility\" itself.\n\nThe term vampire was also used for the humans who were turned into zombie-like\ncreatures by the humans who had obtained powers by making a contract with a\nNoble. One of those is seen early in the series, when he is turned by M-22.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-11T21:15:02.243", "id": "52907", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-11T21:15:02.243", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "28456", "parent_id": "52905", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe Battle between Tank Top Master and one of Bofoi's drone happened in **Vol\n7 Bonus Manga 1: Big Construction**.\n\nAs for their battle:\n\n> The association thought they were under attack because of Bofoi's Drone, at\n> that time Tank top master and other tank top heroes is at the hero\n> association so they are deployed to \"defend\" their base.\n\n* * *\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iOS40.jpg)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vAPwu.png)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i9Hrn.png)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mLjyG.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-17T03:55:09.013", "id": "52965", "last_activity_date": "2019-09-24T00:16:37.740", "last_edit_date": "2019-09-24T00:16:37.740", "last_editor_user_id": "47275", "owner_user_id": "47275", "parent_id": "52918", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe \"something\" is referred to love. Only, person who can see it are the whole\nbunch of people wanted to have it. because that's the way its meant to be. its\nwhat said at start and end of the super duper series. However, somehow it\nlinks to the conversation ryuji had with kushieda , about the ghost and UFOs\non the beach house.As, Kushieda wanted to see how ghost looks like. It might\nbe referred to the love we have for those who surround us. as in case of Taiga\nand Ryuji, the whole time the thought themselves as friends and never realised\nthat was the love which don't let them move away from each other.And at last\nonly they were able to see it as they both craved for it for their life. Both\nof them missed the love from their family. and found each other.\n\nthe ending was very satisfying and letting me down too. As Kushieda and Ami\nchan, both developed the feeling of love and affection to Ryuji. While\nkushieda thought taiga needed him more and she was feeling guilty of being\ntrying to steal Ryuji from her if she confesses her love towards ryuji while,\nAmi was the most mature girl in the school , who believed that Ryuji and Taiga\nboth love each other. And she can't have Ryuji because trying will only give\nher pain just like Kushieda.\n\nThe biggest sacrifice was made by Kushieda, she was betrayed by both his love\nand Best friend. While, I felt super bad for Ami too as she was badmouthing\nlike taiga but she is always helpful to both Ryuji and Taiga. Honestly,\nKushieda able to confess her feelings to both ryuji and Taiga in end episode -\nConfession. But Ami never able too, she only kept it to herself. And that was\nvery painful.\n\nDon't wait for Season 2, as the story was never meant for next season. Its\ncomplete on its own.Also, don't forget to watch the real ending after the\nfinishing song in the series.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-16T17:13:16.907", "id": "60821", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-16T17:13:16.907", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56721", "parent_id": "52919", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's never mentioned in the manga that this is some kind of magic, and it's\nmade fairly clear that it's just a visualization that represents the user's\nstyle of swordsmanship (called breaths).\n\nFrom the [wiki](https://kimetsu-no-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Breathing_Styles):\n\n> The majority of known Breathing Styles mimic a certain element of nature\n> (i.e. flame, water and wind) and replicates it with the user's movements,\n> techniques and abilities.\n\n> When utilizing a Breathing Style, users automatically visualize themselves\n> manipulating the subject behind their style, making it seem as if they were\n> using magic, though those that are less apt and proficient in their style\n> will visualize less than one who is.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-01T17:56:33.753", "id": "66304", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-01T17:56:33.753", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62103", "parent_id": "52921", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nVash acts happy because he _chooses_ to act happy. More times than not, he\n_is_ happy.\n\nYou're right when it comes to his backstory; it's not been a very easy life\nfor him. Speaking about the anime chiefly, he's had to endure\n\n> him and Knives being found somewhere in space, and being treated like\n> outcasts while aboard\n\n...but the whole thing that ties everything together for him is Rem Saverem.\nShe imparts to both Knives and Vash that there should _always_ be a peaceful\nsolution to every conflict which arises.\n\nKnives _rejects_ this philosophy, which - combined with\n\n> the physical abuse he suffered while aboard the ship\n\nleads him down a fairly dark path. This is played with when Vash sees a spider\nand butterfly vying for survival; Knives put it almost as succinctly as,\n\"Spiders eat butterflies to live. Saving one will cause harm to the other.\"\n\nVash does break on occasion; the tension between Rem's guidance and the stone-\ncold reality of life on Gunsmoke causes him to shoulder a lot of grief.\nSeveral examples include:\n\n * Towards the end of the series, after\n\n> he very nearly destroys the entire city of Augusta _and_ puts a hole in the\n> moon _instead_\n\nhe decides to recuse himself and live a quieter, more clumsy life for a short\nwhile.\n\n * The whole point of Legato Blues' existence is to cause Vash to suffer. Not to kill him, but to suffer. The methods which Legato uses are particularly _brutal_ to accomplish this. Case in point: at one point, E.G. Mine, under direction of Legato,\n\n> is forced to throw his life in harm's way to kill a Plant that Vash was so\n> desperately trying to save.\n\n * The final stand with Legato is also indicative of this dark past.\n\n> Legato gives Vash an ultimatum to either kill him or witness Milly and Meryl\n> be shot dead. Ultimately Vash kills Legato, but this leaves him scarred\n> until he can forgive himself and reconcile his choice with Rem.\n\nThere are other examples which almost always involve Legato's overarching goal\nto cause Vash to suffer, which involve friends or people he is close to.\n\nIn spite of all of this, Vash still desires to follow Rem's advice, and\nbelieve that everything can be resolved peacefully, and that no two people\nshould ever attempt to kill one another.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-15T06:57:14.280", "id": "52942", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-15T06:57:14.280", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "52926", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDisclaimer: I'm no expert in Japanese, just a die hard fan of Spice and Wolf.\n\nHolo speaks in a dialect known as \"Oiran\" that often replaces the common\n\"Watashi\" to \"Wacchi\" among other things. The creator of Spice and Wolf, Isuna\nHasekura-sensei made a few adjustments here and there so Holo's dialect is\nloosely based on it. There has been a bunch of people in the past discussing\nthis\n[here](https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lyr2S7Hi1vgJ:https://www.reddit.com/r/SpiceandWolf/comments/2hjji8/whats_the_word_holo_uses_when_ending_a_sentence/%20&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=id&client=firefox-\nb-d) (a reddit post).\n\nAdditionally, you can see in an interview with Isuna Hasekura-sensei\n[here](https://youtu.be/X4fAjphSeUc?t=138) where He mentions Holo's unique\nspeech pattern (which is antique in a way), and the fact that this unique way\nof talking is often lost/corrupted in translation.\n\nWhen Holo says \"Nushi\" it roughly translates to \"You\" when taken into the\ncorrect context. Many translators translate the word \"Nushi\" to mean\n\"Master/Valued Customer\", because the word \"Nushi\" is more commonly used by\nCourtesans (back in the day) to greet their guests.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-20T11:31:03.623", "id": "53004", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-20T11:31:03.623", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33212", "parent_id": "52944", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Throughout the first season of the anime, Horo makes reference to herself as\n> a normal wolf\n\nShe is probably trying to be humble or modest or is comparing herself to other\nwolves in Yoitsu because she isn't a normal wolf compared to others we see on\nher journey for obvious reasons. As per the wiki you link to,\n\n> Holo is a wolf harvest deity that was bound by a promise to the town of\n> Pasloe for several centuries, ensuring a bountiful harvest of wheat for the\n> residents.\n\nI would say she was a deity from the start, or at least had the powers of one\n(common in Yoitsu?) as she knew that she would keep the promise (but not\nwithout caveats such as having bad harvests because of needing the land to\nrecover)\n\nNow, considering that she had come from Yoitsu and we don't have any\ninformation on her hitchhiking from Yoitsu like she is on the trip back, as in\nthe anime when we see a flashback from when she first came to Pasloe we don't\nsee her with anyone, I would speculate her binding to wheat is apart of the\npromise or contract she has made with Pasloe, and possibly how she is able to\naffect a harvest.\n\nHer still being bound by wheat might mean that the promise is more of a\nbinding contract between her and Pasloe, and it was Holo's decision to leave\nbecause she felt she was no longer needed.\n\n> Feeling unneeded and that she had kept her promise long enough, she skipped\n> town with a traveling merchant named Lawrence, by 'jumping' from the\n> villagers' wheat to Lawrence's wheat in his wagon.\n\nIf her promise is a supernatural binding contract, then she wouldn't\nnecessarily be released from it just because she feels like it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-16T01:18:59.990", "id": "52948", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-16T03:28:46.100", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-16T03:28:46.100", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "52946", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**[蛙](https://jisho.org/search/%E8%9B%99%20%23kanji) has ア【a】 as one of the\n_on-yomi_** , and kanji compound is usually read in _on-yomi_ (some also have\na reading in _kun-yomi_ , but in general, all of the kanji in the kanji\ncompound are read in either _kun-yomi_ only or _on-yomi_ only, but not mixed).\n\nSome example where [蛙 is read as\n\"a\"](https://jisho.org/search/%E8%9B%99%20%E3%81%82):\n\n> * 蛙黽 ( ** _a** bou_): tree frog (toad)\n> * 蛙鳴 ( ** _a** mei_): frog calling​\n> * 蛙鳴蝉噪 ( ** _a** meisensou_): annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless\n> controversy\n>\n\nAs for Asui, her kanji representation 蛙吹 is read in _on-yomi_ as 蛙（ア） and\n[吹（スイ）](https://jisho.org/search/%E5%90%B9%20%23kanji)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-16T03:19:27.653", "id": "52950", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-16T03:25:12.900", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-16T03:25:12.900", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "52949", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSpoilers ahead.\n\nHaven't watched the movies or anime, but I play the games, and according to\n[this article](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/detective-pikachu-has-deep-\nties-to-the-first-pokem/1100-6466825/), this Mewtwo\n\n> _is the same Mewtwo that appeared in the original Pokemon anime and movie\n> two decades ago._ The movie referred to here is _Pokémon: The First Movie_.\n> This was the Mewtwo from the Kanto region which escaped Team Rocket.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-16T14:46:39.287", "id": "52953", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-16T14:46:39.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52952", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you are talking about the chapter 100th Punch: Light [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/InlWL.png)\n\n**Mob of Mob Psycho 100 is definitely not there**\n\nAll the characters in the cover page:\n\n * Saitama (inside the gift box)\n * Genos (Above the gift box)\n * King (inside the sock/shoe)\n * Child Emperor (with the robot reindeer)\n * Fubuki\n * Tornado\n * Garou (near the bed)\n * (forgot the name of the kid always with garou)\n\n**EDIT:**\n\nIf you are talking about that chapter, that is **chapter 65: Sisters**.\n\nAnd yes! Mob, Tome and Dimple from Mob Psycho 100 is there, but only in the\ncover page. It is also stated in the [One Punch Man Wiki: Chapter 65\n(Sisters)](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_65)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-16T23:36:57.803", "id": "52959", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-17T02:10:28.267", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-17T02:10:28.267", "last_editor_user_id": "47275", "owner_user_id": "47275", "parent_id": "52956", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nJust wanted to let you know that _that is not the cover for the 100th chapter_\nbut rather for **Chapter 65** titled _Sisters_.\n\nRegardless, those are indeed characters from _Mob Psycho 100_. Starting from\nthe left, we have Dimple hovering above some people then Mob and Tome\n(president of Telepathy club). [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JciL6.jpg)\n\nAs a side note, from what I could translate from the description above Mob and\nTome, the TV アニメ ... モブ サイコ 100 ...東京 MX... means TV Anime ... Mob Psycho 100\n... Tokyo MX. This chapter might have been released before the start of\nbroadcast of the _Mob Psycho 100_ anime and the cameos of characters, together\nwith the description, was probably meant as an announcement to the new anime\nthat was to be broadcasted on Tokyo MX.\n\nThis does not mean however that Mob appears in OPM or is set in the OPM\nuniverse. That is only a cover photo, not an actual scene in the manga story.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-17T01:46:56.970", "id": "52963", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-17T02:14:50.533", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-17T02:14:50.533", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52956", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe four heroes that can defeat Elder Centipede according to Gyoro Gyoro:\n\n * The Tornado of Terror\n * Metal Knight\n * King\n * Blast\n\nHe said it in Chapter 84: Escalation.\n\nPages that he said it:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/c1TIL.png)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/V1iry.png)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tN2QU.