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[ { "body": "\n\nI think this is it! Please forgive me if I am wrong, good day!\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh1qpioSEEk>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-07T03:19:17.403", "id": "59306", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-07T03:19:17.403", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55651", "parent_id": "58169", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDatabases like [myanimelist](https://myanimelist.net) or\n[anisearch](https://www.anisearch.com/anime/index) often include the original\nsource for each entry. \nThe second database also allows us to filter the entries based on the source\ntype so we can get some numbers. \nThe following are rough estimates when we only consider series (overall about\n4700):\n\n * Based on manga: 1620\n * Based on light novel: 400\n * Based on video game: 280\n * Based on visual novel: 160\n * Original works: 880\n\nNot included are adaptations from other media like comics, manhua, manwha or\nother anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-20T16:24:34.547", "id": "58178", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-20T19:05:20.303", "last_edit_date": "2020-07-20T19:05:20.303", "last_editor_user_id": "27875", "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "58177", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nUnknown within the webcomic or manga. Psykos has never mentioned any such\nbeing/encounter in the webcomic. She has said to Saitama and Fubuki that she\nknows of some terrifying truth about the future, which set her on the Monster\nAssociation path, but she has not been seen or heard since then in any form.\nAnd the manga hasn't revealed Homeless Emperor's connection beyond what the\nwebcomic has provided (which isn't much).\n\nThere are some substantive differences in the portrayals in the two mediums.\nThe being Psykos sees in the manga is basically just some some sort of\nspherical meat lump, which she describes as having endless swirls on its\nsurface and resembles Jupiter, whereas Homeless Emperor's vision in the\nwebcomic is of a (colossal) humanoid. He originally appears to Homeless\nEmperor as little more than a scribble of lines in human form. It's not until\nhis demise that he sees his \"god\" in a more fleshy appearance. This second\nincarnation shares the same textural appearance as Psykos's, so it at least\nseems reasonable to suppose they are intended to be the same entity, or at\nleast related ones. For what it's worth, [the\nwiki](https://onepunchman.fandom.com/wiki/God) considers them the same being.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-22T02:45:43.503", "id": "58189", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-22T04:26:47.420", "last_edit_date": "2020-07-22T04:26:47.420", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "58182", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOn you first question about where to begin reading, the question referred to\nin some of the comments is similar.\n\nAs to your other question(s) the anime follows the manga very well for the the\nmost part, except for inserting several anime-only filler episodes, including\ntwo rather long arcs and some shorter ones, as well as episodes based on\nomake. So you don't have to go back and read everything, you won't miss much.\n\nThe answer best showing where the anime and manga differ, while also answering\nwhere to start reading (manga chapter 480 BTW) is the answer by\n<https://anime.stackexchange.com/users/24/logan-m> to this question: [Which\nepisodes of Bleach are\nfiller?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/3018/which-episodes-of-\nbleach-are-filler)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-21T20:54:12.857", "id": "58186", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-21T20:54:12.857", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54097", "parent_id": "58183", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOnly the tip of his Jitte is made of sea stone. The rest is made of a\nsubstance he can hold.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-07T13:15:26.893", "id": "59313", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-07T13:15:26.893", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54098", "parent_id": "58190", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nTo expand on the current answers a bit, seastone is a mysterious substance\nthat apparently has the same \"wavelength as the sea\" which we famously know to\nbe the weakness of any devil fruit user, sapping them of their energy, powers\nand costing their ability to swim. The minutia of the effects of seastone are\nsomewhat vague but a few things are quite concrete. One must be in direct\ncontact with the seastone for it to have an effect, Luffy loses his abilities\nand becomes very tired when smoker pins him with the end of his jitte which is\nwhere the seastone is, the rest of the jitte is safe to the touch. Another\nexample is that marine warship hulls are covered in seastones to ward off\nneptunians but people with devil fruit powers are unaffected by being in such\nclose proximity to so much seastone such as when Hancock and Luffy rode one to\nImpel down. Seastone has varying levels of effectiveness which might have to\ndo with how much of it is present, note the marines have seastone handcuffs\nwhich sap devil fruit users of their powers but doesn't seem to apply the\nstrong lethargy something more substantial like Smoker's jitte does.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-10T16:20:18.813", "id": "59330", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-10T16:20:18.813", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51043", "parent_id": "58190", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, there was no moon when Kaguya arrived on Earth. And for the Infinite\nTsukuyomi to be activated, the presence of a moon is a primary condition.\n\nSo, in Naruto: Shippūden episode 460, Kaguya activates the Infinite Tsukuyomi.\nShe does so by using her space time jutsu [Yomotsu\nHirasaka](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Yomotsu_Hirasaka) to open a portal\nand use a moon from somewhere else.\n\n\n\nThe animation of the portal opening is shown only for a split second.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-24T18:49:11.247", "id": "58199", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-24T18:49:11.247", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "11083", "parent_id": "58198", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou're thinking on the right track except for the fact that den-den mushis do\nnot imitate those speaking. Den-den mushis do not \"take the shape\" of their\nowners. They are customized by the owners to show ownership. Trafalgar's den-\nden mushi looked like him, so did Doflamingo's. Thats why Mr. 0 could not\nrecognize that it was Sanji on the other side of the line instead of Mr. 3.\nAlso because of plot.\n\n[Source](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Den_Den_Mushi)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-26T19:51:23.920", "id": "58210", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-26T19:51:23.920", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54098", "parent_id": "58206", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAs you've already implied yourself, the flower on her head is most likely used\nas a visual comedic cue to indicate Kaguya's \"simple\" state of mind in that\nmoment.\n\nWhen it comes flowers growing on the head, it can have many different\nmeanings. It can be a representation of the situation they're in, it can be a\nrepresentation of the feelings they are going through, or it can simply be a\nvisual cue as we see with Kaguya (or perhaps a combination).\n\nIt is also worthwhile to mention that in the Japanese culture, flowers are\nused heavily for symbolism. [The language of\nflowers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_flowers) in Japan is known\nas [Hanakotoba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanakotoba). Different flowers\ncan have different meanings depending on the context, and sometimes flowers\nused in manga or anime are specifically used to symbolize something. A very\nwell-known example in the manga literature is the use of [roses\n(Bara)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_\\(genre\\)) to depict same-sex love\nbetween men and [lily flowers\n(Yuri)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_\\(genre\\)) to depict same-sex love\nbetween women.\n\nA flower growing on a character can indicate some kind of flower symbolism\nthat is related to the specific character, or it can more specifically\nindicate their feelings and emotions that they are experiencing. Whether the\nflower type itself has any meaning is up to interpretation.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bi9yD.png)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tHxjV.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-27T13:01:06.017", "id": "58219", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-27T13:01:06.017", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "58211", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThere is a Japanese term [脳内お花畑 ( _nōnai o-hanabatake_\n)](https://www.japandict.com/%E8%84%B3%E5%86%85%E3%81%8A%E8%8A%B1%E7%95%91)\nwhich translates literally to \"garden in the brain\". It's meant to indicate\nsomeone who is \"off in their own world\" or spacing out, so not thinking\nstraight or not thinking at all.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-28T18:27:46.440", "id": "58235", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-31T17:13:15.903", "last_edit_date": "2022-03-31T17:13:15.903", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "25508", "parent_id": "58211", "post_type": "answer", "score": 12 }, { "body": "\n\nTo supplement RobR's answer in the pilot/premiere, Kaguya wonders if Chika\n(Fujiwara) has flowers instead of a brain.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/w2yd9.jpg)\n\nSo even in this anime/manga, it's not just Kaguya. But of course here it's the\nsame thing: Chika is arguably not thinking straight because Kaguya is\nextremely unlikely to go out on this date. [脳内お花畑 (nōnai o-hanabatake) aka\n\"garden in the\nbrain\".](https://www.japandict.com/%E8%84%B3%E5%86%85%E3%81%8A%E8%8A%B1%E7%95%91)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-10T15:04:46.883", "id": "66612", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-10T15:04:46.883", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "58211", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**It's their origin/race.**\n\nThe labels on the pie chart are:\n\n> * [Mongolide](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mongolide) (Mongoloid)\n> * [Europide](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/europide) (Caucasian)\n> * [Negride](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/negride) (Negroid)\n>\n\nwhich are actually in German.\n\nThe respective kanji is:\n\n> [人種](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%BA%BA%E7%A8%AE) (race):\n>\n> * [黄色](https://jisho.org/word/%E9%BB%84%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A8%AE)系\n> (Mongoloid)\n> * [白色](https://jisho.org/word/%E7%99%BD%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A8%AE)系\n> (Caucasian)\n> * [黒色](https://jisho.org/word/%E9%BB%92%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A8%AE)系\n> (Negroid)\n> * [その他](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE%E4%BB%96) (others)\n>\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-27T16:06:40.393", "id": "58222", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-28T02:35:37.780", "last_edit_date": "2020-07-28T02:35:37.780", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "58221", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFirst of all, since no one is able to physically see Mai (other than people\nwho have the adolescence syndrome) it does not really matter what she wears.\nSecond, as you said it makes it easier to distinguish her from other\ncharacters in the story. There is no rule in the school that stockings aren't\nallowed. Even if stockings weren't allowed no one can see Mai.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-28T09:48:44.467", "id": "58232", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-28T09:48:44.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54095", "parent_id": "58229", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 }, { "body": "\n\n**The regulations on school uniforms in Japan vary.**\n\nConsidering Japan is experiencing 4 seasons and hence, winter season, some\nschools allow tights on cold weather while others outright ban them.\n\nSome questions on _Yahoo! Chiebukuro_ that supporting if wearing tights is\nallowed:\n\n * [Is it weird to wear tights under a school uniform?](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1449690174) (Japanese) (November 2010)\n * [What is the best denier1 for tights under a school uniform?](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q10183340405) (Japanese) (December 2017)\n\n1 [Denier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_textile_measurement#Denier):\na unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers\n\nWhile some schools outright banned them (and even made into news\ninternationally):\n\n * [Schoolgirls being told \"tights are banned!\" in a cold winter by their school become a hot topic](https://youpouch.com/2019/02/27/559367/) (Japanese) (February 2019)\n * [Japanese school explains why it won't let cold schoolgirl wear tights under her skirt](https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/school-explains-why-it-won%27t-let-cold-schoolgirl-wear-tights-under-her-skirt) (December 2018)\n\nThere are also some that _require_ the students to wear tights in certain\nconditions even in spring/summer, like wearing black (and _only black_ )\ntights for skirts above the knees.\n\n * [Is it weird to wear tights in spring/summer?](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q11146804546) (Japanese) (June 2015)\n\n* * *\n\n_Moving to the main topic..._\n\nThere is no detail about the regulation for Mai's school, so it can be assumed\nthat it is leaning to the looser one.\n\nHowever, while the specific reference is not mentioned, the [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E3%83%96%E3%82%BF%E9%87%8E%E9%83%8E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA#%E4%B8%BB%E8%A6%81%E4%BA%BA%E7%89%A9)\nmentions that\n\n> 芸能活動の支障にならないよう日焼けを防止するため、夏でも大抵黒のタイツを着用している。\n>\n> **To prevent sunburn which may hinder her living as a celebrity talent, she\n> also wears black tights even in summer.**\n>\n> (Emphasis added)\n\nThis is somewhat strengthened by her character introduction in [_Dengeki\nBunko_ 's heroines in swimsuit](https://dengekibunko.jp/3000/character/09/01/)\n\n> **日焼けを気にして** 、デートでもなかなか素肌を見られる機会がないが、今回は、ファッション誌の撮影のために水着を着用。\n>\n> **Concerned about sunburn** , while her skin is rarely revealed even while\n> dating, this time she is wearing a swimsuit for a fashion magazine photo-\n> taking.\n>\n> (Emphasis added)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-29T16:17:44.687", "id": "58243", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-29T16:17:44.687", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "58229", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn season 1 episode 6, Shirogane was taking a psychological test from\nFujiwara:\n\n> Imagine there's a cage of pets in front of you. How many kittens can fit in\n> there?\n\nThe number given would reveal how many children the test taker subconsciously\nwants to have. The kitten quiz is obviously also a reference to \"cats have\nnine lives\".\n\nThen in season 2 episode 1, the student council members were playing a custom\nboard game, and Shirogane and Fujiwara stepped onto the \"marriage\" and\n\"childbirth\" spaces, which resulted in them having nine children in-game. I\nbelieve the \"having nine children\" gag is based on the [nine sons of the\ndragon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_sons_of_the_dragon) lore, and\nincidentally, dragons and cats are symbols of fertility and sexuality,\nrespectively.\n\nI don't know if one could make an additional connection to the imagery of [Hou\nYi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yi) \"shooting\" down the nine \"suns\"\n(Cupid + shoots + yellow, oval suns). Although both Hou Yi and the nine sons\nof the dragon originated from Chinese mythology, [it's not the first time that\n_Love is War_ has borrowed Chinese\nelements](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/57625/8486) to enhance its story,\nso it's very likely that these are what is referenced in the joke.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-23T13:26:42.443", "id": "68454", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-23T13:26:42.443", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8486", "parent_id": "58230", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Kirie: Shuichi... what do we do now? \n> Shuichi: Kirie... I can't run away any longer. Leave me here. You have to\n> keep fighting. I think son this curse will be over. \n> Kirie: I can't run any more either. I'm staying with you. \n> *Their arms spiral together* \n> And with the spiral complete a strange thing happened... Just as time had\n> sped up when we were on the outskirts, in the center of the spiral it stood\n> still. So the curse was over the same moment it began, the endless frozen\n> moment that I spent in shuichi's arms. And it will be the same moment when\n> it ends again... when the next Kurozu-cho is built where the ruins of the\n> old once lay. When the eternal spiral awakes once more.\n>\n> \\- Uzumaki, Chapter 19\n\nIgnoring the words we know three things:\n\n * Both Kirie and Shuichi become spirals at the heart of the spiral curse.\n * We know they didn't escape the spiral apocalypse as they became spirals.\n * We don't know if they didn't survive (are dead) as they looked like they were alive when we last saw them.\n\nReading the ending we know:\n\n * Technically they don't/can't die because time is frozen.\n * They become spirals for the rest of eternity.\n\n* * *\n\n> narrated by Kirie, the protagonist implying that she has somehow survived\n> the spiral apocalypse.\n\nThis seems like an incorrect assumption. Stories don't have to follow 'logic',\nsuch as there being a spiral curse. However the narration is in the present\ntense and we can easily assume that this is the story Kirie _was_ writing (to\nmemory) or _would have_ written had she not succumb to the curse.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-29T09:35:02.567", "id": "58240", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-29T09:35:02.567", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19948", "parent_id": "58234", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nYea but we saw her at the start telling us that she's going to talk about the\nstrange events that happened in her hometown, if the writer wanted it to be a\nmemoir he wouldn't have included a picture.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-11-24T09:44:20.420", "id": "61113", "last_activity_date": "2020-11-24T09:44:20.420", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57297", "parent_id": "58234", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes.\n\nFrom\n[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rascal_Does_Not_Dream_of_Bunny_Girl_Senpai#Anime),\n\n> The ending theme is \"Fukashigi no Karte\" (不可思議のカルテ), with each arc using\n> versions by Asami Seto (Mai Sakurajima), Yurika Kubo (Kaede Azusagawa), Nao\n> Tōyama (Tomoe Koga), Atsumi Tanezaki (Rio Futaba), Maaya Uchida (Nodoka\n> Toyohama), and Inori Minase (Shoko Makinohara) under their character names.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-07-28T22:31:31.043", "id": "58237", "last_activity_date": "2020-07-28T22:31:31.043", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "58236", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThere does not appear to be an officially stated reason for changing 1,000,000\nkilometers to 10,000 miles, and it is likely just another case of\nlocalization. For some, it may be easier to imagine distance in miles rather\nthan kilometers, and would likely cause less confusion for American children\nwho would be more familiar with miles. This distance is used for the Ocean\ndub, as well as the FUNimation dub.\n\nInterestingly enough, this also differs for the dub for Dragon Ball Z Kai,\nwhich states that Snake Way is 1,000,000 miles long (or about 1.6 million\nkilometers).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-04T00:02:19.943", "id": "59271", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-04T00:02:19.943", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54279", "parent_id": "58246", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the battle against Hanzo, after Yahiko's suicide, Nagato's inner power\nawakened, and accidentally summoned Gedo Mazo which instantly impaled its rods\ninside nagato to get chakra and killed hanzo's men. Then Nagato gets sick, and\nloose mobility. Then the only long distance power, needed because sickness, is\nthe 6 paths powers.\n\nSource: [Nagato](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Nagato)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-12T02:33:26.710", "id": "59545", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-12T02:33:26.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55793", "parent_id": "58247", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nWhen Nagato saw Yahiko die in front of him, he was outraged and lost all\ncontrol, tapped into his inner powers and accidently summoned the Gedo statue.