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[ { "body": "\n\nKakashi and Obito awoke their Mangekyou at the same time: when Kakashi killed\nRin.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/8ab8y.jpg) \n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JwDkj.jpg) \nObito (left) and Kakashi (right) awakening their Mangekyou. From chapter 605,\npages 4 and 5.\n\nNow, as for why Kakashi never used it before his fight with Deidara, I think\nthere's no definitive answer. However, I can think of two different educated\nguesses: one is in-universe, while the other is out-of-universe.\n\nIn-universe explanation: As you said, Kakashi was either unaware of or unable\nto control his Mangekyou Sharingan. I tend to think the former is the case,\nsince he passed out as soon as he awoke his Mangekyou, and probably had no\nmemory of awakening it ([Kakashi's page on Naruto\nwiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake#Mangeky.C5.8D_Sharingan)\nseems to agree with this explanation). If this is the case, after his fight\nwith Itachi he most likely tested to see if he had the Mangekyou, finding out\nhe did, and thus trained in order to perfect its use.\n\nOut-of-universe explanation: Kishimoto hadn't thought the whole story through.\nSince Tobi had not made an appearance in the first Naruto series, Kishi had\nnot yet thought about who he would be. If this is the case, then Kakashi's\nback story had not yet been planned, as well as Obito's. This would make it\nplausible that Kakashi was not initially planned to have a Mangekyou, since\nhis is transplanted. After the Kakashi Gaiden, however, the important\ncharacters are all introduced, which means he had most likely planned for\nObito to be Tobi, and about the link between his and Kakashi's Sharingan.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-28T10:19:51.620", "id": "4486", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-28T10:19:51.620", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4484", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\nI think Kakashi didn't use Mangekyou Sharingan before because it took to much\nchakra. And since he is not an Uchiha, it drained all of his chakra at once.\nAnd the next thing about him fainting right after activating the mangekyou for\nthe first time, its the same reason. Exhaustion. No need to explain in\nuniverse and out universe blah blah blah. During the gara incident, he used it\nbut had to be bed ridden. Same reason drainage of both physical and mental\nstrength.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-08-16T14:51:48.167", "id": "54004", "last_activity_date": "2019-08-16T14:51:48.167", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48568", "parent_id": "4484", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNope, it isn't explained at all.\n\nThe background you described is 100% filler and was never described in the\nmanga, so using the Summoning Jutsu without a blood pact doesn't necessarily\nteleport you randomly.\n\nAs for which animal is suitable for which. Jiraiya seemingly decided to give\nNaruto the frog contract because he had the contract himself, (not to mention\nthat Naruto's father, Minato, also had a blood contract with frogs).\n\nI don't think there's a requirement of any sort, but that's just guessing. The\nentire technique is cloaked in mystery.\n\nSee my answer on this other question: [How to summon a different animal using\nKuchiyose?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/756/how-to-summon-a-\ndifferent-animal-using-kuchiyose/763#763)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-28T17:14:46.733", "id": "4488", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-28T17:14:46.733", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.117", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4485", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nThe summoning jutsu is similar to time-space ninjutsu in that it connects two\ndimensions together for instant travel. For this to happen one must make a\nblood contract with a summons. How this takes place is unknown and\nunexplained, but it was stated that jariya found the hidden entrance to mount\nMyoboku and trained there. It can be assumed that after his training he\nacquired a contract with the toads. He then made a contract for minato and\nlater naruto. Other people may have been able to make contracts like this as\nwell as orochimaru was seen finding the entrance to the cave of the snakes.\nHow tsunade made a contract with the slugs is unknown (and wether there is\nmore than one slug).\n\nOn the question of compatibility there does seem to be conscious decision when\npicking a summons, however it does not inhibit a signing of a contract. Jariya\nhappened to have fire which worked well with the toads oil and naruto happened\nto develope wind nature which happened to work well with the toads water but\nthis was found out some 2.5 years later after he signed the contract. And\nminato seemingly had no natures yet he still has a contract. I would say that\nit strongly influences a decision to make a contract seal but does not dictate\na sealing.\n\nAnd on the basis of jariya's movements between mount Myoboku and the real\nworld it can be assumed that he made a contract upon his first stumbling upon\nthe mountain, and from the on used the reverse summoning to go back for his\ntraining over the years.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-04-19T06:45:35.897", "id": "8772", "last_activity_date": "2014-04-19T06:45:35.897", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4553", "parent_id": "4485", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nJust like how every shinobi has a unique nature for Ninjutsu. All shinobi have\nunique summonings.\n\nNot ALL summonings need contracts, in Sasukes and Madaras case they can summon\nanimals without contracts. Sasuke simply placed his hawk under genjutsu and\nbound the hawk to servitude probably after finding it in an unknown location.\nJugo probably lead him to it.\n\nMadara found the Nine Tails during his journey around the 5 Great Nations. And\nput it under a simple genjutsu bounding it to a contract for summoning.\n\nMaybe sasukes summoning isnt genjutsu bound but his summoning can't talk AT\nALL. Only kishi could explain.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-10-23T03:42:40.300", "id": "26765", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-23T03:42:40.300", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18657", "parent_id": "4485", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n 1. Kami didn't create the Black Star Dragon Balls. The entity known as the Nameless Namekian did. This is from the [Dragon Ball Wiki](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Star_Dragon_Ball):\n\n> The Black Star Dragon Balls, or Ultimate Dragon Balls, are a more powerful\n> version of the main Dragon Balls, created by the Nameless Namekian (before\n> Kami and King Piccolo split).\n\nSo Dende not having to recreate them is possibly due to there being a\ndifferent set of rules applied to them. Unfortunately, I don't think it's\npossible to point out when the Nameless Namekian made these Black Star Balls.\nHowever, it would make sense that the regular Dragon Balls had more\nrestricting rules, since Kami had a responsibility as Earth's guardian to make\nsure they wouldn't fall into the wrong hands, so it would make sense for them\nto be rendered useless by his death.\n\n 2. Since now we know it wasn't Kami but the Nameless Namekian who made them, except that we don't know the exact time he made them, it could be inferred they were made during a time when the Nameless Namekian began developing a bit of a corrupted side within him with less than perfect intentions. The side that would later becomes King Piccolo. \n\n 3. They weren't scattered because they were supposed to be hidden. Since Kami had knowledge of the Nameless Namekian in him, he and possibly Mr. Popo thought it would be better to keep watch over them. Again, from the Dragon Ball Wiki:\n\n> The only people who would have known of the existence of the balls would\n> have been Piccolo (due to him having all of Kami's knowledge) and possibly\n> Mr. Popo, but King Kai also knew of their existence.\n\nAlthough it probably wasn't smart to keep them all in one place, GT never\nreally did make much sense.\n\nAlso, this slipped by me the first time around, but to further prove GT's\nlogic isn't really logic, look at this snippet about the [Black Star\nballs](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Star_Dragon_Ball):\n\n> After the wish has been granted, the [Black Star] Dragon Balls spread across\n> the universe... If all seven balls have not been re-collected and returned\n> to the planet on which the wish was granted in one year, the planet will\n> explode. In the Japanese version, Mr. Popo insists that not only must they\n> be returned to the planet they were used on, but they must be returned to\n> their original spot, hence why Earth still exploded a year\n\nSo not only did the Nameless Namekian make them, but once a wish was granted,\nhe could never get to them again. Is space flight common already at that point\nin time? If it was, why make it near impossible to track the balls again\nwithout a Dragon Radar within a year, thus killing the Earth's populace?\n\nLast but not least, if Kami did have knowledge (which would've later\ntransferred over to Piccolo by them fusing and becoming the Nameless Namekian\nagain), why not go ahead and destroy the Dark Star Dragon Balls before all the\ndrama?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T22:04:48.963", "id": "4512", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-13T22:39:05.473", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-13T22:39:05.473", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2068", "parent_id": "4494", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\n 1. Dende didn't have to recreate them because when created Piccolo and Kami were joined together, then they split which then would make them disappear until when they joined back together again during the cell saga henceforth bringing them back; but being forgotten about they were never used.\n\n 2. The Black Star Dragon Balls would have been the first ones made on earth, and being made by the nameless Namekian whom would have been evil at the time would have something to do with it, but it's possible that they were made so powerful accidentally that they basically sacrifice the planet they're used on for whatever is desired. Of course unless they're collected and returned.\n\n 3. The Black Star Dragon Balls had to be together because they probably seemed safest at the lookout and they all have to be on the same planet otherwise the last one that they were used on would blow up in a year. Plus it would make sense having to be kept at the lookout because the guardians are supposed to protect them since they endanger the earth if used, but Dende's a noob so you gotta cut him some slack.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-08-13T08:16:14.343", "id": "24044", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-13T08:25:16.247", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-13T08:25:16.247", "last_editor_user_id": "10654", "owner_user_id": "16273", "parent_id": "4494", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is like you said, he had Sasuke under the supervision of Zetsu, recover\nfrom the eye transplant.\n\nRead if you are uptodate with the manga\n\n> Right after Sasuke was fit to join the fight he set out for the battlefield.\n> On his way he met Itachi and things changed there. \n> Sasuke along with Itachi took down Kabuto, and then Orochimaru appears from\n> within Kabuto. Along with Orochimaru, Sauske goes in search of the shinigami\n> mask using which Orochimaru tears open the stomach of the Death Reaper,\n> thereby releasing all those that were sealed inside the death reaper seal. \n> After this the 4 Hokages are resurrected and then the plot goes into the\n> back drop, and finally Sasuke makes the decision that he will fight for\n> Konoha and thus joins the battle.\n\nThis is the flow of the time line. So I see no part where Sasuke was lazing\naround or Tobi kept him under lock and key.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T11:13:36.597", "id": "4501", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-29T17:33:58.793", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-29T17:33:58.793", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4497", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs for the Uchiha, the nine tails was already being controlled by Tobi at the\ntime, so I doubt anyone would be able to control him on top of that.\n\nNot to mention, the Uchiha weren't exactly trusted at the time, following the\nSecond Hokage's rule.\n\nAs for the three sannin, it wasn't explained anywhere, but it isn't hard to\nimagine them being at a remote mission and out of the village.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T10:56:32.273", "id": "4499", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-29T10:56:32.273", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nWhy no other Uchiha in Konoha was asked to take control of the Nine Tailed\nbeast? - To control the nine tailed beast you need to be a shinobi of very\nhigh caliber. Being an Uchiha is just not enough to be able to control the\nnine tailed beast. Tobi had Hashirama's cells (in the form of Zetsu) infused\nin him that allowed him larger chakra and better control of the Nine Tails.\n\nWhere were the three sanins? - it has not been mentioned anywhere in the plot\nwhere they were, so all we can do is guess about their whereabouts. If they\nwere in the village they would have surely come for help, and since they were\nabsent from the battle, we can only guess that they were out of the village on\nsome mission.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T11:01:11.310", "id": "4500", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T07:51:30.983", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-30T07:51:30.983", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nAn Uchiha needs to have awakened the Mangekyu Sharingan in order to control\nthe Kyuubi and Madara and Tobi were the only two Uchihas who were able to\nachieve this followed by Itachi, Kakashi and Sasuke.\n\nAbout the three Sanin, Jiraya was most probably training with Nagato and\nKonan, Orochimaru had defected from the village and Tsunade had left the\nvillage because she was unable to bear the trauma that came with death of her\nbrother and lover.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T06:41:35.473", "id": "4528", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T07:52:40.160", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-30T07:52:40.160", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2111", "parent_id": "4498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nTLDR: The Uchiha Clan were distrusted by the village leadership and were\nordered to not engage the Nine-Tails.\n\n* * *\n\nAs per [Itachi Shinden](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Itachi_Shinden), the\nUchiha Clan (which was the Konoha police force during the Nine-Tails' attack)\nwere ordered by the village leadership ([Konoha\nCouncil](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Konoha_Council)) to protect the\ncivilians in the village and not engage the Nine-Tails.\n\nUchiha Clan members believe that this was because they are distrusted by the\nvillage leadership. They also feel that they are being suspected to be what\nactually caused the Nine-Tails incident.\n\nIndeed, after the Nine-Tails' attack, the Konoha Police headquarters (which\nsustained heavy damage) and the Uchiha Clan houses were ordered moved to the\noutskirts of the village, too far from the village center, despite Fugaku\nUchiha's protest. (Fugaku is the head of the Uchiha Clan, and Itachi and\nSasuke's father.) The location also can be easily spied upon from several\nvantage points as noticed by Fugaku, adding to feelings of distrust between\nthe Uchiha Clan and the Konoha Council, culminating at the Uchiha Clan\nmassacre.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-02T16:43:02.503", "id": "31108", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-02T17:48:04.787", "last_edit_date": "2016-04-02T17:48:04.787", "last_editor_user_id": "310", "owner_user_id": "310", "parent_id": "4498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nAnother reason might be that: Not all Uchiha's are as powerful as you think.\nAnd not all of them are lucky enough to Awaken the mangekyou. They were a\nproud clan but not all their members were as strong as Madara or Itachi. Those\n2 were like prodigies in their own ways.\n\nAlso, I doubt anyone at that time knew an Uchiha could control the Kyuubi. It\nwas probably only Minato and Kushina that knew about the masked man and his\nSharingan. No one else saw him and lived so it makes sense that their minds\ndidn't think about it. In madara's case, It was probably a classified\ninformation that he fought by controlling the 9 tails. It makes sense that the\nhigher ups would classify that type of information as secret cause they\nwouldn't want other Uchihas to go researching into how to control the Kyuubi.\n\nAs for the 3 Sanin, It makes sense to believe that they were on a mission,\nprobably that timeline could fit into when Jiraiya was training nagato and his\ncrew (Yahiko and Konan, This is just a vague guess btw).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-10-23T19:12:01.453", "id": "49328", "last_activity_date": "2018-10-23T19:12:01.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "4498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nOnly an Uchiha with the mangekyou sharingancan control the nine tails. Obito\nhad obtained it after Rins death plus he had Hashirama cells to fall back on.\nThe leaf village was not aware of fugaku having the mangekyou sharingan or\nelse they would have feared him even more plus his people would have pressured\nhim to attack the village.\n\nTo answer your question the leaf village feared that the Uchiha would done how\ngain control of the nine tails so that’s why three weren’t called to assist\nduring the attack. It was stated by the Uchiha that they suspected this. The\nSannin were always away on missions doing their own thing. They weren’t such a\ngreat asset to the village only Tsunade after becoming hokage.\n\nIn conclusion the Uchiha clan were always being discriminated against and\ntreated like trash but then the leaf is surprised when they retaliate. The\nthird hokage was the worse leader Kohona ever had. Yes naruto always forgave\nsasuke for his treachery but at the end sasuke changed. Danzō never did and he\nlet Danzō get away with everything. He even ordered a 13 year old kid (Itachi)\nto kill his entire clan including his parents. He just used Danzō as the\ndarkness he could never represent as him self.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-08-02T06:51:11.367", "id": "53839", "last_activity_date": "2019-08-02T07:58:27.843", "last_edit_date": "2019-08-02T07:58:27.843", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "48362", "parent_id": "4498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nFugaku uchiha had the mangekyõ sharingan at the time of the attack therefore\nhe could've easily controlled the tailed beast. But he was ordered to stand\ndown.\n\nAnd as for the three sannin. Orochimaru was a rogue ninja at the time. Jiraiya\nwas out doing research and hadn't heard about the attack. TSunade had quit\nbeing a shinobi.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-07-07T10:35:38.587", "id": "64159", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-07T10:35:38.587", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61468", "parent_id": "4498", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a bit hard to measure, but shounen is clearly the top demographic\ngroup. Popularity is usually measured by magazine circulation. The difficulty\nin this is that there is a lot of overlap of readers, and also that different\ndemographic groups read widely different amounts of manga. For instance, a\nyoung reader in the target audience of shounen magazines is likely to\nsubscribe to only one or two magazines, while older readers might subscribe to\nmany. Thus, total circulation numbers for the older demographic groups tend to\nbe higher relative to the number of readers.\n\nHere are some [statistics from\n2010](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-01-17/2010-japanese-manga-\nmagazine-circulation-numbers) for the circulation numbers of various Japanese\nmagazines from the [Japanese Manga Publishers\nAssociation](http://www.j-magazine.or.jp/). By demographic, the results are\nthe following:\n\n[code]\n\n ╔═════════════════╦══════════════╦═════════════╗\n ║ Demographic ║ Top Magazine ║ Total ║\n ║ ║ Circulation ║ Circulation ║\n ╠═════════════════╬══════════════╬═════════════╣\n ║ shounen (boys) ║ 2,876,459 ║ 8,344,534 ║\n ║ seinen (men) ║ 807,871 ║ 7,624,811 ║\n ║ shoujo (girls) ║ 745,455 ║ 2,803,230 ║\n ║ josei (women) ║ 162,917 ║ 2,364,666 ║\n ╚═════════════════╩══════════════╩═════════════╝\n \n[/code]\n\nIt's pretty clear based on this that shounen is the most popular, followed by\nseinen. Shoujo is less popular than seinen, but the numbers are similar for\nthe top magazines, suggesting that the fanbases are somewhat similar in size.\nJosei is less popular than the others. However, in terms of total sales,\nseinen is almost the same level as shounen, and josei is almost the same level\nas shoujo, suggesting about equal market shares.\n\nAdmittedly, the demographic listed for the magazines is not perfect. However,\nI think the above is a pretty fair representation of roughly what the sizes\nare of each of the four main demographic groups. Also, this data is from 2010,\nso the current data could have changed a bit, but not enough to change the\nconclusions. I used 2010 data because it was easily available in English and\nformatted in a way that made calculating totals easy, but more recent data is\navailable through JMPA's website if you follow the link above.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T17:02:05.167", "id": "4505", "last_activity_date": "2016-01-17T08:15:33.943", "last_edit_date": "2016-01-17T08:15:33.943", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4503", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Bounto saga was only a filler, so I think the main history will never\ncomment about them again.\n\nBy the way, I think there is no clearly evidence of a relation between German\nand the Bounts, like their names, abilities.....\n\nYes, I think you can dismiss it :)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-20T20:27:04.647", "id": "4891", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-20T20:37:17.937", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-20T20:37:17.937", "last_editor_user_id": "2251", "owner_user_id": "2251", "parent_id": "4504", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's hard to know for sure, but it makes sense why he would die if we accept\nHampnie Hambart's own theory for what God is doing. He believes that God\nthinks he is granting humans their wishes. In that case, Hampnie Hambart's own\nwish, to die happy with his family, was granted. Until that point, he was\nunable to die because it would go against his wish. However, once those\nconditions were met, he could die just as any other human.\n\nAs for his wounds not being very severe, this is a matter of how you interpret\nthe scene. My personal guess he was probably at the level that an ordinary\nhuman would die, but being immortal himself, he could withstand more than the\naverage human. Another possibility is that after his conditions were met, his\nwish being his own death, God granted him that wish right away. What exactly\nthe group does to him isn't depicted much so we can't know for sure whether it\nwould kill a normal person. There may be more information in the light novels,\nbut I haven't read them.\n\nOf course, we don't really know what God is doing (at least not yet), so there\ncould be a different explanation, but this makes sense given all that we know\nso far by episode 3 of the anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T19:00:21.043", "id": "4507", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-29T19:00:21.043", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4506", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYui is certainly a part of the SAO arc - she appears in it quite prominently.\n\nShe is found by Kirito and Asuna and they \"adopt\" her in SAO, though she turns\nout to not be exactly what she appears to be.\n\n> She is, in fact a program. A mental health assistance program (who has been\n> disallowed from doing its job when SAO was locked down). This explains her\n> special system access and knowledge.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T20:25:31.413", "id": "4509", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-29T20:25:31.413", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1649", "parent_id": "4508", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nBecause of her programming, she is somehow sentimental which makes it possible\nfor her to want to be part of a family and stay with Asuna and Kirito.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-09-09T01:29:50.370", "id": "54228", "last_activity_date": "2019-09-13T19:02:29.087", "last_edit_date": "2019-09-13T19:02:29.087", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "48877", "parent_id": "4508", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWell, the question is already answered but I will try to explain more\ndetails...\n\nBoth the game and the NerveGear were created by Akihiko Kayaba.\n\nso we can say the cardinal system and Yui were also created by Akihiko Kayaba.\n\n> Yui was programmed to understand and learn human emotions and mental health\n> but later Yui was locked to just to read and do not have any access to the\n> system to help people log out in case it is affecting their health. while\n> reading everyone mental health she found that there are two human Kirito and\n> Asuna who were happy and enjoying their life in this virtual world and\n> everyone else is scared of death and just want to go out of this shitty\n> game. some of them even lose hope and committed suicide. So Yui wants to be\n> part of the Asuna and Kirito. she met them purposely to go close to them.\n> When they found her they thought she is just some lost child, they tried to\n> find her parents but later during a battle in dungeon Yui saved Asuna and\n> kirito ( she was an immortal object in the game and defeated very high-level\n> monster with ease ) Cardinal was AI software to and is able to recognize\n> that Yui programmed is having some bug so they decided to delete her. But\n> kirito plays and smart move and saved her all data in his SAO profile.\n> Because of Yui Kirito able to understand the reality of Akihiko Kayaba who\n> was playing a leader role in no.1 clan in the game just to make people fool\n> ( he was immortal object too that is why kirito loss duel against him) later\n> when kirito won sword art he found out 300 people still not awakened by the\n> game including Asuna. later he found out the image of Asuna inside another\n> RPG game. He started to play that game in search Asuna and he found out that\n> the game is having all of his previous data and skills of sword art online\n> except items. so he tried to find out Yui data in his profile. after finding\n> her data he activated Yui back. who read all the information about this game\n> and told him that this game is having copy data of SAO and turned herself\n> into pixie so that the game not able to find about her. Yui also told Kirito\n> that her data is now saved inside local memory of Kirito nervegear.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-09-14T00:58:18.870", "id": "55280", "last_activity_date": "2019-09-14T00:58:18.870", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49915", "parent_id": "4508", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt does not state their location in the anime or the manga. It is however\ncommonly believed that Fruits Basket takes place in a more rural area of Tokyo\nJapan.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T03:01:44.540", "id": "4625", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-05T03:01:44.540", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1996", "parent_id": "4510", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nMy sister believes that Fruits Basket takes place in China due to the fact\nthat it has the Chinese Zodiac. Note: Chinese. But this is just a simple\nguess.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-08T22:31:08.107", "id": "31278", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-08T22:31:08.107", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23322", "parent_id": "4510", "post_type": "answer", "score": -4 }, { "body": "\n\nI always thought it looked more like Kyoto personally. Especially with all the\nmountains so easily accessible. But it could well be Tokyo and the mountains\ntoo.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-02-07T20:11:10.467", "id": "56757", "last_activity_date": "2020-02-07T20:11:10.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51894", "parent_id": "4510", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nSo, after having done some work and trying to find some landmarks, i believe\nthat Fruits Basket (2019) takes place somewhere near Tamagawadai Park half\nbetween Yokohama and just at the edge of Tokyo. The skyline when they are on\nthe roof looking at the city and the specific blue bridge in season 1 episode\n23 give the best references as to where they are, from what we currently know\nabout the anime. I noticed the bridge since i've been cycling in that specific\narea before.\n\nCheck out the pictures that Yokohama Expat has on his blog.\n<https://reywatjapan.blogspot.com/2015/07/wilderness-in-tokyo.html>\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-13T20:24:03.033", "id": "57545", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-13T20:24:03.033", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53319", "parent_id": "4510", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm currently watching the new Fruits Basket s2, ep 5 and they go to this\nrestaurant and a guy orders Chicken Nanban. Chicken Nanban is a famous dish of\nMiyazaki prefecture, the restaurant called Nao-chan boasting to be the first\nand best. It's one of my favorite foods I've ever had in Japan so when he said\nthis, immediately I was like \"MIYAZAKI\".\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-01T03:34:40.473", "id": "59708", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-01T03:34:40.473", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56488", "parent_id": "4510", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMonokuma's name (モノクマ) is a pun on the word monochrome borrowed in Japanese\n(モノクロ, or sometimes モノクローム). As you can see, all but the last characters match\nin Japanese. Presumably that's why he's (almost) totally white and black\n(monochrome).\n\nAs for whether the different sides mean something, in the original game when\nhe talks to you, which side is mostly facing you changes depending on what\nhe's saying. When he's saying things that are especially violent, suggestive,\nor otherwise evil/despair-inducing his black side is primarily visible. When\nhe's pretending to be a nice good headmaster bear, he'll be facing you with\nhis white side, often holding a flower. A lot of the time for just ordinary\ntalking he'll be facing strait-on. This is very obvious in the game, but\nsomewhat less obvious in the anime as it seems to be hard to animate the\nswitches. I do not think that the fact that his belly button is white is in\nany way significant.\n\nHere are images of these three cases from the game. He makes a lot more\nexpressions in the strait forward position, such as his angry or nervous\nexpressions, but for brevity I've only included one:\n\n  \n\nThis answer may be incomplete, since it doesn't give an in-universe reason for\nMonokuma's color scheme. If any reason exists, it would likely be explained in\nthe prequel novel Danganronpa/Zero*, which I haven't read.\n\n*As a note, if you want to avoid having the ending of Danganronpa spoiled, I would not recommend looking for information on Danganronpa/Zero, as it will spoil nearly everything.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-29T23:16:14.367", "id": "4514", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-29T23:16:14.367", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4511", "post_type": "answer", "score": 20 }, { "body": "\n\nQuite simple, actually.\n\n> When you finally meet the true Junko Enoshima in the last trial, she says\n> something to the effect of \"Hope and Despair are like two sides of a coin,\n> they can never be separated.\" She designed Monokuma in a way where Hope\n> (White) and Despair (Black) were two sides of a coin, or bear. The red eye\n> represents evil and bloodshed, which makes a lot of sense. The belly, that's\n> just for show... or maybe it's foreshadowing for the end. (SHSL Hope FTW!)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-27T22:17:51.023", "id": "7744", "last_activity_date": "2015-09-29T19:43:24.687", "last_edit_date": "2015-09-29T19:43:24.687", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "3926", "parent_id": "4511", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe reason why is probably because black and white are opposite colors. It\nshows how Monokuma is evil, but he kept them in the school for entertainment\nand so they could live. Maybe it shows how he's good and evil. I heard that\nthe white side represents hope and the black represents despair. Also when I\nthink of hope, a light type of color pops into my head like the color white or\na light pink. When I think of evil, despair, or loss of hope, I think of a\ndarker color like black or a dark purple.\n\nTHIS IS A THEORY WHY HIS COLORS ARE THE WAY THEY ARE.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FYDet.