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-17T01:04:31.003", "id": "52962", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-17T01:04:31.003", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47275", "parent_id": "52961", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nfrom bit and pieces of [my answer\nhere](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/40451/1587)\n\n * Merlin's prophecy never stated that the King had to be a boy\n\n> Merlin, an Human/Incubus Hyrbid and a powerful Magus, had prophesied that\n> their next child would be Uther's successor as king and Uther believed this.\n> However when Arturia was born Uther despaired as she was born a girl, not a\n> boy. in those times a King could not make a child that was not male his\n> successor even if she was fated to one day become a king. Merlin was\n> delighted because the sex of the child had never mattered\n\n * Arturia was raised as a boy \n\n> Kay could tell that Arturia would grow up to be a beauty woman but his\n> father told him to guide her like she was his brother and decided to treat\n> her in that manner, though he did not believe it would be kept secret.\n\n * her gender was meant to be a secret\n\n> While being raised by Ector Merlin also visited teaching Arturia and acting\n> as a sort of foster father figure to her. he also also revealed Arturia's\n> gender to Kay making him swear to secrecy.\n\n * Arturia was made into a Psudo-male by Merlin\n\n> during this time Arturia had to deal with the problem of being able to\n> produce an heir. to \"help\" Merlin used his magecraft to make Arturia into a\n> pseudo-male capable of producing sperm for an unknown duration of time.\n\nso for the most part while Merlin never said that the child would be a boy\neffort was made to make it seem as if Arturia was one because of the age she\nwas in. after all the fact that gender wasn't mention makes it perfectly fine\nthat in another timeline King Arthur [is\nmale](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/11223/1587) with no change to the\nprophecy\n\nAlso in the Visual Novel Shirou notes the legend of King Arthur is ambiguous\nwho Arthur was saying that one legend suggested that Arthur was actually a\ngroup of people. so her legend isn't perfectly clear anyway compared to the\nstories that are out there.\n\nthere is also Arturia's own opinion about herself\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/z4qkw.jpg)\n\nin both Studio Deen's anime and the Visual Novel there is a scene where Shirou\nwalks in on Arturia having a bath in which she expresses that she doesn't have\nthe body of a girl and later on when Arturia and Shirou go out into town they\nget into a fight where Shirou gets angry at Arturia not seeing her own\nfemininity while Arturia argues that her femininity is pointless for a Servant\nand King.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-17T07:10:57.687", "id": "52968", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-17T12:59:40.543", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-17T12:59:40.543", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "52964", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Orochi](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Orochi) is the leader of the\nassociation. [Gyoro Gyoro](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Gyoro_Gyoro) is\njust a close adviser. While he may have created him, that does not immediately\nmean he is more powerful or the immediate leader. Remember those two brothers\nin OPM, where the weak older brother created a really powerful and gigantic\nyounger brother via his serum?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-17T13:25:49.713", "id": "52971", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-17T13:50:11.443", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-17T13:50:11.443", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "52970", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nInteresting question and strangely enough, I've been asked a variation of this\nquestion several years ago, and this is how I tried to estimate the size of\nthe Pokemon World in the games at least. The biggest challenge would be to\nscale something in the Pokemon Universe to something in real life. \n \nAn easy and trivial approach would be is to first, slice the picture into\nsquares. Then, the obvious thing to do would be to look at the number of\nsquares covered by a particular character or object that you have an accurate\ndistance for, and then, it is simply a matter of converting those figures into\nthe number of squares you have remaining.\n\nNow the question is to find that particular object or character. One\ninteresting way of doing it, would be to use a Legendary Pokemon or some of\nthe Pokemon that appear on the map like Poliwrath in Celadon City or Slowbro\nin Cerulean city. Since these pokemon have a fixed height, we could simply\nlook at the number of squares they take up. Then we basically see the number\nof Slowbro or Polywrath we can Place on a map. \n \nAn example would be something like, a Slowbro takes up 2*2 squares = 4\nsquares. Now suppose we can split Cerulean city into a 1000 squares, we can\ntechnically fit 250 Slowbros on the map. Then we can simply multiply the\ndistance with the final value you have.\n\nThat said, the value would obviously be incredibly inaccurate. However, it is\na decent enough strategy to accomplish the task at hand. However, your\nquestion with regard to the anime, would be impossible the answer because, in\nthe anime, the map is obviously significantly more extended and has lots of\nnew places which isn't present on the game maps. To top it off, the characters\nalso get lost and take several detours to reach a particular destination and,\nsince they do most of their traveling on foot, a huge chunk of their travels\nis often cut out or skipped until they reason a particular decision.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kmhPc.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-18T10:12:22.610", "id": "52988", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-18T10:12:22.610", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "52973", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think it wasn't that he ran out willpower, but remember when Luffy was\nfighting Rob Lucci in the Impel Down Arc, after gear 3 he grew smaller. He\nsaid the reason that happened was because his body needed balance, therefore,\nhis body had a major drawback after a major boost which was his body shrinking\nafter growing large. My theory is that the 4th Gear is like this and since he\nused large amounts of Haki, his body needed balance, therefore, his body\ncouldn't handle any Haki after that as the drawback.\n\nP.S. To answer your question, no, you can't just \"run out\" of willpower.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-18T00:50:38.247", "id": "52978", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-18T00:50:38.247", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47297", "parent_id": "52976", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThat episode/arc was the first to introduce such a Haki limitation concept. In\nfact, the [wiki page](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Haki) on Haki cites\nthat set of episodes to state that:\n\n> Despite their great capabilities, Haki is not limitless as it can be\n> depleted from overuse, rendering the user unable to use it for a set period\n> while it regenerates.\n\nAlso taking from that page the general definition:\n\n> Broadly speaking, there are two types of Haki available to everyone, given\n> the proper training, but there is a third type that only a certain group of\n> \"chosen ones\" are said to possess. In simple terms, Haki is an ability to\n> sense and predict spiritual energy (Kenbunshoku), use life force as physical\n> reinforcement (Busoshoku), and, for the rare \"chosen ones\", overpower\n> enemies' willpower with your own (Haoshoku).\n\nThus it is only Haoshoku or Conqueror's Haki that is directly tied in to their\nwillpower. An example of this would be:\n\n> In Chapters 923 and 924 of the Wano arc, we see that Luffy's willpower\n> manages to make some weaker soldiers faint even though he was knocked out by\n> Kaido. Kaido himself says that Luffy has been glaring at him.\n\nAs you said, none of the Haki forms are specific to a user's body. So Sanji\nwas able to use them despite being swapped with Nami. However, that isn't to\nsay they don't have any limits at all.\n\n> In the WCI arc, Luffy comments that Katakuri will deplete his Kenbunshou\n> haki if he drags the fight long enough.\n\n* * *\n\nNow as for Luffy's drawbacks specific to Gear 4th, it is because of overuse of\nthe Busoshoku Haki. As mentioned on the [wiki\npage](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Gomu_Gomu_no_Mi/Gear_Fourth_Techniques):\n\n> When utilizing Gear Fourth, Luffy makes extensive usage of his Busoshoku\n> Haki by coating his arms, legs and much of his torso in it to the point that\n> they turn black from hardening.\n>\n> Combined with Luffy's rubbery composition and his compressed muscle\n> structure, Gear Fourth both adds explosive power to Luffy's attacks and\n> grants him enhanced defensive capabilities far beyond what he can\n> demonstrate with or without Gear Second or Gear Third\n\nThe cause for Gear 4th explosive power is not the Haki alone, but how Luffy\ncompresses his rubber body. Similar to how he increases his speed by pumping\nhis blood faster in Gear 2nd. This means his physical body is under a lot of\nstrain, as Rayleigh mentions when Luffy showcases these abilities to him.\n\n> Once this limit is reached, Gear Fourth automatically deactivates, leaving\n> Luffy exhausted and barely able to move. He is also left unable to use Haki\n> for ten minutes after using this technique as it quickly depletes his Haki\n> reserves. The technique also greatly taxes Luffy's stamina, as using it just\n> once leaves Luffy so physically drained in the aftermath that he can barely\n> stand and fight, even after he has regained his Haki and mobility.\n>\n> Akin to Gear Second, using Gear Fourth causes Luffy's metabolism to increase\n> rapidly. In fact, after Luffy stuffed himself to a bloated size in his fight\n> with Charlotte Cracker, using Gear Fourth once made him burn off the massive\n> amount he had eaten in a manner of minutes\n\nThe exhaustion and side effects are so great that he can't properly stand and\nfight even _after_ regaining Haki and mobility. However, it should be noted\nthat Luffy's ability to bear these drawbacks, or maybe reduce their effect, is\nimproving as seen during his fight with Katakuri where he manages to run\naround and dodge a bit even after his first attempt fails.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-17T04:43:33.350", "id": "53265", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-17T04:43:33.350", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "52976", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSaitama clearly likes getting credit and being appreciated. However, I believe\nthe reason he did that in this particular situation, is because he cared more\nabout how the civilians were viewing the other heroes and didn't like the way\nthey were belittled despite them putting their lives on the line. We sort of\nsee this from Saitama, especially after Mumen Rider gets beaten up by Deep Sea\nKing. Saitama clearly knew the former at least in terms of power, was\npractically useless. However, he is still appreciative and acknowledges the\neffort put in by Mumen Rider as you can see\n[here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKBqeuk0tbo)\n\nAnother important factor to note is that, unlike other professional heroes,\nSaitama doesn't walk into a fight with anything at stake or anything to lose.\nHe isn't in a situation where his life is at risk or he's doing something\nextremely difficult compared to the rest of the Heroes where they are\nliterally putting their lives on the line. We can see this side of him when\nhe's surprised that his ranking went up significantly after smashing the\nmeteor which he didn't consider as big of a deal.\n\nSaitama deep inside, strongly believes in the role of a professional Hero and\nwhat it represents. Another similar incident is when he fights Suiryu and the\nlatter undermines being a hero [(which you can see here at 15:24, when they\ntalk about the hero job.)](https://youtu.be/gpWQi6Ke4eQ?t=924), Saitama gets\nserious and is very offended and reacts in a particular manner. Hence, in\nconclusion, Saitama strongly stands for the Hero association and the role that\nit entails and acknowledges the level of effort put in by heroes and was\nclearly upset with the way the public were treating them. Also, while to an\nordinary person, Saitama's feats might seem unbelievable and monumental, to\nSaitama they aren't. In other words, one could say Mumen Rider for instance\nhas much more at stake and put in more effort in comparison to Saitama(Who\nDespite being a million times more efficient), barely put in any effort.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-18T09:12:26.560", "id": "52987", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-19T21:08:53.333", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-19T21:08:53.333", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "31104", "parent_id": "52985", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nI think it is because He is a hero for just a hobby. He is not much bothered\nby what people think of him.\n\nBut he also know that other heroes are serious about it and put there life on\nline for saving the civilians especially heroes like licenseless Rider.\n\nBut seeing that him beating the monster in a single punch is making those hard\nworking heroes look bad. He created such a situation in which he is condemned\nfor taking credit for beating the monster after it has been substantially\nweakened by fighting other heroes, making it appear so the effort of other\nheroes was not for nothing. Hence restoring faith of people in the heroes at\nhis expense.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-21T07:13:06.497", "id": "53020", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-21T07:13:06.497", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47360", "parent_id": "52985", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI suppose this depends on your definition of \"often\". It also _heavily_\ndepends on the kind of show you're watching.\n\nIf you're watching a slice-of-life anime which has its characters closely\nrooted in the modern reality as opposed to anything supernatural, then older\nwomen are typically drawn closer to what our expectations would be.\n\nIf you're watching an anime which is rooted in more supernatural, fantasy or\n\"other-world\" ( _isekai_ ), then you're going to run into this a lot more\noften.\n\nFor instance, it's reasonable to say that an older _human_ woman would look\ncloser to what we would expect, since we have a more familiar reference point.\nIn a fantasy setting, it's not unrealistic to suggest that an older [insert\nrace/species here] woman would look to us as if they were a much younger human\nwoman.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-19T19:27:16.000", "id": "53001", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-19T19:27:16.000", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "52991", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIn anime, we are shown Luffy knocking out Arlong, after that it's assumed all\nof his crew is taken to Navy prisons but in the Impel Down arc, we don't see\nArlong.