\nHe ended up killing majority of Hanzo's and Danzo's subordinates, but hanzo\nescaped using the teleportation jutsu. But when Nagato summoned the Gedo\nstatue, he ended up having the chakra rods being literally stabbed into his\nback, due to which he became very sick. Also his legs were burnt while\nfighting Hanzo and his army(this happened due to paper bombs). This forced him\nto use the 6 paths of pains for the rest of his lives...\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-11-10T05:47:45.577", "id": "61014", "last_activity_date": "2020-11-10T05:47:45.577", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57076", "parent_id": "58247", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> I wanted to confirm that was this done intentionally for a joke (if yes, can\n> you please explain it) or it was a careless mistake.\n\nIt is perfectly normal to write furigana (in hiragana) on top of English words\nfor the audience, who are practically all Japanese, to understand and learn\nhow to pronounce.\n\nIn addition, furigana is always added on top of English words at any Japanese\nkaraoke in Japan.\n\nSo no, it is not a joke nor a careless mistake, just a very common practice.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-12-26T21:28:07.557", "id": "61387", "last_activity_date": "2020-12-26T21:28:07.557", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "13934", "parent_id": "59253", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOhba never has stated what happened to the Task-Force headquarters. If L left\na will, his assets would have to pass to his heir (I doubt he had a legal\ndocument for that case with all that secrecy around him, but who knew). Even\nif L died without a will, that building still could be one of the properties\nthat his succesor Near inherited, like the money he literaly thrown out the\nwindow. Maybe the building is now administrated by an executor (maybe Roger)\nor a frontman.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-02T22:54:09.543", "id": "59262", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-02T22:54:09.543", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55592", "parent_id": "59254", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, Ifrit is alive and can be let out by Rimuru. This becomes evident in\nseason 2.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-02-17T01:51:04.480", "id": "61939", "last_activity_date": "2021-02-17T01:51:04.480", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47325", "parent_id": "59256", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThese are actually several questions and should be asked separately (And at\nleast one of them has already been answered). Also, please be sure to include\nyour own research on the matter in future questions.\n\n## Why didn’t Misa kill L second time she got shinigami eyes?\n\nThe event that should have lead to her killing L was her obtaining ownership\nand thus regaining her memory. The only reason she made the deal a second time\nis that she does not remember the name and wants to see it again. However, she\nnever meets L again and thus does not see his name.\n\n## Why did she get them then, knowing her lifespan was going to be shortened?\n\nFrom a logical point of view, since Misa was saved by Gelus, she received his\nremaining life span and might potentially still have centuries to live even\nafter halving her life span twice (though it is not clear how much she\nactually gained, given that human years and shinigami years might not work the\nsame way and Gelus did spend quite some time watching her, assumably not\nkilling many people).\n\nThought Misa is not known to be that rational. She simply wants to help/\nplease Light and assumes that, since she was that close to L for months, she\nwould be able to see him again at some point. She probably planned on killing\nhim right after meeting him the next time but that never happened.\n\n## [Why did Rem do it?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/19123/why-\ndid-rem-kill-l)\n\nRem had stated several times, that she would do whatever it takes to protect\nMisa. She even agreed on killing L before the Yotsuba-arch because she did not\ncare about Light and at that point and Light's life was the only one that\nwould have been prolonged. Unfortunately, she never had the chance to see L\nbefore the incarceration of Misa and after comparing Light to Yotsuba-Kira,\nRem grew fond of him and could no longer kill L without prolonging a human\nlife that she wanted to protect.\n\nAfter Misa regained her DN and started killing again, Rem realized that L\nwould catch her at some point but Light would not waste the asset of Misa's\nShinigami Eyes if L was dead. So the only thing Rem could do to protect Misa\nwas to kill L and make sure that Light had all the advantages she could\nprovide. Light prompted this reaction by talking about the possible punishment\nfor Kira but I am sure that Rem would have come to the same conclusion anyway.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-03T10:22:41.633", "id": "59264", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-03T10:22:41.633", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33164", "parent_id": "59257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\n## She never had the chance, somewhat by design\n\nRem deduces on our behalf in Chapter 57 that this is all part of Light's\nchessmaster plan coming to a head.\n\nLight had arranged for Misa to regain a death note. Light's ideal situation\nwould be for Misa to remember L's name, as that would let him proceed more\ncautiously, but he planned for the possibility she wouldn't remember it (Misa\nsays it was just one in a horde of names she saw, as she didn't realize L's\nimportance when she saw it). He also knew from Misa's absolute dedication to\nhim that she would then immediately make the deal for the eyes in order to\nassist him more (even if she did remember L's name she can be expected to have\ndone this, as there would be more people to deal with to realize Light's long\nterm goals); this happens early in Chapter 56 with no prompting or orders from\nLight. Light intentionally keeps Misa separated from the team, L, and Rem to\nprevent an inopportune exposure. He meets with her outside of headquarters\nbriefly, but otherwise she never comes in and he never leaves the premises.\n\nBut more to the point, Light knew that Misa, with all of her memories back,\nwith the power of the eyes, and having resumed using the Death Note to kill\nafter the team was already made aware of Death Notes, would quickly draw L's\nand the team's attention and be outed, imprisoned, and ultimately executed\n(and likely Light himself, too). L himself tells Rem as much, and Rem\nultimately concludes that even if she reveals the whole truth that Misa will\nstill be guilty of too much to be left alive. And Misa may have been more\nclever than Light originally gave her credit for, but she wasn't up to the\ntask of putting things past L when he already had so many pieces of the\npuzzle, and Light having arranged things to point directly at Misa. But even\nmore to the point than that, Light knew that _Rem_ would know that, and that\nRem was absolutely dedicated to Misa. So Light knew that Rem would have to\ntake action to protect Misa. Being visible to the entire team and having no\nreal ability to physically interact with the world beyond dropping a Death\nNote, this left Rem with the singular choice: kill L (and Watari) to save\nMisa's life. She might have written in Light's name as well, other than that\nRem knew that Misa's obsession was so strong that she would almost certainly\nkill herself if Light died, which would defeat the point of saving her.\n\nYou can see more details in [this Q&A about why Rem killed\nthem](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/19123/why-did-rem-kill-l).\n\nAnd this was also part of Light's plan: Rem would then die, having expressly\nacted to extend Misa's life, and a Shinigami that didn't like him and would\nprefer to work against him, and had directly threatened to kill Light if he\nhurt Misa (keep in mind, this sequence of events all unfolded by Misa's own\nchoices; she was not ordered to make the deal at any point) would be\neliminated.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-04T17:42:29.027", "id": "59276", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-04T18:09:04.327", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-04T18:09:04.327", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "59257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIt would have been possible for Misa to see L's face one way or another and\nuse her own eyes to know his name. Either by visiting Light or by getting a\npicture of L. For example Light or Ren could have taken a picture of him. That\nmight have been suspected afterwards, but with L out of the way, they would\nhave had a good chance to get away with it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-11T17:37:28.600", "id": "66788", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-11T17:37:28.600", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66460", "parent_id": "59257", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCorrect me if I'm wrong but I think it was Fraudrin because he was inside of\nDreyfus' mind/body and so he attacked Gowther while he was using nightmare\nteller. At least that's my theory.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-02-16T12:06:05.067", "id": "61932", "last_activity_date": "2021-02-16T12:06:05.067", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "58882", "parent_id": "59261", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe chronology of _JoJo_ adaptations goes like this:\n\n * **1987-1989:** Hirohiko Araki publishes the first two parts of _JoJo's Bizarre Adventure_ , _Phantom Blood_ and _Battle Tendency_. These parts both focus on the power of Hamon.\n * **1989-1992:** Araki publishes Part 3, _Stardust Crusaders_. While writing this part, Araki introduces the concept of Stands, and these go on to replace Hamon as the series' main supernatural force.\n * **1993-1994:** A six-part OVA is released that adapts the second half of _Stardust Crusaders_ , skipping over the first two parts entirely.\n * **2000-2002:** A seven-part OVA is released that adapts the first half of _Stardust Crusaders_ , thus acting as a prequel to the earlier OVA series.\n * **2012 onwards:** A TV anime begins that adapts the entire manga from the beginning. To stay true to the manga, the adaptations of _Phantom Blood_ and _Battle Tendency_ retain the concept of Hamon.\n\n(For simplicity's sake, I've omitted the publication dates for Parts 4 through\n8 of the manga. Only the first three parts are relevant to your question.)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-03T14:27:14.867", "id": "59268", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-03T14:27:14.867", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35679", "parent_id": "59267", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis action that Megumi is doing signifies anxiety and stress. It is a nervous\nhabit, as explained in the show and manga. From the\n[wiki](https://shokugekinosoma.fandom.com/wiki/Megumi_Tadokoro):\n\n> She has a habit of tracing the kanji for \"person\" (人) on her hand then\n> motioning, as if to eat it, whenever she is stressed.\n\nI'm not familiar with the culture of Japan on this matter, but according to\nthis [article](http://folklore.usc.edu/?p=9517) on the University of Southern\nCalifornia's site, it is part of the culture. Here's a quote:\n\n> In Japan, students nervous for a presentation are often told to draw the\n> Chinese character for “person,” 「人」three times on their hand. They are then\n> supposed to pretend to eat those “people” by putting their hand in front of\n> their mouth, in the belief that this will ease their anxiety.\n\nFurthermore, according to the same article, the rationale is:\n\n> The idea was that those three 「人」characters represented the audience in the\n> palm of her hand, and eating them made them seem irrelevant, undeserving of\n> her anxiety\n\nI'm not familiar with Minoru Mineta doing this, but if it's really the same\naction, then everything still applies. And I'm fairly certain I've seen\nsimilar things done in other manga and anime, but I'm drawing a blank right\nnow. I'll update if I remember any.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-04T17:34:56.377", "id": "59275", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-04T17:34:56.377", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "59273", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI think it took place after the actual series end because in Dragon Cry, Natsu\nhas a lot of moments where he seems to know that he’s E.N.D and asks Lucy\n“what do I look like to you?”. But I am not 100% sure of that as this is the\nonly point I can think of as for.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-01-19T05:47:00.233", "id": "61674", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-19T05:47:00.233", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "52367", "parent_id": "59280", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt does take place near the end of the series because it is not at the end\nbecause that is the beginning of fairy tail 100 years quest.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-29T23:42:49.757", "id": "67734", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-29T23:42:49.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71235", "parent_id": "59280", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nKurapika was throwing a funeral for his dead family/clan members of the eyes\nhe recovered and who knows what kind of stuff he went through to get them.\n\nAlso the condition Gon put himself in could make him even more depressed as\nGon much sacrificed his life to get revenge especially when Gon was trying to\nstop Kurapika from being a killer that someone as pure hearted as Gon can even\nbecome a monster. Killua was upset since he couldn't fight Neferpitou with him\nside by side. Now imagine Kurapika who had no clue about the Ant's existance\nand what those two were going through and him being with them could of\npossibly prevented all the events till now from happening.\n\nAlso Gon partially got the idea of making a severe vow from Kurapika.\n\nBasically a friend he made after being alone for so long went down the same\npath as him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-03-16T22:32:42.917", "id": "62224", "last_activity_date": "2021-03-16T22:32:42.917", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57848", "parent_id": "59289", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDespite not having watched either of those series, what I can say without risk\nof overreaching is that this does have _some_ connotations to slavery or the\nownership of persons.\n\nLet's first frame it from the two series you're describing, and the people\nthat are engaged in the conversations. Both series are set with some kind of\nmonarchy establishment, and it is well within the realm of reality for\nmonarchs and nobles to trade property, of which, slaves would be considered\nproperty.\n\n_These days_...it doesn't happen all that often because slavery is [recognized\ninternationally as against the\nlaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_international_law) depending on\nthe circumstance. Again, not knowing what each series is talking about, it's\ntough to pinpoint which **modern** real-world law would be violated/flaunted.\n\nNote that I said \"all that often\". It is my understanding that this still does\noccur in places where monitoring and enforcement aren't as strict as other\nparts of the world. You can watch as many documentaries on this subject as you\nlike - PBS and the BBC have fantastic and rich coverage of the subject if\nyou're interested in learning more about it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-06T16:00:27.263", "id": "59298", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-06T16:07:16.750", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-06T16:07:16.750", "last_editor_user_id": "102", "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "59291", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nThe words \"own\" or \"slave\" may not be used, but the practice is very much\nalive in high schools, colleges, fraternity houses, etc. all over the world.\n\nWhen people make this sort of bet, they are not literally selling themselves\ninto slavery - the \"contract\" is not legally enforcable anyway. The only thing\nmaking them stick to the penalty is potential social stuff (being kicked out\nof the group, club, frat , etc. for welching or chickening out).\n\nUsually the loser is agreeing to do whatever the winner wants (within reason)\nfor a certain period - usually a semester or academic year, sometimes for the\nrest of their student life - this would be things like making/bringing them\nlunches, carrying their bags, putting up with verbal abuse without complaint,\ntaking the crappy jobs during fund raisers (e.g. the kissing booth or dunking\nchair), doing their grocery shopping, washing their car, help with or outright\ndoing their homework assignments, etc.\n\nYup. College and high school students really are stupid enough to do this to\nthemselves. No I'm not joking.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-06T23:46:11.537", "id": "59303", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-06T23:46:11.537", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54097", "parent_id": "59291", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere weren't any others, meliodas created the sins and they all just came\ntogether I believe, and the SDS were NOT around 3000 years ago, they were made\nwhen meliodas became a holy knight. ( I haven't seen SDS in a while, but I\nfinished the manga and I'm almost sure I'm right)\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-07T03:41:41.597", "id": "59307", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-07T03:41:41.597", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55651", "parent_id": "59296", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nI think you're referring to when Meliodas said he created the sins to defeat\nthe commandments. He meant now. It was him glauximia, drole, and a member of\nthe goddess race that fought 3000 years ago. Also king MAY have been alive but\nhe would have been way too young and way to weak.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-07T22:17:27.010", "id": "59315", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-07T22:17:27.010", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55663", "parent_id": "59296", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's a part of _進撃st-hrn-gt-pf20130629巨人_ from _Attack on Titan Season 2 OST_.\n\nThere is a [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/IqfqJPckors) that cut out the part\nto make it standalone.\n\n> Originally a part of \"Shingeki st-hrn-gt-pf20130629 Kyojin\" from the Attack\n> on Titan OST, this part of the song was cut out to be standalone.\n>\n> It plays during the first appearance of the female titan in the series.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-14T02:40:00.213", "id": "62461", "last_activity_date": "2021-04-14T04:07:25.763", "last_edit_date": "2021-04-14T04:07:25.763", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "59845", "parent_id": "59301", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_AkaKill! Theatre_ (アカ斬る！劇場) is a short-animation on the official site for a\nlimited time period and it was broadcasted immediately after each episode\naired on the TV.\n\nThe story mainly reflects the corresponding main episode in a comical way, so\nthere will be no spoiler for future episodes.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-07T13:07:08.910", "id": "59312", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-07T13:21:06.340", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-07T13:21:06.340", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "59302", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n... _no_.\n\nSai was an orphan. He had no other attachments to anything or any _one_ other\nthan Root and Danzo. If he _were_ an Uchiha, surely by now his dojutsu would\nhave been made a prevalent part of the series (along with an attempt by Danzo\nto steal the eyes).\n\nHis full name is the result of him taking the surname of his wife.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-10T14:19:29.387", "id": "59328", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-10T14:19:29.387", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "59320", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nSai was an orphan. He only had the person he believed to be Shin's brother.\nBesides, Sai was sincere, direct and cool in personality. He would not\nbroadcast soybeans on the Uchiha, because he did not hate anyone. And in\nUchiha, hatred was born easily as Tobirama Senju explained it;)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-14T14:43:24.267", "id": "59567", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-14T14:43:24.267", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56232", "parent_id": "59320", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe could not fully heal Guy. Naruto even said this himself once he was talking\nto Kakashi. He said that Guy was too far gone to be healed fully. To support\nthis, he couldn't fully heal Obito either. He just delayed his death.