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[ { "body": "\n\n**Because that was the official court markings by the International Basketball\nFederation (FIBA) before it was changed in 2008 (effective in 2010) to follow\nthe National Basketball Association (NBA) more closely.**\n\nAccording to the [Wikipedia - Basketball court - FIBA\nchanges](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_court#FIBA_changes)\n\n> ### FIBA changes\n>\n> On April 26, 2008, FIBA announced several major rules changes involving the\n> court markings. These changes took effect for major international\n> competitions on October 1, 2010, after that year's World Championships for\n> men and women, and became mandatory for other competitions on October 1,\n> 2012 (although national federations could adopt the new markings before\n> 2012). The changes were as follows.\n>\n> * **The shape of the key changed from a trapezoid to a rectangle as it is\n> in the NBA, with NBA dimensions.**\n> * The three-point line moved back to 6.75 meters (22 ft 1.7 in) from 6.25\n> meters (20 ft 6.1 in), compared to 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m) for the NBA at the\n> top of the arc.\n> * The FIBA adopted the NBA's restricted area arc with a marginally wider\n> radius of 1.25 meters (4 ft 1.2 in).\n>\n\n(Emphasis added)\n\n[Wikipedia - Key\n(basketball)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_\\(basketball\\)) explained the\ndifferences in more detail, but here is some of the summary:\n\n>\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OGXICl.png)\n>\n> The different shapes of the key in different basketball disciplines (yellow,\n> from left to right): NBA, NCAA, FIBA 1956–2010, and FIBA since 2010.\n\n> FIBA (until 2010) \n> --- \n>\n> [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_\\(basketball\\)#/media/File:NokiaArena.jpg) \n> Menora Mivtachim Arena, Tel Aviv, Israel \n> Prior to 2010, FIBA-specification courts had trapezoidal keys that were 6\n> meters (20 ft) at the baseline and 3.6 meters (12 ft) at the free throw\n> line. The jump-ball circle was marked with solid lines on both sides of the\n> free-throw line, the inside of which was often used for sponsor advertising.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-03T12:06:08.380", "id": "66575", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-03T12:06:08.380", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "66572", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIn the [VN/manga](https://07th-\nexpansion.fandom.com/wiki/Banquet_of_the_Golden_Witch/Colored_Text), there's a\nred truth: (I edited to emphasise the red part.)\n\n> Battler: Don't try to trick me! Your true form isn't a witch or anything\n> like it, but a flesh and blood human. The human culprit, Ushiromiya Eva!!!\n>\n> EVA Beatrice summons Hideyoshi as a witness to testify for her\n>\n> Hideyoshi: I was taking care of Eva in our room the whole time. Of course,\n> Eva didn't leave the room.\n>\n> Battler: I demand that he repeats it again in red!!\n>\n> Hideyoshi (in red): **I was in the room the whole time. Both before and\n> after the time of the crime**\n>\n> Battler (repetition request): 'Aunt Eva was also in the room for the entire\n> time before and after the crime'\n>\n> Battler: Uncle Hideyoshi was just there to create an alibi. You made him\n> stay in the room and stealthily snuck out.\n>\n> EVA Beatrice refuses\n>\n> Battler: Maybe Uncle Hideyoshi didn't leave the room the whole time. But\n> saying he was taking care of you the whole time...is a bright-red lie!\n> Therefore, no alibi exists for you!! You had a chance to slip out of the\n> room and kill Aunt Rosa and Maria! If you think you can dodge that, try\n> proclaiming in red that 'Aunt Eva didn't take a step outside of her room'!!\n> You can't, right?\n>\n> The witch side resigns\n\nBut anyway, I guess it's not really a big deal. Of course you don't trust\nanything that's not in red.\n\n(\n\nThen again I guess the idea is that\n\n> there's a lot of white text that the witches have gotten past\n\nBattler.\n\n)\n\n* * *\n\nBtw in the VN:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/41oTW.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ACOmx.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Sv6IF.jpg)\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/RJj8F.jpg)\n\nSo yeah obvious not really a big deal.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-04T16:06:17.383", "id": "66583", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-06T19:52:28.117", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-06T19:52:28.117", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66582", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFirst off, I think that the translation 'true love' is used for both simply\nbecause it is more natural as English, as the following n-gram shows.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/7B69l.png)\n\nAs a Japanese phrase, 本物の愛 is more natural but 真実の愛 does not sound too\ndifferent. 本物 means _real_ as opposed to _fake_ and 真実 is _truth_ as opposed\nto _falsity_.\n\nSo practically they are used synonymously here.\n\nNow why the girl blushes is something to do with Japanese mentality. Generally\npeople do not talk about love directly and also 本物の愛 sounds **too serious** to\ntalk about. It sounds naive as well. A natural response would be laughing as\nFujiwara does. The girl is too polite to do that, and feels awkward.\n\nNote in the manga version, right after the girl's blushing, there is a\nnarration: (かぐやは)このワードが口に出すだけで恥ずかしいものであることを認識すらしていない. (Kaguya does not even\nrealize this word is something too awkward to utter, where this word refers to\n'true love').\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-05T09:50:26.413", "id": "66587", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-05T09:50:26.413", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66584", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom\n[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/umineko/comments/t657hg/what_are_the_characters_saying_in_japanese_when/):\n\n> 復唱 要求（ふくしょうようきゅう）\n\nRōmaji is: Fukushō yōkyū\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-04T17:14:41.540", "id": "66586", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-04T17:14:41.540", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66585", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to the wikia it's because they have contrasting personalities.\n\n> Zenitsu and Inosuke usually do not get along despite being on the same team,\n> mainly due to their extremely low opinions of each other and their wildly\n> contrasting personalities. Inosuke sees Zenitsu as annoying, loud, weak\n> (initially), and a crybaby; while Zenitsu sees Inosuke as a violent moron\n> who's only interested in fighting. However, in dire situations, they can\n> cooperate well. Inosuke shows a level of admiration for Zenitsu's abilities\n> while asleep, saying he should sleep forever after seeing how cool he fights\n> for the first time.\n\n[Zenitsu relationships](https://kimetsu-no-\nyaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Zenitsu_Agatsuma/Relationships#Inosuke_Hashibira)\n\nI would add that they didnt start well because Inosuke wanted to kill Nezuko\nwhen they first met, and Zenitsu loves Nezuko.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-07T12:58:45.793", "id": "66594", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-07T12:58:45.793", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "3028", "parent_id": "66590", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe it is because the reveal of him being Madara wasn't just that, but a\nclear declaration of war, and while Obito knew that if he were to do that\nbefore Itachi died, Itachi would have been one extra nuisance to his plan\nbecause Itachi's unique ability and having Shisui's Sharingan could cause his\nplan to end before it even started.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-11T12:29:13.790", "id": "67888", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-19T02:07:51.227", "last_edit_date": "2023-04-19T02:07:51.227", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "71818", "parent_id": "66593", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 }, { "body": "\n\nUpdate: Late in the episode: _Episode 455: Itachi's Story--Light and Darkness:\nMoonlit Night_ , Obito says something to Itachi that supports what I wrote\nbelow. It's basically an answer to this question in his own words.\n\n> **Tobi:** Within the organization, I'm known as Tobi. I'm not an official\n> member. I'm a newbie within the Akatsuki who doesn't possess any spectacular\n> jutsu. You should treat me as if that's true.\n>\n> **Itachi:** Why hide your identity?\n>\n> **Tobi:** If people knew Madara Uchiha was still alive, things would become\n> complicated. Only the Akatsuki leader who we're meeting knows the truth.\n\nThe Tobi persona was actually very useful for keeping the heat off of him.\nLet's not forget that for most of the series, Pain was the acting leader of\nthe Akatsuki. Obito was in the shadows, pulling Pain's strings. We can see\nthis pay off, because he manages to avoid Jiraiya investigating him (he\ninvestigates Pain instead). And since he would rarely be around the Akatsuki,\nObito was likely able to frustrate Itachi's efforts into looking into him\n(given Itachi never seems to have discerned he wasn't actually Madara). Itachi\nand Jiraiya are two people you definitely want to avoid sussing out your\nsecrets, so I'd say staying in the shadows for so long was a really smart\nmove.\n\nI'll note, as said in another answer, Itachi was aware Tobi was Madara Uchiha.\nThe Itachi light novels show him intuit this. Itachi actually comes\ndangerously close to guessing Tobi might be an Uchiha who went missing during\nthe war (the truth), but in the end decides he must be Madara Uchiha. (see my\nanswer here for quotes: <https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/66266/19307>)\n\nEven after joining the Akatsuki as Tobi, Obito flies under everyone's radar\nbecause he acts like a total moron. Thus, he's still kept out of scrutiny and\ndanger, as most people would rather try to investigate the leader Pain. But at\nthe same time, the Tobi persona gives him the ability to monitor Akatsuki\noperations and members up close (such as Deidara).\n\nLet us also remember what happens when Tobi reveals himself as Madara Uchiha\nto the kage. He's perceived as enough of a threat that the five great nations\njoin together to try and crush him. That's how powerful the name Madara Uchiha\nis. If he'd revealed that too soon, before he was ready, all the Biju may have\nforever slipped out of his grasp. Obito has to carefully plan when and where\nto play this dangerous card, and he only goes public with it when he's reached\nhis endgame. This isn't to say he never used this card before then; he\nrevealed himself as Madara Uchiha to several individuals.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-12T20:04:36.707", "id": "67895", "last_activity_date": "2023-09-25T15:35:34.757", "last_edit_date": "2023-09-25T15:35:34.757", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66593", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nJust a cw answer since these are my own little conjectures. I don't quite have\na good basis, but I have ideas based on a **source** outside the anime (eg the\nmanga, the live action or an author interview).\n\n* * *\n\n# Idea 1\n\nMy **source** is:\n\n> the 1st movie.\n\nThis source makes me think that **the narrator actually has an identity** ,\nnamely\n\n> Kaguya's cardiologist Dr. Shozo Tanuma. In the 1st movie, Tanuma and the\n> narrator are portrayed by the same person Jiro Sato.\n\nAnd it's actually said explicitly\n\n> I'm the person in charge of the narration for this story. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bViRt.jpg)\n\nIdk. In this case, I guess the narrator calls or later starts calling Kaguya\nby 1st name due to **knowing Kaguya personally** but doesn't know anyone else\npersonally and thus calls the rest either last name or full name.\n\nOf course we see initially at some point in\n\n> the anime series that the supposed narrator doesn't yet do this...\n\n> S02E08\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/eE0ns.jpg)\n\nand\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vVFwV.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n# Idea 2 (not mine)\n\nAnother guess I read elsewhere:\n\nAlso there's a reddit post that says [Kaguya's dad is the\nnarrator](https://www.reddit.com/r/Kaguya_sama/comments/g6ozul/kaguyas_father_might_be_the_narrator/).\nI guess that would explain also things: Kaguya's dad calls Kaguya by 1st name\nand everyone else by last/full name.\n\n* * *\n\n# Idea 3 (mine again):\n\nSame flavour as the previous ideas: The narrator is simply someone who knows\nKaguya personally but doesn't quite know the others personally or as well or\nat least calls them by last name but Kaguya by 1st name.\n\n * Idea 3.1. But instead of (Idea 1)\n\n> Kaguya's cardiologist\n\nit's like, say, a psychiatrist or psychologist that Kaguya sees in the future.\n\n * Idea 3.2. Or could be anyone Kaguya confides in that doesn't really know the others or at least fits the bill of calling Kaguya by 1st name and the rest by last name. I think for example Nagisa Kashiwagi fits the bill. We see in S02E05 that Nagisa, in h own thoughts, refers to Kaguya as 'Kaguya-san' and Miyuki as 'Shirogane-kun'.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/P5iSW.jpg)\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/3qjMl.jpg)\n\n(However, in actual conversation, Nagisa might address Miyuki directly as\n'Kaichou' or 'Shirogane-san' or whatever.)\n\nNote 1: In S01E05, Nagisa addresses Kaguya as 'Kaguya-sama'. Well, at least\nit's not Shinomiya-sama, so I think this doesn't rule out Nagisa.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/SVBIH.jpg)\n\n**Wait, au contraire, perhaps this previous Kaguya-sama actually suggests\nNagisa is the narrator because -sama is the honorific used in the title** if\nnone of the other named anime characters so far (besides Ai) call Kaguya as\nKaguya-sama and if there isn't a result at the end of a story that includes\nNagisa's name.\n\nNote 2: Oh in S01E10, Nagisa says Shinomiya-san. Okay I don't know what to\nthink anymore for Nagisa. Lol. --> [Why does Nagisa call Kaguya 1st Kaguya-\nsama then later Shinomiya-san and then later Kaguya-\nsan?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66615/why-does-nagisa-call-\nkaguya-1st-kaguya-sama-then-later-shinomiya-san-then-later)\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/k92nX.jpg)\n\n* * *\n\n# Idea 4:\n\nIn the dub, Ai Hayasaka could be the narrator because AmaLee both voices Ai\nand [dubs the openings](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03OvXCvtV0E). This\nalso would explain why in the chapter titles, as well as the actual title,\nKaguya is called Kaguya-sama.\n\n* * *\n\n# Idea 5:\n\nChika is the narrator.\n\n> Akasaka said that he is like Chika in that he loves board games, and that he\n> feels like her and has her personality when friends and family visit.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-09T13:33:20.530", "id": "66600", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-10T23:54:58.630", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-10T23:54:58.630", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66599", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is precisely because he did not appear much.\n\nBased on the manga version, the story ends with Shirogane's narration that he\ndid not play a role in training Ishigami. As Kaicho and a male senpai, he was\nsort of supposed to take the lead in helping Ishigami, but the role was taken\nby Kaguya. That seems to be why it is Shirogane's loss.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-10T07:09:28.710", "id": "66608", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-10T07:09:28.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66601", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAh I got it. It's not from the specific story 'Kei Shirogane Can't Speak' of\nS02E10. It's in the prologue BEFORE the opening of S02E10. I couldn't find it\nbecause I was looking in the sub-episode proper 'Kei Shirogane Can't Speak.'\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-09T22:11:17.170", "id": "66605", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-09T22:11:17.170", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66603", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAlmost every name in _Jojo's Bizarre Adventure_ can be traced to being some\nsort of musical reference. It'd probably be faster to list the names that\naren't direct references!\n\nIn order to even attempt to answer the question accurately, it's necessary to\ndefine what constitutes being \"from the 90's\". Must the song or artist have\ndebuted in the 1990s? Is it enough for the artist to have been active during\nthe 90s even if they started earlier? Would a 1990s re-release of a song or\nalbum that debuted earlier count?\n\nFor the record, [chapter 151 of the\nmanga](https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune,_Part_2_\\(Chapter\\))\n(one-fourth of the way through Part 3, _Stardust Crusaders_ ) debuted on\nJanuary 1, 1990, while [chapter\n595](https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/SO_Chapter_1) (the start of Part 6, _Stone\nOcean_ ) debuted on January 1, 2000. So the entirety of Part 4 ( _Diamond is\nUnbreakable_ ) and Part 5 ( _Vento Aureo_ ) was written during the 1990s.\nHowever, this doesn't guarantee that every musical reference made during that\ntime is topical. For example, Part 5's White Album references a Beatles\nrelease from 1968, while Part 4's Super Fly references a film and soundtrack\nfrom 1972.\n\nAs for which 90s song besides \"I Want You\" is used for the anime ending\nsequences, the first ending theme for _Golden Wind_ is [\"Freek'n You\" by\nJodeci](https://jojo.fandom.com/wiki/Freek%27n_You).