\n\nLuffy believes and like people who are really passionate about achieving their\ngoal, even if they are his enemies. It is seen clearly, as Luffy always gives\nthem a second chance to get better and achieve their goals.\n\nEven if we think Luffy killed them, why would Jinbei join the Straw Hat\npirates? Arlong is like a brother to him though they have their differences.\nSo from all this, we can say Arlong is not killed, at least not by Luffy.\n\nOne Piece is all about making people believing in themselves, their own ideas\nand pursuing them no matter what. These are a few situations which proved\nthat:\n\n 1. Koby \n 2. Zoro's fight with Mihawk\n 3. Dragon's Revolutionary Army And many more .....\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-20T02:48:55.840", "id": "53002", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-24T19:49:53.910", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-24T19:49:53.910", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "44640", "parent_id": "52999", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nVarious sources claim that Luffy never killed anyone, leaving them another\nchance to achieve their dreams. Beyond that even Oda himself seems to have\nsaid so.\n\n[One Piece Fandom Wiki / Arlong](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Arlong)\nlists Arlong as \"Alive\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-03-13T20:36:35.503", "id": "62195", "last_activity_date": "2021-03-13T20:36:35.503", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59417", "parent_id": "52999", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nA _bankai_ has never been silently released before. That is to say, a Soul\nReaper has never silently achieved _bankai_ in the middle of a fight and\ncontinued the battle.\n\nEach _bankai_ does have a formal declaration, even if it is a bit more sly\nthan others (such as Kuchiki Byakuya throwing his sword down on some\noccasions), but there is still the ceremony of declaring it as _bankai_ and\nrevealing its name.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-23T04:35:27.970", "id": "53031", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-23T04:35:27.970", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "53006", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\n# Yes, it has.\n\nAfter re-reading the manga, this happens twice. Once when Ichigo fights\nUlquiorra for the first time in Las Noches\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2CsBi.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kzMoq.png)\n\nAnd again in his [fight](https://youtu.be/gr9qc_MNGJ4?t=147) against Grimmjow\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EUnyF.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/O2bvO.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-27T09:45:26.550", "id": "53065", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-27T09:45:26.550", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31843", "parent_id": "53006", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nYou are in the United States of America (Texas) according to your profile.\nHere, One Punch Man is being shown exclusively on Hulu.\n\n<https://www.newsweek.com/one-punch-man-season-2-time-how-watch-1388310>\n\nDisregarding legal loopholes, that is the only place you can legally watch\nthis show in the United States. I do not know why you were not able to find\nit.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-29T13:21:12.213", "id": "53079", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-29T14:28:12.833", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-29T14:28:12.833", "last_editor_user_id": "36222", "owner_user_id": "3561", "parent_id": "53014", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nYou can watch it legally at any of these websites: Crunchyroll; Yahoo View;\nCrackle; Viewster; Tubi TV.\n\nHope it helps ^^\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-31T11:30:38.203", "id": "53100", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-31T11:43:08.817", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-31T11:43:08.817", "last_editor_user_id": "47479", "owner_user_id": "47479", "parent_id": "53014", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**_(Answer edited to fit what was discussed in the comments as well)_**\n\n**TL;DR:** Whether or not the message Okabe sent is a D-Mail isn't something\nhe has control over, at least not at the beginning of the series. The\nconditions just happened to be right when he sent the message that ended up\nbecoming the first D-Mail.\n\n**First condition/coincidence:**\n\nWe are told early in the story that Daru was experimenting on the microwave,\nhaving his own cellphone wired to it instead of the dedicated one, when Okabe\nsent him the message. It is safe to assume that he was trying to get the\nmicrowave running with its door open, because it is one of the key conditions\nto sending a D-Mail (learnt in episode 3), and nothing would have happened\notherwise.\n\nIt has been pointed out that Daru tells us about his experiments on the\nmicrowave in the second timeline, not in the first one, which is true.\nHowever, given that the first ever D-Mail was complete gibberish and was\ndismissed by Daru, we can speculate that the livelihood of the group was not\nimpacted at all by it. The only impact this D-Mail really had is:\n\n> The SERN caught on it, which eventually led to them developping a\n> functionning time machine as well marking the start of the \"Time War\", and\n> finally to Suzuha's abrupt landing on the rooftop of the conference center.\n\nIt would then be safe to assume that the group's actions, from the D-Mail\nbeing received and dismissed by Daru to Okabe wandering alone in the evacuated\narea, haven't been impacted at all and that therefore Daru has been conducting\nthe same experiments on the microwave at around the same time in these two\ntimelines. This is only speculation, but it is realistic and coherent with the\nrest of the story.\n\n**Second condition/coincidence:**\n\nLater in the show you learn about the second conditon for sending D-Mails\nwhich explains why they can only be sent during a certain period of the day:\n\n> The shop owner recently placed a cathode ray TV just in the right spot below\n> their microwave. This is the reason why D-Mails weren't happening before,\n> and can now only happen when the shop owner turns it on and it fires\n> electrons into the microwave.\n\nSince we assume that Daru was conducting experiments on the microwave around\nthat time it is also safe to assume that the second condition was fulfilled,\nas otherwise Daru probably wouldn't have been conducting these experiments in\nthe first place.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-21T10:32:30.127", "id": "53021", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-23T10:24:33.087", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-23T10:24:33.087", "last_editor_user_id": "41746", "owner_user_id": "41746", "parent_id": "53016", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe place that we see is within Naruto's subconsciousness and its as a result\nof the [Eight Tetragram\npattern](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_Trigrams_Sealing_Style) which is\nthe sealing formula used by Minato to seal the Nine tails within Naruto.\n\n> According to the Wiki, When Naruto wants to speak to the Nine-Tails, he\n> enters a subconscious plane that resembles an underground complex, with\n> pipes running along the ceiling and various hallways. The floor is flooded\n> with a shallow layer of water; the Nine-Tails' growing influence over Naruto\n> is sometimes depicted as the water level rising.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/muvVp.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-22T05:10:19.297", "id": "53025", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-22T05:10:19.297", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "53022", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe seal is an anchor that binds the two together. The Kyuubi in theory is a\nmass of chakra that was given sentience by the Sage of Six Paths. Fuinjutsu or\nthe art of sealing allows them to seal them away. The Tailed beast exist in a\nsub-conscience as a by-product of the seal. Depending on the nature of the\nseal defines how they are locked up. Kushina is in a field with Kyuubi chained\nup while Naruto has it in a cage in a complex similar to a sewer. In theory,\nthe Kyuubi exist in a sub-conscience while it's chakra is sealed aswell,\nslowly to merge with Naruto's. If your wondering about the shared space where\nthey all meet, it is a result of the Sage's link he made when telling the\nTailed Beast he's dying.\n\nReferences: <https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Tailed_Beast>\n<https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_Trigrams_Sealing_Style>\n<https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/F%C5%ABinjutsu>\n\nAdd corrections if i'm wrong.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-27T10:11:27.160", "id": "53066", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-27T10:11:27.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47418", "parent_id": "53022", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nFrom this [wikia page](https://highschool-of-the-\ndead.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Guns), there are about 14 unique guns shown in\nthe anime.\n\n * Armalite AR-10(T)\n * Barnett Wildcat C5\n * Benelli M4 Super 90\n * CZE Vz83\n * FN Browning M1910\n * Heckler & Koch PSG-1\n * Ithaca M37\n * Kiku Crest Luger P08\n * M92 Vertec\n * MP5SFK\n * Nail Gun\n * SIG Sauer P226\n * Smith & Wesson M37 Air Weight\n * Springfield M1A1 Super Match\n\nTo add, yes, these are real guns. I was able to find real-world counterparts\nof all of these guns via Google. To note, the [Luger\nP08](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luger_pistol#Pistole_Modell_1908_\\(P08\\)_and_World_War_I)\nseems to be a gun used during the world wars and CZE Vz83 seems to be a\n[Skorpion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0korpion).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-25T17:02:55.163", "id": "53054", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-25T17:02:55.163", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53037", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWhile I don't have any screenwriters to cite, the answer is no.\n\nHere is the reason: Manga is written and published as a serial, the\nsuperstructure of the story is highly subject to change as the serialization\nprogresses - based, of course, on reader response and the need to stay\nserialized, working closely with an editor to refine ideas to appeal to a\nbroader readership. This is more like a comic book. A screenplay may see\nrevisions, but they are not changed based on reader response. If something is\nvery poorly received in test screenings, the production company may cut,\nrewrite, or reshoot some specific scenes even in the postproduction phase if\nit looks like they will lose money as a result of the inclusion of the\noriginal content but this is not generally a compatible comparison to a\nserial.\n\nWriting a graphic novel is probably more similar to writing a screenplay. A\ngraphic novel being a standalone literary composition visualized and set\nwithin either A) a pre-existing world/continuum, or B) independent of any pre-\nexisting world or continuum but can at times contain known or unknown\ncharacters within a known world and may not always follow the original world's\nrules or patterns.\n\nIf you ask \"is writing manga more similar to _storyboarding_ a screenplay?\"\nthen the answer is yes, it is perhaps similar to storyboarding a screenplay,\nbut probably no more so than it is for a well written comic book or graphic\nnovel - simply that the mangaka generally does all the heavy lifting (with the\nhelp of assistants of course) where as a \"comic book\" or even sometimes a\ngraphic novel has a writer, and various tiers of artists and typographers in\naddition to the editor, the mangaka (with the exception of collaborations or\ncollectives like CLAMP) is both the writer and principle artist.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-12-09T21:03:26.767", "id": "67528", "last_activity_date": "2022-12-09T21:26:17.397", "last_edit_date": "2022-12-09T21:26:17.397", "last_editor_user_id": "70781", "owner_user_id": "70781", "parent_id": "53040", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLight mentions that his father is a police detective when he passes a note to\nYuri saying that he will try to subdue the bus hijacker:\n\n> Don't worry, Yuri. It'll be okay. I'm going to look for a chance to grab the\n> guy's arm and pin him down so he can't use the gun. My dad's a detective and\n> he's taught me what to do in emergencies like this. The guy's pretty small\n> and weak-looking. I'm sure I can restrain him. [Translation from the fan\n> [Wikia](https://deathnote.fandom.com/wiki/Light%27s_note_to_Yuri).]\n\nSince Raye Penber sees the note, it wouldn't be suspicious for Light to assume\nthat Penber knows that he is the son of a police detective even if he never\nsays so directly to him.\n\nNote also that Light's actions suggest that he has more familiarity with what\nto do in these situations than the average person: beyond coming up with this\n\"plan,\" he also asks Raye Penber to prove that he isn't an accomplice because\nit's \"common to have someone hidden in the back to come help if anything goes\nwrong\" for the hijacker. Thus, _even if_ he didn't explicitly say that his\nfather was a detective, it'd still be reasonable for someone to assume that he\nhas some connection to law enforcement.\n\nAs an aside, Light's comment after Raye Penber proves his identity _does_ seem\nslightly unnecessary:\n\n> Okay, I trust you, and I won't ask what an FBI agent is doing on a bus in\n> Japan.\n\nThis indicates that he knows that Raye Penber is up to something, but then\nagain, when he's already proved himself to be more suspicious and street-savvy\nthan the average person, it's not _that_ suspicious for him to say that. It's\nnot like he's indicating that he knows that the FBI are there for the Kira\ninvestigation as opposed to something else.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-28T04:41:23.183", "id": "53070", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-28T04:41:23.183", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "53069", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nI had also been searching for this for a long time and finally found it. It's\na little fast-forwarded version of \"Departure to the Front Lines\". Here is a\nYoutube link for it:\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISfifczkgM>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-01-05T01:33:51.783", "id": "56367", "last_activity_date": "2020-01-05T01:33:51.783", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "40820", "parent_id": "53078", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'll give four possible answers, none of which are mutually exclusive.