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-07T13:41:05.343", "id": "59748", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-07T13:41:05.343", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56569", "parent_id": "59321", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nFrom what i observed it seems that all Naruto did is just preventing his\ndeath, after doing that however Guy couldn't completely recover from all the\ndamage he received by using the 8th gate (as shown in Boruto).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-11-04T18:54:01.673", "id": "65855", "last_activity_date": "2021-11-04T18:54:01.673", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61311", "parent_id": "59321", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAthena is a real god in the series, Poseidon is her uncle.\n\nHowever in Saint Seiya, she is actualy reborn as a mortal every 200 years or\nso. Her incarnation in the 20th century was taken from the Santuary by Kido\nMitsumasa and adopted under the name Kido Saori. The other gods in Saint Seiya\naren't reborn, they just posess mortals instead and can use their powers\nimediately. She is not initially aware of her identity/powers as Athena, but\nas the series goes on she shows all sorts of abilities, like telporting,\nhealing, bestowing long life, sealing away other gods and fighting using her\ngod cloth, staff and shield.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-10T03:47:47.213", "id": "59325", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-10T03:47:47.213", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54097", "parent_id": "59324", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe grand line is indeed what splits the world in half along the horizontal\naxis but ultimately it's only a body of water, surrounded by more water. You\ntheoretically could sail North/South across the grand line without incident\nbut that would entail sailing across the calm belts where no winds blow and\ngigantic neptunians tear ships apart. The thing is, the calm belts have\nalready been conquered, the marines learned to embed seastones in the hulls of\ntheir ships to ward off neptunians and propel ships without the use of wind\nwhich allows them to cross the calm belts at will.\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/MP4YC.png)\nIts hard to imagine the obscenely rich and technologically advanced Germa66\nwho can cross the red line in mecha boats don't also have access to seastone\nto cross the calm belts.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-10T16:01:09.667", "id": "59329", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-10T16:01:09.667", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51043", "parent_id": "59326", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIf you check out this map. you will see that one can go over the Redline/\nGrand Line/ through Reverse Mountain from one sea to another.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vIpPz.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-11T09:49:11.613", "id": "59337", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-11T09:49:11.613", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51857", "parent_id": "59326", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nUnless the streaming company actually releases for your region, there is no\n**legal** way to consume that media.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-12T16:43:32.697", "id": "59345", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-12T16:43:32.697", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "59342", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nMuse Asia is now streaming anime for free via YouTube in Asia And There are\nabout 120 shows offered on Crunchyroll in India with 160 on Netflix and about\n30 through Amazon Prime. but crunchy roll is not working properly\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-12T04:33:48.137", "id": "59789", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-12T04:33:48.137", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56640", "parent_id": "59342", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n## Unknown (but probably not)\n\nNo one who we can trust to provide ratings has provided a ranking for the\nfusion. Nor has there been any omniscient-narrator provided rankings, such as\na text box which simply asserts their threat level without being dialogue.\n\nThere are two things that might weigh against being a God level threat:\n\n 1. Not quite world-affecting. While it can impact a geographically large area, it still seems limited to at most continental level impacts, and most of that just seems to be exploiting the physics of wave propagation, and is largely minor over most of that area. She hasn't done or affected much more than what we'd expect of a strong earthquake.\n 2. Tatsumaki can handle it thus far. Blast is the God-level threat insurance plan, while Tatsumaki is the everything-else insurance plan. Tatsumaki has thus far shown no signs of feeling overwhelmed or out of her league, even when she's out of the sight of others and no longer in need of maintaining her image. And Fubuki continues to undergo a mental breakdown over the absurd level of power, without really fearing for her sister's well-being. Tatsumaki is also able to neutralize the tsunami by simply carving out a massive trench ahead of it. And then hurling what she carved out at Psykos-Orochi in a massive barrage, all while showing no signs of exertion or stress whatsoever.\n\nSo Psykos-Orochi doesn't seem to be generating any threat more extensive or\npowerful than Tatsumaki herself can generate (with apparent ease). So unless\nwe accept that Tatsumaki is herself at God-level, even given that she respects\nBlast and seems to acknowledge him as the greater power, it seems safe to\nreject the idea of Psykos-Orochi being a God-level threat.\n\nThe main reason for thinking she might be one seems to be that the power range\non Dragon level threats would appear to be gargantuan otherwise. But as we've\nalready seen it acknowledged that the threat rankings are a flawed system, and\nin fact has undergone revisions before to account for the emergence of even\nmore powerful monsters, this may simply be a deficiency and shortsightedness\nof the system. And, indeed, the scale difference between \"city-wide threat\"\nfor Dragon (such as the meteor) versus even just a country-sized effect is\nitself gargantuan. The City of Los Angeles is about 501 square miles, whereas\nthe area of, say, France is just short of 250,000 square miles. That's about\n500 times larger by area. And LA is a very large city: Paris, France is only a\nhair under 41 square miles, less than a tenth the size of LA and less than\n1/5000-th the size of France.\n\nAs such the apparent power range on Dragon threats may be an example of the\n[\"Writers have no sense of\nscale\"](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/scifiwritershavenosenseofscale)\ntrope in action, resulting from a failure to grasp just how large the scale\ndifferences between city/country/continent/world are. Alternatively, it may be\nan intentionally logarithmic scale, like the [Kardashev scale for galactic\ncivilizations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale): Type 1 is\n\"society uses an amount of energy equal to the solar energy incident upon\nEarth\" which is already about 10000 times what our modern day society uses,\nwhile Type 2 is \"uses an amount of energy equal to the sun's entire output\"\nand is many orders of magnitude larger, and Type 3 is many orders of magnitude\nbeyond that. Thus the massive range in power for Dragon level threats may be\nan intentional design feature, reflecting how the next meaningful scale beyond\nit is massively larger.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-16T13:35:45.247", "id": "59372", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-17T03:14:40.147", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-17T03:14:40.147", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "59343", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the Web Comic Genos is largely [The\nWorf](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/theworfeffect). An\nostensibly powerful combatant, who ends up becoming little more than a\nmeasuring stick for how much stronger the new villain (or non-villain) is.\nMeaning he gets handily beat up on a regular basis, and doesn't need to serve\nany other purpose than giving a brutal display of how strong his opponent is.\nGenos in particular tends to serve in that limited basis, doing little more\nthan providing exposition in addition to getting his butt whupped.\n\nWhat victories he does have are generally off-screen. You may recall the\nMachine God that Genos fought while Saitama tracked down King and learned the\ntruth of King's power. In the Manga this is a highly detailed fight where we\nsee exactly how Genos handles the fight and how tough it is. In the webcomic\nthe fight occurs completely off-screen. The manga has, subsequently,\nsignificantly increased the apparent power of Genos, simply through giving us\nmore exposure to his actual successes (or even draws).\n\nAs Orochi is a Manga original character, so too is the Psykos-Orochi fusion.\nWe've been told by Murata that Orochi was meant to give Tatsumaki more of a\nchallenge than any one fighter did in the Webcomic. However, Tatsumaki does\nstill have certain issues in the fights that ensue after she lifts up the\nentire Monster Association base in the webcomic, and Genos _does_ intervene to\nhelp her out in that fight as well. This occurs in Chapter 71 of the webcomic.\nThe end result is that, while he effectively deflects an attack from a Dragon-\nlevel threat to bail Tatsumaki out of a bad situation—much as with the manga\nscene you reference—he does no real damage to anyone and immediately loses his\narms to a counterattack. While he doesn't exit the fight immediately,\nattempting to continue with nothing but kicking power, he is effectively a\nnon-factor doing little more than providing minor distractions and expository\nobservations from that point on.\n\nAs a general rule, Genos does go through an upgrade cycle after every failure,\nboth in the webcomic and manga. This occurs when he gets repaired. The manga\nhas entire arcs that do not appear in the webcomic, though, such as the\ntournament, as well as significant alterations to various fights. I believe\nthere are two upgrade cycles that are subsequently unique to the manga, due to\ntheir preceding fights not existing in the webcomic:\n\n 1. Goketsu. This character and the tournament arc do not exist in the webcomic. As such the bodily destruction and subsequent repair+upgrade exists only in the manga.\n 2. Elder Centipede. In the webcomic, Elder Centipede is not only not fought by Genos, but is not even fought and defeated by Saitama. In the webcomic, he's bested by Garou, who takes up the fight after Metal Bat.\n\nIf we take Genos at his own word about his powers, then immediately preceding\nthe Manga scene you reference he says that he is now able to destroy meteors;\npresumably his baseline is the meteor he failed to deal with earlier in the\nstory, that was ultimately taken out by Saitama. That meteor was assigned the\nthreat level of Dragon. In the Web Comic, however, Genos does not make any\nclaims about being able to defeat a Dragon level threat (meteor or otherwise)\nuntil after his repair+upgrade cycle following the Monster Association arc\n(and even then the claim seemed somewhat questionable, as he almost\nimmediately loses an arm to a Demon level threat, but later on he does seem to\nperform well in comparison to Flashy Flash).\n\nSo the net conclusion is: he's been upgraded more times in the manga, but for\ntrivial reasons (more necessary repairs were added); but he seems to have been\nupgraded to \"one level\" higher, being able to deal with a dragon-level threat\npre-MA fights rather than post-MA fights.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-16T13:10:01.617", "id": "59371", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-16T13:10:01.617", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "59344", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis was answered in the Avatar comics, as you suspect. In particular, it was\nthe second graphic novel released, _The Search_. The title refers to Zuko's\nsearch for his mother.\n\nIn the comic, everything about Fire Lord Azulon's death is revealed, as well\nas what happened to Zuko's mother, Ursa. I'll summarize here based on the\n[wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender_%E2%80%93_The_Search)\narticle and my own hazy memory. Ursa provided Ozai with a poison to kill\nAzulon, and after that succeeded, she was effectively banished by Ozai as a\nprecaution. During her exile, Ursa got a spirit to change her face and erase\nher memories, married her childhood sweetheart whom she was engaged to before\nOzai showed up, and had a daughter. During the course of the story, Zuko\neventually finds his mother and her memories are restored.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-12T20:13:14.423", "id": "59347", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-12T20:13:14.423", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "59346", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Because the point of _Science Adventure_ series is not really about\ndivergence ratio or the same worldline, but just _due to the official\ngenre/theme._**\n\nBack in 2008, when _Chaos;Head_ was first released, the genre was officially\ngiven as \"Delusional _Science Adventure_ \" (妄想 **科学ADV** ). At that time,\nthere was no plan of making this into a series.\n\nIt was not until 2009 when _Steins;Gate_ was released with the genre as\n\"Supposition _Science Adventure_ \" (想定 **科学ADV** ), making it a series and\nalso the 2nd entry.\n\nThis is then followed by:\n\n * _Robotics;Note_ : Expansive _Science Adventure_ (拡張 **科学ADV** )\n * _Chaos;Child_ : Delusional _Science Adventure_ (the same as _Chaos;Head_ )\n * _Occultic;Nine_ : Paranormal _Science Adventure_ (超常 **科学ADV** )\n * _Anonymous;Code_ : Supposition _Science Adventure_ (the same as _Steins;Gate_ )\n\nThe series emphasizes real scientific elements heavily while still allowing\nthem to mix with fictional elements. This includes, but not strictly limited\nto, time travel and divergence ratio.\n\n* * *\n\nMain reference: [Japanese Wikipedia on _Science Adventure\nSeries_](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A7%91%E5%AD%A6%E3%82%A2%E3%83%89%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA#%E6%A6%82%E8%A6%81)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-14T11:04:57.240", "id": "59352", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-14T11:04:57.240", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "59350", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf you're from SE Asia, try **Muse Asia**. They upload anime on Youtube and\nsome have subtitles in other languages. It's free and legal.\n\nHere's a direct link to their channel's\n[playlist](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGbshtvS9t-8CW11W7TooQg/playlists).\n\nAlso, check out this meta post for a list of legal sites to stream/watch\nanime: [How can I tell if a site is\nLegal?](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/922/how-can-i-tell-if-\na-site-is-legal)\n\nUpdate:\n\nI just found out about another Youtube channel. Its called **Ani-One**. It's\nalso free and legal. Check their playlist\n[here](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0wNSTMWIL3qaorLx0jie6A/playlists).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-15T14:31:45.560", "id": "59359", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-16T14:13:29.870", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-16T14:13:29.870", "last_editor_user_id": "43199", "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "59358", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nI really like [HIDIVE](https://www.hidive.com/). It's an independent anime\nstreaming company founded in 2017 that is partnered with Sentai Filmworks to\ndistribute shows and movies licensed from Sentai.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-15T16:14:20.227", "id": "59360", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-16T17:26:35.530", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-16T17:26:35.530", "last_editor_user_id": "2266", "owner_user_id": "50116", "parent_id": "59358", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n[Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com) has a big selection and is\navailable in 180+ countries, but quite a few anime can't be watched if you're\noutside of the US. I recommend installing the [CR-Unblocker add-\non](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/crunchy-unblocker/) to\nbypass this issue, if you're using Firefox. Otherwise you'd have to use a VPN.\nIt's free with ads. Has a subscription model that removes ads and allows you\nto watch episodes that aired for less than a week.\n\nSince you're from Finland, a good alternative is\n[Wakanim](https://www.wakanim.tv/). I haven't used it myself but it's worth\nlooking into.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-16T04:39:10.713", "id": "59366", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-16T04:39:10.713", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "41938", "parent_id": "59358", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nVery simple, without vision chidori isn't efficient, Sasuke and all users\ncan't hit their opponent, and they're an easy blank for them. That's\nexplaining by Kakashi and Minato in the Manga and Anime. That's the same with\nthe rock, he needs to verify no one is on the road, and verify no one is\ntrying to hit him.\n\nSource: [Chidori](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Chidori) (Overview - Second\nParagraph)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-16T14:12:34.310", "id": "59373", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-26T17:22:57.113", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-26T17:22:57.113", "last_editor_user_id": "55793", "owner_user_id": "55793", "parent_id": "59370", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe this is _Naruto Shippuuden Soundtrack II_ , track 25, \" _Shirobae_ \"\n(translated title: \" _The Rain Stops_ \").\n\nIt sounds like a slower, calmer, guitar version of \" _Guren_ \", the theme that\nappeared a lot in many of the Yuukimaru scenes back during that Three-Tails\nfiller arc.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-19T02:17:13.210", "id": "59383", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-19T02:17:13.210", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "59379", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Yes, a short story titled _A Slice of Bread_ exists. It was written by a\nRomanian author Francisc Munteanu.** The original title is _O bucată de\npâine_. In Japan, it is known as 一切れのパン ( _Hitokire no Pan_ ).\n\nThe story is about the escape of a Romanian who was captured by German troops\nduring World War 2. During the escape, he met a Jewish rabbi who gave\nsomething wrapped in a handkerchief. The rabbi said that it contained a slice\nof bread and only to open it if it is really needed. [...] ( _spoiler ahead\nabout the ending_ )\n\n> After a long hardship and without opening the handkerchief, the escapee\n> reached home. When his wife asked what the handkerchief was, he answered\n> with \"a slice of bread\", but when he opened it, a piece of wood fell instead\n> of a slice of bread.\n\nFor info in English, looks like the same short story was published in\n[_Meanjin Quarterly_ , v.25, no.3, 1966,\np.297-305](https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/39409956), but apart from that, the\ndetail in English is lacking. Though, it is kind of popular in Japan due to it\nbeing included in the Japanese (national) language textbook for middle-\nschooler.\n\n * The full story in Japanese can be read in [this blog](https://ckphoto.exblog.jp/5965803/).\n * The abridged version in Japanese can be read in [this blog](https://ameblo.jp/cocoroki/entry-11191191462.html).\n * The English publication can be accessed/bought from [Informit](https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=573212762620161;res=IELIAC).\n\n* * *\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-21T15:16:28.163", "id": "59392", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-21T15:26:56.107", "last_edit_date": "2020-08-21T15:26:56.107", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "59391", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nif i'm not mistaken, the reason why muzan shape-shift is to hide his real\nidentity or his face from the demon slayers. I think this is also the reason\nwhy the pillars were shocked when oyakata-sama revealed that tanjiro had a\nbrief encounter with muzan.