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-03-30T23:28:58.043", "id": "31012", "last_activity_date": "2017-01-06T11:22:48.617", "last_edit_date": "2017-01-06T11:22:48.617", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "23108", "parent_id": "4511", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI will give you some spoilers to ask your question:\n\n> Junko and her sister had 2 plush bears: her sister had a white bear and\n> Junko had a black bear. When Junko was thinking on a design for her robot,\n> she remembered their bears and fused them together in a drawing. She liked\n> the design and called him Monokuma.\n\nHope you liked the spoilers!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-04-21T15:59:10.660", "id": "39988", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-21T18:31:19.993", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-21T18:31:19.993", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "32106", "parent_id": "4511", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nin despair girls junko says in the last cutscene before izaru destroys\nShirokuma and Kurokuma she says \"they're pretty much the same white despair\nblack hope in the end neither one but I guess that works\" so the black means\nhope and white means despair\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-05-21T19:39:41.707", "id": "57649", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-21T19:39:41.707", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53455", "parent_id": "4511", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn this episode Sue is cosplaying as [Comic Master\nJ](http://myanimelist.net/manga/12562/Comic_Master_J), the titular character\nin the manga of the same name. Here's a comparison (based on manga, but\nclearly the same character):\n\n\n\nComic Master J is essentially unheard-of in the west, but it had 13 volumes\nand was reasonably popular and well-received in Japan. There's no Wikipedia\npage in English, but the [Japanese\narticle](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BCJ)\nhas some nice details. Here's a brief summary (written by me, adapted from\nseveral sources):\n\n> Comic Master J is a mysterious super assistant-mangaka who can instantly\n> finish the production of any manga for 5 million yen, so long as it is made\n> with \"soul\". The story follows Comic Master J and the various mangaka he\n> helps, gradually revealing more about him and the various mysteries that\n> surround him\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T03:16:21.297", "id": "4516", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T03:44:46.797", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-30T03:44:46.797", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4515", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's not confirmed who the Supporter is, it's left open to interpretation.\nIt's possible that it's Seleção No. 8, since we don't know much about him (or\nNo. 7) but at least No. 8 seems to be familiar with Mr. Outside. It's possible\nthat Mr. Outside is the Supporter, being the one who judges is the money was\nused correctly or not.\n\nBut seeing as how it was revealed that Hajime Hiura actually wasn't killed by\nthe Supporter in the _The King of Eden movie_ and that the \"proper\" use of the\nmoney can seem to be anything (including covering up murder or firing missiles\nat Japan), it's possible that there _is no Supporter_ and it was just\nsomething Mr. Outside made up in order to keep all the Seleção in check and\nsuspicious enough of each other so there would be no collusion.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T04:58:08.373", "id": "4525", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T04:58:08.373", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4523", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe supporter is never revealed because there might not have even been one.\nWhen No.9 was given a phone he is told by Mr. Outside that \"the supporter\nmight not even know he is the supporter\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-01T08:48:51.690", "id": "6679", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-01T08:48:51.690", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3183", "parent_id": "4523", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nTechnically, every player in the game is the supporter, and every player is\nnot. Because the concept that a player may be officially designated the\nsupporter would create a situation of impunity (who watches the watcher?), and\nplayers are told that even the supporter may not know that is there role, it\nmakes much more sense that the players all can fulfill this purpose.\n\nThere is a point at which one player will look at the actions of another and\nfeel they are self-serving, and decide they need to put an end to them. They\nmay try to confront the other party, use their funds to hinder or redirect\nthem, or destroy their efforts. But in the end, if they come to believe they\nhave a moral out in the role of the supporter, and virtually unlimited funds\nto get them out of the legal trouble, the societal justice impulse could kick\nin, and they may kill the player.\n\nThere is also a possibility, based on the nature of Juiz, that Juiz may also\nhelp fulfill this role. There may be certain conditions or thresholds that\nwill trigger actions by the long arm of the concierge to take actions against\nmisguided players. This is not evidenced (that I can remember), but it is also\npossible that Juiz may indirectly responsible for a player acting in the role\nof the supporter, by ensuring that actions that would trigger them to\nretaliate will come to their attention.\n\nAlternatively, self-serving players may be fed information that will cause\nthem to act offensively to another, instigating retaliation from the offended\nby the information they, in turn, are delivered.\n\nAlso, keep in mind that a player overtly acting as the supporter would be seen\nas a threat to every other player, and would almost certainly become a target\nthemselves, since transactional data becomes public upon use.\n\nAll theoretical, but there may be something there. Pleasure to serve.\nNobelesse oblige.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-10-29T16:03:00.100", "id": "14732", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-29T16:03:00.100", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8922", "parent_id": "4523", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThe supporter could be 7 or 8 as they are never seen doing anything or Mr.\nOutside AKA no. 12 (AKA Ato Saizo) could be the supporter. Most likely he just\nwould wipe the memory of the person. At the end of the game he does wipe all\nthe other alive player memories but 9 keeps his possibly due to him already\nhaving wiped it twice. Then he asks the next person he picks up the question\nhe uses to select them. Then 9 hits him with a slipper (lol)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-02-28T11:28:41.523", "id": "39181", "last_activity_date": "2017-02-28T11:28:41.523", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "31213", "parent_id": "4523", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is Juiz. No. IV, in episode 3 was sabotaged by juiz making sure the text\nmessage went to his wife instead of his mistress.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2018-04-28T23:17:03.780", "id": "46784", "last_activity_date": "2018-04-28T23:17:03.780", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "40394", "parent_id": "4523", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Judgement is a term used to refer to Academy City's student-based\n> disciplinary committee. They are composed of students of varying grade\n> levels and power, and along with Anti-Skill, they are tasked to maintain\n> peace-and-order within the school system. Judgment members can be recognized\n> by the armbands they wear over their right sleeves, which are green with\n> white stripes and which have a shield symbol.\n>\n> Anti-skill is the term used to refer to Academy City's police and security\n> forces. Unlike Judgment, members of Anti-Skill are ordinary adults who work\n> in the city. One is essentially a volunteer when they join Anti-Skill, and\n> as such is not paid to do Anti-Skill work; however, the city compensates for\n> Anti-Skill members' help in the experiment by giving them various gifts and\n> privileges\n>\n> It is often assigned to situations that members of Judgment are unable or\n> not allowed to handle, such as engaging terrorists, handling hostage\n> situations, or stabilizing dangerous areas. Judgment is often assigned to\n> assist Anti-Skill in these cases by evacuating civilians or handling crowd\n> control as well as dealing with rogue espers who abuse their powers. It is\n> also shown to assist Judgment with meager work such as directing traffic,\n> helping lost people, and enforcing curfew, and can also be hired for events.\n> Anti-Skill members are also tasked in training Judgment recruits.\n>\n> Moreover, it is also their duty to keep watch of Judgment, and vice-versa.\n> It is a checks and balances system that should prevent prevent internal\n> corruption in the two organizations\n\nSource: <http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com>\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T05:55:03.723", "id": "4527", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T09:48:57.637", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "4526", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI have never noticed that before, but it sounds quite logical to me\nconsidering these points.\n\n 1. The character can look to the outside world giving more freedom to new plot lines.\n\n 2. Less background students make it easier to draw focus on the important characters, especially during class hours, when the seats must be taken. \n\n 3. Maybe just personal preference, but I think it is nicer to have pictures with some contrast (window-landscape on one side, tables on the other), than just a dull matrix of tables.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T13:11:09.840", "id": "4533", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T23:02:39.590", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-30T23:02:39.590", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "2116", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 28 }, { "body": "\n\nI noticed this as well and it is not even just about where the student sits.\nIn most cases that I've seen, the camera angle is facing the windows (lunch\nperiods, random talking around a desk, etc.)\n\nMy theory is that the windows allow for multiple benefits. First, many shows\nare not just about the school, so looking out the window can be a bit of a\nwaiting-for-school-to-end-so-we-can-play type thing.\n\nAlso, having the window in the background gives much more freedom to set the\nscene. You can easily notice the current weather (oh look, it's raining) or\nthe season. It can also show foreshadowing events (dark clouds on the\nhorizon).\n\nAnother possible reason, it allows for the character to feel more like a loner\nall by themselves in the back corner. If the character is going to be popular,\nthe back row tends to allow more space for others to stand as opposed to the\nmiddle of the classroom.\n\nBesides, looking at the other walls is not very exciting and in the end the\nshow is for entertainment purposes.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T15:16:02.957", "id": "4534", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T15:16:02.957", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1651", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\nSomething else to add to the other answers is lighting from the window, at\nleast from those examples. That way you can focus on the art of only the\nimportant characters while the other students can have less detail since\nthey're in the dark. Plus, it adds more opportunities for interesting shading\nand light play.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T17:26:57.707", "id": "4537", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T18:10:40.850", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-30T18:10:40.850", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2119", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nWhile backbenchers are common throughout the world, windows seats are\nsimilarly favoured by just about everybody in most situations. People want and\nprefer window seats be they in classrooms, trains, or aeroplanes. In anime,\nthese seats additionally facilitate a few things (some of which have been\ncovered in other answers):\n\n 1. The character can look out of the window to act bored.\n 2. The character can look out of the window to see other characters outside.\n 3. The character can easily exit the classroom by way of the window.\n 4. The character can easily enter the classroom by way of the window.\n 5. It reduces some of the artwork. When focussing on the character, the artist will not need to bother drawing and animating additional characters on either side. He can simply focus on the main character and draw a window or a wall as background. This saves time and money.\n\nThat said, I think that there's a mild case of [confirmation\nbias](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias) in the question. There\nare plenty of anime where the protagonist is not seated by the window.\nOffhand, I can name _Makunouchi Ippo_ in _Hajime no Ippo_ , most characters in\n_Lucky Star_ , the characters in _Hidamari Sketch_ , and so on.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T17:45:43.183", "id": "4538", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T17:45:43.183", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 75 }, { "body": "\n\nI also saw this a lot, it really is a good question. ^_^ \nIn my opinion this happens when they are in a bad mood or lonely. When you see\nyour main character sitting at the corner on the last seat looking at the\nwindow, it will transfer you the sorrow and sadness he/she has: you gain their\nfeelings. \nI think it is for transferring us their mood.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T19:24:10.003", "id": "4539", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T19:30:02.170", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-30T19:30:02.170", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "2120", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nAnother reason could also be that the proximity of the window allows different\nlight settings on the character. A brighter light make the character 'shine'\ncompared to the others that are in the darker part of the room.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T20:24:28.390", "id": "4540", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-30T20:24:28.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2122", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\nThis answer was based on a valid criticism of the question in [the answer by\ncoleopterist](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4538/24). It **does not** seek\nto answer any of the questions posed in the OP, which in my opinion are\nalready satisfactorily answered in several of the other answers, and should\nideally be viewed as an extended comment on that answer.\n\nThe following are preliminary statistics, based solely on the anime I\ncurrently have access to. There is much to criticize, but I believe it is good\nenough for now. I intend to do a more detailed study of this in the future;\nplease see the Future Work section below.\n\n* * *\n\n### Description\n\nThe goal of this study is to gather statistics to attempt to confirm or\ninvalidate the proposition that anime protagonists disproportionately sit near\nwindows in classrooms. It was also found interesting to consider how far back\nin the room these characters sat.\n\nIn what follows, the term \"column\" will be used for a line of desks parallel\nto the window, and \"row\" will be used to mention lines of desks perpendicular\nto the window.\n\n### Methodology\n\nPlay the first episode of all anime currently available in which the\nprotagonist is a student. There were no cases where the protagonist was not\nobvious. Attempt to locate the protagonist's seat by playing through the video\nat 8x normal speed, pausing when necessary. If the protagonist's seat can be\nlocated, note it, otherwise mark it as undetermined. In order to save time,\nmultiple videos were played concurrently in many cases.\n\n### Data Set\n\nThe 34 anime series I currently have access to in which the protagonist is a\nstudent at or below high-school level. This is by no means a representative\nsample, given that they are disproportionately recent anime. A fairer method\nwill be used in future studies.\n\n### Results\n\nOf the 34 anime included, in 18 cases the protagonist's seat could not be\ndetermined. In the remaining 16 cases, 7 were next to a window, and 6 of those\n7 were in the back two seats of that column. Of the remaining 9, 3 were in the\nback two seats in some column other than the column closest to the window. 4\nwere in the front row, and 2 were somewhere else (in one of these cases the\nclassroom had no windows). In most cases, there were 5 or more seats per\ncolumn, and at least 4 columns. It was not uncommon for one or more other\nsignificant characters to be seated in the immediate vicinity of the\nprotagonist, and the reason that the back two seats were counted rather than\njust the back one was specifically for the cases where another character is\nsitting directly behind the protagonist.\n\n### Conclusions\n\nIt appears that both being near the window and being towards the back of the\nclassroom are both disproportionately common based on this limited sample.\nThese accounted for, respectively, 7/16 (43.8%) and 9/16 (56.3%), while the\nexpected rate for both of these for random data would be well below 50%,\nespecially in the former case. The results are not very significant\nstatistically, suggesting that more data is in order.\n\n### Future Work\n\nThere are issues with the methodology which merit further work. In particular,\nthe sample is by no means representative. It is prone to my own biases, which\naren't easily measurable, so a more controlled experiment is needed. Rather\nthan a self-selected sample, a better to choose a representative sample in\nsome way which is less biased. Possible options include looking at a [list of\nmost popular anime](http://myanimelist.net/topanime.php?type=bypopularity) or\nall recent TV anime. Either of these is expected to increase the amount of\ntime required. The various merits and issues with each of these options will\nbe weighed.\n\nAnother issue is that the first episode may not be sufficient. It would be\ngood to go through enough of each anime to be sure that the correct seat is\nchosen, though this may prove difficult. Whatever method is used, it must be\nunbiased to avoid confirmation bias. This is expected to increase the time\nrequired for future studies.\n\nA third issue is that the sample sizes are insufficient for detailed study, or\neven to make any real conclusions extending beyond the sample itself. In some\nsense this is a fundamental issue, as it will always be time consuming to\nlocate the seat of any character in anime. Even a sample size of 34 took a\nsignificant amount of time, and the modifications in the above paragraphs are\nlikely to increase that significantly. A sample size of 100 seems like the\nlargest practically feasible number. The considerations of this paragraph and\nthe above two will need to be balanced against the time of the study, which is\nexpected to be significant (indeed, even this preliminary study proved more\ntime-consuming than I would have liked).\n\nWhile the primary goal of future studies should be establishing to a higher\ndegree of accuracy whether this effect is truly present (and if so how large\nof an effect it is), there are other interesting things to look at in the long\nterm. A few are presented here:\n\nCorrelations between the seat choice and the genre would be interesting to\nlook at, but are likely to require significantly more statistics than are\nfeasible. This is mentioned as a possible long-term project, but it's unlikely\nto be completed. The more pressing goal. In addition, it would be interesting\nto do a similar study for other media, but this is likely to be less trivial\nas most other media are less uniform in presentation than anime. Finally, a\nhistorical survey, studying how common this was in different periods, would be\nvery interesting but is probably too ambitious.\n\n* * *\n\n**tl;dr** : Yes, this does seem to be a real thing, at least preliminarily.\nIt's certainly not always the case, but it happens frequently enough to be\ninteresting. However, the data I have aren't good enough to make any solid\nconclusions beyond \"yes, this happens more often than one would expect\". More\ndata will be needed to determine to what degree this is due to biases and\nstatistical variation in the sample, and to what degree this actually happens.\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-30T21:46:07.667", "id": "4541", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-26T14:58:52.847", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 40 }, { "body": "\n\nCan't answer for the reasoning behind this trope.\n\nBut it seems pretty frequent, so much that BlogSuki's Jason calls it the First\nModern Law of Anime:\n\n> “All major characters will have their desk window side towards the back. Sub\n> Law: If a romantic interest occupy the same classroom, that character would\n> be within one desk of this desk.”\n>\n> [source](http://blogsuki.com/archives/2010/06/19/4309/)\n\n(the sub law seems to work with rivals too)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T10:07:31.043", "id": "4557", "last_activity_date": "2015-05-26T12:57:37.330", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "2129", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nThe visual aids that windows provide are to highlight a character. They do so\neither by special illumination or attracting the eyes: objects placed next to\nbright windows tend to get noticed first.\n\n_Scene bottom-left_ : Light Yagami is highlighted by being illuminated\nsharply, the other two (convieniently!) have postures that avert their bodies\nfrom illumination. Here the illumination is used exclusively, no red laser\neyes, fang-baring grins or dramatic name-writing are involved.\n\n_Scene top-left_ : Tomoko is in color and is illuminated not by one, but two\nbeams of light.\n\n_Scene top-right_ : Three individuals get noticed by being close to the viewer\nand being in an illuminated area.\n\n_Scene bottom-right_ : Tenma attracts attention first by being next to a\nfeatureless glowing window and having the most discernible face.\n\n* * *\n\nAlso, looking out of windows signifies contemplative moods. If my teachers\nnoticed me daydreaming, they would seat me in the front of the class. Japanese\nschool teachers do a poor job of catching students contemplating bloodbaths at\nthe back of their classes.\n\nWould love to see a scene that goes contrary to both explanations.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T14:32:24.933", "id": "4562", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T14:32:24.933", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1645", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nRather than looking at the scene to try and find metaphorical reasons for this\nphenomenon, I suggest a possible financial reason.\n\nIt's cheaper to re-use stock background and animation. All anime studios will\nhave cells or digital information from previous anime that are available to\nthem. Rather than re-inventing the wheel for possibly dozens of anime series\nthat they carry they re-use parts some parts that have common themes and then\ntouch them up to add \"uniqueness\" to the setting.\n\nNot saying this is the case, but considering how most anime high schools look\nexactly the same, it'd be a safe bet to say this is the reason.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T23:10:54.853", "id": "4590", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T23:10:54.853", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2141", "parent_id": "4531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAnime and GT series make a lot of confusion with its fillers, but in the\nmanga, Piccolo explains water-clear to Vegeta.\n\nEvil souls are cleaned, their memories wiped, and then reincarnated.\n\nBoth King Vegeta and Bardock, although heroic, are clearly evil, so they are\nimpossible to visit.\n\nGoku never shows interest for knowing about his father. He was raised by\nhumans, and he consider his adoptive grandfather as his true ancestor.\n\nPlease, also notice that HFIL is an invention of the American dub, which you\nshould avoid if you are really interested in Dragonball canon. Where Goku goes\nis called the Other World, and what is written on the otherworld's demons'\nshirts is \"HELL\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-10T10:33:22.620", "id": "4730", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T10:33:22.620", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1589", "parent_id": "4542", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nYes there is an episode where vegeta has a dream about his father telling him\nabout his royal blood an sayian ancestors.. Also I think there's an episode\nwhere bardock has a vision of goku defeating frieza but I dont think goku ever\nmentioned anything about his father I do remember vegeta telling goku\nsomething about his father bardock said he wasn't the best fighter but a\nbrilliant scientist\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-12-02T03:23:11.787", "id": "27754", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-02T03:23:11.787", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19458", "parent_id": "4542", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe best guess I can come up with (since they're both SHAFT shows) is Shinobu\nfrom Bake/Nisemonogatari. Since Maekawa (pictured above) is wearing normal\nclothes, pink shirt and a blue skirt, that she wears throughout the episode.\nThe only thing in that particular image is that she has a donut.\n\nShinobu loves donuts:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T05:36:04.570", "id": "4544", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T05:36:04.570", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4543", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe consensus opinion on a couple of Japanese forums seems to be that this is\nactually a reference to the main character's unnamed wife (referred to as 妻,\nliterally just \"wife\") from the manga [Uchi no Tsumatte\nDoudeshou](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=30055) (translated\nroughly as \"I wonder if my wife is really normal\") by mangaka Fukumitsu\nShigeyuki beginning in 2008. There's very little information available about\nthe manga even on [Japanese\nWikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%86%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AE%E5%A6%BB%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%A9%E3%81%86%E3%81%A7%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%81%86%3F),\nbut from what I can gather it's a semi-autobiographical essay in the form of a\n4-koma manga. The main character's wife acts strange in many ways and the\nstory is about her various weird behaviors. The most notable thing about this\nmanga, apart from being referenced in Denpa Onna, is that it won [one of five\nExcellence Awards in the Manga division of the 2010 Japanese Arts\nfestival](http://archive.j-mediaarts.jp/en/festival/2010/manga/works/14m_Uchino_Tsumatte_Doudeshou/).\n\nHere's the cover of the first volume of the manga. You can see that the wife\nis dressed similarly to Maekawa and holding food (which she does frequently as\nfar as I can tell from briefly browsing the manga).\n\n\n\nHere's an image from the inside of the first volume with her eating a donut. I\nlooked but I could not find an image with a toroidal donut. The closest is\nthis donut without a hole (which are not uncommon in Japan).\n\n\n\nI'll readily admit that I'd never heard of this until I looked for it. It was\nobscure enough that a lot of the users on 2channel were admitting they had\nnever heard of it. You can bet that most of the audience of Denpa Onna didn't\ncatch this reference. I'm not sure if it's more obvious in the novels (or if\nthe scene occurs in the novels at all), but for anime-viewers this one very\nlikely went over everyone's heads.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T05:51:01.950", "id": "4579", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-22T03:03:47.077", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-22T03:03:47.077", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4543", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMadara said this when Obito became the Jinchuuriki of the Juubi: Now he is\nequal to The Sage of Six Paths.\n\nSo yes, Obito was in Sage Mode after he had become the Jinchuuriki. But Sage\nMode abilities of Obito are far more dangerous than that of any one else due\nto the massive chakra of the Juubi.\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-02T11:27:04.060", "id": "4596", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-12T18:14:17.313", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-12T18:14:17.313", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "2145", "parent_id": "4545", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nSomething that I completely forgot. During Sasuke's battle with Deidara,\nSasuke mentioned that using his Sharingan he can see chakra, so even Obito\nshould be able to do the same, when Sasuke concentrated his chakra on his left\neye, Obito could see it, thus he dodged it. He need not be in Sage Mode to\naccomplish that.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-02T17:01:11.317", "id": "4602", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-12T18:13:19.347", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-12T18:13:19.347", "last_editor_user_id": "11083", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4545", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nHe does go into sage mode, that is how he can access the truth seeking balls,\nand not be affected by touching them\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-13T00:44:11.793", "id": "60797", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-13T00:44:11.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56651", "parent_id": "4545", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nActually they are not ke-ke-genkai. In [this\nwiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kurenai_Y%C5%ABhi) at the latter part said\nthat:\n\n> _Although her eyes are very distinct, they are not\n> a[dōjutsu](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/D%C5%8Djutsu)._\n\nDōjutsu (瞳術; English TV \"Visual Jutsu\"; Literally meaning \"Eye Techniques\")\nare genetic ninja abilities that utilise the eyes, granting the wielder ocular\nabilities. Being a by-product of specific kekkei genkai, dōjutsu are not\nclassified as one of the major jutsu types.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T07:39:07.943", "id": "4549", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T07:39:07.943", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1709", "parent_id": "4548", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nThey are not related to sharingan in any way. The are simply because of their\ngenes. Like we have green eyes , brown eyes and stuff. There never has been\nany canonical opinion about it in anime or in manga. Even so, the manga is\ncoming to an end and still there is no hint of having any powers or any\naffiliation with the sharingan.\n\nP.S: I mistakenly posted my view on a question labelled duplicate.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-02-21T13:48:21.757", "id": "7616", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-21T13:48:21.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3793", "parent_id": "4548", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI like to think it's a form of doūjutsu that is very very weak and I only\nenhances the users genjutsu skills from 100% to 110%. Kurunai and her father\nare both very skilled genjutsu specialists so it would make a little sense.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-01-29T02:50:56.600", "id": "38659", "last_activity_date": "2017-01-29T02:50:56.600", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "30603", "parent_id": "4548", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAfter a period of time the tailed beast will revive, so they will survive the\ndeath of the host.\n\n> However, it is revealed that the tailed beasts can actually survive their\n> jinchūriki's deaths, with the only consequence being that it will take time\n> for them to revive without a host.\n\nSource: [Narutopedia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Jinch%C5%ABriki#Sealing) \\-\nin the second paragraph of that section.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T09:07:22.843", "id": "4553", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T09:07:22.843", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1610", "parent_id": "4550", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI might not able able to cite proof of this answer in all instances, but from\nwhat I could gather these (Kakashi's sharingan and Oorochimaru's body\ntransfers) are two entirely different instances. Spoilers alert! :)\n\n 1. **In case of Kakashi** : \n\n * On Kakashi implying that could awaken his Mangekyo sharingan (chapter 257), Itachi in astonishment credits his genius. Kakashi would still have the inability to use the Sharingan over a long period of time or to full extent of its power owing to the lack of chakra.\n * Kakashi does not have the liberty to switch to normal vision like the other Uchihas could do, instead he covers up his Sharingan eye to prevent it from sucking him dry off his chakra.\n * Adding more to the previous point is that Kakashi despite being a jounin of exceptional caliber does not have a great amount of chakra in comparison to his compatriots or foes. This might perhaps be attributed to his clan (though other than Kakashi and his late father the _Konoha whitefang_ not much is known if Kakashi belongs to a specific clan like the Sarutobi/Senjuu/Uchiha). This is brought into light on multiple occasions such as: \n\na. His fatigue after fighting Zabusa the first time in the water country arc\nsaying he used the Sharingan too much.