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[ { "body": "\n\nObito survived because he made himself the 10-tails Jinchuriki shortly after\nbeing struck by Kakashi\n\n> Both Rin Nohara and Obito Uchiha, who were branded with this cursed seal,\n> had it removed by Kakashi Hatake's Chidori and Lightning Cutter\n> respectively, **although Rin died while Obito survived by sealing the Ten-\n> Tails into himself shortly after**.\n>\n> [Source](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Forbidden_Individual_Curse_Tag)\n\nAs seen with other Jinchuriki, their tailed beasts provide them with healing\nabilities to survive wounds that would otherwise be fatal\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-21T14:29:08.160", "id": "66116", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-21T14:29:08.160", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "66115", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n**The serialization of the manga adaptation of _Classroom of the Elite: Year\n2_ was just started on December 25, 2021, on [_monthly comic\nalive_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly_Comic_Alive) [issue\n2/2022](https://comic-alive.jp/magazine/alive-8006.html).**\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d0BQv.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3rVJ2.png)\n\nThe magazine has not been licensed (officially translated) anywhere. [Japanese\nBook Walker](https://bookwalker.jp/de5ad15f1c-4f18-4247-82ab-3a590e0001c6)\nsells the digital version. Other than that, it is only available as a print\nversion on [a variety of Japanese online\nbookshops](https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322012000765/).\n\nAs with the common practice of manga serialization, there will be no tankobon\nversion until enough chapters from the magazines are collected.\n\n* * *\n\nReferences:\n\n * [The manga adaptation of _Classroom of the Elite: Year 2_ begins, the main story of _Himawari-san_ enters the final chapter](https://natalie.mu/comic/news/459365) (Japanese)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-25T15:50:05.077", "id": "66132", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-25T15:56:13.593", "last_edit_date": "2021-12-25T15:56:13.593", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "66131", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nVol.2 is [currently available on Thrift\nBooks](https://www.thriftbooks.com/browse/?b.search=boys%20over%20flowers#b.s=mostPopular-\ndesc&b.p=1&b.pp=30&b.oos&b.tile), a website for second-hand books. They\ndeliver to a bunch of countries and it's a good place for searching for out-\nof-print titles.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-27T12:52:00.760", "id": "66140", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-27T14:43:52.120", "last_edit_date": "2021-12-27T14:43:52.120", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "47401", "parent_id": "66136", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAlthough both Pakkun and Akamaru are considered\n[ninken](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Ninken) (dogs with heightened senses\nand abilities, and as such, working alongside shinobis), the only difference\nbetween them is Pakkun is actually a Summon (much like sage toads). Summons\nare basically supernatural animal spirits and they take on anthropomorphic\nqualities like talking, using weapons, wearing clothes etc. Akamaru is\nbasically a highly trained dog that can use ninjutsu.\n\nAtleast, [Akamaru tried talking.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDUwYbVYwQ)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2021-12-31T08:03:43.657", "id": "66154", "last_activity_date": "2021-12-31T08:03:43.657", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66153", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nHe did steal rukia's power however that doesn't mean that he didn't have\npowers of his own at all.\n\nIt was first revealed when Ichigo was training with Urahara, before he first\nwent to the Soul Society. Old Man Zangetsu told him that Byakuya destroyed the\npowers Rukia had given him, but failed to destroy Ichigo's own Shinigami\npowers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-09-22T18:05:11.200", "id": "67274", "last_activity_date": "2022-09-22T18:05:11.200", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70106", "parent_id": "66175", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDepending on your country of origin, the light novel is available online for\npurchase digitally at please like\n[Bookwalker](https://global.bookwalker.jp/series/103676/konosuba-gods-\nblessing-on-this-wonderful-world-light-novel/) and\n[Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3ANatsume+Akatsuki&s=relevancerank&text=Natsume+Akatsuki&ref=dp_byline_sr_pop_book_1)/[comiXology](https://www.comixology.com/Konosuba-\nGods-Blessing-on-This-Wonderful-World/comics-series/80854).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-08T18:33:47.387", "id": "66189", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-08T18:33:47.387", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "66188", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n> Is it an idea from Dragon Ball or was it done before it?\n\nIt was done before it.\n\n> Which anime does the idea of the afterimage comes from?\n\nYou'll need to elaborate on that question. But even if you did it'll be an\nopinionated and subjective question. Here's why:\n\n 1. Goku's (technically not his original) move is **残像拳** (zan zou ken - \"after-image\" is an acceptable translation). Do you accept the similar concept **残影** (zan ei - \"after-shadow\") to be included? And if you do, _Fist of the North Star_ used such move **残影蠍拳** (after-shadow scorpion punch).\n\n 2. You mention \"anime\" but they all originate from comics. Do you want the \"first anime\" or \"first comic\" incorporating that technique?\n\n 3. _Ninja Hattori-kun_ from his self-titled series runs so fast like a Ninja (duh) which leaves a trail of his after-shadow. Do these meet the criteria or not?\n\n 4. Speaking of Ninjas, Goku used Zan Zou Ken against Sergeant Major Ninja Murasaki at the Red Ribbon facility. Murasaki approved Goku's technique to be the true form of the old-school Ninja technique **Bunshin** , i.e. cloning. Readers may disagree because we've seen hard-core cloning such as Tien literally splitting himself into actual copies, which blows Goku's move out of the water, but I would trust the words of a high ranking professional Ninja rather than keyboard warriors, especially when it comes to **Ninjyutsu** (Ninja-techniques). Assuming you accept Goku's Zan Zou Ken to be categorized as Bunshin, now we're entering the rabbit hole since Bunshin is a Ninjyutsu used by all kinds of Ninjas.\n\nDecades and centuries ago, people would enjoy **紙芝居** (kamishibai), where a\nstory-teller would entertain the audience by flipping pages of hand-drawn\nimages. If you accept such media to qualify as an ultra-low FPS animation, it\nwould then be next to impossible to track down the first appearance of such\nNinjyutsu in the history of anime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-13T09:49:45.530", "id": "66207", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-13T10:29:02.297", "last_edit_date": "2022-01-13T10:29:02.297", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "66193", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is merely a suggestion, but it seems by the true answer, as in ep252 in\nKonan's death episode that she went back to the Rain Village. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xWmQV.jpg)\n\nThe reason for that I believe is for the fact that she wanted to continue save\nthe Rain Village and control it as she did with Pain, it was their home after\nall. The flashback after the the previous screenshot scene kinda showing it.\n\nAs for the Tsuki No Me project, a careful examination of Pain an Naruto talk\nmake it clear that the Tsuki No Me project was Pain's secret and true object\nfor the Akatsuki that he hidden from the rest, as Pain telling Naruto they are\ngoing to control the nations through fear of Bijou's weapon. He also says that\nin one of the Akatsuki meetings. Seeing him so sure in that plan making us\nclearly see that Tobi hasn't shared the project with the rest.\n\nConsidering the above assumption, Konan clearly couldn't help Naruto in any of\nTobi's Tsuki No Me project. And rather, thought the fact that not helping the\nAkatsuki anymore would be much help with the plan they assumed to be. And\nfurthermore as I said she wanted to get back to the Rain Village and govern it\nas she always did.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-14T03:01:33.987", "id": "66214", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-14T03:01:33.987", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51620", "parent_id": "66196", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTo answer this question you actually need to watch the later part of the\nsecond season for the show. Be mindful of spoilers\n\nTo begin, at the beginning of the entertainment district arc Tanjiro goes the\nhouse of Shinjuro Rengoku, who is the father of Kyojiro Rengoku, the Flame\nHashira, to show his condolenses.(Please excuse some of the spelling, I'm\nwriting in English) When he arrives outside the house he sees Senjuro outside\nthe property sweeping. They talk for a bit and then his father comes out.\nAfter a bit of exchanging of words, things heat up when Shinjuro Rengoku\nrealizes who Tanjiro is. What the most important thing to point out though is\nwhen Shinjuro Rengoku notices Tanjiro's Hanafuda earings. What these heirlooms\nrepresent is that they are descendants of the Sun-breathing Hashira. Shinjuro\nRengoku goes on to tell Tanjiro (Angrily) that the Sun-breathing is the\noriginal breathing style and that all other breathing styles are shabby\nattempts to copy it or change it.\n\nBasically what Shinjuro Rengoku gets mad at is the loss of his son, but he\ngets mad at Tanjiro because he believes that Kyojuro died because he wasn't\nonly good enough, but he also implies that the breathing technique wasn't good\nenough. He believed that Tanjiro was trying to mock him because Ryojuro didn't\nsurvive. This brings it around to the fact that Sun-breathing is the original\nfirst breathing form that all the other breathing forms branch off from.\n\nIf you read the quotes that you had put, you could have been able to\nunderstand, but it really does help to watch the show or read the manga.\nQuoting one of the comments though:\n\n> \"I think they are the same. It will be revealed/explained better in the\n> upcoming episodes of season 3 which is currently airing\" (Fumikage Tokoyami)\n\nTo bring it all together and answer your question, no they are not the same,\nbut they are very similar. The flame-breathing form is the closest breathing\nform to the Sun-breathing form other than Moon-breath which you find out about\nin the Infinite Palace arc.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-14T00:25:13.753", "id": "66213", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-14T00:30:21.017", "last_edit_date": "2022-01-14T00:30:21.017", "last_editor_user_id": "63085", "owner_user_id": "63085", "parent_id": "66197", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n## Original answer, using _Kakashi: Shadow of the ANBU Black Ops_ version of\nevents\n\nUnless I'm mistaken, whenever the issue of blame comes up in dialogue, it is\nalways stated to be the village elders _and_ the Third Hokage who ordered the\nmission. In other words, the Third Hokage is always grouped in there. I think\nthis actually comes up several times, but I'm working with my memory here (I'd\nlike to get specific references if I can find them, but this is a long\nseries).\n\nThe Uchiha massacre is revisited many times throughout the series, but for\nspecific details, I believe the flashback arc _Kakashi: Shadow of the Anbu\nBlack Ops_ , is the best option. There are several episodes within this arc\npertaining to Itachi and the massacre, and I think this whole arc does a\nreally great job of tying up a lot of otherwise confusing plot points.\n\nSo, let's start with who planned the massacre. Right off the bat, I think it's\npretty obvious Danzo, the Third Hokage, and the two village elders all had a\nhand in preparations. This comes from _Episode 359 – Kakashi: Shadow of the\nANBU Black Ops – The Night of the Tragedy_. While they're arguing, Hiruzen\nsays, \"I won't let the Uchiha stage a coup.\" and the village elders take a\nwait-and-see approach, saying that's why they have Itachi. In another\nconversation, after it becomes apparent that the Uchiha are definitely staging\na coup, Hiruzen tells Danzo, \"Preparations only.\"\n\nOnce Hiruzen has said that, it's very apparent that Itachi's mission was\nplanned well in advance. It's a last-resort tactic (at least in Hiruzen's\nopinion), but very much pre-meditated. Further proof: when Hiruzen arrives at\nthe scene of the massacre, he _immediately_ reprimands Danzo. In other words,\nhe knew exactly what happened.\n\nThis episode makes it clear that Danzo is the one who actually pulled the\ntrigger on this loaded gun, but there's actually subtle nods that Hiruzen\neither authorized or ordered Itachi's mission as well. Notably, Itachi also\nseems more loyal to the Third, not Danzo. See the contrast: after his mission,\nhe threatens Danzo, but with the Third, he kneels before him and asks for his\nhelp protecting Sasuke. Also notably, the Third Hokage doesn't rebuke Itachi\nat all. Instead, he thanks him and says it was regrettable that this was the\nonly solution. In other words, after Danzo ordered the mission, Itachi and the\nThird likely discussed the problem and came to the same conclusion that the\nUchiha needed to be stopped (this is all conjecture, of course, but I believe\nit's supported by the events shown). Though it's unclear who convinced whom, I\nsuspect it was Itachi, who saw there was no other way to stop the Uchiha, who\nconvinced Hiruzen, given how reluctant he always was.\n\nNow, another reason I suspect this is how events played out, is because of\nwhat happens to Danzo. This whole arc has been about Danzo pulling the most\ninfuriating stunts behind the Third Hokage's back and always getting the upper\nhand. But here, it's reversed. Are we expected to believe someone as\nexperienced as the Third Hokage would continue to let this happen? That Danzo\njust went ahead and pulled the trigger on the Uchiha massacre behind his back,\nyet again? No, rather, the Third approved Itachi's mission and then made Danzo\ntake the fall. According to his design, he then proceeded to use that as an\nexcuse to strip Danzo of power. In this way, he finally gets the upper hand on\nDanzo. I may just be giving the writers too much credit here, but I actually\nthink getting soundly beaten here very neatly explains why we don't hear\nanything from Danzo during the original Naruto series (As previously stated, I\nhonestly think this little arc neatly explains and ties together so much of\nthe series).\n\nIf you still don't believe Hiruzen was responsible for the massacre, I have\none last quote, from episode 366: _The All-Knowing_. Sasuke directly asks\nHiruzen about the massacre, and Hiruzen actually seems to confirm he ordered\nit: Hiruzen says, \"I not only had him kill his brethren and bear the false\ncharge of traitor. But also, keep tabs on the Akatsuki by himself.\"\n\nI think the show tries very hard to keep Hiruzen's involvement deniable, so\nyou can form your own conclusion if you want, but to me it seems pretty\napparent given the evidence that he's guilty, and probably one of the most\nguilty.\n\nWe shouldn't discount Itachi's involvement either. Not only is he the one who\nactually carried out the murders, but Itachi is very much looking for the best\nsolution on his own, and the Third Hokage later states that even at the age of\nseven Itachi had the mindset of a Hokage (this was after being resurrected by\nSasuke via Orochimaru's jutsu). He is not an idealist like Shisui, and\nultimately prioritized the village above his clan. I very much believe Itachi\nwas an active participant and conspirator in the Uchiha massacre, and not just\nsome pawn who went along with what Hiruzen and Danzo told him. Itachi\ntactfully played his cards as best as he could, but could not prevent the\nUchiha from revolting. The best he could do was eliminate them as a threat to\nthe village, and threaten Danzo so he could keep Sasuke safe.\n\nLastly, there's Tobi to consider.\n\n> (AKA Obito Uchiha)\n\nHe had basically nothing to do with planning the mission, but was rather\nsimply an ally recruited by Itachi. His only real motivation for helping was\nto gather a lot of Sharingan. He was an opportunist, and Itachi of course\nwanted to use him in return.\n\n## Update via the _Itachi's Story_ light novels\n\nThe version of the Uchiha massacre and preceding events in the Itachi light\nnovels contains many similarities to the version in the _Kakashi: Shadow of\nthe ANBU Black Ops_ episodes, however, there are differences, and some things\nare more clearly explained in the books. This has forced me to reevaluate\nblame in some regards. However, as these seem to be two different versions, I\nwill retain the previous answer above. Note: these books have been adapted\ninto the anime, but I have not seen these episodes yet.\n\n**Tobi** : It isn't really explained why Tobi is popping into the village in\nthe previous version, but this novelization tells us he's been meeting with\nYashiro Uchiha and others, likely in order to agitate the Uchiha and push them\ntoward a coup. When Itachi asks if he's trying to instigate a coup, Tobi\nsidesteps and says he simply, \"Taught them a little something about their\nclan.\" But in spite of his denial, we can be pretty certain Tobi was up to no\ngood, especially since Yashiro represents the most radical bunch of the\nUchihas. Thus, Tobi is far more responsible for the fate of the Uchiha than\ninitially thought. Not only did he help kill them, but he helped bring about\nthe circumstances that made them a threat to the village.\n\n**Danzo** : Speaking of instigating, this novel puts us inside Danzo's head\nmany times, and what's in there isn't good. He often thinks about his \"long-\nheld ambition\", and just in case you haven't figured it out after the first\ntime he mentions it (it's pretty obvious), the book makes it clear that is to\ndestroy all the Uchiha. From page chapter 6, page 150:\n\n> The coup in ten days. The time had come at last. He would finally be able to\n> remove the biggest obstacle threatening the security of the village. Danzo\n> trembled with glee at being able to personally put an end to the history of\n> enmity that went back to the founding of Konoha.