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-18T04:37:53.620", "id": "68448", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-18T04:37:53.620", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73965", "parent_id": "66607", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n# Suspension of Disbelief\n\nFirst off, it sounds like this episode broke your [suspension of\ndisbelief](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief). In this\ncase, characters behaved in a manner so contrary to how you view them, you\ncouldn't help but view it as some kind of author error. Frankly, there's no\ngetting your suspension of disbelief back, as it's something that has to be\nmaintained during viewing of a work. As I have to answer objectively based on\nhow the characters _did behave_ and not on how you _expected them to behave_ ,\nI can only answer this question by being an apologist for the episode, using\nthe best reasoning I can put forth. However, know that I very much sympathize,\nas I too have encountered such situations as my suspension of disbelief has\nbeen shattered.\n\n# Answer\n\nThe outcome in a match between Kaguya and Shirogane is not as obvious as you'd\nthink, particularly to these spectators. It's true that Kaguya has built up a\ngood deal of strength from archery and martial art, but Shirogane is by no\nmeans unfit, as you've shown. He rides his bike to school each day, and he\n_can_ be good at sports, if he puts in the Herculean effort necessary. Arm\nwrestling also appears to not be a competition where his lack of coordination\ncomes into play.\n\nAdd into this that human males are naturally stronger than females, and the\nspectators would have trouble guessing who'd win. A belief in this is\ndisplayed by Fujiwara, Ishigami,and Shirogane in this episode. First when\nFujiwara asks Ishigami what kind of man he is when he's struggling to carry a\nbunch of stuff, and second when Ishigami and Shirogane separately state they\nwouldn't lose to girls in bouts of strength. Fujiwara's belief that males are\nstronger is only shown implicitly, but Ishigami and Shirogane's proclamations\nare fairly explicit. We can infer then, that these three will use this belief\nwhen calculating who will win a match. Fujiwara will, of course, also take\nother things into consideration, while Shirogane and Ishigami probably won't\nsince they're fairly confident in this belief.\n\nNext to consider, is when Kaguya and Shirogane are battling it out, they\nappear to be evenly matched. Of course, we know they were both simply stalling\nso they could hold each other's hands longer, but the spectators don't know\nthis and are awed by their apparently epic match. Thus, whatever their\npreconceived notions, Ishigami and Fujiwara truly do believe Kaguya and\nShirogane are evenly matched here, because that's what they're seeing.\n\nWith all that being said, Kaguya easily defeats Shirogane when she panics\nabout her hands being sweaty. Whether this is from a burst of adrenaline\nhelping her or because she truly did have vastly superior strength all along\nis unclear.\n\nAlso consider that arm wrestling is not entirely about strength. The show even\nacknowledges this by how Fujiwara tries to cheat by changing her hand position\nwhen battling Shirogane. Strategy can come into play, which is something\nShirogane and Kaguya are both good at, and thus the outcome is not obvious.\nSee for example: <https://www.coachmag.co.uk/exercises/sport-\nworkouts/1552/win-armwrestling>\n\n# Addendum\n\nTo address what you said in the comments about whether Kaguya should even be\nincluded:\n\nThis battle is very much framed as boys versus girls, thus Fujiwara would have\nno problem whatsoever including Kaguya despite her apparent edge, because\nthat's advantageous to her side. And Shirogane and Ishigami have overestimated\nthemselves because their opponents are girls, so they wouldn't object either.\nIn fact, it would be rather shameful for them to object. Due to their\nmasculine pride (that might be a strong phrase for these two, but you get the\npoint), they could never say Kaguya is stronger than them and thus shouldn't\nbe allowed to participate.\n\n# Manga Version\n\nThe manga version does not offer much differences in terms of what happens,\nbut it does offer something helpful at the end: a list of the character's\npower levels in MP (muscle points).\n\n> Men's Average: 60 MP\n>\n> Women's Average : 40 MP\n>\n> Shirogane : 64 MP\n>\n> Kaguya: 62 MP\n>\n> Ishigami: 55 MP\n>\n> Fujiwara: 54 MP\n>\n> Iino: 21 MP\n\nAs we can see, the manga actually states that Shirogane is stronger than\nKaguya. Thus, while Kaguya did overcome the average male strength level, the\nwork Shirogane put in and his natural strength put him over her by two MP.\nThis means their match actually would be pretty evenly matched.\n\nSome other parts in the manga also support my points.\n\n 1. Adrenaline may have been involved. While Shirogane and Kaguya are struggling, Fujiwara states, \"They're oversecreting adrenaline... their muscle powers have surpassed human limitations!\" Note that this does not prove Kaguya won because she got a burst of adrenaline, because that's not what Fujiwara is referring to here. I only point it out because it shows the author was thinking about adrenaline, so it could be the case then. Kaguya's final push does get an additional detail in the manga though: A note stating \"A surprise attack!\" is there. This might suggest the reason Shirogane lost was because he wasn't expecting Kaguya to get serious so suddenly.\n 2. The spectators truly believe the two are evenly matched. In the manga, it seems to me their reactions to the incredible bout are even more exaggerated. In addition to her above comment, Fujiwara also states all of this:\n\n> This is bad... Look at their cheeks! They're so flushed! They're\n> oversecreting adrenaline... their muscle powers have surpassed human\n> limitations! If they continue to wrestle, they might **seriously do\n> permanent damage to their arms!** Their careers will be cut short... the\n> longer they arm wrestle!\n\nMiko Iino believes Fujiwara, asking the competitors,\n\n> There's so much work left to do for the culture festival! Why are you\n> competing so hard?!\n\nEven Ishigami says,\n\n> Neither of them is budging an inch. This is a battle of pride!\n\nNone of them seems to suspect anything is up with Kaguya and Shirogane, and\nthey don't get anywhere close to suspecting the two are deliberately stalling.\nInstead, they're all taking this battle with deadly seriousness, to comical\neffect.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-11T20:19:53.293", "id": "66621", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-19T19:31:48.893", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-19T19:31:48.893", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66609", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Update** : Skip to the manga section, as it pretty much answers this.\nIshigami is officially stronger than Fujiwara according to the numbers. The\nrest of the answer still has value in my opinion though, as we can't be sure\nhow reliable or meaningful those numbers are.\n\nIt's difficult to say for certain, but there are some factors in play here\nthat would give Ishigami an edge.\n\n 1. Fujiwara is demoralized from having been caught cheating. During that bout, Ishigami even recorded her cheating and taunted her with it. This could affect her ability to battle. Additionally, Ishigami could leverage this during their match for psychological warfare. At the very least, having been alerted to her trickery, he'll be watching her carefully to make sure she doesn't try to cheat again.\n 2. Fujiwara is tired after two matches, while Ishigami has only had one. Ishigami also lost quite quickly after struggling in vain against the immovable Kaguya. Fujiwara on the other hand, battled both Ino and Shirogane.\n 3. As a male, Ishigami should have superior natural strength to Fujiwara. It's unclear what his strength level is, with the show only saying he's weaker than most boys his age, so we can't say for certain whether he's weaker than most girls his age or not. And considering Fujiwara tried to cheat, I'm not certain how seriously we should take her boasts at the beginning about her strength training. Though they were probably only exaggerations at worse, since she seems to be able to carry the stuff more easily than Ishigami. At any rate, while it would seem Fujiwara is probably stronger than Ishigami, it might not be by much.\n\nAlso consider that arm wrestling is not entirely about strength, so it's\npossible Ishigami could find some way of winning. Even with regard to the\nstrength part, it might depend on which muscles Fujiwara has been training\nwhether she gets any kind of advantage.\n\nSee for example: <https://www.coachmag.co.uk/exercises/sport-\nworkouts/1552/win-armwrestling>\n\n# Karmic Reasons\n\nAnother point to consider, is the author may have simply sided against\nFujiwara and decided she should lose to Ishigami. Fujiwara mouths off to\nIshigami about how weak he is, and on top of that, she tries to cheat during\nthe competition. The author might decide that Ishigami should win this match\nfor ethical reasons. Personally, I'm not fond of out-of-universe reasoning for\nthese kinds of questions, though I suppose you could also consider it to be\nkarma.\n\nThere were also questions of sexism with regard to this contest, but since\nKaguya has already won for the girls, this makes it ethically acceptable to\npunish Fujiwara regardless. Though I might be overthinking it, and the author\nmay not have even been thinking along these lines. One might also argue\nIshigami needed a karmic comeuppance as well due to his behavior and comments,\nbut he already received it when defeated by Kaguya (additionally, the manga\ngives him a further chastisement, writing \"A male who's happy to defeat a\nfemale\" over his head when he defeats Fujiwara, as if to say he should\nprobably be a little ashamed of himself.\n\n# Manga Version\n\nAfter consulting the manga, which I acquired from my local library, I have\nmade an important discovery. The manga actually includes some tidbits at the\nend which very much confirm or support some of my points. Mainly, a list of\npower levels of the characters measured in MP (muscle points). But my other\npoints are also strengthened as well.\n\n 1. Boys are naturally stronger than girls. This is more pronounced in the manga, with Ishigami saying, \"Anyway, I **naturally** have more muscle than you, Fujiwara...\" The chart at the end lists the average male MP as 60 while the average female is 40.\n 2. Ishigami is not weaker than the average girl. His MP is 55. While his MP is lower than the male average, it is still much higher than the female average.\n 3. Fujiwara and Ishigami are at similar strength levels. Unlike Kaguya, Fujiwara did not overcome the 60 MP average of the boys, though she did increase her strength quite admirably at 54 MP. This puts her at a lower strength level than Ishigami, but only by one point, so they should be at similar strength. When considering her lifting the table at the beginning, we should probably consider she only carried it for a few seconds, while Ishigami probably carried it for a considerable distance.\n 4. The battle is framed as boys versus girls. I feel this is more pronounced in the manga. Ishigami states, \"There's no way women and children can beat me!\"\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-11T20:32:01.720", "id": "66622", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-19T17:35:22.023", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-19T17:35:22.023", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66610", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe you're referring to the arrow shard within the amulet given to\nJolyne Cujoh in Part 6: Stone Ocean, rather than in Part 5: Vento Aureo, as\nthis is the only time we see an amulet connected to the stand arrows in the\nseries.\n\nWe are lead to believe that this shard works in exactly the same way as an in-\ntact one would, provided it can still break the skin of the recipient. We know\nthis because it pierced Jolyne, Gwess, and Hermes - successfully creating\nStone Free, Goo Goo Dolls, and Kiss, respectively.\n\nFor most people, getting pierced by a stand arrow causes them to fall sick,\nand later die. Others, however, may harbour the ability to habilitate a stand,\nand will gain one upon being pierced. We see this in Holy Kujo (Part 3:\nStardust Crusaders) and in Josuke Higashikata (Part 4: Diamond is Unbreakable)\nwhen Enya Geil pierces DIO with a stand arrow, causing him to awaken The\nWorld. This causes many other members of the Joestar lineage to also awaken\nstands, however these two fall ill since they cannot withstand the toll it\ntakes upon one's body to receive a stand. Therefore, if someone is punctured\nby an arrow shard, and they don't have the strength to gain a stand, **it will\neventually kill them in the same way that a whole arrow would**.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-08-26T16:42:51.967", "id": "67210", "last_activity_date": "2022-08-26T16:42:51.967", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "66613", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo she just leaves. It not really explained why she didn't do anything. Also\nthe slave girl Nino in the Manga kills the Chief then kills herself.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-13T03:14:57.410", "id": "66906", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-13T03:14:57.410", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66886", "parent_id": "66618", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm deriving an answer from the manga, since I still have yet to have a chance\nto read the light novels.\n\nThe manga adds a bit of narration compared to the anime, and it does indeed\ngive the impression there's nothing Elaina could do. Not only that, but it\noffers more insight into the guard Solor's and his sister Artemisia's\nrelationship. Solor seems a bit obsessed with her, and it might be crueler to\nmake Solor continue living without his sister.\n\nMost importantly, after learning how the flower field is poisonous, Elaina\nresolves to go and try and save Artemisia, indicating she at least intended to\nhelp.\n\nFrom chapter 2:\n\n> When I leave tomorrow, I'll stop by that field and try to persuade her to go\n> home. If the \"poison\" is a spell, there may be a way to break it. And if I\n> break it, I'll have discharged any obligations then.\n\nAnd at the end, Artemisia is obviously gone, but even though Solor is still\nalive and talking, Elaina seems to conclude there's no hope (emphasis mine).\n\n> Just one day ago, that thing had still been his sister. She had lost her\n> body, her mind, everything, somewhere in the flower field. Maybe, just as\n> the witch had cleared the land, sown seeds... and grown flowers with a\n> spell... the flower field was luring people with its magic and attempting to\n> grow humans. [...] All that remains is the fact that those two can **never\n> be parted**. Ironically, they looked like a love-binding flower.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-04T15:01:12.900", "id": "67749", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-04T15:01:12.900", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66618", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThough I haven't checked the light novels, the manga has an answer. From\nvolume 1, chapter 1, we get this narration (it isn't 100% clear, but it seems\nto be Elaina narrating, and it is narration irregardless):\n\n> Mages are people who can use magic. Nearly all factors are hereditary. When\n> it comes to magical ability, the genders aren't equal. For female mages,\n> there are two ranks above \"novice\". Those are \"apprentice\" and \"witch\".\n\nThis is elaborated on slightly in the second volume, chapter 5. When the\ncharacter Emil appears, Elaina internally comments that it is rare for boys to\nbe mages and also:\n\n> Magical ability tends to be stronger in women than in men.\n\nSo the answer is no, males cannot become witches, because they lack the\nmagical power necessary. Though the anime neglected it, it is explicitly\nestablished as a world-building point in the manga. And though the light\nnovels would be a preferable source, I have no reason to think that the manga\nwould make this up on its own, so I suspect it is also stated in the light\nnovels.\n\n", "comment_count": 8, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-02-04T14:47:25.570", "id": "67748", "last_activity_date": "2023-02-06T18:36:31.713", "last_edit_date": "2023-02-06T18:36:31.713", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66619", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nWell in the manga apparently it does go like this at least in the original\n2016. But apparently to celebrate the 2019 live action adaptation (and the\n2019 anime adaptation?), there was an additional chapter made set between\nchapters 45 and 46. (And apparently the anime doesn't use the bonus chapter?)\n\nFandom says\n\n> This chapter was made to celebrate the release of the live action movie.\n\n<https://kaguyasama-wa-kokurasetai.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_45-01>\n\nSeems basically it's\n\n> Just more 'embarrassing'/'cool' things Miyuki says as if it were part of the\n> end of the [Fireworks Arc](https://kaguyasama-wa-\n> kokurasetai.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_45-01) (because for some reason Chapter\n> 46, also part of the s1 finale, isn't included in the Fireworks Arc?).\n\nAnyway answer:\n\n 1. They do still talk. But Miyuki's still in 'I'm too genuinely focused to think about whether my words are embarrassing, cool or neither.'\n\n 2. I guess Kaguya really doesn't say thank you.