\n\nb. When he fights Pein and uses a ligtning clone where Akimichi Choza wonders\naloud how much chakra kakashi has left.\n\nc. When Kakashi explains to Nara Shikaku about how greatly his Kamui's (power\nof his mangekyo to create a portal and suck objects into a different\ndimension) ability could be used with Naruto/Kyuubi chakra for massive\nteleportations such as swapping himself or Naruto in comparison to being done\nwith his own like the case with Deidara where he could barely absorb his hand\nafter a very long preparation.\n\n 2. **In case of Oorochimaru** :\n\n * Oorochimaru does not appear to have any visible bloodline limits on his own. What mostly has been observed until now is a normal summoning of a giant snake (Manda), ability to use a bunch of snakes shooting out from his arm to grapple victims and in some cases moult out of a body (a new Oorochimaru comes through the mouth of the current one which becomes like a shriveled snake skin) and a brief multi-headed hydra like form which Itachi makes short work of. \n\nFrom what we know these might not be bloodline limits at all, merely forbidden\njutsus or a result of his self-experiments. In one case Sasuke in his cursed\nseal transformation uses a bundle of snakes when Itachi chops off one of his\nwings during their fight.\n\n * Oorochimaru 'takes over' the body of the host that he wishes to use (more of a parasite like characteristic). Hence he would only posses complete control over someone else's body (which has the bloodline limit in it) and use it. In one of the episode (a filler if I remember it right) a potential victim tries to resist from his mind being taken over but finally gives in to one of Oorochimaru's promises.\n\nHence in a nutshell while Kakashi's use of Sharingan is restricted to that of\na ninja tool restricted by his own chakra capacity, Oorochimaru is free to\nexplore the limits of abilities of the shinobi whose body he takes over. Hope\nthis helps.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T19:27:03.573", "id": "4638", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-06T17:49:24.533", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-06T17:49:24.533", "last_editor_user_id": "2148", "owner_user_id": "2148", "parent_id": "4551", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat's because Edo Tensei can only reanimated souls that are in the world of\nthe dead.\n\nThe four Hokages were sealed in the death god's stomach. That's why they were\nonly revived after Orochimaru released Shiki Fuujin.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T09:44:44.110", "id": "4554", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T09:44:44.110", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4552", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nActually, Kabuto can't revive the 1st and the 2nd Hokage simply because\nHiruzen Sarutobi (3rd) sealed them away using the [Dead Demon Consuming\nSeal](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Demon_Consuming_Seal).\n\nWhile the reason Orochimaru can revive the two is because he ripped the belly\nof the Demon (Shiki Fuujin) who consumed their souls in Naruto chapter 618,\npage 4.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T09:47:45.687", "id": "4555", "last_activity_date": "2017-01-16T13:33:10.217", "last_edit_date": "2017-01-16T13:33:10.217", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "1709", "parent_id": "4552", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nThe last time first and second hokage were reincarnated, they were sealed\nusing the death reaper seal by the third hokage.\n\nThe 4th hokage was sealed along with the nine tailed fox using the same seal.\n\nOne of the pre-requisites of the reanimation jutsu is that the target shinobi\ncannot be sealed.\n\nSince the 4 hokages were sealed, kabuto was unable to reincarnate either one.\n\n> However, later Orochimaru shows that the souls trapped in the death reaper's\n> belly can be realesed, and thus reincarnated each of the hokages.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T09:53:09.497", "id": "4556", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T09:53:09.497", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4552", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nEssentially, human transmutation was depicted to be impossible to do.\n\nThe reason why it doesn't look what they intended it to look like is because\nthey just screwed up that hard.\n\nWhat they ended up with was something kinda sorta vaguely human, but only\nbarely.\n\nFrom looking at the picture you've posted, a lot of the pieces of a human are\nthere, but they're not all correctly done and they're not all in the right\nplace. It really doesn't look that random to me; if anything, it looks like a\npredictable (while still major) screw-up.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T16:06:54.017", "id": "4567", "last_activity_date": "2017-04-09T03:24:13.380", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-09T03:24:13.380", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "260", "parent_id": "4559", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCherry blossoms are _very_ prominent in Japanese culture. From\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_blossom#Symbolism):\n\n> In Japan, cherry blossoms also symbolize clouds due to their nature of\n> blooming en masse, besides being an enduring metaphor for the ephemeral\n> nature of life, an aspect of Japanese cultural tradition that is often\n> associated with Buddhistic influence, and which is embodied in the concept\n> of [_mono no aware_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mono_no_aware). The\n> association of the cherry blossom with _mono no aware_ 1 dates back to 18th-\n> century scholar Motoori Norinaga. The transience of the blossoms, the\n> extreme beauty and quick death, has often been associated with mortality;\n> for this reason, cherry blossoms are richly symbolic, and have been utilized\n> often in Japanese art, manga, anime, and film, as well as at musical\n> performances for ambient effect. There is at least one popular folk song,\n> originally meant for the shakuhachi (bamboo flute), titled \"Sakura\", and\n> several pop songs. The flower is also represented on all manner of consumer\n> goods in Japan, including kimono, stationery, and dishware.\n\n1 Mono no aware (物の哀れ) [...] is a Japanese term for the awareness of\nimpermanence (無常 mujō), or transience of things, and a gentle sadness (or\nwistfulness) at their passing.\n\nSo yes, they do have a special significance.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T13:08:38.510", "id": "4561", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T13:47:33.610", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-01T13:47:33.610", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2130", "parent_id": "4560", "post_type": "answer", "score": 19 }, { "body": "\n\n[Hanami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanami) (lit. \"flower viewing\") being\none of the nation-wide festivals would help.\n\nNote that the school year starts in April (graduation in late March), while\ndepending on the location, cherry blossoms are prevalent from the end of March\nto early May.\n\nEveryone knows romance is all about love at first sight on the first day of\nschool and confessions during the graduation ceremony, right?\n\nTvTropes' [Cherry\nBlossoms](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CherryBlossoms) article\ncould be an interesting read, on top of Wikipedia's.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T15:00:01.917", "id": "4563", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T19:01:09.350", "last_edit_date": "2013-07-31T19:01:09.350", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2129", "parent_id": "4560", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI would assume what they were hoping for is that Noein would no longer be able\nto attain Haruka and confirm the existence of Shangri La, with the hopeful\noutcome. As stated in the show, no one knows what would happen if Haruka was\nkilled. Any and all futures would be possible, confirming their own dimensions\nexistence and stopping its destruction.\n\nMy problem with the 'observer' idea is that she saw Lacryma first, wouldn't\nthat confirm its existence above Shangri La's?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-02-03T12:34:30.250", "id": "19087", "last_activity_date": "2015-02-03T18:11:04.757", "last_edit_date": "2015-02-03T18:11:04.757", "last_editor_user_id": "1651", "owner_user_id": "11525", "parent_id": "4564", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is the [Eyelid Pull\nTaunt](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EyelidPullTaunt)\n\n> This is the act of pulling down one lower eyelid and sticking out the tongue\n> and saying \"Beh-da!\" (Japanese) or \"Nyaaaah!\" (English dub). _**A highly\n> ritualized expression of disdain or disapproval**_ , used exclusively by\n> children and immature adults. Basically the same as the Western act of\n> sticking out the tongue, cranked up a few notches, though definitely not\n> profane gesture.\n>\n> In Japan this is referred to as _**akanbe**_ (a corruption of _akai me_ ,\n> \"red eye\"), and it's called mon oeil (\"my eye\") in France and Quebec. This\n> is in fact a Franco-Japanese cultural trope, but you'll see it everywhere in\n> anime.\n\nI could not find a satisfying or credible enough link as to its origin(s) but\nfrom the [akanbe wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akanbe) it seems to date\nback as far as the 20th century:\n\n> The use of the term was first mentioned by early 20th century author Katai\n> Tayama, in his 1909 story Inaka Kyōshi (田舎教師 Rural Teacher), as a gesture\n> used by the male students in the story.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T17:22:34.697", "id": "4569", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T17:48:17.013", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "4568", "post_type": "answer", "score": 30 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to Konata, about 2 years later:\n\n\n\nThe head is the big end.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-07-31T21:10:19.633", "id": "4572", "last_activity_date": "2013-07-31T21:10:19.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4571", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou would typically read it in a S shape from one row to the next, always\nreturning far right panel when you start a new row.\n\n[code]\n\n +-------------------+\n | 2 | 1 |\n +-------------------+\n | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |\n +-------------------+\n | 8 | 7 |\n +-------------------+\n \n[/code]\n\nSo on the first row, start from the far right and you hit the far left panel\nof the first row, move to the far right panel of the second row. Then at the\nfar left panel of the second row, move onto the far right of third row and\nfinish the page.\n\nHowever because of the flow of action in this particular page the order of\npanels goes more like this:\n\n[code]\n\n +-------------------+\n | 2 | 1 |\n +-------------------+\n | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | <-- the 2nd and the 4th Hokage are acting simultaneously\n +-------------------+\n | 6 | 5 |\n +-------------------+\n \n[/code]\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T03:01:27.020", "id": "4577", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T15:08:56.603", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-01T15:08:56.603", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4573", "post_type": "answer", "score": 21 }, { "body": "\n\nIf the panels are arranged outside the norm, there isn't a general rule on how\nyou should read it.\n\nYou kind of have to take in all the content at once, and use the context in\norder to try to figure out chronologically what happens first then next. For\nexample, @Krazer had to figure out that both Hokage were acting simultaneously\nto know the order of the middle pannels.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T03:14:54.647", "id": "4578", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T03:14:54.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "4573", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe answer is simple. Naruto in the Kyuubi mode recovers faster than normal.\nOn the other hand, Sasuke's Amaterasu is Blaze (enhanced fire) element jutsu\nwhile Naruto's Rasenshuriken is Wind. Combining those two element can form\nmore powerful jutsu.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OzNK3.jpg)\n\nWell, theoretically, this kind of jutsus are hard to control thus they have to\nhold them and form a melee attack. Remember what Sasuke said that he will\nadjust his chakra to Naruto just to have the right combination of the two\njutsu. Take note that this is the first time they use that kind of combo-\njutsu.\n\n**UPDATE**\n\nAccording to the\n[wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Release:_Rasenshuriken), Naruto can\nthrow [fuuton rasen\nshuriken](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Wind_Release:_Rasenshuriken) when he is\nin [Sage Mode](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Sage_Mode).\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T02:11:44.737", "id": "4575", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T21:39:53.650", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-01T21:39:53.650", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "1709", "parent_id": "4574", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe first time Naruto was shown using the Rasenshuriken, it was during the\nfight with Kakuzu. At the time, Naruto had not mastered the Rasen Shuriken\ncompletely. He had to hit the target in point blank range. Since he was in the\nblast range of the jutsu he was heavily impacted by the corrosive power of the\njutsu.\n\nBut during his training in Mount Myoboku he mastered the Rasen Shuriken in a\nsecretive manner, enabling him to throw the Rasen Shuriken over a distance.\nThis allowed Naruto to stay off the blast range and also control the area\ncovered by the blast from the Rasen Shuriken. But, even in his Sage mode,\nNaruto could use only two Rasen Shurikens, but he no longer sustained damage\nfrom his own jutsu.\n\nLater, when he took control of the Kyuubi he had access to a huge amount of\nchakra previously unavailable to him, giving him the capability to use Rasen\nShurikens more than two times.\n\nSasuke's Amaterasu is a fire technique, and Naruto's Rasenshuriken is a Wind\ntechnique, it is known that wind techniques increase the effectiveness of a\nfire technique. Thus Naruto and Sasuke combined their jutsus to make a far\npowerful jutsu. And since both of them were out of the blast radius, none of\nthem were hurt from it.\n\n\n\nImage taken from Manga chapter 634.\n\nRegarding the recent usage of the combination of Rasenshuriken and Amaterasu,\nI can only assume as to why it did not affect Naruto and Sasuke. The second\nhokage swapped Minato and Obito just before the attack landed, so similarly\nwith the same jutsu he may redirect the aftershock of the attack away from\nNaruto and Sasuke.\n\nThe second possibility is, since Naruto can himself control the area of effect\nof the Rasen Shuriken, as we have seen him perform earlier (mainly during the\nfight with Pain where he increases the area covered by the rasen shuriken as\nPain was escaping). Due to which he himself may be able to minimize the are of\nimpact of the jutsu and concentrate it only on Obito thereby saving both\nsasuke and himself.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T02:47:12.393", "id": "4576", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T19:43:41.537", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-01T19:43:41.537", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4574", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThe actual reason why Naruto was not allowed to use Rasen shuriken is because\nit causes damage to the user of the jutsu even though it is not as severe as\nthe damage caused to the target. Naruto's hands with which he used the Rasen\nshuriken got badly damaged, remember.\n\nBut when in Sage mode or when enveloped in Kurama's chakra, remember Naruto\ntakes very less damage. That's why Naruto could actually use it in his\nsage/bijuu mode.\n\nAlso, when the Rasen Shuriken is combined with Amaterasu, we can see that the\ncombo attack does not actually explode like Rasenshuriken. That is there are\nsome differences in the method in which the damage is caused. \nIn the combo, the rasenshuriken just increases the strength of the Amaterasu.\nIt doesn't make the characteristic damage of a Rasenshuriken. The damage is\ndone by the Amaterasu. So sasuke was also able to hold it and hit the target.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-02T10:26:43.537", "id": "4594", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-02T10:36:30.690", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-02T10:36:30.690", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2145", "parent_id": "4574", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nMy immediate response would be to show-off the Minato-Tobirama combo space-\ntime ninjutsu looking epic awesome along with a Naruto-Sasuke S rank ninjutsu\nall in same chapter. \nBut a more logical explanation, from my perspective, would be to overcome the\nchance of Obito easily dodging a projectile attack, and the fact that the\ncombination of Rasenshuriken and Amaterasu would require more granular control\nof both elements, which would require them to sustain control only possible in\na close range until they hit their target.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-03T09:31:52.400", "id": "4604", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-03T10:16:36.077", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-03T10:16:36.077", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "2148", "parent_id": "4574", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nBy combining Naruto's wind nature and Sasuke's Amaterasu the wind fans the\nfire greatly increasing its power. Accepting that the rasen attack at this\npoint is ACTUALLY a main fire base with wind fanning it's power we can assume\nit combines Sasuke's effects with Naruto's. This means that although the field\nincreases because Amaterasu is a fire based attack they would have had to be\nphysically touching it to affect them, if you look at the picture and all of\nNaruto's rasen moves he actually is hold a chakra ball above his hand, this\nmeans we can infer that because Sasuke's element becomes the main ability\nwhile Naruto's ability form is used they wouldn't necessarily be damaged by\nthe attack, also if it can be focused further by Saskue's greater form control\n(Chidori training while with Orochimaru), they would probably do a focused\nblast at a guess.\n\nBTW this is backed up by Naruto's first on screen success of rasenshuriken\nwhen he combines it with Yamatos water style to block an attack and neither of\nthem are harmed\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-14T13:55:14.403", "id": "6307", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-14T13:55:14.403", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2970", "parent_id": "4574", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen Tsunade described the affects of the Rasen Shuriken, it was said that in\nthe end naruto COULD recover from the nanocuts he recieves via the kyuubi, but\nit would shorten his lifespan. As people have said before, as a results he's\nlearned ways to avoid being in the blast radius of the move.\n\nThis doesn't mean, though, that Naruto would never again use the move in short\ndistances. If anything, he was using the RS because he wanted to be Tobi via\nany means he had at his disposal. If it meant shortening his life span, so be\nit. The situation was certainly a justifiable one.\n\nSo IF the people above me are wrong about Naruto somehow avoiding the blast\nradius and the effects of the RS in this situation, he would probably have\nused it anyway and took the hit to his life span. Even Sakura and Tsunade\nherself uses moves that take a significant toll in longevity in situations\nthat called for such a maneuver.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-02T19:24:29.437", "id": "14803", "last_activity_date": "2014-11-02T19:24:29.437", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8980", "parent_id": "4574", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt looks like a homage. [From\nWikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshitomi_Akihito), it seems the\nmangaka of Ray has worked on Tezuka's Black Jack.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T17:15:24.157", "id": "4586", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T17:15:24.157", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2138", "parent_id": "4583", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n[MyAnimeList](http://myanimelist.net/anime/919/Ray_The_Animation) claims that\nRay is a side-story of Black Jack, while\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_the_animation) takes the more\nconservative approach of just saying that they're related. However, it's not\nclear whether Ray is canon material in the Black Jack universe (and if so, in\nwhat sense). In any case, Ray mangaka Yoshitomi Akihito is on good terms with\nthe current license-holders of Black Jack, and has produced [his own\nversion](http://myanimelist.net/manga/23711/Black_Jack%3a_BJ_x_bj) based on\nthe original but with his own artwork.\n\n> Because of copyright reasons, Black Jack was only alluded to as BJ and never\n> seen fully in the original manga, but because the anime was produced by\n> Osamu Tezuka's own studio he is able to appear fully in the anime (though\n> still somewhat obscured) and be referred to by his original name.\n> Interestingly, in Black Jack 21, the sequel to the Black Jack anime, Black\n> Jack was referred to as \"BJ\" by the assassins hell bent on killing him.\n\nAs far as I can tell, there's no official word on what the relation between\nthe two are, so it's sort of a matter of opinion whether it's a sidestory or\njust a homage. My opinion is that, by animating Ray, it was more-or-less\nretconned into the Black Jack universe, or at least some alternate universe,\nso I think it can be elevated to the level of a sidestory. However, that was a\ndecision made by whoever the current rights-holders are for Black Jack, and\nwhile it's valid in a legal sense some might argue that it shouldn't be\nconsidered a side-story but a homage. Tezuka manga purists could very-well\nobject and describe it differently, as everything related to Ray (manga\nbeginning in 2004) happened well after Tezuka's death in 1989.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-01T17:16:05.517", "id": "4587", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-01T17:39:40.823", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-01T17:39:40.823", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4583", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nShe literally calls him black Jack what more proof do you need I mean\nseriously there is no room for debate in this\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-22T04:42:46.147", "id": "13573", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-22T04:42:46.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8097", "parent_id": "4583", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, he is still using Izuna's eyes.\n\nThose are the eyes with which he invoked the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan and\nthe Rinnegan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-02T10:17:44.373", "id": "4593", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-02T10:21:55.440", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-02T10:21:55.440", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2145", "parent_id": "4592", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, this is going to be an anime, though details are still rather sparse. If\nyou go to [their website](http://www.prism-nana.com/index.php), under the\nAbout section, it says:\n\n> 新アニメーション企画が遂に始動！\n\nor, in English, \"A new animation project is starting!\". They would not\ndescribe the series that way if it were solely a Pachinko series. [Anime News\nNetwork](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-04-26/studio-shaft-streams-\nprism-nana-anime-last-pilot-promo) and\n[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Suite_Prism_Nana) both\nconfirm that this will be some sort of anime.\n\nAt this point, that's essentially all we know. We don't know when it will be\nreleased (the \"final PV\" was 3 months ago, so it's probably nearing release,\nbut there's still no date). We don't know what format it will be released in.\nThey will be present at Comiket 84, so we're very likely to get more\ninformation in another week or so, but for now as far as I can tell they've\nmade no definitive statements regarding release dates or format.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-02T16:34:44.827", "id": "4601", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-02T16:34:44.827", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4597", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn a nutshell, Accelerator went through almost 10K sisters indoors. As a\nresult of this, he was able to efficiently kill many sisters.\n\nAssuming he \"works\" for 12 hours, killing a sister every 8 minutes on average,\nhe would go through 9800 sisters in 4 months.\n\nSource: <http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Level_6_Shift>\n\n> It is unknown how long the experiments went on, however, seeing as Nunotaba\n> Shinobu has talked to a clone wearing a winter uniform, and that Accelerator\n> has killed the first clone who wore a summer uniform, one can assume that\n> the experiments went for several months during the autumnal, winter or\n> spring seasons—at least the preparations of the clones—before being stopped.\n> Furthermore, several experiments have been executed within the premises of\n> research facilities until being moved during May of the contemporary year. \n> ...\n>\n> In May of the current year, the experiments moved to the outside and empty\n> places. This is because of the requirements of the battlefield, as such\n> experiments 1 to 9802 have been performed inside, while the remaining 10198\n> experiments would be dealt outside.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-02T14:40:18.157", "id": "4599", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-02T14:40:18.157", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "4598", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is no manga that I know of that would be more canon than the anime. So\ndo not worry about \"not having read the manga\".\n\nThe advantage of having Gilford mistake Lelouch for Cornelia is that he can\nleverage Gilford's loyalty to continue giving him orders as long as the Geass\nis under effect, and having Gilford take whatever initiative necessary that is\nadvantageous to him.\n\nFor example, after Gilford had vanquished the guards, he was able to have\nGilford take him to a location of his choosing. A simple order to \"protect\nhim\" would probably have made him a standing duck, as the Geass would have\nlapsed or stopped driving Gilford to action, as soon as Lelouch was \"safe\".\n\nThat ties in with my opinion that the practical reason for Lelouch not to give\nblanket orders for people to obey him (as he began doing after some point) was\nthat doing so basically reduces people into living robots without initiative\nor self-preservation.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-04T10:57:53.720", "id": "4619", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-04T10:57:53.720", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1362", "parent_id": "4603", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think that it's _fear_ per-se, more like... hate.\n\nThe nine-tails prefers to help Naruto voluntarily than be forcefully\ncontrolled by Madara (or Tobi, for that matter).\n\n**Manga Spoiler:**\n\n> The bijuu have feelings, and hate being treated as weapons, ever since the\n> Sage of Six Paths dies, Kurama has known nothing but ignorance from humans.\n> (Like when Madara yells at him to obey, or when Hashirama tells him that\n> he's too dangerous and he must seal him.)\n\nSo helping Naruto was the better option.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-03T20:41:41.583", "id": "4607", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-03T20:41:41.583", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4605", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nI think it was because that Madara was the one that made him destroy something\nthat he didn't want to I mean come on he was basically Madara's mind\ncontrolled slave .\n\nWatch harshirama vs Madara and you'll see why the nine tails or kurama attack\nthe leaf village or at first tried to attack it until harshirama stop Madara\nby accepting his challenge to fight Madara which harshirama managed to first\nseparate the kurama and Madara with a contact seal Justsu which freed kurama\nfrom Madara's sharingan which made kurama blind and did'nt know what was going\non until he woke up and found himself locked away in the hashirama's wife mito\nuzumaki the first jinchuriki.\n\nkurama was with until she became ill and so they decided to find another what\nthey called vessel for the nine tailed fox which happened to be kushina\nUzumaki the mother naruto uzumaki and the wife of minato namikaze or in other\nwords naruto's dad and the fourth hokage which he stopped the real attack of\nthe nine tailed fox where it was not Madara but it was another uchiha named\nobito that made the nine tails attack the village and then when he Lost\ncontrol of kurama , kurama started attacking because of what they are treating\nhim as but luckily naruto's dad or the fourth hokage managed to stop kurama's\nattack and planned to seal him in naruto on the break of death he managed to\ncomplete the seal and said his last goodbye to naruto until those times where\nover that's where naruto was kurama's jinchuuriki for already 16 until the\nattack.\n\nSo guess old memories are coming back to kurama of the times of how he was\ntreated and he was not scared of Madara he was very angry at him and managed\nto help and encourage naruto by giving him some of his power to counter the\ndeep forest Justsu and write now from naruto and kurama having a lot of issues\nwhile naruto was growing up and similar backgrounds on how they were treated\nthey finally became friends , partners for a reason not just because they were\nalike to each other it's because they both wanted one and that is to protect\nand save the world they live in and that's why he is not afraid\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-14T04:41:19.103", "id": "6300", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-14T06:39:45.720", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-14T06:39:45.720", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "2967", "parent_id": "4605", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNah, I don't think Kurama is afraid of Madara.\n\nI think what he meant by \"I'd rather be controlled by you than by Madara\" is\nthat he didnt want to be fully controlled by his user (he wanted to have a say\nin decision making). Kuruma probably wouldn't like to be manipulated like a\npuppet.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-30T07:07:33.990", "id": "6637", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-30T14:39:41.020", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-30T14:39:41.020", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "3160", "parent_id": "4605", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\n9 tails fears being controlled by Madara because he likes his current host.\nPlain and simple. The Uchiha have a past with him as well, as depicted in\nshippuden episode 2 when Sasuke uses his sharingan to explore Naruto's mind.\n\nOn a side note, the Jinchuriki (all demons as well) are beings that thrive via\npersonal gain. A demon will not present itself to a human unless it wants or\nneeds something that can be taken or given freely from the human. Perhaps 9\ntails believes Madara is just another (1)manipulative asshole with the (2)last\nname Uchiha. 2 reasons not to go with him. Another reason could be that e\nbelieves Madara is weak >:p and unworthy of his acquaintance.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-02-09T01:28:52.197", "id": "19227", "last_activity_date": "2015-02-09T01:28:52.197", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11638", "parent_id": "4605", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI finally got around to watching this and here is my theory on what exactly\nhappened to the doll. After\n[**_Retsu_**](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Retz) gets her dress\n[**_Killua_**](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Killua) asks her to give\n[**_Gon_**](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Gon) and him the location that\nshe believes to be where the\n[**_Pairo_**](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Pairo) doll is that contains\n[**_Kurapika_**](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Kurapika)'s eyes. After a\nsmall argument Killua asks Gon for a moment alone so they walk outside to the\nalley. Before the even leave the store Retsu uses the Soul Doll ability.\nAccording to the HxH wikia a brief description states:\n\n> The ability to make a doll copy of a person that the target is strongly\n> thinking about. Conditions in performing Soul Doll are : Omokage's doll must\n> be adjacent to the target while that person is thinking of someone. When the\n> doll is adjacent to the target, it will turn into the person that the target\n> is thinking about. The real person of whom the doll is based cannot feel or\n> notice this (without actually being there). ref([ ** _Omokage\n> Abilities_**](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Omokage))\n\nDuring the brief exchange with Gon, Killua has the ever present flashback of\n[**_Illumi_**](http://hunterxhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Illumi) telling him that he\nwill betray his freinds. After Retz comes out and addresses them in the alley\nthey leave, the scene zooms back into the alley and we see a purplish aura\nthat grows into a humanoid shadow.