\n\nFrom the moment Danzo discovers the gifted Itachi, he thinks of nothing else\nbut maneuvering him into killing his own clan. The perfect scenario. There\nreally isn't any doubt that Danzo was egging the clan on as much as he could\nfrom the shadows, pushing them towards a coup. Overtly, he even slashed their\nbudget. This book makes it clear that Danzo is the one who leaked Naruto's\nconnection to the Nine-Tails to everyone, thus turning dissatisfaction away\nfrom the village and onto him, a perfect little scapegoat. This is the kind of\nstuff he pulls all the time, so of course he's at least partly responsible for\nthe village's animosity towards the Uchiha. It is highly likely that he even\nkilled Shisui to prevent things from being mediated (Danzo's rhetoric is\npretty good in this book though, much improved from the series, and I do\nbelieve it is probable that turning Fugaku over to their side wouldn't have\nprevented the coup, since it was being pushed by more radical members anyway).\nHis perfect little plan requires an Uchiha to kill the rest of his clan. It\ncould lead to animosity and anxiety amongst the other clans if Anbu did the\ndeed, as they would wonder if they're next. But not so if a deranged Uchiha\nslaughters his clan. So in this version of events, Danzo is even more\nresponsible. This whole massacre was premeditated for years, and possibly\ndecades.\n\n**Itachi** : Danzo's premeditation is good news for Itachi's share of the\nblame. In this version, Itachi is maneuvered into a position where he really\nhas no choice but to carry out Danzo's dark wish. However, the reason he's\nable to be maneuvered thusly is because of how mature he is, and how well he\nunderstands the situation. At one point, he tells the Uchiha dissenters that\nif they fight, they will lose. And when he sees their plan to kidnap the\nHokage, he notes how absurd it is. Itachi knows that if the Uchiha perform a\ncoup, they'll get wiped out anyway, and they'll take the village with them,\nbecause the civil war would weaken the village, and that weakness would invite\na new ninja war. Itachi accepts Danzo's mission, because he understands\nsacrificing the Uchiha is the only available way to prevent disaster, and to\nat least save the village.\n\nUnfortunately, what's also clear about Itachi in this version is that he\nreally does harbor a lot of hatred for his own clan. He gets really irritated\nat them not seeing the big picture, and during the confrontation over Shisui's\ndeath, he throws shuriken at the clan crest and is prepared to kill (but not\nin front of Sasuke). Some Uchiha he gives a peaceful death, notably Izumi, but\nhe puts his all into torturing Yashiro, one of the worst instigators.\n\n**Third Hokage** : Hiruzen Sarutobi's main sin in this version is\nincompetence. There's no getting around it: he's portrayed as a complete fool.\nStrangely, Itachi doesn't even seem to like him, and views him as incompetent,\nwhich seems to contradict the other version of events. Itachi wonders how\nseriously he thought about the Uchiha, and why he never met with Fugaku. The\nstory doesn't go into Hiruzen's perspective much, but if he had anything to do\nwith the Uchiha massacre, he sure managed to convince Itachi otherwise by his\nseeming incompetence. He was Hokage when this happened, so as far as I'm\nconcerned, there are only two possibilities: either he's a complete fool, or\nhe's complicit and approved it. The show really tries to save his image as the\ngood guy and sugarcoat it, and it just tries to not answer the question of his\ninvolvement, which is infuriating to me. The Itachi books go the incompetent\nroute. And yet, in spite of the fact that Danzo probably told him nothing,\nHiruzen is still quick to strip him of his position after the massacre, just\nin the other version (while also noting that this might not stop Danzo from\ndoing things in secret).\n\nFrom chapter 6, page 148-149:\n\n> \"But Hiruzen,\" [Danzo] said, quietly. \"The Uchiha clan can no longer be\n> stopped. In which case, in order to avoid chaos, we must strike as soon as\n> possible... That also means the children, who know nothing of this plot.\"\n>\n> \"That is not something to be said in front of Itachi!\" Hiruzen snapped, as\n> Itachi simply watched. [...]\n>\n> On the surface, Hiruzen's words could have been taken as a kindness, but\n> hidden in them was also proof that the Hokage was thinking the same thing as\n> Danzo. Hiding ugly things from people's eyes like this was the true nature\n> of this village.\n>\n> [...]\n>\n> _Exactly how seriously has he thought about the Uchiha?_\n>\n> Itachi had his doubts about Hiruzen. Despite his concerns of civil war, he\n> hadn't once come to speak directly with Fugaku and the others. And it was\n> Hiruzen who had removed Shisui from his regular duties, and allowed him to\n> maneuver in secret. On the surface, he spoke as if from the heart, but in\n> making Itachi independent as a team leader, so he could continuously monitor\n> the clan, Hiruzen was doing the same thing as Danzo.\n\nItachi compares Hiruzen to Danzo twice here. Read into that whatever you want.\nWhat's clear is that Itachi does not have a favorable opinion of Hiruzen.\n\n**The other two councilors** : They don't really make their own decisions.\nBasically, they just do what Danzo tells them. They approved of slashing the\nUchiha's budget. At least in this version, I kind of doubt Danzo would consult\nwith them about his plan of massacring the Uchiha. If he did, they'd probably\napprove since it would stop the coup.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-13T22:00:33.193", "id": "66212", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-29T17:11:43.320", "last_edit_date": "2022-03-29T17:11:43.320", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66211", "post_type": "answer", "score": 10 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHin (or Heen as written by the US localization) is Madame Sulliman's dog.\n\nWe know this because Sulliman tells Sophie this directly.\n\n> Sophie: That's not your dog, is it?\n>\n> Sulliman: His name is Heen. He's my errand dog,\n\nIt would appear then Hin is initially working for Sulliman.\n\nWhen Sophie and Howl make their getaway, Hin joins Sophie to live in the\ncastle as a normal everyday dog with everyday day struggles. At the end, we\nsee Sulliman communicating with Hin through her crystal ball who questions his\nprolonged absence: \"why didn't you report in earlier?\". She also calls Hin a\n\"traitor\".\n\nWe can surmise that Sulliman sent Hin to be a spy but that Hin abandoned his\npost after being swayed by Sophie's conviction.\n\nSpy and prisoner both imply obedience but I wouldn't characterize his betrayal\nas disloyalty. Rather, I would say that Hin is a free agent and exhibits\ncompassion. Coupled with his humility, Hin is quite an admirable dog.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-18T22:49:20.307", "id": "66239", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-18T22:49:20.307", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "30386", "parent_id": "66215", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nEmpress, Anubis, Echoes Act 3, Cheap Trick, Stray Cat, Spice Girl\n(temporarily), Foo Fighters, the green baby 'stand' and Yo Yo Ma, are sentient\nas they act not by the command of the user, or are the user themselves. You\ncould argue SCR and Notorious B.I.G are sentient, but speechless. You could\nargue that High Priestess, Red Hot Chili Pepper, Osiris, Atum, Boy II Man, Bad\nCompany, Harvest, The Lock, Marilyn Manson, and Ebony Devil are semi-sentient,\nas they aren't being strictly controlled by their user, and seem to have some\nsort of judgement of their own. Thoth, Burning Down the House, Highway to\nHell, Dragon's Dream, Rolling Stones and Superbug could also be considered\nsentient in the sense that the user does not control them.\n\nI might have missed some stands still.\n\nDisclaimer: I have not read part 7 and 8.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-21T13:46:52.753", "id": "66249", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-21T13:46:52.753", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56091", "parent_id": "66222", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou are asking two questions.\n\nWhy doesn't:\n\n 1. Usagi/Luna even try to disguise?\n 2. the demon identify Usagi?\n\nShort answer is, **because it's anime.** To elaborate, Sailor Moon isn't the\ntype of anime with attention to detail. We have a word to express such story\nsettings filled with contradictions and loopholes in Japanese: **ガバガバ設定**.\n\n> This makes no sense.\n\nNeither does the existence of a talking cat. Nevertheless, let me play along\nwith a couple of possible justifications:\n\n> Why doesn't Usagi even attempt to hide/mask Luna when trying to trick the\n> demon in Episode 43?\n\nMaybe that was her best effort. She hasn't gone thru proper training. Even in\nthe real world we get to see acts of poorly attempted disguise. In hindsight\nthe poor quality of execution may look silly, but it's hard to judge one's\naction without going thru what they have. If so, I think Luna should've\nprovided better guidance.\n\nOr perhaps a thorough risk assessment has concluded that the benefits of\nminimum disguise and keeping Luna in such situation outweigh the risk of being\nID-ed. Balance between equipment and agility is a crucial factor in any\noperation.\n\n> How can the demon possibly not understand that the girl with the long\n> pigtails who looks just like Sailor Moon and literally has Sailor Moon's\n> magical moon cat on her shoulder right in front of her eyes and who is\n> bringing \"a letter from Sailor Moon\" to her is in fact Sailor Moon?\n\nAgain, you may think \"how are you **that** stupid?\". But that's because you\nare different from that person. Or a person in a state of demon, for this\ncase. You don't know what the demon sees thru its eyes, and how its brains (if\nany) process the information. Who are we to complain about the intelligence or\nattention to detail of a demon?\n\nThen again, there was a case in Japan where a [wanted member of a cult turned\nhimself\nin](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E7%94%B0%E4%BF%A1#%E6%9D%A5%E6%AD%B4).\nWhen approached by this man, the police officers thought it was a prank and\ndidn't take him seriously. The criminal had to convince that it was indeed\nhim. These stuff happen, and there's a \"term\" for that too: [\"You had one\njob!\"](http://hadonejob.com/).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-16T05:32:14.547", "id": "66225", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-16T06:03:55.410", "last_edit_date": "2022-01-16T06:03:55.410", "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "66224", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYes, your point is correct, the opening thread defines where is the best place\nto slash the sword that will behead them in a single swing.\n\nThe **opening thread** scene only happens during Tanjiro's fight as it\nrepresents the keen sense of smell he possesses\n\nThis constantly reminds us how Tanjiro is different from others as others\nlearn to do that through experience and training but he can do it just by\nsensing it\n\nThe same was seen in an earlier plot where he was returning from the village\nwhen his family was killed, he senses their smell from yards away while others\ncould have only been able to realise in a close encounter\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-18T16:23:30.983", "id": "66238", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-18T16:23:30.983", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65105", "parent_id": "66231", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMaybe this is more of a comment, or maybe an answer, but a disappointing one,\nbut I don't believe the story every explains this.\n\nI imagine other demon slayers have something similar, or at least some\nintuition about where to slice the neck, but the story never mentions that\nanyone besides Tanjiro has this specific Opening Thread \"ability.\"\n\nThe [Wiki](https://kimetsu-no-\nyaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Special:Search?scope=internal&query=opening+thread&ns%5B0%5D=0)\neven doesn't have any specific articles about \"opening thread.\"\n\nI guess the audience is supposed to fill in the blanks themselves.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-02T17:54:02.257", "id": "66473", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-02T17:54:02.257", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62103", "parent_id": "66241", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nThe story might not explicitly mention anyone besides Tanjiro having the\nOpening Thread ability (I'm only halfway through the manga so I'm taking\n@pushkin's word for it in their answer) but I believe it's contextually\nimplied that Urokodaki has this ability.\n\nAs you quoted, Tanjiro's Opening Thread ability is enabled by his strong sense\nof smell. In volume 1, Giyu sends his messenger bird to Urokodaki asking him\nto train Tanjiro and says:\n\n> \"like you, the boy has a strong sense of smell. I believe that perhaps he\n> could be worthy of carrying on your traditions.\"\n\nThen, when Tanjiro first explains his Opening Thread ability which occurs\nduring his training he says he learned it thanks to his training with Makomo,\none of Urokodaki's deceased students who helps train him to cut the boulder as\nhis last test before Final Selection.\n\n> Thanks to my training with Makomo I've learned to smell out an \"opening\n> thread.\" That's how I won. When I'm fighting someone and I find that scent,\n> I see the thread.\n\nThus, while not explicitly stated that Urokodaki has this ability we do know\nthat Tanjiro is Urokodaki's protege, he developed this technique through\nUrokodaki's (and Makomo's) teachings, and both Urokodaki's and Tanjiro's\nskills as demon slayers are enabled through the special sense of smell they\nboth share.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-20T14:51:18.980", "id": "67356", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-21T14:05:01.447", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-21T14:05:01.447", "last_editor_user_id": "70351", "owner_user_id": "70351", "parent_id": "66241", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> It appears as if only \"season 1\" is actually called \"Sailor Moon\". The rest\n> are called different things: \n> Sailor Moon (1992–93). \n> Sailor Moon R (1993–94). \n> Sailor Moon S (1994–95). \n> Sailor Moon SuperS (1995–96). \n> Sailor Moon Sailor Stars (1996–97).\n\nYou are correct. Only Season 1 is actually called _Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun_\n( _Beautiful Solider Sailormoon_ = 『美少女戦士セーラームーン』) and is often referred to as\n_Sailormoon_ (Seeraamuun =『セーラームーン』) (written run together on official\nmerchandise) or, lesson commonly, referred to as _SeraMun_ (『セラムン』) for short. \n(In other countries, the title is generally called _Sailor Moon_ , splitting\nthe name into 2 English words. Because this StackExchange is mostly read by\npeople outside of Japan, I will use \" _Sailor Moon_ \" to refer to the original\nshow in this post.)\n\nThe second season uses that same _Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun_ to indicate\nthat it is a continuation of the same show, but adds the letter _R_ ,\npronounced as \" _Aaru_ \" ( _R_ = 「アール」). The company had various words\nstarting with R in mind, but the meaning of the R is left ambiguous and up to\nthe viewers' imaginations. The addition of something tacked on after the prior\nseason's title signals that this is a different season and story arc but a\ncontinuation of the same show.\n\nThe third season uses that same _Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun_ and adds what\nlooks like the letter S but is not pronounced as \"S\"; it is instead pronounced\nas \" _Suupaa_ \" ( _Super_ = 「スーパー」).\n\nThe fourth season uses that same _Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun_ but instead of\nan S pronounced as \" _Suupaa_ ,\" it changes to \" _Suupaazu_ \" ( _SuperS_ =\n「スーパーズ」), which is not pronounced as \"Super S\" but, rather, is pronounced as\n\"Supers\" as if the word \"super\" could become a plural.\n\nThe fourth season uses that same _Bishoujo Senshi Seeraa Muun_ and adds \"\n_Seeraasutaazu_ \" ( _Sailorstars_ = 「セーラースターズ」), where, in official\nmerchandise, Sailorstars is a single run-together word (whereas overseas, it\nis usually broken apart into 2 English words: \" _Sailor Stars_ \").\n\nThree of the seasons each featured a theatrical film, one season also included\nan anime adaption of _Ami-chan no Hatsukoi_ (A _mi-chan's First Love_ =\n『亜美ちゃんの初恋』) side-story manga as an anime short, and there were also specials.\nEach film and special used the title of the current season at the time that\nthey were released.\n\nThe seasons are liberally-adapted from the story arcs used in the manga: \nSeason 1 corresponds to the _Dark Kingdom_ arc, \n_R_ (Season 2) corresponds to the _Black Moon_ arc (with the original addition\nof the _Makaiju_ [ _Tree of the Demon World_ = 魔界樹]) arc, \n_S_ (Season 3) corresponds to the _Mugen_ ( _Infinity_ = 「無限」) arc, \n_SuperS_ (Season 4) corresponds to the _Yume_ ( _Dream_ = 「夢」) arc, \n_Sailorstars_ (Season 5) corresponds to the _Stars_ arc (with the addition of\na brief 6-episode arc featuring the return of the villain from Season 4 before\nit starts the _Stars_ arc proper). \nInterestingly, only the title of the 5th manga arc was included in the title\nof the 5th anime season.\n\n> Is this common in Japan? . . . Up until today, I thought that these were\n> some sort of separate \"alternative shows\".