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-17T14:03:12.423", "id": "66658", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-17T14:33:36.193", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-17T14:33:36.193", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66625", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n**Can't give so precise an answer, but I can give a range estimate,**\ndepending on [who is taller between Kaguya and\nKei](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66764/who-is-taller-kaguya-or-\nkei).\n\n* * *\n\nAnswer 1:\n\nI guess Kei is shorter than Kaguya but taller than Chika (Fujiwara) based on\nthe aforementioned image from\n[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Kaguya_sama/comments/gqqeix/i_used_frames_from_s2_to_determine_the_height_of/)\nand based on the following from S01E08\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/6IisF.jpg)\n>\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/LFejg.jpg)\n\nThis puts Kei's height\n\n * between 151cm (4'11.4\") and 156cm (5'1.4\") for the original Japanese\n\n * and then between 146.24cm (4'9.5\") and 151.24cm (4'11.5\") for the dub.\n\n* * *\n\nAnswer 2:\n\nWait it could be that Kei is taller than Kaguya (but still shorter than Yu\n(Ishigami)) based on the aforementioned image from\n[reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Kaguya_sama/comments/gqqeix/i_used_frames_from_s2_to_determine_the_height_of/)\nand based on the following from S02E02\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/GOyfN.jpg)\n>\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1EOP0.jpg)\n>\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2RDib.jpg)\n>\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DIVNH.jpg)\n\nThis puts Kei's height\n\n * between 156cm (5'1.4\") and 164cm (5'4.6\") for the original Japanese\n\n * and then between 151.24cm (4'11.5\") and 159.24cm (5'2.7\") for the dub.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-12T08:04:27.377", "id": "66627", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-09T05:30:48.377", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-09T05:30:48.377", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66626", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nOh _at least in the anime_ Kei and Kaguya are the same height of 158cm or\n5'2.2\". See here: [Who is taller, Kaguya or\nKei?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/66764/who-is-taller-kaguya-or-\nkei)\n\nOr I'll just copy it.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dbRVf.png)\n\nSource: <https://twitter.com/mazacon_ha_saka/status/1520315594402562048>\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-09T14:04:07.193", "id": "66769", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-10T10:19:06.977", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-10T10:19:06.977", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66626", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is ダァン (e.g.\n[source](https://twitter.com/jvr2nnhje2mwjnp/status/1293364996311670786)),\nwhich is an onomatopoeia similar to ドン. The difference is, ダァン is a prolonged\nsound and as such a bit stronger. Possibly a better comparison would be the\nother way around: ダァン/ドン = Slam/Slap, but _slam_ seems already taken, hence\nthe current translation ( _slap_ would be too weak for either anyway, I\nsuppose). Here you can think ダァン is used simply because the author wanted the\nsame thing as ダン but slightly different.\n\nIn general, difference of using hiragana/katakana for onomatopoeia is rather\nsubtle. Although I don't think authors use them with much intention, looking\nat the [One Piece usage of\nどーん](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%20%E3%81%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%93&rlz=1C1AVNE_enJP724JP725&sxsrf=APq-\nWBsFSDN-bEvHb_y6nNBG-\nOQjUGfyTg:1649893688389&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHrdr5nJL3AhVlJaYKHWunB9gQ_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1565&bih=801&dpr=1.1),\nhiragana is used for 'effect sound' and katakana for the actual sound (cannon,\nguns etc.). The ダァン is consistent with this.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-14T00:01:15.883", "id": "66635", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-14T00:01:15.883", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66631", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nTo supplement sundowner's answer:\n\n 1. The live action seems to confirm this as kabedaan (壁ダァン).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OfFmh.jpg)\n\n 2. Just search ダァン in google. Like you don't have to search 壁ダァン. Just ダァン is enough. Lol.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-14T15:46:44.833", "id": "66638", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-14T18:35:45.700", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-14T18:35:45.700", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66631", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nKodansha’s 2012 [release](https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000043986)\nof the manga had Marvelous Melmo on the cover. The earliest use of the English\ntitle I can definitively pin down right now is the [old\nversion](https://web.archive.org/web/20020424111941/http://en.tezuka.co.jp/manga/sakuhin/m078/m078_01.html)\nof the official Tezuka site via an archive.org capture from 2002, however The\nAnime Encyclopedia uses the title and that first came out in 2001 (although I\nonly have the second and third revisions so can’t guarantee that Marvelous\nMelmo was named in the original edition).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-01T15:46:06.510", "id": "66872", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-01T15:46:06.510", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48155", "parent_id": "66634", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom reddit\n[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/5ToubunNoHanayome/comments/uc1pcf/why_was_itsuki_about_to_eat_alone_in_the_1st/)\nand\n[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/ItsukiClassroom/comments/uc1pec/why_was_itsuki_about_to_eat_alone_in_the_1st/),\nthere appears to be no in-universe reason, but there may be an in-universe\nexplanation for an out-universe reason.\n\nThe out-universe reason is based on something from Itsuki or Yotsuba's\ncharacter books (from user Cave_TP) :\n\n> Because the scene was added later, Negi's original idea was to have Yotsuba\n> as the first to meet Fuutarou.\n>\n> The publisher told Negi to have Itsuki as the first one because a genki\n> characters wouldn't have been the ideal as the \"main girl\" due to how the\n> story is built so this scene got added later.\n\nAn in-universe explanation which talks about S01E04 too (from user\nTusk_Act_IV) :\n\n> It's actually possible that only Itsuki bothered going to school that day to\n> fill in their paperwork. Maruo did seem to rely on her for such things like\n> with Fuutarou's pay.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-07T11:27:08.600", "id": "66759", "last_activity_date": "2022-07-05T12:44:00.070", "last_edit_date": "2022-07-05T12:44:00.070", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66640", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe answer is quite simple. It is not possible to skip grades in Japan.\n\nThere were very rare exceptions at some schools, but he attended University of\nTokyo (I don't remember the name was same or altered), where it was not\npossible to enroll by skipping grades as of the time of Death Note (According\nto [a\nsource](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%A3%9B%E3%81%B3%E7%B4%9A#%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8A%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2),\nit may become possible soon.)\n\n", "comment_count": 10, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-15T07:11:00.710", "id": "66646", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-15T07:11:00.710", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66645", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nEdo Tensei gives you new fake eyes. Thats why Madara's Edo eyes faded away\nafter he was completely made alive with Rinne Tensei.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WXZsw.jpg)\n\nUnless Itachi is revived by Rinne Tensei, he will be resurrected again with\nhis eyes intact.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-16T17:07:22.753", "id": "66653", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-16T17:07:22.753", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59420", "parent_id": "66649", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI guess it is simply a character thing for Shirogane. That is, the black\nuniform (and the chain) more or less works as a symbol for him.\n\nRealistically, boys wear only white shirts without the black jacket (like\n[this image (top right)](https://www.ookuraya.jp/ktc_top.html)). It is just\ntoo hot in Tokyo. So the answer to 2 is that it is already weird to wear the\nblack jacket in summer in the first place wherever he is. Being in school\nuniform to watch fireworks is not common, but won't be that eye-catching.\n\nThe clothes Fujiwara wears is called\n[yukata](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%B4%E8%A1%A3). In modern Japan,\npeople wear this in summer, especially for festive days (and note that\nfireworks is a summer thing in Japan). What Ishigami(?) is wearing in the last\npicture is called [jinbei](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%94%9A%E5%B9%B3),\nwhich got popularity as summer wear more recently.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-18T08:40:47.573", "id": "66663", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-18T08:40:47.573", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66655", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nShirogane does not have much clothes besides his student uniform. In chapter\n119, he says,\n\n> I've cut down on expenses the last couple of years... for the sake of our\n> family. I've only bought second-hand clothes for myself, and this is the\n> thanks I get?\n\nHe also says,\n\n> Since I started high school, I've just worn my uniform when I go out. The\n> only clothes I've bought these last couple of years is a hoodie and a pair\n> of sweatpants to wear at home.\n\nAdditionally, what clothes he does have are a fashion nightmare, as Kei finds\nout. When she lambasts him for having the fashion sense of an eighth grader\nfor the weird clothes he picks out, he tells her that these are indeed clothes\nhe bought while in the eighth grade, since he hasn't bought any new clothes\nfor himself recently.\n\nThus, his uniform is really the only safe choice for him to go out in. As the\npresident, he probably does want to wear his uniform and gold chain to\nrepresent the school, but he also says,\n\n> It's true. I'd like to dress fashionably if I had the money. I want to wear\n> nice clothes when I go out. But I know Shinomiya's clothes are all super\n> expensive designer labels... My uniform is the nicest, most expensive outfit\n> I own. If I allow myself to want new clothes, I'll never stop shopping. The\n> best way to curb my desire... is to suppress any interest in clothing. But\n> Kei is a girl... I saved money so she could spend it on nice clothes.\n\nSince it's been asked whether Shirogane even owns a yukata (or other festival\nattire): In season 2 episode 2 “ _Kaguya Wants to Know / Kaguya Wants to Give\na Gift / Chika Fujiwara Wants to Confirm It_ ” Kei says her family has agreed\nthat birthdays are wastes of money. This characterizes her family quite a bit.\nI cannot say with certainty whether Miyuki Shirogane owns a yukata or not,\nhowever, given how frugal and cash-strapped he and his family are, in lieu of\nany further information, I would conclude that it is unlikely. Any kind of\nattire that's only going to get worn a few times a year (or maybe not at all\nif he doesn't go to any festivals) would be a waste of money in Shirogane's\neyes.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-19T15:59:30.377", "id": "66672", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-27T16:05:35.470", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-27T16:05:35.470", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66655", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n**Update** : If I could point to a singular instance that might've made Kaguya\nthink Ishigami was \"surprisingly cute\", it might be in Season 2 episode 5,\nparticularly in the _Kashiwagi wants to Console_ part. Ishigami gives Kaguya\nsome romantic advice with regards to true love and Kaguya is quite receptive\nto it, and appreciative towards Ishigami's insight. This scene is a bit\nreminiscent of how Kaguya thinks Miko Iino is a \"good girl\" because she\nmisunderstands Iino when she says Kaguya and Shirogane are \"a match made in\nheaven\".\n\nNone of the images you've shown are from the official English translation of\nthe manga. They've never used the term \"gator panic\", as far as I know,\ninstead using \"Gat● Panic\". The 1.3 chart of the diagram looks like this in\nthe manga:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/slHZE.png)\n\nA quick internet reveals this Japanese version of the chart. In this version,\nit says \"かわいがっとる\". Google Translate translates this as \"cute\". This is the 1.5\nversion of the chart.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gTuNQ.png)\n\nIf I go to Japanese Amazon and check the preview for volume 10, I get this\nchart:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/26enk.png)\n\nHopefully I've got the Kanji right, but it comes out to \"案外かわいがっとる\", which\nGoogle Translate indeed translates as \"unexpectedly cute\".\n\nTranslating from Japanese can be tricky, as there are a lot of nuances in both\nEnglish and Japanese to consider. I don't know much about Japanese, so I don't\nreally know what to make of the Japanese version, but to be honest, I trust\nthe official translation more than the fan ones. There's probably some nuance\nin the story or the language that led them to translate it as \"looks out for\nhim\" rather than \"unexpectedly cute\". As you've seen, the direct translation\nhas caused you confusion, whereas the official one more accurately describes\nthe relationship between Kaguya and Ishigami. In English, if we see \"cute\"\nused to describe the relationship between two people, we might think there's\nsome kind of romantic feelings there, but that might not be the case in\nJapanese for this text.\n\nAs for what their relationship is, I think it is pretty straightforward.\nKaguya's relationship with Ishigami is similar to Fujiwara's relationship with\nShirogane. Kaguya tutors Ishigami and tries to get his grades up, often\ndeterred and frustrated by Ishigami's lack of motivation. Due to this, the two\nof them have gotten closer and now Kaguya looks out for him, just as the\nofficial translation says.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-19T15:44:29.720", "id": "66671", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-27T15:45:40.890", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-27T15:45:40.890", "last_editor_user_id": "19307", "owner_user_id": "19307", "parent_id": "66664", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOh they sorta say it in 2nd episode at 0:44. Their department is InfoSci:\n'Information and Computer Science'. Still it doesn't exactly say their exact\nmajors.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/92FEV.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-19T08:30:07.270", "id": "66670", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-19T08:30:07.270", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66665", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI assume the following two points are mentioned in some way in the manga.\n\n * If an ordinary soldier uses the sword, his Haki will be drained completely just by a single swing (? I mean, just using it once).\n * Oden was the only one who could 'tame' the sword.\n\nSo most probably, the answer to your question is that Zoro is still not strong\nenough to tame the sword completely.\n\n[This site](https://battle-\none.com/%E3%80%90%E3%83%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91%E5%90%8D%E5%88%80%E9%96%BB%E9%AD%94%E3%81%AE%E5%A6%96%E5%88%80%E3%81%A3%E3%81%B7%E3%82%8A%E3%80%81%E8%B6%85%E5%BC%B7%E5%8A%9B%E3%81%AA/)\nstipulates that Zoro's Haki is not completely being drained because either (1)\nthe total amount of Zoro's Haki is much larger than an ordinary soldier or (2)\nhe has control over Emma to some extent.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-19T22:11:15.407", "id": "66674", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-20T01:22:42.610", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-20T01:22:42.610", "last_editor_user_id": "57843", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66668", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI don't think it'd have appeared before Kuina, as Zoro had several life-and-\ndeath situations with the same _Wado Ichimonji_ , including the fights with\nMihawk and Arlong in East Blue, and the Grim Reaper didn't appear before him\nanytime.\n\nIt's more likely that the Grim Reaper was the soul/will of _Enma_ , as it'd\nhave been stated in anime and manga that cursed swords have a will of their\nown, and _Enma_ was made to siphon a person's conqueror's haki at a higher\nscale compared to other swords like _Wado Ichimonji_ and _Kitetsu_ swords.\n\nTherefore, it was most likely the manifestation of Enma.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-05T15:39:08.397", "id": "68115", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-05T15:39:08.397", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "72478", "parent_id": "66675", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\ni think if it gets public the balance and equilibrium will end and there would\nbe huge fights between the WG and pirates+rebel+other outlawns\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-06T19:22:16.410", "id": "67313", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-06T19:22:16.410", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "70249", "parent_id": "66677", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI speculate that are went in different ways, just like rest of white beard\npirates.