\n\n 1. When using the word anime, the Japanese do not make distinctions between western and Japanese cartoons. It is an abbreviation of the English loanword animation (In Japanese, animeshon/アニメーション). Choosing to keep anime in the English translation keeps in mind that Tomoko is Japanese and thus thinks of these cartoons in the same manner. Ref: see кяαzєя♦'s answer [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/81/19307).\n 2. In line with my first answer, it could be a translation choice to de-emphasize how _My Little Pony_ is different from the other cartoons Tomoko watches. The reference is over in one page, so it isn't worth the extra space to explain it's a western cartoon.\n 3. Tomoko perceives _My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic_ as an anime. The art style of this particular show is similar to a Japanese anime. Mainly, the large eyes of the characters are similar to many other anime. It's the Japanese dub, so Tomoko may not be aware it's a western cartoon. She expresses exasperation at the time block this _anime_ is aired in, so it's possible the weird time is due to it being a western cartoon, and Tomoko is unaware of this.\n 4. The word used in the original Japanese version to describe the show is anime. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0h9VD.png)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hbuaK.png) I've circled the word \"anime\" in the images (for the record, I can't really read Japanese, but I know hiragana and katakana). In the second panel, the text: だいたいあの時間帯のアニメってなんなんだよ小学生もあれ見てたら時間的に遅刻するだろ！, gets translated to \"What is an anime in that time zone? If elementary school students watch it, they will be late in time! \" by google translate. Yen Press's translation for this block is \"What's up with broadcasting anime in that timeslot anyway?! Watching it would make even a gradeschooler late!\". If Tomoko calls it an anime twice, it makes sense for the translators to just go with that, since it's just a throwaway comment anyway.\n\nIt would be interesting to ask the translators directly to see why they chose\nto keep it as anime, but in lieu of that, this answer should be sufficient.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-06-23T21:36:55.753", "id": "64059", "last_activity_date": "2021-06-29T19:19:05.167", "last_edit_date": "2021-06-29T19:19:05.167", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "53080", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nLike many settings with a multitude of heroes, it's a grab bag of virtually\nevery possible origin.\n\nFirst, you mention a lot of S-class heroes in the post, but these are\nconsidered the exceptions; people at what is otherwise an unreachable level of\npower. The following image is from the webcomic, chapter 67, which is\ntechnically a spoiler for people only following the anime or manga, but does\nnot cover any real plot lines; it's simply part of detailing the origins of\nthe S-class. But I'll spoiler tag it anyway:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bepJ7.jpg)\n\nKnown or implied power origins include:\n\n * Tank Top Master and Puri Puri Prisoner: Strength training.\n * Super Alloy Darkshine: Strength training, but claims his was \"different\" from the previous two.\n * Bang/Silver Fang: Martial arts training\n * Zombie Man: Genetic and medical experimentations by Dr. Genus. His only power is immortality/regeneration, however; physically and mentally he's an average person.\n * Metal Knight, Drive Knight, Genos, Blue Flame, Gatling Gun, etc: technological enhancements.\n * Fubuki, Tatsumaki, and other espers: power had since birth, presumably genetic or otherwise \"naturally occurring\". It is possible to achieve higher levels of skill and power over time, by training.\n * Flashy Flash and Sonic: Ninja training and techniques.\n * Boros: The individual pinnacle of a race made intrinsically super strong by evolving in a harsh environment.\n\nOf course we see many of the above (most of who are S-class, as they're the\nones we have the most exposure to over time) achieve feats far greater than we\nwould expect possible from things like strength training and martial arts.\n\nThere are a few other origins from the webcomic and manga that might suggest\nadditional mechanics within the setting.\n\n> Saitama's power seems to originate from ignoring his limits to the point\n> that he ceased to have any. Garou seems to almost achieve the same thing by\n> the end of his arc, falling a little short but otherwise ascending to a\n> level of power and skill that seems to surpass everyone but Saitama. The\n> idea of an intrinsic limiter on power is key to the series by this point. It\n> is reasonable to believe this is a fundamental mechanic of the setting, as\n> it has been stated by both in-world characters as well as the \"narrator\". It\n> is indicated that the extremely powerful beings just have a higher limit and\n> have worked to reach it, and/or used experiments and such to increase it. Or\n> in some cases simply being born at a very high level, like with Tatsumaki.\n> Saitama and almost-Garou break the mold by breaking this fundamental rule of\n> existence, and that's how they surpassed the unsurpassable S-class.\n\n\n\n> Gyoro-Gyoro created Lord Orochi (a manga and anime only character) through\n> various unspecified experiments, and is confident they can reproduce the\n> results with a sufficiently durable specimen; Garou is considered a\n> candidate for surviving the process and surpassing Orochi.\n\n\n\n> But most tellingly and perhaps relevant for future arcs, Homeless Emperor\n> attributes his power as a gift from \"God\". When he's telling this to Zombie\n> Man he then has a vision of this \"God\", who says he's taking back Homeless\n> Emperor's life and power. Homeless Emperor then (literally) combusts and\n> dies before Zombie Man's eyes. Zombie Man is willing to believe there is\n> some entity that gave Homeless Emperor his power, and is concerned about\n> what this entity is up to. We have neither seen nor heard of any such entity\n> since then, but it may come up in future story arcs. As such there may be\n> some god-like being who grants at least some people and/or monsters their\n> power.\n\nSeveral monsters also profess that they had an intense obsession with\nsomething, which then transformed them. Such as Crablante, the first monster\nSaitama is known to fight (before he begins his training). Perhaps some\nheroes, like Watchdog Man, have a similar origin. Possibly the previous\nspoiler is relevant to such transformations. Otherwise, the best we can say\nright now is that the setting permits fairly arbitrary origin stories, in part\nbecause out-of-universe it is constructed as a parody and at times\ndeconstruction of the (super)hero genres.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-29T20:53:03.550", "id": "53083", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-04T01:53:40.303", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-04T01:53:40.303", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "53082", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\n# Willpower\n\nI think it has less to do with training, and more to do with the _struggle_\nand _perseverance_ that you go though while training.\n\nFor Saitama, his training routine may not be objectively hard. But for him it\nwas very difficult. He describes it as Hell and that it was so taxing that it\nhade his hair fall out and he became physically ill. Yet he endured, he\ncontinued to persevere through that and continue struggling, gaining his\nsuperpower as a result.\n\nWe don't see what the other heros were like during their training or before\nthey gained powers, but with how many of them gained their powers due to\nstrength training, I think it is evidence that perseverance and struggling is\nlinked to gaining powers in this way.\n\nWe also see this through Garou. Spoilers ahead\n\n> His continuous, non-stop attack on the Hero Association brought him to the\n> brink of life and death. Yet he persevered and continued his attack despite\n> his injuries. We see this struggle up close and see him grow stronger and\n> stronger each time he survives one of these near-death fights.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-11-08T18:26:02.733", "id": "65881", "last_activity_date": "2021-11-08T18:26:02.733", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63172", "parent_id": "53082", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe following excerpts are from the [Villain's fandom\npage](https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/E.N.D.) on END, under the section\ntitled 'Alvarez Empire arc'\n\n> During a fight between Zeref and Natsu the latter revealed his relationship\n> to Natsu and the Dragon Slayer's status as E.N.D. Though Natsu refused to\n> believe it at first he was forced to after Zeref pierced a hole through the\n> Book of E.N.D. and Natsu ended up hurt as a result which proved the elder\n> Dragneel's story. After Zeref revealed what really occurred in the past\n> Natsu lost his patience and attempted to kill his brother as he was told\n> that if Zeref died it would possibly mean his own death as well. Natsu\n> ignored this and declared his intentions of wanting to kill Zeref only for\n> Happy to fly away with him.\n\nSo yes, Natsu's life was tied to both Zeref and the book.\n\nAfter that: (slightly abridged; **emphasis** mine)\n\n> A while later Mavis Vermillion managed to obtain the Book of E.N.D. She then\n> met up with Lucy, Happy and Gray and lent them the Book.\n>\n> (...)\n>\n> They soon decided to open the Book and when they did Letter Magic flowed out\n> of it; Lucy was shocked about what it said.\n>\n> Lucy tried to rewrite the words in the Book but became affected by its Black\n> Magic. Gray then helps her get through the pain and continues to rewrite the\n> book. The book's changes affected Natsu during his fight with his brother;\n> they gave Natsu the edge he needed to defeat Zeref.\n>\n> Later, Zeref died peacefully with Mavis and **due to the Book's link with\n> Zeref it disappeared**. When the Book disappeared Lucy claimed that she did\n> all she could to help Natsu and worried that he could disappear along with\n> the Book. However, Natsu showed up where Lucy and the others were saying the\n> fight was over.\n\nThis explains how Natsu is able to survive post Zeref's death. We are to\nassume whatever Lucy edited managed to save him. It would be logical to assume\nthat his END powers are gone since both Zeref and the book are gone, but there\nis no official confirmation as far as I know, and is thus debatable.\n\nThere is also a sequel called [Fairy Tail 100 Years\nQuest](https://fairytail.fandom.com/wiki/Fairy_Tail_100_Years_Quest) that\npicks off from where the original series ends, though the author is not Hiro\nMashima. I haven't read it, but the summaries don't suggest any usage of END\npowers in the chapters so far. But since the sequel exists, it could end up\neither way.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-30T14:58:13.307", "id": "53093", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-30T14:58:13.307", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "53085", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn episode 45, Eren bites down on this \"armor\" bottle, and after that, he is\nable to transform into a hardened titan. Because be got it from a bottle, and\ndid not develop it by himself we are unable to know which titan he developed\nit with. Though I imagine that if he didn't gain hardening through the bottle\nI think he could have developed it through practice. (speculation on my part)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-01-09T15:51:11.000", "id": "56412", "last_activity_date": "2020-01-09T15:51:11.000", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50436", "parent_id": "53086", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nEren can use the abilities of the founding titan only when he's in contact\nwith someone among the royal bloodline. Thus all abilities Eren uses during\ncombat is from the attack titan.\n\nThis was confirmed when Erin encounters the titan that ate his mother in\nseason 2 episode titled \"Scream\", he was able to control all the other titans\nwith his scream as he touched her. That was the only time till date Eren was\nable to use the founding titans abilities.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-01-10T05:35:39.397", "id": "56418", "last_activity_date": "2020-01-11T05:03:55.427", "last_edit_date": "2020-01-11T05:03:55.427", "last_editor_user_id": "50733", "owner_user_id": "50733", "parent_id": "53086", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCould not recall any mention in the anime, either. A quick look at the light\nnovels, however, seem to reveal some information, albeit also vague. To quote\nfrom **Chapter 7** of _Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale Part 02_ :\n\n> The way I spoke was different. I might talk like this now, but when I was\n> still with my parents, **we were all the way out on the tip of Kyushu** ,\n> probably to get as far away as possible from this home. They talk in a thick\n> accent there, and well...l wouldn't call it bullying, but I was made fun of,\n> and I didn't have any friends.\n\nAssuming that the tip she's referring to is the southernmost part of\n[Kyushu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyushu), 'all the way out on the tip of\nKyushu' may refer to a place somewhere on the [Okinawa\nprefecture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture#Major_islands)\n(possibly within the [Yaeyama\nislands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaeyama_Islands)). So, it could refer\nto an accent unique to people who speak the Okinawan language or dialect.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-30T04:45:34.560", "id": "53089", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-30T04:45:34.560", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53088", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt can be assumed Kurisu would never touch that theory again. Even if she did,\nit would never end up being used for evil. Otherwise, it would not be Steins\nGate and Suzuha would time-travel from the future.\n\nFrom what we've seen in the _Steins;Gate_ visual novel and some drama CDs:\n\n> Time travel can exist in any world line and it doesn't necessarily end up\n> with a dystopia or a world war.\n\nAnother perspective for this is the attractor fields. AFs are groups of world\nlines that converge to the same future. The world lines in the Alpha AF always\nconverge to the SERN dystopia and the Beta to WW3. The world line Steins Gate\nlies in both Alpha and Beta, making itself its own AF, converging to neither\nand having its own unknown future. So time travel or not, WW3 should not\nhappen.\n\nThis is largely speculation btw.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-11-03T07:30:27.033", "id": "55758", "last_activity_date": "2019-11-03T07:53:15.777", "last_edit_date": "2019-11-03T07:53:15.777", "last_editor_user_id": "37407", "owner_user_id": "37407", "parent_id": "53090", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe real question is not \"who make good animation\" but \"how many good\nanimation they make\". Like you say Japanese and American animation are really\npopular and the reason is the quantity of animated product they make (and some\nof them are really good product). Many other countries made good animated\nproduct but usually are a one time thing (not something you see everyday).