\n\nYes, this is very common in Japan: the same basic title alerts the potential\nviewer that this is the show you already know of (so people who enjoyed the\nprior season but aren't hardcore enough to be following when the next one will\nbegin airing can notice the title they're familiar with when they look at TV\nlistings), but tacking on the addition of something (whether a letter, word,\nmultiple words, and/or typographical symbol) communicates that this is a new\nstory arc (so if you didn't watch the previous arc[s], it's not a bad place to\njump in for the first time, or to jump back in). So if you never watched the\nfirst season, you could realize from this title style that you can start\nwatching from the start of the new arc without feeling completely lost as to\nwhat is going on in the plot, but you would be aware that the characters'\nrelationships are already established and ongoing from a prior arc. \nThis was originally the case with the franchise _Purekyua_ ( _Precure_ =\n『プレキュア』) (which is called \"Pretty Cure\" outside of Japan). It started like\n_Sailor Moon_ did, with _Futari ha Purekyua_ ( _The Two of Us are Precures_\n『ふたりはプリキュア』), got a second season called _Futari ha Purekyua Max Heart_\n(『ふたりはプリキュア Max Heart』, and a third season called _Futari ha Purekyua Splash\nStar_ (『ふたりはプリキュア Splash Star』): in each case, the base title was the same but\nsomething was tacked on to the end to indicate a new story arc featuring the\nsame ongoing characters.\n\nWhat is less common in Japan but has risen in number after the era of _Sailor\nMoon_ is a (perhaps confusingly) similar format for alternate shows derived\nfrom a common premise. After its initial three seasons of _Futari ha Purekyua_\n, the _Precure_ franchise shifted to a system different from that of _Sailor\nMoon_. This franchise morphed into many series which each have their own\nprotagonists, villains, worlds, and plots; the only thing that ties all of\nthem together is that the protagonists are always a type of _mahou shoujo_\n(magical girl) called precures (regardless of how different from each other\ntheir visuals and abilities and backstory were in each series), and the\nanimation company began making crossover theatrical films/specials where\ncharacters from different worlds meet each other and, in recent years, they\neven make a few crossover TV show episodes - but every series is separate and\nself-contained, and does not require having watched any of the other series. \nThe titles of each of these series always include the word \"precure,\" but\nother than that, the titles differ (for example, _Furesshu Purikyua!_ ( _Fresh\nPrecure!_ =『フレッシュプリキュア!』), _Sumairu Purikyua!_ ( _Smile Precure!_ =\n『スマイルプリキュア!』), _Dokidoki! Purecure_ ( _Heart-pounding! Precure_ =\n『ドキドキ!プリキュア』), _HUGtto! Precure_ ( _HUG-squeeze! Precure_ 『HUGっと!プリキュア』), and\n_Sutaa☆Toinkuru Purekyua_ ( _Star☆Twinkle Precure_ =『スター☆トゥインクルプリキュア』). \nIn a rare case, the creators decided to add a subsequent season to a highly-\npopular particular set of characters, in which case they used the title style\nof _Sailor Moon_ and _Futari ha Purekyua_ , by tacking something onto the end\nof the previous season's title: _Yes! Precure5_ ( _Iesu! Purekyua5_\n=『Yes！プリキュア5 』) got a second season called _Yes! Precure5GoGo!_ ( _Yes!\nPurekyua5GoGo!_ =『Yes！プリキュア5GoGo！』).\n\n> Do they not like to call things \"seasons\" (USA) or \"series\" (UK)?\n\nThis is a confusing point: the Japanese use both words somewhat\ninterchangeably (Season 1 can be referred to as _dai1shiizuun_ (1st season\n=「第１シーズン」) or as _dai1shiriizu_ = (first series = 「第１シリーズ」), but they also use\nthe word _shiriizu_ (series =「シリーズ」) to refer to an entire franchise like\n_Precure_ even though it is comprised of disparate shows.\n\n> There was also: \n> \n> Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003). \n> Sailor Moon Crystal (2014). \n> \n> But those seem like much later and quite different.\n\n\"Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon\" is what fans outside of Japan took to calling\nthe live-action TV series in order to easily differentiate it amongst\nthemselves from the prior anime, but its Japanese title was exactly the same\nas that of the 5-season-long anime: _Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun_ ( _Beautiful\nSolider Sailormoon_ = 『美少女戦士セーラームーン』), so Japanese fans in Japan do not\nconsider the live-action series to have a different title from the manga or\nfrom the prior anime in any sense. \nRather than think of this live-action series as a reboot of the anime, it is\nmore accurate to think of it as a different adaption from the original manga.\nIt does not expect any former knowledge of the characters or plots from either\nthe manga or the prior anime, and starts from the beginning of the first manga\narc. Like the previous anime series had done, it took some liberties by\nfeaturing original content not found in either of the prior versions, such as\nits Dark Mercury, Sailor Luna, and puppeteered Princess Sailor Moon personas. \n \nThe _Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun Crystal_ ( _Beautiful Solider Sailormoon\nCrystal_ = 『美少女戦士セーラームーン Crystal』) web anime series and its _Gekijouban\nBishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun Eternal_ ( _Theatrical Edition: Beautiful Solider\nSailormoon Eternal_ = 『劇場版 美少女戦士セーラームーン Eternal』) theatrical movies are a much\nlater adaption from the original manga. It is the first _Sailor Moon_ series\nthat had an international fandom in mind in addition to the Japanese fandom,\nso it was released as _Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal_ as its\nsimultaneous official English title (despite the fact that _senshi_ \\- which\nmeans 'soldier,' 'combatant,' or 'warrior' and is made up of the Chinese\ncharacters for 'war' + 'samurai' or 'warrior' - does not accurately translate\nto the less-violent/aggressive image of the English word 'guardian'; it uses\nthis to match the official English retroactively-applied to the manga that the\n_mangaka_ [manga artist], Takeuchi Naoko, preferred). \nAt first, _Crystal_ aimed to mimic the manga as closely as possible, avoiding\nany deviations from the manga that had appeared in the prior beloved anime.\nHowever, after _Crystal_ severely bombed with Japanese audiences (likely due\nto its poor characterization, plot, and animation quality in comparison to the\ncharacter development/plot/art quality of the prior long-running series), the\ndirector and character designer were both scrapped and elements from the prior\nanime were then abruptly re-incorporated, but this did not salvage _Crystal_\namongst Japanese viewers, most of whom had written it off after the first\nepisode. It did so poorly that instead of being able to finance an entire\nSeason 4 as previously intended, the _Dream_ arc was compressed down into a\n2-part theatrical movie. The _Eternal_ films also bombed at the Japanese box\noffice, not even making it into the Top 10 Anime Films in movie theaters\nduring the Part 1 release in January 2021 (notice that is not a list of the\nTop 10 films released in January 2021, or even the Top 10 anime films released\nin January, but was the box office ranking for all anime films in theaters at\nthat time, which included some that had even already been in theaters for\nweeks or even months before _Eternal_ Part 1 came out, and it couldn't even\nattract attention/interest away from those). (At the time of writing this\npost, whether or not an attempt to adapt the _Stars_ arc into any sort of\n_Crystal_ format after such financial failures is unknown. If it does happen,\nit would likely be due to hopes for overseas interest, rather than for\ndomestic Japanese interest in such a project.)\n\n> Note: I haven't yet quite finished the first season, so I don't know how the\n> rest is, but I have a strong feeling that it will lose its charm once Usagi\n> and the other girls know that she is a Moon princess and all that stuff. I\n> like the first few episodes the best, which I watched when I was still a\n> kid, because everything about the demons and even Luna is not yet explained\n> and Usagi was just a confused and clumsy school girl who regularly\n> transforms into Sailor Moon.\n\nIf you do not feel that you want to watch through an entire 200 episodes, I\nwould strongly suggest skipping ahead to episode 173 after you finish the\nfirst arc to resume from the 7th episode of the _Sailorstars_ season, which is\nwhen the _Stars_ arc begins. \nAs a child, I enjoyed _Sailorstars_ most of all the seasons because it was fun\nand charming but, as an adult (although I have enjoyed noticing commentary\nabout Japanese society in the first season that had gone over my head as a\nchild), I most enjoy re-watching _Sailorstars_ because it has very deep,\npoignant, and enduringly useful themes, such as intercultural understanding,\ngender, punishment vs. forgiveness, etc. It is also impressive when you\ncontrast the maturity of characters in the 5th season with how they were in\nthe 1st season. \nFurthermore, some characters appear for the first time in the 5th season: one\nof them, Seiya Kou (a.k.a. Sailor Star Fighter), even placed in the Top 10\nSailor Moon characters of all time in NHK's _Zen Bishoujo Senshi Seeraamuun\nAnime Dai Touhyou_ ( _All \"Beautiful Solider Sailormoon\" Anime Grand Election_\n= 『全美少女戦士セーラームーンアニメ大投票』) in 2021. Despite many viewers never having watched\nthat far into the series, the love for this character is so strong among the\nfans who have watched through to the end that, 25 years later, he is fondly\nremembered enough to beat out many characters who are much more generally\nwell-known.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-22T02:06:38.993", "id": "66254", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-22T02:26:04.977", "last_edit_date": "2022-01-22T02:26:04.977", "last_editor_user_id": "8134", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "66243", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nYou are correct in that Komi grows cat ears to show when she is happy, but she\nalso grows them when interested or paying attention to something.\n\nThe reason why is due to Komi's facial muscles freezing up from social\nanxiety. If she can't express her emotions by smiling or using body language,\nthe audience would not be able to see Komi's reactions. They probably chose\ncat ears instead of another animal because Komi is fond of cats.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-24T11:57:23.307", "id": "66826", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-24T11:57:23.307", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66443", "parent_id": "66264", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nGenjutsu require precise chakra control in order to manipulate the target's\nsenses and advanced intelligence to make the illusion convincing,\nprerequisites that even someone as skilled as Jiraiya lacks. The ability to\nuse Genjutsu is greatly enhanced if someone possesses the [Dojutsu\neyes](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/D%C5%8Djutsu). However, there are\nshinobis who are specialist in this field like [Kurenai\nYūhi](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Kurenai_Y%C5%ABhi) being regarded as one\nof Konoha's great user of Genjutsu without possessing Dojutsu eyes.\n\nExperting Genjutsu is no joke and it takes years of practice to hone the skill\nand worst thing is that your teammate might be affected if it goes haywire. It\nwas evident with the case of [Yakumo\nKurama](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Yakumo_Kurama) who was trained under\nKurenai but because she couldn't control the jutsu, she was ceased to be a\nshinobi:\n\n> because of Kurenai's natural talent for genjutsu, the Third Hokage tasked\n> Kurenai with helping to train Yakumo Kurama, another talented genjutsu user\n> who longed to be a ninja. However, because Yakumo couldn't control her\n> illusions and thus endangered those around her, Kurenai had to seal away her\n> ninja abilities, preventing her from ever becoming a shinobi.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-30T06:33:53.657", "id": "66289", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-30T06:33:53.657", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66288", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou can call it a new breathing although it has not been named yet. New\nbreathing were always created by mixing known breathing to suit the slayer's\nbody and skills. It is written in the [wiki itself](https://kimetsu-no-\nyaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Breathing_Styles):\n\n> **New Breathing Styles are always being created to suit a Demon Slayer's\n> combat needs, which results in new weapons being utilized in demon hunting\n> (i.e. flails and whips).** Such Breathing Styles embody a bigger variety of\n> concepts, like animals, plants and emotions (i.e. serpents, flowers and\n> love). When utilizing a Breathing Style, users automatically visualize\n> themselves manipulating the subject behind their style, making it seem as if\n> they were using magic, though those that are less apt and proficient in\n> their style will visualize less than one who is.\n>\n> **As the different Breathing Styles were created by swordmen by combining\n> what little they could of Sun Breathing with their own sword skills to\n> display their maximum power, it is possible to mix different Breathing\n> Styles if the user cannot master one particular Breath alone in order to use\n> the stronger aspects of different Styles to compensate.** Tanjiro, realising\n> that he could not master Water Breathing like Giyu Tomioka nor could he\n> handle the strain of Hinokami Kagura, showed to be able to combine the two\n> techniques together in order to have stronger strikes than when he used\n> Water Breathing alone and move for longer periods of time than if he used\n> Hinokami Kagura alone. He did this to save Hinatsuru from Gyutaro.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-01-31T04:32:22.310", "id": "66291", "last_activity_date": "2022-01-31T04:32:22.310", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66290", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt seemed like he was switching between breathing styles because so far they\nhaven't really introduced any combination breathing but you can use 2 at one\ntime if you have the skill and stamina\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-05T01:01:02.863", "id": "66323", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-05T01:01:02.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65339", "parent_id": "66290", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe rules of the game were as follows (taken from the [wiki](https://no-game-\nno-life.fandom.com/wiki/Materialization_Shiritori), emphasis mine):\n\n> Similar to the normal Shiritori rules, each player takes turns to give a\n> noun which does not end with N. **The last character of the previous word\n> said must be the first character of the next word to be said**. Things that\n> are present will disappear, and things that are not present will\n> materialize. **Players cannot cause the direct death of each other by\n> stating the vital components of the body.** The noun stated must be a non-\n> imaginary word. Sora noted that words which are non-imaginary but the\n> opponent does not know of can also be used.\n\nYou could maybe argue that causing direct death in one go is still permitted,\nbut that would require a word being played that ended with a certain\ncharacter. A list of all words used (both English and Japanese) is mentioned\nin the above wiki.\n\nThe word used for all the races in the wiki is [Ixseed](https://no-game-no-\nlife.fandom.com/wiki/Ixseed), but some pages still use 'Exceed' and I am not\nsure which one the official translation uses. In any case the Japanese word\nstarts with an I sound rather than E, so it was not playable during the game.\nFlügel was also not possible.\n\nOne seemingly missed opportunity was saying \"Jibril\" after _Tsumuji_ was\nplayed (The english word used here was 'Squall'). I presume this didn't work\nbecause the Japanese characters might be different (I couldn't confirm) or\nbecause the rules are ambiguous regarding proper nouns.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-01T18:09:37.770", "id": "66305", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-01T19:19:53.190", "last_edit_date": "2022-02-01T19:19:53.190", "last_editor_user_id": "27657", "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "66302", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe reason for this is actually because of a change in the policies regarding\ngraduation at the academy. Kakashi and Itachi were able to graduate early\nbecause of the ninja war, which necessitated a great need for ninjas such that\nany useful young ninja needed to be put to use right away.\n\nBut the war was over by the time Itachi became a ninja, so how can this be?\nActually, there is a reason. There was a time lag before the policy was\nchanged, and that's how Itachi was able to graduate early.\n\nMy source is the _Itachi's Story_ light novels. From the second book, page 43,\nchapter 4:\n\n> \"There's clearly a reason why they called you a prodigy when you came to the\n> academy,\" Kakashi said.\n>\n> \"I'm not sure if the youngest graduate ever can really say anything here.\"\n>\n> \"When I graduated, it was in the middle of the Great War, and they needed\n> ninjas. The situation's different now.\"\n>\n> Now that Kakashi mentioned it, the current system at the academy was\n> different from how it had been when Itachi graduated. The Great War and its\n> aftereffects still lingered when he graduated. Because of that, once his\n> actual abilities were recognized, he was skipped ahead, leading to his early\n> graduation. But now that it was a time of peace, the Hokage was determined\n> that ninjas must be carefully cultivated over a number of years, and it was\n> no longer possible to graduate in a short time, as it had been in the past.\n> Thus, no matter how talented Sasuke was, he couldn't become a ninja until he\n> was eleven years old.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-03T17:16:13.723", "id": "66315", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-03T17:16:13.723", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66314", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nWell what I realized is that DBZ was inconsistent before the internet started\npointing things out. Also I don't think that a persons speed is equal to their\npower so Freeza could have very well been faster so Goku, although can see\nhim, his reflexes couldn't respond in time kinda like Rock vs Sasuke when they\nfirst meet and Sasuke just couldn't physically keep up even if he could see\nthrough his hand to hand combat but still got whooped on pretty bad.