\n\nOne other theory is that, when Luffy has to fight black-beard then white-beard\npirates(+ spade pirated + ...all) may join him for severals reasons\n\n 1. Luffy is Ace's brother\n 2. Luffy stood upto Whitebeard and won his respect.\n 3. To payback to black-beard for the death of Ace & White-beard!\n 4. Black-beard is just mean..\n 5. Luffy is luffy (you have your freedom yet you are part of a big/power crew)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-10T21:34:11.027", "id": "66781", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-10T21:34:11.027", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53844", "parent_id": "66688", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIf your played the Umineko visual novel , you'd know that at the conclusion of\neach chapter, there are two separate unlocks, the tea party and an another\nthing (a hidden tea party). In Umineko, they are direct extensions of the\nstory and not optional content.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-24T23:27:40.920", "id": "66693", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-24T23:27:40.920", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "66689", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThere is a chance but it might happen to be the case that he will have the\nsame answer as mihawk, to not fight a man with one hand , there is also a\nspeculation of mihawk going to where shanks might be after govt started going\nafter him.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-24T15:48:44.573", "id": "66691", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-24T15:48:44.573", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66271", "parent_id": "66690", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt follows Hunter x Hunter. See\n[here](https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/web_pages/263/).\n\n> Lin: I just slapped a placeholder name on it at the draft submission stage.\n> Endo-sensei sent in this draft for a serialization without deciding on the\n> title, so we just worked with the title “Spy Family” written in Japanese\n> characters for the time being. And then, when it was actually going to\n> become a real thing, we decided we’d better have a proper name for it. It\n> took us forever to decide on anything! (laughs) I thought “Spy Family”\n> written in Japanese was just fine, but Endo-sensei was worried it was a\n> little too... straight-forward. I swear, he came up with over a hundred\n> names and we went over all of them together. And at the end of it all, we\n> just took the name we had and put it in English characters, with a cross\n> between the words. We talked about how the title of “HUNTER x HUNTER” is\n> super simple, and it how it has the same thing going on.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-26T04:20:01.140", "id": "66699", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-26T04:20:01.140", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66695", "post_type": "answer", "score": 5 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nLooking at the [Japanese\nWikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%86%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AD%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E9%A0%83%E3%81%AB),\nit seems:\n\n * Original = [原作](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%86%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AD%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E9%A0%83%E3%81%AB#%E5%8E%9F%E4%BD%9C) from 2007 ([sample](https://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/186011244))\n * Console = [PlayStation 3](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%86%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AD%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E9%A0%83%E3%81%AB#%E7%A7%BB%E6%A4%8D%E7%89%88) from 2010 ([sample](https://www.inside-games.jp/article/img/2010/09/14/44378/157278.html))\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-26T13:54:11.780", "id": "66703", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-26T13:54:11.780", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66700", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nThe\n[original](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%86%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AD%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E9%A0%83%E3%81%AB#%E5%8E%9F%E4%BD%9C)\nPC release of Umineko no Naku koro ni, by doujin group 07th Expansion, was a\ndoujin game released at ComiKets 72 through 79, releasing each of the original\n8 arcs one at a time, from August 2007 through December 2010. The character\ndesigns were done by Ryukishi07 himself, also the writer and director of the\ngames.\n\n[Alchemist](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88_\\(%E4%BC%81%E6%A5%AD\\)),\na japanese port producer, who had previously worked on the PS3 port of\nHigurashi no Naku koro ni Matsuri (which packaged both the question and answer\narcs in a single game), released the first PS3 port of Umineko which included\nall 4 question arcs, with updated art by\n[FFC](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFC_\\(%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC\\)),\non December 2010, a few weeks before the last Answer arc was released on\nComiKet 79, probably done for cross promotion. This is the art referred to as\n\"console\" in the wiki. They later released the port of the Answer arcs in\nDecember 2011. This version, although originally planned to have a new ending,\nending up only having updated art.\n\nYou can also see in the wiki a Pachinko tab for character artwork, this is\nindeed the art used for the Umineko pachinko games in Japan, but was also used\nfor the official English PC release of Umineko, available on Steam, this\nversion also includes the original art by Ryukishi07.\n\n[Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku](https://07th-\nexpansion.fandom.com/wiki/Umineko_no_Naku_Koro_ni_Saku) is the latest release\nfrom 07th Expansion for PC, which includes all original 8 arcs along with a\nfew extra arcs and the short story compilations previously released (Tsubasa\nand Hane). It features art by Ryukishi07, but it also has a PS4 release,\nalthough since Alchemist went bankrupt, this port was made by ENTERGRAM, but\nthey kept the same character designer as the previous console ports, FFC.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-26T17:04:08.950", "id": "66704", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-26T17:04:08.950", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "33307", "parent_id": "66700", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n[CBR](https://www.cbr.com/attack-on-titan-eren-armin-voice-actors-interview/)\ncontains a transcript of an interview with Josh Grelle, posted back in\nDecember 2020. In this interview, Josh pointed out that when the Attack on\nTitan anime was being casted and \"filmed\", the future of the manga at the time\nwas unknown and the director was accounting for various outcomes\n\n> _One interesting detail about Armin is that his Japanese voice actor is a\n> woman. Does that at all color your approach to voicing him, Josh?_\n>\n> JG: Yes and no. I mean, Mike McFarland when he was casting the show,\n> obviously he knew that Armin was voiced by a female, and that was a really\n> big decision for him to make on whether he wanted to go with a female or a\n> male. I think ultimately he ended up going with a male because there was so\n> much potential for the show. At that time we didn't know where it was gonna\n> go if there was ever going to be a time skip or anything like that. But just\n> because of the sheer possibility of being with these characters for a while\n> and having Armin eventually potentially grow up into a man, **he wanted to\n> have someone's voice that could cover the full age range. And that's one\n> thing that at least I'm able to do.**\n>\n> (Emphasis my own)\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-27T16:15:23.603", "id": "66709", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-27T16:24:21.170", "last_edit_date": "2022-04-27T16:24:21.170", "last_editor_user_id": "20275", "owner_user_id": "20275", "parent_id": "66707", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nFrom reddit user [Arcengal](https://www.reddit.com/user/Arcengal/) in\n[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/akagi/comments/ufj0cx/why_is_kaiji_referred_to_by_1st_name_while_akagi/):\n\n> I don't have a definitive answer, but I think the most likely one is it's\n> meant to show the contrasting personality between the two characters.\n>\n> Kaiji is a bum and he makes poor decisions in life, but at his heart he's\n> very personable and almost too open to other people. The author shows this\n> by how relaxed he is with other people using his first name in conversation\n> instead of his family name, even relative strangers (\"Kaiji-kun!\"). This\n> isn't the standard for Japanese culture - 'first name basis' is serious\n> business. In terms of other characters using his first name (Tonegawa etc.),\n> this may as much false endearment on their part as it is the author sticking\n> to an established name convention, but overall the Kaiji manga is more about\n> emotional responses to stressful situations, compared to the clinical play\n> patterns of Akagi's.\n>\n> Akagi, meanwhile, has a lot going on in his head, most of which we aren't\n> privy to. He doesn't overly care about close connections and always keeps\n> people at a distance, so people are more formal around him and never feel\n> close enough to switch to first name. It's not as if he's shy about giving\n> his full name (he does so at least twice in the anime), but he's also the\n> same guy who kneecapped someone then went off to Mahjong against a blind\n> dude. Would you want to get too close to someone like that?\n\nFrom reddit user [CactusSnail](https://www.reddit.com/user/CactusSnail/) in\n[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Fukumoto/comments/vo2jct/comment/ieedskv/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3):\n\n> Kaiji's very \"friendly\" and frequently gains and loses comrades throughout\n> his gambles whereas Akagi flat out tells Osamu that he doesn't want him to\n> think they're friends just because they spend time together.\n>\n> Kaiji is a loser, barely scraping by a lot of the time and not having any\n> real ambition, struggling every step of the way to get out of whatever mess\n> he's in. While Akagi constantly succeeds and commands respect from those\n> around him, actively choosing to discard wealth and power he's gained\n> through his gambles to keep himself free of it.\n>\n> Socially they're practically opposites, and FKMT reflected that in how\n> they're addressed.\n\nNote: FKMT is Fukumoto.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-05T00:05:06.373", "id": "66747", "last_activity_date": "2022-07-01T23:37:43.577", "last_edit_date": "2022-07-01T23:37:43.577", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66708", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis question is answered in later arcs, so please skip this answer if you\ndon't wish to be spoiled. Spoilers for Chapter 969, and small mention of\nChapters 456, 481 (Thriller Bark Arc) and 699.\n\n> Gecko Moria did in fact steal his corpse and Shusui from his grave in Wano.\n> As revealed in Chapter 969, this happened around a year after Roger's\n> execution, when his old crew the Gecko Pirates clashed with Kaidou's Beast\n> Pirates. This battle resulted in Moria's entire crew being killed, which is\n> why he seeks a zombie crew. We see mentions of his enmity with Kaidou and\n> his motives during the Thriller Bark arc itself, in chapters 456 and 481. \n> \n> Additionally, Kin'emon gets angry in Chapter 699 because he thinks Zoro is\n> the one who defiled Ryuma's grave. So the citizens of Wano didn't really\n> know who did it, even though it seems they were aware of the incident.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-27T18:26:30.897", "id": "66711", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-27T18:26:30.897", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "27657", "parent_id": "66710", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOH WOW THANKS Aki Tanaka ♦. Ok it's like this:\n\n1 - It says in trivia for episode 17\n\n> The shot of Chika leading the student body in singing the school anthem\n> features a large number of recognizable characters in it, all of whom are\n> properly ordered according to their grade and class.\n\nIn the episode you don't see their faces. You're supposed to recognise them\nfrom their accessories or something.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XeHyW.jpg)\n\nBut it's the guy on the bottom right:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/okeL5.png)\n\nIn the fandom there's an image that identifies them\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Buie9.png)\n\nAnd yeah on the bottom right:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2W7Yn.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-28T15:07:18.983", "id": "66716", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-21T20:25:45.257", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-21T20:25:45.257", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66715", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt actually appears later as a one-page episode, early in vol 17.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AEar3.png)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-29T07:28:31.363", "id": "66722", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-29T07:28:31.363", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66717", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n3 things:\n\n * There are 2 ways to pick voice actors: audition & direct offer. Either way, the goal is to select _the most suitable actors_ for the characters. (The first season of _Attack on Titan_ had an audition)\n * Western dub localization [has limited resources (moreover for _simuldub_ situation, which also applied to _Attack on Titan_ )](https://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/7iv59n/why_do_anime_dubs_use_the_same_12_voice_actors/), while there are _abundant_ voice actors in Japan, making them so competitive.\n * Thus, they _could_ just change the voice actor for _The Final Season_ , if it was _necessary_.\n\nMarina Inoue tweeted\n[this](https://twitter.com/mari_navi/status/1353370419294703621) after the\nofficial announcement of Armin's profile for _The Final Season_.\n\n> 正直声が変わる事も覚悟していたのですが、アルミン はあまり身長伸びていない& _声変わりしていないという事で\n> **引き続き演じさせて頂ける事に感謝しています**_ 。\n>\n> To be honest, I was prepared for Armin's change in voice, but since he has\n> not grown much in height and _his voice has not changed, **I am grateful to\n> be able to continue to voice him**_.\n>\n> (Emphasis mine)\n\nThus, in addition to the character's setting hasn't changed so much, there\nwould not be any regret or hindsight whatsoever since they could just replace\nthe voice actor if necessary.\n\n* * *\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-29T05:50:57.190", "id": "66721", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-29T05:50:57.190", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "66719", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nI believe he makes his first appearance on episode 321 or 322. But he appears\nin 80 more episodes after that, so he is basically in almost every episode\nduring the war.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-04-30T15:40:34.433", "id": "66726", "last_activity_date": "2022-04-30T15:40:34.433", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "62176", "parent_id": "66724", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt is simply quite common for teenagers to attend ceremonial events in school\nuniform. I don't think the code is very strict, but generally people are\nassumed to wear formally in weddings, funeral etc. And school uniform is\nconsidered formal enough.\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-01T21:58:42.100", "id": "66733", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-01T21:58:42.100", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66725", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nBased on [S03E06](https://kaguyasama-wa-\nkokurasetai.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_30) (specifically [Chapter\n111](https://kaguyasama-wa-kokurasetai.fandom.com/wiki/Chapter_111))\n\n> Yes. Looks like it. Guess I was\n> [overanalysing](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4509/is-it-\n> ok-to-overanalyze-an-anime). Lol.\n\nWe see Miyuki's dad\n\n> whisper to Kaguya re Miyuki.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/hYJUu.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-14T11:54:56.157", "id": "66801", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-28T20:18:12.463", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-28T20:18:12.463", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66727", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe translators for especially for those that to subtitles for simulcast\nanime, oftentimes receive what they need to translate on short notice and\nmight not have the actual script or accompanying video and thereby not have\ntime to properly grasp the context of a scene.\n\nDespite the second hand accounts that you referenced, ざわ is broadly used to\ndescribe an atmosphere of anxiety or unease (like commotion in a courtroom),\namong other things (Japanese is a very contextual language). In this context,\nit can interpreted that the character is anxious, as one would be having the\nchills in this sort of situation.\n\nThe translator likely chalked it up to Iino being a masochist seeing delight\nin such a situation, without understanding or realizing the Fukumoto meta-\nreference.