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-28T06:35:40.407", "id": "59436", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-28T06:35:40.407", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "55974", "parent_id": "59393", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nOn a serious note, while not directly mentioned in the manga, I imagine the\nreason Muzan appears as a woman is that it was the form he was using for\nresearch purposes. Later in the series we see him take a different form to\ngain access to research information; the woman persona is likely one that\ncould grant access to different places/ resources/persons. Shifting forms\nlikely wasn't worth the energy or time when addressing the Lower Moons :/\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-03T21:07:12.240", "id": "66045", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-03T21:07:12.240", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63525", "parent_id": "59393", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nmuzan turned into a woman probably to trick the lower moons, he also changed\nhis presence but in that time if a woman had pale skin (like muzan) it was\nconsidered beautiful. So I think thats why he became a woman\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-24T04:55:25.177", "id": "66687", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-24T04:55:25.177", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66266", "parent_id": "59393", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAssuming that I'm watching the correct segment of _Tokyo Ghoul_ , this is an\nextract from the first movement of Antonín Dvořák's [Symphony No.\n9](https://youtu.be/jOofzffyDSA?t=113).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-24T04:01:04.130", "id": "59406", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-24T04:01:04.130", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2604", "parent_id": "59398", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_Tokyo Ghoul: Root A_ heavily diverges from the original manga, which you've\nheard correctly. The first _Tokyo Ghoul_ season does an _okay_ job of covering\nits manga counterpart, but there are things that were skipped over or\ndifferent. Since _RE_ is the sequel to _Tokyo Ghoul_ , if you go into it\nhaving only seen the two anime seasons, you'll be a little confused due to\nsome of the plot points you'd have missed from the manga.\n\nIf you want to experience _RE_ in full understanding, you might want to read\nthe previous manga first. However, if you don't mind some confusion, it's\nultimately up to you. Hope this helped!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-25T00:41:12.050", "id": "59414", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-25T00:41:12.050", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "59407", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI wouldn't call it common, based on the data I've found, but the situation\ncommonly portrayed in anime, manga and light novels _are not unheard of in\nreal life_.\n\nAccording to [this\nstudy](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177267/), those aged\n15-19 that live alone **comprises only about 5% of the population**. It's\nworth nothing that the graph peaks at the age ranges of 20-24 and 80-84. **So\nwhile there are indeed students living alone in real life, it's not as common\nas anime, manga or light novels make it to be.**\n\nThere are also some discussion about this on different sites, some who've had\nJapanese friends who live alone. Here are some links if you'd like to read\nabout their experiences. [Link 1](https://jref.com/threads/young-people-\nliving-alone-in-japan.37107/), [Link\n2](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2017-01-16/.111067), [Link\n3](https://www.reddit.com/r/japan/comments/2i79j5/are_underaged_students_living_alone_really_a_thing/)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-25T11:18:17.957", "id": "59416", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-25T11:18:17.957", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "59410", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSooo here's some official statement, but it doesnt say much: \"While Season 3\nwas in production, we consulted with WIT Studio, and it was decided that The\nFinal Season would be created by a different production studio,\" Tateishi\nexplains. \"One of the reasons is because the end of Season 3 has the\nprotagonist gazing at the ocean, marking a turning point for the story. Also,\nas creators, we wanted the anime to escalate even further. Through many talks\nwith WIT Studio, we understood that the continuation would be difficult, so we\nlooked for a new studio.\"\n\nSource: <https://www.cbr.com/attack-on-titan-season-4-producers-explain-\nstudio-change/>\n\nI was searching for more info, but it seems that for now we only have this\nshort ambigious statement. We don't really know the reason other than WIT\nStudio probably dont having enough resources to meet producer's expectations.\n\nPersonally I think it's because the shift in after certain reveal is pretty\nbig, also there's some massive scenes with titans in upcoming episodes. And\nWIT is great, but many times they had to use the CGI (like Rodd Titan,\nColossal Titan). And this CGI looked pretty bad at times. MAPPA is great at\nimplementing CGI. Its still noticeable at some scenes with titans, but its\nstill probably better than WIT could afford. But keep in mind that's just my\npersonal speculation.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-01-02T18:45:35.903", "id": "61476", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-02T18:45:35.903", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "58021", "parent_id": "59418", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe people in Fire Force believe that an Infernal is a person who is on the\nverge of passing on to the next life, and that they are suffering heavily with\ntheir body on fire.\n\nBy having a Sister say the prayer, they are blessing the soul of the Infernal\nso that when the Fire Force destroy their physical body they can pass on to\nthe equivalent of Heaven and be at peace. In the first season, the Captain\nexplains how the bright lines on the Fire Force uniforms are both practical\n(making it easier to see them in smoke) but also symbolic of the Force's role\nof guiding souls to the next world.\n\nThere is at least one point in the second season (and I believe once during\nthe first season as well) where they discuss destroying an Infernal without\nsaying the prayer, and those present are aghast at the idea of doing so since\nit would condemn the soul of the person - the instance in the second season\nwas a case where they weren't sure that the Sister could arrive in time to say\nthe prayer in a situation where there were many non-Infernal lives at stake so\nthey were weighing up the danger of waiting long enough to do things properly\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-30T05:18:52.743", "id": "59447", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-30T05:18:52.743", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8843", "parent_id": "59430", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nGreat pressure is pressed on people if they feel they are killing people (or\nat least I think so). The Fire Force was set up to save people instead of\nkilling, although they may be literally killing all the time.\n\nIn order to maintain a sense of justice and mercy, prayers are needed, not\nonly to confort the family and relatives of the dead, but to ease the feeling\nof guilt of the firefighters.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-30T06:53:13.050", "id": "59448", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-30T06:53:13.050", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56003", "parent_id": "59430", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe right order to read these is as you stated:\n\n 1. Top right,\n 2. Bottom right,\n 3. Left.\n\nI believe Nami is the one doing all the talking, but I get why you'd be\nconfused: the speech bubble on the left has a really short tail, and Luffy is\ncloser to it than Nami is. However, judging by context (the bottom right and\nleft statements _seem_ to follow logically) plus the fact that Luffy doesn't\nhave his mouth open, I would say it's fairly reasonable to assume that Nami is\ndoing all the talking.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-27T11:14:28.283", "id": "59432", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-27T11:14:28.283", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "59431", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat's Super Saiyan 4 because it has red fur. The gray is possibly the\ntransformation/fight (whatever they're doing).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-29T18:06:16.103", "id": "59694", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-29T18:06:16.103", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56461", "parent_id": "59433", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is what I managed to find, looking at the anime and manga and doing a\nlittle research on the internet. It is known that the day of the Ninja\nGraduation Ceremony is around January 22 (Naruto was still 12 years old),\nsince the story began on January 18 and January 23 is Kiba's birthday (who\ngraduated from 12 years), and because the registration was around 2 days after\nthe start of Naruto's story.\n\nThen we have the day when the fights with the Sound Four and the fight in the\nValley of the End occurred, which is the official day of the end of team 7.\nThat day is no later than September 22, it is between the 2 and September 22,\non those dates all the events are fulfilled, including that Tsunade must be\nolder than 50 years, that Shikamaru is 12 years old when he becomes Chunnin,\namong others. Let's meet the following.\n\n-`22 January - Team 7 formation`\n\n-`22 September - Fight in the valley of the end`\n\nSo Sasuke was about 8 months on the team. This is the closest answer.\n\nSources: Manga, Anime, Databook 1 and 2, Internet.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-12T19:32:54.977", "id": "59554", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-12T21:30:24.283", "last_edit_date": "2020-09-12T21:30:24.283", "last_editor_user_id": "55793", "owner_user_id": "55793", "parent_id": "59435", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n3 gatsu no Lion Original Soundtrack CD 3 - 7. Windmill\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-08-28T23:59:24.203", "id": "65501", "last_activity_date": "2021-08-28T23:59:24.203", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62198", "parent_id": "59442", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI wouldn't say the translation is off.\n\nNami is trying to convey that simply saying 'sorry' is not going to resolve\nthe issue at hand. \nSimilar to how saying sorry to the marines would not make the crew any less of\na wanted criminal.\n\nHence `I don't care if you are sorry!` doesn't really covers what she tries to\nconvey. She may still care about him being sorry, but in the end it's only a\ncold comfort. It will not fix or rectify the situation.\n\nOr in the context of the episode, just saying sorry is not magically going to\nrepair or fix the damages done to the map. Which she just put a lot of effort\ninto making.\n\nSo something along the lines of `Being sorry is not going to fix this map!`\nwould probably better reflect what Nami was trying to say.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-08-31T09:37:13.937", "id": "59455", "last_activity_date": "2020-08-31T09:37:13.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "59454", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIf your transcription is accurate, I'll break down the translation.\n\nごめんで住んだら、海軍は入らないは。\n\n住む \"to live, to abide\" -> 住んだら \"if [it] was to live/abide\"\n\nHere the verb 住む is acting on ごめん, the apology.\n\nThe entire first part,\n\nごめんで住んだら \"if 'sorry' was to abide\" -> \"if 'sorry' (worked/did the trick/was\nenough of an apology)\"\n\nThat first part is pretty dead on, as you say they translated it as \"If\n'sorry' was all it took,\"\n\nNow the second part,\n\n海軍は入らないは\n\n海軍 is Navy or Marines, literally \"sea military.\" I would translate it as\nwhatever the show calls the Navy faction. Marines, I guess?\n\n入る \"to get in/go in/come in/flow into/put in, ...\" -> 入らない \"does not get in/go\nin/...\"\n\ncommonly used in phrases referring to actions like \"I poured water into the\ncup,\" it is used for more meanings than just these, by invoking context. In\nthis case, the water is the Marines, and the cup is the area around Nami or\ntheir ship.\n\n\"The Navy does not come in\" -> \"The Marines wouldn't be coming (towards us/to\nthis place/after us)\"\n\nI think the translation here is exactly correct. I'm surprised because a lot\nof times translators add or remove meaning from the original, which usually\ndoesn't change the content very much.\n\nOf course, if you wanted to make an artistic interpretation and judge the\nwords based on Nami's expression and tone, the words might be angrier, but\nthen it would also change the original meaning.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-01T00:39:00.140", "id": "59464", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-01T00:39:00.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56031", "parent_id": "59454", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI am assuming that you're asking as you've watched the most recent, episode\nnine. The answer lies back in episode two at `2:25`:\n\n> In episode two it is mentioned that Kanon and Anos made a promise that if\n> Kanon were resurrected that it would be as Anos' friend when they end the\n> war between Humans and Demons. If Kanon were born human again as a hero he\n> would be destined to fight the demon king again, where as if he were\n> resurrected as a demon, this would not be the case. This would be why Lay\n> was born with extraordinary swordsmanship abilities, as well as explain\n> partially why his seven hearts were split to maintain in part his heroism in\n> reincarnation.\n\nPlease note that at this stage in the anime this is still semi-speculation,\nbut rather credible speculation at that. Anos confirms this at `11:00 - 11:14`\nin the anime in episode nine.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-01T00:35:06.510", "id": "59463", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-01T00:35:06.510", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3034", "parent_id": "59459", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou could count Tetsujin 28-go, or Gigantor as it was known in the west.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0uadb.jpg)\n\nThis one was erected in Wakamatsu Park, Kobe, after the Great Hanshin\nEarthquake of 1995. The idea was to rejuvenate the area with tourism.\n\nAs far as I know, this is full-scale, at 18m (59ft) tall.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-30T22:25:13.983", "id": "60946", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-30T22:25:13.983", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8266", "parent_id": "59460", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 }, { "body": "\n\nThe Scopedog from AT Votoms stands about 14 feet tall, so several people have\nmade 1:1 scale models over the years.\n\n[](https://www.engadget.com/2007-08-27-full-\nscale-iron-scopedogs-woos-women-while-invading-japan.html)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-31T03:48:01.217", "id": "60947", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-31T03:48:01.217", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20488", "parent_id": "59460", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nReal scale mecha from the 80's 6 episode anime OVA of Starship Troopers\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IA962.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-01-03T13:39:32.720", "id": "61485", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-03T13:39:32.720", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "59460", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nNo, it was not possible for the police to force a logout from the backend. The\nplayers were connected to the game using Nervegear. Nervegear connected to the\nplayer using microwaves, allowing the player to be “attached to the game.”\nTheir mind was the controller. Imagine a corded Xbox controller that self-\ndestructs when unplugged... the internal battery in the gear prevented the\nplayer from disconnecting without being killed. Even if the servers were blown\nup, the headset would kill the players.\n\nAnd no, there was no way to update the game to make logging out possible. In\nEpisode 12, \"Yui’s Heart\", it's revealed that the game is self-contained and\nwould not have allowed an outside update.\n\nIf the game had been designed to be accessible from the outside, then an\nupdate to allow the players to log out would have been possible, but it was\ndesigned so the players could not log out. There was even a spot for the\nlogout on the menu, but it was removed and the players were stuck.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-05T05:42:03.720", "id": "59503", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-06T19:03:45.873", "last_edit_date": "2020-09-06T19:03:45.873", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "56093", "parent_id": "59473", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThey are not supposed to be brother and sister. Rei was created using material\nof Yui Ikari which would make their relationship closer to mother/son or\naunt/nephew genetically speaking and this origin was kept secret.\n\n> Gendō Ikari brought his first clone (Rei I) to the Gehirn base, which is the\n> predecessor of NERV and responsible for the development and construction of\n> the first Evangelion units, introducing her as the daughter that an\n> acquaintance entrusted to him. \n> ... \n> Officially, Rei II is chosen by an organization called the Marduk Institute\n> as the First Child and pilot of EVA Unit-00, though this organization is\n> later revealed to be a front, with Gendō and the SEELE council pulling all\n> the strings.\n\nSo officially there is no relation between Gendo and Rei except that he is\nresponsible for her. Giving her his surname would serve no purpose and instead\nmake others more suspicious of her and what connection she shares with him.\n\nQuote from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rei_Ayanami)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-05T18:03:47.167", "id": "59514", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-05T18:03:47.167", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "59513", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is an error introduced in the anime. In the manga, Conny is not shown to\nbe holding Little Bunny when she leaves, as seen in the first chapter.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yaxgs.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Q34IB.jpg)\n\nLater on, it is shown in chapter 13 how Ray gets Little Bunny.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ckto0.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HVY3f.jpg)\n\nThis is just my interpretation since there's no dialogue, but it looks like\nRay non-verbally offers to hold Little Bunny while he's handing over the\nsuitcase. Since Ray is being so sneaky, Conny just forgets she's no longer\nholding her toy after the exchange. It's also possible he just asked for it.\nBut given how attached Conny was to the toy, it seems unlikely she would have\nmeant to permanently hand it over into Ray's custody.\n\n**Anime Continuity**\n\nSince Conny is explicitly shown to have the toy as she's leaving Gracefield,\nevents couldn't have happened as they did in the manga. But since there is\nlikely no actual explanation given in the show, we can only speculate on\npossibilities.\n\nFirst off, there's the possibility that Ray somehow acquired a second Little\nBunny. I don't think he could sew one himself though (notwithstanding whether\nRay can sew, this would require materials, tools, and the time and space to\nmake the duplicate in secret).\n\nI think the more likely possibility hinges on toys being recycled and Ray\nbeing Isabella's spy. We know toys are recycled and stored in the secret room,\nbecause we see this during the series (see [Little\nBunny](https://yakusokunoneverland.fandom.com/wiki/Little_Bunny_\\(Anime\\)) and\n[Grace\nField](https://yakusokunoneverland.fandom.com/wiki/Grace_Field_House_secret_room)\nsecret room).\n\nConny would obviously have no further need for the toy where she's going, so\nit could be that it was Isabella who took it from Conny. She may have even\npersuaded Conny to give it up before they left. From here, there are two\noptions:\n\n 1. Ray may have then taken it from where Isabella stashed it and placed it where Emma and Norman find it.\n 2. Being Isabella's spy, Isabella may have directly given Ray the toy and instructed him to stash it somewhere. He instead places it where Emma and Norman find it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-14T22:52:40.753", "id": "67654", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-15T00:49:12.697", "last_edit_date": "2023-01-15T00:49:12.697", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "59517", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, the blood was always black, so inside your red blood cells there is\noxygen, so when the blood cells die they release oxygen and the oxygen makes\nthat blood a dark red that looks black.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-04-18T03:19:09.560", "id": "62529", "last_activity_date": "2021-04-18T03:19:09.560", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53879", "parent_id": "59533", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nTo clarify, the stuff coming out of Gaara's Sand Burial is not blood, but\nrather Flesh-Bone-and-Skin puree. This stuff is normally red (yes, it's almost\nalways red) but because \"he used more force than necessary\" the flesh puree\nbecame black. To answer your question, this is intentional, and is not a form\nof censoring.\n\nAgainst Rock Lee, because Rock Lee's body was receding from the effects of a\nfew of the 8 gates (I guess) His bones were fractured by his muscles were\nspared of being liquified (because of the gates). The stuff coming out then\nwas just blood.