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-05T00:04:42.027", "id": "66320", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-05T00:04:42.027", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65339", "parent_id": "66317", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThough @londn Link had pretty well answer, as manga reader and anime watcher I\nfeel the need to expand little more on this matter:\n\n 1. The Power Rate (PR for short), though to be accurate, is later in Cell arc being showed that have only **one aspect** on the battle - Power alone. Its pretty much saying that if person A who have 10,000 PR firing kamehameha against person B who have 9,000 PR, he will win. On the situation when both person A and B have the same PR, the kamehmeha will just blow away and no one will be harmed. But in the stats of other factors, such as speed and tactic, are irrelevant for the PR. So basically saying that Frieza have much more speed in his hand than Goku, or have better tactic, makes the trick even if their PR are the same.\n\n 2. It's pretty well connected to first point, but all the same have it's own rule. Goku was as you said in kaioken state, in other words the more it's activate, the more it's burdening the body. Unlike in SS mode where power doesn't have whatsoever effect on the body. So assuming the burden on Goku body could make him not fighting well, it's not matter how PR he have.\n\n 3. The above point 2 and this one are actually the same. But generally speaking, since Goku was in 100% state while Freeza hasn't, just saying that Goku did used lots more of energy than Freeza. As said in point 1, PR isn't everything. And if Goku had been fighting with 100% when Frieza hasn't, it's just saying that Feeeza hasn't used so much energy as Goku. Only when Freeza getting to 100% state he really begins to use his real power.\n\nTo summarise things up - Power Rate isn't everything. In Cell arc it's pretty\nwell presented that even bigger PR cannot beat someone with less, due his\nspeed being left for much more power. The same logic goes for here.\n\nSo though those 3 points are generally one, I think separating this idea this\nway is more expendable. If someone could edit this to be better phrased, it\nmight be preferable.\n\nI think this is pretty much summarise the answer that @London Link also wanted\nto say, but in more expended note.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-07-06T01:59:54.350", "id": "66993", "last_activity_date": "2022-07-06T01:59:54.350", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51620", "parent_id": "66317", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not very confident in this answer, but I've wasted too much time on failed\nreverse image searches to not at least share what I've found.\n\nSo, I think it's pretty clear that first person is Alan Turing, and this seems\nto be the referenced picture:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KEhrzm.jpg)\n\nFound on\n[Wikipedia](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alan_Turing_Aged_16.jpg).\n\nFor Richard Feynman, the second man, I've found this picture on\n[Britannica](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Feynman):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YqlZXm.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2isEdm.jpg)\n\nThe nose, eyebrows, and lines around the mouth match pretty well.\n\nFor John von Neumann, one of these pictures:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/fB92h.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Ebxmt.jpg)\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q44Udm.jpg)\n\nFound on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann) and\n[ft.com](https://www.ft.com/content/8dc791a2-bde4-4f1f-a928-bde11d67aee5)\n\nThe similarities in the eyes and ears make me think these are the same guy,\neven if the hair is quite different. I'm not sure how anime typically put\nthese kinds of things in, but since even the Turing picture has differences,\nI'm guessing these are drawings based on the portraits.\n\nI also looked through a lot of pictures of Charles Babbage, Claude Shannon,\nand John McCarthy, but gave up on finding any matches there.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-09T21:14:35.593", "id": "66347", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-09T21:46:32.780", "last_edit_date": "2022-02-09T21:46:32.780", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66318", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt is source of Titan Powers. It is shown to have existed for a long time,\nunchanged by evolution. It probably attached to her spine, and that is why\nhumans turn into titans via spinal fluids. It attaching with Ymir made her the\nfirst Founding Titan. It probably does not have any free will of its own,\nexcept the will to survive. It makes the successors of the titans strongly\ninherit the will of the precursor. (The attack titan is the only exception.)\nFinally, the one who can harness the power of this creature is Ymir, through\nthe coordinates on the order or 'request' of someone.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-07T10:46:23.593", "id": "66334", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-08T03:24:23.153", "last_edit_date": "2022-02-08T03:24:23.153", "last_editor_user_id": "50617", "owner_user_id": "65371", "parent_id": "66331", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not sure there is an indisputable answer to this question that doesn't\nrely on reader interpretation. That having been said, the fact that she\nshouldn't have died from such a simple wound leads us to a pretty conclusive\nanswer: she consciously chose to halt her regeneration and die.\n\nThere are points in the story where we see lesser titan shifters lose all of\ntheir limbs, endure metal objects being forcibly embedded in their chests,\nexplode, and generally suffer injuries that would be otherwise fatal to any\nnon-shifter, and then fully recover given enough time. It is implied in the\nstory that only severe damage to the nervous system, such as decapitation,\ncould actually kill a shifter, but we never actually see that happen even\nthough we see some pretty severe looking injuries. Given that Ymir is the f\nFounding Titan, and thus the most powerful shifter of all time, she should\neasily have been able to survive being simply stabbed, even through the heart.\nFritz dialogue at the time, \"I know that no mere spear can kill you\", further\nsupports this conclusion.\n\nWe've seen other shifters consciously prevent recovering from wounds, such as\nwhen Reiner is bitten in the arm by a titan and suffers a fracture and broken\nskin; when he decides to reveal himself as the Armored Titan and prepares to\nkidnap Eren, his wounds immediately heal as he displays his arm for Eren to\nsee. As such, the most obvious supported explanation is that if a shifter\nsuffers fatal injuries, and chooses not to recover, they can die like a\nregular person might. As to why Ymir chose to do so at that moment, that is a\nmore nebulous question that I'm not sure has an objective answer (although\nthere is plenty of support provided by the story for the reader to draw their\nown conclusions).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-07T20:41:22.467", "id": "66339", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-07T20:41:22.467", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65378", "parent_id": "66332", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm pretty sure the spear went straight from the heart, thru the nape. That\ncan be the single reason, as the titan regeneration powers take quite a long\ntime to heal you, as seen with eren's eye, arm and leg, she couldn't have\nlasted so long without a heart, nape, and a spear in her body.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-19T16:16:39.603", "id": "66390", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-19T16:16:39.603", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65549", "parent_id": "66332", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSincerely, from my heart, i was about to write a 7 page paragraph debunking\neverything, but then i realised that i read some of the things wrong and i ,\ntoo, have no idea how he used some of his powers that do not require royal\nblood and didn't use them to influence, idk, Ymir from letting out the pigs.\nAnd i have ,too, no idea how he influenced Dina to eat Carla...\n\nBut, the answer to your question, he doesn't have royal blood, he can't use\nany of the Founder's powers. I know that when he looked in the past with Zeke,\nhe saw Grisha looking in the future thru Eren's eyes and thus he took\nadvantage of the situation and influenced Grisha to steal the Founder. But the\nrest.. The rest makes no absolute sense\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-19T16:13:18.397", "id": "66388", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-19T16:13:18.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65549", "parent_id": "66338", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSubject of Ymir doesn't mean descendants of Ymir, it means all Eldians born\nafter Ymir's titan demise, and the ones that lived in that time.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-19T15:35:41.950", "id": "66387", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-19T15:35:41.950", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65549", "parent_id": "66341", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI suppose Ymir is dead with respect to real life . The figure of hers in the\ncoordinate is perhaps a physical manifestation of her soul , more importantly\nher will to live a life where she is loved by others, the lack of which made\nher to give up her life in first place . Also a part of her is chained to the\npaths owing to her unwavering servitude to King Fritz and perhaps , concern ,\nfor her daughters and the future lives sprouting from them . And for Eldians ,\nI believe their souls are transported to the coordinates after their death\nwhere Ymir transfers them in a newborn Eldian . Just like titan powers .\n\nUnfortunately , I could not find any cannonical explanations to this question\n. So we have no choice but to assume things . As we know , the Founding Titan\nhad plethora of abilities , like controlling Eldian biology and memories. So I\nguess it will be safe to assume that Ymir can also command Eldian souls .\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-10T06:08:05.497", "id": "66353", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-10T06:08:05.497", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59734", "parent_id": "66343", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nWell, for starters, Ymir is def dead. There's no point proving that she's\nalive.\n\nNow, The Coordinate/The Paths. Now, before we start explaining, there's some\nthings we have to set clear. First, the \"parasite that gave Ymir her powers is\ndef some kind of god , it does act like a parasite, lacking onto someone and\nnever letting go,\"protecting\" them (in some cases, if you get what i mean),\nand reproduces by their host being eaten, climbing into another host. But it\ndoesn't make sense how it creates demonic-like beings and making daydreams\ncome alive, so my only guess is that it's a parasite.\n\nAlr, now, the Coordinate. The thing that would make most sense is that the\nCoordinate is a place where users of the titans go after they die/ get eaten,\nas you can see in the new episode that new branches grew from the Coordinate\nwhen Ymir's body was eaten, and excactly 3. Maybe when a titan user dies ,\nthey rest forever in their branch, with ymir being the tree, something like in\nDeath Note, where the Death Note users later become Shinigamis. If you use\nthis theory, then the answer is that Ymir is dead, and her status in the\nCoordinate heaven is to create titans and do... idk, dead people stuff?\n\nAlso, I think that the Coordinate works the same ways for Eldians, since they\ncan all be summoned there , and there are A LOT of branches in the\nCoordinate... It makes no sense, and i have no idea how it works, but this is\nmy mere theory of it\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-19T15:31:49.370", "id": "66386", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-19T15:31:49.370", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65549", "parent_id": "66343", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nA manga reader here. So, I will take care not to spoil you by this answer,\nprovided you're up-to-date with the anime as of this day. I will be including\nmy own theories and speculations about the path/coordinate as the author,\nIsayama leaves a lot for the reader themselves to ponder.\n\nFirst of all, the manga doesn't make any statements about heaven or hell,\nneither does it make any definite statement about what happens after death.\nNow, to answer your answer clearly, I will have to explain my idea of the\npath. Consider path as another dimension where the _souls_ of Subjects of Ymir\nare physically connected to each other via lines of genealogy. It's kind of\nlike a huge family tree, with Ymir as it's starting point. Think of it as\nrecord or data of lineage. Hence, once recorded the data exists for all\neternity... irrespective of whether the person which corresponds to that data\ndies in the mortal world or not.\n\nComing back to your question, Ymir definitely died in our mortal world. But\nshe exists in the path where concept of death doesn't exist, as I explained\nabove.\n\nTldr; She's dead in the mortal world, but she can't really die in the world of\npaths.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-20T07:37:31.840", "id": "66399", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-20T07:37:31.840", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54125", "parent_id": "66343", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Stone Ocean ending is largely ambiguous. However, based upon the fact that\nJolyne is named Irene in this universe, ending the 'Jojo' naming scheme, I'd\nguess she does not have a stand. The naming scheme because a tradition when\nthe Joestars got the 'Joestar Curse'. For tradition to stop would imply that\nthe curse is lifted, ending the series. Thematically, I think it would make\nmore sense if she doesn't have a stand. In continuity, it would not make sense\nfor any of the SO cast to have stands, as they all obtained stands via Pucci,\nor due to circumstances caused by Pucci, since Pucci's actions were erased,\nIrene, Anakiss, and Erme's alternate, never went to prison. Weather's\nalternate did not feel the effects of the arrow when Pucci was stabbed, as he\nwas never stabbed.\n\nAs for Jotaro, there is no evidence that events uncaused by Pucci didn't\nhappen as normal. Dio still awakened stands in Josuke, Jotaro. While Jotaro is\nnever mentioned by name, it is likely his name is still Jotaro.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-09-25T16:05:37.483", "id": "67281", "last_activity_date": "2022-09-25T16:05:37.483", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "56091", "parent_id": "66348", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIn the official fanbook, in the Q and A section, the author seems to disagree\nwith Myne's assessment.\n\n> **Q:** [...] What happened to Myne's soul from before Urano came into the\n> picture? Is this reincarnation?\n>\n> **A:** This is a reincarnation story, so Myne's soul remained Myne's soul.\n> It's just that she remembered her time as Urano, and since Urano lived so\n> much longer, the sheer quantity of memories overwhelmed Myne's. She's not a\n> different person, so to speak, but... it's complicated. [...]\n\nThis answer would seem to indicate Myne is simply wrong. It isn't unreasonable\nthat she would come to this conclusion, however, as she did seem to experience\nthe original Myne disappearing. I'll note that the author seems a little\nevasive in that last sentence, saying it's complicated, so there could be\nsomething else going on that the author isn't ready to reveal. Regardless, I\nthink this shows we don't need to trust Myne when she says the original Myne\ndisappeared because she got swallowed by the Devouring.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-09T23:22:24.040", "id": "66350", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-09T23:22:24.040", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66349", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nThese theories are all really interesting. Based on what the author has stated\nand the opening act of the story my theory is that Urano and Myne's soul is\none and the same and during one of Myne's more severe fevers Urano's memories\nand personality somehow surfaced. However, Myne's personality did not\ndisappear but rather merged with Urano's memories and adopted her personality.\n\nBecause Urano's mentality is far more developed and she possesses far more\nmemories it seemed that she had taken over Myne's body but in actuality, they\nsimply merged together. To help paint a visual imagine their personalities are\nrepresented as cups filled with different colored water. Myne's cup would be a\nsmall cup filled with red-colored water whereas Urano's is a large cup filled\nwith blue-colored water. When merged together the blue would be more prominent\nhowever the red would still remain.\n\nI have another theory that Myne is actually an apostle of the Gods. In the\nbeginning, the original Myne was suffering from a really bad fever, and unable\nto endure it she cried out for help. I think that the Gods answered her pleas\nfor help and unsealed Urano's memories, merging the two personalities and\ngiving Myne the strength to endure and somewhat overcome the devouring. I\nthink the act of unsealing the memories and merging the personalities was the\ntrigger for her to become a true apostle of the Gods. I think this would\nexplain a lot of the mysteries surrounding Myne, especially in the later\nvolumes.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-21T23:53:50.100", "id": "67797", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-21T23:55:12.690", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-21T23:55:12.690", "last_editor_user_id": "71437", "owner_user_id": "71437", "parent_id": "66349", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe author's reasoning for Myne's name is explained in the Q and A of the\nofficial fanbook.\n\n> **Q:** What was your inspiration for Urano Motosu's name? Also, I see [...]\n> come up in a list of German names, but not \"Myne\". What was that based on?\n>\n> **A:** \"Urano Motosu\" is a Japanese pun that means \"all books should belong\n> to me.