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-01T20:58:41.997", "id": "66731", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-01T20:58:41.997", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "66728", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAccording to\n[this](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E4%B8%8A%E6%9D%89%E3%82%89%E3%81%84%E3%81%AF),\nyour guess seems to be correct.\n\n> 名前の由来は風神雷神の雷神で、風太郎と対になっている。\n>\n> (The origin of the name is Raijin from Fujin&Raijin, pairing with Futaro.)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-01T21:54:15.053", "id": "66732", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-01T21:54:15.053", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66730", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI found something on tvtropes [Umineko Visual Novels : the Live But Delayed\nBlogination](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/lb_i.php?lb_id=12919198730B16280200&i_id=12919198730I16282000&p=1)\nby user [Jhiday](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Tropers/Jhiday). This\nI believe covers Arcs 1 to 7.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-06T07:34:43.297", "id": "66751", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-06T07:34:43.297", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66736", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHere's what I understand.\n\n 1. Itsuki went out impersonating Ichika (the '[Uesugi-kun](https://i.stack.imgur.com/FC5V1.jpg)' part) and then\n 2. **Ichika ALSO went out** (during this Ichika talks to Miku) but then later\n 3. **Ichika went back in** and\n 4. Itsuki was still impersonating Ichika, and **Itsuki really hadn't been caught impersonating** because when Ichika went out, Ichika hadn't run into the other quints or something.\n\n**What I don't quite buy is A - that Ichika indeed went out and then just went\nback in.** This sounds like a really weird\n[overanalytical](https://anime.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4509/is-it-ok-\nto-overanalyze-an-anime) Higurashi/Umineko kind of explanation like when a\nculprit steals a key and then later returns it or something. **And B - That\nItsuki somehow wasn't caught.**\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-07T12:12:15.310", "id": "66761", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-14T23:27:04.717", "last_edit_date": "2022-06-14T23:27:04.717", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66737", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMembers of the Yamanaka clan have an ability called [_Mind-Body Transmission\nTechnique_](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Mind_Body_Transmission_Technique),\nand during the great ninja war, Inoichi uses a variant of this to communicate\nwith ninja on the battlefield via telepathy.\n\n* * *\n\n## The Devices\n\nInoichi requires a chakra transmission communication device in order to\nutilize the mind-body transmission technique:\n\n> While not necessary for Ino, Inoichi required the aid of [a\n> device](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Chakra_Transmission_Communication_Device)\n> to make use of this technique. He was also prone to overexert himself as\n> keeping up a connection with the entire Allied Shinobi Forces for more than\n> ten seconds caused him to suffer a nosebleed.\n\n## The Bubble\n\nThe bubble we see Inoichi make with Ao is a [_sensing water\nsphere_](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Sensing_Water_Sphere) combined with\n[_sensing barrier_](https://naruto.fandom.com/wiki/Sensing_Barrier) a which is\nutilized to detect enemy chakra signatures:\n\n> His first act within the war, was to set up a barrier with Ao with which the\n> Sensor Division could use to monitor the battlefields from headquarters.\n\n## Shikaku\n\nThe moments we see Inoichi interacting with Shikaku are not to supplement the\nmind-body transmission technique, but rather to transmit Shikaku's thoughts to\nthe ninja on the battlefield:\n\n> When headquarters needed to get in contact with Darui, _**Inoichi used a\n> variant of his telepathy by placing his hand on Shikaku's forehead**_ but\n> told him he could not hold the connection for long. Nevertheless, _**this\n> allows Shikaku himself to telepathically contact Darui, Ino, Shikamaru and\n> Chōji**_ , where he told them of his strategy to seal Kinkaku.\n\n_Emphasis mine._\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-04T19:41:45.427", "id": "66745", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-04T19:48:15.573", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-04T19:48:15.573", "last_editor_user_id": "65739", "owner_user_id": "65739", "parent_id": "66738", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n 1. I believe it's\n\nA - Episode 18 - (Not sure) 拒否するわ (きょひするわ。 Kyohi suru wa.)\n\nB - Episode 9 - (Not sure) 拒否する (きょひする。 kyohi suru.)\n\nC - Episode 14 - (I believe [I have a\nsource](http://mooncryed.blog105.fc2.com/blog-entry-411.html).) 復唱を拒否する。\n\n 2. Looks like because whenever I type in 'I' in google translate, it gives watashi.\n\nFor example '私はそれを復唱ことを拒否します' translates to 'I refuse to repeat it.'\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-03T21:35:22.390", "id": "66742", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-03T21:35:22.390", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66741", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\n[NipoJu](https://www.reddit.com/user/NipoJu/)'s answer in [umineko\nsubreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/umineko/comments/t657hg/comment/i78yj6u/?context=3):\n\n> Yes, they say 拒否する, which literaly means \"Refuse\".\n>\n> In Japanese pronouns are not needed, and everything is understood by\n> context. So if the witches say 拒否する right after asking for repetition in\n> red, it really means: I refuse (to do so).\n>\n> The わ(wa) that Eva says is just a particle to make a sentence more\n> \"\"feminine\"\", it depends on the person/characters personality. I can\n> personally also see Bernkastel and Lambdadelta using the わ(wa) at the end,\n> however I don't see Beatrice saying it since she has a more\n> \"\"masculine\"\"-ish way of talking.\n>\n> (I put quotes on feminine and masculine because it's a little old-fashion\n> way of seeing it. I, as a man, use わ(wa) and don't really care if people see\n> it as feminine)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-30T10:31:29.883", "id": "66975", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-30T10:31:29.883", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66741", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe answer from [Is there any particular reason behind why Dressrosa is such a\nlong arc?](https://anime.stackexchange.com/q/28953/1458) should partially\nanswer the question. Roughly speaking, in the beginning, there are only fewer\ncharacters and generally no need for elements incorporated in order to avoid\nrepetition and make things convincing. So the story goes quicker.\n\nAnother possible explanation is the \"10 episodes cut off\" system of _Shonen\nJump_ , the magazine where _One Piece_ started (and of course is released even\ntoday). Basically, the magazine gathers questionnaires from readers to measure\nthe popularities of the mangas, and unpopularity leads to the ending. In\nparticular, a fresh manga can be cut-off (forced to end, ' _uchikiri_ ' in\nJapanese) in 10 episodes = 10 weeks. This means that a new manga cannot start\nwith long episode so that it can be finished naturally enough in 10 episodes\nin the worst case. Today it is a little hard to imagine that _One Piece_ was\nunder such pressure, but considering it is the first series of the author,\neditors may have had in mind that it could end in 10 episodes.\n\nI don't know how _Shonen Jump_ is nowadays, but the system was notorious for a\nlong time. To my knowledge, _Shonen Sunday_ (famous e.g. for _Detective Conan_\n) or _Shonen Magazine_ (e.g. _Fairy Tail_ ) is/was more patient.\n\n", "comment_count": 3, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-07T02:45:48.033", "id": "66758", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-07T07:04:28.560", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-07T07:04:28.560", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66743", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 }, { "body": "\n\nThis answer only applies to the English dub.\n\nThe English dub was heavily edited for the American audience, on of the most\nfamous and obvious edits was Sanji's lollypop as he couldn't be seen smoking.\n\nA less obvious edit is that they combined several episodes together to advance\nthe plot faster, Wikipedia has a comprehensive list of how the original\nJapanese amination compares to the edited English dub.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-10T14:20:27.340", "id": "66777", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-10T14:20:27.340", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "250", "parent_id": "66743", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI'm not very far myself seeing as I'm on episode 77 but even then, I've met\nall of the starting crewmates: Nami, Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji. And to put it\nbluntly: yes, it does change.\n\nWe get a whole arc dedicated to Nami that happens right after we meet Sanji,\nand Zoro's initial back story happens during the Baratie Arc, so don't give up\njust yet cause it gets a lot better.\n\nAnd from what I've gathered, it's just like that for the rest of the\ncharacters that hold major significance like Brook, Franky, Robin, and Tony\nTony Chopper. So it may feel rushed, but it evens out over time.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-12T22:37:25.907", "id": "66797", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-13T01:33:06.123", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-13T01:33:06.123", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "66475", "parent_id": "66743", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nMuzan is a very cold individual, the lower moons consistently disappointed\nhim, and Enmu showed no fear while Muzan killed the other lower moons, which\nimpressed him.\n\n* * *\n\nThe wiki does a very good job of explaining Muzan's personality, and how he\nfeels about humans, and his subordinates:\n\n> _Muzan is cold-hearted, ruthless, intimidating, and exceptionally\n> intelligent. He sees no value in any humans he has encountered and **shows\n> little value in his own subordinates**. Rarely ever visually upset or happy,\n> he appears completely monotone and detached on most occasions, **even when\n> he callously murders his own subordinates**._\n\nHe tends to be very short-tempered too; he once killed two men and their\nfemale companion for simply being rude:\n\n> _**He brutally killed a pair of drunk men simply for being rude to him, and\n> killed their female companion when she had done nothing** , all while\n> proclaiming his own perfection and superiority over them, displaying his\n> pettiness as he won't settle for any mockery and will do anything he pleases\n> until the humiliation is remedied._\n\nKilling the lower moons helps to solidify just how cold and heartless Muzan\nis. When he killed the lower moons, he did so because he had become frustrated\nby their constant failures, as he began killing them, two, three, four, and\nsix all showed great weakness in the eyes of Muzan by begging for blood,\nfleeing, denying his opinion, and attempting to flatter him:\n\n> _After the demise of Kyogai and later Rui, the Lower Rank Five, **Muzan was\n> frustrated by the Lower Ranks constant failures**. He called the Lower Rank\n> One, Two, Three, Four and the current Six to a meeting, rebuking them and\n> believing he no longer needed the Lower Ranks. As a result, Muzan started to\n> kill the Two, Three, Four and Six one by one, **as they respectively were\n> begging for Muzan's blood, trying to flee, trying to deny Muzan's opinion\n> and trying to think about flattering his master**._\n\nDuring this entire event, Enmu showed no fear and demonstrated a more sadistic\ndemeanor which impressed Muzan, subsequently saving his life:\n\n> _Enmu, the Lower Rank One, was the only Lower Rank left. However, unlike\n> others, **Enmu showed no fear over the brink of death and even nonchalantly\n> accepting it for pure excitement. Enmu's sadistic streak impressed Muzan,\n> and he sent Enmu on a mission**._\n\nFeel free to do some further reading on the [official wiki](https://kimetsu-\nno-yaiba.fandom.com/wiki/Muzan_Kibutsuji), and on the [villains\nwiki](https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Muzan_Kibutsuji#Demon_Slayer:_Kimetsu_no_Yaiba),\nwhich are the sources that support my answer.\n\n_Emphasis mine._\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-06T13:01:40.653", "id": "66753", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-09T19:59:10.973", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-09T19:59:10.973", "last_editor_user_id": "65739", "owner_user_id": "65739", "parent_id": "66752", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n# Risk Management Perspective\n\nMuzan's threat are the Hashiras. Instead of **mitigating** Hashiras one after\nanother, the clever way is to **prevent** them from forming in the first\nplace. You go after the nest, not the pest. Considering the requirements to\nbecome a Hashira, it's in Muzan's best interest to eliminate the Lower Moons.\nWithout the Lower Moons, now the candidate's only practical choice is to take\nthe longer route of establishing 50 kills, which is significantly difficult\nthan killing a Lower Moon. The strength of candidates may increase, but no\nmatter how strong a candidate is, he/she won't be able to hit any jackpot of\nmultiple Demons, since Muzan implemented a prevention against unionization.\nThus, by eliminating the Lower Moons, the benefit of preventing potential\nHashiras outweigh the lack of headcount.\n\n# Meta perspective\n\nBi-weekly published manga is all about numbers just like any other media. The\nauthor and editor must attract as many readers possible to improve sales.\nUnpopular manga will be terminated and a new manga will appear. Within each\nmanga, unpopular elements are subject to termination, including characters. If\none of the Lower Moons had a charismatic character, they would've existed\nlonger.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-09T13:18:09.687", "id": "66768", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-09T13:18:09.687", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "66752", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nHere's what I was told. I'm posting this here as part of Cunningham's Law:\n\n> Since there's an external factor, namely of that Chika brought up Miyuki's\n> love life, there's no reason for Kei to be embarrassed anymore.\n\n**Edit** : Wait there's another thing. Kei actually says that Miyuki's love\nlife was distracting or something and so wanted to tell Chika about it in\nhopes of reducing the distraction. Of course this may have been a lie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-06T14:05:13.400", "id": "66755", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-27T18:51:13.843", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-27T18:51:13.843", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66754", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not very familiar with the manga/anime, but assuming Itsuki is a friend of\nRaiha's brother, I guess a realistic option is Itsuki-san/chan or Nakano-san.\nSo the answer to Q1 is 'not really'.\n\nThe choice of 'Isuki-san' sounds natural enough mostly because it is\nacceptable for a girl (Raiha) to treat someone as a real sister/brother. Using\n'Nakano-san' would sound polite and more distancing/less friendly. So\nbasically using Itsuki-san etc. means that Raiha is generally an outgoing (not\nshy) type and being friendly to Itsuki.\n\n[Edit] The above means, regardless of whether Itsuki has siblings, there is\nnothing strange about Raiha using Itsuki-san when calling her. But of course,\nif there are more than one characters with the same last name, it would be\nmore likely that first names are used. So from the creator's point of view,\nhe(?) chose Itsuki-san so that Raiha didn't have to change the way to call\nItsuki later.\n\nA crude explanation is that using first names is rude, but it is allowed\n(more) for children. For example, if a 25-year old man meets a partner of his\n30-year old brother, and talks to her by first name-san, it may sound too\nfriendly and last name-san would be more likely.\n\nAnother famous example of this is Conan the detective calling Ran Mouri as Ran\nnee-chan.\n\n* * *\n\nEven among Japanese people, how to call sisters/brothers is not strictly\nfixed, let alone brother's friends.\n\n 1. [友達の姉、弟のこと、なんて呼びますか？友達に言う場合と直接呼ぶ場合どちらも教えてください。](https://oshiete.goo.ne.jp/qa/11758005.html)\n 2. [「兄・姉のことなんて呼ぶ？」4000人に聞いてみた](https://www.buzzfeed.com/jp/hikaruyoza/sister-brother)\n 3. [名前呼び](https://dic.pixiv.net/a/%E5%90%8D%E5%89%8D%E5%91%BC%E3%81%B3)\n\n1 is about friends' siblings (No1 says: when directly talking to\nbrother/sister (of a friend), I would use 「○○（名前）さん（君）」, where 名前 should mean\nfirst name.); 2 is about real siblings; 3 is about calling-by-name in manga.\nBut note this is talking generally and not about rules.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-10T07:15:33.693", "id": "66775", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-10T11:12:21.020", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-10T11:12:21.020", "last_editor_user_id": "61507", "owner_user_id": "61507", "parent_id": "66757", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIzanami and Izanagi were forbidden techniques. Also, only few among Uchiha\ncould use them.\n\nMoreover, Izanagi in particular had quite a large downside of blindness.\n\nFrom what is shown in the Anime, people probably knew of Izanagi, but were not\nskilled enough to use it. Izanami was probably known to only a few people, as\nevidenced by Itachi and Sasuke's conversation during their fight with Kabuto.