\n\nSo my theory is since Retsu can manipulate her doll without strings she sent\nit after Gon and Killua in the alley and once the Soul Doll ability was\nactivated it caught on to Killua's thinking of Illumi and once they left the\nalley it transformed into the Illumi doll that we see later on in the movie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-11-10T00:55:48.417", "id": "27197", "last_activity_date": "2016-05-09T11:17:58.583", "last_edit_date": "2016-05-09T11:17:58.583", "last_editor_user_id": "15660", "owner_user_id": "15660", "parent_id": "4606", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWell, there are plot holes which Kishimoto makes up most of the time. Some\nthings can not be reasoned without the wildest guesses.\n\nFor example, when Orochimaru attacked Konoha by using Edo Tensei on the First\nand Second, neither they used the Flying Thunder God of the Second, nor he\nused the Thousand Hands Jutsu of First with which he could have clearly\noverpowered the Third.\n\nWell, we can just say, it was a twisted ankle, so healing doesn't work with\ntwisted ankles like it does with wounds, for which healing can be done with\nsprouting new cells.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-04T08:27:49.517", "id": "4617", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-04T16:13:10.030", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-04T16:13:10.030", "last_editor_user_id": "27", "owner_user_id": "2145", "parent_id": "4608", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nDuring his battle with Sasuke in the Valley of the End Naruto was not in\ncontrol of the nine tails. The Nine Tails was acting on his own accord,\ntriggered by the emotions of Naruto.\n\nBut during the battle with Kisame, Naruto was in control of the Nine Tails.\nInfact he had just gained control of it. So I would guess that, since he only\nrecently gained control of the nine tails, he was not in sync with the Nine\nTail's power, which is displayed by Naruto misjudging his speed and power\nthereby spraining/fracturing his ankle.\n\nOne can have all the raw power in him, but unless the body is in sync with the\npower, you are no good. Also, about the fallen Zetsu's or wood element's\nsprouting leaves, this is not done by Naruto, but rather it is done by\nNaruto's/Kurama's chakra resonating in the wood element. (Zetsu has\nHashirama's cells).\n\nWell this is my two cents.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T03:09:57.150", "id": "4627", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-05T03:09:57.150", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4608", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, they're different. The settings and some of the characters are the same\nbut the overall plot isn't.\n\nThe Marvel animated series Wolverine was based on the 1982 Chris Claremont and\nFrank Miller graphic novel of the same name. Both the anime and movie have\ncharacters \" _Mariko_ \", \" _Shingen_ \", \" _Yukio_ \". Both also have Mariko in\nan arranged marriage, but only in the anime is where Mariko is Logan's\ngirlfriend. There's also this giant samurai automaton in both the movie and\nanime.\n\nThe beginning of the anime has Logan and Mariko both in New York City where\nshe's kidnapped. Whereas the movie has him in the woods following the events\nof \" **X-Men: Last Stand** \". It seems there's a lot of mutants in the anime\nthat aren't in the movie, in particular, Kikyo, a mutant who can extend a\nsword out of his wrists, similar to Logan and Omega Red, a Russian biomedical\nexperiment.\n\nI've never read the original graphic novels, but according to [this blog\npost](http://www.jacehallshow.com/blog/20110923/is-wolverine-anime-truer-to-\nthe-comic-than-the-movies/), the anime is more faithful to the original novels\nthan the movie series.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-03T23:00:33.513", "id": "4614", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-03T23:00:33.513", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4610", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a completely different universe and settings than ours (still Earth\nthough, just under different circumstances). However, according to\ntechnological advances and the construction style, I'd say that the year they\ndescribe, around 800 - 900 doesn't seem far fetched.\n\nAs for the location, I'm not sure, the names of the characters don't seem\nJapanese, something European maybe?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-04T07:12:48.960", "id": "4616", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-04T07:12:48.960", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 }, { "body": "\n\nAs [@Madara](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/27/madara-uchiha)\n[said](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4616/274), _Attack on Titan_ is set\non Earth, but in a different situation. This is evidenced by a reference to a\nreal-world legend in episode 15:\n\n> Two captured Titans are named Sawney and Bean, which is stated in-universe\n> to be based on the [legend of Sawney\n> Bean](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean).\n\nIf we use that same evidence as part of a timeline, there's two possibilities:\n\n * The year 850 means that we are at least 850 years following the aforementioned legend, putting us no earlier than year 2350 A.D. This seems possible but unlikely, as their technology shows no signs of being derived from our own.\n * The year 850 is some marker to an event that happened prior to the legend, in which case we have no frame of reference other than that the story must take place in or after the 1500s. This seems to be the more likely answer.\n\nKeep in mind, though, that in the _Attack on Titan_ universe:\n\n> The oriental races are wiped out; Mikasa has her mother's oriental blood,\n> but is the last surviving member of the Asian races.\n\nWith this in mind, it is highly unlikely that it is in Japan or even nearby\n(though the location is also unstated). However, seeing how many names are\nEuropean (Jäger is German for \"hunter\", Armin is a Germanic name, cf. Arminius\n& Herman), it's most likely that the story takes place in Germany, or at least\nin Europe, where the remaining survivors of the Titan catastrophe are now\ncornered.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-04T16:43:42.770", "id": "4620", "last_activity_date": "2014-06-26T15:27:23.463", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 49 }, { "body": "\n\nIt doesn't say where they are except for the name of the walls the humans hide\nbehind as protection from the titans. But seeing as the character names are of\nGerman decent (and even some of the lyrics from the anime's openings), I'd say\nthey're in Germany, or somewhere in Europe that has very strong German\ninfluences. In all reality though, they're just somewhere on Earth, hiding\nbehind walls from human-like, man-eating creatures\n\nAs for the time... It might take place in the distant future, after humanity\nhas gone (nearly) exinct\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-11T20:46:46.183", "id": "4752", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-11T21:38:56.447", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-11T21:38:56.447", "last_editor_user_id": "2204", "owner_user_id": "2204", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nMaybe it could be arround Germany... but with a lower sea level so more\nlandmass will be available (120m less sea level or less and you have\ncontinental Europe and UK, Irland as one big landmass)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-12T23:45:28.120", "id": "5170", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-12T23:45:28.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2374", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm assuming it would be in Germany and/or the surrounding European countries.\nThe architecture of the districts within the Maria and Rose walls (including\ntheir outliers like Shiganshina District) looks to be very much like\ntraditional German architecture. However, the Stohess District resembles Czech\narchitecture and Utopia resembles Parisian mid-rise styles.\n\nThe tall 80m-treed forests which are both in & outside the walls could be the\nBlack Forest in Germany. There is also a small alpine section within the walls\n& outside, which could be the Swiss/Italian Alps. Not only that, but the\ncharacters have German names such as Reiner, Bertholdt, Jaeger, etc.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-26T10:12:39.960", "id": "5318", "last_activity_date": "2018-08-07T01:04:28.320", "last_edit_date": "2018-08-07T01:04:28.320", "last_editor_user_id": "41895", "owner_user_id": "2449", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\nI read an article stating that the story take place in Bavarian era. Too bad I\nforgot where I read it, and after a brief check on wiki, it is said that There\nhad been a kingdom ruled by a king in the Bavarian Era, in Germany, and we\nknow as well in the anime that the three walls were under a King's reign.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-27T15:15:18.823", "id": "5335", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-27T15:15:18.823", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2458", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nMy guess is 52.2051, 47.5557 on your map. It makes sense geographically -\nperhaps Germany led the way to the evacuation, and it seems more logical for\nAsians to have arrived here rather than in Western Europe.\n\nThe one thing I looked for was that there are rivers that passes through all\nthe districts, through all 3 walls. Though the map referenced in the manga\nseems to have two rivers (one running north-south and the other running east-\nwest, roughly speaking) crossing through the walls.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-01T06:59:19.963", "id": "5371", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-15T23:04:39.710", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-15T23:04:39.710", "last_editor_user_id": "2604", "owner_user_id": "2478", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nSince some of the characters in the show talk about the world before (Hanji\nand naming the titans after the infamous cannibal Sawney Bean), it's\ncompletely likely that the series takes place in the future rather than before\ncommon times.\n\nAs for location, it's most likely that the Walls are located in Germany, or\nnearby in Europe. However, it's also likely for the series to take place in\nNorthern US, border-lining with Canada. Mostly since many German immigrants\nsettled in that area, and majority of SNK characters are German. At the same\ntime, it leaves room for reasons of why there are many other nationalities,\nlike Japanese and French. Since America is just one big melting pot in itself.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-14T18:33:56.207", "id": "5479", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-14T18:33:56.207", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2546", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nWhat about in the opening episode where it says \"To you, two thousand years in\nthe future\"? At first I thought it meant that we're (roughly) two thousand\nyears after the rotation from BC to AD, but since the show starts off in 845\n(or 844, can't remember atm) that doesn't make sense since we're obviously not\nin the year 2845. The other option would be to add two thousand years to our\ncurrent timeline making it 4013 and then subtract 845 to get 3168, the year\nthat the calendar supposedly reset again. It bothers me that it's not clear\nwhen the story is supposed to take place because I think it would help in\nsolving some of the mysteries if we at least had a time period to work off of.\nThen again, maybe that's the point.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-19T05:09:36.347", "id": "5518", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-19T05:09:36.347", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2568", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nSince the titans have only been on the earth for 100 years, and the people\nleft only have technology of Cannons, ect. They obliviously aren't going to be\nin a future of our timeline with this technology, but they could be if other\nevents were changed in their past. But it seems way more likely that they are\naround the year c.700-c.900 on the original timeline.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-10-27T01:13:56.147", "id": "5602", "last_activity_date": "2013-10-27T01:13:56.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2617", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nYou are all forgetting the fact that they possess flintlock firearms and\nsophisticated pneumatic mechanisms within their 3D gear.\n\nPoint being the story has to take place in a post-Renaissance period.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-11T09:33:06.107", "id": "5827", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-11T09:33:06.107", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2711", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nWell, flintlocks such as in this show, weren't really made as well as they\nwere her until the 1700's. Though, as we can see, from multiple parts in the\nmanga. As-well as in the show, their ships are wooden, and they are pre-\nindustrial era. Which means, this show probably is taking place at about\n1750-1800 AD. As they are past the renaissance, though, they did not quite\nreach the industrial era yet. Which means, it is actually probably in the\n1800's as technology has halted for a hundred years. As the titans came into\nplay in the 1700's, and for 100 years people have just been halted. If you\nnotice though, if this had happened 100 years after, in 1850. Or 1950, the\ntitans would not have been much of a problem due to the weapons. It is almost\nas if the titans came at about the perfect time, where humans were just un-\nable to mass murder the titans. If it were set after a modern era however,\nthen there would obviously be better machinery around, such as tanks,\nairplanes, or even spacecraft. It is quite evident that it is pre industrial,\nand this is evident not only through their weapons or technology for that\nmatter. But their clothing as-well. Many nations at the time had organized\nlooking clothing, and a system of departments for the military. So, the best\nbet for when this show is occurring is from the 1700's, when the titans\narrived, till the 1800's, which is when the show and manga takes place. If\nanyone says it was in the 900's, remember, weapons and technology such as in\nthis were not seen on a mass scale, or at any large scale at all. 1700'S =\nTitan Arrival, 1800'S = AOT\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-11-16T04:43:32.097", "id": "5898", "last_activity_date": "2013-11-16T04:43:32.097", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2735", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nSo first of all, the story cannot possibly be taking place 2000 years in the\npast. I am not going to talk about technology development or the size of the\ncharacters (2000 years ago, Levi Ackerman wouldn't have been considered as\nshort).\n\nAnyway, Sasha gave me the first part of the answer. In the trainee corps arc,\nwe can see her eating a potato, and the potato was imported into Europe from\nthe South America, which proves the story takes place _after_ the discovery of\nthe American continent (Europe really started to grow potatoes in the 17th\ncentury...).\n\nBut then I ticked on how they calculated the size of the titans. They used\n\"meter-class\", which mean they have the metric system. The metric system\nhaving been invented after the French revolution in 1789 and was finally\naccepted by the French Academy of Science on 26th March 1791.\n\nThe story should take place after this date.\n\nI've also noted that Mikasa (in the trainee corps arc when Eren seems unable\nto have his \"natural balance\") speaks about \"artisans\" who make the 3D\nmaneuver gear, and with a look with the general development of the city (no\ntrains, no steam boats). This suggests that the industrial revolution (~1840)\nhas not yet taken place. My theory is that titan have appeared (year 743 in\nthe story) between 1791 and 1840 (and that because of that new-found enemy,\nthe industrial revolution never took place...). The story starts with the\ncolossal titan 102 years later (year 845 in the story), which means between\n1893 and 1942 in our calendar.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-15T20:48:25.273", "id": "13441", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-15T21:22:22.283", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-15T21:22:22.283", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "8009", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nI always thought of it as a futuristic collapsed society type theme. They were\nforced to build walls and revert back to medieval society but they focused\ntheir technology on their ODM gear to combat the titans. There is reference to\nthe past (our current real life time). Perhaps the biggest supporting evidence\nof this was episode 6 where Misaka's kidnappers are talking about her race and\nthey state:\n\n\"she's exotic. what they used to call an Oriental.You know about all that\nright? back when there used to be different breeds of people, a bunch of them\nfrom the far east came scrambling here for safety. the old perverts in the\ncapital really go for that sort of thing. this little beauty's going to fetch\na mint at auction. it's great business. she's the last of her kind. all the\nrest of her people died out.\"\n\nhope that helps. the year that it starts out on is 845 so the yearly calendar\nreset for some important reason, but it hasn't revealed a lot about the\nhistory yet (just that the titans appeared over 100 years ago.) As far as\nlocation goes it's safe to assume that it is probably German. accounting for\nthe kidnapper's claim that there is currently only one race and we have names\nlike: -Yaeger (german for hunter) -Arlert is old german anglo-saxon, and\nArmin's wiki page trivia section states that \"The name 'Armin' may have\nmultiple meanings, either from an old German word meaning \"whole\", or\n\"Herman\", meaning \"soldier\"\".\n<http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Armin_Arlert> -Erwin - Derived from\nthe Germanic name Hariwini, composed of the elements hari \"army\" and win\n\"friend\".\n\nAdd it all up with a lot of blonde hair (Armin, Reiner, Nanaba, Christa,\nAnnie, Erwin, etc) and it seems that they were leaning toward a German-\noriented character base with names that are literal puns toward the fact that\nthey are soldiers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-10-24T08:30:43.427", "id": "26787", "last_activity_date": "2015-10-24T08:30:43.427", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18598", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\n**_Spoilers ahead._**\n\nIn Chapter 93, page 6, we are presented with a geographic representation of\nthe Attack on Titan world:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/wknpm.jpg)\n\nThe region in pink represents the\n\n> Mid-East Allies\n\nThe region in blue represents the\n\n> Nation of Marley\n\nThe region in red represents\n\n> Paradis, Island of Paradis, or Paradis Island, whichever you prefer to go\n> by, and that is where most all of the story takes place (where Eren & the\n> titans reside)\n\nCross-referencing with a world map it becomes clear that\n\n> if we are using geography as an identifying feature of the Attack on Titan\n> Earth, this is not the Earth that we know. Unless the map was drawn in such\n> a way as to purposely hide defining geographic characteristics, it is likely\n> that the Earth in Attack on Titan is more of an alternate universe Earth.\n> There are a lot of references that we are familiar with, especially later on\n> in the manga, but it is clear that the geography doesn't match up to\n> anything on our current Earth. In addition, the names of these regions are\n> Marley, Paradis, and Mid-East Allies. And the peoples in the first two\n> regions are called Marleyans and Eldians. So it further solidifies that the\n> AoT Earth, while similar, is more than likely an alternate-universe Earth\n> and not the same Earth that we currently reside on.\n\nThat means that\n\n> since this is not the same Earth, we can not use our own timeline to judge\n> what time period this takes place. It is a completely different world,\n> albeit with a lot of similarities, but it makes the most sense to stick to\n> the timeline that AoT presents to us throughout the manga and anime.\n\nLater in the manga, however, we see that\n\n> while Paradis Island looks like it's living in our version of the medieval\n> times, the rest of the world is not.\n\nIn fact, we see in chapter 86, pages 146-147, that\n\n> during Grisha Yeager's childhood (so some time before Eren), humanity was in\n> possession of airships and military technology that we might have seen from\n> the 1900s to 1930s or 40s. Again, we can't compare the timelines in AoT to\n> our own since we know AoT's Earth is not our Earth but this should help give\n> you a better understanding of the AoT world. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/JaMPt.jpg)\n\nIn Chapter 86, page 156-157, we are presented with\n\n> military uniforms that look sort of similar to WWI/WWII era uniforms. In the\n> same frame we can also see the soldier smoking a cigarette while taking a\n> break on a mowed grass lawn. In chapter 94, we can also see the type of\n> firearm that this child is carrying which is an excellent example of more\n> sophisticated technology. I blocked out the text in the frames as it wasn't\n> necessary. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QVVLJ.png)\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ooBUr.png)\n\nSo at this point it's obvious that\n\n> we did not, prior to these chapters, have a good understanding of the AoT\n> universe and there's a good reason, too. But those are unnecessary spoilers.\n\nI recommend reading the manga for more information on the backstory of AoT for\nfurther information on timeline, place, and technology within the AoT\nuniverse.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-07-10T17:46:38.360", "id": "41306", "last_activity_date": "2017-07-10T17:59:02.443", "last_edit_date": "2017-07-10T17:59:02.443", "last_editor_user_id": "32833", "owner_user_id": "32833", "parent_id": "4615", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs seen in the anime (carefull this contains spoilers).\n\n> Towards the ending shogun reveals that he actual is Takumi Nishijo His\n> original. and the main protagonist was just a fantasy of him. In this part\n> he also reveals that he has a rare disease which causes him to age when he\n> uses his power (believe this information is given spread over episodes\n> 10-12). They do not go into details about how he got this disease\n\nWith this the answer to your question would be No, Shogun was not artificialy\naged.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-06T12:15:12.963", "id": "4646", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-06T12:22:06.693", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-06T12:22:06.693", "last_editor_user_id": "1458", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "4618", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\n**Answer of the last question :** I think it's the brain which was scooped out\nby Grim with the weird spoon. It was just another case of New Generation\nmurders.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-08-21T16:18:00.900", "id": "48470", "last_activity_date": "2018-08-21T16:18:00.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41845", "parent_id": "4618", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n\n\nYou may be thinking of an old Miyazaki movie called [**Sora Tobu\nYureisen**](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2484).\nIn the movie, there was a drink called \"Boa Juice\" which is manufactured by\nthe evil corporation and was really some kind of poison that made people\ndissolve if you drank enough of it.\n\n\n\nThis [blog post](http://blacksun1987.blogspot.com/2010/03/sora-tobu-yureisen-\nflying-ghost-ship.html) has a really detailed synopsis with lots of\nscreenshots of the movie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-06T01:25:07.250", "id": "4639", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-06T01:25:07.250", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4622", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure if this is what you're looking for, but according to Japanese\nWikipedia articles for those series, they can be called **tanpen anime**\n(短編アニメ, short anime).\n\n[Aiura](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%82%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%82%89#.E3.83.86.E3.83.AC.E3.83.93.E3.82.A2.E3.83.8B.E3.83.A1):\n\n> 2013年4月から6月までテレビ東京・ニコニコ動画にて、5分枠の **短編アニメ** で放送された。 \n> From April to June 2013, a 5 minute **tanpen anime** was aired on TV Tokyo\n> and Nico Nico Douga.\n\n[Recorder and\nRandsell](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%81%A8%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB#.E3.83.86.E3.83.AC.E3.83.93.E3.82.A2.E3.83.8B.E3.83.A1):\n\n> 5分枠の **短編アニメ** で、2012年1月より『リコーダーとランドセル ド♪』のタイトルでテレビ埼玉、KBS京都にて放送された。 \n> A 5 minute **tanpen anime** was aired starting in January 2012 on TV\n> Saitama and KBS Kyoto as \"Recorder and Randsell Do♪\".\n\n[Morita-\nsan](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E7%94%B0%E3%81%95%E3%82%93%E3%81%AF%E7%84%A1%E5%8F%A3#.E3.83.86.E3.83.AC.E3.83.93.E3.82.A2.E3.83.8B.E3.83.A1):\n\n> 『森田さんは無口。』のタイトルで、2011年7月から9月までテレビ埼玉、KBS京都、ニコニコチャンネルにて放送された5分枠の **短編アニメ** 。 \n> From July to September 2011, TV Saitama, KBS Kyoto, and Nico Nico channel\n> aired a 5 minute **tanpen anime** with the title as \"Morita-san wa\n> Mukuchi.\".\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-04T23:16:44.227", "id": "4624", "last_activity_date": "2015-07-13T19:10:23.683", "last_edit_date": "2015-07-13T19:10:23.683", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "107", "parent_id": "4623", "post_type": "answer", "score": 20 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause he was the only one among all present there that was wearing a pair of\nglasses. \nThe term [\"Four eyes\"](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/four-eyes) refers to\npeople that wear spectacles.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T03:14:37.137", "id": "4629", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-05T03:46:01.803", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-05T03:46:01.803", "last_editor_user_id": "1528", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4626", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 }, { "body": "\n\nI don't recall the scene. But in Japanese, he probably actually referred to\nhim as [_megane_](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Megane) (meaning\n_spectacles_ ). Rather than using literal translations, subbers/dubbers prefer\nto use equivalent terms which will carry a similar tone in the target\nlanguage. Since an equivalent epithet used in English for a bespectacled\nperson is [four-eyes](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/four-eyes), that is what\nwas preferred.\n\n_Four-eyes_ is almost always used as a derogatory term in English. But this\nisn't necessarily the case with _megane_. That said, considering the character\nof _Kabuto_ , I expect that that is how it was used in this case. IOW, _four-\neyes_ is a perfect fit.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T07:47:34.827", "id": "4630", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-05T07:47:34.827", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4626", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n * \"Jutsu\" means skill or spell \n * \"NinJutsu\" means ninja technique \n * \"No Jutsu\" means technique of\n\nso put that together: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu means technique of shadow clone,\nwhich is a ninja technique\n\n<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jutsu>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T15:51:52.823", "id": "4634", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-05T15:51:52.823", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2044", "parent_id": "4631", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThe first part of your question has been answered by ton yeung.\n\nAs for why Kabuto said \"Naruto isn't blessed with a technique and he relies\nupon the Nine Tails\", it's because up until then Naruto had not shown any true\nsigns of brilliance.\n\nHe was always up to stupid acts with some sparks of brilliance that looked\nmore like flukes than intentional actions. Even during the chunin exams,\nnaruto had a \"lucky fart\" that helped him impact the battle to his favor.\n\nNaruto is even termed as Konoha's most unpredictable knuckle head ninja.\n\nAnd since most of Naruto's efforts had been mass usage of chakra (by which I\nmean, not effective usage of chakra) Kabuto must have said that he relies on\nthe Nine Tails to provide him the chakra.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T16:17:07.133", "id": "4635", "last_activity_date": "2014-07-11T01:39:19.477", "last_edit_date": "2014-07-11T01:39:19.477", "last_editor_user_id": "1908", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4631", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nFirst of all, jutsu (術) means \"technique\", \"skill\", \"method\", \"trick\" or\n\"spell\".\n\nA ninjutsu (忍術, lit. \"ninja techniques\") is one of the three types of jutsu\nthat exist in Naruto. [This answer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/3043/49)\ndefines it as\n\n> a term referring to almost any technique which allows the user to do\n> something that they otherwise would be incapable of doing, including the\n> usage of weapons.\n\nAs for \"no jutsu\" (の術): \"no\" (の) is a Japanese particle that, in this case,\nindicates possessive, and jutsu is explained above. That means that the\nexpression \"... no Jutsu\" means \"Technique of ...\" or \"... Technique\". \nIn that way, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (影分身の術) is translated to Shadow Clone\nTechnique and Kuchiyose no Jutsu (口寄せの術) is translated to Summoning Technique. \nAnd yes, these two are Ninjutsu.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T16:21:10.757", "id": "4636", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-05T16:21:10.757", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4631", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMadara/Tobi had taken control of the Nine-Tails, but during his battle with\nMinato, Minato removed the Nine-Tails from the control of Tobi. Then Tobi\nescapes from the battle.\n\nThis is where the Nine-Tails was summoned by Madara/Tobi in Konoha (chapter\n502):\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is when Minato removes the Nine-Tails from the control of Madara/Tobi\n(chapter 503):\n\n\n\nThis is when Madara/Tobi escapes:\n\n\n\nNow, since no one was present to control the Nine-Tails, he went on a rampage\nand thus attacked the village.\n\nInitially, Madara/Tobi wanted to keep control of the Nine-Tails and use its\npower for himself, and destroy Konoha. But now the Nine-Tails was a loose\ncanon destroying Konoha on its own free will.\n\n> After Rin, who was someone very special to Obito, was killed, he was taken\n> by hatred towards the Ninja world. Uchiha Madara had for long contained\n> hatred for the Senju clan. After his defeat in the hands of the First Hokage\n> - Hashirama Senju, had made the destruction of Konoha his vendetta. Madara\n> saped into this hatred of Obito and toned Obito's thoughts to suit his own\n> needs. When Madara/Tobi learned that Kushina is about to deliver a child,\n> they made their move, as the time of delivering the child is when the seal\n> is the weakest for a Jinchuruki. Having a Tailed Beast in his disposal would\n> have been a great advantage for Madara, as he was already planning something\n> that concerned the Bijuus.\n\nThus Madara/Tobi attacks Konoha, and in turn the Nine-Tails attacks Konoha.\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-05T15:45:55.203", "id": "4633", "last_activity_date": "2016-12-04T18:00:56.650", "last_edit_date": "2016-12-04T18:00:56.650", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4632", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThe question here is not the actual reason of the _**Nine Tails attack to\nKonoha**_ , but the actual reason of the _**Masked Man attack to Konoha**_.\n\nThe attack of the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, coincided with Kushina Uzumaki, the\nNine-Tails' second jinchūriki, giving birth to Naruto on the night of October\n10th. During a female jinchūriki's pregnancy, the energy used to maintain the\nseal has to be redirected to the growing child in her womb — whether\nconsciously done or not. As a result, the seal used on the beast weakens in\ndirect proportion, and as such special preparations have to be made when a\nfemale jinchūriki is about to give birth as the seal may break entirely\n[(Naruto Episode 500 Pages\n8-9)](http://www.mangareader.net/93-54942-17/naruto/chapter-500.html).\n\n\n\nHowever, the childbirth's location was eventually discovered by Tobi, who\nlearned the information by observing Kakashi at the Konoha Cemetery.\n\n\n\nMaking his way to the site, Tobi killed the ANBU stationed outside and later\nBiwako and Taji after the child had been born[(Naruto Episode 500 Pages\n13-17)](http://www.mangareader.net/93-54942-14/naruto/chapter-500.html).