\" For the English localization, I chose the name \"Myne\" from a list of\n> possible romanizations the translator sent me. It comes from the English\n> \"mine,\" meaning \"belonging to me,\" and the German \"main,\" as in \"main\n> character.\"\n\nMyne's name is spelled like this in Japanese Katakana: マイン. The symbols\ncorrelate to the English ma, i, and n, but would be pronounced more like the\nword \"mine\" rather than \"main\", because English is weird. It seems the author\nactually had both of these words in mind when choosing the name though.\nSpelling it as Myne helps readers differentiate it from these English words.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-09T23:41:31.600", "id": "66352", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-09T23:41:31.600", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66351", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 }, { "body": "\n\nAs per Shaymin Gratitude, the katakana マイン when transliterated directly would\nbe Main. This spelling can be seen in the cypher text used in the manga and\nanime and was used in the English subtitles on Crunchyroll.\n\nThe translator of the light novel and manga (Quof), however, has\n[stated](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonzukiNoGekokujou/comments/tq4v2v/main_vs_myne/i2gzopf)\nthat the author herself chose the spelling “ **Myne** ” which is why it is\nused in the English books:\n\n> Myne's name is a bit of a special case wherein I didn't ask for permission\n> for a certain spelling; instead, I asked flat-out \"How should I spell her\n> name in English?\" and listed some possibilities such as Maine, Maïne and\n> Myne (since back then the fact the fan TL went with Maïne was actually a\n> point of contention, and I was unsure of what was intended to begin with).\n> The author responded to use Myne. She actually mentions this on her blog\n> with her reasoning:\n> <https://mypage.syosetu.com/mypageblog/view/userid/372556/blogkey/2269579/index.php?p=2>\n\nQuof has further [expanded](https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/3225/the-great-\nrenaming-debate-spoilers-if-you-don-t-know-what-the-debate-is-\nabout/100?_=1654112667293) on the discrepancy (on the J-Novel club subscriber\nforums):\n\n> The documents with that name are purely the work of the anime / manga\n> artists, with the letters themselves having been made up by the manga artist\n> on her own. The name itself is just a 1:1 copy of the romaji (マイン -> main)\n> with no more thought to it than that. It's not a reflection of Main being\n> the proper or intended romanization of her name, it's just a reflection of\n> the anime/manga staff working off the direct romanization since it's the\n> easiest thing for them. Miya Kazuki herself asked for me to use Myne and\n> makes sure it's spelled Myne in Japanese media where she can, after all. The\n> spelling in the fantasy language is just something that slipped through the\n> cracks.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-01T20:14:05.053", "id": "66875", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-01T20:14:05.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48155", "parent_id": "66351", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n> \"Neko\" means \"cat\" in Japanese.\n\nAbsolutely correct!\n\n> the word \"neko\" appears when the airship is ascending\n\n> and only then does the singer mention \"neko\"\n\nSorry, there is no word \"neko\" in the Japanese lyrics of this song.\n\n> Was this a mistake? Did they originally intend to have it mach up, but for\n> some reason didn't think it fit? Why not simply rearrange the pictures so\n> that they better match the lyrics?\n\nLuna shows up in sync when the drummer hits the toms (dududum sound), in\nsuperb precision!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-14T06:21:30.220", "id": "66363", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-14T06:21:30.220", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "66362", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's the Dragon Ball Z series, Buu Saga, episode 281, \"Minute of desperation\",\nminute 13:20. I dont think I can link the episode live here since they have\ncopyright, but it's this episode described in the DBZ Wikia.\n\n[Minute of\ndesperation](https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Minute_of_Desperation)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-15T02:35:59.813", "id": "66369", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-15T02:35:59.813", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "66368", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTo answer this quite simply,\n\nNo. The anime, Demon Slayer is not inspired from Kill Bill. On the other hand,\nit is an adaptation of the manga [Demon\nSlayer](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_Slayer:_Kimetsu_no_Yaiba) (as\nyou might already know).\n\nThe long blade [katana](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana) is a part of\nJapanese history and culture. It was a traditional weapon of choice for the\nhistoric Japanese warriors (Samurai). While Quentin Tarantino can be said to\nutilise that particular Japanese element in his film, Kill Bill. It's\nillogical to assume that a Japanese series takes inspiration of a Japanese\nweapon from a foreign film.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-20T07:05:34.787", "id": "66398", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-20T07:05:34.787", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "54125", "parent_id": "66371", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nNot a proper answer but I did get around to reading Soul Eater and something\nto note is that Mifune's \"box of swords\" is an anime thing, it isn't in the\nmanga. In the manga he just totes around a bunch of katanas tied together by\ntheir scabbards using caution tape (without the bin).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1RooT.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/udJGn.png)\n\nNo idea why this was changed for the anime, if I had to hazard a guess it\nmight just be animating a mass of scabbards jangling about or a long piece of\ncaution tape with the words \"keep out\" repeatedly is more tedious than\nanimating a box containing that mass of scabbards and a plain yellow band.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-31T02:48:13.527", "id": "66560", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-31T02:48:13.527", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51043", "parent_id": "66378", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nActually, Nagato's Rinnegan weren't his to begin with. These eyes were\noriginally Madara Uchiha's (or even more accurately, they were originally\nMadara's younger brother's eyes, though it was Madara who awakened the\nRinnegan). Madara's Rinnegan were transplanted into Nagato when he was very\nyoung.\n\nNow, if the Rinnegan have ever been show to be able to be exhausted (perhaps\nin _Boruto_ ), I am not aware of it. In the first place, Madara first obtained\nthe Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, which negates much of the Mangekyō Sharingan's\ntoll, and is supposedly inexhaustible (hence the name \"eternal\"). One would\nassume Rinnegan has a similar lifespan, given it is a derivation. Regarding\nthe Rinnegan, the [Fandom wiki](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Rinnegan) also\nsays this:\n\n> However, Madara's eyes did not become Rinnegan until decades later, when his\n> natural lifespan was nearing its end; this also restored his right eye's\n> vision, which had been lost from his earlier use of Izanagi.\n\n(Fandom cites _Naruto_ chapter 681, pages 13-14)\n\nSo it seems that even an ability that _can_ exhaust the Eternal Mangekyō\nSharingan, _does not_ exhaust the Rinnegan. Or at least, Madara got a one time\nfix when his Sharingan evolved. Though it has also been suggested on the\nanswers for [this\nquestion](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/34139/what-happens-when-\nyou-perform-izanagi-izanami-with-rinnegan) that his eye recovering had nothing\nto do with evolving, and was merely a result of the regenerative effects of\nHashirama's cells which he incorporated into his body. Danzo's usage of\nIzanagi might provide further info for whether this is the case. If it is so,\nthen this paragraph would be discounted as useful, as Nagato did not have\nHashirama's cells.\n\nOr perhaps it cannot be discounted, as both Obito and Madara do have these\ncells, so it might explain why the Rinnegan was not exhausted. As soon as they\nplugged it in, the cells would do their work and undo much of the damage\nNagato did.\n\nWhere does this leave us? We know Nagato did not exhaust the Rinnegan, despite\nextensive use of its powers. His own body, however, did suffer quite greatly.\nSimilarly, Obito did not exhaust the Rinnegan when he used it's powers.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-18T21:08:55.547", "id": "66381", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-21T21:08:30.577", "last_edit_date": "2022-02-21T21:08:30.577", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66380", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOut of universe answer:\n\nNaruto power system isn't really made clear, Jutsu and abilities are mostly\nwhatever the author wants and we aren't even explained how they work a lot of\ntimes (or even in cases like the reanimation Justu, where the infinite chakra\neven comes from, or how the jutsu is even possible). Susanoo was said to be\nsomething Mangkeyo Sharingan can do, and that's how it is really. Perhaps what\nyou say could also be a thing if the author wants to do, though considering\nit's associated with Mangkeyo Sharingan, it'd kinda cheapen the uniqueness of\nthe eyes.\n\nIn-universe answer:\n\nChakra armors are a thing in Naruto as you say, Naruto himself uses the chakra\ncloak and later on his transformation can rival Susanoo.\n\nAsura could use something called Asura-mode (I hear it's in the manga, so it's\ncanon, though I am not sure on that or how much about it is explained) which\nrivaled the Susanoo, it's a kind of chakra armor like you described which\nlooks like the Kurama-mode Naruto uses.\n\nSo, it's possible to do something similar to Susanoo and it's been done by\nAsura (assuming it's canon).\n\nNow as to whether you could imitate something exactly like Susanoo, it's\narguable, the eyes might have some special stuff in them that allow that, and\nit might not really be like a traditional chakra armor.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-21T04:18:36.147", "id": "66406", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-21T04:18:36.147", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "47237", "parent_id": "66402", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI only know the manga, but based on searching around and [episode\ntitles](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUNSLINGER_GIRL#%E7%AC%AC2%E6%9C%9F) of\nS2, most probably you can continue from volume 6 after watching S2. Possible\nusual difference of anime/manga aside (the link mentions a diff of characters'\nphrases), you wouldn't lose much that way.\n\nNote also seemingly there are 2 extra episodes which were not on air (marked\nas OVA in the above link).\n\n* * *\n\n[This\nwebsite](http://wikis.sakura.ne.jp/gsg/?%A5%A2%A5%CB%A5%E1%C2%E8%A3%B1%B4%FC)\ngives the correspondence of original/anime for S1.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-21T07:14:59.270", "id": "66408", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-21T07:14:59.270", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66403", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis stance definitely is very similar to Jet Li's Stance from the 1991 movie\n\"Once Upon a Time in China\" and Jackie Chan's stance in the 1994 movie\n\"Drunken Master II.\" (See @Fumikage_Tokoyami 's answer) Additionally, in \"The\nMatrix\" (which was released earlier in the year the manga was started) the\n\"Neo vs Morpheus\" fight scene features both sides using the stance. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/4qsCB.png)\n\nThough there is no concrete evidence, this stance (called the \"beckoning\nstance\" in other films) is likely a reference to these movies, additionally\nbecause Rock Lee is supposedly a master of the \"Drunken Fist\" taijutsu,\nsupposedly a reference to \"Drunken Master II\". Because \"The Matrix\" was\nreleased just a tiny bit earlier than the manga, it could also be the fight\nscene that inspired the stance.\n\nAll notable \"Bushy Brows\" seem to use this stance, so the first Bushy Brow,\nMight Guy probably created it (in their universe), or perhaps Might Duy. The\nofficial Naruto Wiki does not seem to have information on the stance. The wiki\n_does_ say that Rock Lee made a transition to look more like Might Guy. Lee\nmay have also copied the stance. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2q4iL.png)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/47BRx.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-18T01:06:11.020", "id": "67913", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-21T15:05:14.153", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-21T15:05:14.153", "last_editor_user_id": "71869", "owner_user_id": "71869", "parent_id": "66404", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nYes, the stance is definitely inspired from movies and is not made just for\n_Naruto_. I found this [Reddit\npost](https://www.reddit.com/r/kungfucinema/comments/w56xwx/i_swear_ive_seen_rock_lees_stance_in_some_clip_of/)\nwhere various commenters mentioned the use of this stance in movies released\nway before _Naruto_ :\n\n 1. Jet Li in Once Upon a Time in China (1991) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CnqpR.png)\n 2. Jackie Chan in Drunken Master II (1994) [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/cCDtE.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-19T04:06:55.187", "id": "67916", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-19T04:06:55.187", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66404", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYour analysis is correct.\n\nWith the question Aki linked, [Why do the top 10 heroes in Boku no Hero\nAcademia only come from Japan?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/53698/2516),\nit is shown canonically that the ranking board mentioned throughout the anime\nand movies refers to the local Japanese hero rank. So yes, Endeavor is\ncurrently the number one hero of _Japan_ ; with All Might being the former\nnumber one hero of Japan\n\nTo further support this in the manga:\n\n> [Cathleen Bate](https://myheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Cathleen_Bate) was\n> revealed to be the number one hero of the _USA_ in chapter 328\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-22T01:49:25.060", "id": "66416", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-22T01:49:25.060", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "66414", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nFrom my research, the answer seems to be yes and no.\n\nSugar existed in other places at earlier points, but medieval Europe most\nclosely matches the fantasy world Myne lives in, and a case could be made that\nEuropeans didn't know what to do with sugar for a while. In fact, just like in\nMyne's world, medieval Europe had sugar introduced to them from outside (from\nthe Arab world), and it was quite expensive, like many other spices (see my\nanswer [here](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/28071/19307) for some info on\nthe spice trade). And like in ancient Greece, sugar was at first mainly viewed\nas _medicine_.\n\nAccording to this\n[site](https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2018/11/a-spoonful-of-\nsugar.html) that has some primary sources, sugar would have come to Europe\nfrom the Arab world during the span between the 8th and 12th centuries. In the\nlate 11th century, we get one of the earliest mentions of sugar in England, in\na medical text.\n\nSo far, this is looking good for _Ascendance of a Bookworm_. When sugar was\nfirst introduced in Europe, people thought of it as more of a medicine than\nsomething to bake with. The case for the pound cake in particular is good.\nThough Myne says it's a pretty simple recipe, most sources I'm looking at say\nit was invented sometime in the 1700s in Britain, with it definitely appearing\nby 1796 in America, as evidenced by the cookbook _American Cookery: or, The\nArt of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry and Vegetables, and the Best Modes of\nMaking Puff-pastes, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards and Preserves, and all\nkinds of Cakes, from the Imperial Plumb to plain Cake_ by Amelia Simmons\n(<https://whatscookingamerica.net/history/cakes/poundcake.htm>)\n\nSo by inventing pound cake, Myne did move the timeline up by some amount of\ncenturies.\n\nNow it's time for some problems to the narrative we should consider. First,\nthe creation of sweets in general goes back very far, all the way to the\n[ancient Egyptians](http://www.candyhistory.net/candy-origin/sweet-history/),\nwho used honey combined with fruits and nuts to make candy. And there are\nactually medieval recipe books available that show honey was also used in the\nmedieval ages to make sweets. This includes this [German cook book from\n1553](http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Medieval/Cookbooks/Sabrina_Welserin.html)\nand the English [The Forme of\nCury](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8102/pg8102-images.html) in 1390.\nThe stuff the English made included cakes, custards, fritters, and cheesecake,\nand the Germans had recipes for tarts, pudding, and pastries\n([http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~lwittie/sca/food/dessert.html](http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/%7Elwittie/sca/food/dessert.html)).\nThe writer on this bucknell site even notes this of the Germans.\n\n> One cookbook had a large section on how to sugarcoat virtually anything\n> sweet. I've seen almost hundreds more sweet recipes in these few German cook\n> books than in all the English cookbooks mentioned above. This suggests that\n> either the Germans were very fond of sweets or the English didn't write down\n> their recipes.\n\nAnd the preface of _The Forme of Cury_ actually notes that sugar was starting\nto be used in place of honey!