\n\nExample: Code Lyoko is a good animated product made in France. But there are\nnot lot's of other France production with the same quality/popularity of Code\nLyoko, while everytime Disney make a new movie is almost always popular.\n\nLa freccia azzurra known as How the Toys Saved Christmas in the U.S. (by the\nway, Wikipedia say the US version was cut in same scene, probably because the\ntoys in the italian version do not save Christmas but the \"Epiphany\" an\nholiday that in italy for children means the Befana\n<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana> ) is a really good italian animated\nmovie made by animation studio Lanterna Magica (that also made the most famous\nLucky and Zorba in Italian: La gabbianella e il gatto) is a really high\nquality product but the studio do not produce lot's of things, they just made\n3-4 movies and the last one was in 2003. Also, like I said, the US version of\nthe movie is not even complete.\n\nChinese and Korean animation are already a thing, but since they usually try\nto replicate anime the quality is still low for most product, except for some\nreally good product like Big Fish & Begonia (also many Japanese product are\nmade or partially made by Korean and Chinese).\n\nThere are some really good Russian animated product of tales, like the snow\nqueen story: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen_(1957_film)>\n\nSo the answer is yes, there are lot's of good animated product not made in\nAmerica or Japan, the only real problem is that are harder to find, not\npopular like disney movies and usually are a one time thing.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-31T07:30:40.677", "id": "53098", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-31T07:30:40.677", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47159", "parent_id": "53092", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis sounds like an unreleased track. It doesn't show up in any of the\n[soundtrack albums listed on the Wikia](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Music).\n\nThere are some [unofficial imperfect\nversions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTVgPZtUlKk) floating around on\nYouTube.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-01T19:37:28.293", "id": "53115", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-01T19:37:28.293", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "53094", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nManga spoilers not possibly covered within the 3rd Season below.\n\nThere are three ways.\n\n1.) Make him lose his will to live\n\nIn **Chapters 102 - 103** ,\n\n> when Eren infiltrated Marley, he had a talk with Reiner. During this, Eren\n> transformed and Reiner tried protecting Falco but was also injured. **His\n> injuries, however, did not heal**. Falco remarked that, to quote, 'if he has\n> the power of a titan, any injuries should automatically heal themselves..\n> **So long as he has a strong will to live**...'\n\nDuring their talk,\n\n> Reiner was showing remorse for everything he's done against Eren. Reading\n> those chapters, you could say that Reiner lost his will to live after Eren,\n> resulting to his injuries not healing.\n\nTherefore, one way to kill the Armored Titan is to make him\n\n> lost his will to live so that any injuries afflicted cannot heal.\n\n2.) Wait for Ymir's curse to take into effect\n\nBecause of Ymir's curse, Titan users' lifespans only last for 13 years so\nanother possible way is to wait until the Titan lived it's 13th year, then\nhe'll die. The power will then be [passed on to a random subject of Ymir born\nafter his death](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/49496/what-happens-\nto-a-titan-shifter-if-they-die-without-being-eaten).\n\n3.) Make a Titan eat him\n\nUsing a [Titan\ninjection](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Titan_injection), a person\ncan be turned into a Titan. Then while the Armored Titan is still in human\nform, if they can somehow subdue him in human form, the Titan can eat him and\nthe power will be transferred.\n\nThis was how the power was taken forcibly from\n\n> Frieda, Marcel, and Bertolt.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-31T14:38:23.700", "id": "53106", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-31T14:38:23.700", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53101", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe trouble with Okame Chan is that it's very limited in what it can measure.\nSo it'd measure Tatsumaki, King, Drive Knight and Genos as 0 -- well, as\nunmeasurable as Child Emperor didn't think to include a less than 1 or more\nthan 9,999 reading in his device output, leading to some hilarious\nmisunderstandings. That three of the four above-named heroes could pop your\nhead like a zit is neither here nor there. Come to think of it, Dr. Bofoi\nwould probably be a zero too as a middle-aged man who doesn't work out. Maybe\neven Zombieman depending on how 'alive' Okame Chan thinks he is.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-05-31T14:37:35.867", "id": "53105", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-31T14:37:35.867", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47479", "parent_id": "53102", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\n[The wiki lists all measurements\nmade](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Okame-Chan).\n\nThe device was calibrated to measure the C-class hero Red Muffler at a value\nof 100. It does not read levels below 0 or above 9999.\n\nThe highest successful reading it provided of a hero was for [Great\nPhilosopher](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Philosopher) at 2442.\n\nThe highest reading listed for anything at all was for the monster [Jumping\nSpider](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Jumping_Spider), at a value of\n6999. Child Emperor places this rating at a disaster level of Demon.\n\nHowever, he soon realizes the device is essentially useless in practice. It\ndoesn't measure esper powers, for example. Fubuki just measures at 19, a\nroughly normal fit human reading, apparently. King and Genos both fail to\nproduce a reading; King because Child Emperor supposes he's clearly going to\nbe above 9999, and Genos because he's mostly a machine. Reading Saitama seems\nto break the device and yields an undefined reading, which Child Emperor\ninterprets as meaning that Saitama is weak. And the aforementioned jumping\nspider originally only read at a level of 402, because he scanned the wrong\npart of the monster essentially. As such he quickly dismisses it as nothing\nmore than an entertaining bauble, and we haven't seen it since.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-03T23:18:03.087", "id": "53141", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-03T23:18:03.087", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "53102", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOrochi does not exist in the webcomic. Instead Gyoro-Gyoro is the official\nleader of the Monster Association, rather than its \"Military Advisor\" and\nshadow leader.\n\n[The wiki's trivia section for\nOrochi](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Orochi#Trivia) indicates he may\nhave originally been intended by ONE (who came up with the character for the\nmanga) to provide a better challenge to Tatsumaki and the combined S-class,\nperhaps to create an opening for Gyoro-Gyoro to disable Tatsumaki.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-04T00:14:11.590", "id": "53143", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-04T00:21:35.713", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-04T00:21:35.713", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "53114", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAs of current writing (June 2019), **no, _Kino no Tabi_ (2017) hasn't released\nits OST yet**.\n\nFrom [the anime's official site (Japanese)](https://www.kinonotabi-\nanime.com/products/music/), the only product listed in the Music category is\nthe OP&ED CD and the limited-edition DVD (which contains the MV for _here and\nthere_ ).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-02T09:26:36.447", "id": "53122", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-02T09:26:36.447", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "53120", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nI think Shikamaru would be more of a knight because its move pattern is\ndifferent than other figures, he can jump over them - sort of similar to the\nway Shikamaru thinks.\n\nAsuma is a pawn, a simple guy/soldier who jumps in to help and sacrifices if\nnecessary.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-24T10:43:07.620", "id": "67489", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-24T10:54:45.427", "last_edit_date": "2022-11-24T10:54:45.427", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "70661", "parent_id": "53128", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nMost likely, the metaphor is not so well thought out that every shogi piece\nactually represents something.\n\nI looked through some clips to get the following info.\n\n * Most of this, if not all, comes from episode 77: _Climbing Silver_ , which I skimmed after writing this answer. The official subtitles differs from what I've quoted, but not so much that I felt inclined to fix them.\n\nAs Asuma says, he himself is a sacrificial pawn. True to this, he sacrifices\nhimself in battle in order to give Shikamaru a chance to formulate a strategy\nto defeat their foes.\n\nAsuma says Shikamaru is the knight. Of Shikamaru, he says:\n\n> This game is a must for people like you who are good at coming up with\n> strategies.\n\nIn episode 71: _My Friend_ , Asuma explains:\n\n> Although weak in strength, a knight can advance by jumping over pieces. The\n> unique movement represents your flexible thinking.\n\nAsuma likens the Climbing Silver, a strategy where pieces are deliberately\nsacrificed, to a sacrificial assault to break through enemy lines.\n\nShikamaru likens Hidan and Kakuzu to a rook and bishop (or simply _great\npieces_ in official translation), and says that to capture those pieces, bait\nis needed.\n\nThe king is, of course\n\n> The children of the village, who must be protected at all costs to ensure\n> the future.\n\nAsuma states the following:\n\n> Shogi allows you to work through various situations by utilizing each of the\n> piece's individual attributes.\n\nAs far as I'm aware, there isn't much more information than this regarding\nwhich piece is what. The last quote is important though. We can guess that the\nother pieces, with their differing movements, simply represent in general that\nthere are different types of shinobi with differing abilities and strength.\nThis is a game to represent combat, so we can guess that non-combatants are\nnot represented and all shogi pieces represent shinobi (excepting the king).\nExtrapolating from that, we can guess supply lines and other support positions\nare not directly represented in the game (If there is a way to regain captured\npieces, that could be a way to indirectly represent medical ninjas). We can\nguess that the Hokage is represented by the strongest piece.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-23T14:44:54.827", "id": "67930", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-23T16:29:55.800", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-23T16:29:55.800", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "53128", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI can give at best a partial answer. The part I can give are the databook\npages concerning Atomic Samurai and Flashy Flash: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/uUYKA.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iYcll.jpg)\n\nTheir statblocks are nearly identical, and the one stat they have a max rating\nin is the same. [According to a post in a gamefaqs\nthread](https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/2000121-anime-and-manga-other-\ntitles/72639438) the stats listed in order are\n\n 1. (Tairyoku)Physical strength/Stamina\n\n 2. (Chiryoku)Intelligence \n\n 3. (Seigi-kan)Sense of Justice \n\n 4. (Jikyu-ryoku)Endurance \n\n 5. **(Shunpatsu Ryoku)Instantaneous Force/Speed**\n\n 6. (Ninki)Popularity \n\n 7. (Jiiseki)Success/actual Results \n\n 8. (hero-specific ability rating)\n\nI've bolded the one stat they both have at maximum.\n\nHowever, these are not objective stat blocks, they are stat blocks from the\nperspective of the Heroes Association (or possibly Genos, as there's a Saitama\nstat block later that's specifically from Genos's perspective). King, for\nexample, has max stats in every single category, which we know to not be\nobjectively accurate.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-06T00:25:09.580", "id": "53158", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-06T00:48:20.987", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-06T00:48:20.987", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "53136", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is just how I interpret it based on what I know.\n\nIn **Chapter 72** , when Levi and Erwin are talking about the plan to defeat\nthe Beast Titan, it was revealed that, to quote from the wiki,\n\n> He cared more about discovering the secrets hidden in Eren's basement, and\n> finally proving his father's theories correct, than he did about retaking\n> the lost territory of Wall Maria. **His dream of understanding the world was\n> so strong that he confessed to Levi that he considered it more important\n> than the victory of humanity.**\n\n**Levi was reminded of Kenny Ackerman who, while dying, told him that\neverybody has to be drunk with something...** This is when Levi realizes that\nwhat Kenny said applies to Erwin. Erwin was drunk on curiosity to understand\nthe world than to save the people within the walls. If he would choose Erwin,\nErwin would prioritize his dreams rather than their goal of saving humanity.\n\n**And then he later says he chose Armin because they pushed Erwin to be a\ndemon.** Had Erwin's circumstances been different, had his father not been\nkilled and if he was able to pursue his goals of understanding the world\nwithout having to worry about being arrested, he would probably have been a\nresearcher or someone other than a soldier. Levi understands that Erwin only\nwanted to answer the questions he had about the world. It was never really his\ndesire to become a soldier or be handed the position of someone who should\nsave humanity. If he chose Erwin, sure, Erwin's questions would be answered\nbut it would likely doom humanity as Erwin's goal stops at answering his\nquestions and proving his father right. In an episode of the latest season, I\nseem to recall Levi asking Erwin what happens after they find the truth in the\nbasement, to which Erwin replied 'I don't know'.\n\nErwin sacrificed many lives for his ambition whereas Armin sacrificed his life\nwith the intent of Eren achieving their ambitions. Armin was willing to give\nup his life and prioritize humanity's survival so long as Eren, the one he\npromised to see the sea with, can achieve their dream for the both of them.