\n\nAnother issue is that both of these techniques require a bit of preparation.\nThe massacre by Itachi and Obito were very sudden and wildly unexpected. Thus,\neven if anybody had the knowledge of the techniques, I don't think they had\nthe time to think of using them!\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-11T05:45:02.137", "id": "66783", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-21T16:07:43.267", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-21T16:07:43.267", "last_editor_user_id": "3407", "owner_user_id": "26000", "parent_id": "66762", "post_type": "answer", "score": 6 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nOh _at least in the anime_ Kei and Kaguya are the same height of 158cm or\n5'2.2\".\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/dbRVf.png)\n\nSource: <https://twitter.com/mazacon_ha_saka/status/1520315594402562048>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-09T14:05:49.767", "id": "66770", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-09T16:30:28.297", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-09T16:30:28.297", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66764", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nAssuming this is a revision made between the serialised and published chapter\n(which seems likely since your second image has page number 415 in the corner\nand [volume 4](https://bookwalker.jp/de8f350483-2a5c-494f-a242-516d74ead086/)\nonly has 187 pages) then you would have to source the print issues of the\nmagazine.\n\nDigital issues of Harta do not get removed from sale after a brief window\n(unlike most other Kadokawa group magazines), however the digital edition only\nbegan with [Issue\n75](https://bookwalker.jp/de4a12fd8b-152e-4332-a1d2-fb530fb77b97/) in June\n2020, whereas Daimidaler OGS ran from [2013 to\n2016](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%81%A5%E5%85%A8%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9C_%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9F%E3%83%80%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-01T14:30:16.963", "id": "66871", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-01T14:30:16.963", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48155", "parent_id": "66765", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nFirstly, sorry for the late reply. I uploaded these two pictures to the\ninternet before (f*pservic*). Both sites I found seem to be down now; they\nwere pirated sites (Bezald and marumaru).\n\nBut if you can find and search the Korean name (건전로봇 다이미다라 OGS) and Korean\ntranslation of this manga, I'm sure you'll find those versions online.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-17T22:43:26.577", "id": "68247", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T02:50:36.160", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-18T02:50:36.160", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "73104", "parent_id": "66765", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSurprisingly, the translation is accurate in both a literal and figurative\nsense. His line is 「くらえ」 or \"kurae\", which literally translates to \"Eat it!\",\nand is also used to mean \"Take that!\" when you strike at someone. It derives\nfrom 食らう (or its variant 喰らう), a verb meaning \"to eat\", although if you're\nstudying Japanese you'll usually encounter 食べる (taberu) first.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-09T23:45:34.247", "id": "66774", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-10T01:50:06.283", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-10T01:50:06.283", "last_editor_user_id": "8843", "owner_user_id": "8843", "parent_id": "66771", "post_type": "answer", "score": 16 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDemon Slayer Corps is not officially recognized by the government, so they\ndon't have to follow government rules. The Nichirin shotgun used by Genya is a\nmodified weapon which help his shortcomings of not able to use breathing\nstyles. Note that other demon slayers use breathing styles and swords is the\nweapon of choice to match with this style. Guns might hold potential in\nupcoming battles against the Upper Moon Rank demons but the demon corps like\nto stick with old-school weapons. [Have fun watching this parody\nvideo.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXkimcV1lVs)\n\nSource: <https://www.spieltimes.com/tv-shows/anime/why-does-genya-use-a-gun-\ninstead-of-a-nichirin-blade-in-demon-slayer/#google_vignette>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-08-18T07:27:05.953", "id": "68250", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-18T07:27:05.953", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66773", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI see <https://nanatsu-no-\ntaizai.fandom.com/wiki/Hawk?file=Hawk+Anime+Season+3+Design.png> and image\nshare are somewhat different.\n\nWhile both are pigs, I see Hawk has small nails/hoofs & long ears. There are\nmore differences but I believe you got a bit mixed up - just like me when I\nread this question :)\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-10T20:52:43.820", "id": "66779", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-10T20:52:43.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "53844", "parent_id": "66778", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\nTo me, the pig in that scene in One Piece is a pretty generic pig. You can\ncompare with these images of pigs from mangas: [pig\ncharacters](https://www.anime-planet.com/characters/tags/pigs)\n\nAlso, the _Seven Deadly Sins_ manga was released from 2012 to 2020, while the\nArlong Park arc in One Piece was released in 1999 (2000 for the animation).\nEiichiro Oda drew that scene without knowing _Seven Deadly Sins_ , and it is\nhard to imagine that the author of _Seven Deadly Sins_ took inspiration from\nsuch a trivial scene.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-19T12:59:47.293", "id": "66934", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-21T15:50:45.503", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-21T15:50:45.503", "last_editor_user_id": "18706", "owner_user_id": "18706", "parent_id": "66778", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nOda often pays tribute to other artists that are relevant at the time of\ndrawing.\n\nAnother example of tribute: [One Piece - Naruto\ntribute](https://sleepinggeeks.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/one-piece-naruto-\ntribute.jpg)\n\nBut as pointed out, by Taladris, this cannot be the case as the realted OP\nchapter was created long before SDS.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-10-18T21:04:05.427", "id": "67348", "last_activity_date": "2022-10-27T20:25:56.850", "last_edit_date": "2022-10-27T20:25:56.850", "last_editor_user_id": "48303", "owner_user_id": "48303", "parent_id": "66778", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\n> Has Muzan ever been a human before?\n\nA millennium ago, during the Heian Era, Muzan was turned into a demon during\nan experimental treatment trying to cure his terminal illness and his goal\nsince then was to live without the fear of death and become truly eternal.\n\n> Why is Muzan impersonating a human?\n\nMuzan is impersonating humans and blend in with human society to create\nnetworks for information gathering and to secure funding using the different\nidentities he assumed, without the humans he commands and manipulates being\naware he is a demon at all. He don't want to be in the demon form roaming in\nthe streets and while in human form, he can keep his identity a secret.\n\n> When Muzan was disguised as a child in Season 2, why weren't their parents\n> suspicious when Muzan disappeared for a few days?\n\nIn the latest cover identity, he became a sickly son to an old couple. Muzan\nhas the ability to manipulate and erase human memories. So, he altered the\nmemories of the parents into thinking that they had a son. Once his work is\ndone, he can erase the memories. Even if they become suspicious, he can erase\ntheir memories or manipulate them to commit suicide (just like he did with his\nprevious five wives) to avoid suspicion of killing. But I believe he can only\nmove outside in the nights and he always keep his door locked, so I don't\nthink the parents are aware of his whereabouts (they know he can't go outside\nwithout parents help).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-12T05:09:30.920", "id": "66794", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-12T05:09:30.920", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48011", "parent_id": "66784", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\n 1. Yes, Muzan was a human. He turned into a demon nearly thousand years ago. Stated by Sakonji Urokodaki in Chapter 11 Page 2 [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/xRTlN.jpg)\n\n 2. The reason Muzan disguises as Human, is to conceal his true identity from demon slayers. So Hashiras were shocked to hear that Tanjiro Muzan and had no clue on how Muzan was actually like (Chapter 46):\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Uhwh3.jpg)\n\n 3. Well, Muzan can easily brainwash people and shapeshift into whatever he likes, he must have done the same in order to get into the child's family, and when he's done with the disguise, he might have altered the family's memory into thinking they never had a child.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-12T08:23:56.013", "id": "66795", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-12T08:23:56.013", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "59420", "parent_id": "66784", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n 1. Yes, Muzan had actually been a human before, but since then he has survived by eating humans.\n\n 2. Muzan is literally the leader of the demons. He has to be safe from all threats (from his perspective). He impersonates a human so that he can get adequate time for his experiments. Also, the Demon Slayers would have a hard time finding Muzan impersonating a human. Also, he has enough access to humans when he is living with them. He has enough food around him.\n\n 3. About this question, I'm not so sure, I will rewatch that arc of _Demon Slayer_ and then answer your question.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-07-31T07:08:29.530", "id": "68193", "last_activity_date": "2023-07-31T07:35:04.723", "last_edit_date": "2023-07-31T07:35:04.723", "last_editor_user_id": "35679", "owner_user_id": "72891", "parent_id": "66784", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI'm not certain, but it's likely intended to foreshadow Chibi-Usa's\ntransformation into Black Lady in Episode 85. Said transformation is also\ncaused by Chibi-Usa getting upset, due to falsely believing that her parents\nno longer love her, and Black Lady also has a crescent mark on her forehead:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nLTnZ.png)\n\nI'm not sure what the significance of the yellow streak of light could be.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-11T18:25:49.117", "id": "66790", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-11T18:25:49.117", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35679", "parent_id": "66789", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nthese are the [Planetary\nSymbols](https://sailormooncrystal.fandom.com/wiki/Planetary_Symbols) which as\nthe crystal wiki indicates\n\n> would appear on their forehead when they awakened to their true destiny as\n> Sailor Senshi, or when they performed feats of great power.\n\nin the original anime when the Sailor Senshi were attacked their symbols would\nappear which helped Luna identify that they were the reincarnation of that\nGuardian, this would be the \"awakened to their true destiny\", eg. when Garoben\ntried to force Ami to watch the brainwashing\n\n\n\nin the original anime you'd see Usagi's when she transforms just before her\ntiara manifests. while the rest of the Senshi don't show that in the original,\nin Crystal [they do the same as\nUsagi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v0do3g3ZIE)\n\nChibi-Usa's case would all under \"feats of great power\" given how when she\nunleashes her power during the Black Moon Arc it is generally picked up as\nbeing a huge power spike that draws everyone's attention and/or protects\nChibi-Usa when she's in danger. one could see the Senshi's Transformation as\nbeing a sort of regulatory system as when Usagi is able to transform properly\nshe stops having these outbursts of power.\n\nfor the instances when Usagi had her Symbol on her forehead while in her\nPrincess Serenity form, as the wiki also notes\n\n> Sailor Moon's planetary symbol, the golden crescent moon, was worn by all\n> members of the Moon Kingdom\n\nwhich would be the same for Chibi-Usa however different adaptations vary if\nshe has one as in the Manga she can be seen with it while in the original\nanime she is shown without it. the Black Moon Clan could be seen as a sort of\ndark counterpart of the Senshi (or at the very least, Neo-Queen Serenity) and\nthus explain their up-side down Black Crescent Moon.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-12T02:35:25.630", "id": "66792", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-12T02:35:25.630", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "66789", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nIn the 90s anime, Chibi-usa sometimes manifests the crescent moon on her\nforehead as **evidence of being part of the Moon Kingdom royal family** , such\nas in the scenes you mention during Season 2 and when she transforms into\nPrincess Usagi Small Lady Serenity during Season 4. Queen Serenity and\nPrincess Serenity **already** both displayed the crescent moon on their\nforeheads during Season 1, and Usagi regularly displays it every time she is\nin her Eternal Sailor Moon form (instead of a tiara) and her Princess Serenity\nform during Season 5 (including when winged Princess Serenity is naked in\nepisode 200, indicating that the forehead crescent moon is **an integral\npart** of Princess Serenity).\n\nChibi-usa's forehead moon has the ability to shine a yellow light, which could\npossibly alert Sailor Pluto to her and connect her to Crystal Tokyo to some\ndegree, but which **mainly results in giving away her location** to her\nenemies. As a young child, she does not seem to be very street smart about\nkeeping it secret through suppression, and it does not seem particularly\nuseful given that she already has Luna-P for communication and a space-time\nkey for transportation. Seeing as she does not transform into sailor soldier\nform in Season 2, plotwise, there is **no need for it to shine** in order to\nhelp Luna or anyone else realize that she could be sailor soldier material\n(you _could_ interpret the function of its appearance as primarily on the meta\nlevel, to alert young viewers of the anime that Chibi-usa is part of the royal\nfamily [in case they couldn't figure that out easily enough from her\nflashbacks]).\n\nThe catalyst of Sailor Moon's original transformation sequence (Moon Prism\nPower, Make Up) in Season 1 is clearly the brooch and she does not manifest a\nmoon on her forehead underneath her tiara, but her forehead moon does appear\nin most of her subsequent transformation sequences (in Moon Crystal Power Make\nUp; Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up; & Moon Eternal, Make Up... but not in Crisis,\nMake Up). **Sailor Chibi-Moon's original transformation** in Season 3 involves\n**her forehead moon shining, seeming to be the catalyst for her tiara to\nappear**. It is unclear whether or not Super Sailor Moon & Super Sailor Chibi-\nMoon's joint transformation in Season 4 (Moon Crisis, Make Up) briefly\nincludes forehead moons or not before the tiara expands across their\nforeheads, but it seems to not be present in Super Sailor Chibi-Moon's solo\ntransformation (Moon Crisis, Make-Up). However, Eternal Sailor Moon's shining\nforehead moon is the primary element of her entire transformation in Season 5\n(Moon Eternal, Make Up), indicating that it serves a useful purpose.\n\nOther characters who have a moon on their forehead include Luna, Artemis, and\nDiana, as markers that they are advisors to the Moon Kingdom royal family, and\nthe upside down moon on the foreheads of the Black Moon clan, as markers that\nthey are members of the clan, which promptly disappear if they reject/leave\nthe clan. Chibi-usa's forehead moon **switches** to upside down when she joins\nthe Black Moon Clan as Black Lady, and **reverts** back to right-side-up after\nshe leaves it.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-12T02:41:24.917", "id": "66793", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-12T02:56:19.077", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-12T02:56:19.077", "last_editor_user_id": "8134", "owner_user_id": "8134", "parent_id": "66789", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nI believe it's Kirito, Asuna and again Kirito\n\n[_Sword Art Online_ OP 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q9RzAaru40&t=33s)\n\nStarting with the 3rd hand\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PQEjI.jpg)\n\nthis looks to be Kirito's arm from the first episode. it would make sense as\nthe next few frames show the sky becoming how it was when Kayaba appeared to\nannouncxe the Death Game\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OStG8.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EVucN.