\n\n> Sugar, or Sugur [103], was now beginning here to take place of honey;\n> however, they are used together, No. 67. Sugar came from the Indies, by way\n> of Damascus and Aleppo, to Venice, Genoa, and Pisa, and from these last\n> places to us [104]. It is here not only frequently used, but was of various\n> sorts, as cypre, No. 41. 99. 120. named probably from the isle of Cyprus,\n> whence it might either come directly to us, or where it had received some\n> improvement by way of refining. There is mention of blanch-powder or white\n> sugar, 132. They, however, were not the same, for see No. 193. Sugar was\n> clarified sometimes with wine [105].\n\nFrom these we can see that there were sweets similar to the ones Myne\nintroduced around, and even that these cultures had an inclination to go down\nthe route of sweets. At least as far as the books I mentioned though, they did\ncome a bit later, so Myne's sweets as an innovation might still be safe.\n\nOne of the problems in _Ascendance of a Bookworm_ is it's portrayal of Myne as\nsole innovator in cooking (and other things). Myne mentions a bunch of times\nhow bland the food is, and nobody seems to be doing anything about it or\ntrying to come up with new recipes. In particular, the widespread practice of\nparboiling vegetables and then throwing out the water is very wasteful in her\neyes, and yet nobody but Myne is able to figure out that water that can be\nused for soup. This can be similar to Ancient Alien Theory suggesting ancient\ncivilizations couldn't possibly have been smart or innovative enough to come\nup with stuff on their own, and instead needed an outside source. This is\nobviously incorrect and disrespectful.\n\nHowever, I don't believe we need to overly worry about _Ascendance of a\nBookworm_ with this regard, as it does subvert it some ways. Though the\noriginal ideas may come from Myne, Leise improves on the pound cake recipe by\nexperimenting on her own. And in the framework of this story, Myne truly does\nexist as an outside source bringing in new ideas. It truthfully has to be said\nthat Myne's modern knowledge would be a boon to this fantasy society that\nseems at least a few hundred years behind our own.\n\nI really enjoy this series, and while I haven't done enough research to either\nrefute or prove the idea entirely, I think the historic information I've put\nforth shows that there is a framework in which the suspension of disbelief is\nkept intact with regards to Myne's development of sweets.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-22T20:15:25.973", "id": "66430", "last_activity_date": "2023-06-22T23:27:26.533", "last_edit_date": "2023-06-22T23:27:26.533", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66429", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe simple explanation to this is that it's a plot hole created by a filler\nepisode:\n\n> The episode shows Konohamaru cleaning Naruto's apartment so that it is clean\n> when Naruto returns. This contradicts episode 7 of Naruto: Shippūden where\n> Naruto returns to his apartment to find it dusty and filled with cobwebs\n>\n> [The Ones Who Will\n> Inherit](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Will_Inherit)\n\nA ~~plausible~~ explanation (albeit shaky at best) to fill in this plot hole\nis that this episode is an unspoken view1 of Konohamaru's dream while under\nthe effects of the [Infinite\nTsukuyomi](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Infinite_Tsukuyomi). This episode\noccurs right before Infinite Tsukuyomi is casted, so the timeline is a little\noff.\n\nThe Infinite Tsukuyomi put the victims into a dream world that is filled with\ntheir deepest desires. This filler episode seems to focus around Konohamaru\nboth learning the Rasengan and improving his Sexy Jutsu technique in a comedic\nway.\n\n* * *\n\n1 This is not listed under the section of [known\ndreams](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Infinite_Tsukuyomi#Known_Dreams).\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-10T17:04:24.993", "id": "66501", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-21T16:57:28.477", "last_edit_date": "2022-03-21T16:57:28.477", "last_editor_user_id": "20275", "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "66453", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nJiraiya was away when the attack happened, perhaps writing his own book. Once\nhe got the news of the attack, he didn't go to a rampart spree or mission\nbecause he was not sure who was behind the attack. He also understood the\nmotive of sealing half of Kurama into Naruto. So he decided to train Naruto\ninstead of going to Mission.\n\n> Jiraiya believed there was more to the events of that night. He, like\n> Minato, suspected Madara Uchiha's involvement, despite how old Madara would\n> have had to be at the time. He also felt that Minato's decision to seal the\n> Nine-Tails into his own son was significant, assuming he intended for Naruto\n> to someday gain control of the Nine-Tails' power for some purpose Jiraiya\n> couldn't guess. As such, Jiraiya took on Naruto as a disciple once he was\n> old enough, training him to take advantage of the Nine-Tails' chakra and\n> using the key Minato sent to him to accelerate the process.\n>\n> [Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Nine-\n> Tailed_Demon_Fox%27s_Attack)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-27T11:41:57.640", "id": "66459", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-27T11:41:57.640", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66454", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nYou have to understand that not all people can master all jutsus. They have\ntheir limitation no matter how prodigious they are. Tobirama and Minato can\npull off that Jutsu because they were the fastest shinobis and had insane\nreflexes. Their extensive use of this jutsu had earned Minato the nickname of\n\"Konoha's Yellow Flash\".\n\n> Minato would randomly appear behind enemy lines and, by seemingly being in\n> many places at once, wipe out whole squadrons before they had time to react.\n> By combining their naturally good reflexes with the instantaneousness of the\n> Flying Thunder God, Tobirama could intercept and redirect a Truth-Seeking\n> Ball mid-detonation and Minato could escape Kamui mid-capture. Minato's\n> ability to dodge A's Lightning Release Chakra Mode led A to dub Minato the\n> fastest ninja who ever lived.\n>\n> [Flying Thunder God\n> Technique](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Flying_Thunder_God_Technique)\n\nOf course, Minato or Tobirama would have wanted to teach the Jutsu to their\nstudents but they must have realized that not all can perform the Jutsu/their\nbody can't handle the power/the body is not suited for that Jutsu nature.\nThat's the reason, masters decide whom to teach which Jutsu (e.g. Kakashi\ntaught Sasuke Chidori instead of Naruto).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-27T11:34:16.827", "id": "66458", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-27T11:34:16.827", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66456", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nMinato actually passed it, but as a variant.\n\nAs @FumiKage said everyone dosen't possess the requirements to do Flyng\nRaijin.\n\nSo he taught a special variant of it to Genma Shiranui, Raido Namiashi and\nIwashi Tatami. They were chosen as personal bodyguards of Minato.\n\nThose three are required to do it and they could teleport something or someone\ninstantly with it to some place. This variant kind of works like FTG barrier\nMinato used to teleport the Bijuudama away during Nine-tails attack.\n\nAs in episode 323, they teleport Mei to battlefield with it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-16T17:18:14.777", "id": "66654", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-16T17:18:14.777", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59420", "parent_id": "66456", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDemon Slayers **are human** that have reached an expert level of swordsmanship\nand breathing techniques similar to real-life samurais, so **they are in no\nway supernatural** , but the show depicts them using flashy abilities with\nelemental-like features for entertainment purposes.\n\nZenitsu was heavily beaten by an Upper Rank Demon and collapsed under a pile\nof rubble. He uses the breathing technique to get out as it was the only way\n**to amass enough strength** to free himself and use First Form: Thunderclap\nand Flash: God Speed to **cover the distance between him and Daki** in an\ninstant.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-14T10:20:05.123", "id": "66637", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-14T10:20:05.123", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "51857", "parent_id": "66457", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTo awaken the rinnegan you have to possess both powers of the senju and the\nuchiha at once, so you have to possess a sharingan and gain senju cells or be\na senju and transplant a sharingan or by producing a child between the two.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-02-28T12:08:34.983", "id": "66464", "last_activity_date": "2022-02-28T12:08:34.983", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65685", "parent_id": "66461", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[Base Rasengan](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Rasengan) in itself cannot be\nthrown, however some improvements and mastery can allow user to throw as\nprojectile. Base Rasengan is a spherical orb of Chakra and indeed enough\nchakra is invested just to contain its form, rotation and power and if it was\nto be thrown, then its form and power would be diminished by the time it would\nreach its enemy (it would also be assumed that its trajectory would be way off\nthat the user wanted).\n\nNaruto initially used Rasengan as his go-to jutsu but he realized it can be\nvastly improved by adding Chakra nature. However, he struggles to combine the\nRasengan with his wind-nature, which he describes as needing to look left and\nright at the same time. He is eventually able to overcome this obstacle by\nusing a shadow clone to provide the nature transformation while he and another\nshadow clone form the Rasengan, thereby creating the [Wind Release:\nRasengan](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Wind_Release:_Rasengan) (which can be\nthrown). By further shaping the Wind Release: Rasengan, Naruto creates the\n[Wind Release:\nRasenshuriken](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Wind_Release:_Rasenshuriken)\n(which can also be thrown).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-02T17:30:50.960", "id": "66472", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-02T17:30:50.960", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66462", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe dagger they are wielding closely resembles a\n[Jitte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jitte), which is the Japanese equivalent\nto a [Sai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sai_\\(weapon\\)) dagger\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ptyJA.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-01T16:49:38.907", "id": "66468", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-01T16:49:38.907", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "66467", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThat’s [Jūzō Biwa](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/J%C5%ABz%C5%8D_Biwa), a\nformer Akatsuki member and ninja swordsman of the mist.\n\nVery little is known about Jūzō. He is only referenced in the manga and what\nwe do see of him in the anime is filler\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-02T01:47:54.743", "id": "66470", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-02T01:47:54.743", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "66469", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, he's not worried or sweating. It's water drops because he just ran across\nthe ocean\n\n> to one shot the Evil Ocean Water monster.\n\nCheck out chapter 157, page 18 to see similar drops on his clothes and face.\nAs you already noticed, his face is expressionless and the drops are drawn\ndifferently from sweat, because it is not sweat.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-03T15:52:23.487", "id": "66479", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-03T15:52:23.487", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "66471", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, they cant. Ymir was the founding titan and held the powers of other titans\ntoo, while the rest of the titans don't have any power nor the \"IQ\" so that\nit's user would have self consciousness.\n\nAlso, Eldians were a tribe and they \"shared\" the same blood and Ymir only had\ncontrol over the Eldians and not Marleyans. This is the same reason that their\narmies had only Eldians as their titan holders.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-04T12:55:57.650", "id": "66485", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-04T13:06:51.033", "last_edit_date": "2022-03-04T13:06:51.033", "last_editor_user_id": "65721", "owner_user_id": "65721", "parent_id": "66477", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nNothing would happen since the main source of the transformation power is in\nYmir's blood. Only her descendents, the eldians can transform into titans,\nthere is no side effects for eating the titan's flesh or anything. \nAs we could see, she is the one who creates the titans in the **Paths** , and\nas we also saw, the eldians don't really die, they go to the paths. But with\nthe last chapter, we saw that they are no longer there, everything ended after\nEren's death.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-08-18T10:31:44.987", "id": "67133", "last_activity_date": "2022-08-18T10:31:44.987", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66890", "parent_id": "66477", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nUltimately Koichi would have died from the arrow. Instances where the arrow\ngrants people Stands results in an immediate reaction like with Angelo. Since\nKoichi was pierced and on the floor unconscious without any immediate change,\nit is safe to say he would've died if it wasn't for Josuke healing him in\ntime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-10T00:58:36.530", "id": "67458", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-10T00:58:36.530", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70525", "parent_id": "66478", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n### Yes, Koichi would have died without Josuke's intervention.\n\nKeicho's comments after shooting Koichi suggest the Arrow is a \"test\" with two\npossible outcomes: if the user has a strong enough fighting spirit, they'll\nsurvive and acquire a Stand; otherwise, they'll die. Josuke healing Koichi\nwith Crazy Diamond essentially forced what should have been a failure/death\noutcome into a success/survival outcome.\n\nHowever, despite surviving the Arrow attack, Koichi's fighting spirit is still\nunderdeveloped; he can't manifest his Stand by himself, and when Keicho forces\nthe issue by attacking with Bad Company, the result is an immature Stand in\nthe form of an egg. The audience is left to infer that the point where the egg\nhatches into Echoes represents Koichi reaching the minimum level of fighting\nspirit necessary to properly manifest and control a Stand.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-18T03:12:37.587", "id": "68446", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-18T03:12:37.587", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73965", "parent_id": "66478", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nActually, the notion that it's Sakura's sacrifice is correct! This is actually\nexplained at the beginning of _xxxHolic_ volume 2, chapter 8, which covers the\nsame event of the four travelers showing up at Yuko's shop, but from the\n_xxxHolic_ side of things. I'll quote Yuko, and for convenience I'm just going\nto ignore Watanuki's dialogue in between her lines (it isn't any less clear\nwithout it anyway).\n\n> \"There are actually four people Mokona Modoki is taking on a journey through\n> the worlds. Sakura-chan is one of them. In other words, Sakura-chan has to\n> pay the price for the wish, too. But she left her kingdom with nothing but\n> the clothes on her back. She has nothing she can pay with. And even though\n> her memories are scattered across the worlds... the one thing that is most\n> important to her is her memory of Syaoran-kun. Yes. That is the price she\n> pays. She is the person for whom the help of Mokona Modoki is most urgent.\n> And so, the cost to her is the greatest. And in truth, I should have\n> demanded all of Syaoran-kun's memories of Sakura-chan as well. But... this\n> is enough. To have the person most important to you forget you completely...\n> It turned out that Syaoran-kun paid the price with his most precious\n> relationship. I let them off easy. I'm just a big softie.\"\n\nAnd there you have it! It really was Sakura's sacrifice, and Syaoran was\nactually able to get off easy because Sakura's sacrifice is so big. And to be\nclear here, I don't remember how the anime words it, but the manga of\n_Tsubasa_ and _xxxHolic_ uses the word \"relationship\" to describe what he's\nsacrificing. He is sacrificing his relationship with Sakura. So, going off\nthis quote, it can be thought of as an overlapping sacrifice between Sakura\nand Syaoran.\n\nSo, Funimation, if you ever play that commercial again you better change it to\n\"Her soul. Also her sacrifice.\"\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-03T16:19:25.847", "id": "66481", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-03T16:19:25.847", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66480", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is because the Byakugan can't distinguish the clones from the original\nwhen a jutsu like Shadow Clone is used. Had it been the basic Clone Justu,\nthen she would have easily been able to distinguish the clone from the\noriginal.\n\n> The Byakugan can see chakra to a greater degree than the Sharingan. This\n> enables users to **distinguish _certain_ types** of clones from their\n> original and even identify specific individuals' chakra signatures\n>\n> [Source](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Byakugan), empasis my own\n\nNeji states during the Chunnin exams that the Byakugan is not able to\ndistinguish the real one amongst the shadow clones due to 1) the chakra\nsignature is the same and 2) the charka is evenly distributed through the\ncaster and the clones\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/H1HoEl.