\n\n\n\nHolding the newborn Naruto at ransom, he forces Minato to leave the cave via\nhis Flying Thunder God Technique when he sets off the explosive tags he had\nplaced on the newborn's blanket.\n\n\n\nTaking advantage of Minato's absence, Tobi forcibly extracted the Nine-Tails\nfrom a visibly exhausted Kushina while noting that the Four Symbols Seal also\ncarried the Flying Thunder God Technique seal as a security measure which\nwould enable Minato to teleport to his wife's aid at any time[(Naruto Episode\n501 Pages\n1-6)](http://www.mangareader.net/93-55203-2/naruto/chapter-501.html).\n\nAs the Nine-Tails finally emerged from the seal, Tobi used his Sharingan to\ngain control of the tailed beast and commands it to destroy Konoha.\n\n**My analysis:**\n\nThe main reason however is notably clear. Tobi/Madara took advantage of the\n_weakened seal_ because of Kushina's child birth and to take control over the\nKyuubi. The attack to Konoha is just a secondary effect from Tobi taking\ncontrol of the Kyuubi. The attack was merely a prerequisite of his main plan\nof collecting the Kyuubi. We knew that the [Eye of the Moon\nPlan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Eye_of_the_Moon_Plan) requires all the\ntailed beast in order to form the Bijuu; and the very root of these plan is to\nfill the empty hole in the heart of Obito[(Naruto Episode 530 \"What can fill\nthe hole\" Pages 4-5)](http://www.mangareader.net/naruto/630/5).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T21:27:55.907", "id": "4674", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T00:37:19.640", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1709", "parent_id": "4632", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nYes Kurama did attack Konoha but this was only because he was controlled by\nMadara’s Sharingan and was forced to attack the hidden leaf. If Karuma wasn’t\ncontrolled by Madara/“Tobi” He would’ve destroyed destroyed them first than\nthe leaf village\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-04-14T01:12:17.877", "id": "57258", "last_activity_date": "2020-04-14T01:12:17.877", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52766", "parent_id": "4632", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's probably from [History's Strongest Disciple\nKenichi](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6864). As\nthe Muay Thai boxer, Apachai Hopachai, one of Kenichi's teachers, has a\nspecial technique called the [Chai\nKick](http://kenichi.wikia.com/wiki/Chai_Kick).\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-06T03:48:15.020", "id": "4642", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-06T03:48:15.020", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4641", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis ending theme song is titled [_La Divina Tragedia: Ma\nKyoku_](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_divina_tragedia_%E3%80%9C%E9%AD%94%E6%9B%B2%E3%80%9C).\nIt was recorded by\n[Jimang](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E3%82%93%E3%81%90).\nThe song [does not appear](http://anison.info/data/song/57961.html) in any\nother anime. From the looks of it, Jimang has not had any other song appear in\nany anime. But one of his other tracks, _Sakura POP_ , has been used in the\nKorean MMORPG, [MapleStory](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleStory).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-06T16:10:01.777", "id": "4651", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-06T16:10:01.777", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4644", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the real world? Yes, this might be possible [read\nthis](http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/human-biology/two-lungs-one-\nheart1.htm)\n\nIn Naruto? I doubt there will be another but yes the possibility is there.\nKakuzu decided to get more hearts due to his stitching power. There might be\nmore ninja's that have a similar power that could do this. Then again the\nchances are slim that another ninja would do the same thing.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-06T13:26:14.463", "id": "4649", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-06T14:12:51.633", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-06T14:12:51.633", "last_editor_user_id": "2077", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "4647", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nJugo is not the original bearer of the curse mark. He's the source from whom\nthat jutsu was created. Jugo's clan had a special body which could absorb the\nforce of nature and transform into various forms and had immense urge to kill.\n\n\n\nLike said on Chapter 349, page 9, Orochimaru used Jugo's blood to create an\nenzyme that caused similar transformations and gave immense power to the\nbearer. Orochimaru just injected the enzyme into his subjects.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T09:17:05.957", "id": "4661", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-07T09:57:45.580", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-07T09:57:45.580", "last_editor_user_id": "2077", "owner_user_id": "2168", "parent_id": "4652", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom the [wiki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naruto_Uzumaki) under _Personal_\n\n> **Part I** : 12 - 13\n>\n> **Part II** _(Shippuden)_ : 15 - 16\n\nIt is also worth noting that when Minato asked him his age after stoping\nnaruto from releasing the Kyuubi's seal, Naruto told him that he was 16.\n\nOn the wiki, it also says that he graduated from the Academy at age 12, _some\ntime passed_ and we know he spent ~2.5 years away training with Jiraiya so\naccounting for any time that may have passed, it eventually adds up.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-06T22:44:33.497", "id": "4655", "last_activity_date": "2014-10-20T23:38:33.193", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "4654", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nNaruto is 17 years old at the time of writing. But if you think that's young,\nItachi was only 17 years old in the first part of Naruto.\n\n> Meaning he was 20-22 when Sasuke killed him.\n\nNot to mention he was 13-14 when he killed his entire clan... So yeah, the\nmangaka has a really good opinion of young people xD\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-08-11T19:11:35.137", "id": "13354", "last_activity_date": "2014-08-21T17:48:00.017", "last_edit_date": "2014-08-21T17:48:00.017", "last_editor_user_id": "6166", "owner_user_id": "7947", "parent_id": "4654", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is not really stated how and when Madara learned to use ET.\n\nBut it is possible that during the battles between Senju and Uchiha, Madara\nhad seen Tobirama use it. And since ET is not a bloodline jutsu, and Madara as\ntop Uchiha ninja, he copied it with Sharingan's ability.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T08:07:04.927", "id": "4659", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-28T04:40:52.673", "last_edit_date": "2015-01-28T04:40:52.673", "last_editor_user_id": "7866", "owner_user_id": "1677", "parent_id": "4658", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThere are a few ways he could have learned it:\n\n 1. Copying it from Tobirama\n 2. Figuring it out himself\n 3. Getting the information from a different source, like a scroll. Orochimaru learned ET from the scroll of forbidden jutsus.\n\nThere is no definite answer however. It has never been stated or shown how\nMadara learned ET.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T18:45:44.540", "id": "4671", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-19T21:14:59.890", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-19T21:14:59.890", "last_editor_user_id": "61", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4658", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI might have a more satisfying answer to this. After all Madara already\nawakened Rinnegan. And I think I heard Jiraiya or someone say that the\nspecialty of Rinnegan is that it grants the Rinnegan user the ability of\nknowing every jutsu in existence. So of course he knows every jutsu. Simple\nlogic, Right?\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-09-25T16:47:01.610", "id": "67282", "last_activity_date": "2022-09-25T16:47:01.610", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70133", "parent_id": "4658", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHistorically speaking, Germany and Japan have been on friendly terms since the\n1930s (and even before), due to their [shared militaristic\nambitions](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Japan_relations) just\nprior to the second world war (which led to their Axis Alliance).\n\n> After the Second World War, the economies of both nations experienced rapid\n> recoveries; bilateral relations, now focused on economic issues, were soon\n> re-established. Today, Japan and Germany are, respectively, the third and\n> fourth largest economies in the world, and benefit greatly from many kinds\n> of political, cultural, scientific and economic cooperation.\n\nAs a result, there is a lot of cross-cultural sharing, which is why you see a\nlot of German outside of just anime as well ([for\nexample](http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/german.html), the Japanese word for part-\ntime job (アルバイト) is based off the German word for work (arbeit).\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T14:01:52.170", "id": "4669", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-07T14:01:52.170", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2175", "parent_id": "4663", "post_type": "answer", "score": 36 }, { "body": "\n\nThis may supports your theory that an old affection for German ideas exists in\nJapan.\n\nAs a lawyer, I can add that the Japanese civil law is based on German law to a\nsignificant extent. During the late 19th century, Japanese officials planned\nto westernize. As a result, they established a strong scholarly exchange\nbetween the universities of Japan and Western Europe. After the first attempt\nto adopt a French inspired system in 1893, Japan enacted a civil code in 1898\nin the German fashion. Just imagine, they voluntarily dropped core aspects of\ntheir legal tradition. This does not happen often in world history! I guess\nthey were totally fascinated by German system... and probably by a lot of\nother things, too.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-07-02T16:38:37.623", "id": "11618", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-12T17:44:54.057", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-12T17:44:54.057", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "6464", "parent_id": "4663", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom the perspective of someone from Japan, I suppose there are some reasons.\n\nFirst, the saturation of English names. Because there are quite a lot of\nanime/manga contents in Japan, it is really hard to find a new nice English\nname for a new character. One handy solutions is to pick a German name.\n\nSecond, the ease of pronunciation. Because Japanese language has only 5\nvowels: \"あいうえお\", some European names are a bit hard to hear and/or pronounce\nfor Japanese-speakers, though most German names are not really hard to\npronounce.\n\nFinally, Japanese just love Germany. They (we) have learned many things like\nconstitutions, medicals and chemicals from Germany. They also love German\nproducts like BMW automobiles, artificial hearts, etc. and believe Germans are\nhard-working, honest and industrious. (Personally, I also rely on German\nmiddle-wares).\n\nI guess past military relationships between Germany and Japan **don't** make\nJapanese love Germany, because Japanese regret WW2 and grieve what happened in\nEurope. Years ago, a Japanese comedian said black jokes which affirm the Axis\non TV (of course, he was just joking). After that, he was heavily criticized\nand had to apologize in public.\n\nAnyways today's era is wonderful because we all can talk about anime and manga\nhere, isn't it. See you. ;)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-04-12T16:29:57.940", "id": "20792", "last_activity_date": "2015-04-12T22:46:00.117", "last_edit_date": "2015-04-12T22:46:00.117", "last_editor_user_id": "13871", "owner_user_id": "13871", "parent_id": "4663", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom a German POV:\n\nShortly after the opening to Japan in 1853, the Norddeutsche Bund, a group of\nseveral Northern German countries (including Luxembourg) that was the pre-\norganisation of the late German Empire tried to make friendship treaties with\nJapan like other Western states. Japan said no because the confederation was\nquite weak. They made a treaty with Prussia though and started to have a\nscientific exchange with it.\n\nSeeing the Prussia and the German states fight in several wars and at the end\nbecoming united made them think of the new Germany Empire as a militarily\nstrong country and so, when they went to Europe and America to learn, they\nalso went to Berlin. The university system, school system, a lot of teaching\nbooks for medicine and other sciences, the constitution in the year 1889 and,\nof course, the military was inspired by the Prusso-German system and advised\nby German-Jewish advisors.\n\nIn WW1, Germany and Japan fought on different sides because Germany tried to\ngain power in China. There were German war prisoners in Japan, but they were\ntreated relatively well, which lead to some of them staying in Japan even\nafter they were officially released (because in Germany, there was a financial\ncrisis and a very political insecure situation at that time.)\n\nThen WW2 came and they became friends again, and since then, Germany and Japan\nwere more-or-less friends. A lot of German cities have Japanese partner\ncities, and since both countries had to build up their country, society, and\neconomy again, there was a lot of economical exchange in the following\ndecades. :)\n\nI think it also has something to do with the mentality of the countries; both\nhave a strong working ethos, a relatively strict social system that builds on\npoliteness and certain aloofness. I suppose that these similarities paired\nwith the exoticness of being Caucasian make the stereotypical German\ninteresting and cool for the Japanese that write the manga. Not to forget that\nour language is just really badass and beautiful and awesome. ;)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2015-10-19T15:42:24.727", "id": "26706", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-16T12:20:14.833", "last_edit_date": "2019-07-16T12:20:14.833", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "18604", "parent_id": "4663", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the old days Germany had al lot of fancy elite schools for the rich. This\nis might be the reason behind all of those rich school elite anime with\nGermans in them. In general I can only speak for myself and some other\nGermans. We love Japanese culture and this might also be the case for some\nJapanese Manga autors\n\nthis might be helpful\n\n[one of many sources](https://www.britannica.com/topic/education/Education-in-\nthe-20th-century)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-07-16T10:31:56.480", "id": "53632", "last_activity_date": "2019-07-16T10:31:56.480", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48019", "parent_id": "4663", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\nGerman used to be the lingua franca among scholars in Japan, just like Latin\nhas been in Europe.\n\nSo when you want to give things a scholarly vibe in the West, you use Latin\nand when you want to do this in Japan you use German.\n\nBut unlike with Latin, there's actually still people around that actually\nspeak German, so you can have German characters in a modern settings without\nhaving to use time travel.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-28T13:08:31.503", "id": "66283", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-28T13:08:31.503", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "4663", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is explained by _Sandaime Hokage_ that, though there is one winner of the\ntournament, it doesn't guarantee that he will become a _chunin_.\n\nHe also explained that there can be more than one _chunin_ from an exam and\nthere can be none too.\n\nIf there was only one _chunin_ per exam, it would have been impossible for all\nof Naruto's friends to become _chunin_ after his 3 years of training with\n_Jiraiya_.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T13:10:46.550", "id": "4667", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-07T13:59:29.863", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-07T13:59:29.863", "last_editor_user_id": "2077", "owner_user_id": "2064", "parent_id": "4666", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n \n\nThe only other thing I can think of is [Wild\nArms](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Arms:_Twilight_Venom). It's from\ncirca 1999 and has a kid with a gun in a western setting, but I've never seen\nthe show or played the video game series before, so I've no idea how gun\ncentric it really is.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-07T21:29:24.173", "id": "4675", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T05:33:18.170", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-08T05:33:18.170", "last_editor_user_id": "91", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4673", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Baka Updates](http://baka-updates.com/) (for anime) and\n[MangaUpdates](http://www.mangaupdates.com/) (for manga) constantly update\nwith newly subbed and translated series.\n\nFor a chart of all anime releases by season, check out [The Cart\nDriver](http://thecartdriver.com/charts/).\n\nAnd last but not least, to keep track of all the series you have viewed, use\n[My Anime List](http://myanimelist.net/).\n\nThis answers the question in your title, however I don't know of any site that\nparticularly keeps track of only English releases. Myanimelist does have the\ninfo on English series though, as it will tell you all the voice actors\n(Japanese, English, etc). This site is probably your best bet for all the\ninformation you would want from a series and it definitely has more than wiki\nand Anime News Network.\n\nFor your situation, however, there are currently no manga released as well as\nno English light novels. The only light novels that exist are in Japanese.\nBaka Tsuki was looking into translating it, but nothing has been done yet.\n\nI should probably also add that light novels in general are usually not\npublished into an English version. Translators like BakaTsuki will normally\ntake on those projects and if they do translate the series, it is normally\nposted in the serie's respective wikia.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T04:03:55.407", "id": "4677", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T23:06:03.433", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-08T23:06:03.433", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4676", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nApparently so. It's possible that other people were able to use the seal (for\ninstance, Kushina, who was a sealing expert, or the Second and First Hokages,\nwho knew advanced sealing techniques, but passed away).\n\nIt's possible that they referred to only living shinobi for that purpose (it\nmakes sense, because they were trying to figure out who unsealed it).\n\nI believe the technique was passed down to (or invented by) the Third, and he\nin turn taught it to his disciples.\n\nNote that Minato never used the Five Element Seal.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T16:32:21.480", "id": "4688", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T16:32:21.480", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27", "parent_id": "4678", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nRecall that the Sage of the Six Paths discovered the existence of chakra and\nused it to create jutsu. The direct descendants of him became Senju and\nUchiha, where their powers were split between body and eye.\n\nOther ninja clans were not descendents, however they were able to learn how to\nuse chakra as well in different forms of jutsus. Of course there are some\nclans, like the Hyuuga where the series notions the possibility of them\nderiving from the Uchiha.\n\nClans like Sarutobi, Nara, and Inuzuka clans are not related to the Sage of\nSix Paths though. On the other hand, Uzumaki is blood related to Senju.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T04:43:53.077", "id": "4680", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T04:43:53.077", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4679", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nJust to clarify any misconceptions, **there were already people living on\nearth before[Otsutsuki\nKaguya](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kaguya_%C5%8Ctsutsuki) made her move to\nsteal the chakra of the Divine Tree**. Its actually not like the Otsutsuki\nclan populated earth in its entirety. Just like someone said in the comments,\nthere were villages and empires belonging to different settlements at that\ntime. And so to answer your question, all those other clans originated on\nearth just like normal families do. However, everyone was greatly influenced\nby the Otsutsuki clan.\n\n**_Longer version:_** The people who lived in [The land of the\nAncestors,](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Land_of_Ancestors) welcomed Kaguya\nbecause they saw her as a Goddess and she bore 2 children with Tenji, the\nEmperor of the land (Hagoromo and Hamura).\n\n[Hamura Otsutsuki,](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hamura_%C5%8Ctsutsuki) the\nyounger one, later on became the ancestor of the [Hyuuga\nClan](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hy%C5%ABga_Clan), after which he went to\nthe Moon to guard the [Juubi's\nHusk.](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Demonic_Statue_of_the_Outer_Path)\n\nThe elder brother, Hagoromo Otsutsuki became known as the [Sage of Six\nPaths,](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hagoromo_%C5%8Ctsutsuki) because he\nfounded and taught everyone about Ninjutsu which was originally called\n[Ninshuu.](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Ninsh%C5%AB) All other clans must have\nlearned thier various Jutsus from any number of thier Ancestors who was a\nfollower of Hagoromo (or a follower of a follower of Hagoromo, kinda like\nthat).\n\nApart from the Hyuuga, Uchiha, Senjuu and Uzumaki clan (all of whom inherited\nspecific chakra and traits of the Otsutsuki Clan), all other clans learned\nJutsu's indirectly from the Sage of six paths teachings.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-11-11T20:21:49.153", "id": "49622", "last_activity_date": "2018-11-14T23:07:44.277", "last_edit_date": "2018-11-14T23:07:44.277", "last_editor_user_id": "42685", "owner_user_id": "42685", "parent_id": "4679", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'd say lack of confidence in herself, in a [quarter-life\ncrisis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-life_crisis) way.\n\nHere's Wikipedia's [take on the\nsubject](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki%27s_Delivery_Service#Plot):\n\n> […] after a brief encounter with Tombo's friends, some of whom she had met\n> earlier under unfavourable circumstances, Kiki loses her powers to fly and\n> speak with Jiji. She goes into depression. However, one of her friends, a\n> young painter named Ursula, invites her to stay in her forest cottage, where\n> she analyzes Kiki's current crisis as \"some form of artist's block.\" Since\n> many things had not gone as hoped for, Kiki is experiencing such a period,\n> which resulted in the loss of her powers; but if she finds a new purpose,\n> she will be able to reclaim what she has lost.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T10:11:24.663", "id": "4683", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T10:11:24.663", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2129", "parent_id": "4682", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 }, { "body": "\n\nThe central theme of _Majo no Takkyūbin_ is about self-belief and being\nyourself. This message is explained to Kiki early in the film when she\ncomplains about having to wear the drab witches' dress. Her mother explains\nthat it is her inner self which is important; her outer self is just a shell.\n\nEven before she leaves home, people question how Kiki will be able to survive\nas the only thing she seems to be good at is flying (and even that is a little\nsuspect). And after she leaves home, she is repeatedly plagued by more\nincidents which batter down on her self-worth. These include:\n\n 1. Meeting the snooty apprentice witch who pooh-poohs her skills.\n 2. Meeting girls wearing pretty colourful clothes who look down on her.\n 3. Even Tombo comments on her clothes at one point.\n 4. She also stares longingly at a dress in a shop window.\n 5. She inwardly does not think much about her chosen profession or her skill level either.\n 6. She feels unappreciated and underwhelmed by the response of the granddaughter to the freshly baked cake she has flown over in a storm.\n 7. She also feels really out of place when she meets Tombo's friends.\n\netc., etc. (Personally, I think Jiji's negativity either doesn't help much or\nis a reflection of Kiki's inner self.)\n\nAll these incidents chip away at her inner self until she collapses into a\ndepression, something which her artist friend, Ursula, compares to an artist's\nblock. She explains to Kiki that she has been through a similar situation\nherself when she lost interest in her art as she was modelling her approach on\nwhat other artists were doing or what her audience was expecting rather than\nbelieving in herself to come up with her own style.\n\nThis brings us back to the early scene where Kiki's mother tells her that it's\nher inner soul which is important.\n\nAll that said, this is also a coming of age story, and as the OP puts it, the\nloss of power could well be something that all witches go through as they\nmature. The fact that Jiji doesn't speak to Kiki even after she recovers her\npowers is telling. In many ways, it is only the childish Kiki who is able to\nspeak to her childhood companion. Kiki, the mature independent witch, is still\nfriends with Jiji, but does not need the cat as a confidant.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T16:11:56.310", "id": "4687", "last_activity_date": "2020-05-28T15:19:35.993", "last_edit_date": "2020-05-28T15:19:35.993", "last_editor_user_id": "53544", "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4682", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs mentioned in the series, the clans usually do not want their \"powers\" to\nfall into someone else's hand. As these could be used for research against\nthis power or getting even greater power for the clan that obtains it.\nTherefore they try to keep relations within clans. Then again relationships\nwith different clans do exist. Naruto's parents would be a good example for\nthis as [Minato Namikaze](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Minato_Namikaze)\nmarried himself into the Uzumaki clan with [Kushina\nUzumaki](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kushina_Uzumaki)\n\n> Membership in a clan is usually determined by blood relations and genetics,\n> which is vital in the usage of Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques. These\n> attributes and abilities made many clans feared and renowned throughout many\n> villages. While clans may be composed of many individuals and extended\n> families, many clans mentioned and seen in the series were somewhat limited\n> to a nuclear family. [Wikia](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Clans)\n\nAlso this part of the wiki states that family's (clans) can be composed of\nmany families.\n\nAs for forbidden relationships, yes they existed (not always in a romantic way\n) Look at the first Hokage and Madara Uchiha. They were best of friends yet\ntheir family's did not accept their friendship. So if I were to guess I would\nsay that there is a high probability that there are also forbidden\nrelationships\n\nI couldn't find any specific information about forced marriage´s so far. But\nif I do find some information on this I'll add it here later.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-16T11:54:34.737", "id": "4829", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-16T12:00:49.950", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-16T12:00:49.950", "last_editor_user_id": "2077", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "4684", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a character from the adult eroge, [Rakuen no\nReijou](http://f-game.jp/detail.php?id=0000086). The character's name is [Rise\nInujima](http://www.animecharactersdatabase.com/character.php?id=8274).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T17:06:14.063", "id": "4690", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T18:26:35.677", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-08T18:26:35.677", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "2147", "parent_id": "4689", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThe other answer is almost correct. The name of the VN is 楽園の令嬢（アリス）たち, but\nthe parenthetical word after 令嬢 (normally meaning daughter or young woman) is\nmeans that word should be read as Alice (アリス) in this case. So the name of the\ngame is, in romaji, _Rakuen no Arisu-tachi_. The character's name is indeed\nInujima Rise (狗島離世). The game is by [doujin group\nHarthnir](http://vndb.org/p1118), and version 0.01d was released in 2006.\n\nIt's not clear to me whether a full version of this game was ever released.\nThere was definitely a trial version, which the [f-game page\nabove](http://f-game.jp/detail.php?id=0000086) mentions. All references I can\nfind are for the trial version. [The website for the\ngame](http://www.rakuari.jp/) is also down. All the references I can find to\nthe game are to ver0.01d or earlier, which was definitely released, but is not\na full version (as far as I can tell). There were some rumors that the full\ngame would be released in 2009, but very little new information has appeared\nsince suggesting that this didn't happen. Assuming the game wasn't released,\nI'd probably conclude that it was abandoned.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T18:58:31.770", "id": "4694", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-08T18:58:31.770", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4689", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n<http://www.wordsense.eu/Suguru/> seems to define _suguru_ as \"male given\nname\". \nAs far as referencing goes, I think it'd be reasonable to say it's just a\npicture of a guy's face where an equivalent to \"guy\" is written underneath.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-09-19T18:17:42.717", "id": "5244", "last_activity_date": "2013-09-19T18:30:16.770", "last_edit_date": "2013-09-19T18:30:16.770", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "2364", "parent_id": "4691", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe chronological order of the story progression (starting from the beginning)\nfor the anime.\n\nKizumonogatari -> Nekomonogatari: Kuro -> Bakemonogatari -> Nisemonogatari ->\nNekomonogatari: Shiro\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T01:06:53.290", "id": "4700", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-09T01:06:53.290", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4695", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe order for story progression might be the following:\n\n * Kizumonogatari (傷物語)\n * Nekomonogatari Black (猫物語 黒)\n * Bakemonogatari (化物語)\n * Nisemonogatari (偽物語)\n * Kabukimonogatari (傾物語)\n * Onimonogatari (鬼物語) and Nekomonogatari White (猫物語 白) (events happen at the same time)\n * Otorimonogatari (囮物語)\n * Koimonogatari (恋物語)\n * Hanamonogatari (花物語)\n * Tsukimonogatari (憑物語)\n\nKoyomimonogatari (暦物語) is a series of 12 short stories spaced at intervals of\nroughly one month; the first one occurs in April (shortly after\nKizumonogatari).\n\nIt remains to be seen where Owarimonogatari (終物語) and Zoku-owarimonogatari\n(続終物語) (not released as of this writing) will fit chronologically.\n\nThe image below shows the anime broadcast and light novel publish order:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nn4wA.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T18:19:25.440", "id": "4721", "last_activity_date": "2017-11-14T03:09:04.767", "last_edit_date": "2017-11-14T03:09:04.767", "last_editor_user_id": "35019", "owner_user_id": "2185", "parent_id": "4695", "post_type": "answer", "score": 15 }, { "body": "\n\n## Overview and date convention\n\nThe first three seasons1 of Monogatari series generally takes place in the\none-year period between the start of the third year of high school of Araragi\nKoyomi (March, Year 0) and one month after his graduation (April, Year +1).\n\nNote that it is the general trend; the stories may refer to events before the\ntime period above. One story even takes place mostly in an alternate universe.\n\n1 The first 3 seasons are named First Season, Second Season and Final Season.\nThe 4th season, named Next Season, has been announced at the end of Zoku-\nOwarimonogatari.\n\nThe details below are mostly referenced and translated from [ja.Wikipedia\narticle of Monogatari\nSeries](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%80%88%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E%E3%80%89%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA).\n\n## Summary\n\nThe chapters in each book are ordered chronologically, so if you don't want to\nbe spoiled, the list below should be sufficient:\n\n 1. **`[3,-]`** _Kizumonogatari_\n\n 2. **`[6,3]`** _Nekomonogatari (Black)_\n\n 3. **`[1,1a]`** _Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)_\n\n 4. **`[2,1b]`** _Bakemonogatari (Volume 2)_\n\n 5. **`[4,2a]`** _Nisemonogatari (Volume 1)_\n\n 6. **`[5,2b]`** _Nisemonogatari (Volume 2)_\n\n 7. **`[8,4b]`** _Kabukimonogatari_\n\n 8. **`[7,4a]`** _Nekomonogatari (White)_ parallel to\n\n**`[11,4d]`** _Onimonogatari_ → **`[16,-]`** _Owarimonogatari (Volume 2)_\n\n 9. **`[15,-]`** _Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)_\n\n 10. **`[10,4c]`** _Otorimonogatari_\n\n 11. **`[12,4e]`** _Koimonogatari_\n\n 12. **`[13,6]`** _Tsukimonogatari_\n\n 13. **`[14,-]`** _Koyomimonogatari_ †\n\n 14. **`[17,-]`** _Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)_\n\n 15. **`[18,-]`** _Zoku-Owarimonogatari_\n\n 16. **`[9,5]`** _Hanamonogatari_\n\n† See Final Season section for more details. Ordering is based on the main\nevents.\n\nThe first number in bracket is the light novel publish order, and the second\nnumber is the anime airing order. So far, the anime generally follows the\nlight novel publish order and the chapter order in each volume, except for\nKizumonogatari and Hanamonogatari.\n\n> ## `/!\\` Spoiler Warning\n>\n> Although the details have been kept to minimum, the titles of the chapters\n> and the footnotes may contain spoilers.\n\n## First Season\n\nThe first season takes place between March 25, Year 0 to August 14, Year 0. It\ngenerally introduces the main cast and how they get involved with the\napparitions.\n\n * **March 25th - April 8th** : Koyomi Vamp/Kizumonogatari\n * **April 29th - May 7th** : Tsubasa Family/Nekomonogatari (Black)\n * **May 8th** : Hitagi Crab/Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)\n * **May 14th** : Mayoi Snail/Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)\n * **May 23rd - May 27th** 2: Suruga Monkey/Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)\n * **June 11th - June 12th** : Nadeko Snake/Bakemonogatari (Volume 2)\n * **June 13th - June 16th** : Tsubasa Cat/Bakemonogatari (Volume 2)\n * **July 29th - July 30th** : Karen Bee/Nisemonogatari (Volume 1)\n * **August 14th** : Tsukihi Phoenix/Nisemonogatari (Volume 2)\n\n2 The dates are derived from the fact that May 14th, when Araragi started\ngoing out with Senjougahara, was a Sunday, and Araragi got attacked on a\nFriday in May which was about 2 weeks since he started dating.\n\n## Second Season\n\nThe Second Season takes place between August 20th, Year 0 and April 21st, Year\n1. However, one can argue that the core of this season only extends up to\nFebruary 1st, Year 1, since the events in Hanamonogatari is quite removed from\nthe rest of the stories.\n\nThe Second Season introduces Oshino Ougi and foreshadows her involvement\nbehind the apparition incidents.\n\n * **August 20th - August 21st** 3: Mayoi Kyonshi/Kabukimonogatari\n * **August 21st - August 24th** (Koyomi appeared at the end after Shinobu Mail): Tsubasa Tiger/Nekomonogatari (White)\n * **August 21st - August 23rd** 4 (right after Mayoi Kyonshi): Shinobu Time/Onimonogatari\n * **October 31st - November 2nd** : Nadeko Medusa/Otorimonogatari\n * **January 1st (Year 1) - February 1st** : Hitagi End/Koimonogatari\n * **April 9th - April 21st** : Suruga Devil/Hanamonogatari\n\n3 On August 21st, they time-slipped back 11 years ago, then returned to August\n21st on different route, spent their time there until August 26th, then jumped\nback to August 21st of their original route.\n\n4 Plus an event in late December, where Koyomi told the whole story of how\nMayoi disappeared to Ougi.\n\nThe period of August 21st to August 24th consists of events happening in\nparallel from 4 chapters, three in Second Season and one in Final Season.\nAraragi involved in all four of them, and he resolved one problem just to get\ncaught up in another in the order listed.\n\n## Final Season\n\nChapters in Koyomimonogatari are all over the place in the timeline, with the\nearliest in April 11th, Year 0, just after the events in Koyomi\nVamp/Kizumonogatari and the latest in March 13th, Year 1. However, not all\nchapters in the book are relevant to the core story in Final Season.\n\nThe Final Season mainly takes place between August 23rd, Year 0 and March\n18th, Year 1. This season mostly centers around Oshino Ougi and fills in the\nvoid left by the Second Season. Note that the time period in Final Season\nintersects with the period in the Second Season.\n\n * **August 23rd - August 24th** (after Shinobu Time and parallel with Tsubasa Tiger)5: Shinobu Mail/Owarimonogatari (Volume 2)\n * **October 23rd (or 24th)** 6: Ougi Formula/Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)\n * **October 24th (or 25th)** 6: Sodachi Riddle/Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)\n * **October 25th (or 26th)** 6 (before Nadeko Medusa): Sodachi Lost/Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)\n * **November 1st** (before Nadeko became god in Nadeko Medusa): Koyomi Mountain/Koyomimonogatari\n * **Mid January, Year 1** (during Hitagi End): Koyomi Seed/Koyomimonogatari\n * **February 13th - February 14th** (after Hitagi End): Yotsugi Doll/Tsukimonogatari\n * **February - Late February** : Koyomi Nothing/Koyomimonogatari\n * **March 13th** : Koyomi Dead/Koyomimonogatari\n * **March 13th** (right after Koyomi Dead): Mayoi Hell/Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)\n * **March 14th** : Hitagi Rendezvous/Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)\n * **March 14th - March 15th** (right after Hitagi Rendezvous): Ougi Dark/Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)\n * **March 15th - March 18th** (right after Ougi Dark, and before Suruga Devil): Koyomi Reverse/Zoku-Owarimonogatari\n\n5 Plus an event on March 13th, where Koyomi told the whole incident to Ougi.\nThis event takes place before Koyomi Dead, which is on the same day.\n\n6 Given that these events take place in late October, and that Koyomi had been\nto school 5 days in a row, including the possibility of Naoetsugu High School\nhaving class on Saturday, since a different story had been set to take place\nin the week after, the events can only take place on either dates.\n\nHere are the rest of the side stories in Koyomimonogatari and their relative\nposition in the timeline:\n\n * **April 11th - April 12th, Year 0** (after Koyomi Vamp): Koyomi Stone/Koyomimonogatari\n * **May 9th - May 10th** (after Hitagi Crab): Koyomi Flower/Koyomimonogatari\n * **June** (after Tsubasa Cat): Koyomi Sand/Koyomimonogatari\n * **Certain weekend in July** (before Karen Bee7): Koyomi Water/Koyomimonogatari\n * **Early August** (after Karen Bee and before Tsukihi Phoenix): Koyomi Wind/Koyomimonogatari\n * **Late September** (after Shinobu Mail): Koyomi Tree/Koyomimonogatari\n * **Certain weekday in October** (before Ougi Formula): Koyomi Tea/Koyomimonogatari\n * **December, Year 0** (after Nadeko Medusa and before Hitagi End): Koyomi Torus/Koyomimonogatari\n\n7 Since it was the second time Koyomi cleaned Kanbaru's room, the story has to\ntake place before Karen Bee.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-11-13T18:43:10.860", "id": "15072", "last_activity_date": "2014-11-13T19:55:25.557", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1398", "parent_id": "4695", "post_type": "answer", "score": 24 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAll lists are alphabetized, for lack of a better method. If you have a better\nsuggestion just go for it. For the moment, due to the size of this answer, the\nonly things included for each entry are whether they list characters, people,\nand music from the series. If you want to add this, please do so for\neverything from a category, not just a single entry.\n\n# Anime\n\nAll anime:\n\n * **[Anemy](https://anemy.fr)**\n * Includes characters, people, industry, music, and file information\n * **[anica.jp](https://anica.jp/ \"AnimeCalendar\")**\n * Includes broadcast info\n * **[AniDB](https://anidb.net/ \"AniDB\")**\n * Includes characters, people, industry, music, fansub groups, and file information\n * **[Anikore](https://www.anikore.jp/)** (Japanese)\n * **[AniList](https://anilist.co/ \"AniList\")**\n * Includes characters, people, and industry\n * **[AnimeCountdown](https://animecountdown.com/)**\n * Includes broadcast info\n * **[Anime News Network Encyclopedia](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/ \"Anime News Network\")**\n * Includes people and industry\n * **[Anime-Planet](https://www.anime-planet.com/ \"Anime-Planet\")**\n * Includes characters, people, and industry\n * **[AniSearch](https://www.anisearch.com/ \"AniSearch\")**\n * Includes characters, people, and industry\n * **[GAMDB](https://gamdb.com/ \"GAMDB\")**\n * Includes characters, creators, and companies\n * **[Kitsu](https://kitsu.io/ \"Kitsu\")** (formerly known as [Hummingbird](https://medium.com/heykitsu/hummingbird-is-dead-long-live-kitsu-bda6ccfbbcce))\n * **[Kurozora](https://kurozora.app \"Kurozora\") (Multilingual)**\n * Includes characters, people, industry, music, and broadcast info\n * **[MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/ \"MyAnimeList\")**\n * Includes characters, people, industry, music, and broadcast info\n * **[sakuhindb](https://sakuhindb.com/anime/search.asp)** (Japanese)\n * **[SIMKL](https://simkl.com/)**\n * Includes people, industry, broadcast info\n\nCurrent/Recent Anime Only:\n\n * **[AniChart](https://anichart.net/ \"AniChart\")**\n * **[AnemyChart](https://chart.anemy.fr)**\n * Also includes older charts\n * **[LiveChart](https://www.livechart.me/ \"LiveChart\")**\n * **[MOON PHASE Anime List](http://m-p.sakura.ne.jp/)** (Japanese)\n\n# Manga\n\n * **[Anime News Network Encyclopedia](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/ \"Anime News Network\")**\n * Includes people, industry, and publication info\n * **[Anime-Planet](https://www.anime-planet.com/ \"Anime-Planet\")**\n * Includes characters, people, and industry\n * **[AniSearch](https://www.anisearch.com/ \"AniSearch\")**\n * Includes characters, people, and industry\n * **[GAMDB](https://gamdb.com/ \"GAMDB\")**\n * Includes characters, creators, and publishers\n * **[Kurozora](https://kurozora.app \"Kurozora\") (Multilingual)**\n * Includes characters, people, industry, and publication info\n * **[Manga Updates](https://www.mangaupdates.com/ \"Baka-Updates Manga\")**\n * Includes people and industry\n * **[MyAnimeList](https://myanimelist.net/ \"MyAnimeList\")**\n * Includes characters, people, and industry\n\n# Light Novels\n\nAll of the sites above which list manga also include some light novels in\ntheir manga section.\n\n * **[LNDB](https://lndb.info/ \"LNDB\")**\n * Includes people and industry\n\n# Visual Novels & Eroge\n\n * **[VNDB](https://vndb.org/ \"VNDB\")**\n * Includes characters, people, and industry\n\n# Live Action*\n\n*Please remember that live-action series are only on-topic here if they're related to some anime or manga.\n\n * **[AniSearch](https://www.anisearch.com/movie/index/page-1?char=all&sort=voter&order=desc&view=4&titlex=1,2)**\n * **[JDorama.com](https://www.jdorama.com/ \"JDorama.com\")**\n * **[MyDramaList.com](https://mydramalist.com/ \"MyDramaList.com\")**\n * Includes people and industry\n\n# Games*\n\n*Please remember that games are only on-topic here if they're related to some anime or manga.\n\n * **[GAMDB](https://gamdb.com/ \"GAMDB\")**\n * Includes characters, platforms, creators, and companies\n * **[Kurozora](https://kurozora.app \"Kurozora\") (Multilingual)**\n * Includes characters, people, industry, music, and publication info\n\n# Other\n\n * **[Anime Bath Scene Wiki](https://animebathscenewiki.com/ \"Anime Bath Scene Wiki\")**\n * Site dedicated to archiving bathing scenes from anime, manga, and other related media\n * **[Anime Characters Database](https://www.animecharactersdatabase.com/ \"Anime Characters Database\")**\n * Site dedicated to characters from anime, manga, and other related media\n * **[IMFDB](https://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Category:Anime \"IMFDB\")**\n * Site dedicated to firearms from movies, TV, and anime\n * **[VGMDB](https://vgmdb.net/ \"VGMDB\")**\n * Music from anime and video games, including many visual novels and anime-style games\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-08T22:58:45.900", "id": "4697", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-13T03:49:10.917", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-13T03:49:10.917", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4696", "post_type": "answer", "score": 64 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe six paths are related to the Sage of the Six paths and Pain. Recall that\nPain had clones that each specialized in something? Well each one had\ncontained one path from the six\n\n 1. Deva Path - Attraction and repulsion\n 2. Asura Path - Attack and defense\n 3. Human Path - Ability to read minds\n 4. Animal Path - Ability to summon\n 5. Preta Path - Absorbing Chakra\n 6. Naraka Path - Summon the Hell King\n\nThere is also the 7th path that Pain wasn't able to master, which was the\nOuter Path, the ability to control life and death. Pain used the Outer Path to\nrevive the members of Konoha, however it costed him his life.\n\nSo when Tobi was talking about the 6 paths, he was talking about all the\npeople that had control over the 6 paths. First would be the Sage of the Six\npaths, then it would be Madara, and lastly it would be Nagato.\n\nOn a side note, seeing as how he is not called the Sage of the Seven Paths, I\nthink it is safe to assume he could not control life and death. Meaning he\nwould also probably have to sacrifice his life in order to use the Outer Path.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T03:23:16.533", "id": "4703", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-09T03:35:50.507", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-09T03:35:50.507", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4701", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 }, { "body": "\n\nI thought maybe another version of the Six Paths could have been the paths of\nIndra and Ashura, Madara and Hashirama, Naruto and Sasuke; and the paths\nneeded to create peace; six people, six paths of life.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-22T23:32:14.870", "id": "29971", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-04T04:10:26.640", "last_edit_date": "2021-08-04T04:10:26.640", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "22263", "parent_id": "4701", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nI think that the translation is incorrect as well.\n\nObito says that he has the powers of the two Sage of Six Paths. He probably\nmeans that he has the power of the Uchiha and Senju, Indra and Asura. Of\ncourse, he could also be talking about Hagoromo and Asura since Hagoromo is\nthe Sage of the Six Paths and Asura got all of his father's powers making him\na Pseudo Rikudo Sennin maybe? Or Just the second Rikudo Sennin.\n\nAnother thing is that he probably means that he has the powers of the Uchiha\nand Senju, thus \"Two of the Six Paths powers are now one being!\" That's what I\nthink.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2016-03-18T11:26:41.000", "id": "30631", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-04T04:10:24.107", "last_edit_date": "2021-08-04T04:10:24.107", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "22799", "parent_id": "4701", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe 7th witches power is the the power to forget everything about the witches.\n\nMiyamura's Sister ran away from her and escaped so was not affected. She's\nhasn't returned to the school since.\n\nYamada's power reversed the power and everyone else forgot about him and the\nwitches.\n\nThe president was not affected because the student council president is the\nonly student who may be immune to the witches' powers.\n\nThere's some fan speculation that the presidents are people who have Yamada's\npower, or have had.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 7, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T13:07:13.707", "id": "4718", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T16:01:23.627", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-10T16:01:23.627", "last_editor_user_id": "1530", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4704", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe 7th witch's power is memory manipulation. She/he also has the power to see\nthe witches out of the students in the school. This power was revealed on the\nsecond witch war arc when Yamada became the seventh witch.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-06-23T12:38:17.557", "id": "33899", "last_activity_date": "2016-06-23T12:38:17.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "25803", "parent_id": "4704", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAll _eye techniques_ use up a lot of chakra.\n\nClan users can use the techniques for longer periods of time as compared to\nnon clan users (like Kakashi). But even then there is a limit to which the\ndoujutsu can be used, and that is dependent on the chakra level of the user.\n\nNow to which extent the Rinnegan can be used has not been explicitly defined\nin the manga, so it can only be a guess. But surely it should cause strain to\nthe user on over usage.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T12:03:14.310", "id": "4714", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-09T12:03:14.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4708", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThey never mention strain of the Rinnegan in the manga so the following is\nconjecture\n\nNagato (and his puppets) seems to have the Rinnegan up 24/7. In flashbacks to\nthe Sage of Six Paths he has Rinnegan up so I believe it does not cause strain\nlike the other ocular powers\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T13:55:04.157", "id": "4719", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-09T13:55:04.157", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2067", "parent_id": "4708", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI can't find any evidence about others, but Deidara was recruited because of\nhis skills and lack of regard while blowing things up.\n\n\n\nBy the time all of them joined Akatsuki, they were all criminals. Akatsuki\ncould have been posed as an opportunity to get all of them together.\n\nAnd it can be guessed that Orochimaru joined Akatsuki to gather more knowledge\nfrom the group.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T07:24:59.580", "id": "4710", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-12T17:00:31.540", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-12T17:00:31.540", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "2168", "parent_id": "4709", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nAs for the reasons, most of their background stories weren't clearly provided,\nso I am going to have make my answer with their character portrayal.\n\n 1. **Hidan** \\- As for why he would've joined Akatsuki, I can only surmise that it's due to his obsession to fight and kill (primarily on the aspect he was religious, he wanted to give more sacrifices to his god Jashin) and he could've seen that as bread and butter stuff of what Akatsuki was doing. He probably would've joined to work for free just for the killing.\n\n 2. **Kakuzu** \\- Surely money. There is no motivation other than money for him, which was shown clearly in his fight with team Asuma. That same obsession for money in fact even got him killed.\n\n 3. **Deidara/Sasori** \\- Their ambitions to join Akatsuki is quite vague to me. For Deidara, he was young and wanted to make a name for his art by blowing up stuffs, so Itachi challenged him to a fight, saying that if he was defeated, he would have to join Akatsuki. He probably ended up joining because of that. As for Sasori, he, being a rogue ninja like all the others, probably thought it would be safer to be along with fellow rogue ninjas.\n\n 4. **Orochimaru** \\- One of Orochimaru's ambition was to live for eternity to learn all the techniques. He knew the organization had stronger members and probably joined the organization to learn more about others and their skills. It's probably also because of his hate he had for Konoha.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T17:41:52.043", "id": "4720", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-12T16:47:50.633", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-12T16:47:50.633", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "104", "parent_id": "4709", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nIn [**Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm\n4**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruto_Shippuden:_Ultimate_Ninja_Storm_4)\n(a Naruto game), there are special contents from **the creator of Naruto**\nabout formation of Akatsuki:\n\n * **Kakuzu** : Pain (Nagato) was searching for elite ninjas in order to create Akatsuki. During his search, Kakuzu was best choice, due to his immortality and power. Kakuzu joined Akatsuki **as it will assure him protection by forming a group, and opportunities for collecting money**\n\n * **Hidan** : He was a experiment of his village, and a follower of lord Jashin. He killed people to offer sacrifice to his lord, so he was a wanted criminal with a big price on his head. Pain convinced him to join Akatsuki as it will protect him from the ninjas after his head.\n\n * **Sasori** : He joined Akatsuki because he lost a fight against Konan.\n\n * **Orochimaru** (ex-member): He joined Akatsuki to know and explore the jutsus of the members of Akatsuki\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-08-12T10:26:29.000", "id": "24012", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-14T08:05:49.773", "last_edit_date": "2015-08-14T08:05:49.773", "last_editor_user_id": "16240", "owner_user_id": "16240", "parent_id": "4709", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nHidan- Jason purposes. Kakuzu - money. Deidara- he lost to itachi Uchiha.\nSasori- lost to konan\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-12-08T02:24:57.703", "id": "56067", "last_activity_date": "2019-12-08T02:24:57.703", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51068", "parent_id": "4709", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a horse's head eating a carrot, with crossbone in the background.\n\n\n\n\"Uma no Hone\" (Horse's Bone) is a parody of the popular real-life chain of\ndoujin shops under the \"Tora no Ana\" (\"Tiger's Den\") name. (\"Mikan Books\" is a\nparody of \"Melon Books\")\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T23:49:48.797", "id": "4726", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T17:59:16.627", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-10T17:59:16.627", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4711", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThis is a old Russian wartime song called\n\"[Katyusha](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha_%28song%29).\"\n\n[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=epclAbW1APk&t=45](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=epclAbW1APk&t=45)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-09T20:07:49.023", "id": "4724", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-09T20:07:49.023", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4722", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think it is, it hasn't been confirmed by the mangaka but there is a manga\nchapter about Kurapika's past that is shown in the movie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-14T09:30:30.607", "id": "4809", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-14T09:30:30.607", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2221", "parent_id": "4723", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's a part-canon side-story.\n\n[AniDB](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9323):\n\n> The premise of the movie is **based off a manuscript of the Yorknew City\n> arc** written by Togashi Yoshihiro that he eventually **ended up\n> scrapping**.\n\n[WP](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter#Phantom_Rouge):\n\n> The film is based on an **unpublished** story manga creator Yoshihiro\n> Togashi wrote around 10 years ago.\n\nSince it's based off his own work, _Phantom Rouge_ presumably has Togashi's\nblessings.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-14T13:14:10.047", "id": "4810", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-14T13:14:10.047", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4723", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs Krazer notes in his comment, the anime adapts the novel up to [volume 7,\nchapter 2](http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=30048). So you should\nstart from chapter 3. There are 24 volumes in all.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-10T04:59:07.773", "id": "4729", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T04:59:07.773", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4725", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n 1. The first 12 episodes of **Bakemonogatari** aired on TV weekly from July 3 - September 25, 2009. Episodes 13-15 of Bakemonogatari were webcasted from November 3 - June 25, 2010.\n\n 2. **Nisemonogatari** (11 episodes) aired on TV weekly from January 7 - March 17, 2012.\n\n 3. **Nekomonogatari [Black]** (4 episodes) aired on TV as a special on December 31, 2012.\n\n 4. **Monogatari Second Season** (consisting of Neko [White], Kabuki, Otori, Oni, and Koi; 26 episodes including 3 recaps) aired on TV weekly from July 6, 2013 - December 28, 2013. \n\n 5. **Hanamonogatari** (also called \"Monogatari Second Season + α\" [\"plus alpha\"]; 5 episodes) aired as a special on August 16, 2014. \n\n 6. **Tsukimonogatari** (4 episodes) aired as a special on December 31, 2014. \n\nSee [this question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4695/what-is-\nthe-chronological-order-of-the-monogatari-series) for information on the in-\nuniverse _chronological_ order of the series.\n\n* * *\n\nNote also that the _publication_ order of the light novels is not the same as\nthe _production_ order of the animated series. There are two key differences.\n\n * Kizumonogatari, which was published between Bake and Nise, has not yet been animated. It was [announced](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-28/nisioisin-kizumonogatari-light-novel-gets-anime) in July 2010 that Kizumonogatari would receive a film adaptation. As of this writing (over four years later), no such adaptation has been produced, nor is there even any reason to believe that anybody actually planned to produce a film version of Kizu. Many speculate that Kizumonogatari is an elaborate practical joke by Shaft.\n * Hanamonogatari, which was published between Kabuki and Otori, was not animated until after Otori, Oni, and Koi. \n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-10T02:20:53.057", "id": "4728", "last_activity_date": "2015-01-01T22:20:12.847", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:49.090", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "4727", "post_type": "answer", "score": 17 }, { "body": "\n\n# Anime\n\n * [Bakemonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/5081/Bakemonogatari) \\- [化物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%96%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom the 3rd of July 2009 to the 25th of June 2010. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: First Season_ volume 1 to 2.\n\n * [Nisemonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/11597/Nisemonogatari) \\- [偽物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%81%BD%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom the 8th of January to the 18th of March 2012. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: First Season_ volume 4 to 5.\n\n * [Nekomonogatari: Kuro](https://myanimelist.net/anime/15689/Nekomonogatari__Kuro) \\- [猫物語（黒）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%AB%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nOn the 31st of December 2012. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: First Season_ volume 6.\n\n * [Monogatari Series: Second Season](https://myanimelist.net/anime/17074/Monogatari_Series__Second_Season) \\- 〈物語〉シリーズ セカンドシーズン \nFrom the 7th of July to the 29th of December 2013. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: Second Season_.\n\n * Nekomonogatari: Shiro - [猫物語（白）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%AB%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nEpisodes 1 to 5. From volume 1.\n\n * Kabukimonogatari - [傾物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%BE%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nEpisodes 7 to 10. From volume 2.\n\n * Otorimonogatari - [囮物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%AE%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nEpisodes 12 to 15. From volume 4.\n\n * Onimonogatari - [鬼物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nEpisodes 17 to 20. From volume 5.\n\n * Koimonogatari - [恋物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%81%8B%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E_\\(%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E7%B6%AD%E6%96%B0\\)) \nEpisodes 21 to 26. From volume 6.\n\n * [Hanamonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/21855/Hanamonogatari) \\- [花物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8A%B1%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E_\\(%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E7%B6%AD%E6%96%B0\\)) \nOn the 16th of August 2014. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: Second Season_ volume 3.\n\n * [Tsukimonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/28025/Tsukimonogatari) \\- [憑物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%86%91%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nOn the 31st of December 2014. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: Final Season_ volume 1.\n\n * [Owarimonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/31181/Owarimonogatari) \\- 終物語 \nFrom the 4th of October to the 20th of December 2015. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: Final Season_.\n\n * Owarimonogatari Joukan - [終物語 （上）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nEpisodes 1 to 7. From volume 3.\n\n * Owarimonogatari Chuukan - [終物語 （中）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nEpisodes 8 to 13. From volume 4.\n\n * [Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen](https://myanimelist.net/anime/9260/Kizumonogatari_I__Tekketsu-hen) \\- [傷物語〈Ⅰ鉄血篇〉](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%B7%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nOn the 8th of January 2016. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: First Season_ volume 3.\n\n * [Koyomimonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/32268/Koyomimonogatari) \\- [暦物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9A%A6%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E_\\(%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E7%B6%AD%E6%96%B0\\)) \nFrom the 10th of January to the 27th of March 2016. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: Final Season_ volume 2.\n\n * [Kizumonogatari II: Nekketsu-hen](https://myanimelist.net/anime/31757/Kizumonogatari_II__Nekketsu-hen) \\- [傷物語〈Ⅱ熱血篇〉](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%B7%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nOn the 19th of August 2016. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: First Season_ volume 3.\n\n * [Kizumonogatari III: Reiketsu-hen](https://myanimelist.net/anime/31758/Kizumonogatari_III__Reiketsu-hen) \\- [傷物語〈Ⅲ冷血篇〉](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%B7%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nOn the 6th of January 2017. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: First Season_ volume 3.\n\n * [Owarimonogatari 2nd Season](https://myanimelist.net/anime/35247/Owarimonogatari_2nd_Season) \\- 終物語 \nFrom the 12th to the 13th of August 2017. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: Final Season_.\n\n * Owarimonogatari Gekan - [終物語 （下）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 5.\n\n * [Zoku Owarimonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/36999/Zoku_Owarimonogatari) \\- [続・終物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B6%9A%E3%83%BB%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nOn the 10th of November 2018. \nLight novel: _Monogatari Series: Final Season_ volume 6.\n\n# Light Novels\n\n * [Monogatari Series: First Season](https://myanimelist.net/manga/14893/Monogatari_Series__First_Season) \\- 〈物語〉シリーズ ファーストシーズン \nFrom the 1st of November 2006 to the 28th of July 2010. \nContaining:\n\n * Bakemonogatari - [化物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8C%96%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 1 to 2.\n\n * Kizumonogatari - [傷物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%B7%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 3.\n\n * Nisemonogatari - [偽物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%81%BD%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 4 to 5.\n\n * Nekomonogatari: Kuro - [猫物語（黒）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%AB%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 6.\n\n * [Monogatari Series: Second Season](https://myanimelist.net/manga/23751/Monogatari_Series__Second_Season) \\- 〈物語〉シリーズ セカンドシーズン \nFrom the 27th of October 2010 to the 20th of December 2011. \nContaining:\n\n * Nekomonogatari: Shiro - [猫物語（白）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8C%AB%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 1.\n\n * Kabukimonogatari - [傾物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%82%BE%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 2.\n\n * Hanamonogatari - [花物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8A%B1%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E_\\(%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E7%B6%AD%E6%96%B0\\)) \nFrom volume 3.\n\n * Otorimonogatari - [囮物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%AE%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 4.\n\n * Onimonogatari - [鬼物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AC%BC%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 5.\n\n * Koimonogatari - [恋物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%81%8B%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E_\\(%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E7%B6%AD%E6%96%B0\\)) \nFrom volume 6.