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kQ0xb.jpg)\n\nNext 1st hand\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/XkNVI.jpg)\n\nThis hand i also believe is Kirito's because it's the same style of sleeve and\nglove. the change of colour i'm going to say is because of lighting\n\nFinally, the 2nd Hand\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/E7sdh.jpg)\n\nI believe this is Asuna. aside from my personal opinion that the hand looks\nmore feminine we can see that before the timeskip where Kirito didn't have his\nCoat of Midnight and Asuna wasn't in the Knights of the Blood and thus wearing\ntheir uniform Asuna has a long sleeve of a similar style. the rim can be\nexplained by lighting but i can't exactly explain the lines or color\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/OLqjC.jpg)\n\nthe hands being Kirito and Asuna would make sense as they are the 2 main\ncharacters\n\nalso it is possible that one of Kirito's hands could be of when he was using\nhis original Closed Beta Avatar that we see Kirito as before Kayaba forced all\ncharacters to have the appearance of their user. Kirito's Beta Avatar looked\nolder than him and the 1st and 3rd hands look different in age\n\n> Kirito described the appearance of his avatar at the beginning of the game\n> and the beta-testing phase as having the appearance of a ridiculously\n> handsome protagonist from some fantasy animation, **looking noticeably older\n> than he actually was.**\n\nSource: [Kirigaya Kazuto > Appearance > Real World / Sword Art Online /\nProject Alicization (1st\nParagraph)](https://swordartonline.fandom.com/wiki/Kirigaya_Kazuto#Appearance)\n\nand the older one being third would also fit into how that part is playing our\nsimilar to when Kayaba appeared which at that moment Kirito's appearance was\nhis Beta Vatara\n\n* * *\n\nto dispel that any of the hands could be Sachi as that was my initial thought.\nwhile her coat in the OP is about the same color as the sleeve of the 1st hand\nand as the lines of the 2nd hand, as we can see bellow in the OP and Hollow\nFragment (which didn't alter her appearance), Sachi wears a glove that extends\ndown her arm. while it has lines in it like the 2nd hand, the 2nd hand clearly\nisn't wearing any glove while the 1st hand the glove and sleeve are separate,\nnot to mention there is no band/ring on it as per all 3 hands\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/l1uMo.jpg)[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iCYC7.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-13T16:11:36.610", "id": "66800", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-13T16:18:38.067", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-13T16:18:38.067", "last_editor_user_id": "1587", "owner_user_id": "1587", "parent_id": "66799", "post_type": "answer", "score": 7 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThis game may be played with two players. It becomes less of a strategic\nbattle and more of a time-killer.\n\nIf you trust Wikipedia as a source, the [Japanese Wikipedia\narticle](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/7%E4%B8%A6%E3%81%B9#%E4%BA%BA%E6%95%B0)\nsays it could even be played by one player.\n\nI can imagine playing this game alone requires the highest level of patience,\nstrategy, tactic, and most of all a strong mentality, compared to playing\nagainst three or more players.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-15T06:37:11.430", "id": "66803", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-15T06:37:11.430", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": null, "parent_id": "66802", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\n**Yes, it is possible to play _Shichi Narabe_ with only 2 players.**\n\nFirst of all, there is no exact requirement for the number of players, though\nmost sites recommend at least 3 or 4 players:\n\n * [English Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domino_\\(card_game\\)): 3-7 (intro body) / 3-8 (infobox)\n * [Japanese Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/7%E4%B8%A6%E3%81%B9#%E4%BA%BA%E6%95%B0): **theoretically 1-20+** , preferably 4-10\n * [Nico Nico Pedia](https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/%E4%B8%83%E4%B8%A6%E3%81%B9) (Japanese): usually 3-5\n * [Magic Door](https://magicdoor.jp/seven-rows/) (Japanese): preferably 3-4, **2 is not recommended**\n * [Trump Stadium](https://playingcards.jp/game_rules/sevens_rules.html) (Japanese): 3-8 (summary) / 4-7 (online in-game setting)\n * [Trump & Board Game Rule Book](https://sojudo.net/gamerule/trump/shichinarabe) (Japanese): 3-7\n * [Introduction to Trump Games from Small to Large Amount of Players](http://trampgame.blog.jp/archives/5937554.html) (Japanese): 3-8\n * [Sites about Killing Time](https://xn--68jza6c6j4c9e9094b.jp/category21/entry427.html) (Japanese): **2 is possible** , usually 3, preferably 4-6\n\n(Emphasis added)\n\nJapanese Wikipedia also mentioned an optional rule for games with **2-3\nplayers** called\n[combo](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/7%E4%B8%A6%E3%81%B9#%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C),\nso it acknowledged that there is also a variation for 2 players.\n\nThus, while it is still possible to play with only 2 players, there are a few\nreasons why it is not really recommended. Magic Door mentioned in short that\nit is because both players know each other cards (because all the cards are\ndealt). A more thorough discussion on [Yahoo!\nChiebukuro](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q10113941205)\n(Japanese) explained further that since both players know each other cards, it\nis [a perfect information\ngame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_information) and the winner can\nalready be decided since the beginning, given both players play perfectly. In\nthe end, it becomes a game to play without mistakes instead of a game of\nstrategy.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-15T08:35:37.440", "id": "66805", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-29T11:49:04.737", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-29T11:49:04.737", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "2516", "parent_id": "66802", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nDepends on the art direction of the anime. Sometimes they go for being close\nto the Manga style. Sometimes they do not.\n\nAnd sometimes the anime is just a very cheaply made weekly product on a cash\ncow franchise, like One Piece, where you will notice that the Manga has just a\nmuch higher quality than the anime, especially in the later (700+) episodes.\nThis is both because the mangaka got better at his job and Toei not really\nbothering anymore, since it's already popular anyway.\n\nEither way, if the mangaka had any type of unique style, that is usually lost\nwhen translated to anime, unless the art direction makes an effort to stay\ntrue to the original.\n\nIt's a joke image and the original of Youjo Senki is the Light Novel, but here\nyou have your picture:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Hg5bP.jpg)\n\nOn the other hand, Made in Abyss is considered to be a really good conversion,\nbut still, here are differences:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Cwows.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-23T14:53:42.463", "id": "66821", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-23T14:53:42.463", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "22562", "parent_id": "66806", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 }, { "body": "\n\nThis questions seems way too broad and I'm not sure if it should be answered\nhere, but I'll make some assumptions & try to clarify in a more technical way\nthan opinion. The term **art** here can mean a lot of things after all.\n\n_(I think none of these are spoilery but lemme know if something needs to be\nedited)_\n\nDifferentiating between anime & manga, anime is an animated medium that\ninvolves a huge staff roll to produce, and in it the main ones regarding\nart/animation include character designers (for the exact look they'll have in-\nanime), key animators, background artists, and the in-between animators. When\npeople judge anime art/quality they can be referring to any of these areas\namong others. When comparing adaptations to manga they'll often be comparing\ncharacter design and key animation or storyboarding (how the scene flowed). In\nsome cases they're almost identical (more common for action/shounen\nadaptations coz fans expect the same thing just animated & changing things can\nhave huge backlash) while in others the anime has a noticeably or entirely\ndifferent art style (more common if the original source material wasn't a\nmanga).\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IdAsW.png)\n\n_Naruto looks the same_\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KhLGi.jpg)\n\n_Tokyo Ghoul is very different_\n\nThe key animators are usually responsible for the impact of key scenes that\ne.g. the reader of the manga would be excited to see animated, them usually\nbeing the only well known names on the artist credit list.\n\nManga on the other hand is largely made by a single artist (sometimes with a\nfew assistants) who may or may not be the author, and their **art** refers not\nonly to how they draw pictures but also their panels & page composition. This\ncreates a certain tone and flow to those scenes that can sometimes differ a\nlot in adaptations.\n\n## Key Differences\n\n### Detail\n\nSince manga is mostly static images across maybe two dozen pages artists have\nmore freedom to add a lot of detail to each illustration or character design\ncompared to the 7000+ frames needed for an anime episode. This isn't\nnecessarily common but many manga artists are known for their insane level of\ndetail for everything from vast background landscapes to impactful character\nposes & environment destruction the likes of which only a few anime studios\nhave the capacity for animating. Others might have a unique visual style that\nutilizes the monochrome ink style of manga pages. For animated adaptations\nthese character designs and environment details will often be simplified or\nchanged to suit the colourful animated medium.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qbvEC.jpg)\n\n_Soloist of the Prison_\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PqvsT.jpg)\n\n_One Punch Man: going digital allows even more detailed rendering_\n\n### Styles & technique\n\nThere are basically an infinite number of styles & techniques (anyone can make\none) but there are standard ones for different mediums. Since manga is static\nmonochrome images artists often use ink shading techniques like crosshatching\nand line techniques that give the image _texture_ rarely ever seen in the\nusually flat cell-shaded anime art, and it also usually looks more dynamic. In\nanime the primary method of shading is picking a primary tone, then a shadow\ntone and maybe a highlight tone and filling in the lineart. The simplicity is\noften better for clarity & smoothness when things are moving around (you'll\nnotice most anime movies have simpler shading than anime but better animation)\nbut makes lots of anime look the same.\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/X3TzH.jpg)\n\n_Vagabond_\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/ibHiX.jpg)\n\n_One Punch Man_\n\n### Visual narrative\n\nMaybe the biggest piece of the puzzle for some is the fundamental difference\nbetween the mediums which is in how they visually tell a story. Anime being in\nvideo format the visual narrative largely depends on the storyboarding and\nediting, where a shot can be stretch or cut short depending on how impactful\nor significant it can is (worth the screen time?) and how much clarity is\nneeded for the viewers to follow it. In manga the main point of creativity is\nin how panels are arranged on the page, the most creative authors have few\nbarriers in how they can use it and it's a pretty unique experience to manga\nas far as I've seen\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kY87V.jpg)\n\n_Vagabond_\n\nThis is often where the genius of a manga author lies, and I think it's also\nwhat's lost in translation the most in adaptations as they have different\ntools to work with. _**Manga manipulates space. Anime manipulates time.**_ The\nartwork is more important in manga.\n\n## Conclusion\n\nMind you this isn't an anime or manga is better kinda subject IMO, manga has\nvery little to work with and is a fiercely competitive industry so of course\nthe top manga will have to have top-class art to get attention and then the\nstory/narrative to attract readers. Anime has a lot more avenues to be\nappealing and different studios/teams excel at different things. And when\nyou're a fan of a certain artist you just love to see any work from them which\nis enough reason to go for a manga. Most of it is preference but if you're\ne.g. an art fanatic you'd go for the medium that focuses on artwork and vice\nversa for animation fanatics, or both.\n\nAs someone who just enjoys art, one of my fave things about manga is the\nfreedom to look at any particular moment as much as you want. You control the\npacing and when you turn the page and find a very impactful image you can just\nbreath it in which increases the impact, while in anime it controls the\npacing.\n\nFor more into manga art I can recommend [this video by Mother's\nBasement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKVP-5O4QCA&t=1210s)\n\nFor more into anime art & animation I can recommend the YouTube channel _The\nCanipa Effect_ (can't add any more links atm)\n\n_Was hoping to keep it shorter but alas_\n\n", "comment_count": 4, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-25T22:14:06.193", "id": "66831", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-25T22:14:06.193", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66669", "parent_id": "66806", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nArt in anime adaptations is generally simplified compared to the source manga\n(even more so from a light novel where each volume has only a handful of\nsometimes very detailed illustrations) due to needing to be drawn and coloured\nmultiple times a second consistently by multiple people within tight time\nconstraints and to a budget. How much these designs differ is entirely case-\nby-case depending on how detailed or unique the original art is, the anime\nbudget, and also stylistic choices* etc.\n\nAnime all have a character designer who is almost always** a different person\nto the original artist (who will be credited as キャラクター原案, usually translated\nas “original character design”) and is also often the chief animation director\nand is responsible for adapting the designs and creating character layout\nsheets (settei) that the other animators refer to:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/p8s7V.jpg)\n\nAs you can see these feature solid lines and shapes. Most manga art is black &\nwhite and shaded using one or multiple of a variety of methods from pencil\nshading to ink hatching to applying screentone. Anime on the other hand (while\nthere are some that apply a digital texture, notably Gankutsuou) are largely\ndone as blocks of solid colour formerly painted onto the backs of the\nanimation cels but now done digitally using a paint bucket tool. There will be\na dedicated colour designer who creates colour versions of the character\nsettei for the colouring team to refer to:\n\n[](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jWVnY.jpg)\n\n* there are some anime that in my personal opinion actually improve on the manga art, like Erased\n\n** A rare exception is Mahouka, where they had an Ishida Kana, an animator by\ntrade, do the novel illustrations and she went on to be the character designer\nfor the anime also.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-01T13:10:10.810", "id": "66870", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-01T13:10:10.810", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "48155", "parent_id": "66806", "post_type": "answer", "score": 3 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt's not a meme. It's a \"commemorative illustration\" from S02E02. Source:\n<https://5hanayome.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_14>\n\nThanks to Aki Tanaka ♦ for finding out!\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-21T16:55:22.317", "id": "66818", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-21T20:25:33.057", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-21T20:25:33.057", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66815", "post_type": "answer", "score": -2 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nCycles 2 and 3 take place in alternate dimensions, each of which diverges from\nthe previous cycle at a point before the survival game began. I believe the\nexact divergence point is somewhere around the time that Yuno killed her\nparents. Therefore, anyone who died over the course of the previous cycle is\nalive again in the next cycle. This is the _entire point_ of Yuno creating\nthose new cycles in the first place - so she can be with Yuki again after his\ndeath in Cycle 1, and his planned death in Cycle 2.\n\nNaturally, the creation of each cycle also resurrected Deus along with\neveryone else, as time was reset back to a point where his powers hadn't yet\ndegenerated.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-24T07:03:45.357", "id": "66824", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-24T07:03:45.357", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "35679", "parent_id": "66822", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nIt's just that the studio doing the animation did not pay that much attention\nto these details. If you are meticulous enough, you will discover deficiencies\nlike this in many anime. It's in fact a common pitfall for animation studios.\n\nThere are also deficiencies in anime other than height. For example, the\nlocation of the mouth is also widely criticized. As you can see in the scene\nbelow from _Sora no Method_ , the girl's mouth is totally on the left-hand\nside of her face, which would be considered as abnormal in real life. [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/iAo1z.jpg)\n\n", "comment_count": 6, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-24T11:11:38.477", "id": "66825", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-24T11:11:38.477", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66163", "parent_id": "66823", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 }, { "body": "\n\nOk actually, the scene in the spoiler image in the question doesn't exactly\nhappen in the manga, BUT...