\nErwin, however, was willing to give up the lives of his subordinates in order\nto achieve his dream, which only is about answering his questions and proving\nhis father right.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-06T23:27:04.760", "id": "53167", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-06T23:27:04.760", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53137", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nwell, my interpretation is that erwin’s main goal was only to find out the\ntruth of the world, by going to the basement. that his dream ends there. he\nhimself stated that he didn’t know what he would do after he accomplished his\ndream, and so even if levi gave him the injection, he wouldn’t have any\nmotivation to continue after visiting the basement. this ties in with kenny’s\nlast words, which levi took into consideration and was a huge factor in his\ndecision. kenny said that “everyone needed to be drunk on something to\ncontinue” in other words, they needed a goal. erwin was so close to reaching\nthat goal, which was also why he hesitated so much to give up on it. + it was\nhis time to rest\n\non the other hand, armin’s dreams stretch much further than erwin’s. armin\nsaid that the first part of his goal was to see the sea, “lets START by seeing\nthe sea”, showing that even after visiting the basement, he would go on to\nreach his goal, unlike erwin. thus, levi was looking into the long term, and\nchose based on who would have the drive and motivation to lead the survey\ncorps the best in the future.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-01T13:53:31.843", "id": "56698", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-01T13:53:31.843", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51830", "parent_id": "53137", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI've been following one punch man season 2 since it was released and **the\nusual time has always been on Wednesdays in the afternoon** US, NY(GMT-4).\nFirstly, the main website I use is the [Episode calendar for shows and anime\nin the US](https://episodecalendar.com/en/show/one-punch-man) and it shows the\n5th of June.\n\nI'm pretty sure you won't be able to find any american websites that have\nepisode 9 till the 5th of June and if your lucky enough to find any, it would\nbe RAW without any subtitles.\n\nThe release date for people in the US and english speaking countries is always\na bit longer because of the time taken to sub the shows.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-03T19:00:01.033", "id": "53140", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-03T19:00:01.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "53139", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt was delayed by a week. 6/11/2019 and to the guy who said most American\nsites don't play till the 5th lol. It comes out soon as it's done airing\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-04T17:21:02.510", "id": "53148", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-04T17:45:06.003", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-04T17:45:06.003", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "47535", "parent_id": "53139", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to\n\n[LiveChart.Me](https://twitter.com/LiveChart_me/status/1135711695517564928)\nand [opm_anime](https://twitter.com/opm_anime/status/1135710483384655872)\n\n> Today's broadcast of One Punch Man has been cancelled due to the French\n> Open. Episode #21 will air next week on June 11t\n>\n> 「全仏OPテニス2019」編成により、本日予定していた「ワンパンマン」#\n> 21「最強の悩み」放送配信は休止となりました。次回の放送予定は6/11（火）25:35～です。申し訳ございませんがご了承ください。錦織圭選手×ナダル選手を応援しましょう！\n> #onepunchman\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-04T20:26:44.023", "id": "53151", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-04T20:26:44.023", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "53139", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI found [this reddit\npost](https://www.reddit.com/r/fairytail/comments/31b8fj/what_happend_with_all_the_magic_circles/)\nfrom 4 years ago that addresses this issue. Relevant comments from the thread:\n\n> **u/AjStarGG:** Well, the new studio is following the manga even closer than\n> the old one and the circles are not in the manga.\n>\n> _**u/GrumpySatan:**_ The origin of the magic circles was to allow for them\n> to reuse animation sequences. This saves a lot of time and money for anime\n> studios since it helps extend the length of episodes without additional\n> costs. Most animes based on popular and on-going series will use techniques\n> like this. But it has become less popular as it generally degrades quality\n> or breaks up the story.\n>\n> It was actually fairly popular for fairy tail since they kept it consistent\n> and it made some scenes (Mystogan v Laxus is my personal favorite) really\n> good.\n\nThat might also be the reason why you feel the fights ended more quickly.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-04T15:56:21.360", "id": "53146", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-04T15:56:21.360", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "53144", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nShort version: no, such an event is unique to the manga.\n\nLong version: I'm going through the webcomic looking for all of his encounters\nwith monsters...\n\n 1. Beginning of Chapter 42: King runs into Shitanobeel, a person who transformed into a lizard-like monster over his obsession with reptiles. Shitanobeel quickly prostrates himself and surrenders. According to the commentary of the surrounding people, the monster cries, goes into convulsions, and passes out. In Chapter 100 we learn he's still alive. Briefly.\n\n 2. Shortly thereafter, he encounters Dushimof, the Machine God, and later the giant bird. He talks his away out of the first one, but neither monster is too afraid to fight him, at least during the time we see them. King's internal monologue specifically laments that Dushimof is too strong to be scared away by his reputation alone.\n\n 3. Shortly thereafter, King's internal monologue reveals that there have been 6 prior instances where some (high-power) monster appeared before him, he closed his eyes in fear or ran away, and by the time he looked again the monster was dead. It is strongly implied in the next chapter that Saitama was responsible for all of them (in a few cases he is manifestly so, as we can recognize the monster or even see him defeating it). These are the events that led King to be recognized as The Strongest Man On Earth; presumably he had no substantial reputation before then, and it's not clear if the monsters in question ever even noticed him.\n\nWe don't see King encounter any other monsters until much later, around\nchapter 73, though he has several cameo appearances as he plays games or eats\nhot pot with Saitama. This is in stuff that hasn't been covered in the anime\nor manga yet.\n\n> 4\\. Starting in Chapter 73 he faces off against Psykos, Homeless Emperor,\n> Evil Water, and Black Sperm at once. All of them are very tentative about\n> doing anything and, of course, interpret his every action as those of a\n> supreme combat force. Even when he runs away a few chapters later. Psykos\n> says that she knows very little about him, and that most monsters that\n> encounter him simply faint. None of his opponents faint or die here. But\n> Psykos and Homeless Emperor get attacked by other Heroes, Evil Water does\n> nothing because he senses no violence from King, and Black Sperm is left to\n> face him alone (refusing to help the others because that'd leave him open to\n> King's attack), before he also gets distracted.\n\nKing has not had any other encounters with monsters depicted in the webcomic.\nSo no deaths, but one went into convulsions and fainted, and there's an\nunreliable and unsourced rumor that many others have fainted as well.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-08T08:37:32.727", "id": "53183", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-13T09:13:23.950", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-13T09:13:23.950", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "53152", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe music at this scene seems to be a variation of the second half of the song\n凸】♀】♂】←巨人 : <https://youtu.be/CVk770kdp3A?t=136> \\- the song from the OST\ncontains some sound effects which are not heared in the scene itself.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-06T21:50:40.877", "id": "53166", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-06T21:50:40.877", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47562", "parent_id": "53154", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe songs name is probably ' **Bad Karma** '\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-16T10:00:07.183", "id": "65413", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-16T10:00:07.183", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62007", "parent_id": "53154", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou missed some parts. In **Chapter 20** of the manga, when Leorio proposed\nthe bet, the prisoner said:\n\n> Prisoner: All right... **I'll bet 20 hours...that he really is out cold.**\n\nThis would mean that _Leorio's bet automatically is that he's not out cold_.\nWhen Leorio was about to let go of the guy playing dead, the prisoner changed\nhis mind.\n\n> Leorio: Look, if he yells out while falling...we'll accept that Kurapika's\n> lost on a foul. You'll get the win. That seem fair to you? \n> Prisoner: Yes, quite fair. **But I'd like to change my bet. Let me put 40\n> hours on him waking up.**\n\nSo, Leorio's bet was changed to the guy not waking up due to this last minute\nproposition. Therefore, he lost.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-06T09:46:49.960", "id": "53162", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-06T09:46:49.960", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53159", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_[Genos](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/Genos/Synopsis) was already\nS-rank upon entering the Hero Association._ Amai Mask couldn't stop his\npromotion as he was never promoted from A-rank to S-rank in the first place.\n\n**I couldn't understand the logic behind promoting Genos who is just a\nnewcomer in hero association and manages to get into the highest rank in just\nfew episodes.** In **Episode 5** , The Hero Association interviewed Genos\nabout the House of Evolution's destruction and upon confirming that Genos\nplayed a part in it, they made an exception and gave him the rank of S-class\nbased on prior experience.\n\n**And I don't see why Amai Mask has to keep his plan while knowing that\nthere's a rule to promote a hero to S rank in instant.** Again, **it's not\npromotion**.\n[Promotion](https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=promotion&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8)\nis a change of rank from a lower rank to higher rank. Genos is initially\nS-rank so no promotion took place. He was not initially assessed as A-rank.\nAmai Mask maintains his plan to prevent those heroes initially assessed as\nA-rank below from climbing into S-rank. This might not be stated in the manga\nbut I see this as his way to prevent diminishing the standards on what it\ntakes to be an S-class hero, although he does acknowledge a few heroes not in\nS-class.\n\nIt's by his choice that Amai Mask maintains his rank as A-class Rank 1. The\ndifference in ranking does not immediately mean that Amai Mask is weaker than\nGenos. Example being King, who's S-rank but is weak and Saitama who's B-rank\nbut is probably stronger than most, if not all, S-class heroes.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-07T04:10:05.213", "id": "53169", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-07T04:59:19.883", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-07T04:59:19.883", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53168", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom what I know and have searched, Rohan himself is the only limit. Most\nenemy Stand users also have a counter to Heaven's Door: since it needs to\ntouch what it affects, as long as they aren't touched, they're okay.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-05T11:20:09.693", "id": "59510", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-07T01:35:52.370", "last_edit_date": "2020-09-07T01:35:52.370", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "56099", "parent_id": "53173", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to the wikia he can,\n\n * Remove memories\n * Alter memories\n * Put commands into the person's mind\n * **Allowing the person to do things that shouldnt be physically possible, such as commanding Josuke to fly backwards at 70 km/h, _or allowing Koichi to speak Italian_**.\n * He can not read his own memory, but he may write commands on himself\n\n[Heaven's door - Jojo Wikia](https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/Heaven%27s_Door)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-24T01:48:13.910", "id": "66535", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-24T01:48:13.910", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "53173", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nPer [the fan wiki](https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Kirigaya_Kazuto),\nhis surname was Narusaka (鳴坂) prior to his adoption.\n\n> Born on October 7, 2008, Narusaka Kazuto was adopted by his aunt and uncle a\n> year after his birth, when his biological parents died in an accident.\n\nAccording to [this news\narticle](https://www.monstersandcritics.com/anime/sword-art-online-\nseason-4-release-date-sao-unital-ring-light-novels-the-sequel-to-the-four-\ncour-alicization-anime-spoilers/) and some other sources I found, this was\nrevealed at the beginning of _Unital Ring_ , originally in [the January 2018\nissue](https://twitter.com/sao_wikia/status/939465711772209152) of Dengeki\nBunko, which publishes SAO as a serialized story.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-08T00:14:48.617", "id": "53176", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-08T00:14:48.617", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "53175", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe hand signs used to evoke the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu aren't different\nthan the standard Shadow Clone Jutsu. The _only_ difference is the amount of\nchakra consumed during the execution of the jutsu.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-08T02:13:30.273", "id": "53180", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-08T02:13:30.273", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "53178", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe hand signs are given below:\n\n\n\nHope this answers your question.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-12T10:11:17.537", "id": "53222", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-12T10:11:17.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47566", "parent_id": "53178", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter acquiring _Tessaiga_ , Inuyasha no longer needed to rely on his more\nbasic attacks unless he was without his signature weapon and otherwise out of\noptions.