\n\nIn Shippuden, a similar thing happens with Deidara Losing an arm. Because\nDeidara cannot open the 8 gates, his arm was destroyed. Apparently, Gaara\nwasn't using a lot of force, because the flesh puree was red at that time.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/i5TTI.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-18T01:19:49.707", "id": "67914", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-18T01:19:49.707", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71869", "parent_id": "59533", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe face on the first picture comes from\n[_Hyottoko_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyottoko), which according to\nwikipedia is:\n\n> a comical Japanese character, portrayed through the use of a mask. His mouth\n> is puckered and skewed to one side. Some masks have different eye sizes\n> between the left and right eyes. He is often wearing a scarf around his head\n> (usually white with blue dots).\n\nThe reason for it to be commonly used extends beyond anime and manga, though,\nas it is a common stock character in other media — such as theater — too:\n\n> Hyottoko seems to have been a legendary character in Japan in the past, and\n> is now a stock character.\n\nThe reason why its features are the way they are, albeit exaggerated, is\nexplained by its name too:\n\n> The origin of the name comes from \"fire\" (火, hi) and \"man\" (男, otoko),\n> because the character is blowing fire with a bamboo pipe, hence the shape of\n> the mouth.\n\n* * *\n\nI don't _think_ Suneo's expression is supposed to be an adaptation of the mask\nor what it tries to convey, though I don't have anything to back that up with.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-11T13:14:34.467", "id": "59536", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-11T13:14:34.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "49", "parent_id": "59534", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n_Codename: Sailor V_ first appeared as a one-shot on August 3, 1991. \nThe actual manga was then written pretty much simultaneously with the _Sailor\nMoon_ manga, which started only a few months later (December 28, 1991) and\nwhich was updated much more frequently. \nIt even ended later (July 3, 1997) than the _Sailor Moon_ manga (February 3,\n1997). \nThat allowed for the cameos between the series.\n\nSources: \n[Codename: Sailor V\nWikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codename:_Sailor_V) \n[Sailor Moon Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon) \n[Sailor Moon Wiki](https://sailormoon.fandom.com/wiki/Codename:_Sailor_V)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-11T20:21:09.960", "id": "59541", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-12T17:16:01.227", "last_edit_date": "2020-09-12T17:16:01.227", "last_editor_user_id": "27875", "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "59540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nJust to elaborate a bit on the other answer, I found a helpful timeline at the\nend of _Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: Short Stories_ Volume 2. I'll pull out\nthe relevant entries. This is from the Kodansha English translation, published\nin 2013.\n\n> August 1991 / \"Codename: Sailor V\" debuts!! \n> Naoko Takeuchi-sensei's one-shot short story, \"Code-name: Sailor V,\" which\n> becomes the basis for \"Sailor Moon,\" appears in _RunRun's_ Summer Break\n> issue.\n\n> December 1991 / \"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon\" series launches!! \n> The long-awaited manga serialization finally begins, in _Nakayoshi's_\n> February issue.\n\n> March 1992 / \"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon\" animated television series begins\n> airing!\n\n> March 1992 / \"Codename: Sailor V\" appears again in _RunRun's_ Spring Break\n> Issue!! \n> \"Sailor V\" also becomes serialized, and appears concurrently with\n> _Nakayoshi's_ \"Sailor Moon.\" The following April, _RunRun_ gets re-launched\n> as an every-other-month magazine.\n\n> February 1997 / \"Sailor Moon\"'s emotional finale! \n> The manga series that has spanned five years' time comes to a happy end in\n> _Nakayoshi's_ March issue.\n\n> November 1997 / \"Codename: Sailor V\" reaches a climax! \n> The finale of the Sailor Guardian series originator, \"Sailor V,\" appears in\n> _RunRun's_ November issue.\n\n> September 2003 / \"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Revised Edition\" (12 volumes\n> en toto, plus 2 additional volumes) begins publication!!\n\n> October 2004 / \"Codename: Sailor V Revised Edition\" (two volumes in total)\n> begins publication!!\n\nSo, it seems that only the first chapter of _Codename: Sailor V_ (the one-\nshot) was published before the beginning of _Sailor Moon_. Additionally,\n_Codename: Sailor V_ was released at a slower pace and came to an end after\n_Sailor Moon_. The end of the timeline mentions revised versions, but doesn't\nelaborate on what sort of changes were made.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-06T18:04:03.837", "id": "59743", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-06T18:13:21.077", "last_edit_date": "2020-10-06T18:13:21.077", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "59540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is because when Pucci claimed Jotaro's disc, he already had a stand, and by\ntaking his stand along with his memories, there is no way for him to recover\nsaid memories, as his stand is also taken away from him, this is also linked\nwith the fact stands are basically the representation on a person's soul,\ngetting your stand revoked is essentially as if somebody tore your soul away\nfrom your body, leaving you a husk. That did not happen to Weather Report,\nbecause his stand was not yet awakened, and if you do not have a stand at the\ntime where your disc gets stolen, there is only a memory disc, however your\npotential to acquire a stand is still there, meaning your soul has still not\nyet given up, which was the case with Weather, after his memories disc gets\nstolen, he awakens his own stand, making him capable to live even without his\nmemories.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-11-11T18:02:28.037", "id": "61030", "last_activity_date": "2020-11-11T18:02:28.037", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57117", "parent_id": "59543", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n_**So they stand out from other, normal Cats.**_\n\nSimilar how many Protagonists in Anime have a different hair color, eye color\nor some other special feature, and many Girls have varying hair-colors so they\ncontrast from their predominantly brown / black haired normal Classmates.\n\n_**So they appear more human.**_\n\nBy giving them human-like characteristics, like wearing accessories, they\nappear more civilized, intelligent and human like.\n\n_**Because we do this in real-life to, I guess.**_\n\nSome people just like to dress up their dogs and cats, so it wouldn't be\nimpossible for Anime-Characters to have the same ideas?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-30T09:04:17.613", "id": "59701", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-30T09:04:17.613", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56471", "parent_id": "59559", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'll preface this answer by admitting that I couldn't find any interviews in\nwhich DiC (the company responsible for the original English-language dub)\nexplained why they changed the opening so much. I've nonetheless tried to\nprovide the best explanation possible for why it was done.\n\n* * *\n\n> Was this really the original American/English-language opening/intro to\n> Sailor Moon?\n\nSure was, and for those who grew up with it, it's arguably just as iconic as\n(say) [the original English-language _Pokémon_\nintro](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xKWiCMKKJg).\n\n> Why did they so heavily change the already perfect intro sequence and\n> opening theme like that?\n\nBecause that was the done thing. Back in the 90s (and in fact, up until quite\nrecently), it was common practice to \"Westernise\" imported shows as much as\npossible, to make them more familiar and relatable to Western audiences. This\nincluded replacing the Japanese intros and outros with brand new ones - in\nEnglish, of course.\n\nAccording to\n[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon_\\(TV_series\\)#Music),\nthe _Sailor Moon_ intro was actually unusual for the time in that it kept the\nmelody of the Japanese intro and just changed the lyrics. Most dubbed anime of\nthe time just threw the intros out entirely and made new ones from scratch\n(see the Pokémon example above, and also [Sonic\nX](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG8O2jOAYvg), [Yu-Gi-\nOh](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bd7fwU1poQ), [One\nPiece](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSe8D2wfGKI)... basically anything\n4Kids got their hands on).\n\n> Wasn't the point of importing this very Japanese show to the West to keep\n> the look, sound and atmosphere, rather than changing it all around?\n\nNope. The point of importing it was that it was insanely popular and it was\ngoing to make a lot of money. As noted above, keeping the Japanese atmosphere\nwas not only _not_ the point, it was the complete opposite of what actually\nhappened, not just to _Sailor Moon_ but to pretty much every anime that made\nits way to the US until about the late 2000s.\n\n> I'm not sure, but I believe that they didn't touch the show itself.\n\nI'm afraid they did. Changes included:\n\n * Giving everyone American names instead of Japanese ones (Usagi Tsukino -> Serena, Ami Mizuno -> Amy Anderson, Mamoru -> Darien, etc.)\n * Adding \"Sailor Says\" segments to the end of every episode in which Serena gives the viewer life advice ([example](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE5AWSaDbIs))\n * The removal of any hints of nudity or violence against children (and yes, probably the pantyshots)\n * Making Uranus and Neptune cousins and removing any romantic subtext between them\n * Making Zoicite a woman so their love for Kunzite/Malachite wouldn't be gay\n\nAnd probably a whole load of others. Mind you, _Sailor Moon_ got off pretty\nlightly compared to _Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger_ (from which the fight scenes in\nthe original _Power Rangers_ were taken; they threw literally everything else\nout and filmed their own plotlines with Western actors), and the three\ndifferent anime that were torn apart, mashed together, and re-dubbed to create\n_Robotech_.\n\n> [Why would they] introduce characters from far into the series right away?\n\nI can't answer that, but [spoiler\nopenings](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SpoilerOpening/AnimeAndManga)\nare ubiquitous in anime. Even the original Japanese intro(s) contained one or\ntwo spoilers.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-14T14:01:23.620", "id": "59566", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-14T14:01:23.620", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35679", "parent_id": "59563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 11 }, { "body": "\n\n> what appears to be the English/American version of the intro.\n>\n> I almost wonder if this can really be the original intro, or if it's\n> consistently mislabeled, and this is for season three or something instead?\n\nThe links you supplied are for the **Canadian** _Sailor Moon_ opening\nanimation sequence and for the _Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon_ ( _Bishoujo Senshi\nSailor Moon_ [『美少女戦士セーラームーン』] [far later, the official English translation of\nthe franchise changed to _Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon_ ]) Season 1 first\nopening animation sequence (out of 3 opening animations for that season).\n\n> I'd love to hear if there are any interviews or reliable sources discussing\n> what could've justified this decision to so completely change the opening\n> theme and intro cut.\n\nRather than seek an interview or statement from the companies involved that\naddresses their thought process on the opening sequence, it may be helpful to\nconsider the historical background of the decision...\n\nNot many anime series had made it to American broadcast television at the time\nthat _Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon_ [『美少女戦士セーラームーン』) was picked up for\nadaptation into _Sailor Moon_ , which was [dubbed and aired in\nCanada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon_\\(TV_series\\)#English_dub_production_and_broadcast)\nbefore subsequent export to the United States. Almost all of the anime that\nhad previously aired were heavily edited _shounen_ or children's anime, such\nas the largely re-written mash-up of the 3 Japanese series _[Super Dimension\nFortress\nMacross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Dimension_Fortress_Macross)_ (\n_Choujikuu Yousai Macross_ [『超時空要塞マクロス』]) + _[The Super Dimension Cavalry\nSouthern\nCross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Dimension_Cavalry_Southern_Cross)_\n( _Choujikuu Kidan Sazan Cross_ [『超時空騎団サザンクロス』]) + _[Genesis Climber\nMOSPEADA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Climber_MOSPEADA)_ (Kikou\nSouseiki MOSPEADA [『機甲創世記モスピーダ』]) into 1 American series called\n_[Robotech](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotech)_ , or cutting out content\nviewed as inappropriate for children in\n_[Noozles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noozles)_ (originally, _Mysterious\nKoala Blinky_ [ _Fushigi na Koala Blinky_ , 『ふしぎなコアラブリンキー』]). _[Mighty Morphin\nPower Rangers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Morphin_Power_Rangers)_\nhad used footage from the live-action\n_[sentai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Sentai)_ (superhero team) TV\nseries _[Dinosaur Squad Beast-\nranger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dry%C5%AB_Sentai_Zyuranger)_ (\n_Kyouryuu Sentai Zyu-ranger_ ,『恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー』) for all scenes in which\ncharacters were in battle costume (helmets covering their faces) but replaced\nthe Japanese cast of the characters' un-transformed civilian mode with\ncompletely different characters of other ethnicities who lived in a completely\ndifferent setting. The goal in every case was to make **the cost of dubbing\nand broadcast rights** worth it, by appealing enough to what the anticipated\nAmerican child audience would be interested in and avoiding angering parents\nwho might boycott the product, so as to at least making enough money to break\neven, but preferably to be able to **sell merchandise to profit** from it.\n\nIn contrast to these, the Canadian _Sailor Moon_ broadcast took **three main\nrisks**. **1)** It did not include any main male characters, so it was not\nexpecting to appeal to boys. (An example of a company attempting to mitigate\nthis risk is the later American broadcast of _[Card\nCaptors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardcaptor_Sakura#Anime_series)_ , an\nadaptation of _Cardcaptor Sakura_ [『カードキャプターさくら』] heavily-edited to make it\nseem to be a team fighting story focusing a disproportionate amount of screen\ntime on Li Syaoran compared to his smaller-scope role in the original Japanese\nseries.) **2)** Furthermore, when _Sailor Moon_ aired in America, it was\n**very different from what American girls or _even_ Japanese girls had been\nused to seeing**: a group of superhero girls who fight as a team against evil\nforces threatening the Earth. While many people who discovered the [_mahou\nshoujo_ genre](http://shoujo.tripod.com/lingo.html) (of any female character\nwho has magical powers while living in a non-magical environment) either\nthrough or after _Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon_ are unaware of the fact, the\n_Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon_ manga **pioneered _sentai_ -style _mahou shoujo_\n(magical girl) within the _mahou shoujo_ genre**; before this series, the\nhistory of magical girls in manga and anime usually used their powers for\n_nichijou_ (daily life) matters or for moonlighting as an idol singer rather\nthan for protecting the world against evil powers, and they did not cooperate\nwith a team of comrades (some of the primary examples include _[Magical Mako-\nchan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%C5%8D_no_Mako-chan)_ [ _Mahou no Mako-\nchan_ ,『魔法のマコちゃん』], _[Witch Meg](http://shoujo.tripod.com/megu.html)_ [\n_Majokko Meg-chan_ ,『魔女っ子メグちゃん』], _[Witch\nSally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_the_Witch)_ [ _Mahoutsukai Sally_\n,『魔法使いサリー』], _[Magic Angel Creamy\nMami](http://shoujo.tripod.com/creamymami.html)_ [ _Mahou no Tenshi Creamy\nMami_ ,『魔法の天使クリィミーマミ』]), _Magical Princess Minky Momo_ [ _Mahou no Princess\nMinky Momo_ 『魔法のプリンセス ミンキー モモ』], Akko-chan's Secret [Himitsu no Akko-chan,\n『ひみつのアッコちゃん』], and _[Legendary Idol\nEriko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idol_Densetsu_Eriko)_ [ _Idol Densetsu\nEriko_ , 『アイドル伝説えり子』). Even the outlier [non-\n_shoujo_](http://shoujo.tripod.com/intro.html) _mahou shoujo_ series that were\ntargeted at Japanese male viewers rather than at Japanese girls, such as\n_[ESPer Mami](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mami_the_Psychic)_ (『エスパー魔美』) and\n_[Cutie Honey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutie_Honey)_ (『キューティーハニー』\n[though its post- _Sailor Moon_ version, _[Cutie Honey\nFlash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutie_Honey_Flash)_ [『キューティーハニー フラッシュ』],\nwas an actual _shoujo_ series with a target demographic of young girls]), did\nnot have teams of girls or super-powered villains. At that time, American\nanimated TV series for girls were usually about a single girl or animal in\nslice-of-life settings, or, even if she had an ensemble cast like [_Rainbow\nBrite_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Brite) or _[My Little Pony\nTales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Little_Pony_Tales)_ , they did not\nusually fight battles as a team (though not superhero/ _sentai_ in style,\nnotable exception to this are the female groups in\n_[Jem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jem_\\(TV_series\\))_ and _[Lady Lovely\nLocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Lovely_Locks)_ ). **3)** As a third\nrisk, the personality of Usagi (in the North American dub, Serena) was also\nrather different from audience expectations: while Americans had seen\ncluelessness/laziness/gluttony and perhaps even incompetence in male\nprotagonists, such as in [Inspector\nGadget](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Gadget) or [Scooby\nDoo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scooby-Doo_characters), this sort\nof female lead character was not at all common.\n\n> Why did they so heavily change the already perfect intro sequence and\n> opening theme like that?\n>\n> the entire re-cut American/English one, which also has changed the theme\n> song entirely.\n\nFirst, the opening theme song with its selected corresponding animation uses\nthe same basic music as the original Japanese theme song, a rather unusual\nmove for English dubs in that period. While the English _[Dragon\nBall](https://youtu.be/IrnIGAXxNLY)_ had done so from the Japanese\n[_Dragonball_](https://youtu.be/FJqGirLjQn4), these were not the majority of\ncases. For contrast, see the openings of English\n_[Noozles](https://youtu.be/EqKJ9yFHDc0)_ vs. Japanese _[Fushigi na Koala\nBlinky](https://youtu.be/W-UEMF9Nt2M)_ , English\n_[Escaflowne](https://youtu.be/d5ZXbrqPjKM)_ vs Japanese _[Escaflowne of the\nHeavens](https://youtu.be/TJZATeQvwpo)_ (Tenkuu no Escaflowne, 『天空のエスカフローネ』),\nand English _[Cardcaptors](https://youtu.be/ERpK-7K70ws)_ vs. Japanese\n_[Cardcaptor Sakura](https://youtu.be/QDezQD57h-g)_.\n\nSecond, to call the first Japanese opening \"already perfect\" is inaccurate...\nThe [first Japanese opening animation](https://youtu.be/9WdSzmL80eE) only\nincludes Sailor Moon/Usagi, Luna, Sailor Mercury/Ami, Sailor Mars/Rei, Tuxedo\nKamen (civilian Mamoru is excluded), Beryl, and generic youma standing behind\nBeryl (who do not match any of the distinctive youma designs we see in the\nactual series). This first opening was clearly intended to be the opening\nanimation **only until the point in between when Mercury debuted (episode 8)\nand when Mars appeared (episode 10)**. The fabric covering both the\nsilhouettes of Mercury and Mars in one shot provide an intentional teaser...\nbut, interestingly, they are also shown walking in full-color within the same\nopening, and then the series switched to the second opening **before** the\nepisode in which Mars/Rei first appears.\n\nThat first opening animation, which was only used for 20% of the length of the\nfirst season, was replaced early on by a minor change version in which the\nfabric covering Mercury and Mars was lifted: [the second\nopening](https://youtu.be/wK3P1aUTR5o) (another useful example of this\nintentional replacement of opening animation to the same song was used in\nSeason 5 to create a teaser for the Sailor Starlights; you can see [both\nversions side-by-side here](https://youtu.be/lucqXBZY7AU)). By excluding\nSailor Jupiter/Makoto, Sailor Venus/Minako, and Artemis, this second opening\nof Season 1 was also clearly designed to be replaced at a later point rather\nthan viewed by the animators as the standard for the season. Also, against the\nidea of this opening being \"already perfect,\" it utilizes many still pans\nrather than moving animation, and uses up (arguably, wastes) a lot of its\nscreen time on off-topic content that is not part of the story in any way:\neither a cartoonish cityscape or amusement park, roses unfurling one after\nanother in 8 different colors, shots of masks unlike the one Tuxedo Kamen\nactually wears, and a silhouette of Usagi standing next to a fountain under a\ndirigible airship facing the silhouette of what appears to be a man with hair\nlonger than Mamoru's but shorter than Nephrite's (clearly, whoever he is, he\nisn't Mamoru/Tuxedo Kamen/Endymion). This second opening animation was used\nuntil after Jupiter/Makoto appeared (episode 24 - about halfway through the\nseries).