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-04T03:03:43.073", "id": "66483", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-04T03:03:43.073", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "66482", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the [wiki\npage](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Tybur_family), they are said to be\nof \"noble\" blood, but not necessarily royal:\n\n> The Tybur family (タイバー家 Taibā-ke?) is a house of Eldian nobles living in\n> Marley as honorary Marleyans.\n\nThey were allegedly opposed to King Fritz and were also fighting for the power\nof the Nine Titans. Logically speaking, this wouldn't make sense if they were\nalso of royal blood, as they would inevitably get the power of the Nine\nanyways.\n\nSo to speak, the Tybur's are _not_ of royal blood, and Eren _couldn't_ have\nused the Founder's ability while making contact with Lara. If she _was_ of\nroyal blood, I have no doubt that he _would_ enact the Rumbling.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-11T02:35:30.980", "id": "66504", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-11T02:35:30.980", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "60459", "parent_id": "66486", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nVolume 5 is yet to be released in English officially\n\nAccording to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Dress-\nUp_Darling#Volume_list) (as of posting this) Volume 5 isn't due to be released\nuntil April 26, 2022 with Volume 6 due to be released August 9, 2022. no date\non the other volumes [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/0rsVc.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-06T23:20:53.627", "id": "66489", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-06T23:20:53.627", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "66488", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to [the fandom](https://kimetsu-no-\nyaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Story_Arcs#Entertainment_District_Arc), the\nentertainment district arc comprises chapters 70 through 99. The next season\nwill start with chapter 100:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dQAqY.png)\n\n_For those going by volume, chapter 98 is where volume 12 begins._\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-09T19:22:13.507", "id": "66498", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-09T19:22:13.507", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "65739", "parent_id": "66492", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**The original lyric doesn't mention _todoku_ at all.**\n\nHere is a part of [the lyric listed on\nJoysound](https://www.joysound.com/web/search/song/727383) (one of, if not,\nthe most popular karaoke services in Japan),\n\n> (一花.二乃.三玖) \n> 大嫌いから \n> (四葉.五月) \n> (大嫌いから)\n>\n> (一花.二乃.三玖) \n> 大好きへと \n> (四葉.五月) \n> (大好きへと)\n>\n> (二乃) 変わる心に \n> (全員) \n> ついていけないよ\n>\n> (一花.二乃.三玖) \n> どんなことも \n> (四葉.五月) \n> (どんなことも)\n>\n> (一花.二乃.三玖) \n> あなたさえ \n> (四葉.五月) \n> (あなたさえ)\n>\n> **(五月) 五等分です** \n> (一花) でも私 \n> (二乃) 私 (三玖) 私\n>\n> (四葉) 私 \n> (五月) 私は \n> (全員) あなたが好きよ\n\n[The Wiki\nFandom](https://5hanayome.fandom.com/wiki/Gotoubun_no_Kimochi#Romaji_) also\ngot it right.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-09T15:35:24.757", "id": "66497", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-09T15:35:24.757", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "66495", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo.\n\nEvery entity in the world of Bleach is or was either subject to be made from\nsome component of souls, which would be tied back to some component of a\nhuman.\n\nEven with modified souls being put into the fray, they were originally made in\nSoul Society with the available materials at hand (i.e.\n[_reiryoku_](https://bleach.fandom.com/wiki/Reiryoku)), so even the modified\nsouls would still be some fragment of a human.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-18T16:44:15.500", "id": "66520", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-18T16:44:15.500", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "102", "parent_id": "66505", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nTelling someone how to spell your name is probably pretty common in Japan,\nespecially if your name has an uncommon spelling. Even just from watching\nanime, you see it happen pretty often. For instance, new students often write\ntheir name on the board (or the teacher does it for them), or during an\nintroduction a character will say, \"It's spelled with the Kanji for this and\nthat.\" This prevalence in media leads me to believe it's a normal thing that\nhappens.\n\nIf you know anything about Kanji, you know that you can't really tell how to\npronounce a person's name just from reading the Kanji (of which there are\nthousands in common use, and even more than that not in common use). That's\nbecause Kanji have different readings, and there are even special readings for\nnames. The reverse is also true. Just from the pronunciation, you can't\nnecessarily tell how to spell it in Kanji, because multiple Kanji could be\nused. Unless you're using a pretty common spelling, you'd need to tell\neveryone that information.\n\nIn addition to just telling people, it seems business cards might also serve\nthe purpose of conveying spelling and pronunciation. As per this [article on\nTofugu](https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/jikoshoukai/), the Japanese sometimes\neven carry around personal cards:\n\n> Business cards in Japan are called meishi 名刺, and are an important part of\n> Japanese culture. Even outside of the business world, Japanese people\n> sometimes have personal meishi made (meishi means \"name card\" after all).\n\nIn contrast, if the name is spelled in Katakana or Hiragana, you would likely\nknow exactly how to spell/pronounce it just from hearing/reading it. That's\nbecause these two sets of symbols are a phonetic syllabary, as compared to the\nEnglish language which has multiple pronunciations for the same letters.\n\nAdditional reading:\n\n<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_name#Difficulty_of_reading_names>\n\n<https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/your-name-in-japanese/>\n\n<https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/jikoshoukai/>\n\n<https://www.quora.com/Why-in-Japanese-culture-whenever-two-new-people-meet-\nthey-exchange-their-names-spelling-in-written-Is-it-just-a-tradition-or-are-\nthere-a-lot-of-ways-to-write-ones-name-in-Japanese>\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-14T19:22:21.563", "id": "66512", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-14T19:22:21.563", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66508", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nYes. But he was Tobi way before meeting Obito. Zetsu's story is quite complex,\nbut trying to keep it simple, Tobi is a body retrieved from the demonic\nstatue, that was previously absorbed into it when Kaguya first used the\nInfinite Tsukuyomi. Madara put Hashirama's cells into the statue, and he\nbelieved he was cloning Black Zetsu with it, but they're just the victims of\nKaguya. One of these bodies was Tobi.\n\nPS: Technically, Tobi is a White Zetsu, because that's the origin of every\nWhite Zetsu. He is the only one with a \"special\" name (Guruguru, or Spiral)\nbecause he is noticed by Obito, who gives him this name.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-28T20:06:38.003", "id": "66966", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-28T15:16:14.517", "last_edit_date": "2022-11-28T15:16:14.517", "last_editor_user_id": "22922", "owner_user_id": "22922", "parent_id": "66516", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI cannot speak to the author's intent, (and if anyone can, via author\ninterviews or databooks, I would encourage them to write an answer.) however,\nthere are in-universe reasons to believe Spiral Zetsu is not Tobi (the\nAkatsuki member).\n\nHerein, to avoid confusion, I will use the name Tobi only to refer to the\nAkatsuki member with the orange mask. I will use the name Spiral Zetsu and\nTobi's real name (spoilers ahead) to refer to those characters.\n\nFirst off, let's examine Tobi's mask. Though it looks like Spiral Zetsu's\nface, it is orange. Did he paint it? But when we see Spiral Zetsu show up\nagain, his face is still white. It's shape also does not conform to what we\nsee in _Episode 345: I'm in Hell_ , when we see Obito wear Spiral Zetsu on his\nbody. Spiral Zetsu, being hollow, wraps his whole face around Obito's head.\nBut Tobi's hair is always sticking out when we see him. In the episode, there\nare three forms:\n\n 1. A form where Spiral Zetsu's whole face wraps around Obito. We see the spiral mask in this form, and he looks quite like when Obito is pretending to be Tobi, but with a white mask.\n 2. A hood form where Obito's face is exposed. The top of Obito's head is still covered.\n 3. A form where Spiral Zetsu comes off of Obito's head entirely while still wrapping around his body. In this form, Spiral Zetsu's swirly tendril-like head and upper body become shoulder spikes for Obito.\n\nWhile he's in his Tobi persona, Tobi's hair always sticks out. We don't see\nthis in either forms 1 or 2, and he's missing the shoulder spikes in form 3.\nAdditionally, in _Episode 99: The Rampaging Tailed Beast_ , Toby takes his\nmask off (yeah, I know it's filler, and y'all think filler isn't canonical,\nbut he takes it off to talk with Kisame too, though I don't feel like looking\nfor that scene). The mask is orange and it is removable. Spiral Zetsu's face\ndoes not work like that. Thus, the mask is not Spiral Zetsu's face. Tobi does\ncover a large portion of his head with cloth, so could it be he's hiding\nSpiral Zetsu in form 2, just with his head uncovered somehow? I would contend\nthe volume under the cloth doesn't match. Spiral Zetsu looks kind of bulky in\nform 2. Additionally, when we see Yamato come out of Spiral Zetsu, we again\nsee the shoulder spikes, so it really seems that Spiral Zetsu has not changed.\nThus, it is highly probable Obito is not wearing Spiral Zetsu during the\nseries.\n\nPersonality wise, I think there are actually some differences between Spiral\nZetsu and Obito's Tobi persona. While Tobi's humor comes off as a goofy human,\nSpiral Zetsu, though also goofy, can't really pass as a human with his humor.\nHe's obsessed with asking about poop since he doesn't need to, and doesn't\nseem to understand what being a normal human is like.\n\nI also noticed while looking through these episodes that an echo filter is\nused for Spiral Zetsu's voice, but not for Tobi's.\n\nThis answer is not definitive. But if all of this is actually true, and we're\ngoing to say that Tobi really is Obito, I think it is also important to\nacknowledge that in this case, Obito definitely based his Tobi persona on\nSpiral Zetsu. They were close for years, after all, so the similarity is not a\ncoincidence.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-10T19:09:46.823", "id": "67771", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-10T21:50:41.793", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-10T21:50:41.793", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66516", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe arrows' modus operandi is relatively unknown, though we know that they\nthemselves are attracted to people with the potential to gain a stand. During\nDiamond is Unbreakable, we see Yoshihiro Kira (Yoshikage's father) hold the\narrow and have it guide him to the next stand-ready person. This is the arrow\nacting on its own, and not him choosing to stab anyone with it.\n\nWhile near Yoshikage, the arrow could feel his latent stand potential, and it\nlodged itself into him to awaken it. It is in the nature of the arrows to\nchase stand potential, as if by gravity.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-08T04:00:11.117", "id": "67613", "last_activity_date": "2023-01-08T04:00:11.117", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71048", "parent_id": "66518", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nPresumably, Futaro isn't proud of his younger \"yankee\" days compared to his\ncurrent image. So he's afraid that Nino could see through the Kintarou ruse\nand use the photo to ruin his social standing/reputation at school. The\n\"embarrassing photo\" blackmail is a pretty common trope in anime/manga.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-06T17:58:49.453", "id": "66756", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-06T17:58:49.453", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "39934", "parent_id": "66527", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFor 1\n\n2 things\n\nThing 1A - My guess based on S02E02-S02E05 (The 7 goodbyes + the episode\nafterwards)\n\n> They didn't even tell their dad about that Nino and Itsuki left the\n> apartment.\n\nProbably they just don't really talk to their dad that much.\n\nThing 1B - Actually they don't really care about studying that much. These\naren't students who are really trying to improve their grades and just can't\nseem to be able to without external help. It probably sucks someone just in\ntheir grade and school is their kateikyoushi, but they just couldn't be\nbothered.\n\n* * *\n\nFor 2\n\nActually their dad _did_ tell them in advance that a kateikyoushi was coming.\nWe know because Itsuki was expecting a kateikyoushi to come. You might wonder\nwhy their dad didn't tell the quints about the details, but I think the better\nquestion is why the quints didn't ask their dad in the 1st place about the\ntutor's qualifications. Then it's the same as above: They don't talk to their\ndad much, and they don't really care about studying.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-05T01:10:42.077", "id": "66748", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-05T01:10:42.077", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66528", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't believe the arcs after Whole Cake Island have added anything new to\nthis, but there are some issues with your assumptions. This is what the wiki\non [Chapter 818](https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_818) states about\nthe Road Poneglyphs (emphasis mine):\n\n> The Straw Hats are astonished that this poneglyph can lead them to Laugh\n> Tale, but Inuarashi backtracks, revealing that there are four Road\n> Poneglyphs. He states that each poneglyph does not lead to Laugh Tale, but\n> rather to an island surrounding it. **When all four islands are found and\n> linked** , the way to Laugh Tale will be shown.\n\nThe way this is phrased, it might be important to visit all islands and\nperform some action there to \"link\" them in order to reach Laugh Tale. The One\nPiece world does have a lot of unusual geography and erratic weather\nphenomenon, so extrapolating the location might not be a valid option.\n\nGeometrically, we know this:\n\n> Each Road Poneglyph gives a location, and the four locations create a\n> quadrangle with Laugh Tale in the intersection of the diagonals.\n\nWhile the diagonals in a parallelogram (like squares and rectangles) will\ndefinitely intersect at their midpoints, it is possible to have quadrilateral\nshapes where diagonals intersect at some different ratio (for example, a kite-\nlike shape or an irregular shape).\n\nAdditionally, even if the diagonals meet at their midpoint, unless you find\nponeglyphs that give you two locations diagonally opposite to each other,\nyou'd end up going to the midpoint of an edge, which is the wrong location.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-22T12:10:25.650", "id": "66530", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-22T12:10:25.650", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "66529", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ExxBF.jpg)\n\nThese 4 crosses represent the location given by each road poneglyphs, so if\nyou have only two road poneglyphs then you can not find intersection of those\ntwo lines formed by four road poneglyphs, and also you have no way of knowing\nwhich two road poneglyphs you have so you can not travel on that whole line\nfrom one road poneglyph location to other although if you try that and are\nlucky enough to have two right road poneglyphs then you may find Raftel\n(Although it's actually Laugh Tale).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-28T05:26:02.443", "id": "66956", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-28T05:26:02.443", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66985", "parent_id": "66529", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBased on these tweets, it appears to be some kind of cat-bear called\nクマティー(KUMATTY)\n\n<https://twitter.com/marine__moon/status/1088054345365520389>\n\n<https://twitter.com/quintupletbride/status/1088061007006580736>\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zpghy.png)\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gmQco.png)\n\nNino actually owns some Kumatty merchandise.\n\nIn manga:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QZE5B.jpg)\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Nu5aa.png)\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qo5CE.jpg)\n\nIn anime:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5kURS.jpg)\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WrxKv.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-26T11:06:33.020", "id": "66702", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-09T04:35:35.860", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-09T04:35:35.860", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66531", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe Beast Titan before Zeke was Tom Ksaver. He was an eldian warrior and\nresearcher.\n\n[Tom Ksaver](https://attackontitan.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Ksaver)\n\nNot sure what you mean with your second question, but he has only one titan\nform.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-23T00:35:28.690", "id": "66533", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-23T00:35:28.690", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "66532", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAnd the answer is: these things are not planned out.