\n\nAdditionally, Blades of Blood would require him to be previously injured,\nsince it was an attack based on his own blood. As time progressed, Inuyasha\nfound himself in fewer situations where that attack would be viable, due to\nhim improving as a swordsman, and having a group of friends to help fight\ncertain _yokai_ (whereas in the past, he did that all on his own).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-09T00:59:59.570", "id": "53194", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-09T00:59:59.570", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "53186", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nQuite simply the Servant will demand their wish to be granted\n\n> Although too powerful to be controlled by humans, they are bound by three\n> Command Spells, representing the Masters' \"right to rule\" over them, with\n> obedience towards the Command Spells being the \"absolute condition required\n> for materialization.\" **Due to the prospect of having a wish granted by the\n> Holy Grail** , it also serves as an incentive to cooperate with the Master\n\nSource: [Servant > Nature (4th\nParagraph)](https://typemoon.fandom.com/wiki/Servant#Nature)\n\nServants are summoned from the Throne of Heroes with the promise of their own\nwish being granted and as Rin explains in the Visual Novel to Shirou, it is\nonly the Servants who can use the Holy Grail as such Masters who want their\nown wish granted need to have 1 Command Spell remaining to force the Servant\nto grant their wish over the Servants.\n\nSome Servant's wish is granted by being summoned such as Diarmuid Ua Duibhne\nwho wanted to serve a lord again while with some Masters the Wish from the\nGrail is not their goal such as Waver who wanted to win as proof that his was\nas good of a Magus as they of the bloodline families while Tohsaka Tokiomi\nwanted to use the Grail as a means to reach The Root, not to wish for a way\nthere. one can also suspect that the Einzberns wanted the same since that's\nwhere they would reclaim the 5th Magic.\n\nhowever post 3rd Fuyuki War even if a Master or Servant had no wish from the\nGrail, it would default to Angra Mainyu's as his was already in the process of\nbeing granted. wishes made after that point was more Angra Mainyu using the\nGrail's power to grant the wish itself (ie. how the process of Kiritsugu's\nwish was described to him in _Fate/Zero_ )\n\nIn the event of no Wish by anyone i would suspect the energy would be saved up\nand anew Holy Grail War would start sooner. this is sorta like what happened\nbetween the 4th and 5th wars yet some of that energy was spilled out in the\nform of the Black Mud but there was still enough to cut the wait time to the\nnext war to less than a decade.\n\nhowever the chances of no one having a wish is very very very low. Diarmuid\nwas probably a rare case for not having a wish for after the war so there will\nvery likely always be a Servant who would want their wish granted while\nMasters are actually chosen by the Grail. while the choosing process is not\nclear we could think that they all have to desire the Grail's use. Shirou\nbeing chosen could be explained by his ideal to be a hero\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-09T00:32:29.983", "id": "53193", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-09T00:32:29.983", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "53187", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHard to say. Depends on how you define 'girlfriend-kind' of love.\n\nIf the love you're talking about is the kind of love wherein he would choose\nher over the world, then no. If it's the kind of love where it meant choosing\nthe former between preventing another war, even if it means having to kill\nher; or being with her no matter what, then yes.\n\nIn _Itachi Shinden: Book of Dark Night_ , the following can be read:\n\n> _I decided that Izumi would be first …_ By killing her himself, he wiped\n> away the last of his hesitation—the hesitation borne of unfinished business\n> with the clan, of bonds of emotion.\n\nItachi was hesitant. The way I interpret it, Itachi does indeed consider Izumi\nas a part of his life since he thought of Izumi as a hurdle to overcome. He\nplaced her in a Tsukuyomi where she lived to an old age together with Itachi,\nhaving and raising a family together before she died, both in dream and real\nlife. If he had no feelings for her, he'd easily kill her but he went to such\nlengths to give her a peaceful and painful death, with consideration of her\nown feelings towards him.\n\nWith this, I think it can be said that Itachi, at least, considers her as\nsomeone important to his life. Whether he truly loved her or not in a romantic\nkind of way would probably depend on how you define love.\n\nThey were not girlfriend and boyfriend but they were, however, [seen by their\npeers as a couple](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Izumi_Uchiha).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-08T20:15:45.363", "id": "53189", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-08T20:15:45.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53188", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is information about him, albeit his name was never mentioned.\n\nIn _Itachi Shinden: Book of Bright Light_\n\n> “My dad died in Nine Tails’s attack.” .. “Oh! My dad’s not an Uchiha. My\n> mom’s Uchiha. After my dad died, we came back to the clan, and I became an\n> Uchiha, too,” Izumi told him, as if reading his mind. \n> “Is there a connection between your father’s death and the sharingan?”\n> “Yeah.” Izumi sighed, and met Itachi’s eyes. Her own had returned to normal.\n> “I was there with my dad when he died. He died right in front of me. He was\n> protecting me. So I …” Tears ran down her cheeks. “It was like, if I just\n> had more power, my dad wouldn’t have had to die … During the funeral, and\n> the whole time after that, I blamed myself. ‘If only I had more power,’ I\n> said.”\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-08T20:28:53.033", "id": "53191", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-08T20:28:53.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53190", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nIn one chapter, Second of Third Hokage says that Kagami Uchiha was a good and\ntalented member from Uchiha's clan and says that he was the father of Izumi.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-14T20:41:21.627", "id": "53243", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-14T20:41:21.627", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47675", "parent_id": "53190", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is probably _Senna_ by Shiro Sagisu from album _Memories of nobody_\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-09-01T11:51:04.953", "id": "54162", "last_activity_date": "2019-09-01T11:51:04.953", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "36542", "parent_id": "53196", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSaid by whom?\n\nThe only fight you see Darkshine have in the manga at this point is against\nBug God, which is an easy victory.\n\n> In the webcomic, he suffers a psychological breakdown in his first fight\n> (ending in chapter 76) against Garou when the thought that he might lose\n> occurs to him. Even then we see him bleeding from his mouth and nose. In his\n> second fight against Garou (chapter 85) he is easily knocked down, has\n> multiple minor cuts and a head laceration at least, and ultimately can't\n> even get one word out without coughing blood before passing out. He's not\n> explicitly shown or stated to have any broken bones, or anything more severe\n> than any of that, though the coughing bit suggests he might have fractured\n> ribs. He ends up knocked out and unable to continue fighting in pretty short\n> order, one way or another.\n\nBefore all that we're told he had never lost a fight before (chapter 76; as a\nhero at least; before he started training maybe he'd been in a school fight or\nsomething and lost), and never really felt challenged.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-15T03:36:56.157", "id": "53246", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-15T03:36:56.157", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "53240", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's the _seed_ on shiny Ivysaur and Venusaur that is golden. While still a\nBulbasaur, the bulb as yet to bloom and the seed is covered by the green\nleaves.\n\nIn [one episode](https://youtu.be/Jel0DjTP-C4?t=5) of the anime, it shows a\nBulbasaur evolve into an Ivysaur. Albeit it's not shiny, you can clearly see\nthe evolution process causes the bulb to bloom which reveals the seed on its\nback.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-15T15:03:02.130", "id": "53249", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-15T15:03:02.130", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "53245", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the original Gold/Silver games for Game Boy Color, shiny Pokemon were first\nintroduced to the public as rare collectible versions that appear 1 in 8192\nwild encounters.\n\nBut most people don't know this one thing about shiny Pokemon and their\ncolors: **the developers didn't manually choose shiny Pokemon colors**.\n\nAll they did was **substitute each Pokemon sprite's colors with another\nsuitable palette** , and they simply published whatever came out of the other\nend of that substitution, rarely applying additional touch-ups. To achieve\nthis, sometimes they **passed each pixel of the sprites through _bitwise\nfilters or masks_ , or inverted the colors to their complements**. Whatever\nmethod was used, the output of such operations was reflected in shiny Pokemon\nduring the first 5 generations. Consequently, there's often a 1:1 match\nbetween the colors of shiny forms with their non-shiny counterparts.\n\n( **Since Bulbasaur doesn't have a pink flower that's bloomed yet, its shiny\nform also lacks a golden flower.** )\n\nThis process set a precedent for how shiny Pokemon were \"supposed\" to look\nlike. Since then, Pokemon has made _some_ modifications, but many species\npresent in much the same form as they did in their original forms from 2000.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-02-13T23:13:47.493", "id": "61909", "last_activity_date": "2021-02-13T23:31:09.953", "last_edit_date": "2021-02-13T23:31:09.953", "last_editor_user_id": "58834", "owner_user_id": "58834", "parent_id": "53245", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell, it is _intuition_. The more powerful/nen expert a person gets, the more\nintuitive he gets. Experience also counts as one factor.\n\nIf you remember the time during Gon returning to Whale Island after the Hunter\nExam with Killua, he received Greed Island contents from Mito which was given\nby Ging.\n\nNow here,\n\n 1. How did Ging know that Gon would attend the Hunter exam?\n 2. How did he know if Gon would qualify underground exam and learn nen?\n 3. How would he know how the Zodiacs would react in the presidential election (after Netero's death)?\n\nThis shows how experienced and intuitive he is. As said by Bisky that Netero\nregards Ging as one of the 5 best nen users in the world.\n\n**Similarly, Ging knew Gon would not die.**\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-16T06:30:00.330", "id": "53256", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-20T03:53:59.837", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-20T03:53:59.837", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "47698", "parent_id": "53254", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt runs in the family. When Jing was younger, he did some pretty risky things\nhimself. So it's a gut-feeling for him that Gon won't die.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-07-06T19:02:19.733", "id": "64156", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-06T19:02:19.733", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "58474", "parent_id": "53254", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to [Fandom Wiki about Ging\nFreecss](https://hunterxhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Ging_Freecss),\n\n> **Genius-Level Intellect:** Ging is arguably one of the most intelligent\n> characters of the series. He has foreseen most of Gon's choices and actions\n> since leaving home, including his participation in the Hunter Exam, his\n> journey to Greed Island and his meeting with Kite. He also guessed correctly\n> what the process to decide the rules of the election would be and ensured\n> his own would win, outmaneuvering the rest of the Zodiacs. His predictions\n> regarding the election for the new chairman of the Hunter Association were\n> accurate and even Cheadle, despite disliking him and being extremely smart\n> herself, asked him for advice. He manipulated Leorio, a person he knew\n> nothing of, so that he could become a hindrance to Pariston's victory, which\n> he did. Furthermore, when Ging got rid of the Nen users from Muherr's party\n> at the underground level and was going back up to the castle, he pointed out\n> to Pariston that if he wants to see his abilities he has to come at him\n> rather than building up badly designed self-serving scenarios, showing his\n> superiority as a battle analyst even in times of conflict. It can be\n> affirmed that Ging's preeminent mental skills are his deductive\n> intelligence, quickness of mind and versatility. Ging is a polymath since he\n> has extensive knowledge in various fields of academic studies. However, he\n> claims that he studies subjects that interest him only.\n\n> Ging is also able to correctly guess someone's natural Nen type the instant\n> after they had used an ability, as he did with Muherr's henchmen, which\n> implies he may have learned or developed his own system to identify\n> different Nen users; though he was unable to identify the guns as not being\n> conjured by the henchmen themselves. Ging's knowledge in Nen also allows him\n> to identify Golem as a symbiotic Nen user upon the first impression.\n\nI am sure he knows the Nen abilities of Gon as well.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-06T21:12:19.800", "id": "65363", "last_activity_date": "2021-09-20T03:54:01.923", "last_edit_date": "2021-09-20T03:54:01.923", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "49915", "parent_id": "53254", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, there is no quad-fusion or fusion between 2 a already fused fighters.\nSimilar to [this\nquestion](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/32320/can-the-kai-\nearingspotara-earings-be-used-again-and-again-to-keep-fusing-indiv?rq=1), you\nessentially have to be your original self to fuse with another person.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-20T15:43:08.110", "id": "53306", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-20T15:43:08.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "37311", "parent_id": "53259", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs mentioned in [the wiki](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Seastone):\n\n> Upon contact the material drains the victim's body of energy, and stops them\n> from controlling their Devil Fruit powers - having the same effect as\n> throwing them into the sea.