\n\nThere's a similar scene in the manga around [Chapter 40-42 (which is adapted\ninto S02E02](https://5hanayome.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_14), the episode in\nquestion). You can see that Raiha is again up to Itsuki's forehead in, what I\nbelieve is, a similar situation as in the spoiler image in the question post.\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/sod1D.png)\n\nTo say explicitly:\n\n> Raiha is standing on a footstool.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-24T14:47:35.650", "id": "66827", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-27T04:44:34.877", "last_edit_date": "2022-05-27T04:44:34.877", "last_editor_user_id": "4484", "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66823", "post_type": "answer", "score": -3 }, { "body": "\n\nHere's a non-spoiler answer:\n\nIn Ch2, Raiha is standing on a footstool:\n\n> [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/NENnI.png)\n\nSo presumably in S02E02, _whatever is happening in that scene_ and _wherever_\nthat scene takes place, Raiha is probably standing on a footstool or\nsomething.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-23T20:13:18.663", "id": "66942", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-23T20:13:18.663", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66823", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nAnswer by [MajinAkuma](https://www.reddit.com/user/MajinAkuma/) in [this\nreddit\ncomment](https://www.reddit.com/r/seiyuu/comments/a7sr3h/comment/ia4yl1b/?context=3):\n\n> In the case of Higurashi and Umineko, I‘m sure the anime cast was casted\n> first and they reprised their roles for the visual novels. The original\n> sound novels had no voice acting, so fans wouldn’t able to hear the\n> characters of the first badges until the anime got released.\n>\n> Same as with Fate/stay night. But in some cases, if later visual novels got\n> full voice acting releases on the PS2 editions, then the new characters\n> would get their voices for the visual novel first before the characters\n> appear in the anime. This happens with many other anime adaptations where\n> the original source material didn’t have full voice over, like many of the\n> early KEY VNs.\n>\n> Whether or not a seiyuu doesn’t reprise their role depends on the numerous\n> factors, factors we might never know. The Umineko example is probably easy\n> to explain. Tanaka Atsuko did voice Kasumi in the anime, but Kyrie was her\n> primary role in Umineko. She obviously reprised her role as Kyrie in the\n> VNs, but apparently it was unnecessary for her to reprise her role as\n> Kyrie‘s sister Kasumi, so they gave her another seiyuu to distinguish the\n> sisters better. That might be the right choice, since multiple Umineko\n> seiyuus voice multiple versions of the same characters or characters that\n> are intended to be copies of each other, which is why they have the same\n> voices. Kyrie and Kasumi are just sisters, and they don’t disguise\n> themselves as each other like the Sonozaki twins from Higurashi.\n>\n> In Little Busters!, Tamiyasu Tomoe voiced both, Riki and Rin in the original\n> visual novel, but in the anime, Riki is voiced by Horie Yui instead. Horie\n> probably wasn‘t in the visual novel because Little Busters! was original an\n> eroge with H-scenes, and having both characters having the same seiyuu in\n> the anime might have been not the best idea, so they casted Horie for Riki.\n>\n> Here’s a funny tidbit. CLANNAD originally came out without voice-over like\n> other early KEY titles. The characters wouldn’t get their voices until the\n> Toei anime films. The full voice-over version of the visual novel would\n> later be released during the run of KyoAni‘s TV series. Kuwashima Houko is,\n> of course, the voice of Tomoyo in the Toei films, the KyoAni TV series and\n> in the full voice version of CLANNAD. However, she didn’t reprise her role\n> for Tomoyo After, which unlike CLANNAD, has H-scenes. In Tomoyo After,\n> Tomoyo was voiced by Tanaka Ryouko instead. Bur recently in Kaginado,\n> Kuwashima voices both versions of Tomoyo: the CLANNAD version and the After\n> version, and the anime makes a point to treat both versions as different\n> characters.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-30T08:41:41.163", "id": "66973", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-30T08:41:41.163", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66835", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nThe two main countries in play in the series are the West Duchy which\nresembles Europe, with a Monarchy and Aristocracy, and Touwa which resembles\nolder Japanese society. While they resemble contemporary countries, they are\nnot set within current world boundaries and should not be compared as such, so\nthe Death Note comparison is moot. While the language they speak in the show\nis Japanese, it is not actually Japanese they are speaking.\n\nFor narrative purposes the dialogue is conveyed in Japanese, but the\ncharacters aren't actually speaking Japanese but some other common language.\nThis is a [common\ntrope](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TranslationConvention),\nmuch like how in dubbed anime the characters may be speaking the dubbed\nlanguage but they maybe speaking a passage from a Japanese book. Or a\nparticular character having difficulty with English despite the dubbed\ndialogue bring in English.\n\n", "comment_count": 5, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-29T07:31:24.847", "id": "66849", "last_activity_date": "2022-05-29T07:31:24.847", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "66841", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 }, { "body": "\n\n[frdsTM](https://www.reddit.com/user/frdsTM/) from reddit says\n[here](https://www.reddit.com/r/BoardingSchool_Juliet/comments/uyy4pp/is_juliet_persia_japanese_or_at_least_japanese/):\n\n> It's pretty safe to assume that, at least Persia and Inuzuka are bilingual.\n>\n> I forgot which manga chapter but Persia does indeed can read the in-universe\n> \"Japanese\" language. Inuzuka can also read \"English\".\n>\n> Also IIRC, in the school there is also no one in both houses who can't speak\n> to each other. So it's kinda safe to assume everyone is also bilingual. Or\n> maybe at least have a universal language they use in the school (but this is\n> never acknowledged).\n\nand\n\n> Another thing to note is that in the example I given (Chapter 20 page 17),\n> in context was them giving somewhat secret messages. You might even imply\n> there is a third language they used in school, but in secret they speak in-\n> universe \"English\"/\"Japanese\". But I think that's reaching and more likely\n> they just chose one of the two language as the universal language.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-30T10:14:23.770", "id": "66974", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-30T10:14:23.770", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "4484", "parent_id": "66841", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nA recent\n[survey](https://web.archive.org/web/20230119155324/https://vocesabianime.com/eng/77-of-\nmangakas-are-women/) conducted by Mannavi in November 2021 found that about\n77% of mangakas are female. However, the survey only covered a total of 723\nresponses, so it may not necessarily reflect reality.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-05-28T06:31:09.547", "id": "66844", "last_activity_date": "2023-08-27T06:50:58.113", "last_edit_date": "2023-08-27T06:50:58.113", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "27875", "parent_id": "66842", "post_type": "answer", "score": 8 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\n> The nukes are launched. If the launch is an illusion or doublethink, whose\n> illusion?\n\nIt could be that the person would see what he/she wishes to see, but given it\nwas seen by Easki and Kusanagi, it probably was launched, but was not\ntargeting anyone. Directional red herring #1 but one thing we are certain is\nthat no nuclear war occurred.\n\n> all of section 9 except Kusanagi, Togusa and Esaki are killed\n\nWe can assume if one gets hacked, one would start double thinking.\n\nBoma\n\nHe got hacked, then the brain got jacked out. However in the world of GitS\nthat does not mean he is dead. His later appearance shows him in wheelchair,\nwhich can explain he is getting used to the body again.\n\nIshikawa\n\nHe got hacked, then we see explosion from the outside. The explosion may not\nmean anything though. It could be he was lead to release the grenade safely in\nthe real world.\n\nSaito\n\nHe got hacked, and then see himself from afar. Both of himself sniped each\nother. Again it could be an illusion. What I don't understand is that, once\nthe original Saito fall down, and then disappeared, yet the one from afar fall\ndown and was still present. Could say the one from afar is some other sniper,\nand original Saito was taken away by Tachikoma next to him.\n\nBatou\n\nHe was hacked very early on, was shot offscreen and was shown to be\nunresponsive, but I'd say he was merely disabled.\n\n> is the smart gas ultimately not triggered because the US Government joined\n> N?\n\nWe first see smart gas being released with signs of snow. Then we have the\nscene where Chris the prime minister tries to contact United States President.\nWe are later told that Kusanagi's first contact with Chris passed virus to\nChris, and Chris then established the communication to the US, spreading the\nvirus there. Therefore the smart gas was indeed released.\n\nHowever the director really teased us here, as we were shown Chris hang up an\nrotary dial phone, failing to establish communication with the US President.\nWe can only assume communication later happened off-screen. I don't like the\ndirection though, since we have to assume virus spread through rotary dial\nphone which usually I'd assume otherwise.\n\nOverall there are too many red herrings in ep 11, so I stopped caring anymore.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-03T09:11:59.550", "id": "66884", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-03T09:11:59.550", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "8154", "parent_id": "66876", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nNo, nothing would happen.\n\nThis can be seen with Eva Unit 01’s (a Lilith-based lifeform) fusion with\nmaterial from the Fourteenth Angel (Adam-based lifeform). Same thing with\nKaworu (albeit in a Lilin body, touching Shinji). Same thing with the Adam\nembryo (albeit missing the soul) on Gendo's hand.\n\nIt was implied that simple contact doesn’t result in an impact. What happened\nin the Contact Experiment with Adam, aka the Second Impact, is unclear, along\nwith who the donor of the DNA for Kaworu Lilin body is from (Rei's is Shinji's\nmother).\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-03T01:26:12.330", "id": "66878", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-03T01:26:12.330", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "66877", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nSteven is the current reigning champion of Hoenn in the anime, because there\nhas been no news of him being dethroned by anyone. The previous champion was\nWallace (confirmed in Sinnoh during the Wallace Cup arc) but in Kalos, the\nHoenn champion was mentioned to be Steven, so it is plausible that Steven\ndefeated him or Wallace stepped down. Champions in the anime can be replaced\n(Iris replaced Alder, for instance, and Steven replaced Wallace) by trainers\nwho have defeated the Elite Four and then defeated the current champion (with\nreference to Sinnoh, this system was brought up by Lucian). Trainers must earn\nthe right to challenge the Elite Four by winning the League Conference of\ntheir respective region (eg. Lily of the Valley Island Conference for Sinnoh,\nVertress Conference for Unova), at least this is how it works in Sinnoh and\npresumable all other regions with League Conferences so including Hoenn. The\ngames are separate from the anime so I am not sure why you are confused\nbetween Wallace and Steven being the champion since it seems pretty clear that\nthe latter is the most recent champion of Hoenn. I hope this helps?\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-09T10:39:54.863", "id": "66895", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-09T10:39:54.863", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66839", "parent_id": "66887", "post_type": "answer", "score": 2 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nThe bleeding is apart of using the mayengekyo(unless it is eternal mayengekyo)\nso the effects of the jutsu can't be stopped\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-04-04T10:03:53.640", "id": "67873", "last_activity_date": "2023-04-04T10:03:53.640", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "71758", "parent_id": "66896", "post_type": "answer", "score": -1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nBefore. There was a tweet showing the moments from Piccolo showing some key\nmoments from his perspective, until the Galactic Patrol.\n\n<https://twitter.com/DBSChronicles/status/1519433239236313088/photo/1>\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-19T05:21:10.067", "id": "66931", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-19T05:21:10.067", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66920", "parent_id": "66911", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nIt seems like that was a sloppy piece of dialogue. It also seems like the math\nis pretty bad from that line of dialogue. If Ordinal Scale is considered\ncanon, and it takes place in 2026, and they're together at that point, seems\nmore like 2 years partners in SAO, 2 years dating after.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-01-01T01:14:47.137", "id": "67589", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-11T14:04:58.890", "last_edit_date": "2023-11-11T14:04:58.890", "last_editor_user_id": "2516", "owner_user_id": "207", "parent_id": "66921", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nI know it's an old question, but I'm in the process of reading the original\nnovels. Overall, the anime adaptation follows them quite closely, but the\nnovels contain a number of additional details, especially when the text\ndescribes what the characters are thinking. This is how it's maybe clearer\nthat Asuna and Kirito remain a closely-knit couple all this time.\n\nThey've been dating non-stop since the release from SAO and after Kirito was\nrushed into the Underworld because of his injury, Asuna refers to him as \"her\nboyfriend\" (and doesn't protest when others do the same).\n\nAlso, while Kirito adventuring in the Underworld (equivalent to season 3 of\nthe anime), there were two things in the novels that I don't remember being\nthat clear in the anime:\n\n * When he realizes that his stay will be long, thinking of Asuna, he promises to himself to stay away from women as much as possible, expressing relief that Eugeo is a man, and being a bit worried at first that Sortiliena is a woman.\n * When he starts to understand what's at stake for that place and its inhabitants, he's not that eager to leave. Which makes him express guilt over what Asuna must be going through in the meantime.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2023-11-11T13:14:40.223", "id": "68425", "last_activity_date": "2023-11-11T13:14:40.223", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "73894", "parent_id": "66921", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]

[ { "body": "\n\nUltimate Gohan is a transformation achieved by Son Gohan after Elder Kaiōshin\nunlocked his potential. Despite appearing to be in his normal state, Gohan, in\nactuality, is using the power of Super Saiyan 2 without the burden the latter\ntransformation places on his body. As a result, Gohan is able to achieve a\npower beyond Super Saiyan 2 and even Super Saiyan 3, ultimately being even\nwith Super Saiyan Blue _**after constant training**_.\n\n", "comment_count": 1, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-16T23:47:30.370", "id": "66923", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-20T17:51:55.387", "last_edit_date": "2022-06-20T17:51:55.387", "last_editor_user_id": "20275", "owner_user_id": "66922", "parent_id": "66922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 }, { "body": "\n\nIt is not a super saiyan transformation.\n\nIt is more of \"Next\" transformation of Ultimate Mystic Gohan .\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-16T23:48:40.003", "id": "66924", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-16T23:48:40.003", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "66920", "parent_id": "66922", "post_type": "answer", "score": 1 } ]

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[ { "body": "\n\nNot all terms need to have a meaning. Moopie are referred to as ムーピー in\nJapanese, which can be \"Moopy\" or \"Moopie\". So it's to say it's a nonsense\nword chosen by the author.\n\n", "comment_count": 2, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-06-22T00:07:04.820", "id": "66939", "last_activity_date": "2022-06-22T00:07:04.820", "last_edit_date": null, "last_editor_user_id": null, "owner_user_id": "63", "parent_id": "66938", "post_type": "answer", "score": 4 }, { "body": "\n\nIf Osamu Tezuka made up the word Moopie or Moopy combining two words, I guess\n\"Moo\" is from movie, motion, move.\n\nAnd \"py\" is from copy.\n\nAnd in terms of Bouba/kiki effect, for me the pronounciation of \"moopie\" just\ncorresponds to the original appearance of Moopie.\n\n", "comment_count": 0, "content_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "creation_date": "2022-11-16T04:29:05.913", "id": "67468", "last_activity_date": "2022-11-16T04:29:58.137", "last_edit_date": "2022-11-16T04:29:58.137", "last_editor_user_id": "70594", "owner_user_id": "70594", "parent_id": "66938", "post_type": "answer", "score": 0 } ]