\n\nHow this works is that a bunch of anime are made each season. Some of them are\nsuccessful, so they might get a second season. Or a movie. Or both.\n\nSometimes they make recap movies to watch before the movie that continues the\nstory. Higashi no Eden and Made in Abyss worked like that. Haruhi had a second\nseason airing in 2009, which contained the entire first season and led into\nthe movie which released in 2010.\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-28T15:55:53.503", "id": "66544", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-28T15:55:53.503", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "66540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nAccording to [this webpage](http://likiroku.com/haruhi-syousitu-junban-\nyobisitiki/)\n\n> 映画「涼宮ハルヒの消失」はアニメ「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」の続きにあたる作品です。\n>\n> アニメに出てきた伏線を回収するようなストーリー構成であるため、\n> 映画「涼宮ハルヒの消失」はアニメ「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」を見ておかないと内容がわからないです。\n\nSo the answer to 2 seems to be no.\n\nRegarding 1, it is only possible to guess, but the following may suggest that\nthe business people involved thought it would be profitable enough (and\npossibly even making a movie would be quicker than making another series).\n\n * Haruhi series was a smash hit, and the scale seems historical (according to [this](http://yomisoku.com/archives/post-30878.html), the original novels sold 20 million copies, which is the third best selling series even today).\n\n * Also the anime dvds sold very well ([source](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1178701496)).\n\n* * *\n\nJust my opinion/guess. Dragon ball/one piece make movies, and I agree they are\nto an extent self-contained, but I doubt e.g. girls who know nothing about\nthem can understand them (or bother to watch them).\n\nSo ultimately the fact only shows that the creators expected a large enough\npotential watchers and how popular Haruhi was in those days.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-30T01:23:10.583", "id": "66555", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-30T01:23:10.583", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66540", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe answer to this question is indeed a spoiler, and one which a viewer should\nbe able to figure out by the end of the first season, given the revelations\nthere.\n\nIf you just want the answer:\n\n> It is the shadows who copy the form of the living dolls.\n\nAnd I know this is the answer because (warning, this is a major spoiler!):\n\n> The living dolls are actually not living dolls. They are brainwashed human\n> children. Thus, it is impossible for them to be created in the form of the\n> shadow, and it must be the case that the shadow copies their form. The\n> brainwashed humans can have their memories erased as well, so this could go\n> a long way towards explaining any time incongruities.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-29T16:25:17.347", "id": "66549", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-29T16:25:17.347", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66548", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI can actually think of two reasons the Third Hokage would avoid meeting with\nFugaku.\n\n## #1 Political Reasons\n\nOne of the Uchiha's earlier grievances was how Fugaku, who distinguished\nhimself during the war and earned the moniker \"Wicked Eye Fugaku\", was passed\nover for Fourth Hokage. More insultingly, he was not even considered, with\nOrochimaru being the only other person whose name was mentioned. Even after\nthe Nine-Tails incident gives the Uchiha greater problems, they do not forget\nthe insult done to Fugaku.\n\nGiven how vocal the Uchiha are for their support of Fugaku, I think we can\nsafely assume the Third Hokage knew how they wanted him to be Hokage. In this\ncase, it would be extraordinarily awkward to meet with Fugaku to talk things\nover. Any sort of official meeting would give Fugaku legitimacy to his claim\nto the title of Hokage! In fact, it may even stir up the Uchiha more if they\nget impatient. The sentiment might be something like, \"You've recognized\nFugaku, so why haven't you announced him as your successor yet?!\" And if the\nThird Hokage happens to die? Things might get quite chaotic, and a civil war\nwould be likely. Having increased the legitimacy of Fugaku, the Uchiha might\nactually attempt to stage a coup and assassinate the Hokage.\n\nOkay, let's stop and think. Things might be fine if Fugaku really was\nannounced to be the successor. Does the Third Hokage want Fugaku to be Hokage?\nWould he be okay with that if it would pacify the Uchiha? The answer is a\nresounding no.\n\nAfter the war, the Third Hokage resigns to satisfy those saying he messed up.\nBut he handpicks Minato Namikaze to be his successor as Fourth Hokage.\nAccording to Danzo and Orochimaru, the Third Hokage chose Minato because he\nintends to keep ruling the Hidden Leaf with Minato as his puppet (this is in\nepisode 349, I believe).\n\nI honestly believe it is the case that the Third Hokage intended to use Minato\nas a puppet, at least to some degree. Minato is quite young after all, and\nyoung leaders tend to get manipulated. The Third Hokage has a vision for the\nvillage and he believes things will go smoothly if the village continues to be\nrun his way. Danzo and Orochimaru have a different vision, which the Third\nHokage believes he must stop at all costs. Minato is the perfect proxy, a\nyoung man quite sympathetic to his own vision, especially when compared to\nDanzo and Orochimaru.\n\nAnd where does this leave Fugaku? The Third Hokage would absolutely never want\nhim to be Hokage. Fugaku, like Danzo, has a different vision for the village\nthan the Third Hokage. With his primary concerns being with his own clan, it's\nsomewhat doubtful he would even be able to see the big picture when it came to\nruling the whole village. He might even abuse the position to enrich and\nempower his own clan at the expense of the village, creating political\ninstability. Additionally, unlike Minato, Fugaku has no ties to the Third\nHokage, so the Third would not be able to control him at all. Even if Fugaku\ndoes somehow prove to be a good leader, he would not do things the same way as\nthe Third Hokage; he would not continue with the vision the Third Hokage has\nfor the village, and this is greatly undesirable.\n\nGiven all this, it is understandable the Third Hokage would not want to meet\nwith Fugaku.\n\n**Danzo Manipulations**\n\nThis still falls under the first reason, but the Itachi light novels make it\nclear Danzo wants the Uchiha to plan a coup so that he can fulfill his long-\nheld ambition of wiping out the biggest threat to village security. Because of\nthis, it is probable he would try to manipulate the Third Hokage into\nbelieving meeting with Fugaku is not a good idea, possibly by the very same\nreasoning I'm using above. When you have an agitator trying to increase strife\nbetween the Uchiha and the village, this is a possibility. Thus, even though\nspeaking with the Uchiha is surely a sane approach to lowering tensions, when\nthe Third has Danzo whispering in his ear, you get the seemingly insane\napproach of publicly ignoring them until things get as bad as they can get.\nIt's not a plot hole, it's crazy by design, because Danzo always wanted Itachi\nto kill all the Uchiha!\n\n## #2 Fugaku's Sharingan\n\nMeeting with anyone with a Sharingan is a giant security risk. With it's\npotent genjutsu, the Third Hokage would have to worry about being manipulated.\nHe trusts Shisui, obviously, but he also has knowledge of Shisui's power,\nwhich is not a good thing here. Knowing a Sharingan exists that can manipulate\nsomeone without them even knowing would make him a little paranoid another\nSharingan might be able to do something similar.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-29T18:05:39.697", "id": "66552", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-01T16:10:28.493", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-01T16:10:28.493", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66551", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe rate is a measurement, not a rule. If the 27 students had passed, they'd\nall become genin. The 66% rate is just the statistics considering the rate of\ngraduation up to that point.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-28T19:42:54.830", "id": "66965", "last_activity_date": "2022-07-08T20:09:39.197", "last_edit_date": "2022-07-08T20:09:39.197", "last_editor_user_id": "22922", "owner_user_id": "22922", "parent_id": "66554", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis is pretty much answered by Chika herself in this episode. What she says\nis as follows (emphasis mine):\n\nFrom the English dub (I'm using brackets to indicate where I'm uncertain what\nshe's saying, as she's babbling and there are no subtitles. It's close enough\nanyway.):\n\n> **I don't want anyone to [come] take you away, Kaguya!** And I don't want\n> you to get expelled! Please, don't leave me, I love you more than any\n> [boyfriend/boy can]! I love you sooooo much!\n\nFrom the English subtitles on the Japanese dub:\n\n> **I don't want anyone to have you, Kaguya!** I don't want you expelled! No,\n> no, don't go away! I'm crazy about you! I love you!\n\nThe expulsion part gets into something not mentioned by the question, namely\nthat Shirogane threatened to tell a teacher if Kaguya goes on her date. That\nin of itself is a reason for Chika to so passionately interfere in this\nmanner. That isn't all, of course...\n\nSo, what does Chika care? It seems straight forward to me. It's perfectly\nclear that as Kaguya's close friend, she loves Kaguya. She directly states\nthat here, and many times elsewhere. For instance, the relationship charts at\nthe beginning states that Fujiwara \"Super totally ✩ loves her ♡\", which goes a\nlong way in describing the depths of her feelings. In this episode, Kaguya\nsays she's really going to go unless she gets a love confession, and that's\nwhat she gets here from Chika (There's the funny joke we're looking for! The\ntiming is definitely too perfect for that not to be what the author was going\nfor.). Even at the beginning of Chika and Kaguya's conversation, Chika is\nfidgeting a lot, so she's worrying about it, and she keeps asking Kaguya if\nshe's really going.\n\nThis is not the only time Fujiwara is overprotective of Kaguya when it comes\nto relationships. In chapter 113, after saying she got hit on at a school\nfestival, Fujiwara warns Kaguya, saying,\n\n> **You** should **never** go to their culture festival, Kaguya! You'd really\n> get harassed! (Because you're so cute!)\n\nAdditionally, Chika has been shown to have a selfish personality. For\ninstance, when they learn that she and Ishigami share a birthday, she becomes\nextremely upset, because she believes this will result in her having a subpar\nbirthday party. Someone who can use the kind of logic she uses to deduce her\nbirthday revelry will suffer from sharing the day with someone else can surely\ndetermine what the result will be should Kaguya actually find a boyfriend.\nKaguya's time would be monopolized by this boyfriend, leaving no time for\nChika herself, and this would be a greatly undesirable outcome.\n\nI see questions all the time about why this character or that character has\nany sort of invested interest in another character's romances, but they always\nstrike me as odd, as if there is some belief that romantic relationships are\nthe only kind of relationships that have importance. Yet, there is nothing\nunusual about someone getting jealous of their friend's romantic partners,\nparticularly if they're as close as Kaguya and Chika. Seeing all the\nhilariously selfish stuff I've seen Chika pull in the manga, I can fairly\nconfidently say she is the kind of person who would get jealous if Kaguya got\na boyfriend and spent less time with her. Though Chika has also shown\nincredible selflessness, such as when she's teaching Shirogane. It's thus\ndifficult to say what she would or wouldn't do. Though here, with the added\nmotivation of keeping Kaguya from getting expelled, she tries to dissuade her.\n\nThis is quite a **heavy spoiler** coming from the end of volume 22, so I\nhighly recommend not looking at it, however it supports my interpretation of\nChika so well I couldn't help but want to include it.\n\n> From the preview description for volume 23: \"Will Miyuki replace Chika in\n> Kaguya's heart? When dense Chika belatedly finds out they're dating, she\n> certainly thinks so.\"\n\n> Volume 23 unsurprisingly, has Chika initially being surprised, but very\n> accepting and supportive of Kaguya's relationship with Shirogane when Kaguya\n> initially tells her about it in _Battle 222: Kaguya Shinomiya's Impossible\n> Demand: \"Mount Horai's Branch of Pearls\"_. Here's a snippet of the\n> conversation between Kaguya and Chika, with emphasis being mine here, as it\n> supports my initial characterizations of their relationship and how the\n> story portrays it:\n\n> \"Why didn't you tell me before?!\" \n> \"Because... You're special. And now someone else is special to me too. I\n> feel like I've **betrayed** you.\" \n> \"You can have as many special people in your life as you want! I don't\n> mind!\"\n\n> However, true to her capricious nature and joker role in the story, Chika\n> completely flips her position in the next chapter and is very upset by\n> Kaguya and Shirogane's relationship. Her irritation initially sparks from\n> seeing Miko and Ishigami act like it was obvious Kaguya and Shirogane were\n> in love. Here are some highlights from _Battle 223: Chika Fujiwara Won't\n> Admit it_. Emphasis is again mine, as some of this pretty much confirms my\n> interpretation of the conversation in the pilot as being how the author\n> intended it to be interpreted.\n\n> \"Arghhhh! What is happening?! I can't take it anymore! You stupid, dumb,\n> moronic idiots! I can't accept this relationship! I can't stand this lovey-\n> dovey atmosphere either! **My precious Kaguya** has been defiled by\n> Shirogane. This is... **cuckoldry**!\" \n> ... \n> \"But I will not acknowledge this couple! Kaguya is **mine**!\n\n> When pressed on her change of heart, this is Chika's explanation:\n\n> **Kaguya** : \"But when I told you, you said you were happy for me...\" \n> **Chika** : \"Changing your mind is a sign of maturity. When I saw you two\n> together now and was truly honest with myself, I realized I can't accept\n> this. I will crush and destroy your relationship, whatever it takes!\"\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-02T23:04:26.767", "id": "66569", "last_activity_date": "2022-08-29T21:26:21.313", "last_edit_date": "2022-08-29T21:26:21.313", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66556", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to this [blog](https://iamundercover.wordpress.com/2008/03/06/shion-\nno-ou-ep-16/) the scene happens in episode 16.\n\n> A blushing Shion wishes to send a text message to Ayumi but can’t seem think\n> of anything to say. It took her the whole day before she came up with\n> something to say.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-30T21:01:45.320", "id": "66558", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-30T21:01:45.320", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "66557", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n_It is kind of difficult to translate/give this expression a meaning since it\nis a self-created introduction, but..._\n\nBased on the original manga, the wording is **こんにち殺法** ( _konnichi-sappou_ ),\na portmanteau of こんにちは ( _konnichiwa_ ) +\n[殺法](https://jisho.org/word/%E6%AE%BA%E6%B3%95) ( _sappou_ ), which then is\nreplied with **こんにち殺法返し** , a portmanteau of _konnichiwa_ \\+ _sappou_ \\+\n[返し](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%BF%94%E3%81%97) ( _-gaeshi_ ).\n\n\n\nAccording to Jisho, _sappou_ means \" _way of murdering; killing method; way of\nusing a sword_ \" while _kaeshi_ (read as _-gaeshi_ here) means _reversal;\nreturn_. _〇〇-sappou_ is often used as a killer technique name, while adding\n_-gaeshi_ to it means the counter for such technique.\n\nUsage of _sappou_ used in this way is kind of rare. 円月殺法 ( _engetsu sappou_ )\nwas a popular technique coined by Renzaburō Shibata in his novel series\n[Nemuri Kyoshiro](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemuri_Ky%C5%8Dshir%C5%8D) ([a\nYouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu9W3tBLKwI) demonstrating the\ntechnique in real-life competition). On the other hand, the usage of _-gaeshi_\nis more common, as can be seen in [Judo\ntechniques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_judo_techniques).\n\nSo, if trying to give meaning to these expressions, then perhaps \" _die\nto/with hello!_ \" and \" _counter to/with hello!_ \" might be suitable...\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-03-31T12:11:51.413", "id": "66562", "last_activity_date": "2022-03-31T12:11:51.413", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "66561", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's because of Christian liturgy. The \"Kyrie eleison\" is the name of a\nprayer, and one of the most ancient of gregorian chants.\n\nIt has its origins in Eastern Christian doctrine, it derives from ἐλέησόν με\nκύριε (eleison me kyrie), which was the Greek translation of a Biblical phrase\noften found in the Psalms: חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה, \"have mercy on me, Lord\". It's\nused as part of the litany, which is prayer that consists of petition to God\nor to a Saint to intercede, as the priest asks the petition, the chorus would\nanswer \"Kyrie eleison and \"Christe eleison\" in alternation.\n\nSo it seems fitting that for Fate worlds, where Christian doctrine is also a\nform of Magecraft, this chant is used as an incantation part of exorcism\nrituals, as it's asking for God to lend his power.\n\nSources: [Kyrie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrie),\n[Litany](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litany)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-08T14:16:24.870", "id": "66597", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-08T14:16:24.870", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33307", "parent_id": "66571", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]