\n\nThe [third opening](https://youtu.be/ce0ZzDDk3dY) (note that the linked\nYouTube video title mistakenly labels this as the second opening, though it is\nactually the third) of Season 1 was comprised of completely different\nanimation; included Serenity, Endymion, Jupiter/Makoto, and Venus/Minako; and\ndevoted almost all of its screen time to on-topic content (the off-topic being\nTuxedo Kamen riding a flying horse). However, it deleted any inclusion of Luna\nand Beryl (despite Luna being a major character with more Season 1 appearances\nthan any other character except for Usagi herself!) and still lacked a good\nnumber of characters who would have contributed to a more representative\nopening if they had been included even for half a second: Mamoru, Motoki,\nNaru, Umino, Haruna-sensei, Artemis, the Shitennou ([Four Heavenly Kings,\n四天王]: Jedite, Nephrite, Zoicite, Kunzite), the _Saikyou Youma Nananinshu_\n(Seven Strongest Youma, [最強妖魔七人衆]), \"dark\" Endymion, and Queen Metalia\n(contrast this with the contemporaneous [_Magic Knight Rayearth_ opening\nsequence](https://youtu.be/SD4314ZrwsY), which capably included all main\nvillains and allies). This third opening animation was used until the end of\nthe first season.\n\n> Not only does it contain a weird intro part not even seen elsewhere, but it\n> announces main characters which only join very late in the series, right\n> away in the intro for the first episode. Wasn't the point of importing this\n> very Japanese show to the West to keep the look, sound and atmosphere,\n> rather than changing it all around? I mean, wasn't there already a wealth of\n> American-origin animated shows? Why did they have to change around Sailor\n> Moon like this?\n>\n> Even if the answer is that it had to attract a very different audience who\n> expects things to be a certain way, it still doesn't explain why they would\n> introduce characters from far into the series right away.\n\nAs explained above, the purpose of the Canadian dub aligned with the purposes\nof other anime dubs up until and past that time, but because the show aimed to\npick up female viewers familiar with _Mighty Morphin Power Rangers_ , using\nthe Japanese opening animation that had been only used in the Japanese series'\nfirst 9 episodes would have failed to **convey that this is a _sentai_ -style\nteam fighting story**. It would have been possible for the dub to use the\nSeason 1 third opening toward this end, but the first and second Japanese\nopening would have obfuscated this point. Unlike the Japanese broadcast, **the\nEnglish dub could not wait until 70% of the way through the season to switch\nover to an opening sequence that showed all five sailor soldiers** , because\nit had no guarantee of the show not getting cancelled well before then ([in\nthe United States, it was not aired in a prime time slot or even at a time of\nday that most children were available to watch it even if they wanted\nto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon_\\(TV_series\\)#English_dub_production_and_broadcast)).\nLikely, making three consecutive opening animation sequences to align with the\none English song would have cost additional time/money to no clear benefit.\n\nIn addition, all-American Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting had a clean and\npositive image, so the dub changed \"sailor soldiers\" to \"sailor scouts,\" and\nthe selection of scenes used for the dub's opening sequence included a shot of\nNaru during the lyrics, \"She will never turn her back on a friend,\" a value\nthat aligns with scouting (which is adventurous but much more about\nfunctioning well in daily-life than fighting enemies). If any of the Japanese\nopening sequences had included Naru, the dub might have utilized those\nanimation cels of Naru, but they did not exist.\n\n> I'm not sure, but I believe that they didn't touch the show itself. (Perhaps\n> they did, though. I can imagine that certain shots where you see the\n> underpants of the girls when they jump around might have been cut away.)\n\nWhile nowhere near the level of cut-and-paste as _Robotech_ 's, the Canadian\ndub did make a good number of edits, which you can read more about on Anime &\nManga StackExchange here:\n\n * [How does the English version of Sailor Moon differ from the original?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/2687/how-does-the-english-version-of-sailor-moon-differ-from-the-original?rq=1)\n * [Was Sailor Moon edited in the English version?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/28297/was-sailor-moon-edited-in-the-english-version?rq=1)\n * [How much of the original Sailor Moon anime isn't from the manga?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/13487/how-much-of-the-original-sailor-moon-anime-isnt-from-the-manga/13822#13822)\n * answer to [How can I identify child-appropriate manga?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/21936/how-can-i-identify-child-appropriate-manga/21940#21940)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-15T03:53:33.047", "id": "59582", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-15T04:24:36.997", "last_edit_date": "2020-09-15T04:24:36.997", "last_editor_user_id": "8134", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "59563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nConsidering the\n[stance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubbing_\\(filmmaking\\)#Global_use) they\nhave on dubbing, Nordic countries are\n[probably](http://wikimoon.org/index.php/Category:Sailor_Moon_around_the_world)\nthe outliers here.\n\nThis is the Italian intro for comparison, which is pretty similar in\ntechniques (though I always found it rather tasteful tbh):\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZTlN3YkCuc>\n\nPeople 20-30 years ago were far _way_ less used to \"diversity\" (I can think to\nhow difficult was to understand Dragonball's hell and paradise for me back in\nthe days), and I can see why you'd go at length to try to ameliorate that. And\nsame for censoring.\n\nSure, kids aren't _that_ stupid not to notice \"weird cousins\" or even wholly\nmissing episodes.. but what are they gonna do aside of some slight\nbewilderment? On the other hand, if you can avoid any kind of negative\npublicity from the various \"think to the children\" parents associations it's\nall profit for you.\n\n> Wasn't the point of importing this very Japanese show to the West to keep\n> the look, sound and atmosphere, rather than changing it all around?\n\nMhh absolutely not. Maybe in the modern overcroweded market, when you see\nanime, it's because of \"artistic value\" and all. But back then it was just\nabout cheap entertainment.\n\nIn fact, most of times localizations weren't even based off the original\nversion, but other translations in turn (I would guess whoever first brought\nit to the West, or whoever had the most congenial idiom to the publisher).\n\n> I mean, wasn't there already a wealth of American-origin animated shows?\n\n[Perhaps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Cartoon_Network#Former_programming),\nat least for boys (most of them were\n[animated](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rough_Draft_Studios) in Korea though,\nfunnily enough). But I can't really think to anything else comparable to a\nshojo, at least until Winx Club.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-15T17:22:34.880", "id": "59591", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-15T17:22:34.880", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "30932", "parent_id": "59563", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHe only reincarnated with 1 source not all 7 he fused the other 6 with the\ndemon emperors to wipe their memories and create a fake demon king Avos so\nthat the humans wouldn’t know the real demon king when he reincarnated that’s\nalso why Melheis has his memory Kanon couldn’t use his last source to change\nhis memory or he wouldn’t be able to come back\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-20T00:40:07.617", "id": "59623", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-20T00:40:07.617", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56318", "parent_id": "59565", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, in practice, frozen water also would sap the power of a devil fruit user.\n\nIn the SBS of the One Piece Manga — Vol. 41 (p. 206), Oda mentions all types\nof Water cause weakness in Devil Fruit users. However, in this same SBS it is\nalso mentioned that not touching the water itself will not affect the user.\n\nHence walking on ice with shoes or the likes, would in most cases prevent any\nform of power sap/weakening.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-15T14:54:09.553", "id": "59588", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-15T14:54:09.553", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "59583", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom my recollection, the determinant seems to be the non-zodiac member's arms\ngoing around the zodiac member's body. Intent doesn't seem to matter -- that's\nwhy you'll get tackles and bumps in there -- just the specificity of action.\nSo that's how Momiji can hug Tohru -- it's just that _she_ can't hug _him_.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-17T23:31:39.907", "id": "59606", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-17T23:31:39.907", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51733", "parent_id": "59587", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nRegarding this question, after reading to chapter 109 I think I've got a\ntheory with some tangible proof. I will begin by compiling some odd incidents\ncontained in the manga, which I think are pertinent, as well as general\ncomments that help elucidate how the curse works. Note: with regard to my\nreferences, all volume numbers will to the English version, to the collector's\nedition which collects all chapters into twelve big volumes, because that's\nwhat I read. I will, however, include chapter numbers as well to avoid\nconfusion.\n\nLet me first give a brief overview of my theory. What I suspect, is that a\nqualifying \"hug\" has nothing to do with how a person's arms are positioned,\nbut rather, has to do with body-to-body contact, and perhaps more\nspecifically, torso-to-torso contact.\n\nFirst, and importantly, there are offhand comments about crowds being\ndangerous for the Sohmas, which I think supports my theory that it isn't just\nproper hugs they need to worry about. In volume 7, chapter 76, Kyo says this:\n\n> In a crowd like that, I'd definitely get squashed and transform.\n\nThis kind of sentiment is repeated in a conversation between Hiro and Kisa in\nvolume 8, chapter 88:\n\n> That aside, be careful while we're here, Kisa.\n>\n> Huh? It's okay, Hiro-chan...! There are a lot of people here... But I'll be\n> sure not to bump into anyone.\n\nSo it seems crowds are a major concern for the Sohmas. One wouldn't expect to\nget what is usually considered a hug under such conditions (with arms around\nthe other person, etc.). On the other hand, bumping into people and \"getting\nsquashed\" between people, as Kyo says, is something that could definitely\nhappen.\n\nNext, in volume 9, chapter 103 a conversation between Hiro and his mother, as\nthey talk about Hiro's little sister, illustrates that just cradling a baby\ncould trigger the curse:\n\n> Hold her, Hiro-chan. This is your chance.\n>\n> What?! I-I can't do that! Hinata's a girl... So it's impossible for me!\n>\n> It'll be fine! Mama will just hold the both of you!\n\nThe standard for cradling babies usually does involve holding the baby close\nto yourself and having part of their body rest against their own. I have a\nsuspicion Hiro would probably be fine if he holds Hinata away from him and\n\"Lion Kings\" it, but that would definitely be bad form, possibly dangerous for\nthe baby. My suspicion is based on the fact, as previously mentioned in the\nquestion, that Momiji put his arms around Torhu's waist when he first showed\nup, and also because Kyo has put both hands on Torhu's head many times (Yuki's\ndone something similar as well, albeit not to Tohru, as far as I recall).\n\nNow, I'll demonstrate some instances of \"hugs\" that are strange because they\ndid cause a transformation or because they did.\n\nIn volume 8, chapter 87, there's this odd picture of Kyo giving Tohru a one-\narmed hug and seemingly putting his cheek against the top of her head. He\ndoesn't transform in spite of this. It's unclear how much they're touching\nhere, but I think the panel on the next page indicates Kyo _was_ keeping his\ndistance a bit. This is why I think him not transforming here doesn't disprove\nmy theory.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Vq5Af.jpg)\n\nHere's another odd scene where a transformation isn't triggered: Yuki pulls\nTohru to his side and has one arm around her, but nothing happens. I think\nthis helps further define what kind of hug is necessary. There's a lot of\ncontact here, but side-to-side isn't going to cut it. That being said, the\nimage could also be a little misleading, and it might be possible Yuki was\ncareful not to come into contact with Tohru. It is pretty hard to tell in this\ncase.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PfpA5.jpg)\n\nNow here's a scene where Momiji hugs Tohru and _does_ transform. I only\ninclude it because the other answer suggests that the non-zodiac has to put\ntheir arms around the zodiac to trigger a transformation, and I think this\nclearly indicates that is not the case:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/rId7m.jpg)\n\nNow, here's what I think is the most informative scene, and it comes from\nvolume 10, chapter 109:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CThDI.jpg)\n\nThis first picture shows Kyo really pushing the limits to the boundary of what\nhe is allowed to do. He's pretty close to Tohru, he's got his arms around her,\nand his chin might even be resting on her head (hard to say for sure). But his\nbody is not in contact with hers. Now here's the next part, where he does\ncross the boundary:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jc1Qv.jpg)\n\nI was a bit baffled by this part at first, because he's _clearly_ hugging\nTohru, and yet doesn't seem to transform. However, it just so happens that\nthis is where the author chose for the scene to end. A post-chapter picture\ndoes seem to indicate Kyo _did_ transform: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/s1QiE.jpg)\n\nSo this is why I think this particular scene is so important to answering this\nquestion. It shows that arm placement isn't enough, and actually shows how\nclose Kyo can get before he transforms. This scene alone gets very close to\ndefining the exact limitations of a hug that will transform a member of the\nzodiac.\n\nI think that all this information suggests that body-to-body contact is the\nkey here, and not anything to do with how the arms are positioned. But\nRegardless of whether my theory is accurate, I think that by highlighting\nthese cases I can help readers draw their own conclusion.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-28T19:32:21.573", "id": "60925", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-28T19:32:21.573", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "59587", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nNetero didn't need to use limitation and vow to beat meruem. Once Netero\nfigured out his attacks were barely leaving a scratch on meruem he used his\nmost powerful attack Miniature Rose Bomb.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-20T19:07:46.217", "id": "59626", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-20T19:07:46.217", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56233", "parent_id": "59600", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nSimply put, one can't just _add_ a Limitation or a Vow to an ability.\n\nSpecifics of developing a Nen ability are left a bit vague in the story, but\nit's rather clear that Vows and Limitations are inherent part of each ability\nthat are added to them as they are created. And since Netero didn't create any\n_new_ abilities to fight Meruem, those would have needed to be already\npresent.\n\nAlso, most hunters dislike adding Limitations to abilities. The enhancement of\npower they provide is inconsistent and the conditions need to be very severe\nfor the benefit to be significant. Kurapika is able to use as severe Vows as\nhe does because hunting the Phantom Troops is _literally_ his life's work.\nHe's willing to sacrifice a lot of the general power of his abilities to make\nthem _really_ powerful in specific situations.\n\nNow, there is one powerup that Netero could have perhaps used. General emotion\nof risk. This is sort of the basis of where Limitations and Vows get their\npower in the first place, but more primal. It is the risks that Limitations\nimpose that give them their power and it is possible tap into the same source\nwithout imposing a formal Limitation. Shoot used this when he covered one of\nhis eyes while fighting Youpi, sort of imposing a temporary limitation on\nhimself. It could also be argued that Gon's Jajanken gets a bit of a powerup\nfrom the risk that its long windup and general vulnerability present.\n\nOf course, Netero was already going to fight possibly the strongest living\nbeing on in the known world, so I'm not sure how much of an extra risk there\ncould be.\n\nSide note: I haven't read the Dark Continent Expedition arc or the Succession\nContest arc, so if there are any exceptions to these, they'd be there.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-24T10:27:54.667", "id": "59645", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-24T10:27:54.667", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8182", "parent_id": "59600", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nNetero had been alive for a long time. This was the first fight in a long time\nwhere he was actually going to go up against a worthy opponent. As others said\npreviously limitations/vows can’t really be created after the ability has been\nconceived except in cases like with shoot.\n\nThe only thing that Netero could have possibly utilized in the form of a\nvow/limitation is some form of Post Mortem Nen. But it is entirely possible\nthat even that might not have worked because he technically already had a Post\nMortem ability in the form of the miniature rose, and knowing that he had\nthat, he might not have been able to generate a conviction strong enough to go\noff after he died\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-25T11:41:24.393", "id": "59659", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-25T11:41:24.393", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56399", "parent_id": "59600", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nObviously, these are huge spoilers for the original series:\n\nMy understanding is that Unit 01 is actually the _first_ EVA unit created. It\nwas quite literally pulled from Lilith (the angel they have crucified down in\nthe basement -- that's why they only have the top half of her; you can see\nthis in process in some quick scenes flashing back to the original Contact\nExperiment). The initial plans and intentions are unclear, like a lot of\nthings in this series, but after Unit-01 absorbed Yui Ikari, Unit-00 and Unit\n02 were created in a different manner, from cloned cells from Adam (the First\nAngel who blew up in Second Impact). It's probably better to say that Unit-00\nwas the first EVA unit that was _functional_ , and it's the testbed for the\ncontrol and containment technology to keep the monsters biddable, like the\nplate armor and the giant crucifix they jam into the spinal column\n(termination plug). Unit 01 was armored and armed after that testing had taken\nplace, and given the designation then; Unit-02 was then built as the\n\"production\" model.\n\nAs to why Shinji is then the Third Child, and not the first, well, it's\ncertain that he was not known, to the public or to the Human Instrumentality\nCommittee, to be a pilot before Gendo summoned him to Tokyo-3. It seems\npossible that Gendo did not intend to have Shinji pilot at all, meaning to run\nthe whole system with Rei until the Dummy Plug was operational -- but when the\nThird Angel was about to attack with Unit-00 and Rei disabled, he grabbed\nShinji to pilot, knowing that Unit-01 would sync with him because of the soul\ninside it. It makes sense that the \"public\" pilots would have designations\ngiven to them first.\n\nNow, extra-textually, you could also consider some symbolic considerations.\nRei is first, but she's _rei_ (zero), without a soul of her own, so she pilots\nUnit 00. Asuka is all about duality -- everything the current 'tsundere' trope\nis -- so she is the Second Child and pilots Unit 02. Shinji -- well, he's the\nThird, and he pilots Unit 01 -- and when three are really one but still three,\nChristianity calls that the Trinity, and so Shinji ascends to the Godhead in\nThird Impact.\n\n(This is extreme armchair symbolism and very basic, so take it with as many\ngrains of salt as you need.)