\n\n * [Monogatari Series: Final Season](https://myanimelist.net/manga/44227/Monogatari_Series__Final_Season) \\- 〈物語〉シリーズ ファイナルシーズン \nFrom the 28th of September 2012 to the 18th of September 2014. \nContaining:\n\n * Tsukimonogatari - [憑物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%86%91%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 1.\n\n * Koyomimonogatari - [暦物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9A%A6%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E_\\(%E8%A5%BF%E5%B0%BE%E7%B6%AD%E6%96%B0\\)) \nFrom volume 2.\n\n * Owarimonogatari Joukan - [終物語 （上）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 3.\n\n * Owarimonogatari Chuukan - [終物語 （中）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 4.\n\n * Owarimonogatari Gekan - [終物語 （下）](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 5.\n\n * Zoku Owarimonogatari - [続・終物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B6%9A%E3%83%BB%E7%B5%82%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 6.\n\n * [Monogatari Series: Off Season](https://myanimelist.net/manga/93097/Monogatari_Series__Off_Season) \\- 〈物語〉シリーズ オフシーズン \nFrom the 5th of October 2015 to the 11th of January 2017. \nContaining:\n\n * Orokamonogatari - [愚物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%84%9A%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 1.\n\n * Wazamonogatari - [業物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A5%AD%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 2.\n\n * Nademonogatari - [撫物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%AB%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 3.\n\n * Musubimonogatari - [結物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%90%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 4.\n\n * [Monogatari Series: Monster Season](https://myanimelist.net/manga/108177/Monogatari_Series__Monster_Season) \\- 〈物語〉シリーズ モンスターシーズン \nSince the 20th of July 2017. \nContaining:\n\n * Shinobumonogatari - [忍物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BF%8D%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 1.\n\n * Yoimonogatari - [宵物語](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B5%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E) \nFrom volume 2.\n\n * Amarimonogatari - [余物語](https://kuromitsuha.hatenablog.com/entry/2019/04/22/173523) \nFrom volume 3.\n\n * Ōgimonogatari - 扇物語 \nFrom volume 4.\n\n * Shinomonogatari Jō - 死物語（上） \nFrom volume 5.\n\n * Shinomonogatari Ge - 死物語（下） \nFrom volume 6.\n\n# Manga\n\nThere is [a manga\nversion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogatari_\\(series\\)#Manga). However I\ndon't know if it contains any of the same stories (e.g. Bakemonogatari) or sub\nstories (e.g. Hitagai Crab).\n\n * Bakemonogatari (manga) - 化物語 \nJapanese: From the 15th of June 2018 to the 17th of October 2019. \nEnglish: Since the 1st of October 2019. \nContains 7 volumes.\n\n# Short Stories\n\nThis isn't a complete list, as [a lot of the short stories are one-\nshots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Monogatari_novels#List_of_short_short_stories).\n\n * [Bakemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook](https://myanimelist.net/manga/24499/Bakemonogatari_Short_Stories) \\- 化物語アニメコンプリートガイドブック \nOn the 28th of October 2010.\n\n * [Nisemonogatari Anime Complete Guidebook](https://myanimelist.net/manga/90322/Nisemonogatari_Short_Stories) \\- 偽物語アニメコンプリートガイドブック \nOn the 27th of September 2012.\n\n * [Anime Monogatari Series Heroine Book](https://myanimelist.net/manga/86670/Monogatari_Series_Heroine_Hon) \\- アニメ＜物語＞シリーズヒロイン本 \nSince the 29th of October 2013.\n\n# Additional Content\n\n * [Bakemonogatari Recap](https://myanimelist.net/anime/6948/Bakemonogatari_Recap) \\- 化物語 \nOn the 7th of August 2009.\n\n * [Naisho no Hanashi](https://myanimelist.net/anime/36725/Naisho_no_Hanashi) \\- ナイショの話 \nOn the 2nd of February 2012. \nA song.\n\n * [Nekomonogatari: Kuro Recap](https://myanimelist.net/anime/38971/Nekomonogatari__Kuro_Recap) \\- 「化物語」ダイジェストムービー \nOn the 6th of March 2013.\n\n * [Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari - Magica Quartet x Nisioisin](https://myanimelist.net/anime/23831/Mahou_Shoujo_Madoka%E2%98%85Magica_Movie_3__Hangyaku_no_Monogatari_-_Magica_Quartet_x_Nisioisin) \nOn the 26th of October 2013. \nShort videos instructing movie etiquette. Crossover with [Mahou Shoujo\nMadoka★Magica](https://myanimelist.net/anime/9756/Mahou_Shoujo_Madoka%E2%98%85Magica?q=Mahou).\n\n * [Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku x Monogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/32191/Okitegami_Kyouko_no_Bibouroku_x_Monogatari) \\- 『掟上今日子の備忘録』×〈物語〉 \nOn the 31st of December 2014. \nA short promotional video as a crossover and promoting [Okitegami Kyouko no\nBibouroku](https://myanimelist.net/manga/90993/Okitegami_Kyouko_no_Bibouroku).\n\n * [Nisekoimonogatari](https://myanimelist.net/anime/30514/Nisekoimonogatari) \\- ニセコイモノガタリ \nOn the 1st of April 2015. \nAn April fools crossover trailer with\n[Nisekoi](https://myanimelist.net/anime/18897/Nisekoi).\n\n * [Koyomi History](https://myanimelist.net/anime/37139/Koyomi_History) \\- こよみヒストリー \nSometime during 2016. \nA short recap.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2019-10-18T00:47:54.027", "id": "55600", "last_activity_date": "2019-10-20T21:42:50.037", "last_edit_date": "2019-10-20T21:42:50.037", "last_editor_user_id": "19948", "owner_user_id": "19948", "parent_id": "4727", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccorrding to [this](http://www.narutohurricane.com/character-bios/akatsuki-\nleader.shtml), Pain \"has a telepathy-like ability that allows Akatsuki members\nto communicate with each other through astral projection wherever they are\nlocated.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-25T04:27:17.393", "id": "4951", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-25T04:27:17.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2100", "parent_id": "4733", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThis would be the [Magic Lantern Body\nTechnique](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Lantern_Body_Technique)\n\n\n\n> ...The Akatsuki members sit down and send out \"thought waves\" (思念波,\n> shinenha), converted into chakra. These thought waves are then picked up by\n> Pain, acting as a kind of control tower. This technique amplifies the\n> thought waves and broadcasts them to a specific location through illusionary\n> bodies. The illusionary bodies differ from being mere reflections. While\n> Pain is relaying the members' thoughts, they can have conversation and use\n> varying techniques...\n\nFrom Nagato's [wiki page](http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Nagato) under\n_Ninjutsu_\n\n> While acting through the Deva Path, Nagato displayed a wide range of\n> techniques. Nagato was responsible for Akatsuki's meetings by using _a\n> technique that allowed him to pick up their thought waves and broadcast\n> them_ in the form of an astral projection to a specific location.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-26T13:50:55.263", "id": "4972", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-26T13:50:55.263", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1528", "parent_id": "4733", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe pose itself seems to be a reference to a similar billboard ad from the\nAmerican Sci-fi movie [Blade\nRunner](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner). In this ad, a woman\ndressed as a Geisha is holding a pill in a similar way to the image above. The\ndress is similar for both characters, as is the object being held.\n\n\n\nYou can watch the ad [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ17UsZ0DEQ).\n\nThe ad plays several times throughout the movie. The image is followed by the\ntext 強力わかもと, which is not exactly the same as the Uchouten Kazoku text but is\nclose enough to be fairly sure this is the reference. I'm not sure what わかくさ\nmeans here. It could be 若草 (green/fresh grass) but my best guess is that they\nchanged the name just enough that it would avoid violating copyrights but\nstill be recognizable.\n\nThe Blade Runner ad is itself a reference to the product [強力わかもと (Strong\nWakamoto)](http://www.wakamoto-pharm.co.jp/english/), which is a\ngastrointestinal drug to aid with digestion produced by [わかもと製薬 (Wakamoto\nPharmaceutical)](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%8F%E3%81%8B%E3%82%82%E3%81%A8%E8%A3%BD%E8%96%AC)\n(ja.wikipedia link).\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-10T18:35:42.233", "id": "4736", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T18:52:15.347", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-10T18:52:15.347", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4735", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n## Short answer\n\nYes.\n\n## Long answer\n\nWith a malware infested P2P network, what you are working on is called a\n[botnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet).\n\n> A botnet is a collection of computers that are under the control of a person\n> or group, usually facilitated by malware. These computers are often used to\n> take part in DDoS attacks and spamming.\n\nIt's pretty much illegal to have a botnet in the vast majority of the world,\nbut assuming you had one... yes, it's very possible. There have been cases\nwhere botnets (like several game \"Anti Cheat\" systems such as PunkBuster;\nanyone who is banned is forced to be actively ignored by every member of the\nbotnet system, and they will relay it on to everyone else) have been used for\nmassively expensive computations in parallel to do things such as mine\nbitcoins.\n\nParallel processing isn't just restricted to botnets, however. \"Cloud\nComputing\" is a form of parallel processing. As are programs for highly\nintensive research, requiring a supercomputer (such as\n[folding@home](http://folding.stanford.edu/)). Without this, we wouldn't have\n[MapReduce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapReduce), the algorithm behind\nGoogle Search, either.\n\n## Misconceptions\n\nLike every piece of Anime or Manga, there'll always be _something_ overlooked.\n\n * Parallel processing is explainable with batteries in parallel, but overlook substantial amounts of detail such as concurrency and scalability.\n * Limewire's known for turning your PC into a living colony of viruses. There's no \"Single Virus\" that created a botnet from it.\n * \"P2P\" does not mean warez and torrent sites/programs, however much the media may be trying to push that. It's a system for distributed computing that just happens to be a great way to share data with low bandwidth.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-10T19:40:16.530", "id": "4740", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-10T19:40:16.530", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1465", "parent_id": "4737", "post_type": "answer", "score": 9 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe first two seasons of the anime adapted everything from the beginning, and\nmade it through Nagase's arc. Nagase's arc ends in chapter 41. Chapter 42 is\nan extra chapter, and 43 is the beginning of Tsukiyo's arc. From there until\nthe start of season 3, the only parts that have been adapted are chapters\n54-55 in the first OVA, and Tenri's arc (chapters 57-64; 56 is another extra\nchapter) in the second OVA. Season 3 animates the Goddesses arc, which begins\nchapter 114. Season 3 of the anime ends with chapter 189 of the manga. As of\nFebruary 2014 this is everything that has been animated (unless you count the\nMagical☆Star Kanon 100% OVA which loosely adapts the corresponding spin-off\nmanga chapters).\n\nHence, the minimum amount of reading to get all the main story arcs would be\nchapters 43-53, 65-113, and continuing from chapter 190. However, if you don't\nwant to miss any of the extra content, I'd strongly suggest reading everything\nfrom the beginning. The story has a lot of bonus material and extra chapters\nthat were never adapted, and many of the running jokes originate in those\nchapters.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-10T19:48:39.193", "id": "4741", "last_activity_date": "2014-02-07T05:56:53.483", "last_edit_date": "2014-02-07T05:56:53.483", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4739", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHis shooting range isn't the entire court. I haven't watched the anime, but I\nhave read the latest manga and his consistent shooting range is around half\ncourt. His statement is probably a bluff in this case.\n\nNo one can frequently hit shots from full or half court in basketball, it is\nsimply too far. Most people throw the ball from those distances, because\nshooting doesn't have enough power to go that far. And throwing the ball means\nyou are just lunging it, without aiming.\n\nEDIT:\n\nIf you can hit a shot from full court range, you dont even have to pass in the\nball. You can just throw it from there.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-11T05:01:47.153", "id": "4744", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-11T07:42:21.827", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-11T07:42:21.827", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4742", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAnime characters having large eyes is generally attributed to [Osamu\nTezuka](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka){1}, an artist prolific\nenough to be called the \"father of manga\", and the creator of _Astro Boy_ ,\nthe source of the image you shared in your question (among other manga).\n\nAt the time of _Astro Boy_ (1952), Tezuka was inspired by precursors in\nanimation, largely those of Walt Disney, but including others as well, before\nadapting them to a more Japanese stylization. Two such characters who served\nas inspiration were Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop:\n\n\n\n\nIt is from _Astro Boy_ and Tezuka's other works that a lot of modern manga and\nanime style evolved, and the big eyes are one of the things that stuck around.\nFred Ladd, the man responsible for bringing _Astro Boy_ to the United States,\ncorroborates this, saying that Betty Boop was indeed one of Tezuka's favorite\ncharacters. The \"runaway\" success of _Astro Boy_ was what led other studios to\nimitate Tezuka's style.{2}\n\nIt is also the case that the large eyes tend to look \"cuter\", much like they\nwere intended to on characters like Mickey Mouse and Bambi. This continues in\nanime and manga; younger characters tend to have the largest, \"cutest\" eyes,\nwhile older characters generally have smaller (and often sharper) eyes, which\ncan be seen in this image containing _Hunter x Hunter_ characters:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mQIAP.png)\n\nSo, while the style Tezuka used—which has carried on in new anime and manga\nmedia ever since—was largely based on Western animation style, the eyes can\nstill serve as a good way to indicate personality or the feel of the character\nthat the viewer is supposed to have.\n\n**Sources and other Links**\n\n 1. [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka#Works) sources this to \" _Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews_ \".\n 2. [MIT Anime Resources: Big Eyes (2008-07-23)](http://web.archive.org/web/20080723120859/http://web.mit.edu/anime/www/culture-notes.html#big_eyes)\n 3. [TVTropes on Anime](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Anime) (a very brief mention)\n 4. [Wikipedia on anime eye styles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime#Eye_styles)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-11T15:37:56.073", "id": "4750", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-25T23:52:28.713", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-25T23:52:28.713", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "4748", "post_type": "answer", "score": 52 }, { "body": "\n\nThere's plenty that doesn't.\n\nThe facial features and eye shapes are what makes anime its distinct style.\nLook at Osamu's art style then contrast it with _Gundam_ , most Jump Comics\nfranchises, Studio Ghibli style, and another early anime, _Lupin the 3rd_ and\nthen try to make the case that Disney/Tezuka had any influence on anime's\nvisual style.\n\nEspecially different from Tezuka and Disney's style are other relatively small\neyed anime like _Hokuto no Ken_ , _JoJo_ , _Berserk_ , and lots of other\nadult-targeted anime.\n\nAnd I forget what book it is, but there is one where the introduction on the\nfirst page is a summary by Katsuhiro Otomo explicitly stating, among other\nthings, that the anime style is not the same thing as the kind Osamu Tezuka\ndrew. He just innovated storytelling and animation techniques within anime and\nthe idea of using big eyes to more clearly express emotions.\n\nBig eyes themselves were an idea Japan was already very familiar with anyway.\nHere are some direct contrast just to further cement the point\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GKDbm.jpg)\n\n_Pluto_ (Naoki Urasawa) vs _Astro Boy_ (Osamu Tezuka)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/D0kcx.jpg)\n\nKingdom Hearts\n\nThere are at least as many animes without big eyes as there are with big eyes.\nAnime is not by default the \"big eyes\" look that a surprising number of people\nignorantly believe it to be, and obviously, has absolutely no resemblance to\nany Tezuka/Disney style.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-02-09T06:49:07.667", "id": "29639", "last_activity_date": "2017-06-26T15:41:11.403", "last_edit_date": "2017-06-26T15:41:11.403", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "20991", "parent_id": "4748", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou very likely watched [Macross Dynamite\n7](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macross_Dynamite_7):\n\n> During his journey, he stops on a planet named \"Zola\", which is inhabited by\n> a race of humanoid marsupials called the Zolan. While staying there, he\n> becomes involved in a battle between **galactic space whale poachers** and\n> the Zola Patrol (Zola's equivalent of a police force). After being injured,\n> he is taken into the care of a young Zolan girl named Elma Hollie, who has a\n> sister, Liza, that works for the Zola Patrol. Her father, Graham Hollie, is\n> also a whale poacher. Graham and his wife Maria Hollie, a very popular\n> singer on Zola, would go hunting whales in their Valkyrie, and Maria would\n> also sing to the whales while they hunted. However, Maria lost her life and\n> Graham lost an arm after encountering the legendary Great White Galactic\n> Whale. After the event, Graham swore revenge on the Great White Whale for\n> taking his wife and his arm and **underwent Macronization to become large\n> enough to take it on**.\n\nIt's not exactly reincarnation. But it's close. The OVA was released between\n'97 and '98.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T18:18:26.147", "id": "4771", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-12T18:18:26.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4749", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe [**Skywhales**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywhales) is what you\nare looking for. It is a British animated short film in 1983 directed and\nwritten by _Phil Austin_ and _Derek Hayes_ , and it is included in the\n_British Animation Collection Volume 1 DVD_.\n\nYou can view this animated short on\n[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ6qw1nh0tA).\n\nA scene during the hunt, where the main character flew towards the skywhale\nand stabbed it with a harpoon.\n\n\n\nThe scene where everyone returned from the hunt. You can see a bunch of flying\nships anchored on the port.\n\n\n\nThe main character died and went to throw himself down a hole inside a\nbuilding.\n\n\n\nAs he dropped down the hole, he turned into cocoon, then emerged from it as a\nskywhale.\n\n\n\nThe characters in this animated film speak some sort of nonsensical language.\nYou probably mistook it for Japanese.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-28T04:46:18.367", "id": "20398", "last_activity_date": "2015-03-28T13:09:24.413", "last_edit_date": "2015-03-28T13:09:24.413", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "13465", "parent_id": "4749", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nHere is the short:\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ6qw1nh0tA>\n\n<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywhales>\n\nRegards.\n\nLeopoldo Zambrano Enríquez.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-16T04:51:09.490", "id": "31437", "last_activity_date": "2016-04-16T04:51:09.490", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23483", "parent_id": "4749", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the past, the reasons cited for HxH hiatuses have usually been \"ill\nhealth\", \"research\", and \"mangaka circumstances\". Most of it, however, is said\nto fall under \"mangaka circumstances\". [This\nsite](http://hunter.noihjp.com/rest/rest.php?Year=2013) (jp) tracks all of\nthem.\n\nSeeing as to how HxH and _Yu Yu Hakusho_ have been such hits, the mangaka,\n[Yoshihiro Togashi](http://anidb.net/perl-\nbin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=874), has gained a fair bit of clout at\nShonen Jump and the editors are apparently very lenient with him. While it is\nsaid that he did suffer from health issues thanks to the pressing schedule of\nYYH, it is also said that he plays truant a lot and attends Comikets when he's\nsupposedly sick. Togashi is also known to be a massive [Dragon\nQuest](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest) (related [April Fool's\njoke](http://www.capsulecomputers.com.au/2013/04/hunter-x-hunter-returning-\nfrom-hiatus-togashi-checks-out-of-rehab/)) fan and apparently likes to take a\nbreak whenever a new version comes out.\n\nThe story goes that the mangaka does not like using assistants and prefers to\ndraw everything himself. He is infamous for not meeting his weekly deadlines\nand releasing chapters with extremely rough artwork. He has been known for\ngoing on hiatus in order to redraw such chapters for release in the more\nlucrative [tankōbon](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%C5%8Dbon) market.\n\nI can't find any source stating exactly why he is on hiatus now, but I think\nit's safe to assume that Togashi will be back and that the manga will\ncontinue. Only time will tell when this will happen.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T16:11:23.737", "id": "4766", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T04:41:42.197", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-13T04:41:42.197", "last_editor_user_id": "247", "owner_user_id": "247", "parent_id": "4751", "post_type": "answer", "score": 20 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe word _waifu_ (ワイフ) is an \"[Engrish](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engrish)\"\nterm for \"wife\". It is likely the preferred term for \"wife\" among English-\nspeaking otaku because of its auditory similarity to the English term and its\nphonetic similarity to Japanese.\n\nIts origin is likely from a dialog by an _Azumanga Daioh_ character named Mr.\nKimura. When a pair of characters picks up a dropped photo, and he is asked\nwho is in the photo, he responds (very creepily), \"mai waifu\" (\"my wife\"). [(\n_YouTube_ )](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AgDbAT56I0)\n\nAt this point, the term is mostly used by otaku subculture (particularly\nmales) as a reference to a favorite female character (usually to the extreme).\nThere is a male equivalent, _husbando_ ; however, this term is far less\ncommon.\n\n**Further reading** \n• [ワイフ - Denshi\nJisho](http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95&eng=&dict=edict) \n• [KnowYourMeme - Waifu](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/waifu) (May be **NSFW**\n) \n• [Wikipedia - Mr. Kimura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waifu#Kimura)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-11T23:02:21.643", "id": "4755", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-11T23:02:21.643", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "274", "parent_id": "4754", "post_type": "answer", "score": 21 }, { "body": "\n\n# Origin\n\nThe prevailing wisdom1 is that the term \"waifu\" originates from a scene from\nthe 2002 anime [Azumanga Daioh](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azumanga_Daioh);\nspecifically, [this scene](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AgDbAT56I0) from\nepisode 15.\n\nSome context: the male character in that scene, Mr. Kimura, is a teacher at\nthe school the female characters in that scene attend. Mr. Kimura has a well-\ndeserved reputation for being generally perverse and possibly a pedophile.\n\nA rough translation of the scene follows:\n\n> **TAKINO Tomo** : What's this? A picture of a woman?\n>\n> **KASUGA Ayumu** : Wow, she's beautiful.\n>\n> **TAKINO Tomo** : Who is she?\n>\n> **KIMURA** : My wife.\n>\n> **All** : That can't be!\n\nThe astute listener will observe that Kimura uses the English words \"my wife\",\nrather than a Japanese translation thereof (such as 妻2 _tsuma_ ). When the\nwords \"my wife\" are adapted to conform to Japanese phonological constraints\n(e.g. no terminal /f/), and then re-expressed in a Japanese syllabary\n(hiragana/katakana), the result is マイワイフ. Finally, when we romanize マイワイフ, we\nget \"mai waifu\".\n\n# Usage\n\nThe below graph shows that _usage_ of \"waifu\" on the internet was effectively\nnegligible until early 2007. This seems to suggest that \"waifu\" did not become\nmemetic until some time after Azumanga Daioh aired.\n\n\n\nThere is [evidence from the Animesuki\nforums](http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=566857&highlight=waifu#post566857)\nthat \"waifu\" (in fact, \"mai waifu\") was being used in its modern sense (rather\nthan the literal standard-English \"woman one is married to\" sense) by May\n2006. Interestingly, this appears to precede the rise in searches for \"waifu\"\non Google Trends. I'm not sure what this means, but it probably means\n_something_.\n\n# Husbandos\n\nThere is also a male counterpart to \"waifu\": **husbando**. Unlike \"waifu\",\n\"husbando\" is not derived from Japanese3. Rather, it was developed by analogy,\nas an idealization of how a Japanese speaker might pronounce the word\n\"husband\". A \"husbando\" is basically the same thing as a \"waifu\", except male\nrather than female.\n\nThe earliest citation I've found for \"husbando\" is from October 2007 (again,\n[on\nAnimesuki](http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?p=1227051&highlight=husbando#post1227051)).\nWith some internet archaeology, I suspect it should be possible to show that\nusage of \"husbando\" began as much as a year prior to this citation.\n\n* * *\n\n# Notes\n\n1 I say that this is the prevailing wisdom, because I have no evidence that\n\"waifu\" was not used prior to 2002.\n\n2 The Japanese equivalent of \"mai waifu\", in terms of usage among otaku and\nmemeticity and so forth, is actually 俺の嫁 (\"ore no yome\", lit. \"my bride\").\n\n3 [ハズバンド](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/176376/m0u/) _hazubando_\nexists, but I'm almost certain this didn't directly give rise to English\n\"husbando\". At most, it may have been an inspiration.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-11T23:04:31.890", "id": "4756", "last_activity_date": "2014-03-25T05:49:22.743", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "4754", "post_type": "answer", "score": 69 }, { "body": "\n\nOK, here's the deal short and sweet, all that technical babel is just that.\njargon.\n\nI'm a dual citizen Japanese and American. I speak both languages. The term\n\"waifu\" is \"wife\" in the English language on both sides. Meaning, when\nJapanese people speak, we put a vowel at the end of our words almost all the\ntime. So when learning to speak English , it's natural to add a vowel at the\nend of what we are trying to say in English. Ergo: \"Wife\", comes out to sound\nlike \"waifu\" when speaking English.\n\nThe actual Japanese word for \"wife\" depending on who you are speaking to is\n\"tsuma\". As far as why its usage is so popular, who knows. It just got popular\nbecause of how we speak with our accent. And for the record, there are many\nmore words in English like this, that are not in any way shape or form uses in\nthe Japanese language _because_ it's an English translation.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-12-26T10:38:01.897", "id": "43949", "last_activity_date": "2017-12-26T11:20:37.797", "last_edit_date": "2017-12-26T11:20:37.797", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "37308", "parent_id": "4754", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Short answer** : Amagami SS was probably the first anime of this type.\n\n**Long answer** : First, let's get some terminology down. Anime in which\nmultiple storylines without shared continuity are released as a single\nproduction are typically referred to as \" **omnibus** \" anime. Omnibus anime\nare typically (though not necessarily always) adapted from visual novels or\nother computer games, which lend themselves well to separate continuities,*\nand typically have each continuity correspond to the protagonist's\nrelationship with a particular person.\n\nTo clarify what \"omnibus\" means, let me point out some anime that are _not_\nconsidered omnibus by this definition.\n\n * **Clannad** is _not_ an omnibus anime because there is a single continuity. Everything Tomoya (the protagonist) experiences during Kotomi's arc (episodes 10-14) stays with him (and everyone else) from episode 15 onwards. \n * **Amnesia** is _not_ an omnibus anime even though the timeline gets reset every few episodes, since the protagonist remembers what happened to her before each reset. \n\nWith this definition of \"omnibus\" in place, the question, then, is: which was\nthe first omnibus anime?\n\nThere is strong evidence [from the archives of\n/a/](http://archive.foolz.us/a/search/text/omnibus/start/2010-06-01/end/2010-07-15/)\nthat the term \"omnibus\" only began to be used in this sense starting in July\n2010. This is the same month that Amagami began airing. A perusal of those\ndiscussions strongly suggests that the omnibus format was a novel innovation\nin anime at the time. Furthermore, I cannot find any references to omnibus-\nstyle anime existing prior to Amagami SS. Taken together, all this evidence\nleads me to believe that **Amagami SS was the first omnibus anime**.\n\nAside: as Logan M noted in a comment, omnibus-style manga have existed for a\nlong time. Amagami SS's use of the omnibus format was novel only for its\nmedium, not for Japanese popular media in general or anything like that.\n\n*For example, most visual novels [tagged \"Multiple Endings\" on VNDB](http://vndb.org/g148) (including [Amagami](http://vndb.org/v1281)) have separate continuities. There's a lot of them.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T01:04:46.820", "id": "4758", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-12T01:04:46.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1908", "parent_id": "4757", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTo negate a ninjutsu, Obito needs to use the black orbs either in defense or\noffense.\n\nWhen Obito attacked Minato with the black orb, Obito's arm was not repaired\nback. And when Naruto+Sasuke attacked Obito, he used the black orb to absorb\nthe combo attack.\n\nSo, o remove the Flying Thunder God mark, he would need to use the black orbs\non himslef, which is of a great risk. Maybe that is why he has not undone the\ntechnique.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T05:37:53.893", "id": "4760", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-12T05:37:53.893", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2077", "parent_id": "4759", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe marking itself is not ninjutsu, but rather just a type of seal. And Minato\nstates that the marking never disappears from a marked target in Chapter 637.\n\nEDIT: Minato marked him with a seal prior to Obito becoming the Jinchuriki.\nWhen Obito transformed, the seal was removed. This is because each mark has a\nvery specific destination. And when Obito transformed into a different being,\nthat also counts as a different destination, which voids Minato's mark.\n\nHowever, after Obito became the 10 tails Jinchuriki, Tobirama was able to\nplace his own mark on Obito. This seal is Obito the Jinchuriki, and can't be\nremoved unless Obito undergoes another transformation into something else.\n\n\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T10:17:26.757", "id": "4763", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-12T21:52:00.820", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-12T21:52:00.820", "last_editor_user_id": "2178", "owner_user_id": "2178", "parent_id": "4759", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nShe is referring to [Shakugan no\nShana](http://myanimelist.net/anime/355/Shakugan_no_Shana), a series by the\nsame producer of Index. Here's MAL's blurb on the series:\n\n> He had thought his normal days would last forever, until they were ended\n> abruptly by an encounter with a girl with red hair and eyes. He named her\n> Shana. \n> Not long after he enters high school, Sakai Yuji’s normal days come to an\n> end. He sees something bizarre on his way home: people are frozen in a\n> strange fire, and a monster that looks like a large doll is attacking them.\n> Just when he's about to be killed, a girl in a dark cloak wielding a large\n> sword appears, and slices the monster in half. Although Yuji survives the\n> strange encounter, the girl informs him of a desolate truth: \" 'You' don't\n> exist anymore.\" \n> She calls herself a Flame Haze who hunts \"Guze no Tomogara\"; intruders from\n> another world. She explains to him that he is a \"Torch\", a substitute of\n> Yuji whose “existence” has already been devoured. She also told him that he\n> is a special Torch, \"Mystes\", which contains a precious item in it. When he\n> looks at his chest, he sees within himself a faint flame, just as she said. \n> It is in this way that his eternal struggle alongside the girl begins.