\n\nIt doesn't simply lock the DF powers, but drains the energy of the user. This\nis why DF users are unable to even swim in the sea. Otherwise, if it was only\nblocking their DF power, they could have still stayed afloat if they had the\nphysical stamina.\n\nUnlike the sea which inhibits DF users to the maximum, seastone itself can\nhave varying degrees of power\n\n> The degree of \"weakness\" induced by the Seastone depends on its density and\n> composition; for example, Seastone handcuffs rob the prisoner of their\n> abilities, but still allow the prisoner to move their bodies around\n> normally.\n\nSo it just becomes a matter of ensuring that the prisoners don't have enough\npower in them to use Haki properly. As mentioned in Chapter 935 (Wano arc),\n\n> Luffy has indicated that being weakened by Seastone affects his Haki, as he\n> was unable to use it with Seastone handcuffs on and became able to once he\n> had the cuffs removed\n\nMy personal assumption had been that since the DF user's body is drained of\npower in the seastone cuffs, the result after a Haki boost was still not\nenough. Busoshoku Haki in general only acts as invisible armor, which can then\nbe used in an offensive manner due to the users own attacks or weapons. It\nonly makes things harder/denser and doesn't grant more 'force' or power to\nthem.\n\nHowever, considering the above excerpt which seems to indicate they can't use\nit at all, there might be some other yet to be introduced mechanic.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-17T05:01:13.860", "id": "53266", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-17T05:01:13.860", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "53261", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's explained\n[here](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Wind_Release:_Rasenshuriken):\n\n> Naruto is able to overcome these flaws by learning Senjutsu. By coating the\n> Rasenshuriken in Senjutsu chakra, its shape is maintained after formation,\n> meaning that he can use it as a projectile and, as a result, that he no\n> longer needs to worry about damaging himself.\n\nI'm not sure if this was explained in the anime since I only read the manga so\nif it's not, I suggest reading the manga starting at **Chapter 400** , which I\nbelieve is the start of Naruto's training for Senjutsu.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-17T00:43:55.040", "id": "53264", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-17T00:43:55.040", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "53262", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis answer will be spoilers for anyone not mostly caught up to the latest\nwebcomic chapter, of course. It will be easier to list those who left.\n\n \n \n\n* * *\n\n \n \nLast warning about them spoilers...\n\n 1. Bang - retired (chapter 110).\n 2. Superalloy Darkshine - retired, joined Neo Heroes as a trainer (chapter 110).\n 3. Child Emperor - joined Neo Heroes (chapter 110)\n 4. Metal Bat - joined Neo Heroes (chapter 110)\n\nHonorable mentions: Genos was going to join the Neo Heroes until Saitama\nrejected the idea of joining them. We also see two people that HA recruiters\nwere offering S-class positions to if they joined (a sumo wrestler and a\nleader of a mercenary troupe), but both of them were already set to join the\nNeo Heroes. In chapter 107 we learn that several of the Tank Toppers have left\nthe HA (possibly joining the Neo Heroes), including Tank Top Vegetarian (an\nA-class).\n\nIn chapter 110, one of the administrative people with the Neo Heroes, who had\npreviously been with the HA, says they've had many more defections across the\nrankings and classes of the HA. But we haven't seen any of them to date.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/a4mKB.png)\n\nGiven the structural setup of the sequence of events leading up to this point\n--early in the chapter we have a \"wait, they're not the only ones leaving...\"\nfrom an HA administration person, then it cuts to Metal Bat, Child Emperor,\nand Darkshine at the Neo Heroes--it is strongly suggested that the above list\nis currently complete. There are several other S-class heroes who seem to\neither be on a short leash or have doubled down on training in the wake of\ntheir defeat in the Garou fight, but none of them have clearly left the\nassociation or been removed from it to date.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-17T06:34:11.690", "id": "53267", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-17T06:34:11.690", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "53263", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's most likely a mix of,\n\n * [Human Hummingbird](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumanHummingbird)\n * [Kewpie Doll Surprise](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KewpieDollSurprise)\n * [Wheel o' Feet](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WheelOFeet)\n * [Floating Limbs](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FloatingLimbs)\n * Possibly also [Thundering Herd](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThunderingHerd) if you want to consider the background or context for the first image\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-17T20:41:53.673", "id": "53647", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-17T20:41:53.673", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48140", "parent_id": "53269", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nI doubt there is an actual name for this but it's likely a trope that derived\nfrom older manga works., most notably that of Fujio Akatsuka. It's best\ndescribed as an \"afterimage\" of movement.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/m6aTx.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yqk0x.jpg)\n\nThere are many names for such, like \"ghost feet\", but there's not any real\nagree upon terms for this trope.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/grRW0.jpg)\n\n * From [this book about super-deformed characters](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%87%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%81%AE%E6%8F%8F%E3%81%8D%E6%96%B9-%E2%80%95%E3%83%87%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E8%A1%A8%E7%8F%BE%E3%81%AE%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%92%E5%BE%B9%E5%BA%95%E8%A7%A3%E8%AA%AC-%E8%B6%85%E6%8F%8F%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA-%E6%BF%B1%E5%85%83-%E9%9A%86%E8%BC%94/dp/476830723X/)\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-08T17:07:36.040", "id": "59761", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-08T17:07:36.040", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "53269", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAll of the previous owners of One For All have passed their quirks on to the\npower and its successors which would be highly indicative that the user of One\nFor All retains their original quirk when receiving the power\n\n[One For All](https://bokunoheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/One_For_All)\n\n> Over time, One For All has amassed the Quirks of all the users. Now, Izuku\n> is starting to manifest some of those Quirks. This first showed itself\n> during the Joint Training Battle with Class 1-B. He starts with Blackwhip, a\n> Quirk that reacted to Izuku's anger and wanting to capture Neito Monoma.\n> Izuku has five other Quirks to discover and become able to use.\n\n \n\n> One of the previous holders of One For All explained that seeing the traces\n> is a side effect of the core of One For All itself growing. The original\n> Quirk factors that had belonged to previous bearers of One For All had\n> merged with the core of One For All. This previous holder of One For All\n> explained that the core of One For All was concealed by the trait of One For\n> All that stockpiles power and that the core of One For All is growing.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-06-17T21:29:08.370", "id": "53273", "last_activity_date": "2019-06-18T12:45:36.740", "last_edit_date": "2019-06-18T12:45:36.740", "last_editor_user_id": "27657", "owner_user_id": "8231", "parent_id": "53271", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is no official answer in the manga, but I can speculate that they pulled\na Riener and simply bit the nape of the Titan, taking their powers (and life).\nThey might have waited 13 years, or just killed them outright to separate the\npowers. There could have been constant attacks and threats to the titan\nshifters, so this also might explain the reason the Ackerman family came to\nbe. We know one thing though, King Riess said he was horrified at the\natrocities of his ancestors (or something along those lines). There was\nprobably a ton of backstabbing that, over time, enabled Marley to eventually\nacquire seven out of the nine titans.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-11-05T00:57:54.333", "id": "55780", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-10T11:25:28.383", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-10T11:25:28.383", "last_editor_user_id": "36222", "owner_user_id": "50436", "parent_id": "53276", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, it was 8 not 7. As simple as I can say when king fritz decided to go\nand live on the paradise island. He only took the **founding** titan with him.\nAnd the other 8 titans remained on the mainland.\n\n> 7 of them in the hand of Marley and the other one (Warhammer titan) in the\n> Tybur family.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-12-21T19:41:06.727", "id": "61346", "last_activity_date": "2020-12-21T19:41:06.727", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57813", "parent_id": "53276", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [Wikia](https://rezero.fandom.com/wiki/Satella/Relationships)\n\nCertain people, such as Echidna and Pandora, have referred to Emilia as \"the\nwitch's daughter\", with Pandora also mentioning that she was of the witch's\nbloodline after seeing her power, hinting at some sort of connection between\nthe two, though nothing has been explained.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-19T19:35:59.927", "id": "53672", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-19T19:35:59.927", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "53285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI fell as though she is Satella because of the simple fact that when Subaru\nasked her name for the very first time, she told him it was Satella.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-11T06:51:27.283", "id": "58103", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-13T05:57:25.570", "last_edit_date": "2020-07-13T05:57:25.570", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "54249", "parent_id": "53285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNot revealed yet. But it could be a time travel/timeline story.\n\nEach time Subaru dies, it’s actually a parallel timeline. Satella is Emilia\nfrom one of them... except in the future. Where Subaru did everything \"right\"\nbut died.\n\nNot knowing the truth, Emilia travelled back in time, so she can \"save\" Subaru\nfrom death by making him come back from death, unknowingly creating the\nsituation leading to his death.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-09T03:41:11.930", "id": "59528", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-10T21:04:22.517", "last_edit_date": "2020-09-10T21:04:22.517", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "56163", "parent_id": "53285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that Emilia is actually the daughter of the Witch (Satella), because\nof three reasons :\n\n 1. It is mentioned many times by the villagers and other witches and many more that she is actually the witch's daughter and not the witch herself.\n\n 2. when she met Pandora in Echidna's tea party it felt like they both had some kind of relation (like 'aunt-niece' cause all withes are like sisters) cause Pandora was crying after they met, and she knew her mother too .\n\n 3. When Satella was finally revealed she had quite a uncanny resemblance to Emily like of a mother and daughter.\n\nSo at last my conclusion is that Emilia's mother was Satella and her father\nwas some Elf and due to some cause emilia was left in Fortuna's (her father's\nsister) care and that'swhy even Fortuna couldn't tell Emilia 'bout her mother\ncause she was the witch's DAUGHTER.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-10T21:43:44.287", "id": "62418", "last_activity_date": "2021-04-10T21:43:44.287", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59961", "parent_id": "53285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nAs mentioned above, it is not yet revealed/confirmed, but I do suspect that\nthis whole story has time travel written all over it. The trials set by the\nWitch of Greed in the Sanctuary allowed Subaru to view \"An unspeakable\npresent\", there he saw all of the alternate realities where he died, all the\ntimes he died. There, we learned that people even tried healing his body and\nsucceeded but because of his Return by Death, the Soul was no longer in his\nbody, but instead in the new timeline where time reset.\n\nI theorize that Satella is in fact Emilia, from the future. This can simply be\nan alias Emilia calls herself when she travels back in time to become the\nWitch of Envy. All of this, to save Subaru, who has died in her timeline. So\nshe grants him the gift of \"Return by death\" after having gained enough power\nto do so by consuming all of the other witches. This way, she made sure Subaru\nwould live no matter what, in one timeline. This would explain why Emilia\nlooks IDENTICAL to Satella, why she gave the name of Satella in the first\nepisode, why Satella is OBSESSED with Subaru, and claims to love him deeply.\nShe obviously knows him, but he doesn't know Satella. This is because, as I\nmentioned, Satella is definitely a future Emilia from another timeline. Time\ntravel is confusing ;D\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-10-10T01:40:44.203", "id": "65712", "last_activity_date": "2021-10-10T01:40:44.203", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62776", "parent_id": "53285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI feel as if Satella is actually Emilia, who travelled back in time to get the\nauthority of Envy but suddenly got trapped in the past but somehow had a link\nto Subaru and her present/future events. Which could explain why she knew\nabout Subaru before he came to Lugnica and why Emilia gave herself the name of\nthe Witch of Envy. It would also explain why their appearances look similar\nbecause Satella looks similar to an adult Emilia which could explain why she\nwas able to retain knowledge about Subaru. She even acted on “love” and\nbrought him to Lugnica and cursed him with Return By Death so that he could\ncreate a future where they could be together.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-17T18:58:06.670", "id": "66233", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-17T18:58:06.670", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65091", "parent_id": "53285", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]