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-17T23:26:30.513", "id": "59605", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-17T23:26:30.513", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51733", "parent_id": "59601", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn **Chapter 198** of the manga, Neferpitou told one of his subordinates that\nhe doesn't need Pokkle anymore and **he should offer him to the Queen right\naway**. Pokkle was then chopped up but him being fed to the Queen was never\ndepicted in the manga. It was also never shown that he became a Chimera Ant.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-18T12:01:17.113", "id": "59610", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-18T12:01:17.113", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "59603", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nHe did die but he came back to life.\n\nThe specifics to this ability are not yet elaborated but in **Chapter 357** ,\nit was shown that Nen can be 'programmed' or 'used' even after death.\n\nAfter his fight with Chrollo, he was declared dead. Suddenly, Machi notices\nHisoka's aura coming back. It was then revealed that Hisoka 'begged' his Nen\nGum (this is what he called his Nen, or at least in the VIZ translations) to\nbring him back to life after his death, which it did.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-21T13:23:49.937", "id": "59629", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-21T13:23:49.937", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "43199", "parent_id": "59625", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nWithout effectively counting the occurrences, I believe the easiest answer is\nSeiya himself as he is the real protagonist of the whole main series and the\none that always fights more enemies than the others and defeats the final\nBoss/God of each series.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-05-29T12:59:19.690", "id": "62869", "last_activity_date": "2021-05-29T12:59:19.690", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "44697", "parent_id": "59632", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI believe Shiryu is the one who bled the most\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FTFDI.png)\n\nWhile it's true that seiya fought and got injured so many times. Shiryu is the\none who kept bleeding fight after fight almost thru all of his pores. He also\ngave half of his blood to repair the pegasus and his own cloth\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-09-22T17:41:07.130", "id": "67272", "last_activity_date": "2022-09-22T17:41:07.130", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70106", "parent_id": "59632", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nDespite the Reaper Death Seal immobilizing Orochimaru's arms, he could still\nperform justu that did not require hand signs.\n\n> [...] Though the act undid most of the damage caused by the Dead Demon\n> Consuming Seal, it still left Orochimaru incapable of using techniques\n> requiring hand seals.\n\nOrochimaru was able to jump bodies because the justu required does not require\nhandle signs. How it is performed is not shown until much later in the\nShippuden series, which is detailed below with a spoiler\n\n> To perform this technique, Orochimaru reveals his true form: a gigantic\n> white snake composed of smaller white snakes, by abandoning his current\n> host's body. Orochimaru then swallows the new host and takes him or her to a\n> separate, mental plane where he envelops the mind of his victim. The snake\n> body then dies and falls apart, and Orochimaru's soul dominates the body \n> [Living Corpse\n> Reincarnation](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Living_Corpse_Reincarnation)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-23T12:31:31.727", "id": "59641", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-23T12:31:31.727", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "59639", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf Beerus uses his divine power he can erase anything inside his universe can\nhe not?\n\nThat means that even if Buu were stronger Beerus can erase him if he wishes to\ndo so.\n\nThis is because as the God of Destruction, he has to destroy other planets so\nnew planets may arise and give new life. The overwhelming power of Beerus\nexceeds even that of Goku, who has surpassed several Super Saiyan levels;\nBeerus completely dominates Super Saiyan 3 Goku in battle, of course beating\nGoku in Super Saiyan 3 by just two hits by flicking him and rendering him\nunconscious with merely a chop to the neck. He also takes down Mystic Gohan\nwith a single kick to the abdomen, causes Gotenks to defuse, and dominates\nfull-powered Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta as well. Even when Goku fought him after\nbecoming a God, he merely impressed Beerus rather than inflicting any long-\nlasting damage.\n\nBeerus is stronger and can erase Buu. Regeneration will not work if Buu does\nnot exist.\n\n<https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Beerus#Powers_and_Abilities>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-10T14:33:20.380", "id": "59777", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-10T14:33:20.380", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53300", "parent_id": "59640", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe gates that protect the river from the titans don't move up. So in order to\nget a boat over the wall, they would have to bring all that wood and other\nbuilding material over/through the gate, then proceed to build the boat while\ndefending it from the titans.\n\nIt's easier just to take horses, and once they got past a certain point they\nwouldn't be able to progress any further due to a blockage in the river that\nthey didn't know about. If one or more titans got into the river it would be\nan issue because they would only be able to turn back. Can you imagine this\nhappening if some titans were behind the boat?\n\nAlso, from what we have seen, there are hardly any anchor points next to the\nriver. Meanwhile, on horses, they can easily ride around to the back grapple,\nattack, and one dead titan for table 6.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-24T18:43:08.047", "id": "59651", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-17T00:07:27.703", "last_edit_date": "2022-06-17T00:07:27.703", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "50436", "parent_id": "59646", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't recall this being A Thing in DBZ, nor do I recall the Home For\nInfinite Losers (or \"Hell\") being elaborated on during the Namek arc.\n\nIn short: Vegeta was revived because the wish **to Shenron** was for all of\nthe people who were slain by **Frieza** to be brought back. Because Vegeta was\nindeed killed by Frieza, he was resurrected by this wish.\n\nCan't say much about the Buu arc here; in between these series, there may have\nbeen more than a few plot holes laid since this restriction never came up\nduring Frieza's time.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-25T01:12:53.120", "id": "59654", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-25T01:12:53.120", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "59647", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure if I understand your question, but are you asking why he was\nrevived because he was supposed to be erased? They explicitly mention in the\nseries that Enma Daio Sama decided not to erase Vegeta's soul just in case he\nneeded him for a battle. So what Vegeta said in the screencapture you posted\ndidnt apply to him due to an Enma Daio Sama decision\n\n[Enma Daio Sama decides to keep Vegeta soul intact in case he was needed for a\nbattle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w45drLrRqaY)\n\n(Sorry, I couldnt find an english version for this video, only a spanish one,\nbut you can use the english subtitles feature of Youtube to add them)\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-02T13:39:59.740", "id": "59721", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-02T13:39:59.740", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "59647", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nSince your Note 1 says you're also interested in what happens in the original\nDBZ series, and if it's a problem there or not, the following is based on [the\nEnglish (Funimation) dub of the original\nscene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvx4R56Mx0). It seems that in [the\nJapanese Kai version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsuMRSolbz8), Piccolo\nhas a great deal more specific things to say, which are more problematic, as\nyou indicate. I won't go into trying to work out the why of this apparent\nchange, I'll largely just proceed to operate on the basis of the original\nFunimation dub, as indicated.\n\nIn the Buu saga scene, Vegeta asks Piccolo if he'll get to meet Goku in the\nafterlife (or in Other World, if you prefer). Piccolo then informs him that\nGoku earned a body and freedom of movement in the afterlife due to a long life\nof selflessness and heroics, and that Vegeta should not expect to be granted\nthe same reward, having spent too much of his life being selfish and\ninflicting pain and misery. It is not stated that anything happens that erases\nmemories or wholly prevents resurrection via Dragon Balls in this version. All\nhe's being told is that he won't be able to run around being rivals with Goku\nin the afterlife.\n\nWhat we do know is that elsewhere in the series it is implied that a spirit\nwhich is purified of its evil can then be reborn. This is how Uub comes to\nexist, as the reincarnation of the purified Buu. And in the movie Fusion\nReborn, with the villain Janemba, there is even a machine for such\npurification. However, [many villains and other\nbeings](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Hell#Known_residents) are shown in\nHell at various points and in various media.* This suggests that purification\nis not particularly fast or even mandatory, and may not necessarily be applied\nto the most powerful of entities. This is reinforced by how Fusion Reborn is\npredicated upon the (single) demon that operates the machine being lazy and\nnot properly doing his job. So even if evil spirits are _supposed_ to be\npurified quickly, in practice it would seem things are run too inefficiently\nto achieve this. There is also the fact that Shenron originally had a one year\ntime limit on restoring someone to life. If whatever happens to evil beings\nupon death prevented resurrection via Shenron (which is who resurrects Vegeta\non Namek), then there must be at least a one year delay between death and\nwhatever this process is (purification and being reborn, or otherwise) in\norder for this time limit to be knowable and meaningful.\n\nMoreover, we are ultimately told that Hell is planet-specific, and so the\nabove purification stuff is for Earth only. So there's no reason at all to\nthink that the rules stated for those who have died on Earth will also apply\nthe same to those who die on Namek or anywhere else. So even if you are right\nand Vegeta should have been purified upon death, by Earth's rules for Hell, he\nwasn't by the simple fact that he died on Namek and not Earth.\n\nAnd in any case, even by Earth's rules his resurrection is not prevented. We\nknow, from Chiatzu receiving a body and Tien a new arm after losing them in\ntheir fights against Nappa, that it is possible for bodies to be repaired or\nreconstructed entirely in the afterlife. Upon being wished back to life,\nChiatzu retained his body, and Tien retained his replacement arm. So even if\nVegeta, upon his death on Earth, was denied the retention of his body (he\nwasn't, but by a special exception rather than having earned it), his body can\nstill be reconstructed when something like a wish on the Dragonballs is\nmade.**\n\nFinally, in the Buu saga, we have two wishes that go out of their way to\nexclude the resurrection of evil people. First, when using Earth's dragon\nballs to restore those killed in Majin Vegeta's rampage, they specifically\nexclude the resurrection of evil people. Second, near the end of the Buu saga,\nwhen Dende wishes the Earth and then its people back using New Namek's dragon\nballs, he also specifically excludes evil people from being restored to life.\nAnd while we might say in the first case that maybe the Z-team doesn't know\nthe exact ins-and-outs of what the dragon balls can do with regards to\nreviving evil people, Dende was an expert. Such specific exclusion of evil\nbeings would be completely unnecessary if they were already impossible to\nresurrect.\n\n* * *\n\n*You don't seem to be quite as concerned with why so many decidedly-not-worthy beings have bodies, so I won't put much effort into trying to explain that. Best guess is that anyone of sufficient (will)power can forcibly retain/manifest a body, but they are generally denied freedom of movement and constrained to Hell (or HFIL in the original dub). Though why Piccolo would apparently not know this, and would not predict that Vegeta could probably forcibly retain a body, is less clear. Perhaps he wasn't being as honest as he claimed. But being constrained to Hell alone would be sufficient to keep Goku separated from him in normal circumstances.\n\n**There's apparently a time limit on that, though, which ties into an\nexception into the 1 year limit for Shenron. In DragonBall Super, Freiza is\nwished back to life with Earth's dragonballs. When the wish is requested,\nShenron says that since it has been more than a year since Freiza's death that\nhe could only be restored to his body in the state it was in upon his death.\nWhich in this case consisted of being sliced into dozens of pieces, thanks to\nTrunks. So if we accept this bit of Super, the 1-year time limit is more\nspecifically about constructing a body for the being to be resurrected, and\nnot necessarily about the soul becoming irretrievable for whatever reason.\n\n", "comment_count": 9, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-05T15:52:36.987", "id": "59737", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-06T16:47:37.607", "last_edit_date": "2020-10-06T16:47:37.607", "last_editor_user_id": "8024", "owner_user_id": "8024", "parent_id": "59647", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSince there are no facts that supports any of the 2 scenarios, I will say that\nthe Bridcage strings would tear the bubble apart since a bunch of DF-users\ntried unsucessfully to stop the cage strings from moving.\n\nFollowing \"one piece logic\" I am inclined to say that Kuma's paw-bubble isn't\ninvincible (since it is made out of \"air-like\" shield) as it would one of the\nbest DF there is if the user can make objects invulnerable. Therefore I say\nthat the Kuma's bubble wouldn't pass through Doflamingo's Birdcage\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-28T15:35:18.197", "id": "59683", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-28T15:35:18.197", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51857", "parent_id": "59661", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nDifficult to say, nothing is verified but I would guess that the birdcage\nwould work like the ground and just stop the travel of the bubble and the\nperson inside would land on the birdcage (and fall if it's on the inside).\n\nWhy I say that? It's because the bubble is like a block (can physically\ntransport a person) So, for me, it should work the same way for the string and\nwouldn't pass through it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-29T15:26:49.653", "id": "60932", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-29T15:26:49.653", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8730", "parent_id": "59661", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is that slow, gloomy-sounding theme with the guitar intro that often\nplays in scenes with Sasuke in it.\n\nI believe this theme is an unreleased soundtrack. The song doesn't show up in\nNaruto Shippuden OST I, II, or III, in any case.\n\nI searched \"naruto shippuden sasuke theme unreleased\" on YouTube and [this\nunofficial version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhe70uLY9T0) popped up.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-02T22:30:52.333", "id": "59727", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-02T22:30:52.333", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "18352", "parent_id": "59670", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n_After_ meeting Kushina and taking the Kyuubi's chakra, it's implied that\nNaruto now has a lot more control over the Kyuubi, and thus does not require\nthe paper seal to assist in warding off its influence. Naruto **took the seal\noff on his own** _during_ the fight to subjugate the Kyuubi, and thus, no\nlonger exists.\n\nNote that the paper seal was put there by Minato as a stop-gap to prevent\neither Naruto from voluntarily taking off the seal, and to keep the Kyuubi in\ncheck should its power or influence grow out of control (as evidenced by the\nPain arc).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-28T14:54:47.227", "id": "59681", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-28T14:54:47.227", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "59677", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe easiest answer is:\n\nCat burglar (i.e. thief etc). Makes sense for an anime about swindlers.\n\nIt could also be a suitable comment on the phrase \"Great Pretender.\" Have you\never heard that cats roam for miles away from their house when they are not at\nhome? They could lead a double life and you might never know. At least 1 cat\nin my life has done this: my neighbours cat became very friendly with us and\nspent a lot of time with us, and the neighbour didn't know/notice until we\ntold them a year or so later.\n\nSo cats are suitable \"Great Pretender.\" Also, it could be to do with the fact\nthat the last line of the song Great Pretender is \"pretending that you're\nstill around,\" as we see the cat go home to its family. This is related to the\nfact that the protagonist of the anime is an orphan whose family has died, and\nso he can never go home to them, and is \"pretending that [they're] still\naround.\" The fact that he tries to get an honest job to honor his parents\nmemories and expectations enforces the fact that he has not forgotten them.\n\nThe cat's coat matches a tie or shirt or something the protagonist wears at\nsome point I think, but not certain about that bit.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-29T09:31:33.283", "id": "59689", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-29T09:31:33.283", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56456", "parent_id": "59688", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI know this is random but this is how I interpreted it. Cats are constantly\nshowing up in the show: from Edamura's connection with his mom, to Laurent and\nDorothy having a cat in the ending credit. When you stop and watch the ending\ncredit in detail, you can see a woman with a bob haircut with pink underneath.\nThis woman is Dorothy (she'll appear in season two when it comes out on Nov.\n25th in the US). You can see Laurent hold a ring with a blue gem at the end of\nthe final case of season 1, this same ring is in the ending (the entire time)\nwhere the woman is shown in the blue reflection of the ring. When the woman\npicks up the cat, she's shown being intimate with a man. This man's silhouette\nis very similar to Laurent's (see his hair shape and body build), because it\nIS Laurent.(with dorothy). Now, another way this could be interpreted is the\nway a cat lives being the complete opposite of the way Laurent lives.(A cat\nliving a calm, simple life with next to no danger) He's constantly in\ndangerous situations and his life is everything but simple and calm. (I'm\nactually gonna write an essay for school about this so thanks for the\nbrainstorming) I hope this helps! <3\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-11-10T22:32:12.657", "id": "61022", "last_activity_date": "2020-11-10T22:32:12.657", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "57093", "parent_id": "59688", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThis is primarily a homage to Freddy Mercury, most notably the one song with\nthe [same name](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILQMwcKXP7M) as the title of\nthe series.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KiLfO.jpg)\n\nFreddy Mercury also owned many cats and had a [very close\nrelationship](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPFsg7ytCCg) with them on top of\nbeing [influences](https://www.bustle.com/p/freddie-mercurys-cats-in-real-\nlife-were-just-as-spoiled-as-bohemian-rhapsody-shows-12971631) for [his\nworks](https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/11/03/lets-talk-\nabout-freddie-mercurys-cats-highlight-bohemian-rhapsody/). It's a very fitting\ntribute.