\n\nMore specifically, she's most likely referring to the [Shakugan no Shana-\ntan](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1066/Shakugan_no_Shana_Specials) specials,\ngiven the number of * in the subs, and the fact that these are the Index-tan\nspecials.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T15:59:02.033", "id": "4765", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T07:39:40.103", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-13T07:39:40.103", "last_editor_user_id": "49", "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "4764", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe anime the cats are watching is [Black\nButler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Butler)\n\n\n\n(Extract from the linked wikipedia page)\n\n> The series follows Ciel Phantomhive, the thirteen-year-old head of the\n> Phantomhive noble family and the business-savvy owner of the Funtom company,\n> a toy manufacturer.\n>\n> Ciel has formed a demonic contract with Sebastian Michaelis. In return, when\n> Sebastian has helped Ciel finish all of his tasks, including avenging his\n> parents' deaths, Sebastian will be allowed to consume Ciel's soul.\n>\n> It was announced in July 2008 that an anime adaption, directed by Toshiya\n> Shinohara and produced by A-1 Pictures, was expected.\n>\n> It premiered in October 2008, and has since ended with 24 episodes. The\n> second season aired in 2010 spanning 12 episodes with two new main\n> characters, Alois Trancy and Claude Faustus.\n>\n> The series has been licensed by Yen Press in North America and published in\n> Yen Plus' August 2009 issue for the magazine's first anniversary.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T17:19:38.867", "id": "4768", "last_activity_date": "2015-08-18T21:29:23.857", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4767", "post_type": "answer", "score": 22 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNichijou's characters frequently have over-the-top reactions, this is just\nanother one of those.\n\nHere's a clip from later on that demonstrates my point (out of many) -\n<http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UD95EI3zD8A> (no plot spoilers, but don't watch\nit you want to watch everything chronologically)\n\nNano's explosion was a purely a manifestation of her fretting and\nembarrassment, She wasn't actually hurt too badly and appears uninjured in the\nnext scene.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T19:45:35.803", "id": "4773", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-12T19:45:35.803", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1530", "parent_id": "4769", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe book doesn't take place in the distant future (5053) and starts in Rome as\nopposed to the Moon. The focus of the book is on the count and not on Albert\nand the anime tells the events of the book out of chronological order.\nAdditionally, there's a significant change around episode 18. From [this\nreview on\nAmazon](http://www.amazon.com/review/R2L2BBOPEUO7S5/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B001R10BDC&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=):\n\n> With Edmond's character being key to the story, Edmond only caring about\n> revenge in the anime was the reason behind the change of direction towards\n> the end. In the novel Edmond was persuaded by Mercédès to alter his plans,\n> yet in the anime Edmond turned a deaf ear to her and continued... This one\n> seemingly minor change had a huge impact on how the story progressed beyond\n> that point.\n\nSome other minor differences:\n\n * Albert and Franz weren't that close in the book.\n * Abbé Faria from the book saves Edmond from suicide, is omitted from the anime\n * The novel doesn't have the same supernatural transformation of Gankutsuou possessing Edmond's body like in the anime.\n * Edmond and Fernand were originally good friends in the anime, not so much in the book\n * Fernand is trying to become the president of France in the anime, but not in the book\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T20:55:47.763", "id": "4775", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-12T20:55:47.763", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4774", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn episode 15, \"Special Operations Squad: Prelude to the Counterattack, Part\n2\" where Zoe Hange has those 2 captured titans (which she named \"Sawney\" and\n\"Bean\"), she mentions that the Titans seem unusually light for how large they\nare, and that a severed arm of one of the titans weighed nothing, which allows\nsuch large bodies to move so quickly with great agility.\n\nThough, at least so far in the anime and manga, there's no explanation to\ntheir physiology or what exactly happens after they die, it's probably the\ncase that their solid state is being maintained by their mysterious \"power\nsource\" and that once the source of power is gone (and thus cannot\nregenerate), their physical bodies (sans skeleton) return to the form of some\ntype of gas.\n\nSo, to summarize this completely unsubstantiated speculation:\n\n 1. Titan's bodies are actually made up of some type of gaseous substance that weighs nothing\n 2. While alive, with its \"power source\", the gaseous substance takes on the form of solid flesh-like material, but still incredibly light\n 3. Without this \"power source\", the flesh returns to the gaseous state and evaporates.\n 4. This may or may not have to do with the extremely high body temperature that the titans have.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T21:36:52.310", "id": "4778", "last_activity_date": "2019-05-27T03:34:44.140", "last_edit_date": "2019-05-27T03:34:44.140", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4777", "post_type": "answer", "score": 32 }, { "body": "\n\nTitans actually get their power from sunlight. Major Zoe Hange says this as\nwhen she deprives them of light they seem to deactivate and can't do anything.\n\nAnnie didn't want to go into the dark because she couldn't transform in the\ndark area, and also Eren when he kept biting his hand but there was no\nsunlight, he couldn't transform. Light shines when the titan shifters change,\nand the light seems to come from the sky so my guess is that it is sunlight.\n\nAlso the nape seems to be a solar panel because when cut the titans go out\nlike light. Blow out a candle and see what happens smoke goes out; the titans\nseem to be hard light manifestations.\n\nSo in conclusion titans are like fire and the nape is like were they get their\nsource. Titans fade away when they die like smoke.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-03-08T17:12:45.800", "id": "7922", "last_activity_date": "2017-05-03T00:37:26.400", "last_edit_date": "2017-05-03T00:37:26.400", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "4044", "parent_id": "4777", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nBecause Titans are so big and they move with such speed and force they are\nconstantly producing enough heat to burn flesh (remember when Hanji touched\nEren's arm when he tried to pick up the spoon and it scalded her after a\nsecond?) So when the Titans die, they stop regenerating and the heat begins to\ndamage the flesh resulting in them burning.\n\nAt least I assume so, it makes sense they are always repairing their bodies\nand they're so hot they can burn people. Plus, in the last episode of the\nanime,\n\n> Eren bursts into flames increasing his body temperature to such a degree his\n> Titan form is in overdrive, making him essentially a \"Super Titan\", but if\n> you notice, he doesn't regenerate at all in this form because he's so hot\n> his regeneration can't keep the damage at bay.\n\nJust a guess, but it would fit the idea of the anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-12-19T17:29:20.320", "id": "16903", "last_activity_date": "2015-06-13T05:43:12.547", "last_edit_date": "2015-06-13T05:43:12.547", "last_editor_user_id": "8486", "owner_user_id": "10750", "parent_id": "4777", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThere are two anime adaptations of Kanon, [one from\n2002](http://myanimelist.net/anime/144/Kanon) by Toei Animation with 13\nepisodes (plus [one OVA](http://myanimelist.net/anime/704/Kanon_Kazahana)),\nand [one from 2006](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1530/Kanon_\\(2006\\)) by Kyoto\nAnimation with 24 episodes. Both of them are based on the [1999 visual novel\nby Key](http://vndb.org/v33).\n\nThe most obvious difference between the two is the artwork. The 2002 version\nwas fairly close to the artwork from the VN. In contrast, the 2006 anime was\nwith KyoAni's own style, which is more similar to their previous anime Air\nthan to the original Kanon artwork. I think most people would say that 2006\nhas the better animation quality. The soundtracks of the two are\nunderstandably also different. In terms of theme songs, the 2006 version used\nremixed versions the original songs from the VN, while the 2002 version used\nnew songs. The voice actors are the same with the exception of Yuichi and\nKuze.\n\n\n\nComparison of Kanon artwork \nLeft: Nayuki, Right: Aya. \nTop row: Visual Novel, Middle Row: 2002 Anime, Bottom Row: 2006 Anime\n\nIn terms of plot, there are going to be many small differences. The 2006 one\nhad 11 more episodes than the 2002 one, so understandably there is more\ncontent there. Both are very close to the VN, but the 2002 one stripped out a\nlot of extraneous content and condensed a lot of necessary content (to the\npoint that it created some plot holes). The content that was removed had a lot\nof comedy, so the 2002 version comes off as more of a drama than the 2006 one.\nThe one difference that I definitely noticed is that Mai's story in the 2002\nversion was greatly condensed to the point of not making sense, while it's\nquite well-paced and understandable in the 2006 version. Overall, the big\ndifferences are that with the 2002 version, you just don't get as much of the\nstory, and it goes somewhat faster.\n\nI think the advice of most people would be that if you've already watched the\n2006 version, there's not a lot of reason to watch the 2002 version. Instead,\nif you want more Kanon, the better thing to do would be to read the VN.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-12T23:32:55.877", "id": "4783", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-12T23:32:55.877", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4781", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs far as **Evangelion** goes, there's several statements from the staff\nconcerning their placement and usage within the show (emphasis is mine):\n\nFrom the [Hiroyuki Yamaga: May 1998 issue of\n\"Evangelion\"](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Hiroyuki_Yamaga:_May_1998_issue_of_.22Evangelion.22):\n\n> **On the reasons for use of Judeo-Christian symbology in Eva**\n>\n> **YAMAGA:** I don’t know exactly why. **I suspect that Mr. Anno may have\n> read some book on it, and there was some thoughts he wanted to express on\n> it**. I personally am glad that, rather than Christianity, he didn’t express\n> some obscure Buddhist theme, because then it would have been linked more\n> with Aum Shinri Kyo. [LAUGHS]\n\nFrom the [Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from \"Amusing Himself to\nDeath\"](http://wiki.evageeks.org/Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff#Kazuya_Tsurumaki:_Q.26A_from_.22Amusing_Himself_to_Death.22):\n\n> **Can you explain the symbolism of the cross in Evangelion?**\n>\n> **Kazuya Tsurumaki** : There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we\n> did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because\n> Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be\n> mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. **There is\n> no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols\n> of Christianity look cool.** If we had known the show would get distributed\n> in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice.\n\nAnd from an NHK special \"[Extra Curricular Lesson with Hideaki\nAnno](http://www.evageeks.org/2010/10/extra-curricular-lesson-with-hideaki-\nanno/)\", a student asks:\n\n> \"Why is that robot-looking thing called an Evangelion\"?\n>\n> **Anno** : \"It is a Christian word meaning _Fukuin_ or Gospel and it's\n> supposed to bring blessings. Actually, it's a Greek word. I used it because\n> it sounds complicated\"\n\nSo in the case of Evangelion, it's used mostly to look cool. It's more or less\nan internally consistent window dressing that doesn't contain any actual\n_religious_ meaning. That is not to say that the symbology doesn't have other\nmeaning within itself, especially in the context of the fictional show.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T01:14:10.890", "id": "4786", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T17:47:32.927", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4784", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nyes it was in Gendo's office, therefore he believes in what it represents.\n\nThe whole nerv project was 1) to defend humanity against the angels and 2) the\ninstrumentality project.\n\nthe tree of life probably relates to 2). The end goal was for humanity to\nbecome one so everyone can be 'happy'. I don't know the details of kabbalah\nbut I imagine it relates to this.\n\nJudaism/Christianity is a deep topic and probably does not directly relate to\nwhat evangelion was about. But there does seem to be a connection in terms of\njudaism/Christianity being about salvation of humanity, filling in that flawed\nnature we as humans have. which is what the instrumentality project was about.\n\nAnno seems to have a focus on the question of how one solves lifes problems.\nThe evangelion characters egos badly handling their life's difficulties.\nReligion tries to address this very question, placing importance on ones\nrelationship with God to solve the question of how to live life(\"God is in his\nheaven, all is right with the world\").\n\nThere is the connection that religion is a form of therapy and transformation.\nJesus healed the demons that people suffered from. Life is about confronting\nour demons and living life the best we can. In M scott Peck's book: 'the road\nless travelled' He brings together God and psychotherapy. It is well worth\nreading to see the connection with religion(spirituality) and psychological\nproblems, two big themes in evangelion.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2017-02-15T21:52:44.683", "id": "38965", "last_activity_date": "2017-02-15T21:52:44.683", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "30964", "parent_id": "4784", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Frieza vs Goku battle lasted from the time Vegeta dies to the explosion of\nNamek spans in [episode\n87](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/The_Ultimate_Battle) to 105, the infamous\n\"five minute\" battle itself starts at [episode\n97](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Namek%27s_Destruction).\n\nThe fight between Goku and Cell at the Cell Games [starts\nat](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Goku_vs._Cell) 177 to 180 and Gohan's\nfight with Cell [begins at](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Faith_in_a_Boy)\nepisode 181 and ends at 191.\n\nThe final battle with Buu spans from [episode\n279](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_for_the_Universe_Begins) to 287.\nThis is the most varied battle out of all of them.\n\nSo technically, the battle between Frieza and Goku is the longest and most\ndrawn out battle between two characters.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T01:49:08.167", "id": "4787", "last_activity_date": "2015-12-15T20:38:14.513", "last_edit_date": "2015-12-15T20:38:14.513", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4785", "post_type": "answer", "score": 32 }, { "body": "\n\nFrieza vs Goku battle was the long lasting one. In episode 87 to 105, the \"5\nminutes\" battle starts at episode 97.\n\nWhen Gohan can't sense the power level of Goku. He flies from the turret where\nPiccolo was kept to find Goku. Frieza spotted him and Gohan started to do some\ntime pass with Frieza by keep fleeing. Then Frieza said that after **2 mins**\n, the whole planet will burst.\n\nI think so even after that there were many episodes passed till the fight with\nGoku continues with Frieza.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2015-03-24T08:33:22.760", "id": "20291", "last_activity_date": "2018-08-24T06:29:06.867", "last_edit_date": "2018-08-24T06:29:06.867", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "13393", "parent_id": "4785", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI have no source or anything else to substatiate this, but I assumed it was\njust nonsense similar to what Nodame would say (from Nodame Cantabile) as an\nexclamation. It may be that later on we find out what Kuchiki is shouting\nabout, but as of now, there's no indication that \"Kabincho\" actually means\nanything.\n\nAlso see Logan's comment about his research into the word in English or\nJapanese.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T19:40:27.000", "id": "4802", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T19:40:27.000", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4788", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe actual rooftop garden does not seem to exist, but there is a likely model\nfor this building, which is located northwest of [this\ntemple](https://www.google.co.jp/maps?q=%E5%85%AD%E8%A7%92%E5%A0%82%E9%A0%82%E6%B3%95%E5%AF%BA&hl=ja&ie=UTF8&ll=35.007713,135.760255&spn=0.000922,0.001671&sll=35.02334,135.752764&sspn=0.235887,0.42778&brcurrent=3,0x6001089aca8356fd:0x9d248930a86f0a64,0&hq=%E5%85%AD%E8%A7%92%E5%A0%82%E9%A0%82%E6%B3%95%E5%AF%BA&t=h&z=20).\n\n\n\nIt seems to be a private building this is a school that teaches Ikebana/華道.\nIt's likely this rooftop area is not open to the public. This seems to be the\nclosest match to the building depicted in the anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-12-20T04:56:31.317", "id": "6452", "last_activity_date": "2013-12-20T05:02:52.280", "last_edit_date": "2013-12-20T05:02:52.280", "last_editor_user_id": "63", "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "4789", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBecause he wanted to finish Aizen for good.\n\n> Aizen still had the Hogyoku, and even after Ichigo's attack with Final\n> Getsuga, he was able to regenerate (chapter 421), while Ichigo lost all of\n> his powers due to that very attack.\n\nEven Urahara states (later in the same chapter), that it is \"nearly\nimpossible\" to kill Aizen while\n\n> he is merged with Hogyoku. WHen Ichigo loses his powers, you can see Aizen\n> getting up, ready to finish Ichigo off. At that moment, neither of them\n> knows about what Urahara has done, and Ichigo is surprised and shocked by\n> the fact that his opponent is still alive after his (Ichigo's) most powerful\n> technique. After that, Hogyoku finally rejects Aizen, and Urahara's seal\n> activates, basically saving powerless Ichigo.\n\nSo I'd say Ichigo had to use it because he saw it as the only way of truly\ndefeating Aizen.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T09:52:30.493", "id": "4793", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T09:52:30.493", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "111", "parent_id": "4791", "post_type": "answer", "score": 14 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI wrote this on [a forum](http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=455800),\n\n> You raise a very interesting question that I'm sure has perplexed many fans.\n> There have been a lot of discussions regarding it. First of all, the words\n> \"forever\" and \"fornever\" are complete opposites of each other. Forever means\n> that something will occur continuously, while\n> **[fornever](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fornever)** ,\n> not actually being a word in the english dictionary but rather a **slang\n> term** , means thats something will never occur.\n>\n> A common thing I hear is people believe that it is a typo and that is should\n> state \" **forever forever** \". I personally don't think this is valid\n> because the artist would certainly not screw up the last frame of the\n> series.\n>\n> Personally, I believe that it just simply means what is says:\"Forever will\n> not occur,\" or in other words, \"nothing lasts forever.\" I believe that Yu Yu\n> Hakusho was by far one of the greatest anime/manga ever written, and the\n> artist knew that everyone watching the last few minutes of the final show\n> never wanted it to end. But, since everything good thing must come to an\n> end, the artist made it clear and simple. I believe this is the only anime\n> to end with a phrase for viewers to think about, rather then simply saying\n> \"the end.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-08T08:21:40.300", "id": "6801", "last_activity_date": "2018-01-30T15:05:12.910", "last_edit_date": "2020-06-17T09:17:53.303", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "3081", "parent_id": "4792", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThere is **no definite answer** for this question stated by the artist himself\n[Yoshihiro Togashi](http://yuyuhakusho.wikia.com/wiki/Yoshihiro_Togashi) There\nfor we are left to interpreted it as we like. And there for there are allot of\ntheory's of what this means. One of the most popular being the one stated by\n[Kakashi](https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/3081/kakashi)\n\n> \"Forever will not occur,\" or in other words, \"nothing lasts forever.\" I\n> believe that Yu Yu Hakusho was by far one of the greatest anime/manga ever\n> written, and the artist knew that everyone watching the last few minutes of\n> the final show never wanted it to end. But, since everything good thing must\n> come to an end, the artist made it clear and simple. I believe this is the\n> only anime to end with a phrase for viewers to think about, rather then\n> simply saying \"the end.\"\n\nAnother very popular theory is him showing discontinuation of the series. So\nno more different time lines, other endings. Or any such things.\n\nBut just like stated in the begin there is no definite answer given by the\nauthor himself.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-01-10T00:29:23.423", "id": "6835", "last_activity_date": "2014-01-10T00:29:23.423", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "4792", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIt's just a phrase. Forever means that Yusuke's friendship will not end but\nother things will have to have a bound. It's also known as a schmaltz, like\nleaving a caption to leave the audience feeling good.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2014-05-25T15:48:41.310", "id": "9915", "last_activity_date": "2014-05-25T15:48:41.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "5011", "parent_id": "4792", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nForever, as in saying it will continue on in our hearts, and we will never\nforget this journey we went on with the characters. Fornever as in saying all\ngood things come to an end, and no matter how much we reminisce on the good\ntimes, it will end eventually.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2016-04-16T00:46:45.250", "id": "31434", "last_activity_date": "2017-06-20T02:48:03.203", "last_edit_date": "2017-06-20T02:48:03.203", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "23479", "parent_id": "4792", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nI think he used Kuwabara to explain the meaning. When they are standing on the\nsteps before heading to the beach, he talks about everything they all went\nthrough, and having that journey come to an end (Fornever). Then Kurama\nexplains they can always remember the journey when they need to (Forever).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2018-08-20T03:06:46.373", "id": "48427", "last_activity_date": "2018-08-20T03:39:34.733", "last_edit_date": "2018-08-20T03:39:34.733", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "42104", "parent_id": "4792", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs you stated, Hachikuji had one \"level UP\" as Ghost.\n\nThis means she is no more a \"Snail\", but moreover a [\"Wandering\nSpirit\"](http://bakemonogatari.wikia.com/wiki/Mayoi_Hachikuji#Plot).\n\nThis means she can generally be seen by anyone having the eyes to see. \nAlso she no more haunts people not wanting to return home, but strolls about.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T11:25:38.950", "id": "4795", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T11:25:38.950", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1751", "parent_id": "4794", "post_type": "answer", "score": 13 }, { "body": "\n\nIn _Onimonogatari_ :\n\n> It is revealed that Hachikuji's \"promotion\" was a \"lie\". As the darkness\n> began pursuing her when she accompanied Araragi home, in direct\n> contradiction of the nature of the _mayoiushi_ , it is clear that she\n> continued to possess it in some fashion--and immediately before that, when\n> he offered to take her out to eat, she notes that he would seem \"like those\n> parents who order enough food for themselves and their late daughter\",\n> implying that to the best of her knowledge she remains invisible to the\n> general populace. \n> \n> In Hanekawa's case, every time she encountered Hachikuji, her living\n> situation had not improved, so she simply retained the desire not to go\n> home. \n> \n> As for why Araragi can see her, Ononoki cites it as proving that he\n> retained some level of vampirism, implying that it is generally the case\n> that vampires can see ghosts. (Naturally, this would also explain why\n> Shinobu can see her.) \n> \n> It would be reasonable to assume that Ononoki also has some special\n> capacity to see ghosts as an onmyouji's shikigami (and one created for such\n> a purpose, no less), and Gaen may just perceive her through her powers of\n> clairvoyance.\n\nThis does present one complication, namely that in _Owarimonogatari_ (Ougi\nDark arc):\n\n> Araragi could see her after having fully regained his humanity. \n> \n> However, having been at this point forcibly extracted from Hell after\n> passing on, it stands to reason that she no longer had the properties of her\n> prior existence as a _mayoiushi_ , and was instead some other type of ghost\n> --the cause of her existence as a ghost no longer being the circumstances of\n> her death. It's possible either that she could be seen unconditionally, or\n> that Araragi was uniquely able to see her because he personally brought her\n> back. \n> \n> Although Gaen states that the darkness would swallow her if she did not\n> become a god or return to Hell, this may be because such a type of ghost\n> should not exist to begin with, or rather that it defies the nature of the\n> human soul to return from the afterlife while still dead. Failing that, she\n> may have embellished things somewhat.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-08-02T04:48:02.647", "id": "67084", "last_activity_date": "2022-08-02T04:48:02.647", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66722", "parent_id": "4794", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n(Originally split from [this\nanswer](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/4786/91))\n\nThe actual mythology of the show involving alchemy has a closer tie to\nreligious symbolism than something like Evangelion (which was mainly to look\ncool). Within the Full Metal Alchemist show, historical in-universe events are\ntied to real world symbolism, like the Tree of Life, The Flamel (named after\nthe real-life French alchemist), the Homunculi and the seven deadly sins, etc.\n\nThere's been several analysis of the religious symbolism in FMA:\n\n * <http://chrisqu.hubpages.com/hub/Fullmetal-Alchemist-Brotherhood-Religious-Symbolism-and-Discourse>\n * <https://gargarstegosaurus.wordpress.com/2008/10/25/the-curious-case-of-religion-in-fullmetal-alchemist/>\n\nUnlike with Evangelion, I don't know of any statements made by the staff to\naddress the use of religious symbolism in the show, but I think it's pretty\nclear that it's more internally consistent than simply to look cool.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T17:53:43.443", "id": "4801", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T17:53:43.443", "last_edit_date": "2017-04-13T12:54:48.953", "last_editor_user_id": "-1", "owner_user_id": "91", "parent_id": "4798", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Tree of Life is one of the most important symbolism in western alchemy.\n\nThe spiritual nature was especially highlighted among early practitioners of\nalchemy, but I would say that it was more\n[Hermetic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeticism) occultism than religious\nJudaism/Christianity. (Therefore, some people might spell it\n[Qabalah](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermetic_Qabalah) rather than\nKabbalah.)\n\nThe 10 emanations/attributes and the paths in the Tree were [associated with\nthe alchemical metals, elements, and\nplanets](http://www.lashtal.com/wiki/Tree_of_Life:Alchemy) that govern the\nalchemical process. The image below shows the tree with astrological planetary\nsymbols associated. In alchemy, these planets were associated with various\nmetals and elements. Therefore, an emanation might correspond to the sun and\nhence gold, and so on.\n\n\n\nTherefore, it is only natural that it would make an appearance in an anime\nabout alchemists.\n\nFor reference, you can find a giant essay here, although I haven't gone\nthrough all of it: [\"Secret Fire: The Relationship Between Kundalini,\nKabbalah, and Alchemy\"](http://hermetic.com/stavish/essays/secret-fire.html)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-19T05:11:30.630", "id": "4863", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-19T14:18:48.240", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-19T14:18:48.240", "last_editor_user_id": "2248", "owner_user_id": "2248", "parent_id": "4798", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\nIn _Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood_ , two gates were shown instead of just\none as in the original. Both of the gates have pictures of a tree on them. As\nyou have already said, one of them is the tree of life.\n\nTo uncover the identity of the other gate, we have to bring to light the book\nof Genesis, which is where I personally believe the two gates originated from.\n\nIf you are familiar with the story of creation, you know that Adam and Eve\nlived happily in a garden where only one law existed. This law was simply not\nto eat the fruit which grew from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Adam\nand Eve were told that disobedience would lead to death.\n\nWe later realize that you would not actually stop breathing and became a cold\nlifeless shell, but instead, this death refers to dying to the flesh. Dying to\nthe flesh means surrendering your life to your deadliest desires and choosing\nto never obtain fulfillment. Pretty dismal, right? Anyway, Adam and Eve\ndecided to rebel and eat the fruit after being promised by the devil that such\nconsumption would unfold the truth and enable them to understand the ways of\nGod.\n\nBack to the universe of Fullmetal Alchemist, alchemy was a powerful science\nthat brought happiness to both those using its powers for good and those\nreceiving aid from alchemists. A rule was given with this great gift: do not\nperform human transmutation. Ed and Al had repeatedly heard that death\nfollowed after a human transmutation.\n\nAgainst better judgment, the two brothers gave into their deadliest desire to\nhave their deceased mother be by their sides once again. Immediately following\nthe human transmutation, Ed and Al passed through a gate with picture of a\ntree where they uncovered truth, both good and evil knowledge that governed\nalchemy and even the world itself. Because of the boys' disobedience, Al lost\nhis entire body and could not be entirely happy or fulfilled without it. He\ndied to the flesh... LITERALLY!\n\nFor these reasons, I am led to believe that the tree on the gate resembles\nAdam and Eve's tree of knowledge of good and evil found in the Bible.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2015-02-27T03:26:03.687", "id": "19712", "last_activity_date": "2015-02-27T13:28:05.150", "last_edit_date": "2015-02-27T13:28:05.150", "last_editor_user_id": "1398", "owner_user_id": "12967", "parent_id": "4798", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is clearly a reference to the manga [Black\nJack](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack_\\(manga\\)) by Tezuka Osamu. The\ndoctor is referred to as \"A detoxified Dr. BJ\" in a previous screenshot:\n\n\n\nThe joke probably only makes sense if you know a bit about Black Jack, so\nhere's [MAL's summary](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1520/Black_Jack) of the\nseries (based on the anime entry). Note that it would sound far less\ninteresting if he were an ordinary doctor.\n\n> In the medical profession, there is a name spoken in hushed tones, of an\n> unlicensed genius physician who can save lives—for a price. His name is\n> Black Jack, and he is a dashing, moody figure, caped in black, a Harlock of\n> medicine, a man who lives by no rules other than his own—and the Hippocratic\n> Oath. A man who would defy the will of God himself in the name of preserving\n> life.\n\nAnime News Network's [trivia\nlist](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7767&page=22)\nfor the show agrees that this is the reference being made:\n\n> In **episode 5** , Dr BJ is obviously refers to Black Jack, from the\n> anime/manga of the same name.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "creation_date": "2013-08-13T20:44:18.620", "id": "4805", "last_activity_date": "2013-08-13T22:58:52.703", "last_edit_date": "2013-08-13T22:58:52.703", "last_editor_user_id": "24", "owner_user_id": "24", "parent_id": "4803", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 } ]