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-11-15T22:44:09.020", "id": "61059", "last_activity_date": "2020-11-15T22:44:09.020", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "59688", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nSPOILERS FOR CASE 4 READ AT OWN RISK\n\nBuilding of what drgharris said, cats are used to symbolise Edamura’s mother\nhowever, rarther than the cat being owned by Dorothy and Lauren, I believe the\ncat IS Lauren. (or symbolic of him anywayz) In the ending, we see this spotted\ncat swimming through the ocean, presumably the ocean which Dorothy drowned in\n(“drowned”) and then we see the cat be engulfed by black, then it sombrely\nwalks through the black until it is picked up by Dorothy which then flips to a\nimage of Lauren embracing Dorothy. I believe the swimming was Lauren\ndesperately trying to find Dorothy after being in denial of her death. Then\nbeing engulfed in the darkness is his depression after he realised she was\ngone. I would just like to state now that in case 4, I believe that cat that\nLauren mistook for Dorothy was this cat in the ending. This ties in well\nbecause this cat braking a pot was what led Lauren to realise that Dorothy is\ntruly gone and what made him fall into his depression. In the ending, when the\ncat is embraced by Dorothy and it switches to a image of Laurent embracing\nDorothy, the lyrics “I pretend your still around” are sang. I believe this is\nbecause Dorothy was the source of comfort for Lauren.\n\nThrough out the ending, we see multiple cats stress free just playing around.\nWe also see the spotted cat stealing a pile of pancakes. This could be to\nrepresent the stress free lifestyle of the con artists.\n\nI also believe that cats are symbolic for comfort and acceptance in great\npretender. Edamura’s mother is associated with cats because she was content\nwith her life and the way she died. She was happy to let go. She also acted as\na comfort to Edamura. Then theirs Lauren who cannot accept that Dorothy is\ngone and pretends she’s still around as a source of comfort. Cats strive for\ncomfort.\n\nAlso something I think might be important that I still can’t figure out is the\nties to “the wizard of oz” and the great pretender.\n\nObviously, Edamura’s dads nick name is “Oz” and is commonly referred to as the\n“wizard”. Then theirs Dorothy, who shares the same name as the main character\nin the wizard of ozz. Is this a coincidence? I think not seeing that Dorothy\nisn’t very common of a name. The wizard was a conman in the end and wasn’t as\npowerful as he was hyped up to be. This has ties with Edamura’s dad who was a\nconman. However, I still can’t figure out how Dorothy ties into this. Let me\nknow if anyone figures this out!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-01-09T12:29:23.727", "id": "61560", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-09T12:39:45.210", "last_edit_date": "2021-01-09T12:39:45.210", "last_editor_user_id": "58164", "owner_user_id": "58164", "parent_id": "59688", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, it is most definitely still worth waiting for the next season. The\nspoiler of losing a character is always a harsh one, as you will now be\nanticipating it. However, this is not the main point the plot is driving\ntowards. And there is still a lot to learn about titans, and the world beyond\nthe wall.\n\nAttack on Titan tends to cover around 30 chapters per season. Hence season 3\npart 2 ended at chapter 90. And with the 30 chapter average the spoiled part\nwill be part of the season as well considering The spoiler you received\noriginates from\n\n> chapter 105, and can probably be expected halfway through the season.\n\nAnd in the future if you do not want to be spoiled, I would recommend not\ngoing to fora and communities discussing the source material, such a for\nexample Reddit. As the chance you will be spoiled regarding content is fairly\nhigh.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-09-29T14:08:00.090", "id": "59691", "last_activity_date": "2020-09-29T14:08:00.090", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1458", "parent_id": "59690", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFullmetal Alchemist is a mostly steampunk genre, A retrofuturistic subgenre of\nscience fiction that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by\n19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.\n\nNot really magical because with magic you mostly get reactions like \"What the\nhell how did that happen?\".\n\nWhile alchemy is more systematical like science. Although the thing with his\nbrother being a soul in a suit of armor made no sense. Except for things\nrelated to souls, everything else is mostly science/technology-based.\n\nEven if you consider alchemy a form of magic it is mostly based on the 19th-\ncentury industrial steam-powered era with barely any form of electricity so\nnot really realism either. And there is also the automail prosthetics that are\nmore advanced and almost fantastical.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-10T14:14:58.830", "id": "59775", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-10T14:14:58.830", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53300", "parent_id": "59692", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAside from the New Songs in Digimon Adventure [2020] (or also called \"\n**REBOOT** \" ) there are some changes made in the anime.\n\nOne Notable Factor was that: The _**first three episodes**_ of 2020 was\nbasically a _**movie**_ they're basically one long prologue to the new series.\nThe end of episode 3 essentially feels like the true beginning to Adventure\n2020.\n\nanother one is that _**introduction**_\n\n> As much as I love 99, I think we can all agree 2020 has it beat, at least in\n> its introduction. 99 throws you into all the characters with no time to\n> breathe, and then becomes and episodic show as it develops its world and\n> characters. An approach that worked, but so far 2020 feels so much more like\n> a properly paced series that will slowly add to the cast, which I think will\n> pay off in dividends.\n\n**CHANGES TO THE VILLIANS** [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/yCGAV.jpg)\n\n> Digimon Adventure 2020 series: Has Anything Changed From Past To Present -\n> The Illuminerdi The foes in the series have had some changes as well with\n> new Digimon entering the series as the obvious foe but still, there are wild\n> Digimon that the kids must face that may be evil or just hungry and\n> animalistic in nature. Whether will see some of the big villains of the\n> original series is yet to be clear but it will definitely be completely\n> different from the original series.\n>\n> The original series also had Black gears that made good Digimon evil but so\n> far they have yet to make an appearance so whether this will be part of the\n> show later or the new Digimon has replaced them, has yet to be confirmed.\n\nAnother Notable feature about Reboot(2020) is that it had better\n_**animation**_. We know the fact that it is new hence better animation. (or\nshould I say CGI)\n\n> This year, fans of the original DigiDestined were in for a treat as a\n> Digimon Adventure reboot was released. Needless to say, the series already\n> has fans buzzing. While there are some obvious changes to the original,\n> Digimon Adventure 2020 has kept a lot of the elements the fans loved. Here's\n> are 5 things the reboot has changed and 5 things they've kept the same so\n> far.\n\n**10\\. Changed: The Date Of Events** [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AbXjM.jpg)\n\nIn the original Digimon Adventure, the date was an important detail to the\nplot. The kids get transported into the Digital World on August 1st, 1999.\nWhen the kids return to their world they think they've been gone for months,\nonly to realize it has just been a few minutes.\n\nIn the reboot, the year is 2020 and the world has been updated. Everyone has a\ncellphone, laptops, and the Japanese landscape that is shown is one that\nmatches real life. The date is not mentioned at all. All we know is that\nTaichi and Koushiro are getting ready for summer camp.\n\n**9.Stayed The Same: The Effects Of The Digital World** [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ttLX5.jpg)\n\nIn both the original Digimon Adventure and the reboot, the first episodes show\nhow closely the Digital World and the real world are linked. In the 1999\nseries, it starts snowing while the kids are at camp, even though it's summer.\nThe entire real world is experiencing weather phenomenons due to the issues in\nthe Digital World.\n\n**8\\. Changed: The Order Of Events**\n\nThe 1999 Digimon Adventure picks up the story with the DigiDestined at camp\nbefore being transported into the Digital World. In the American version,\nthere isn't much information revealed initially as to why these kids are\nchosen. However, fans of the series now know that the events that took place\nin the first Digimon movie are canon, explaining why.\n\nIn the reboot, the timeline is given a fix. They combine the first movie, The\nDigimon Movie, and the second, Our War Game. We see glimpses of the other kids\nbut they are not initially involved. We also get the Omegamon evolution, which\noccurred in Our War Game. At the end of the third episode, it appears the kids\nhave finally arrived in the Digital World as we know it.\n\n**7\\. Stayed The Same: The Roles Of Takeru And Hikari**\n\nYamato's younger brother, Takeru, was initially shown as the runt of the\nDigiDestined. Alongside Patamon, he was very naive and was often trying to\nprove his independence. Patamon was the last Digimon to Digivolve to his\nChampion form, Angemon. Hikari, who doesn't join the group until later, gained\nGatomon as a partner who's Ultimate form, Angewomon, is the counterpart of\nAngemon. Together they play a pivotal role in defeating the Dark Masters.\n\n**6 Changed: Introduction Of The Digimon**\n\nOne of the interesting things about the original Digimon Adventure was that we\nmet all the Digimon companions in their baby forms until they Digivolved into\ntheir rookie forms, in which they stay most of the time. This provides a good\ninsight for the DigiDestined and the viewers since any time the Digimon are\ntoo exhausted, they can regress to their baby forms.\n\nWhen Taichi is transported into the Digital World in the reboot, he sees\nAgumon's baby form, Koromon, as they are falling. By the time they land\nKoromon has Digivolved into Agumon. Later on, when Taichi has been transported\nback into the Digital World, Taichi sees Agumon, not Koromon.\n\n**5 Stayed The Same: The Personalities Of The DigiDestined**\n\nAlthough not all of the main characters have been introduced yet, it's clear\nthat the characters haven't been given a makeover as far as their\npersonalities are concerned. So far, in Digimon Adventure 2020, we have seen\nTaichi, Yamato, and Koushiro in action.\n\n**4 Changed: Summer Camp**\n\nThe fateful trip to summer camp changed everything for the kids in the\noriginal anime. The kids were at camp together, and right before a big wave\nhit to drag them to the Digital World, they all received their DigiVices. The\ncamp was also important because it united Yamato and Takeru who did not live\ntogether due to their divorced parents. Hikari was also supposed to attend the\ncamp but did not because she got sick, leading to her being sought out later\non as the 8th DigiDestined.\n\nIn the reboot, fans were thrown through a loop when the kids arrived at summer\ncamp, and... then they left promptly after. This may have been a small way for\nthe show to tribute the original but it also explains that the reboot is\ntaking a different approach.\n\n**3 Stayed The Same: The Focus On Taichi And Yamato**\n\nIt goes without saying that all eight of the DigiDestined played an important\nrole in the original Digimon Adventure. It is clear though that Taichi and\nYamato have always had more of a spotlight, especially in regards to their\nrelationship with each other. Early on in the original, Taichi and Yamato were\noften butting heads as they were both trying to be leaders.\n\n**2 Changed: The Abilities Of The DigiVices**\n\nOne of the coolest parts of being a DigiDestined is owning a DigiVice. The\nDigiVice is the connector between the kids and their Digimon. The original\nDigiVice would light up when a Digimon was about to Digivolve, it had a small\non-screen map, and most importantly, it played a huge role in stopping the\nworld from being destroyed.\n\nIn the reboot, the DigiVice appears to have undergone a complete hardware\nmakeover. The DigiVice now seems to light up dramatically, display the crests\nin full color, pull up maps, and even allow for holographic communication.\n\n**1 Stayed The Same: The Emphasis On Teamwork**\n\nDigimon Adventure may have its stand out characters as mentioned earlier, but\none of the reasons it has held its ground for the last 20 years, throughout\ndifferent adaptations, is because of its emphasis on teamwork. No one\ncharacter or one Digimon could have saved the world by themselves, a point the\noriginal Digimon Adventure made sure to drive home time and time again.\n\nIn the new series, the saving of Tokyo could not have been possible without\nthe combined efforts of Taichi, Yamato, and Koushiro as well as their Digimon\npartners. While it may seem like a small detail, the main story has always\nbeen about friendship and working together to overcome obstacles.\n\n[here are some of the differences in the anime versions explained by\nCBR](https://www.cbr.com/digimon-adventure-reboot-same-different-original/)\n\n**OFFICIAL DIGIMON ADVENTURE (2020) SYNOPSIS**\n\n> In the year 2020, a series of cyber-attacks across Tokyo are the result of\n> catastrophic events in another world within the internet, the Digital World,\n> where creatures called Digimon roam. While getting ready for summer camp,\n> eight children are transported to the Digital World where they acquire\n> Digivices and Digimon partners while learning that they have been chosen to\n> stop the unknown threats to their worlds. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vq92N.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-05T08:52:07.853", "id": "59735", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-05T08:52:07.853", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "15276", "parent_id": "59698", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe test gave the option of either destroying or disabling the robots. I can't\nfind the original statement, but the general consensus is that Horikoshi at\nsome point said that there was a button to disable the robots. This would\nallow Hagakure and such to disable the robots by sneaking around them and\npushing the button. However, Shinso's quirk only works on human beings, he had\nneither the combat nor stealth abilities to disable the robots.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-06T23:56:55.407", "id": "59746", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-06T23:56:55.407", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51119", "parent_id": "59703", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nCanonically speaking, [Amaterasu](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Amaterasu) is\nnot able to burn through the [tailed beast's\ncloak](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Jinch%C5%ABriki_Forms) (see spoiler\nimage below). The beast's Chakra protects them from the effects. This is shown\nin Naruto Chapter 697\n\nWhile the scene you are asking about is partially filler, we do know some\nelements about both Amaterasu and the beast's cloak that can provide an\nanswer.\n\n**Beast Cloak** \nThe tailed beast's cloak, while active, provides raid healing effects. So\nwhile Yagura is in the beast form, the beast's chakra was constantly healing\nwhile Amaterasu was burning. Eventually Amaterasu's power overtook Yagura's\nbeast forum, thus forcing him to revert back his human state.\n\n**Amaterasu** \nWhen Amaterasu is active, there are only a handful of methods to extinguish\nthe flames. It will eventually burn out after 7 days and nights _or_ if the\nuser recalls the flames; whichever comes first. So after Yagura reverted back\nto his human state, Itachi put out the flames to not actually kill him, but to\nimmobilize him.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9EAACl.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-07T17:09:42.593", "id": "59750", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-07T17:09:42.593", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "59745", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nitachi could have killed yagura and burned him alive but he chose not to\ncompletely kill him because the akatsuki needed the body of yagura to complete\nthe gedo statue's jinjuriki.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-15T15:23:06.173", "id": "60815", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-15T15:23:06.173", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56569", "parent_id": "59745", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Several members of the Kira Task force (that Light was in charge of), as\nwell as Near's team, were present during the climax where**\n\n> Light is exposed as Kira by Teru Mikami when Light's name is the only one\n> not written in the Death Note.\n\nThe task force knew about Death Notes since\n\n> Rem gave it to Kyosuke Higuchi and the task for caught him in possession of\n> it\n\nWhich is revealed much earlier in the story.\n\nNear realized Kira would likely use a catspaw to throw suspicion from himself\nso simply finding the person in physical possession of a Death Note wasn't\nenough. He had to make sure he found the Death Note, and make Kira believe\nhe'd won so he would show himself.\n\nSo Near\n\n> Replaced the pages of the Death Note held by Teru Mikami (though Light was\n> still the owner), and allowed Light to lure everyone to the creepy abandoned\n> warehouse where Teru Mikami called Light \"God\" and wrote the names of\n> everyone present, except Light. Proving Light was actually Kira.\n\nWith Kira's real identity exposed, there was no reason to go hunting for other\nKiras or other Death Notes - they had found the root cause.\n\nDepending on if it's the manga/movies/anime Misa\n\n> Kills herself, or it's heavily implied she does.\n\nAs for the task force, my guess is they continued working as an anti-Kira\ntaskforce in some capacity, at least in the manga, because\n\n> The manga ends with a group of Kira's followers praying for his return.\n\n[Youtube link to the end with several\ncharacters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccD_96pKAfI&ab_channel=purifyDBZ)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-20T00:11:36.953", "id": "60848", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-25T03:00:30.020", "last_edit_date": "2022-01-25T03:00:30.020", "last_editor_user_id": "56775", "owner_user_id": "56775", "parent_id": "59751", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSearch in <https://vgmdb.net/> to get info about the soundtrack (like the\ndistribution information).\n\nExample: [Food Wars All Albums](https://vgmdb.net/product/4104), [Food Wars\nSecond Plate Albums](https://vgmdb.net/product/4105)\n\nYou can also use the catalog number associated with the album to google\nsearch.\n\nYou can also directly visit the anime shows official website to get\ninformation regarding the ost of the series. But, obviously the site will be\nin Japanese.\n\nExample: [Official Site](http://shokugekinosoma.com/2ndplate/music/op/op.html)\n\nTry,\n\n * [CDJapan](https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/series/4236?term.media_format=cdnomaxi&page=1)\n * [Ark Square](https://arksquare.net/list.php?comp=Kato,%20Tatsuya)\n * [Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/a4all/sets/shokugeki-no-soma-season-2-ost)\n\nSometimes an OST will be released in with Blu-Ray/DVD release (Check the\nofficial site/twitter for this information). Other options you could try would\nbe YouTube, Amazon and itunes. But, it depends if it is being distributed in\nyour region. If it is not then you will have to buy or import the physical\ncopy from another site or third party vendor.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-08T07:07:10.807", "id": "59756", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-08T07:07:10.807", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56581", "parent_id": "59753", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAlready answered in comments by @W. Are\n\n> Hide never died. The anime deviated from the manga and the scene where\n> Kaneki was carrying Hide never happened in the manga. My suggestion: if you\n> have time, read the manga (starting from Tokyo Ghoul). I tried watching the\n> anime, too but dropped it while on Tokyo Ghoul: re. It was confusing and the\n> manga cleared up everything.\n\nYes, **he had never died** , but lost/damaged his vocal organ since kaneki ate\npart of his face to regain some strength to fight. This thing doesn't actually\naffect the anime, so i don't think it's spoiler.\n\n * Answered this only, since it still shows 0 answers, though @W. Are already answered in comments, nor i could comment there to ask him post this answer.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-01-04T17:48:49.603", "id": "61499", "last_activity_date": "2021-01-04T17:48:49.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "50677", "parent_id": "59760", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\ndisk 2, nr 6 Jaegers (イェーガーズ, Jaegers)\n\nThe title is pretty obvious.\n\n<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMKgVNwzozY>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2020-10-10T13:55:55.873", "id": "59774", "last_activity_date": "2020-10-10T13:55:55.873", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53300", "parent_id": "59763", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI FOUND IT ! Finally after all this time lol\n\nIt’s called ‘impression’. It’s track 2 from the Akami Ga Kill soundtrack. It’s\non YouTube\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-07-11T07:02:11.487", "id": "64186", "last_activity_date": "2021-07-11T07:02:11.487", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61523", "parent_id": "59763", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]